But was stopped by Hua Jinse, she took out the coat that Fang Cai picked up at the bottom of the mountain and put it in front of Squeak, "Smell it, I'll give you more food later." ”

Squeak reluctantly leaned forward and sniffed. Although the smell was faint, it was still faintly recognizable.

While the weather is still good, it has not rained yet, and the smell has not dissipated. Hua Jinse ran to the bottom of the cliff again with Squeak in his arms, and asked it to distinguish the smell and find someone.

So on a dark and windy night, several red lanterns swayed among the trees, like ghosts.

Hua Jinse followed the squeak that scurried around, and from time to time he could tell the source of its cry.

The clothes rubbed against the branches and made a clatter, and several people drove for half an hour in the night.

Seeing that Squeak stayed in place for longer and longer, Hua Jinse was also a little anxious in his heart.

The few of them had now moved away from the Guangfa Temple and came to an unknown small slope.

It was overgrown with bushes and weeds, and even if the person who rescued Hua Nishang left footprints, they couldn't find them.

Eventually, Squeak stopped in front of a small village.

Because it is a village, the smell inside is mixed, and the smell of Hua Ni Shang is almost indistinguishable here. Squeak couldn't find a clear location either, so he could only stand in front of the village and squeak or two.

Hua Jinse bent down to pick up Squeak, took out a few pieces of jerky and fed them.

Xiao Yu ordered someone to write down this place. Come back early tomorrow morning to find out.

When I brought it back to the meditation room of Guangfa Temple, it was already a child.

Hua Jinse held on all the way, and now his spirit suddenly relaxed, and he soon felt a deep sleep. After a while, he fell asleep peacefully in bed.

Xiao Yu's room is next door to Hua Jinse. At this time, he did not stop, but called a few guards to take care of the Hua family.

"Bring the maid who pushed the eldest lady of the Hua family to fall off the cliff, and this king has something to ask her."

The flickering candle flame cast a flickering shadow on Xiao Yu's face. For no reason, those guards looked at Xiao Yu, and there was a little awe in their hearts.

Soon, Mianzhu was brought in.

"What's going on?" Xiao Yu frowned, looking at Mianzhu lying in front of him with a weak breath with an ugly face.

This is clearly a lynching.

Several guards didn't dare to hesitate, so they told all the actions of the Hua family after the eldest lady of the Hua family fell off the cliff.

It turned out that after Hua Nishang fell off the cliff, Hua Wenyu directly detained the charge on Mianzhu's head and took people to his own courtyard. By the time a few guards went to look for it, it was already like this.

Xiao Yu's face was ugly, if he hadn't sent someone to find this maid, I was afraid that she would have become a corpse soon.

"Hurry up and ask the doctor to come over. Also, bring Hua Wenyu over. ”

Several of the guards stepped back and went their separate ways.

This night, the Hua family was quite unquiet.

In the middle of the night, a few guards first broke into Hua Wenyu's courtyard and took the bamboo away. Later, Hua Wenyu was forcibly dragged away.

"Presumptuous! Do you know my identity?" Mrs. Hua was on crutches, looking at Hua Wenyu who was crying in front of her, and she trembled with anger.

In Liancheng, Mo said that those high-ranking officials and nobles are those who come out of the palace, and those who see them in Washington have to give some face. It's like these guards now, who openly broke into the women's room and took people away.

Those guards got Xiao Yu's order early in the morning, stared at the people in Washington in front of them with a straight face, and said, "The Hua family is suspected of murder, and we are also ordered to investigate."

"Then you can't arrest people at will!" Hua Wenshi helped Mrs. Hua, who was angry on the side, and replied unhappily.

The guards still had the same expression, and they offended and took Hua Wenyu away.

Arrest people at will? The people of their Hua family even used lynching, and they are still pretending to be good people and pretending to be here.

Several guards slandered in their hearts, and dragged Hua Wenyu, who was cursing in his mouth, all the way to a remote room.

Xiao Yu has been waiting there for a long time.

Glancing at Hua Wenyu, who was whimpering and crying in her mouth, Xiao Yu impatiently ordered someone to pull a rag and plug her mouth.

Jin'er had a busy day today, and her spirit was not very good, so she finally fell asleep. What if I was woken up by this short-eyed woman?

A guard standing at the bottom scratched his head and asked puzzledly: "Lord Wang, you blocked her, how should I interrogate her later?"

Xiao Yu took paper and pen from a table and threw them in front of Hua Wenyu, "Write down what you did today." ”

Hua Wenyu is used to being pampered by his family, even if he is gagged and thrown in front of Xiao Yu now, he still can't see the situation clearly.

looked at Xiao Yu with his eyes wide open, and wanted to say something in his mouth.

She didn't understand why she was arrested just for the sake of a worthless maid and Hua Nishang's waste.

She is the third lady in Washington, and in terms of worth, she is much more valuable than them.

Xiao Yu looked away in disgust and stopped looking at Chinese poetry.

Her eyes annoyed him.

"Since Miss Hua refuses to speak, then the king will not force Miss Hua to speak."

Xiao Yu smiled gently.

Hua Wenyu stopped her tears, as if she had found some hope from Xiao Yu's words.

However, the emperor attaches great importance to this case. If Miss Hua didn't want to say it, then there was nothing the king could do, so he could only transfer Miss Hua to the Criminal Department. Presumably when she got there, Miss Hua should be able to speak. ”

Xiao Yu looked at Hua Wenshi with a smile, "Miss Hua, what do you say?"

The ruthlessness of the criminal department has long been heard of in Chinese poetry. The variety and cruelty of the criminal law in it are even more prohibitive.

At this moment, Hua Wenshi trembled, looking at Xiao Yu with a white face.

No! She's Miss Huasan! Xiao Yu can't do this to her!

Xiao Yu glanced at Hua Wenyu, who shook his head vigorously, and then looked at the sky, and lost much patience in his heart.

"If Miss Hua thinks clearly, write down the truth about your eldest sister's fall off the cliff word for word, otherwise this king can only notify the squire of the Criminal Department to deal with this case."

Xiao Yu covered her lips and yawned, pushed the door and went out. Leaving a few guards to keep an eye on Hua Wenyu.

As for the female relatives of the Hua family, Xiao Yu doesn't want to force people to be anxious for the time being. just ordered people to strictly guard them, and did not let them communicate with Hua Wenyuan's father and son, who were still in Liancheng.

Hua Jinse didn't sleep well that night, and got up early in the morning.

Xiao Yu was standing on the edge of the bed wearing a coat, and suddenly the door was pushed open.

"Jin'er?"

Xiao Yu looked at Hua Jinse, who was standing in the backlight, and raised his eyebrows.

Hua Jinse also looked at Xiao Yu, and after noticing his slightly sluggish spirit, he also raised his eyebrows.

"You didn't rest last night, okay?"

In fact, when he said this, Hua Jinse was a little weak-hearted.

Last night, in order to find my sister's whereabouts as soon as possible, I took a group of people to toss for half a night before coming back.

Fortunately, it didn't turn out badly.

Xiao Yu shook his head and led the person into the room.

"After breakfast, we'll go to the village."

Hua Jinse sat down as he said and quickly finished the breakfast in front of him.

Due to the rugged mountain roads, the carriages were not easy to pass. Xiao Yu had to take a few people on foot.

Hua Jinse held the sleeping fox in his arms and walked beside Xiao Yu.

After walking for about half an hour, several people saw the familiar village from last night.

Many farmers were already busy in the fields near the village with their farming tools, and smoke rose from the roofs of their homes. It's a happy scene.

Xiao Yu traveled lightly and did not bring many people. But the faces on the waists of those guards and the non-relenting expressions on their faces still frightened some of the talkers.

However, Xiao Yu is accustomed to talking, coupled with his good dress and friendly smile on his face, he persuaded those frightened people. Let them believe that they are here to find their relatives who have been separated by bandits.

"Dare to ask uncle, did you see any unidentified people coming in and out yesterday?" Xiao Yu asked the man in front of him with a smile.

The man frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly patted his thigh and shouted, "You're talking about a girl?"

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, "Exactly." ”

The man stroked his palms and continued: "Yesterday at noon, I saw that the boy from Helian at the head of the village came back with an unconscious girl, and he should still be in his house."

Hua Jinse's lips trembled excitedly, and he clasped Xiao Yu's hand, "It's sister!" It must be my sister!"

Xiao Yu rubbed the delicate hand in his palm, and only after Hua Jinse's mood calmed down did he ask the man to lead the way.

The man was obviously a warm-hearted man, and led them directly to the adobe house.

"That's it."

Xiao Yu thanked the man again and again, and stuffed some silver into him.

The man smiled embarrassedly and pushed the silver back, "But with all your hands, you guys should go in quickly." ”

Hua Jinse ran in while the two were talking, and almost tripped over the threshold.

A thin figure was sitting upright on a simple wooden bed, frowning at his injuries.

"Sister......" Hua Jinse muttered.

Hua Nishang raised her head when she heard the voice, thinking that she was stunned. I saw Hua Jinse standing at the door with red eyes and ring her.

When Xiao Yu came in, he saw the two sisters talking softly, and there were signs of crying with each other.

With a chuckle, Xiao Yu closed the door and retreated.

"Jinse, how did you find this?" Hua Nishang gently stroked the top of Hua Jinse's hair and asked.

Hua Jinse lifted out the squeak that he had been carrying in his arms, "Xiao Yu found your sister at the bottom of the cliff, and we followed the smell all the way to find it." ”

Hua Nishang pinched her squeaky ears and didn't speak again,

"Sister, what's going on with the cliff fall? Washington said that Mianzhu pushed you down. Hua Jinse looked at Hua Nishang's injuries with concern.

Hua Nishang smiled coldly, "That day, Hua Wenshi asked me to talk about things on the edge of the cliff, I knew that she was not well-intentioned, but I didn't expect her and Hua Wenyu to be so bold." While I was unprepared, the two of them pushed me down together. ”

Hua Jinse was also very angry in her heart, fortunately her sister was fine, otherwise the two people of the Hua family would not be enough to pay for her sister's life.

"By the way, how is Mianzhu?" Hearing Hua Jinse say that the people of the Hua family pushed everything on Mianzhu's body, Hua Nishang couldn't help but be a little worried.

Hua Jinse learned about Mianzhu from Xiao Yu this morning, but he didn't dare to tell her all about Hua Nishang's injury, so he had to reply: "Xiao Yu has already sent someone to protect her, and all those people in the Hua family have been watched."

Hua Nishang took her heart away, and just as she wanted to say something more, the door was opened.

Lian Feng held a grass in his mouth, half leaned against the door frame, and shouted casually, "Senior sister."

Hua Jinse turned her head suddenly, looking at the person who was smiling at her in shock.

"Lianfeng!"

Lian Feng entered the house with a smile, still holding a bowl of steaming decoction in his hand, "Drink the medicine." ”

Hua Nishang looked at the bowl of medicine that was not very good-looking, her face changed, and she finally reached out to take it.

She didn't like to take medicine when she was a child, let alone this bitter decoction.

Looking at a junior brother who was serving his sister wholeheartedly, Hua Jinse said gratefully, "Thank you." ”

Lian Feng took the empty bowl, his face flushed, and his originally fierce face softened a little.

"Senior sister, don't say that, it's my duty to save lives and help the wounded."

Not long ago, he wanted to look for Hua Jinse in Liancheng, but when Clinker passed through this small village, he found that the people inside were infected with a contagious disease, and many people had died. He took the initiative to stay, went to the bottom of the cliff every day to collect medicine, and relied on the recipe left by the master to cure those villagers.

It's just that when he went there to collect medicine again yesterday, he didn't pick up the medicine, but he picked one up.

At night, Xiao Yu and Hua Jinse did not go back to Guangfa Temple, but stayed here, and several people had dinner together.

During the banquet, Hua Nishang was watched by Lian Feng all the time.

"Jinse, I want to eat that shrimp." Due to her injuries, Hua Nishang has been half-lying on the chair and unable to move.

Hua Jinse was about to clip a few peeled shrimp over, but was stopped by Lian Feng.

"Senior sister, she has injuries on her body, and she can't eat too much spicy food." Lian Feng righteously snatched Hua Jinse's shrimp and ate it himself.

Hua Nishang's face turned a little colder.

"What about the bass?"

"Nope."

"Where's the crab?"

"Nope."

Hua Jinse silently ate the dishes that Xiao Yu gave her, and leaned her seat towards Xiao Yu.

Her sister has always loved seafood, and now she is like this...... It's a bit tough.

In the end, Hua Nishang drank a bowl of nourishing chicken soup and reluctantly ate half a bowl of rice.

After the meal, Hua Jinse asked Lian Feng what his plans were for the future.

"Let's stay here for a while, the condition of those people is still unstable, and I can't leave for the time being." Lian Feng replied heartily, "Senior sister, what about you?"

Hua Jinse hesitated for a moment and told Lian Feng about Fuchen.

Lian Feng suddenly smiled, and the scar on the corner of his mouth twitched, "Senior sister, senior brother, his identity is probably not as simple as we imagined." Ming Qi's trip, senior sister, you should think about it again. ”

That senior brother of his, his mind is unpredictable.

"Lianfeng, do you know something?" Hua Jinse frowned. Because the room was full of familiar people, he asked unabashedly.

Lian Feng was silent for a while, then smiled again: "Senior sister, are you really that good at the medicine of the Ming Qi royal family?"

Hua Nishang, who was sitting on the side, stood up quietly in a chair, "I'm a little tired, let's go back and rest first." ”

Hua Jinse got up uncomfortably and supported Hua Nishang and went back to the inner room with her.

In the empty room, only Lian Feng and Xiao Yu remained.

Lian Feng seemed to be a little unaccustomed to sitting face-to-face with Xiao Yu and scratched his head.

The bamboo chair creaked underneath.

"Prince Helian." Suddenly, Xiao Yu looked at the person in front of him and called.

Lian Feng was stunned and smiled.

Xiao Yu and Hua Jinse stayed in this small village for a total of three days. On the fourth day, Hua Nishang's injuries were significantly better and she was able to ride in a carriage before they left the village.

In the past few days, the affairs in the palace have been almost taken care of by Xiao Weichi and Xiao Yifeng. Those who should be shut down are closed, and those who should be exiled are exiled. As for the Hua family, they were all guarded by the guards inside and outside. Even Hua Wenyuan's father and son were temporarily dismissed and imprisoned at home.

Mianzhu's injuries have also been almost healed, and he is now temporarily living in King Ning's Mansion.

"Miss!" When she saw Hua Nishang reappear in front of her, Mianzhu was really taken aback.

When Hua Wenshi and Hua Wenyu pushed her young lady down the cliff, she witnessed it with her own eyes.

I didn't expect that now the young lady would reappear in front of her intact.

Mianzhu cried and was about to pounce on Hua Nishang, but was stopped by Hua Jinse.

The injuries on my sister's body are not completely healed, but I can't help her pounce.

After settling Hua Nishang and Mianzhu together, Hua Jinse began to work on Washington's affairs.

It was a crime to steal the art of stealing the books left behind by her mother. It is a crime to disregard human life and push her sister off a cliff to put someone to death. Relying on power, oppressing the people, encroaching on the fields, and fish and meat in the countryside is also a crime.

Hua Jinse looked at the copywriting submitted by the officials of the Criminal Department with an expressionless face.

During this period, Hua Wenshi and Hua Wenyu have been escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department. Washington is now in a mess.

"Jin'er." Xiao Yu watched her flip through the file, and was a little unbearable after all.

Those people, in the final analysis, are still related to her by blood.

Hua Jinse glanced at Xiao Yu, she knew what he was worried about. No matter how heinous those people were, they were also her nominal relatives.

"Hua Wenshi and Hua Wenyu intended to murder their sisters, and I can't forgive them. Other people in Washington, D.C., just act according to the law, and don't need to ...... Take care of me. Hua Jinse lowered his eyes and hid the dark color under his eyes.

In the end, Washington was exiled to Suzhou, and Hua Wenshi and Hua Wenyu were sentenced to death.

The Hua family, which was very prosperous at the beginning, except for Hua Jinse and Hua Nishang, everyone else did not end well.

However, the title of Washington was retained and inherited by Hua Nishang.

After Hua Nishang was injured, she went to Washington.

The slaves who had once humiliated the two sisters had been dragged down now, and they didn't know where they had been sent.

In the past, Washington, which was full of people, only she and Jin Se were left with the wanton family.

Kneeling in front of the tablet in the ancestral hall, Hua Nishang looked at the spiritual position of her parents in front of her, and her lips were nuisant, but she still didn't say anything after all.