Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 206 Disgusting way to die

The day after the blood letter was posted, Qin Xiang's family closed their doors and stopped going out.

However, Liu Xi came back and told Qin Xun and Uncle Qi that the county government had begun to search for the person who posted the blood letter, and that someone from the Dancheng government office had come.

A bombshell came out of Liu Xi's mouth: "On the night when the county government office burned down, Lin was not the only one who died."

Qin Xiang's eyes widened and she looked at Liu Xi. The answer she was about to come out rolled around in her mouth and spit it out softly: "Could it be that Eunuch Zhao is also dead?"

Liu Xi let out a heavy breath: "Not only Eunuch Zhao, but also two of his confidants were burned to death."

"Didn't you say that the fire was quickly controlled because it was discovered in time? How could it still burn so many people to death?"

"Strictly speaking, they were drugged before death. They couldn't move at all. From what I heard, they should have been choked to death by the thick smoke after falling into coma."

"What about Eunuch Zhao? Did he die in this way?" Uncle Qi suddenly asked in a deep voice.

Liu Xi shook his head, frowning tightly, and looked over Qin Xiang's face. It seemed that the cause of Eunuch Zhao's death was really difficult to explain.

Qin Xiang raised her eyebrows and said, "Say it, I can listen to it no matter how disgusting it is."

Has she seen too many disgusting things?

But what happened next still made Qin Xiang sick.

Eunuch Zhao died on the bed, naked, with broken limbs and feces and urine. Eyes were gouged out, noses and ears cut off.

It shows how much the person who killed him hated him.

In fact, Liu Xi still had some things to say, which were even more embarrassing, disgusting, and dirty things. Liu Xi felt that there was no need to tell Qin Xi.

Qin Xiang's family began to make preparations to go to the capital. Unfortunately, Eunuch Zhao's matter was too big and the entire Qijiang County was under strict investigation. It was impossible to leave now.

Qinggu has been distracted these past two days. Qingcan secretly told Qin Xi that Qinggu was homesick.

Qinggu's house is not far from Qijiang County, and it only takes two hours by carriage.

Since he couldn't leave now, Qin Xi asked Qinggu to go back and take a look at his home.

Qinggu was very grateful and went back to pack the package. Qingcan followed her in and gave her a purse: "My wife gave this to you. There are twenty taels of silver in it. You can take it back and give it to your family."

Qinggu took the purse, pursed his lips, and without saying much, put the purse among the clothes in the package and wrapped it up.

Qing Can sat on the edge of the bed and helped fold clothes. Then he glanced at the silent Qing Gu and asked, "Actually, if you are reluctant to leave your family and find your wife to redeem yourself and go home, your wife will definitely allow it."

"You want to leave and get married. If I leave again, there will be no one around my wife." Qinggu raised his head and smiled at Qingcan, then lowered his head to pack his things and said, "I will never marry or leave in this life. Madam. This time I go back to see my family, and from now on I will follow my wife wholeheartedly."

Qingcan bit her lower lip, her eyes a little unwilling, but also seemed to be hesitant or other emotions.

"When you reach my age, you always want to get married." When Qingcan spoke, his eyes did not leave Qinggu. He thought about it and asked tentatively: "You, do you want to be the second master's aunt?"

Qinggu frowned and threw the clothes in his hands into the package. His chest heaved with anger: "Sister Qingcan, we are sisters, and I am grateful that you have helped me before, so I will say this today." I pretend I didn't hear it, and I hope my sister will be careful with her words in the future and never say such things again.

Otherwise, if the news reaches my wife's ears, not only will I be shameless, but my sister's marriage will also suffer setbacks. "

In fact, as soon as the words came out, Qing Can knew that he had made a mistake. Seeing that Qing Gu said such serious words, he was even more ashamed, but he still apologized and coaxed him for a while before he finally revealed the matter. Qingcan sent Qinggu out the back door. As soon as she went back to report to Qin Xiang, she heard her mother-in-law coming to report: "It's good that Miss Qingcan is here. Please tell Mrs. Qingcan that Mr. Qiao is here."

"Why is he here?" Qing Can blurted out, but felt that it was a bit inappropriate to say it. He quickly calmed down and said to the mother-in-law calmly: "Well, you can go!"

Qiao San heard about what happened in Qijiang County and came here to see if Qin Xiang and others had any problems. Of course, Lu Da asked him to come and see the orchids.

In the front hall, Qin Xiang and Mr. Qiao were sitting.

"You are going to the capital. It is a long journey. We have prepared a ship and arranged escorts."

As soon as he said this, Qing Can came in with the little maid to serve tea. Mr. Qiao paused for a moment, and his eyes followed Qing Can involuntarily. This scene all fell into Qin Xiang's eyes.

Qingcan was probably a little embarrassed, so he took the others out after serving tea.

Grandpa Qiao San continued: "Eldest brother still has something to discuss with Mrs. Xiao Er."

"Master Qiao San, please speak!" Although Qin Xiang invested a lot of money in Lu Da and Qiao San, she still spoke very politely.

"Well, we now have a place to stay in Dancheng, so we want to take Miss Lanhua back."

Qin Xiang raised her eyebrows, quite surprised: "Are you sure you can protect Orchid safely?"

Mr. Qiao was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "To be honest, we think it is safer for Lanhua to follow us now than to follow Mrs. Xiao Er."

"Well, that's true." Qin Xiang always liked people who were outspoken, so she admitted it.

"In that case, go and ask Lan Hua what she wants. If she wants to go with you, take her with you."

Mr. Qiao nodded silently.

Qin Xiang added: "After talking about these things, I have one thing to say clearly. I hope Mr. Qiao can tell me the truth."

"What are you talking about?" For some reason, Mr. Qiao swallowed, and his palms became slightly sweaty.

"I heard that you are interested in marrying my maid Qingcan?"

Mr. Qiao San was stunned, and in the blink of an eye he regained his composure, stood up and bowed to Qin Xiang, and then said sincerely: "My dear Mr. Qiao, I sincerely want to marry Miss Qing Can, and I hope Mrs. Xiao Er will grant her."

Qin Xi smiled lightly and said, "Master Qiao, please don't make a decision in a hurry. It won't be too late to make a decision after you listen to what I have to say."

"I'm being rude, Mrs. Xiao, please tell me." Mr. Qiao withdrew his hand and regained his previous confidence and calmness. He sat down calmly and waited for Qin Xiang's words.

"Logically speaking, if the dignified Master Qiao asks to marry a maid from our family, we should be so happy that we agree immediately. However, Qingcan has been with me for so long, and I treat her as a family member, so what I should say is, Let’s make it clear.”

After Mr. Qiao nodded, Qin Xi said slowly: "Qingcan used to work in the house of the former county magistrate. You know this, right?"

"Yeah!" At this point, Mr. Qiao has roughly guessed what he will say next. The hands on his knees unconsciously clenched into fists.

"If she, if she is no longer a virgin, would you still be willing to marry her?"

(End of this chapter)