Qu Qingyan woke up in the middle of the night, and her hands were tied behind her back and thrown in a firewood room.

Just a few days after the first day of the new year, the moon only showed a crescent moon in shame, and the four fields were pitch black.

In April, the weather was hotter than a day, and when she entered the examination booth, she had already changed her single clothes and added an extra cloak.

Only when she came out of the examination booth, the cloak was rolled up by her and put in the examination basket, and at this time, she was shivering from the cold in a single dress at night.

Was she sent out of the Guozi Prison or was she hidden somewhere in the Guozi Prison?

There was no moonlight, and she could only faintly see the outline of the firewood room, which was not large.

It's not that King Yu hasn't entered Beijing yet, why did Nie Tailin start early?

Does he want to rekindle tensions between the two sides, or does he have other plans?

has been locked up in a national prison, and Qu Qingyan felt that his channels for the source of affairs in Beijing were too narrow at this time.

But it's not easy to cultivate your own cronies and subordinates, even Qu Qingwen now mostly gets news from Qu Wenhai.

She struggled to get up from the ground and rubbed hard to the side, the rope in her hand was tied too tightly, she couldn't untie it after several attempts, so she could only wait for dawn to find a way.

The night wind is extremely cold.

She gritted her teeth and didn't dare to fall asleep completely, she couldn't and didn't dare to make herself sick.

It was late at night, and the lights were bright in the study of Beiwangzhai.

"Grandfather, Yi An sent a message, he led people to look around in the Guozi Prison, even Nie Tailin's courtyard also looked for it, but he didn't find the fourth brother."

Qu Qingwen stood in front of the bookcase, and there was impatience in his voice that he didn't even notice.

"Qingwen, calm down," Qu Wenhai stood by the window with his hands behind his back, and scolded coldly: "Why are you so flustered?" Since it has already happened, you should know that no matter how much you panic, it will not help, and you should treat it as a test for you. ”

How can this be simply regarded as a tempering?

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, he had already made up his mind to take care of Qu Qingyan as his compatriot brother in the future, and if such a thing happened, how could he be cold-blooded only as a tempering.

"I have sent a message to Lord Zhang and Lord Qian, and Lord Zhang replied that King Yu has been in the palace today, and the northwest has won a great victory, and the emperor is happy to leave people in the palace directly tonight."

King Yu is not outside the palace, no matter what Nie Tailin's purpose is in intercepting people, he will not act rashly at the moment.

They have at least one more night.

Qu Qingwen's anxious heart slowly calmed down because of this news, and his reason returned, and he was slightly embarrassed: "It's that my grandson is too impatient." ”

"You're not impatient," Qu Wenhai turned around and walked towards him, his back that was over fifty years old and not yet rickety pressed towards Qu Qingwen like a mountain in the light and shadow of the candle flame: "You should remember that he is just your cousin, and he shouldn't take too much attention away from you." ”

Qu Wenhai's words smashed straight into Qu Qingwen's heart like a stick.

His face turned pale in an instant, and he took a step back.

"Brother is also a younger brother......

"Qingwen, this family will depend on you in the future, you should know what the responsibility is on your shoulders."

Responsibility, these two words are as heavy as a mountain, Qu Qingwen was instantly overwhelmed, "Qingyan can also afford to shoulder the Qu family, and our brothers can always take care of it." ”

"I don't know what you're saying, but ...... In the end, he is just a concubine, and his background is too poor......"

The cold wind of the night sent away the twilight, and the moment the dawn broke, Qu Qingyan woke up in a daze with his head on the wooden board in the cold.

This night was particularly difficult, a few days of exams had exhausted all her energy, she was left sleepy, tired, cold and hungry in the firewood room, and the dawn fell on her face, and she thought that there would never be a more embarrassing day in her life.

She rolled and struggled to get up from the ground, and looked out through the rough window, and saw a very close courtyard wall, and on one side of the courtyard wall was a mottled corner door with oil.

The scenery outside the courtyard is too ordinary, so ordinary that there will be such an ordinary backyard in the courtyards of all sizes in Beijing, and she can't even tell whether she is still in Guozijian or not.

What should she do?

The accident came so suddenly, so suddenly that she was unprepared.

She jumped to the door, and after a few blows on her shoulder, she felt the door locked from the outside.

Most of the wood room was scattered hay, and Qu Qingyan arched it a little bit with his body, but he still couldn't find anything that could be used to grind the rope after arching most of it.

Qu Qingyan kept admonishing herself to be calm, the more she came to such a moment, the more she couldn't panic, her life and her future were only in her own hands, and she couldn't count on Qu Wenhai.

It is particularly difficult for the firewood and grass to turn over, and the hard noodles and steamed buns are soaked in boiled water for a few days in the ten exams, and I thought that after the ten exams, I would rub Qu Qingwen's monthly routine to eat a good meal, but the result was ...... Qu Qingyan didn't want to think about it anymore, otherwise he would be really hungry.

What was Nie Tailin's purpose in leaving her here?

If you really want to send her to the bed of the king of Yu, it is said that you should find a house to lock her up with delicious food and drink, otherwise the yellow face and thin skin are really unappetizing.

As she arched, she felt that her shoulder had hit a hard object, and she was surprised to open the firewood and grass, and saw a rusty wood knife lying on the ground.

The sky was slightly bright, and the spies sent by Qu Wenhai to the surrounding Nie Mansion could not find out the slightest news, and Nie Tailin did not go to Guozijian for a few days on the grounds that he was unwell, let alone go out for a few days.

The only people who come in and out of Nie's Mansion are ordinary mothers-in-law, and even the people who come to the door are very few, so it is really difficult to find clues.

Qu Qingwen was driven back to Guozijian by Qu Wenhai early on the second morning.

"You can't do anything if you stay in the house, it's better to go back and study well, don't be distracted by ordinary things when the big exam is imminent."

Qu Qingwen hung his head, he hadn't slept all night and had been worried, and he was already a little haggard.

"Grandfather, Qingyan him...... You must find a way to save it. ”

"Do you really think that grandfather will abandon him?" Their Qu family wants to stay in this capital completely, and wants to be as prosperous as the Zhou family and the Gu family, how can they rely on Qu Qingwen alone.

He scolded Qu Qingyan more than cared for him, also because his inadversity was too difficult to control.

Regardless of whether he is a concubine or a concubine, if he stands on the court one day, he will represent their composer.

If such a junior who is difficult to control and doesn't know his inner thoughts is not suppressed and let him taste the bitterness, how can he let him stand out with confidence.

With just these words, there was no need for him to let Qu Qingwen know.

Qu Qing heard that once his words were spoken, it would be difficult to have room to turn around, and he was hesitating when he heard someone outside lightly buckle him: "Old lady, it's time to go to court." ”

Qu Wenhai's gaze swept over, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "After Qingwen greets his grandmother and mother, he will return to Taixue." ”