A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Why is Master Cen the fifth-rank governor of a prefecture? What is involved is the murder of a close relative, which is a big case that is vain and insane. The prefect of Jingzhao also pays special attention to it, and immediately reported it to the emperor.

The emperor didn't have any special instructions, he just told him to deal with it impartially based on the evidence.

Cen, the aunt of the Cen family, acted as a witness, detailing the incident, and with clear evidence in hand, Jingzhao Mansion Yin immediately ordered officers to go to Qingzhou Mansion to invite the second master Cen back to confront him.

After that, the brothers and sisters of the Cen family went to court.

As the witnesses and material evidences were convincing, Mr. Cen's argument was irrefutable, and the case was soon closed.

Because killing relatives is a felony, Master Cen Er was sentenced to a heavy sentence and cut in half. His eldest son, Cen Youming, who had already entered an official position, was also taken into office, and the whole family was exiled in Lingnan.

Gu Zhan stared at the case the whole time, and even came to inform Qi Huan when the result came out.

The two sat in Chunyuzhai drinking tea.

Gu Zhan said: "Qi Yuanming was not pulled out. Your second aunt claimed that she saw Master Cen Er commit the crime that day. She not only pointed out the scar on the back of the other party's neck when the deceased grabbed him, but also took out a piece of Er Er Cen who was lost at the scene. The master's Peiyu. Ironically, the second master Cen also had a guilty conscience after committing the murder. He just thought that the two brothers fell into the water carelessly. When the second elder of the Cen family drove the crane, he sent someone to look for it on the pretext of renovating the pond, but he couldn't find it. At that time, things had been calm for several years, and he had actually relaxed his heart, and he didn't find it and didn't care too much. , I thought it was picked up by some money-grubbing servant after it was accidentally lost."

"If it wasn't for his being too conceited and bullying too much, my second aunt probably already planned to rot this matter in her stomach." Qi Huan looked not very interested, shaking a cup in his hand, shaking his head with a wry smile, "Many people are like this. After doing a bad thing once, they will continue to expand their ambitions and get good things. They think that they can continue to win if they succeed once by taking a wrong path. But they don't know that good and evil come to an end. There will be rewards, if you do too many evil things, sooner or later your boat will capsize."

That second master Cen is really a villain worthy of the name.

After winning the position by killing brothers and seizing the property, they all drifted away. Before the official became too big, he first played the trick of blocking and killing gods and Buddhas. I will admit that I am subdued...

However, Qi Yuanming kicked the iron plate, threatened others with a handle, and directly compensated himself.

Qi Yuanming's mistake was that he overestimated his own strength and underestimated the evil in human nature.

However, Master Cen was wrong because he underestimated Cen's love for his son, thinking that in order to have a reliable family, Cen would have to swallow his anger even if his son died unexpectedly, maybe because he himself is a cold-blooded and heartless person without family affection and kindness. It took it for granted that he overestimated his control over others.

In the final analysis, it was just a dog biting a dog. The uncle and nephew both wanted to threaten and control people by all means, but in the end they both died together.

The matter of the Cen family is completely settled here, and there is nothing much to say.

When mentioning self-esteem and Zhu'er who let himself go, Qi Huan inevitably thought of Ye Xunyi again.

She regained her focus, and gave Gu Zhan a serious look: "Is there any movement in Prince Rui's Mansion recently?"

Gu Zhan said: "After King Rui returned to the court this time, he is more calm and introverted than before. His power in the court has almost been removed, but now it is a rule, just doing his best to do the errands assigned to him by His Majesty.

As he said that, his eyes were filled with worry, and he took Qi Huan's hand and held it in his palm: "That Ye Xunyi has a wicked mind, and both of them are unscrupulous people..."

When Qi Huan heard the words, he laughed directly and interrupted him: "Don't worry about that, King Rui is not King Ning. With King Rui Yunheng's city and stamina, he won't lose his mind to listen to Ye Xunyi's instigation, and follow Ye Xunyi's instigation. Just come to trouble me like a 'nobody'. Even if Ye Xunyi hates me to the bone and keeps pushing him, he will definitely persuade the other party to be patient. Therefore, Ye Xunyi is on his side, and I am very cautious. Heart!"

Only Ye Xunyi would think that Yun Heng in the previous life was able to succeed because of her assistance. She is indeed a good knife for eradicating dissidents, but with her pattern and vision...

It is also allocated to others as a swordsman.

In terms of brains and strategies, after all, it has to rely on Yun Heng himself.

Ye Xunyi thought that she dared to stroke the tiger's beard and accompanied Yun Heng to challenge the imperial power and challenge the royal family. That was because of her superb vision and means...

When Yun Heng propped up a stage for her to perform, she would naturally be able to see the farther and higher scenery. Without this stage, she would only be overwhelmed.

That's why Qi Huan hinted that in the Sky Prison that day, in the so-called destiny of the dream, it was necessary for Yun Heng and Ye Xunyi to join forces, and this world should have been included in their pocket.

Yun Heng has always had a good impression of Ye Xunyi, thinking that she has a somewhat unique and flexible mind, coupled with the blessing of this sugar-coated shell...

How could the ambitious His Royal Highness King Rui give up his destined nobleman?

But he saved Ye Xunyi, and if he wanted to continue to take that woman for his own use, he would definitely try his best to make her submit, there was only one thing——

His pattern of aspiring to the top of the world would never allow him to be so short-sighted that he would agree to help Ye Xunyi vent his personal anger to make things difficult for a little-known boudoir woman like himself.

Originally, if he endured the humiliation and finally ascended to the throne, let alone Qi Huan from the Marquis of Changning, it would be Gu Zhan and the Duke of Pingguo. Yu Nian only fulfilled his long-cherished wish and finally helped the eldest daughter of the Ye family to the post, just to satisfy his self-esteem!

"That being said..." Gu Zhan still agrees with this argument, but Qi Huan is the person on top of his heart, he can't be foolproof, he is always worried.

"Don't talk about others." Qi Huan didn't understand his thoughts, so he interrupted him again and changed the topic, "Let's talk about ourselves. Now our old man's funeral can be handled neatly, what do you think?" Are you ready? When will we get married? Are you rushing to do it in the near future?"

When this matter was mentioned, Gu Zhan obviously hesitated and showed embarrassment.

He was deliberating and just about to speak, when he saw Qi Wenjing's relatives in the courtyard looking for him: "Miss, Gu Shizi is well."

Qi Huan looked up: "Father asked you to come? What's the matter?"

"Master Hou heard that Gu Shizi is coming, so he sent a message to the younger one, saying that if Shizi is free for a while, he will go out to the study to play chess with him." The follower said.

The day after Qi Zhengyu's burial, the imperial court issued a decree, and Qi Wenjing had officially taken over the title, becoming the veritable head of the Changning Marquis Mansion.

Qi Huan asked again: "Didn't Third Uncle come back today? Has he left now?"

"Not yet, Master Hou, Second Master and Third Master are still in the study." The attendant smiled, and glanced at Gu Zhan, "Master Hou was afraid that Mr. Gu would leave in a short while, so he sent the younger one to come over early to let him know. , the third master is also eating at home at noon today, if Gu Shizi is not in a hurry to leave, he can also eat at home."

Just as Qi Huan was about to agree, Gu Zhan had already smoothed his robe and stood up: "Then I'll go over now and say hello to the elders."

Without the old man's backing and obstruction, the second room is completely at peace now, and the three brothers Qi Wenjing are still in harmony.

Qi Huan didn't think much about it, he just got up and got him the cloak.

Gu Zhan quickly raised his hand to block it: "It's only a few steps to the front yard, don't make people think I'm hypocritical."

It is now mid-March, and the weather has warmed up a lot.

Qi Huan thought about it, so he put it away again.

After Gu Zhan left, Qi Huan thought for a while, then walked out of the house and took Xing Luo to Xia Yuexuan.

Two days ago, Qi Zhengyu was going to be buried, so Qi Huan asked someone to go to the village to pick up Qi Yunge temporarily.

She must have been frightened by Ling Miaomiao's end. She was much quieter and more honest this time when she came back. No one restrained her these few days, and she basically stayed in her own courtyard in a good manner and did not come out to wander around.

When Qi Huan went, she was sitting on a stone bench in the yard basking in the sun.

A little distracted, she didn't come back to her senses until Qi Huan came close and the shadow came down.

"Big sister!" Qi Yunge stood up quickly, with a somewhat restrained and obviously nervous expression.

Qi Huan just pretended not to notice, neither sat down nor turned around with her, and said directly: "I want to talk to you about something, grandma decided to leave Beijing, go to the other courtyard of the manor under Qingxin Nunnery outside the city to worship Buddha, and pray for grandfather and family , you know about this, right?"

"Ah!" Qi Yunge seemed to be vaguely aware of something, his reaction was a bit slow, but he nodded instinctively.

Then, she nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and tentatively said: "Then the big sister is looking for me..."

Qi Huan said: "I just want to ask you, do you want to go with her?"

But I didn't want to, when Qi Yunge heard this, tears immediately started to roll in his eyes.

Now that she has returned to the mansion, it is impossible not to pay her respects to Mrs. Yu. In the past few days, she has gone there two or three times. Although the old lady always lies down sick, she still has unreasonable hair Temperament, especially difficult to serve.

In the past, she could be coaxed temporarily by saying nice things, but now she is always throwing things and shouting, and tossing the people around her for no reason.

In the past, Qi Yunge was willing to go to her to ask her for support, but now——

The old lady is getting old, and she is fooling around everywhere. She is still young, and she has to get married in two years.

Qi Yunge's face turned red, because he knew that in the past, he always relied on the old lady to separate Qi Huan's mother and daughter from each other. At this time, he was afraid that Qi Huan would deliberately punish her, but he still had a glimmer of hope, and his voice was as thin as a mosquito's. : "I... can I not go?"

As soon as the old lady leaves the house, it's uncertain when she will be able to come back, and she is so irritable and moody now, I'm afraid I will be a sandbag and a punching bag for her if I go with her.

As soon as the words came out, Qi Yunge himself became anxious, grabbed Qi Huan's hand, and begged earnestly: "Big sister, let me stay in the house, I promise to stay obediently and never cause trouble again, I will be filial Mother, you are so obedient."

As he spoke, he desperately wanted to kneel down again.

From the very beginning, Qi Huan had no interest in embarrassing the little girls, but they were all cunning and always looking for trouble.

Qi Huan pulled her hand out of his wrist, still with a lukewarm look: "If you don't go, then don't go, after two years when Shouxiao comes out, you still have to talk about relatives, if you have nothing to do, you can embroider." Embroider dowry and read books."

After saying that, he took Xing Luo back the same way.

There were two lines of tears on Qi Yunge's face, but he was stunned for a long time, then he sucked his nose and wiped away the tears with his sleeve.

Coming out of Xia Yuexuan, Xing Luo couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Seeing that Miss Si must have learned a lesson this time, it seems that she suddenly became more sensible, and she didn't even bother with the old lady anymore."

Qi Huan sighed: "It turned out that it was Yu's aunt and nephew who taught her badly. With Ling Miaomiao as a lesson, if she doesn't have a long memory, there is really no cure."

When mentioning Ling Miaomiao, Xing Luo couldn't help hesitating: "The third aunt also returned to Beijing a while ago, you really don't plan to send this Miss Ling family back to them?"

Ling Zhicheng and Qi Wenheng came back to attend the funeral. Ling Zhicheng obviously had a quarrel with the Qi family, and he had already laid down in the officialdom, so he didn't expect the Qi family to support him. He came back from thousands of miles just for the sake of fame and face. Because of love, Qi Zhengyu came back before he was about to be buried, showed his face, and waited for the old man to be buried in peace. He turned his head and went back to work in other places.

But Qi Wenheng seized the opportunity, cried and shouted to be filial piety for his father, and did not go with him.

What Xing Luo thought was that after all, she was her own daughter, but Qi Huan said: "It's not that I don't want them to be reunited, it's that Ling Miaomiao can't go back by herself. With her current state, there is no hope of getting married in the future. My aunt's temper will definitely not be swallowed. When the time comes, the world will be turned upside down. Everyone will know that she will be forced to die if she doesn't want to die. Now it's thanks to her thinking about it. I will say hello to my mother later. Ask her to help find a secluded nunnery, and take care of it, after all, our family will keep her safe and well-fed, and if she is willing to turn the ancient Buddha into green light, then let her go to Qingxiu."

Ling Miaomiao's situation is really helpless. After entering that kind of low-grade place, first of all, she just poured down a bowl of excellent soup, but she didn't have to worry about it. In addition, she has endured too much humiliation and abuse. Men who speak louder will be shocked...

People at this time regard women's fame and festivals as their lives, and marrying wives is basically for the purpose of carrying on the family line. Fortunately, Ling Miaomiao thought about it on her own and only wanted to have a stable life for the rest of her life. Otherwise, she would still want to marry. Instead, it was a problem for Qi Huan.

We are all women, no matter how unpopular Ling Miaomiao was in the past, it is pitiful to end up like this, Xing Luo couldn't help sighing again.

In the outer study room, when Gu Zhan passed by, the three brothers of the Qi family were talking about Ding You.

Gu Zhan, the prospective son-in-law of the Qi family, was too diligent in running around their house, and no one thought that there would be any changes in his marriage with Qi Huan, so he treated him equally as one of his own.

After he greeted and sat down, everyone continued to chat.

Qi Wenjing said: "Ding You's son's father had already handed it in when he just passed away, and now the court has approved it, and the matter at hand on my side has been handed over, so there is no need to go to the yamen anymore, how about you, second child?"

Qi Wenang is most depressed now, and said with a dark face: "I'm almost done here, and I went to tell them the last thing this morning. If the successor has any problems, just come and look for me. Anyway, I live in the capital. , it is convenient to come and go.”

He has worked hard for twenty years as an official, and he stopped as soon as he said he would stop, and he still has to worry about whether Ding You will be able to return to his official position when he comes out in the future; his only son is gone, so he should hurry to create a new one and train him again, because he can't do it during the filial piety period. ...

The whole one is dejected and the future is bleak.

But Ding You can't do anything about it, no one can accommodate him.

Qi Wenjing sighed in various ways, then looked at Qi Wenyan and said, "What about you, third child? Your Majesty has always valued you very much, and didn't reveal any intention of taking the funeral?"

He and Qi Wenang kept their filial piety because they deserved their share, but he felt sorry for Qi Wenyan from the bottom of his heart.

Originally, Qi Zhengyu had already felt sorry for their mother and son, but now because of Qi Zhengyu's death, he was asked to stay at home for three years and keep his filial piety for the old man?Who is not depressed?
Qi Wenyan, on the other hand, had a calm expression, drank tea leisurely, and said with a smile: "Historically, most of the people who have been franchised to seize funerals are military generals, but it has to be done at a critical moment in the war. I am a civil servant in Beijing. , it’s not like the court can’t turn around without me.”

As he spoke, his tone became more and more leisurely: "If you are in mourning, you should be in mourning. It's rare to be free."

Seeing him like this, Qi Wenang became more and more panicked.

It is very clear that the reason why Qi Wenyan is not in a hurry and does not mind is because he is self-confident. Even if he comes out of Shouxiao for three years, he will still be able to fight his way back into the officialdom and make a living...

People are more than people, it's really maddening!
"Let's do this first, let's not talk about it." Seeing that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the room, Qi Wenjing quickly made a final decision, ended the topic and looked at Gu Zhan, who was listening: "Chen Yi, the main thing to call you over is It's for your marriage with my sister Huan..."