Chapter 246: Take Qi Niang

There was a knock on the door, knocking on Guo Min's peace of mind.

With the letter in his hand, he had been sitting in a daze for a long time, and he really couldn't understand what His Royal Highness King Qi wanted to do.

He was alone, and there was no one to discuss, so he was distracted and distracted for a while.

It wasn't until the sound of the knock on the door became more and more rapid that Guo Min'an's mind was slowly pulled back.

He jerked around and swept back in the direction of the door.

When he turned back to the hall, he only took half of the carved door with him, and did not close the door completely.

He squinted, and vaguely saw a figure standing on the edge of the doorframe, his hand rising and falling, with a sound.

Guo Minan rubbed his temples: "Cao Lu." ”

The people outside the door got a response, and only then did they dare to step into the door, and when they entered the door, they bowed down and saluted, so they replied to him calmly: "My lord, Wei Ye sent someone to send a message, saying that he wanted to see his lord." ”

Guo Min'an's eyes narrowed more and more.

His Royal Highness the King of Qi had just sent a letter to him, and Wei Ye asked someone to deliver a message from the house, wanting to see him, could there be such a coincidence? Isn't it the news of His Royal Highness the King of Qi that was also sent to the Wei family's mansion first, right?

The letter paper had already been casually put aside by Guo Min'an on the black lacquer ingots pattern four plans, he took his fingertips and tapped them on the small case, making a muffled sound: "Is there anyone from outside the Wei family who wants to enter today?" Or is there someone who wants to deliver a message in? ”

Cao Lu was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said no: "Why do you ask like this?" It's been a long time, and no one is allowed to send news in? ”

Guo Min'an sighed and sniffed: "It's nothing, His Royal Highness the King of Qi sent someone to Huzhou to send me a letter, I guess, Wei Ye wants to see me at this time, I'm afraid that I also got the news of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, so I have something to say to me." ”

Cao Lu rolled twice in his throat: "Your Highness's letter was delivered so quickly?" ”

Guo Min'an only raised his eyes at this point, but threw it over with a white eye: "Who do you think is that?" This means that the second girl Wei is not in the mansion, and she followed His Royal Highness to Huzhou, if the second girl is at home, she can't get out of the mansion like this, and His Royal Highness's letter will be delivered quickly. ”

"Yes...... Yes, yes, that's what adults say. Cao Lu made him a little embarrassed by his unkind tone, standing there and not up or down, and scratched the back of his head with his backhand, "Then my lord, are you going to the Wei family now?" ”

Now when I go to Wei's house, I don't know what Wei Ye is going to say, if it is not appropriate to deal with it......

Although Cao Lu said that no one delivered the news to the Wei family, it was difficult to ensure that His Royal Highness the King of Qi had a way to secretly send the news in, but he just saved some face for him, the prefect, so that he did not alarm the people in the official government.

He hesitated, and his gaze wandered over Cao Lu's body for a long time.

Cao Lu asked him to look at the second monk who was confused, and he spat for a long time: "What do you want me to do?" ”

In fact, Cao Lu is a person who can discuss things, and he is not a complete fool, in the past, when he encountered tricky and difficult things in the yamen, when Guo Minan was upset and irritable alone, he called Cao Lu to say a few words.

The Cao family also has some family background in Qizhou, and until now, there has been such a Cao Lu, who has won the fame first, and then the career of being an official all the way is not too smooth, so that the master of the Cao family is angry, so he simply spent money to donate a loose official and idle position, and it was provided in his Qizhou prefect's yamen.

is because of this Cao Lu, he has a lot of dealings with the powerful families in Qizhou City, and it is not uncommon to see big scenes, he is knowledgeable and talented, but he is just a little not serious.

In other words, he is a person who has nothing to do with himself, and he is just a casual official, and many things are not his turn to this heart at all, so he simply puts his hand away as if he is watching a play, and he will do what he is told to do, and if no one tells him to do it, he will be happy to be at ease.

Guo Min'an lit the table with a match, suddenly stopped his hand, and motioned to Cao Lu to look at the letter spread out on the small case: "This is the letter sent back by His Royal Highness, you can take a look." ”

Cao Lu sighed: "I see? ”

Guo Min'an squinted his eyes and was obviously a little unhappy: "You can't understand what I'm saying?" ”

Cao Lu saw that he was faintly angry, so he hurriedly said no, took three or two steps forward, and then stood on the side slightly, bowed slightly, stretched his long arm forward, took the letter on the table, and when he wanted to read it, he first fell on Guo Min'an's body.

In the depths of Cao Lu's heart, he didn't want to see it at all.

Between His Royal Highness King Qi and that Wei Luan, it can be said that he is a childhood sweetheart, since he was a child, as soon as something happened to the Wei family, he knew that things were in trouble, and sure enough, until now, Guo Min'an, the prefect, only dared to confine the people of the Wei family in the house, did not dare to interrogate, let alone torture, where is this like the Wei family committed a crime, it is like an ancestor for the sake of the ancestors, he doesn't want to get involved in this matter at all.

But he didn't know if Guo Min'an did it on purpose, the Wei family was all detained in the mansion, but Guo Min'an specially instructed that if anyone in the Wei family had something to say to the government, he would tell him that Hengzhi had nothing to do in the yamen all day, so he would leave the Wei family's mess to him for the time being.

Since he was in charge, what was going on with the Wei family, Guo Minan roughly told him about it.

At that time, Cao Lu was thinking, sure enough, when the county lord of Yuanle came to Huzhou, his heart suddenly changed, and it felt that everything was right, not long after this person left Huzhou, something happened to the Wei family.

The reward of the Son of Heaven, the jade pendant that is exactly the same as Princess Grohe is gone, is this worth it?

But if you want him to say it, this Yuanle County Lord and Wei Luan are also big enough, one really dares to send it, and the other really dares to take it, this kind of thing is sent by them in private? What's more, the county lord of Yuanle cares about His Royal Highness King Qi, and Wei Luan is simply incompatible, what she sent, how could this Wei Luan take it inexplicably, and he is not afraid of anything greasy here, if he had confiscated her jade pendant at the beginning, the Wei family would not have today's trouble.

Cao Lu didn't read the letter, he stood there blankly, his eyes always falling on Guo Min'an.

Guo Min'an smacked his tongue: "Let you read the letter, what are you looking at me for?" ”

Cao Lu replied again, turned his heart sideways, lowered his head, and looked at the contents of the letter intently.

When he read the letter carefully, and when he looked up again, his eyes were full of surprise: "What does Your Highness mean by this?" What does it mean that there is another inside story, it is inconvenient to say much in the letter, just don't embarrass the Wei family, and don't make a big deal about it? ”

Guo Min'an's face darkened slightly: "What do you think?" ”

Cao Lu didn't know what was going on here, but the threat in His Royal Highness King Qi's letter couldn't be more obvious.

He took a deep breath, no wonder Guo Min'an looked depressed and restless.

Originally, for this matter, Guo Minan was a little anxious, and when something happened, he didn't have a long eye to pinch him to play a fold in the capital, but Guo Minan was all asked to suppress it, saying that it was important to find the jade pendant first, and after these days, although the thing has not been found, at least no one has mentioned the matter of folding the fold in the capital.

Cao Lu thought in his heart, this matter is going to be in trouble in the court, and if it is spread, then the Wei family's crime will be really big.

Guo Minan didn't want to, but he didn't dare at all.

If it really brings a disaster to the Wei family, won't His Royal Highness King Qi turn around and kill Guo Min'an?

But this threat is not so blatant, is it? For the sake of Wei Luan, is this His Royal Highness really free of anything?

He himself grew up in the palace, so he wouldn't know how valuable the jade pendant of the county lord of Yuanle was, and this thing was lost by the Wei family, which was a big matter.

Cao Lu touched the tip of his nose with his backhand, put the letter paper in his hand back on the small case, and when he withdrew his hand, the other hand was also taken down from his nose, and he stood back in place with his hand: "My lord is right, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is asking you not to fold the capital." What is this letter...... It will take some time for this letter to be sent back, and His Royal Highness is actually gambling, betting that you have not yet given the capital a fold, and will report this matter to the emperor. ”

Who's to say it isn't.

So Guo Minan was not only irritable, but also a little lucky.

Fortunately, he had already thought of the attitude of His Royal Highness King Qi, and he had some concerns in his heart, so he never dared to go to the fold, if he didn't do things but his brain, as soon as the matter came out, he panicked and alarmed the capital, and made trouble to His Majesty. I'm afraid he won't be able to eat and walk around.

Guo Minan waved his hand at Cao Lu: "You sit and talk." ”

Cao Lu didn't squirm either, and sat down on his left hand side after answering: "But my lord, Your Highness said that there is another inside story, and it is inconvenient to say more in the letter, how do I feel that this is to exonerate the Wei family?" ”

Guo Min'an glanced at him: "You just don't have a long heart, now everything is undecided, you dare to say that the Wei family must be guilty?" His Royal Highness said so, who would dare to say that the Wei family must be guilty? ”

The more he said this, the more Cao Lu felt embarrassed.

Originally, it wasn't that he had to be bored, it was Guo Minan who wanted to pull him to discuss the letter sent back by King Qi, so decent, be angry with him, and count him down?

Cao Lu lowered his head and pouted in a place where Guo Min'an couldn't see: "The lower official lost his words for a while." That lord, according to His Highness's intentions, is it now for us to release the people of the Wei family first? Anyway, with such a big family business, they can't run away, and it is estimated that His Royal Highness has returned to Qizhou to personally preside over this matter. When the county lord of Yuanle came to Qizhou, he always stayed with His Royal Highness, and this jade pendant really has another name. ”

"That being said, and with His Royal Highness King Qi willing to take care of this matter, I'm still happy and relaxed, are the things in the Guangyang Palace's Mansion so easy to lose? It is also a reward from the Son of Heaven, a symbol of the Son of Heaven's grace, I am caught in it, in a dilemma, one is mishandled, not only to bear the charge of dereliction of duty and not to investigate, but also to offend His Royal Highness the King of Qi, but the problem is ......"

Guo Min'an paused for a while, and sighed: "It's been half a month, and then I have to wait for His Highness to come back from Huzhou, let alone wait for a month, so I said that now that something has happened to the Wei family, His Royal Highness and the Wei family brothers and sisters are anxious, and the road will be faster, and they won't be able to come back without a month." ”

Cao Lu's face froze.

Yes, it's hard to do here.

What Guo Minan has always been most worried about is not the loss of the jade pendant at all, what kind of responsibility should the Wei family bear, it has always been that the thing can't be left out for too long, and it has to be retrieved as soon as possible.

If the jade pendant can be found back unharmed, this incident will be treated as if it never happened, and it is not impossible.

But the thing can't be recovered, there is no clue at all in the past half a month, then it can only be presented to Your Majesty, at least let everyone outside know that this thing is lost, if someone dares to hold the jade pendant of the county lord of Yuanle to do something wrong, give it to people, and find it back, and they are not afraid of causing trouble again.

"Otherwise......" Cao Lu said with difficulty, and after saying the three words, he hesitated again.

Guo Min'an's eyebrows jumped: "What do you want to say?" ”

"Otherwise, take Qi Niang and go through a class first." Cao Lu closed his eyes, as if he was open, opened his eyes after speaking, and then looked at Guo Min'an's complexion, and sure enough, his face was not pale, but he thought about it, in fact, there was nothing wrong with it.

Cao Lu reluctantly settled down on himself, and gritted his teeth: "Second Miss Wei has this thing, and even Wei Ye doesn't know about it, and only Qi Niang and the four girls who serve closely around the second girl know in the Wei family's house, and then there is Miss Wei and the girl next to her." The second girl went out this time and brought out two girls, if you want to say that something is lost, it can only be Qi Niang and the remaining two girls who know best, let's not take the big girl to question, so as not to hurt the reputation of the big girl, and it really damage the dignity of the Wei family, and when His Royal Highness returns to the city, he will definitely not give up, but Qi Niang, after all, is just a subordinate, although she said that the second girl is too big, but the subordinate is not the subordinate? Now that something has happened, she is the first one who is difficult to escape, that is, there is a second girl, whether she will blindly protect her, you have to say both, not to mention that the second girl is not there? ”

In fact, what Cao Lu said is not wrong, and in the past half a month, this matter has also turned in Guo Minan's heart several times.

I can't find anything, I don't have enough clues, how did I lose it, how did I get to the prefect's yamen, who sent a letter to the yamen that day to expose the matter, all of this, to this day, all of them are all confused.

So Guo Minan has been thinking that he has to ask for some clues, so that he can't be regarded as inactive.

But I want to take Qi Niang for questioning......

"The second girl of the Wei family lost her mother when she landed, and Qi Niang raised her milk, which was no different from her mother, and took her for questioning...... I've thought about this in my heart, but I've never made up my mind. ”

Until this time, Guo Minan was still hesitant when he said this.

Cao Lumo rubbed his chin and thought for a moment: "Didn't Wei Ye just happen to meet an adult?" The adult does not let go of the temptation to test Wei Ye's tone, it is best to ask him to speak by himself, and invite the adult to take Qi Niang to the government for questioning, even if he is punished, it is all his own Wei Ye's business, and it has nothing to do with the adult, right? "I want to talk to more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~