Early in the morning, Fang Zi'an woke up. When I came to the hall, I saw that the door of the west wing was closed, and the woman's washed clothes were still on the bamboo pole in the corner of the house and had not been taken away, which showed that Zhang Ruomei was still sleeping soundly. After Fang Zi'an finished washing, he went out and bought seven or eight baked cakes and two bowls of bean curd at the entrance of the alley, and ate one bowl of bean curd and two baked cakes by himself, and the rest was covered with a bamboo cover on the table for Zhang Ruomei to eat, and he cleaned up and went out. As for this Miss Zhang, Fang Zi'an thinks that she must leave after waking up, and he doesn't need to wake her up, just let her sleep a little longer. And I have to find out the news again today, I can't just wait for the news from Qin Xiqing's side, I have to think of more ways to do it.

As soon as Fang Zi'an came out of the alley, he saw a girl from Shuanghuan getting out of a carriage, it was Ling'er, the maidservant next to Qin Xiqing. Ling'er also saw Fang Zi'an, waved her hand and shouted, "Young Master Fang, Young Master Fang!" ”

Fang Zi'an smiled and stepped forward to salute, "Where are you going, girl?" ”

Ling'er glared at him and said, "Of course I'm here to find you, hmph, I've become a person who specializes in running errands for you now." ”

Fang Zi'an smiled: "It's really hard girl, did you come to find me?" Could it be that there is news from everyone Qin? ”

Ling'er said: "Don't talk nonsense, get in the car." Miss Qin is waiting. ”

Fang Zi'an nodded hurriedly, looking forward to it in his heart. Qin Xiqing asked Ling'er to pick her up to see her, it was likely that there was progress in that matter, which was good news. Fortunately, I happened to meet Ling'er, if I passed by, if Ling'er ran into her house, she was likely to encounter Miss Zhang, and something would happen.

The carriage galloped out of Sanyuanfang all the way to the south, neither in the direction of Wanchun Garden nor out of the city to the direction of the Red Boat in West Lake, but in the direction of the Phoenix Mountain Imperial City in the south. Half an hour later, stopped in front of a house in a secluded alley, Fang Zi'an got out of the car, and followed Ling'er into the house, although the house is not too big, but the flowers and trees are lush, and the rockery fish pond is dotted among them, as if it is a garden in a painting.

Fang Zi'an thought that he was coming to visit an official who could help, but he heard the sound of a tinkling piano coming from inside the room. A parrot on the porch was bouncing on the bird stand, and when he saw someone coming, he opened his mouth and shouted, "It's coming, it's coming!" ””

Ling'er pointed at it and said, "Just if you have a lot of mouths, I plucked your hair and boiled soup another day." ”

The parrot seemed to be able to speak, and he moved back in fright, and shouted: "Bastard, bastard!" ”

Ling'er raised her hand angrily, but heard someone in the room say angrily: "Ling'er, are you scaring Brother Parrot again?" Is Fang Gongzi here? ”

Ling'er hurriedly said: "Zhang Gongzi is here!" ”

The footsteps sounded softly, and on the side of the long window, Qin Xiqing, who was dressed in a cyan long skirt and was as elegant as a fairy, appeared in Fang Zi'an's sight.

Seeing that the ceremony was over, the guest of honor sat down, Qin Xiqing poured tea for Fang Zi'an with his own hands, and Fang Zi'an got up to thank him.

"Childe, this is Xiqing's other courtyard, and it is Xiqing's real home. Xiqing will come to live here on weekdays when she has time. If Fang Gongzi has something to look for, if I am not in Wanchunyuan, you can also come here to find me. It's far away from the city, and it's very quiet. Qin Xiqing said with a smile.

Fang Zi'an nodded and smiled: "It's really good, it's arranged like a garden." ”

Qin Xiqing nodded and said: "That's right, I gave it a name here, it's called 'Qing Garden', which is built according to the garden landscape, but the scale is not so large." The front yard is just a rough idea, and the back is the real garden, and I can take my son to take a look. ”

Fang Zi was anxious to know the progress of Mr.'s affairs, so how could he have any thoughts on the garden. But it's not good to ask, after all, she is asking Qin Xiqing to do something, she doesn't say it, and she can't be abrupt.

"Garden? I'll have time to visit again another day. In fact, you don't have to look at it, the girl's taste is there, and the scenery of the back garden must be excellent. Fang Zi'an said.

Qin Xiqing didn't hear the polite rejection in Fang Zi'an's words, and when she saw Fang Zi'an boasting about herself, she was also very happy. Wu said to himself: "Few people have come here, this is my private garden." Fang Gongzi was the second man to come here. ”

Fang Zi'an's face did not show gratitude for this, only oh oh twice, and then picked up the teacup to drink tea.

Qin Xiqing didn't seem to give up, and asked with a smile: "Isn't Fang Gongzi curious about who the first man who came here was?" ”

Fang Zi said nonchalantly: "I'm curious about what this is doing?" There are countless people reading in Qin, can I still find out one by one? ”

As soon as the words came out, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he covered his mouth in shock, not understanding why he said such a thing, it was simply stupid.

Qin Xiqing's smile froze on his face, his face turned cold, and he said lightly: "That's right, there are more than a hundred thousand men around Xiqing, you really can't guess." ”

Fang Zi'an couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth, and hurriedly said: "Miss Qin, I didn't mean that, I meant ......"

Qin Xiqing said lightly: "You don't need to explain, what you said is right, Xiqing has indeed read countless people." As a happy person, it should be like this, Xiqing relies on men to survive. The garden was also bought with the money of the men. Nothing bad to say. ”

Fang Zi'an was speechless, and regretted it in his heart. For a moment, I felt as if I was possessed by the devil, and I said something like that casually, which was simply too undeserved. Fang Zi'an was very disappointed in himself, he said this kind of thing with insulting meaning, how could this kind of thing come out of his mouth, it was too much.

Qin Xiqing looked at the flowers and trees outside the window, and her face was cold and did not speak. The atmosphere in the house was as cold as winter.

Fang Zi'an couldn't sit still, got up and said to the ground: "Miss Qin, don't be angry with me, you really can't speak, and you can't really compensate Miss Qin in the next place." Miss Qin scolded the people below, and the vulgar people below, but she really didn't understand people's common sense. ”

Qin Xiqing didn't answer coldly. Fang Zi'an said in a low voice: "I'm sorry for everyone Qin, I'll leave here, and I don't dare to bother anymore." ”

After saying that, Fang Zi'an saluted again and left quickly. Qin Xiqing's cold voice came from behind him: "You don't plan to save your teacher?" ”

Fang Zi'an turned around and said, "The girl is still willing to help me?" ”

Qin Xiqing said solemnly: "One yard is one yard, what I promised you will naturally do." What's more, I asked someone to come, and when you go, you are not letting other people's pigeons go. How do you tell me to explain to people? ”

When Fang Zi'an heard this, he hurriedly turned around and said, "Then you can't go, how can you lose your trust." ”

Qin Xiqing nodded, got up and left, leaving Fang Zi'an alone in the room. Fang Zi'an was embarrassed, he couldn't stand there, he couldn't sit, he could only stay up for time.

Finally, the sound of carriages and horses came from the front yard, and when Ling'er walked in quickly, Qin Xiqing also came out of the side room and asked eagerly, "Is Zhao Gongzi here?" ”

Ling'er said: "It's coming." ”

Qin Xiqing hurriedly went out to greet her, Fang Zi'an was stunned, and followed out, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. thought: It's that Zhao Gongzi who came, Qin Xiqing was very attentive to him, and seemed to care about Zhao Gongzi.

Zhao Gongzi was dressed in a brocade robe and walked in with a gust of wind, Qin Xiqing and Ling'er both saluted, Zhao Gongzi smiled and bowed, and when he saw Fang Zi'an, he laughed and said, "Brother Fang, I didn't expect us to meet again." You're early, so you're in a hurry. I was a little late because I had some trivial things on my side. ”

Fang Zi'an hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not in a hurry." ”

Everyone entered the house and sat down, Zhao Gongzi fanned the wind with a fan and said: "The weather is so hot, there is a stuffy jar in the carriage, and it has not yet arrived, and it is hot and breathless." Hey, it seems that this year, the people are having a hard time. ”

Qin Xiqing said: "I don't have ice cubes in this house, I'm really embarrassed." ”

Zhao Gongzi waved his hand and said: "That's not necessary, the heart is calm and naturally cool, and it won't be hot after calming down for a while." I'm short on time and can't stay too long, so let's get down to business. ”

Qin Xiqing hurriedly nodded yes, and Zhao Gongzi turned his head to look at Fang Zi'an and said, "Brother Zi'an, Xiqing has already told me about the matter a few days ago, I know a few friends in the imperial court, but I inquired for you." Today, I asked Xiqing to ask you to come here and tell you what you have heard. ”

Fang Zi'an arched his hand and said, "It's really Brother Lao Zhao." ”

Zhao Gongzi waved his hand and said: "Don't thank me, I didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, assassinating Qin Hui, this matter is not small, no one wants to get involved in this matter." But Xiqing is very concerned about your affairs, and has repeatedly asked me to inquire about this matter for you. I asked a friend to inquire about her face. ”

When Fang Zi'an heard this, he felt even more guilty in his heart, and turned his head to look at Qin Xiqing, who looked cold and didn't say anything.

"As far as I know, Dali Temple has begun to be arraigned, and all kinds of evidence show that this matter is true. Your teacher, Zhou Junzheng, confessed when he first came to the classroom, admitting that he had conspired with several other officials to assassinate Qin Hui behind his back. That is, he actually confessed his sin. If this confession is still made after the second trial, the crime can be confirmed, and the rest is to be convicted in accordance with the law and await punishment. That's the rough picture. Zhao Gongzi continued in a deep voice.

Fang Zi'an frowned deeply, and said after a moment's silence: "There is really Brother Lao Zhao." However, according to what Brother Zhao said, this matter is irreparable now, right? What punishment should be given to those who are condemned according to the law? ”

Zhao Gongzi looked at Fang Zi'an and said, "What kind of punishment?" What kind of punishment do you think should be imposed for assassinating the prime minister? It will be a capital offense. Qin Hui would not let them go. ”

Fang Zi'an actually knew in his heart that it would be such an answer, but when Zhao Gongzi said it, his heart still chuckled, and his heart felt like a big stone had been pressed.

"Brother Zi'an must find it difficult to accept such a result. I know that Brother Zi'an is a person of affection, and when Zhou Junzheng expelled you from the school before, I thought about it and did mean to protect you from being implicated. When Brother Zi'an learned of this situation, he naturally wanted to rescue Zhou Junzheng. However, this matter is too serious, and I am afraid it will be difficult to return to heaven. My advice is that Brother Zi'an should not wade into this troubled water. Zhao Gongzi said in a deep voice.