old grace
Chapter 214 Great Controversy
When Xie Qinghe left, he pleaded with Zhan Xuanji: "Please don't get involved too much, uncle."
Chen didn't figure out what was going on from the beginning to the end, and always felt that there were still leaks in the family that hadn't been plugged, and 12 percent didn't want Fu Chuan to leave.She didn't thank Qinghe either, she just squatted down and hugged Fu Chuan, discussing in a friendly voice: "Maybe Jun'er stay at aunt's house for two days?"
Fu Chuan glanced back, the eldest brother was still talking to his uncle, and he had no time to save him, so he could only bite the bullet and comfort Mrs. Chen: "Auntie, I have checked everything in the house, and there is nothing wrong with it. Don't worry, Auntie. For any unresolved ghost matters, just send someone to the house to look for Er——I will come right away."
"My aunt knows you're a good boy, but, boy." Chen Shi supported his shoulders and said awkwardly, "It's inevitable that you will suffer from Lianggu again."
Only at this time did Fu Chuan reveal to her: "Auntie thinks, why did my elder brother and I know that Mrs. Jiang was behind the scenes?"
Mrs. Chen was in a daze, and quickly asked, "How do you know?"
Fu Chuan pulled Mrs. Chen to avoid the corner of the wall, leaving all the servants and maids behind, Fu Chuan stretched out his hand to dig in his bosom, clenched his small fist in front of him, and said: "Auntie, don't panic, I'll catch you!" Follow her, don't hurt anyone."
Chen was deeply curious: "What?"
Fu Chuancai slowly spread out his palms, only to see a faint figure shrunk to an inch in size, floating in his palm.
The Chen family believed in ghosts and gods for half his life, and he regarded witches and gods as guests. He has seen all kinds of "ghosts and ghosts" incidents, but he has never seen such a lifelike "ghost".She is afraid of snakes and insects, but not ghosts and gods, and she trusts her little nephew's ability. Fu Chuan warned her not to panic, but she did not show any fear, but looked at the ghost with surprise and curiosity: "This yes……"
"She is Lianggu." Fu Chuan raised his hand, and Lianggu, who was standing in his palm, bowed his knees to Mrs. Chen and spoke.
"What did she say?" Chen Shi pricked up her ears but couldn't hear clearly, so she couldn't help ordering Liang Gu, "You can speak louder, I forgive you for your innocence."
Fu Chuan explained: "My aunt can't understand what she said. Humans and ghosts have different paths, and yin and yang are not connected."
"That's the reason." Chen gave up communicating with Liang Gu, but couldn't help being curious, "Can Jun'er understand?"
Fu Chuan nodded.What Liang Gu said, which happened to be in his palm, Fu Chuan listened carefully, and passed it on to Mrs. Chen one by one: "She said that Mrs. Li has no intention of harming others. I hope my aunt will not misunderstand Mrs. Li, she..." Fu Chuan hesitated for a moment, "She is a lowly servant girl who can't repay my aunt's kindness. If she has the chance to be reborn in the next life, she is willing to repay her aunt like a cow or a horse."
Mrs. Chen sighed, and said: "I am also a loyal slave. If you are lucky enough to be reborn, you will not be asked to serve in my house as a cow or a horse. You will also be asked to serve by Ali's side, so that you can live a peaceful and stable life."
Chen couldn't understand ghost language, but Liang Gu could understand human language, and she didn't think there was anything wrong, so she kowtowed and thanked her again and again.
Fu Chuan stared at the two of them in astonishment. Would it be a great kindness for Mrs. Chen to allow Liang Gu to be Madam Li's slave again?Isn't the wish of a normal person to be reincarnated after death to be rich and rich and enjoy all the glory?
Fu Chuan couldn't hold Liang Gu in his palm to show his appearance for too long, and put her away after a while.
Mrs. Chen asked curiously: "All you know is to ask her? She said that Ajaan wanted to kill Ali, and she said that Ajaan killed her?"
"Yeah. Mrs. Jiang only knows that her body is burned, and the ghosts will be annihilated. She doesn't know that I can catch ghosts." Fu Chuan didn't forget the original purpose of showing Lianggu out, "I also asked Lianggu is gone, and there are not so many spies in the aunt's house. Nv Teng Nvluo is dead, and Yu Porridge—the female assassin who put the snake shadow in the cup—she also appeared and was captured. Mrs. Jiang is gone."
"My aunt is strict in running the family, how can it be so easy for spies and assassins to sneak in?" Fu Chuan complimented casually.
Chen's family management is normal, Zhan Xuanji has trained and arranged for her right and left hands. Her only strength is that she has self-knowledge and never self-willed.After being complimented by her little nephew, Mrs. Chen was too embarrassed to pester her any longer, and said, "Then I can rest assured."
"Brother Jun?" Xie Qinghe asked from behind.
Fu Chuan hurriedly retreated from the corner with Mrs. Chen, jumped to Xie Qinghe's side in two or three steps, and saluted Zhan Xuanji: "Uncle."
The two saluted and bid farewell to Mrs. Chen again. Mrs. Chen held down her seriously injured husband, put on the cloak herself, held Xie Qinghe in one hand, and Fu Chuan in the other, and sent them out, saying polite words: " Thank you for your trouble today. I will often come to my aunt’s house as guests in the future. When your uncle recovers from his injuries, my aunt will visit you... You are all small children, and if you want to play with anything on weekdays, if the adults at home don’t allow it Yes, just quietly send someone to ask my aunt..."
Xie Qinghe still didn't talk to her very much, and Fu Chuan said to her without a word: "Yes. Okay. Yes. That's really thanks to my aunt."
This time, Mrs. Chen won't cast a cold eye on him. Hearing that he agreed readily, Mrs. Chen's eyes are also full of joy: "That's right. Don't talk heresy."
Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan came in a hurry, neither of them took a car, but came on horseback.It was already in the evening, and a snow fell halfway, which melted on the side of the road and formed a thin layer of ice.Be careful on the loess road, but the road from Zhan's house to Chen's mansion is the most luxurious road in Xiangzhou. It is paved with bluestone slabs and thin ice suddenly forms, and there is a risk of stumble.
Mrs. Chen stopped Xie Qinghe, hugged Fu Chuan directly in her arms, and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Ask someone to put soil on it before going back."
"In this weather, it might snow again at night. It's too expensive to throw the yellow sand on the road now." Xie Qinghe tapped Chen Li's knee lightly with his toes, and the man quickly got on the horse's back and stretched out his hand to Fu Chuan .
Fu Chuan lowered his head and touched Chen Shi's forehead, Chen Shi was startled and astonished, Fu Chuan had already held Xie Qinghe's hand and rode on the horse with him.
"Aunt, take care." Fu Chuan waved his hand.
Chen raised her hand in a daze, and waved it slightly.
She watched as her nephews rode away on horseback, escorted by dozens of guards and disappeared into the vast night.
After a long time, the servant woman came to help her, and then Chen touched her forehead blankly, which was the place her little nephew touched just now.She wondered vaguely, if I had a child, would he touch my face so intimately?
She wanted a child so badly.
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on horseback.
Xie Qinghe wrapped his cloak around the junior brother in his arms, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Stop playing ghosts. I'm going to see my mother later. Find a secluded place and deal with her properly." gone."
"Oh." Fu Chuancai quietly pulled his hand out of his bosom.
He was wearing a cloak, which was also covered by the cloak of the elder brother. Under the two layers of cloak, the elder brother knew that he was refining ghosts.
The Hanjiang Sword Sect claims to be the leader of the White Dao. Of course, it is not allowed to practice any secret techniques of the ghost way. The main reason is that practicing the ghost way will either lose the body, or force the ghosts. The former is very harmful to oneself, and the latter is too corrupt. .
However, the ghost way is definitely the fastest way to practice, not one of them.
Of course, Fu Chuan was also very interested in this powerful practice.He didn't kill Longgu, and he didn't have the idea of enslaving Longgu. Under such circumstances, Longgu was willing to accompany him to try ghost-controlling skills. He was just playing for fun and had no special purpose or ambition.
After playing for a while, he was stopped by the senior brother, and Fu Chuan didn't dare to do it again.
In order to show his innocence, he put both hands on the arms belonging to the elder brother at his waist.
Xie Qinghe controlled the horse with one hand, and circled the younger brother with the other, protecting the safety of the younger brother.Feeling two hands obediently placed on his arms, Xie Qinghe couldn't help but smile slightly.Even at a young age, there are also small cuteness.
Before arriving at the Chen Mansion, snowflakes fell on the road again.
Xie Qinghe first closed the hood for the younger brother to cover his face, before he could pull his own hood in time, he found that the snowflakes in front of him were blown away.
The release of true energy is an extremely profound and top-level ability. In the present world, Fu Chuan had the experience of becoming a demon to practice before he could barely touch it. Now he is wearing Chen Juan's skin and has only practiced for a few years. It is absolutely impossible to master such a profound ability. method.
Xie Qinghe looked forward and looked straight ahead, discerning with the power of the mighty soul, just now he saw a light ghost riding on the horse's head.
Xie Qinghe: "..."
Fu Chuan immediately explained: "In order to thank elder brother for protecting her old master, she took the initiative to shield elder brother from the wind and snow."
Even if Lianggu volunteered to cover the wind and snow, her ghost was captured by Fu Chuan, without Fu Chuan's acquiescence, how could it be possible to fly out of his control and sit on the horse's head to block the snow?Xie Qinghe didn't doubt Liang Gu's intentions. For such a lonely and wild ghost, it would definitely be more cost-effective to catch up with a monk with great prospects like Fu Chuan than to go to the underworld.What is asking her to keep out the wind and snow?Ghosts are not afraid of the cold.
It's just that people and ghosts go their own way.There is no need for Yangjian monks to get involved with ghosts too much.The little junior brother only cares about having fun.
Xie Qinghe recalled his experience with his younger brother, and said as gently as possible: "Ghosts hurt the yang, let's not play with ghosts, okay?"
This is the second time in a short period of time that the big brother has emphasized not to play ghosts.Even though the elder brother's attitude is very gentle, Fu Chuan clearly received the elder brother's extremely repulsive attitude.He hurriedly put Liang Gu who was sitting on the horse's head into his arms. The female ghost was kind to Chen Shi, but she was not very honest to Fu Chuan. She hugged the horse's neck tightly with both hands, desperately refusing Going back, there was still a shrill cry from his mouth...
Fu Chuan was worried that the elder brother would be angry, so he tried his best to take her back, but the female ghost's hands and feet were stretched infinitely, making it extremely funny.
After working on it for a while, Fu Chuan became a little anxious: "Come back soon!"
The yelling alarmed Chen Li and several guards who were accompanying them, and they all rode their horses and approached in unison: "Young Master Jun?!"
The moment Chen Li approached, Liang Gu was forcibly taken back by Fu Chuan.A ghost image flashed in front of Chen Li's eyes, scaring Chen Li almost to fall off the horse's back. Thanks to his skillful bow and horse, he rolled back with his knees clamped on the horse's belly.
Chen Li's entire face turned pale: "...Young Lord Juan? This is..." Is there a ghost?
He didn't dare to speak out, so as not to disturb the morale of the army.
Fu Chuan showed a reassuring face from the cloak, and gave Chen Li a comforting smile: "It's okay, Uncle Li."
After Chen Li was reluctantly relieved, seeing Xie Qinghe also nodded, he called the guards who were close to him to resume their formation.
Fu Chuan was not very embarrassed, he thought he would be reprimanded by the elder brother, but Xie Qinghe only told him softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You and I come from the same bloodline, and you also understand the truth of three souls and seven souls in life. .The earth soul is the soul of consciousness. It has no emotion and no joy. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is ruthless and righteous. Don't stay with it for a long time. I will only say this once."
Fu Chuan sounded a little weird.It seems that I don't know since when, the elder brother didn't dare to speak harshly to him?
However, even if the eldest brother didn't speak harshly, he was still very nervous, and quickly agreed: "I understand. I'll deal with her when I get back."
Snow is getting bigger and bigger.
When Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan arrived at the Chen residence, their cloaks were covered with goose feathers and heavy snow.
Fu Chuan had no feeling of cold and heat in his body, but Xie Qinghe only felt that his hands and feet were so cold that he lost consciousness, and there was a tingling pain in his feet when he got off the horse.He had just entered the gate, and the servants who greeted him at the gate helped him to brush the snow and change his cloak, and his warm boots.
He was sitting at the door changing his boots, and a servant reported: "Mr. Tian is still waiting for Mr. Xiaolang in the east building."
"Go to the east building first." Xie Qinghe stood up with his boots on, hugged the stove, wrapped it in a fur cloak, walked two steps and turned back, "Brother Jun."
Fu Chuan replied obediently: "I'll go home and do what needs to be done."
Xie Qinghe is not worried about him being a demon, the younger brother has always been reassuring: "It's getting cold, go back and drink a bowl of ginger soup."
Fu Chuan didn't dislike him for being long-winded, and obediently bowed and bowed: "Yes."
Only then did Xie Qinghe turn around and walk quickly towards the east building, followed closely by Tian Wen, and Chen Li followed closely beside Xie Qinghe with his guards.
At this time, the snow was raging and the night was as dark as ink. The few lanterns carried by the guards could not resist the darkness of the snowy night. Xie Qinghe felt that his whole body was completely cold, only the hand stove he was holding was still a little warm, completely Can't resist the cold wave coming from all directions.
The east building was brightly lit, Xie Qinghe hurried up the steps, and after entering the door, he felt the warmth in the house like spring.
The servants hurriedly unfastened his cloak and coat, fearing that the snow would melt and wet his clothes.
A servant went to the house to report earlier, Xie Qinghe was still packing his shoes and socks, drinking warm soup to keep out the cold, Tian Anmin came out of the house.The always handsome and well-dressed old gentleman looked a little tired under the light, and sat down beside Xie Qinghe in no hurry to salute Xie Qinghe.
Xie Qinghe was surprised.
Tian Anmin's temperament is not impolite.
"Let's all go down." Xie Qinghe didn't let his servants help him put on his shoes and socks, and put his bare feet on the brazier to keep warm.
Anyway, Tian Anmin didn't pay attention to etiquette anymore, so he came here no matter how comfortable he was.
Tian Wen, who was following him, followed suit, found a comfortable place to sit down, and stretched his big feet towards the brazier.It's not that the braziers are not enough, since they want to get closer to talk, they must be squeezed together.Immediately, Xie Qinghe scolded him angrily: "Has Mr. Xu Zhang washed his feet?!"
Tian Wen was taken aback: "I washed it. I changed three basins of water last night."
Tian Anmin silently peeled a tangerine and threw the peel into the brazier.
Xie Qinghe still felt that he had suffered a disadvantage.Sharing a brazier, he is short and short with short legs, the closest to Tian Wen's stinky feet!It's closer than Tian Wen himself!Tian Anmin defended himself and threw an orange peel to his son to save him. Xie Qinghe gave the father and son a resentful look, and took two steps away.
In the battle of father and son soldiers, you two against one, I don't have the same knowledge as you!
Xie Qinghe wrapped himself in a soft blanket to keep warm, and asked: "Mr. Tian is still in the east building so late, do you have something to teach me?"
"Mr. Xiaolang thinks he has noticed that Xiangzhou has a curfew and the city is closed, and the mansion is lined with guards from the front gate to the back house, which are wartime equipment." Tian Anmin said.
Xie Qinghe nodded.
"The south of the city, the west of the city, and the front door of the east building, there was blood that hadn't been washed away," Tian Anmin said.
"Could it be the blood of our own people?" Xie Qinghe said as if joking, not very serious, "I sent the news early, if there is still blood from our own people, shouldn't it be?"
Tian Wen knew that Mr. Xiaolang would not take hard things, and he also knew his father's disobedient temperament. He was afraid that the two of them would fight if they couldn't make sense. Acting as a peacemaker for the two, he explained: "The guards have been on guard for a long time. Those who were killed and injured were all spies in the city - the swords and guns had no eyes, and the guards also slightly injured two of them. They were all minor injuries, not serious."
"The spies were also arrested, and the guards didn't have any serious casualties. What else is there to do, Mr. Tian?" Xie Qinghe asked.
"The hay shop where the accident happened first was run by Mrs. Jiang's confidant servant, Aunt Qian. Aunt Qian, do you know, Mr. Tian Anmin?" Tian Anmin asked.
Xie Qinghe clearly heard it, but he didn't speak, and took a sip of the still steaming warm soup.
"After the hay shop lost its wind, the spies entrenched in the city moved after hearing the news. One was the mountain-cutting stone shop ambushing in the south of the city, and the other was the flower willow shop in the city, intending to steal the city. After these people were captured, most of them committed suicide , Confession without death, claiming to be a servant of the Jiang family, under the control of Aunt Qian." Tian Wen explained.
"There is still a group of people planning to break into the east building." Tian Anmin added.
Tian Anmin is very diligent, busy with civil affairs almost every day, not walking in the fields and alleys, but working in the east building.
Over the years, Chen Qi had the intention of putting his headquarters in Puyang. He also brought a lot of counselors and civil servants with him when he went out to fight. Almost wiped out.
The purpose of these spies rushing into the east building was Tian Anmin.Moreover, they obviously did not intend to capture Tian Anmin alive.
Tian Anmin was naturally very shocked by this!
"Is this group of people also under Qiangu's control?" Xie Qinghe asked.
Tian Anmin shook his head.
Tian Wen said in a low voice: "They resisted to the death and committed suicide after being surrounded. According to the servants in the mansion, they are all Mrs. Jiang's daughters."
"Mr. Tian went to see Aunt?" Xie Qinghe asked.
Tian Anmin shook his head: "I haven't seen it."
That proves that Tian Anmin did not order the storming of the back house.Xie Qinghe stood up and bowed to Tian Anmin: "Thank you, Mr. Tian."
Tian Anmin lowered his head and peeled off a tangerine, put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then said: "Xiao Langjun, have you really thought about it? Jiang's mind is hard to understand, and she is not Xiao Langjun's biological mother. At this time, he is wise and safe, and he is not dead. People point out harsh places."
"Mr. Xu Zhang, have you met Grandma?" Xie Qinghe asked suddenly.
Tian Wen nodded: "I met once in a long way."
Xie Qinghe put on his socks and kicked on his shoes again: "I'll go see her."
"Have you thought about it, Mr. Xiaolang?" Tian Anmin asked suddenly, "If Mr. Xiaolang never comes back, what will happen to everyone in Xiangzhou?"
Xie Qinghe didn't look back.
The Chen family has always been independent from the front yard and the back house, and the backyard ruled by Mrs. Jiang cannot be flooded. Chen Qi is subconsciously wary of Mrs. Jiang, but never thought that Mrs. Jiang actually has a large number of spies under her command.These female spies were even ordered to go to the East Building, intending to assassinate Tian Anmin.
Congee's escape route is the hay shop, and the person in charge of the hay shop is Qiangu.
The Kaishan shops and brothels who planned to steal the city also admitted that their superiors were Aunt Qian.
The evidence for these two lines is actually not very strong.After all, they are all one-sided words.Even if it can be proved that Aunt Qian is managing the hay shop, it cannot prove that Aunt Qian is really in charge of this group of spies—it is very likely that the spies took advantage of the loophole and used Aunt Qian's hay shop as their base.
After all, Aunt Qian has been serving Mrs. Jiang all year round, so how can she spend so much time in the shop to take care of specific affairs?
The only irrefutable evidence is the group of maids who went to the east building to assassinate Tian Anmin.
They are Mrs. Jiang's confidantes, they know how to fight, and they are the backbone to protect Mrs. Jiang.
——They only obey Madam Jiang's orders.
Not long ago, they obeyed Mrs. Jiang's order, killed Chen Xiu's guards, and cut off Chen Xiu's tongue.
Under such circumstances, Tian Anmin maintained absolute control and did not send the guards to forcibly attack the back house and wipe out Mrs. Jiang's servants and maidservants. He just ordered the guards to surround the back house and wait for Xie Qinghe to come back for discussion. The way to deal with it is to give Xie Qinghe enough face.
Xie Qinghe braved the wind and snow, walked to the backyard along the familiar path.
Usually Mrs. Jiang arranged healthy women to guard the gate here, and no men were allowed to approach.Now surrounded by the guards in heavy armor, staring at the wall, Xie Qinghe walked through it, feeling quite different.
Wu Cun personally led someone to guard the door. Seeing Xie Qinghe approaching, he didn't want to let him go: "Young Lord, the situation inside is chaotic now. If you go in alone, you may not be able to guarantee your safety. I really can't afford it."
"I won't go in. Are you going to stay here until next year?" Xie Qinghe gathered his cloak, "I'll be out in a while."
Without waiting for Wu Cun to stop him, Xie Qinghe passed by two heavily armored guards and stepped into the gate of the back house.
He walked along the icy gravel road, the night was dark and snowy, and the corridor that was supposed to be lit was pitch black. He wanted to look at Mrs. Jiang's residence, but there seemed to be no lights in the main hall.As I walked, my feet slipped.Xie Qinghe took a look at the lantern, only to see the uncoagulated blood on the ground—the blood was too much and too thick, it was too slippery to be frozen in such a snowy night.
"Mum?!" Xie Qinghe had never thought about Mrs. Jiang's possible murder, but at this moment she was a little startled.
Why is Madam Jiang really not with them? If Madam Jiang could not control the situation, would she have been killed?Am I overestimating her?Xie Qinghe lost his usual composure, couldn't help speeding up his pace, and ran towards the main hall.
"Mother? Mother!" Xie Qinghe shouted while running, he was not afraid of attracting spies and assassins, he had confidence in his own skills.
While running, the lantern ignited the lampshade and burned up.Xie Qinghe just ran forward.He didn't meet anyone along the way, and the women who were supposed to serve at the door in the past disappeared. Xie Qinghe pushed open the door suddenly, smelling a strong smell of blood. He just stepped into the door, and immediately felt the sticky underfoot. Greasy - that's blood!
"Mum?!" Xie Qinghe asked tentatively.
A lamp was burning in the room.
Suddenly there was a figure flashing beside him, Xie Qinghe was about to hit him with his backhand, when the person came softly said: "Cong Lang."
"Chang Jiuyang?" Xie Qinghe was surprised, "Why are you here? Where's your mother?"
Chang Chao was dressed smartly, smelled of blood and medicine all over his body, and had a dagger in his hand, explaining softly: "It's a long story. The guards of the government came to fetch me suddenly, saying that I sent someone to assassinate Zhan Xuanji, They didn't give me a chance to explain, and insisted on killing me on the spot. In desperation, I ran out. I wanted to come to discuss the countermeasures with Mr. Xiaolang, but I heard that Mr. Xiaolang and Juan'er had gone to Zhan Xuanji's house. I plan to wait at the mansion for a while..."
This is also Xie Qinghe's calculation.After hearing that Chang Chao killed the Fuwei and fled, he knew that Chang Chao would come to find him.
That's why he told Fu Chuan that Chang Chao knew where the safest place was.
—His place is the safest.
"Didn't it get messed up later? I heard that spies from the back house went to attack the east building. I was worried about my sister's safety. She was not welcome, and no one in the house really loved her. There was going to be a mess. I'm afraid no one will take care of her. I'm planning to go to the back house to take a look."
"I just happened to see Mrs. Jiang cleaning up the internal thieves."
Chang Chao seemed to want to complain about Madam Jiang, remembering that Xie Qinghe respects Madam Jiang very much, he swallowed it.
"Sister is right next to Mrs. Jiang, she asked me to help, of course I have to protect sister, so..."
Chang Chao pointed to the corpses all over the room.
Xie Qinghe never believed that Mrs. Jiang was a spy. If she was a spy, why did she love Chen Cong so much, who had no blood relationship with him?It is necessary for the wife of the main wife who has come to start a family with a serious son to take care of the concubine.If Mrs. Jiang regarded Chen Qi as an enemy and the Chen family as a dangerous place to go out, she should not have any affection for the concubines and concubines in this place.
However, there is nothing [-]% sure in this world.According to common sense, Mrs. Jiang should not be a spy.What if she is?
Until then, Xie Qinghe really let go of his heart.
As long as Mrs. Jiang is not a spy, she is not the one who assassinated Zhan Xuanji, and this series of incidents has nothing to do with her.
"Where are mother and aunt?" Xie Qinghe asked.
Chang Chao pulled him into the house, closed the door, and said, "Inside. Come with me."
This is Mrs. Jiang's residence, Xie Qinghe used to come and go frequently when she was a child, and she would never go wrong with her eyes closed.Chang Chao led him to the back, where there was a very narrow room, which was originally a small warehouse for bedding boxes, without windows, and only one door to enter and exit.
Before approaching, Xie Qinghe heard Mrs. Chang's voice, seeming to persuade Mrs. Jiang: "...I will always follow my sister. It won't be until then. Cong'er and Jun'er will both find a way, sister should relax... ...Is it Jiuyang?"
Chang Chao quickly agreed: "Yes. Mr. Xiao Lang is here."
Mrs. Chang was also very happy: "Isn't it? Cong'er is here."
Chang Chao pushed the door open, and the room was pitch black, with no light at all.Xie Qinghe could barely see Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Chang. Mrs. Chang sat beside her and got up to salute Xie Qinghe: "Cong'er is here. It's too dark, Jiuyang Palm Lamp is here."
Chang Chao turned back to look for the lamp.
Xie Qinghe slowly got used to the darkness of this hut, and slowly walked to Madam Jiang's side: "Mum?"
Mrs. Jiang sat with her back to the door, and she didn't look back at Xie Qinghe, nor did she intend to speak to Xie Qinghe.
Xie Qinghe couldn't see her expression, and didn't know her emotions at the moment.Glancing forward, Chang Chao prepared a brazier for the two ladies, which was enough to keep warm in this narrow hut.There was a long table between Xie Qinghe and Mrs. Jiang, he sat down here, silent for a moment, before Mrs. Chang could smooth things over, he said: "Aren't you cold sitting here?"
Mrs. Chang was taken aback.
Mrs. Jiang had already understood, turned her head and glanced at him, and said, "Come here. It's warm here, Mom."
At this time, Chang Chao came in holding a candle, and there was a warm yellow light in the room.
Xie Qinghe put his long chair aside, and sat down beside Mrs. Jiang. Mrs. Jiang covered Xie Qinghe's knees with her wide skirt, and ordered Chang Chao: "Move the brazier to Xiao Langjun's side."
Chang Chao moved the brazier so that it was obviously carrying private goods. The brazier seemed to be one point closer to Xie Qinghe, but it was actually two points closer to Mrs. Chang.
Everyone present could see his partiality, Mrs. Jiang and Xie Qinghe didn't take it seriously, Mrs. Chang couldn't laugh or cry.
"I shouldn't have made it difficult for you," Mrs. Jiang said.
Xie Qinghe didn't know what Madam Jiang was thinking, so she didn't speak at the moment, just listening quietly.
"From the beginning of my birth and the beginning of my understanding, I have been proud of my surname. I am the eldest daughter of the family. I study and practice martial arts with my brothers. I am proficient in the six arts. I also know that on a good day, I I will put on a wedding dress, bring the goodwill of the family, and hold a wedding with a gentleman whose status is enough to match me, and after that, I will continue to have children, be a mother, and be a grandmother for the rest of my life."
"It's just my mother's marriage. It wasn't right from the beginning." Mrs. Jiang didn't elaborate on the past of her being forced into marriage by the Chen family.
"When I was five years old, Qiangu was sent to me. I grew up with her, she took care of everything about me, knew everything about me, I don't know how many moles I have on my body, she knows, I don't Knowing when I started getting fat, she knew...she knew everything."
"She was sent to Xiangzhou by my father. She knows, but I don't."
"My maid, my maid, my female guard... I thought they all obeyed my orders, loved me, respected me, and obeyed me. I just found out today that they didn't listen to me, they listened to Aunt Qian If you want to, listen to my father."
"Aunt Qian taught me, 'A person is a husband, a father is just a father, and Hu Kebi is also'?"
Mrs. Jiang suddenly overturned the table, and the food lamp stand on it was knocked over in an instant, rolling to the ground.
"I read "Zuo Zhuan" when I was ten years old. Don't you know the truth that people do their best?! That day when soldiers came to the city, they sacrificed my whole family and conspired with spies around me. For 12 years! I never revealed a word of the truth to me! When it's windy, just tell me 'everyone can be a husband' - how are such relatives and parents different from animals?! I only have this one father, how many times do I have to die for him?!" Mrs. Jiang said angrily.
"Cong'er, mother is not reconciled!" Mrs. Jiang's eyes were shining in the darkness, as if two balls of anger were burning.
Xie Qinghe understood.
He didn't think Mrs. Jiang was lying to him. With Mrs. Jiang's intelligence, how could she fail so passively if she wanted to be a spy?
Chen Qi is not a vegetarian either.If the Jiang family put spies by his side, how could he let Mrs. Jiang live in peace until today?So the Jiang family sent spies to Mrs. Jiang, but did not let Mrs. Jiang know about the affair, and all the plots fell on Aunt Qian.
This is where Mrs. Jiang's pain lies.
What happened to Aunt Qian was the Jiang family's envoy, which is not clear.
What happened today is probably not because the Jiang family wanted to achieve something, but because the Jiang family wanted to abolish Mrs. Jiang.
It was very dirty.Chen Qi couldn't beat Chen Qi on the frontal battlefield, so he found a way from Xiangzhou.It would be best if Zhan Xuanji could be killed. If Zhan Xuanji could not be killed, Mrs. Jiang would die as a spy.Anyway, I can't make Chen Qi feel better.
——No one thought of really stealing Xiangzhou.Even if Xiangzhou is briefly occupied, who can defend an enclave?
Therefore, Mrs. Jiang was angry, painful, and unwilling.
However, her only way out is the bastard in front of her, Chen Cong, who is less than nine years old.
"As long as my mother is not a spy of the Jiang family. As long as my mother still wants to be the mistress of the Chen family." Xie Qinghe didn't hesitate about this, "I will go through fire and water, and be considerate of this matter. Mother, don't worry."
Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Chang were very surprised.What the two of them discussed was to escape smoothly, and it would be best if they could bring their two sons with them.
Mrs. Jiang felt that it was impossible to take Chen Cong away.Mrs. Chang knew that Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan were both people with Su Hui, and it was impossible for the two sons to be separated. If she wanted to run away with Mrs. Jiang, she would definitely take her own son with her. coming?
Who knew Xie Qinghe's tone was so loud.He actually thinks he can handle this matter?
Qiangu sent people to steal the city, and sent people to attack the east building. No one can deny that things are certain.
Even if Mrs. Jiang said she didn't know, she was not a spy, who would believe it?Now that Aunt Qian is dead, all the spies loyal to the Jiang family have been killed by Chang Chao, only Mrs. Jiang is left with a mouth, how credible is her testimony?No matter how good-tempered Chen Qi is, he can't tolerate such a wife, right?What's more, Chen Qi's temper is really not that good.
"Relax." Xie Qinghe reaffirmed.
Mr. Xiao Lang went to the back house, the tension in the whole Xiangzhou was relieved, and the guards also entered the back house smoothly.
The guards came from the back house and brought out nearly sixty corpses. In addition to the group of female guards who died in the east building, almost all the servants and maids around Mrs. Jiang died, and Mrs. Jiang was not moved at all.Xie Qinghe asked Mrs. Jiang to move to his residence temporarily, saying that it was his place, and he lived in Chen Qi's yard. Mrs. Jiang was the wife of Chen Qiming's matchmaker, so of course he drove straight in and entered the room—he directly lived in Chen Qi's house. bedroom.
Mrs. Jiang was suspected of being a spy too much. With Xie Qinghe's arrangement, Chen Xianyi didn't dare to say anything, and neither Tian Anmin nor Zhan Xuanji could agree.
Xie Qinghe went to two places one after another, and notified both Tian Anmin and Zhan Xuanji: "I will go to Shuzhou to report this to my father. My mother lives in Xiangzhou, and all her confidantes and servants are dead, and there is time for guards. Protection, what else is there to worry about?"
He wanted to intercede with Chen Qi himself, and only asked Xiangzhou to take good care of Mrs. Jiang so that no accidents would happen to Mrs. Jiang.
Neither Tian Anmin nor Zhan Xuanji wanted to offend him, and they couldn't stop him at all, so they agreed.
Xie Qinghe was still worried, and left Fu Chuan in Xiangzhou, telling him: "No one else can be relied on, as long as it is profitable, whether it is Mr. Tian or uncle, they will sacrifice Aunt without hesitation. You live in Amu these days Near Mrs. Chang, if things go wrong, just take them out—Chang Jiuyang and Mr. Xu Zhang are trustworthy."
Fu Chuan nodded, and was also a little worried about Xie Qinghe: "I'm afraid they will intercept and kill you on the way."
Xie Qinghe touched his face and said: "There is no one in this world who can kill me yet."
Fu Chuan was taken aback when he heard it, and suddenly realized that the elder brother was referring to the master who had not been here for a long time, and couldn't help laughing: "This is also a joke." He couldn't help but said, "If the master came, how could this matter be so troublesome?" , Write a letter to Master and it will be solved, and Senior Brother will have to travel long distances to find him to intercede...Senior Senior Brother, how are you going to beg Father?"
"Chen Qi is such a person, the more you beg him, the more energetic he will be." Xie Qinghe had no intention of begging at all, "I'm going to scold him."
Fu Chuan swallowed with difficulty: "Senior brother is mighty."
This is absolutely unexpected.
Chen didn't figure out what was going on from the beginning to the end, and always felt that there were still leaks in the family that hadn't been plugged, and 12 percent didn't want Fu Chuan to leave.She didn't thank Qinghe either, she just squatted down and hugged Fu Chuan, discussing in a friendly voice: "Maybe Jun'er stay at aunt's house for two days?"
Fu Chuan glanced back, the eldest brother was still talking to his uncle, and he had no time to save him, so he could only bite the bullet and comfort Mrs. Chen: "Auntie, I have checked everything in the house, and there is nothing wrong with it. Don't worry, Auntie. For any unresolved ghost matters, just send someone to the house to look for Er——I will come right away."
"My aunt knows you're a good boy, but, boy." Chen Shi supported his shoulders and said awkwardly, "It's inevitable that you will suffer from Lianggu again."
Only at this time did Fu Chuan reveal to her: "Auntie thinks, why did my elder brother and I know that Mrs. Jiang was behind the scenes?"
Mrs. Chen was in a daze, and quickly asked, "How do you know?"
Fu Chuan pulled Mrs. Chen to avoid the corner of the wall, leaving all the servants and maids behind, Fu Chuan stretched out his hand to dig in his bosom, clenched his small fist in front of him, and said: "Auntie, don't panic, I'll catch you!" Follow her, don't hurt anyone."
Chen was deeply curious: "What?"
Fu Chuancai slowly spread out his palms, only to see a faint figure shrunk to an inch in size, floating in his palm.
The Chen family believed in ghosts and gods for half his life, and he regarded witches and gods as guests. He has seen all kinds of "ghosts and ghosts" incidents, but he has never seen such a lifelike "ghost".She is afraid of snakes and insects, but not ghosts and gods, and she trusts her little nephew's ability. Fu Chuan warned her not to panic, but she did not show any fear, but looked at the ghost with surprise and curiosity: "This yes……"
"She is Lianggu." Fu Chuan raised his hand, and Lianggu, who was standing in his palm, bowed his knees to Mrs. Chen and spoke.
"What did she say?" Chen Shi pricked up her ears but couldn't hear clearly, so she couldn't help ordering Liang Gu, "You can speak louder, I forgive you for your innocence."
Fu Chuan explained: "My aunt can't understand what she said. Humans and ghosts have different paths, and yin and yang are not connected."
"That's the reason." Chen gave up communicating with Liang Gu, but couldn't help being curious, "Can Jun'er understand?"
Fu Chuan nodded.What Liang Gu said, which happened to be in his palm, Fu Chuan listened carefully, and passed it on to Mrs. Chen one by one: "She said that Mrs. Li has no intention of harming others. I hope my aunt will not misunderstand Mrs. Li, she..." Fu Chuan hesitated for a moment, "She is a lowly servant girl who can't repay my aunt's kindness. If she has the chance to be reborn in the next life, she is willing to repay her aunt like a cow or a horse."
Mrs. Chen sighed, and said: "I am also a loyal slave. If you are lucky enough to be reborn, you will not be asked to serve in my house as a cow or a horse. You will also be asked to serve by Ali's side, so that you can live a peaceful and stable life."
Chen couldn't understand ghost language, but Liang Gu could understand human language, and she didn't think there was anything wrong, so she kowtowed and thanked her again and again.
Fu Chuan stared at the two of them in astonishment. Would it be a great kindness for Mrs. Chen to allow Liang Gu to be Madam Li's slave again?Isn't the wish of a normal person to be reincarnated after death to be rich and rich and enjoy all the glory?
Fu Chuan couldn't hold Liang Gu in his palm to show his appearance for too long, and put her away after a while.
Mrs. Chen asked curiously: "All you know is to ask her? She said that Ajaan wanted to kill Ali, and she said that Ajaan killed her?"
"Yeah. Mrs. Jiang only knows that her body is burned, and the ghosts will be annihilated. She doesn't know that I can catch ghosts." Fu Chuan didn't forget the original purpose of showing Lianggu out, "I also asked Lianggu is gone, and there are not so many spies in the aunt's house. Nv Teng Nvluo is dead, and Yu Porridge—the female assassin who put the snake shadow in the cup—she also appeared and was captured. Mrs. Jiang is gone."
"My aunt is strict in running the family, how can it be so easy for spies and assassins to sneak in?" Fu Chuan complimented casually.
Chen's family management is normal, Zhan Xuanji has trained and arranged for her right and left hands. Her only strength is that she has self-knowledge and never self-willed.After being complimented by her little nephew, Mrs. Chen was too embarrassed to pester her any longer, and said, "Then I can rest assured."
"Brother Jun?" Xie Qinghe asked from behind.
Fu Chuan hurriedly retreated from the corner with Mrs. Chen, jumped to Xie Qinghe's side in two or three steps, and saluted Zhan Xuanji: "Uncle."
The two saluted and bid farewell to Mrs. Chen again. Mrs. Chen held down her seriously injured husband, put on the cloak herself, held Xie Qinghe in one hand, and Fu Chuan in the other, and sent them out, saying polite words: " Thank you for your trouble today. I will often come to my aunt’s house as guests in the future. When your uncle recovers from his injuries, my aunt will visit you... You are all small children, and if you want to play with anything on weekdays, if the adults at home don’t allow it Yes, just quietly send someone to ask my aunt..."
Xie Qinghe still didn't talk to her very much, and Fu Chuan said to her without a word: "Yes. Okay. Yes. That's really thanks to my aunt."
This time, Mrs. Chen won't cast a cold eye on him. Hearing that he agreed readily, Mrs. Chen's eyes are also full of joy: "That's right. Don't talk heresy."
Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan came in a hurry, neither of them took a car, but came on horseback.It was already in the evening, and a snow fell halfway, which melted on the side of the road and formed a thin layer of ice.Be careful on the loess road, but the road from Zhan's house to Chen's mansion is the most luxurious road in Xiangzhou. It is paved with bluestone slabs and thin ice suddenly forms, and there is a risk of stumble.
Mrs. Chen stopped Xie Qinghe, hugged Fu Chuan directly in her arms, and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Ask someone to put soil on it before going back."
"In this weather, it might snow again at night. It's too expensive to throw the yellow sand on the road now." Xie Qinghe tapped Chen Li's knee lightly with his toes, and the man quickly got on the horse's back and stretched out his hand to Fu Chuan .
Fu Chuan lowered his head and touched Chen Shi's forehead, Chen Shi was startled and astonished, Fu Chuan had already held Xie Qinghe's hand and rode on the horse with him.
"Aunt, take care." Fu Chuan waved his hand.
Chen raised her hand in a daze, and waved it slightly.
She watched as her nephews rode away on horseback, escorted by dozens of guards and disappeared into the vast night.
After a long time, the servant woman came to help her, and then Chen touched her forehead blankly, which was the place her little nephew touched just now.She wondered vaguely, if I had a child, would he touch my face so intimately?
She wanted a child so badly.
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on horseback.
Xie Qinghe wrapped his cloak around the junior brother in his arms, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Stop playing ghosts. I'm going to see my mother later. Find a secluded place and deal with her properly." gone."
"Oh." Fu Chuancai quietly pulled his hand out of his bosom.
He was wearing a cloak, which was also covered by the cloak of the elder brother. Under the two layers of cloak, the elder brother knew that he was refining ghosts.
The Hanjiang Sword Sect claims to be the leader of the White Dao. Of course, it is not allowed to practice any secret techniques of the ghost way. The main reason is that practicing the ghost way will either lose the body, or force the ghosts. The former is very harmful to oneself, and the latter is too corrupt. .
However, the ghost way is definitely the fastest way to practice, not one of them.
Of course, Fu Chuan was also very interested in this powerful practice.He didn't kill Longgu, and he didn't have the idea of enslaving Longgu. Under such circumstances, Longgu was willing to accompany him to try ghost-controlling skills. He was just playing for fun and had no special purpose or ambition.
After playing for a while, he was stopped by the senior brother, and Fu Chuan didn't dare to do it again.
In order to show his innocence, he put both hands on the arms belonging to the elder brother at his waist.
Xie Qinghe controlled the horse with one hand, and circled the younger brother with the other, protecting the safety of the younger brother.Feeling two hands obediently placed on his arms, Xie Qinghe couldn't help but smile slightly.Even at a young age, there are also small cuteness.
Before arriving at the Chen Mansion, snowflakes fell on the road again.
Xie Qinghe first closed the hood for the younger brother to cover his face, before he could pull his own hood in time, he found that the snowflakes in front of him were blown away.
The release of true energy is an extremely profound and top-level ability. In the present world, Fu Chuan had the experience of becoming a demon to practice before he could barely touch it. Now he is wearing Chen Juan's skin and has only practiced for a few years. It is absolutely impossible to master such a profound ability. method.
Xie Qinghe looked forward and looked straight ahead, discerning with the power of the mighty soul, just now he saw a light ghost riding on the horse's head.
Xie Qinghe: "..."
Fu Chuan immediately explained: "In order to thank elder brother for protecting her old master, she took the initiative to shield elder brother from the wind and snow."
Even if Lianggu volunteered to cover the wind and snow, her ghost was captured by Fu Chuan, without Fu Chuan's acquiescence, how could it be possible to fly out of his control and sit on the horse's head to block the snow?Xie Qinghe didn't doubt Liang Gu's intentions. For such a lonely and wild ghost, it would definitely be more cost-effective to catch up with a monk with great prospects like Fu Chuan than to go to the underworld.What is asking her to keep out the wind and snow?Ghosts are not afraid of the cold.
It's just that people and ghosts go their own way.There is no need for Yangjian monks to get involved with ghosts too much.The little junior brother only cares about having fun.
Xie Qinghe recalled his experience with his younger brother, and said as gently as possible: "Ghosts hurt the yang, let's not play with ghosts, okay?"
This is the second time in a short period of time that the big brother has emphasized not to play ghosts.Even though the elder brother's attitude is very gentle, Fu Chuan clearly received the elder brother's extremely repulsive attitude.He hurriedly put Liang Gu who was sitting on the horse's head into his arms. The female ghost was kind to Chen Shi, but she was not very honest to Fu Chuan. She hugged the horse's neck tightly with both hands, desperately refusing Going back, there was still a shrill cry from his mouth...
Fu Chuan was worried that the elder brother would be angry, so he tried his best to take her back, but the female ghost's hands and feet were stretched infinitely, making it extremely funny.
After working on it for a while, Fu Chuan became a little anxious: "Come back soon!"
The yelling alarmed Chen Li and several guards who were accompanying them, and they all rode their horses and approached in unison: "Young Master Jun?!"
The moment Chen Li approached, Liang Gu was forcibly taken back by Fu Chuan.A ghost image flashed in front of Chen Li's eyes, scaring Chen Li almost to fall off the horse's back. Thanks to his skillful bow and horse, he rolled back with his knees clamped on the horse's belly.
Chen Li's entire face turned pale: "...Young Lord Juan? This is..." Is there a ghost?
He didn't dare to speak out, so as not to disturb the morale of the army.
Fu Chuan showed a reassuring face from the cloak, and gave Chen Li a comforting smile: "It's okay, Uncle Li."
After Chen Li was reluctantly relieved, seeing Xie Qinghe also nodded, he called the guards who were close to him to resume their formation.
Fu Chuan was not very embarrassed, he thought he would be reprimanded by the elder brother, but Xie Qinghe only told him softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You and I come from the same bloodline, and you also understand the truth of three souls and seven souls in life. .The earth soul is the soul of consciousness. It has no emotion and no joy. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is ruthless and righteous. Don't stay with it for a long time. I will only say this once."
Fu Chuan sounded a little weird.It seems that I don't know since when, the elder brother didn't dare to speak harshly to him?
However, even if the eldest brother didn't speak harshly, he was still very nervous, and quickly agreed: "I understand. I'll deal with her when I get back."
Snow is getting bigger and bigger.
When Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan arrived at the Chen residence, their cloaks were covered with goose feathers and heavy snow.
Fu Chuan had no feeling of cold and heat in his body, but Xie Qinghe only felt that his hands and feet were so cold that he lost consciousness, and there was a tingling pain in his feet when he got off the horse.He had just entered the gate, and the servants who greeted him at the gate helped him to brush the snow and change his cloak, and his warm boots.
He was sitting at the door changing his boots, and a servant reported: "Mr. Tian is still waiting for Mr. Xiaolang in the east building."
"Go to the east building first." Xie Qinghe stood up with his boots on, hugged the stove, wrapped it in a fur cloak, walked two steps and turned back, "Brother Jun."
Fu Chuan replied obediently: "I'll go home and do what needs to be done."
Xie Qinghe is not worried about him being a demon, the younger brother has always been reassuring: "It's getting cold, go back and drink a bowl of ginger soup."
Fu Chuan didn't dislike him for being long-winded, and obediently bowed and bowed: "Yes."
Only then did Xie Qinghe turn around and walk quickly towards the east building, followed closely by Tian Wen, and Chen Li followed closely beside Xie Qinghe with his guards.
At this time, the snow was raging and the night was as dark as ink. The few lanterns carried by the guards could not resist the darkness of the snowy night. Xie Qinghe felt that his whole body was completely cold, only the hand stove he was holding was still a little warm, completely Can't resist the cold wave coming from all directions.
The east building was brightly lit, Xie Qinghe hurried up the steps, and after entering the door, he felt the warmth in the house like spring.
The servants hurriedly unfastened his cloak and coat, fearing that the snow would melt and wet his clothes.
A servant went to the house to report earlier, Xie Qinghe was still packing his shoes and socks, drinking warm soup to keep out the cold, Tian Anmin came out of the house.The always handsome and well-dressed old gentleman looked a little tired under the light, and sat down beside Xie Qinghe in no hurry to salute Xie Qinghe.
Xie Qinghe was surprised.
Tian Anmin's temperament is not impolite.
"Let's all go down." Xie Qinghe didn't let his servants help him put on his shoes and socks, and put his bare feet on the brazier to keep warm.
Anyway, Tian Anmin didn't pay attention to etiquette anymore, so he came here no matter how comfortable he was.
Tian Wen, who was following him, followed suit, found a comfortable place to sit down, and stretched his big feet towards the brazier.It's not that the braziers are not enough, since they want to get closer to talk, they must be squeezed together.Immediately, Xie Qinghe scolded him angrily: "Has Mr. Xu Zhang washed his feet?!"
Tian Wen was taken aback: "I washed it. I changed three basins of water last night."
Tian Anmin silently peeled a tangerine and threw the peel into the brazier.
Xie Qinghe still felt that he had suffered a disadvantage.Sharing a brazier, he is short and short with short legs, the closest to Tian Wen's stinky feet!It's closer than Tian Wen himself!Tian Anmin defended himself and threw an orange peel to his son to save him. Xie Qinghe gave the father and son a resentful look, and took two steps away.
In the battle of father and son soldiers, you two against one, I don't have the same knowledge as you!
Xie Qinghe wrapped himself in a soft blanket to keep warm, and asked: "Mr. Tian is still in the east building so late, do you have something to teach me?"
"Mr. Xiaolang thinks he has noticed that Xiangzhou has a curfew and the city is closed, and the mansion is lined with guards from the front gate to the back house, which are wartime equipment." Tian Anmin said.
Xie Qinghe nodded.
"The south of the city, the west of the city, and the front door of the east building, there was blood that hadn't been washed away," Tian Anmin said.
"Could it be the blood of our own people?" Xie Qinghe said as if joking, not very serious, "I sent the news early, if there is still blood from our own people, shouldn't it be?"
Tian Wen knew that Mr. Xiaolang would not take hard things, and he also knew his father's disobedient temperament. He was afraid that the two of them would fight if they couldn't make sense. Acting as a peacemaker for the two, he explained: "The guards have been on guard for a long time. Those who were killed and injured were all spies in the city - the swords and guns had no eyes, and the guards also slightly injured two of them. They were all minor injuries, not serious."
"The spies were also arrested, and the guards didn't have any serious casualties. What else is there to do, Mr. Tian?" Xie Qinghe asked.
"The hay shop where the accident happened first was run by Mrs. Jiang's confidant servant, Aunt Qian. Aunt Qian, do you know, Mr. Tian Anmin?" Tian Anmin asked.
Xie Qinghe clearly heard it, but he didn't speak, and took a sip of the still steaming warm soup.
"After the hay shop lost its wind, the spies entrenched in the city moved after hearing the news. One was the mountain-cutting stone shop ambushing in the south of the city, and the other was the flower willow shop in the city, intending to steal the city. After these people were captured, most of them committed suicide , Confession without death, claiming to be a servant of the Jiang family, under the control of Aunt Qian." Tian Wen explained.
"There is still a group of people planning to break into the east building." Tian Anmin added.
Tian Anmin is very diligent, busy with civil affairs almost every day, not walking in the fields and alleys, but working in the east building.
Over the years, Chen Qi had the intention of putting his headquarters in Puyang. He also brought a lot of counselors and civil servants with him when he went out to fight. Almost wiped out.
The purpose of these spies rushing into the east building was Tian Anmin.Moreover, they obviously did not intend to capture Tian Anmin alive.
Tian Anmin was naturally very shocked by this!
"Is this group of people also under Qiangu's control?" Xie Qinghe asked.
Tian Anmin shook his head.
Tian Wen said in a low voice: "They resisted to the death and committed suicide after being surrounded. According to the servants in the mansion, they are all Mrs. Jiang's daughters."
"Mr. Tian went to see Aunt?" Xie Qinghe asked.
Tian Anmin shook his head: "I haven't seen it."
That proves that Tian Anmin did not order the storming of the back house.Xie Qinghe stood up and bowed to Tian Anmin: "Thank you, Mr. Tian."
Tian Anmin lowered his head and peeled off a tangerine, put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then said: "Xiao Langjun, have you really thought about it? Jiang's mind is hard to understand, and she is not Xiao Langjun's biological mother. At this time, he is wise and safe, and he is not dead. People point out harsh places."
"Mr. Xu Zhang, have you met Grandma?" Xie Qinghe asked suddenly.
Tian Wen nodded: "I met once in a long way."
Xie Qinghe put on his socks and kicked on his shoes again: "I'll go see her."
"Have you thought about it, Mr. Xiaolang?" Tian Anmin asked suddenly, "If Mr. Xiaolang never comes back, what will happen to everyone in Xiangzhou?"
Xie Qinghe didn't look back.
The Chen family has always been independent from the front yard and the back house, and the backyard ruled by Mrs. Jiang cannot be flooded. Chen Qi is subconsciously wary of Mrs. Jiang, but never thought that Mrs. Jiang actually has a large number of spies under her command.These female spies were even ordered to go to the East Building, intending to assassinate Tian Anmin.
Congee's escape route is the hay shop, and the person in charge of the hay shop is Qiangu.
The Kaishan shops and brothels who planned to steal the city also admitted that their superiors were Aunt Qian.
The evidence for these two lines is actually not very strong.After all, they are all one-sided words.Even if it can be proved that Aunt Qian is managing the hay shop, it cannot prove that Aunt Qian is really in charge of this group of spies—it is very likely that the spies took advantage of the loophole and used Aunt Qian's hay shop as their base.
After all, Aunt Qian has been serving Mrs. Jiang all year round, so how can she spend so much time in the shop to take care of specific affairs?
The only irrefutable evidence is the group of maids who went to the east building to assassinate Tian Anmin.
They are Mrs. Jiang's confidantes, they know how to fight, and they are the backbone to protect Mrs. Jiang.
——They only obey Madam Jiang's orders.
Not long ago, they obeyed Mrs. Jiang's order, killed Chen Xiu's guards, and cut off Chen Xiu's tongue.
Under such circumstances, Tian Anmin maintained absolute control and did not send the guards to forcibly attack the back house and wipe out Mrs. Jiang's servants and maidservants. He just ordered the guards to surround the back house and wait for Xie Qinghe to come back for discussion. The way to deal with it is to give Xie Qinghe enough face.
Xie Qinghe braved the wind and snow, walked to the backyard along the familiar path.
Usually Mrs. Jiang arranged healthy women to guard the gate here, and no men were allowed to approach.Now surrounded by the guards in heavy armor, staring at the wall, Xie Qinghe walked through it, feeling quite different.
Wu Cun personally led someone to guard the door. Seeing Xie Qinghe approaching, he didn't want to let him go: "Young Lord, the situation inside is chaotic now. If you go in alone, you may not be able to guarantee your safety. I really can't afford it."
"I won't go in. Are you going to stay here until next year?" Xie Qinghe gathered his cloak, "I'll be out in a while."
Without waiting for Wu Cun to stop him, Xie Qinghe passed by two heavily armored guards and stepped into the gate of the back house.
He walked along the icy gravel road, the night was dark and snowy, and the corridor that was supposed to be lit was pitch black. He wanted to look at Mrs. Jiang's residence, but there seemed to be no lights in the main hall.As I walked, my feet slipped.Xie Qinghe took a look at the lantern, only to see the uncoagulated blood on the ground—the blood was too much and too thick, it was too slippery to be frozen in such a snowy night.
"Mum?!" Xie Qinghe had never thought about Mrs. Jiang's possible murder, but at this moment she was a little startled.
Why is Madam Jiang really not with them? If Madam Jiang could not control the situation, would she have been killed?Am I overestimating her?Xie Qinghe lost his usual composure, couldn't help speeding up his pace, and ran towards the main hall.
"Mother? Mother!" Xie Qinghe shouted while running, he was not afraid of attracting spies and assassins, he had confidence in his own skills.
While running, the lantern ignited the lampshade and burned up.Xie Qinghe just ran forward.He didn't meet anyone along the way, and the women who were supposed to serve at the door in the past disappeared. Xie Qinghe pushed open the door suddenly, smelling a strong smell of blood. He just stepped into the door, and immediately felt the sticky underfoot. Greasy - that's blood!
"Mum?!" Xie Qinghe asked tentatively.
A lamp was burning in the room.
Suddenly there was a figure flashing beside him, Xie Qinghe was about to hit him with his backhand, when the person came softly said: "Cong Lang."
"Chang Jiuyang?" Xie Qinghe was surprised, "Why are you here? Where's your mother?"
Chang Chao was dressed smartly, smelled of blood and medicine all over his body, and had a dagger in his hand, explaining softly: "It's a long story. The guards of the government came to fetch me suddenly, saying that I sent someone to assassinate Zhan Xuanji, They didn't give me a chance to explain, and insisted on killing me on the spot. In desperation, I ran out. I wanted to come to discuss the countermeasures with Mr. Xiaolang, but I heard that Mr. Xiaolang and Juan'er had gone to Zhan Xuanji's house. I plan to wait at the mansion for a while..."
This is also Xie Qinghe's calculation.After hearing that Chang Chao killed the Fuwei and fled, he knew that Chang Chao would come to find him.
That's why he told Fu Chuan that Chang Chao knew where the safest place was.
—His place is the safest.
"Didn't it get messed up later? I heard that spies from the back house went to attack the east building. I was worried about my sister's safety. She was not welcome, and no one in the house really loved her. There was going to be a mess. I'm afraid no one will take care of her. I'm planning to go to the back house to take a look."
"I just happened to see Mrs. Jiang cleaning up the internal thieves."
Chang Chao seemed to want to complain about Madam Jiang, remembering that Xie Qinghe respects Madam Jiang very much, he swallowed it.
"Sister is right next to Mrs. Jiang, she asked me to help, of course I have to protect sister, so..."
Chang Chao pointed to the corpses all over the room.
Xie Qinghe never believed that Mrs. Jiang was a spy. If she was a spy, why did she love Chen Cong so much, who had no blood relationship with him?It is necessary for the wife of the main wife who has come to start a family with a serious son to take care of the concubine.If Mrs. Jiang regarded Chen Qi as an enemy and the Chen family as a dangerous place to go out, she should not have any affection for the concubines and concubines in this place.
However, there is nothing [-]% sure in this world.According to common sense, Mrs. Jiang should not be a spy.What if she is?
Until then, Xie Qinghe really let go of his heart.
As long as Mrs. Jiang is not a spy, she is not the one who assassinated Zhan Xuanji, and this series of incidents has nothing to do with her.
"Where are mother and aunt?" Xie Qinghe asked.
Chang Chao pulled him into the house, closed the door, and said, "Inside. Come with me."
This is Mrs. Jiang's residence, Xie Qinghe used to come and go frequently when she was a child, and she would never go wrong with her eyes closed.Chang Chao led him to the back, where there was a very narrow room, which was originally a small warehouse for bedding boxes, without windows, and only one door to enter and exit.
Before approaching, Xie Qinghe heard Mrs. Chang's voice, seeming to persuade Mrs. Jiang: "...I will always follow my sister. It won't be until then. Cong'er and Jun'er will both find a way, sister should relax... ...Is it Jiuyang?"
Chang Chao quickly agreed: "Yes. Mr. Xiao Lang is here."
Mrs. Chang was also very happy: "Isn't it? Cong'er is here."
Chang Chao pushed the door open, and the room was pitch black, with no light at all.Xie Qinghe could barely see Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Chang. Mrs. Chang sat beside her and got up to salute Xie Qinghe: "Cong'er is here. It's too dark, Jiuyang Palm Lamp is here."
Chang Chao turned back to look for the lamp.
Xie Qinghe slowly got used to the darkness of this hut, and slowly walked to Madam Jiang's side: "Mum?"
Mrs. Jiang sat with her back to the door, and she didn't look back at Xie Qinghe, nor did she intend to speak to Xie Qinghe.
Xie Qinghe couldn't see her expression, and didn't know her emotions at the moment.Glancing forward, Chang Chao prepared a brazier for the two ladies, which was enough to keep warm in this narrow hut.There was a long table between Xie Qinghe and Mrs. Jiang, he sat down here, silent for a moment, before Mrs. Chang could smooth things over, he said: "Aren't you cold sitting here?"
Mrs. Chang was taken aback.
Mrs. Jiang had already understood, turned her head and glanced at him, and said, "Come here. It's warm here, Mom."
At this time, Chang Chao came in holding a candle, and there was a warm yellow light in the room.
Xie Qinghe put his long chair aside, and sat down beside Mrs. Jiang. Mrs. Jiang covered Xie Qinghe's knees with her wide skirt, and ordered Chang Chao: "Move the brazier to Xiao Langjun's side."
Chang Chao moved the brazier so that it was obviously carrying private goods. The brazier seemed to be one point closer to Xie Qinghe, but it was actually two points closer to Mrs. Chang.
Everyone present could see his partiality, Mrs. Jiang and Xie Qinghe didn't take it seriously, Mrs. Chang couldn't laugh or cry.
"I shouldn't have made it difficult for you," Mrs. Jiang said.
Xie Qinghe didn't know what Madam Jiang was thinking, so she didn't speak at the moment, just listening quietly.
"From the beginning of my birth and the beginning of my understanding, I have been proud of my surname. I am the eldest daughter of the family. I study and practice martial arts with my brothers. I am proficient in the six arts. I also know that on a good day, I I will put on a wedding dress, bring the goodwill of the family, and hold a wedding with a gentleman whose status is enough to match me, and after that, I will continue to have children, be a mother, and be a grandmother for the rest of my life."
"It's just my mother's marriage. It wasn't right from the beginning." Mrs. Jiang didn't elaborate on the past of her being forced into marriage by the Chen family.
"When I was five years old, Qiangu was sent to me. I grew up with her, she took care of everything about me, knew everything about me, I don't know how many moles I have on my body, she knows, I don't Knowing when I started getting fat, she knew...she knew everything."
"She was sent to Xiangzhou by my father. She knows, but I don't."
"My maid, my maid, my female guard... I thought they all obeyed my orders, loved me, respected me, and obeyed me. I just found out today that they didn't listen to me, they listened to Aunt Qian If you want to, listen to my father."
"Aunt Qian taught me, 'A person is a husband, a father is just a father, and Hu Kebi is also'?"
Mrs. Jiang suddenly overturned the table, and the food lamp stand on it was knocked over in an instant, rolling to the ground.
"I read "Zuo Zhuan" when I was ten years old. Don't you know the truth that people do their best?! That day when soldiers came to the city, they sacrificed my whole family and conspired with spies around me. For 12 years! I never revealed a word of the truth to me! When it's windy, just tell me 'everyone can be a husband' - how are such relatives and parents different from animals?! I only have this one father, how many times do I have to die for him?!" Mrs. Jiang said angrily.
"Cong'er, mother is not reconciled!" Mrs. Jiang's eyes were shining in the darkness, as if two balls of anger were burning.
Xie Qinghe understood.
He didn't think Mrs. Jiang was lying to him. With Mrs. Jiang's intelligence, how could she fail so passively if she wanted to be a spy?
Chen Qi is not a vegetarian either.If the Jiang family put spies by his side, how could he let Mrs. Jiang live in peace until today?So the Jiang family sent spies to Mrs. Jiang, but did not let Mrs. Jiang know about the affair, and all the plots fell on Aunt Qian.
This is where Mrs. Jiang's pain lies.
What happened to Aunt Qian was the Jiang family's envoy, which is not clear.
What happened today is probably not because the Jiang family wanted to achieve something, but because the Jiang family wanted to abolish Mrs. Jiang.
It was very dirty.Chen Qi couldn't beat Chen Qi on the frontal battlefield, so he found a way from Xiangzhou.It would be best if Zhan Xuanji could be killed. If Zhan Xuanji could not be killed, Mrs. Jiang would die as a spy.Anyway, I can't make Chen Qi feel better.
——No one thought of really stealing Xiangzhou.Even if Xiangzhou is briefly occupied, who can defend an enclave?
Therefore, Mrs. Jiang was angry, painful, and unwilling.
However, her only way out is the bastard in front of her, Chen Cong, who is less than nine years old.
"As long as my mother is not a spy of the Jiang family. As long as my mother still wants to be the mistress of the Chen family." Xie Qinghe didn't hesitate about this, "I will go through fire and water, and be considerate of this matter. Mother, don't worry."
Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Chang were very surprised.What the two of them discussed was to escape smoothly, and it would be best if they could bring their two sons with them.
Mrs. Jiang felt that it was impossible to take Chen Cong away.Mrs. Chang knew that Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan were both people with Su Hui, and it was impossible for the two sons to be separated. If she wanted to run away with Mrs. Jiang, she would definitely take her own son with her. coming?
Who knew Xie Qinghe's tone was so loud.He actually thinks he can handle this matter?
Qiangu sent people to steal the city, and sent people to attack the east building. No one can deny that things are certain.
Even if Mrs. Jiang said she didn't know, she was not a spy, who would believe it?Now that Aunt Qian is dead, all the spies loyal to the Jiang family have been killed by Chang Chao, only Mrs. Jiang is left with a mouth, how credible is her testimony?No matter how good-tempered Chen Qi is, he can't tolerate such a wife, right?What's more, Chen Qi's temper is really not that good.
"Relax." Xie Qinghe reaffirmed.
Mr. Xiao Lang went to the back house, the tension in the whole Xiangzhou was relieved, and the guards also entered the back house smoothly.
The guards came from the back house and brought out nearly sixty corpses. In addition to the group of female guards who died in the east building, almost all the servants and maids around Mrs. Jiang died, and Mrs. Jiang was not moved at all.Xie Qinghe asked Mrs. Jiang to move to his residence temporarily, saying that it was his place, and he lived in Chen Qi's yard. Mrs. Jiang was the wife of Chen Qiming's matchmaker, so of course he drove straight in and entered the room—he directly lived in Chen Qi's house. bedroom.
Mrs. Jiang was suspected of being a spy too much. With Xie Qinghe's arrangement, Chen Xianyi didn't dare to say anything, and neither Tian Anmin nor Zhan Xuanji could agree.
Xie Qinghe went to two places one after another, and notified both Tian Anmin and Zhan Xuanji: "I will go to Shuzhou to report this to my father. My mother lives in Xiangzhou, and all her confidantes and servants are dead, and there is time for guards. Protection, what else is there to worry about?"
He wanted to intercede with Chen Qi himself, and only asked Xiangzhou to take good care of Mrs. Jiang so that no accidents would happen to Mrs. Jiang.
Neither Tian Anmin nor Zhan Xuanji wanted to offend him, and they couldn't stop him at all, so they agreed.
Xie Qinghe was still worried, and left Fu Chuan in Xiangzhou, telling him: "No one else can be relied on, as long as it is profitable, whether it is Mr. Tian or uncle, they will sacrifice Aunt without hesitation. You live in Amu these days Near Mrs. Chang, if things go wrong, just take them out—Chang Jiuyang and Mr. Xu Zhang are trustworthy."
Fu Chuan nodded, and was also a little worried about Xie Qinghe: "I'm afraid they will intercept and kill you on the way."
Xie Qinghe touched his face and said: "There is no one in this world who can kill me yet."
Fu Chuan was taken aback when he heard it, and suddenly realized that the elder brother was referring to the master who had not been here for a long time, and couldn't help laughing: "This is also a joke." He couldn't help but said, "If the master came, how could this matter be so troublesome?" , Write a letter to Master and it will be solved, and Senior Brother will have to travel long distances to find him to intercede...Senior Senior Brother, how are you going to beg Father?"
"Chen Qi is such a person, the more you beg him, the more energetic he will be." Xie Qinghe had no intention of begging at all, "I'm going to scold him."
Fu Chuan swallowed with difficulty: "Senior brother is mighty."
This is absolutely unexpected.
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