"On that day, the prime minister took Yinliang and me to meet the mountain bandit, and your brother was still alive at that time. Things were going well, and those bandits checked the silver taels we brought with them and were going to release your brother back. Their leader asked the money to be removed, but suddenly he shouted to the prime minister that he wanted to give the prime minister a great merit, saying that they had told your brother how they had dominated one side for so many years.

But who would have thought that at this moment, the local magistrate suddenly rushed over with officers and soldiers and killed several mountain bandits who were carrying silver, which angered them, so those mountain bandits fought with the officers and soldiers. In the chaos, he gave the prime minister•••••• but maybe your brother is still alive. The governor recalled what happened at that time and told Song Qingzhi one by one.

"Really? My brother is still alive, so where is he? Song Qingzhi seemed to hear hope, no wonder her brother's body was not brought back.

"I'm not sure about it, it's just that it was very confusing. I seemed to see a masked man emerge out of nowhere, and the person who was holding one person hostage quickly disappeared. At that time, I was hiding on the sidelines, and there were mountain bandits and officers and soldiers in front of me, and the man was extremely martial arts, and I could clearly see that he had disappeared. Later, after the bandits left, we searched all over the neighborhood but couldn't find your brother, so I guess it was your brother who was taken away. As for whether he is still alive now, I don't know where he is. The governor told Song Qingzhi everything about it.

"If you know that my brother may still be alive, why do you want to hide that my brother is dead?" Song Qingzhi pressed the governor.

"Those mountain bandits are really domineering, and this matter itself is very tricky. Don't say that the official didn't see who took your brother away, even if he did, what if he did, the prime minister was already dead, and your brother was already seriously injured at the time, even if he was taken away, he wouldn't live long, so why should we make a fuss? The governor spoke.

Although what he said was irresponsible, Song Qingzhi knew that anyone would hide this matter under the circumstances at that time. If it is said that the elder brother is still alive, even if he is unwilling, the emperor will send some people to look for it, and if he finds the dead one, it is fine. If they find a living person, they will accept bribes from mountain bandits, and this matter will be exposed, and their lives will not be guaranteed.

Song Qingzhi has already figured it out, and the reason why the magistrate rushed out with the officers and soldiers was because the mountain bandit said that his brother knew the secret of their hegemony for many years. The magistrate colluded with the mountain bandits and accepted the money from the mountain bandits, so he deliberately connived at and shielded them. I'm afraid that many times before the bandits were not successful, because this magistrate reported the news, after the magistrate rushed out, the two sides fought, everyone died, and after the bandits retreated, only the magistrate and the governor remained, it seems that the governor reached an agreement with the magistrate at that time, and both sides kept this secret.

But since they have reached an agreement, how did the emperor know about the collusion between the mountain bandits and the officials. According to the governor, there should be no one else present at the time, but looking at the governor did not look like he was lying.

"Thank you, but I'm afraid you haven't told me everything you know. For example, who designed all this, and who told the emperor about the collusion of bandits, or it can also be said that the adults listened to whose orders told the emperor about this. But it doesn't matter, thank you for letting me know that my brother is still alive, and thank you for solving my doubts and telling me that there is someone behind this matter.

For the rest of the matter, no matter what reason the adults refuse to tell me, I will go and find out the truth to avenge my family, and I will definitely make that person pay. Song Qingzhi knew that the governor would not say any more, so she thanked her and left.

Song Qingzhi didn't see Nangong Ye when he came out of prison, only the entourage around him was waiting outside. "Miss Song, my prince still has something to deal with, so I ordered my subordinates to send Miss back safely." Song Qingzhi didn't ask much and got into the carriage.

The carriage stopped at the palace gate just after entering, "Miss, my subordinates can't go inside anymore." The voice of the guard came from outside the carriage. The harem can't be entered casually, let alone a guard.

"Thank you, and please help me convey to the prince that I am very grateful to him." Song Qingzhi politely thanked the guards.

Song Qingzhi walked alone on the way back, thinking back to what the governor had just said. My brother may still be alive, and this is her biggest gain today. But who is the one who controls everything? Originally, she had already decided that it was Nangong Shubin, but today's governor's words didn't seem to have anything to do with Nangong Shubin, but Song Qingzhi thought of a terrible candidate, that is, Nangong Ye.

The reason why the emperor knew about the collusion of the bandits and ordered to investigate it was because someone told him about it, so there would be two possibilities for the matter, the first type of informant was the governor. However, the fact that the governor was also imprisoned shows that the governor was anonymous, and the reason for the anonymous whistleblowing was that he had no way to explain how he knew the secret. At that time, the bandits said that only one of my brother's people knew about it, but my brother disappeared before he could say it.

At that time, they found that their brother was missing, and they returned to Jin'an City without finding the body, and they did not hide the fact that their brother was taken away, which can only show that the governor knew who the person who took his brother away, but he couldn't say it, and the magistrate was afraid that he would find his brother and reveal his secret, so he didn't say anything about his brother's possible life. Then the governor knew about the management of collusion from the person who took away his brother, and received an order from the secret emperor.

The emperor will inevitably send someone to investigate when he receives the secret recital, and during the investigation, the magistrate will definitely tell the story that his brother may still be alive, after all, only his brother knows the secret among the people that day. Then it is indeed dangerous for the governor who knows that his brother may be alive but also hides it, and then the governor will say that he has received money like the magistrate to protect the magistrate in order to protect the mastermind. Therefore, if you want to be the governor, there is only one possibility, that is, let the mastermind behind the scenes try this case, then the mastermind behind the scenes is not the king of Duan.

Another possibility is that the person who secretly played the emperor is the mastermind behind the scenes, so in the same way, the trial of people who don't know the inside story will make the governor wronged, so it is speculated that the person who designed all this is Duanwang. But there is only one thing that Song Qingzhi doesn't understand, if the mastermind behind the scenes is King Duan, then why does Concubine Wan need to find herself to persuade King Duan to take over this matter, King Duan will definitely take the initiative to take over the matter, isn't Concubine Wan doing this to add to the snake?

Song Qingzhi was thinking about the sunlight in front of her, but she was suddenly blocked, and she was covered in shadows. Song Qingzhi looked up and saw Nangong Shu, "I met Miss Song again, it seems that His Royal Highness Duanwang, who has always been gentle as jade, doesn't seem to be very good to you, why don't you marry Miss Song to me?" Nangong Shu grabbed Song Qingzhi's wrist and looked at the red mark on her wrist and forced her into a corner, but there was mockery in her eyes.

Song Qingzhi really couldn't think of a reason why Nangong Shu let him marry him every time they met, if he wanted to get the support of the prime minister before, then now he is of no use to him, why did he do this.

"Let go of me, how His Royal Highness King Duan treats me has nothing to do with you." It seemed that he was afraid of scratching Song Qingzhi, Nangong Shu didn't use force in his hand, and Song Qingzhi easily shook off his hand.

"You like him so much?" Nangong Shu roared angrily at Song Qingzhi, as if Nangong Ye was a third party who had destroyed their relationship.

Song Qingzhi was puzzled, although she and Nangong Shu had met a few times, most of them had never spoken at the palace banquet, let alone any friendship. The only time he spoke was the last time he forced himself to ask about Nangong Ye's whereabouts, it was the first time they spoke face-to-face. "Who I like has nothing to do with the prince, my father's brother's affairs were planned by the prince, if the prince doesn't kill me, please wait until one day I will find out the evidence that you killed them." Song Qingzhi looked at Nangong Su and couldn't wait to kill him now to avenge his family.

"Hmph, how can it have nothing to do with this king? I think you'll soon beg this king to marry you, do you believe it? Nangong Shu hooked the corners of his mouth and stared at Song Qingzhi to speak.

"You're delusional." Song Qingzhi pushed Nangong Shu away and planned to leave.

"Song Qingyi's body hasn't been found, right?" Nangong Shu didn't stop him, but just opened his mouth lightly.

Song Qingzhi froze in place when she heard this, just now she was suddenly forced into a corner and panicked, she just wanted to escape quickly, but she forgot for a moment that her brother might still be alive. The governor said that his brother was seriously injured when he was taken away, and that he should not be able to escape, and if his brother is still alive, it must be in the hands of the people who took him away.

Although I just speculated that the mastermind behind the scenes may be King Duan, I really can't say it if I think about it carefully. If you are going to marry him, then your father will become his help, and it is impossible for King Duan to do anything that harms his interests. Besides, King Cheng threatened himself before the accident, and his brother had an accident soon after.

"My brother in your hands?" Song Qingzhi asked when she returned to Nangong Shu.

"What do you say, Miss Song has always been smart and should be able to understand the words of this king." Nangong Shu raised his eyebrows and looked at Song Qingzhi with an intriguing smile.

"My brother is still alive?" Song Qingzhi looked at Nangong Shu and asked.

"Whether I can live or not depends on whether you can satisfy me." Nangong Shu pinched Song Qingzhi's chin and smiled.

"No way, you lied to me. I don't have anything left now, I can't help you at all, why would you marry a useless person. Even if you designed all this, you can't make your brother alive now. Song Qingzhi was forced to look up at Nangong Shu.

"Believe it or not, but if you see Song Qingyi's corpse one day, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. Didn't you miss it last time? Nangong Shu let go of Song Qingzhi disapprovingly and walked away.

At this moment, Song Qingzhi had completely lost her mind, and she had no way to analyze whether what Nangong Shu said was true or false. She was scared, especially Nangong Shu's sentence that she missed so much last time. He had already admitted that he had harmed his father, and he was not afraid that he would know about it. Then there are only two possibilities, one is that the elder brother is really in his hands. On the other hand, he could not find evidence that he had killed his father in any case.

"How can you let my brother go?" Song Qingzhi didn't know where she got the strength to pull Nangong Shu in front of him.

"Originally, if you agreed to marry into the Chengwang Mansion just now, the king would let him go, but now the king is unwilling." Nangong Shu looked at Song Qingzhi in front of him and spoke.

"I beg you, as long as you are willing to let my brother go, I will agree to whatever you ask me to do." Song Qingzhi pulled Nangong Shu and refused to let go, knelt on the ground and begged him.

"Okay, then how about you marry King Duan and kill him, and I will let Song Qingyi go?" Nangong Shu shook off Song Qingzhi and spoke fiercely.