Xu Han shrank in the quilt, fortunately the strip of cloth on his chest was not completely untied, but it was also loose, and everything was seen as soon as he lifted the quilt.

Xiao Wei sat on the edge of the bed, his face gloomy.

What's worse is that her little day is coming, she will need to go to the clean room to change and wash, Xiao Wei has been sitting here, how can she get out of bed?

She was silent for a moment, and said,

"I'm going to get up, you go out first, wait for me to change my clothes, there's no urgency in this matter, now everyone has the same chips in their hands."

"Moreover, isn't there Xu Xiuyan to help? What the outcome will be is unknown. ”

Xiao Wei frowned, glanced at Xu Han, raised his eyebrows, and said,

"Everyone's a man, what's there to twist? Could it be that you don't have any secrets? ”

He was going to lift Xu Han's futon, Xu Han clung to it, and he didn't let it go, and suddenly, Xiao Wei frowned,

"How do I smell blood? Are you hurt? ”

He shook his head, "No, not yesterday." ”

Xu Han rolled his eyes in his heart, could this be a dog? The nose is so smart.

She took a slow breath and said,

"Where is the smell of blood, you have a nose problem early in the morning, you are not Aijie, I went to bed yesterday without washing, you are sure to watch me change my clothes here."

In a hurry, Xu Han moved out of the last time she stayed in the palace, Xiao Wei disliked her not washing her feet.

Xiao Wei, "......"

His face darkened, and he reluctantly said, "Then I'll wait for you outside......"

Xu Han wanted to laugh, but he barely held back,

"Trouble the prince to get out quickly, people have three urgencies, and the taste is really not very good."

Xiao Wei went out with a black face, Xu Han wrapped the white silk inside with his hands and feet, put on the outer robe, dragged his shoes to the clean room, and after a while, he dressed neatly and went out of the inner room.

Xiao Wei was sitting on the couch in the outer room, and when he saw her come out, he asked her to go over and sit, and there was a chess piece on the small table in front of him.

It's rare that he still has the leisure to play chess at this time.

He lowered his eyes and looked serious, who would think of the gentleman in the capital.

She also really wanted to know what had happened to him in the capital in less than a month.

Xiao Zhuo's posture as if he was going to have a long talk with her made Bai Zhuo come up with refreshments,

"This is bought outside, it is a characteristic of this place, you haven't used breakfast yet, just make do with it, you don't dare to use the food sent by Li Zhixian."

Indeed, I don't know about the fire in the house of the outsider, and the disappearance of the body, I will probably make a show, now that I know, it means that the two parties have torn their faces in private, and it depends on who can hold it tighter.

Xu Han was not polite, but picked up the pastry and ate it.

"I remember when we had a fight in the alley, at that time I asked you why you were looking for Mi'er, right?"

Xu Han suddenly looked up at Xiao Wei, stared at his hand holding the chess piece tightly, and pinched the bite of the ordinary pastry in his hand.

Xiao Xiao didn't seem to see Xu Han's gaze, but gave a shot.

Xu Han was dumbfounded for a while, looking at the crushed pastries in his hand, and asked Xiao Wei with difficulty and caution,

"Do you have any news of her?"

She was a little anxious, more nervous and apprehensive.

Over the years, she has never given up looking for Mi'er, but there has been no news, and she will wake up from nightmares many times, and every nightmare is about Mi'er's possible encounters and tragic ends.

This feeling made her spirit almost completely relaxed.

She took a deep breath, and the anxiety in her heart was suppressed by her, waiting for Xiao Wei to speak.

Xiao Wei didn't let her wait long, but after a while, I heard him say,

"Remember when you went down to Jiangnan, they set up a send-off banquet for you in Dongping? On the way back, the carriage was frightened, because it almost hit a person, that person was a maid from the former eleven mother's side, red tassel ......"

"Red tassels?" Xu Han repeated the name, couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately asked again, "What about Mi'er?" ”

Seeing Xiao Wei looking at himself with a somewhat complicated face, Xu Han said,

"I promised Eleven Niang that I haven't done it, so I'm a little out of shape, please forgive me."

Xiao Xiao looked at Xu Han, "Why is it out of shape, you and I both understand it in our hearts." ”

"Mi'er I also found her, she was almost sold by a family, Hongying wanted to save her, but she was seriously injured."

"And the red tassel gave birth to a child......"

His face was a little strange, and he pinched the chess pieces in his hand and played with them.

Xu Han asked, "Is Hongying married?" Who is going to sell Mi'er? What has happened to her over the years? Is she good? ”

At this time, she already believed that Xiao Wei had found Mi'er, and a series of questions popped out of her mouth and smashed at Xiao Wei.

Her heart was pinched again when she heard that Mi'er had a bad life before.

Mi'er has found it, so you have to understand the things here quickly, return to Beijing as soon as possible, and see Mi'er as soon as possible.

However, she asked with some difficulty, "After returning to Beijing, can you let me meet her?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Wei was very simple, but his words changed, "It's okay to see Mi'er, but you have to tell me, who are you?" ”

Who is she?

She didn't even know who she was, she was Xu Han, the prince of Zhenbei, and Huo Shiniang Huo Han.

As Xu Han, she has never admitted that she is Huo Shi Niang, but she feels that from the bottom of her heart, she still longs for someone to remember her existence as Huo Shi Niang.

After that assassination, Xiao Wei didn't ask about her identity again, and seemed to have been persuaded by her, but he didn't expect him to mention it again today.

Xiao Wei looked at Xu Han, and the brilliance in those eyes slowly became gloomy, as if there was a complex and intense emotion hidden in it.

Xu Han was looked at by such eyes, and suddenly felt that his heartbeat had missed a beat.

"I saw you at Orchid Cottage when one of your belts was thrown under a tree like a cat."

"That day, I got a letter, and it was kept by a soldier who was given to his subordinate before he died."

"You want that letter too, don't you? That's when you went to find the servant. I guessed that right. ”

Although Xu Han was puzzled that Xiao Wei took the initiative to change the topic, the topic he was talking about now was what she was more interested in.

"What does that letter say?"

Xiao Wei groaned,

"I haven't deciphered that letter yet, it's just an ordinary running account, but this time I came down to the south of the Yangtze River, not just to escort grain and grass, but to check the affairs of the Huo family."

Xu Han was stunned, "This matter is related to Jiangnan officialdom?" ”

She remembered the hidden weapon taken out of Yuan Wailang's body, which actually fully showed that these two things were related.

In the past few years, she has not been able to verify this matter, although her identity has changed, and it is more convenient to walk outside, because there is no one in her hands, and the progress is slow.

At the beginning of the year, after Xu gave Guo Zheng to her, he slowly spread it out.

Although Xiao Wei is favored by the eldest princess of Shuyang, he is just a relative, although he is friends with himself and his brother, but the affairs of the Huo family have nothing to do with him.

Unexpectedly, he never forgot to check.

"Huaiyang Prefect Master Ma, you should know that your target this time is also right, but what you don't know is that although he and Xu Ge are in-laws, the person who really recommended him is not Xu Ge Lao, but someone else, and you don't know that he has a lot of relationship with Jin Wuwei's commander Ma Daren."

"They're cousins in the next room."

"Originally, I didn't find it, I have always focused on Xu Gelao, and I checked the people around him, and I made this discovery."

"After discovering the connection between the two, I checked the two again, and I made an unexpected discovery."

Xu Han thought of the sword hanging on Commander Ma's body, because the incident happened suddenly, she was going to ask about the origin of the sword, and she also thought that after returning from Jiangnan, she would ask clearly.

Her tone was extremely cold, "What discovery?" ”

"Do you remember the man who met Xu Xiuyan in Qixing Tower that day? That Mafu. ”

Of course, Xu Han remembered that Ma Fu used to be a staff member by his uncle's side.

Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes and knocked the chess pieces on the chessboard,

"The three of them are all from the same family, but the Ma Fu branch broke away from the Ma family for some unknown reasons."

"But they still have a connection in private, and even Ma Fu's family is also supported by Ma Commander."

Xu Han said coldly, "That means that the Ma family and the Huo family were wiped out, and the Ma family was inseparable, is it certain, right?" ”

Xiao Wei nodded, "The evidence is conclusive. ”

Xu Han threw the crushed pastries in his hand onto the plate on the side, pulled out the handkerchief, and wiped his fingers clean one by one, "Very good." ”

Her voice was gentle and soft, but it made people hear a chill in it.

Anyway, after the matter of Wu County, she is also going to Huaiyang, the people of the Ma family, then they will go over one by one.

Xiao Wei looked at Xu Han and said seriously,

"Hanhan, will you leave this matter to me?"

This 'Hanhan' didn't make Xu Han fluctuate too much, and she didn't see the tenderness of Xiao Wei's eyes like water.

She looked at Xiao Wei calmly, did not nod, and did not agree, "The emperor gave me a secret decree to find out the darkness of Jiangnan officialdom, so the Ma Governor's Mansion will not end well." ”

The light in Xiao Wei's eyes dissipated, "The grain and grass are now on the way to Huaiyang, and it will naturally be handed over to the Ma Governor's Mansion at that time." ”

Xu Han knew what he wanted to say, he just wanted to ask her what she would do then.

She thought for a while and said to Xiao Wei,

"I appreciate your willingness to meddle in matters that have no interest in you, but I have received a secret order from Your Majesty, and it is very convenient for me to act."

"However, I will also accept your help, and at the same time, I will give you the corresponding reward."

"You and I will get rid of the Ma family together, and I will promise you one thing. How is it? ”

Xiao Wei smiled lowly, the warmth in his eyes dissipated, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile, "Okay." ”

Xu Han lowered her eyes, her heart and her people had already put on indestructible armor, she would not accept any temptation, let alone let this temptation touch the soft inside.

After that, the two didn't say a word, Xiao Wei just tapped the chessboard with his chess pieces from time to time, making a crisp sound.

This action is actually not what Xiao Yi loves to do, but the action that Huo Shiniang liked to do at the beginning.

When she thinks about playing chess, she will unconsciously do this action, so that her chess pieces, whether black or white, are a little broken.

In fact, she knows Xiao Wei's thoughts, Xiao Wei's intentions, and Xiao Wei's dedication, but what can she do?

Even men and women who have a marriage contract say that they will turn against each other, not to mention such a bond made only by the love of men and women!

She had already experienced it once, so she could only choose to be indifferent.

Xiao Wei knocked on the chess pieces for a long time, so long that Xu Han couldn't help but stop it, but he stopped first.

"I think I should have already started when I came to Li Zhixian, and I also received the news of the fire in Yuanwailang's mansion, so we should also go and meet this county magistrate for a while."

Xu Han breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, she stood up, and her tone was gentle,

"Is there anything in common between the account book of the Wailang and the letter from the head of the military department?"

She didn't know why she had this question, since Xiao Wei said that the affairs of the Huo family were related to Jiangnan officialdom, maybe these two people also had something in common?

Xiao Xiao seemed to confirm Xu Han's statement, his face changed slightly, and he called Bai Zhuo in.

Xu Handao,

"Anyway, we haven't arrived in Huaiyang yet, why don't we go and let Li Zhixian solve the puzzle?"

With that, she went out of the house first.

Xiao Wei watched Xu Han's figure disappear at the door of the room, lowering his eyes to hide his strange dark eyes.

What about even men? As long as it's still her!

Xu Han walked a distance and found that Xiao Wei didn't follow, so he stood in place and waited for a while before seeing Xiao Wei come out of the house slowly, and then went to the office of Li Zhixian together.

As soon as Xiao Xian saw Li Zhixian, his face was pale, and he said coldly,

"Li Zhixian, your ratings have been excellent over the years, but after this commander came here, he first discovered that you were harboring evil people, and now there are many accidents."

"Even the corpses parked in the county government can be moved, can this Wu County still stay? Is there still a place where there is peace? ”

"If you can remove the body today, you can remove the head of Xiang Shang tomorrow."

Li Zhixian was questioned by Xiao Wei's words, and he was speechless to relieve himself.

He also knew that those who could be the commander of Jin Wuwei and the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei were not stupid people, but all he wanted was to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces.

Even if the commander knew that he had done it, he would not be able to bear it without certain enlightenment.

Coincidentally, Xu Xiuyan also came, he was still dressed in black, his face was cold, and he saw Xiao Wei and Xu Han bowing slightly.

Xu Han has been angry when he saw this Li Zhixian since yesterday, thinking of the sins suffered by the two Wen sisters, and seeing Li Zhixian as if he was fine.

Immediately shouted loudly,

"Master Li, do you still want to hide the good things you have done?"

Although she still called Lord Li, the anger and chill here made Li Zhixian soften.

He is a seven-grade small official, so he was given to Huhe by a general of the emperor's twelve personal guards, and although Xu Han was not wearing an official uniform and was thin, he stood on the steps, and the morning sun sprinkled on her, and the dignified official authority was undoubtedly revealed.

Li Zhixian was originally afraid, although he sent someone to do those two things, but in the end he was worried, and after Xu Han's calm trial of the case yesterday, he also knew that neither Xu Han nor Xiao Yi were his people.

Therefore, he did not offer beauty and money at all as he did when he entertained those people from Beijing, but listened to his inner fear and made the first move.

He saw that the two adults did not beat around the bush at all, but directly and calmly questioned, suspicious of the dark ghost, and was looked at by Xiao Wei's eyes like a burning eye, and suddenly it was like morning dew under the sun, and there was nothing to hide.

His knees weakened, thinking that if he was recruited, would he be able to save his life? There are old and young, if he has an accident, what should his family do?

"My lord, I, I'll recruit ...... It was all forced by the prefect of Huaiyang, and the lower officials were also forced to do so. ”

Xu Han, "......"

Xiao Wei, "......"

Xu Xiuyan, "......"

Three, you look at me, I look at you.

Although Xu Han questioned Li Zhixian and seized the opportunity, she thought that there would be some battles, at least Li Zhixian could get to this day, how could there be some city governments, and he should be able to hold back their questioning.

Unexpectedly, it was not a simple question that could ask this follow-up.

She coughed lightly, took a few steps with her hands in her hands, and said,

"Do you think that by pushing it on Governor Ma, you can clear your name?"

"Governor Ma is neither your subordinate nor your superior, and has no direct jurisdiction over you."

"How did he persecute it? How can they persecute you? ”

Li Zhixian kowtowed, for the sake of his family and to save his life, pouring beans into a bamboo tube, first pushed everything on Ma Zhifu's body, and pushed hard.

There is a description of what Wai Lang did, and how he implicated him with Ma Zhifu.

There are even some unknown things, all of them have been said, halfway through, seeing that the first two people did not react at all, they listened carefully, and then looked at Ma Gongzi's immobile appearance, epiphany, liver and gallbladder were shattered into a few pieces!

He is a thief and coward, his heart is too weak, and he is stupid.

His face was blue and white, white and blue, changing constantly, wishing to pass out, time turned back, and he wanted to shake his two big mouths even more.

"Your Excellency...... I ......"

Xu Han looked at him condescendingly, looking at him with a smile, "My lord, listen to the official, you continue." ”

"Your Excellency...... The adult ......, "Li Zhixian looked at Xu Han with some flattery, and then looked at Xiao Wei,

"Xiaguan got up early, his head was confused by this wind, he was talking nonsense, he didn't know what he said, you must not take it to heart......"

He was like a fish trapped in the shallows, and he wanted to die and struggle.

Xiao Xiao chuckled,

"It's okay, it's just that the wind blew down, and they all say that it's rare to be confused, you are so confused, continue to be confused."

"It doesn't matter if you don't say it, we know everything."

Xiao Wei thought about it, and gave Li Zhixian another fierce medicine,

"You said you, if you want to know something, just ask me, why did you burn down the house of the Yuanwailang's house?"

"Oh, you didn't find anything, that's why you want to burn it."

He smiled, and the tear moles in the corners of his eyes looked unusually delicate in the sunlight,

"The account book of the staff is here with the official, and those letters, do you want to show them to Lord Li?"

received so much money from Wailang, and was a liaison with Ma Zhifu, no wonder the blind mother-in-law came several times, Li Zhixian pretended to be dead from beginning to end, and didn't even make a look to check.

Because he didn't dare!

How did he check? What should I do if I find out what I have done?

Beneath his bizarre and mediocre appearance, he himself is also a member of the darkness of officialdom.

Isn't it because he can be blown up so easily because of his weak heart?

It is said that the three-year county order, 100,000 silver, where does the silver come from? Isn't that how it came about?

People have desires, and finally develop to the point where the desire is difficult to fill, why does Ma Zhifu surrender as soon as he recruits An, isn't it just to get more.

Xu Xiuyan stepped forward and said unhurriedly,

"Master Li, you have to think clearly, according to what you said, it is the Ma Governor's Mansion that accepted some bribes from you, how did this money come from, he may not know, even if those two adults take your confession to ask the Ma Governor's Mansion, if he says that he doesn't know, you are not the only one to bear the responsibility?"

Although Li Zhixian has been in the position of county magistrate for so many years, he is very tactful, and he is even more good at shirking responsibility, otherwise he would not have confessed to Ma Zhifu as soon as he lost his temper.

Hearing that he wanted to carry the responsibility alone, he was frightened, and immediately begged for mercy.

"My lord, there is an account book from the outsider, but there is also an account book from the lower officials, I have the account book, and I also have the seal of the steward of the Ma Governor's Mansion."

As a man, there must always be a way back to stay, so as to ensure that you can get out at any time.

He suddenly shouted, "I have evidence of correspondence with the Ma Governor's Mansion, account books, and things I am told." ”

"And this time, he asked the bandits to rob Chincha's boat."

At this time, he didn't know that Xu Xiuyan was not only not Ma Gongzi, but also the above two people.

It's just that he can't figure out why the people above say that no matter who pretends to be Ma Gongzi, he should go down, and even if he should be down, it must be an accomplice.

But what he said just now was simply to induce confessions, how could such people be in a gang?

Li Zhixian confessed like this, but he didn't know that Yuan Wailang died from a secret weapon.

As for the smuggling of corpses, it was because he received a note from someone else.

He thought it was from the person who had come to deliver the news to him. Only then did he burn down the mansion of the outsider, but also carried the body away.

Although such evidence can make Ma Zhifu come down from the position of the prefect, it is meaningless if he cannot be convicted.

So, they still need to collect more information.

Moreover, they still have to face the prefect of Ma, dig deep, and dig deeper.

……

The capital, the north of the town.

In the main courtyard, Xu sat on the couch, and there were several account books on the small table in front of him, and there was a document on the account book, on which it was written in detail where Xu Jun had gone and what he had done during this time.

Because of Qin Fang's matter, Xu Jun restrained a little, and didn't go to those flower streets and willow alleys again, but followed a few people to eat tea and chat and the like.

I didn't know that Xu Jun's study was now full of messes, Xu Jun was sitting on the ground in embarrassment, his nose and face were swollen.

The masked man flicked his wrist, looked condescendingly at Xu Jun on the ground, and said disdainfully,

"What have you become? If you want to be this glamorous prince, why can't you pay attention to your face? ”

"You really lose the face of the name 'Xu Jun', what have you done all these years?"

Xu Jun simply sat on the ground, raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips, and looked at the masked man fiercely,

"But I'm just a prince, you can only shrink here like a mouse and obey my dispatch."

"You can do whatever you want, and it's good to see what you can't see!"

The masked man picked up the only stool in the room that was still intact, shook the hem of his clothes, and sat down.

"If you can't do it, then don't do it, you 'die.'" ”

When Xu Jun heard this, he immediately crawled to the feet of the masked man, and at first pleaded, but when he got to the back, he was indifferent and reluctantly stood up.

"Are you dreaming, do you want to renew your relationship with Xu Danxiu? Hehe, do you think Xu Danxiu will still want you? ”

"You probably don't know, General Qi, who was guarding in Shudi, has returned to Beijing, and Xu Danxiu admired him back then."

"He has been guarding Xu Danxiu for a lifetime, at this time, you let me die of illness, do you want Xu Danxiu to remarry?"

He looked at the masked man with a smug expression, and his bruised and swollen face looked distorted abnormally!