Qin Jingchang's crying finally stopped.

Ji Wei was startled by the sound and his body shook violently.

The man beside him remained expressionless, and moved the wolf-hair brush in his hand as smoothly as flowing water, until he finished the last stroke of the last word with a steady movement.

After putting down the wolf hair brush, he said calmly, "Go and take a look."

Ji Wei quickly bowed his head and said, "Yes."

Ji Wei went out, and soon came back in a panic, saying, "Master, Qin Jingchang committed suicide by hitting the wall."

The man raised his clear and cold eyes and looked at Ji Wei.

Ji Wei suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and the panic just now disappeared immediately.

The man's expression remained unchanged. He handed the file in his hand to Ji Wei and said, "Drag the man out and bury him. This case can be closed."

Ji Wei quickly bowed his head and took the file with both hands.

Before he could stand up, he heard his master order him again: "Report Cheng Mao's affairs to the emperor truthfully. Colluding with bandits and killing civilians is an unforgivable crime."

"During this period of time, you will stay in Jinzhou for the time being. Wait for the emperor's order to come down, and then make a decision."

Ji Wei looked a little hesitant, and replied: "However, there is no evidence that Cheng Mao colluded with the bandits, and he made great contributions in suppressing the bandits a few days ago. He is the most favored student of Grand Tutor Wei, and I am afraid that Grand Tutor Wei will unite with other students in the court to protect his innocence."

The man's eyes flashed, and then he chuckled, took out a small roll of silk from his sleeve pocket, held it between two fingers, and placed it on the file held by Ji Wei, "You just heard that those banknotes are fake. This is the list of gifts that Cheng Mao sent to the capital this time. In addition to Grand Tutor Wei, quietly spread this news to them."

Ji Wei immediately smiled and quickly replied yes.

*

As soon as Qin Shu walked out of the prison, Liu Yinghua rushed over and reached out to pull her.

Separated from her by two guards on the left and right, the two maids quickly helped Qin Shu walk towards the carriage.

Liu Yinghua cried out at the top of her lungs behind him, "He is your uncle! He is your biological uncle, please save him..."

Qin Shu didn't look back.

Liu Yinghua's crying gradually faded away.

Until you can no longer hear it.

Qin Anwen pulled Liu Yinghua's sleeve and whispered, "Mom, I'm cold and hungry."

They had not eaten or drunk anything for two days and one night, and were wearing only thin clothes.

It snowed yesterday, and the two had been waiting outside for so long that they were not only hungry, but also frozen.

Liu Yinghua looked down at her young son, whose face had turned blue from the cold, and held him in her arms. She raised her hands to warm his ears, and finally made up her mind, "Let's go to your uncle's house first, and then come back to see your father in a few days."

The two of them supported each other and slowly disappeared at the end of the street.

Qin Shu left the government office, lifted the curtain and looked at the street, then ordered, "Turn around and go to Jishan Hall."

The driver immediately shook the reins and turned the carriage around.

When they were almost at Jishan Hall, Qin Shu said loudly, "Stop the car."

She jumped out of the carriage, patted the wrinkles of her clothes, and wrapped herself in the snow fox cloak.

The cold weather made her skin look unhealthily pale, and white mist rolled out in clumps as she spoke and breathed, blurring her overly delicate face.

Qin Shu looked back in the direction she came from, turned around and walked back, saying as she walked: "You guys go to Jishan Hall and wait. I have some things to do. Wait until I'm done, then I'll go back home."

Yu'er took a step forward and was about to say something when she was pulled back by the maid next to her.

Qin Shu quickly turned several street corners by herself, taking out an invisibility talisman from the space as she walked, and stuck it on her body when she turned into an alley.

Then quickly hide in a corner.

Just as she hid, a man in black appeared in front of her.

The man in black stood where he was, looked around in surprise, then jumped onto the wall and walked around several times.

Not finding anyone, the man in black touched the back of his head and said to himself, "Hey, where did the person go?"

He clearly saw the woman turn into the alley.

The man in black walked around in the alley, and looked in through the cracks in the doors of the residents in the alley.

Ordinary people lived here, and through the cracks in the door one could see the courtyard and houses inside. Some people were walking around inside, looking very comfortable.

Some of the courtyards had freshly smoked meat and fish hanging on the dead branches.

The fox fur coat of that woman is worth a lot of money. If she walked into a farmhouse, the people inside would not react at all.

None of the prey he had stalked before had ever managed to slip away from under his nose.

This is the first time!

It's so weird.

Could it be that the woman could go to heaven and into the earth?

The man in black refused to believe it and slowly backed out of the alley and stood at the entrance.

This alley is a dead end, he just doesn't believe that the woman won't come out!

After a while, someone walked out of the alley in a hurry.

The man in black immediately stepped forward and patted the man on the shoulder. The man was startled and dodged to the side. He looked at him sideways and shouted, "What are you doing?"

Is it a man?

A real beard.

Thick, strong, and shiny.

The man in black said with a cold face, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person."

The man snorted, shook his head and muttered, "You're sick! You're pretending to be a ghost and scaring people in broad daylight."

The man in black looked coldly at the bearded man who was striding along the street, until the man turned into another street, then he withdrew his gaze.

The gaze that was following him like a shadow finally disappeared, and the bearded man slowed down his pace a little. He looked around the houses for a long time, identified a black lacquered wooden door, and walked up to knock on it.

Three long and two short.

After three breaths, the wooden door opened and a wooden face appeared.

The bearded man handed a silver note to the man.

The man looked down and opened the wooden door completely.

The bearded man turned around, looked around, lifted his clothes and walked in.

After entering the palm-sized courtyard and taking two steps forward, there is a wooden staircase that is only wide enough for one person to walk sideways.

The bearded man held up his clothes and followed the guide up to the second floor, leaning sideways.

There is a door facing the stairs on the second floor. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a man who looks like an accountant sitting in front of a desk.

There are piles of account books placed side by side in the upper left corner of the desk, an abacus at hand, and a pen holder and inkstone in front of him.

The bearded man walked over and sat opposite the man.

The man held a pen in his hand like a flying dragon. He raised one eyebrow, raised his eyelids and glanced at the bearded man quickly, and said, "What's the matter?"

The bearded man took out a square piece of rice paper from his sleeve pocket, pressed it with his fingertips and gently pushed it in front of the man, whispering, "This man's name is He Zhong, and he was originally the owner of Kang'an Medicine Store."

The man didn't even raise his head, and asked as he wrote in the account book, "What's the grudge?"

"feud!"

The man put the account book in his hand back to the rightmost pile, then took out another account book from the adjacent one, opened it, and said, "The deposit is 500 taels, and I will hear the news in seven days. When the matter is completed, I will pay the remaining 500 taels."

The bearded man took out five hundred taels of silver from his sleeve pocket and placed it in front of the man.

The man said without even looking up, "Show the guest away."

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