Chapter 84: Trial and Conviction (II)

Dingguo Mansion is Your Majesty, for the people, although there is no regret in death! And now, the Chen family is just a small businessman, and the Dingguo Mansion is full of loyalty, how can they take a fancy to those yellow and white things?! Dingguo Gong said, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "The iron coupon of the Danshu in the minister's hand was given by the great grandfather, and it was exchanged for the blood of the Fang family!" Now His Majesty no longer trusts the Fang family, and the ministers don't want to defile this piece of Danshu iron coupon for such a thing! You can only die to make your will clear! To prove innocence! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but Ding Guogong had already made a move, and he directly crashed into the pillar in the lobby!

Zhou Rui'an quickly wanted to pull Ding Guogong, but he only blocked it, and Ding Guogong had already hit the pillar.

With this collision, Dingguo Gong really had the determination to die, and the force was huge, and the blood on his forehead quickly flowed out.

"Daddy!" Fang Mingkun's eyes were red, and he exclaimed.

Fang Mingkun stepped forward and hugged Dingguo Gong's body, and shouted heartbrokenly: "Dad! ”

"Zishu!" Emperor Xuande exclaimed: "Come on, quickly pass on the imperial doctor!" ”

Zishu is the character of Dingguo Gong.

Emperor Xuande personally walked down and went to support Dingguo Gong, Dingguo Gong raised his head, looked at Emperor Xuande, pulled the corners of his mouth, wanted to say something, but still didn't say anything.

He held the Danshu Iron Coupon tightly in his hand, and finally his lips twitched twice: "In the end, what is it that stains this Danshu Iron Coupon......"

Ding Guogong's voice was inaudible, and after saying the last sentence, his head tilted, and his body softened.

"Daddy!" Fang Mingkun shouted mournfully.

Dingguo Gong, a generation of famous ministers who once called for wind and rain in the court, fell.

Zhou Rui'an frowned deeply, and it was also unexpected that things had developed to this point.

Fang Mingkun raised his head suddenly, and shot his fierce gaze at Zhou Rui'an, he gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Rui'an!" The revenge of killing the father is not shared! ”

Zhou Rui'an looked back at him with a calm gaze and did not answer.

Fang Mingkun looked at Emperor Xuande with tears in his eyes: "Please Your Majesty, Rong Chen will take his father's body back and bury it well." At the end, he couldn't help but choke up and burst into tears.

Today, Emperor Xuande's feelings are also quite deep, when he was young, he also had a deep friendship with Dingguo Gong, so even if he was dissatisfied with the queen, he never thought about abolishing the queen, and he did not snub the second prince, but he didn't expect that because of an old case, he would force Dingguo Gong to die.

The deceased is gone, and it is too late to regret it, Emperor Xuande nodded lightly, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Fang Mingkun's proposal.

Emperor Xuande suffered a lot of blows because of the death of Dingguo Gong, and when he stood up, his body shook slightly.

At this time, no one mentioned the case of the Chen family, and the tragedy of the Chen family's destruction ended in this collision with Dingguo Gong.

The onlookers didn't dare to discuss more, so they could only disperse quietly, no one thought that such a case would end in such a way.

Now maybe only these onlookers still care about the truth, this collision of Dingguo Gong has made their original facts uncertain again, Dingguo Mansion is really innocent, right? Otherwise, with the status of Dingguo Gong, how could he be determined by death?

"Now that I think about it, it's really a little strange, after all, the Dingguo Mansion doesn't seem to be short of money."

"Dingguo Gong is really strong!"

"But no, you young people don't remember it now, but we older generations still remember, back then, he also went to the battlefield! If nothing else, the Dingguo Mansion is full of loyalty, which is always right. ”

"Then the Chen family must have misunderstood!"

"Yes, yes, there must be something inside! These evidences are all Zhou Rui...... Found, what good things can Jinyiwei have? ”

Jiang Qingyue heard the discussion of the people, and the people were like this, and they easily changed their original opinions, as if they were not the ones who denounced the Dingguo Mansion for disregarding people's lives just now.

Jiang Qingyue turned his head and saw Zhou Rui'an's brows furrowed slightly, and he was telling the Jinyi Wei beside him something, Dingguo Gong's collision completely shattered Zhou Rui'an's plan, and it seemed that he was busy again.

Jiang Qingyue turned around and went home first, and met the second prince's guard of honor on the way, the second prince rode his horse, and the pedestrians retreated, he looked hurried, and it was estimated that he had also received the news of the death of Dingguo Gong, and rushed over to deal with the aftermath, and even Jiang Qingyue on the side of the road didn't see it.

Jiang Qingyue returned home, and Shen Yanniang was already waiting for him.

"Jiang Lang, what happened? How did the Wood Master become an assassin again? Shen Yanniang asked anxiously.

Shen Yanniang has heard about what happened in Dali Temple today, Lin Dart Master became a murderer and was imprisoned in Dali Temple.

Jiang Qingyue sighed: "Don't worry, he doesn't really want to be an assassin, this matter is a bureau that he did with the prince, and now that the case has been tried, I estimate that he should come back soon." ”

Shen Yanniang frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then said, "But is it because of the matter of Weiyuan Dart Bureau?" ”

The Chen family's case is full of turmoil, and Shen Yanniang is a person from the rivers and lakes, and she is also extremely sensitive to the news.

Jiang Qingyue nodded: "Don't tell Miss Xiu'er about this first, I'm worried that she won't be able to support it." ”

After all, Fang Mingkun was able to successfully buy Lin Zheyuan, and the biggest excuse was to see Chen Xiu'er, Chen Xiu'er was not in good health, so don't stimulate her.

"I still don't know this? But fortunately, she has been sleeping more lately, and she won't know about these things outside. Shen Yanniang said indifferently.

Jiang Qingyue frowned slightly, he spent more time sleeping? But isn't there too much sleep here? Even if it's a cold wind, is it really good for the body to sleep like this?

This thought was just a flash, and now the case of the Chen family, as well as the Dingguo Mansion, too many things filled her mind.

Shen Yanniang soon went back to take care of Chen Xiu'er, leaving Jiang Qingyue alone, she thought about it, then turned around and went out to find the four brothers.

Since the four brothers came to the capital, they have been idle, and later Jiang Qingyue was kidnapped by Fang Mingkun, the four brothers contributed a lot, Zhou Ruian admired their ability to do things, Jiang Qingyue let them follow Zhou Ruian, and they also had a future.

The four brothers were very happy to see Jiang Qingyue, and after a shush, Jiang Qingyue said what he meant.

"I have something I want you to do." Jiang Qingyue said.

Without waiting for others to speak, Mengzi smiled and said, "Boss, if you have something, just give orders!" I don't have any other skills, run an errand or something, we can do it! ”

"Yes, it's all right!" Liu Hong continued.

The scholar smiled at this time: "I haven't gotten the boss's instructions for a long time, and I'm starting to miss it. ”

Jiang Qingyue smiled slightly, she could be regarded as receiving their affection, she lowered her voice, and slowly expressed her intentions: "This matter is not easy to do, it is related to the Dingguo Mansion." ”

The four brothers glanced at each other, the Dingguo Mansion, the Weiyuan Dart Bureau and the Chen family, no one knew about it now, Jiang Qingyue asked them to investigate the Dingguo Mansion must be inseparable from the case.

"I want you to help me find out one thing, who Dingguo Gong saw before going to Dali Temple today."

That's all there is to it? The four brothers looked at each other, and finally the scholar nodded: "I understand, boss, I'll start checking!" ”

Jiang Qingyue said: "Be quick, the Duke of Dingguo has just died, and now the Mansion of Dingguo is the time when the people are panicking, and several masters can't care about appeasing the subordinates, this time is the most suitable time to find out the news, don't miss the opportunity." ”

"Yes! Boss, let's go! The scholar nodded and walked out with the people.

Jiang Qingyue looked at the back of them leaving, his eyes flashed slightly.

The death of Dingguo Gong is a major event, Emperor Xuande seems to feel guilty about Dingguo Gong, so he gave enough face to Dingguo Gongfu, not only personally ordered people to live and handle Dingguo Gong's funeral, but even said in person that he would personally attend the funeral and let Dingguo Gong go decently.

Probably the death of Dingguo Gong stimulated Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande returned to the palace and went to visit the queen, the queen learned of the death of Dingguo Gong and cried and fainted, Emperor Xuande not only visited in person, but even comforted the queen with warm words.

If anyone pays attention, they will find that this is the first time that Emperor Xuande has been kind to the queen after Princess Ningyang fell out of favor.

Zhou Ruian is also busy with the aftermath, for example, Lin Zheyuan, this time the Dingguo Mansion and the queen's mother hated Lin Zheyuan, originally the Weiyuan Dart Bureau left Lin Zheyuan and Chen Xiuer two living mouths were already a thorn in the queen's eyes, this time he hated him even more, saying that he would not let go of anyone, Emperor Xuande felt ashamed, so he also turned a blind eye.

Zhou Ruian was busy for several days before and after rescuing Lin Zheyuan, and the case of the Chen family also needed to be settled.

After Zhou Rui'an was busy, several days had passed, and he finally returned home, so he had time to talk to Jiang Qingyue.

"You've been coming and going in a hurry these days, you must be very busy, right?" Jiang Qingyue personally brought Zhou Ruian a cup of tea and put it on the table.

Zhou Ruian has also lost a lot of weight in the past few days, but when he saw Jiang Qingyue, he still showed a smile: "Well, I haven't been able to take care of you these days." As he spoke, he reached out and held Jiang Qingyue's hand.

Jiang Qingyue slowly withdrew his hand, and Zhou Ruian couldn't help but be stunned, and raised his head to look at her.

Jiang Qingyue glanced at him: "Is that Chen Zhu real?" ”

The stunned look on Zhou Rui'an's face was so obvious, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Qingyue, you, you are really ......" Saying that, he couldn't help laughing: "You can always surprise me." ”

He should have felt terrible, such a wise woman could always see through his calculations, but why, what was the endless joy flowing in his heart?

"How do you see that?" Zhou Ruian asked with a smile: "I thought that my arrangement was seamless." ”

"A little beggar, when he arrives in the lobby, speaks so clearly, and can even use words like being wronged, it is a little too clever." Jiang Qingyue said lightly.

Zhou Rui'an suddenly realized, he laughed: "It seems that his acting is not realistic enough, but let us Qingyue see the flaw, and we should be punished." ”

By the end, there was already a coldness in his voice.

Jiang Qingyue looked at him and said, "The witness is fake, just to force the national public to admit guilt?" ”

Zhou Ruian looked at her calm eyebrows and sighed, "Qingyue, don't think about me so badly, I admit it, I'm a little anxious!" After a pause, his tone was grim: "But, Fang Mingkun dares to put his hand on you!" You've been kidnapped, and although you've been in danger in the end, you've come back bruised! You wouldn't know, I couldn't control my emotions at all when I heard the news of your kidnapping! 'Jun Mochou' has another attack, I endure it so that people don't see the flaws! ”

Jiang Qingyue pursed his lips, Zhou Ruian couldn't control his emotions because he knew that she was kidnapped, at that time, he must have had a big rebellious thought, so 'Jun Mochou' would have a seizure.

In fact, except for a few seizures when 'Jun Mochou' was in Liuzhou, Zhou Ruian has never had a seizure since they returned to the capital, this is because he controlled his emotions very well, but because of her, he lost his mind.

"In this case, what do you want me to do? Fang Mingkun took you to exchange evidence with me, okay, no problem, I'll give it, because for me, nothing is more important than you. Zhou Rui'an said, meeting her eyes: "But what if one day, what if he wants something that I don't have?" ”

Jiang Qingyue pursed his lips: "This time, it's my fault." ”

"Qingyue, I'm not blaming you, when you came back safely, I swore at the time that I would never let you fall into danger again." Zhou Ruian said categorically: "I handed over the evidence to Fang Mingkun, and the case has reached an impasse, but I can't let the people who hurt you go unpunished!" ”

"Qingyue, the Chen family was killed, it is indeed the princess of Dingguo, I didn't frame them, but I have no evidence!" Zhou Rui'an said: "And Chen pick-up, it's not completely fake, the Chen family did help a little beggar back then, and the little beggar did see what happened back then, but this little beggar had frozen to death a few years ago, I sent someone to waste a lot of effort to find the person who was good friends with the little beggar back then, and then I pieced together the clues." ”

The little beggar was already dead, so Zhou Rui'an made a Chen to pick it up, and his testimony was more complete and moving.

Jiang Qingyue couldn't blame Zhou Rui'an, she stared at Zhou Rui'an for a moment: "You are going to such great lengths, the purpose is not just to avenge me, right?" After a pause, she continued: "And Lin Zheyuan, you and him have actually colluded a long time ago, just to lure Fang Mingkun to the bait. ”

"You said you believed Lin Zheyuan, and I didn't want to disappoint you, so I went to Lin Zheyuan and laid out this game with him." When Zhou Ruian said this, he smiled bitterly: "Qingyue, the last thing I want to see is that you misunderstand my sincerity to you, but what to do, these things I did still made you doubt me." ”

She thought he had other plans, but he couldn't defend himself.

Zhou Ruian stretched out his hand and hugged Jiang Qingyue in his arms, "Qingyue, do you believe me?" You know, what I do, I always have to use some extraordinary means, but you have to remember, I never wanted to hurt you. ”

Jiang Qingyue quietly leaned on his chest, feeling his powerful heartbeat, she believed it, today in the public court, Zhou Ruian didn't let her point at Fang Mingkun, he was defending her.

"Dingguo Gong bumped into it like this, the Chen family's case could not be investigated, but it gave the queen a chance to breathe." Zhou Ruian said, a gleam flashed in his eyes, "I've been busy with these things in the past few days, and Lin Zheyuan is still in prison, you should pity me and stop doubting me, okay?" ”

Jiang Qingyue's heart softened, knowing that there were still many doubts in the whole matter, but hearing the fragility in his tone, she couldn't continue to question, so she nodded lightly and leaned on his chest.

Zhou Ruian hugged Jiang Qingyue tightly, but his eyes became deep.

The next day was the day of the funeral in the Dingguo Mansion, and Jiang Qingyue went out early in the morning to the Second Prince's Mansion.

This is the first time Jiang Qingyue went to see the second prince after the death of Dingguo Gong, and she always had a feeling that she should come to see the second prince, that is, she should come to meet him.

The entire Second Prince's Mansion was immersed in a depressing atmosphere, and when Jiang Qingyue arrived, the Second Prince seemed to be going out.

In just a few days, the second prince lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and his handsome appearance was revealing a sense of bone at this time.

Something is different, the death of Dingguo Gong has made the second prince different, but Jiang Qingyue doesn't know what this change means.

The second prince raised his head and saw Jiang Qingyue, his eyes flashed, and he didn't show pleasure like before, but he still hooked the corners of his lips, "Qingyue, you're here." ”

"Your Highness." Jiang Qingyue spoke, but he didn't know what to say.

The mermaid in the house walked out, leaving only two people.

The second prince said: "Sit, why did you come here today?" ”

"Come and see Your Highness." Jiang Qingyue said, pursing the corners of his lips: "Please also ask Your Highness to mourn." ”

"Qingyue, what I cherish most is your concern, but what I don't want the most is your sympathy." The second prince said lightly.

Jiang Qingyue said in a low voice: "I'm sorry. ”

"Why do you have to apologize? You haven't done anything wrong, it was Zhou Ruian who forced my uncle to death. The second prince said, his eyes were already cold.

"He ......"

The second prince interrupted Jiang Qingyue's words: "Okay, you don't need to say more, this is my ...... This is the blood debt between the Dingguo Mansion and Zhou Rui'an, and it has nothing to do with you," After a pause, he said again: "I am going to the Dingguo Mansion soon, and I will not leave you today." ”

This is the meaning of sending off guests, Jiang Qingyue nodded, and he really couldn't say anything to mourn with him.

"Your Highness, you have to take care." Jiang Qingyue said in a low voice.

The second prince curled the corners of his lips slightly, stood up and walked out, as soon as he went out, his eyes changed instantly, becoming awe-inspiring and solemn.

Jiang Qingyue walked to the door and looked at his back as he left, but he felt a little uncomfortable, the prince with a little naivety still lost his most precious quality after all.

The second prince did not go directly to the Dingguo Mansion, but went back to the palace to pick up Emperor Xuande to mourn together.

The Dingguo Mansion was full of white lanterns, and the carriages were parked outside the mansion, and when Emperor Xuande arrived, he walked in directly, and the ministers wanted to salute, and Emperor Xuande waved his hand.

"Today is to send off the last journey of the Duke of Dingguo, so you don't have to be polite." Emperor Xuande personally gave incense to the Duke of Dingguo, and talked to Fang Mingkun for a long time, and then left the Mansion of Dingguo.

This scene fell in the eyes of the minister, and many people thought that Emperor Xuande still had feelings for the Dingguo Mansion, especially when he saw the second prince who had been entertaining guests, everyone's hearts were even more chilling, even if the Dingguo Duke died, and the death was not decent, but the Dingguo Mansion had the queen mother and the second prince there, and it couldn't fall.

Emperor Xuande soon left and returned to the palace, but the other ministers did not leave just like that, and comforted the family members sincerely.

Fang Mingkun walked up to the second prince and said in a low voice: "Today is really hard work, Your Highness. ”

The second prince patted him on the shoulder: "It's all a family, cousin doesn't have to be so polite." ”

Fang Mingkun felt a little comforted in his heart, and the two were talking, when they suddenly heard someone from outside: "Dali Temple Siqing and Jinyi Wei have arrived!" ”

Guan Youwei and Zhou Ruian have arrived!

The whole hall was silent for a moment, how did Dingguo Gong die, and he was inseparable from these two people, but he didn't expect them to dare to come to the door in person.

The second prince frowned: "Why are they here?" ”

Fang Mingkun sneered and said, "Even Your Majesty is here, do they dare not come?" After a pause, he said, "Your Highness, sit down, I'll take a look." ”

Fang Mingkun took the lead and walked out, Guan Youwei and Zhou Ruian walked outside the door, Guan Youwei had embarrassment on his face, but Zhou Ruian looked calm.

Seeing Zhou Rui'an's expression, the hatred in Fang Mingkun's heart became even stronger: "Lord Guan, Lord Zhou, the two of you came here today, but to investigate the case?" If it is for the case of the Chen family, I wonder if the two adults can give a day of grace and wait until the funeral of their father is completed? ”

Guan Youwei was even more ashamed of this sentence, and he said curtly: "The little marquis is serious, we are here to mourn today, and the lower official wants to put incense on the old marquis." ”

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Fang Mingkun's mouth: "The person who came is a guest, and Lord Guan has a heart!" ”

Guan Youwei breathed a sigh of relief and walked in, Zhou Ruian followed behind, but Fang Mingkun took a step forward and blocked in front of Zhou Ruian.

Many people are secretly paying attention to the movement here, and when they see this scene, their hearts are raised.

Zhou Ruian raised his head and glanced at Fang Mingkun calmly.

Fang Mingkun said: "Forget about others, as for Lord Zhou's incense, my father can't afford it!" Lord Zhou, please come back! ”

It is said that everyone who comes is a guest, especially on a day like a funeral, even if there are some suspicions, they will abandon old grievances, after all, the deceased is the greatest, and they will not be allowed to enter the door.

But Fang Mingkun's tough attitude also expressed the attitude of the Dingguo Mansion towards Zhou Rui'an, the death of the Dingguo Duke was counted on Zhou Rui'an's head, even on a day like today, he was unwilling to let him in, it seems that this is going to die.