() The prince has already set off for Beijing. Nearly two months before and after this trip to Beijing, the crown prince and others were also worried about changes in the DPRK and China, so the return journey was much faster.

Although it is autumn, it is still very hot at noon.

Xue Lili was in the carriage, and he felt dizziness coming over him, and he heard someone crying outside in a trance.

"Ah Liu, what's wrong?"

Ah Liu went out to take a look, and came back and said, "It's Mrs. Ye!" She wants to see you. ”

Xue Ke covered his forehead with his hand: "Then let her come over." ”

When he saw Mrs. Ye again, Xue Ke was also taken aback.

In the nunnery of Tianya Mountain, although Mrs. Ye is not pampered, her demeanor is peaceful and her bearing is still there, but at this time, Mrs. Ye is dressed in coarse cloth, wrinkles are deeply imprinted on her face, her hair is gray, her back is skewed, and she looks ten years old.

If it weren't for Ah Liu, Xue Ke wouldn't have recognized her.

It is said that Mrs. Ye is also a prisoner at the moment, but she is the first to complain, and Xue Ke told Sun Mo again, because she was not detained as a prisoner or a family member, and she was not treated badly with food and clothing along the way.

Xue Ke estimated that she was also stopped by someone secretly when she came, so she cried, ordered the carriage to stop, and asked gently, "Is there anything wrong with Madame looking for me?" ”

Mrs. Ye knelt on the ground with a "plop": "Niangniang, let me meet our master!" ”

Xue Ke said: "Madame got up and spoke." Do you want to see Jiang Prisoner? Why? You know, he's probably not going to want to see you right now. ”

After all, it was Mrs. Ye's evidence that directly locked Lord Jiang's guilt, and it is estimated that the person who Lord Jiang wants to eat alive at the moment is Mrs. Ye.

Mrs. Ye's haggard face was covered with tears: "I know he doesn't want to see me." It's just that he has always been in poor health, and I heard that he has made a mistake again in the past two days, and I just, I just want to go and see him. ”

Xue Ke sighed: "Madam, I'm afraid I can't be the master of this matter." Seeing the disappointed expression on Mrs. Ye's face, Xue Ke said, "That's it, I'll help you ask." ”

Mrs. Ye stared at her, her eyes full of unbelievable joy.

"Madame, come up to the carriage and wait for news."

Mrs. Ye hurriedly waved her hand: "No, Niangniang, I'll wait below, it's okay." The humility and expectation in his eyes made it impossible to believe that this was the former prefect's daughter, the wife of the political envoy.

Xue Ke turned to Lu Xin and said, "Brother Lu, you can go to the front to see Lord Sun, so it's convenient to come over." ”

The carriage continued to move slowly, and in less than a moment of incense, only the sound of horses' hooves could be heard.

Xue Ke looked out of the car window, but saw the prince and Sun Mo riding over.

"Sugar Candy, what's the matter?" The prince heard that Xue Ke had called Sun Mo earlier, but he didn't know what was going on, so he came with him, and the two stopped the horse in front of Xue Ke's carriage.

Xue Ke smiled and looked in the direction of Mrs. Ye. The prince followed her gaze and guessed seven or eight points in his heart.

"Lord Sun, Mrs. Ye wants to go and see Jiang Gong, I don't know if I can do it or not?"

Sun Mo looked at the crown prince, who raised his chin and let him decide.

Sun Mo pondered for a long time and said: "Mrs. Ye, normally, you can't see the prisoner before he is decided, but Madame's side is not ordinary, Sun can be accommodating, but Sun wants to make an appointment with Madame for three chapters." ”

Sun Mo thought that after arriving in the capital, he still needed Mrs. Ye to testify in court, but it was not good to push Mrs. Ye too hard.

"Your Excellency, please speak!" Mrs. Ye said excitedly.

"First, the lady must not speak of anything related to the case; secondly, that the lady must have a third person present when she sees him; Third, Jiang Jian is currently emotionally unstable, and his wife should not stimulate him. ”

"I listen to all the adults!" Mrs. Ye thanked and thanked.

Xue Ke also thanked Sun Mo. The prince rode his horse to her carriage, bowed his head and said, "Be a bad person!" ”

Xue Ke smiled dumbly. In this reborn life, even she doesn't think she is a good person, Nangong often sighs that she is ruthless and cunning, and she is only the prince, and she thinks she is very kind.

"When will Madame pass? I'll go with Madame! Xue Ke thought for a while and said.

"Don't dare to bother the mother." Mrs. Ye didn't expect Xue Ke to say this, and she was already surprised to meet today.

"It's okay, it's better to wait for today's rest, I'll accompany my wife, and it will save you more trouble." Xue Ke also knew in his heart that now that Mrs. Ye was already a prisoner, she was afraid that it would not be so smooth in the past.

Of course, Mrs. Ye also thought of this, and said for a while: "Thank you, Niangniang." ”

In the evening, Commander Zhang had already led people to requisition a courtyard as a resting place.

Xue Ke asked Mrs. Ye to be invited and took Ah Liu to the place where the accompanying prisoners were held.

Most of the low-level officials and their families stayed in the local area, and only a few important people were brought to the capital by the prince.

Of course, the political envoy Jiang was able to enjoy this treatment.

Xue Ke brought the Ye family in, naturally no one dared to stop him, the guards who were guarding him brought the three of them over diligently, and asked carefully if he wanted to open the prisoner car, Xue Ke nodded.

Master Jiang has long since lost the prestige of the political envoy in the previous place, and the whole person is in the prison car, languishing, like an ordinary old man.

When Ye saw it, he couldn't help but shed tears.

With his hands and feet shackled, Master Jiang slowly walked down from the prisoner cart, and after he saw the Ye family in front of him clearly, he turned around and entered the prisoner cart.

"Hey! I said Lao Jiang, what are you doing here? Your wife came to see you, why didn't you come down? What's the matter, addicted to sitting in a prison car? The guard was about to pull him, but Xue Ke waved his hand.

This guard didn't know that Ah Liu had kung fu, but he was afraid that Jiang Jian would suddenly go crazy, and he was worried that these three women would not be able to control it, and if there was a mistake, he would be finished.

Xue Ke saw that there was a stone bench in the courtyard, and took Ah Liu over and sat down. Ah Liu looked at Xue Ke disapprovingly: "Lady, this autumn, it is easy to catch a cold when sitting on the stone bench. ”

Xue Ke didn't wait for her to finish speaking, pulled her and sat down, and said with a smile: "Ah Liu, you are becoming more and more like Mama." ”

Ah Liu, fearing that there were other people present, did not refute.

Mrs. Ye wiped her tears and looked at Master Jiang who was sitting in the prison car with her back to her: "I know you don't want to see me, you hate me in your heart." ”

"But I don't have a choice, sir, I have to."

"Hmph", Master Jiang sneered, suddenly turned around, grabbed the railing of the prisoner cart with both hands, and shouted: "You slut! ”

"You vicious slut!" As soon as Master Jiang opened his mouth, he couldn't help but scold: "Ye family, for so many years, you have a grudge against me, and now you are satisfied?" ”

"Do you think I hated you to do this?" Ye Shi also grabbed the prisoner cart and met his eyes.

"Then why are you? Is it for gratitude? Repay? Or is it because of the affection of the husband and wife? Hahahaha~"

Master Jiang suddenly suppressed his smile: "I admit that I didn't fulfill my promise to you back then, Ye Ling, but you also know that this is not my problem alone." For so many years, if you want to leave the house, if you want to practice, I will rely on you. ”

He looked at her with a sad face: "You think you have grabbed my handle, I never got the account book back in order to make you feel at ease, do you know, how many times they gave the order to kill you, I blocked it for you!" ”

"I know you hate me and the Qin family, but I never expected that you would really give the account book to the prince." Master Jiang raised his hands and shackled: "Now, are you satisfied?" ”

Ye Shi also looked at him in a daze, shook his head and said, "Chengzhong, it's not like this, I'm just for our children." ”

"Kid? You let the eldest and second go to the capital to study, I found the best academy in the capital, you set up a marriage for the Qin girl, let the Qin girl stay at the uncle's house, and I also depend on you, aren't you afraid that the Qin family will harm them? You don't believe me like that? They are also my children, don't you think about it, why did the Qin family follow me for so many years, but did not give birth to a son and a half daughter? ”

Ye really never thought about it like this, stayed there for a while, and asked for a while: "Is it you?" ”

Lord Jiang looked at Ye's old face, and suddenly sighed, he didn't want to say any more, such a situation was irreparable, if she was really saved from death because of the first accusation, why should she only increase her troubles in the future.

Ye slowly collapsed to the ground.

She and the man in front of her were a young couple, she was the daughter of the prefect back then, and he was just a scholar with a little name. When they met by chance, she insisted on getting married, but he didn't dare to marry until he won the Jinshi and made up four gifts to visit the house.

Although it was a lover who eventually became a family, she couldn't resist the trivial daily disputes in life, and finally went farther and farther, until the Qin family entered, and she left the house.

"Chengzhong, I have resented you and hated you in my heart, but I never thought of putting you to death. It's just that from the moment you took refuge in the queen, I knew that you were on a path of no return. This Jiang Mansion, up and down, will be taken to hell by you. ”

She stood up, and she didn't see the charm and affection of the year between her eyebrows, leaving only the ravine of the years: "I let my children leave the house, but I know that once you are exposed, they will not be able to avoid it at the ends of the world." ”

"How do you know we're not going to make it? In this officialdom, I am seeking wealth and danger, and I am doing this to earn a way out for the children! ”

"Chengzhong, you know what you're doing in your heart." Ye Shi laughed sadly, sometimes she has suffered losses in her life in her heart, and she can't tolerate half a grain of sand: "The queen's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, you just accepted bribes from your subordinates at first, then you took money to do things, and then you looted the people's fat, the more people sue you, the more afraid you become, and the more dependent you are on the queen." But it doesn't work. ”

Master Jiang was hit by her, and the whole person was silent.

"I was eight years old when my father took over as prefect, and that was when my family followed my father to office. The previous governor was arrested for bribery, I didn't go to the execution ground, but I saw their daughters selling in the market, do you know what the scene was? The concubines and maidservants, including the prefect's concubines, are unclothed, with a straw stuck in their necks, and any group of people in Qinglou pick and choose! Two taels of silver will not be taken back like an animal! ”

Lord Jiang's hands holding the prisoner cart also trembled.

"How can I get the piano girl to fall into this field? The eldest and the second are always well-behaved, can I watch them follow you to the execution ground? ”

"I'm in the nunnery, but I know that the Jiang Mansion can't hold on anymore. I know that the Supervision of the Imperial History Department has been involved in more and more excerpts from you, and even your master is almost unable to cover it! ”

"I understand that the killer of the nunnery that day was not sent by you, and I also understand that you and I will not kill me no matter what. But do you understand why I am reporting you? Do you think I'm greedy for life and afraid of death? Do you think I'm just trying to get revenge on you? ”

Master Jiang looked like he was a few years older for a moment. Looking at the Ye family in front of her for a long time, she finally put her hand on her rough hands through the prisoner car.

"Ling'er, it's me who can't stand you." He called her name, and suddenly there was a wave of sadness. They can't go back after all.

"Chengzhong, don't be afraid. The old lady is already eighty-five years old, and the court has a law, and those over eighty years old can be exempted from punishment. When I see the old lady away, I will go down to accompany you. ”

"Don't." Master Jiang burst into tears: "You still have children, and you still have to watch them marry wives and have children." You can take care of the young and old, and I will leave without worry. ”

"Ling'er, I knew a long time ago that you were the noble person in my life."

Ye Shi grabbed his hand tightly.

Ye came over to thank Xue Ke. Xue Ke got up and said: "Madame understands righteousness and has a righteous heart, it should be me to thank Madame." ”

Xue Ke sent someone to send the Ye family back, and ordered someone to inform Sun Mo of today's meeting.

Xue Ke sighed at Ah Liu: "Ah Liu, am I getting older, and I don't like to watch these anymore." ”

Ah Liu pouted. Just about to leave the courtyard, Xue Ke saw that there were many guards in the courtyard next door, and a prisoner car was covered with a black cloth, and couldn't help but be curious: "Who is this?" ”

Ah Liu glanced at it and said coldly: "It should be Su Qiuniang." ”

Seeing the doubt in Xue Ke's eyes, Ah Liu continued to explain: "She is the person of the Feather Guard, so she should be afraid that she will leave marks along the way. ”

Xue Ke was curious, and pulled Ah Liu: "Let's go see this Su Qiuniang." ”

Ah Liu glanced at her disapprovingly.

"Hey, she hurt me so much, and Brother Lu has the heart to die, I can't go and see it!"

Ah Liu helplessly helped her.

"What are you doing?"

"Aren't you going to see it?"

"I know that Ah Liu is the best!"

Ah Liu shook his head unbearably.

Xue Ke instructed the guards to open the black cloth, a few people wanted to persuade them, and looked at Ah Liu's expression, the guards here are different from Jiang Chengzhong, and the guards are all under the shadow guards, so they naturally know Ah Liu's skills.

The black cloth opened, and a woman was lying in the prison car.

Xue Ke was wondering in his heart, Jiang Chengzhong was wearing shackles on his hands and feet, why did this assassin not have shackles, and after a closer look, the woman's right arm had been cut off, and a thin iron chain had passed through her pipa bone.

The woman's face was covered in blood. Ah Liu knew in his heart that although no punishment would be used on the road, in order to prevent her from seeking death, I am afraid that some measures were also taken.

"You are Su Qiuniang?"

The woman glanced at Xue Ke and did not answer.

Xue Ke didn't want to be heard by others about Lu Xin, after all, not many people knew about Lu Xin, and if it spread, Lu Xin was afraid that it would be more difficult to be a person in the future.

So he coughed and said to the guard next to him, "Go down, I have something to say to her alone." ”

Ah Liu nodded, and the guards also knew that Su Qiuniang's pipa bone was locked, which was equivalent to a wasted person, so he stepped back immediately.