Chapter 168: Farewell and New Beginnings
The housewife of the He family screamed in pain, raised her hands to cover her right eye, blood seeped out from her fingers, and she suddenly rolled on the ground in pain.
Then, a sound of footsteps gradually approached, An Ge looked up, and saw Jing Lan coming over with a team of men and horses from a distance, Jing Yu holding a small slingshot in his hand, and followed him without saying a word.
Jing Lan walked straight to Ange and leaned over to help her up.
In front of everyone's eyes, Jinglan took An Ge into his arms and smiled slightly: "When will you get rid of your habit of kneeling at every turn?" Have you forgotten that you are the lord of the county? β
"County Lord?" The three ministers knew Jinglan, but An Ge, the county lord, they really didn't know.
If you want to blame it, this "county lord" is indeed a child's play, there is no canonization ceremony, only the oral canonization of the emperor and the queen, so many people don't know and don't know An Ge.
Jing Lan turned his face to look at them and said, "Yes, she is not only the county lord of the emperor's royal mouth, but also my fiancΓ©e. The county lord saw that his girlfriend was slandered, and he defended her by saying a few words, isn't it an exaggeration? β
"It's not an exaggeration, it's really not an exaggeration." The three adults of the Three Law Divisions said again and again.
"As for this woman...... Jing Lan lowered her head and glanced coldly at the He family's housewife, "Beating the dignified county lord, in order to save the county lord and maintain the royal face, it's not too much for me to shoot her blind in one eye, right?" β
"Not to be exaggerated, not to be exaggerated......"
After the three of them finished speaking, they also asked someone to immediately carry away the housewife of the He family, who was screaming and screaming on the ground.
Jing Lan lowered his eyes and looked at An Ge again, and when he saw that her clothes were dirty, he took off his robe and draped it on her body, with a fierce light in his eyes: "Don't worry, with me, I won't let anyone bully you." β
Liu Pingle, who was still kneeling on the ground, only felt that his eyes were about to be blinded...... secretly slandered in my heart, and bullied her, I am afraid that few people in this world dare to bully your daughter-in-law.
An Ge also raised his head to look at him, and with him by his side, he suddenly felt very relieved and calmer. For a while, a lot of ideas came flooding around...... At this time, the first thing to do is to ensure that Liu Pingle is safe and sound.
But before she could speak out to defend Liu Pingle, Jing Lan said to the adults of the three law divisions: "Three adults, I heard that this case has not yet been revealed, and I have no intention of interfering with your investigation of the case, but today I happened to hear some rumors outside, saying that the man who had an affair with the deceased was the youngest son of Wang Zhaozhong's family, so I will provide you with a clue." β
The three of them thanked Jing Lan again and again, and the leader said, "Thank you for the general's reminder, we will definitely interrogate you overnight." β
"My lords are trying the case, I don't know anything about it, and it is not convenient for me to listen, I believe that you adults will definitely return the innocence of the innocent." After Jing Lan finished talking to them, he looked at the soldiers who were still guarding outside......
"As for the people in Dongchang, since the Holy Lord of this case has explained that the three law divisions will be tried, Lord Tan does not have to work hard. Go back, all of you. β
Jinglan also brought a wave of people, if those people from Dongchang were really unwilling to leave at this time, they could only come hard.
Jinglan and Dongchang did not have a direct conflict for the time being, and it would not do them any good to fight, so they hesitated for a moment, gave orders at the head, and then retreated.
In this way, An Ge was also relieved. The trial of the three legal divisions of this dynasty is still fair, as long as Tan and Bai do not interfere, they will definitely be able to return Liu Pingle to a clean slate.
β¦β¦ With him, he doesn't even have to bother to speak, and these things can be easily solved.
It was inconvenient for An Ge to stay for a long time again so as not to interfere with the investigation of the case by the three adults, she looked back at Liu Pingle deeply, Liu Pingle smiled at her slightly, signaling her not to worry.
She also nodded, and then left Liufu with Jinglan.
Jinglan sent someone to call a carriage over, and wanted to let An Ge get into the carriage, but An Ge didn't go up immediately.
At some point, a heavy dark cloud pressed down on the horizon, and An Ge raised his head to look at the dark cloud and muttered, "It looks like it's going to snow." β
Jing Lan tightened the robe on An Ge's body, and his eyes were full of distress. Two hours ago, she drilled into the pigsty, ran through the tunnel, and went to fight with people, and she really didn't look good at this time.
"Will you accompany me out of town?" An Ge suddenly looked at Jing Lan again.
Jing Lan was silent for a while, and said, "You also said that it might snow later, and it's too late today...... Why don't you go out of the city after two days, when the snow melts? β
An Ge lowered his eyes and didn't speak, but his eyes were suddenly full of moisture.
Suddenly, such sadness should not be out of worry for Liu Pingle, that is......
Jing Lan sighed secretly in his heart, turned around and instructed Jing Yu and Ning Jiu: "You guys go back first, you don't have to follow us, An Ge and I will go out of the city." β
"Master......" Ning Jiu was also worried, but he also knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to say, "It's best for the master and Miss An to rush back within two hours, looking at the sky, there may be heavy snow tonight." β
"I know." Jinglan nodded, and asked the coachman to go back first, jumped into the carriage himself, stretched out his hand to An Ge and said, "Come up." β
An Ge hesitated, his eyes dodged, and he said, "Jiu Gu is right, it's about to snow, let's go out of the city another day." β
"Let's go, we can come back." Jing Lan chuckled, "If you don't let your wish come true today, you won't be able to sleep well all night." β
An Ge was stunned, then laughed again, took his hand and jumped into the carriage.
The sound of the car ringing sounded, An Ge lifted the curtain, looked at Jinglan's side face and asked, "Do you know where I want to go?" β
Jing Lan hooked the corners of his mouth: "Can I not know?" You pout your ass and I'll know what you're going to pull......"
An Ge was originally in a very sad mood, but after listening to such vulgar and straightforward words, he blushed for a while and couldn't help but want to laugh, and finally said angrily and helplessly: "You are in a high position, can you pay attention to your words and deeds!" Being an official in Dali is very particular about noble character and demeanor, you are careful to be heard by others to impeach you! β
Impeachment doesn't count, if those women in the capital who are obsessed with Jinglan know that he is only extraordinary on the surface, but he is a big boss in private, I don't know how many women's dreams will be shattered......
Jing Lan was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I shouldn't use this proverb to talk about you...... You are a fairy, you don't eat the grains of the world, and naturally you won't be flattering. β
"You...... Are you mocking me for being a hypocrisy......"
"No, no, don't dare."
An Ge was so angry that he threw down the curtain and sat in the car, but after a while, he opened the curtain again to look at him.
It was not until he left the city that An Ge completely lifted the curtain, got out of the carriage, and leaned over to Jinglan and sat down.
Jing Lan turned his face to look at her, with a smile in his clear eyes: "Why, when you see no one on the road, you don't sneak to look at me, and sit next to me and look at it openly?" β
What he didn't expect was that An Ge didn't beat him again with a red face this time, but sat quietly, carefully wrapped his arms around his arms with both hands, leaned on him, looked at him with his head high, and said with a serious face: "Fang was in Liufu, although I could solve those things myself, but you came forward and saved me a lot of trouble and worryed a lot." β
Jinglan smiled faintly: "For me, you don't have to thank me." β
An Ge shook his head: "I'll pay you back."
What do you want to say thanks? I just wanted to tell you...... For the first time, I knew that it felt good to have someone to lean on, someone to protect me. β
Jing Lan couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and his heart was full for a while: "You have no conscience when you say this, how many things have I done for you, do you know that I am good to you?" β
An Ge looked at him quietly: "I have long known that you are good to me, but in the past, I never dared to ask for any sincerity from your status to me." But from today...... Until I die, in heaven and on earth, I will be by your side. β
Jing Lan lowered his eyes and looked at her for a long, long time, and suddenly laughed stupidly.
He always knew that she stubbornly felt that she owed Yuan Qilu in her heart, so she was unwilling to accept him, and she was ready to fight a protracted battle with her, but she didn't expect that she would be so decisive when she made a decision.
It's all ...... Thanks to Liu Pingle's blessing! The Liu family's suffering is really not in vain!
He happily forgot that he was on the road, the road outside the capital was not easy to walk, the carriage suddenly fell on a small stone, An Ge's body shook and almost fell, Jinglan took out a hand and hugged her tightly, and pulled the reins to stabilize the carriage.
Don't rush this time...... It's better to catch the car now, anyway, they have a lot of time in the future.
By the time we arrived at the foot of a low mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, it was already dark and the snow had begun to fall.
An Ge helped Jinglan's men get out of the carriage, and his feet stepped on the shallow snow, with the sound of "squeak" and "squeak" with every step.
They walked a few steps to the foot of the hill and saw a lonely tomb, and the stone tablet in front of the tomb was inscribed: "The Tomb of the Beloved Son Yuan Qilu".
An Ge stopped in front of Yuan Qilu's stone tablet, looked up and asked Jinglan, "How did you know that I was going to see him tonight?" β
Jinglan didn't speak.
In fact, there is nothing to analyze and deduce about this matter, but he just knows it.
He saw the tears in her eyes, and after listening to what she said, he couldn't help but guess that she was going to say goodbye to Yuan Qilu.
After being silent for a long time, An Ge didn't ask any further, she looked at the snow in front of her, and muttered: "When he went out of the funeral, I was drowsy, and I didn't come to see him off, he was so good to me, but I never did anything for him." β
"I kept telling Concubine Ning that I wanted to avenge him, but now, I don't have a clue at all, and I don't even know where to start......
"He was so affectionate to me that I didn't want to disappoint him, but when I knew, there was no room for me to turn around. I can only feel guilty and blame myself, but it's useless......"
Hot tears fell into the snow and turned into a pool of clear water, An Ge took a deep breath and said, "But I can't let down another person I love deeply, so, Yuan Qilu, I can only pay you back in the next life." β
Jing Lan held An Ge's hand tightly, her palms were cold.
He suddenly said to her domineeringly like a child: "Yuan Qilu never felt that you owed him anything, so you will be mine in your next life." β
An Ge was originally very sad, but when he said this, the atmosphere was gone......
The two of them were silent in front of the tomb for half an hour before returning to the capital.
Back at the residence, Ning Jiu brought the hot soup that had been boiled to An Ge and Jing Lan, and then looked back at the goose feather snow outside and said, "God bless, the master and the girl just stepped into the house, and the snow suddenly became bigger." If it had been a little earlier, the master and the girl might have been trapped outside. β
An Ge also looked at the heavy snow in the yard.
If there is really someone in the underworld, then it should be Yuan Qilu protecting her.