Qiu Hong shouted: "I don't want you to think it, I want me to think it. Finding out that Sister Rong is pregnant must be kept strictly confidential. Also, keep a close eye on Gu Ziyuan. Where he has been and what he has done, we must keep a close eye on him." Report to me promptly."
"yes!"
When Xing Captou exited the flower hall, he glanced at Qiu Hong in confusion.
Qiu Hong came to the study from the flower hall, and skillfully opened the mechanism on the bookshelf, revealing a hidden compartment on the wall, and then took out a box from the hidden compartment.
There was nothing else valuable in the box, just some correspondence.
But for Qiu Hong, these things are enough to be worth tens of thousands of family assets.
Qiu Hong took out a specific piece of paper, dipped it in ink, picked up a pen, wrote down the events of the past few days, folded it, put it in a specific bamboo stick, closed the lid, and then called the carrier pigeon.
"The letters inside are very important. You must not get lost."
Qiu Hong tied bamboo sticks to the pigeon's legs and fed the pigeon until it was full. Then he came to the courtyard and released the pigeon.
It wasn't until the homing pigeon was no longer visible that he turned around and went to the backyard.
"Madam, how is she doing today?"
"My lord, it's still the same. After drinking the decoction, I fell asleep." A woman over forty years old said.
"Well, Mother Nie, you have watched my wife grow up. You should know that it is for her own good not to tell her some things."
Mother Nie bowed.
"Yes, I understand."
"I have a lot of things to do today, so I won't go in to see her. When she wakes up, just tell her that I have been here."
"yes."
Mother Nie raised her head only when she could no longer hear the footsteps.
Her voice just now was very respectful, but now when she looked at Qiu Hong's back, she didn't have much respect.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the surrounding walls before opening the door and walking into Mrs. Qiu's room.
"lady."
"he's gone?"
Mother Nie replied: "Let's go. Please tell me not to tell you about Sister Ming."
Mrs. Qiu's name is Bi Xinyu. Although her father Bi Qingchang has a low official position, her grandfather Bi Shi'an and her maternal grandfather Kou Zhun both served as prime ministers and had disciples all over the country. Her grandmother's family was even more distinguished. Her grandmother was Song Wo's youngest daughter. Her ancestors were all princesses from the Five Dynasties period, and her maternal grandmother’s eldest sister was the sister of Empress Taizu, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty.
With this kind of relationship, Qiu Hong would be afraid of himself and not dare to kill himself by force.
But the medicinal materials delivered every day have been tampered with.
If it weren't for such a sophisticated and shrewd Mother Nie, she would have died at the hands of Qiu Hong.
Qiu Birong was not her biological daughter, but the daughter of Qiu Hong and a foreign concubine, but she was forcibly fostered under her name. Outsiders thought that Qiu Birong was the eldest daughter of the Qiu family, and they had usurped the position of their own daughter.
If not, if his way of contacting the outside world was not blocked by him, why would he be so frustrated by pretending to be sick?
"I saw from a distance yesterday that the matter concerning Sister Rong was handed over to a gentleman named Gu. This gentleman was brought by Master Zeng."
"Master Zeng? Zeng Shengji?"
Mother Nie nodded.
"Mom, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Mother Nie said: "In Kyoto, Mr. Zeng had a very good relationship with me. I thought that Mr. Zeng would not believe that he is that kind of person. If I tell Mr. Zeng about our situation, Mr. Zeng will turn around and tell If you kill the master, our situation will be even more dangerous."
Bi Xinyu raised the corner of her lips sarcastically: "Are they good? It was just because of Zeng Shengji's status at that time that we called him brothers. Qiu Hong was implicated in the Zeng family incident and was demoted. I'm afraid he has long held a grudge against Zeng Shengji in his heart."
"Master Zeng will not help us because of his guilt."
"No, no."
Bi Xinyu was in a better mood at this moment and said to Mother Nie: "Compared to the time when Qiu Hong and Zeng Shengji have known each other, I have known him longer. Zeng Shengji is an upright person. If he knew Qiu Hong's behavior, he would never do it. Consider this kind of person your brother."
After that, Bi Xinyu got out of bed, asked Mother Nie to get the pen and ink hidden in the bedroom, and wrote two lines of words very quickly.
Bi Xinyu's small seal calligraphy was excellent. After folding the small paper, Mother Nie took off her silver hairpin from her head. It was actually hollow inside, and then stuffed the folded small paper inside.
"Mother Nie, you must find an opportunity tomorrow to hand this note to Zeng Shengji."
Bi Xinyu whispered to Mother Nie what to do tomorrow, and then handed the jade pendant she carried with her to Mother Nie.
"I have always carried this jade pendant. Zeng Shengji knows it and will give it to him tomorrow!"
Mother Nie nodded solemnly: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter."
The next day, Zeng Shengji came to the county government as usual. Thinking that the situation was special these days, he wandered all the way from Kyoto to Jiangning Mansion. He didn't want to leave Wangjiacun this time, but by some strange combination, he followed Gu Qingjue out. .
They had not entered the city to rest for three days in a row. As soon as they entered Mingguang County, they met their former friends.
Doesn’t this prove that God has the vision to allow them to meet?
Today, he came here to ask why Qiu Hong, an official from the fourth rank, was demoted to Mingguang County and served as a small seventh-rank county magistrate.
However, when I came to the county government this time, I was told that a murder had occurred in Shiba Town, a subordinate town. Magistrate Qiu went to check the scene in person.
This couldn't help but make Zeng Shengji sigh again.
Recalling that when he was in Kyoto, when he and Zuo Mao, the right admonishment doctor, were in charge of the admonishment court, he was upright, not afraid of the powerful, and outspoken. Now, even if he lives in a small county, he still does everything personally.
He was really a good official of the Song Dynasty.
"Okay, then you tell Magistrate Qiu that I will come see him tomorrow."
The yamen guard on duty nodded and went to the front to guard. After the yamen servant left, Mother Nie walked over from the small courtyard on the side with quick hands and feet. She looked back and forth, then quickly pulled out the hairpin on her head and took out yesterday's hairpin. The note he put in was stuffed into Zeng Shengji's hand, and he whispered: "Master Zeng, my wife Bi Xinyu, please save her and keep quiet."
Zeng Shengji looked at Nie's mother, who came and left in a hurry, and was filled with doubts.
He knows Mother Nie.
Bi Xinyu is even more familiar, almost like a sister who grew up together.
When she married Qiu Hong, she and Qiu Hong were not very familiar with each other.
But when he heard that Qiu Hong was a very good person, he was happy for her. Later, she and Qiu Hong became acquainted during a court dispute, and they became close friends. He was even more happy that Bi Xinyu could find her husband.
But at this time, she sent her mother beside her to ask for help.
What happened?
Zeng Shengji was able to escape from Kyoto with some ulterior motives. He quietly hid the note and jade pendant in his sleeves, pretended as if nothing had happened, and left the county government office.
