The prince of buns

Fortunately, there was a serious and prudent new lady in Wei Guogong's mansion at this time, otherwise the world would have been in chaos long ago.

The master's illness is really strange, how can a man who is as strong as a cow fall down immediately?Haven't the servants started talking about it a long time ago?

Especially that Xu Sanlang is always incessant, and whoever comes to deliver food has to learn vividly what he told Master Qi and Princess Jiahe again, so on the surface, Wei Guogong's mansion looks no different from the past. , in fact, it has already become a mess...

The servants have all kinds of bad things to say in private, and some people even brought up the hidden things that Xie Bai had with the father and son when he was at home, saying that the second master was going so hard this time that he wanted to bring down the mansion. Who told the master to be unkind and unrighteous and even want to get involved with his son's favorite concubine?

It's just that since the princess and the third master are both still at home, I dare not be too presumptuous.Master Qi listened suspiciously to his ears, feeling guilty and angry, but he became more and more convinced.

Since people in the whole house are restless, it is inevitable to be impatient in words and deeds. How could Princess Jiahe not see it through observing her words and deeds all her life?

So I had to ask someone to call Qi Muhe, the third child in the family, to come to him.

"Now because of your second brother's matter, the master is really very angry. I just ask the old ancestor to bless him. If something happens to him, our family may not be able to support it."

After speaking, I couldn't help but shed tears, thinking about my life's suffering, I thought that remarrying would save me from a bleak end, but I didn't expect this new home to have so many unspeakable troubles.

Seeing her sad, Qi Muhe persuaded her, "Mother, don't worry too much. Father just couldn't figure it out for a while, and he was worried too much. He is already in his prime, and he has always been in good health. He only needs to wait for his heart to disappear." Qier, I will be able to get out of bed and walk around soon. The two elder brothers should be home within two days, and when the elder brother comes back, mother will have one more person to consult with."

Princess Jiahe wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, thinking that although Qi Muan, the boss of the family, had a very bad reputation outside in the past, it seemed to have stopped after marriage, and the empress and Concubine Jiang did not have a low opinion of him. Although the time he spent with him was short, it can be seen that he is a young man with a sense of responsibility and success.

Thinking about it, he was coming back soon, and seeing that the youngest in front of him was also filial and sensible, he couldn't help but feel half settled. At this moment, a maid came in to report that the uncle and the young master had arrived home.

The first thing Qi Mu'an did when he got home was naturally to go into the house to see the old man.

If you want to worry about being filial to your family, then he definitely doesn't have it. After all, it's not a ready-made father who has no feelings, and he doesn't love him.

But he didn't take pleasure in other people's misfortune. Although the old guy's heart is biased enough, he has the mentality of a modern adult after all. Anyway, I won't beg you when I grow up.

But when Master Qi faced this eldest son who had never given a good face, his mood was extremely delicate.

Especially after all this was caused by his most beloved second son.

In the final analysis, it's better to save face, obviously I have been lying on the bed for several days, and as soon as I heard that my eldest son arrived home, I immediately ordered someone to dress me neatly and lay on the bed crookedly, looking not much different from usual, except that my face was black and blue It's ugly.

After Qi Mu'an invited An, he first told Qi Muwen that he was "in a hurry" and had to come back later, but Master Qi didn't say a word.

The father and son were silent for a while and then asked him in a rough voice, "Did you gain anything from this trip to Tongzhou?"

It seems that the old man is still unwilling to give up, hoping to get some information from the elder son that is different from what Xu Laosan and his son said.

At this moment Qi Mu'an almost felt sorry for him.

But the fact is that, and he didn't bring a golden finger to pass through, even if he wanted to temporarily choose a filial second son for him, he couldn't do it.

I had no choice but to tell the truth about how I chose a Zhuangzi, and roughly calculated their income last year using the formula of rewarding the tenant farmers, and found that it was very different from the reported amount.

"I didn't investigate the other places. After all, Xu Lao San is a local snake. I'm afraid that if my son provokes him into anger and detains the two of us there, what should we do? I wanted to come back early to tell, who knows the house?" It happened to be raining all night, and there was another good show at the house of the prefect surnamed Zhou over there, which caused us to be delayed for a few days. I didn't see Xu Laosan in the last few days, and my son was afraid that he would take him with him. The money from our family ran away, so I had to find out about it and came back."

Master Qi nodded slightly, it seemed that this kid was quite honest, he shouldn't have known that Xu Laosan had come to Beijing.

He hurriedly asked him why he thought of the method of finding out the truth, and what stumbling block he had with Mr. Zhou.

Of course, Qi Mu'an's answer was either true or false.

"Before I left, my son went to my uncle's house. My uncle said that my father rarely gave me an errand. It can be seen that now he treats me as a person, and he has repeatedly told me not to mess up. I am afraid that I will never go down. I don't know about those properties. There are many twists and turns among the people, so I sent the old accountant in the mansion to tell me some important things, and he gave me the solution."

These words are watertight, a nephew is not favored at home, and it is human nature for an uncle to make plans for him.

As for Master Zhou?

Naturally, Qi Mu'an had no choice but to explain the marriage that his second brother had provoked for no reason. He was so angry that Master Qi coughed again and again, and it took him a long time to recover.

"You disobedient son! Don't be afraid of anything outside, just make trouble for me!"

This Qi Mu'an didn't make trouble, after all, if a girl falls into the water, she can't leave her alone, can she?

So he just stood aside and didn't speak.

Master Qi leaned on the bed and rested for a while before using a lot of strength to say: "Second brother and third Xu are in the same group, can you see that?"

Movie Emperor Qi was startled and his face changed drastically. It seemed that after a long time of hard digestion, he still didn't dare to believe it: "Father, where did you hear this lie? Where in the world is someone colluding with outsiders to plot against your family? Can there be real evidence, but don't let me know." Wronged a good man."

Master Qi smiled wryly, I hope he was wronged!

Leaving aside those account books that he stamped with private seals, I think that brat has been in the mansion for a long time, how could he not have one or two confidantes?After dawdling for a while and still not daring to go home, it is clear that he has a guilty conscience after getting the news!

Sure enough, not long after, a family member came to report that the second master was living in a drunken village.

Zuixiangju is the most high-end restaurant in the capital, and it is a bit like the current nightclub. There is food and drink when it is time to eat and drink, and there is everything you need to drink and watch opera when it is time to drink. In short, it is bustling and lively day and night from morning to night. There are fixed private rooms and friends.

It is the Qi family father and son, who are also frequent visitors there.

But now when he heard the news, Master Qi's expression was not much better.

Qi Mu'an cleared his throat, "The road is full of dust and dust, it's okay for the second brother to go out for a walk, how about I go and call him back?"

Master Qi spewed a cloud of air-conditioning from his nose, you little heartless, your father is too sick to get out of bed, you still have the mind to eat flower wine?

So he flatly refused, "Don't go! I want to see when that brat is willing to come back! And you, whoever dares to go out to report again, see if I don't break his leg!"

Qi Mu'an curled his lips to show that he understood, and several servants hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to swear that they would only listen to the master. While they were talking here, suddenly a maid came in in a hurry.

"Master, it's not good, it's not good! Third Xu is dead!"

what?

Even Qi Mu'an, who thought he was in control of the situation, couldn't help being stunned, let alone Master Qi who was so angry that he was jumping.

He sat up straight all of a sudden and asked the servant girl sharply, "What nonsense! Didn't someone watch it? How did you die so hard!"

The servant girl knelt on the ground trembling, "I heard from the guards that the servant was carrying a bottle of poison on his body. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he quietly drank it all in one go, and committed suicide in fear of crime!"

As soon as Qi Mu'an heard the words "suicide in fear of crime", Qi Mu'an immediately felt something was wrong.

Then Xu Laosan is a person who cherishes his life and is afraid of death. Isn't he rushing to Beijing to report Qi Muwen this time just to protect himself?How could he commit suicide willingly?

Besides, according to the criminal evidence he provided to Master Qi, Qi Muwen was the boss, he was an errand runner at most, no matter how cruel Master Qi was, he would not kill him, so how could he commit suicide in fear of crime?

So he volunteered and said to Mr. Qi: "Son, go and see."

Master Qi nodded without even thinking about it. If he doesn't need this son now, who else can use it for him?

Let's see how he handles it.

Just stepped into the door of the room where Xu Laosan and his son were locked, and heard heart-piercing whimpers coming from inside, and saw that Xu Jiasanlang with disheveled hair was tied up all over his body, with a veil stuffed in his mouth, He fell to the ground like a madman and struggled desperately.

Seeing him, he struggled even more, his eyes were so red that he could almost spit fire.

Qi Mu'an then ordered the people following, "Let him talk."

The guard's boy showed embarrassment, "Master, don't look at this kid's gentleness, he is a standard strong guy! His father poisoned himself to death. He messes with people everywhere, and he will fight with others if he catches anyone. You Look at this little face, he was the one to bite!"

After speaking, he pointed to a fresh wound with blood on his left cheek.

Qi Mu'an nodded, "I'll ask a doctor to take a good look at you later. If you're young, don't lose your face. Just spend the money and get it from my account. There are so many people at the moment, I don't think he dares to be presumptuous."

Hearing this, the boy didn't expect his master to have such a bodhisattva's heart, so he immediately felt very ironed in his heart, and obediently went over to remove the rag that was stuffed in Xu Sanlang's mouth. A mouthful of thick phlegm was spit out towards Qi Muan's direction, of course it was out of reach, but he still got a vicious slap from the boy.

"You still dare to be arrogant!"

Xu Sanlang poked his neck and licked the blood from the corners of his lips, "Qi, you bully others and disregard human lives, don't you think you have no king's law in your eyes!"

Qi Mu'an frowned, "You mean Xu Laosan was killed by someone?"

"Damn! Didn't it just poison your family to death! My father just told me what we'll do when we get home. He said happily, why did he commit suicide when I just took a nap? He is still waiting for my sister-in-law to give him a grandson, why do you say that a person who is wholeheartedly looking forward to having a grandson suddenly wants to die?"

Qi Mu'an lowered his head and thought for a while, but did not answer his words directly, and then walked into the inner room, which was the place where Xu Laosan "suicided himself by taking poison".

The body had been carried away, but the room was always guarded, so no one had yet entered.

The first thing that caught his attention was a small porcelain vase thrown on the ground, which looked inconspicuous in vain.

The housekeeper who came with him knelt down and picked it up with a handkerchief wrapped around his hands. He tested it with a silver needle, and it turned black instantly.

"Master, it seems that Xu Laosan took this thing."

Qi Mu'an didn't believe that Xu Laosan would commit suicide, so he didn't answer him immediately, but looked around carefully, hoping to find other clues.

Sure enough, he found something wrong: Why is there a circle of water on the coffee table for no reason?

And the size of the water circle... He moved his eyes to the tea set on one side, and sure enough, there was a teacup missing in it, and he took the other one and put it on the water circle, and the size of the bottom was exactly the same.

That is to say, there used to be a cup of tea here, but now it is gone.

He took the silver needle from the housekeeper and scraped the water stains on the table a few times, and the tip of the silver needle also turned black.

In other words, it may not be the poison in the porcelain vase that poisoned Xu Laosan to death, it may also be a cup of tea that was placed here, and that small porcelain vase may be just a trick left behind by the murderer.

At this time, Xu Sanlang was still screaming outside, looking at his servant, when he heard that he had said something that he wanted to report to the police, he was so frightened that he took a rag to gamble his mouth up.

Qi Mu'an walked up to him with a sullen face, "Your father was greedy for money, ungrateful and betrayed his master, but he was not guilty of death. Our Duke Wei's mansion is a place where the king's law is respected, so we will definitely give you justice. I miss you because of your bereavement. It's fine to talk about it, but I advise you to be quiet, or I'm afraid you won't be able to wait for the day when the truth comes out."

These words were not meant by Qi Mu'an to scare him, with the power of the Qi family, if Xu Sanlang spoke such nonsense again, maybe he would really be snapped by Master Qi.

Anyway, in the final analysis, he is just a domestic slave, and this is an era where the lives of slaves are not regarded as human lives.

Xu Sanlang was taken aback by what he said, and suddenly he fell limply on the chair as if he had lost all his strength, he just kept crying silently, Qi Muan didn't have the heart to comfort him, although this child is innocent, there is a reason for everything , the servants of your family, the usual food and use are almost on par with those in the mansion, you have never thought about whether there is something tricky here?

If he was really wronged like a martyr and accused others of wronging his father, he was either a fool or an absolutely natural white lotus.

As soon as he left the house, he ordered people to quietly find out who had entered and left the house before, including the guards, whoever entered the house should be checked carefully.