After being killed by the villain husband

Chapter 25
Chen Mianzheng's eyelids trembled a few times, and he squinted at Shang Shixu: "What do you mean?"

Shang Shixu calmly replied: "I have repeatedly submitted letters to raise taxes. If I am angry today, it is hard not to be suspected of harboring evil intentions. All along, the king of Zhao has always benefited, and I have been the one who has lost faith in the world. In the end, His Majesty descended. The crime will only be borne by me, the servant of the household department, as a scapegoat."

Chen Mianzheng's tone softened slightly: "You are the adopted son of this old man, if something happens to you, this old man will not be able to get rid of it."

"It's just... the adopted son!" Shang Shixu raised his eyes and looked at Chen Mianzheng coldly. His face was pale, scarlet blood continued to flow, and his dark pupils quickly ignited cold flames: "But I am really Lin Shangshu's son-in-law." !"

Chen Mian was facing his coldness, and said sternly, "You think so?"

Shang Shixu suddenly withdrew his negative energy. What he said just now was just to make them think that he was so confused that they wouldn't understand that they wanted to blame him.

Then he curled up the corner of his mouth and said with a half-smile: "How could it be?"

Chen Mian was frowning and examining him.

Shang Shixu's face returned to indifference again: "Although I am Lin Shangshu's son-in-law, I have no relationship with his daughter. He claims to be Qingliu in the court, and he has never had any political connection with me. The reason why I recognize you as a foster father He really wanted to cling to the big tree of his lord, and he even did not hesitate to tell the truth about his identity and hand over his weakness to his lord. He just hoped to get his blessing, and he would naturally be loyal to his lord. How dare he lie about anything. Well, regardless of the matter in the northern border, if the matter really comes to light, Mr. Zhongshu Ling doesn’t have to speak up, and Shang will bear it all by himself, but this time the situation is urgent, and I haven’t had time to report it to my adoptive father.”

Chen Mian stretched his eyebrows when he heard the words, raised his chin and observed Shang Shixu from top to bottom.

Shang Shixu went on to say: "The matter of the Nanling can no longer be concealed, and now we can only hope to cover up the matter of the northern region. His Majesty will definitely send someone to the northern region to investigate personally. Compared with being recommended by your adoptive father, it is difficult to avoid suspicion. Why not?" His Majesty personally appoints Shang to go, so that you can stop the people talking, right?"

Chen Mian heard the words and thought it was reasonable, but he still didn't trust him: "You mean you have a way to suppress the matter in the northern border?"

Shang Shixu chuckled, and replied, "I will prove to my lord that Shang's role is not just a scapegoat, he can only find a reason in the northern border to let an unknown person be convicted. His Majesty is all about peace at the border, so why would he care where the extra bags of food from a few Nanling people went?"

Chen Mian smiled: Yes, he holds the secret of Shang Shixu, how dare he betray himself?
He stood up, walked to Shang Shixu, and warned with a half smile but not a smile: "My son, show your sincerity, I won't treat you badly after the matter is settled, don't make up your own mind anymore." , and added another sentence: "The male bird is useful, and I will naturally keep it. If it is addicted to the female bird, in order to let the male bird concentrate, if necessary, the old man can get rid of the female bird!"

Shang Shixu's face immediately turned cold, and the waves in his eyes quickly returned to calm, and he just replied lightly: "Yes."

……

Lin Jingmo was embroidering a purse lying on the soft little table, and her upper eyelids and lower eyelids started fighting before she was halfway through the embroidery. In the end, she just had to compromise and fell asleep on the crooked couch.

When Shang Shixu came back from Zhongshuling's mansion, he saw that Lin Jingmo was still holding the embroidered face. He took Lin Jingmo's hand away and took out the unfinished embroidered face. A smile appeared on his face: "The embroidery is so ugly." !

He turned his head to look at Lin Jingmo, who was sleeping soundly, and remembered what Chen Mianzheng said just now. Although he was the so-called adoptive father, it was just a compliment on the surface, and he held a handle to restrain each other. He could give up everything in order to gain his trust. But now...

Shang Shixu stretched out his hand and gently swayed Lin Jingmo's little hand on the side: What should I do if my wife is really troubled?
Thinking of this, he let go of Lin Jingmo's hand.

……

Mother Li walked into the room with a candlestick in her hand. She saw that Lin Jingmo was still sleeping, so she put the candlestick on the table and gently pushed Lin Jingmo: "Girl, go to bed and sleep. It's better to lie here crooked." comfortable."

Lin Jingmo opened his eyes in a daze, and saw that it was Mama Li, so he turned over again, and muttered: "My husband is injured, let him sleep on the bed, Mama Li, please bring the baby table, I will sleep on it." On the couch."

Mother Li shook her head, removed the little table next to Lin Jingmo, and continued to push Lin Jingmo: "My uncle went back to sleep in the courtyard, and you are tired after taking care of my uncle and his wife for several days. The girl is sleeping on the bed today. Mother Li is sleeping on the couch with the girl."

Lin Jingmo sat up suddenly: "Husband has returned to the side courtyard?"

Li's mother pointed to the desk beside her and said, "Look, even his official documents have been taken away."

Lin Jingmo looked at the empty desk, frowned and pursed his lips, and said unhappily: "His injuries are not fully healed yet! Why... moved away without saying a word... besides..."

She looked down at the embroidered surface that she hadn't embroidered yet. Fortunately, she still thought that the Qiqiao Festival was coming, and wanted to embroider a purse for him with her own hands and pray to the Weaver Girl for the couple's happiness... Besides, she also wanted to make an appointment on the day of the Qiqiao Festival. Let's go to the river to put lanterns together and pray for blessings.

Thinking of this, Lin Jingmo hurriedly got up from the couch and ran all the way from the main courtyard to the side courtyard. As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, she saw that the light in Shang Shixu's room was still on, and she happily went to the door again. Before he could take two steps, the lights in the room went out.

Lin Jingmo pursed his lips, thinking that he had just recovered from his serious injury, and didn't want to disturb his rest, so he turned and walked back towards the main courtyard.

What she didn't know was that Shang Shixu had been watching her the whole time. When she came, he extinguished the candle, and when she left, he lit the candle again.

He looked out the window, obviously Lin Jingmo's leaving back had long since disappeared, but he still seemed to see her smiling clearly standing at the door.Seeing her smile, he also gradually curled the corners of his mouth, but when he recalled the picture of Chen Mianzheng's single male thrush, he returned to his usual serious look, but there was a touch of sadness in his eyes.

If Chen Mianzheng found out that he was in love with Lin Jingmo, how would he deal with her?Will it kill her?

He reached out and opened the account book he got from Lin Jingmo's main courtyard. This account book recorded that Zhao Wang Qi Xuanyi had instigated the Ministry of Households and the Northern Territory to submit a letter to levy Nanling taxes on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had cooperated with the Northern Territory to privately create a register for the past two years. , So as to embezzle all the accounts of food and payment.

Thinking of this, Shang Shixu opened the secret compartment of the study, and locked the ledger inside together with the phoenix hairpin that almost stabbed Lin Jingmo to death.

(End of this chapter)