I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Seeing Han Qi's tired face and light blue eye circles, Cui Tao asked him how many nights he hadn't slept.

"Go back to bed." Han Qi didn't answer Cui Tao's question directly, apparently because he was afraid of worrying her by telling the specific number.

Then it may well be more than a few nights.

In the past, Han Qi would stay up all night while handling cases, but he had never been this tired.

It's not up to him, this case is not only complicated, but also a bit strange.

The descendants of Li and Tang, "Que Yingshu", more than a hundred years of strategic planning, assassination of the emperor, anti-Song and Tang...

The time, place, and motive of the crime are all available, and the range of suspects has also been locked.

On the surface, everything seems to be explainable, but it always gives people a sense of treachery.It seems that there is something missing, a very important lack, and it is this lack that makes it difficult to feel at ease.

While thinking about it, Cui Tao seemed to hear her stomach growling, and when she looked at Han Qi, she saw him coughing in disguise.

"Haven't eaten yet? It's my fault that I forgot to ask Liulang when I heard about the case. I made Shuimo Yuanxiao today, and I will cook a bowl for you." Cui Tao asked Han Qi what flavor to choose. She made honey beans, hawthorn, sweet orange, rose, and mutton. and bacon stuffing.

Han Qi originally wanted to ask her why she cooks so much at once, but then thought that Cui Tao's love for food has always been the same, so she shouldn't be surprised, but should be glad that she has good food.

"You are doing well."

"Then cook two of each." Lantern Festival is sticky food, so you can't eat more.In addition, I fried a few cornmeal pancakes over a low heat. They were soft and easy to digest. They were decorated with raisins and sesame seeds, and served with four side dishes complete with meat and vegetables.

Seeing Cui Tao enter the door with steaming food, with a smile on her lips, she suddenly felt like an old couple who had been married for a long time. The wife usually waited for her husband who was busy outside to come home, and brought dinner to her beloved husband.

The warmth spread across Han Qi's heart, making him relax.Only when he is with Cui Tao can he feel this kind of feeling, unprecedented relaxation, truly comfortable, but also worried...

"The meal is ready, let's eat." Cui Tao happily handed the chopsticks to Han Qi, but the other party didn't pick it up after a while.

"what happened?"

Before she finished speaking, Cui Tao was suddenly embraced by Han Qi.

This person who always stays up late and lacks sleep is prone to mood swings, not to mention that Han Qi is still facing a lot of pressure, in short, he should be calmed down first.Cui Tao didn't say anything, but also hugged Han Qi.

"If the real me is not what you usually see, would you still be willing to be with me?" Han Qi asked hoarsely.

This mood swing is a bit big, why would you suddenly ask this question?

"Yes." Although Cui Tao was puzzled, she answered without hesitation, but in exchange for Han Qi's longer silence.

Suddenly, Han Qi's arms holding Cui Tao tightened, forcing Cui Tao to suffocate a little, and his upper body was tightly pressed against Han Qi's chest without any gaps.

"Okay, I feel it, you have a very good figure!" Cui Tao poked Han Qi's back with her finger, and said half-jokingly, "Besides, I have a 'big belly'. If I don't push officials with the handsome and unparalleled Han With whom?"

Han Qi laughed and loosened his arms slightly.

"Eat first." Cui Tao tiptoed to touch Han Qi's head, to comfort him, but Han Qi just looked down at him, and their lips rubbed and touched.

Cui Tao's hand was stuck when she patted Han Qi's forehead, and when she came back to look at Han Qi, she saw that his blushing eyes were drooping. It's so red.

Unexpectedly, he kissed him again on the lips. He thought he would see someone more shy, but he didn't want the back of his head to be suddenly held down by a big hand.

Han Qi's return kiss was sometimes gentle and sometimes domineering, which caught people a little off guard, as if her lips were some kind of rare delicacy, and they had to be eaten clean.

After the kiss was over, Cui Tao felt a little swollen, and leaned on Han Qi's shoulder to pant, and then pushed him.

"It's really cold if you don't eat anymore."

Han Qi hummed, and after sitting down again, he couldn't help but said, "Why don't you ask me what I am really like?"

Han Qi is precocious, and the life of living under the fence since he was a child has made him used to accepting the attitudes of people around him who neglected and neglected him, but it doesn't mean that he is not sensitive to these things. In fact, he cares very much and doesn't want to be disturbed by it.Especially his frail and mild-tempered mother, he hated others treating her harshly.So since he was very young, he knew that the only way to change his destiny was to study, and he had to study hard to the best level.

The so-called aloofness and indifference and extraordinaryness are nothing but the shell of indifference that he created in his childhood to cover up his humble and sensitive, intending to arm himself with "not showing cowardice" to avoid being despised and bullied by more people.However, after wearing this shell for a long time, he also forgot that it was fake, so that Han Qi never took off this shell in front of Mrs. Hu, thinking that it had already become a real part of himself.

Only when facing Cui Tao, he felt this shell, and the deeper the relationship with her, the more he realized the existence of this shell, and instead became worried about gains and losses, worrying that Cui Tao might not like her real self.

Originally, Han Qi had been able to suppress these subtle feelings and self-doubts buried in his heart very well, but recently, after days of hard work and the deepening investigation of the case, the uneasiness that had originally grown in his heart began to expand like ripples.He was afraid that once his plan failed, he suffered a crushing defeat, was criticized by thousands of people, lost his fame and status, became a commoner, and returned to his most primitive and humble state, his light in Cui Tao's heart would be gone, Cui Tao would see If you don't like him, you will despise him like those people.

Although he knew very well that Cui Tao would not be that kind of person, this sense of unease took root in his heart and grew uncontrollably...

"I always see the real Liulang, so I have nothing to ask, but I have something to urge you to eat." Cui Tao handed the chopsticks to Han Qi again, signaling him to eat quickly.People have shells, and they also have times when they are vulnerable and shrink back. Those who are always as hard as steel are real steel, and they are definitely not human.So it's nothing unusual, and there's no need for Han Qi to say it out loud.

Han Qi was startled again and again, and understood what Cui Tao meant.My heart suddenly settled down, and when I recalled my previous thoughts, I felt that I was naive and ridiculous.After all, it was because of his good vision and better luck that he met her and had the opportunity to get to know her. This is the most grateful thing in his life.

Before Han Qi had dinner, he handed a letter to Cui Tao, so that she could read it while he was eating.

The letter described the situation of the Mo family.

After discovering that the Mo family brothers had a relationship with Zhao Zongqing, it was inevitable to conduct a thorough investigation of the Mo family brothers' situation.

In the past, I only knew that the brothers of the Mo family were the eldest sons of Anping Daru. Their parents died early, and the two brothers depended on each other for life.

This time they sent people to Anping to investigate, and they dug into the past of the two brothers, as well as the situation of the ancestors of the Mo family.

The great-grandfather of the Mo brothers was named Liu Cexi, the eldest of the family, and later married into the Mo family, and all descendants changed their surname to Mo.Mo Zhuifeng's great-grandmother, Mo Shi, is the only daughter of Mo Guangwen, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou.Mo Guangwen is a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, and he came to Shenzhou to settle down. He wanted to find a talented and learned man to be his son-in-law, so that the Mo family could not only continue the blood, but also change business from literature, so that the descendants could be high-ranking officials and shine on the family lintel. .

The ancestors of the Liu family were scholarly for generations, but the generation of Liu Cexi's father's generation was no longer there. The population was withered, the descendants had no talents, and the ancestral property had long been ruined. Liu Cexi wanted to continue studying but he didn't even have the money to buy pens and ink.Liu Cexi then went to Mo Guangwen's shop to work as an accountant to support the family. Mo Guangwen liked Liu Cexi's handsome appearance and bad character, so he chose him as his son-in-law.

Liu Ce won the honor of juren and became the county magistrate, and had three sons with the Mo family. Only Mo Zhuifeng's grandfather survived to adulthood.Unfortunately, grandfather Mo Zhuifeng also had a short life. He got married at sixteen and died of illness the following year after having his eldest son.

This eldest son is Mo Zhuifeng's father, and everyone respectfully calls him Mo Daru.Mo Daru was quick-witted since he was a child, and he was praised by many well-educated people as a unicorn, and he will surely be a high school scholar in the future.But it is a pity that Mo Daru is not in good health. He was born with deficiencies, weak and frail, and cannot do without medicine for three meals a day.He couldn't stand the exhaustion of traveling and traveling, let alone staying in the examination room for three or four days in the imperial examination.After fainting on the way to participate in the two scientific examinations, Mo Daru gave up pursuing fame and recuperating at home.When I was in better health, I regretted that my talents were useless, so I opened a school and accepted some students to teach.

Because of his frailty, Mo Daru married his wife for many years and had no children. Later, when he was older, his body was much better than before, and he had his eldest son, Mo Zhuifeng. Later, his wife had difficulty in giving birth to his second son, Mo Zhuiyu.It is said that Mo Daru's wife died of dystocia caused by premature labor when she suddenly became pregnant on the way out to offer incense.After Mo Daru lost his wife, his health went from bad to worse, and he passed away not long after that.

Cui Tao discovered that the handwriting on the letter belonged to Han Qi, and the fragrance of ink was still there, so it can be seen that it was not long since it was written.

It seems that he sorted out the messy news he got before showing it to her, saving her time to analyze it.

At the end of the letter, there is a note that Mo Daru's wife's premature birth is doubtful.

When Cui Tao finished watching, Han Qi had just finished his meal.This made Cui Tao realize that when Han Qi came, she had already planned to forage for food. This letter was intended to be read to her when he was eating.

This man is so considerate, even when he was eating, he was worried that she would be bored.

While Cui Tao was happy, she still wanted to ask the real question, why Mo Daru's wife had a difficult labor and was suspicious.

"According to the confession of the neighbors of Mo's old house, when Mo Daru's wife returned home, she was wounded and cried out to die. It took two hours before the midwife and doctor were invited into the house. Those who offered incense with his wife also Mo Zhuifeng, who was only four years old at the time, had a lot of dirt on his body and was so frightened that he couldn't cry. If he had just given birth prematurely on the way to incense, how could the situation be so embarrassing?"

"Since I chose to go out to burn incense, I should be in good health and have a stable pregnancy." Cui Tao also felt that something must have happened on the way, but the Mo family did not publicize it.

Han Qi wanted to stay a little longer, but was sent home by Cui Tao, telling him to rest early to make up for his sleep.

The next day, Cui Tao was finally summoned by the Queen Mother to enter the palace.

But when she met the Queen Mother, Zhao Zongqing was also there, so she had no chance to say anything other than telling stories to the Queen Mother.

When Cui Tao came out from the palace, Zhao Zongqing also left.

"Future brother-in-law!" Cui Tao shouted.

Zhao Zongqing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and glanced at Cui Tao: "Have you heard the news? But you haven't been engaged yet, and you are easily criticized by shouting like this in the palace."

"Could it be that there are variables?"

Zhao Zongqing glanced around, lowered his voice and said to Cui Tao: "It's just a reluctant choice. If the person I like the most is not already engaged, I definitely don't want to marry him. Speaking of which, your sixth sister is really similar to you." Alike."

The hint of teasing in these words is full, it sounds as if the person he likes is Cui Tao.

The reason why Zhao Zongqing said such things was that he suddenly had a thought, thinking that it would be more interesting to play with each other.He will let Han Qi see how his beloved woman prostrates at his feet before he is about to die. He will let Han Qi slowly suffer humiliation and die while begging for mercy and regretting that he has played tricks on him. Death, this is the price he paid for teasing him!

Cui Tao naturally knew that Zhao Zongqing didn't really like her. Back then, he urged Han Qi to get engaged to her as soon as possible. Han Qi wooed him to his side.

Zhao Zongqing is obviously more excited by calculating people and manipulating talents than women.

However, Cui Tao still showed a look of astonishment, satisfying the needs of Zhao Zongqing's words.The more the other party expresses, the more she can find out.

Zhao Zongqing sneered when he saw Cui Tao's daze, and he spoke again.

"Don't think too much about it. The person who suits my heart doesn't mean the person I like, but the person who is suitable to stand by my side. The most vulnerable thing in a person is the relationship between a man and a woman. It can't stand the wind, it can't stand the trouble, and it can't waste the years. Grinding, rubbing in a little sand will make two people fall apart, and it will be a fatal weakness, so what's the use?"

Seeing the expression of disapproval on Cui Tao's face, Zhao Zongqing sighed that she would understand sooner or later.

She probably doesn't know yet, "sooner or later", it's just a few days.

"You don't have much experience, so you don't understand, and you are used to generalizing."

Cui Tao sighed slightly with vicissitudes.

The emotion expressed in her tone is obvious, as if "an adult is trying to reason with an ignorant child", just like playing the piano to a cow.