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Qi Zhen failed to capture Chu Ping alive. After the army surrounded him, he bit off the poison sac hidden under his tongue, ending his glorious but lonely life.No wife, no children, no successors, and in his mansion outside the palace and in the Hall of Qingsi, the servants wiped their tears with silk. They were not mourning the death of their master, but weeping sadly for the homelessness they were about to face. , the master committed the first of the ten evils, Dayu's law should be executed all over the house, even if he steals his life as a domestic servant, he will be exiled for thousands of miles.

However, Qi Xiao not only gave Chu Ping a decent funeral, but also announced the national funeral with the courteousness of the regent, and also gave his servants money to send them back to work in the countryside. On Chu Ping's first day in the mansion outside the palace, Qi Xiao went to check it out in person.

The cold house was empty, and this was Qi Xiao's first time stepping here. There was no splendor, no carved railings and jade bricks, and he was incompatible with the regent who was a respected and respected official.

The corridor reliefs with peeling paint can be said to be a bit shabby. The empty yard is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves. After passing through the front hall to the back yard, an inconspicuous two-story loft stands there with a solitary shadow. very.

Pushing the door open, one finds that there is something hidden inside. The elegant mahogany desks and chairs, the unstained floor and bookcases, the pens on the case, and the white flowers from large to small are hung upside down. The paperweight is placed in front and a completed To half of the painting.

Qi Xiao stood in front of the case and examined the painting. There were a few strokes on it, depicting a woman's figure like a willow. The strokes are smooth and it can be seen that she has drawn it many times and memorized it by heart. It's a pity that the picture has only been completed Halfway through, although the figure and outline are drawn, only the facial features are blank and the characters cannot be distinguished clearly.

The furnishings are simple and exquisite, revealing the originality of the owner everywhere. This is by no means a simple study room for receiving guests. Several people tapped around and quickly discovered the mystery.

Behind the bookcase on one side is a dark room. It is easy to find the mechanism to open it. Inside is an extremely spacious space without windows for light and ventilation. On the wall closest to the door, a huge night pearl is embedded, turning the dark room into a dark room. Shine a little light.

The eyes gradually adapted to the light, and found that there was no mountain of gold and silver piled up with treasures as expected, but rather rougher and rougher than the outside. Except for the priceless night pearl, the only thing that could be counted inside was the bookcase made of rosewood Above, scrolls that were rolled up.

Before others went to unfold the scroll, Qi Xiao took the scroll, frowned at the scroll in his hand, and ordered everyone to wait outside the house.

After sending everyone away, she unfolded the scroll. Just as she expected, it was a picture of a lady, with a light body and gorgeous clothes, holding a jade flute on her lips and playing music, her cheeks were like snow, her lips were like plum blossoms, and her eyelids were drooping I can't see the expression clearly, but there is sadness between the eyebrows, which makes a good picture of a beautiful woman playing the flute a bit sad.

Put the scroll back in your hand and unfold the others, all of them are young and beautiful women, with the same sad charm in different postures and movements, and the person in the painting is all one person, so when Qi Xiao unfolded the last scroll and saw the verses on it, she was completely moved. No surprises and surprises.

This is the only picture in all the scrolls where the eyebrows are stretched out, without being overwhelmed by worries. The woman in the painting is leaning lazily on the side of the fence, with a calm and peaceful face, like an unmarried woman in a boudoir, looking forward to it The person you like, raises your head to look at the bright moon thoughtfully.

At the bottom left of the scroll, there are two short poems.

What's wrong with thinking but not thinking?

I am thinking about Yi's heart

Thinking over and over again in his heart all the real things he saw just now, the picture scroll was unknowingly rubbed into a ball by Qi Xiao's hands, he closed his eyes to stabilize his breath, opened them again, Qi Xiao strode out of the dark room and faced the person who had been waiting outside for a long time The ministers said: "Come here, set this place on fire and burn it down."

The person standing outside didn't understand the situation, so he cupped his hands and asked, "Then what's here?"

"Leave them in their original places and cannot be moved. Anyone who violates them will be cut off."

Although he was puzzled about the things inside, he immediately kowtowed and obeyed, and scattered the pine oil and hay that were about to be ignited.

Qi Xiao walked out of the high pavilion and breathed the air outside before holding back the tears that welled up in her eyes. After seeing Chu Ping's cold corpse three days ago, she finally slowly felt the sadness of losing her last relative. Now that Yin and Yang are separated and recall the past, those hatreds and sorrows are replaced by a kind of loss. I think of him lifting himself over his shoulders when he was young, thinking of his madness in the Chu Xinzi mourning hall, and thinking of what he once said that he would destroy the world. The best thing for her, the man who once regarded her as a treasure is dead, the man who regarded her as a thorn in the side is dead, whether it is a relative, or the king who once made her hate to the bone, He will never appear again, everything can only live in her memory.

Kneading her eyebrows with her hands to relieve the soreness, remembering the soft and cold touch of that person's fingertips, since she was under house arrest, she has not spent a day without missing her, but at this moment Qi Xiao can't wait to see Qi Zhe right away and hear her voice , the unique fragrance makes people feel at ease, and she will definitely be able to pull herself out of this chaos and loneliness, because being by her side is a sense of belonging.

Sending all the Anbu to inquire about Qi's whereabouts, Qi Xiao knew that Wei Bingcheng secretly took her out of the palace at the end of the year, and when the three maids of Lanyue Palace were discovered, they had tortured and extorted a confession at Yushitai for more than half a month , although suffered a lot of flesh and blood, fortunately there was no danger of life, except that Qi Ping was taken out of the palace by Wei Bingcheng, Chu Ping did not ask them for any clues.

On Wei Chiyu's side, because he was pregnant with Liujia and had the relationship with Qi Wei, he didn't have much trouble except that Chu Ping was taken to Dali Temple to await trial, and for the sake of Wei Chiyu's safety, he added his own letter to his family letter. People, no matter the people from Chenwang Mansion or Wei Mansion, even Wei Xin didn't know anything about it.

Knowing that Wei Bingcheng was going to Xiping County, where King Chen was stationed, Qi Xiao sent a large team to look for it in the northwest direction, and then held Chu Ping's funeral with great grandeur. return.

On the fifth day after Chu Ping's funeral, just after the first month of the lunar year, the people sent out got different news from the north and west of the capital, and along with the news came dozens of corpses that had already been destroyed.

Six corpses were found in the west, and they were reported to the authorities by the local villagers to file a case. However, because the deceased had no clues to rely on, and all the money on their bodies was not stolen, it was not murder for money, and the only possible situation was vendetta.

The six corpses were all foreigners, without any letters or identifiable tokens. Although the murder case was still unresolved despite various investigations, the corpses could only be hastily buried as an unsolved case.

Anbu, who came all the way to inquire, immediately noticed something strange, and ordered someone to open the coffin for an autopsy. Although the bodies were not completely intact in the cold winter, they still couldn't recognize the appearance of several people, and finally saw the clue from one of them's boots, black felt The small wool gold-trimmed boots are exactly the boots of the Praetorian Guards.

In addition, there were 23 corpses found in the north, and the places where they were discovered were inaccessible, so the corpses were exposed to the wilderness for a month. There was only one light rain in the first month, which was not enough to wash away the bloody scene that night.

The corpses of horses and people can be seen everywhere, and there are bright red marks on the ground.Except for the five civilians, the rest of them were all in black night clothes. There were more than a dozen dead bodies lying at random in the place closest to the north. One could imagine the brutal battle at that time.

Among all the corpses and weapons brought back, after Anbu's identification, they finally handed over the names of all the dead to Qi Xiao one by one. Among the 28 names, it was easy to see Wei Bingcheng's name. In the darkness, the name was abandoned and only a code was used to mark it——sign.

While deeply ashamed of Wei Xin, Qi Xiao had to realize a serious problem. She lost Qi Zhi once again, and this time she didn't even know whether the other party was dead or alive, and why? place.