The woman was about 30 years old and the wife of the local official in Yuliang County who had been thrown downstairs by Qi Yun Yuexuan. The woman knelt in the hall and cried: The woman's name is Fang Wang, and her husband's name is Fang Sheng, who is a master of the Yali in Yuliang County. This small position, which was bought by their husband and wife with all their family savings, belongs to the official position appointed by the local government, and is not considered a court official.

Fang Sheng is the confidant of the county magistrate, and often helps the county magistrate do things that are unconscionable, and he is also in charge of the list of officials involved in embezzlement and relief. Fang Sheng once got drunk at home, where he complained about the fierce greed of the county order. He mentioned to Fang Wang's family about the court's disaster relief, and he said that the court's disaster relief money arrived in Yuliang County, and most of the money was divided among the superiors, leaving less than one-tenth. The county magistrate also put nearly one-tenth of the silver into his own pocket privately, and only took out a small part of it to his subordinates. Her husband, because of his small official position, was only given fifty taels of silver.

That day, Qi Yun Yuexuan hosted a banquet for local officials, squires and celebrities in the restaurant, and Fang Wang's husband also went. When the county magistrate saw that he couldn't get out, he threatened his husband to make trouble. As a result, his husband was thrown downstairs in a fit of rage.

The next day, someone took Fang Wang's husband home. Because the restaurant is not high, his husband's injuries are not too serious, but he broke a leg, knocked out a few teeth, and had some blood. The doctor came to see him and said that he would be cured after a while.

A few days later, the county magistrate brought a few cronies to visit Fang Wang's husband, and when Fang Wang's face was sinister and fierce, he hid outside the door and eavesdropped on their conversation. She vaguely heard the county order saying that the matter was getting bigger, and everyone couldn't get out of it, and the officials above were afraid of getting into trouble and wanted to blame him for all the crimes. Now he is also cornered, and he has no choice but to abandon his pawn to protect the commander.

Fang Wang's family hid outside the door, watching the entourage of the county order cover her husband to death with a quilt, but he didn't dare to make a sound. She also has two young children at home, and she fears reprisals. When the county commander left, he warned her: "When someone asks, they say that your man was seriously injured by General Qiyun and died when he returned home." "The county order threw five taels of silver to Fang Wang's family.

Fang Wangshi was grief-stricken: "Although my husband deserves it, he lost his life just for a mere fifty-five taels of silver. Now that the family is also broken, and the underage children do not know how to raise them in the future? This time, when I heard that the emperor was in charge, the women dared to come out to testify. ”

The male witness was a scribe in the county government, and he also had a large number of account records of the county government, the state officials, and even the court officials.

Yan Feng pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and he was exhausted. It seems that the underground organization of this case, like an old tree, has penetrated deep into the court. It's not that easy to clean up. Yan Feng announced that the witnesses were temporarily under special custody, and the case was still handled by the Qin Cha and supervised by the prime minister. He dismissed the courtiers and returned to the harem.

Yan Feng was depressed and walked in the direction of Qixiang Palace. Qi Shangming and several little eunuchs and palace maids followed closely. Yan Feng asked everyone to wait outside the gate of Qixiang Palace, and he stepped into Qixiang Palace alone.

Qixiang Palace has been empty, the stone path of the small courtyard is paved with layers of fallen leaves, it looks particularly depressed, and the laughter and laughter of the past no longer exist. "Winding the beam" lay quietly on the stone table in the pavilion, as usual, and next to it, there was no longer the graceful figure of the woman who stroked the qin.

Yan Feng walked over, and his hand touched the "winding beam" very gently, as if he was afraid of shattering a crystal-like dream. If it weren't for the fact that this qin was still there, Yan Feng seemed to feel that Murong Zhining was just an illusion in his mind, and he had never appeared in his world.

Yan Feng sat lonely on the steps, stroking his thin lips with his hand. There was obviously a small scab wound there, and there was still a faint fragrance between Murong Zhi's condensing teeth. All of this proves that Murong Zhining is not an illusion he imagined, but once existed in his space, but he lost her and could never find her back. Yan Feng buried his head in his lap and let out an extremely low sob. Even if he is an emperor who sits on the world, he can't get over this little relationship.

When Yan Feng left, he took the "Winding Beam" with him. He ordered the blockade of Qixiang Palace, and without his order, no one was allowed to step into half a step.

Qi Yun Yuexuan sat alone in the conference hall of the General's Mansion, and he had been rejected several times in the past few days when he asked to see Yan Feng. Yan Feng refused to see him alone except for being above the court, and Qi Yun Yuexuan was full of deep guilt for Yan Feng.

Adjutant General Wu Siyuan silently walked up to Qi Yun Yuexuan, stroked his shoulder and comforted: "The matter has come to this, and the general doesn't have to blame himself too much." The emperor just felt confused for a while, and he would forget about it in a few days. The emperor and the general are like brothers and sisters, and they will not hold a grudge against the general for this matter. Qi Yun Yuexuan looked a little lost: "The emperor has a clear distinction between public and private, I'm not worried that he will suppress me because of this matter." It's just that the emperor will never treat my friend again. Wu Siyuan explained him and said: "Since ancient times, there have only been monarchs and ministers, and emperors will not have friends, and generals don't have to mind." Should the last general handle it for the general and officially accept Miss Murong? The last general knows that the general has a heart, but it is reasonable to take a concubine first. Qi Yun Yuexuan punched the desk: "General Ben doesn't even bother to give her the title of concubine, she is not worthy." If it weren't for her, the friendship between the emperor and General Ben would not have reached this point. ”

Murong Zhining and Caisang sat side by side on the stone steps in front of the house, and Murong Zhining leaned her head on Caisang's shoulder, looking at a plane tree in the corner of the wall. She touched the scene sadly and took out the blue plane hanging on her chest from the front placket with her hand, slowly took it off, and rubbed it in her hand.

Cai Sang didn't know how to comfort her: "Are you thinking about that little brother again?" Murong Zhi had a sad look on his face: "I'm not qualified to think about him anymore, I'm ashamed of myself." I just want to return Biwu to him as soon as possible, and I have fulfilled this wish. ”

Murong Zhining remembered the black dots on Biwu in the moonlight, and she looked at Biwu against the noon sun. There are indeed some black dots on the biwu, and those dots are distributed in the veins of the biwu leaves, and it is impossible to see what they are. Murong Zhining moved Biwu closer to her eyes and found that in the concave vein texture on Biwu, extremely thin rows of words were engraved.

Murong Zhining once heard that there are masters who can engrave words on rice grains, and to see the words on them, someone must enlarge the words with hand-ground glass sheets. Could it be that there is some mystery hidden in this piece of jade? Thinking of this, Murong Zhining was a little depressed, what does all this have to do with her? She just wants to find her little brother and return Biwu to him. She and her little brother seem to be two vertical and horizontal longitude and latitude lines, destined to only have a brief intersection.

Murong Zhining had the idea of escaping, she often had such thoughts when she was in the palace, but the palace was heavily guarded, and she had no chance at all. However, now, the General's Mansion does not have as many guards in the palace, and she plans to escape with Caisang and start their new life.

Murong Zhining and Cai Sang started to act that night, Cai Sang packed up a small baggage, and they took advantage of the protection of the night to tiptoe out of the door and touch the courtyard door. The door was not locked as before, and it opened with a slight push.

The two of them hid in the shadow of the tree and slowly approached the gate, a team of guards on night duty happened to pass by, Murong Zhining pressed Caisang's head down, and the two squatted down and disappeared behind a row of neatly manicured bushes. The guards walked by, Murong Zhining heard Caisang's heartbeat, she touched Caisang's head, wanting her to relax a little, so she smiled and teased her in a whisper: "With your guts, if you are a thief, you must starve to death." Cai Sang clutched his chest: "As long as you are bold, aren't you afraid?" Murong Zhining shook her head: "Every time I am afraid or in pain, I think of the nurse, as long as I think of her, I forget about fear and pain." Cai Sang nodded thoughtfully: "I miss Brother Niu." ”

Murong Zhining and Cai Sang, under the cover of the shadow of the tree, successfully touched the gate of the General's Mansion. Murong Zhining suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and slowly opened the huge latch.

The door of the General's Mansion was opened by Murong Zhining from the inside with a "squeak", and the two of them stepped out of the General's Mansion with their feet raised.