Three years ago, someone in Pingbohou's Mansion committed a murder and arrogantly threatened the victim's family to make the other party suffer this dumb loss. The victim's father and mother are ordinary people, and the victim's uncle is just an eight-grade petty official. The victim's father and mother bet all their hopes for justice on the uncle of the eight-rank official.

In the capital, where the powerful gather, the eight-rank official is not an official. But this eight-rank official is not afraid of power, handing over papers and shouting grievances everywhere, just to ask for an explanation for his dead nephew. His actions provoked strong retaliation from the Pingbohou Mansion. Not only was his home smashed, but he and his family were beaten half to death. He gritted his teeth and continued to find a way out, just to bring the murderer to justice.

More than two years ago, this eight-grade uncle didn't get justice back, and he was forced to be cornered. When he was disheartened and about to hang himself, he met a royal history who had a private interview with Weifu. This imperial historian was upright, and after learning of his grievances, he nodded a few words to him, and left after receiving a copy of the paper. He returned to his dilapidated home, kowtowed to his father and mother, and went to beat the heavenly drum with the idea of trying to the death.

The heavenly drum is a drum that beats the drum to sound grievances, but it is not an ordinary drum, nor is it a drum that beats drums outside the yamen in various places to sound grievances. It is a big drum that can only be beaten when the subjects of Da'an have a great grievance but cannot be redressed, and it is a drum that reaches the heavens. When this drum is sounded, it will alarm the entire court and the emperor.

Not everyone can go up and beat this drum, and it is heavily guarded day and night. Whoever wants to beat the drum must first receive twenty sticks. If the body is weak, let alone twenty military sticks, even a dozen military sticks will definitely die. Even if the body is good, but the perseverance and will are not strong enough, they still can't withstand the heavy punishment of these twenty military sticks.

This uncle of the eighth rank (who has lost his official position) came with the determination to die. He gritted his teeth and survived the twenty military sticks, and after a moment of fainting, he crawled under the heavenly drum, and stood up with the most stubborn willpower, and struck the heavenly drum.

The sound of the heavenly drum alarmed the emperor, and the pleadings against the son of the Marquis of Ping were presented to the imperial case. The emperor was furious and immediately sent someone to arrest the son of Pingbohou who had committed the murder, and put the son of Pingbohou in prison pending trial. Back then, when Qingshu made a big fuss in front of Weiran Academy, the Pingbohou Mansion was anxious to deal with the case. This case could have been a simple murder case only for the son of Ping Bohou, but the situation between the DPRK and China was complicated, and Ping Bohou's opponent took the opportunity to fall into the ground, which expanded the number of people involved to the entire Pingbohou Mansion.

After the last, the Queen Mother came forward to protect the princess; In addition, Ping Bohou gave up his son who committed the crime and handed over the entire Weiran Academy to the imperial court, so the case could be closed.

Ping Bohou lost a son and lost a Weiran Academy, although it can't be said that his vitality is greatly damaged, but it is enough for him to suffer. At that time, because her son was beheaded, Mrs. Pingbohou fell ill and died within a month. After half a year, Mrs. Jiang was straightened and became Mrs. Pingbohou. Since then, Jiang Zhenghao's arrogant days have begun.

Now, the Pingbohou Mansion has an accident again. Although Pingbohou was still in the mansion and was not arrested, the entire Pingbohou Mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Lord Jiang and Master Li have been arrested, and the two mansions are being raided, and they are obviously convicted, and there is no chance to turn over. The mansions of the Marquis of Pingbo and the other three adults were only surrounded, and the officers and soldiers neither arrested nor raided their homes, and they still had a chance to turn over. Many officials in the DPRK speculated this based on past experience.

Among the palaces, the palace where the Queen Mother lived. The Queen Mother leaned on the soft couch and closed her eyes to recuperate. And at her feet, a beautiful concubine was kneeling.

This concubine is also in her early twenties, not only her appearance is gorgeous, but her body is even more enchanting to the extreme. She wore a goose-yellow bandeau embroidered with flowers, a bright red cardigan skirt on the outside, a corset embroidered with gold thread of the same color at the waist, and a skirt that was a meter long at the back.

At this moment, she knelt on the ground, her expression was sad, and her voice was delicate and crying, "The Queen Mother is gracious, please ask the Queen Mother to be gracious, please ask the Queen Mother to save Ping Bohou." Pingbohou occasionally acted arrogantly, but he never had such a rebellious idea as treason. Ping Bohou is indeed not perfect, but he is loyal to the monarch and the country, and he will never dare to have any dissent, please ask the Queen Mother to be clear. ”

As if it was unbearable, the Queen Mother frowned slightly and opened her eyes. A cold color flashed in her eyes, and she said in a low voice, "Concubine Qing, step down!" ”

A look of panic flashed on the face of the beautiful Concubine Qing, "The Queen Mother ......"

The Queen Mother raised the volume and interrupted her sharply, "Stand down." ”

Concubine Qing's back stiffened, and she kowtowed in a proper manner, "Yes." Her personal palace maid bowed her head and stepped forward, helped her left and right, and slowly withdrew from the sight of the queen mother, and then dared to turn around and walk.

The Empress Dowager condensed her face, "Go and see, is the emperor in the imperial study?" ”

The little eunuch standing on the side agreed, and retreated.

The Queen Mother picked up the teacup at hand, took a sip of tea, and then put the teacup down and sat silently.

The eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in front of them were all silent, not daring to make any sound.

Suddenly, the Queen Mother, who was sitting silently, spoke, "What is the name of the woman who is being protected by Yan'er?" ”

"Gu Qingshu." Mama Jane replied first.

Gonggong Hu on the side took a step slower and stood still with his eyelids down.

The Queen Mother read slowly, "Gu Qingshu, Gu Qingshu." ”

Gonggong Hu said in a shrill voice, "It's really a disaster." Since the day she entered Beijing, she has never been born in Beijing. "Slave, you have to look at the face of your master, and you have to say something that your master likes to hear from time to time. He knows it.

A sneer flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes, and she said unclearly, "Palm." ”

"Slaves should die, slaves shouldn't interject in front of their masters." Father-in-law Hu said, gently patting the left side of his face twice.

The Queen Mother seemed to be in a better mood, "Go down, save the mourning family from looking unhappy." ”

"Yes." Gonggong Hu stepped back with a smile.

Mama Zhen was annoyed that she couldn't say what her master liked to hear in time, so she thought of making amends, "Niangniang, the water of disaster has its own place of disaster." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand lightly.

Mama Jane was overjoyed and took her leave.

Hu Gonggong is on the verandah outside the main hall. He stared at Mama Zhen who had just come out with a smile, "Our family actually looked down on you, so it's just that." ”

"Grandpa Hu, it's Mama who looks down on you. Okay, okay, Mama is in a hurry to do the things that the Queen Mother explained, and she doesn't have time to play tricks with you here. Mama Zhen said and left with a smile.

Father-in-law Hu walked away with a smile on his face, stopped after walking a short distance, and casually beckoned a little father-in-law, "Go, keep an eye on Mama Zhen, and report anything at any time." Someone else will do the work for you. Be clever and don't get noticed. ”

The little father-in-law answered with his mouth full and ran to run an errand.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Manager Pang hurriedly came out of the Rong Shu Palace of Hua Guifei and went straight to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. When he got closer, he saw that Chief Steward Hong was standing outside the hall and was instructing the little eunuch to do something, so he stopped aside and waited for Chief Steward Hong to be empty.

Chief Manager Hong noticed Chief Pang, so he asked the little eunuch in front of him to do something, and then walked over, "What's the matter?" ”

Manager Pang made a gesture of invitation, invited Manager Hong to a place where no one was, and whispered a few words to Manager Hong, then took a few steps back and stood with his hands down.

Chief Hong nodded, "Go and do something!" After sending Director Pang away, he entered the Heart Cultivation Hall with the same face.

Half an hour later, a secret letter was delivered to Zhou Boyan. The letter contained only three short sentences. After seeing it, Zhou Boyan took off the lampshade and burned the letter to ashes on the spot.

Gu Shishi, who was on the side, saw that Gongzi's face was very cold, suppressed his curiosity, and didn't dare to ask questions.

Zhou Boyan paced a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, "Send a message to Miss, I have prepared a chessboard and am waiting for her." ”

Gu Shishi agreed and quickly went to pass the word.

Qingshu didn't come alone, he brought Qingyang and Qinghao with him.

Zhou Boyan saw it and asked, "There is only one chessboard, how to choose between the game and the spectator?" ”

Qing Shu replied with a smile, "You and I play against each other, and they watch the battle." ”

Soon, Qing Shu and Zhou Boyan sat down in front of the chessboard and began to play. Qingyang and Qinghao didn't seem to have much interest in watching the battle, and ran to the table next to them. Qingyang took out a booklet from his sleeve, and went to the table with Qinghao, and looked at the booklet head-to-head.

Zhou Boyan looked over distractedly, "What are they doing?" So quiet? ”

Qing Shu pursed his lips and smiled, "I'm reading a storybook." ”

Zhou Boyan retracted his gaze and stared at Qing Shu, "Write a new story for them again?" ”

Qing Shu stared at his chessboard while answering distractedly, "Well, it's a little story about the cold horn bird." It's a warning. The stories she chooses are all modern and have a positive meaning. Her memory is not so good, so naturally she can't recall too many small stories at one time. So, she happened to think of a little story on weekdays and went through it in her head. If she thinks it is beneficial to her brother's growth, she will write it down at her discretion. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with the content of the story, she would incorporate a little bit of classical Chinese into the syntax, and then transcribe it into a book and show it to her younger brothers.

Thinking of those little stories, Zhou Boyan said happily, "You have written a lot of small stories to them. Qingyang already had the pamphlets in his hand, and he basically showed them to him. Although he is an adult, he likes those little stories very much.

Qing Shu recalled, "There are probably a dozen or twenty!" One of these little stories was told to me by you. ”

Zhou Boyan had a gentle look in his eyes, "Hmm." Originally, I was very boring, but when you change it, the story immediately becomes interesting. ”

"If it is a compliment, I will take it unceremoniously." Qing Shu smiled at him playfully, and deliberately touched his hand when he fell, causing his hand to fall to the next square. She immediately covered her mouth and snickered, "I don't regret losing chess." ”

Zhou Boyan shook his head helplessly, "Only this once, you can't play tricks like this again." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Qing Shu grimaced, "Won't you show mercy to your subordinates?" ”

Zhou Boyan, who killed her miserably at the fastest speed, smiled faintly, "If you don't cheat, there will be no such result." ”

Qingshu muttered depressedly, "Stingy ghosts, they won't let others." ”

"Alright, alright, don't dare anymore. Here, let's go to the next round. ”

The two men took away the black and white pieces from the chessboard and played chess again. After a moment of silence, Zhou Boyan said, "Hurry up tomorrow and prepare your bags, and we will leave Beijing the day after tomorrow." ”

Hearing this, Qing Shu looked up with a happy face, "Really? She couldn't wait to leave Beijing. There are a lot of rights and wrongs here, and it seems to be in conflict with her, and there is always trouble. She misses Kangxi Town very much, and she misses Butler Gu and others.

Seeing her happy appearance, Zhou Boyan replied with a smile, "Naturally, it's true." ”

Qingyang and Qinghao, who had already finished reading the storybook, came over and shouted home and jumped and jumped.

Zhou Boyan pretended to look at them sadly, "Don't you like your brother's home?" ”

Qing Hao bowed his head and was silent. Qingyang was in a hurry to explain.

Qing Shu couldn't see his younger brother being bullied, and glared at Zhou Boyan, "Don't tease them, if you cry, you coax?" ”

Qingyang immediately understood, threw himself on Zhou Boyan's back, and hugged Zhou Boyan's neck from behind, "Brother is bad, brother is bad, bullying people." ”

Zhou Boyan couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't, let go, so my brother can't play chess." ”

Qingyang puffed out his little face, "Hmph, don't let go, don't let go." ”

Qing Shu said with a smile, "Xiaoyang is good, don't let him go." Look at my sister to win him first. As she spoke, she reached out and took away Zhou Boyan's chess box containing sunspots, and then her white chess pieces went down step by step, and when it was Zhou Boyan's turn to go, she made random moves.

Zhou Boyan couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it, "Ah Shu, it's okay if you can play tricks a little more." ”

Qing Shu ate his three sunspots in a few clicks, ruining his chess shape, and then clapped his hands, "Okay, this girl has won." ”

Qing Hao stretched out his finger and put a little on the chessboard, "Sister, if you play here, my brother's chess will die." ”

Qing Shu looked over, "Why are you going to die here?" ”

Qing Hao couldn't say clearly for a while, and after turning around the reason twice, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "That is, it was Baizi who captured the important stronghold of Kuroko and forced Kuroko to death." ”

Zhou Boyan ignored Qingyang hanging on his back, but stretched out his big hand and rubbed Qinghao's head vigorously, "Yes, see the situation clearly." ”

was praised, Qing Hao smiled shyly, and a blush appeared on his face.

At this time, Qing Shu happily put Bai Zi in the position pointed by Qing Hao, "I won." ”

In this game, the game is faster than the previous one. Qingyang hung on Zhou Boyan's back, "Brother, after the chess game, can you play with us for a while?" ”

Zhou Boyan agreed kindly. The next moment, Qingyang hung on his left arm, Qinghao hung on his right arm, and the two of them shouted a little higher. He lifted his arms upwards and walked around the room with the naughty boys hanging on his left and right arms, provoking bursts of merry laughter from them.

When Qingyang and Qinghao were sleepy, Qingshu took them back to sleep. When she came out of the winter courtyard and returned to her room, she saw Zhou Boyan lying on her back on her bed. She slammed the door behind her in fright, glaring at the person on the bed.