"As a word of advice, you'd better not leave until I say you can leave."

The anger in Bai Qiaoxuan's eyes was about to burst out, "You threaten me?!" ”

Zhong Wanlu fiddled with her skirt with grace, "If you think it is, then it is." ”

"What do you want?"

Zhong Wanlu's slender fingers seemed to want to outline his outline, Bai Qiaoxuan avoided her hand in disgust, Zhong Wanlu's smile froze for a moment, but in an instant, she smiled like a flower, "What I want is very simple, I want you to divorce Lu Xi and marry me." Don't be in a hurry to say impossible, I warn you, if you reject me, you will pay an unusually painful price, in other words, if you reject me, you may be ruined. ”

Saying that, Zhong Wanlu looked at the hourglass on the table, "You still have two quarters of an hour to think about." ”

Bai Qiaoxuan couldn't wait to leave, he said, "Don't think about it. I admit that I will do whatever it takes to achieve my ends, but I will never use my woman in exchange, you die of this heart. Ciel, let's go. ”

Zhong Wanlu said again: "If it weren't for me and killing Zhong Shubo for you, do you think you still have the life to stand here and refuse me righteously?" You will be like Lu Jingzhi, you don't know how you died! ”

Tong Yuqing was still immersed in remorse and couldn't extricate herself, but when she heard Zhong Wanlu's words, she rushed to her and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhong Wanlu asked rhetorically, "Isn't what I said clear enough?" Your Ziting was killed by Zhong Shubo. In order to give the people he planted in your mansion a chance to drug Lu Jingzhi, he deliberately designed to poison Xi Yiqian, put the suspicion on Xi Yiling's head, and led you to the Gu family to investigate the case. You stayed at Gu's house for a morning, and Zhong Shubo thought that ten times of medicine was enough. After that, he also ordered King Douro to attack again, turning all your attention to the war on the border. ”

Tong Yuqing sat paralyzed on the ground, and at that time she felt that there was something strange about Xi Yiqian's poisoning, but she didn't think that it was to attack Qing Ziting......

Bai Qiaoxuan said: "Impossible, our usual food and clothing have to go through three rounds of inspections, and during that time, I increased the three rounds of inspections to five rounds, it is impossible for Ziting to be poisonous, how did Zhong Shubo do it?" ”

"Zhong Shubo's poison art is unmatched in the world. But I haven't been exposed to poison, so I don't know the specific pharmacology, I only know that it is a medicine prepared by Zhong Shubo personally for Lu Jingzhi, colorless, tasteless and formless, to be precise, it is a gas, as long as it is not seen and sprayed, it is impossible for people to detect the abnormality. Moreover, this medicine is only useful for people suffering from cold diseases, and the medicine is very slow, but as long as the disease occurs, it will never be able to return to heaven. ”

Tong Yuqing asked, "You already know, why didn't you save Ziting?" You hate Zhong Shubo, Lu Tiansheng, Zhong Shunhua, and Lu Jingwu, and you want them to die because they ruined your life. Ke Ziting has never harmed you, why did you watch him die?! ”

Zhong Wanlu sneered, "You asked me why I didn't save him, I want to ask you, why did I save him?" For the sake of Qiao Xuan's great cause, I didn't even save his father, how could I save Lu Jingzhi? If I save him, I will scare the snake, to save him is to expose myself, and to save him is to leave a hidden danger for Qiao Xuan, why should I do something harmful to me? ”

Tong Yuqing roared: "How could he be Qiao Xuan's hidden danger? He never intended to be an Overseer! ”

Zhong Wanlu stared at her eyes and said, "He didn't mean to, but can you guarantee that no one will rebel against Qiao Xuan under the banner of supporting him?" As long as Qiao Xuan reigns for one day, none of the men of the Lu family will be able to live! Even if Zhong Shubo doesn't do it, I will kill him. ”

Zhong Wanlu's words blocked Tong Yuqing's mouth, but it made Lu Xi tremble, "Three...... Third Brother ......"

Zhong Wanlu turned to look at Lu Xi, "It's a little late to think of him now?" My people, I should have dealt with them. ”

Lu Xi's feet were unsteady and he knelt on the ground softly, Zhong Wanlu walked towards Bai Qiaoxuan step by step, "See? Tong Yuqing for the sake of her beloved, and Lu Xi for her brother, it is impossible for them to treat you wholeheartedly. Don't you still understand that only I will treat you as my whole and my world, and plan for you wholeheartedly? ”

Bai Qiaoxuan took a step back and muttered, "You're terrible......"

"Terrible?" Zhong Wanlu's eyes seemed to have tears, "Am I wholeheartedly for you, or am I wrong?" ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, so quiet that only the sound of quicksand could be heard, Zhong Wanlu turned her head to look at the quicksand, as if she saw a little bit of time passing, she said loudly: "I, Zhong Wanlu, as the first beauty in Puxi, have countless admirers behind me, I don't have such a good temper towards everyone. I tolerate you because I love you, but if you don't know what to do, I won't pester you. I'm going to destroy you and give you a taste of life that is worse than death. Now that the two quarters of an hour are coming up, I'll give you one last chance, will you take a break from Luxi, marry me or not? ”

"Don't stop, don't marry."

The quicksand stopped after Bai Qiaoxuan said the answer. The smile on Zhong Wanlu's face became more and more obvious, "Okay, you can take your wife with you." ”

Bai Qiaoxuan helped Lu Xi up, and motioned for Yang Hao to go over to help Tong Yuqing, but Zhong Wanlu blocked in front of Yang Hao, she said to Bai Qiaoxuan with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, I don't want to detain your old lover, I just have one more thing, I haven't made it clear to her." ”

Zhong Wanlu squatted down, looked at Tong Yuqing's eyes, and said, "You should be curious to know, who trapped you in the dungeon before Lu Jingzhi died, so that you couldn't see him for the last time, right?" ”

Tong Yuqing's empty eyes reacted slightly, and Zhong Wanlu smiled even brighter, "It's me." We come from the same background, but this encounter is so different. You have parents who love you and love you, Qiao Xuan who lives and dies with you, and Ziting who loves you wholeheartedly. And I, having only seen my mother from afar, my beastly father, who had only his son in his heart, and I was nothing but a casual thing to give away in his eyes. My husband used me as a punching bag to vent his resentment towards his mother. The people I love with all my heart, instead of being grateful to me, think I'm terrible. Why can you have so much and I am destitute? Maybe you didn't do anything wrong, but you shouldn't have appeared in front of me, reminding me all the time what a miserable life I have, and making me want to tear up your happiness all the time. ”

Tong Yuqing thought that it was the person in front of her, so that she couldn't see Qing Ziting's last face, she lost her mind for a while, and just wanted her to disappear in front of her forever, she grabbed Zhong Wanlu's white neck and pressed her to the ground.

Zhong Wanlu's face turned red and purple, but she still smiled and squeezed out a few words, "Kill, go, I, Qiao, Xuan, also, live, no, become ......"

Tong Yuqing suddenly relieved her strength, and Zhong Wanlu coughed violently, "Hahahahaha...... I really like to see you want to kill me, but you don't dare to kill me. I have never liked the existence of King Duluo so much like now, it is he who makes you afraid, afraid that I am not there, he will kill Qiao Xuan......"

Bai Qiaoxuan walked over, stared at Zhong Wanlu condescendingly, and turned to Tong Yuqing and said, "The relatives are painful, and the enemies are fast." The more this happens, the stronger you have to be. Let's go. ”

Tong Yuqing still didn't have the strength to be as strong as Bai Qiaoxuan said, and as soon as Bai Qiaoxuan wanted to forcibly pull her up, Zhong Wanlu's voice sounded again, "You don't dare to kill me for him, but is he really worthy of your treatment like this?" ”

Tong Yuqing asked sharply, "What do you want to say?!" ”

Zhong Wanlu said with a smile: "You and Lu Jingzhi have had a child. He didn't tell you anything so important, and you were stupidly kept in the dark. ”

Bai Qiaoxuan saw that Tong Yuqing's face was whiter than paper, and he couldn't bear Zhong Wanlu anymore, so he suddenly took out his gun and shot at her, "You shut up for me!! ”

Tong Yuqing suddenly raised Bai Qiaoxuan's arm, and the vase behind Zhong Wanlu cracked in response, frightening Lu Xi. Bai Qiaoxuan's overreaction made Tong Yuqing understand that everything Zhong Wanlu said was true. She really had a child, a child between her and Ziting, but ...... She didn't keep the child......

Tong Yuqing's eyes were empty, Bai Qiaoxuan held her fragrant shoulder worriedly, and said softly with relief: "Yuqing, it's not your fault, it was I who caused you to lose your child, I shouldn't have asked you to go to your uncle at that time." If I hadn't asked you to go to Ying'an, Zhong Wanlu wouldn't have had a chance to stop you from seeing Zi Ting, and you wouldn't have injured yourself because you were in a hurry to escape, and you wouldn't have been tortured because you couldn't see Zi Ting for the last time. If you want to resent or hate, come at me, and don't take all the blame on yourself......"

Tong Yuqing couldn't hear what Bai Qiaoxuan said at all, because her eyes were full of Qing Ziting's smile, and the child ...... Ziting, I'm sorry, I couldn't save our baby......

Tong Yuqing's abdomen came with that knife-like pain again, Bai Qiaoxuan saw that large beads of sweat oozed from her sideburns, and hurriedly picked her up, and returned to the Overseer's Mansion under the escort of Yang Hao and others......

Ten days later

Tong Yuqing looked up at the sky, the dark clouds that had been floating over Puhe for many days not only did not disperse, but gathered more and more, and she muttered: "It seems that the storm is coming." ”

Mi Lan stepped forward, "Madam, let's not go. Isn't it just a gathering of people? Do they really dare to rebel? With the ability of the Overseer, he will be able to handle this. If you are not healed, leave it alone. ”

Tong Yuqing shook her head with a smile, and said as she walked: "You don't understand how serious the consequences will be if this matter is not handled well. ”

Mi Lan had no choice but to follow her into the car, and on the way, Mi Lan asked, "Do you really not blame the Overseer for ordering you to hide your miscarriage?" ”

Tong Yuqing replied: "I know he is for my good and doesn't want me to be stimulated anymore." But I still can't help but complain a little about him, if it wasn't for Zhong Wanlu telling me, wouldn't he have wanted me to know for the rest of his life that I once had Ziting's child? ”

"Overseer ......"

Tong Yuqing held Mi Lan's hand and interrupted her words of consolation, "But I've figured it out now, my miscarriage has nothing to do with him, it was Zhong Wanlu who killed my child." My enemy is Zhong Wanlu, not him. I can't let Zhong Wanlu's treacherous plan succeed. ”

Mi Lan smiled with relief, but when she saw the plaque of the Zhong Mansion, the smile on her face froze again, and she said softly: "Be careful, don't let her hurt you." ”

Tong Yuqing bowed, Zhong Wanlu seemed to know that she was coming, and when the guard at the door saw her, he didn't even report it, so he invited her into the house.

Zhong Wanlu was quietly sipping tea in the living room, and when she saw her, she didn't even raise her eyelids, and said directly: "You should know that once this matter is poked out, even I can't calm it down." ”

Tong Yuqing said calmly: "You have." At least you can remove your people and give us a little respite. ”

Zhong Wanlu smiled faintly, "Even if I give you this opportunity, what can you do?" My people are no more poisonous than their eyes. ”

Tong Yuqing took a deep breath and said, "You poked this matter out not to destroy Qiao Xuan at all. If you really want to destroy him, you will choose something that you can completely control and firmly control him in the palm of your hand, instead of being like now, once he is ruthless to deal with Yin Xu, he can not only stabilize the political situation in Pu Xinzhou, but also win the hearts of the people and sit more firmly in the position of overseer. ”

The smile on Zhong Wanlu's lips was even stronger, "Sure enough, in this world, the person who knows my heart best is you." He will have the idea of seizing the throne for you, will avenge his father regardless of life and death, and will also covet the warmth that Luch brings him. He kept saying that he would do whatever it took to seek power, but along the way, he never lost his heart. It may be a good thing for the people that he has a compassionate heart, but for him, it is a weakness. You should be aware of how terrible it is for a person in a high position to have a soft underbelly. I just didn't want him to become the second Qiu Zeyuan, so I stabbed Yin Xu's matter out. Although he had been on the battlefield before and had killed people with his own hands, he had never had the blood of his relatives on his hands. Think about it, which of those great emperors in history has not been stained with the blood of their relatives? If he kills Yin Xu, he may feel uneasy for a while, but as long as he kills him, there will be no one in this world who makes it difficult for him to be a killer. Without his weakness, he, as an Overseer, would be more stable and longer, isn't that what you want to see? ”

Tong Yuqing knew that what she said was reasonable, but in her selfish heart, she still didn't want Bai Qiaoxuan to be so painful. Zhong Wanlu didn't have to guess to know what she was thinking, so she said: "If you have to eat hard, you will become a master." This is true of all mortals, and even more so of the Overseers. You can't demand Overseers by mortal standards. And even from the perspective of ordinary people, Yin Xu is doing everything by relying on himself as the cousin of the Overseer, shouldn't he be damned? Could it be that because he is Bai Qiaoxuan's cousin, he can escape the punishment of the law? So in what capacity and in what position did you ask me to open up to Yin Xu? Ask your conscience, if you are reasonable, does he deserve to die? ”

Tong Yuqing was dying, "Then you haven't thought that letting him kill his cousin with his own hands may destroy him?" ”

Zhong Wanlu didn't bother to deal with her anymore, she put down the teacup and walked to the inner courtyard, "If he can't even pass this level, then he deserves to be destroyed, and I won't save him." You'd better go back......"

There were only a few wisps of black tea left in the hall, and Tong Yuqing looked desperately at the residual heat coming out of the tea cup, and slowly walked out of the Zhong Mansion. When Mi Lan saw her look, she knew that she and Zhong Wanlu were not going well, and wanted her to go back to the mansion to rest, but she didn't expect her to say that she was going to the Overseer's Mansion again. Mi Lan couldn't stop her, so she could only accompany her to the Overseer's Mansion again, and as soon as she arrived at the fork in the front street of the Overseer's Mansion, Mi Lan was shocked, and the whole street was blocked by the crowd, and they could hear the deafening screams of those people through the car door, and they were all boiling with blood, shouting: "Kill him!" Kill him! Kill him! ”

Mi Lan hugged Tong Yuqing and said, "Madam, let's not go, the front street is jammed like this, and the car can't drive in at all." What if you walk over and are squeezed by them? ”

Tong Yuqing ignored her, "Shuque, drive the car to the back street and take a look." ”

It's a pity that the situation in the back street is not much better than that in the front street, they looked at the east and west sides again, and the result is the same, it can be said that the current Overseer's Mansion has been surrounded by this group of people, let alone people, not even a fly can fly out.

Tong Yuqing had no choice but to find the nearest eaves near the Overseer's Mansion and use it to fly up the outer wall of the Overseer's Mansion as fast as possible. Before Zhong Wanlu's people could react, Tong Yuqing had already been taken into the mansion by Xuancang.

When Tong Yuqing passed by the front hall, she saw Bai Qiaoxuan's uncle Yin Mu kneeling on the cold stone floor, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask him to get up, "Uncle Yin, why are you kneeling on the ground?" Hurry up ......"

Yin Mu burst into tears, Tong Yuqing saw that his temples were white, and his heart was in a ball, he was younger than his father, if he looked older than his father......

"Yuqing...... I beg you...... I beg you to help me beg Qiao Xuan, no matter what, save Xu'er's life, he is only seventeen years old...... It was I who didn't control him well, so he made a big mistake, if this matter has to be settled with one life, then ask Qiao Xuan to take my life......"

Tong Yuqing's tears were stored in her eyes, she was already so embarrassed, Qiao Xuan's situation can be imagined. On the one hand, he is his only cousin, and on the other hand, he is a high-pressure anti-corruption policy, which can make it difficult for him to die.

Tong Yuqing held Yin Mu's shoulder, "Uncle Yin, I promise you, I will definitely try my best to help you save Xu'er." Can you get up first? The weather is capricious in autumn, and if you kneel on the ground, you are more likely to catch a cold, and you don't want to come out and see you sick, right? ”

Yin Mu shook his head, "No, I won't get up, Qiao Xuan didn't promise me for a moment, and I won't get up for a moment." You don't have to worry about me, as long as you can help me save Xu'er, even if I kneel here, it's okay. ”

Tong Yuqing had no choice but to ask Xuancang to take care of Yin Mu and go to see Bai Qiaoxuan by herself. Before she walked to the study, Tong Yuqing smelled a strong cigar smell in the air, and it happened that Lu Xi came out to pour cigarette ashes, Tong Yuqing glanced at a full bottle of cigar ashes, and her eyes were full of shock and questions.

"I've never seen him smoke a cigar before, and I've never seen him smoke it," he sighed. He always told me privately that he never touched such harmful and unprofitable things as cigars, but in the past few days, the cigars in his hand have not been broken, and the cigars in the house are almost exhausted by him. I don't know how to persuade him, so I can only ask you to come over and see if there is a way to relieve him. ”

Tong Yuqing's fists in her sleeves clenched tighter and tighter, she looked at the full barrel of cigarette ash, and said in a deep voice: "Even if there is no way out, I will open a way for him." ”

Bai Qiaoxuan heard the sound of the door opening, there was no reaction, still smoking the cigar as if no one was around, Tong Yuqing snatched the cigar in his hand and pressed it hard in the ashtray, but Bai Qiaoxuan obviously was not the first time that a cigar had been snatched away, because he was naturally ready to relight a cigar. Tong Yuqing was so angry that he threw the box of cigars and the cigar he hadn't had time to light out of the window, "Even if you smoke yourself to death here, this matter will be solved by itself and disappear?!" ”

Bai Qiaoxuan didn't close his eyes for a few days and nights, left the cigar, and a heavy tiredness swept over, he curled himself up in the soft chair, drowsy, "Yuqing, do you know who the most inadequate person in the world is?" It's me. I thought that heavenly reason could prevail over common sense, I thought I could resist all of Zhong Wanlu's means, I thought that Xu'er would be obedient, and I obediently stopped, as a result, heh...... The result is that I will lift a stone and shoot myself in the foot, no, the result is that I will swing the guillotine and cut off my own foot, hehehehehe......"

has known him for so many years, Tong Yuqing has never seen him so decadent. She was so angry that she grabbed his collar and forced him to look directly at herself, "Bai Qiaoxuan, listen, things haven't reached the point of exhaustion yet." Even if it did, you wouldn't be what you are! ”

Bai Qiaoxuan's frowning brows and resisting body all reflected his uneasy emotions, "Haven't you reached the point of exhaustion?" The Overseer's House and the prison were surrounded by them. There must be Zhong Wanlu's people among those people, otherwise how could the corrupt officials I killed have so many family members? As long as we have the slightest movement, it is impossible to escape the eyes of those people. Zhong Wanlu knows that Xu'er is my uncle's only child, and my uncle is my grandfather's only son, she wants me to cut off the blood of my mother's clan with her own hands, so that I will have no shame to see my grandfather, or even my mother again! You don't know how much my mother loved this nephew when she was alive...... If she knew that it was me who wanted Xu'er's life, she would never recognize me as a son again. But if I don't kill Xu'er, don't say that the anger of those family members can't be calmed, even the people's grievances will be difficult to calm. They will question the fairness of the policy......"