(Ladies and gentlemen, I have returned, and I am so tired that my heart is scattered.) Go to bed early tonight and think about the plot, and resume the two shifts tomorrow. ）

On the morning of 16 July, a mourning hall was set up in the house of Mrs. Qiu Guo for people to go to mourn. For a time, the crowd of people who came to mourn was endless, and the momentum was huge.

At the end of the morning, the noble concubine Feng drove in person, and Yang Guozhong, who was dressed in plain clothes, knelt down to greet the Yang family sisters and relatives of the Yang clan, and the cry shook the sky for a while, resounding in the streets. Yang Guifei also brought a couplet written by Xuanzong himself, and Yang Guozhong hurriedly ordered people to hang on both sides of the mourning hall, and said: Actress Shen Baowu, immortal drive back to Yaochi. His Majesty personally wrote a couplet to send condolences, firstly, to give the Yang family a great face, and secondly, it also shows the position of Mrs. Qiuguo in His Majesty's heart.

There was an endless stream of princes, nobles, and court ministers coming and going, and most of them were actually not because of Mrs. Qiuguo, but because of the face of the concubine, Yang Guozhong and the Yang family. The Yang family is now thriving, there is a noble concubine in the palace who enjoys exclusive favor, and Yang Guozhong, the powerful left prime minister in the court, is naturally full of etiquette and will never be left behind.

The people who mourned were endless, almost never interrupted from morning to night, and everyone in the Yang family was tired enough, until the evening when the lamp was held, Yang Guozhong had time to sit down and drink tea.

Sitting on a Taishi chair in the side hall, Yang Guozhong squinted and enjoyed the maid's pink fist beating his sore back, while listening to the steward holding today's condolence list and gift list and reading softly beside him. The body was tired, and the voice of the steward was very monotonous, which made Yang Guozhong a little drowsy.

"Master, after reading it, a total of 397 people came to mourn, all the gifts have been recorded, and the gifts have also been recorded in the treasury, and the list and gift list are for the lord to see." The steward hunched his waist and spoke to Yang Guozhong, who was squinting and napping, he knew that Yang Guozhong seemed to be asleep, but in fact he definitely didn't sleep.

Sure enough, Yang Guozhong's eyes didn't open, but he said in his mouth: "I know, put it there, I'll take a look for myself in a while." ”

The steward agreed, put the roster gift list on the coffee table in front of him, and bowed down to retreat. Yang Guozhong suddenly stopped him.

"In the list you read just now, I don't seem to have heard Wang Yuan's name, didn't Wang Shilang come to offer condolences today?"

The steward thought for a while and said: "Back to the master, it is true that there is not, the villain has a good memory, and he is sure that he did not read the name of Wang Shilang, and it seems that he did not come." ”

Yang Guozhong opened his eyes slightly, his face was a little solemn, and he waved his hand and said, "I know, you can step down." ”

After the steward left, Yang Guozhong sat up with a bad face, Wang Yuan is a person who is very close to the Yang family, from the death of Mrs. Qiu Guo yesterday to today's condolence meeting, Wang Yuan did not even take a face, which is somewhat unusual. Even Li Linfu and the prince's people from the political enemy side came to mourn and go through the motions on the surface, but he was so abnormal.

In addition, what I briefly learned yesterday about Mrs. Yu Guo's close relationship with Wang Yuan a few days before her death, and even seemed to have a very intimate behavior, made Yang Guozhong's heart full of suspicion, and at the same time, an inexplicable fire rose. Yang Guozhong believes that Wang Yuan's behavior is so abnormal, it must be something hidden in his heart. Or, to put it mildly, there must be a ghost in the heart.

Yang Guozhong made a decision, since Wang Yuan didn't show up, then he would go to him, kill him by surprise, and see what kind of fame he was doing. Shun Bian also asked Wang Yuan about the close relationship between him and Mrs. Qiu Guo before her death, and see if he would notice some clues.

The black clouds were heavy, obscuring a bright moon in the sky, turning the night that was supposed to be a bright moon into a dark and gloomy night. The weather was hot and humid, it seemed to be raining heavily, there were many mosquitoes, and even the frogs in the pond were more noisy than usual.

Yang Guozhong galloped into Jing'an Fang with dozens of entourage, and the horse's hooves crushed the night of Chang'an, waking up the sweet dreams of hundreds of people along the way. Coming to the open space in front of the Wang family's mansion in the southeast, Yang Guozhong's guards were ordered to step forward to call the door, but before anyone arrived at the courtyard gate, they suddenly saw the door of the Wang family's mansion wide open, and four or five people came out with lanterns and one person around.

Yang Guozhong saw it clearly, it was Wang Yuan who came out, dressed neatly, as if he knew that he was coming, and bowed in front of the door.

"Yang Zuoxiang, I knew that you would come tonight, Wang Yuan has been waiting for a long time." Wang Yuan said.

Yang Guozhong frowned and got off the horse, stepped forward with a serious face, and bowed back: "Wang Yuan, how do you know that I am coming tonight?" ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "I naturally know that the third lady died suddenly, and I should have been on the side to help Zhang Luo's funeral, but I never showed up, and Yang Zuoxiang was naturally unhappy." Besides, I'm afraid there are many difficult mysteries about the death of the third lady, and Yang Zuoxiang must want to find someone to talk about, and I can't think of anyone else who is most suitable to discuss this matter with Yang Zuoxiang except Zaixia. ”

Yang Guozhong's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "It seems that you have a mirror in your heart, but your shelf is quite big, and you don't show up, but you want to come to see you in person." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Yang Zuoxiang misunderstood, if you don't come to me, I will also go to you, but it will be later, and I will wait until the person decides." ”

"Oh? Will you reach out to me? And why do you want people to be determined? Yang Guozhong said.

"That's nature, please come into the hall and talk. Someone came, tea and snacks were prepared in the hall, I guess Yang Zuoxiang must have been busy all day, and he didn't even bother to eat dinner. Wang Yuan Yang shouted.

Yang Guozhong said coldly: "You are clever. With that, he strode into the courtyard and strode straight into the hall. Behind him, dozens of guards rushed in and scattered all over the front yard of the Wang family, and the momentum was quite unkind.

Wang Yuan's face was calm and he turned a blind eye to this, and followed Yang Guozhong into the front hall, and the servants brought tea and snacks, but Yang Guozhong didn't move his fingers, and sat on the big chair and looked at Wang Yuan in a daze.

Wang Yuan waved off the servant and formally saluted: "See Yang Zuoxiang, the death of the third lady is shocking, please Yang Zuoxiang mourn and change." ”

Yang Guozhong said lightly: "Thank you, you should say these words to my Yang family in today's mourning hall." Tell me, something so big happened to my Yang family, but why didn't you even show your face? Could it be that when Mrs. Yang Jiaguo died, couldn't you let Wang Yuan condescend to condescend to mourn? ”

Wang Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Yang Zuoxiang is angry, the Yang family's affairs are my business, how can the lower officials not care." But I really didn't show up, and I didn't help Zhang Luo, but there was a reason for me. ”

"What is the reason, I don't know if I can hear it?" Yang Guozhong sneered.

"The reason is that the lower officials really don't have time to go, and the lower officials are very busy." Wang Yuandao.

"What?" Yang Guozhong stood up suddenly, glared at Wang Yuan and shouted, "Is this your reason?" What are you busy with more than the death of a lady of the Yang family? Wang Yuan, could it be that in your heart, the affairs of my Yang family are all trivial matters? I can't make you come here, can I? ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Yang Zuoxiang is angry, how could I have this meaning, I am indeed busy with an important matter, this matter is more important than going to mourn the third lady, so I have to be absent." ”

"Presumptuous." Yang Guozhong reprimanded angrily: "The wings are stiff, can you want to fly?" Without my Yang family, do you have today? What could be more important than the death of my Yang family? ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "No." ”

"Then why not? What is it that makes you not even show up to offer your condolences? Everyone knows that you are a member of my Yang family, and if you don't show up, it won't be a refutation of my face. ”

"I said, that incident is more important than going to the condolences, Yang Zuoxiang, Wang has known you since he met, every word and deed is for the sake of the Yang family, for the sake of Yang Zuoxiang. What you said just now is very chilling. Wang Yuan said.

Yang Guozhong said: "I didn't say that you were bad, I just thought that your behavior in the past two days was a little strange." I'm not here today to say condolences, in fact, I have a lot of other questions in my mind that I want you to answer truthfully. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Yang Zuoxiang, before asking these questions, I advise you to withdraw from the four guards behind the door, and you can't let anyone know about what you asked." ”

Yang Guozhong was surprised: "How do you know what I want to ask?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "The thing you asked is exactly what I have been investigating in the past two days." The reason why I didn't show up was because I was busy investigating this matter, what could be more important than finding out the cause of the third lady's death? This is exactly what Xia Guan is busy doing. ”

Yang Guozhong stared at Wang Yuan with wide eyes, suddenly stretched out his hand and waved it in the air, and the four guards who were guarding the door of the front and back halls like stakes immediately turned around and walked out of the hall and closed the front and back hall doors.

"You just said that the thing you started investigating in the past two days is the cause of the third sister's death? My third sister missed her deceased husband and even committed suicide by throwing herself into Qinghu for martyrdom, this is a well-known thing, how dare you say that the cause of death is suspicious? Yang Guozhong's quiet words were very clear in the hall, and even his slightly heavy gasps could be heard clearly, obviously his mood was not as calm as his words.

Wang Yuan stretched out his hand and gestured: "Yang Zuoxiang sit down and talk, drink some tea, and listen to me slowly." ”

Yang Guozhong sat down again, took two sips of tea, and then heard Wang Yuan say softly: "Yang Zuoxiang, I have something to confess to you." During this time, the third lady actually invited me to her house many times, and you know, in my capacity, it is impossible to refuse her invitation. I didn't dare to tell you, nor did I dare to tell the Eighth Lady, because I was afraid that you would think I had something to do. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yang Guozhong's heart immediately felt a lot better, because if Wang Yuan denied this matter, it would show that he was very weak-hearted. But if he confesses to this, it shows that he has a clear conscience, and at least it shows that he does not intend to deny and conceal it.

"You mean, you and the third sister had a ...... before you were alive Connection? Yang Guozhong asked with a pretended surprise look.

"Xia Guan has no intention of blaspheming the deceased, but Yang Zuoxiang has heard more or less about the matter of the third lady. She did mean this to me, but you know, Wang can't do this, Wang doesn't want to make Mrs. Qin unhappy. So, in fact, I went to Mrs. Qiu's mansion twice a few days ago, but I was polite and did not have a so-called ...... Something to do. Wang Yuan said in a low voice.

Yang Guozhong frowned, obviously interrogating Cui Tong and other maidservants in Mrs. Qiuguo's mansion, they said that a few days ago, Wang Yuan dragged Mrs. Qiuguo to fight in the grove in the back garden of the mansion, and it was not good to have fun, and now Wang Yuan denied having an affair with Mrs. Qiuguo, obviously lying. Why is this kid lying? There must be doubts.