Liu Ya had a very bloody dream.

In the dream, the moment Yuwen Qiu's voice fell, she slammed him in the neck, then dismembered him and threw him to feed the dogs.

When she woke up in a daze, and saw the face of the underwhelming in her dream swaying vigorously in front of her, she was stunned for a long time before she reacted, and she wanted to cry without tears and covered her head with the quilt, "Where did you come from, such a ghost!"

"It's a clear day today, I'll take you somewhere. Yuwen Qiuye said with a smile.

Liu Ya didn't want to refuse, "Don't go." ”

"Sprouts. ”

“...... "Did she kill his whole family in her last life, or did she borrow money from him and didn't pay it back, and tortured her like this in this life?"

Liu Ya covered her ears and arched into the quilt, but his voice calling her name was higher than the other, softer than the other, and the goosebumps in her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys came out and danced the hula, and in the end she could only lose the battle and raise the white flag to surrender, grinding her teeth and saying, "My surname is Liu Mingya, I don't mind if you call me Miss Liu or Miss Liu Er or Liu Ya, please don't disgust me, thank you for the whole family!"

"That's a lot of life. Yuwen Qiuye bent his eyes and said, "We are obviously already in a relationship." ”

Liu Ya couldn't hold back any longer, and was about to pinch his neck, but he took advantage of his height to take her into his arms, and touched her head like a soothing grumpy kitten, "Do you want me to help you dress?"

"......" Liu Ya, who had always struggled, squeezed out a sonorous word from between his teeth, "Get out!!"

**

The carriage stopped at the Three Bachelor's Pavilion on the outskirts of the city.

Liu Ya frowned and watched Yuwen Qiupage lead her up the slope, after about a stick of incense, he saw that in the sea of camellias, which was very well kept, there was a small house built next to the old locust tree, which seemed to have been deserted, he walked closer, put the pastries and wine jugs in the food box under the tree, turned back and smiled with her:

"This is my mother. ”

Then he turned his head and said, "Mother, this is Ya'er." ”

“......”

Liu Ya was suffocated for a long time before she found her frightened voice, "Isn't Concubine Ning buried in the imperial mausoleum?"

"Concubine Ning, who was posthumously sealed, is my sister-in-law. "She and my mother are twins, and they are exactly the same." ”

"Before the 'cliff', my mother had been poisoned and died, and my aunt had a plan to hide from the world and was secretly buried here. ”

Everyone knows that Yuwen Qiupage, the Ye King, was personally taken back to the palace by Emperor Jiayi at the age of twelve, and his mother-in-law, who was born in a military general's family, was posthumously named Concubine Ning's mother, before that, no one knew that the outer disciple of Hongyun Temple was actually a serious royal bloodline - without the Ning family, Emperor Jiayi not only could not ascend the throne, but may have even been buried in the calculation.

But on the second day after Emperor Jiayi ascended the throne, the Ning family was accused of treason by the imperial history and the Taifu and the military department, and the family was copied, no one knew the daughter of the Ning family, and the martyred Emperor Jiayi had already worshipped the church, and had a son, the twin sisters were rescued, and they were hidden in Yangzhou.

However, those who don't deserve to die are already dead, so what's the use of overturning the case.

Yuwen Qiupage, who was taken back to the palace by Emperor Jiayi, was raised under the knees of He Guifei, who came from the Lu State Mansion and had an elegant and graceful temperament, although he had not been treated harshly, but he wanted to experience harmonious family affection, but he was restricted by the age of sensibility, and the two parties could only remain in a polite relationship.

Liu Ya didn't know why he told her this, and he didn't dare to ask, for fear that if he asked, he would really be involved with her, just listen to it, and in silence, he suddenly said meaningfully, "The news from Beijing will come to Yangzhou, and it will only take six days at the slowest time, and if it is blocked, it will take about ten days." ”

"From the time I left Beijing to Yangzhou, today is exactly the tenth day, Ya'er, what news do you least want to hear?"

For some reason, Liu Ya suddenly had a bad premonition, this premonition was like an ant who was ordered to gnaw on her heart, and after pressing it hard, she climbed up tirelessly, "What does the door master think I least want to hear?"

Yuwen Qiuye looked at her silently.

Liu Ya turned around to leave, but heard his low voice come over and say, "The Ning family is the victim of the last battle, of course, not only them, but many people, they don't even know why they died and who they died for, just like Liu Ruyan, who has long been forgotten in the annals of history, and Jiang Yuguo, who has left traces in the annals of history but is easily erased. ”

One is the ancestor of the Liu family, and the other is her grandfather who died on the battlefield, Liu Ya's heart trembled, and she looked at his gaze to explore, yes, the ancestor of the Liu family was indeed an official, but specifically, she was really a little junior, she really didn't know, she only knew that she had been a merchant since her great-grandfather's generation, and her grandfather was a very famous general, but unfortunately her uncle did not inherit the mantle and also became a businessman.

"What the hell do you mean?"

"Ya'er is so smart, I know, you'll soon understand. After speaking, he picked up the empty food box and took the lead in returning.

Just as he was about to pass her, Liu Ya grabbed his hand, "My meat that has finally gained weight is carefully raised, I really don't want to be gone, you have to guess every word and guess the life you like, but it is not what I want, the land is full of noble and rich families, there are people who are smarter than me and better than me, why force me?"

"Only you dare to plunge into my flesh and take root in a dignified place. Yuwen Qiuye lowered his eyes and looked at her and chuckled, "Besides, you seduced me first." ”

"When did I seduce you?" Liu Ya was so angry that she almost laughed.

"When you first met, you touched my chest with your hand, and when you parted, you kissed my lips and teeth. ”

The sullen breath that Liu Ya held in her throat almost choked herself, "Your ability to reverse black and white is really outstanding!"

"Thanks for the compliment. ”

“......”

**

Descending the slope, Liu Ya got into the carriage.

Yuwen Qiuye talked with the old man who took care of the camellia at the foot of the slope, and only returned after half a cup of tea to set off.

But instead of going back to the city, he went around to the nearby low hills, and he got off the road, "Let's take a look on the way, maybe I can find some clues to solve the case." ”

The low mountain has been sealed by the prefect's yamen, because the case is serious and has not yet been solved, there is a yacha here day and night to guard, they saw Yuwen Qiupage out of the six doors of the token, immediately respectfully invited the two into the fence surrounded by the farm, where chickens, ducks, geese, fish and pigs are all clear, and then farther away near the stream of the plot, planted many fruits and vegetables, a ginger field has just sprouted.

There is also a fairly new wooden house above the mountain, Yacha said, "Before the Loulan Pavilion opened, Boss Zou and they all lived here, and then only a few workers in charge of breeding and planting still lived here by chance, they were all nearby villagers, and they all went home in the evening, and only took turns to keep vigil to prevent theft." ”

There is only one and a half floors in the wooden house, and there are ten small rooms downstairs, and the upper half floor is where Boss Zou and the proprietress Sun live.

Yuwen Qiuye slowly glanced around, and his seemingly casual gaze suddenly stopped under the bed, "There's a box-"

Liu Ya and Yacha both looked at it, but they couldn't see anything, and Liu Ya looked at it again and again, and saw a faint black shadow imprinted on the dust.

Yachahu leaned over suspiciously and groped, and really fished out a wooden box, but after opening it, the contents made the three of them stunned, especially Yacha himself, his face instantly turned red, "This-" It really stained his pure eyes, and it was all those of different shapes and sizes, as well as whips and candles, and some utensils that looked very strange and shameful.

Yuwen Qiuye was also speechless unexpectedly.

Only Liu Ya did not have the slightest consciousness of being a daughter's family, posing appropriately shy, but carefully looking at the things inside, it is not strange for the husband and wife to increase the interest with strange utensils, and it is even normal for the relationship of some years, but the wooden root the size of a man's arm is too much.

The uniform signs of wear on it indicate that it is often used, but such a thing is only tortured when put into the tender stamens.

While thinking, the light was blocked, and a warm thick flesh palm tightly covered her eyes, gently carrying her out of the room, and the voice that seemed to be laughing and not laughing drilled into her ears in a low and deep voice, "Don't learn badly." ”

Liu Ya rolled her eyes and grabbed his hand, withdrew from his arms, and snorted disdainfully, "It's you-" She paused deliberately before continuing, "I've seen a lot of them, so why care about those strange shapes in the box, besides, as long as there are no distractions, they are no different from floating clouds." After saying that, he went straight downstairs and looked around.

I heard Yuwen Qiuye, who was following her, say slowly, "The mountain keeper told me that on the night of the fourth day of the new year, I saw a suspicious fire here, but because of the torrential rain, I didn't see it really, and I didn't take it seriously at the time. ”

Therefore, he deliberately went around to see if the environment could provide evidence, but unfortunately the heavy rain and light rain continued before the summer, if there was anything, it had already been washed away, Liu Ya wanted to speak, but the corner of his eye was pierced by a strong light, frowning and looking at the pigsty not far away that seemed to have something flickering.

When they got closer, they smelled a strange stench, and Liu Ya summoned the yacha and ordered, "Move these pigs away." ”

Yacha covered his nose and turned pale, "Girl, I, I, I, I haven't driven a pig, I don't know what to do-"

"Knocked out and dragged out. This abnormal stench made Yuwen Qiuye frown.

Yacha cried and mourned his bruised face, and with great effort, he finally moved the twenty-two pigs out of the pigsty, and just ran to the distance to catch two breaths of fresh air, and couldn't help but spit it out, he heard Liu Ya instruct again, "Fetch some water." ”

It was good that he didn't look back, but when he turned around, he felt something rushing out of his upside-down stomach and vomited.

I saw that Liu Ya was very serious in pulling the pile of pig that had been trampled by the pigs, picking out the small bones from it, and then went to check the dirty and filthy trough, rummaging for half a sound, and actually lifted out a piece of rotten human flesh from the crack in the ditch below.

As soon as he thought of what the pig had eaten, Yacha even spit out the jaundice water, trembling and trembling on his legs, bringing water.

After washing the things she had found one by one, she examined the rotten instep that was only half the size of a palm, "Her bones here are deformed, the bottom is bent like a hollow, obviously disabled, and the cut marks are the same as the parts found before." ”

He also pointed to the small fragments, "These are the toes, and the second small phalanges have severe atrophy, which should be caused by its restriction for many years." She picked up the small silver ring with black marks and said, it was it that attracted light and pierced her eyes.

"What a big hatred is it? After killing people, they split up their bodies and threw them to feed the pigs!"

"I dreamed last night that I would dismember your body and throw it to feed the dogs. Liu Ya seemed to be full of regret, this is not realistic, and smiled.

Yuwen Qiuye inexplicably felt that his limbs and bones were a little painful, "......"

At this moment, a laugh rang out.

Liu Ya raised her head, and saw Yao Pingshi and a dozen or so yacha walking towards this side, and said, "Don't you mind if I watch you investigate the case?"

"As long as you're not afraid, the process is boring and turbid. Liu Ya shrugged his shoulders indifferently, washed the dirt from his gloves, and looked at Yuwen Qiuye, who was about to drive back to the city to call the yacha to help, "Don't you suspect that Boss Zou died here, why don't you order it quickly?"

Yuwen Qiuye said, "A few of you look at the mountains facing Tusi Slope inch by inch, and you must be careful to see if there are any remnants of corpses in the farm, and then there is a crime of omission to punish the crime of blasphemy." ”

"Yes!" the spirits of the officials immediately stirred, and they all longed to search for more eyes.

Yao Pingshi saw Liu Ya disemboweling those fainting pigs, her demeanor was meticulous and focused, her movements were neat and elegant, and she couldn't imagine that she was actually a wealthy and pampered young lady who had not touched her fingers since she was a child, and it was even more difficult to stack the soft and cowardly child who was easy to cry as a child with her.

"Why would Miss Liu want to engage in work?" Yao Pingshi suddenly asked, it was rumored in Beijing that she was also good at medicine, and brought back to life the leg of the prince of Zhenguo Mansion who was determined to be abolished by half of the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital.

Liu Ya, who was digging the pig's internal organs, didn't raise his head and said, "General Yao wants to know, I'm afraid I want to ask the shameless owner of the six doors." She sneered, "After all, I don't know why a rich lady like me would do such a hard and dirty job." ”

Yao Pingshi looked at Yuwen Qiupage in surprise, only to hear him raise his eyebrows meaningfully, "Ya'er is shy, and I will be embarrassed." ”

Liu Ya glared at the ambiguous aura he revealed, "You 'coerce' me, four words, why are you embarrassed to say it?"

"I thought you meant we'd kissed on the mouth—"

"Yuwen Qiuye!" he did it on purpose!

Liu Ya's gaze like a knife passed through the ambiguous aura that was shattered, and shot towards Yuwen Qiuye with an innocent face.

Even though Yuwen Qiu's words were cut off by Liu Ya sharply, Yao Pingshi still understood this half of the sentence, and before he could speak, he heard Yacha shout in surprise, "There is a discovery here!!"

Liu Ya stuffed the innards back into the pig's belly and washed the blood off her gloves before walking towards the source of the sound.

I saw a few small corpse insects moving on the dark brown mud with gray fertilizer under several large water tanks next to the newly planted ginger field.

The yacha removed the water tank and carefully dug through the earth, until it was more than two feet deep, and only then did he see a mottled charred corpse in front of him.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised and wanted to lift the charred corpse, but Liu Ya hurriedly stopped, "Don't move yet." "Jump down and examine it carefully.

She said slowly, "The deceased man, about forty to forty-five years old, was burned alive after the vertebrae of his lower back were broken by a heavy object, and he lost his mobility and was burned alive. ”

Liu Ya wanted to check the black charcoal around her again, and a panting anxious shout sounded one after another, "Second Miss!"

Liu Ya, who was squatting, got up and looked at the people who came, and the family of Liufu wiped his sweat and said, "The eldest young master, please go back to the house immediately!!"

Liu Ya remembered the inexplicable words of Yuwen Qiupage when she was Tusipo, "Is there a letter from Beijing at home today?"

"Yes!" replied the housekeeper.

Liu Ya was about to leave, but after taking a step, she looked back at Yuwen Qiu, "I want to know the person who blocked it, is it you?"

"It's not. For the first time, the cool voice was unequivocal.

Willow Bud strode away.

**

When Liu Ya returned home in the sunset, she felt that the atmosphere was heavy, and she went straight to Liu Gui's study.

I saw him staring intently at a letter spread out on the table, and it wasn't until Liu Ya approached that he reacted.

But before he could say anything, Liu Ya had already picked up the letter and looked at it, and the confusion in his eyes gradually turned into disbelief, "No, it's impossible! How could the second brother be killed while suppressing the bandits! I want to go to Beijing to see——"

"No!" a deep voice sounded indifferently at the door.

Liu Ya raised her trembling eyes and called, "Dad-"

"You can't enter Beijing again. ”

"The Du brothers regard me as their own sister, and now that they have something, I can't ignore it!"

Father Liu was unmoved, "I have made you willful once before, this time, my father must not let you act arbitrarily again!"

"Dad, they are the ones who accompany your daughter and protect her when you and your brother are not at home!

"For the sake of the Liu family, this can only be the case!" Father Liu interrupted without beak, "If you still have my father in your heart, be obedient!" He saw that his daughter, who had been stubborn since she was a child and had never shown weakness when she was bullied, was in tears at this time, and her pretending to be cold and hard was softer, "His first seven years have passed, what can you do if you enter Beijing?"

"His first seven years have passed, what else can I do when I enter Beijing, you-" Liu Ya pursed her lips and choked, "What are you afraid of?"

Father Liu never doubted her intelligence, but he didn't expect her to be so transparent, "Since you know that your father can't help herself-"

- Plop.

Liu Ya knelt down and said, "When I was eight years old, it was winter, I was critically ill with a high fever, there was no medicine available in the city, in the middle of the night, the elder brother and the second brother of the prince ignored the cold of the winter night, looking for medicine everywhere in the suburbs of the city; ”

"In the summer of the same year, I couldn't resist my curiosity, and went to explore the mountains according to the book, and encountered wild beasts, and it was the elder brother and the second brother who saved me regardless of the danger of their lives, one hand was seriously injured, and one leg was almost lame. ”

"When I was ten years old, my father and brother came back, but they left again after only half a day, knowing that you were going to Qingshui Town, I secretly left home to find you, but I was caught by the gangsters, I was worried about me, and the brother and second brother who followed me rescued me again, like this kind of thing, all over my childhood, they regarded me as a sister, and sacrificed themselves to save me three or four times. ”

"I can't even see the last side of my second brother—" Liu Ya repeatedly wiped her tears and sobbed.

Liu Gui said movingly, "Dad-"

Father Liu's face was very tight, because he was also afraid that he couldn't help but be moved, and he opened his mouth several times before finding his indifferent voice, "It's not that my father won't let you worship him, it's just that now is not the time, after some time, my father will go with you and make amends in front of his grave." ”

"Daddy!"

Liu Ya wanted to plead again, but Liu's father had already turned around and instructed the maid waiting outside the door, "You are so good at looking at the second young lady, you must not let her step out of the house half a step, and those who are not well guarded will be punished for thirty years, deduct half a year's monthly salary, and be punished for Zhuangzi's rough work!"

After finishing his words, he walked away quickly.

Liu Ya hurriedly got up and chased out, but she tripped over the threshold, and the whole person fell to the ground, even her chin was bruised, and her little face wrinkled with pain, but she still stubbornly gritted her teeth and begged to stop and support her father, "Dad, my daughter please-"

"Anything else can make you willful for your father, but when it comes to the Liu family, my father can't be confused and ask hundreds of people to die with you!" Father Liu didn't want to look at her face full of embarrassment, and handed her over to the maid and didn't forget to advise, "Please ask the doctor to come and treat the second lady." ”

When Liu Ya pushed aside the maid who had repeatedly blocked her, Liu's father was nowhere to be seen, she wiped her tears and turned to look at Liu Gui, "Brother!"

Liu Gui couldn't stand it, lowered his eyes and clenched his fists, his nails were almost in the flesh of his palm, and he closed his eyes and said, "Study." ”

Thunder began to crack the night that had just come.

Liu Ya looked at Liu's father's study door who couldn't knock on it, "If Dad doesn't agree, the daughter will kneel until Dad agrees, if she unfortunately bleeds to death, Dad doesn't need to make amends to the second brother, just bury me next to the tombstone of the second brother!" She resolutely knelt in the unobstructed courtyard.

The bean-sized rain crackled and smashed to the ground along the exploding thunder, and finally covered her slender and stubborn figure mercilessly, and the scattered blood tirelessly sank into the white clothes, and then staggered and fell to the ground, blending with the endless raindrops, so that people could not tell whether it was blood or rain.

Liu Ya gritted her teeth, ignoring the pain in her jaw, and ignoring the dissatisfaction of the knee she had just bruised, she stubbornly straightened her waist and looked at the study door intently.

I don't know how long I knelt down, how long it rained, how long I had been bleeding, Liu Ya only felt that her vision was a little shaky, and suddenly felt that the tick that fell on her head was blocked, and she looked up blankly and saw Yuwen Qiuye standing beside her, shielding her with an umbrella.

"All of this is as you wish. ”

"What else are you doing?" Liu Ya desperately tried to resist the dizziness that kept coming, but pulling the wound with one mouth made her eyes dark.