All the government officials in Biyun Tower have evacuated, and it is almost dawn.
Xiangcui was wearing a coarse half-arm dress. She followed the little girl out of Biyun Tower and took two steps forward. Xiangcui couldn't help but turn her head to look.
Through the crack in the door, she saw the madam waving to her.
Xiangcui turned her head and walked out quickly with tears in her eyes.
She had to get to the riverside before dawn. Of course, someone was waiting for her to take her away from here.
This is the only arrangement the madam can make for her.
Xiangcui pursed her lips, no longer hesitated, and quickened her pace.
The government office followed the Prince of Shunyang County to check on the situation of the three women. She couldn't care about this for the time being. She had to seize the opportunity.
Xiangcui got on his horse and rushed towards the river. The journey was smooth and no one came to stop him.
Seeing the boat on the river, Xiangcui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Girl, get on the boat quickly!" The old boatman was waiting there. "By the time it gets light, we will have gone far."
Xiangcui nodded, bent down and walked into the cabin. The cabin was completely dark, and the boatman whispered: "I'm sorry, girl, we can't light the lamp, lest we be discovered. It will be dawn in less than an hour. During this period,
Girl, just be patient."
Xiangcui responded and the boat started to move forward.
Xiangcui's eyes had adapted to the darkness, and she vaguely saw a green cloth bag placed in the corner.
The old boatman's voice came: "The things in the cabin are left for you."
Xiangcui reached out and opened the green cloth bag, and the contents in the bag were immediately revealed, including red gold jewelry, some silver and a thick stack of silver notes.
Xiangcui's nose was sore and she almost shed tears. Mother Yang, who pretended to be a madam in front of others, was so considerate of her that she not only allowed her to escape, but also prepared so many treasures for her. These gold and silver were probably all that Mother Yang could afford.
of property.
She recognized the red gold hairpin in the bag. It was Yang's mother's most cherished possession, but now they were all given to her, so that she would have something to rely on and have no worries for the rest of her life.
The boat was swaying in the river, and when a red sun slowly rose from the east, the boat had already reached the middle of the river. Xiangcui looked at the sky outside and did not notice that the boat was gradually slowing down.
A drizzle of rain fell unexpectedly, disturbing Xiangcui's thoughts. Xiangcui looked at the bamboo hat in the cabin and was about to take it to the boatman, but she found that at some point, a small boat followed quietly.
Xiangcui panicked and reminded the boatman: "Someone is chasing me..."
The old boatman looked in the direction of Xiangcui's finger, and his expression suddenly changed: "I'm afraid someone has discovered her whereabouts. The girl should return to the cabin quickly. The little old man will risk his life to save the girl's life."
As the old boatman spoke, he used his arms to push up the boat quickly.
Xiangcui stumbled back to the cabin and looked out the window. Although the old boatman tried his best, he still couldn't escape the pursuit of the boats behind him. The two boats got closer and closer.
Xiangcui quickly saw the clothes of the people on the boat. Two young and strong men stood there with fierce expressions on their faces. They had waist knives on their waists. Xiangcui had seen the kind of knives that belonged to the government and government.
Guards are only available to rich families.
Who are these people?
If it was a government official, he should have told them to stop. Who could it be if it wasn't a government official? Could it be someone from Shunjun Prince's Mansion? Just like what Yang's mother said, Shunjun Prince is a member of the royal family, and they will not give up.
"Don't get caught by them," Xiangcui shouted. "If I get caught, I will die."
The old boatman didn't bother wiping the rain off his face and rowed the small boat, but in the end he let the boat behind him come up.
An iron hook caught the ship's plank. The old boatman saw this and stepped forward to pull the hook, but it was too late. Xiangcui watched as the man on the boat jumped up.
After the man boarded the ship, he took out the long knife from his waist, immediately walked into the cabin, and went straight to her.
Xiangcui felt that death was gradually approaching her.
The old boatman's miserable cry came from outside. The old boatman's thin body was pushed into the river, and was swallowed up by the cold water in a blink of an eye. Xiangcui had no time to feel sad for the old boatman, because the knife in front of him also moved towards the river.
She chopped it over, and under the underworld, they would meet soon.
Xiangcui closed her eyes, a sharp voice roared in her ears, and a stream of hot blood sprayed onto her cheeks. Her breathing immediately became rapid, but strangely she did not feel any pain.
There was a "pop" sound in her ears. Xiangcui opened her eyes and saw that the man who raised the knife to kill him had fallen to the ground. The man was rolling in the boat, one arm hanging down softly, and blood flowed from his body.
Well out, even though he gritted his teeth, the pain still made him groan.
Behind the man stood a man in his forties. He took back the sharp weapon in his hand, tied the man with a rope, and then looked at Xiangcui: "My eldest lady wants to see you."
Xiangcui didn't understand what was happening in front of her. She only saw the cabin curtain being opened, and then a familiar face appeared in front of her.
It's Miss Xu whom I met in Biyun Tower.
Xiangcui's lips trembled and she didn't know what to say. Miss Xu didn't ask, she just sat across from her.
"Miss... eldest lady," Xiangcui said first, "what... is going on... I don't know who wants to kill me... they... suddenly appeared here, and the boatman who was punting the boat was also killed by them.
Already."
Uncle Lei found a sign on the man's body that read "Shunyang County Prince's Mansion" and handed it to Xu Qinghuan.
"It's from the Prince's Mansion... from the Prince's Mansion..." Xiangcui immediately yelled, "The Prince of Shunyang County wants to kill me because Qiao Shu told me that her father once took the blame for the Prince's Mansion of Shunyang.
If the Prince of Yang County comes to visit her, he will definitely kill her and silence her to avoid future troubles.
I would escape, but I was scared when I saw Qiao Shu being killed."
Xu Qinghuan looked at Xiangcui and said, "Those people outside have been restrained. We have plenty of time to talk slowly. You don't have to be in such a hurry."
Xiangcui felt that Miss Xu in front of her had clear eyes, as if she could see through everything.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Let's start with Qiao Shu. Qiao Shu is not a girl from Biyun Tower. Why did she appear in your room late at night? After you found out that Qiao Shu was dead, no one questioned this. It can be seen that you
I had known for a long time that Qiao Shu would come to Biyun Tower at night.
I have already asked people to inquire. Except for Biyunlou, no one buys the rouge gouache in Qiao Shu's hands. In fact, this is easy to understand. The things Qiao Shu sells must not be as good as those big rouge shops in terms of price and quality.
, there are so many girls in Hualou, there is a lot of demand for these things, and Rouge Shop will never let go of such business.
Therefore, it is you who are unusual. Biyunlou has been buying rouge from Qiao Shu. From this, we can see that Qiao Shu and Biyunlou must have an extraordinary relationship.
For you, it should be an easy task to trick Qiao Shu into going to Biyun Tower and killing her.
On the other hand, it will be much more difficult for the prince of Shunyang County to do this. He needs to know that Qiao Shu is staying at Biyun Tower at night, and he also expects that you will get drunk, so that he can quietly attack Qiao Shu.
But now that he has succeeded, why did he kidnap you again? If he was worried that you would leak the secret, wouldn't it be more appropriate to kill you in the same way?"
Hearing this, Xiangcui swallowed and tightly held the handkerchief in her hand.
"Also, when you found bloodstains on your body, you looked panicked on the surface, but you forgot that you can't pretend to be truly afraid. You should take off your clothes immediately instead of walking around with these bloodstains until you reach the Yamen.
People ask you for clothes.
This case seems to be perfectly designed, but in fact it is full of loopholes. For example, the prince of Shunyang County used his usual dagger to kill people. Doesn't this tell the world that he is the one who killed the person?
Too many coincidences are just human calculations."
Xiangcui pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, as if she was afraid that if she said the wrong thing again, Miss Xu would find out more secrets.
"Let's not talk about Qiao Shu," Xu Qinghuan looked at the green cloth bundle on the table, "Let's talk about you. Don't you think it's strange? Why were you targeted as soon as you came out? Why did the Prince of Shunyang County want to kill you?
Silence, have you forgotten that the prince of Shunyang County is not a murderer. If the prince wants to exonerate himself, he must not kill you. On the contrary, he will protect your safety so that you can tell the truth.
"
Xiangcui trembled all over, and her eyes suddenly opened wide, as if she thought of something.
Xu Qinghuan said: "You show up here with these things. If you are killed again, you will become the second Qiao Shu."
"You," Xiangcui said in a trembling voice, "are you saying that someone deliberately asked me to leave just to kill me here and frame the blame on the prince of Shunyang County?
No, you are wrong, no one would do this, everything... was done by Shunyang County Prince's Mansion, and what you said are all lies."
"Is it true?" Xu Qinghuan said, "If you think about it carefully, what is true and what is false, no matter what, seeing is believing. Now I will let you meet someone, and you will definitely change your mind.