surrogate wife

Wen Changning came soon, King Qi told him the matter angrily, and slapped the table hard, ordering him to find out the real culprit.

"I don't care what method you use, but there is such a lunatic murderer in Beijing who openly provokes the prince of the dynasty. What's the matter?!"

Wen Changning saw that he was irritable, so he stood aside and listened to him. He didn't say a word during the period, until King Qi finished venting.

King Qi was dissatisfied when he saw that he kept silent, "Why, Commander Wen has an opinion?"

Wen Changning cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare. The officer is just thinking about the case, afraid of interrupting the prince's thoughts."

Only then did King Qi look better, and he said angrily, "This man killed the head of the palace, and put the body at the gate of the palace in such a strange way, which means this king."

"This kind of thing happened in the middle of the capital, and it's the dereliction of duty of your Wucheng soldiers and horses. This king gave you a half-month deadline, and you must arrest the murderer!"

Wen Changning raised his eyebrows, and said: "I will definitely do my best."

As for the half-month deadline, anyway, he will try his best, and there is nothing he can do if he can't find it.

Like this kind of vendetta killing, he might run away after killing someone, and now he might have already got into the forest outside the city. No matter how powerful he is, it is impossible to find a needle in a haystack.

I really can't find it, and the only one who can punish him is the emperor, not the king of Qi.

He clasped his fists again and said: "My lord, please tell me more about Wang Changshi. This person died in a strange way. I want to find a breakthrough from this person."

King Qi frowned and thought about it for a long time. Usually, he saw who was not pleasing to his eyes, and it was this Wang Jie who took him over to help him vent his anger. He also heard that this guy was ruthless, but he never took it to heart.

But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that there were eight, if not ten, or more of Wang Jie's criminals. Where should he start?

He didn't want to talk about it anymore, after all, it's not honorable to pamper officials.

But what if the murderers were the same people he had killed?Didn't he cover up the murderer if he didn't say anything?

Wen Changning saw his face turning blue and then pale, constantly changing, and extremely entangled, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

He has seen this kind of rich and powerful a lot, he must be guilty of not wiping the shit off his ass.

He waited lazily, and then said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if it gets out of your mouth and into my ears, there will never be any rumors that will spread out and ruin your reputation."

King Qi smiled stiffly, finally sighed with determination, and said, "Okay, then I will trust Commander Wen once."

"It's like this. Sometimes when someone makes me unhappy, Wang Jie will come out to fight me, and then take the initiative to ask Ying to vent his anger on me to please me."

"It's my fault too. I indulged him when I was narrow-minded for a while."

"I remember the following..."

"...The last one is also the closest to the time when Wang Jie's accident happened. It was a man named Xue Yi after the Wenhua Banquet."

"Xue Yi?" Wen Changning changed his face, and asked, "Is it Xue Yi, the son of Bitan County?"

King Qi said: "I don't know where he comes from, why, Commander Wen also knows this Xue Yi?"

"But he looks plump and handsome, handsome and awe-inspiring, like a bamboo from a snow-capped mountain?" Wen Changning asked.

King Qi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Exactly, he is very good-looking. I fell in love with him at first sight and named him the head of the Wenhua Banquet, but he slapped my face in public. I was so angry that That's why I asked Wang Jie to punish him a little and give him a big reprimand."

Wen Changning said: "Dare to ask the prince, what kind of small punishment and big commandment?"

Qi Wang Nahan looked at him, "I don't know about it, this thing was done by Wang Jie, if you want to know, I will have someone call the servants of the Wang family."

Wen Changning declined, "Don't bother the prince, I will go to the Wang's house to check on it later, and I will ask clearly then."

King Qi asked again, "Commander Wen cares so much about Xue Yi, but what's the inside story?"

"There is no inside story." Wen Changning said: "It's just that he is my father's new junior junior, so he cares a little bit, and has nothing to do with this case."

King Qi concealed the shock in his heart, "Old Wen's apprentice?"

"Exactly. It's just because he is an imperial examination candidate, so he didn't publicize it."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to King Qi, "If there is nothing wrong, I will take my leave as an officer."

King Qi said: "Then I won't delay your investigation."

He Lei Lingfeng left.

King Qi hurriedly called a servant over, "Go and ask me clearly, how did Wang Jie deal with Xue Yi!"

The servant quickly reported back: "My lord, Wang Changshi asked some ruffians to disable his pen-holding hand."

King Qi was astonished, and said angrily: "Go and tell me to stop, don't mention it again!"

Immediately afterwards, he paused as if thinking of something, and murmured: "Wang Jie, his right hand was chopped off..."

right hand.Hand holding a pen.

It seems to be right up suddenly.

But it's outrageous, Xue Yi is Lao Wen's apprentice, although he is slender, he looks like a literati at first glance, can he be such a murderer?

He doubted it for a moment, and felt that someone was using this to cover up.

Xue Yi was also covered with a layer of gray mist in his eyes, making it difficult to distinguish.

Just when he was struggling, Wen Changning had already inspected the palace, confirmed that the bedroom was the place of death, and at the same time asked about Wang Jie's vicious actions against Xue Yi.

After he came to Xue's house and explained his purpose, Xue Yi was stunned, "I don't know anything."

Wen Changning nodded, "I know, those ruffians are still on the stalking stage. Your neighbors said they have seen them wandering around in the past few days, so they probably haven't found a chance to attack them yet."

Wen Yumu held the teacup, took a sip lukewarmly, and said, "I do know."

Both of them looked at him, he put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "Yesterday Xiao Shu told me how many people were watching our house, and he could feel that those people had bad intentions whenever he went in or out."

"I told her not to tell Ah Yi for now, for fear of affecting his study."

Xue Yi said angrily: "Nonsense, how can such a dangerous matter be concealed."

He finally remembered that Wen Yumu killed dozens of bandits in the woods that day, and those people were much more fierce than a few ruffians...

Suddenly he understood.

Wen Yumu said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Ah Yi, I didn't expect that something would happen so soon, and I was thinking of finding an opportunity to ask Brother Wen for help."

Xue Yi quickly grabbed his hand, "It's okay, as long as you're okay."

Wen Changning: "..."

This is still under investigation, why is this.

Who doesn't look like a wife.

Wen Changning said: "Those ruffians were also killed, and the bodies have been found. The murderer's method was very neat, and he had good eyes and ears. There is no clue about the killing process."

"I speculate that he should be targeting Wang Changshi. He may be a master who was recruited by the people he killed before, or he may be a ranger who doesn't like him."

Xue Yi asked, "Why Wang Changshi and not Qi Wang?"

Wen Changning said: "That man murdered and dumped his body in the palace. Everyone knows about it. Wouldn't King Qi be vigilant immediately? So I think he didn't go after King Qi, maybe he just wanted to give him a warning."

"At the same time, the man cut off Wang Jie's right hand and pointed clues to you. If I didn't know you well, I'm afraid I would have to waste time on you. In this way, he bought himself some time to escape. "

"In short, this is a meticulous and cunning murderer."

Wen Yumu took a sip of tea without moving, and everything was going according to his plan.

Wen Changning's speculation like this shows that his plan has worked.

He really only wanted to give King Qi a warning, and didn't want to kill him.Duan Wang Jie's right hand, one is revenge, and the other is to point clues to them.

With such an obvious clue, Ah Yi is a pure scholar, and he is just a flower seal, so it is easy to be associated with framing.

In the end, Wen Changning, who is in charge of the investigation in all likelihood, is in charge of Gyeonggi defense. His preconceived ideas are deeper, and he will definitely choose to believe them.

He apologized to Wen Changning in his heart, senior brother, I didn't intend to take advantage of your trust, but at this time, I still need you to be more patient.

Xue Yi had a keen mind, and after listening to it, he could guess all of it, and couldn't help but have the same thought about Wen Changning in his heart.

The husband and wife are both grateful and guilty.

Wen Changning saw that their complexions were not good, and they were silent again, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I will ask someone to take care of your place in the future."

"As for King Qi, I will explain to him that he is not stupid and will not make things difficult for you."

Xue Yi said gratefully: "Thank you, brother, for taking care of the two of us."

Wen Changning waved his hand, "It's polite to say that."

He got up, "Okay, I have to continue investigating the case, so I'm leaving first."

He did things without sloppiness, and strode away with his feet raised.

Xue Yi said goodbye behind him and watched him walk out of the courtyard.

He heaved a sigh of relief and turned around to look at Wen Yumu.

Wen Yu murmured: "Ah Yiqi, I didn't tell you? In fact, I—"

His lips were pressed against Xue Yi's fingers.

"Hush—" His eyes were deep, and he whispered: "Don't say it. I don't care."

He hugged him tightly, "I don't care."

As long as you are still by my side, I don't care about anything else.

Wen Yumu turned her head and leaned her cheek on his shoulder, wrapping her arms around him.

……

I don't know how Wen Changning explained it to the King of Qi later on. After all, no one bothered them, and Xue Yi almost stopped going out, buried his head in his studies, and kept his ears to the outside world.

It has not snowed for a long time, and the weeping willows outside the city quietly sprouted new buds at some point.

When the apricot blossoms are in full bloom, the day of the exam has come.

Three days before the exam, Wen Yumu woke up early and put on a thin white quilted cloak, planning to go to the casino.

Gamblers set up various handicap markets for the imperial examination, among which the most notable ones are Huiyuan handicap and Sanjia handicap.

In the examination, he was called Gongshi, and the head was named Huiyuan.

After the gongshi finished the general examination, they waited for more than half a month for the results to come out, and then came the palace examination. Generally, the palace examination does not eliminate people, but only divides the first, second and third best.

Yi Jiaci is a Jinshi and a first-year student, respectively the No. [-] Scholar, Second Place, and Tanhua.Erjia is given Jinshi's background, and the head name is Chuanlu.The top three are bestowed with Jinshi background, and they are quite discriminated against in officialdom.

As the saying goes, Tong Jinshi is like a wife, and he mocks Tong Jinshi like a concubine.

They don't even have a share in the gambling house.

In the provincial urban and rural examination last year, Wen Yumu could have made a small profit by unpacking the yuan plate, but Xue Yi forced the odds down by relying on his appearance, and the small profit became better than nothing.

So this time, Wen Yumu learned his lesson and planned to go alone.

Just as Xue Yi wanted to open his mouth, he pinched his nose, "Shut up. I can't ask you to go this time. I don't want to go through the provincial capital again, and make you famous in the capital from the gambling house." .”

"How will you hang out in the capital in the future?"

Xue Yi had no choice but to swallow the words, looked at him aggrievedly, and nodded.

"But you are not short of money now, why do you want to go again?"

They are indeed not short of silver now, the wine shop earns a thousand taels a day, and after half a year, they have made a net profit of more than [-] snowflake silver, which is more than the wealth accumulated by the Xue family for several generations combined.

He then let go of his nose, squeezed his face instead, and said with a smirk, "It's not a matter of money or money, it's a pity."

Xue Yi looked at him hesitantly, but didn't speak in the end.

Wen Yumu went out by himself, came to the block full of gambling houses, and picked the biggest one.

He went in and took a look, dumbfounded, and his smile gradually froze.

How...why is it ranked first? !

Are the people in the capital so knowledgeable?

This is what he didn't expect, but he didn't know that Xue Yi was already different from the unnamed junior who went to take part in the rural examination. He won the Jieyuan of Liangjiang Province, which greatly increased his value--Liangjiang is rich, densely populated, with a prosperous writing style, able Isn't it the top seeded player who came out from there?

In addition, at the Wenhua Banquet, Xue Yi passed all the way, and in the end he didn't care about the rich and powerful, and the fact that he refused to write poems for famous prostitutes was finally spread.

The literati gave mixed praise and criticism. Some thought he was too lofty and aloof, while others thought he had the character of a scholar and respected him very much.

The common people are different, both young and old love this kind of personality, especially when they hear that he is still a beautiful boy, their scores are even higher.

Wen Yumu scanned the handicap one by one, and was heartbroken to find that the odds were only 1.05. This may not be a lonely bet.

Regrets are regrets after all.

He returned home a little depressed, and complained to Xue Yi, Xue Yi said: "Actually, I wanted to talk to you before, but now it's different, but you don't allow me to talk."

His last words were tinged with sly complacency.

Wen Yumu: "..."

It's getting worse.

Angrily, he grabbed his face and squeezed it!

……

March fifteen.

The exam is officially open.Like the township exam, there are three exams, with a one-day break between each exam.

At the gate of the Gongyuan, crowds gathered, and there were candidates preparing for the exam and family members seeing off everywhere.Wen Yumu and Xue Yizheng were talking when they suddenly heard a fairly familiar voice, "Lingguang, brother, I didn't expect to meet you here."

It was Zhang Wenqi who came, he walked over in surprise, and Wen Yu followed behind silently.

Xue Yi also said hello to him. It has been a long time since the last quarrel, and there is no embarrassment when we meet again. Zhang Wenqidao said quite affectionately: "If we are lucky, Lingguang and I will become Jinshi on the same list."

Xue Yidao: "If I win the first class and you win the second class, then we are not called the same ranking, but the same subject."

Zhang Wenqi laughed loudly, and patted him on the shoulder, "Spiritual light is still so willful, but you are good at learning, and you are also in the first class, so when I say good luck, I mean I am lucky."

Wen Yurou looked at him stiffly, he thought he was very funny, didn't he?Unmotivated stuff!

Wen Yumu glanced at her, thinking that if she continued like this, sooner or later she would be divorced from Zhang Wenqi.

But he didn't say anything, it was useless to say it, and he didn't bother to say it.

The door of the Gongyuan opened, and Zhang Wenqi and Xue Yi went to line up together.

After watching them go in, Wen Yurou looked gloomy, and said quietly: "If you are so proud, you are not afraid of getting higher and falling harder."

Wen Yumu was too lazy to listen to her sour words, and turned around to leave, but Wen Yurou called him back, touched his belly and said, "Second brother, I'm three months pregnant, I heard you hugged Xue Yi's heart It's a pity that Huayin is difficult to conceive, if you have been childless, can you still have a good life today?"

Simply sick!

Wen Yumu said coldly: "Don't worry about it, just take care of yourself."

After speaking, he turned around and left.

Wen Yurou looked at the back of him leaving bitterly, and suddenly felt a burst of sadness.

Once upon a time, she was better than him in every way, but now she has to rely on having a child to compare with him.