Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 3: Intimidating Pastoral Supervisors
It is the hot summer season, and there are almost no people in the paddocks on the outskirts of Beijing. There are only a few boys cleaning the racecourse with brooms.

Huo Qi took out the token of Ningguo Duke's Mansion from his sleeve and handed it to the boy at the gate of the paddock, and said softly: "I have something important to see your pastor, please inform me."

The boy in the paddock leaned over to take the token and check it, his eyes rolled around, and he secretly looked at the woman in front of him.

I saw this woman's phoenix eyes were raised slightly, she had a charming appearance, but she looked very appropriate because of her dignified temperament. She was afraid that she had a lot of background, so she smiled flatteringly: "Girl wait a moment, the younger one will report it immediately."

After a while, the boy who reported the news trotted over, bent down and pointed to the villa at the back and said: "Girl, we, the Shepherd Superintendent, have invited you."

In the paddock garden, Wang Yuan, the supervisor in charge of the horses in the paddock, was sitting on the main seat, with his belly slightly protruding and his belt stretched slightly out of shape, secretly looking at the woman in front of him.

He only knew that there was a woman who said she wanted to see him on important matters. He thought it was a lady from a family, but she was slightly surprised when she saw a teenage girl in front of her.

Huo Qi had no intention of going around in circles with Wang Yuan. When he came up, he directly announced his family name: "Master Pastoral Supervisor, we Mingren do not speak secretly. The little girl is Huo Qi, the daughter of Ning Guogong. This time it is because of the incident that fell from the horse a few days ago. Come."

As soon as Wang Yuan heard the word "falling from a horse", his eyelids twitched, he secretly thought that something was wrong, he immediately cursed the young man secretly in his heart, but he didn't convey the word clearly, he wished he could get up and leave immediately.

Miss Huo's family is coming in a menacing way, I'm afraid she's here to ask for trouble.

However, this Wang Yuan is also an old man. Seeing Huo Qi's young age, he must be easy to deal with. He squeezed out a greasy smile on his face: "Isn't Miss Huo's family recovering at home? The weather is so hot today, how come?" Do you have time to come to this paddock in the suburbs of Beijing? Seeing that the girl is in good health now, it must be all right."

"My lord, my little girl fell off the horse this time, I was slightly injured, but my lord's life, do you want it or not?" She glanced at the man in front of her lightly, suppressing the disgust in her heart.The matter of the falling horse must have something to do with the shepherd, otherwise, with Huo Chi and Huo Qinglan being white, how could they tamper with the horses in the paddock where the nobles of this family come and go?
After Wang Yuan heard this, a few drops of sweat broke out on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was from fear or heat.

He raised his voice, as if the louder the voice, the more truth would be on his side, and said in a rough voice: "Girl, what do you mean? Are you actually suspecting me of causing you to fall off the horse? The horse went crazy in front of everyone, How can I control this?"

"The little girl fell off the horse, so I can't blame the adults. But the accident in the paddock in the suburbs of Beijing, no matter what, is related to you, the pastor. Are you not afraid of your majesty's blame?" Huo Qi's tone was soft, but this time Each word is so heavy that it seems to be knocking on the heart of the man opposite.

Immediately, Wang Yuan panicked.

He went to the gambling shop last month and lost a lot of money. The gambling shop was full of desperadoes. If he couldn't pay for half a month, he killed his whole family.

A few days ago, Huo Chi, the second son of the Huo family, found him in secret and gave him a sum of money. The price was for him to mix some medicine that could drive the horses crazy into the fodder for the horses, causing Miss Huo to fall off the horse.

He was a little hesitant. After all, risking his own life for money was not a cost-effective business.

But Huo Chi said that the medicine will not take effect at the beginning, and the medicine will seep out when the horse sweats, and what happened at that time, he only said that the horse suddenly went berserk, which cannot be controlled by humans. God is unaware of it.

Now being reminded by Huo Qi, Wang Yuan's heart beat a little.

In the whole world, is it the land of the king?Although this paddock in the suburbs of Beijing is only a place for the royal family to have fun, if something happens, he, the shepherd, will not be able to escape the crime of dereliction of duty no matter what. The Miss Huo family seems to know something, so what should I do?

Wang Yuan's collar was already soaked in sweat, he suppressed the fear in his heart, and said with a single bite: "Beasts are disobedient, so it's possible that people can be blamed!"

Huo Qi saw that the shepherd supervisor didn't know good from bad, so he immediately said coldly: "It's fine if it's the animal's fault, but if someone hides behind the animal and does some shady deeds, mixing some horse feed Things, what would His Majesty think? To put it mildly, it means killing the royal horses and disrespecting His Majesty. To put it more seriously, the hunting in autumn is imminent. Do you want to murder His Majesty's life!"

She thought to herself that on the day of the incident, the bay red pony was very docile at first, and there was nothing wrong with it.Later, Huo Chi and Huo Qinglan didn't see any actions that made the horse go crazy, so they could only play tricks on the horse's feed.

It's just that this physical evidence has probably been destroyed long ago, and the key to this matter is to grasp the witness of Wang Yuan.This Wang Yuan looked like a stern and soft-hearted idiot, the best way to deal with this kind of person was to frighten him out of his courage and make him lose his sense of proportion.

Sure enough, Wang Yuan was offended by Huo Qi's words. He had always been greedy for life and afraid of death. He thought that he would not cause any big trouble by using some tricks, but who would have thought that the eldest daughter of the Huo family would not let him go and would put her in trouble. This matter is as serious as poking a hole in the sky.

Half cold and half hot in my heart, I have hated this damn Huo Chi for a long time, it is not good to offend anyone, if I have to offend an ancestor, I will suffer even with him!
Wang Yuan was so frightened that his knees went weak. He knelt down with a thud, clasped his hands together and said, "Miss Huo family, your lord has a large amount... Your lord has a large amount... The second young master of the Huo family just ordered his subordinates to go to the horse feed." Mix some medicine into it, and if you don't obey, he will use the prestige of Duke Ning to bully the official. The official didn't know in advance that he was planning to kill you, otherwise he would never dare to do it even if he borrowed a hundred courages from the official. This matter!"

Wang Yuan's words were flattering, while elevating Duke Ning's mansion, he also made himself clear from this matter. Although he is not smart enough, he is also a smooth talker.

If you drive the dog out of the back alley and drive people into a hurry, you won't get much benefit.Huo Qi knew this truth well, not to mention that the person she had to deal with in the end was Huo Chi, so she did not continue to pursue it.

She said sternly: "My lord understands what my lord means. It's just that I have to explain this matter to His Majesty in the end. How about my lord pointing out the way for my lord? What do you think?"

Wang Yuan seemed to have been granted amnesty, but his legs were still a little trembling. He held his robe with one fat hand and wiped his sweat and said: "Miss, please tell me, as long as you can put down your official position, I will follow the girl's lead."

"This matter is simple. You only need to mix the horse feed with medicine. Then report back to Your Majesty that on the day of the incident, Huo Chi, the second son of the Huo family, went to the horse feed house." Huo Qi smiled, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

On the carriage back to Duke Ning's mansion, Tingyu fanned Huo Qi with a bamboo-patterned round fan. Her almond-shaped eyes were round and her tongue was sharper than a cook's knife. She said angrily: "What good things do girls usually have? I remembered to send it to the second young master, but I didn’t expect that the second young master had hidden so many harmful thoughts! It’s so disgusting for no reason!”

Huo Qi glanced at the girl beside him, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Although Tingyu is usually quick-tongued, he is a sincere person and always likes to think the best of people.

Master and servant are of the same mind. In her previous life, why didn't she think that sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity?But I don’t know that people’s hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants. What some people want is not your sincerity, but your wealth and life.

"Girl, will the shepherd really do what the girl said? Will His Majesty really believe that the second son did this?" Lefeng was a little worried. Although her girl was smart, she was still young, and she was afraid My own girl followed other people's ways.

"He can only do what I say." Huo Qi smiled slyly, "There must be someone to take responsibility for the fall of the horse. If Wang Yuan doesn't do what I say, I will put him and Huo Chi together." The matter of murdering me was revealed. The Ningguo Mansion is very important, in order to give my father an explanation, His Majesty will definitely investigate, and will definitely not let him go in the end."

Huo Qi paused, and then said: "But if he does what I say, he won't have to bear the charge of murdering officials, and he won't have to face Huo Chi head-on, and he will be freed from the crime of dereliction of duty, killing three birds with one stone." How to choose, he knows in his own mind."

"But why didn't the girl directly report to the master and let him make the decision? Instead, she went around in such a big circle and asked the shepherd to apply eye drops in front of His Majesty?" Lingfeng asked confused.

Huo Qi's eyes were dark and he glanced at the two girls in front of him.

Her only destiny in this life is to avenge the entire Ningguo Palace, and there will be thorns along the way.These two girls have been with her since they were young. Although they are clever in doing things, they lack the ability to read people's hearts.

She intentionally cultivated these two girls, and said earnestly and kindly: "Although I was injured when I fell from the horse this time, I survived in the end. If I were to identify it, outsiders would inevitably comment that I am more than a penny. Besides, my father has always lived in the house." With a kind heart, even if you know about this matter, at most two reprimands will be passed. But if Wang Yuan stabs His Majesty directly, and I stand in the dark watching the show, and His Majesty gets angry, my father can't stop me."

Standing in the dark and borrowing a knife to kill someone is the most clever thing.

After listening, the two maids nodded in understanding. They didn't feel that Huo Qi had done anything wrong. They just felt that the girl was very happy to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye.

Ting Yu scratched his head and asked again: "Girl, what should we do next?"

"Of course I'm waiting for a good show." Huo Qi closed his eyes slightly and touched the joints of his right hand with his left hand.

(End of this chapter)