Chapter 13 The Night Visitor
Qiao Xiya grabbed Chunling's hand tightly before she could barely stabilize her figure, she turned around and blessed the palace maid who sent her out: "Thank you, auntie."
The palace maid returned the salute shallowly, turned around and entered the Suzaku Gate.
The Suzaku door slowly closed, Qiao Xiya took a deep breath, and said in a trembling voice: "We, go back."
Chunling helped Qiao Xiya, who was almost out of strength, to get into the carriage with difficulty, Qiao Xiya sat in the carriage, took out the gilded token symbolizing this bet of the Son of Heaven from her arms, and gently rubbed the relief of the pig on it, tears blurred her eyes unconsciously, and she said softly: "Daddy, my daughter will definitely save you."
"Your Majesty, do you also suspect that Qiao Qinglin was framed?" After retiring from the dynasty, Chang Shiliang followed Mo Junchen, the emperor of Daning, back to the imperial study.
Mo Junchen turned around with a gloomy face and sat down on the dragon book case, without saying a word, his two cold eyebrows twisted together.
Chang Shiliang looked around, raised his hand and signaled, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial study saluted in unison and exited the imperial study. Chang Shiliang closed the door of the imperial study and served Mo Junchen a hot cup of tea.
Mo Junchen took the teacup, pulled out a book of folds from the bottom of a stack of folds, and handed it to Chang Shiliang.
Chang Shiliang opened the fold with a puzzled face, and as his gaze moved back, the shock in Chang Shiliang's eyes became more and more difficult to hide. With trembling hands, he closed the fold and placed it on the dragon case. "Your Majesty...... This ......"
"Qiao Qinglin's eight-hundred-mile urgent secret report." Mo Junchen's expression was solemn, "This secret report was sent to the palace by General Xiao on the night of Qiao Qinglin's return to the city. Looking at the days, it was ten days late. If I had received this secret report ten days ago, Qiao Qinglin might not have been imprisoned. ”
"Your Majesty, since you know that Lord Qiao was framed, why did you issue a notice of beheading after the Autumn Queen?"
Mo Junchen sighed and closed his eyes: "The bag of stolen goods found from his house alone is enough to condemn him." This case is too weird, how many pairs of eyes are staring at the court, Qinglin is too upright. Keeping him in prison might save his life. Mo Junchen said, waved his hand at Chang Shiliang, "You step back first." I'm tired. ”
Chang Shiliang bowed down and exited the imperial study and closed the door.
"Girl, Master Yao is here." Qiao San walked to the door of the main hall and said in a low voice.
Not long after Qiao Xiya arrived home, Yao Yushan took the little maid to visit. Qiao Xiya trembled and greeted her with the support of Chunling and Xia He.
"Lord Yao." Qiao Xiya endured the pain and was blessed.
"Miss Joe is exempt." Yao Yushan hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, "I was ordered to send the case file to Miss Qiao. After that, the little guy next to Yao Yushan held a thick stack of case files in front of Qiao Xiya with both hands.
"A bunch of trash!" Suppressed scolding came from a palatial house.
"The old man is angry," said a trembling and shortness ......of breath voice, "The little one didn't expect her to kneel for so long, and she knelt so much that the emperor summoned her......"
"I didn't expect that!" As the words fell, there was a crisp crack, and the candle flame under the startled window flickered, "I tell you, I don't care what method you use, I must make her disappear!" ”
"Sir...... She took the gilt token......"
"If you don't let her disappear, then I'll make you disappear."
"Girl, it's late at night, rest early, and watch again tomorrow." Chunling cut off the burst candle flowers.
"There are so many files in this case, the sooner I read it, the sooner I can act." Qiao Xiya rubbed her sore eyes, stretched her waist, and looked at the mountains of dossiers in front of her tiredly and slightly desperately, "Chunling, I only have six months. ”
"Don't worry, girl, we're still here." Xia He walked into the room with a tray carrying a small white porcelain bowl, "Girl, try it, Mrs. just ordered the slave maid to cook the green japonica rice and lily lotus seed soup, fresh and dry." ”
"My mother hasn't rested yet?" Qiao Xiya took the small bowl, and the inside was green and white, which was very beautiful.
"Madame said, the girl does not sleep, and she does not sleep. Even if you can't read the file on behalf of the girl, it's good to accompany the girl. ”
"Alas......" Qiao Xiya sighed lightly, "That's it, I can't finish watching it tonight." I also sent a bowl of this lotus seed soup to my mother, and told her that I would go to rest when I drank it, so that she could rest early. ”
"Yes." Xia He was blessed, took the tray, and turned to leave.
There are a lot of files, and the yellowish paper is densely recorded with the missing girl, the more Qiao Xiya looks at it, the more frightened she becomes, she feels that this case is full of weirdness, and the name of the opening chapter alone is a creature that she has never heard of - the mermaid case.
"Hula!" A figure took advantage of the cover of night and flew into the Qiao Mansion compound.
"Who!" As he spoke, a glittering waist knife rested on the figure's neck.
"I, Yao Mingxi." Yao Mingxi ripped off the night clothes on his body and dodged the blade on his neck.
Cang Changchang, the waist knife was put into the sheath, and Qiao San hugged his fists and arched his hands: "It turned out to be Yao Gongzi, it's rude." Qiao San paused, "Yao Gongzi came over the wall at night......"
"Shh Yao Mingxi covered Qiao San's mouth, and hid in the shadow of the wall.
"A few of you, go over there, the rest of the people, surround this yard for me!" There was a noise outside the walls.
"What a sound." The candle flame in the room was lit up a little, and Qiao Xiya's voice came out.
Qiao San took Yao Mingxi along the wall to the window, and said in a low voice, "Girl, it's Yao Gongzi."
The door of the house was opened, Qiao Xiya looked at Yao Mingxi, and then cast her eyes outside the wall: "Coming at you?"
Yao Mingxi nodded.
"Xia He." Qiao Xiya called in a low voice, "Take Yao Gongzi to the secret road." ”
Knock knock! "Open the door, open the door!" As soon as Qiao Xiya's words fell, there was a sound of slamming the door outside the door of the front hall.
Qiao Xiya looked at Qiao San and Chunling, and raised her hand to tie the silk silk of the cloak on her shoulder: "Let's go, go and see."
"Open the door, open the door!" By the time the master and two servants walked to the door, the voice outside the door had changed from a clapping to a kick, "Open the door!" If we don't open it again, we're welcome! ”
Qiao San stepped forward, and when he was about to forcibly bang the door outside, he made a bang, opened the door, and "bang" two palms knocked out the person who fell into the threshold again: "Who is bold, dare to break into a private house at night!"
Qiao San's words fell, and Chunling and Xia He, who came in a hurry, lit four large lanterns inside and outside the door, illuminating the door as bright as day. Qiao Xiya stood behind Qiao San, her eyes were sharp, and her face was as heavy as water.
The people outside the door were stunned, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know whether to enter or not to enter for a while.
"What are you doing here! What about people? A figure hurriedly ran in the night, and the voice was Qiao Xiya's familiar voice.
When people approached, Qiao Xiya smiled coldly: "Steward Yao, don't come unharmed."