On the morning of the first day of the lunar month, Lu Zhi was arrested, and on the second day of the lunar month, the killing of the eldest grandson was shocked by the government and the opposition, after knowing the seriousness of the situation, the Yu Yu and the Lu family, who were not impressed, were running around, for three days, the Yu racked his brains to verify the truth about the killing of the eldest grandson that night, but he couldn't resist the fast movement of the pusher hidden behind it.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, the criminal department with new clues suddenly retried the case, and because this time it was not a secret trial, Yi Yu and others rushed to the criminal department to listen to the case.

The three sons of the Shi clan, including the eldest grandson of the concubine, confirmed that Lu Zhi and the eldest grandson had a personal grudge before their deaths, and they were once accidentally injured by the deceased with a candle flame after drinking, and this incident was confirmed after verifying the terrifying scars behind Lu Zhi. Yu Yu couldn't be surprised why Lu Zhi didn't use the snow refining cream to erase those scars, and was led away by another thing-

The confession of the Fuyao girl who accompanied the wine in Kui Xinglou changed, she admitted that she was curious about the relationship between Changsun Jian and Oriental Pearl, and secretly followed Changsun Jian behind that night, not wanting to witness Lu Zhi's murder of the deceased, and took out the sweat towel that Lu Zhi hastily lost outside the door of the private room as evidence to identify Lu Zhi's murder.

If these things just made Yu Yu anxious, then Lu Zhi's noncommittal, non-argument, and silent from beginning to end of the above two things made her feel cold in her heart, and even regardless of her identity as an observer outside, she lost her temper on the spot, and was almost rewarded by Gao Zhixian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, for the crime of disturbing the court.

Whether he was willing or unwilling, this case broke out quickly, but there was no suspense in the end, Lu Zhi was finally convicted of the murderer of Changsun Jian - according to the law of fighting lawsuits, he was sentenced to "murder", according to the law, he should be beheaded, and he will be executed after noon tomorrow.

When Gao Zhixian announced the verdict, it was Dongfang You's family who breathed a sigh of relief, while the Lu family's side had no blood on their faces. Yi Yu watched Lu Zhi being escorted away by the servants with a scarred face, and only had time to show him a complicated and incomprehensible gaze, if it weren't for the figure that suddenly stopped in front of her to cheer her up, she almost fainted from the cramping pain in her abdomen.

Changsun Xian, who also came to hear the trial, stood in front of Yi Yu, changing her previous soft appearance, and her two reddened eyes stared at her deadly, as if she was going to eat her.

"No wonder you have been against me all the time, I have hated it for a long time, Lu Zhi has his own younger brothers and sisters, but he killed my second brother ruthlessly, let me tell you, he died ten thousand times, and my second brother can't live! Lu Yiyu, I won't let you have a good time, even if Lu Zhi arrives in the Netherworld, I want him to watch you pay for him below! ”

Yi Yu turned her head sideways, these words were not good, but she didn't have the slightest energy to argue with someone who had died of a relative, but the eldest grandson Wuji, who had already walked a few feet away, turned around, snorted coldly, and reprimanded:

"Xian'er, what nonsense! Not yet! ”

Lu Rongyuan and Lu Ronghe received the cold gaze of the eldest grandson Wuji who seemed to be swept over unintentionally, and their hearts were cold, knowing that this matter could not be good, the Lu family and the eldest grandson family were regarded as having a grudge against it.

Lu Zhi killed the eldest grandson because of personal grudges, and waited for the news of the beheading after being identified, and left without hesitation, but anyone who heard it, except for sighing, only sighed, at this time it was less than five months away from the imperial examination, and he saw that a good future was imminent, but he was ruined.

Fang Fu, Fang Qiao, who heard the news, immediately changed his clothes and went out.

Guogong Mansion, Xiang Li Yuan left the master not long ago, although there are not a few furnishings in the house, but it is deserted and abnormal, Yi Yu sat alone in the room without charcoal, quietly looking at the thin layer of dust on the half-open window and pondering.

I don't know how long it took, someone knocked on the door and sent food in, but she didn't eat a bite, so she put on her cloak and went to the front hall to say hello to Lu Rongyuan and his wife, without explanation, she got into the carriage and rushed to the direction of Longquan Town.

The carriage galloped out of Chang'an, and was stopped two miles outside the city, and the car drove again, but there was one more person in the car.

Yi Yu looked at the person sitting opposite, a little surprised, and said, "I thought you were restrained." This was the first time she had seen this elusive black and white mask under the blue sky and white sun.

The masked man smiled bitterly and said, "You guessed right, I was almost locked up." Are you going back to Longquan Town? ”

Yi Yu nodded, his little face stiff except for pale, "You know that my eldest brother will be beheaded tomorrow." ”

"I already know," although he could only see his eyes, Yu Yu could still see the vague anxiety he was showing at this moment.

"Then can you tell me who is trying to harm my eldest brother?" She still doesn't believe that Lu Zhi killed the person.

"......" The masked man was silent, there are too many ulteriors about this matter, and Lu Zhi refused to explain it to his sister when he was in trouble, even if he knew that there were some things that could not be said until death, let alone him.

"Heh," Yu Yu suddenly let out a short sneer, "So, my eldest brother is dead." ”

Obviously, she saw Lu Zhi being detained by his arm to confess his guilt, and heard with her own ears that the criminal department Shangshu above the high hall convicted him, she was still lucky. However, this bit of luck is gone after seeing this masked man.

"Xiao, Miss Lu," seeing her calmness, he became more and more worried, and wanted to comfort her, but found that he couldn't say anything to her.

"You're friends with my eldest brother."

"Naturally."

"What kind of friend is it? Like-minded, wine and flesh intersect, or—" A touch of complexity flashed in Yu Yu's eyes, "Life and death intersect?" ”

He didn't know why, thought for a while, and said, "My friendship with your eldest brother can be said to be life-longing." ”

"Alright," Yu Yu pleaded, "I'm begging you to do me a favor, okay?" ”

"You say."

"Tonight, take me to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment," Yu Yu smiled sadly, "I just want to see him again." ”

Hearing this, the masked man was startled, of course he understood what she meant, she was planning to let him take her to visit the prison of the Ministry of Punishment at night, but this matter was not so easy to say and do.

"The prison of the Criminal Department is not so easy to enter, I know that Lord Cheng took you to break in once a few days ago, but it was a hard break. What's more, the death row prisoners are all held separately, the prison cell of the criminal department is so big, we don't know where Lu Zhi is being held, and if you are not careful, you may be put in it. ”

"You just say, can you take me in."

......Seeing that she had made up her mind, he pondered for a while, but finally couldn't resist her request, nodded lightly, and said, "Okay, I'll take you there." ”

"Thank you." Yi Yu bowed his head and thanked him, hiding the apology that flashed on his face.

The two discussed the details of the night prison on the road, they had both been to the prison of the Criminal Department, they knew more or less what the terrain was like, and they were both smart people, so this decision looked extremely dangerous, and they did not use pen and paper, but negotiated it when the carriage drove into Longquan Town.

Compared with the chaos in Beijing, Longquan Town, which is far away, is still what it used to be, and the people in the hot spring village do not know that their master will be the first to divide the family tomorrow, and when he saw Yu Yu coming back alone, Xiaoman even came out to greet people in surprise.

The masked man was inconvenient to see outsiders, Yi Yudao was that she went to bathe and clean up her things, pointed to Lu Zhi's courtyard and asked him to stay hidden in the dark, and when he saw him leave, he called Pingtong and Pinghui, turned around and took a carriage from the side door to the old house in the town.

The two maids were guarding the front yard, the backyard was already in front of the yellow grass flower bed, Yu Yu took a hoe and dug down along the soil on the left side, after a cup of tea, she reached out and took out a black and yellow bag from the half-arm-deep hole, it was not too dirty, put it in her arms, and filled two empty flower pots with soil, and entered the house.

Because Xiaoman often came to clean, the bedroom she had lived in before was very clean, sprinkled with anti-thief powder under the window and in front of the door, and saw the back of Pingtong and Pinghui honestly guarding the door from the window, she went to the desk and sat down, took out the bag in her arms, patted off the dirt and opened it, and what was placed inside was the mysterious black flat box left by Yao Buzhi.

In the evening, Fang Qiao returned to the house with a depressed face, he went to meet the two old friends of the Criminal Department, but he couldn't use the help of entering the prison to meet Lu Zhi, how could he sit still knowing that his biological son would be beheaded tomorrow.

"Master, look at the cold on your body, drink a cup of tea to get rid of the cold." Entering the main hall, this considerate person serving tea and water changed a while ago.

Fang Qiao looked at this intensive cultivation for some time, and became more and more like a woman of the Lu family, his eyes softened a little, took the tea, took a sip, and said, "What about the love?" ”

The woman smiled, "Reading in the house, you casually praised him yesterday, and the child became energetic, and he had to memorize an article every day." "I have to say that in addition to her demeanor, she does have the style of a real lady.

"Well, you taught this kid well," Fang Qiao withdrew his gaze from her, his brows furrowed slightly, and he was thinking hard, but he saw a piece of porcelain fragment at his feet, and then looked at the vase that he loved under the window railing but was gone, and immediately said out:

"Is it that when I went out, Xiao Wu came to trouble you again."

"No, no." The woman said this, but quietly retracted the hand on her lap, and was torn out by Fang Qiao's sharp eyes, and saw an obvious blood mark on it, her face sank, and said:

"You are the wife of our Fang family now, so you don't have to wronged yourself anymore, Xiao Wu moved to your name is your daughter, scold when you should scold, and don't let her be lightly beaten when you should be beaten!"

The woman hesitated, and after a while, she lowered her head and said, "Don't be angry, master, I hid it from you, Madame, she wanted to see you, so I asked the eldest lady to come and talk." ”

"Humph!" How do you know that Fang Qiao listened to her words, her face became even heavier, and said: "You look carefully at the people in the house, don't let Xiao Wu see her privately again, and besides, she is not a lady, don't call her wrong again." ”(！ )