The actual impact of this fire in Donglin Temple is far beyond Bai Ling's imagination.

Before this monstrous flame, the Qu family had never realized that there might be other figures behind Lin Jieyu.

Compared with checking the eyeliner that Lin Jieyu planted in Chengqian Palace, Old Madam Qu wanted to know who the person standing behind her was.

Although there is no evidence at all, Old Madam Qu already has a spearhead in her heart who needs to be placed in the harem, who else can there be besides Prince Gong's faction? It's just that on King Gong's side, when did there be more strategists who could come up with this kind of strategy and control the role of Lin Jieyu?

She is already dying, and the old woman who is dazzled can't notice it, is it just that Song Bozong, Song Ne's father and son are also unaware of this?

Old Madam Qu knelt in the family ancestral hall, thinking about the ins and outs of this matter little by little. She was suddenly a little glad that this Bai Ling had fallen into Chengqian Palace by mistake, and her sense of smell of danger or her luck was really good, and she was able to pull out such an important clue.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, with the usual impetuousness and panic, Qu Xiu's face quickly appeared outside the ancestral hall, "Mother! I'm back. ”

Old Madam Qu didn't look back, but just stretched out a hand and asked the mother-in-law on the side to help her stand up.

"Did you find it?"

"No, it's all burned." Qu Xiu panted and said, "The visitor directory of the West Guest House in the past two years has been burned, not only can I not find out who has been there in the capital, but there is also no record of which masters in the temple went to the West Guest House to give lectures to people when they came. ”

"It's burned clean." Old Madam Qu muttered softly, "How many people died this time?" ”

"There is one of the most famous Master Hui Shi, and there are nine novices and young monks left, all of whom went with the fire." Qu Xiu quickly replied, "The bones have been burned to charcoal, and there are only three people who have confirmed their identities at present, and my son has arranged for someone to stay there and watch, and when there is news, it will be returned." ”

"Is there a list, show it to me." Old Madam Qu looked at Qu Xiu, "Who are the deceased who have confirmed their identities now?" ”

Qu Xiu's face was embarrassed, "This son didn't ask, thinking that it would be better to wait until they are all together, and then"

Old Madam Qu helped her forehead, and she didn't want to speak at all for a while.

"The son goes now"

"No need." Old Madam Qu glared at him, "Prepare the car and go to the Song Mansion." ”

The Qu Mansion and the Song Mansion are not far apart, and it took a total meal from the time Mrs. Qu prepared the car to the time she stepped into the courtyard of the Song family.

Song Bozong, the cabinet assistant who is nearly eighty years old this year, is a little-known Jinshi during the Apocalypse, and this huge Song Mansion has not always been inhabited by the Song family.

Old Madam Qu remembered that when she was still very young, this should be the former residence of Princess Changle, and that princess was also a famous beauty.

Although Mrs. Qu had never seen this princess who was married far away, she vaguely remembered that she had sat on her father's shoulder, standing on the city wall, looking at the bride carriages with no end in sight, and watching them slowly drive out of the north gate from the imperial palace in Pingjing.

Countless guards crowded around a palatial carriage and headed north. The man with the eagle nose and curly green eyes rode a tall horse, and walked proudly in the front.

At that time, she was too young, and she only felt that this long line was so lively, and she didn't understand why her brothers and elders all looked at this team of people who went north with red eyes. It was also a long time later that she realized that there was a strong unwillingness, shame and anger in her father's and brother's eyes at that time.

However, time has passed, and she is now past the age when her father died.

Time flies too fast, the princess who married far away back then has probably entered the loess now, and the mansion where the princess lived in the past was also rewarded to the Song family when Jianxi was more than ten years old, and no one could have imagined that the Qu family would wither into what it is today.

Time bulldozes everything out and easily erases all the old traces of the past.

"Old Madam Qu, go this way," the servant who led the way interrupted Old Madam Qu's reverie, she came back to her senses, and looked at the long entourage in front of her, who was bowing down and stretching out his hand to invite her forward.

This person is recognized by Mrs. Qu, who is Liu Li, the thinker next to Song Bozong, who is about forty years old, but his head is already white, and the hard work of being an errand in the Song Mansion can be imagined.

There are a total of three people like Liu Li who have been with Song Bozong for a long time, and they have been following the Song family father and son for more than 20 years, although they do not have an official and a half-official position on their bodies, and they sound like they are just in the name of "housekeeper", but those who know the inside story will understand that those three people almost represent the will of the Song family father and son themselves.

"Song Ge Lao and Ge Lao are busy?" Old Madam Qu asked.

"Our elder Ge is still seeing his father-in-law from the palace at this time, let me hurry up and pick you up first to sit in the Listening Pavilion, he and Ge Lao will come as soon as they are done." Liu Li replied with a smile, his voice was a little apologetic, "Please also ask Mrs. Qu to bear more." ”

Old Madam Qu nodded, "Is there something going on in the palace?" ”

"Hey, it's not, on weekdays, my father-in-law often comes to the mansion to convey the will of the saints." Liu Li said, "After all, the cabinet elder is not the only one who bears the burden on his body, and the emperor sometimes gets up, and if he wants to do something, he will also deliver his will." ”

Old Madam Qu didn't ask anything more.

Liu Li led her to the central area of the Song Mansion to listen to the pavilion, here in the summer and autumn is a good place to enjoy the lotus and listen to the rain, every year at that time in the Song Mansion is also full of invited literati and ink writers, everyone gathered together, chant poems against each other, sing praises of virtue, how many people for the Song Mansion door sticker squeezed their heads, it can be said that the head is sharpened.

At this time, there was only one old lady Qu in the listening pavilion, and Liu Li did not leave after leading her here, but stayed here to talk to the old lady Qu, for fear of making the old lady feel a little neglectful. Old Madam Qu naturally saw this, so even if she was not in the mood to laugh, she still listened to Liu Li tell some interesting things about the Song Mansion recently, and then put on a sincere dry laugh or two.

This kind of etiquette is inevitable, Old Madam Qu has long understood the truth, she patiently accosted for a while, and then showed a little tired, Liu Li really didn't say anything, just retreated to the door, and asked Old Madam Qu to call him if she had something.

The sun gradually sank to the west, but the father and son of the Song family had not come by this time.

Old Madam Qu looked at the pool of still water in front of the Listening Pavilion with an indifferent expression.

The fire in Donglin Temple, she believes that the father and son of the Song family must have known about it.

If it weren't for the two of them deliberately avoiding themselves, it would only mean that the news from the palace this time was extraordinary......