Chapter 65: The Vortex
The death of a female slave girl in the county king's mansion will attract the attention of several people? After the palace steward came to check, he gave a conclusion. The Mongolian man committed suicide and wore the waist card of the county king's mansion, but no one inside and outside the county king's mansion knew him.
The holy car is about to arrive in Bahrain, and there is such a strange man, which is the reason why everyone in the palace has attracted attention. After careful investigation, I finally found some clues from a nervous porter. He once used his waist card as collateral in the casino, borrowed money from two men, and later withdrew the money after returning it, and did not take it to heart.
Cao Hao is in a very bad mood, although he has been in this world for several years, he still has no way to despise human life. Wen Xiu, a poor, effeminate, harmless woman to anyone, just choked before his eyes. He was very angry, and now that he thinks about it, the tragedy that happened by the Karaqin River a few years ago was just part of a conspiracy. Even if it wasn't the prince of Wuliji who died at that time, there would be other people who were targeted by the murderer, and there was only one goal, that is, to falsely accuse the prince. No matter how it is investigated later, as long as half of them think that it was done by the prince, the mastermind behind the scenes will be considered to have achieved their goal.
Cao Hao's surname is cautious, and he is not the kind of hot-blooded young man, but watching the murderer succeed like this makes him very uncomfortable. Such an innocent woman died tragically because she was involved in the conspiracy, what kind of world is this?
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The second said, Bahrain Right Banner, Doro County Palace, back mountain.
Cao Hao used some silver money, called a few people in the house, and carried Wen Xiu's body to the back mountain. Since he promised to send her home, he couldn't let her be buried alone in the Saibei grassland.
Wenxiu was abducted at the age of five, and entered the palace as a slave at the age of seven, and worked as a low-level miscellaneous servant in the palace for ten years. Before leaving, only a teenage slave girl Uen came to see him off. Cao Hao recognized her, she was the little girl she had seen in Rehe at that time, who could only speak Mongolian.
Wen Xiu's corpse was engulfed in flames little by little, and Unn almost died of tears, babbling in his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Cao Hao looked at everything in front of him and once again warned himself not to forget his promise to Wenxiu and to send her home. In addition, it is not spoken, and that is to take revenge. Saying that revenge is too high-sounding is nothing more than self-preservation. Now, the other party has found Wen Xiu with the tin wine pot left by the river, so who guarantees that he has not been found. That night, he returned to the camp with embroidery on his back, and saw more than one or two people. Since he was able to hunt down a slave girl for thousands of miles, there was no reason to let him go.
Cao Hao thought of this, and his originally angry heart became heavy, he really "often walked by the river, how could he not get his shoes wet", he had already been a man with his tail between his legs, avoiding power disputes, but he didn't expect that he still had no intention of causing trouble. Although he has lived for two lives, he still cherishes his surname, if someone hits his surname, then how can he be willing to wait for death.
The subordinates of the palace heard Wu En crying miserably and pitifully, and they were afraid that Cao Hao would think she was noisy, so they explained on the side. This Wu En is a slave of the palace, his mother died at the age of three or four, and Lao Tzu married his daughter-in-law, and he didn't care about this girl at all, Mao Wuchen took care of her all these years, and her feelings were inevitably deeper.
Cao Hao looked at Wuen, who was wearing coarse cloth clothes and crying darkly, this is the portrayal of Wen Xiu when she was a child! Thin body bones, hands full of calluses, endless labor and scolding.
"Cao Hao, I finally called Bengege to catch you!" With a slightly smug voice, Tana approached with a whip in her hand.
Un, who was crying miserably just now, heard Tana's voice, and immediately stopped, his face full of panic, and his small body shrunk into a ball, trembling.
Cao Hao was in no mood to deal with this arrogant character, thinking about the name she gave Wen Xiu, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at her. Perhaps it was because of being a slave under her that Wen Xiu suffered more.
Tana saw that Cao Hao ignored him, and just wanted to get angry, when she saw the fire in front of her, she pointed at it with a whip and said, "Is that the burning Mao Wuji?" It's just a minion, where is it worth your coming and watching! ”
Cao Hao looked at Tana: "Gege, she has been waiting for you for ten years, is she just a slave to you?" ”
When Tana heard this, her face became a little more annoyed: "Not a minion or something?" I can't get used to her chirping! A slave should know his own duty, pretend to slap me, ignore her, and go to coax Un. What kind of sister's score is there, she is simply a slave who doesn't know the rules! ”
Cao Hao can imagine that scene, the seven-year-old Wenxiu was sold to the palace, and after being assigned to Tana, he must have sincerely cared for this little master. Now that the Si people have passed away, what do they still want to do, he is very self-deprecating in his heart.
Tana arranged the embroidery, as if she was very annoyed, and stomped her feet: "Cao Hao, accompany Bengege to hunt!" The Holy Driver will be in Bahrain in the next two days, and it will not be empty at that time! Baoya's muddy girl wants to entangle you again! ”
"Gege find someone else, I'm going to wait to collect her bones!" Cao Hao replied without sadness or joy.
"What?" Tana screamed, "I came here to look for you, and you'd rather wait here to collect the bones of a minion than play with me!" It's too much, the minions in our house, where is your turn! ”
Cao Hao was really not interested in bothering to speak, and he didn't deal with Tana's words.
Tana became more and more annoyed, trembling with anger, and pointed at Cao Hao and said, "I see, why are you so concerned about this little slut." When I sacrificed the purse in June, I heard people chew their tongues and say that this little slut was carried back by a man, could it be that you can't do it? ”
Seeing that Cao Hao did not deny the matter, Tana Chong said to the subordinates of the county palace: "Put out the fire for me, whoever allowed this little slut to be cremated will be dragged to the meadow to feed the wild dogs!" ”
The servants were accustomed to Tana Yinwei, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
Cao Hao turned his head and glanced at Tana: "Wen Xiu's deed of sale, I have redeemed it from the housekeeper of your mansion at ten times the price, and now, she is not Gege's minion, so she doesn't dare to bother Gege!" ”
Although Cao Hao hid when he saw Tana in peacetime, he didn't give a good face, but it was the first time that he had such a cold attitude like Jinyue.
Tana burst into tears and muttered, "Why? I'm not as good as Baoya, am I not even as good as a minion? ”
Cao Hao is not a preachy person, and he is not interested in comforting this little girl who treats human life like a mustard.
Tana stood for a moment, choked up and turned to leave.
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Bahrain Right Banner, Doro County Royal Palace, Guest House.
After Cao Hao collected Wen Xiu's bones, he returned to his room, where the sixteenth elder brother had been waiting for a while.
What should come will eventually come, Cao Hao poured himself a cup of tea.
"What the hell is going on?" Sixteenth Elder Brother was rare and serious: "I saw that you were in a bad mood last night, and I was too lazy to speak, so I didn't ask you." Who the hell is that murderer? Are you messing with someone you shouldn't be messing with? ”
Cao Hao smiled bitterly: "How could you think of getting involved with me, didn't you say that I was just passing by?" ”
The sixteenth elder brother didn't answer Cao Hao's words, and said to himself: "I checked, although the dead female slave is now called 'Mao Wuji', two months ago she was called 'Xiao Hule', seventeen or eighteen years old, and her body is thin, isn't it the person you are looking for?" I also went to see the murderer this morning, and although he was dressed as a Mongolian, he was not necessarily a Mongolian. Painstakingly getting a waist card and carefully sneaking into the county king's mansion, just to flirt with a female slave? Who would believe this kind of nonsense! Did he come for you, but the 'Badler' was unfortunately implicated by you! ”
Regarding the matter of the prince of Wuliji, Cao Hao didn't want to say to the sixteenth elder brother, there was no need to let him follow the suspense. However, what happened last night, he won't stop without asking clearly. After following the sixteenth elder brother for two months, Cao Hao knew that he was far smarter than he appeared. Perhaps, his swaggering surname is to hide his wisdom. Right now, since the sixteenth elder brother has already taken care of it, even if Cao Hao continues to conceal it, he will follow the clues to investigate, so that if he startles the snake and arouses the vigilance of the enemy, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Cao Hao put down the teacup, looked into the eyes of the sixteenth elder brother, and asked, "Sixteenth master, do you still remember the matter of the prince of Wuliji?" Cao Hao wants to ask, do you believe the rhetoric that the deputy capital of Mongolia killed people because of a quarrel? ”
When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's just an explanation to the Mongolian kings, only honest Mongolians will believe it!" After speaking, he noticed that something was wrong, and looked at Cao Hao with a little doubt: "You are asking this a little disrespectfully, could it be that yesterday's incident is related to the death of the prince of Wuliji?" ”
Cao Hao nodded, and recounted in detail the story of witnessing the killing of Uliji by the river near the Karaqin camp.
The more the sixteenth elder brother listened, the more solemn his expression became, and he sighed helplessly after hearing it, and there was a little more worry in his eyes: "According to what you say, they have already found out about Po Hule, maybe they will also find out you, this is trouble!" I'll be looking for Urgon in a moment, and I'll make it clear that these suspicious elements will be under control before the Holy Driver arrives. No matter who it is, just in case, it's better to just say goodbye, so as not to get caught up in that whirlpool! ”
"Sixteenth master, whose handiwork does this look like?" Cao Hao was silent and asked.
The sixteenth elder brother shook his head: "It's hard to say, none of those people have clean hands." This kind of thing of pouring sewage on the prince, they are all eager to do it! ”
Maybe it was because he saw that Cao Hao didn't speak, the sixteenth elder brother comforted: "Don't worry too much, after all, there is still me, and Nersu, let's not let anyone pinch it!" We won't wade into the troubled waters, but we won't let people bully us! It's really urgent, and when they sue Huang Ama, they won't get any better! ”