"Miss Jiang, are you okay?" Qi Chengshuo hurriedly asked.

"It's fine." Shook his head slightly: "You have also seen the origin of the bronze mask, it was handed over to your grandfather by a high monk, and your grandfather also gave Huangjue Temple a lot of sesame oil money, this matter has nothing to do with him, but ...... The man who had dealings with the monk must have nothing to do with it. ”

"That's my second uncle." Qi Chengshuo said in a deep voice.

This matter turned out to be related to the second uncle, but I don't know who the second uncle colluded with and wanted to harm Qi Jiu.

Although he shouted "Uncle Jiu", in fact, Qi Jiu is just his cousin, but the middle-aged man he sees in the picture is his second uncle.

My grandfather had three sons and one daughter.

His father is a descendant and the heir of Duanwangfu, but it's a pity...... His father had always been frail and sickly, and he died when he was ten years old.

Grandfather did not let the second and third uncles inherit the title, but made him the son of Duanwangfu.

My grandfather also gave the emperor an excerpt, saying that when he turned sixty next year, he would pass on the title to him.

At that time, Qi Chengshuo will be the Duanwang of the Eight Classics.

He knew that his two uncles had always been unwilling, but he didn't expect the second uncle to collude with others and want to kill Qi Jiu.

Once the bronze mask he brought burned Qi Jiu to death, the emperor would definitely be angry with him, and he would definitely not be able to keep the title of the prince of the king.

Not only can't he keep his title, but maybe he can't even save his life.

The second uncle will be able to get the support of the people behind him and become the next Duanwang.

It's really a two-bird solution.

"Thank you, Miss Jiang, for your help." Qi Chengshuo made a gesture at Jiang Xianya, took the bronze mask and left.

……

At the same time, in the yamen, Huang Wenjian, the magistrate, was interrogating Ye Qingze.

Xu Qianniang's parents and Ye Qingze's father and second uncle observed.

"Ye Qingze, did you know this Xu Qianniang before?" Huang Wenjian slapped the startled wood and asked loudly.

Ye Qingze has already passed the children's test and is a talent, Huang Wenjian didn't let him kneel, but just let him stand and reply.

"If you go back to the county adult, the student knows Xu Qianniang."

As soon as he said this, Tailor Xu and his wife wanted to rush over again, but they were blocked by those officials.

"If you dare to roar in court again, the official will let people kick you out." Huang Wenjian turned his head and scolded.

When Tailor Xu heard this, he had no choice but to grab his wife.

"The student and Xu Qianniang grew up together in this town, they used to play together when they were young, and they naturally knew him, but there is a difference between men and women, since they grew up, the students have kept a distance from Xu Qianniang and have never interacted." Ye Qingze arched his hand and said loudly.

Although the people of the Great Yan Dynasty were civilized, the great defense of men and women must be guarded.

Xu Qianniang is two years younger than him, Ye Qingze liked to play with Xu Qianniang when he was a child, and there were many people who played with them, and when they grew up, there was a difference between men and women.

"Last winter, about the seventh day of the lunar month, the students came back from the children's examination, and met Xu Qianniang who was walking back after washing her clothes by the river in the east of the town, she suddenly grabbed the student's sleeve and stuffed a note to the student."

"What's up there?" Huang Wenjian hurriedly asked.

"A love poem." Ye Qingze did not hide it, and explained it honestly.

Xu Qianniang didn't go to the school to study, but just bought a few books to learn by herself, and the writing was crooked, of course Ye Qingze remembered it very clearly.

Writing love poems is a matter that damages the reputation of his daughter's family, Ye Qingze knew that saying it would have some impact on Xu Qianniang, but he had to say it.

He didn't want to be charged with murder.

"You're talking nonsense, my daughter has always been strict with the rules, how could she write that kind of thing for you?" Aunt Li was suddenly anxious.

Her innocent daughter died so miserably, and she had to be slandered and poured dirty water on her, Aunt Li's heart was like a knife.

"Where is the poem?" Huang Wenjian asked.

"It's burned, it's about the innocence of my daughter's family, and the students don't want others to know." Ye Qingze hurriedly shook his head.

Since then, Xu Qianniang has pestered him many times, but he is so focused on reading that he has never thought about the love between men and women.

He is seventeen years old this year, and his family did not kiss him, because Ye Qingze had already made up his mind that he would not marry a wife before the age of twenty, and he would study hard, strive to be promoted as soon as possible, and even become a jinshi.

He wants to glorify his ancestors, and he wants to be the support of his family.

"Yesterday afternoon, Xu Qianniang came to the school to find me over the wall, there was only one person in the house at that time, my aunt fainted, my grandfather took the second brother and the third brother and they rushed to the backyard, I was going to go, just because I was sitting behind, I ran slower, and I tripped over the bench because I was anxious, and when I got up, I was the only one in the house, and Xu Qianniang came in at that time."

Hearing Ye Qingze say that his daughter actually climbed over the wall to find him, of course the two tailors Xu and his wife didn't believe it, the two were so anxious, but they didn't dare to speak again, lest they be kicked out by the magistrate.

"She told me that her father was going to marry her to her cousin, saying that her cousin was addicted to gambling and had an affair with a widow in the village, and she didn't want to marry, but they were destined to marry since childhood, even if he and she cried and made trouble, his father and mother did not change their mind, and she asked me to take her to elope."

"This is nonsense, I rejected her, she dragged me away, and pulled the amulet around my neck away, she said that it was my promise to her, and said that she would bring it back to her father and mother, and let me marry her, and she ran away after she finished speaking."

The student was busy visiting his aunt in the backyard, so he didn't chase after him to get the amulet back, and then ...... The student's grandfather was sick and vomited blood, and the family was in a panic, and the student did not have time to report the matter to his parents, so he got up this morning...... I heard my aunt come back and report that a female corpse had been found by the river......"

Ye Qingze truthfully explained everything he knew.

He really didn't kill Xu Qianniang.

"Where's the work?" Huang Wenjian turned his head and asked.

"I've finished my experience, and I'm waiting outside." He Zhutou hurriedly said.

"Tell her to come in and ask for questions." Huang Wenjian patted the shocked wood and said loudly.

"Yes." He Zhutou answered, and a moment later, the maid in charge of the autopsy came in.

This is the rule in the yamen of the Great Yan Dynasty, when a woman dies, the female servant will conduct an autopsy.

"Lord Qiyu, although this Xu Qianniang was smashed on the head and bleeding, and her face was smashed, but the cause of her death was choked to death by water, someone pressed her head into the water and choked her to death, Xu Qianniang has obvious finger prints on the back of her neck."

"In addition to this, she had been defiled, and judging by the wounds on her head and face, she died yesterday night, around the wee hours of the morning."