Xu Ziqian spoke very politely to this person, pointed to the Taishi chair next to him, and asked him to sit down. The man was not polite, put the sword on the table, and served tea.

"That beast was destroyed!" He sat down and drank the tea elegantly, and then slowly said a sentence without beginning or end.

"Ruyu and let's start from the beginning, Madame is here. The deceased was the steward of the lady's room. Xu Ziqian looked at him and said.

"Yes, sir. That night, Hongying found a subordinate to check, and the deceased had two clear wounds, his throat was broken, and two of the large blood vessels near his neck were broken, and he seemed to have died of blood. However, under the careful inspection of his subordinates, there was also a small wound the size of a pinhole between the hairlines of the brain, and the head of the deceased was cut out, and the brain cavity was empty! ”

When the man said this, he glanced at Ye Junyi, saw that she was solemn and fearless, paused for a moment, and then continued: "This makes the subordinates remember that when they were in Funiu Mountain, their subordinates had handled a case with Lord Zeng, and nine out of ten of the villagers in a village lost their lives in their sleep within a few months. The two officials sent in advance did not mention solving the case, even if the cause of death was inexplicable. I had to turn to the adults for help. When Lord Zeng arrived, he carefully inspected and found that each deceased had a pinhole-sized wound on his head, and his brain cavity was empty. ”

"This is very similar to the cause of Mama Li's death." Xu Ziqian continued with a solemn face, "Lord Zeng found out that this evil obstacle can be regarded as a transaction with the King of Hades. On that day, he investigated the case to no avail, and he was worried, so he actually brought a team of men and horses to be stationed in the village to check day and night. Zeng's wife, a local, was very close to the village where the crime had been committed, and when she saw that she had not returned for many days, she was worried about it, so she took some belongings and went to visit. On the road, I saw a rare flower, which was very beautiful and plucked into my arms.

When the lady arrived at Zeng's place, she felt tired, so she lay down on the bed and rested. Lord Zeng was reading the case file in that compartment, and when he was looking at it, he suddenly heard a slight sound, he had already worshiped the mouse, took the sword and went to the bedroom lightly, and actually saw that the beast the size of a cat was on Mrs. Zeng's head! Lord Zeng's heart was in a hurry, and the sword in his hand was thrown with all his might, splitting the evil obstacle into two! Even so, it was too late, and Mrs. Zeng had already been sucked out of her brain and died.

Later, Lord Zeng hung this evil obstacle in a crowded place to look for someone who could recognize it, only to see that it was the size of a cat, with a body of black hair, a body like an ordinary mouse, but the face was very similar to a thin old man for a year, and there was a long needle-like protrusion on the side of the mouth, which was very disgusting.

One day, an old man revealed a sign that he knew this evil obstacle, saying that it was an ancient evil animal called waste, and that he was very fond of a flower called the poppy. With this, Zeng found a large area of poppies in a remote ravine not far from the village where the crime was committed. So he ordered to pile dry wood on the poppies and set fire to the ditch. The fruit of this poppy bush is popping up countless wastes, and Lord Zeng led people to stop outside, and if there is a frustration, he will go back. Eventually, these wastes were reduced to ashes.

Ay! That Funiu Mountain is a savage land, and there is still such a thing, how can there be it in my house? ”

"Master, that's for someone to domesticate this thing!" Escort Jin also had a solemn face, "That night, Hongying detained the people in the mansion for interrogation one by one under the pretext that she had lost valuables in the mansion. The subordinates first interrogated the people in the lady's house, and the people told that someone had pretended to be a ghost in the peony garden in advance, and it was obvious that they were caught by the lady. The subordinates went to the garden to check the scene, and this person was full of flaws, leaving footprints in many places in the garden, and throwing a handkerchief. followed his subordinates and checked the people in the house one by one, but really let his subordinates find this person. ”

"Oh, who is this man?" Ye Junyi thought of the person who had been caught.

"This person is ........" Guard Jin glanced at the couple and continued, "This person is Aunt Yu's grandmother, Han Shi. ”

"She?" Hearing this, Xu Ziqian was surprised, "Guard Jin, is there a deviation?" ”

"Hey," Jin Guard sighed and said, "Master Hou also knows his subordinates, how dare his subordinates talk nonsense without any roots?" At first, Han squeaked and couldn't tell her whereabouts that night, and I ordered someone to check her body, and there were many burns on her back, and Madame had hit the person who was pretending to be a ghost with a lantern, and the person was burned by many maids and women. There are a pair of wet shoes in the room, the soil stained on them is unique to the peony garden, and this shoe matches the footprints in the garden, and a set of newly burned black clothes. ”

"Did you recruit that?" Xu Ziqian slapped the table angrily, "Did she ever recruit that Yuqi'er to be involved?" Tell the truth. ”

"Hey, the Han family is very refreshing," Jin Guard also shook his head and sighed, "It was said that she wanted to harm Madame because she avenged the grievances of her master, but it had nothing to do with Aunt Yu." Her subordinates had also tried Aunt Yu, but she didn't seem to know it. ”

"Then how can the Han family, the woman of the deep house, have anything to do with such an evil animal as waste?" Jun Yi asked strangely.

"That Han Zhaodao planted cherry blossoms all over her hometown, and when she was a child, she saw it by chance—only the waste of being injured, and brought it back for training, and she took it with her all these years. Her subordinates were near her house. Find the beast and pack it up. Now that Han's subordinates have imprisoned her in Yin Tianfu, she can be dealt with with just one charge. The wasted one had set it on fire, and it had been reduced to ashes. ”

"Well, Ruyu has worked hard." Xu Ziqian patted Jin Guard's shoulder and looked at his solemn eyes, as if he had a deep meaning.

Suddenly, he turned around and said to Ye Junyi: "Madam, this matter has been investigated by the Jin Guards, and Mama Li can be buried safely." Tomorrow I will send her to the ground. ”

Before the case was clarified, Ye Junyi was not allowed to bury Mama Li. In order to avoid people's eyes, Mama Li's coffin has been secretly placed in the house - a secret place in the past few days.

"That concubine is going to send Mama to the last - Cheng." Ye Junyi said with a sad face and a firm tone.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid that's not right." That Jin Ruyu said, "Lord Hou and his wife are still married, it is not very auspicious, and the second is not suitable to avoid people's ears." If the news of this matter goes out of the house, if it is known to that person, the party, it will spread the matter to the heavens. At that time, I am afraid that I will fall into the same dilemma as I did back then. ”

"That," Ye Junyi lowered his head and groaned, "Then the concubine will change her outfit tonight and quietly take a look." ”

"Okay." Xu Ziqian put the folding fan in the palm of his hand and replied without hesitation, "Ruyu, you lead the way, and my wife and I will go to see Mama Li Cheng." ”

"Master, this ...... Yes!"

Jin Ruyu saw that the husband and wife were resolute, so they had to lead the way and step out of the door, and the husband and wife followed side by side.

The three of them walked to the edge of the stream of the bamboo forest, and saw Lou's guard standing upright and standing by the bamboo forest like a sculpture.

"Zhengming," Jin Ruyu called to him, "what are you doing standing there?"

"Master Hou, Madam." Lou Zhengming turned around when he heard this, and stood up and looked out of the bamboo forest, "Another aunt has come here, and she has been kneeling for a long time, and she has never cried, she just said that she wanted to see her master." “

"Humph! Hugh should ignore her, let her kneel if she likes to!"

Xu Ziqian replied angrily, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his wife's waist, and his feet did not slow down at all. Jin Ruyu listened and glanced at Xu Ziqian a few times. Lou Zhengming was very obedient and continued to straighten up as a sculpture, with a posture of not wanting to be close to the front half of the point.

didn't take a few steps, and saw a woman in plain clothes and hair kneeling on the ground on the edge of the bamboo forest, standing tall and straight, without squinting, and had a posture of trying to compete with Lou Zhengming. Ye Junyi took a closer look, and sure enough, it was Aunt Yu.

"Master, please stay!" Seeing that the three of them approached the side but did not mean to slow down, Aunt Yu did not move, and spit out four words in a stiff tone.

"Humph!" Xu Ziqian snorted coldly, stopped his steps, and glanced at her, "Yuqi'er, are you trying to threaten Benhou again?" ”

"Yuqi'er doesn't dare." Aunt Yu's posture has not changed, and her tone has never softened, "Yuqi'er is guilty, the attempted murder of Mrs. Hou, please send Yuqi'er to the official mansion." ”

"Hmph," Xu Ziqian let go of Ye Junyi, turned around and walked in front of her, his eyes were aggressive, "Didn't you say that you were the lotus in the pool and the plum in the snow?" Since you know that your grandmother has done such a filthy thing, you should give up your noble character and take refuge in her?"

"My grandmother won't be so confused, do ......"

"Shut up!" Ye Ziqian looked coldly at the gaze that had been changed to pleading, "Yuqi'er, you'd better have nothing to do with this matter, otherwise I won't spare you!"

After saying that, he turned around and hugged his wife, got into the light blue car from the golden jade frame, and walked away.

Yuqi'er watched the car leave for a long time, but she still knelt there with a sad face, not moving a single cent. The maid next to her was young, and she just cried when she saw her master like this.

"Woo, auntie, Lord Hou and Mrs. have been gone for a long time, you get up, woo ......"

I don't know how long it took me, the little maid finally couldn't help it, and stepped forward to pull the master, but Aunt Yu was gently pulled by her, and she fell to the ground with a bang.

"Auntie, woo........"

Yuqi'er slowly woke up to the maid's cry, swallowed a large mouthful of fishy phlegm to her mouth, held it up, and was helped by the maid to leave.

Lou Zhengming, who was a sculpture, just sighed and felt pity in his heart, but he didn't move a little bit about it.

Besides, Ye Junyi and Xu Ziqian were sitting in the car, thinking about Aunt Yu's situation, and they couldn't bear it.

"Master, Aunt Yu is really pitiful!" She couldn't help but sigh softly, this guy was really bad to his little concubines.

"Hmph," Xu Ziqian began with a cold snort when he talked about these concubines, "Pity? That's what she did to herself! Madame, you are too young to understand many things. There are many people in this world who are different from the outside, some people are born innocent and innocent, but in private they are very dirty, and some people are polite and moderate on the outside, but they are full of sins in private. ”

"Hmph," Xu Ziqian began with a cold snort when he talked about these concubines, "Pity? That's what she did to herself! Madame, you are too young to understand many things. There are many people in this world who are different from the outside, some people are born innocent and innocent, but in private they are very dirty, and some people are polite and moderate on the outside, but they are full of sins in private. ”

"This Aunt Jade doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, right?" Ye Junyi still felt that Yuqi'er was pitiful, it was this guy who spoke and coaxed her.

"Hey!" Xu Ziqian sighed lightly, pulled her into his arms, and flicked the black silk with his hand, "There must be something hateful about this poor person, and Madam will naturally understand it after a long time." All the troubles of the master Qi'er were caused by herself, no wonder others were half of it. All the troubles of people come from delusions, and who is to blame? ”

When Xu Ziqian said the latter sentence, his tone became as if he was muttering, as if he was talking about Yuqi'er, but it didn't seem to be. After speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, and as if he was extremely tired, he put his head in the soft embrace of the woman who had been wrenched out of his hands.

How many bitter secrets does this man in his arms carry in his heart? How many pains have you suffered? How many hardships and struggles have you experienced? She didn't know, she only knew that from the first time she saw him to this moment, there was rarely a smile on his face. Is happiness his enemy? She felt distressed!

The trolley walked around the house for about two or three teas and then stopped. Jin Ruyu lifted the curtain, and Xu Ziqian helped Ye Junyi get out of the car.

It's a seldom-visited place, overgrown with weeds, and next to it is a small hillside full of citrus trees. The three of them went up the stone steps and went around to the back of the hillside, where there were several thatched huts, presumably inhabited by the people who looked after the woods, and the grass huts were still flickering with dim lights.

"Master Hou, the concubine wants to go alone."

Ye Junyi knew that Mama Li, the woman who had never been loved in her life, but regarded herself as the only one in her life, was inside, and she was sad. However, Xu Ziqian's heart has too much sadness, she doesn't want him to see any sadness, she wants him to stay away from these hurt places from now on.

"Go, I'll wait here with Ruyu." Xu Ziqian sent her to the door, patted her on the shoulder comfortingly, looked at the Hua Gu and Liu who were guarding the spirit, and then turned around and returned to the orange tree not far from the hut.

"Madame, you, how can you come?" When Liu saw Ye Junyi coming in, he cried and knelt down with Hua Gu, and Ye Junyi also hugged them and cried.

"Madame shouldn't have come,"

Okay-yes, Liu Shi stopped crying, stomped his feet and said hurriedly, "Mama Li died unexpectedly, it is even unlucky, Mrs. has just got married, I can't collide, I can't collide......"

"I'll just look at her—the eye, and finally—the eye......"

Ye Junyi, Liu, and Hua Gu were crying and sighing at Mama Li's body, and they put it down here for the time being, and said that Xu Ziqian and Jin Ruyu were standing under the orange tree, and Jin Ruyu whispered something in his ear.

"Madame must not be informed of this matter, but it must be investigated urgently." After Xu Ziqian listened, he commanded in a low voice.

"Yes, sir." Jin Ruyu said again, "But the master handed over the rights in the house to Mrs., Mrs. is young and simple, and she can deal with some locks and input expenses in the lower house, and those who can't do things on the table in private may have to rely on Hong Yingcai." ”

"I have my own opinions on this matter, Hongying, I will not treat her badly, but she has been in charge of the house for many years, and she has never taken her wife seriously, and this time she is even more out of line, and she actually locked up the housewife. If you don't frustrate her, how will you be born in the future?" Ye Ziqian said in a low voice.

"Yes, my subordinates understand. However," Jin Ruyu paused, chuckled, and said, "I think that day, Xin Ningbo wanted to climb to the master, and his niece Ye was rumored all over the capital, and her appearance and conduct were the first in the world, and she had a prosperous son and a prosperous husband, so she said that the old lady and Hongying were excited." However, everyone in the world knows that Xin Ningbo wants to befriend the Hou Ye, and this matter is still being spread around as a joke about Xin Ningbo in the capital. However, it is indeed a joke not to see Mrs., and only when I have seen Mrs. do I know that this is true, and there is no exaggeration. Master, Madame's face is so young, if that person sees it, I don't know how many incidents will happen. ”

"I know that." Xu Ziqian remembered that day in the Zhou Mansion, those officials, especially the one surnamed Li, were drooling with lust when they saw Junyi, gritted his teeth and said, "The affairs of the mansion will be handed over to you and Hongying, and the safety of the old lady and the lady is the top priority." Master will do his best to investigate the big case of corruption, this time he can't move, and he will also cut off all his big branches!"

"Yes, ......"

At this moment, I saw that in the hut, Liu pushed Ye Junyi out: "Madam, okay, Mama Li already knows that Madame is good to her, and she must go with peace of mind." Get out of here, get out of here. ”

"Then Mama Li will rise tomorrow, and Mama will send her away." Junyi cried and was reluctant to leave.

"The slave knows, knows, Madame, leave quickly, leave quickly." Liu refused to let her in again.

Seeing this, Xu Ziqian stepped forward and hugged her. Ye Junyi saw that he was coming, so he barely stopped crying and left with him helplessly. The two sat in the light blue car, Xu Ziqian kept holding Ye Junyi's cold little hand, he didn't want to see her like this, he felt distressed.

He had been hugging her tightly to sleep all night.

[To be continued]