Early the next morning, Ningxia Qing was taken away by the government.

Although it was still early in the morning, there were already many men and workers who were in a hurry to open the door were passing by Xu Ning Street, and there were already a few breakfast stalls around Hua Cai Yuan.

When Ningxia Qing was taken away by the government, many people saw it.

Watching a young girl being taken away by the government is really extremely unusual. People were stunned at first, and then they looked at each other a few times and talked non-stop.

Dong Zizhen also rushed over early in the morning, and after sending Ning Ningqing out, he waved his hand at the crowd watching the excitement and said: "We are in charge of the house, we just went to the government to answer a few questions, and we will be back in a while, if you don't believe it, just wait and see." In short, don't talk nonsense, don't spread rumors and ruin our reputation! ”

And as Dong Zizhen said, Ning Xia Qing really came back after a while, and he didn't come back under the escort of the officials, but walked home by himself with his personal maid Cuiyu, with a normal face and casual steps, in short, it didn't look like he had committed something at all.

A young girl was taken away by the government, which was not a glorious thing, but Ning Xia Qing didn't look like she was in trouble with a lawsuit, which made the interest of others in discussing this matter weaken a little, guessing that she should just be called by the government to inquire about the situation.

To say that being called by the government to inquire about the situation is not a very serious matter, it's just that ordinary girls don't go out of the door, and there is nothing for the government to inquire. Speaking of which, the reason why Ningxia Qing was called by the government to inquire about the situation was not because Ningxia Qing always showed up all day long.

Now that she has a relationship with the government, others only think that she is self-inflicted, but they also know that she is such a person, and she is even less interested in talking about this matter.

As soon as Ningxia Qing came back, Dong Zizhen hurriedly came over and asked uneasily: "Boss, what's the situation over there?" ”

Ning Xia Qing sighed and told Dong Zizhen what happened in the official mansion.

After she arrived at the government, she only felt that the government did not want to investigate the case of Jing Qi's murder at all. It seems that it is just for the sake of going through the motions, so she is the most important witness called for questioning.

Her most important witness stood in the hall, and the old-eyed-looking magistrate didn't even open his eyes to look at her.

The old county magistrate lay down on the chair and pretended to sleep, yawned a few times, asked her a few routine questions about who and where in the hall were in a daze, and then asked her to tell her about the events of last night.

Ning Xia Qing began to talk about last night's incident in detail, lying that he went to Jing Qi to talk about business, and then told the old county official that he was knocked unconscious and woke up by smoke.

Ning Xia Qing repeatedly emphasized to the old county official that when he woke up, Jing Qi was already dead, so Ning Xia Qing suspected that Jing Qi had been drugged a long time ago, and suspected that Jing Qi might not have been burned to death, but was burned after being poisoned.

The old county magistrate acted as if he hadn't heard it, and the master next to him didn't seem to have heard it, and he didn't write a word about the important witness's guess about the case.

Ning Xia Qing looked at the county official, then at the master, so he stopped talking.

The county official asked who saved Ning Ningqing, and Ningxia Qing only said that she was choked and fainted at the time, so she didn't know anything, and asked the county magistrate to inform her after finding that person, and she wanted to thank others for saving her life.

The old county official En'en was perfunctory, and then waved his hand and said that Ningxia Qing could go.

Ningxia Qing is a little depressed. She hoped that the government could find out who had set the fire, but the government didn't care.

In fact, in an arson case like this that occurred in a downtown area, because of the complex composition of personnel and the large turnover of personnel, it was difficult to find out the murderer. It is estimated that there are many such headless arson cases in Meigong County, so it is normal that Jing Qi's case cannot be found out. For such a case, the government is too lazy to take care of it.

But Jing Qi is not an ordinary person, Jing Qi is a witness in the case of Qi Gaoyuan, and he died suddenly and unexpectedly when he was about to testify in court, and the government should always suspect something. This county official is so perfunctory, obviously not only because he feels that he can't find out anything, it seems that the murderer has already bought off the county official.

As soon as she thought of Jing Qi, she remembered the feeling of fear she felt when she went to explore Jing Qi's snort and found that Jing Qi had already died. With such a big fire last night, it is estimated that Jing Qi will eventually turn into charcoal beyond recognition. As soon as she imagined this, she felt a chill run in her back.

Dong Zizhen heard her talk about these things, and couldn't help but look worried, and then said: "By the way, the two people in charge are here again." ”

Ning Xia Qing immediately asked knowingly: "The two who came last time?" ”

"Hmm." Dong Zizhen nodded: "After they came, I told them that the head of the family had gone to the county office, and they left, and asked Ah Zheng if he was not there before leaving." ”

Ning Ningqing looked worried: "It seems that someone has already discovered what happened to Ah Zheng last night." ”

Dong Zizhen nodded and said, "I said what the master told me, but they didn't seem to fully believe it." I guess they'll come back. But since Ah Zheng is no longer here, it will be useless for them to come again. ”

At noon that day, Yeluwushu sent a letter saying that he was going to return.

When the silk weaving market, Yelu Wushu ordered a lot of materials from Hua Cai Yuan, and worked hard for a long time, so he finally moved the large number of materials, and Ye Lu Wushu also said that if this batch of materials sold well, he planned to sign a long-term order with Hua Cai Yuan.

This is what Ningxia Qing dreams of, but she can't be happy. She now understands that the higher she stands, the more fierce the wind becomes, and now she is more one mistake than before, and she will never recover.

She just hopes that such a day will be the end sooner.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Ning Xia Qing appeared at Gu Xuesong's mansion, Gu Xuesong was entertaining the guests next to him.

The reason why Ning Xia Qing appeared here was because she discovered that Gu Xuesong still had some secrets that she didn't know.

She asked Gu Xuesong to check the account books of the Chamber of Commerce before, in order to bring down Qi Gaoyuan, it stands to reason that after the fall of Qi Gaoyuan, Gu Xuesong can also stop.

But Gu Xuesong didn't mean to stop at all. Gu Xuesong seemed to have some side secrets, but instead of stopping, he even took advantage of Qi Gaoyuan's matter to turn the whole matter bigger and bigger. In just a few days, everyone in the Chamber of Commerce became noisy, and the Meigong County Chamber of Commerce, which had been calm on the surface, was stirred up by Gu Xuesong.

She wanted to know what Gu Xuesong wanted to do.

She knew that she was not qualified to ask, and she also knew that the direction that Gu Xuesong was checking now had escaped from the Ning family and Ning Xia Qing, but she was worried that the storm stirred up by Gu Xuesong would get out of his own control, and thus still swept herself. So she had to come and find out the news.

Ning Xia Qing waited in the side courtyard for a long, long time before Gu Xuesong came over.

Gu Xuesong wears a lot of clothes in the past, but now he doesn't wear a cloak, but Guan Qi hurriedly took the cloak and followed Gu Xuesong to put it on, Ning Xia Qing could feel it from such a scene, the person Gu Xuesong was seeing just now must be very important, and the things discussed with each other must be very nervous, so nervous that Gu Xuesong couldn't even take care of the cloak.

Maybe it was because he had just finished being busy, Gu Xuesong's tone towards Ning Xia Qing was much calmer than before, and he was so busy that he took a sip of tea and asked bluntly: "What's wrong?" ”

Ning Xia Qing said apologetically: "Is Master Gu busy?" ”

Gu Xuesong raised his eyes to look at her, I don't know if it was intentional, Gu Xuesong asked, "Is it for the fire in Wan Yanfang?" ”

Ning Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, it turned out that Gu Xuesong had already known about the affairs in Wan Yanfang, and yes, it was impossible to hide such a thing from Gu Xuesong's ears.

Ning Xia Qing didn't speak, Gu Xuesong looked at her and teased: "I heard that there was a person who saved Miss Ning's life, it is said that if there was no such person, Miss Ning would have died in the fire." But the man left without saying a word after saving the girl, so that the girl didn't even have a chance to say thank you. ”

Ning Xia Qing replied calmly, but did not answer the question: "It was indeed very dangerous that day, and I almost didn't see the adult again." But I didn't come here today for Wan Yanfang's business. ”

"I know, you're in charge of the Chamber of Commerce's books." Gu Xuesong calmly continued.

Ning Ningqing was stunned for a moment, looked at Gu Xuesong, and was slightly dumbfounded.

She wanted to know what Gu Xuesong wanted to do.

Gu Xuesong suddenly smiled meaninglessly and said, "Miss Ning wants to join the Chamber of Commerce, right?" Miss Ning once signed a contract with Master Ning, and if she couldn't join the Chamber of Commerce within three years after the contract, she wouldn't be able to get back her mulberry garden. ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded and looked at Gu Xuesong.

Gu Xuesong suddenly said: "Then Gu Mou may not be able to do what the girl wants." Today's Chamber of Commerce is not peaceful, and if Miss Ning enters the Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid she will also be implicated. If Miss Kening doesn't enter the Chamber of Commerce, she won't be able to get back her mulberry garden. Such a dilemma, in the final analysis, is all because of Gu, Gu has no choice but to compensate Miss Ning here. ”

Ning Ningqing was stunned for a moment, and asked without giving up: "Lord Gu is not in good health, and it is not a way to work hard like this, I don't know when Lord Gu is going to take a break for the time being." ”

Gu Xuesongruo said unintentionally: "Next year, but at least it will be delayed until June or July next year." ”

Ning Ningqing suddenly realized, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord Gu." ”

Gu Xuesong didn't speak, just looked at her.

She has been in contact with Gu Xuesong for so long, Gu Xuesong has not looked at her so directly, but it is still within the scope of etiquette and politeness, but Gu Xuesong's gaze at the moment is a little different.

But it wasn't a very ambiguous gaze, there was a kind of ...... in that gaze It's a very solemn, very serious, very serious feeling. It seems that Ningxia Qing at this moment is not Ningxia Qing, but has a special meaning that can never be seen again.

Ning Xia Qing didn't know why Gu Xuesong looked at her like this, she just felt strange, she didn't guess Gu Xuesong's mind like this, Gu Xuesong was not a person who liked to play tricks, and she had never taken any precautions against her who was getting more and more excessive, so she had never been like now, and she couldn't guess what Gu Xuesong was thinking.

She felt a little strange, because she couldn't guess anymore, so she also had a faint feeling of natural unease. She hurriedly said goodbye and left.

When she sat in the carriage, she suddenly remembered that she actually wanted to ask Gu Xuesong what she wanted to do by chasing the account books of the Chamber of Commerce like this, but she didn't get the answer to this question.

But Gu Xuesong told her that the matter would not affect her, and also told her that if she didn't want to get into trouble, she would wait until June or July next year to join the Chamber of Commerce.

She forgot to ask herself the question at the beginning, but Gu Xuesong's answer to her solved the trouble in her heart.

Gu Xuesong was silent for a long time.

His situation has changed a little subtly. Because of the investigation of the matter of Qi Plateau, he can be regarded as making a meritorious service, so after this incident, he is very likely to be promoted.

That noble man once asked Bu Tianyou to tell Gu Xuesong this meaning. Gu Xuesong himself knew that if he wanted to be promoted, it would be time for him to think about family affairs.

If he really rises to prominence, with only his current strength, it may be difficult for him to gain a firm foothold. So he needs to find a family suitable for alliance and form a marriage with him.

Once he really marries him, Gu Xuesong will have an extra kind of reliance from now on, and his life and the life of his children and grandchildren will always share the honor and disgrace with the family that Gu Xuesong chose, and they will never be separated again.

Even Old Madam Gu had urged him several times. Mrs. Gu didn't tell him about the alliance, she only said that when he was old, he should have gotten married a long time ago, and the Jingzhong side had already selected a few suitable daughters of the family for him, and sent a letter to ask Mrs. Gu what Gu Xuesong meant.

He laughed to himself.

In fact, it was not that he had not thought about being willful once, he had also had a brief fantasy, fantasizing that if she agreed, he would also let it go once......

But that time, she didn't agree.

It wasn't that he didn't notice the timing of her change in attitude towards him, so he often thought that if he had had the courage to do that earlier, long before she changed her attitude, maybe there would be a difference between the two of them.

He only felt stupid, in fact, he had faintly noticed the changes in her, but he didn't take it very seriously, and he didn't do anything to make amends.

Whenever he did something, it might have been different, but now it was too late. By the time he realized it, he felt that it was too late, and every time time he pushed back a little bit, he felt that it was even more too late than before.

Maybe he finally let her go, let her go into the sea of people, missed the moment when the flowers bloomed for a short time, drifted away from her, and each other worked hard and hard to live the right way.

He only felt a pang of heartache.

It's not that he doesn't know the gains and losses in his heart, and the moodiness that arises because of the gains and losses. He often thinks that if he wasn't such a person, if he could not be so forward-looking at the beginning, he would not have missed her.

But this is his fate, how can he have courage with such a life experience? He is destined to be a man of gains and losses, destined to be a painful and right person who can only endlessly urge himself.

Maybe you can only wait for the next life. He thought that if he had another life, he would live a good life again.

It's the fifteenth day of the new year.

Ningxia Qing suddenly said that he was going to Nanmu Temple to offer incense, and the Cao family also followed. Originally, I also planned to let the old lady go together, but the old lady was old, and the Nanmu Temple was built on the mountain, and I was afraid that the old lady would not be able to stand the cold wind blowing on the mountain, so I left the old lady at home to rest.

Nanmu Temple is not in Liu'an County, if you want to go to Nanmu Temple to incense, you need to go out of the city the night before, live in the inn at the foot of the mountain, in order to be able to enter the temple in the morning to incense.

Therefore, early in the morning, Cao urged Ning Xia Qing to quickly freshen up and rest: "Rest quickly, Ming'er has to get up early." Worship the Buddha is such a thing as early or late, we had better catch up with Ming'er's first incense. You don't eat much fasting and chanting Buddha, so it's so easy to come to the incense, I don't allow you to be lazy. ”

Ningxia Qing was afraid that Cao's would wake up just after the third watch, so he hurriedly said: "Everyone wants to catch up with the first stick of incense, but the first stick of incense can naturally only be caught up by one person." Since most people can't catch up, why should we rush to catch up with this? ”

Cao Shi didn't allow her to be lazy, and said, "I know that you are not sincere." ”

Ning Ningqing didn't dare to refute anything, so he had to honestly follow Cao's instructions to rest, for fear that Cao would see the flaws.

Ningxia Qing is indeed insincere.

On the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, she never remembered to make offerings to the Buddha.

Because of this, when she said that she was going to come to Nanmu Temple to offer incense, Cao and the old lady were very surprised, and they went straight to Ningxia Qing. Ning Xia Qing casually said a few perfunctory words, saying that he had encountered a lot of things since he started business, and he felt that it was better to ask God and Buddha for blessing. The old lady and Cao were only half-convinced.

In fact, not only was she insincere, she didn't even come to incense at all. Rather, it is because Nanmu Mountain is the place where the Yelu Wushu caravan will pass when it leaves.

Now that Ah Zheng is tracking down her, she doesn't know if she is counting on catching Ah Zheng by following her. Therefore, if it weren't for going to a relatively less crowded place like Nanmu Mountain, she wouldn't dare to meet Ah Zheng easily.

Sure enough, as soon as the fourth watch arrived the next day, Ningxia Qing, who was sleeping soundly, was called up by Cao. The mother and daughter hurriedly freshened up, took Lan Ying and Jade and began to climb up the mountain.

Although Nanmu Mountain is a mountain, it is not difficult to climb. The monks of the temple have long built a wide and long staircase on the hillside, and lanterns are lit at intervals along the staircase road to illuminate people like Cao Shi and Ning Xia Qing who climb the night mountain.

When they finally arrived at the gate of Nanmu Mountain, the sky in the east had just turned a little white, and there were already dozens of pilgrims standing at the gate of Nanmu Mountain.

Ning Xia Qing looked at those who arrived earlier than them, and felt that those people hadn't woken up, and at the same time secretly smacked their tongues, they didn't expect people to be so religious, even if they were sleepy like this, they had to come early to make incense, anyway, Ning Xia Qing couldn't be so pious.

Cao Shi also saw these people, and immediately blamed himself with great annoyance, saying that he still got up too late. Ning Xia Qing secretly yawned, secretly glad in his heart that Cao didn't wake him up earlier, and persuaded Cao to say that sincerity is spiritual.