When Chang Suining asked this question, his thoughts were already spinning around rapidly.
Could it be the hands of Mrs. Chang of Yingguo?
Ordinarily not.
Xie Shi has already taken full responsibility for this fault, and the saint's previous punishment to Xie Shi also means that the matter is over - and aside from this, someone like Chang Shi who has been proficient in secret means for many years will
The possibility of a little Wu Lin leaving any clues on him is extremely slim.
Therefore, this act of silence is unnecessary, and may even be self-defeating, and a careless move will lead to new troubles.
But the above is just speculation based on common sense. The specific cause of death of Wu Lin needs to be heard before making a judgment.
"I heard... he died of illness." Chang Sui'an's voice became even lower.
Chang Sui Ning asked seriously: "What's the disease?"
When he met his sister's serious eyes, Chang Sui'an's eyes averted for a moment, and he hesitated in his words: "I heard...I heard it is an incurable disease."
Chang Suining: "..."
It's true that listening to you is like listening to your words.
Based on what she had heard before, she was roughly aware of it, so she asked: "Hua Liu disease?"
Chang Sui'an's eyes, like copper bells, almost burst out of their sockets.
Sister...understand again?!
But seeing that his sister's expression did not change, he could only force himself to calm down: "Yes...it is said that this disease caused some kind of wind disease, and the person died in a flower house five hundred miles away from Bingzhou."
Chang Sui Ning is clear.
Phyllostasis disease is not usually life-threatening, but if severe, it can cause other emergencies.
But she still asked one more question: "Are you sure it's not man-made?"
Chang Sui'an nodded: "Someone reported it to the official on the spot. The local government invited a widower to do the autopsy... The person sent by my father went to the Yamen to check the details of the autopsy file through connections. It was indeed true that he died of an illness.
It doesn’t look out of the ordinary.”
Chang Sui Ning understood and didn't ask any more questions.
To take a step back, even if there is a possibility that one in 10,000 people are man-made, nothing can be found if it is done so cleanly.
Moreover, the people Lao Chang sent to investigate this matter were definitely not careless people, and would continue to investigate if there was anything suspicious. Since they brought back such news, it means that Wu Linying had indeed died of illness.
"Maybe this is retribution." Changsui An said angrily: "But it still gave him an advantage."
Chang Suining said "hmm": "Just die, it will save trouble."
There was no hope that this person would be of any use. The reason for arresting him was, firstly, to express his anger, and secondly, to prevent this person from causing any harm to the Chang family in the future.
There is no need to take action at this time. If the person dies, it will be clean.
The brother and sister settled the matter and did not mention it further. Chang Sui An finally promised his sister that he would repay the debt with Duke Ying for her in the future.
The young man's guarantee was not just a vague statement, but a reflection on himself and then he made a decision.
"Ning Ning, I want to join the army." After the brother and sister sat down, Chang Sui An spoke his thoughts seriously.
"Join the army?" Chang Suining was a little surprised. She had never heard Chang Sui'an bring up this matter before.
The young man nodded, as if he had made up his mind: "I have been thinking about it for a long time."
"Does Dad agree?"
"My father said that I can just think it through on my own and he won't stop me."
On the surface, Chang Kuo treated his only son with disgust, but in fact he always respected the child's thoughts. He never thought that his son must join the army and inherit his mantle just because he was born in the military.
Because he only has one son, he has all kinds of restrictions and restrictions on him out of his eagerness to protect him.
"So brother, have you thought it through now?"
"Yes." Chang Sui'an said: "I want to join Xuance's army and enter the former military camp."
"Xuan Ce Army recruits recruits who have to go through a selection process." Chang Suining looked at his elder brother and said: "With my brother's qualifications and my father's relationship with Xuance Army, it is not difficult for my brother to enter the Xuance Mansion.
——”
She reminded: "But the former military camp is not so easy to enter."
Xuance's army is divided into five battalions: front, rear, left, right and center. As the elite and brave troops who open the way at the front when charging into battle, all the soldiers organized into the front camp are the elite among the elite.
If you want to enter the former military camp of Xuance Army, you need to go through strict selection at all levels.
Moreover, the number of personnel in the former military camp is fixed. If no sick and wounded people retire, no new recruits will be promoted to the camp for the time being.
"I know all this, and I will try my best!" Chang Sui'an said.
"But it's very dangerous to stay in the former military camp!" A Dian asked from the side: "Xiao Sui'an, aren't you afraid?"
"How can joining the army not be dangerous?" Chang Sui'an said: "In the past few years, there have been frequent wars in Dasheng. Even my father, who has not been in war for a long time, has to go into battle and lead troops. This shows that Dasheng is employing people.
When the time comes, someone has to take the risk, why can't it be me?"
Chang Suining looked at the young man.
She said, my brother has a pure heart.
Such an innocent heart is always precious and admirable.
Meeting his sister's eyes, the young man smiled a little shyly: "Besides... I really want to make a contribution."
It's not all out of the desire to repay great prosperity.
Dad's position as General of the Hussars is now just a false title. Twelve years ago, Dad violated the imperial order and beheaded the Beidi Khan and became disabled, so he was relieved of his duties as the commander of the Xuance Army.
position, he no longer has any real power in his hands.
Although his father's past achievements and salary were enough for his family to have enough food and clothing, these days he suddenly realized that this was actually far from enough -
He hopes that one day he can use his own abilities to protect his father and his sister... the kind of protection that no matter who bullies his sister, he can come directly to the door!
The young man's ideas are somewhat naive, but also passionate and firm.
He didn't say the following words out loud, as he didn't want his sister to feel burdened after hearing it, but Chang Suining had already understood the protection in his eyes.
She has also had such an urgent desire to be able to protect her family as soon as possible.
That was also her original intention when she chose to join the army.
She noticed the shy look on the young man's face when he mentioned his achievements in military service, and then said: "Wanting to achieve achievements in military service does not mean that he has an impure heart for retribution. He sacrifices his life as a condition, and earns rewards with his own flesh and blood on the battlefield.
This is deserved, and it is upright and worthy of praise——"
After hearing what she said, Chang Sui'an was startled, and those feelings of embarrassment disappeared.
Then I heard my sister continue to say: "The Xuance Army should recruit new soldiers every year after autumn. There is not much time left. Since my brother is determined to be in the former military camp, he must be well prepared."
"Yes, I will!" Chang Sui'an nodded in agreement, and then looked at his sister curiously.
"But then again, Ning Ning, how do you know so clearly about Xuance Army's recruitment?"
Just when Chang Sui Ning was about to make up something to deal with it, Chang Sui An said on his own: "Ning Ning, have you ever thought about joining the Xuance Army?"
Chang Sui Ning nodded happily: "...Yes."
She looked a little disappointed and said: "But the Xuance Army does not recruit women."
Chang Sui'an hurriedly comforted her sister.
At the same time, I was amazed in my heart - it turns out that my sister really wants to be a female general!
Chang Sui Ning smiled after hearing his brother's many consolations: "...Maybe they will be willing to recruit women in the future."
Chang Sui'an immediately nodded in agreement.
Yes, rules are dead, but my sister is alive...cough, but my sister is a living genius!
"Then I'll go explore the road first!" The young man was full of confidence and had more motivation.
Chang Sui Ning nodded happily: "Okay."
"Then let me accompany my brother to the martial arts field to practice spear practice." The girl stood up and said, "If you want to enter the former military camp, spearing is a must."
"good!"
"I'll go too!" A Dian stuffed the last piece of snack into his mouth and hurried to follow.
…
July is full of fire and the weather turns cooler.
Recently, everyone in Beijing, whether official media or private media, who can be named, has been very busy.
The saint planned to hold a Mid-Autumn Festival flower banquet, and the news of choosing the crown princess spread like wildfire. Some families who had no intention of getting involved in this whirlpool of power struggle planned to find a good wife for their daughter before the flower invitations from the palace were delivered.
The marriage should be settled as soon as possible.
Or maybe they have already found a good family, so they step up the engagement process at this time.
Originally there were only a few people who had such an idea and put it into action, but some families with sons, thinking that there are not many good girls, and if they don’t take action early, they might be singled out, actually started discussing marriage.
The trend comes.
So much so that everyone, both rich and poor, came to join in the fun.
For example, on this day, an ice man also came to the residence of Qiao Jijiu in the Imperial Academy.
In the past two years, there have been quite a few people who have come to discuss marriage. After all, many people know that there is a good-looking and promising young man in Qiao Jiji's family.
But what surprised the Qiao family was that the ice man who came to visit this time was not here for Qiao Yubai, but wanted to marry a girl from the Qiao family on behalf of the son of the county magistrate in the city.
"...He came to propose marriage to my sister?"
At noon, after classes were dismissed in each school, Qiao Yubai came back to pick up a book, followed by Cui Lang.
Seeing that the Qiao family servant nodded, Cui Lang hurriedly asked: "Brother Qiao, don't you go and have a look?"
Qiao Yubai hesitated: "Is there something wrong?"
After all, it was the mother who was talking to the matchmaker. Wouldn't it be considered rude for a man to suddenly come over?
"It doesn't matter, we should talk in the front hall. Can't we go to the back and eavesdrop?" Cui Lang suggested.
"This..." Qiao Yubai was amazed that Cui Liulang's solution to the problem was to make an even more inappropriate suggestion.
"My younger sister is planning to get married, how can I not help check it in as an elder brother?"
Cui Lang couldn't help but pull Qiao Yubai away.
In the hall, the smile on Mrs. Wang's face could no longer be maintained: "...you mean that this gentleman's brain is born different from ordinary people's?"
She asked implicitly, but she actually understood that this so-called magistrate's husband was a fool.
The matchmaker sighed: "It's because of premature birth..."
He added: "But it doesn't mean everything is different. Unlike Mrs. Qiao who has limited mobility, this husband can take care of his own daily diet. At first glance, he doesn't look much different from a normal person!"
"This gentleman is the newly appointed magistrate of our Wannian County, and he will have a bright future... His family is already rich, so if Mrs. Qiao marries him, she won't have to worry about being mistreated in the future."
Seeing that Wang's expression was wrong, she advised again: "After all, there is nothing we can do about Madam Qiao's eye disease. She must find a husband to take care of her. When she has children in the future, she will be able to have a happy life, right?"
"
Behind the screen in the cubicle, Qiao Yumian heard this and couldn't bear the sadness in her heart anymore, so she suddenly got up and ran out.
She went to the backyard without passing through the front hall, so this movement was not known to Wang and the matchmaker.
She kept listening to the matchmaker's words, and she felt bad for a long time. She just used the excuse that she felt cold and asked the female servant Xiaoqiu to go back to get the cloak and move him away.
Qiao Yubai, who was being pulled by Cui Lang to eavesdrop at the back of the hall, quickly walked into the hall. Regardless of whether he was rude or not, he raised his hand and asked the matchmaker to leave: "My sister-in-law has no intention of discussing the marriage now, please."
Go back."
Cui Lang was about to follow Cui Lang to exhale the fragrance, when he caught a glimpse of the lilac-colored figure trotting away from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but be startled: "...Ms. Qiao?"
Did she hear everything?
But she couldn't see the road, why was she running so fast?
Cui Lang hurriedly chased after him.
After Qiao Yumian ran for a short distance based on the memory in her mind, she stumbled and fell. After getting up, she continued to walk forward.
At this time, a nervous voice suddenly came from behind: "Ms. Qiao, stop quickly, there is a lotus pond in front of you!"
After hearing clearly who the person was, Qiao Yumian immediately became embarrassed and did not dare to go any further. She could only turn sideways and wipe her tears.
Cui Lang came over hurriedly: "Ms. Qiao fell just now?"
"No... no problem." Qiao Yumian held back her tears, not wanting to make a fool of herself in front of others.
Cui Lang sighed and said, "Ms. Qiao, don't listen to that matchmaker's nonsense. It's really rare for these people to say even one word in ten sentences."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Qiao Yumian was stunned: "Cui Liulang...have you heard it?"
Cui Lang smiled and scratched his head: "Brother Qiao and I happened to pass by..."
Qiao Yumian lowered her head slightly: "It made Cui Liulang laugh."
Cui Lang hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head: "How can it be!"
The two of them were stepping on the grass beside the river. The grass was relatively soft, and softness meant safety. This made Qiao Yumian subconsciously willing to stay here for a while.
She said to herself: "It's no wonder that Cui Liulang laughed. I think it's funny myself. I have my own eye problems and shouldn't find fault with others. I should understand this. But for some reason, I just listened to those words.
The words are still..."
As the girl spoke, tears of helplessness and self-blame fell on the grass at her feet.
Cui Lang felt that he had never been so flustered before, and said hurriedly: "This has nothing to do with picking on others. I don't blame you for hearing those words. It's so rude that the matchmaker pokes at people's pain points with every word. How can this be a sincere request for marriage?"
, clearly deliberately lowering the price!”
"Lowering the price?" Qiao Yumian stopped crying. Could this mean she was the goods?
"She just knew in her heart that this marriage was not right and that the man was not worthy of Madam Qiao at all, so she reminded Madam Qiao that she had an eye problem every word. This was just a negotiation method. If Madam Qiao really listened and
It would be foolish to take it to heart!"
Qiao Yumian raised her hand to wipe her tears: "Is this so..."
"That's it. Madam Qiao, please don't be fooled." Cui Lang added: "Mrs. Qiao probably doesn't know that the son of a ten thousand-year county magistrate is not only born stupid, but also has many bad habits. He also imitates others and spends time in flowers.
Upstairs, I bumped into him last time!"
"?" Qiao Yumian felt that there were too many points in this sentence, and she didn't know what to say.
Seeing her strange expression, Cui Lang realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly said: "...But that was something that happened before."
He added: "Since I came to the Imperial College, I have changed all my bad habits in the past!"
Qiao Yumian's face turned slightly red after hearing this - why was he telling her this?
But after spending several months together, they could be considered acquaintances, and she couldn't help but be curious: "...why?"
