"The teacher's reputation..."

The old priest waved his hand: "I have no reputation at all. Although she and I were not what I told His Majesty, in the end... I have also let her down. She... is my wife and sister."

My wife's concubine was adopted in another village since she was a child, and the two sisters only recognized each other when they grew up.

Before his death, his wife held his hand and asked him to take care of his only sister Zhang Xiu no matter what.

Zhang Xiu wanted to marry him, but he didn't want to marry her, but she entered the palace in anger.

He fought fiercely with Zhuang Jinse. In order not to implicate Zhang Xiu, he did not let people know about their relationship. Otherwise, he would not be the only one who was exiled back then, but also his wife and sister Zhang Xiu.

After all, the late emperor issued an order to exile his entire family.

"I came to see me when she was twenty-five years old and asked me again if I would marry her? I said, I would take care of her for the rest of my life and treat her as my own sister. Then she smashed my inkstone. Afterwards, she regretted it very much and compensated me for a new one, the one I asked you to return. When she gave it to me, I didn't take it firmly and accidentally broke a piece... She smiled and said that it was even now."

The old priest sighed when he said this, "Forget it, I won't mention the old things. She must have committed suicide because of love. There is something strange about her death. I asked His Majesty for grace to send her on the last journey. You can go with me."

Xiao Liulang: "Okay."

The old priest and Xiao Liulang went to Shanggong Bureau with Eunuch Wei.

In the previous dynasty, hanging people in the palace would cause harm to their families. This dynasty abolished this law, but the deceased was not allowed to be buried in peace and could only be thrown into the wilderness.

The old priest gave Eunuch Wei a bag of silver.

Eunuch Wei refused for a long time but failed to refuse: "I have already taken care of it. The body will be sent to the mass grave outside the Xicheng Gate later. Just send someone to wait there."

"Thank you, Eunuch Wei." The old priest thanked him.

Xiao Liulang examined Zhang Xiu's corpse, but he was indeed hanged himself, without any signs of fighting or struggle.

Then Xiao Liulang discovered a situation and he stopped.

"What's wrong?" Lao Jijiu came over and asked.

Xiao Liulang didn't say anything, but raised Zhang Xiu's left wrist, and there was a mole on it.

Lao Jijiu was shocked: "How could it be..."

yes?

How could it be Zhang Xiu?

Many details that were ignored last night flashed through Xiao Liulang's mind one by one.

When Zhang Xiu saw him for the first time, he was so scared that he almost fell down. He thought that Eunuch Qin and others thought that he had seen a ghost, but after thinking about it carefully, he and Zhang Xiu had never seen each other.

She shouldn't know him.

Even if she met her, her reaction was a bit too big.

When he told her that she was investigating a palace servant with a mole on her wrist, she knew that what happened back then had been exposed.

But she didn't know that it was Xiao Liulang who was investigating the truth, and only thought that the person who investigated the truth was her brother-in-law Lao Jijiu.

The old priest is Xiao Heng, the teacher, and it is reasonable for him to investigate Xiao Heng's death.

The reason why she left so desolately and lonely was probably because she had decided to die at that moment.

He used death to atone for his brother-in-law and his disciples, and also used death to escape and informed the envoy behind the scenes.

What mood did she frame Zhuang Jinse? What mood did she find out that Xiao Xiaoheng, who had been poisoned by her, would one day become her brother-in-law’s closed disciple?

Lao Jijiu's throat was sore: "It's all for me..."

Zhang Xiu must have blamed Zhuang Jinse because Zhuang Jinse was incompatible with him, which caused him to be exiled and almost died.

But who could have expected that he and Zhuang Jinse did not become enemies in the end, but Zhang Xiu saved his life in vain.

After Eunuch Wei took care of it, they could take away Zhang Xiu's relics.

Zhang Xiu's relics are very simple, with several sets of clothes and a makeup box. The box contains a few jewelry that is too old to be old. There are dozens of silver notes hidden in the mezzanine layer, all of which are written with the names of the old priests.

There is also an inkstone that Xiao Liulang gave her yesterday.

Lao Jijiu's eyes were all red.

"Teacher." Xiao Liulang said softly.

"I'm fine." Lao Jiji wiped his tears, cleaned up Zhang Xiu's relics, packed them with a bag, and staggered his steps as he walked out.

Xiao Liulang supported him.

The old priest's voice trembled: "I...I'm really fine."

Clang!

The inkstone slid out of the bag and hit the ground.

The old scholar bowed to pick it up.

Xiao Liulang said: "I'll do it."

He picked up the inkstone first, "I'll take it."

Lao Jijiu did not insist.

His mood was very complicated and his mind was in a mess. He felt that he had harmed Zhang Xiu and that he had harmed Xiao Heng.

He choked and said, "You... don't blame her... you blame me... it's me... she is for me..."

Xiao Liulang sighed: "It's not that she will have others, but the real hate is the mastermind behind the scenes. Don't blame yourself. The things that happened back then have nothing to do with you, and there was nothing happened last night."

Since he wanted to check, he would find this step anyway.

The old priest’s relationship with Zhang Xiu for him was only accelerated the process and would not change the result.

Zhang Xiu's ending was destined from the time she stretched out her vicious hand to an innocent four-year-old child.

He can forgive, but the way of heaven does not forgive.

The old priest went to collect the body of Zhang Xiu, but Xiao Liulang did not follow him. Forgiveness was his greatest kindness, and he would not prepare his funeral for her.

Xiao Liulang went to Renshou Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhuang continued to read the memorials presented by Mr. Zhuang in the study. The memorials were passed by her hands before they were returned to the ministers in the court to the emperor.

When Eunuch Qin was waiting aside, he saw Xiao Liulang’s eyes lit up and said to Empress Dowager Zhuang: “The tea is cold, I’ll make a pot of hot tea.”

Empress Dowager Zhuang glanced at Xiao Liulang: "Hmph."

Eunuch Qin smiled and stepped down, taking the rest of the palace servants down.

"What are you here to do?" Empress Dowager Zhuang looked through the memorial and asked lukewarmly.

"Passing by." Xiao Liulang said.

Both of them will die if they explain one more sentence, and no one will speak up to break the ice first.

"I'm leaving."

It was nothing big, so I just came to take a look.

He always knew that the emperor and the empress dowager had a bad relationship, but he was not able to face him like this.

Somewhat is a little worried.

Empress Dowager Zhuang looked at him and turned around, cleared her throat, and asked, "Why are you talking for the Ai family?"

Xiao Liulang said calmly: "There is no reason, you can eat the king's fortune and bear the king's worries, and your ministers' duty."

Eunuch Qin who eavesdropped outside was almost in a hurry. He is a bullshit minister. Is it a hot topic to say a word of humanity?

I'm so anxious, I'm so anxious!

He was not so anxious when the emperor and the empress dowager were frozen three feet long. After all, the emperor was really annoying, but Xiao Xiu was determined to be the empress dowager. They misunderstood that Eunuch Qin was really heartbroken!

He obviously cared about the other person so much, why did he have to be strangers?

Tag.

The inkstone in Xiao Liulang's hand slid down and hit the ground. He bowed to pick it up, and the purse in his arms fell out.

Seeing the purse, Empress Dowager Zhuang's eyes moved slightly.

That was the birthday gift given to him by Empress Dowager Zhuang on New Year's Eve, and Xiao Jingkong also had one.

Empress Dowager Zhuang embroidered orchids herself, which was too ugly like weeds, so she asked Lao Jijiu to improve it, embroidered it into a piece of green bamboo, and some stitches were added to the stitching.

But it's not very good-looking after all.

Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted: "Why are you still wearing such an ugly thing? Isn't it embarrassing? After all, he is a Hanlin official."

Xiao Liulang didn't say anything, took back his purse and continued walking out.

return!

Empress Dowager Zhuang opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say the words at the bottom of her mouth.

If she doesn't have such a bad temperament, she will not take so many blame.

Although she has indeed done a lot of bad things.

She threw the note in her hand irritatedly, and her mood was filled with excitement!
To be continued...