Lei Yue Longmen

The next day, Cen Zhu and Gu Qing went to thank Mrs. Jiang who lived in Bu Lao?, and were left to drink a cup of warm tea.

It has been many days since the beginning of winter, and there are a few Samuumes waiting to be released in the yard.Cen Zhu, Gu Qing, Mrs. Jiang, and Qing Yuan sat around the stone table in the pavilion, drinking tea while admiring Xiang Ming's sword practice under the plum tree.

His sword is sharp and has a whistling sound, and most people who approach him will probably be injured by the sword energy.But the strange thing is that those plum blossoms are intact and waiting to be released.Cen Zhu didn't think that these flower buds were harder than iron and could resist sword energy.It is estimated that this master swordsman showed affection for these flowers in a dimension they could not see?This swordsmanship has really reached the point of perfection.Cen Zhu was completely convinced.

"I don't know where Brother Xiang Ming's swordsmanship master came from? It's the first time I've seen such a unique skill in my life!"

Qingyuan smiled and said: "He learned from Master Chuyang. This kid is talented and has been faster than others since he was a child. He can stab five or six times with a sword. Are you angry? , there is nothing more unfair than this!"

"Now it's Eight Swords! It's almost Nine Swords!" Xiang Min said while dancing his sword.Cen Zhu thought it was incredible.In a duel between masters, as long as you are one step faster than the opponent, you can defeat the enemy and win.He was able to reach the realm of one-on-nine. If he played against a group of masters, this guy would probably be like chopping melons and vegetables.

"Extraordinary talent, but still able to study hard and strive for improvement, it really makes me ashamed!"

"It's good to have enough kung fu. It's very lonely to practice to this level." Jiang Hou took a sip of tea and glanced at the people in the field indifferently.

Cen Zhu laughed and said, "That's what I thought back then, so I will never reach Brother Xiang Ming's level!"

Mrs. Jiang glanced at her interestingly, "Your aptitude for martial arts is mediocre. Even if you don't think so, you still can't reach Xiang Ming's realm! Can he be like this? He's the only one in the world."

Cen Zhu was a little embarrassed when he was exposed, and said with a smile: "That's the reason. At that time, my brother was better than me in martial arts. I was not convinced. I often said that if I concentrate on martial arts, my martial arts must be ten times better than him. In fact? , I have worked so hard to reach this level, but my senior brother can easily surpass me. If I focus on practicing martial arts to prove myself, I guess I can only crash against the south wall to death in the end? "

After hearing her words, Qingyuan couldn't help laughing, and comforted him: "The ruler is short, and the inch is long. There are still 360 lines in the world. How can Mr. Cen kill himself on the south wall?!"

Gu Qing heard her rhyme, and couldn't help shaking her shoulders and laughing.Cen Zhu said: "Why are you laughing at me? Don't everyone praise Xiang Ming? Don't laugh at me!"

Jiang Hou twitched the corner of his mouth, "Although your talent in martial arts is mediocre, your attainments in piano art are very comparable. A month ago? On my way home, I heard the sound of a zither from your house. It's as wonderful as a fairy Music, I forget the vulgarity after hearing it, I wonder if I will be lucky enough to listen to you play again!"

Cen Zhu suddenly remembered, a month ago? It seemed that he only played a zither at the Huxin Pavilion, and it was when Li Jingzhu was around.Now that I was invited, I was naturally flattered.But when she went home to pick up the piano, she suddenly thought that the Pei family on the other side had just lost their daughter, and it was time to be sad.She plays the piano for Madam, will it be bad if her voice is passed on?She didn't think there was anything wrong with Empress Jiang listening to the piano at this time. After all, she had nothing to do with the Pei family, so there was no need for it? What taboo.I'm just afraid that the Pei family will feel uncomfortable and come here to make trouble, and the scene will be ugly and it will be difficult to clean up.So I temporarily decided not to hold the piano, and returned to the old house empty-handed.After rushing to the river, he apologized and said: "Sorry ma'am, I was away on business for more than a month, and I almost forgot. The zither at home was broken earlier, and I have been forgetting to fix it. Now I can't play it anymore. Why don't you ask Madam to give me a few more days to treat me?" How about repairing the strings and playing with your wife?"

"Your Majesty Cen is serious. Since that's the case, we don't have ear blessings! Another day is fine, I'll wait for the good news." Jiang Hou said gently, and put great enthusiasm into listening to the music on another day.Cen Zhu was eager to move in his heart, and suddenly regretted it, why not play a song for her on the spot, regardless of her life or death?However, this thought only popped up for a moment before she forcibly suppressed it.

It's already noon when I bid farewell to Gu Qing.After lunch and rest for a while, Cen Zhu and Gu Qing went to Pei Mansion to pay respects.

Cen Zhu and Gu Qing were treated politely by Pei's family because of the fact that they rescued Second Miss Pei last time.Gu Qing went to the back hall to visit Mrs. Pei, she was really sad.The head of the Pei family, Pei Ju, has already decided to bury her daughter in the Ye family's ancestral grave together with her ex-husband, which can be regarded as fulfilling her wish.

Surprisingly, Cen Zhu was not in the hall, nor was Gu Qing in the back hall, seeing any grandparents of the Ye family.Because it was in a public place, it was inconvenient for her to ask.But Xiao Zhuang was sent to ask the servants, where did Miss Pei's mother-in-law and daughter go?

Xiao Zhuang reported back: "The grandparents of the Ye family were kicked out by the Pei family as early as a month ago. I heard that the Pei family has already selected a new marriage for Miss Pei. Miss Pei disagreed to vote for the lake."

Cen Zhu was very sad in his heart. This kind of thing? An outsider can save it once but not twice.It is a pity that such a young man passed away so suddenly!

"Then Miss Pei is only 25 or [-]?"

"Hmm. Like 25."

"Oh, I don't know how sad that grandpa and grandson are!" He asked again, "Do you know where that grandpa and grandson went?"

"I heard that he left the capital and went back to Su Yang's hometown."

At the same time, under the order of Cen Zhuo, Xiao Yuan followed Gu Qing into the back hall, quietly found Second Miss Pei's personal maid, and asked about the situation at that time.The main reason is to know if there was anyone around when Second Miss Pei threw herself into the lake.If there was someone, maybe Miss Pei Er would be by her side before she threw herself into the lake, and maybe she would see Qin Liang meeting Miss Pei Er.No matter who it is, as long as they can see Qin Liang appearing in Yanhu at that time, they can clear him of suspicion.

However, the results are not optimistic.Xiaoyuan reported that Miss Pei Er's throwing into the lake this time was different from the past, she acted quietly, and there was no one around her.Until the officers and soldiers on patrol rescued her, she was already out of breath.Gu Qing can also testify to this point.At that time, the Pei family came to knock on the door of Cen's mansion immediately, and Gu Qing went forward with the medicine box. Second Miss Pei really had no pulse.

However, Gu Qing mentioned a very strange point.On the way back, she quietly told Cen Zhu, "At that time, the rescue was ineffective. I accidentally touched Miss Pei Er's heart with a hot feeling, the size of a broad bean, like silk. This phenomenon is similar to the last time you took the fake death medicine? same shape."

"What's the reason? Do you suspect that Second Miss Pei has? Maybe it's a fake death?" Cen Zhu was taken aback.

"I'm not sure. When it was time to check again, the Pei family had already brought Miss Pei's body back. I wanted to tell the Pei family, but then I thought, if Miss Pei really faked her death, she must want to leave the Pei family." .Tell her parents that it is definitely not what she wants."

"So, you decided to hide it for her?"

Gu Qing nodded.

"If that's the case, senior brother may be saved. Seven days after the body is parked, Miss Pei's family will have a funeral. It is said that she will be buried in the Ye family cemetery in the western suburbs. If it is true as you said, Second Miss Pei's death was faked. Then it is very likely that she will wake up in seven days. At that time, someone will dig her grave and rescue her."

For a moment, Cen Zhu had hope again, secretly thinking that they could go to the cemetery to ambush and stop them.I just don't know if senior brother can last that long, it depends on Lan Miangao.

However, no matter how fast Lan Miangao was, it was not as fast as Tu Yuanshan's.Three days later, news came that Qin Liang had been sentenced to beheaded.Cen Zhu went to question Lan Miangao, who shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "I have already said the doubts, but your emperor said that the doubts are just doubts and cannot be used as evidence. The family members of the deceased are in a hurry, and there is a lot of evidence , insisted on biting him to death. I have no choice.”

Cen Zhu was out of breath and decided to go to the palace to face the saint himself.

"It's useless, the emperor only needs evidence! It's useless to say anything without evidence. There are still three days before Qin Liang is beheaded. You should think about how to collect evidence within three days!"

Cen Zhu felt as if he was woken up head-on by a basin of cold water, yes, there is no evidence, and it is useless to say it.

The next day, she went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to investigate the rumors, but she didn't expect that they would not reveal anything about it.I went to Dun Wang's mansion for a while, explaining the purpose of my visit, but the other party was evasive and tactful, and sent off the guests tactfully, obviously avoiding this matter.Cen Zhu couldn't help but feel annoyed, what if King Dun's mansion wasn't behind Qin Liang's accusation against Tu Yuanshan? Cen Zhu didn't believe King Dun's instigation, they probably made preparations for this matter a year ago.Qin Liang turned his back on Prince Dun's mansion more than a year ago, just to get rid of King Dun completely.If it was any other situation, it would be fine for him to protect his life wisely, but now that Qin Liang has reached the critical point of life and death, she can still sit idly by, she really feels chilling for her senior brother.

After visiting for two days in a row, I used all the connections that could be used, but there was no way to ask for help.Seeing that his senior brother would be executed the next day, Cen Zhu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot all afternoon.In the evening, Gu Qing hurried back suddenly, out of breath, and handed a package to Cen Zhu.Cen Zhu opened it suspiciously, and saw that it was filled with a stack of papers full of words. The handwriting was scrawled, as if it was written in a hurry, but fortunately, the shape of the words was vaguely discernible.After reading the first sheet, Cen Zhu could not help being shocked, then read the second sheet and the third sheet, and found that these were the confessions of all parties in the Dali Temple's review of Qin Liang's case.

"Where did you get this?"

Gu Qing gestured with his hands, "A very strange patient came to the clinic today and asked me to treat him by name, but when he arrived at the back hall, he suddenly gave me his personal package and asked me to give it to you. Then he pretended to have it? He left looking sick."

Cen Zhuo guessed who it would be?This person can obtain first-hand information from Dali Temple, and his background must not be simple.Could it be Li Jingzhu?Cen Zhu guessed that it must be her, only she knew the real relationship between herself and Qin Liang, and she knew that she would definitely go around because of this matter, and could hardly sleep or eat.Only she has such a great ability to infiltrate into such an important institution as Dali Temple and copy out the things she needs most now.But once this is done, it will only damage the interests of the Tu family and herself.Thinking of this, Cen Zhuo suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart, and his nose was also slightly sour.

Read all the confessions and keep them in mind.Cen Zhu destroyed all these things together with the packages.Sure enough, the case was quite different from the case described by the senior brother. He had a quarrel with Mr. Xiong because of something during the day, and they agreed to have a showdown in the grove in the southeast corner of Zishi.Qin Liang just spoke out in a fit of anger, and didn't really take it seriously, so naturally he didn't go to the appointment.But Mr. Xiong took it seriously, and brought a servant to the meeting late at night.Before going to the meeting, I even drank to build up my courage. As a result, my stomach was full, so I wandered to the woods to urinate.At this moment, the servant heard his old man yelling in pain in the woods. The servant was startled, and saw a dark figure jumping into the depths of the woods.The servants were frightened and dared not go forward? Just then, some patrolling officers and soldiers came over and asked what happened.The servant told what he had seen and heard, and the patrolling officers and soldiers rushed into the grove, using torches to see that Master Xiong had been nailed to a tree with a spear?His lower body was still exposed, obviously he hadn't finished urinating at that time.The spear pierced the chest from the back, most likely sneaking in while he was unaware.And whoever has the ability to pierce a spear through a person's body and into a tree trunk must be a master.And Qin Liang just met these conditions.

Mr. Xiong is fairly cautious and never makes enemies easily. The Ministry of Punishment ruled out the possibility of vendetta.And according to Master Xiong's servant, when Qin Liang and Master Xiong had a quarrel, only Qin Liang and Lord Xiong's master and servant were present, so only Qin Liang knew that Master Xiong would go to the grove to wait for him.However, Qin Liang's servant confessed that Qin Liang did go out because of something that night, and did not come back until the last hour.At that time, the officers and soldiers had already come to the door, and they found some fragments of dead leaves from the bottom of Qin Liang's feet, which were used as evidence that he had been to the grove.

Qin Liang confessed that he did go out that night, but he definitely didn't? He has been to the small woods, but he has only been to Yanhu Lake. There is also a forest near Yanhu Lake. It is not surprising that there are leaves stuck to the soles of his feet.But the officers and soldiers later pointed out that it was the leaves of the osmanthus tree. Only the grove in the southeast corner of the city had osmanthus tree. Qin Liang couldn't argue with it.He didn't know why there were osmanthus leaves on the soles of his feet, and he didn't remember that he had been to the grove during this time, but the evidence was solid.When the officials of the Tu family family criticized him verbally, he knew that he had been framed, and it was either someone else or Tu Yuanshan who framed him.

Due to the completeness of witness and material evidence, the trial by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the review by the Dali Temple were carried out extremely quickly.The emperor is also not good at refusing Tu Yuanshan's face and personally conspiring to execute the criminals.But this case? There are still doubts. For example, the servant said that there were only three people present at the time. Who knew he had? Didn't lie?From the quarrel to the killing of Mr. Xiong, there was a period of four or five hours, and there was no guarantee that the news would not be leaked.How could anyone know that someone had eavesdropped on the news, sneaked into the grove, deliberately killed people and set the blame on them?Also, how did the blades on the soles of my brother's shoes come from?Did someone stick it on him on purpose?This has not yet been clarified, and it is really abnormal to execute criminals so vigorously.