In the main hall of the main courtyard of Anyihou Mansion.
An Yihou led Xu Qing'an into the door. Xu Qing'an raised his head and saw Song Chengxuan sitting on the chair, with a surprised look on his face. Didn't Song Chengxuan already leave the capital? However, if he had not left the capital, he would not have left the capital on the way.
Meet the Tan family.
Song Chengxuan raised his eyes, and there was a bit of coldness in his eyes. However, he still stood up and greeted An Yihou, although the courtesy was very perfunctory.
An Yihou thought of Hong Chuanting's words. This man had always been indifferent to others, so naturally he would not take these details to heart. However, since he came to the door and he was not in a hurry today, he could naturally take a good look at Song Chengxuan.
Military generals are different from civil servants. They are not so strict about etiquette and rules, and they will move more casually. Marquis Anyi entered the military camp early and lived with the soldiers all day long. Naturally, he understood this very well and wore it.
Wearing armor is a virtue. Taking off your shirt and pretending to be a person in front of others is not because you are afraid of being criticized for being rude, but because you are afraid of the trouble it will cause.
Song Chengxuan should have such thoughts at this time.
A servant of the Xu family brought tea. Song Chengxuan took it and took a sip. He raised his eyes with clear eyes.
An Yihou suddenly felt that this man would definitely not lose to others on the battlefield. Even if he had lowered his sharpness now, he was still aggressive. He thought this man's features were familiar before, but now that he looked closer, he seemed to be such a cold and arrogant person.
He had never met it before.
Marquis An Yi said: "The Tan family was kind to the Xu family in the past. This time Mr. Song saved the Tan family. On behalf of the Tan family, I would like to thank Mr. Song for his help."
Song Chengxuan narrowed his eyes. For a prince to be able to say such words, it shows his kindness to the Tan family.
An Yihou is truly a compassionate and righteous person, and he is worthy of the word "righteousness".
The Tan family's affairs are insignificant, so An Yihou would be like this. If he was involved in a major incident, would An Yihou withdraw immediately?
Song Chengxuan said calmly: "With a little effort, no matter who encounters it, they will not ignore it."
Marquis Anyi said: "Did Young Master Song see the murderer?"
"No," Song Chengxuan said, "if we had met him, he must have been sent to Shuntian Mansion by now. When we chased him, we only saw Uncle Tan lying in the grass on the roadside."
Having said this, Song Chengxuan's eyes deepened slightly: "After Mr. Tan wakes up, Mr. Hou should carefully ask what the murderer looked like."
An Yihou was stunned. A person with Song Chengxuan's temperament would never say something like this without any reason: "Is there anything fishy about this matter?"
Song Chengxuan put down the tea cup in his hand. Among the nobles of the Zhou Dynasty, An Yihou was one of the rare smart people. As expected, he did not need to waste any words: "When we first found the Tan family uncle, he said that the murderer was a thin man with flexible legs and feet. Send him to him."
After getting into the carriage, I asked how the whole thing happened.
Uncle Tan said that when he came out of the post house and wanted to take a breath, someone suddenly grabbed his neck from behind, and his head was imprisoned on the person's arm and shoulder. Before he could exclaim, he felt a pain in his neck.
Suddenly, my vision went dark, and my last conscious thought was that my body was rising into the air, as if it was being carried on someone's shoulders."
Xu Qing'an understood after hearing this: "To be able to grab his neck and hold him on his arms and shoulders, that person must be taller than him. Although a thin person may not be weak, the Tan family uncle is tall and strong and can
It is really not easy to pick him up and take him away easily.
Tan Guangyao's two statements were different, so he must be hiding something, but this is very strange, why would a murderer who killed himself have to cover up for him."
An Yihou did not expect his son to have such an opinion. He looked at Xu Qing'an and saw Xu Qing'an's eyes were bright. An Yihou immediately thought of this boy coming back from a fight.
To be able to say such a thing must be the experience gained by this kid from getting into trouble for many years.
Anyi Hou looked over sharply, and Xu Qingan felt Yan's father's malice.
I saw the father and son exchanging glances.
Song Chengxuan's father's kind expression also appeared in his mind. He closed his eyes slightly, not wanting to continue sitting down, and stood up and said: "I heard from the manager of the Tan family that the Tan family's business has not been going well recently, and they have lost a lot of goods in Changzhou.
Since Lord Marquis has a relationship with the Tan family, he will definitely be able to figure these things out."
An Yihou vaguely felt that Song Chengxuan had something else to say when he came this time, but he didn't know why he suddenly changed his mind.
But since Song Chengxuan was leaving, he couldn't stop him and told Xu Qing'an: "Send Mr. Song off."
Xu Qingan was reluctant but still chased after him.
Song Chengxuan walked to a peach tree in the yard. After so many years, the peach tree has always grown with luxuriant branches and leaves. He still remembered that during the Dragon Boat Festival many years ago, Marquis Anyi broke a peach branch and pinned it to his waist.
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Things changed and people changed in the blink of an eye.
Song Chengxuan quickened his pace and walked out of Anyihou Mansion.
"Master Song."
Before Song Chengxuan got on his horse, he was stopped by a clear voice.
Song Chengxuan turned his head and saw the girl standing not far away.
She was waiting here, as if she had expected that he would not want to stay in the Anyihou Mansion for a long time. In fact, before this, he had never thought that he would step into the gate of the Anyihou Mansion again.
"Master Song is pursuing the Tan family, and he is probably very interested in this case. If Master Song does not intervene, Tan Guangyao will undoubtedly die. The current situation is unexpected by the murderer. Tan Guangyao's survival is a threat to the murderer. The next step
The perpetrators will surely be remedied."
She could predict all these things, but there were also many things she didn't know.
Xu Qinghuan said: "How did Mr. Song know that the murderer would deal with the Tan family next?"
Her thoughts were clear and she immediately deduced what the murderer might do next.
Perhaps this was the purpose of his trip, to use her intelligence to uncover more clues.
Since he saved the Tan family, he had to get enough information from her to be considered a fair deal.
Song Chengxuan looked at Xu Qinghuan quietly.
The moonlight fell on her eyebrows, her eyes blinked slightly, and her long eyelashes were like a butterfly spreading its wings.
"What else?" he asked.
Xu Qinghuan said: "The Tan family must have come to Anyihou Mansion to ask for help. Tan Guangyao must know or have guessed who stabbed him."
Otherwise, Mrs. Tan would not shy away from reporting to the official.
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The doctor left the inner room, and Mrs. Xu watched Tan Guangyao leave. Only Mrs. Tan did not want to rest but stayed by her son's bed.
Until Tan Guangyao opened his eyes in a daze.
"Brother Yao," Mrs. Tan called out, "how do you feel now? Are you feeling better?"
Tan Guangyao nodded, swallowed and wanted to speak.
Mrs. Tan immediately brought water: "Don't rush to moisten your throat before you speak."
Tan Guangyao took a sip of water and looked around.
Mrs. Tan whispered: "There is no one else around. Do you have anything to say to mother?" As she said that, she put her ear to her.
"It's him," Tan Guangyao said, "I see...here it is, it's him..."
Mrs. Tan couldn't help but tremble: "He actually came to kill his own brother for a woman."
