first minister

Chapter 242: The Clue Is Finally Revealed, The Blood Feud Is Dead! (big cup)
"Miss, I think they are so fierce! Why don't we go back!"

Sitting in the foyer, Qin Li's maid looked at the people in Jiang'anhou's mansion with trepidation, and suggested to Qin Li in a low voice.

Qin Li sat calmly on the chair, turning a blind eye to the obviously unkind eyes around her, and quietly waiting for the response from the Hou Mansion.

A woman in a long skirt with a cold and haggard look walked over with dignified steps, hesitated for a moment, and then bowed to Qin Li in a polite manner, "Miss Qin, at this time, you come here Hou Mansion, I'm afraid something is wrong?"

Qin Li also got up and returned a salute, "You must be Miss Feng, right?"

Feng Xiuyun said indifferently: "I didn't expect Miss Qin to know about her name."

Qin Li said sincerely: "Miss Feng, no matter who the murderer behind this matter is, I have always admired Mr. Xia as a man, and the cooperation with him has been very pleasant. I should visit the door because of emotion and reason."

As Qin Li's daughter-in-law, with such a modest posture, Feng Xiuyun naturally couldn't say anything more, her face softened a little, "Young Master is still resting and hasn't woken up. If Miss Qin has anything to say, I can speak for you." Convey."

The meaning of refusal was already very clear, Qin Li had no choice but to look into Feng Xiuyun's eyes, and said seriously: "Although my elder brother is arrogant, although his eyes are high above the top, although he is a bit ambitious, he is not like this. People who act fiercely and cruelly will never do such things."

Feng Xiuyun sighed, nodded and said, "I will pass it on to Young Master."

In the evening, Xia Jingyun slowly opened his eyes on the bed, and there was a strong smell of medicine in his nose. When he subconsciously moved, his right chest felt a sharp pain.

After confirming that this was in his own room, he lay on the bed without moving, allowing his consciousness to return slowly, slowly wiping away the fog of memory, and sorting out the mysteries within.

Is it Qin Yuwen?
The biggest possibility is him, but because of this, it is very likely not him.

Who is it then?Do you want to use his fight with the Qin family to do something?

Is this arrow killing people with a knife or adding fuel to the fire?
Does the other party really want to put himself to death?
He closed his eyes slightly, quietly reviewing everything from entering Zhongjing in his mind.

About half an hour later, Feng Xiuyun walked in with a tray.

Xia Jingyun heard the movement, opened his eyes, and Feng Xiuyun hurried to the bedside with a look of surprise, "You're awake!"

Xia Jingyun nodded, "What time is it?"

"It's the end of the year."

Feng Xiuyun walked over and put down the tray, first helped Xia Jingyun sit up halfway, and then picked up the medicine bowl inside, "Come on, it's time to drink medicine."

Xia Jingyun couldn't help shivering when he heard this, and stretched out his left hand, "I'll do it myself."

"What else do you want to meet with me, I'll just feed you."

"It's okay, I'll do it myself."

Xia Jingyun was holding the bowl, drank it all in one gulp, handed the medicine bowl back to her, and then stretched out his hand to caress her beautiful face with a bit of comfort, "It's my habit, I don't like being fed by others when I drink medicine, don't mind .”

Feng Xiuyun's cheeks were slightly red, "Do you think I'm so narrow-minded?"

"Are you arrogant? How about a kiss?"

"Virtue!" Feng Xiuyun snorted, then suddenly leaned over, her red lips touched his lips.

Xia Jingyun subconsciously stretched out his hand to wrap it around, but Feng Xiuyun had already stood up, "Seeing that you are injured, I will reward you, don't think so much!"

Xia Jingyun smiled, "Go and help me invite Mr. Su, Mr. Gongsun and Brother Chen over here."

He thought for a while, "Call Mr. Bai too!"

Feng Xiuyun was a little worried, "Do you want to rest for a while?"

Xia Jingyun shook his head, "It's almost there, it's fine."

Soon, Feng Xiuyun went back and forth, and in addition to Su Yuanshang and others, he also brought back a tray with a bowl of clear porridge and a few dishes of side dishes.

Xia Jingyun was indeed a little hungry, and while sipping the porridge that Feng Xiuyun fed him, he said with a smile: "I'm really a little hungry, I made everyone laugh."

Everyone was naturally polite, Xia Jingyun said directly: "Is there anything worth talking about from yesterday to today?"

Everyone told everything they knew, but in the end they all looked at Feng Xiuyun.

Feng Xiuyun hesitated for a moment, and said: "Miss Qin came here in the afternoon, and you were still asleep at the time, so you didn't let her in."

Xia Jingyun raised his eyebrows and said, "What did she say?"

"She said it wasn't her brother who did it. Although her brother is proud and ambitious, he would not do such a vicious thing. Hmph! But the problem is who else is there besides him? The Shi family has collapsed, and we are in Beijing. There are no other enemies!"

Feng Xiuyun said quite angrily, but she did not expect Xia Jingyun's next sentence to stun her and the rest of the people present.

"I believe what she said, the murderer should indeed be someone else."

Xia Jingyun looked at the astonished look of everyone, and explained: "First of all, think about it, if Mr. Qian wants to do something, it is unwise to choose this time, either he is stupid enough to think that he can kill whoever he wants, or He was completely overwhelmed with anger and just ignored it."

Gongsun Jing said: "The second one may be completely reasonable. The rumors have been raging in the past two days, and Mr. Qian became angry from embarrassment. This is no problem!"

Su Yuanshang said softly: "Young Master, what you mean is that this is too coincidental."

"Yes!" Xia Jingyun nodded slightly, "It's just a coincidence, as if someone deliberately arranged it for you. The appearance of the rumor itself is very strange, and then I was assassinated, as if it was a deliberate attempt to kill this It’s the same as deliberately concocting it for an assassination and planting it on the Qin family.”

Bai Yunbian said: "You mean there are still people hiding behind their backs? Just like in the Su family back then?"

"That's how I feel." Xia Jingyun nodded, "I've had this feeling ever since I entered Beijing, but there has been no evidence, and there are many big forces competing, and many things are human-made, but this time, it has been done. It is life-threatening and has to be treated with caution."

He looked at everyone, "Just now I reviewed many things after entering Beijing one by one, which really allowed me to find a few possible breakthroughs. Go and check for me."

"First, Shi Zijun, the son of Shi Dingzhong, the former minister of rites, has a personal entourage. He is the one who injured Brother Lexian's guard in Chunfengyi. It was also the first fuse of our quarrel with the Shi family. Go and find out about him. whereabouts."

Bai Yunbian naturally remembered that person, and frowned: "If someone really ordered us to fight, how could they say such a big thing? Are we going to use lynching?"

Xia Jingyun shook his head, "The person behind the scenes is extremely secretive. If that person is really his secret son, he should be dead by now."

Bai Yunbian's eyes widened suddenly, feeling that his values ​​had been strongly impacted.

Xia Jingyun went on to say: "The second thing is to find out who is the owner behind the Fenghe Pavilion, who is the power, and whether there is any possibility of following the clues."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, "At the beginning, I was always emotional. I just thought it was a coincidence of fate. I didn't realize the problem. Looking at it now, it's too coincidental."

Su Yuanshang frowned and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "From what you said, there are indeed human possibilities and traces. But what is his purpose?"

Xia Jingyun shook his head, "I'm still not clear about this. Only by pulling out all the clues can I judge."

He looked at Gongsunjing, "We can't investigate this matter, let alone let people know that we are investigating. Let Lu Yi go and touch it quietly through the street. Don't startle the snake!"

Gongsun Jing got up quickly and said solemnly: "Okay!"

"Okay, you don't have to worry about other things, you can be as busy as you want, don't mess up the order, this is just a little flesh injury, I will take care of it for a while and it will be fine."

Everyone got up and walked out, Su Yuanshang suddenly turned around and said: "If these two questions are confirmed, we only know that someone is doing things in it, and we can't find out who it is, so what should we do?"

Xia Jingyun forced a smile, "When the time comes, I will find my own way."

Watching everyone leave, Xia Jingyun looked at Feng Xiuyun, "The pillow is too hard, it's uncomfortable to lean on."

Feng Xiuyun stretched out her hand and pressed it, "It's not hard, I'll ask someone to change it."

Xia Jingyun said: "All pillows are hard, only the chest is soft."

"you"

Feng Xiuyun subconsciously wanted to punch her, but looking at that pale and weak face, she felt pity in her heart.

A moment later, Xia Jingyun leaned on her soft legs and fell into a deep sleep again.

Two days later, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Heibingtai investigated the case together with the Jingzhao government office, and indeed they sorted out some clues, but none of these evidences could point to the Qin family.

Arrows belong to Beiliang, and within a short period of time, they cannot be traced through arrows;
There are shops on both sides of the street. According to the situation at the scene, the criminal master found the second floor of two shops where the assassins set up an ambush.

But one of the shops was an inn, and the guide registered by the tenant facing the window on the second floor was the name of a small official from the household department who lived in the outskirts of the city. But when the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Heibingtai went to check, that person had been dead for several years.

The other shop was owned by an ordinary merchant in the city. The whole family was stunned at the time, and they were arrested and tortured on the Black Ice Terrace.

As for other broken houses to search for homes, chickens and dogs jumping around, those are things that don't need to be said.

Seeing that the case was still fruitless, Chongning Emperor Longyan was furious, called the minister of the Ministry of punishment and the head of Heibingtai into the palace, and sternly reprimanded him.

Walking out of the palace gate, Shangshu Xingbu looked at the black clothes in front of him, "Master Xuanhu, in my opinion, it's better to take a risky move."

The so-called dangerous move is to directly arrest the biggest suspect and torture him for interrogation.

It would be fine if he was an ordinary person, but in the face of several generations of descendants, the rich Qin family, even the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and the head of Heibingtai, did not dare to directly attack the eldest son of the family without evidence.

Xuanhu was silent for a moment, "Your Majesty gave a three-day deadline. After two days, if you still don't get anything, that's all you can do."

"The Ministry of Punishment is not easy to do. How about letting the Black Ice Platform preside over this matter?"

Xuanhu glanced at the Master Shangshu with sarcasm and mockery in his eyes, "Okay."

When the two big men went back separately, they were also furious, and when they called their subordinates, they scolded even more ruthlessly!

Then the scolding was passed down layer by layer, and finally the people who worked at the bottom had no choice but to continue to work hard because of the scolding.

There was no breakthrough on their side, but news of Xia Jingyun's arrangement had already arrived.

Su Yuanshang and Gongsun Jing sat beside the bed solemnly, and Su Yuanshang said, "Lv Yi replied, that person's name is Yang San. Shi Zijun was greatly moved by breaking off the apology, and vowed to seek revenge for him, son, you, but half a month after that, he slipped and fell into the moat and drowned after drinking, and Jingzhao Mansion just Close the case by accidentally falling into the water."

Xia Jingyun frowned, "When was that time?"

Su Yuanshang recalled, "It was the second day after the young master exposed the Shi family's conspiracy in the Guangling Guild Hall and discredited that Shi Shangshu's nephew."

Xia Jingyun felt his heart pounding, and a burst of cold sweat suddenly oozes from his back.

Gongsun Jing went on to say: "There is nothing found in the Fenghe Pavilion. The owner is a businessman from another place, with a clean foundation. It's just that although this brothel is not big and there is no one behind the scenes, the business has been going well. But, at the same time, it has been standing in Zhongjing City for some years."

"No!" Xia Jingyun frowned, thinking slowly, "Fenghe Pavilion, Ningbing, Sishui Prefecture"

A flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, he sat up subconsciously, pulled the wound, and immediately grinned in pain.

Su Yuanshang and Gongsun Jing hurriedly stood up concerned, Xia Jingyun waved his hand, "It's almost scabbed over, it's okay."

He leaned back on the bed and said slowly: "Back then, many brothels in the capital city sent girls to visit relatives with my sister, but the most generous one was this Fenghe Pavilion, which sent them almost the top Miss Huakui Ningbing became the person that everyone missed most in Jiang'an City at that time. The rebellion in Sishui Prefecture has basically been concluded now, and someone is manipulating it behind the scenes. You said that the owner of the Fenghe Pavilion acted like this , Do you have courage or have other needs?"

"If it is said that the owner of the Fenghe Pavilion is taking orders from that person back then, and that person at that time is the same person now, then everything makes sense, and that's why he sent people like Ning Bing to Sishui Prefecture, That's why he was able to create the conflict between Young Master Qian and Ning Bing so accurately, and the Fenghe Pavilion did not implement effective measures to stop it at that time, leaving Ning Bing desperate, so he had to jump off the building to commit suicide, which led to the relationship between Mr. Qian and me. conflict between the

He said to Gongsun Jing: "Go to the Black Ice Terrace immediately, find Master Xuanhu, and ask him to arrest the owner of the Fenghe Pavilion and interrogate carefully, and you should be able to catch the other party's clues!"

Gongsun Jing took the order and left, but after more than an hour, he turned back.

"How about it?"

Gongsun Jing sighed, "After listening to the young master's words, the head of Xuanhu didn't believe it, but he did it anyway. But when he ordered people to go to the Fenghe Hall to pick up the person, the master seemed to know something, so he immediately bit him. He smashed the poison pill that was hidden in his mouth in advance, and committed suicide directly."

Su Yuanshang was a little startled when he heard it, and felt a cloudy and treacherous atmosphere lingering all around in an instant, and the bright spring light was dimmed a bit at this moment.

Xia Jingyun was amazed, "There are so many dead men serving him, how charming this person must be!"

Gongsun Jing was a little frustrated, "We found such a clue with great difficulty, but we didn't expect it to be cut off so suddenly, what should we do!"

"It's okay!" Xia Jingyun was not depressed, "This shows that we are heading in the right direction, and there is indeed someone else behind this."

He pondered intently, and said to himself, "If I were the other party, where would my purpose be? With the current situation, where would my next move be? What can I plot out of it?"

He remembered the words of the old owner of Zhao in Baiyi Mountain Villa, cut off the train of thought formed by these clues, pulled himself out of the situation, and tried to review the whole incident from the perspective of an outsider.
Suddenly, his expression became condensed, and he said: "Mr. Gongsun, please make another trip immediately, and go to Mingyu Tower to help me invite Miss Qin over."

Gongsun Jing:? ? ?

That confused and suspicious look seemed to say: You are already like this, why do you still think about those things?Is it true that Miss Feng does not exist?

Xia Jingyun didn't explain too much, just motioned him to go.

"Miss! What are we doing here! We are not his maids, we will disappear if we don't want to see them, and we will send someone to inform us if we want to see them, what do we think of us?"

Sitting in the carriage, Qin Li's maidservant had a look of displeasure. She was angry because she didn't see her when she came to the door before, and she was also unhappy about sending someone to call her at this moment.

With the status of the Qin family in Daxia, with the status of the young lady in the Qin family, and with my own status in front of the young lady, when did I ever suffer this anger!

Qin Li only looked at her calmly, "If you say what you said today, it's okay if he has nothing else to do today and just entertains us, but now he doesn't even know what he wants us to do, so he just said it rashly." Is this the way to live in the world? Not to mention being generous, is a little face really that important?"

The maid didn't dare to talk anymore, and the carriage stopped slowly. Accompanied by Gongsun Jing, Qin Li walked in. In the study, she saw Xia Jingyun.

Smelling the faint smell of medicine in the air, seeing Xia Jingyun's pale and weak complexion, and his still gentle and clear smile, Qin Li's eyes softened, "Master Xia, your body has not healed, and you should stay in bed to recuperate. So."

Xia Jingyun smiled, "Two days ago, I learned that Miss Qin came to the house, and there were many people in the house who were not kind. I apologize to you. Because it is inconvenient to travel, I had to invite the girl to the house. Please don't blame me."

The maidservant at the side lowered her head silently.

Qin Li said: "Young Master Xia is being polite. Under such circumstances, the young girls in the Hou Mansion will naturally understand the mood, and they will definitely not be angry because of it."

Xia Jingyun got up slowly, "The spring is just right, sitting in the room, why not take a walk in the mansion."

Qin Li only nodded and agreed when Xia Jingyun cared about her reputation and didn't want to be in the same room with her as a lone man and widow, which would be arousing public opinion.

The two walked side by side, walking in the Marquis' mansion, the servant girl followed behind them wisely, looked up, and saw the green shirts, green clothes, and skirts swaying lightly in the spring breeze, just like a pair of jadeites.

Xia Jingyun said softly: "Miss Qin, you said that they have relayed it to me. In fact, I also believe that Mr. Qian did not do this matter."

Qin Li's beautiful eyes lit up, "Master Xia thinks so too?"

Xia Jingyun hummed, "Not to mention that he shouldn't have chosen this time if he wanted to do something, but his own character, in the two confrontations, he was actually a bit harsh, not the kind of cruel and merciless person, so it may be right He's being disrespectful, but it does make me think he's not the killer."

Qin Li also breathed a sigh of relief, and gave a little blessing, "Thank you, Mr. Xia."

"However, this matter is no longer something that I can decide with a single sentence. It still depends on the investigation of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Black Ice Platform. As for the real murderer"

Xia Jingyun paused, and was about to speak when suddenly the soles of his feet gave way, and he fell to the ground, subconsciously grabbing Qin Li's palm.

Qin Li was staggered and almost fell on Xia Jingyun's body.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

The maid came running quickly, Qin Li bent over and squatted, trying to pull out her palm, but found that Xia Jingyun's grip was so strong that she couldn't break free at all.

Just as he was about to use his strength, he saw Xia Jingyun's tightly closed eyes, his frowning brows in pain, and his pale and weak expression, and his heart softened again, "Perhaps his body was too weak, and he was too worried, so he passed out. Hurry up and ask the guards of the Hou Mansion to come over."

The maid rushed away, and Qin Li just looked at Xia Jingyun who was lying on the ground, the spring was in harmony, a lonely man and a widow, the wonderful feeling of skin-to-skin contact made her face unknowingly bright like spring.

Xia Jingyun naturally pretended to be dizzy, he meditated quietly, waiting for that picture to appear.

Time passed quietly, and when Xia Jingyun heard the sound of guards' running footsteps, Xia Jingyun couldn't help becoming anxious and nervous. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to have a reasonable opportunity!

Fortunately, when the guards arrived and Qin Li informed the other party of Xia Jingyun's situation, a light finally flashed in front of his eyes, and then a picture appeared.

Xia Jingyun was startled when he saw it, and when the picture dissipated, an overwhelming sense of weakness hit him instantly, and he almost fainted.

He forced his eyes open, "What's wrong with me?"

The real weakness, combined with the disguised blank eyes, successfully dispelled Qin Li's few doubts.

Qin Li hurriedly said: "Just now you fainted while walking, presumably it's a serious injury that hasn't healed yet, and you've been thinking too much, Mr. Xia still needs to rest."

Chen Fugui helped Xia Jingyun up, and Xia Jingyun let go of his hand without showing any signs, and said weakly: "It's okay, I thought of something just now, Miss Qin, you'd better go back to your house immediately and tell your elder brother to let him take care of you in the next few days. Do not go out every day, and even if you have to go out, you must bring your guards to prevent accidents."

Qin Li showed doubts, and Xia Jingyun took a few breaths, "I have a terrible guess, if the murderer is really someone else, and attack your elder brother at this time, wouldn't the two of us have a deadly enmity? Can't stop it?"

Qin Li's complexion changed suddenly, "Young Master Xia is right, I'm going back home right away."

As soon as she turned around, she turned around again, "Thank you Mr. Xia, I will come to the door to thank you another day!"

Xia Jingyun nodded slowly, watched the green clothes leave, and muttered in his heart: I hope there is still time!
The carriage galloped back to the Qin Mansion, and Qin Li changed her usual gentle image, rushed into the mansion, came to the courtyard where Qin Yuwen was, grabbed one of his followers and asked, "Where is my elder brother?"

"Returning to miss, the eldest son just received a letter and went out."

Qin Li's complexion changed again, and his heart sank, "Where did you go?"

"No, I don't know, the eldest son didn't say anything."

"How many people did you bring?"

"As far as Zhang Kong and Liu Huwei are concerned, the eldest son said that now that he is going out, the arresting officers from the Ministry of Justice and the spies from the Black Ice Terrace are all his guards, and no one is needed."

Luxurious carriages drive slowly in the city. Don't look at the dignitaries in Beijing these days are a little scared, but the common people still live their own lives, and there are still people coming and going in the downtown area.

Liu Huwei was riding a tall horse, watching his surroundings vigilantly.

Although what the young master said was reasonable, he did find a few suspects around the Black Ice Rat and the criminal police, but as a guard, he was naturally the first person responsible for the safety of the young master, so it was impossible to pin his hopes on others .

He was slightly relieved when the car passed through the downtown area.

And inside the carriage, Qin Yuwen smiled and said to Chang Kong, "Under the Son of Heaven, where are there so many assassinations? Xia Jingyun is acting too ostentatiously and has made too many enemies. My son has lived in Zhongjing City for so many years. Who would dare to touch me?" one time?"

Changkong nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the curtain of the car was lifted, and the coachman looked at Qin Yuwen, took out a barrel-shaped object from his arms like lightning, pointed it at him, and said with a smile: "Master, Mr. Xia sends his greetings to you!"

The machine expander sounded, and before Qin Yuwen had time to react, the sleeve arrow accurately pierced Qin Yuwen's throat.

Qin Yuwen's eyes widened, and he watched the coachman retract his body in disbelief, jumped out of the car and left.

The curtain of the car swayed slightly in the spring breeze, the neighing of the horse, the frightened screams of his followers, and the sudden loud noises all around were the last scenes left to Qin Yuwen in this world.

Boom!
The corpse fell.

The eldest son of the Qin family, Mr. Qian, one of the four sons in Beijing, died right here!
　Hoo hoo, I'm exhausted.I added a day's worth, so it's not too much to ask for a ticket, right?
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