Chapter 226: I'm Sorry

When Chen Zhengting took Xu Gong to the inn together, the word haggard had already been written on his face.

So many things have happened in the past few days, the woman he has loved for more than ten years is likely to be the murderer of his eldest son, and the Zhang family, who has always been quite obedient in the Chen family, is the one who came forward directly to buy the murderer, these things together, even if he has experienced so many ups and downs, he can't accept it for a while.

When Zhao Falcon took someone to Chen's house to see him again, he was actually in a trance, and Zhao Falcon was also taken aback at the first sight of him.

Since they arrived in Huzhou, every time they see Chen Zhengting, he is all high-spirited, how could he ever be embarrassed and haggard here?

It's just that Zhao Falcon remembered Li Yan's instructions, and let Chen Zhengting ask him several times, and he didn't tell Chen Zhengting why Li Yan passed him to the inn today, Chen Zhengting was a little discouraged, but he couldn't push it, so he could only ask Zhao Falcon to wait for a while, go and change his clothes and clean his face, and then followed Zhao Falcon to the inn.

At this time, Xu Gong followed into the door, and Li Yan glanced over and found that his shoulders were trembling faintly.

It seems that he is afraid now that he knows, after the Zhang family was captured by the prefect's yamen for so long, he has not moved, and his performance is plain, until today he passed them on, Xu Gong had the meaning of being afraid.

The corners of Li Yan's mouth were raised, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

Chen Zhengting had already saluted Xu Gong and asked for peace, and Li Yan naturally saw the haggard on his face, waved his hand and motioned for him to sit and reply, as if he was very surprised: "I haven't seen him for a few days, why does Master Chen look so tired and haggard?" It's better to take care of your health. ”

Chen Zhengting only smiled bitterly.

How did he not know to take care of his body, but now that he is like this, what is he going to do to take care of his body?

But Li Yan asked him at this time, and with a concerned and considerate tone and thoughts, he couldn't cry and not look back, so he shook his head almost invisibly: "The body is nothing, I have also invited a doctor these days, and I have decocted medicine every day to nourish it, and I have to take some calming medicine at night to sleep, if I don't eat it one day, I will toss and turn, and it is difficult to sleep, as long as I close my eyes, all in front of me is Yuqing's face, and all kinds of ...... I have been treating Zhou for more than ten years."

He took a deep breath, and let that breath out again, repeating this several times before his eyes fell on Li Yan's body again: "Thank you Your Highness for your care, in fact, it's not a big deal." ”

Li Yan sighed along with his words, his face solemn, as if he was really sad and sad for his words.

Think about the middle-aged people who have been beautiful for most of their lives, and now they can't sleep at night, as if they have been betrayed by the closest people around them, how can people not feel sorry for him?

Therefore, Li Yan shook his head at him again: "The deceased has passed away, Master Chen's mourning should be changed." ”

Chen Zhengting obviously didn't want to take his words again, probably because he was afraid that Li Yan would continue to talk about it, and he would mention Chen Yuqing's things, his heart was not so hard and he couldn't bear it.

He paused for a moment, simply changed the topic, and Li Yan of the province mentioned this matter again: "Your Highness sent us here today, what is it for?" He also specially asked Xu Gong to bring ......"

He hesitated, turned around and looked at Xu Gong, his eyes flashing with confusion and doubt.

Li Yan sighed, looked at him with a smile, and then looked at Xu Gong: "I heard-"

He dragged the last note, and the tone turned up again, which was indescribably beautiful and melodious, but what he said was not the case: "Xu Gong and Zhang, there are some unclear things between the two of them, right?" ”

Chen Zhengting looked at him blankly, obviously not expecting Li Yan to know about this.

In fact, from the time when Zhou Jin first held them six years ago, he had thought about it, otherwise he would send the Zhang family out of the house, and give her more silver to settle down, so that he was the one who had grown up Zhou Jin, and as for Xu Gong, after all, he had served in the Chen family for so many years, and there were some things that he couldn't tell him to talk about everywhere outside, so naturally he couldn't easily offend him, so Chen Zhengting himself was thinking, it was better to put him on the Zhuangzi outside, so that he could still be a steward, and the things in the Zhuangzi also had oil and water to fish. As long as the head of the family turns a blind eye and doesn't care much, his identity and status are naturally not as good as the head of the Chen family said, but he will not take less silver.

But then Zhou Jin persuaded him, firstly, Zhou Jin himself was reluctant to Zhang, and secondly, he was afraid that he would really offend Xu Gong and cause unnecessary trouble to the family.

Chen Zhengting thought about it, and felt that it made sense, so he later let Zhou Jin take care of the unclean tongues at home, since he chose to leave Xu Gong and Zhang in the mansion, and only didn't know what they were doing, then he couldn't make such a family ugly public, so he let Zhou Jin go.

Until today, six years have passed, and the people in the family have not mentioned it to the outside world, those who cook out of the house, Zhou Jin's office is also considered to be beautiful, although he drove people out, but in order to gag their mouths, they were all given silver back then, and one person gave ten taels of silver, which was almost the monthly silver of the whole year, and it was enough for them to make a small business, or enough for them to eat and drink for a long time.

What did Li Yan know about this?

Chen Zhengting's mouth was slightly open, which was an instinctive reaction after being surprised.

Li Yan felt more and more interesting, and teased: "What? Master Chen doesn't know about this? He smacked his tongue and shook his head again, "It shouldn't be, right?" What I heard is that six years ago, the Zhang family was captured, Master Chen, you know the roots, as for why the two of them were not sent to the official later, and the two of them were not driven out of the house, I think, one is that Aunt Zhou is reluctant, and the other is that your Master Chen has used Xu Gong for so many years, it is really convenient, and there is a bit of friendship in the end, and he is reluctant to drive him away for such a can't help it. However, Master Chen probably couldn't have imagined that six years later, your temporary soft-heartedness caused the disaster of today's inner house, and you took Chen Yuqing's life for nothing, if you were more ruthless and drove people out, Chen Yuqing would not have died, right? ”

Chen Zhengting's eyebrows twisted, and his whole body trembled.

Li Yan was right, if it wasn't for his original thought, he would have left such a scourge as the Zhang family...... But it's also impossible to say, to say that Zhou Jin is behind the scenes, even if there is no Zhang......

He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Didn't His Highness suspect Zhou Jin at the beginning?" Now she is still locked up in the West Courtyard, and we are still not allowed to see her, nor are we allowed to send food and drink, His Royal Highness said that without the Zhang family, Yuqing would not die, is this really the case? Not necessarily, I'm afraid? ”

The corners of Wei Luan's mouth sank.

In fact, Li Yan and her eldest brother have said before that Chen Zhengting himself is also suspicious, until today, Xu Gong was held by them, and Chen Zhengting is still saying that Zhou Jin is doubtful, and blindly wants to move their attention to Zhou Jin.

She looked sideways at Wei Ziqi and found that Wei Ziqi's gaze always fell on Xu Gong, and she looked over again, only to see Xu Gong with his head down, and his shoulders were still trembling faintly.

If she remembered correctly, Xu Gong had been trembling since he entered the door, and it was obvious that he was afraid.

Wei Luan's face sank, Xu Gong must have a problem, he should also know why Li Yan called them to the inn, or from the moment the Zhang family was arrested-

She said in a cold voice: "Xu Gong, you know that we will find you sooner or later, right?" ”

Xu Gong raised his head suddenly, and his sharp eyes swept over Wei Luan's body, like a knife, and threw it straight towards Wei Luan.

Wei Luan didn't shrink back, let alone be afraid of him, the more he was like this, the more proud she became: "And you were summoned to the inn today, obviously you know why we called you here, so since you entered the door, you have been scared, trembling, because you are scared in your heart, you know that we found out about your relationship with the Zhang family, and the Zhang family bought murder, probably with you, it can't be separated, right?" ”

Xu Gong pursed the corners of his lips, but didn't say a word.

"Second Miss Wei, this ......" Chen Zhengting's eyes darkened, and he only felt that his brain was buzzing.

He couldn't stand any more stimulation.

From Zhou Jin to Zhang's, and now Xu Gong is involved, oh yes, and that Feng Zhengbei......

How many years have these people been in his Chen family's house? Can't remember.

Chen Zhengting took another deep breath: "Xu Gong has served me for many years, inside and outside the house, up and down, Xu Gong is cooking many things, and when the children were still young, they all relied on Xu Gong to help me. He swallowed his saliva with difficulty, "Second Miss Wei said that Xu Gong and Yuqing's deaths are inseparable, is it just because of the Zhang family?" He was between him and Zhang...... Everyone has been together for a long time, and there are some feelings, which is human nature, and it is understandable......"

"Understandable?" Wei Luan stopped all the words behind Chen Zhengting, and couldn't believe what he heard.

Zhang's is a married woman, and she has been married for many years, and she has given birth to several children, and she has raised the children, and the Qi family has been good to Zhang's for many years, why did Zhang's fornicate with others?

Forget it, so far, how can Chen Zhengting say that human nature is understandable?

Wei Luan's face became more and more ugly, and his opinion of Chen Zhengting became more and more bad.

She didn't like the head of the Chen family in the first place, firstly, because of the past, and secondly, because of what the Chen family is doing now, it is always unsightly.

What now?

Wei Luan sneered, his eyes full of disdain: "Master Chen said that there is nothing to blame, right?" Zhang's married wife, Xu Gong has reached this age, whether he has a family or not, I don't know, but even if he doesn't, Master Chen has also read the books of sages, don't you know the truth of affection and courtesy? ”

As she spoke, she covered her lips and hid, reluctant to look at them again: "I'm just a teenage girl, and I shouldn't have said these words, but what Master Chen said today really opened my eyes." People like them will be condemned and punished when they go to the government, and you can say it, and there is nothing wrong with that. ”

She always refused to look at Chen Zhengting again, as if looking at that more would make her uncomfortable: "Or is it that Master Chen knows that such a thing is unbearable, and he also knows that it is their sin, but he is still willing to keep Xu Gong?" Zhang, you naturally gave it up, but Xu Gong, you must keep him, that's what you mean, right? ”

She asked two rhetorical questions, but in fact, now, she is more and more afraid to believe in Chen Zhengting.

At the earliest, they said that Chen Zhengting might also harm Chen Yuqing, but it was difficult for her to accept it, in the end, it was his biological son, and it was his first son, how much fault did Chen Yuqing have, so that Chen Zhengting could not be seen like this, and even had to kill him to be satisfied.

But today, Chen Zhengting appeared in this inn with Xu Gong, and when Li Yan bluntly exposed Xu Gong's true face and suspected that Xu Gong had something to do with the case, Chen Zhengting's reaction was too unexpected for her.

If Wei Luan wanted to come, Chen Zhengting should be angry and couldn't believe it, just like when he heard that the case was bought by the Zhang family in the lobby of the mansion that day, and Zhou Jin had to be locked up by them alone, that was right, and he should have it.

But he is not - Chen Zhengting changed his reaction that day, he chose to believe Xu Gong, and even more, he chose to keep Xu Gong.

Li Yan was obviously not satisfied with such a reaction.

He looked at Wei Ziqi once, and sure enough, he spoke: "Master Chen, you seem to like Xu Gong very much, when something like this happens, are you still willing to keep him?" ”

"No, no, no......" Chen Zhengting waved his hand again and again, and was in a hurry to defend, as if he was afraid that Li Yan would misunderstand him, "It's not that you want to protect Xu Gong, protect Xu Gong, it's really ...... Xu Gong can be said to have watched Yuqing grow up, Your Highness, you said that he collaborated with the Zhang family, bought murder, colluded inside and outside, and killed Yuqing, how dare I believe it? Yu Qing is the first child in the house, at that time, the family's business was not spread, and it was the next foundation from the hands of the ancestors, so it was not as busy as it is now, when he went out to collect the debts, Xu Gong took Yu Qing to walk around, make him happy, and play with him, that really treated Yu Qing as his own child, how could he ...... How could it be ......"

He seemed to have just realized what Xu Gong might have done, stood up, turned his toes in another direction, and looked at Xu Gong: "Xu Gong, don't stop talking, you say something!" ”

The corners of Xu Gong's mouth trembled faintly: "Master......"

As soon as he spoke, he said in a choked voice: "I know about this...... From the very beginning, when Zhang approached me, I knew it...... Master, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for Uncle! ”

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