Chapter 4 The Autumn Queen's Questioning
"I'm back." Hearing the knock on the door, Qiao Xiya hurriedly greeted her.
"The girl didn't sleep all night?" Chunling put the burden on the table and helped Qiao Xiya sit down at the table. Seeing Qiao Xiya's tired face, Chunling hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over.
"How?" Qiao Xiya took the tea and didn't rush to drink it.
"Sure enough, as the girl said, as soon as the slave maid came out of the alley, she was surrounded by officials and taken to the yamen for interrogation for a long time." Chunling stood aside with her hands down, and carefully explained what happened at night.
After listening to Chunling's words, Qiao Xiya fell into deep thought. All this came too suddenly, first her father created a person to frame her, although she didn't know where those hairpin ring jewelry came from, but it was certain that they were evidence or stolen goods in a certain case. Later, she was almost framed for theft, if she let Bi Tao out, she would definitely be taken to the yamen and found the jade lion, so that Bi Tao was convicted of theft, then she and her mother would also be sentenced to a crime of poor governance.
Qiao Xiya's hand holding the tea cup trembled slightly, who was it, who was so vicious, and wanted to kill them all.
"Chunling," Qiao Xiya took a sip of tea, trying to suppress the panic in her heart, "Let the coachman prepare the sedan chair, let's go to Yao's mansion." ”
"Miss Qiao, please come back. Our lord and son are out of the house. The vermilion lacquer door opened a crack, and Yao Feng walked out of it and blocked the crack in the door with his body.
Qiao Xiya was blocked out of the door again.
"Hey, look, it's her." Before Qiao Xiya could speak, her attention was attracted by the voice on the side.
"It should be, it's just dawn, and I drove the carriage in front of the Yao Mansion."
"Hey, who is this?"
"I heard that it's the daughter of Master Qiao's family."
"What Lord Joe, didn't you read the notice? He is now a repeat offender in the imperial court, a repeat offender who knows the law and violates the law, and a crime of the first degree. ”
"Really?"
"That's not it, I've already been sentenced to beheading."
"What are you talking about!" Chunling saw that Qiao Xiya's face was red and white for a while, and immediately interrupted the surrounding discussions.
"Hey, I'm not talking nonsense." The eldest lady who was interrupted looked proud, "The notices at the gate of the city have been posted, although I don't know how to read, but my ears are good, and the official who posted the notices read the notices clearly." ”
"Girl!" As soon as the eldest lady's words fell, Qiao Xiya shook and almost fainted, Chunling hurriedly turned around and supported her, "Girl, don't listen to these people's nonsense." ”
"Hey, how do you talk about this girl," the eldest lady was not happy at the time, crossed her waist and pointed at Chunling with her hand, "Who is talking nonsense, if you don't believe it, go to the city gate to see it yourself!" ”
"That's it! Shut up! Chunling saw the woman's silence, and the fire in her heart rose up, "Do you have to watch my girl die in front of you?" ”
"Well deserved!" The eldest lady saw that Chunling was afraid of herself, and her smug look climbed up her eyebrows again, "Who told her that she doesn't have a good father!" If you don't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes! Hum! After the eldest lady glanced at Qiao Xiya, she carried the basket and twisted her fat body to squeeze out of the crowd.
"It's all scattered, it's scattered!" Looking at the crowd on the inner and outer three floors, Chunling had to help Qiao Xiya into the carriage first, and then stubbornly hold the reins to disperse the crowd with the carriage and leave the gate of Yao's mansion.
"Chunling......" Qiao Xiya's weak voice came from the car, "Go to the city gate." ”
"Girl, let's go home." Chunling wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and persuaded her.
"Go to the gates of the city, and I will see the notice with my own eyes."
"Childe, childe, the master said, I won't let you go out these days." Yao Feng blocked left and right beside Yao Mingxi, hoping to stop Yao Mingxi.
"Oh, what are you stopping me for!" Yao Mingxi saw that Yao Feng was determined to stop him, so he simply sat on the rockery next to the goldfish pond.
"The master said, Master Qiao has offended people, and Miss Qiao has asked you for help, he can't watch his son jump into the fire pit." Seeing Yao Mingxi sit down, Yao Feng patted his chest and gasped, wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead.
"What fire pit?" Yao Mingxi was stunned for a moment, looking confused.
"Didn't you go out in a hurry to help Miss Qiao run Master Qiao's case?" Yao Mingxi's reaction confused Yao Feng.
"I'm crazy, am I for her?" Yao Mingxi laughed angrily, "If it weren't for her beautiful sister, how could I be so close to her, her father is just a small Dali Temple, who is my father?" Yao Mingxi picked her chin, "My father is Shaoqing of Dali Temple!" ”
"The Marriage Contract ......"
"It's not that my father and him were from the same door back then, and they had the same hobbies, jokingly and casually, which Cheng thought their family was still serious." Yao Mingxi squeezed a hint of ridicule out of her nose.
"That'...... Childe is in a hurry to go out......"
"Oops! The spring is very good, Miss Lin asked me to fly a kite in the suburbs! ”
"Miss Lin?" Yao Feng was a little dazed for a while.
"Lin Feng'an, the daughter of Lin Guoshi's family, that good sister of Miss Qiao, Lin Yaozhu!" Yao Mingxi got up and walked to the door.
"Childe, Childe," Yao Feng hurriedly followed, "Let's go in a carriage, so as not to meet Miss Qiao." ”
"Go get a soft cushion again, Miss Lin is delicate and expensive, and the carriage cushion is soft and comfortable." Seeing that Yao Feng was finally willing to let himself out, Yao Mingxi hurriedly ordered.
"What are you doing here!" Chunling drove the carriage and carried the depressed Qiao Xiya back to the gate of Qiao's mansion, and saw the wide open courtyard gate and the servants in the courtyard.
Hearing the sound of the door, the people in the courtyard fell silent.
"Girl." Qiao San hugged his fist at Qiao Xiya, who had just been helped out of the carriage by Chunling, "These brutes heard that something happened to the master, and they are all ready to leave with the things they stole and robbed." ”
Qiao Xiya helped Chunling, stood in front of the carriage, slowly raised her head, looked at Qiao San calmly with a pair of beautiful eyes, and slowly spoke: "Third Master Qiao is bothered."
Seeing Qiao Xiya calling a subordinate "master", everyone was stunned. Qiao Xiya's gaze moved away from Qiao San's face, and she glanced at the people in the courtyard, her eyes were cold, hiding killing intent. She slowly stepped into the door, exuding the domineering spirit of the head of the house that no one had ever seen.
"Close the door."
Qiao Xiya didn't squint, walked through the courtyard, and the people gathered in the courtyard made way one after another. Qiao Xiya walked up the steps and stood under the eaves of the porch, Chunling quickly moved a chair from the house and put it behind Qiao Xiya.
"Palm lamp." When the words fell, Qiao Da, the old housekeeper on the side, took two servants to light up the lanterns around the courtyard, Qiao Xiya looked at everyone, and helped Chunling to sit down.
"Phew!" A red-faced man in the courtyard spat in the direction of Qiao Xiya, "It's all going to be done now!" ”