Earth-shaking changes have happened quietly, as if dark clouds have invaded the hearts of many people. However, unlike the dark clouds in the hearts of many people, the scorching summer sun finally broke through the thick clouds and fog at noon today, Sprinkled on the clear river water, the waves are sparkling and the water waves are unclear...
On such a river, an inconspicuous solitary boat slowly returned. Two people in plain clothes got off the boat. They were hidden among the crowds of people going to and from the river because of the sunny weather. ... They drove their carriages and horses slowly and leisurely without realizing it.
This gray carriage shuttled through a secluded street in the capital. There were thick green trees on both sides of the street. Although summer had arrived, the spring catkins were still floating like snowflakes all over the summer for some unknown reason. on the road...
Gu Shu was not used to riding in the same carriage with Qi Zhaoyang, so Gu Shu quietly opened the curtain of the carriage. Qi Zhaoyang noticed Gu Shu's small movements and did not speak, following Gu Shu's wishes.
Gu Shu looked at the scenery outside the curtain. The dense tree tops were intertwined with delicate clouds of bright flowers. Under the shade of the trees were the blue-grey walls of other people's houses or several vermilion doors.
This kind of scenery is very common in the capital. In the past, Gu Shu had seen too much. However, Gu Shu was very greedy for this kind of scenery today, until the gray carriage stopped at a road near the back door of the Duke of Yan's Mansion. In the alley, Gu Shu withdrew her gaze.
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Gu Shu said goodbye to Qi Zhaoyang and wanted to return to her courtyard quietly, but she found that everyone's courtyard in the Duke of Yan's mansion was tightly closed. Even on the road, except for a few servants sweeping the house, there was no one else. servants who come and go...
Gu Shu immediately guessed that something big must have happened. Then she couldn't help but quicken her pace and ran back to her yard to find out what happened...
And just as Gu Shu guessed, a major event that could be called "the sky is falling" did occur in the Duke of Yan's palace. At this moment, the central vortex of this event is gathering in Gu Ruosu's Hefeng Hall. I don't know when Only then can we disperse...
Gu Ruosu's Hefeng Hall was just like the morning of the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. The wives of each room and a few older children were gathered together. However, the difference was that the wives and children of each room had calm expressions. He frowned...
The most exaggerated thing is that for some reason, Gu Ruosu's fifth daughter-in-law, Wei, who has always been the most carefree, is kneeling at Gu Ruosu's feet with runny nose and tears, hugging Gu Ruosu's thigh as if holding a stick. Like a life-saving straw, I cried sadly...
"Mother... mother... you must let father save Shiro..."
"Grandma... please think of a way to save my father... My father is a loyal and honest man. He must not dare to do such a thing... Grandma..."
"Mother... Yihua is right... Although Shiro is not as talented as his father and eldest brother, he has always been a good boy who is loyal, honest and filial... How dare he touch human life on his hands? …”
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Wei Shi and Xie Yihua were almost crying and collapsed at Gu Ruosu's feet, and Gu Ruosu was also the first and the second...
She had just finished lunch, and before she had time to take a lunch break, she was "received" by Haishi and others to sit down in the main hall. Then... Wei Shi pulled Xie Yihua and the two of them hugged her inexplicably. Crying into her lap...
"Stop crying, stop crying, you two should tell me what happened first...
Otherwise... what are you asking me to save... I just want to save lives... I don't know where to start..." Gu Ruosu listened to Wei and Xie Yihua's cries, and was still confused, but she also understood that they must Something big happened, so Gu Ruosu could only sigh and said to Wei and Xie Yihua.
As soon as Mrs. Wei heard this, she immediately understood that her husband might be saved. She quickly stopped crying and said sadly:
"Mother, just now the governor of Kyoto sent someone to report that an envoy from the Nanman mission, a noble Nanman royal family, died inexplicably in Yushu Xuan."
"What does that have to do with Shiro? Shiro has just returned to Beijing. Although the errand he received has real power, it is in the Ministry of Works and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites. He is not the official who greeted the Nanman delegation this time. He is a Nanman. Is it possible for the royal family to say that our Shiro couldn’t kill them!”
"That's right, mother, mother, you know things like a god, that's what the official from the Kyoto Prefecture who came to report said!"
When Gu Ruosu heard this, she stood up from her chair in surprise and said in disbelief:
"What! What's going on! Why is our fourth child so well connected to the murder case? What did the official say? Please tell me word for word!"
"The official said that when the Nanman royal family died, they died in the private room on the second floor of Yushu Xuan. It was a secret room... No one could enter except Shiro, who was traveling with the Nanman royal family...
Moreover, the official also said that when the shop owner and his men broke in, the door was locked from the inside and the windows were closed. On the ground were lying the unconscious Shiro and the dead Nanman. royal……
The most important thing is... that Southern Barbarian royal was stabbed through the chest with a dagger and died... that murderous dagger is still in the hand of our Shiro...
Mother! You must save Shiro! Shiro must have been slandered by others! How could Shiro and that Southern Barbarian royal family have no grievances against each other, so how could he kill someone... Mother..." Ms. Wei tried her best not to cry and explained the whole story clearly. In the end, she couldn't help it anymore and continued to cry loudly. …
When Gu Ruosu heard these words, she didn't care that Wei was crying and fussing at the side, and sat back down again. After thinking for a long time, she asked Xie Yihua:
"Your father is also an official. Although he has not been back to Beijing for a long time, they should have some understanding of what he is like... When the people from the capital governor came to pick up your father, in addition to these ins and outs, they also said Do you know what happened?"
Xie Yihua wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, nodded and said:
"I was accompanying my mother to listen to the news, and the person who came did indeed say something else...
I remember... that adult said that after his father woke up, he strongly denied the murder. He only said that he and the Southern Barbarian royal family came together because they both loved documents... This time we met at Yushu Xuan...it was because I heard that Yu Shuxuan had obtained an orphan copy that I decided to make an appointment with Yu Shuxuan... What happened to this matter, my father said he didn't know..."
"That's it? But what else is there?"
Xie Yihua thought for a while and said: "The official also said that when the incident happened, many people saw it... When the people from their capital city governor arrived, they had already surrounded Yu Shuxuan...
Later...the people of their capital city governor really couldn't get in. Finally...they borrowed troops from General Chen Xi and opened a way to take away the bodies of the Southern Barbarian royal family and their father...Now...my father has already I went to prison in Kyoto Prefecture..."
After hearing this, Gu Ruosu's anxiety became less intense...
Immediately, Gu Ruosu immediately asked Bi Lan, Dark Green and a few women to help Wei and Xie Yihua, who were crying, back to their seats. After watching the mother and daughter sit down, she said:
"Stop crying... In my opinion... the fourth child should be fine... After a while, he will be back in one piece..."
When Wei, Xie Yihua and others heard this, they immediately raised their heads and looked at Gu Ruosu. Among them, Haishi, who had been sitting in his seat, suddenly asked:
"Mother, how come you can see this... The governor of Kyoto is a selfless person... Come to think of it, it is rare for our family to use their connections..."
“Only by being impartial and impartial can we handle this case properly.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see this. Someone must have deliberately framed Lao Si.
The fourth child is a powerless scholar and has no deep hatred against the Southern Barbarian royal family. What he is doing to kill him is just that someone saw that the agreement between your father-in-law and the Southern Barbarian mission was about to be reached and wanted to sabotage it. Fourth son, this is just an unforeseen disaster. Come to think of it...as long as nothing happens to your father-in-law, nothing will happen to Shiro either..."
"Then mother, since this was all clearly framed, why did you still arrest Shiro... Didn't Shiro suffer in vain..." When Wei heard this, she silently held back her tears, her eyes filled with tears. asked.
"Since that person deliberately framed him, he naturally tried every means to get Shiro involved.
Didn't Yihua just say that when the governor of Kyoto arrived with his people, Yushuxuan was surrounded by people, and in the end, they even got in with the help of the army.
The matter was so big that many people in the capital saw it. For the sake of justice and the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries, even if the governor of the capital thought that our fourth son was not guilty, he still had to arrest him. What the city governor did was excusable. "
"Then from mother's point of view, when will this Shiro come back!" After hearing Gu Ruosu's words, Wei finally felt a little relieved, but she still asked very worriedly.
“It depends on when this matter comes to light.
After all, even if the person dies is a commoner, he will still be tried by the three chambers, let alone a noble Southern Barbarian royal family.
Come to think of it, this Nanman and those who deliberately want to destroy this cooperation between Nanman and Dayong are not willing to let go easily. "
"Then if... the governor of the capital city cannot find out the ins and outs of the matter, won't this fourth uncle have to stay in prison forever." Ru asked suddenly.
"This...if this is really the case...there is nothing we can do about it...
But in my opinion, this Capital Prefect can sit firmly as the top leader of the Capital Prefect, and I think he is quite capable... You don’t have to worry too much..."
"Mother, how can I not be worried about this... With the word "official", how many people wish that our Xie family would just fall like this!
How can we understand the twists and turns of those people...
Mother... Shiro is the most filial to you, so please help him beg his father... As long as his father is willing to come forward, Shiro will be able to get out of prison temporarily..." As soon as Gu Ruosu finished speaking, Wei became anxious. He said in a roar.
"How many people are staring at your father now... If your father asks for his release at this time, those Southern Barbarians originally didn't believe that our Xie family would actually kill the Southern Barbarian royal family, but they will become 100% suspicious. Already...
It has always been the case that only those with a guilty conscience are eager to take action..." Although Gu Ruosu does not understand the politics of the government and the opposition, he is clear-headed and thinking about what happened in recent days, he understands the thoughts of those who are secretly behind the scenes. , so he shook his head and said comfortingly.
"This...but...mother...what happened to our Dayong, how should the Nanman people deal with it...wouldn't it be nice to have an explanation...if it really doesn't work...let my father step in, Let them find another place for Shiro to stay...
House arrest! Even under house arrest... The dungeon of the governor of the capital is not a good place..." Wei said still unwilling to give up...
"Fourth daughter-in-law, you don't have to worry. The eldest children have followed your father through hard times and are not so squeamish. However, if you really feel sorry for him, there is no need to ask your father to come forward and change the cell... "
Before Gu Ruosu could finish her words, she was interrupted by the second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Song, who had been silent all this time:
"I don't think my mother knew about these things. The governor of the capital is a selfless person, and many dignitaries have been involved...
The fourth brother and sister now begged their father for help because their father and Mr. Fu Yin had worked together. But if it were your mother and you... wanted to change cells, Mr. Fu Yin would not necessarily give you thin noodles...
But... the fourth uncle is not the sixth brother after all, he just suffered a little jail sentence. I think... he can't trouble my mother and father..."
Song's words were almost sowing discord, and everyone who heard them frowned, but Wei, who was already dizzy with worry at this moment, did not react. Instead, she felt that what Song said was quite reasonable...
Gu Ruosu is just partial... If it had been her biological blood, she would have gone to her father-in-law for help a long time ago!
The more Wei thought about it, the more depressed she became. She couldn't listen to Gu Ruosu's explanation at this moment. Fortunately, before Wei's emotions completely exploded, Xie Yihua quickly held Wei's hand and whispered to her:
"Mother! Don't get so angry, this is sowing discord! Grandma is not that kind of person! If you and grandma fall out! Daddy is really hopeless..."
As soon as Wei heard about the safety of Xie Hao's family, she immediately came to her senses and stabilized her mind. Finally, she did not fall into the pit dug by these "good sisters-in-law"...
On the contrary, when Gu Ruosu said, "I will let people clear the relationship, save the Xie Hao family from the pain of flesh and blood, and send people to find out the truth secretly," under Xie Yihua's arrangement, he respectfully knelt down to Gu Ruosu. Came down, kowtowed, and thanked Gu Ruosu for his efforts...
Everyone refused to disperse in Hefeng Hall. Even though Wei was forced to go back by Xie Yihua because he was crying so hard, Song and others still took root in Hefeng Hall like a needle in the sea, pretending to be worried about Xie Hao's family. The pretense refuses to go away...
It wasn't until Xie Ruqing walked in from outside the house covered in dust...the group of people refused to disperse...
(End of chapter)
