When Zhou Xuan returned to Jiulianfang, it was about eleven o'clock in the night, and the drum of the third watch had just been beaten in the workshop, and it was the time when people were quiet and late at night.

Zhou Xuan dismounted among the three locust trees, walked up the steps of the gate of the Qin Mansion in the dark, and was about to buckle the knocker, when the door suddenly opened, revealing a faint red light, and then stretched out a small red lantern, and a gentle voice said: "Zhou-Gongzi, you are back." ”

Zhou Xuan saw a beautiful and sad face in the darkness behind the lantern, it was Qin Que, who must have been waiting for him to come back by the door, and when he heard his dismount in front of the door, he hurriedly opened the door to greet him.

Zhou Xuan smiled gently and said, "Tomorrow we will look for servants again, find honest and loyal ones, and the commission can be twice as high as others, so that those guys who left us will regret their deaths." ”

When Qin Que heard Zhou Xuan say this, he knew that he was sure that he would rescue her father, so he immediately raised his eyebrows and whispered, "Thank you." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "What is the family thanks." ”

When Zhou Xuan and Lu An heard Zhou Xuan's voice, they also came out, and they asked, "Sister Zhou-did Gongzi Zhou find your brother-in-law General Lin?" What did he say? ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I waited for a long time, but I didn't wait, I said that I accompanied the draft envoy to Wuning." ”

"Ahh Qin Que couldn't hide the disappointment on his face.

Zhou Xuan said: "Don't worry, let's go in and talk about it." Walking into the hall, I saw that Mrs. Qin, Lao Yahuan, and cumin were all sitting around an octagonal carved table, and Xiaodi was already asleep in Mrs. Qin's arms, and a pagoda lamp was shining coldly.

Mrs. Qin asked, "Son-in-law, how is it, can your father-in-law be released tomorrow?" ”

Except for Xiaodi, who was asleep, the other six people and six pairs of eyes stared at Zhou Xuan's mouth together, waiting for him to speak.

Zhou Xuan sat down and said to Mrs. Qin: "The son-in-law waited outside Chaoyangfang for a long time and didn't see my brother-in-law, and then Miss Lin Er came back, it turned out that she really helped me find my brother-in-law, saying that I went to Wuning, and I couldn't come back tonight, thinking that my father-in-law was suffering in prison, and my son-in-law was anxious, so anxious, I heard Lin Hanyun say that her father Lin Duhu valued his eldest daughter very much, and the son-in-law was cheeky to ask Miss Lin, and after several twists and turns, I finally asked Miss Lin to come forward, saying that I would guarantee that my father-in-law would be okay and would be released from prison soon. ”

Cumin clapped her hands and said, "That's great, my uncle really has a way." ”

Mrs. Qin said happily: "It's really hard for the virtuous son-in-law, the virtuous son-in-law didn't come back, the old woman has been restless, as soon as the virtuous son-in-law comes back, the old woman will be relieved." ”

At this time, Qin Que saw his cousin Lu An get up and walk to the courtyard alone, looking up at the starry sky, knowing that his mother's words made his cousin very uncomfortable, but Qin Que couldn't care about comforting his cousin at this time, and asked Zhou Xuan: "Which Miss Lin did Zhou Gongzi see?" ”

Zhou Xuanqi said: "Ah, is there a few Miss Lin in the Lin Mansion?" ”

"It's not." Qin Que said, "I'm asking if it's the female Taoist Jingyi?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, yes, it's her, I'm also very strange, Miss Lin turned out to be a female Taoist, does Que Er know what the reason is?" ”

Qin Que heard Zhou Xuan call her a finch, her face was slightly red, and she said, "That's Miss Lin Daoyun's sadness, I don't want to talk about people behind my back." ”

Zhou Xuan said "oh", it turned out that Miss Lin's maiden name was Lin Daoyun, and there was a word "Dao", it seemed that she was indeed related to Xuanmen Taoism, listening to Qin Que's tone, she should know Lin Daoyun's sadness, but she didn't say it, as if she was intent on Zhou Xuan's appetite.

Zhou Xuan said: "Miss Lin was still kind, invited me to tea, and promised to help me intercede to save my father-in-law when she left." ”

"Would you like tea?" Qin Que was surprised, Lin Daoyun's tea art is exquisite, and his temperament is arrogant, and the dependents of the upper-level officials in Jiangzhou are proud to be able to taste the tea of Jingyi Fairy, but have they never heard that she invited a young man to drink tea?

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, it's quite exquisite, just because it's too particular, I feel uncomfortable, I like to be casual and free." ”

After all, Mrs. Qin is old and can't stay up late, and now that she learned that Zhou Xuan had invited Miss Lin Daoyun to help, her heart was relieved, and she came to sleep, and said to Zhou Xuan: "Virtuous son-in-law, it's not too early, let's rest early." Let the old girl hug Xiaodi and go back to the inner courtyard with Qin Que and the others.

Zhou Xuan saw that Lu An was still looking at the moon, so he walked over and called: "Xiao Lu-"

Lu An hurriedly turned his head away, quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and then said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, junior brother also wants to thank you, my uncle's affairs are all up to you, and the younger brother can't help at all, I'm really ashamed." ”

As soon as Lu An said this, Zhou Xuan felt that he was not bad, and he was not so radical as to distinguish between right and wrong because of jealousy, he patted Lu An on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Lu, that Assistant Teacher Jiang wants to bring down Dr. Qin, but Xu Tingshi has made it clear that he will not be allowed to be a doctor, if Dr. Qin is released from prison as if nothing happened, this surnamed Jiang will not be able to mix in the medical department, so I conclude that the surname Jiang will still jump over the wall in a hurry, and the fake marriage case will make waves again, and the key to it will be you, Lu An." ”

Lu An was taken aback: "What, it's me, why me?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "The surname Jiang bought Song Dachun, naturally he knew that you had come to the Qin Mansion, the reason why he didn't pull you out at that time was mainly because you came here in the past two days, it can be said that you didn't know about this case, and the surname Jiang thought that this case could simply convict Dr. Qin, but now that the case is beyond his expectations, he will catch you to death, saying that you are here to pick up Miss Qin to Shouzhou to complete the marriage, and you will inevitably have to go to court last time." ”

Lu An is not stupid, so he naturally understands this truth, his face turned whiter, and he asked, "Didn't you say that it would be fine if Miss Lin came forward?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Let's plan for the worst, we have to think of all possible loopholes, just like playing chess, we can't expect the opponent to be confused and not see that our chess is not alive, we have to make up for it first, because I don't know what the draft envoy Master Li is, it stands to reason that Xu Tingshi has the right to close the case, but he said that he would wait for Lord Li to come back, in case this Lord Li insists on killing a hundred people - so we have to take precautions first, right." ”

Lu An was silent, and said after a while: "Brother Zhou is right, then the younger brother left here overnight and went back to Shouzhou." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "It's not good to sneak around, if Master Li listens to Assistant Teacher Jiang's slander and wants to find you for evidence, you have to be arrested even if you run back to Shouzhou." ”

Lu An's face was pale and blue, his eyes were frightened, this is not to stay, it is not to go, so how can I be called Lu An?

Zhou Xuan comforted him and said: "Don't be afraid, it's not a big deal, if you really want to testify in court, ask why you came to Jiangzhou, is it to marry Miss Qin?" I think you are a very smart person, Xiao Lu, you should know how to respond. ”

Lu An nodded, didn't say a word, and slowly turned around and walked towards the family's room.

Zhou Xuan looked at Lu An's Jingying, shrugged his shoulders, looked helpless, and thought: "This is providence, this is fate, all this is destined to happen since Dr. Qin pulled me into the car by Gantang Lake, life is helpless, we are all chess pieces at the mercy of fate, but Lu An's chess piece is more at a loss." ”