Yang Qiqi was sitting in the courtyard helping Luan's mother embroider the belt for Pei Xin, and when he saw Murong Zhao coming, he put the belt in the sewing basket, got up and greeted him: "Your Highness is well."

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Murong Zhao looked at her with a smile, "There is no one else here, you are like this, I am awkward." ”

Yang Qiqi smiled, invited him to sit, and took a teapot to pour tea for him.

Murong Zhao flicked off the feet of his robe, sat in a small chair made of green rattan, looked at Yang Qiqi's calm demeanor, and suddenly had a feeling that time was indifferent and the years were quiet.

Yang Qiqi didn't ask what he was here for, he just took the flower bandage again and began to embroider it stitch by stitch.

Murong Zhao was a little stunned, and Yang Qiqi's smooth movements added some leisure to this afternoon. It's hard to describe, it's just very comfortable. couldn't help but remind him of five years ago, when he was reading in the study, and Xiao Qi was writing on the side. At that time, it seemed like this.

Quiet and comfortable.

He didn't realize that Yang Qiqi's eyes were also much gentler, and his good-looking eyes were like bright gems, shining brightly.

Yang Qiqi embroidered for a long time, didn't hear him speak, and couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at him.

The eyes of the two people collided together, and Murong Zhao came back to his senses at this time, and asked with a greeting: "Did you make Mr. Pei's clothes yourself?" ”

Yang Qiqi was also very good at embroidery in her last life, but she never seemed to have done it for anyone sincerely, or had any pleasant experience when embroidering. But this life is different, every time she does this for Pei Xin, she feels very happy.

Thinking like this, she said, "The master is very particular about these things, and rarely lets me do it. It's just that in my free time, I like to make something to pass the time. I was very satisfied that he could put it on comfortably. When Yang Qiqi spoke, there was a gentle light in his eyes. This kind of expression made Murong Zhao feel familiar.

He didn't speak, Yang Qiqi embroidered slowly. After the embroidery of a belt was finished, Yang Qiqi stretched out his arm, hammered his somewhat sore waist, and asked Murong Zhao lightly: "Your Highness has been sitting here for half a pillar of incense, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Murong Zhao smiled awkwardly, Tong Ren'er turned and turned in his eyes, and finally slowly spoke, "I, I want to ask you to help me check Xiao Qin Village." ”

Yang Qiqi put down the teacup and asked, "Where is Xiaoqin Village?" ”

Murong Zhao said: "In Qinling." ”

Yang Qiqi pursed his lips and nodded, and slowly folded the belt, "Okay." I'll ask Uncle Chu to go to your place later, and you can tell him where it is. After that, I didn't have to ask any more questions, and got up to go back to the house.

Seeing her move, Murong Zhao couldn't help frowning and asked, "You don't ask?" ”

Yang Qiqi looked back and smiled, his face was particularly bright in the sun, "Will you tell me if you ask?" ”

Murong Zhao smiled a little dumbly, and Yang Qiqi entered the room by himself. When he came out again, Murong Zhao was no longer there.

She immediately instructed Chu Xuwen to investigate this matter.

At this time, in the prince's east palace, Tianshu was recovering in the prince's study.

"Xiao Qin Village has been wiped out, and the seven girls of the Yang family who His Royal Highness asked him to check before are a little eyebrows. This Yang Qi girl studied under Mr. Pei Xin, the world's largest Confucian Qingping. and the grandson of Liang Guogong, the prince of Yuguo, and the third son of Eguo are the same brothers and sisters. In April this year, he followed Pei Xin to Chang'an, and in a blink of an eye, he was very favored by the Queen Mother, and then he was recognized back by the Duke of Yuguo with great fanfare, and became the concubine of the Duke of Yuguo. ”

The prince interrupted him impatiently and said, "These are all things that are on the surface, do you still need to say it?" ”

Tianshu said: "The subordinates also found out that this Yang girl may not be from the current Duchess of Yuguo, it is very likely that she was born to the daughter of the Wen family who was involved in the rebellion of the Three Kings, the biological daughter of the eldest princess of Nangong." Moreover, this Yang Qi girl is still inextricably linked with Yan Jinxing. ”

The prince raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is Rouge Jinxing?" ”

Tianshu replied respectfully: "It is the industry of the He family in the south of the Yangtze River, dealing in ready-to-wear cloth, rouge gouache, jewelry and the like. In just three years, the semicolon has been opened all over the country. And this brocade line is now the most willing pastime for the ladies in Beijing. Not only that, but Rouge Jinxing also has some background in rivers and lakes, and has dealings with Mantuo Villa. ”

The prince smiled playfully, rubbed the wrench in his hand, and said in a manly voice: "Interesting." ”

"No matter how specific it is, I can't find anything. Also, the humble post sent someone to the post house in Huai'an to ask, and when this Yang Qi girl left the post house, there was an extra maid by her side. When she traveled this time, she brought a lot of attendants to the nursing home, but the maids and servants around her could be counted. ”

The prince's eyes immediately became as sharp as an eagle, "Really? ”

Tianshu nodded, "This is especially suspicious. ”

The prince thought for a while and hesitated: "If that little girl is hiding, then what is the attitude of the Yuguo Mansion?" ”

Tianshu couldn't answer, so he could only shake his head and say, "What is the attitude of the Yuguo Mansion, it's not clear at the moment." ”

"Then don't keep her, I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go." The prince paused, and couldn't help but smile and said, "This time the errand is done well, as for the little girl's affairs, you will do it yourself." ”

Tianshu replied "yes" with an expressionless face, and as soon as the prince raised his hand, he retreated respectfully.

After about three or four days, Yang Qiqi on Ulsan received a reply from the investigation of Xiaoqin Village.

At that time, she was accompanying Pei Xin to arrange a pavilion for the Double Ninth Festival to climb the height and enjoy the flowers, and Pei Xin instructed her how to arrange these chrysanthemums in a staggered manner, beautiful and elegant.

Chu Xuwen had a dark face, holding a thin envelope in his hand, saluted Pei Xin, turned his head and said to Yang Qiqi: "Girl, there is a letter in the matter of Xiaoqin Village." ”

Yang Qiqi snorted, and while pruning the flower branches, he said, "Then go and tell His Highness Eleven." Chu Xuwen pursed his lips and didn't move.

Pei Xin saw it in his eyes and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Chu Xuwen took a deep breath, "Xiao Qin Village is gone. ”

Yang Qiqi was confused, put down the flower scissors, and said strangely: "Isn't there this place, or is it wrong to find it?" ”

Chu Xuwen's face was full of depression and solemnity, shook his head, and said with difficulty: "I specially asked His Highness Eleventh for the approximate location of that Xiaoqin Village, and after our people passed, they found that there was already a scorched earth in that location. Houses were also razed to the ground, and the villagers were nowhere to be seen. Under the scorched earth," Chu Xuwen said, pursing his lips, "Dig out the bloody soil." ”

After he said this, Yang Qiqi still didn't understand anything. Bloodland? How many people must have died to stain the soil red?

Pei Xin's face was not very good-looking, and he couldn't help but whisper: "It's really a sin." ”

Yang Qiqi asked rhetorically: "What is the matter, why is a village slaughtered?" ”

Chu continued: "This small Qin village is built in a small valley deep in the Qinling Mountains, surrounded by mountains, and is a very hidden place. Zhou Wei almost has no village, as if he is independent. Nothing can be found. ”

That's the most suspicious.

Pei Xin raised his eyebrows, as if he knew something, and only told Yang Qiqi: "Just tell the eleventh prince truthfully, you don't have to ask about the next things." As he spoke, he said to Chu Xuwen: "Is it possible to hide the matter of Xiaoqin Village?" There won't be any side tricks. ”

Yang Qiqi couldn't help but secretly think to himself, Qin Ling? Did anything major happen in the last life related to Qinling? It doesn't seem to be at all, she only remembers that in the twenty-fifth year of Yonghui, the Seventh Prince seemed to have opened a gold mine in the Qinling Mountains. And the right to open a gold mine was fully distributed to the Yuguo Mansion.

Although the gold mine belongs to the imperial court in Dayan, there is a lot of money to be made in mining.

At that time, she had already begun to preside over the middle feed of the Yongping Marquis Mansion, and she had to help Zhang Zongsi take care of the housework, and she was pressed on her alone inside and out. The Yongping Hou Mansion has long been left with an empty shell, and the entry has become her biggest problem, and she also went to beg Yang Yuyan, hoping to get a piece of the pie.

Could it be that this gold mine has any connection with Xiaoqin Village?

Pei Xin saw that she was starting to be stunned, knowing what she was thinking again, he didn't bother, just turned his back and said to Chu Xuwen: "Let people check the bulk freight of the two towns closest to Qinling, both by water and by land, especially between Chang'an and Luoyang." Be extra careful when checking, it's okay to be slow, just don't show it! ”

Chu Xuwen knew that Pei Xin's order must have made some major discoveries, so he didn't ask much, and went to do things after answering the order.

Yang Qiqi held the flower scissors in his hand, sat stiffly on the stone bench, looked at the clouds rolling in the sky, and asked Pei Xin unconsciously: "Master, you said that they are all people living in the world, why do people want to embarrass others so much." How can human life be taken so lightly? There was a hint of sadness in her heart. Thinking of the innocent and tragic death of Wen Yaojia and her mother, thinking that she was used and framed, she didn't blink to death. She said, "Master, isn't it good for us to live in peace and quiet?" ”

Pei Xin couldn't answer, he occasionally felt that this little apprentice of his, when the vicissitudes of life, looked even older than him, an old man.

At this time, a little boy went up the mountain and said, "Sir, the third son has sent a letter." The third prince in his words naturally refers to Yanxi.

Pei Xin nodded and said, "Girl, go down the mountain first for the teacher, don't be stupid and forget the time." ”

Yang Qiqi didn't make a sound, looking bored. Pei Xin looked at her in suspense and told Xiao Tong to look at her from the side. Yang Qiqi thought about it for a while, and there was always a kind of sadness in his heart.

Xiao Tong looked at her expression for a long time and did not change, he was so panicked, scratched his head, and said, "Seventh girl, what's wrong with you?" ”

Yang Qiqi said: "It's nothing, just feel sad for innocent people once, just hang once." ”

Xiao Tong persuaded her: "You don't have to be sad, good and evil are rewarded, God has his own arrangements!" ”

Yang Qiqi sighed lightly and said: "You are still young, how do you know that in this world, there is no reward for good and evil, the way of heaven is not circulating, good people do not live long, and disasters will be left for thousands of years!" ”

These words were falling in the ears of Murong Zhao, who was going up the mountain. Murong Zhao's heart moved, and he stared at Yang Qiqi's back in shock.