Empress Chu

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Liang Qiang felt as if a thunderbolt had fallen and split him in half, his heart jumped out, and it was as if a window had been pushed open in front of his eyes, and a young man in Tsing Yi smiled at him.

"It's that son—"

"This wine is not from our store, it was brewed by that young master himself—"

"Liang Qiang!"

A female voice sounded beside his ears, Liang Qiang's separated body closed up, his spirit returned to his original position, and the phantom in front of him dissipated, and he looked at Chu Zhao opposite.

Chu Zhao also looked at him, obviously aware of his strangeness, and asked word by word: "So, did you also give wine there?"

Liang Qiang looked at her and nodded slowly: "Yes, besides my friends, I received a glass of wine from someone else that day."

really!Chu Zhao asked, "Who?"

The gazes of Ding Dachui and Yin Counselor were also focused on him.

"I—" Liang Qiang shook her head, "I didn't see—"

……

……

Didn't see it?

Before Chu Zhao could speak, Ding Dachui took a step forward.

"Liang Qiang." He said in a deep voice, "Are you telling the truth?"

The strong man in front of him had gloomy eyes, as if he was staring at his prey, and he was about to tear him apart in the next moment, Liang Qiang did not evade, and said: "I really didn't see it, I was there for convenience, and I was also upset indoors , just standing in the corridor, looking at the lotus in the lotus pond building—"

His expression was somewhat reminiscent.

"Then a clerk came over and gave me a glass of wine, saying it was a gift from someone else. I didn't intend to ask for it. I don't know why, but the clerk said—"

He looked at the portrait that Counselor Yin held in his hand.

"——This wine is not from their store, it is brewed by the wine giver himself. He said that he admires my heroic deeds, and expresses his heart——"

"I took it and drank it, the wine—"

"Now when I recall it, I can still feel the fragrance in my mouth."

Who wants to know what this wine tastes like, Ding Dazhui wanted to drink it later, but Chu Zhao stopped him.

"I know." She nodded and said with a smile, "It seems that this is a master brewer—Commander Ding, you should focus on investigating this kind of person next."

Ding Dachui and Yin Shenshi agreed.

Chu Zhao looked at Liang Qiang again: "General Liang, I understand this matter, you can go back."

Liang Qiang lowered her eyes and saluted: "Empress, if that person contacts me, I will report it immediately."

"No need." Chu Zhao's voice fell, "Just do what you have to do, and someone will watch you."

In response, Liang Qiang stopped talking and saluted and withdrew.

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……

I don't know when it started to rain outside.

Liang Qiang declined the waiter's umbrella to see him off, and walked steadily in the rain. The rain was not heavy, but his heart was pouring like heavy rain.

Originally, when he was in the Queen's Palace, his heart was already overwhelmed, and he suppressed it desperately, not to let himself show any strangeness.

Now when he walked out of the Queen's Palace, he had to step over the gate of the imperial city, and he couldn't hold back anymore.

that person!

that person!

that person!

At this moment, he stopped and looked at a person walking slowly in front of the palace gate. The person was wearing an official robe and holding a black umbrella in his hand, walking meanderingly.

"Thank you, my lord—"

"Xie Zhongcheng—"

The sound of saluting from the guards at the palace gate came.

Liang Qiang stood on the spot, feeling that the man's light footsteps stepped on his heart step by step, until his heart stopped beating.

Xie Yanfang approached, glanced at him, then at the sky, and said with a smile: "General Liang, do you want an umbrella?"

He passed the umbrella in his hand forward.

"I'm at the duty hall, you have to walk a while back, let me lend it to you."

Liang Qiang looked at him, although his heart stopped beating, but he could hear himself speak: "Thank you, my lord."

Xie Yanfang put the umbrella into his hand with a smile, and said: "You're welcome." After saying that, she passed him, and walked away slowly with her hands sleeves in front of her.

Liang Qiang held up her umbrella in a daze until she heard the sound of footsteps, mixed with the voices of servants and officials.

"Thank you, sir, you are here, come quickly with an umbrella."

"Thank you, Your Majesty was still asking you before."

The chaotic footsteps made Liang Qiang's heartbeat resume. Holding his umbrella, he slowly turned his head and looked at Xie Yanfang who was surrounded by internal servants.

"Thank you, sir." He murmured hoarsely.

Chapter 85 Mountain Rain

It has been quite rainy this year. It rained continuously in the capital, but in Han County, it was raining heavily.

There are hardly any people on the street.

However, there are still many customers sitting in the restaurant and tea shop.

On rainy days, people are more leisurely, drinking wine, drinking tea and listening to books, accompanied by the storyteller's eloquent lotus blossoms, there are bursts of applause in the teahouse.

The traces of the war caused by last year's rebellion have long since disappeared. The damaged houses have been repaired. Those who are capable repair them themselves, and the government who are not capable repair them uniformly. The aristocratic families donated to the charity hall. Take care, be happy.

But the wounds on the outside were repaired and covered up, and the wounds on the heart still inevitably remained. Suddenly there was crying in the rainy and empty street, accompanied by the screaming of the woman.

The people in the teahouse and restaurant heard it, and laughed, many people looked out, and more people were familiar with it.

"Jiang's sister-in-law is ill again." Someone shook his head, looking at the chess game on the table, "Why didn't you look at it?"

"There is only one sick and weak old woman in her family, so she can't see her wrongly." The companion on the opposite side said solemnly, deliberating which step to take.

"I said a long time ago that I should send it to the Charity Hall. It's hard for Granny Jiang to take care of herself, and she has to take care of the crazy woman." Humanity watching the chess next to her.

The shop clerk who came to refill the tea with a teapot interjected: "Grandma Jiang is not willing to do so, the only family member left is her daughter-in-law, even if she is crazy, she is also a family member."

At this time, the woman on the street also ran out of the door. She was soaked in the heavy rain and was in a panic, but she didn't notice it, and kept shouting "Help, I killed—"

The people standing at the door probably guessed something, and asked, "Did her family members die at the hands of the traitor Xiao Xun?"

The person next to him nodded: "Her husband and two sons were conscripted to serve as slaves, but when they met officers and soldiers, they said they wanted to train soldiers and made them targets, and they were all killed."

The rebel Xiao Xun's soldiers and horses were so vicious and brutal that they forced the aristocratic families who had surrendered to the end, and led the people to revolt and vote for the court. Everyone knows these things, and it turns out that this woman is a victim of the rebel army.

"Poor." Everyone shook their heads.

Some people couldn't see it, rushed out and wrapped the crazy woman in a raincloth, and loudly persuaded: "Aunt Jiang, go back quickly, the bad guy has been killed, don't worry."

Aunt Jiang muttered, "Bad guy, was he killed?"

The man nodded: "Yes, the queen's soldiers and horses have come in, the bad guys have been killed, and your husband and son have also taken revenge. You should go home quickly."

Aunt Jiang looked around again: "The bad guy, really, was killed?"

The people standing around also nodded, "Yes, yes, the bad guys have been killed." "The queen has avenged you."

These words are not to deceive Aunt Jiang, it is a fact that everyone knows.

But when she heard the voices around her, Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment, and became even more frantic. She tore off the rain cloth and knocked the person who persuaded her away.

"Bad guy, murdered, murdered—help, help—"

She yelled, burst into tears and ran wildly down the street.

The people around looked helpless, and shook their heads in pity: "I can't help it, I'm crazy, I don't know anything, I don't understand anything."

The crazy woman left crying in the heavy rain, and the people on the street talked and looked away, continuing to drink tea, play chess and listen to books.

It wasn't until the mad woman was dazed and had no strength to stop. Luckily, she knew home even though she was crazy. She staggered and staggered towards home. When dusk fell and the heavy rain made her vision even more dizzy, a black wall appeared in front of a low room. .

The crazy woman was stunned, and then she saw that there were several people. They were wearing black raincloths, and their heads and faces were almost covered.

"Sister Jiang." The leader shouted.

The crazy woman didn't know her own name, and didn't care whether it was a person or a wall in front of her, she stumbled over and murmured, "I killed someone, help—"

The human wall gets out of the way.

"Sister Jiang." The leader said again, "Who did the murder?"

Aunt Jiang who rushed over staggered and fell to the ground. The muddy water splashed on her face, but she didn't block her view. She saw a few golden python patterns exposed under the black raincloth as these people walked around——

"Sister Jiang." The voice continued to fall, "Who killed your husband and son?"

who is it?Everyone knows, everyone knows, why ask?Aunt Jiang stumbled and got up and rushed into the house.

The people behind did not chase in, but the voice chased in.

"Did you see the murderer?"

Murderer?Murderer?

Aunt Jiang rushed into the room and hit the table, her face was covered by her wet messy hair, her eyes were not muddy and stupid under the messy hair, but were as red as blood, and tears welled up on her face.

Someone will hear it.

There are still people who will ask.

"Help, you're killing someone," she said hoarsely.

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……

In the middle of the night, someone knocked on Wei's residence. Originally, it was so late, and none of the masters of the Wei family would come to see the guest, but when he learned that the other party was wearing a robe with python pattern and a long knife hanging from his waist, the elder of the Wei family came out to meet him in person.

As the hero who led the people of Han County to kill Xiao Xun's general and defected to the queen, the Wei family can almost sit on an equal footing with today's county officials—just like it used to be.

But what is different from before is that there is a new yamen in the county, the Gongwei Division.

The Wei family has long heard of the prestige of the Gongwei Division. The queen is directly under the sole palm.

The reason why Deng Yi was forced to leave was because of the power of the Gongwei Division.

This group of tigers and wolves came to visit unexpectedly tonight, and Mr. Wei felt that something was wrong.

But for more than half a year, the Gongwei Division has been quietly as if it did not exist in Han County, and never asked the Han County government to act.

After all, Han County has only been recovered, so the government and the people can't be disturbed immediately, and the queen's face is not good.

Grandpa Wei greeted him with a smile. He had seen the leading officials. Although the guards were very quiet, everyone knew their names.

Zhu Yong, the fellow acquaintance who sits in the Gongwei Division in the northern surrendered land, is also well-known. It can be said that it is because of him that the empress established the Gongwei Division.

"Master Zhu." Grandpa Wei saluted, "I don't know what orders you have?"

"Master Wei." Zhu Yong said, "Someone accused your Wei family of torturing and killing people, so I came to ask you."

The big windshield wipers outside made his voice sound like a joke, and there was a smile on his face.

But the heart of this Hanlin-born official is no longer as gentle as his appearance, Mr. Wei also smiled: "Lord Zhu, where do you start?"

"It started when the rebel army occupied the county." Zhu Yongdao, "Your Wei family was in charge of the servants for the rebel army. On that day, you called 30 servants to dig trenches, but when the servants arrived, your Son, Mr. Wei led people to drive this group of laborers to hunt and play, and [-] people were shot dead on the spot."

Elder Wei laughed again, and said to the attendants beside him, "This is really absurd, how could such a thing happen—"

"Jiang Shu, the servant, and the two sons, forgot to bring the baskets before they came, and his wife hurriedly came to deliver the baskets in order to avoid delays in work, and happened to see this scene—" Zhu Yong said, looking at him quietly.

Master Wei frowned, Jiang Shu?He didn't know the name of the servant, and he didn't care about their wives—unless it was Xiaojiabiyu's peerless beauty.

"Sister-in-law Jiang originally accepted her fate. She thought she was unlucky when she died under the rebel army. There was still an old woman to take care of her. The whole family couldn't die. She endured the heartache and watched her husband and son die tragically. She hid herself silently and saved her life." Fleeing back, but unexpectedly, your Wei family turned around and voted for the queen, saying that the victims were the work of the rebels, and turned into a hero in countering the rebellion." Zhu Yong said, "Aunt Jiang dare not tell this secret, she can only pretend to be crazy. Calling for injustice in the street, but no one can investigate—”

Hearing this, Elder Wei sat down with a frown, raised his teacup, and interrupted Zhu Yong's words.