Sir, I can do it!

After a night of wind and rain, the delicate flowers in the yard were destroyed by the wind, and the petals were crushed into the soil.Even the tall trees had their branches broken off, and the fallen leaves were falling in the surrounding deep and shallow puddles.

The sun is rising, and the sun is shining everywhere.Wei Zhao stood under the warm sun, his body was like jade.He raised his hand to cover his forehead, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the gradually receding dark clouds, with a look of sadness in his eyes.

"There seems to be too much rain this year."

Chang Sun Ke put his hands behind his back, and there was a hint of worry in his calm eyes.

"There is a lot of rain in the south, and there are floods in Fuzhou. There have only been two rains in the north so far, and the fields and ridges are mottled and severely drought."

Wei Zhao was even more worried when he thought of his second brother Wei Xi who had already traveled far away.

"Beiyan encounters a severe drought, and the situation in Beidi, which goes further north, may be even worse."

Beidi lives as a nomad and is not good at planting.Every summer and autumn harvest season, a small group of soldiers and horses will be assembled to fight the grass valley.The small border town was repeatedly plundered, and there were not a single household in the city.This is still in the case of grassland horses and grass.

At the end of Chu, the Central Plains were in chaos, and the Hu Di barbarians took the opportunity to go south to occupy the Central Plains.At that time, King Murong Xiong of Yan had a strong army. In order to relieve future worries, the border city occupied by Beidi was recovered in the First World War in the Northern Territory.

However, since the Murong clan was exterminated, Wanyanzhe has recuperated and concentrated on taking back the six prefectures in Shuobei and unifying the Central Plains, which has become his obsession.Now Wan Yanzhen tragically died in Qi State, and Wan Yanhong's whereabouts are unknown.Wan Yanzhe is bound to take the opportunity to launch a war, even if Wei Xi makes a maneuver, it will only be delayed for a while.If Bei Di takes advantage of the situation and enters, it may reappear the predicament of barbarian invasion from all directions in the war at the end of Chu.

But after thinking about it, the world was in chaos at the end of Chu. Although the four kings wanted to win the championship, they knew that they were not of my race, and they would be punished even though they were far away.The four kings unanimously attacked the outside world, even though the Central Plains were full of wars, they failed to let the barbarians break through the Central Plains.

Changsun Ke was not as relieved as Wei Zhao.Since the war at the end of Chu, although the world has been stable for decades, there are constant frictions between countries.For the people to be truly peaceful, unless the world is unified.

War is inevitable.It's just that everyone is working hard to make adequate preparations before the big war comes. When that day really comes, they won't be starving and dying like Chu Mo, with people dying and no place in peace.

He looked up at the dark clouds that receded and gathered again, the vision of the weather, the omen of a new day.

When Zhan Yi came over, he saw his lord and Young Master Wei standing side by side, with their heads raised slightly, their eyes fixed on the sky.He also looked at the past, and saw that the rising sun in the morning was half hidden under the clouds.

He walked over and asked in a low voice, "Are you watching the sky?"

Changsun Ke and Wei Zhao all looked away: "Are you here for something?"

Zhan Yi bowed and said: "That Miss Ye is awake, she wants to see the Third Young Master."

Wei Zhao glanced at Zhang Sun Ke, saw him nodding his head slightly, and said, "Please come in."

After speaking, he turned around and followed Changsun Ke into the main room.

Zhan Yi responded, and looked at the sky in a dazed manner. He didn't know what he saw. He said a few words in a low voice, and when he looked up again, there was a bit more solemnity and awe in his eyes...?

Ye Zhen was still a little embarrassed when she was brought to the main room.She kept rubbing her fingers, looked quietly at Chang Sun Ke, and then at Wei Zhao almost beggingly.

There is no way, who told this gentleman in black to be too evil, or this peach-eyed boy looked gentle.And she said that she wanted to see the third son, so why did this adult join in the fun.

Wei Zhao has never been afraid of Changsun Ke, so naturally he can't understand Ye Zhen's entanglement.Although Changsun Ke could see Ye Zhen's thoughts, he didn't expose it.Hmph, it's really a good idea to separate them and be alone with Wei Zhao.

Seeing that she was so pitiful and she came out of that hellish place, Wei Zhao's tone was unavoidably soft.

"Miss Ye, you don't have to be afraid. The principal culprit is already in prison. As long as you cooperate with us and the principal culprit is convicted, you will be safe."

Ye Zhen nodded timidly, and whispered: "I don't know much, but I can testify that those people kidnapped and sold women, threatened and lured them, and tortured them."

She glanced at Chang Sun Ke, and saw him staring at her with a half-smile, his sharp eyes seemed to have read her mind.Ye Zhen trembled twice, gritted her teeth and knelt in front of Wei Zhao: "My lord, I know what you want to ask, and Ye Zhen will tell you everything you know. But before that, please allow me a request."

Changsun Ke narrowed his eyes.

Ye Zhen shuddered subconsciously, moved to Wei Zhao's side, and said with a heartbeat: "My lord, Ye Zhen has been abducted, her reputation has been lost, and the family will not want me. I have nowhere to go alone, please take me in, my lord." , Ye Zhen is willing to be a slave and a maid."

"Heh, being a slave and a maid?" Changsun Ke said in a cold tone, "Why do I think you are taking the opportunity of repaying your favor to get close to the third son? Why, is it not enough to be a slave and a maid, and you also have to promise yourself with your body."

Wei Zhao blinked his eyes, turned his head to see the anger in Changsun Ke's eyes, and hurriedly shivered, "Don't, don't, I'm not used to maids."

Ye Zhen looked sad: "My lord, Ye Zhen has no other intentions, she really just wants to seek protection."

Changsun Ke said: "Don't worry, Nan Fu will arrange for you when the case is over." He squinted at Ye Zhen and said, "Don't think that you are the only one who knows about the underground secret room."

Ye Zhen panicked, that's right, the sisters who escaped together don't know.Besides, if this person was able to find the secret room and take the main criminal, he must have other evidence in his hand.I played a clever trick, but I didn't know that I was already seen through.

Ye Zhen was regretful and annoyed, and she didn't play tricks anymore.Frustrated, he asked, "My lord, let's ask."

Although Changsun Ke disdains this little daughter's scheming, this kind of scheming allowed Ye Zhen to survive in the underground secret room.From what she said yesterday, it can also be known that Ye Zhen is not frightened, she is even secretly learning about the secret room and the people in the secret room, she has never given up on being alive.

Wei Zhao knocked on the table and said slowly, "Do you remember when you were abducted?"

"The eighth day of June." Ye Zhen almost blurted out. "On the eighth day of the eighth day, my mother invited some wives to pay respects to the Buddha, and they actually showed me. But the crowd was so crowded that day, my mother and I got separated, and I was stunned. When I woke up, I was in the carriage."

Ye Zhen couldn't help but remember, because the house he saw was the Fuzhou magistrate's house.Although the Ye family is a rich family, they are weak in the officialdom, and the prefect needs to marry the Ye family to obtain monetary support, which is mutually beneficial.Moreover, the prefect's son, Fengqing Jiyue, has attracted the eyes of many girls, even the Ye family's own family, so many people miss him.It's just that she is a descendant, so she has more opportunities than others.She even suspected that her disappearance was intentional.

Wei Zhao didn't know what she was thinking, so he muttered to himself, "From Fuzhou to Beijing, it will take about five days if you drive normally on the road. That is to say, you will be sent to Beijing on June [-] at the earliest. You will be detained in Beijing. How many people were there in the secret room?"

Ye Zhen came back to her senses, thought for a while and said: "There are seven people in our group, there were no less than ten people in the cell when we arrived, and another six were sent the next day. Then those people started to torture. Of course they didn't The punishment was for us, but for the women who were already in the cell. They were left behind from the previous batches. Because we women are going to be sent to various places, those people don't want us to be injured. They just scare us with the torture they inflict on other people."

"These women come from different backgrounds, some from rich families and some from peasant families. They have different knowledge. But they are all weak women. They have never seen such a bloody scene. Within two days, most of the women are numb and dare not resist."

"However, during this period, a rather special woman was sent."

Wei Zhao leaned over slightly: "What kind of special method?"

Ye Zhen said: "That woman is full of dignity and speaks without an accent, just like the guard in the secret room, so I guess she is from Shengjing, and her status is not low."

"Those people didn't torture her or pay attention to her, they just locked her in the innermost cell." Ye Zhen frowned: "If it's a woman from a high-ranking family, she has learned various skills since she was a child. That is to be able to take on the responsibility of being a mistress in the future. But that woman seems to be ignorant of the world. She keeps making noises, saying that she is the daughter of the Zhou family. If she is not let out, she will ask her father to have an audience with the emperor. , and cut everyone down."

Ye Zhen has an exquisite mind, and she dare not take it lightly in a dangerous situation, so she is very curious about the woman who suddenly appeared, and she can't help but pay more attention.

"The guard thought she was too noisy, and chopped off a woman's finger in front of her. She was terrified and shrank in a corner, trembling."

"The guards always beat her intentionally or unintentionally, saying that the son of Wei wants to take you as a concubine, and the rumors have spread all over the city. The third son of Wei doesn't want you, and your grandmother doesn't want you anymore."

Ye Zhen thought about it carefully, and continued: "At first, the woman would retort sharply, but in that environment, people were already terrified. The woman who was kidnapped with me became crazy on the first day, let alone That dainty young lady. Later, their voices became lower and lower, and I only heard words like 'revenge' intermittently. Three days later, the woman was taken away by them."

"After that, the guards acted as usual. Before releasing these women, they wanted them to submit absolutely, and they could not resist at all. But after about four or five days, a group of people suddenly came and rushed to the Those women were all taken away. The rest of us had stubbornly resisted, and we thought we would end up the same way as the previous women. Unexpectedly, after sending those people away, the guards suddenly stopped. After half a month of panic, Just yesterday, a few black-clothed dead soldiers rushed out, and they set fire oil in the secret room, and we knew that we would not survive this time. No one thought that there would be a bright day."

Wei Zhao and Changsun Ke looked at each other, secretly startled.

"According to the interrogation of the servants of the Zhou family, Zhou Yan disappeared on June [-]th, and the time is just right."

Wei Zhao nodded with a sullen face: "Zhou Yan was so well protected by Mrs. Zhou, she didn't have the slightest scheming, and was induced in such an environment, her temperament would inevitably change drastically. So she appeared on Xishui Street on purpose. , she is taking revenge on her eldest brother, on the Hou Mansion."

Wei Zhao felt a little toothache: "Is she really so stupid? Just believe what others say?"

Suddenly his face darkened.Regarding Wei Shizi wanting to take a concubine, he still said it out of his mouth. At that time, the elder brother always advised him to marry a wife, but he just said it casually to dismiss the elder brother.Besides, he only said that the elder brother wanted to take a concubine, not Zhouyan.As the rumor spread, it changed its flavor.

Changsun Ke sneered: "In a sense, being simple to the extreme is a crime in itself. This better explains the fatal wound on Zhou Yan's neck."

Wei Zhao looked at Changsun Ke blankly.

Changsun Ke said coldly, "Zhou Yan committed suicide."