145. Rumors
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By dawn, an assassination that had taken place in the palace of Wo City had been widely known.
Madame Li has never been a kind person, even if the people in the city can no longer suppress their curiosity, not many people dare to talk about it openly. Even so, there are still all kinds of bizarre rumors circulating, and the more they spread, the more outrageous they become, and gradually become Ji Chongguang with a private army that only obeys his own orders, and washed Mrs. Li's palace in blood to avenge his brother.
This time Mrs. Li came to Wocheng, in addition to the honor guard is still in the palace, the real close guards are the top assassins selected by the Xun family, when the corpses of those assassins are displayed in the open space at the entrance of the palace, people have to start thinking seriously, the exiled Chongguang Gongzi has returned, if he and Mrs. Li have a head-on conflict in front of him, who should he support.
Chu Ning wandered aimlessly for an unknown amount of time, and when he returned to his accommodation, it was already dark. A few servants at the door were whispering about Ji Chongguang, all of whom they heard from the street.
When he stepped in, he bumped into a person head-on, it was Jing Yuanyi who was out in a hurry.
Jing Yuanyi originally had an anxious look on his face, but when he saw her coming back, he immediately relaxed and turned his head sideways to look at her.
Chu Ning was frozen by the night wind so that the tip of his nose was red, and there were still some crystal tears on his two eyelashes.
Jing Yuanyi tentatively raised his hand, held her face and covered it with his palm, and where he touched it, his hands were cold. Chu Ning was already frozen and almost stiff, and he felt that he seemed to have done something, and he didn't have the heart to tease him for a while.
Seeing that she didn't immediately turn her face to obstruct her, the corners of Jing Yuan's lips curled up, and he retracted his hand with some satisfaction, and said in a proper manner: "I was looking for you last night, but I didn't expect you to be ...... away"
His words began, and the conversation of the two servants beside him was heard. While scrubbing the ground, the two of them discussed the news they heard, which was nothing more than those words circulating on the street, saying that Ji Chongguang almost slaughtered the masters around Mrs. Li, and in the end, it was the Xun clan's "six nothings" who stopped him by taking action together. The more he said it later, the more bizarre it became, and even the words that Ji Chongguang might be the reincarnation of King Wu were possessed.
Hearing that name, Chu Ning involuntarily turned his head away, staring blankly at the two speakers with blank eyes. The two men sensed that someone was looking, and immediately shut up, honestly washed the masonry on the ground, and stopped talking.
She just felt that her brain was frozen, she couldn't think of anything, and she couldn't even remember what happened last night. Only one voice roared at her with a cruel smile: Look, if you are gone, he will reveal his strength, how powerful he is, even the killers of the Xun clan can't help him at all, such Ji Chongguang, you still think that he has feelings for you, it's really funny!
Chu Ning turned his head, tried to suppress the voice in his heart that couldn't stop laughing, and asked in an extremely dry voice, "You just said that you were looking for me?" β
"Yes," Jing Yuanyi was very worried about her state, but she covered it up well, "Recently, someone met a person who can change his body shape, and I guess it is also the killer of the Xun clan who has just debuted, so I want to remind you to be careful." The feud between the Xun family and the Jing family is not a day or two, almost when the kings of the Jin dynasty change, the two families will support different candidates for the throne, and it will eventually turn into a scuffle. Although you are not actually a person from the Jing family, outsiders may not see it that way, so it is better to be careful. β
When Chu Ning heard this, he thought of the person who had changed to Hezhen and Ji Chongguang to blind himself and forget his worries. Thinking of Ji Chongguang, her heart shrank again, she turned her mind to comfort herself, it's okay, if that person comes to approach her in this way again, she will definitely not be fooled, there is always a good side to everything.
She stressed the thought to herself so hard that she couldn't help but whisper it out of her mouth.
Jing Yuan opened his arms and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and a soft voice lingered above her head: "That's right, there is always a good side to everything......"
Due to this change, the festival was postponed to 10 days later. The atmosphere in the city suddenly became unprecedentedly depressing, and everyone knew in their hearts that something earth-shaking was about to happen.
Just when everyone's attention was on Mrs. Li and Ji Chongguang, an important event happened within the Jing family, Jing Song, who came with Jing Huan, was taken out of Jing's mansion and killed.
When the news came, Jing Huan was extremely angry, not only because he had always had some preference for this youngest son, but also because according to the rules of the Jing family, Jing Song was going to inherit the position of the head of the family, no matter who did it, it was a great provocation to the Jing family. If the real culprit can't be found, the Jing family will be shorter among all the families, and he will not have the confidence to compete with the Xun family on the issue of the heir to the throne in the future.
Jing Huan imprisoned all the people who served Jing Song and tortured him, trying to force him to ask for some clues. These servants couldn't stand the punishment, and after less than a day's work, they began to bite indiscriminately, and finally someone said that Jing Song was playing in the courtyard that day, and it seemed that he had forgotten his worries and came over, saying that he would take him out for a walk.
Since she came to Jing's house, she has never had any contact with Jing Song on weekdays, and she doesn't care much about everything including Jing Huan, and naturally she is unlikely to pay special attention to one of her stepsons.
But before this marriage was decided, Forget Huan once held a banquet to entertain Jing Song, and Jing Song mentioned this matter many times after he came back, and he never forgot the "brave little brother" of Dongqi, if he wanted to say that he would easily believe in Forget Worry, most of the people in the Jing family also thought so.
When the servant testified, Forget Worry and Chu Ning happened to be bored in the room looking through the ancient books they brought, and the two of them knew in their hearts that this matter had been framed again, but they had no way to prove it for themselves. Forget worry is the most suspicious person, her words are useless, Chu Ning is the etiquette official next to forget worry, no matter what she says, it will be regarded as excusing forget worry.
Forget the worries and naturally have to be imprisoned, although Chu Ning has no clue, he has to say full of words again in front of Jing Huan, and he wants to find the real culprit within the time limit.
When the two of them knelt in front of Jing Huan and spoke, Xi Tao was sitting on Jing Huan's lap, as if he had no bones, lying on Jing Huan's chest.
Jing Huan's face was cloudy, and whenever he couldn't make up his mind, the string of beast bones on his neck would vibrate slightly, making a rattling sound, and Chu Ning had already discovered this law after verbally confronting him a few times.
At present, the contradiction between the Jing family and the Xun family is about to erupt, he married and forgot his worries, originally with the intention of pulling Dongqi as a backer and ally, in his opinion, Ji Chongguang deliberately brought back a princess of Dongqi, which is also this purpose, first give Dongqi an empty promise, if the throne is successful in the future, the princess brought back will naturally be the new queen.
Thinking like this, he had the heart to agree to Chu Ning's request, anyway, people can't run away, and see what she can toss. Just as he was about to speak, Xi Tao bit a golden fruit in his mouth, wrapped his arms around Jing Huan's neck, and put the fruit into his mouth on his back.
Making this kind of move in front of the main mother is simply a direct provocation, but fortunately, Forget Worry doesn't have much interest in the man in front of him, if he changes to any other person, I'm afraid he will faint on the spot.
Xi Tao hooked Jing Huan's neck and said: "Since the new housemother got married, some unbelievable things have happened in the family one after another, last time the princess was robbed, and the person returned safely, but the real culprit behind the scenes has not yet been found, and the head of the family can't push everything to the delicate little girl to solve it herself, the princess married you, that is, your wife, shouldn't the head of the family personally ask and give people justice?" β
Her voice was not as flattering as her movements, but it was so good that even when she said conflicting words, it didn't feel too harsh, but she couldn't hold back and wanted to continue listening.
Just one sentence from her blocked Chu Ning's retreat, Jing Huan obviously loved her very much, and when she heard her say such a thing, she was not annoyed, but thought about it seriously, and said: "This also makes sense, the princess is now my wife, whether it is for the purpose of clearing suspicion or for the purpose of protecting the princess, I should personally inquire about this matter." β