Chapter Twenty-Six: Three Meals a Day to Deliver Imperial Meals

"Someone, I want to see your master, is there anyone, come here." Jiang Hai, who was locked up by Qiu Luoxue, yelled in the house and slammed the door.

"It's noisy, what are you looking for?" Qiu Luoxue happened to also come to see Jiang Hai, and when she stood outside the door, she heard him yelling, so she asked the family to open the door and go in.

After entering, I saw that the room was messed up by Jiang Hai, and all the tables and chairs were overturned.

"The temper is not small, it is really not worry-free at all, and it is not as good as your brother." Qiu Luoxue said after entering the room.

"What happened to Jiang'er? I warn you not to touch him, or I'll kill you. Jiang Hai warned, and as he spoke, he wanted to rush forward and make a move on Qiu Luoxue.

Nie Yuan, who was standing behind Qiu Luoxue, stepped forward in time, blocked Qiu Luoxue behind him, and drew his sword and pointed at Jiang Hai. Jiang Hai was pointed at his throat by the sword, and finally didn't dare to move more.

"Since he was worried about Jiang'er's comfort, why did he take him to do such a dangerous thing, he was just a child." Qiu Luoxue criticized Jiang Hai and said.

After that, Qiu Luoxue asked the family to take Jiang Hai and Jiang Jiang back to Jiang's house together, and they didn't let the two meet until they arrived at the door of the house.

"The old lady doesn't know that you are an assassin, so don't say anything about it when you go in later." Qiu Luoxue reminded.

Jiang Hai looked at Qiu Luoxue with a puzzled expression, and just wanted to ask something, Ling'er walked out of it, saw Qiu Luoxue saluted happily, and said, "Young Master Qiu, you are here."

"Ling'er." Jiang Hai heard Ling'er's voice and immediately rushed to her.

Ling'er said in surprise: "Brother Jiang Hai, you're back."

"How do you know them?" Jiang Hai asked.

"Didn't you ask them to come and treat Aunt Jiang?" Ling'er asked rhetorically.

Jiang Hai looked at Qiu Luoxue suspiciously, in order to prevent goofs, Qiu Luoxue reminded him with words: "In order to help my son, you two brothers haven't been home for a long time, let's go see the old lady first."

"I want to kill you, but you help my mother heal, this open-mindedness, I Jiang Hai admires, I can't help the previous things, how to deal with it, I have no complaints."

Jiang Hai entered the house and talked to his mother for a while, and the basic situation was understood. Although he kills people for money, he is not an outlaw, not to mention that he is a dutiful son. Qiu Luoxue's behavior moved him, and he knelt down in front of Qiu Luoxue at this moment and said.

"Who is the one who asked you to kill me?" Qiu Luoxue has no other requirements, she just wants to know who is behind the scenes, after all, if she doesn't catch that person, she will always face danger in the future.

This problem makes Jiang Hai very difficult, on the one hand, reputation, on the other hand, morality, which is really difficult to complete. But in the end, he still chose the latter and said, "Lu Wenxuan."

"Lu Wenxuan?" Qiu Luoxue said in surprise, glanced at Nie Yuan, and asked, "How did he find you?"

"Before, my mother was seriously ill, and I had no money to buy medicine, so I went to the pharmacy to steal medicine, but I was caught red-handed and put in the prison of Tingweisi, and soon after, Lu Wenxuan was also arrested for some reason. He said that he had a way to let me out, but when I got out, he would help him kill someone, and if I succeeded, he would give me two thousand taels of gold. Jiang Hai replied.

Qiu Luoxue pondered for a while after listening, and said to Nie Yuan, "Let's go, let's go to the Tingwei Division." After that, the two left the Jiang family and went to the prison of Tingwei Division.

"Didn't you say that you can't change anything? Why are you still here? Concubine Duan looked at Xu Zhonghang and asked.

"Niangniang is sick and needs treatment, Xia Guan ......" Xu Zhonghang tried his best to keep a distance from Concubine Duan, and said in an unfamiliar tone, at least in a tone that made Concubine Duan unfamiliar.

"Don't call me a mother." Concubine Duan interrupted him angrily, and the moment she closed her eyes, tears flowed.

Xu Zhonghang looked at the tears that slipped from the corners of her eyes, and reached out to wipe away her tears, but his hand was already stretched out in the air, but he finally took it back.

Yes, he can't change anything, she has become someone else's woman, and that person is still the most powerful person in the world. What could he do? I couldn't do anything, and even looking at her became a luxury.

"Do you know how much my heart hurts every time you call me mother?" Concubine Duan closed her eyes and calmed down for a while, then slowly opened her eyes, looked at Xu Zhonghang and asked.

I know, I know, because every time I call you mother, I also feel heartache. Xu Zhonghang replied in his heart, but if he wanted to break off his feelings, he couldn't say these words to her.

So he packaged himself as a ruthless person, directly ignored Concubine Duan's words just now, and said: "Niangniang is depressed, the rest is fine, the lower official will open a pharmacy for Niangniang, remember to let the maid go to the Tai Hospital to get medicine."

"I'm already a dead man, it's the same with or without medicine." Concubine Duan said, her tone was heavy and there was an obvious sense of misanthropy.

"Even if it's for the sake of Master Taifu, Niangniang should live well." Xu Zhonghang said.

Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan had just arrived at the Tingwei Division to interrogate Lu Wenxuan, but they were told that Lu Wenxuan had escaped last night.

"What? Ran away? Lu Wenxuan is a repeat offender, how can he let him escape so easily? Wait for your punishment. Qiu Luoxue hated that iron could not become steel and said, the prisoners detained in Tingweisi Prison can still escape, and if they wear out, won't they make the world laugh.

"Where is Lu Wenxuan locked up? Take me to see it. Qiu Luoxue said.

"Your Excellency, please."

The two were led to the prison of Ting Weisi, and after entering, they saw that two people had already checked in Lu Wenxuan's detention place. Nie Yuan stepped forward and scolded, "What person?"

The two slowly turned their heads along with the voice, and Qiu Luoxue saw that it was the emperor and Jin Fu, and immediately knelt down with Nie Yuan to salute: "Weichen (subordinate) see the emperor."

"Let's be flat." Xia Zimo said.

Qiu Luoxue got up and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

"The dignified Tingwei Division prison actually let the prisoner escape, I am very curious, come and take a look."

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Lieutenant Division is heavily guarded, and Lu Wenxuan can escape from prison so quietly, either with the help of a master, or by the person who guarded last night...... Qiu Luoxue said.

"Someone lied." Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo blurted out this sentence at the same time, and it seemed that the two thought of going together.

"Which of the two does Lord Qiu think is likely to be greater?" Xia Zimo asked.

Qiu Luoxue didn't jump to a reckless conclusion, but asked Nie Yuandao: "Nie Shishi, can you quietly save people from here?"

"One person can't, unless you give me twenty trained shadow guards." Nie Yuan replied.

"It should have been a problem with the guards last night, probably because they had bought off the jailers." Qiu Luoxue said.

"Jin Fu, pass on my will, let the people who were on duty last night gather in the hall of the Imperial Commander." Xia Zimo said.

"No, it is possible for people with weak hearts to escape when they hear the summons, and they may collude to confess when they get together, so let's send someone to arrest them directly, and after catching them, they will be detained separately and write about the situation on duty last night." Qiu Luoxue proposed.

Xia Zimo agreed with her very indirect words, and said to Jin Fu: "Do what Lord Qiu said, and send Lu Wenxuan's portrait down, notify the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and strictly check the people entering and exiting."

After that, he said to Nie Yuan: "You send some shadow guards to keep an eye on the Lu family secretly, Lu Wenxuan's escape has nothing to do with them."

"Yes." Jin Fu and Nie Yuan replied at the same time after receiving the order.

"My lord, the jailers on duty last night have been detained separately, but they are just ......"

Liu Yong, the court captain, reported the progress of the matter to Qiu Luoxue, who sat on the main hall with the demeanor of a prime minister.

"Just what?" Listening to Liu Yong's words, Qiu Luoxue asked.

"It's just that many of the jailers can't write, so I'm afraid it's a little difficult to write confessions." Liu Yong said.

"......" Qiu Luoxue was speechless for a moment, yes, why didn't she think of it? This is not as good as modern times, there is no nine-year compulsory education, most people have never gone to school, and it is normal that they can't write. Moreover, in ancient times, they were all traditional characters, which were difficult to write, and it took her a long time to get used to this way of writing.

"Then let them dictate, find someone who can write on their behalf, and be sure to find someone who has nothing to do with this incident." Qiu Luoxue said, thought about it and said, "That, aren't there a lot of down-and-out talents in the capital who help people write letters on their behalf?" Find them to write. ”

"Yes, the next official will do it." Liu Yong said.

"Also, make a detailed record of the family situation and identity information of those jailers, the more detailed the better, don't let go of a detail, and send it to the prime minister's mansion after it is done." Qiu Luoxue said again.

"Yes." Liu Yong said, and then set out to do it.

Tingwei Shi Liu Yong looks ordinary, and his name sounds ordinary, but his efficiency is still very high, and he sent all the things that Qiu Luoxue needed to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the afternoon.

Qiu Luoxue looked at the piles of documents on the desk, and instantly regretted it, and said to herself: "Alas~ Why should I do such a troublesome thing."

"I'll watch it with you." Nie Yuan suddenly appeared, leaned against the door, looked at Qiu Luoxue and said.

"Have you taken care of the affairs over there in the Lu Mansion?" Qiu Luoxue asked.

"Don't worry, as soon as Lu Wenxuan appears, the shadow guard will capture him as soon as possible." Nie Yuan walked up to Qiu Luoxue as he spoke, picked up a confession casually, and asked, "Do you start with these?"

"Well, if none of these people left their posts without permission last night, the confession should be similar, the one whose confession is different from the others is probably the one who helped Lu Wenxuan escape last night, we just need to find that person." Qiu Luoxue said.

"Let's get started." Nie Yuan had already watched it as he spoke.

The two of them sat in front of the same book and read the confession, and from time to time they would discuss it with each other. They watched very seriously, and from the afternoon to the evening, the maid came in and lit the candle, and under the candle flame, the shadows of the two met together, and they were very friendly.

Sometimes, Qiu Luoxue thinks that this kind of scene is like the feeling of sitting and studying with the opposite sex she likes when she was a student. Men and women are not tired of working together, this sentence is really used in ancient and modern times.

At dinner time, Xia Zimo was eating alone in the palace, looking at the table full of rich and delicious dishes, but he only remembered the vegetarian banquet he went to Xiangfu last time, and remembered Qiu Luoxue's sad look of crying with him, and couldn't help but smiles climbed up his cheeks again.

"I don't know if the Prime Minister has been cutting spending recently." Thinking of the events of that day, Xia Zimo muttered to himself.

"I've been so busy lately, I can't cut my expenses, it's not good to be hungry and thin." Thinking of this, Xia Zimo stopped the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Jin Fu, go and talk to the imperial dining room, prepare another imperial dish according to the specifications of today's dinner, and send it to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Yes." Jin Fu didn't ask the reason, he just carried out Xia Zimo's royal order.

Suddenly remembering something, Xia Zimo changed his words again: "No, from tonight onwards, three meals a day will be sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion to be the same."