Exquisite ingenuity

Chapter 123

When she got off the car, she still looked wary towards Song Jingxing.

Song Jingxing seemed to have a thick skin, and he didn't seem to notice Zhao Jinyi's defensiveness towards him.However, he felt a little funny in his heart, he is that hungry wolf, so scary?Originally, he wanted to explain clearly about the marriage proposal, but the words turned around in his stomach, and he took it back.

Zhao Jinyi got out of the carriage, frowned slightly, and said to himself in a low voice: "The carriage hired outside is not good." The seat cushion was thin and tight, and even though it had only been sitting for half an hour, it still felt cramped.Hips seem to be aching.Hey, although she is the daughter of a small family, she is also a well-raised girl. Craftsman Song has the nerve to propose marriage to her. His family doesn't even have a carriage, and they still hire such a crude carriage.Zhao Jinyi had forgotten that the conditions of the Ning family were not much better than those of Song Jing's family.Probably this means that if you don't like someone, you can't love your house and your crow.If this car was hired by Ning Yong, she would probably praise Ning Yong for being diligent and thrifty in managing the house, not a scholar who only knows how to study hard.

Her voice was so low that Song Jingxing didn't seem to hear her, and he just tied up the horse by himself.

What they are in now is a quiet alley.The hot sun has faded, and the alley is cool.Zhao Jinyi looked up at the pear blossoms protruding from the courtyard wall, and was surprised that Song Jingxing could find such a small courtyard with style.

The dilapidated courtyard door opened, and an old servant in a blue shirt came out and saluted the two: "You two are here."

Zhao Jinyi didn't ask much, and silently followed Song Jingxing into the door.

Entering the yard, the pear trees are in full bloom, which makes people feel refreshed and happy when they look at it.

A man in his fifties stood on the steps with his hands behind his back. Seeing Song Jingxing leading a young man in, he frowned. Is this young man the important witness that Song Lang said?Is it too young?Look at his red lips and white teeth, as if he has never been tempered by wind and rain.Such a person, Song Langzhong trusted him so much?

Song Jingxing led Zhao Jinyi and saluted the man: "Master Lin."

This man is Lin Wei.

It was Zhao Jinyi who greeted Lin Wei from his daughter's family: "Master Lin."

The voice was not deliberately covered up, but a daughter's voice like a warbler's cry.

Only then did Lin Wei discover that the young man turned out to be a girl.Unconcealable surprise flashed across his face, but after all, he was someone who had been in the officialdom for many years. He restrained his expression and smiled slightly at Zhao Jinyi: "Girl, please come in." Since ancient times, a hero comes from a teenager, and a young man is courageous. But women are no less.

There is a large bay in the house, the windows are wide open, and a long desk is placed in front of the window, and you can see the pear blossoms blooming in the yard.

The old servant served hot tea, and Lin Wei cut to the chase: "How's the investigation on the ink corruption case?"

Song Jingxing glanced at Zhao Jinyi: "This girl is Zhao Chenghuan's niece."

Holding the hot tea, Zhao Jinyi kept his face calm and calm: "To tell you the truth, Lin Shilang, two murders involving life-threatening and caesarean section occurred in the Zhao family in the past two days."

When she was talking, she kept looking at Lin Wei.

Lin Wei's thick black eyebrows just twitched: "The King Zhong has always liked this kind of ghost thing. It is one of his hobbies to use dead babies as sacrifices. However, before, he just sent people around to collect babies who died at birth. , and now they have resorted to unscrupulous means to extract a child by caesarean section, I think they are getting more and more mad."

Using dead babies as sacrifices?The loyal king could think of it.According to Dr. Li, the fetus in Qiuling's womb is only the size of a newborn cat, and the hands and feet can barely grow out. What can they be used for?
Zhao Jinyi wanted to vomit involuntarily, but he finally endured it.

She asked: "Which ink corruption case are you talking about? How much money did my third uncle embezzle in this case?" Sanfang's life has always been tight. There is a lot of money, why not use it to subsidize the family?

Lin Wei sighed: "Miss Zhao heard about the ink corruption case on the embankment of the canal in Kyoto six years ago? At that time, Su Hao, the son of Su Bo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was ordered to preside over the construction of the embankment. Not long after the embankment was built, it happened to be flooded. The newly built embankment was vulnerable, and the flood destroyed countless fields, houses and crops. Su Hao was impeached by the censor for not doing enough to build the embankment. He was greedy for money and filled his own pockets. Later, Su Bo ran around trying to find out that Su Hao was not corrupt. But Su Hao was still demoted and released, not long ago he was depressed and died in a foreign place."

Zhao Jinyi listened quietly, with a calm expression on his face.She was still young six years ago, even though she had heard about this matter, she never paid much attention to it.

She is a calm girl.

Lin Wei continued: "It turned out that this matter was released after Su Hao was released, but in the past few years, the old man accidentally got a piece of news that there was something else wrong with the embezzlement case on the river bank six years ago. This matter has always been I searched secretly, but I didn't have any clue until I met Song Langzhong not long ago."

Song Jingxing had also been listening quietly, and nodded slightly at Zhao Jinyi when he heard the words.

"Song Langzhong's father was originally a bricklayer. Six years ago, he saw that the government was recruiting craftsmen to build river embankments, so he led a group of craftsmen to apply. After leaving, he never came back."

Zhao Jinyi was taken aback.No wonder I didn't see Mr. Song's father in the Song family, so that's the case.At that time, he was only in his teens, his two younger sisters were still young, but his father was gone.Over the years, he has carried a family and raised a widowed mother and younger sister, and he is also strong...

She glanced at Song Jingxing silently, but she saw that Song Jingxing's face was calm without any sadness.

That's right, six years have passed since the incident, no matter how difficult it is to calm down, it has turned into a storm in the bottom of my heart.

However, when he first entered the Zhao family, would he vent his hatred on the rest of the Zhao family because of his hatred for his third uncle?

No, Artisan Song is not that kind of person.He also saved her twice.

As Zhao Jinyi thought about it, he felt guilty towards Song Jingxing.

Song Jingxing said calmly, "Not long ago, Su Hao's daughter, Su Chu, gave me a list, on which the name of the third master of the Zhao family was impressively listed."

When talking about Su Chu, Song Jingxing took a special look at Zhao Jinyi.After all, it was the name of his rival in love, he was afraid that she would have resistance.

However, Zhao Jinyi gave him a puzzled look, urging him to continue speaking clearly on his face.

"After having the roster, things became a little easier. Lin Shilang and I tracked down the vines and found out the shocking secrets of King Zhong, and the shocking truth about the embezzlement of ink on the river embankment."

"King Zhong has always been known as the King of Xiaoyao. He never cared about the affairs of the court. He just prayed for the heavenly family every day. The construction of the embankment has nothing to do with him. After all, back then, he could He was praying for the Heavenly Family on Mount Wutai. But after careful investigation this time, he found that the officials who participated in the construction of the embankment, except for Su Hao, were inextricably related to King Zhong."

She did not find any of these Linglong Bookstores.What she found out was that King Zhong appeared pure-hearted and ascetic on the surface, but in reality he was licentious.

and many more!Zhao Jinyi's heart suddenly thumped.The loyal king is unrestrained, although there are no main concubines and side concubines in the backyard, there are countless beautiful concubines, but the loyal king does not have half a child... Could it be that he... a tiger poison eater?If he always had a caesarean section... Thinking of those bloody scenes, Zhao Jinyi really wanted to vomit this time.

Song Jingxing kept looking at Zhao Jinyi.Seeing that her face suddenly became ugly, she thought it was because she was worried about her third uncle.After all, a broken bone is connected to a tendon. If something happens to Zhao Chenghuan, the other two households of the Zhao family will inevitably suffer.

Zhao Jinyi took a sip of tea before suppressing the disgusting feeling in his heart.She raised her eyes and smiled weakly at Song Jingxing.

Since she was fine, he was relieved.Song Jingxing continued: "Take Miss Zhao's third uncle as an example. Back then, he was just a small official. In the river embankment case, the person who was greedy for ink was only fifty pennies. But because of the fifty pennies, he He has become a pawn of the loyal king."

Fifty guan!Zhao Jinyi couldn't help but laugh.Is their Zhao family living in such distress?
Suddenly someone clapped their hands and said in an approving tone: "Mr. Song is indeed the one Su Bo likes. He is really amazing."

(End of this chapter)