Chapter 13, lead the snake out of the hole
The young man who hurriedly rode his horse from the outskirts of the city pulled the reins, stopped at the gate of the Qin Mansion, turned over and dismounted, and walked in briskly regardless of the eyes of the surrounding passers-by.
The fire in the Qin Mansion broke out in the middle of the night, and after it was extinguished, it was already a glimmer of light in the early morning, Jing Zhaoyin personally brought people to investigate, and found a charred female corpse in the bedroom of the Qin family's young lady who was most raging.
Her body shape is similar to that of Miss Qin, and it is preliminarily concluded that she is Qin Song herself.
"His Royal Highness King Zhao?" As soon as he saw off the people sent by Jing Zhaoyin, as soon as Yuesheng looked up, he saw Zhou Tianyi coming from the dust, and hurriedly bowed his head and saluted.
"Slave ......"
"Don't be polite, take me to the backyard." The fire started three days ago, and in the past three days, Qin Song has not had any news, even if he goes to turn over the backyard of the Qin family now, I am afraid that the result will not change, but Zhou Tianyi just wants to see the situation in the courtyard with his own eyes.
He was as shrewd as Qin Song and was so easily buried in the fire, he didn't believe it.
"Your Highness, this is my young lady's bedroom." Yuesheng is Qin Song's confidant, and she has the most contact with Zhou Tianyi among all the maids, and the purpose of His Royal Highness King Zhao's trip is so obvious, she felt that there was no need to pretend to be stupid, so she took him directly to the courtyard where Qin Song lived.
"Where is your young lady's body?" Looking at the house that had collapsed into ruins, Zhou Tianyi's heart cooled, and his face was gloomy.
A fire of this magnitude is such that a person will surely die in the house.
"There are no corpses, but there are living people." The left shoulder was gently patted, Zhou Tianyi subconsciously turned his head to the left, there was no one, he reflexively looked to the right again, Qin Song looked up and smiled at him with bright eyes A little cunning and proud, even King Zhao was fooled, does it mean that she hid it and didn't leak the news?
Zhou Tianyi was surprised, lowered his head and looked at Qin Song, but he didn't know how to react all of a sudden. Qin Song was still smiling at him, since they met, Zhou Tianyi always looked at ease, and today there was a new discovery, Qin Song couldn't help but take a few more looks, wanting to remember his helpless stunned look.
The silence did not last long, Qin Song felt that his eyes were dark, and a faint rosin fragrance had penetrated his nose, Zhou Tianyi pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.
After confirming the authenticity of her existence, she could clearly feel that the other party breathed a long sigh of relief, Qin Song was stunned, his heart was hit hard a few times, and a burst of nervousness swept through his body for no reason.
"You...... How long are you going to hold it? She could feel the strength from Zhou Tianyi's arm, it was a concern that couldn't help but be revealed, for her concern, she didn't reject it, so she didn't struggle, but this warm and wide embrace was too reassuring, Qin Song felt that the hole of fear in his heart was expanding while relaxing.
Seeing that the man who was hugging him had no intention of letting go, Qin Song had no choice but to soften his voice and said again: "Your Highness, I'm fine, don't worry." He reached out and patted Zhou Tianyi's back again, hoping that he would come back to his senses.
"It's okay...... That's it. Zhou Tianyi sobered up, immediately let go, and looked around without a trace, except for a few of Qin Song's henchmen, there seemed to be no one else in this courtyard, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his attention returned to the woman in front of him again, and asked suspiciously,
"You, did you deliberately show your face?" Qin Song took a step back and distanced herself from Zhou Tianyi, adjusting her mentality, even if she didn't intend to look at the maids behind her, she also knew that the four of Yuesheng, Yueluo, Full Moon, and Yueping must be snickering at her now.
Fortunately, they are all trustworthy people, smiling...... And that's in the past. Turning his back to Zhou Tianyi, Qin Song's gaze fell on the black ruins after the collapse of the bedroom,
"I just want to see if anyone will take the bait, but I didn't expect that the first person to come over to confirm my life and death besides the Wang family would be His Highness." She had long noticed the dust on Zhou Tianyi's body and the tiredness on her face, if she hadn't done it too really and too completely, she would have really come from the stars and the moon.
And her perception is more inclined to the latter. Qin Song laughed unconsciously, Zhou Tianyi, who had faded from his light like this, said that he was not touched at all.
"What's the matter with the corpse?" Jing Zhaoyin judged that she was dead when she saw the corpse and Qin Song's disappearance, since Qin Song is still alive now, who is the person who died?
"Talk somewhere else, come with me." Qin Song took Zhou Tianyi through several dark corridors, and the two came to a relatively hidden small flower hall in the front house.
After taking a seat, she first instructed Yuesheng to go to the kitchen to order a meal, and asked to also send a copy to Guanghan, who was waiting outside the house.
"I have a heart." As soon as he finished dealing with the affairs of the camp, he threw his hands and rushed directly to the city, and he did not have a chance to have breakfast, and when he was on the third pole of the day, he really felt hungry.
"Clear porridge and side dishes, I hope His Royal Highness King Zhao will not dislike it." Qin Song propped his head and smiled, and then talked about the fire,
"The one who was burned to death that night was the maid Riya who was cleaning up my bed for me in my house, maybe I left from the dark corridor, and the arsonist didn't find out that I wasn't there......" Qin Song deliberately omitted Wang Junruo's reminder, since Junruo's reminder, she has been very careful, but Riya's death was her negligence, and she should be responsible.
"Riya's figure happens to be similar to me, since Jing Zhaoyin has decided that it is me who died, I will naturally hide it first and lure the snake out of the hole, but ......" Qin Song looked at Zhou Tianyi who was drinking porridge like an ordinary person with a bowl rather helplessly,
"It's just not very rewarding."
"You can just stop showing up and continue to hide in the shadows." Put down the dishes and chopsticks, Zhou Tianyi said. Qin Song was stunned, this was a strategy, but looking at Zhou Tianyi's gloomy and terrifying face, she involuntarily moved in front of him, and after a while, she sighed and said, "It's been three days, it's not necessary, besides, it's ......"
"And what?" Zhou Tianyi's back was cold, this girl was too enthusiastic about his hospitality today, I am afraid that she has other ideas.
But he wasn't afraid that she would ask for something, but he was even more afraid that she would ask for nothing, and she would be a stranger if she didn't ask for anything. Qin Song turned his head and didn't say it directly, but laughed mockingly: "This kind of thing has often happened before, the Qin branch has always wanted to divide the wealth of the Qin family, my parents have only three of us under their knees, if my father and mother are not there with us, the Qin family will inevitably be inherited by the branch." I don't think this time it will be unrelated to the branch. While speaking, Yuesheng came in with tea, Qin Song cooperatively collected the dishes and chopsticks, and after the new tea was brewed, she continued: "However, this is Jingzhou, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they can act so recklessly, it must be instigated and supported by the forces of the DPRK and China." ”
"So?"
"Your Highness, Qin Song has been disturbed since he knew His Highness." The Qin family has nothing to do with the various forces in the DPRK and China, and even if they occasionally send small things, it is a one-time settlement of money for their own convenience.
And now, the Qin family has been inexplicably targeted by various families, which is still caused by Zhou Tianyi's request for marriage, so she took his words and asked tentatively: "His Royal Highness King Zhao, this disaster is caused by you, should you ...... Raise your hand and help? ”
"Tell me about it." After eating and drinking, Zhou Tianyi leaned back slightly, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and lit the table with his hand, neither agreeing nor refusing.
There is a way that if you don't refuse, you are half of agreeing, Zhou Tianyi is like this, Qin Song's courage also strengthened, and he got up and eagerly leaned into his ear to explain in detail the calculations that he had not yet told others, and at the end, he added
"How" made Zhou Tianyi say.
"Hmm......" Zhou Tianyi's ears were slightly red by Qin Song's breath when he spoke, he raised his hand and pinched his ears, went through the plan in his mind again, and analyzed: "You are bold, but this will expose yourself as the biggest target, and the people who want to get rid of you are not only arsonists." Qin Song wanted Zhou Tianyi to take her to a few banquets between celebrities in Beijing and Zhou, and now there are people in the court who don't want her to appear next to King Zhao, and even disrupt the Qin family's industry and have murderous intentions, so she will be with him in a grand manner and force the other party to jump over the wall.
"It's too dangerous." Zhou Tianyi sighed.
"Even if you are not an arsonist, you are a hidden danger." Maybe you can also collect evidence of the murder of the Qin branch, although it is dangerous, the reward is also quite quite.
"You...... Just want to get people out in a short period of time? "It's never wise to risk yourself.
"After a while, I have to go back to the ancestral house of Weilong, my father and brother are not in Jingzhou, if I also leave, I am afraid that the industry in Beijing and Zhou will be different." Qin Song said frankly that she has always been able to evaluate production capacity, and she chose this high-risk and high-return investment this time.
She is not worried about the Qin branch making waves, because no matter how the branch makes trouble, its main purpose is the Qin family's industry, that is, no matter what, the branch will not hurt the foundation of the Qin family in the slightest, but the high-ranking officials in the court are different, what they want is the fall of the Qin family and the defeat of the Qin family.
"So, I have a plan, but it will have some effect on you. How to decide, in you. As early as after listening to Qin Song's plan, Zhou Tianyi thought of another relatively safe method, but he didn't dare to propose it rashly, because ......
"What's the strategy?" Qin Song believed that Zhou Tianyi was more far-sighted than her in terms of the general trend, so she was looking forward to King Zhao's suggestion.
"You come here." Zhou Tianyi's answer was just four words, very simple, but Qin Song was frightened, and she confirmed again incoherently,
"I, I, you mean, let me live in King Zhao's Mansion?" Zhou Tianyi nodded, got up and habitually paced behind his back to explain the pros and cons to Qin Song,
"First, no matter how much I take you to the banquet, it is not as worrying the other party as if you were living directly in my house; Second, compared to other places, my house is relatively safe; Third, as long as the reason is right, Jing Zhaoyin will not complain about your disappearance for the past three days; Fourth, the reconstruction of the backyard of the Qin Mansion will inevitably take a while, do you plan to live in another courtyard all the time? As far as I know, several of the Qin family's annexes are on the outskirts of the city, right? ”
"Well...... although the last one is not impossible to solve, the Qin Mansion is so big, and it can live in the front yard, but Qin Song admitted that the few explanations put forward by Zhou Tianyi are all good for her.
"But the word of man is terrible, and after doing so, to your name...... will have an impact. Zhou Tianyi stopped walking back and forth in the room, turned sideways and looked at Qin Song very seriously, without persecution or agitation, just quietly waiting for her to make a decision.
Being stared at by Zhou Tianyi like this, Qin Song felt that nodding and shaking her head were very awkward, so she had an idea to get him out of the army, she got up and approached the person in front of her, and joked with a smile: "That...... If Qin Song can't marry because of the damage to his reputation, how about His Royal Highness being responsible for marrying me? ”
"Okay, that's a deal." Zhou Tianyi didn't think much about it, and responded to the situation. Qin Song remembered that day in the He family's shop, she also said through a screen that she wanted to marry King Zhao, he ...... He obviously refused without thinking about it, why, why did he deserve it so simply this time?
Zhou Tianyi was still staring at her intently, compared to the previous sentence
"Yes" and
"No", she couldn't answer this time. After reading Wang Junruo's experience about King Zhao, she has already learned that Zhou Tianyi is not a rude and unreasonable person, and even treats people gently and has a lot of weight.
After getting along several times, she gradually figured out Zhou Tianyi's temperament, and her defense against him was unconsciously relaxed.
But today he is too lax, and he has reached the point of being stupid, this King Zhao dares to ask for marriage at the palace banquet, can he still do it in private?
It's just a wife, what percentage of weight can be in the hearts of such a man who pretends to be the world...... She stiffened and turned, made an excuse to pack her things, and slipped away.
She unknowingly offended King Zhao many times today, and when she thought about it now, she was still a little scared.
"It's really impressive." Looking at Qin Song's figure disappearing at the side door, Zhou Tianyi muttered, remembering that before he went to the camp, Qin Song looked restrained and uncomfortable every time he saw him, how could he even say something to trick him after three or four days?
But it was better, he didn't think to put it in front of her.