When Xie Mulin heard the news of Ping Nanbo's death, he still couldn't believe it.

The news was brought back by Xie Huizhi. He had just gone to the Cao family's land and told Cao Rong that he would return to his hometown with his family soon. Although he was originally close to the other party in order to take advantage of Cao Rong, after getting along for so long, he really regarded the other party as a good friend. Since they are good friends, of course, they can't say goodbye without saying goodbye. He also repaid all the money owed to the other party, added interest, and gave a thoughtful gift, which is the etiquette that should be between friends.

Then he was stunned by the sudden news.

Xie Huizhi said to Xie Mulin and Xie Jinzhi: "When I left, I specially turned to the door of Pingnanbo's Mansion to take a look, and sure enough, I saw a white hanging on the door of his house. When Cao Rong told me, I thought he was lying to me! Although it is not enough for Ping Nanbo to die ten times for those things, but he is the uncle of the country, how could he really die because he poisoned his father? I thought that he would be scolded by the emperor and empress, deducted for a few years or something, it didn't hurt or itch, and he wouldn't even shake his title. I really didn't expect it...... He died like that?! ”

Xie Mulin came back to his senses: "How did he die?" What is the reason for the Cao family's announcement? ”

Xie Huizhi: "It was said that it was a sudden illness, but I didn't mention our family's affairs." He paused, "But that's just coaxing outsiders who don't know." The people of the Cao family must know it in private. Cao Rong is not a child of the Cao family, and he also heard the rumors, and quietly asked me what was going on. ”

Xie Jinzhi looked up at him: "You told him?" ”

Xie Huizhi hurriedly waved his hand: "Where can it?" My father had already instructed me not to tell anyone the details. But......" he paused and lowered his voice, "I didn't tell the truth, but I gave Cao Rong a vague half-truth, telling him that Ping Nanbo had indeed poisoned my father twice in a row, and that both times he had been stolen and seized. The first time was when he bribed the subordinates hired by our family, and the second time was when he asked the Cao family to send a girl over, saying that he was here to serve the eldest brother...... "Covering up Wanqin in the past, it can be regarded as saving face for the little brother and sister."

Xie Jinzhi sighed: "Why are you involved in the eldest brother?" He's been miserable for the past two days. The previous illness was not complete, and now the heart is also sick. I was a little worried about whether he would be able to withstand the bumps in the road home. ”

Xie Xianzhi was really hit hard this time. He couldn't accept the thought that his mother had sent a girl to serve him, not really caring about his life, but deliberately trying to put his father to death.

He didn't understand why his mother, who had always been kind and loving, suddenly became so vicious and cruel. My father has retired again and again, the family property is gone, and the book of departure has been signed, and even my sister has not fought for it, why does my mother still refuse to let go of my father? Could it be that she did this deliberately because she planned to remarry that General Fang and to prove to General Fang that she had no old relationship with her ex-husband?

When she made this decision, did she think about his brother and sister?!

If his father really died at the hands of Wenzhu, and Wenzhu was his girl, how would he face the world in the future?!

Xie Xianzhi fell ill in bed again. Wen invited a doctor to diagnose his pulse, and Xie Pu also invited a monk doctor from Cheng'en Temple to see him, saying that he was depressed and needed to see better. However, how can Xie Xianzhi see it? The family had no other way than to comfort him again and again, and then carefully recuperate for him.

Xie Jinzhi was very sad about the eldest brother's situation. Hearing that Ping Nanbo died, although he was surprised, he also felt that the other party deserved it, but he was worried that the rumors outside would involve Xie Jinzhi and affect the reputation of the eldest brother.

Xie Huizhi comforted him and said, "It's not in the way." The Cao family heard the rumors in private and knew that it had something to do with the girl sent by the Cao family. Didn't my father tie up Wenzhu and send him to the Chengenhou Mansion? There are more people who have seen her, and they can't hide it. However, anyone who knows what is going on knows that the eldest brother is innocent, and that Ping Nanbo and the Cao family are too vicious, and even their closest relatives have to calculate. ”

Xie Huizhi revealed a little "inside story" to Cao Rong at that time, saying that Xie Pu didn't want to make trouble, whether it was in front of a pair of children, or worried about the face of the queen and the prince, he didn't want to officially turn his face with the Cao family, so when he caught the subordinate who was bribed by Ping Nanbo for the first time, he endured it. But Ping Nanbo didn't give up, and then sent someone to make a second move, and even Xie Xianzhi calculated it, so Xie Pu couldn't bear it.

If you endure it any longer, God knows how many killers Ping Nanbo will send? Xie Pu didn't want to die so early, so he directly sued Cheng Enhou and asked him to take care of his brother. This is already very face-saving for the Cao family, how does Cheng Enhou want to deal with Ping Nanbo, it is a family matter between their brothers, Xie Pu just asks Ping Nanbo to stop.

It's just that when the Xie family caught Wen Zhu poisoning, there happened to be a guest at home, and the rumor of this matter was leaked. Xie Pu didn't want to make a big fuss, but he couldn't stop people's mouths. As for who this guest is? Xie Huizhi only said vaguely that it was "sent by nobles".

Xie Pu is currently an official in the fiefdom of King Yan, and His Royal Highness King Yan seems to appreciate him very much, if the guest is a messenger sent by King Yan, it is a very reasonable speculation. The older people in the Cao family's field, or those who are more well-informed, have more or less heard that King Yan and the Cao family almost got married, but because of the scandal between the latter and Fang Wenshan, they were in the soup. Cao Rong's mother had heard about it, so she thought she had guessed the truth - King Yan was a superposition of new hatred and old hatred, thinking that Ping Nanbo was deliberately saving his face, and in a fit of anger, he sued the emperor, right?

Cao Rong didn't ask any further. Ping Nanbo is said to have died in the Chengenhou Mansion, he died unexplained, but the Chengenhou family and the second room were very indifferent, and it is estimated that his death has nothing to do with them. It is impossible for the queen mother not to know about this. Since she acquiesced to her brother's murder, it means that Ping Nanbo did make a big mistake, and he was "given death" in disguise.

How can such a thing be easy to inquire about?

However, after listening to Xie Huizhi's statement, Cao Rong and his mother both felt that Ping Nanbo was looking for death by himself, and no one else was to blame. And his death also shows that the third room of the Cao family has fallen out of favor in front of the queen. Even if Sanfang still has the title of Earl Pingnan now, it may not be able to keep it.

The title of Count Pingnan was handed down by the ancestors of the Cao family, if the queen and the Marquis of Cheng'en did not plan to help the son of Uncle Pingnan, does that mean that the rest of the concubines also have the hope of attacking the lord?

Xie Huizhi sighed to his brother and sister: "Now that several of the Cao family's concubines are running for this matter, who can take care of Ping Nanbo's future?" It is said that Mrs. Ping Nanbo wanted to hold a funeral in a big way, but she was rejected by Cheng Enhou. Cheng Enhou said, the violent death is ominous, the weather is hot, hurry up to hold a simple funeral for Ping Nanbo, and send him out of the city for burial after three days, don't be too extravagant, so as not to damage Ping Nanbo's yin virtue, which is not conducive to his reincarnation in the next life......"

Xie Mulin laughed when he heard it: "This is clearly an excuse." Ping Nanbo was disposed of by his own family because he committed a big taboo, and he still wants to be buried? The emperor did not issue an order to formally punish his crimes, and allowed him to be buried as Ping Nanbo, which was enough to give preferential treatment. I also think that the emperor is a little unfair and too tolerant of the Cao family. Ping Nanbo can easily do something to his father, it can be seen that he has done such bad things in the past, and he should investigate all his crimes clearly, and the canonical punishment is. ”

Xie Jinzhi shook his head: "How is it possible?" The emperor hasn't really turned his face with the Cao family yet, and he always has to take into account the decency of the queen and the prince. ”

However, these false decencies cannot hide the fact that Ping Nanbo died a violent death. From now on, the Cao family is afraid that it will be eventful.

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