[Bao Qingtian] Why is peace?

Pang Yu was right. When the news of Qin Pengnian's death and the suspected murderer Zhang Hongzu reached the capital, everyone stood in front of the mourning hall, but Bing Ji, who still seemed distraught, almost wiped her skirt when she burned the paper money. Burned.

It was Mrs. Qin who pulled her back with a look of disgust, and didn't let her make a fool of herself in front of the guests, "My eldest lady, you can do it, all you know is that you are mourning the news of your father's death, and those who don't know think you are How much enmity you have with the master, you don't even let him live in peace after he dies!"

Bing Ji jumped up all of a sudden: "If you hadn't urged my father to bring brother Zhang along, he would never have done this kind of thing now! Brother Zhang...Zhang Hongzu was framed by someone, he would never kill anyone!"

"Heh, if a man is in a hurry, what can't he do?" Mrs. Qin curled her lips in disdain, "That Zhang Hongzu wanted to marry you, and my master and I made things difficult for him. It's normal for him to hold a grudge. You said he couldn't kill someone , Then why did he abscond in fear of crime, so far no one can be found? If he didn't do something wrong, why did he run away?"

"He is...he has no choice but to..." Bing Ji was already a little confused, and now she was more like comforting herself, muttering, "Maybe he just sees that the situation is not good for him, so... Will make such a move..."

"That's timid and afraid of things, greedy for life and afraid of death!" Mrs. Qin snorted coldly, "How can such a man be worthy of your entrustment for the rest of your life?"

Bing Ji said coldly: "Could it be that Yeluwu is worth entrusting for life?!"

"At least it's better than Zhang Hongzu. If he has power in his hands and there are people in the court, why should he run away?" Mrs. Qin rarely said the truth to her stepdaughter, "The world is as black as crows, Zhang Hongzu is good, Yelu Wu Anyway, in my opinion, it’s all the same thing. Marrying you to Zhang Hongzu is actually not harmful to me. If you marry a girl from a low family, you can pay less dowry. Why don’t I do it as the mistress? But Bing Ji , think about it, since you have known these two people, have you ever seen Zhang Hongzu take advantage of Yeluwu? Only high-ranking people have always oppressed ordinary people, and I have never seen ordinary people who can overthrow powerful people, Yeluwu Just one sentence can send Zhang Hongzu to the frontier, but what can Zhang Hongzu do, why not be charged with murder and become a fugitive?"

"You...you are all nonsense! If the two of you really love each other, you will naturally be able to solve any problems you encounter!" Bing Ji pouted her neck and said, "You are so greedy for power and wealth, why don't you just marry the emperor!" As if she had found a weapon to fight back, she became more and more excited as she spoke, "But even if you think, the royal family will not take a fancy to you, the daughter of a merchant, so you have to marry my father, but you are unwilling , and still despise him everywhere! Now that he is dead, it doesn't necessarily mean how sad you are, you are a cold-blooded and heartless woman!"

Mrs. Qin's unmovable expression suddenly had a crack, she took a deep look at Bing Ji, and said quietly: "How do you know that I don't have the qualifications? But, heh...why should I be so fussy with you little girl."

Seeing that Bing Ji didn't listen to what she said, she stopped talking, and the mother and daughter stood guard on both sides of the altar, and there was no further communication.

This scene was not seen by too many people, but Xiaocui secretly recorded their conversation and wrote it in the "diary" to be submitted every day. When Pang Yu was away, those diaries were sent to Gongsun Ce If Gongsun Ce has a mission for her, he will tell the guard who pretends to be a vegetable farmer who joins Xiaocui.

Everyone in the Qin residence thought that Xiao Cui and the vegetable farmer were good friends, and when they saw the two of them talking together, they would only laugh amusedly and would not think of anything else.

After all, Xiaocui is now a celebrity around Mrs. Qin, and her embroidery skills are getting better and better, comparable to the embroiderer who has been embroidering for ten years, and now the servants of the Qin family dare not offend her.

This also made Xiaocui's investigation more and more smooth. During this period of time, not only did she have a good relationship with the servants of the Qin family, she also inquired about many things, and even Bingji's cousin Linglong would talk to her a few more times. .

Just as Xiao Cui turned around a long corridor, she saw Linglong standing beside the hanging flower gate, and Yeluwu who had just walked not far in front of her, she quickly said to Linglong, "Miss, forgive me", and lowered her head, looking terrified.

Linglong didn't mind either: "Get up, it's okay, I won't blame you."

"Miss Biao, you and the Seventh Prince...?" Xiaocui hesitated to speak.

Linglong sighed: "In this mansion, in this city of Kaifeng, who doesn't know that once my cousin sued the Kaifeng mansion, everyone knew that I was going to marry Yeluwu, and everyone thought I was a woman who climbed dragons and phoenixes. If I didn't marry him, Who else dares to marry me?"

Ever since Bing Ji beat the big drum in front of the Kaifeng mansion for the second time, the relationship between Linglong and her has never been the same as before. She was indeed intoxicated by Yeluwu's sweet words at the beginning, but later she gradually saw it clearly because of some things. Yeluwu's true face, but she regretted that it was too late. Although the people of the Song Dynasty were open, they were not so open to a woman whose reputation had been ruined.

It can only be said that this matter was done by Bing Ji unkindly, she didn't mention Linglong in the court, but when she mentioned Linglong, she said things like Linglong betrayed her trust and promised to marry Yeluwu, Linglong originally stood by her But now they are entangled with the stepmother... or something like that.

Although Bing Ji may not have any malicious intentions, those who watched Linglong thought Linglong was a double-faced woman who clings to the powerful and powerful.

Moreover, the rumors spread so loudly that even Bingji herself believed those words, and became more and more alienated from Linglong.

Poor Linglong, even when she was dazed by Yeluwu, she never forgot to bring news to Bingji, but in the end she ended up being betrayed by everyone.

Mrs. Qin looked down on her, Yelu Wu suspected her, and even her good sister Bingji alienated her... She could hardly be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River.

Linglong looked sad, her condition was very bad these days, Yeluwu was angry when she left, she had no expectations for this man, what was left was full of fear.

She clenched her fists tightly, looked at Xiao Cui who was concerned, and suddenly grabbed Xiao Cui's hand forcefully.

"Miss Cousin?" Although Xiao Cui was in pain, she didn't break away from her.

Linglong seemed to be clinging to a life-saving straw, she looked around, and pulled Xiao Cui to a hidden corner, and then she began...to take off her clothes.

Xiaocui didn't leave or stay, her expression was a little awkward.

Then, she saw Linglong bit open the secret pocket inside her bellyband with her teeth, pulled out a thin piece of letter paper from it, and stuffed it solemnly into Xiaocui's hand.

"Xiaocui, you are the only one I can trust now! This thing is very important, you must keep it safe for me!" Linglong said quickly, and put on her clothes with a pale face.

"Miss Biao, what is this?" Xiao Cui asked in confusion.

"You just need to remember that if something happens to me one day, you will send this letter to Master Bao of Kaifeng Mansion." Linglong stared at the letter paper, as if she had made up her mind.

Naturally, Xiao Cui couldn't agree, she said anxiously: "Miss Biao, what happened to you, why didn't you give this letter to Master Bao personally?"

"I don't know... I hope I'm worrying too much..." Linglong shook her head blankly. She was in a particularly low mood today, so when she met Xiaocui, she felt that she could be trusted for some reason, and she gave such an important thing to her. she.

Xiao Cui looked at her hesitantly: "Miss Biao, you don't know that I belong to Madam, right?" The implication is that she is not afraid that she will give this letter to Madam?

Linglong smiled weakly: "Madam already has a letter in her hand, even if this letter falls into her hands, it's nothing, it's just a rubbing copy. To tell you the truth, this is what Yeluwu wanted, but was rejected Madam found out that she took it away in advance, and Yeluwu kept asking me for it, but I didn’t have any letter with me, and I copied the rest. The letter was written in Khitan, and I couldn’t understand it. I copied a few words wrong. What Yeluwu wanted was the letter with his private seal, so he didn’t want this. I can handle it now. As long as he marries me, he won’t worry about the letter being lost. However, I am afraid that one day Yelubu will destroy the letter with his own hands, and then I will not be able to produce anything, and I will only die."

Xiao Cui was dumbfounded when she heard it, she felt that she had heard a big secret, she quickly suppressed her nervousness, and asked softly: "Miss Biao, why don't you tell Madam about this, Madam will make the decision for you."

According to what Linglong said, Mrs. Qin robbed Yeluwu's things. Yeluwu didn't know about it, and thought that the things were in Linglong's hands. He thought that if he married Linglong, he would be able to get the things back. If he found out that the things were taken by Mrs. Qin If so, he will kill Linglong.

Linglong sneered: "Didn't you see that Madam and Yeluwu are in the same group? How could she help me?"

"But, but this doesn't make sense..." Xiao Cui was a little confused, "Since Madam intercepted the letter from the Seventh Prince, why are you still with the Seventh Prince?"

Linglong shook her head, and she couldn't figure it out, "I just know that since the appearance of the Seventh Prince, everything Madam has done is for his convenience, maybe she really wants to be the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, or She has other plans, but she will never offend Yeluwu unless it is absolutely necessary."

"But if the Seventh Prince wants to kill someone, Madam can't let her die!" Xiao Cui said.

"Yelubu will kill me, not because I can't get what he wants, but because I know his secret. Although I can't read Khitan characters, the trustworthiness is in my hands, he doesn't think I won't know " Linglong sighed, "As for Madam, do you think she will expose herself for me?"

"Then...you tell the Seventh Prince about this, maybe the Seventh Prince won't punish you?" Xiao Cui suggested, she still had a thought in her heart, that maybe Mrs. Qin would fight Yeluwu.

"In this way, I'm still useless to him. On the contrary, I'm afraid that he and his wife will try to deal with me." Linglong smiled bitterly.

This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work either, Xiao Cui was anxious for her: “Then go to Mrs. Bao now! Miss Biao, if something happens to you, this letter won’t save your life! Are you still right? The Seventh Prince has expectations, won't he attack you after marrying you?"

This is a bit outrageous, not something a maid can say, but Xiaocui thinks that Linglong is not bad, and she really can't bear to see her fall into a dead end, so she said this out of desperation, and after she finished speaking, she regretted her impulsiveness , but luckily Linglong didn't care, or rather, she was so dazed that she didn't notice Xiaocui's abnormality.

It was also because of Xiao Cui's words that Linglong completely realized that no matter whether she believed it or not, she would not escape death.