Rebirth of marriage

After his entourage, Mrs. Cao San, left perfunctorily, Cao Zhicheng said again, "Go to Dali Temple to urge Wu Chong. What is the progress of my Cao family's murder case now? I still hope that they will conclude the case early so that my mother can be buried in peace. "

He said these words with a smile, and his back felt chilly as he listened.

He knew very well that he had to listen to these words in reverse. The first assistant looked forward to the case being settled later than anyone else, so that the funeral could be delayed longer. The old lady was not buried, so the first assistant did not have to report Ding You to the court.

This is the result that the first assistant wants.

But he didn't know why the chief assistant smiled so cheerfully. The chief assistant had been a little abnormal these days. Abnormally, he was a little worried whether the chief assistant would suddenly go crazy.

Even if you don't understand, you still have to do what the master told you.

Cao Zhicheng looked at his leaving back, laughed again, and saw the confusion flash across his face.

But he would not explain to his servants that the reason why he was laughing was because he knew that the assassins were King Xiao and the others. Wu Chong was now in cahoots with King Xiao, so he would not catch the real murderer.

Then, he has the final say about Ding You.

He thought that when Gu Xiao sneaked into Cao's house to assassinate him, he probably didn't expect that he would use this method to delay.

"Gu Xiao, I really want to see the annoyance on your face when you are trapped in a cocoon." He whispered, and then he laughed uncontrollably.

He said that in the future duels between him and Gu Xiao Xiejiu, he would only win.

The two servants guarding the door looked at each other. After hesitation, one of them carefully closed the door. The bodies of the old lady and Mr. Chengwang were still placed in the mourning hall. It would be bad if people heard the chief minister's laughter.

However, Cao Shoufu's smile didn't last long before he was interrupted.

Wu Chong came to the house in person to explain the progress of the case.

On the night of the incident, a beggar spotted several men in black walking out of a house. The men in black were still holding swords in their hands. Wu Chong got the news and took the people to the house himself.

The house was not big, and was only guarded by a mute slave. Officials from Dali Temple did find traces of people coming in and out of the house. The most important thing was that there was a secret passage in the house, and that secret passage led to the Cao Mansion.

The Cao family covers a large area, and he didn't know exactly where it led to the Cao mansion, so he came to say hello to Cao's chief minister first, and then asked the Dali Temple officials to emerge from the secret passage.

Only the Cao family dared to dig a secret tunnel in the Cao family. Cao Zhicheng subconsciously wanted to refuse, but how could Wu Chong give him a chance to refuse? He sent a signal in the air, and the official waiting in the house descended the secret tunnel.

This secret passage had already been entered when they found the house, and Gu Xiao had already told him where the secret passage led.

He came today to give Cao Zhicheng an 'explanation'. The two of them waited in the main hall for less than a cup of tea.

The official climbed out from the secret passage, and the housekeeper of the Cao Mansion ran to the main hall with sweat on his forehead and told Cao Shoufu, "This is the courtyard of the third room, the courtyard where the third master used to take a nap."

Is there really a secret passage?Or is it Lao San’s yard?

Cao Zhicheng's eyes tightened.

Wu Chong stood up slowly and smiled, "I have been checking for the past few days, but I really can't find any other masters who can enter the Cao family's house without being discovered by the Cao family's secret guards. It turns out that they are secret guards." road."

After saying that, no matter how ugly Cao Zhicheng's face was, he looked at the official who was following him and asked, "Whose house does that belong to? Have you found out?"

The official said to himself, "Didn't we check clearly before we came to Cao's house? Your Excellency, this is just another act."

However, he quickly said respectfully, "My subordinates just found out that the house is the dowry of the second wife of the Cao family in the south of the city."

"The Cao family in the south of the city?" He looked at Cao Zhicheng, "Isn't that the chief minister's family? We are... the same family. Why can't we do it openly and have to go underground?"

Cao Zhicheng also wanted to know if there was something that the third child needed to contact through the secret channel. He couldn't help but think of the mole thing again. But among the four brothers, the third child was the most loyal to him, but he secretly communicated with him at home. A secret passage still has something to do with my family.

What does he want to do?

Before Cao Zhicheng could figure it out, he heard Wu Chong say again, "The secret passage is in the courtyard of the third master of the Cao family, and it should have been dug by the third master of the Cao family.

I heard that the third master of the Cao family has the best relationship with the chief assistant. I guess he does things under the orders of the chief assistant. Can the chief assistant tell me what the secret passage does and who knows about it?

It is related to the murder of the old lady and Mr. Ling. I have to investigate clearly, or ask the chief assistant to allow me to bring the people from your third room to ask questions. Mr. Cao can't do it himself, there will always be some shame. People are informed. "

Cao Zhicheng was very angry, angry at Wu Chong's cynicism, angry at Cao Laosan's concealment, and even more angry that the servants in the mansion had divorced him. Even if they were assigned to the third room, they only had him as their master. Hidden from him.

Cao Zhicheng was still shocked. There really was a ghost in the house, otherwise Gu Xiao knew about this secret passage unintentionally. If there was no one who knew the Cao family's defense to lead the way, someone would also be on the way from the third room to the yard of his mother and Cheng Wang. Discover.

He still has sense and knows that the family scandal should not be made public, but this is what Wu Chong came for today. He reported the case. Can he stop Wu Chong from investigating the case?cannot.

If the case was dropped and the investigation was conducted by oneself, the funeral would have to be done immediately, but no news came from Di Rong, and the Qi family did not arrive in the capital so quickly.

Besides, Wu Chong's words were just a formality. While he was thinking about it, the third lady and several important stewards of the third room were brought over by Dali Temple officials.

When handling the case in Dali Temple, there was no signal from the chief assistant, and it was difficult for the guards to stop it.

Cao Zhicheng could only watch Wu Chong questioning the third room with a sullen expression. When he heard the third wife saying that she had only discovered the secret passage in the morning, he was so angry that he almost vomited out blood.

This stupid woman, couldn't she tell him what was going on?

It made him think that she was disturbing him for that trivial matter again. If he had known about the secret passage before Wu Chong came, why would he be so passive.

When he heard from Mr. Cao's personal entourage that he had dug the tunnel just for a private meeting with the second wife of the Cao family in the south of the city, the old blood rushed to his throat and his heart beat violently again.

The servants of the third room didn't know who the assassin was or who the mole was, and Wu Chong had no intention of continuing the interrogation. The shadowy figures were the most disturbing.

Looking at Cao Zhicheng's liver-colored face, Wu Chong twitched the corner of his mouth. He remembered that before setting off, Lin Shu approached him and told him in his ear that Cao Zhicheng was not in good health and could not be angry. He would die if he got angry.

But he is still useful to Xie Jiu now and cannot die.

He frowned slightly, as if her unique herbal fragrance was still lingering on the tip of his nose, and left Cao Mansion with the officials in a good mood.

What will Cao Zhicheng think of based on this secret passage, and what kind of conflicts will he cause with the Cao family in the south of the city? Whether the Cao family can fall apart because of this, they only need to sit on the mountain and watch the ghost fight.

Well, he had to go back quickly and tell Lin Shu what happened here in person.

An hour later, Xie Jiu learned about what happened in the Cao family from Lin Shu. She smiled and said, "When you treat Mrs. Lin, please tell the boss about this."

"Okay." Lin Shu also smiled, "Stretch out your hand."

Xie Jiu obediently stretched out her arm and let Lin Shu take her pulse. There was always a faint smile on her face, as if a light was blooming from her face.

After a while, Lin Shu put down his hand, straightened her sleeves, nodded slightly, and the two of them smiled knowingly.

Lin Shu sighed, "You have become more beautiful and softer these days."

"So have you recently." Xie Jiu teased her back. It seemed that she and Wu Chong were getting along well recently.

This time Lin Shu was not coy. The two had a private conversation before Lin Shu got up and went to Lin's house.

In the following days, Xie Jiu never went out except to visit Lou Qi once and Mrs. Lin once. However, three members of her natal family came to Prince Xiao's Mansion from time to time to accompany her.

Cao Zhicheng also calmed down. Xie Jiu had a rare period of calm, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for Gu Xiao to return to Beijing.

After Gu Xiao went to the palace to report his duties, he hurried back to the mansion. He hadn't seen his wife for a month. He missed her so much that when he saw her, he hugged her into his arms and sought her lips.

But Xie Jiu resisted him with his hand.

Meeting Gu Xiao's puzzled eyes, she grabbed his hand and slowly and gently pressed it against her belly, looking at him with tears in her eyes.