Twenty years ago, Jiang Dakui and other bandits committed countless crimes and looted countless amounts of gold and silver. Later, he was wanted by the government, and Da Zhou made every effort to arrest him, but Sun acted favoritism and fraud, and the officials and bandits colluded to kill him, so that the group of bandits escaped punishment.

In the following years, Jiang Dakui and others continued their activities incognito. The gold and silver obtained during this period were all sent to the capital by Tianxianglou, who was still a teaching workshop at that time.

Ten years later, Tianxianglou Huakui Hibiscus appeared, which attracted everyone's popularity. And the nobleman in the capital also came to be her guest of the scene, she tried her best to please, but she was not as good as the personal maid Chenghuan and the nobleman's night dew.

The nobleman was extremely happy to learn that Chenghuan was pregnant. The news was passed on, and on the surface, Furong was invited to perform in Beijing, but in fact, it was just to secretly Chen Cang, and wanted to send the pregnant Chenghuan to the capital.

Because Tianxianglou was still an elegant place at that time, it was a teaching workshop built by the order of the first emperor, and it was not a body for sale, so this arrangement was not abrupt.

Partial Fleur was jealous, and she killed the people around her at the Hibiscus Inn. She originally wanted to leave Cheng Huan to torture slowly, but she didn't want Cheng Huan to have a short life and die of serious injuries, and in the end she could only let the butcher Shunzi, that is, Xu Jie, cut people with a thousand knives to vent her anger.

Then she brought the heirs born to Cheng Huan into Beijing, and there was no trace of them. Instead, he left the terrifying Ghost Inn and continued to let people run it.

Of course, at this time, the inn is no longer a place to stay, but has become one of the thieves' dens.

In addition, those thieves had no taboos, digging graves and robbing tombs, and even hid the captured beautiful women in empty graves, which made the nearby people more and more afraid.

Song Ruiniang knelt on the ground in a cold sweat, letting Xiao Qinglang, who was in the upper position, squint at him. After a long time, he said with difficulty: "Yes, at the beginning, I failed to enter the palace, and I often came to the land of Jinzhou in Yunzhou to operate, and even built the Yunzhou Annex, according to the words of that master, for some officials who were co-opted to have fun. ”

Now that it has been discovered, she has nothing to hide. Really, she didn't want to try Xiao Qinglang's methods, let alone fight with Wei Guang and others.

"It was only later that I was sent to the palace that I realized that person had the ability to reach the sky." Speaking of this, Song Ruiniang couldn't help laughing at herself.

In fact, ten years ago, at first, she just wanted to find a rich person to rely on with her beauty and talent, or to make enough money to squander when she was old and decrepit. But she didn't want to, she actually provoked an existence that shouldn't be provoked.

The man played with everyone as if he was ruthless to everyone, but he attached great importance to his offspring. And herself, because of the use of cold incense pills for many years, it is difficult to get pregnant, how can this make her not feel angry?

When she first entered the capital, she also thought about gaining a foothold with the child cut out of Chenghuan's womb. However, the master didn't see her at all, and only sent someone to take the child away. Then let her learn all kinds of etiquette, and finally sent to the palace.

No one knows how much she suffered and how much she was bullied by the eunuchs at that time, a delicate Oiran. In the end, she was bent on seeing the face of heaven and seeking Long En.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, she tried her best, and in the end she was still a slave.

"What is the identity of that person in the capital?" Now that Song Ruiniang has confessed, it is time for Xiao Qinglang to interrogate next.

Song Ruiniang glanced at the person above and shook her head weakly, "I don't know, I just know that he asked me to call him Rong Lang ten years ago." ”

Xiao Qinglang was not half moved by her pear blossom and rainy face, but asked with a selfless and cold face: "What about the officials of Jinzhou City." ”

"I don't know much about those anymore, but I vaguely know that Jiang Dakui, Shunzi and others will bring new officials to the other courtyard every few years, and if there is anything unusual, they will send someone to replace them." Song Ruiniang moved the corners of her mouth, but found that she couldn't make any expressions, and finally could only say dejectedly, "Rong Lang is extremely cautious and won't let me participate too much." ”

"Are those bones buried under the osmanthus tree at the Hibiscus Inn?" Xiao Qinglang couldn't help frowning when he saw that Song Ruiniang was weak. "Among them, Liu Rangmo, the same governor of Jinzhou City, as well as the general judge, Zhao Mo, and the governor of the prison department and the general judge."

As the mystery gradually unraveled, it was as if a thickening cloud appeared, obscuring the most direct truth.

He believes that the Furong Inn case was committed by Song Ruiniang, that is, Furong, but if there is no convenience from the people behind it, how can their little bandits grasp the information and even hobbies of so many officials?

Everyone in the hall was terrified, and their hearts were already terrified. If what the prince said was true, it would be too terrible. Inexplicably, the atmosphere in the room was much more depressing, and everyone's faces tightened.

"Hehe, it turns out that the prince and Miss Xu have found out to such a point, and it's no wonder that I lost." Song Ruiniang's eyes flashed, and she said with paranoia and madness, "It's a pity, it's a pity, even so, you still can't ...... me after all."

After saying this, she suddenly spurted out a stream of blood, and then fell to the ground with her head on her back.

Xu Chu was shocked, and he stepped forward and bent down to hold Song Ruiniang's wrist, only to find that she had already lost her breath. She shook her head at Xiao Qinglang and said that she was powerless......

Seeing that the case was concluded like this, dozens of unjust souls in the Furong Inn finally got revenge. But Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu's hearts were not half relaxed.

Furong should be punished, but her ambiguous words, as well as the deeper involvement behind this case, made Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu frightened.

Everyone knows that the concubines and female officials to be elected to the palace are mostly the daughters of officials from all over the country to be married. Those who have a loss in virtue will not be selected if they enter the palace, even if they are candidates, they will not be selected.

And it is said that there are three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem, but in fact, the so-called three thousand completely includes all the palace maids and female officials in the harem. It stands to reason that they should all be perfect.

But Fleur ...... is not only the head card of the Oiran of the Teaching Workshop, but also the benefactor of the gold owner, who must have been lost. So who is it that would rather take the sin of bullying the king than send people to the palace?

Or, maybe it's just a casual thing for him, and it's not a difficult thing at all!

"This case has been decided, and the Yunzhou prefect has made a register and reported to the three legal divisions for review." Xiao Qinglang lowered his eyes and covered the shadows in his eyes, "All the officials and officials of the Yunzhou official office should be thoroughly investigated, but those who are not innocent should be recorded in the register for secret investigation." ”

The autumn wind was blowing, the forest was cold, Xiao Qinglang got up and glanced at everyone with cold eyes, and said after a long time: "The people who came to hear the trial today are all people who have personally checked the conduct of this king, and you should do your duty to ensure the safety of the people." If there are any more favoritism and perversion of the law, such as Sun Xing, this king will definitely ask the Holy God to punish him severely. ”

Xu Chu looked at Xiao Qinglang with a stern face above motionlessly, and inexplicably thought of all his secret arrangements in the Nan'an incident, and in a trance, she seemed to understand that the current case was just for him to use for himself.

When everyone in the hall saw King Jing'an's words, they all listened respectfully, and only after the prince's voice fell, did they all agree.

And Dongmei was already crying silently when Song Ruiniang opened her mouth, and now when she saw Song Ruiniang commit suicide, she was even more trance and held people in her arms. Xiao Mingzhu, who was watching, was speechless, and carefully leaned over to Xu Chu and asked, "Sister Xu, that Song female official has harmed so many people and hurt her, how can she be ......?"

Xu Chu felt a faint sadness and melancholy in his heart, and sighed: "Stockholm syndrome, many victims sometimes have a pathological dependence and gratitude for the murderer or the perpetrator. is like Dongmei, who has been wantonly bullied and even almost lost her life for so many years, so if there is a little warmth, she will be grateful. ”

So even if she knew that Song Ruiniang had a problem, or even framed her, she would subconsciously protect her. At this time, she seemed to have a common fate with Song Ruiniang, and regarded others as evildoers.

The case of the Furong Inn made Xu Chu exhausted, and the non-stop post-mortem investigation for several days had already overdrawn her body.

After the verdict of Li Bo and the other remnants of the bandits was beheaded, she couldn't stay up and fell asleep. For a day and a night, no one could wake her up.

When she stood at the door of the government again, looking at the bustling and bustling street market outside, she actually had an inexplicable trance, as if she was in a different world.

Dongmei is now placed in the charity hall, and on weekdays, she will also go to work for some rich and noble families in exchange for wages. I heard Xiao Mingzhu say that near the strange inn, there were really many yellow-faced and thin-skinned village names, and when the officers and soldiers found them, some of them were already terminally ill due to corpse poison, and even the government doctor could not treat them.

She looked at Lang Lang outside and was distracted for a long time, until Xiao Qinglang came out of the courtyard.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Chu looked back at the handsome face, and sighed for a long time before he said calmly: "I'm wondering why the number of sturdy villagers in several villages, whose combined number is far greater than that of those bandits, is so easily coerced......"

If they hadn't encountered those, they would probably have lived a stable and calm life at this time, even if their lives were not rich, but they were simple and content.

Under the sun, a shadow fell on the plaque in front of the ya, and Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang stood there and stared at each other quietly.

Shrouded in warmth, Xu Chu couldn't help but think of the beautiful and enchanting female shopkeeper, and the Shunzi who ruthlessly killed his beloved, but could be at the mercy of his son.

That's probably the saddest thing ever.

"Don't think too much, this case is closed, and we will go to Jinzhou tomorrow." Xiao Qinglang took the lead in stepping forward, narrowing the distance between himself and Xu Chu, and then naturally reached out to comb her somewhat messy hair. "The secret guard has sent back news, and they haven't found anything wrong with those officials, but they seem to have found a trace of Xu Yanzuo......

Xu Chu listened to his words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he suppressed the worry in his heart and asked, "Is there a trust?" ”