[Seven Five] Sword Que Merry

"You mean she drugged my tea?" Nian Yi shook his head and murmured, "How is this possible..."

"I'm just guessing right now." Not wanting to make her worry, Zhan Zhao could only say, "We still need to find someone to confirm."

"...That's right." She seemed to be remembering something, suddenly held his hand, and said seriously, "Qiaoer is illiterate, she doesn't read much, how could she write such a long suicide note?"

The more I said it, the more I felt it made sense, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after reading it: "Besides, I don't know whose handwriting is on that suicide note. What if it is Yin Zheng's own? Maybe it's because you think too complicatedly. Just suicide."

Suddenly recalling that day when he watched her pick up those scripts that were blown away by the wind outside the door, Zhan Zhao pondered for a moment, but said nothing.

"You still don't believe her?" Seeing that he was silent, Nian Yi frowned slightly, "What reason does she have to kill Yin Zheng?"

"It's not that I don't believe it..." He said helplessly, "Seeing is believing, there is no point in arguing like this."

"Alright then, I'll go find Shiyin."

"Don't worry." Zhan Zhao held her gently, and suddenly thought about it, "Lieutenant Zhang found a handkerchief behind Yin Zheng's wing before, and said it was in my room. It will be in the afternoon." Go and help me to see if it belongs to her."

"A handkerchief? What kind of handkerchief?"

He smiled bitterly: "I haven't seen it either."

"Okay then." Nian glanced at the clepsydra, "It's getting late, you go out quietly, don't startle the snake, after all, if I wrong her, I feel very guilty."

"I know."

It was only in the afternoon that people in Mu's house were resting, leaning on the bed to read a book while reading, Qiao'er was beating her legs at the side, gradually becoming sleepy, nodding her head from time to time, she almost couldn't open her eyes.

Read a few pages of the book, looked down at her, and closed the book with a sigh.

"Qiaoer? Qiaoer." She stretched out her hand and pushed several times before Qiaoer woke up.

"Ah." She wiped away the saliva from the corner of her mouth indiscriminately, and said in a daze, "Miss, did you call me?"

"I'm sleepy, sleep for half an hour first, I have to go out later, remember to wake me up."

Qiao'er went up to undress her and nodded, "OK."

"Take a break too." Nian Yi lay down on the bed, turned his head to her and said, "I've been tired all day."

Qiao'er patted her chest, full of pride, "I'm not tired! This kind of difficulty is nothing."

Nian Yi smiled slightly, raised his hand and waved her away: "It's okay, go to sleep for a while, it's not good to be exhausted."

"Then, I'll sleep for a while."

She smiled: "Yes."

"Thank you ma'am!"

Leading her to close her eyes, Qiaoer yawned and walked out.

Even during the lunch break, the police of Kaifeng mansion left a few guards behind them. There were guards in the room where Miss Mu's family was on fire and outside the rooms of Yin Zheng and Young Master Yin.What's worse is the cold wind blowing, several yamen servants also yawned one after another.

At this time, it was quiet outside Zhan Zhao's room, and no one was seen inside.Qiao'er looked around for a while, and called out:

"Master Zhan, Master Zhan? Are you there?"

Suddenly, a passing policeman stopped and asked her, "Hey, why are you looking for Mr. Zhan?"

Qiao'er hurriedly laughed and said, "Our lady asked me to send a message to Mr. Zhan... isn't he here?"

"Your lady?"

"It's the second young lady of the Mu family, Mu Ci." Qiao'er scratched her head, "She said she wanted to invite him to visit because of something important."

"Master Zhan has gone back to Kaifeng Mansion." The policeman raised his hand to signal her to leave, "Master Bao has something wrong with him, I'm afraid he won't be back tomorrow, let your lady send someone tomorrow."

"Ah..." She elongated the ending sound rather disappointedly, "Is that so."

"thank you."

"You're welcome."

She turned around and walked back slowly along the path. When she turned her head, she saw that the arrester had already gone far away. Qiaoer quickly turned around and ran to the Zhanzhao Courtyard. She looked around the door vigilantly before going in. .

The last time she came here, she ran to the back room without any mistakes, first rummaged on the table, and then turned to the bedside, and saw a bright color at the head of the bed, and Qiaoer hurriedly took it.

It was an indigo embroidered handkerchief with cloud patterns embroidered on it. She frowned and looked back and forth.

"Strange, it's not mine..."

"It wasn't yours in the first place."

The voice suddenly sounded from behind made her tremble, Qiaoer turned her head abruptly, outside the door, Zhan Zhao stood with his hands behind his back against the light, the expression on his face could not be seen clearly in the shadow.

He said softly, "This is your lady's stuff."

"Miss?!" Qiao'er was taken aback for a moment, just seeing Nianyi slowly walking out from behind him, the disappointment in her eyes could not be concealed.

Only then did he suddenly understand that what he said in the morning was intended for her?

"Qiaoer..."

"Miss, you...listen to my explanation." She gritted her teeth, "Yes, I eavesdropped on your conversation before, but I was just worried that someone would frame me, so I came to take a look. It's true!"

Nian Yi looked at her with a complicated expression.

"Miss..." This look in her eyes made her feel chills, "I didn't..."

"You said you didn't steal anything, I believe you, you said you can't read, I believe you too." Nian Yi looked away disappointed, "Just tell me if you have any difficulties, why lie to me?"

"I..." She was about to speak, but Nian Yi turned sideways and let the person outside the door come out.

Under the sun, Shi Yin helped an old woman with a disfigured face and walked towards her with gray hair and old clothes, and it seemed that she even had some difficulty seeing things.

"Mother..." Qiao'er's eyes were dull, and she called softly, "Mother..." She stepped forward to hold her, tears streaming down like rain.

"You, why are you here? Are you not feeling well? Have you taken your medicine this morning?"

The old woman squinted her eyes and turned her head sideways to look at her. After looking at her for a long time, she stretched out her hand to caress her cheek, her eyes were clouded with tears, "You girl...why can't you think about it so much?"

"If I don't come, are you going to kill Yin Yu as well?"

Qiao'er bit her lips angrily: "I'm not wrong, they deserve to die!"

"Why didn't you tell me such a big thing?!" The old woman stomped a few times with her cane, "Anyway, he's your father too!"

Hearing this sentence, Nian Yi was also taken aback, and said in a low voice:

"Yin Zheng is her father?"

Zhan Zhao nodded slightly, and said softly, "Do you still remember what Bai Yutang said before? Mrs. Wang is the second wife, and the wife who died of illness is probably..."

"What disease died!" Qiao'er was filled with grief and indignation, hugging her mother with one hand, crying and saying, "Ten years ago there was a fire at home, my mother didn't even care about her own life and tried her best to save him, but afterwards his mother disfigured her , and couldn’t have any more children, so they kicked us out!”

The old woman drooped her head and sobbed unconsciously.

"My mother has become like this now..." Qiao'er cried bitterly, "It's all because of him! Even if I do it all over again, I will kill him with my own hands!"

Zhan Zhao shook his head slowly: "Even so, you can still report to the government and let the government handle it. After all, murder pays for life, and the law cannot be broken like a mountain."

"Do you think I haven't reported to the government?" Seeing the old woman sobbing, Qiaoer held her in her arms distressedly, "I have been begging and beating drums all the way to complain, and the people in the government are all A guy who looks down on people with a dog's eyes. If I think I'm a beggar, I just think I'm talking nonsense, who cares about our lives."

Nian Yi looked at her pitifully, unable to speak for a moment.

It's not like she hasn't experienced such despair before...

"It was the government who gave up on me first." She said in a firm tone, without complaint or regret, "So, I can only do it myself."

Even if he has been an official for four years, seeing that Mr. Bao has solved countless unjust cases and punished countless stupid officials, the world is still filthy after all...

Although Zhan Zhao felt regretful in his heart, he was helpless. The truth hidden behind many lies was often the most deplorable.

Nian Yi took out the veil and gently wiped away her tears.

"Miss, I'm sorry." The nicer she was, the more guilty Qiaoer felt, "I lied to you, I know you've been helping me..."

Not wanting to make her feel guilty, Nian Yi softly said: "I only help you with some money, which is really nothing, not to mention that we earned a lot of silver taels together, didn't we?"

Dong Chuang's incident was also within her expectations. She originally thought that she could get rid of the eldest lady for her before she went to prison, but she missed it unexpectedly.

Qiaoer lowered her head and couldn't help wiping her tears with her hands.

"I'm useless, and the lady was scolded by the wife again..."

"It's okay, it's not your fault." The scene of her mother and daughter embracing each other in tears is so familiar, remembering that many years ago, she and her mother were also dependent on each other, Nian Yi couldn't help feeling sore in his throat, touched her head, and said in a choked voice : "You should have told me earlier, if you had discussed with me in advance, I wouldn't have brought Brother Zhan here."

Hearing the meaning of her words, Zhan Zhao wanted to remind her, but seeing her sad expression, she couldn't speak.

"grown ups."

The arresters who had been waiting in the yard for a long time saw that Zhan Zhao hadn't given orders, so they couldn't help stepping forward and asking:

"Should I be escorted to Kaifeng Mansion, and listen to Lord Bao's punishment?"

Seeing that the policeman has come in from the door, Nian Yi immediately held Qiao'er in his arms, "No, she can't go with you!"

Killing two people and injuring another, even if they were given a lighter sentence, at most the whole body would be left behind.Even if Qiaoer is the real culprit in this case, she has treated her sincerely in the past six months, how could she bear to watch her be beheaded.

"Brother Zhan." Nian Yihao looked at him with pleading eyes.

Knowing that she has always been soft-hearted, Zhan Zhao expected this development.But Master Bao assigned him full responsibility for this case, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it is really impossible to favor one's own interests.

"I will intercede with the Lord." Zhan Zhao walked to her side, and said softly as much as possible, "Let's discuss the long-term plan later, shall we?"

"No!" Nianyi knew how well he knew him, and knew that he was soft and not hard, so he used to like to use this method to stabilize himself, "Once she is in prison, she will never get out again."

"It's only natural to kill people to pay for their lives. She must have made preparations for today, otherwise she wouldn't do it."

Nianyi stroked Qiao'er's head, and said with pity: "Her father made her suffer like this, he deserves death. You say that the law is like a mountain, so does the law have no humanity at all?"

Zhan Zhao also didn't know how to explain it: "Her murder was motivated by a reason, maybe Mr. Bao will reduce the crime and give him a lighter punishment."

"If the crime is reduced, can you save your life?" Nian Yi was stunned suddenly, and asked him in a murmur, "Could it be... distribution to the frontier?"

These four words undoubtedly touched her most painful memories, Zhan Zhao hurriedly said: "Don't make wild guesses, calm down."

Nianyi led Qiaoer back step by step, shaking his head constantly.

"Miss..." Qiao'er broke away from her embrace, smiled shyly, and comforted her, "Don't do this, I'm just a cheap life, you can't do it...Master Zhan will be very embarrassing."

"You don't understand." Nian Yi held her hand tightly, "I can't watch you go to such a place, it would be better to die."

A group of policemen watched the two of them quarreling, and they were worried for a while.

"Master Zhan... Do you want to take this person away?"

Even though he saw the deep conflict in her eyes, Zhan Zhao still shouted softly, "Nian Yi."

She stared fixedly at him, almost pleading: "You really can't be accommodating? Just for my sake?"

Although I really wanted to agree in my heart, I really didn't want to disturb her, and I could follow her in everything, but he couldn't do it after all.

When the police took the man away, Nian just stared blankly ahead, and many images flashed in his mind.

A fresh life, a little girl who loved to laugh and make trouble, just disappeared...

In the Mu family, she is the only one who treats her sincerely.

Why does everyone who treats her well always end badly?

Looking back, he found that she was still in a trance, Zhan Zhao hesitated to take her hand.

But she lowered her head and silently pushed his hand away, and pushed the door out without saying a word.

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