As the New Year approached, it began to snow, and the wind was like the roar of a wild beast, and the ground was full of gloom.

Inside the cold cloud residence is also a scene of withered trees.

Qu You walked to the window and closed the window, turned to look at the girl who was sitting quietly reading a book on the soft collapse: "Miss, it's freezing this day, why are you still open the window?" What if you get cold? ”

Xun Xuan glanced up and smiled: "It was my negligence." ”

"Miss has been reading books more and more diligently recently, isn't she preparing for the preparation of Fengming Academy exam in the coming year?" Qu You stepped forward with a smile, and said proudly, "Miss has already won five first prizes in the poetry meeting, and now it is only the same, presumably with Miss's intelligence, it must be no problem." ”

"When did I say that this book is for exam preparation?" Xun Xuan didn't raise her head, and asked lightly.

"It's not for exam preparation, so why is the young lady working so hard?" Qu You's curiosity came up again, and he leaned up and glanced at the book, "Gu Doctor"? How did the young lady look at these books? ”

"I've always heard that Gu poison is mysterious, so I'm curious and want to investigate it further." Since giving An Sheng Gu, Xun Xuan has become interested in Gu poison, it turns out that this kind of thing is not as divine as the outside world rumores, as long as you understand the doorway, you can not only kill, but also heal.

If she can make good use of the value of this Gu poison, maybe she can really ask for a lot of wealth for herself.

It's just that...... I don't know if the person behind the Gu is willing to cooperate with her, she still needs to think about this matter.

"Miss is Miss and understands everything." Qu You looked at her young lady with envy.

The master and servant were talking, and suddenly a messenger ran outside the door: "Miss! The chime girl asked me to send you a message that I had caught the thief. ”

When Xun Xuan heard this, she hurriedly dropped the book in her hand, stood up and asked, "Where are they now?" ”

"It's still in Myoshengdo!" The next person replied.

Xun Xuan: "Go, help me prepare the carriage!" ”

The subordinate received the order and immediately went down to do something, Qu Yousheng hurriedly took out the fox fur from the inner room and draped it on Xun Xuan's body: "Miss, don't worry, since the person has been caught, I guess I won't be able to run away for a while." ”

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After half a pillar of incense, Xun Xuan's carriage stopped in front of the Miaosheng Hall.

Because of the snow, there are not many pedestrians on the streets, and there are many fewer vendors who used to sell their stalls.

Xun Xuan got out of the carriage and walked straight to the pharmacy.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a beggar who was tied up with five flowers lying on the ground, and Qi Yin and the man in black were standing on one side, pressing the person to the ground.

"Miss is finally here, this is the beggar who snatched the medicinal herbs that day." Chime said.

Because the beggar was always cloaked in hair before, Xun Xuan didn't see the person's face clearly until today, it was an extremely hideous, scarred face, and the scars on his face had already made him lose his original appearance, but the mark on the back of this person's neck belonged to the unique mark of the Shenji Battalion, and Xun Xuan could recognize it.

Can't be wrong, it's him.

"Take the man to the backyard, I have something to ask him." Xun Xuan gave an order, and the beggar was escorted into the backyard by Qi Yin.

"This man is a mute, and I am afraid that he will not be able to open his mouth." The man in black stepped forward and reminded.

Xun Xuan was stunned for a moment, a little surprised: "Dumb? ”

The man in black nodded and spoke, "Hmm! He was mute, and his tongue was cut. ”

"How so?" Xun Xuan exhaled lightly, and hurriedly instructed Qu You to prepare a pair of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"The person behind him hurt him like this, it must be because he knew something unsightly about the other party, so he was in a hurry to kill him." The man in black guessed.

Xun Xuan was stunned, and looked at the man in black with some confusion, could it be that he also saw the unusualness of this beggar's identity like her?

But the mark of the Shenji Battalion will not be known to outsiders except for relevant officials and people from the royal family.

"Childe also thinks that this person's identity is strange?" Xun Xuan asked tentatively.

The man in black paused for a moment, and hurriedly said, "I just followed him to his house and found that this beggar snatched the medicinal herbs for his pregnant wife in the family, but it's just very strange...... He left his things at the door of his house and left secretly. His wife did not know that he was the one who delivered the medicine. ”

So, I quietly asked my neighbors in the neighborhood and found out...... This man used to be the chazi of the Shenji Battalion, but later heard that he was sent on a mission by the imperial court, so he never returned, and later the imperial court sent back his clothes, so his wife and neighbors thought that this person had died. ”

Xun Xuan exhaled lightly, her face was dark, half a year ago, she remembered that after her father's case of embezzlement of food and salary, collaborating with the enemy and treason, she had secretly sent someone to find the group of Shenji Battalion inspectors who were responsible for transporting food and wages, except for the commander Qu Shiying, the rest of them died.

However, Qu Shiying, who was the only one alive at that time, insisted that Wu Guogong sent someone to assassinate him and took away his food.

From the perspective of time, these two things are also correct.

Xun Xuan's mood was a little heavy, and she turned around and was about to enter the house, but the man in black on the side suddenly spoke: "You have done enough, why don't you hand this person over to me." ”

"The matter...... I can only find out for myself. Xun Xuan did not hesitate and refused with a word.

The man in black exhaled lightly, and he knew ...... She won't listen to him.

Lifting the curtain of the door, Xun Xuan was expressionless, walked straight to the beggar, and said slowly: "Are you the batch of Shenji Camp inspectors who were responsible for transporting food and salary half a year ago?" ”

"You just have to answer yes or no." Xun Xuan pushed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table with her hand, and motioned for the other party to write down the answer.

The beggar looked down and shook his head, looking very wary.

"This is your only chance, if you don't tell the truth, you can only be separated from your wife for the rest of your life, are you really willing?" Xun Xuan's tone was aggravated, and she was desperate to know the answer.

The man raised his eyes and glanced at Xun Xuan, with a touch of helplessness and pain on his face.

"Tell me! Who have you been victimized to such a degree, and have you been involved in the task of escorting food and pay half a year ago? Who is the one who robbed you of the food and assassinated you? You said...... You say! Xun Xuan asked excitedly.

She has been investigating for so long, waiting for so long, and finally one step closer to the truth.

She couldn't calm down.

"Zhi! Don't worry, he won't be able to answer your questioning like this. The man in black sighed helplessly, and Xun Zhi was not the only one who was anxious to seek answers?

But he had to endure it at the moment.

"Tell me! Everything you know, as long as you are willing to say it, you are a witness, and I will intercede with the superiors and ask them to send someone to protect you and your wife, and so on...... You'll be able to be with your wife. Xun Xuan persuaded slowly.

"If you insist on refusing to speak, then you can only endure the pain of separation from your wife, and from now on you can only live the rest of your life as this person is not a ghost or a ghost, and those wicked people who hurt you are still alive and free, but you can only endure the pain of parting, should you really be willing?"

The man covered his head with his hands, and suddenly cried out in pain, love parting, one of the eight sufferings of life, how can he not teach people to despair?

This person has worked hard for his wife to support him until now, and the pain in his heart is incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Xun Xuan and the man in black were silent for a long time until the beggar calmed down.

Xun Xuan then instructed Qi Yin: "Untie him." ”

Now Xun Xuan is not worried that the other party will run away, because this is the only chance he can get together with his wife, Xun Xuan bets that the other party is willing to take a risk.

After loosening the tie, the man did not delay, picked up the brush and wrote quickly on the paper.

This person's name is Wang Lian, half a year ago he was an ordinary inspector of the Shenji Battalion, and his superior was the commander Qu Shiying, who was in charge of transporting military salaries half a year ago, and the Shenji Battalion was handling it.

At that time, the commander who was in charge of personally handling this errand was the commander Qu Shiying, and Wang Lian followed Qu Shiying to escort military salaries and rations.

But halfway through, Qu Shiying suddenly changed his route, and instead of sending the food to the border, he met with a mysterious person, and a large amount of food and salary was handed over to this person.

At that time, except for Wang Lian, the rest of the people also noticed that something was wrong, but Qu Shiying and the mysterious person had already secretly colluded and poisoned their wine.

This group of people is extremely cruel, in order to prevent the matter from being exposed, they directly kill people and kill people, Wang Lian acted cautiously, and worked desperately to escape, but after being poisoned by alcohol, he became mute.

After that, Wang Lian was chased and killed by Qu Shiying all the way, and finally forced him to jump off the cliff, but fortunately he did not die in the end, but in order to prevent Qu Shiying from being recognized, he could only disfigure himself.

That's the whole story.

Xun Xuan took the testimony written by Wang Lian in her hand, and only felt heavy.

"I knew that...... 's father must have been wronged, Qu Shiying...... and the Taishi Mansion behind him, it was they who teamed up to frame his father. Xun Xuan's fingers trembled as she held the testimony, and tears fell uncontrollably.

It was she who was too negligent, and if she had found out earlier, her father and brother would not have died.

"Ah Zhi......" The man in black subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to comfort the girl in front of him who was a little out of control, but his trembling fingers hung in the air for a long time, but he reluctantly took it back.

How he wanted to tell Xun Zhi that she was not alone in this world, she also had a relative, and her brother was still here, always by her side to accompany her.

But he couldn't.

Xun Shen is dead, even if the truth is revealed one day, and the Wuguo Mansion is wronged, he Xun Shen will no longer be the original Xun Shen.

There's no going back......

Ah Zhi ...... I'm sorry.

"I won't let Qu Shiying have such a good time, and I won't let the Taishi Mansion get his wish, they owe me more than 100 lives to the Wuguo Mansion, and one day...... I want them to pay back double! Xun Xuan's hands were clenched into fists, her fingernails were embedded in her palms, and her white fingers seemed to be about to pinch out blood in an instant.