The concubine was reborn, and the cold prince was made red in the face

Zuo Zixi sent Zuo Xiangning to the door. Seeing Bingyun Bingyu and others standing outside, he ordered ten more guards, "Take the two girls back to the house."

Zuo Xiangning left without looking back. Jiang Ruolan stood beside her, holding Zuo Xiangning's arm, and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you injured anywhere?"

"I'm fine." Zuo Xiangning patted Jiang Ruolan's hand reassuringly.

Zuo Zixi sighed and returned to the yard. He closed the door and turned around just in time to see Ling Xiao punch Gu Zhiqing's wound. The dying Gu Zhiqing twitched violently, vomited blood, and then went limp. fell to the ground.

Zuo Zixi stretched out his hand and was about to stop it, but it stopped in mid-air for a while and then he put it down again.

Ling Xiao raised his hand and tried it under Gu Zhiqing's nose. When he saw that he was not breathing at all, he stood up, picked up Zuo Xiangning's short knife next to him, tore off his own coat, and wrapped it up.

He turned around and looked at Zuo Zixi, "The person who told you was that Gu Zhiqing wanted to kill the fourth girl. The fourth girl saved herself and accidentally stabbed Gu Zhiqing, and then I punched her again and died."

Zuo Zixi looked at Ling Xiao, blinked, and said, "I will tell my people that it was Gu Zhiqing who wanted to commit murder on the street, but I killed him instead."

Gu Zhiqing raised his eyebrows.

"You are rushing back to Beijing in such a hurry, are you afraid that Gu Zhiqing will take advantage of the chaos to commit murder?" Zuo Zixi finished asking, and without waiting for his answer, he continued: "It's best not to let anyone know that you suddenly returned to Beijing with such a small number of people. , take advantage of the crowd tonight and get out of the city quickly."

Ling Xiao took a deep breath, "Or, if Gu Zhiqing wants to kidnap the Jiang family's cousin, you should kill him instead. Some things can only be true and false in order for people to believe them to be true."

"I understand." Zuo Zixi urged: "Just go, I will take care of the matter."

"I will return to Beijing tomorrow morning." Ling Xiao said, "You report the matter tonight and I will handle it when I come back tomorrow."

"You'd better not get involved in this matter." Zuo Zixi stopped: "You have nothing to do with her now."

"You're tired." Ling Xiao turned around and walked out of the courtyard, taking all his people out of the courtyard.

Zuo Zixi asked his people to come in and deal with the aftermath.

The next morning, everyone in the capital was shocked by the news that Gu Zhiqing was dead.

That morning, Ling Xiao returned to the capital with great fanfare.

In the afternoon, Gu Zhiqing's body was hung outside the city wall.

Zuo Zixi went to find Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao came out of the palace, had just taken a shower, changed his clothes, and was about to eat. When he heard that Zuo Zixi was looking for him, he quickly put down his chopsticks, met Zuo Zixi, and asked worriedly: "What happened? "

Zuo Zixi walked into the room with a sullen face, "Did you let Gu Zhiqing be hung outside the city wall?"

"Yes." Ling Xiao said: "I can't wait to cut him to death with a thousand knives!"

"Hurry up and have him unloaded?" Zuo Zixi frowned and said, "Now people are saying that our Zuo family is pampered and arrogant. What kind of reputation is this?" "Is reputation more important, or human life? "Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Let's set an example and let's see who among them dares to take advantage of Xiang Ning again in the future!"

"But you are too flamboyant. You have hung people on the city wall before the first lunar month. What do you want the emperor to think?" Zuo Zixi lowered his voice and said, "That night someone upstairs saw what happened in the courtyard. , some people are already talking about Xiang Ning, the most important thing now is to calm down the matter quickly instead of continuing to spread the word!"

"It was the emperor's wish to hang Gu Zhiqing outside the city wall." Ling Xiao said: "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month when the new emperor ascended the throne, Gu Zhiqing dared to cause trouble in the capital. Moreover, Xiang Ning was the queen's sister and was granted the title of the Supreme Emperor. Princess, this is a slap in the face of the royal family. Even if you can tolerate this, the emperor cannot tolerate it. Moreover, you have been away for many years, the queen lives deep in the palace, and there are only a few female relatives left in the Zuo family. What's the matter? Things are beyond your reach, so you might as well use a few cruel measures to scare those with evil intentions and make them weigh their own weight before they want to do evil things."

"I'm stupid. I can't tell you anything. I'm just telling you that if your family tries to find trouble with Xiang Ning over this matter, I will never agree!" Zuo Zixi turned around and left the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.

In the evening, Gu Zhiqing's body was taken down from the city gate and dumped in a mass grave.

Ling Xiao also got rid of his parents.

When it was getting dark, Ling Xiao packed up the things he bought for Zuo Xiangning and was about to go out when he saw his father, Marquis Zhongyuan, striding in from outside.

"Where are you going?" Marquis Zhongyuan walked in from the outside with a sullen face.

"Why are you here?" Ling Xiao put the things in his hands on the chair next to him.

Marquis Zhongyuan glanced at the package and asked: "What does the Zuo family's affairs have to do with you? Do you need to be so eager to help? You go to the border to frighten the enemy. Why don't you go back to Beijing?" One thing is to hang out Gu Zhiqing, what is this?"

"I want to marry Zuo Xiangning," Ling Xiao said, "I have mentioned this matter to the emperor today, and I estimate that the decree will be issued in the next two days."

"You want to marry her?" Marquis Zhongyuan frowned, "Are you crazy? How many troubles has this girl from the Zuo family caused in the capital? Now the Zuo family is prosperous. If you marry her, will you be able to get down? live?"

"I am marrying a wife, not subduing a demon." Ling Xiao said with a smile.

"I don't agree." Marquis Zhongyuan said: "I think the girl from King Xian's family is pretty good. After waiting for you for so many years, King Xian has mentioned it to me many times. When you come back this time, you should settle down your marriage with her." Bar."

Ling Xiao frowned, looked at Marquis Zhongyuan and said, "I've said long ago that I make the decision myself about marrying a wife."

"You have made the decision so no one can stop you, but you have to choose someone who is similar, right?" Marquis Zhongyuan lowered his voice and said: "I have met that girl before. If you wanted to marry her then, you would have married her, but this time How much trouble has she caused in the past two years? How can you still make trouble after marrying such a woman?"

"Father, I know better than any of you what kind of woman she is. I am determined to marry her, and I hope you can make it happen," Ling Xiao said in a deep voice.

"Ling Xiao, I can let you do whatever you want in other matters, but I will never let you do whatever you want when it comes to marrying a wife," Marquis Zhongyuan said angrily, "This is about our Ling." I want to be worthy of the ancestors of our Ling family!"

Ling Xiao didn't expect that his father would have such a big reaction to his marriage to Zuo Xiangning.

His heart sank involuntarily, his face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Marquis Zhongyuan without speaking.

Marquis Zhongyuan also had a bad temper. When he looked at Ling Xiao, his anger immediately rose.

"What's that look in your eyes?" Marquis Zhongyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "If you don't like the girl from Prince Zhongxian's house, you can choose someone else's house, but that girl from the fourth left is definitely not allowed!"