Chapter 36: Heavenly Punishment

Han embarrassedly left the banquet with his daughter Murong Hua, but he was unwilling in his heart, and counted all this shame on Murong Qing.

It was not until a long time after the Han mother and daughter left that the embarrassing atmosphere was eased, and everyone gradually changed their cups and chatted freely, but no one toasted Murong Qing and Su Muchun, as if the two of them were in a vacuum.

The banquet continued, and the subordinates of the General's Mansion shuttled between the people with all kinds of delicious dishes, and there was no need to mention the fact that they were serving tea and pouring wine.

The maidservant who had just had a relationship with the Han family walked up to Murong Qing with a wine jug, and after a slight hesitation, she hesitated to pour wine for Murong Qing.

Maybe it was because she was too nervous about something in her heart, and her hand kept trembling to the wine, but her eyes kept secretly staring at Murong Qing, and she didn't even notice that the wine in the wine glass was full.

"Whoa......

The wine overflowed directly from the wine glass and flowed down the table to Murong Qing's dress, and Murong Qing frowned and looked back at her with interest.

The maid came back to her senses as if awakened from a nightmare, hurriedly lowered her head, picked up the wine jug on the table in a panic, and hurriedly retreated.

Su Muchun looked at the maid who left in a panic with deep eyes and said, "It's really interesting! ”

Murong Qing picked up the wine glass, showed a meaningful smile and said, "What's more interesting is this glass of wine." ”

When Su Muchun heard this, he immediately became alert, and was about to say something to stop it, but it was too late, Murong Qing had already drunk all the wine in the cup, and Su Muchun was angry and anxious to pick up Murong Qing to find the imperial doctor.

But he was stopped by Murong Qing, Su Muchun's face turned blue with anger, and he gritted his teeth and roared, "You want to be angry with me, aren't you?" ”

Murong Qing chuckled and gently leaned on Su Muchun and said, "Trust me." ”

"Hey......"

Su Muchun sighed helplessly: "In this life, I am destined to defeat you." ”

Murong Qing chuckled and said nothing, but moved her body closer, Su Muchun naturally took her into her arms, and the intimate behavior of the two made the prince who had been paying attention to them look very dazzling.

At this moment, Liu Zhong walked into the hall with the dowry booklet given by the ministers, saluted Murong Hong, and said, "General, the dowry gift has arrived. ”

As soon as Liu Zhong's words fell, everyone felt a slight tremor on the ground, and everything in front of and behind them shook violently, and there were fine pieces of soil and ash scattered on the ridge.

"Earthquake?"

This anomaly made the noisy hall of the General's Mansion suddenly quiet, and everyone listened carefully with bated breath and differences.

"Boom!"

At this moment, an earth-shattering loud noise came, making half of the capital tremble, and the same was true of the General's Mansion, and the souls of all the people in the hall trembled, and the Hu table in front of him was even more shaken up an inch high, and all the wine cups on the table were scattered all over the ground.

The faces of everyone present suddenly changed drastically, and they shouted in panic, "Come on, come on......

But in response to them, there was an even greater commotion among the people in the general's mansion, all of whom gathered in the courtyard and looked in one direction with horror on their faces.

Everyone in the hall looked at the commotion outside with a stunned expression, and they also got up and hurried out.

When everyone saw the pillar of fire that soared to the sky in the direction of the west of the General's Mansion across the street, they all changed color.

When Su Muchun used his body to escort Murong Qing out of the hall, the pillar of fire that soared into the sky had slowly dissipated, followed by a strong smell of gunsmoke.

"This ......"

Someone looked suspiciously in the direction of the dissipation of the pillar of fire, and said hesitantly, "This...... This seems to be the direction of Qiu Shangshu's mansion! ”

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Shangshu's face turned pale in an instant, and he only felt lightheaded, and it was pitch black in front of him, and someone couldn't stop him.

Suddenly.

Qiu Shangshu came to his senses, and he didn't even look at who the person who helped him was, and staggered and crawled towards his mansion.

Everyone hurried to see what was going on.

And Murong Qing followed behind slowly, Murong Hong saw his daughter's attitude, and knew that she must have made a ghost, so he glared at Murong Qing angrily and said, "You did it!" ”

Murong Qing chuckled lightly and said with a harmless face, "Who knows? Xu is Lord Qiu has done too many things at a loss, and even God can't look at it, maybe this is also possible! ”

Su Muchun took Murong Qing's hand and said, "This movement is loud enough, there is no need to set off fireworks on New Year's Eve." ”

The three of them chatted in the back and walked along the street with the crowd that had been alarmed by the loud noise.

As soon as they walked out, a handsome young man in white appeared around the corner, smiling towards them.

When the young man saw Murong Qing and Su Muchun, he saluted and said, "Changfeng has seen my sister, Lord Wang!" ”

Murong Hong looked at the young man differently, then at Murong Qing and Su Muchun, with inquiry in his eyes.

Murong Qing smiled and gave a brief introduction to the two, and Murong Hong's face showed a look of surprise after hearing this.

A few people came to Shangshufu while talking, and at this time, Shangshufu was already surrounded by the people, and they all pointed at the courtyard of Shangshufu.

"Ahh This...... How many bad things this official has done, look at how much God can't even look at it. ”

"Yes, I just saw a huge fireball falling from the sky and smashing down the scene, tsk...... It's simply amazing. ”

"Look, look, this pit has to be one person deep, hey, it seems that I have to do more good deeds in the future......"

"Huh? Behold, what is the golden thing on the edge of the pit? ”

"Yes...... Gold? It's gold! ”

"Look at how much money this dog official has embezzled for our people, and he deserves to be punished by heaven."

"Phew......"

For a while, everyone scolded Qiu Shangshu again, and Qiu Shangshu, who listened to it, looked hot on his face, and at the same time greeted the eighteenth generation of the ancestors behind this matter.

As the people said this, they rushed in and began to snatch the gold that had fallen outside the pit, and the scene was immediately chaotic, and some people even fought over it.

Qiu Shangshu saw that his last savings were divided by these people, and he felt distressed for a while, his liver and kidneys hurt, and he didn't even care about the safety of his family, and the whole person sat on the ground and wanted to cry without tears.

"Qiu Shangshu's crime of corruption and perversion of the law is unforgivable, and whoever takes this gold will be guilty of the same crime as him."

At this time, Lord Lu of Jingzhao Mansion rushed over with the yacha and shouted, "Surround them, and no one who has taken the gold will be let go." ”

But the people were not convinced, and said, "This gold belongs to us, so what is wrong with us taking it back now?" ”

"Yes, the gold belongs to us."

Lord Lu glanced at the people who had robbed the gold, and shouted, "Is it your gold brought back to the yamen, and when you ask, you will know that you will take it all away." ”

Then Lord Lu looked at Qiu Shangshu and said, "Lord Qiu, there is so much gold in your mansion, do you want to go back to Jingzhao Mansion with this official to make it clear!" ”

At this time, Qiu Shangshu's head was full of gold, how could he think about why Lord Lu of Jingzhao Mansion brought people in such a timely manner, but some people saw it clearly and knew it in their hearts.

"Tut-tut......"

Murong Qing walked up to Qiu Shangshu, a touch of cunning crossed her eyes, and she smiled and said, "Lord Qiu, how many bad things you have done!" actually provoked the anger of the heavens and people. ”

When Qiu Shangshu saw Murong Qing's sly smile, he realized in his heart that all this was done by Murong Qing, he glared at Murong Qing viciously and gritted his teeth and said, "It's you, did you do it right?" ”

Murong Qing said with an innocent face, "Lord Qiu, don't indiscriminately wronged people, I have always been in the General's Mansion and never left, and everyone present can testify for me." ”

"You're talking about such a big pit...... How can I, a weak woman, do that? ”

Murong Qing said this with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth, which means that I did it, and you have no evidence to help me.

The angry Qiu Shangshu wanted to tear the corners of his eyes, the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he was going to cut Murong Qing with a thousand knives.

"Come on, please invite Lord Qiu to Jingzhao Mansion for tea!"

After Lord Lu said this, he nodded to Murong Qing, and thought that Su Muchun saluted again, and then led someone to leave.

"Wait!"

As soon as Master Lu led the people away, he heard a shout behind him, and he suddenly turned around and looked back.

But I saw an old woman dressed luxuriously dressed and full of silver hair, surrounded by a group of female relatives walking towards this side, the old woman led by Qiu Shangshu's mother Zhong Shi, and that group of women was her wife and daughter.

Lord Lu was slightly stunned when he saw the people coming, he thought that none of these people were spared, but he didn't expect that none of them were still alive, he looked up at Murong Qing's eyes and flashed.

Zhong was holding a cane and walked up to Lord Lu with the support of his mother Chang, and said in a serious tone, "Lord Lu, my son is a third-rank official of the imperial court, although you are also a third-rank official, you have no right to take him away!" ”

Although Zhong is over eighty years old, his body is very tough, and he speaks clearly and confidently.

Lord Lu said angrily, "This official is Jingzhao Mansion Yin, and the emperor has given me the right to govern the capital, even if the emperor's relatives violate the law, this official must also check it." ”

"Humph!"

Zhong Shi slammed the cane in his hand on the ground very hard, and said coldly with a calm face, "Even so, then Lord Lu should follow the procedure, first report to the emperor, and wait for the emperor to make a decision. ”

Lord Lu was unmoved and retorted, "The old lady did not say that he was arrested, but please, please ask Lord Qiu to go to Jingzhao Mansion to explain the matter clearly, does this still need to be reported to the emperor?" ”

Zhong was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said, "Since it is please, then my son has the right to say no." ”

Lord Lu sneered disdainfully and said, "That old lady wants the official to ask clearly here." ”

Lord Lu also looked around at the people watching the excitement while speaking, Zhong also realized that the occasion was not right, and wanted to say that he would go to the mansion to ask, but when he turned around and saw the huge pit in the mansion, he remembered that his mansion no longer existed, which made her heart suddenly cold.

But recalling what happened before the explosion, I felt that something was wrong in my heart, it was someone from the general's mansion who said that her son had a sudden emergency, and asked them to hurry up and take a look, but as soon as they didn't go far from the gate, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, and the entire mansion turned into ashes in an instant.

Thinking of this, Zhong Shi felt a wave of dizziness hit her again, her feet were unstable and her body staggered, Chang Shi held her hand and hurriedly increased her strength.

Seeing this, Lord Lu didn't dare to be tougher, and said in a soothing tone, "Don't worry, old lady, this official just asked Lord Qiu to go and ask a few simple questions, as long as Lord Qiu explains the origin of the gold, it will be fine." ”

How could Zhong not know that her son would never come back if he went, she beat her spirits and said with a resolute expression, "No, if Lord Lu wants to take people away, please ask your lord to invite the emperor's holy reputation, otherwise even if I fight for this old life, I will go to the emperor to sue the emperor." ”

Lord Lu saw that Zhong's soft and hard did not eat, and he also lost his temper, "Then please feel free to the old lady!" The official also wanted to hear how the old lady explained the origin of the gold. ”

Lord Lu woke up the hot-headed Zhong family with a word, there is so much gold, no one will believe it no matter how you explain it, let alone the emperor, so you have to find another way to do it.

Thinking of this, Zhong gritted his teeth, softened his tone, and said, "Lord Lu is an upright official, and I hope to handle it impartially." ”

Lord Lu reassured, "Old lady, rest assured, this official has always enforced the law impartially, as long as Lord Qiu makes the origin of the gold clear, it will be fine." ”

Although he said this on his lips, he knew in his heart how could it be okay, even if Qiu Shangshu had a thousand mouths, he couldn't say it clearly.

Lord Lu took people away, and everyone saw that there was no more excitement to see, so they also separated.

After everyone left, the Zhong family and the others looked at the Shangshu Mansion where there were no tiles, and their hearts were sour, once upon a time, they themselves were reduced to such a field.