Chapter 51: The Water of the Qiao Family
The carriage swayed leisurely, from the halfway point of Qixia Mountain to the foot of the mountain and then entered the city, walking without hurry, Qiao Ran lifted the curtain and looked outside, the pedestrians on the street were hurrying or talking and laughing in groups, as if nothing had happened. This is nothing strange, something happened to Qiao Mo, and it was someone who had nothing to do with them, it was none of their business, everyone was just watching the fun. Shengdou Xiaomin has what Shengdou Xiaomin has to do, work, make money, support a family, and make a living, which is not more important than watching the excitement?
Therefore, it is better to hope for others than to hope for yourself, this is the life creed that Qiao Ran has believed in since she was a child, Qiao Mo's matter, since Master Qiao doesn't care, then naturally she has to take care of it.
"Here we are." Li Zhao's voice rang out from outside the carriage.
Hongdou hurriedly reached out to help Qiao Ran, glanced at the hat and handed it to Li Sangongzi, who was in charge on the side, she said in her heart: This Li Sangongzi's carriage is really good, not in a hurry, not slow, very stable. If you don't want to be an official one day...... Bah, how could the Li family allow him not to be an official?
Qiao Ran got out of the carriage and followed Li Zhao into the mansion. Seeing her appear, the official guarding the prison door let her go without even asking.
This is not the first time Qiao Ran has come to the government prison, the last time I saw that Dong Dachun, but Qiao Mo is obviously different from Dong Dachun, and he has not been convicted, so he is only locked in an ordinary cell.
Seeing Qiao Ran appear, Qiao Mo, who was sitting in a daze in the cell, had his eyes lit up, and hurriedly walked over: "Cousin! ”
Qiao Ran called his cousin, looked at him, and saw that he had not changed his prison clothes, and that the cell was clean and clean, and he was in good spirits, so he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the officials in this government prison did not embarrass him.
Hearing Qiao Ran call him, Qiao Mo said excitedly: "I'm okay here, cousin, don't worry." ”
Hongdou interjected on the side: "Isn't Miss worried about waiting for your father to worry?" He's going to kick you out of the house. ”
"What?" Qiao Mo's face changed drastically.
"Red beans." Qiao Ran shouted at her and said, "You go to the door and watch, don't let people come in and eavesdrop." ”
"Has anyone come to eavesdrop on Miss?" Hongdou was puzzled, although he moved his steps, but he did not take a step.
"I'm not at ease with others." Qiao Ran glanced at Li Zhao on the side, it was obvious who this "bystander" was referring to, she said to Hongdou, "Only Hongdou can be trusted." ”
Hongdou nodded again and again, and his tone was excited: "Miss, don't worry, the slave will go." Then he hurried to the door. After all, she is not an "outsider", and such important things can only be relieved when she comes to be a young lady.
Coaxed away the red beans, Qiao Ran said to Qiao Mo: "Cousin, make a long story short." "Although Qiao Mo has a good personality, he is a little indecisive, and he is also verbose, the last time he asked her to meet, he could gossip for half a day when he said a word about going to the capital, and today is not the time to gossip.
"Did you send a letter to Gusu to ask a few clan elders to come to your rescue?" She asked.
Qiao Mo was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, I asked my uncle to send me a letter." ”
It's really him! Qiao Ran was silent for a moment, and then asked him, "Is it your own idea to ask the clan elder to come forward?" Or did someone else think for you? ”
Qiao Mo thought for a while and said: "Actually, I didn't think of this stubble before, but I got a reminder from my uncle, so I remembered it, and I went to Gusu to send a letter." Therefore, it was also my own idea, and it had nothing to do with my uncle, he just mentioned that the birthdays of several clan elders were approaching, and I thought of this stubble......"
"Did your uncle just mention 'the birthday of the clan elder'?" Qiao Ran quickly interrupted Qiao Mo's words, and let him continue, I don't know where to go!
Qiao Mo nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?" Cousin? ”
That's not easy! If he only mentions the "birthday of the clan elder", no one can tell whether he intended it or not.
Seeing Qiao Ran bowing his head and pondering silently, Qiao Mo thought for a while and said, "Cousin, don't you like your uncle?" In fact, my uncle is different from my father, he is a good person, he has some talents, he is good at painting, and he writes well, but it is a pity that he does not meet Huai Cai, if he gets a good opportunity, he may not be a ...... in the future."
"It's not that I like my uncle, it's that I don't like everyone in your family." Qiao Ran said with a cold face, "Except for you." ”
As soon as these words came out, Qiao Mo, who was talking endlessly "Uncle is good", successfully shut up.
"What did you write in your letter?" Qiao Ran asked again.
"It's nothing." Qiao Mo said, glanced at Qiao Ran, and saw a hint of fierceness flashing in those peach blossom eyes, he was suddenly startled, and hurriedly said, "It's just to ask the clan elder to come out and intercede with my father." Why, didn't the clan elder come to Jinling? ”
He was the murderer of the Fang family's maid before, he thought that he didn't kill anyone, of course he wasn't afraid, but he was not afraid to ask someone to write a lawsuit or something, he instinctively thought of his father, but when he thought about it, he was scolded by his father a few days ago, and he was afraid that his father was still angry, so he wrote a letter to Gusu to ask for the elder.
"It's coming, not only did I intercede for you, but I also urged Master Qiao to not abolish the rules, and let Master Qiao hand over the Qiao family's family business to you." Qiao Ran glanced at him and said, "How can you come here to save your life?" It's clearly urgent, it's almost the same. ”
"I ...... I don't know! Qiao Mo also panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Qiao Ran, "Cousin, this Qiao family's family business is for the second brother, I ...... I also know this, how could I let the clan elder say such a thing? ”
Qiao Ran snorted lightly: "Could it be that the clan elder is kind?" ”
"Kind?" Qiao Mo thought about it seriously and nodded, "Maybe, in the past, my father was partial, and several clan elders had spoken for me, this time maybe ...... Maybe it's just kindness, but I didn't expect my father to be angry, so ......"
"How did they speak for you?" Qiao Ran asked him, "In front of Master Qiao?" ”
"It's nature." Qiao Mo was puzzled, "Cousin, if you don't have your father's face, how can you speak for me?" ”
A light laugh sounded from the side, Qiao Mo looked at the person who made the chuckle, was stunned, and said: "I didn't find out before, it turned out to be Li Sangongzi, I thought ......" and "It's a coachman" The four words really can't be spoken.
"Today, Zhao is indeed here to be a coachman, and Master Qiao doesn't have to pay attention to me." Li Zhao said as he took two steps into the shadows.
"I won't mention the matter of your family for the time being, let me ask you what happened that day, Fang Xiuting said that after a quarrel with you, you entered your uncle's Wenmo Workshop, and she let Lu Yi go in with you."
Qiao Mo hurriedly said: "I did have an argument with Fang Xiuting, but I don't know anything about the dead one named Lu Yi following me into Wenmo Fang. ”
Qiao Ran saw that he looked dazed and didn't look like a fake, and said: "Lu Yi came back to report to Fang Xiuting, saying that he saw you having a private meeting with a woman, and he was beaten with a stick, and after waking up, he saw that you were gone, and he didn't delay any longer because he was in a hurry for the tea party, so he left." ”
"Cousin, I haven't had a private meeting with a woman!" Qiao Mo hurriedly said, "I don't know all these things she said!" On that day, the government came to the door and said that I was the murderer, and I didn't know about it. ”
Qiao Ran was silent for a moment, sighed, and asked him again: "Then cousin, can you remember anything else?" Something to do with greenery. ”
Qiao Mo shook his head: "I saw her for the first time that day, if it wasn't for the official government, I would have forgotten what she looked like." As he spoke, seeing Qiao Ran moving, his heart was anxious, and he hurriedly grabbed Qiao Ran's sleeve and said, "Cousin, really!" I'm not going to kill people because of that little thing, no, they say bad things about my cousin, it's not a small thing, but I ......"
"I know what my cousin means." Qiao Ran pulled back his sleeve and looked at him, "If this reason alone is really not enough to kill someone, but the Fang family said that you had a private meeting with a woman, and then others would inevitably think that you had a private meeting with a woman because of Luyi, and you were afraid that the woman's identity would be revealed and you would kill someone, so it would be reasonable to kill for this reason." ”
"I haven't met any woman privately, is that green a mistake?" Qiao Mo said urgently.
Qiao Ran glanced at him and shook her head: "Luyi is dead, who can argue with a dead person whether she is wrong?" ”