Li Changyan didn't react for a moment when he heard this. He moved his body, and the wound on his hand suddenly stung.
When the woman saw this, she stepped forward to help Li Changyan.
Li Changyan looked at the woman through the dim light.
Probably because she has been working outside for many years, the woman's eyes have developed fine wrinkles and her skin has become rough, but her full brows and eyes can still see her former look.
It is indeed Qing'e.
Why did Qing'e say these words? Li Changyan's mind was in confusion. Qing'e wanted to marry out of the Li family back then. Mrs. Li asked someone to find a good match for her. As a result, Qing'e fell seriously ill less than half a year after her marriage.
Later he heard that Qing'e had died of illness.
Now Qing'e has not only come back from the dead, but also said that she ran away for her life.
Why did Qing'e run for her life?
Li Changyan was a little confused. Could it be that someone in the Li family wanted to harm Qing'e back then?
At that time, he wanted to carry Qing'e to his aunt, and Mrs. Li was very much in favor of this. After all, Qing'e had been serving the Li family for many years, and she had always served her wholeheartedly. Mrs. Li had given birth several times, and there were too many children in the house.
It is also a good thing to have multiple female dependents to take care of you.
However, he did not expect that Qing'e firmly disagreed and even sought death in front of him. He was so beaten that he had no choice but to ask Mrs. Li to prepare a dowry for Qing'e to fulfill her wish.
After so many years, he had long forgotten this incident, but he did not expect that there was something hidden in it.
Most importantly, Qing'e mentioned his case.
He met Gao Jiansong several times, all because of Xu'er. He went to Gao Mansion to express his gratitude, but in private he and Gao Jiansong never exchanged letters.
Is it related to the fact that the imperial court identified him as a member of King Jian's party and the letter from Qing'e's mouth?
"Master," Qing'e couldn't help but feel anxious when she saw Li Changyan's lack of response, "did you hear what I said?"
Before Li Changyan spoke, Li Mao came over and said, "What do you mean by this? Where did the letter come from?"
Qing'e was shocked. She didn't expect that Li Changyan and Li Mao didn't know these inside stories.
"Don't you know, Master?" Qing'e said, "The imperial court will arrest Master because there is solid evidence in hand. The letters between Gao Jiansong and Master mentioned that grain, so Master came to Huailaiwei."
Li Changyan opened his eyes wide again. Although he was captured by the imperial court and was about to be escorted to Beijing for trial, he did not panic too much. After all, he and Gao Jiansong did not have much relationship in private. The imperial court only wanted to investigate, even if Li Mao
It was unintentional to get involved in the Jiang family's affairs, and Li Mao also helped the Xu family capture Uncle Jiang.
Since he was implicated by his son, there would be no serious consequences, but now Qing'e told him that the court had solid evidence.
Li Changyan began to feel panic and couldn't help blurting out: "What nonsense are you talking about."
"It's true," Qing'e said, "After I got the news, I asked people to ask around. I have been doing chores in the past few years, and I got to know a hundred households in the guard station. The master of the hundred households once went to capture Takami Song.
He heard these words with his own ears. If it weren't for this, this slave would not have come."
Li Mao didn't wait for Li Changyan to speak: "What does this have to do with my mother?"
Qing'e looked at Li Changyan, who also had a blank look in his eyes.
Qing'e couldn't help but shook her head: "I didn't expect that you have never doubted the eldest lady in all these years. Have you always thought that the eldest lady is gentle, weak, respectful and virtuous?"
Li Changyan heard a hint of sarcasm in Qing'e's voice.
"The eldest wife took all the sons you gave birth to outside the family back to the Li family, and claimed that they were her own, so that you could have more children and more happiness. She never complained to you, and she treated these children as her own. This is an ordinary mistress. Even though he couldn't do it, he still risked his life to give birth to Master Jiu. For Master Jiu, he did not hesitate to travel long distances with you to seek medical treatment, and even got rid of the root cause of the disease. We servants all admired the eldest lady very much, until later I discovered a secret. "
Li Changyan stared at Qing'e, waiting for Qing'e to speak.
Qing'e said: "Do you remember Mr. Lu?"
Li Changyan nodded. Mr. Lu was Brother Xu's teacher. He even paid half of Shu Xiu to teach Brother Xu. He respected this old gentleman very much.
"When the master was still in Shandong, he was often busy in the yamen. Only his wife was in charge of the family. At that time, my wife was not in good health and would always fall ill in bed. She had a headache. When she was seriously ill, she didn't like other people around her. In the house Only Mother Jiang served, and we were all sent far away.
At first I didn't think there was anything wrong, until one night Qingzhu ate something bad and went to the cleaning room several times. The last time he didn't come back, I went out to check. Who knew that Qingzhu was not in the cleaning room? Feeling strange, he looked around and finally saw Qingzhu's figure outside the nunnery.
I was about to go up to talk to Qingzhu when I noticed something moving in the nunnery. I hid in the corner of the hall and looked around. After a while, I found Mr. Lu coming out of the nunnery with someone. It was a man. The man was covered in a cloak. The face makes it difficult to see clearly.”
Qing'e said this and looked at Li Changyan.
Li Changyan looked gloomy, obviously thinking of something.
Why did a strange man appear in the Li family's house late at night?
Li Mao was even more nervous and his forehead was covered with sweat. This matter related to his mother. If he could calm down.
"Who is that person?" Li Changyan finally couldn't bear it and asked.
Qing'e shook her head: "I don't know, but... I saw the eldest lady chasing the eldest lady out of the nunnery with my own eyes, and then hugged the man."
Li Changyan had veins floating on his forehead and sat up straight: "What did you say?"
Qing'e's eyes were firm: "I didn't lie to the master. I was so frightened that I was weak and didn't know what to do. The man said a few words in the ear of the eldest lady to comfort the eldest lady, and then he went with Mr. Lu gone."
Li Changyan had a strange face, and there were complicated expressions in his eyes, which were surprised, angry and suspicious: "If that's the case, why didn't you tell me?"
Qing'e did not panic: "Master, you will know the reason after listening to this slave girl."
After saying this, Qing'e pursed her lips: "I know this matter is not trivial, but if the eldest lady discovers my whereabouts at that time, I will definitely die, so I left in a hurry, preparing to calm down and think about countermeasures.
The slave returned to the house, and after a while Qingzhu also came back. Qingzhu thought the slave had fallen asleep, so he crept onto the bed without saying anything to the slave.
The servant looked at Qingzhu from the side and saw that she had something on her mind, so she knew that she must also be thinking about how to deal with this matter."
Qing'e said this and looked at Li Changyan again: "Master, do you still remember what happened to Qingzhu in the end?"
Li Changyan had already thought of something at this time, and his expression became even more grim: "I remember that when Qingzhu went out to buy things, he met bandits and was kidnapped and killed in the woods."
"Yes," Qing'e said, "Qingzhu is dead. Qingzhu was greedy for money. She had long wanted to use a sum of money to buy some fields, live like a master, and never be a slave again. The slave suspected Qingzhu and threatened his wife, and then
He was silenced by his wife.
I didn’t expect that someone like my wife could be so ruthless. Now that I have Qingzhu in front of me, I don’t dare to show off. I look forward to the master’s return, tell him the truth, and ask him to make a decision.”
Li Changyan clenched his hands. If Qing'e's statement was to be followed, something happened again later, and Qing'e did not reveal the truth to him.
Qing'e continued: "I didn't say anything because a few days later, I met with the opportunity for promotion. I know that this opportunity was obtained by my wife for me. Not only that, the money for my promotion was also given by that man."
Hearing this, Li Changyan was completely angry: "You are talking nonsense."
