Chapter 45: Going to Prison
Xiao Yan still refused to let go, rolled up his sleeves and sneered, he was very familiar with this place, and beckoned a servant and said:
"You, go to the back office and bring the old yellow dog to the master."
The official responded and rushed away, and Xiao Yan turned his head and sneered at Qiao Juncheng, who had just gotten up:
"Old thing, you can prove it to the master later, and see if you are a human or a beast."
The onlookers burst into laughter, Qiao Juncheng's face was flushed, and he struggled to run, but was stopped by Shen Qingyang's subordinates.
Shen Qingyang smiled coldly:
"Master Qiao, today this official is on an errand, you dare to deceive the saint, we have to make this matter clear before you can leave."
As he spoke, Shen Qingyang waved his hand, and several officials dragged Qiao Juncheng out.
Few people in Yu Linwei's cell can get out alive, even if they don't die, they have to shed their skin, Qiao Juncheng naturally knows it, not to mention that he is still a bully.
"Zhuo Wen, quick, go find your grandfather, it's not my business alone, it's not my responsibility alone."
Qiao Juncheng shouted at Qiao Zhuowen, but his eyes stared at Mei Xue resentfully.
Mei Xue has been sitting in the chair with a light face, looking at the excitement like an outsider.
Seeing Qiao Juncheng staring at her, she even smiled very gently.
From the time when Qiao Juncheng said on the bank of the Luoshui River that the Yan family would use "apologies" to atone for the hundreds of members of the Mei family, and from the time she saw Mama Mei's tragic condition, she never thought of forgiving Qiao Juncheng in her heart.
Not the slightest.
She is not Qiao Anyi, but she chooses to remember Qiao Anyi and everyone in the Mei family who died tragically hates this selfish and despicable man in front of her.
Seeing that Qiao Juncheng couldn't be stopped from being dragged away, Qiao Zhuowen wanted to take Yan Shi away, but was stopped by Xiao Yan and others.
Xiao Yan laughed arrogantly:
"Great talent, do you remember what the master told you last time in the Guozi supervisor's classroom?"
Qiao Zhuowen's legs trembled, but his mouth was still tough:
"Xiao Yan, don't deceive people too much, this is Yu Linwei's court, is it possible that you still dare to lynch in front of Lord Shen?"
Shen Qingyang turned a blind eye to Qiao Zhuowen's compliments, and allowed Xiao Yan, Liang Jinsong and others to beat Qiao Zhuowen around.
Behind the screen, Emperor Mingde put down the cup in his hand and said to Li Jinzhi lightly:
"San Lang's age is not young, but his temperament is still so mixed!"
Xiao Yan, a bastard boy, looks smiling on weekdays, but once he starts, he is a bastard.
Emperor Mingde still remembers that when he was a child when he entered the palace to play, he dared to beat his prince and princess.
Li Jinzhi smiled and replied:
"All the way from Shu to the capital, my cousin is very respectful to Miss Mei."
Emperor Mingde smiled, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said to Li Jinyu as he walked towards the side door:
"Let people pass on Yan Yun before entering the palace to see me immediately."
Shen Qingyang finally waved his hand, and only then did the officials step forward and pull Xiao Yan, Liang Jinsong and the others away.
Qiao Zhuowen couldn't walk anymore, and was pulled out half-supported by the officials.
Yan followed behind crying.
The lobby was quiet, and the people outside watched the excitement in the slightest, but no one was noisy anymore.
People all looked at the woman in official uniform quietly, and consciously made way for her, watched her walk to the carriage of the Shu Palace, and watched her take out a skinny old woman from the carriage and walk into the court.
The slender woman hugged an old man with sparse white hair, and slowly walked on the path let out by the crowd, the sun shining on her clear face, no sorrow or joy, indifferent and clear.
In Luoyang, the capital of the evening, there were rumors everywhere about the blood of Yulinwei in the court.
In the brightly lit places, in the various teahouses and restaurants, the storytellers' stories are also roughly the same.
A few years ago, Yan Yuncai, the commander of the second grade, was dismissed for corruption.
The adult males of the Yan family were all assigned to the Liangzhou Frontier, and the rest of the people were not official slaves.
Qiao Juncheng's mother, Yao, took pity on her friend's young daughter, so she ignored the risk and asked her newly married son to take Yan Susu as a concubine before the Yan family was copied.
In the winter of the same year, Qiao Juncheng's wife Mei gave birth to her eldest daughter, Qiao Anyi.
On the winter solstice of the following year, Yan Susu gave birth to dragon and phoenix twins.
In the fifteenth year of Mingde, Yan Yuncai's father and son made great contributions in Liangzhou, and at the same time, the imperial court found out that Yan Yuncai was framed for being caught in a corruption case.
Soon, Yan Yuncai was reinstated.
On the day of his arrival in Beijing, Yan Yuncai immediately wept blood and wrote a letter, grieving that his daughter was a concubine and disgraced the family, and begged the court to allow him to strangle his own daughter.
Emperor Mingde then issued an order and ordered Wupin Tongzhi Qiao Juncheng to take Yan Susu as his wife.
Only two months later, the Japanese raiders ransacked the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang on a large scale, and the Mei family of the Qiantang Wang clan was looted overnight, and the old and the young were tortured and killed.
When the news reached the capital, Mei, who had been depressed for many years, immediately fell ill.
A few days later, on the winter solstice, the Qiao family held a feast to celebrate the birthday of the dragon and phoenix fetus, and Mei died after giving birth to a stillborn baby on the same day.
The waking wood in the storyteller's hand fell with a "snap":
"It is said that the eldest girl of the Qiao family was lost the day before Mrs. Mei's funeral, Mrs. Mei's nurse, that is, Mrs. Mei's aunt, according to Qiao Yan's family, was sent back to Qiantang by her to care for the elderly, but what Mama Mei looks like, I believe everyone has seen it today."
There was a boo from the crowd, and someone smashed the tea bowl with hatred and said:
"It is said that the most poisonous woman's heart, but this poison of the Yan family is still beyond the imagination of ordinary people such as us."
The storyteller smiled meaningfully and continued:
"The old lady of the Qiao family, Mrs. Yao, told her mother's family to bury her back to her hometown when she was dying, and resolutely refused to enter the Qiao family ancestral hall, the deep meaning of this is really intriguing!"
As soon as it was dark, Mei Xue had dinner with Mama Mei, and was walking in the yard to eat with peace, Jiu'er sent her a message for Song Zhijie:
After entering Yu Linwei's cell for just over an hour, Qiao Juncheng confessed, admitting that he did take Xueshi powder, but he said that the medicine was forced to take by Yan Yuwen, the fourth master of the Yan family.
Shen Qingyang immediately took someone to Yan's mansion and kidnapped Yan Yuwen, and it is said that Mrs. Yan was so angry that she vomited blood on the spot.
Jiu'er was very relieved, and while feeding the birds in the cage, he said with a smile:
"Yan Yuncai, the old thief, has invited himself home to recuperate, and His Majesty has also approved it.
I just don't know if Yan is crying for her son and husband at the Qiao family at this time, or crying for her mother and younger brother in the Yan family? ”
Mei Xue was amused by Jiu'er, holding Ping An with one hand, pinching Jiu'er's face with the other and saying:
"This kind of thing can only be said in front of me, and you better pretend to be gentle outside."
Jiu'er laughed louder:
"Don't worry, girl, I'll always remember your words!"
The Qiao family is indeed as Jiu'er guessed, and they are in a mess.
The old man was put into the prison of Yu Linwei, the young master was beaten and lay on the bed and couldn't move, the lady went to the Yan Mansion and didn't come back, and the people were running around the house like headless flies.
Only Qiao Anran was at ease, sitting in front of the small window and drawing his eyebrows carefully.
Yu Shu was panicked, but he didn't dare to speak to Qiao Anran, he only looked at the gate of the courtyard over and over again, hoping that the Yan family would come back soon.
When Yan returned to Qiao's mansion, it was already dark, Qiao Anran was lying on the bed with her back naked, and Yu Shu was carefully applying perfume to her.
Qiao Anran turned his face and saw Yan's face full of haggardness.
"Your grandfather, I'm afraid there is no hope, Your Majesty, Your Majesty may ......"
Yan couldn't go on, and his voice was a little choked.
Qiao Anran smiled, raised his left hand and gently touched Yan's face and said:
"Mother doesn't have to worry, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet soon, you just need to ask my grandmother to find a way to bring me into the palace."
Yan had tears in his eyes, choked up and said:
"He is older than your father, and, and you know the methods of the queen's mother, my mother is afraid...... I'm afraid of you......
As...... Why don't you still be the prince? After all, the queen doesn't want to see the crown princess, and she has not sent people to the East Palace over the years. ”
Qiao Anran smiled softly, changed her posture and asked Yu Shu to continue applying to her, while she supported her head with her hands, looked at the crescent moon hanging in the window and said:
"Mother, we have no other way. It's all the same as being a concubine, so why not find a more useful one?
Everything we have is ruined in the hands of that slut, but how many people in this world can control her now?
For the rest of my life, I will only live for Mei Xue, that slut, I want to make her life worse than death, I want her to kneel in front of me every day and kowtow and beg. ”
Speaking of this, Qiao Anran suddenly "giggled" and laughed, raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Shi and said:
"The queen is powerful, but she is old, as long as I can hold the heart of that old man, will I still be afraid of her as an old woman?"
Yan Shi gritted her teeth and closed her eyes vigorously, waved her hand to let Yu Shu go out first, and then she took out a piece of paper from her sleeve with trembling hands and handed it to Qiao Anran and said:
"Your grandmother has treasured this recipe for many years. You memorize it, and then you destroy it immediately, and you must not be seen. ”
Qiao Anran smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand and pinched the yellowed piece of paper.