After listening to Zhou Nian's narration, Li You fell silent. Zhou Nian didn't rush him, just lowered his head and drank tea. Chunying stood by the door, looking at the situation in the room, her hands clenched into fists and released, her heart pounding.

Zhou Nian put down the teacup and added: "I asked Sanqing to quietly inquire afterwards, and the housekeeper in the house really told people that the girl fell to her death, and when the body was transported away, a few onlookers were still talking, saying a lot of bad things about the girl, and thinking that she was innocent of death." Although the girl did kill herself, the dead are big, and it is too much to splash dirty water like this. ”

Li You sneered and said: "What is the character of that girl, others naturally know it, the second brother asked someone to deliberately smear her, but there are no three hundred taels of silver here." He is not afraid of others being suspicious! Although the girl is looking for death by herself, he is not smart, first stabilize the person, and then quietly find a crime to solve her, isn't it clean? Do it yourself, it's stupid! After a pause, he asked Zhou Nian again: "Was Sanqing close at that time?" Can you see the details? If you really come forward to testify, you must be able to withstand cross-examination. Otherwise, being bitten by the second brother will affect your master and servant, and I am afraid that my father will be angry. ”

Chunying was shocked, and without waiting for Zhou Nian to answer, she blurted out: "I saw it, not Sanqing!" ”

Zhou Nian quickly turned his head to look at her, but Li You's face was full of surprise: "What did you see?!" Looking back at Zhou Nian again, the latter frowned.

Chunying bit her lip and said, "I took it yesterday. Good clothes come over, halfway ...... Seeing that the peach blossoms were blooming well, I ran to the other side of the rockery for a while, and when I saw the second young master bringing Sister Lian over, I was afraid that he would see me, so I hid. They were not far from me, so I could hear everything they were saying. Young Master Nian was worried that I said that Sanqing saw it, but Sanqing has nothing to do with this matter! ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a burst of weakness. I started to be scared again. Yesterday, Zhou Nian suggested that Sanqing should be a witness instead of her, and she went back and thought about it, but she always felt that it was inappropriate. Seeing that the second young master was the one who committed the murder, and she was also the one who wanted to fight for Sister Lian, if she had to face the attack of the second young master because of this, it was also her own fault, why should she let Sanqing take the risk instead of herself? And Zhou Nian ...... No matter whether he disappointed her or not, he was always an innocent person, and he still had to rely on the Hou Mansion to rehabilitate the whole family, if his decision ended up harming him, wouldn't he be even more despicable than Mo Ran Leng to Sister Lian's dead Manru?! What position does she have to blame others?!

Zhou Nian said in a deep voice: "Chun'er, you don't have anything to do with Sanqing. It's the same, didn't they all say it yesterday?! ”

Chunying Zhengse said to him: "But I saw it! She voiced a little. Trembling: "I...... I can't involve people who are not related...... If...... If I'm unlucky, please take care of my family...... "She began to tremble, wondering if she was too stupid to do this, maybe she would regret it after thinking about it later, but at the moment she just felt that she shouldn't pull people in who didn't matter. Zhou Nian and Sanqing didn't owe her, and they have always been very good to her......

Li You didn't say anything, Chunying stood on the side, her heart was beating faster and faster, and she was afraid. Waiting for his response. She seems to have begun to regret it, she came over inexplicably, became a family child, and was afraid all day long, did she still have to take such a big risk in order to upset someone she didn't know well? But after that momentary shake, she began to spit on herself again. What was she thinking? That's human life! Human life! The second young master is that kind of perverted, misbehaving, and daring to poison his own brothers, she clearly knows what he did, and can obviously prove that he committed a crime, but she lets it go because she is afraid, so what if he continues to harm people in the future? ! Maybe one day, she will be killed by him!

Li You suddenly smiled, waking up Chun Ying and Zhou Nian who were in deep thought, the two quickly looked up at Li You, only to hear him say: "This is not easy to do, if Sanqing sees it, it is okay, since Chun'er saw it, it is impossible to testify against the second brother." He turned to Chunying: "You are my girl, what comes out of your mouth, even if it is true, some people will say that you were instructed by me to deliberately slander him, and the quarrel will start, but I will end up fishy." But if it is said that Sanqing saw it, he may not be able to say it clearly, in case someone catches the mistake, Brother Nian and I will not be able to get along. ”

Chunying opened her mouth, suddenly. Ran felt empty in his heart. Originally...... All her hesitations and worries were in vain? Didn't she have a position to testify from the beginning?

Zhou Nian sighed: "At first, I also thought of this, so I said that Sanqing saw it. I think Sanqing has nothing to do with your house, so it's always more credible, but your concerns are also reasonable. It's just that...... Can't we do it? Do you really want to hide the truth? I don't want to take this opportunity to ruin your family's relationship with the Liang family, it's just that what Brother Chang'er has done, you should always let Hou Ye know, so as not to be exposed by outsiders in the future, and your family can't think of a way to deal with it in a hurry. ”

"It's easy to do!" Li You clapped his hands, "This kind of thing doesn't need to pull witnesses out to sue in a fair way, then it will be inferior, and if you are not careful, you will be bitten back." All I had to do was secretly tell someone to spread some gossip, and naturally, it could reach the ears of my father and mother. ”

Zhou Nian frowned: "I'm afraid that outsiders will know that the Liang family has an excuse to reject the emperor's marriage." ”

"Just wait a few days, who wants his daughter?" Li You waved his hand, "Now is the time to make a marriage, and let the second brother relax for two days, and when Nacai is over, the palace has set a list of candidates, and there will be no scruples." He was a man of indignation, and he was not prepared in advance, and when he went into the garden with the girl, others would see him......"

Chunying interjected: "Yesterday, the Chen family sent a dowry gift to Sister Meixiang's house, and many people went to congratulate her. When she entered the garden, she didn't meet anyone else except for the mother-in-law who was guarding the door, Manru who was following her, and the second young master and Sister Lian.

"Not everybody went." Li You was a little unimpressed, "Even if no one really sees it, there will be more than one person like this!" Horizontal and vertical is gossip, and no one can say for sure. Isn't it suspicious that he went into the garden with the girl, and when he came out alone, the girl died in the garden? As long as one or two people discuss, more and more people will be suspicious, and maybe there will be people who will find out the bottom of it, in case it involves his good south wind, and it happens to violate his father's taboo. This kind of gossip was only passed around in private, and when he found out, it was too late. If he panicked and was anxious to cover up the crowd, he confirmed the rumors. Although it's not a big deal, when it gets out, it just says that it will be over if it misses for a while, and the impact on my family's reputation is limited, but the second brother finally lost in the word 'benevolence', which makes people feel that his impulsive temperament is useless. With this stain, he will not be reused in the imperial court in the future, and his father will be extremely disappointed in him! ”

The corners of his mouth curled up and smiled meaningfully: "Recently, the second brother has really gotten a little carried away, and even a minion like Pan Lao Liu dares to bring it into the inner house, which is really unbearable." Does he think he can cover the sky with one hand? He is called, and there is no one under me? ”

Zhou Nian reminded him: "Don't let people find out that you gave the order." ”

"Don't worry, the grapevine will naturally not be able to find the source." Li You is confident, he grew up in the Hou Mansion since he was a child, and he has long been familiar with these tricks, so he naturally knows the tricks. It's just that he hesitated for a moment, then stared at Chunying and warned, "Don't vent your mouth for me!" You are not allowed to say a word to anyone unless I speak! I'll tell you what to do when my father wants to ask someone, you know?! ”

Chunying nodded expressionlessly. Zhou Nian looked at her, paused, and said to Li You: "That dead girl...... Her home...... Isn't it more silver? ”

Li You was a little surprised: "Do you mean that Sister Lian's family?" What does he do? If his house shouts out, it will arouse suspicion. Tilting his head and thinking about it, "Okay, when my father punishes the second brother, I will just say something, which can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue." ”

Chunying listened indifferently and silently swallowed the grievances in her heart. She has already come to her senses, but what is she still struggling with?

Outside the door, Sanqing called Zhou Nian, Zhou Nian confessed, went out to talk to Sanqing with a few words, and then looked back at Chunying, his face was ugly, and he shouted loudly: "Chun'er, come here." ”

Chunying still walked over, and heard Zhou Nian ask, "...... you When you came here a few days ago, I remember wearing a pair of beaded flowers, why did you only wear one today? ”

Chunying was a little inexplicable, and she didn't know why he suddenly asked about this kind of thing, but she still answered truthfully: "I originally wanted to wear a pair, but somehow, one of them was missing, so I only wore one." ”

Zhou Nian gasped and asked again: "Why don't you see it?" Did you fall into the garden yesterday?! ”

Chunying blinked: "How come?" I didn't even wear it to the house yesterday. ”

Zhou Nian was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thought about it, and then asked, "This pair of beads...... Who else but you? Similar or identical? ”

"Manru has one, only the beads of the flower core are different from mine." Chunying whispered, "It's the girl who saw the second young master kill with me yesterday." ”

"Do you know if she's missing?"

"Nope." Chun Ying was affected by his tone, and also felt a little nervous, "I saw her wearing it this morning, what's wrong?" Bead flower problem? ”

The expression on Zhou Nian's face changed, but he was silent. Chunying turned her head to look at Sanqing in confusion, but Sanqing just looked at her with a serious face. After a while, Zhou Nian quickly walked back to the house, said a few words to Li You, and solemnly saluted him. Li You helped him up in surprise and glanced at Chunying again.

Chunying sensed that something related to her was happening, and it was a very bad thing. The lost bead flower...... What went wrong?

Li You frowned and thought about it for a while before nodding, Zhou Nian's expression was relieved, and he saluted him again, looking back at Chunying, but his eyes inadvertently fell on a point behind her, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he immediately raised his voice and said: "Chun'er, you go to the neighboring house to find a copy of "The Great Martial Minister" for me, which is in that elm box." ”

Chun Ying looked back behind her, there was nothing but a bush, she hesitated to move her steps, feeling that Zhou Nian's order was a little strange, did he deliberately support her, or did he want to do something? But he would never hurt her, so she went to the next hut and rummaged through a pile of boxes for the copy of "The Great Warrior" he wanted.

Most of these boxes contain books from the collection of Zhumengshan Curie, which have been hastily transported here and have not yet been sorted out, and it is not easy to find a book from them. Chunying rummaged through for a while before she found a box dedicated to the Law Book, and was searching for it one by one, when she heard a sound behind her, and was about to turn back, when she suddenly felt a huge pain in the back of her head, and then her eyes went dark, and she fainted.

(New Year's Day, Chunying was beaten with a stuffy stick, and the blows came one after another, it's really depressing, everyone pat it~~~ It's about to enter the Year of the Tiger, I wish you all a good New Year, good health, and all the best~~~).