I haven't seen Mr. Song for a long time, and I didn't expect to meet him on the street by such a coincidence.
Meng Lingyun stopped, not knowing what to do. He stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "Miss."
Song Chengxuan saw that the curtain of the carriage was slightly opened. From his angle, he could only see Xu Qinghuan's side face, wearing a pink t-shirt, a single snail bun, and a beautiful peony comb with a red comb on the top.
The tassels made her neck appear longer and slender, and a small gemstone hung on her ear, shining slightly in the sunlight.
Song Chengxuan suddenly felt that the woman in the carriage was very strange, and she was completely different from what he had seen before. She probably had to walk back and forth in Fengxiang, and she was dressed casually and simply. Needless to say, on the way to Beijing, she naturally focused on convenience, so she entered
When they met in Beijing, she had never dressed up so carefully.
She sat there dignifiedly, her eyebrows stretched out, showing a bit of composure and generosity, which was hard to ignore at a glance. She was still so conspicuous even when she was standing among the crowd, although her face was a little smaller than usual.
A clear and bright smile, but it also has a different look.
She raised her head and looked towards him. After her eyes met his for a brief moment, she moved away, as if she wasn't too familiar with him.
Immediately afterwards, the servant also lowered the curtain.
The carriage passed him slowly without any pause.
Yong Ye, who came over, happened to see this scene. He had already vaguely sensed the changes between the Anyi Marquis Mansion and the young master in the past few days. Strictly speaking, it should be that Miss Xu and the young master had become a lot more distant.
Not only did they work independently, but they also stopped exchanging news, as if they had never communicated with each other. It was indeed the case today. The servants of the Xu family were a little strange when they saw the young master. Miss Xu looked distant and cold. You must know that in the past, Miss Xu
When discussing the case with the young master, he brought people to their door. The young master also went to the Anyihou Mansion for the case, and even arrested the murderer together in the heavy rain at Baiyunguan. Now...
Yongye shook his head and felt that he was thinking too much. He raised his head and saw the young master holding the reins with a calm expression as if nothing had happened.
Also, it is impossible for the young master and the Anyihou Mansion to come together, so it is good that this is the case now.
"Young Master." Yong Ye stepped forward and called out, ready to ask if the Young Master was going back home now, but he saw a few sneaky figures in the corner. Those people were staring closely at Miss Xu's carriage. It should be Zhang.
Home people.
Just as Yong Ye was slightly distracted, Song Chengxuan had already urged his horse forward, and Yong Ye immediately followed.
…
Xu Qinghuan's carriage stopped at the door of Ma's house, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
When Mrs. Xu celebrated her birthday, the female family members of the Ma family came to pay their respects. Now that Mrs. Ma is celebrating her sixty-sixth birthday, Xu Qinghuan naturally came to pay her respects.
There were already several cars parked in front of Majiafu, and the Xu family could only wait aside.
For a while, the carriages showed no intention of leaving, so my mother went to find Ma's family to deal with them.
After waiting for a stick of incense, the carriage has not moved away yet.
The mother in charge stepped forward and reported: "Miss, I have gone to urge you several times. The Ma family just said that there were too many guests, so I was temporarily negligent. I asked the eldest lady to atone for my sins, and they will deal with it soon. But now...it has been so long."
Save, or let’s go back.”
Now everyone can see the Ma family's neglect.
Xu Qinghuan said: "When my grandmother was sick, Mrs. Ma came to stay with her. She even gave her an ancestral prescription for the doctor to consider and give to my grandmother. My grandmother was not feeling well today, so she asked me to come. I will tell you everything I say."
Happy birthday to Madam Ma."
The carriage finally moved away, and Xu Qinghuan got off the car in front of the Ma family's hanging flower gate. As soon as he walked into the yard, he heard someone say: "Hey, look who this is, Miss Xu from the Anyi Marquis Mansion."
Then a dozen pairs of eyes fell on Xu Qinghuan.
Xu Qinghuan raised his head, and Zhang Jingshu, dressed in a silver-red jacket, stood among the crowd like stars holding the moon.
Xu Qinghuan took a few steps forward, and many of the female relatives immediately stepped back, as if to keep a distance from her.
"Miss Xu," Miss Xu Er, the woman next to Zhang Jingshu, said, "You are here, we just mentioned you... I heard that you helped the government catch many murderers, why is a woman like you so brave?
big."
"Did you listen to Master Xu?" Xu Qinghuan asked, and Miss Xu Er's face froze, "Of course it's not... me..."
Xu Qinghuan said: "Master Xu Changrong was investigating the case at the Ministry of Justice. Did he tell you the details of the case?"
Miss Xu Er immediately said: "Of course not, my father has always enforced the law impartially."
Xu Qinghuan's face was calm: "That's no wonder. Since it didn't come from Mr. Xu's mouth, it can be seen that you heard it from hearsay. What you heard like this is 80% false."
After Xu Qinghuan finished speaking, he looked at the servants of the Ma family: "Take me to congratulate the old lady on her birthday."
Seeing that Xu Qinghuan was about to leave, Zhang Jingshu snorted coldly: "Don't you know what you did? Why did you just go to the Taoist temple that day?"
Xu Qinghuan turned her head: "What does Miss Zhang want to say?"
Zhang Jingshu said: "Let me ask you, why do you happen to be there every time someone is killed?"
Xu Qing said with a smile: "Does Miss Zhang want to say that I am the real culprit behind the scenes?"
"Your whereabouts are mysterious, unless you can explain why you appear in those places." Zhang Jingshu raised her head as she spoke, her eyes full of contempt.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Miss Zhang is going to interrogate me."
"Why not," Zhang Jingshu said, "If you don't know what to do, you can't do anything except yourself. There is no airtight wall in the world. If you do something shameful behind your back, you can't even think of escaping."
Xu Qinghuan nodded: "Why does Miss Zhang think I do this?"
Zhang Jingshu said: "It's very simple. They used these cases to deliberately embarrass us. Now that the truth is exposed, they have to leave the capital in disgrace. Do you know that the Anyi Hou Mansion is a joke now?"
"Miss Zhang is right," Xu Qinghuan showed a look of admiration in her eyes, "Since ancient times, an arm cannot twist a thigh, so everyone has learned how to gain a foothold in the world, relying on the strong and bullying the weak in order to survive. The weak can only rely on others.
Taking advantage of being deceived, the strong will always make themselves invincible. This is fate, and everyone must accept it."
Zhang Jingshu couldn't understand what Xu Qinghuan was talking about: "I'm asking you about the case."
"Miss, you shouldn't ask me," Xu Qinghuan said, "because the Emperor ordered the Three Laws Division to review this case. All major cases in the Great Zhou Dynasty are reviewed in the Three Laws Division. In other words, the cases concluded by the Three Laws Division are the final ones.
In the end, whether you are guilty or not guilty, it doesn’t matter what Miss Zhang says, and it doesn’t matter what I say.”
Zhang Jingshu said: "You are so glib at all. No matter what your intentions are, you will never succeed. Our Zhang family has always been loyal to the emperor and served the great Zhou Dynasty. Today's glory is achieved by the Zhang family's children with both hands."
Yes, do you think you can slander our Zhang family by playing some tricks? Delusion."
"I heard it," Xu Qinghuan said with a smile on his face for some reason, "Miss Zhang is right, no one can shake the status of the Zhang family."
Zhang Jingshu couldn't help but be surprised that Xu Qinghuan actually admitted it like this.
Xu Qinghuan turned around and said, "Can you take me to pay my respects to the old lady now?"
The servants of the Ma family immediately came forward to serve him.
Looking at Xu Qinghuan's back, Zhang Jingshu felt a strange feeling in her heart for some unknown reason, but she was soon drowned out by the sound of praise.
"She is the eldest lady after all. She stopped Xu Qinghuan in just a few words."
"Her last sentence was right. No one can shake the status of the Zhang family."
Xu Qinghuan greeted Madam Ma and left in the car.
The Xu family's carriage had gone a long way, and Song Chengxuan pulled the reins in his hands. He saw a smile on the girl's lips as she boarded the carriage.
The servants of the Zhang family followed the Xu family's carriage all the way here, clearly preparing to deal with her. First, they deliberately used the carriage and horses to block her, and then there must be someone waiting in the yard to show her power.
And she just walked out with a smile, everything was under control.
Song Chengxuan felt that his doubts were suddenly solved. Yes, he was standing here to explain to himself why Xu Qinghuan did this.
Not only did she want to arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction with the Zhang family, she also wanted to lure out the real murderer.
She never gave up on the case from beginning to end, and all her thoughts were to find out the case.
"Let's go." Song Chengxuan ordered and rode away first.
…
"No one can shake the status of the Zhang family."
In the Taoist temple in Bishuihe, the old woman heard these words in her ears.
"Did you hear that? They are all saying... Marquis Anyi doesn't care anymore, they are not willing to be enemies of the Zhang family, the Zhang family is fine again, they are safe and sound again."
