The water in the tea cauldron boiled, making a gurgling sound, and the water splashed all over the table. The sunlight slanted across the screen, making it as bright as a crabapple flower or as dark as a gloomy one.
Xue Qiu poured a spoonful of raw water into the tea cauldron, and the boiling tea cauldron calmed down again.
Lin Sui'an closed his eyes and pushed back the tears in his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw Hua Yitang slowly folding up Lian Xiaoshuang's suicide note, putting it back into the wooden box and closing the lid.
Ling Zhiyan was silent, as if she wanted to say something, but said nothing.
Xueqiu changed a handkerchief and wiped away the water droplets on the tea table, "Xiaoshuang is a stupid child. How could she bring down a behemoth like the Su family just by the death of a lowly woman? Her plan would not work at all. .”
Hua Yitang: "So, you have made a new plan to complete Lian Xiaoshuang's plan. The first step is to kill Wu Zhengqing at Su's night banquet in Sanhualou and reveal Wu Zhengqing's identity as the Peach Blossom Demon." Do it real, stir up an uproar, and force the government to reopen the old case."
Xue Qiu suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Hua Yitang in surprise.
"Minina invited Wu Zhengqing to have a secret conversation in the private room on the day of the night banquet, threatening him that if he didn't go, her relationship with Lian Xiaoshuang would be made public. In advance, she mixed incense into the candles in the room, and waited until Wu Zhengqing was fascinated. After fainting, she joined forces with Duan Hong to kill Wu Zhengqing, and then faked the scene where the two were forced to kill themselves in self-defense. Because time was too tight, Minina even branded the base of her leg with a peach blossom mark in advance."
"But I never expected that because of Wang Jingfu's many complications, Minina died tragically, and Wu Zhengqing was acquitted. If I guessed correctly, it was Wu Zhengqing who put the dragon fruit in the candle that night. He was deeply moved. The relationship between Zhi and Lian Xiaoshuang cannot be exposed, so I tried to repeat the same trick and use the Dragon God Fruit to control Minina, but unexpectedly, it ended up becoming Minina's talisman."
Xueqiu lowered her eyes and bit the edge of the table with her nails.
"Afterwards, Duan Hongning led us to Yuelao Temple just to tell us about the relationship between Wu Zhengqing and Lian Xiaoshuang." Hua Yitang frowned, "Giving the Begonia flower handkerchief to Qu Hui was also part of your plan."
Xueqiu curled her fingers, "I understood at the first sight of Qu Hui that she killed Xiaoshuang. I gave her the veil just to remind her that she would have to pay for her sin sooner or later."
"So, you encouraged Qu Hui to kill Wu Zhengqing again?!"
"Hua Canjun really thinks highly of us," Xue Qiu shook her head, "Qu Hui's ability to kill Wu Zhengqing is also an unexpected surprise for us."
Hua Yitang closed his eyes hard.
Ling Zhiyan frowned: "Do you know Pixi's origin?"
"Pixi has been in jail for theft, and most people would not dare to hire him. But Jiuniang is kind-hearted and takes pity on him. She takes him in, but she doesn't expect... to raise a tiger for trouble!" Xueqiu clenched her fingers tighter and tighter. , blood seeped out from between her fingers, "It's probably because Xiaoshuang is angry and angry with us for making our own decisions, so she doesn't want to protect us..."
Lin Sui'an's chest was so tight that it ached: the four women tried their best and fought for their lives, but because of those things that were inferior to animals, they fell short time and time again...
After another long silence, Hua Yitang took a long breath and said, "Mr. Ma is holding a tea party in another courtyard. Originally, you were the only one invited. You deliberately asked Hua Sanniang to go with you, right?"
Xueqiu loosened her fingers, slowly wiped the blood from her palms with a handkerchief, raised her head, and smiled softly and cruelly, "Even if a hundred untouchables die, they are still not as good as a noble girl from a noble family. If Sanniang Hua can die in It’s better there!”
Hua Yitang's pupils shrank violently, and the veins on his neck popped out. Lin Sui'an and Ling Zhiyan, with quick hands and eyes, pressed down on his shoulders one by one.
Xueqiu smiled and changed three cups of tea for the three of them, stood up, walked behind the screen, held a pipa and sat in front of the crabapple flowers, "Every time we leave a party, Xiaoshuang will play the song Qiuyue Liujun, I My piano skills are far behind Xiaoshuang's, but I still hope that the three of you will be able to play the piano."
Saying that, he picked up the pipa horizontally and slowly raised his hand to press the pipa string. A slender ray of sunlight fell on the string, reflecting green light. Lin Sui'an's breathing tightened, his body moved faster than his brain, and he suddenly drew his sword. When the sword was unsheathed, the sword flashed, and the pipa in Xueqiu's arms shattered. The strings scattered all over the ground, but Xueqiu was stunned as she didn't lose even a hair.
Ling Zhiyan stepped forward, wrapped her sleeves around her fingers, picked up a pipa string, and looked at it, "It's coated with poison, and it will seal its throat when it sees blood."
Lin Sui'an let out a long breath. Fortunately, she reacted in time, otherwise Xueqiu would have been a corpse now. "Actually, you are the one who wants to die in Ma's Villa."
Xueqiu was stunned, stunned, and suddenly, she burst out with an inhuman scream and cried loudly on the ground, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
Like a cuckoo weeping blood, the sound is heartbreaking.
Hua Yitang's Adam's apple rolled for a few times, stood up, and walked slowly to Xueqiu, "Go somewhere with us."
After the five sects surrendered to Jingmen, Jingmen's status in Yidu rose sharply. Within half a month, the remaining sects also extended olive branches to Jingmen, either by cooperating with each other for a win-win situation, or by directly coming under Jingmen's command. Dragon God disciples from various sects were mixed together, and it took a lot of effort to manage them. Fortunately, Jin Ruo was in charge, and Gan Hongying and the backbone of the Yidu branch worked together. Finally, no major mistakes were made, and the upgrade project of the Jingmen was progressing steadily. .
Jin Ruo captured Shen Xun and made a hundred gold from Hua Yitang, all of which was given to Jingmen Fentan. Gan Hongying bought the entire Busuan Street in Laoshufang, Dongsi District, as the new address of the Fentan. Traveling again, what Lin Sui'an gained this time was the admiration and enthusiasm along the way.
Hua Yitang did not go to Bu Suan Street, but to Queqiao Street next door. Lin Sui'an saw the Hua family's clan emblem on the stone archway at the entrance of the street. When he walked forward, he saw a house in front of him with the words " With the word "Academy" in mind, the door of the house is wide and the courtyard is bright. Standing in front of the door, you can faintly hear the sound of children reading loudly.
Xueqiu stared blankly, "This is -"
"The rescued children are all here. People from the Hua family take care of their daily life, and they also hire a master to teach them how to read and write." Hua Yitang said.
The bell rang and school was over.
The children swarmed out like a swarm, playing and discussing what meat to eat for today's dinner. The two wives, who were over fifty years old, hurriedly followed behind, like two worried and nagging old hens. The children made love to the husband. With a grimace on his face, he called the masters "Boss Qu and Lao Er Qu", making the two masters blow their beards and stare in anger.
A large and lively crowd passed by, and the front yard became quiet again.
Lin Sui'an: "The two masters' surnames are Qu, are they -"
"They are Qu Hui's two uncles. The Qu family originally ran private schools, and now they have resumed their old business. It is a good time." Hua Yitang said.
Lin Sui'an was shocked. She knew that Hua Yitang would definitely arrange a place for the children, but she didn't expect that he would spend so much money to buy a street, build an academy, and even arrange jobs for Qu Hui's family.
And looking at Ling Zhiyan's surprised expression, she didn't even know.
Hua Yitang seemed to hear the two people's thoughts and curled his lips, "It wasn't me, it was another person who did it."
"Silang, Xiaoan, you are here." Hua Yimeng walked out of the school in the wind, her big skirt fluttering under the crimson flaming clouds, with an overwhelming appearance.
Lin Sui'an heard the sound of himself swallowing saliva, and also heard that Ling Zhiyan was not breathing. When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, Ling Zhiyan was dumbfounded.
Hua Yimeng arrived lightly, raised her hand and waved it in front of Ling Zhiyan's eyes, "Ling Liulang, why are you so dazed?"
Ling Zhiyan suddenly came back to her senses, her face turned red, she quickly took a half step back, clasped her fists, "I have seen Hua Sanniang."
Hua Yimeng smiled and said: "Ling Liulang can call me Dean Hua from now on."
Xueqiu was shocked: "This academy was built by Sanniang?!"
"Otherwise, who else?" When Hua Yimeng said this, her expression was very similar to Hua Yitang's, "I carefully selected this position. Just around the corner, I will be separated into separate altars for learning martial arts. Self-defense is the most convenient."
Ling Zhiyan's expression was a little surprised, Hua Yimeng raised an eyebrow, "Why, Ling Liulang thinks women shouldn't learn martial arts?"
Ling Zhiyan shook her head repeatedly, "Women are as delicate as flowers and should be taken good care of. Working with swords is too hard - (Lin Sui'an: Hmm, cough, cough!) What Ling means is that everyone in the world thinks women are like flowers, but Ling thinks... Well...Ms. Lin and Hua Sanniang are naturally different..." At the end of the sentence, I couldn't go back and was sweating anxiously.
Lin Sui'an and Hua Yimeng looked at each other and laughed.
Ling Zhiyan's face turned even redder, Hua Yitang put a fan on her forehead and said, "Go ahead."
"We are both women, there is no difference." Lin Sui'an said.
Hua Yimeng Yingying looked at the school, "Women are like flowers, but they are also tenacious and unyielding, and they are also proud. Hundreds of flowers are born in the sky and the earth, standing tall in the sky and the earth, facing the frost and snow, with all kinds of splendor."
The wind lifted Hua Yimeng's skirt and blew Lin Sui'an's scabbard.
Hua Yitang and Ling Zhiyan were stunned at the same time.
Xueqiu stared blankly at the backs of the two of them, tears streaming down her face.
Hua Yimeng looked at Xue Qiu tenderly, "Mrs. Xue, would you like to come over and help me?"
Xueqiu took a few steps back, "People like me... are not worthy!"
Hua Yimeng sighed softly, "I once made an agreement with Qu Hui to plant hollyhocks, hibiscus, crabapples and seven-color chrysanthemums in the garden. In the spring, I can enjoy the flowers, listen to the rain in the summer, watch the moon in the autumn, smell the snow in the winter, and make tea with snow water. Tea...Now that they are gone, Lady Snow is willing to live the rest of their lives for them?"
Xueqiu's face turned pale and she shook her head crazily. Unexpectedly, Lin Sui'an grabbed her wrist. Xueqiu was startled. She looked up and saw Lin Sui'an's eyes as clear as ice springs in summer.
Lin Sui'an lowered her voice so low that only she and Xue Qiu could hear it.
"Although these children appear to be harmless on the surface, you have been sacrificed for nothing with them. Naturally you know how painful that memory is and how difficult it is to get over it. The children still have a long way to go. If any The children can’t hold on any longer, and only you can enlighten them and help them!”
Xueqiu was shocked, "You, how did you..."
"Xiaoshuang's begonia flowers are not just begonia flowers under the sun, but also begonia flowers reborn from blood under the moon." Lin Sui'an let go of Xueqiu's hand, "They believe that you must remember it."
Xueqiu's tears burst out, and she cried so hard that she couldn't even make a sound.
Lin Sui'an smiled softly and made a shushing gesture. At that moment, Xueqiu seemed to see the three sisters who depended on her behind Lin Sui'an, smiling and looking at her.
The sun sets in the west and the evening clouds look like rouge.
Lin Sui'an looked at Xue Qiu and Hua Yimeng's backs leaving side by side, and let out a long sigh of relief. After thinking about it, he asked one more question, "If you think about it seriously, Xue Qiu is also an accomplice. You two adults really plan to Let her go like this?"
Hua Yitang shook her small fan, "Hua was just bored and went to the teahouse to have a cup of tea. I don't know what the accomplice was."
Ling Zhiyan said seriously, "Ling was just tired from reading the files and went out for a walk."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Hua Yitang led the handsome Ling to evil, and became more and more proficient in telling lies with his eyes open.
Hua Yitang stretched, "It's almost time, we should go meet the real Peach Blossom Killer."
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Jin Ruo squatted on the stool, crackling the small abacus, calculating, and became ecstatic.
The more you calculate, the richer your family becomes; the more you calculate, the poorer you become.
If this continues, he may become the poorest leader of the richest sect in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
"Oh, if it doesn't work out, let's get some more wool from the person named Hua...":,,
