The return of the son-in-law

The servant who sent the message came back after a while, still with a bitter face: "Housekeeper Jia, the young master scolded me before I finished speaking, saying that I don't distinguish between public and private."

"You didn't tell the young master that I'm back?" Fuquan asked.

The servant shook his head: "Everyone knows that Brother Fuquan, you are the attendant of the Second Young Master. You accompanied the Second Young Master to Yong'an Mansion to participate in the Qiuxiu. Now you are back. The Young Master is so smart, you must know it immediately."

Fuquan frowned and said, "This is not okay, and that is not okay, then we have to wait for the young master to come back from Sanya?"

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "That's the only way. The matter of the second young master must not be spread."

Fuquan sensed something was wrong with Jia Huan and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jia Huan waved his hand and motioned Fuquan and the boy to get closer, and then explained to them in a low voice: "At the time when the young master was the judge in Xuzhou, he brought the second young master back to live with us, but the wife kept saying that the second young master was with us This mansion collided! If the second young master fell into the water and died at this moment and let her know, it will definitely be a bad thing! Maybe he will take this opportunity to spread something, which will not benefit the young master."

Fuquan and the servant both nodded, but after a while, they heard Jia Huan yell again: "No!"

"What's the matter?" Fuquan asked him quickly without being startled.

Jia Huan asked, "When you came back, who was on duty at the corner gate?"

"It's Liu Wutian Qi."

"Hurry up, go to the corner gate and see if the two of them are still there? If the guard changes, invite them over and say that the young master has something to ask them!"

The servant hurriedly took orders to find someone, Jia Huan asked Fuquan again: "You entered the corner gate and walked all the way, did you meet anyone on the way?"

Fuquan thought for a while, and replied: "I met a few maids, none of whom belong to our yard. But they didn't recognize me as a disheveled man, so they took a detour early in the morning."

Only then did Jia Huan feel relieved: "I hope no one will recognize you."

Taking advantage of Guo Zhanan's spare time before coming back from the office, Fuquan took a shower, changed his clothes, and ate three bowls of rice in a row before putting down the bowl with satisfaction.

"Don't laugh at me either, I was so busy on the road that I never had enough to eat."

Jia Huan looked at the mess on the table, shook his head and said, "You should think about how to tell the young master."

After hearing this, Fuquan coughed violently.

After another hour or so, Guo Zhanan came back from his office.

Jia Huan and Fuquan got the news, the former asked the latter to wait in the hall, while he went out of the hall to meet Guo Zhanan in the direction he came from.

"What happened in the house today?" Guo Zhan'an knew that Jia Huan was not the kind of person who couldn't distinguish between priorities, and it must be important to send someone to him when he was on duty.It's just that the servant who sent the letter refused to say anything, and since I have to shoulder many matters related to the house raid in Liu's residence, I really have no skills at all.So after the office was over, Guo Zhanan rejected the invitation of his colleagues and hurried back home.

Jia Huan didn't answer directly, but glanced behind Guo Zhan'an and said, "Master, please enter the hall."

Guo Zhan'an turned his head and said to Shumo who was following behind him: "It's none of your business here, go down."

"Yes."

Jia Huan called Shumo and Xieyi to stop, and ordered: "Go to the kitchen and tell me, if the dried bamboo shoots and old duck stewed by the young master are ready, send me a bowl of soup first."

"Yes."

When Shu Mo and Xie Yi left, Guo Zhan'an took the lead and walked into the hall.

"Fuquan, why are you here?" Seeing Fuquan waiting in the hall, Guo Zhan'an frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you to follow Yu'er to Yong'an Mansion to participate in Qiu Wei? Seeing that the day of Qiu Wei is coming , why are you back?"

It was good not to mention Huo Yu, but when Huo Yu was mentioned, the hot tears in Fuquan's eyes couldn't be held back for a moment, and fell again.

He knelt down with a plop, put his hands flat on the ground, his forehead touched the ground, and cried and pleaded guilty: "Master, Fuquan is incompetent. He didn't protect the second young master's Zhou Quan, so please punish him!"

Guo Zhanan's figure flickered, and Jia Huan who was on the side saw this, and quickly stepped forward to support him: "Master, please sit down first."

Guo Zhanan sat down, held the armrest of the chair with one hand, and asked in a hoarse voice: "What did you just say? Don't think that you can deceive yourself at will after serving Yu'er for a long time."

Fuquan didn't dare to raise his head. Now he took out the jade buckle of peace from his pocket, and stretched out his hands: "Young master, I found this on the second young master's body."

Seeing Guo Zhan'an's distraught appearance, Jia Huan could only grit his teeth, stepped forward to take the Ping An jade buckle from Fuquan, and handed it to Guo Zhan'an: "Master, my condolences will change."

Guo Zhanan picked up the Ping An jade buckle with a trembling right hand, and rubbed it for a while, only to feel a blur in front of his eyes, a tingling pain in his heart, an itchy throat, and he spit out a mouthful of dark red blood.

Jia Huan was shocked, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe Guo Zhanan, but Guo Zhanan opened it with one hand.With red eyes, visible veins all over his neck, behind his ears, and on the back of his hands, he stared at Fuquan who was kneeling below, and said coldly, "Please explain clearly to me!"

Fuquan couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a choked voice: "After leaving the capital, we walked ten miles and arrived at Duyue Wharf. According to the prior arrangement, we chartered two boats. The second young master lived on the big boat. He and Xiyue Chaoyang are also on this boat to take care of the second young master. The four guards assigned by the young master before also boarded this boat to protect the second young master. As for the luggage and others, they are all in another At the beginning, there was nothing at all along the way, and the sea was calm, and the second young master was still enthusiastic about reciting poems and painting on the boat. As a result, when our boat arrived in Jiaodong, before it was dark, we suddenly heard the boatman say The boat was leaking! The guards went to see it, and when they came back, they said that there were several holes in the bottom of the boat, and the biggest one was as big as a bowl! The water was coming in too fast, and it was too late to block it. Followed by me and two other guards, we went ashore first before talking. As a result, the river turned red as soon as one guard entered the water. It turned out that someone was ambushing below! We didn’t dare to let the second young master go into the water rashly. The boatman and the guards went into the water with a bamboo pole. I kept poking inside, hoping to find out the ambushed people, but those people didn't know where to hide, and they didn't do anything when they saw that we didn't go into the water. Later, there was really no way, and more and more water poured into the cabin , the remaining three guards discussed, the three of them will protect the second young master together, and swim back to the shore as soon as possible. Watching the three guards fighting the enemy below the water, there was only one guard left. Seeing that the second young master was about to reach the shore, a boat suddenly appeared and blocked the second young master's way. The enemy above is also shooting arrows into the water on the boat. The last guard used his body to block the arrows for the second young master. I took the opportunity to dive into the water to pull the second young master back, but a wave came and the second young master disappeared! The river suddenly disappeared. It became turbulent, and the enemy in the water and I couldn't control the direction, and we were swept downstream by the river. When I woke up, I found that I was rescued by a fisherman. I searched along both sides of the drinking water, and finally found a swollen corpse upstream. The clothes worn by the corpse had disappeared, leaving only an obscene garment. But I think the person hanging on the corpse is the Second Young Master The Ping An jade button that never leaves my body! I originally wanted to take the body of the second young master back to Beijing, but the local people said that he was killed by a water ghost, and the corpse left after death would also turn into a water ghost, so they sent me I was beaten for a while, and I was not allowed to get close to the second young master's body. Later, when they were not paying attention, I snatched the safety jade buckle hanging from the second young master, stuffed it in my mouth, jumped into the water, and swam desperately for a long distance before I escaped. Their pursuit. Young master, the second young master died unjustly, you must avenge the second young master!"

At the end of Fuquan's speech, he was sobbing, lying on the ground and crying continuously.Jia Huan couldn't help wiping away tears and said, "Young master, the second young master died strangely."

"Yu'er, Yu'er," Guo Zhan'an kept calling Huo Yu's name as if he hadn't heard of it, "It's my fault, it's my fault! If I didn't insist on getting you a job, how could you end up with one?" The fate of no bones left! I was wrong!"

Seeing that Guo Zhanan seemed to be losing his mind, Jia Huan had no choice but to pinch Guo Zhanan's arm fiercely: "Young master, it is clear that someone ambushed and killed the second young master. The most important thing now is to find the murderer and replace the second young master." The young master takes revenge!"

Hearing the last sentence, Guo Zhanan came back to his senses a little: "Yes, you are right, you want to avenge Yu'er. Yu'er is soaked in such cold water alone, besieged on all sides, helpless, how cold he must be , how scared? I must find the murderer and pay homage to Yu'er."

Hearing this, Fuquan took out a few other things from his bosom, and stretched his hands forward: "Master, I found this on the shore. These are arrowheads, and these are the masks worn by the archers on the boat. This, this seems to be a token or something."

Guo Zhanan's spirit was shaken, he got up to take these three things himself, put them on the table and studied them carefully.

After a while, Guo Zhanan sighed: "It's useless. The arrowhead has no mark, and the mask is the Kunlun slave mask that can be seen everywhere. This token is made of wood. It has been soaked in water for so long, and it has long been invisible. "

After hearing this, Fuquan felt very regretful: "Young master, can we just watch the second young master die without regret?"

Guo Zhanan shook his head heavily: "I don't think so. According to what you said, at least a dozen people murdered Yu'er together. They chose to attack Jiaodong. It is time to do it. They hired a boat in advance. In order to avoid arousing your suspicion, they may have changed several boats, and among the dozen or so people, many of them are good at holding their breath and floating water. Such a big deal is not casual One person can do it."

As a housekeeper, Jia Huan is very sensitive to money. After listening to Guo Zhanan's analysis, he couldn't help saying: "These people have evil intentions, and it is impossible to take a boat with other people. These days, the water flow is unpredictable. Just hiring a boat and a boatman It’s a big expense, and if you change the ship continuously, the expense will be even more.”

"Yu'er has followed me for the past few years, and rarely shows his face to the outside world. It is impossible for anyone to hate him deeply and spend a lot of time trying to kill him. If it is the enemy I set up, it is said that the disaster is not as good as his wife and children, except for Liu. How many people would think of attacking Yu'er? The Liu family has already been defeated, and they can't afford to cause such a storm. Moreover, the four guards were rewarded by His Majesty, and they were all killed so quickly. The other party's ability is not bad." Guo Zhan'an said this, slapped it heavily on the table, and said angrily: "Looking at all the prefectures and states, who else can there be except King Liang!"

According to Fuquan's footsteps, he rushed all the way back to the capital from Jiaodong, which shows that Huo Yu's accident happened earlier than Liang Wang found "Li Shaoyu" from Liufu.One ring after another, I am afraid that King Liang has discovered Huo Yu's identity, killed the real master, and then found a fake one to stage a play of exchanging the civet cat for the prince.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhan'an couldn't sit still anymore, he reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to the palace to face the saint!"

"Yu'er is dead?" Li Shaojun in the palace got the news, and his reaction was no better than that of Guo Zhan'an.Ah Xin, who was at the side, stepped forward to collect the writing brush that fell on the memorial, and carried the other memorials on the table to another table.

Guo Zhan'an repeated what Fuquan said earlier, and took out the safe jade buckle he had given to Huo Yu at the beginning: "This is something that Yu'er has never left her body."

"Impossible!" Li Shaojun still couldn't accept this fact, stood up and waved his hands, and one of the good inkstones on the table was hit by a seedling, fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

With his hands behind his back, Li Shaojun walked around the room a few times, but he still couldn't vent his anger, so he pointed to Fuquan who was kneeling and said, "Please explain clearly to me!"

Fuquan could only tell a little bit about what happened to him in the past few days, but Li Shaojun and Guo Zhan'an still couldn't figure out anything after he babbled so much.

Li Shaojun pondered for a while, then asked, "Guo Qing, what do you think?"

"After Yu'er's accident, King Liang found the 'Sixth Prince' from the Liu Mansion. Does Your Majesty think this is a coincidence?"

Li Shaojun sneered: "What's the 'sixth prince', full of flaws, if not for the ignorance of the father, who believed in King Liang's words, would he still be able to stay here?"

"When we were in Cangshan, Yu'er and I were ambushed, and we met King Liang halfway. It was the first time that King Liang saw Yu'er, but his expression was not right. He was a little surprised and excited. At that time, my heart was with Yu'er. I didn't think much about the injury, but now that I think about it, it's very strange."

"Yu'er's profile looks very much like the emperor's grandfather, did King Liang find out?"

Guo Zhan'an has been dazzled by the news of Huo Yu's death and completely lost his mind.Hearing that Li Shaojun had the same idea, he immediately raised his voice: "That's right, King Liang must have discovered this at that time and killed Yu'er! Your Majesty, Yu'er died unjustly, and please arrest King Liang as soon as possible." Return to justice and avenge Yu'er!"

Li Shaojun clenched his fists: "King Liang, heh, what a King Liang. Someone, go to King Liang's mansion and bring him into the palace. I want to question him personally!"

Seeing that the guards were about to be ordered to arrest King Liang, Ah Xin didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, please think again! There are so many people in the world, and it's not surprising that some of them look alike. Based on this, the king concludes that Mr. Huo Yu is the sixth prince? When King Liang enters the palace, how will His Majesty ask him? If King Liang firmly denies it, can His Majesty have evidence for King Liang to confess?"

Ah Xin asked several questions in succession, and both Li Shaojun and Guo Zhanan were stumped.

The guards who came in did not dare to act without authorization, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you still want to arrest King Liang?"

Li Shaojun waved his hand: "No need. You all didn't hear about the sixth prince, do you remember?"

The guards who came in were all Li Shaojun's confidants, knowing that the matter was serious, they didn't dare to be careless, so they immediately replied: "Yes!"

After the guards left, Li Shaojun let out a long sigh, and sat down on the stool, covering his eyes with one hand: "Yu'er, you left early before I made up for your grievances over the past ten years. Don't worry, Brother Huang is not afraid." I will let the person who harmed you live freely, and I must let him live or die!"

Guo Zhanan clenched his fists, choked up and said, "Yu'er can't die in vain. Whether it's King Liang or the fake sixth prince, they are all murderers who killed Yu'er. Your Majesty, Yu'er's bones have been cremated, please His Majesty sent someone to bring back Yu'er's ashes!"

Li Shaojun trembled when he heard the words: "What Guo Qing said is true."

He thought that his only younger brother had passed away more than ten years ago, but he finally found out that his direct brother was in the capital. Even though he couldn't recognize each other due to the situation, it was enough to know that his younger brother was doing well.

As a result, this surprise was replaced by bad news within a few months.

He, Li Shaojun, is a majestic emperor of a generation, but he is worse than ordinary people!