A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 258 Devotion
It's out in the wild, out of the way.

"Driver, this... this is not the way we came here." Wen Po's expression changed suddenly, she tightly clutched the copper coin in her hand, she rolled and fell off the bullock cart, trying to escape for her life.

But she was lying on the ground, and she hadn't time to get up——

The man who was supposed to drive the cart in front had already arrived behind the bullock cart and stood in front of her.

He bent over, grabbed the collar by the back, and lifted the strong Wen Po without any difficulty.

Wenpo wanted to struggle, but she was so frightened that she became weak all over for a moment, and she couldn't exert any strength at all.

She was sweating coldly, and begged for mercy: "I didn't bring much money with me, just a few pennies from that family just now, if you don't think it's enough...Come with me into the city, I'll get it for you when I get home." .”

The driver said nothing, just threw her on the ground again.

Then, before she could struggle to get up, the other party had already pulled out a gleaming silver knife from under the floor of the bullock cart as if by magic.

"Help..." Wen Po was almost out of her wits, and finally realized that she wanted to call for help.

Then—

Before a single word could come out of her throat, the driver with a big knife had already stepped on her back.

The force of this kick was neither light nor heavy, it crushed her lungs flat.

The subsequent voices stopped abruptly.

The next moment, the man stepped on her back, bent slightly, and the blade rested on her neck.

Wenpo felt as if her whole body had been thrown into an ice hole in the cold weather of Sanjiu, she didn't dare to use too much force while panting, and at the same time her whole body was stiff, and she didn't dare to move.

Faintly, but I don't know if it is the illusion of her fear——

She could clearly smell the knife pressed against her neck, and it seemed to exude a stench that seemed to be the smell of dried blood.

"I really don't have any money with me..." Wen Po was frightened, and when she opened her mouth again, tears and snot all came out together.

The driver saw that the atmosphere was almost exaggerated, so he said in a cold and fierce voice: "I don't want to make money, I just ask you something. If you answer me honestly, I will naturally let you go back wholeheartedly."

Wen Po was so frightened that she couldn't talk for a while because of her tears, but she obviously restrained herself, so her crying stopped.

The other party stopped talking nonsense, and said coldly: "The first few concubines in the Tianning Palace gave birth to miscarriages, and you were the ones who served them. There are many private affairs in the Gaomen courtyard, and I want to know that you have kept them secret. what."

Wen Po's heart skipped a beat.

When serving Ye Xunyi's confinement child, the people in Prince Ning's Mansion deliberately played both soft and hard ways, and warned her to keep a secret.

Now that she was caught, she was so precise——

That's what was being asked!
Wen Po complained endlessly in her heart. She was afraid of the power of the palace and instinctively denied it: "What's the matter? My old woman is a woman, and she knows a little bit about the skills of serving women in childbirth. I..."

"Since I found you, there must be a basis for my suspicion. Some things are not told to you, and it is for your own good. The more you know, the faster you will die." The man did not wait for her to finish speaking. interrupted impatiently.

The blade didn't move, and his foot was so heavy that Wen Po felt that his lungs were about to be crushed by him, and her forehead was sweating again.

The man continued: "The side concubine, there was no news that she was pregnant at all earlier, but she later said that she was pregnant for more than two months and had a miscarriage. There is clearly a discrepancy in this incident. If so, just make sure."

Wen Po was panicked when she heard this.

She didn't know how long the side concubine of Prince Ning's mansion was pregnant could be a major obstacle, but this person's words were accurate, and they were right on point...

She was also really frightened, and immediately stopped trying to hide it in vain, and cried out: "You good man, now that you know, why are you embarrassing my wife? I am not from their palace, but I was invited by them. Worker. I don’t know the nobleman who had the miscarriage that day. She just disposed of her body after the miscarriage. But...she must have been pregnant at that time, and the filth that was cleaned up can be It was clearly distinguished, but Steward Xing of the Wangfu gave me a reward, telling me to tell the outside world that the nobleman's fetus fell out after more than two months."

As she spoke, she burst into tears: "We ordinary people, who have no power and no power, just make a living, and I have never committed any crime... Even if I tell a few lies, I am not a good guy." breaking the law?"

The driver was silent for a while, then removed the steel knife from her neck.

With a sullen face, he reconfirmed ferociously: "You swear that you are absolutely true. The nobleman in Prince Ning's Mansion really lost her fetus before a month?"

Seeing that he had put away the knife, Wen Po finally believed that this man might not really be trying to kill her.

She sat up on her hands and feet, sat cross-legged on the grass, blew her nose and gave up, and continued to cry: "It's true that I'm not a month old, but they won't let me say that my old woman did this!" After more than [-] years of operation, you still can’t tell the difference between a preterm fetus and a two- to three-month fetus? Moreover...the woman was bleeding heavily at the time, and it seemed that the fetus slipped down because she couldn’t carry it normally.”

After all, the driver was a big man, Xu felt a little embarrassed when he heard about these women, he pursed his lips and remained silent for a while, then withdrew the knife.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wen finally stopped crying and just looked at him eagerly.

The driver gave him a wink and said, "Get up, clean up, and take you home."

Just a moment ago, Wen Po was extremely worried that he would kill someone after he made a fool of himself, but when she heard the words, she regained her spirits and almost wept with joy.

She hurriedly got up with hands and feet again, and slapped off the dirt and grass clippings on her body.

The driver also wrapped his knife in a piece of torn sackcloth and made it into a bundle, instead of stuffing it under the carriage, he directly made it a bundle and carried it on his back.

Signaling Mrs. Wen to get in the car, he continued to drive forward.

While walking, there was another warning: "Remember, you went out of the city today just to go to Niujia Village to protect a baby. Nothing happened on the way."

Mrs. Wen was eager to end this matter, so she hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After walking a short distance, there was a junction, and the driver drove the ox cart back to the main road.

At this time, the summer has passed, and more and more people are traveling. Although this road is not an official road, it is the only way to go from the capital to the three nearby villages, so you can occasionally meet one or two pedestrians .

The steady woman sat on the cart with her neck curled up like a quail, not saying a word, but looked up from time to time to see the man driving the cart in front of her.

Still in shock, that expression——

How much can also see a little bit of fear.

The man drove the car and walked forward for a while, and grabbed a middle-aged man with a beard like him: "You are also going to the city, right? I have something urgent to do right now. An ox cart to take you off, please take this aunt into the city for me."

For ordinary people, a cow is not affordable for every household. Such a good deed is like a pie in the sky.

The man who was caught by him almost jumped three feet high. After confirming again and again that the cart and cow were given to him for free, he happily carried Wen Po and continued on the road.

Wen Po opened her mouth, suddenly feeling that she was at a loss.

This man scared her half to death, and even inquired about the news from her, but in the end he didn't give a bounty...

Since this bullock cart is to be given away, why not give it to her directly?

But she has been doing business in the market for decades, so she won't be blinded by a little greed——

She had just leaked the secret of the palace, and it was too late to cover it up. If there was a commotion over the robbery of an ox cart, and her leaking of the secret was implicated, her head would have to move, and the people in the palace would never let her go.

Therefore, seeing the original driver turn around and leave in a direction away from the capital, she only felt relieved for the rest of her life. She slumped on the cart and completely relaxed.

Prince Ning's Mansion gave her a lot of rewards at that time, and she wished that this person would go away far away, so Quan pretended it was nothing.

And every face with beards is not easy to recognize the details, so when the bullock cart takes her back, no one in the neighborhood will pay attention to see if the driver has changed.

But the man who got the ox cart was terrified. Wen Po turned her head to grab the cart and ox from him, unloaded the man and ran away in a hurry.

Afterwards, thinking about the person who gave him the ox cart, he was still worried, so he drove the ox cart out of the city before it was dark, and found a village a little farther away from Beijing the next day, and sold the ox cart at a discounted price. The car is sold.

Admittedly, these are just nonsense.

Here, Wei Feng confirmed the good news, avoiding the attention of the steady woman, and turned back to the place where he had threatened people before, pulled off the fake beard, changed back to normal attire, and then led out the horse hidden behind the mound , Back on the main road, still running in the direction of Lijing.

Just at a fork in the road ahead, he turned onto the official road.

After a while of speeding up the horse, he caught up with a group of people walking in front.

No surprises—

It's Qi Huan!
Wei Feng was not around, Luo Zhang was in charge of Qi Huan's convoy trip, and it was the first time to take the lead, and he was extra careful and nervous along the way, almost fully on guard.

Seeing that Wei Feng arrived smoothly, he was completely relaxed: "Boss!"

Wei Feng nodded slightly, took the reins and slowed down, and checked with him first: "Is there anything wrong along the way?"

Luo Zhang shook his head: "It's okay."

In broad daylight, they are the carriages and horses of officials and eunuchs, and they are walking the official road in the suburbs of the capital. In fact, the possibility of accidents is very small.

Only--

Miss Qi on the carriage is the sweetheart of his family's eldest son, which makes everyone extra cautious and nervous.

Wei Feng heard his words, and secretly let out a foul breath.

Patting Luo Zhang on the shoulder casually, he rode his horse to catch up and knocked on the window of the carriage: "Miss."

Qi Huan opened the corner of the curtain and looked over: "Is everything going well?"

Wei Feng nodded, and told her concisely: "You are right in suspecting that Prince Ning's Mansion has indeed tampered with Ye's pregnancy. According to the wife's account, Ye's pregnancy was forcibly aborted before it was a month old." I came down, but the doctor Ling who went to Ning Wang's mansion that day didn't mention it."

"It shouldn't be the imperial doctor's problem." Qi Huan had already prepared in his heart, so now that he heard the exact news, he always calmed down and dealt with it calmly.

She thought: "After all, men and women are different, and the imperial doctor went late. As long as Ye Xunyi's situation at that time was not extremely dangerous, he could take a pulse check logically, and then he could go back to work. The matter was calculated by Prince Ning's mansion. It’s this loophole.”

Wei Feng's lips moved.

Because the inside story that he discovered was also implicated in other secrets, and he had roughly gone through the matter on the way here.

I want to mention it to Qi Huan, but because they are also male and female, and they belong to master and servant, it is a little hard to tell.

Qi Huan pretended not to see his embarrassment, but asked, "Did you cover up the aftermath properly? Didn't you leave any clues or excuses?"

"No!" Wei Feng quickly said, "It's all broken. As long as the eldest lady doesn't take the initiative to pursue this matter, today's matter will definitely not be exposed."

"That's good." Qi Huan nodded, "It's good that you and I know about this. It has nothing to do with us, and there is no need to say anything. You have worked hard."

Wei Feng cupped his hands, he still didn't have the nerve to say anything more to her, so he took two quick steps on his horse and chased him to the front to lead the way.

Qi Huan closed the window and retreated into the carriage.

Xing Luo knelt beside her, with doubts on his face: "Miss took so much trouble to inquire about the inside information, is that all it is? Is it just to satisfy our curiosity?"

Qi Huan looked back and asked, "What else?"

"Prince Ning and Mrs. Ye are deceiving everyone like this. If they report this to His Majesty and the Empress, they will be guilty of deceiving the Emperor." Xing Luo said.

Yun Xi was beside her, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "That's it!"

Qi Huan laughed.

But then, her eyes slowly turned cold again, and she said leisurely: "You and I can see through things, how could your majesty and empress do not know the methods used by the couple in Prince Ning's mansion? Since they can't see through To put it bluntly, there must be their reasons and follow-up plans, and I can't dismantle their platform without knowing the severity just to vent my anger."

Empress Gu told her clearly at the beginning that she asked the emperor to keep Ye Xunyi.

In fact, on this matter, if the emperor and empress wanted to get to the bottom of it, they would have dragged the Wen woman into the palace early in the morning for questioning.

Concubine Sheng Xian and Yun Zheng were fans of the authorities, thinking that the emperor was soft-hearted, so they turned a blind eye and told them to muddle through this matter, but Qi Huan didn't think so.

The two girls looked at each other.

But when it came to the issue of the empress, they didn't dare to discuss it arbitrarily, so they had to stop here.

Xing Luo settled down, then leaned closer to Qi Huan and said, "Miss, and...why did I see Wei Feng's expression was weird just now, as if he didn't finish his sentence, do you want to ask again?"

Speaking of this, Qi Huan couldn't help but feel complicated.

She froze for a moment, then said with a slight smile that had nothing to do with her: "He has something to hide, it's inconvenient to say."

Yun Xi is the kind of person who is innocent and good-natured, so he immediately looked over eagerly.

Qi Huan didn't really want to say such embarrassing things in front of the little girls, but thinking about the fact that people's hearts are sinister, it would be good for them to know that the alarm bells would ring.

Therefore, she thought it over and over again, and then mentioned: "After the Qiyuan incident, Wei Feng had first-hand news that King Ning was burned by me, but the injury was in that kind of place, which is too hard to tell. So he didn't even say anything about His Majesty and Concubine Sheng Xian, but closed the door and secretly let the medical officer in the mansion recuperate and heal his wounds. According to that woman Wen, Ye Xunyi's fetus was conceived later... ..."

When she finished her words, she clicked to the end.

Yun Xi was ignorant, still innocent and innocent.

After Xing Luo thought about it, her face turned red and her eyes were full of panic, and she exhaled in surprise: "If Ye's miscarriage is true, then the child she lost... should not belong to King Ning!"

When Yun Xi heard the words, she finally came to her senses, and her eyes widened in astonishment.

Before she could scream, Qi Huan picked up an apple from the table and stuffed it into her mouth, and said in a low voice, "Don't yell."

Yun Xi was gagged, and Xing Luo quickly covered her mouth, for fear that she would lose her voice if she couldn't control her emotions.

Ye Xunyi fell into such a situation, and a large part of the reason for this was her own fault. Qi Huan had already had a feud with her, so naturally he would not be maddened by the Virgin Mary and go to complain for her.

Can--

Ye Xunyi risked his death to his own death, and as a woman, he watched the situation and encounters of women in this patriarchal environment...

Qi Huan couldn't help but feel complicated.

The eyes and ears in the palace are not easy to fool, in order to get rid of the lies he told in front of the imperial court, indeed, the safest way for Yun Zheng is to really ask Ye Xunyi to conceive a child.

But on the matter of the month, if the child is going to be born, there will be a time difference of two months, and once it is delayed to three or four months, it will not show up for a long time, but anyone who does not deal with them may use this as an excuse to question it. And asked for a thorough investigation to confirm Ye Xunyi's real pregnancy time.

In order not to take the follow-up risk, Yun Zheng simply had a real pregnancy and a miscarriage, and prevaricated the matter once and for all.

If Ye Xunyi was a submissive little girl who was used as a shield, after suffering such hardship, she might still choose to submit to it.

But she is a reborn heroine who has awakened her self-awareness——

After this incident, she and Yun Zheng might have formed a deadly feud!
Xing Luo also thought of this point: "So, did His Highness King Ning put on a cuckold for himself? Even so, he might think that Ye Shi is a thorn in his side when he looks at her in the future, and Ye Shi... ate it Such a big loss, why don’t you hate him to death?”

Qi Huan twitched the corner of his mouth.

Even if the relationship between Ye Xunyi and Yun Zheng is dog-eat-dog, she still can't laugh now.

She just sighed sincerely: "Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why His Majesty and Empress want to keep their lives temporarily?"

The two girls were once again entangled by these words.

Yunxi said, "What do you mean?"

The carriage just turned onto a mountain road and started to go uphill.

Qi Huan's thoughts were interrupted, so he patted her head and changed the topic: "I'm talking nonsense. The road up the mountain is bumpy, don't eat it, and be careful of choking."

Yun Xi didn't take it seriously, but still took the apple and gnawed it: "If I can't even eat it well, then I'll really be a waste."

Qi Huan was amused by her and laughed too.

Xing Luo climbed to the window, looked out, and teased: "Miss, people say that you have to hike to the mountain when you come to the temple, and you will see your sincerity when you go up, so that the Buddha will bless you...Are we really not going to get out of the car?"

Qi Huan didn't come out this time to worship Buddha.

A few days ago, Mrs. Yu suddenly got excited and said that she would come to the Buddhist temple to worship the Buddha and stay for a while.

She brought Qi Yunge with her, and Qi Wenjing was also very annoyed by their grandparent and grandson at that time, so she nodded in agreement, presumably because she wanted the house to be clean and clean.

But it has been seven or eight days since they left, and they never went back.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival will be here in two days, I can't just throw Mrs. Yu on this mountain for the festival——

Qi Huan was supposed to come out today, so he volunteered, saying he was here to pick him up.

She was about to be speechless at first, but when she thought about Gu Zhan who was far away in the southern border, she immediately felt guilty: "Stop the car."

Qi Huan has never been to a Buddhist temple, nor worshiped a Buddha, Xing Luo originally thought she did not believe in this.

Hearing this, I was greatly surprised.

But Qi Huan had already insisted on stopping the carriage, so they didn't have much to say, they all got out of the car and walked up the mountain on foot.

Originally, it took half an hour in a carriage, but the group of people stopped and went, but they walked for more than an hour.

When he reached the top of the mountain, Qi Huan was so tired that his legs were weak, and he just wanted to sit down at the entrance of the mountain.

This Xiangguo Temple is the national temple of Dajon, with the largest scale, the most prosperous incense, and the scale of buildings is also extremely magnificent.

Xing Luo took out a handkerchief to wipe Qi Huan's sweat, panting at the same time: "We're walking this way, and the sun is already slanting to the west. Will we be able to go down the mountain in time? I'm afraid we'll have to stay an extra night, right?"

Qi Huan took the handkerchief and wiped his sweat by himself, and continued walking in spirit: "You go to grandma and Qi Yunge to tell them to pack up, and I'll go to the hall to offer incense. Walking this way is pious enough. We have to go back in advance. I didn't say hello to my mother, if she stayed on the mountain overnight, she would be worried."

(End of this chapter)