Qiao'er said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Qiao'er is not ignorant. Thanks to Miss Xiaohuan's careful care in the past two days, his health has been much better, and he will not stay here for too long."
Qiaoer's body is still healthy, but his vitality has been damaged. After getting rid of the cold, he will be well as before after a few days of recuperation.
Shen Qingyun smiled and asked, "Since I'm leaving, why don't you satisfy my curiosity, Miss?"
"What does Your Majesty want to know?"
Shen Qingyun thought for a while and said: "Isn't the girl the oiran from Yingchun Tower? How come she turned into Zhou Bingxinna's concubine in the blink of an eye?"
Qiaoer's expression changed slightly when he heard this, "This is the best place for a brothel girl to end up. What do you think, Master?"
"Hmm..." Shen Qingyun nodded, "That seems to be the case, but you must be dissatisfied with this fate, otherwise why would you run away?"
Qiaoer forced a smile, shook his head and said: "If it were someone else, Qiaoer would naturally be at ease and obey, but this person is Zhou Bing."
"What happened to Zhou Bing?"
As he spoke, Shen Qingyun suddenly thought of Qiaoer crying in the street a few days ago, and asked, "Is it because of your brother?"
Qiaoer glanced at Shen Qingyun in surprise, "How did the prince know?"
Shen Qingyun said: "Didn't we meet once at the medical clinic that day? I saw you when we were leaving the city."
Qiao'er hesitated, bit her lip and said, "My brother was already injured, and he was driven away by Zhou Bing's evil slaves. He couldn't get out of the way, so he couldn't hold on."
"So you hate Zhou Bing?"
"Yes." Qiao'er nodded with a sharp look in his eyes, "It's a pity that I didn't take the opportunity to kill him."
"ha..."
Shen Qingyun sighed softly, thinking of Zhou Bing's thigh injury, and secretly thought that Qiao'er was not as weak as she looked.
Shen Qingyun wanted to ask a few more questions, but when he saw Zhong Qi coming back, he said: "It's already dark, girl, it's better to go to bed early."
Qiaoer bowed and saluted, "Yes."
Seeing Qiao'er leaving, Shen Qingyun asked Zhong Qi: "Can we let people escape?"
Zhong Qi responded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have caught them all and they will be handed over to the government tomorrow."
Shen Qingyun hummed and said: "They said they were contacted by a gangster in the city. You should find this person first and bring him to me. I will interrogate him personally."
"yes."
The noise of the bandit's attack was not as lively as the previous wedding banquet. Except for Lao Zhangtou and others, not even Zhang Nan was alerted on the night of the wedding.
A night of silence.
Until dawn the next day, the entire Xiayang Village was still immersed in a festive atmosphere.
Only Zhong Qi, Lao Zhangtou and others escorted the robbers towards the city.
On the first day of their wedding, Zhang Nan brought Xiao Cui to greet her. After the two left, Shen Qingyun went back to sleep.
Of course, I didn't sleep for long before I was woken up again.
"Your Majesty, Yang San is dead."
"Who died?"
Shen Qingyun is still a little confused.
Zhong Qi said: "It's that ruffian."
Shen Qingyun frowned slightly, "Is he dead now?"
"Yes, he was found hanging at home a few days ago."
"So it's not Zhou Bing." Shen Qingyun shook his head slightly, not matching the time.
"What did the government office say?"
"We found Yang San's body before and thought he committed suicide. But we just reported it to the official. The county magistrate has sent someone to re-examine the autopsy, but there may not be any results."
"Why?"
Zhong Qi said: "I have seen the body. It was indeed strangled to death and then hung, but other than that, there are no clues."
Shen Qingyun frowned and said, "Do you have any relatives or friends?"
Zhong Qi shook his head, "He's just a rogue. He wanders around the city all day long, doing some sneaky things. His whereabouts are hard to trace. One of the robbers is from the same hometown as him. Other than that, there's nothing else."
"So, Yang San's line ends here?"
"It should be." Zhong Qin said: "The government officials are investigating. Once there are new clues, they will tell us as soon as possible."
"Um."
Shen Qingyun nodded.
Although there is no direct evidence, he actually already has a candidate in mind.
Apart from Yang Cong and Song Ying, he really couldn't think of anyone else who had such strong malice towards him that they would collude with the bandits to kill him.
Perhaps the original person had offended many people, but no one dared to kill Sinan Bo's eldest son.
Prince...
"Have you just become pregnant and you are already thinking about my position as the heir apparent?" Shen Qingyun felt a little cold in his heart.
Although parents have far-reaching plans for their children, there is no need to go so far, right?
He is still just an embryo.
"well..."
Shen Qingyun sighed softly, "That's it, no big deal, I just have to be careful from now on."
Although he didn't know whether it was Song Ying's idea or Yang Cong's, Shen Qingyun decided to endure it for the sake of Song Ying's pregnancy.
On the other side, Song Ying, who also had no rest last night, also got up early and asked Yang Cong to find out the situation.
Zhong Qi escorted the people into the city with great fanfare, and Yang Cong and Song Ying quickly received the news.
"I didn't expect this would be the result."
Yang Cong was really surprised.
In his expectation, he would either kill Shen Qingyun successfully or let Shen Qingyun escape from death.
In either case, the robbers stole things, killed people and then ran away.
But he didn't expect that the twenty or so vicious bandits would be so vulnerable. A dozen of them were killed on the spot, and the rest were captured, and not even one of them escaped.
"Didn't you say that Shen Qingyun only has one guard around him?"
Song Ying said humbly: "It is true that there is only one Zhong Qi, but Zhong Qi is my uncle's personal guard. He has fought with my uncle for many years, so his skills are definitely not bad."
"Even if it's not bad, there is only one person in the end. Even if he can protect Shen Qingyun, he has to kill them all by himself without being able to escape, right?" Yang Cong still didn't believe it.
Maybe Zhong Qi could kill all these robbers by himself, but if they were to flee in all directions, Zhong Qi would have no skills and could only catch one or two at most. It was absolutely impossible to annihilate the whole army.
I haven't even heard of any losses in Xiayang Village.
Song Ying hesitated for a moment and said: "Could it be someone from Xiayang Village who did it? Those are all veterans who followed Uncle. Although they are all disabled, they may not be without force."
Yang Cong was stunned when he heard this, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
Yang Cong didn't know the situation in Xiayang Village at all. He just thought that the tenants under the name of the Shen family were ordinary people and didn't take it to heart at all.
Thinking about it this way, there are more than 20 robbers and not more than 20 pigs. If there is no considerable manpower, how can they all be captured?
Even if there are more than twenty pigs, it takes two people to hold down one pig, right?
Song Ying frowned slightly and asked in a panic: "Now that the robber is in the hands of the government, will it implicate us?"
Yang Cong smiled and said: "Don't worry, cousin, although things did not go as expected, I have already erased all traces, and they can't find us."
Seeing that Yang Cong was so confident, Song Ying felt a little more at ease.
"But, will he guess that we are causing trouble?"
Yang Cong thought for a while and said, "I should have guessed it."
"Huh?" Song Ying suddenly looked panicked.
Seeing this, Yang Cong smiled and said: "Don't worry, cousin, so what if he guesses it? Without evidence, it is slander. If he dares to come up with it, it will be a son who spreads rumors about his mother, which is a great unfilial sin."
If the robber was captured alive, Shen Qingyun would definitely interrogate him first. Of course, he would know that someone paid them to go to Xiayang Village to rob.
Although Yang Cong did not name anyone he asked the bandits to kill, he did ask for murder. As long as Shen Qingyun was not really stupid, he would have guessed that the target was himself.
Shen Qingyun naturally has several candidates for the mastermind in his mind.
There may be others among them, but they definitely include Yang Cong and Song Ying.
Yang Cong understands this very well.
However, Yang San is dead, and the clues stop here. Unless Yang San comes back from the dead, there will be no evidence to identify Yang Cong.
Song Ying said: "But now everyone in Liangzhou City knows that I treated him harshly..."
"How could Uncle Sinan, who is loyal to the country, collude with bandits to murder his son? It's easy to say this, but someone has to believe it." Yang Cong waved his hand and said: "What's more, those bandits don't know their goals. Who is it? There will be no Shen Qingyun's name on the government's testimony. It's just harsh treatment. Then we can use the excuse to say that he deliberately slandered. He has no evidence. Even if the uncle comes back by then, I'm afraid he will not be able to escape the disobedience. The name of unfilial piety.”
When Song Ying heard this, she frowned and thought for a while, then nodded slightly in agreement.
At this time, the servant came to report: "Madam, there is an official outside the door asking to see you."
Song Ying was startled when she heard this, and her face moved slightly, but she quickly covered up her panic.
"Please quickly."
"yes."
The servant turned around and retreated. Song Ying looked at Yang Cong and shouted: "Cousin..."
Yang Cong raised his hand, "Don't panic."
Song Ying was a little guilty of being a thief, but Yang Cong was calm and composed.
Not long after, the official arrived.
"See ma'am."
"Without courtesy." Song Ying raised her hand slightly, "What's the matter with the government officials coming to my Nanbo's house?"
The official replied respectfully: "In reply to my wife, before noon, the prince sent a group of strongmen from outside the city. After the trial, it was found that they were bandits from Heifeng Village more than 20 miles away. The county magistrate asked the villain to report the matter. Let the uncle know."
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Song Ying pretended to be surprised: "The prince temporarily lives in Zhuangzi outside the city, how could he be related to the bandits in Heifeng Village?"
"Someone bribed the thieves and let them take advantage of the wedding banquet in Xiayang Village to rob and kill people. Your Excellency said that Xiayang Village is a subordinate of the uncle's house, so I asked the villain to ask Madam, but who has the uncle's house offended recently? "
Song Ying looked deep in thought, then shook her head after a moment, "My uncle is leading the army at the border, and the people in his house are withering away. I am the only woman and son in the house. I am pregnant and have not left the house for several months." , how can you offend others?
Although the prince is a bit naughty, he may have made an enemy unintentionally, but it was indeed an unintentional mistake. I would also like to ask the county magistrate to find out everything and bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible. "
After a few words, Song Ying pointed the finger at Shen Qingyun again.
This made the official who was just here to inform him instantly believe that this was the trouble caused by Shen Qingyun himself.
