Taohuaxi

Chapter 83 Qin Mingxu’s handle
The wind is full of secret fragrance, and a little bright moon peeks into people.

Qin Mingxu and I were lying together in our clothes.

In the middle of the night, he got up several times to tuck me in.

Outside the courtyard, layers of green feathers cover the corners of the eaves, like an open tent.

A light heart is like a tadpole, and one can gain a life in a corner.

When you have a child, you have hope for the future.This night was the sweetest night I slept since I came to Qin Mansion.

Early the next morning, I wrote a letter to Feng Gao.

"Bean sprouts, my sister is pregnant, the peas are back, everything is fine, the house will be quiet for a long time, I wish you peace."

I went to the Hedao Si Yamen to find the two factory guards left behind by Feng Gao. I handed the letter to them and watched them release the flying pigeons that carried the message, which made me feel at ease.

Feng Gao was the saddest when the peas were gone.

Although he tried his best to avoid this topic in the following days, I know that his guilt has not diminished.

In Dongchang, he once said with such certainty that his sister's child was the best child in the world and that he would be safe as long as he was around.

Wang Yuzhen's vicious attack was something none of us expected.

This matter is a knot in Feng Gao's mind.

it's good now.

The peas are back, all the gloom will dissipate, and the sky will be bright.

On the tenth day of July, Hua Lian returned home three times.

Since there is no one in her natal family, I am both her husband’s family and her natal family.She and Zhu Xifeng came to Qin Mansion to serve me tea.

She refused to wear silk clothes, saying that she would feel more comfortable wearing Gebu, so Zhu Xifeng let her go.

She walked to the front, and Zhu Xifeng followed her habitually, like a little follower.

Everyone in the Qin family laughed and laughed, but the young uncle was afraid of his wife.

Zhu Xifeng disagreed.

"What's wrong with being henpecked? Young master, I'm afraid of being inn but not of being outside!"

The crowd laughed.

In mid-July, my father's condition improved.

On the Hungry Ghost Festival, I was able to walk around.He took me, Zhu Xifeng, and Hua Lian to burn incense on paper for my mother and Lin Yue.

But this is just a flashback.

When he got up early on July [-]th, the maid brought a copper basin over and prepared to help him wash his face. She called out three times, but the person on the bed didn't respond.The maid stepped forward, took a breath, and exclaimed: "The master has passed away! The master has passed away!"

I was taking inventory on the counter when I heard the news and hurried back with Zhu Xifeng and Hua Lian.

Zhu Xifeng said in disbelief: "How could it be possible? How could it be possible? Didn't dad get better a few days ago? The maid said yesterday that he ate a whole bowl of japonica rice..."

My father did indeed die.

He was lying on the bed, his body as thin as a piece of paper.

Zhu Xifeng burst into tears.

Hua Lian held his hand and comforted him silently.

Not long after, Qin Mingxu also rushed back.He stood beside the bed in a daze.The miracle doctor he invited clearly told us that if he is properly nursed back to health, my father can survive at least until next year.

I wiped my tears with a handkerchief and said, "Shall we invite the clerk from the government office to come and have a look? Dad died suddenly. I..."

Zhu Xifeng said: "Sister, why do you need to ask for help? Dad has been ill for so long, took so much medicine, and suffered so much pain. Now that he is dead, he should be buried in peace. The doctors in Yangzhou City said there is no hope of saving him. There is no telling whether the miracle doctor invited by my brother-in-law will comfort us. If the murderer comes, he will have to disembowel his body, and dad won’t even be able to keep the whole body. Dad is the most afraid of pain, so don’t bother..."

As he spoke, he lay on his father's body and cried again.

Dad loved him for more than ten years, but now that he is gone, he is like a house that has had its beams removed and collapsed.

I thought about it for a long time and called the old servants to wash my father's body, change his shroud, and bury him.

Qin Mingxu stood aside, silent from beginning to end, without saying a word.

Three shifts.

Zheng Fu.

Zou Cheng was writing something at his desk when a servant came in quietly and said, "Manager Zou, Qin Mingxu is here."

"Do you use the front door or the back door?"

"back door."

"Have you brought anyone with you?"

"No, he's just alone."

Zou Cheng smiled, stood up, and said, "I'll meet him at the back door."

The night in Jiangnan in July is like soft willow silk, gentle and lyrical.

The moonlight is fragrant, the sycamore trees are shadowed, and the flowers are fragrant.

Zou Cheng walked to the back door and saw Qin Mingxu looking at him with a livid face.

Zou Chengdao: "Boss Qin has figured it out?"

"Did you send someone to cause the death of my father-in-law?" Qin Mingxu's voice was as cold as ice.

Zou Cheng lowered his head, thought about it, and said, "So what if it is, and so what if it isn't?"

Qin Mingxu grabbed Zou Cheng by the collar: "What do you want? He's just an old man in his dying years, and you won't let him go. Do you still have the heart?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, boss Qin is telling me what he said intentionally or unintentionally. Wasn't the acrobatic class leader a waning old man? Boss Qin killed him, but he showed no mercy at all. Mr. Zhang, wasn't he a waning old man? Old man? Mr. Feng had no mercy at all when he killed him," Zou Chengdao said.

"This is different!" Qin Mingxu suppressed his anger.

"What's the difference?"

Zou Cheng clasped his hands on his chest and said: "Wish the old man death or not, it doesn't matter to me or Uncle Guo at all. It's just a wake-up call for you. If you had agreed to go with the country earlier, If my uncle cooperates, I wish the old man will not die. What? Now you know the stakes involved? If you continue to hesitate, it will not be just the old man who will die."

Qin Mingxu gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to surrender to the Yamen right now. Anyway, it's just murder to pay for life! I admit it!" At that time, the leader of the acrobatic class was imprisoned in Zhang Mansion by Mr. Zhang.And he was mistakenly identified as Mr. Zhang's son and stayed in the Zhang Mansion. Everyone in the Zhang Mansion called him Master Mingxu.

He was in the garden and accidentally overheard the conversation between Master Zhang and Zou Cheng.He asked his father Qin Ke for confirmation and got the truth.

He was deeply afraid.

Feng Gaoneng slaughtered the entire Feng family. If he learned that Qin Ke abandoned him, which led to the tragedy, how would he treat Qin Ke and the entire Qin family?

Kill the class leader and the source of the truth will be gone.Everything can be covered.

The relationship between Mr. Zhang and Dongchang is tense.The death of the class leader will definitely not be associated with the Qin family.

Misfortune to the east.

The father can be saved.

He invited a boy serving food in the kitchen to drink, made him drunk, and secretly put Mongolian sweat medicine in the food of Zou Cheng, who was guarding the class leader.Zou Cheng fell asleep.

When Zou Cheng woke up, he had done everything.

Things went as he expected. After the class leader died, Feng Gao suspected that it was Master Zhang who did it, and Master Zhang suspected that it was the emperor who did it.Zou Cheng was expelled from Zhang Mansion by Master Zhang.The truth remains unsolved.

He didn't expect that after so long, he would see Zou Cheng again in Yangzhou.

Zou Cheng defected to the Zheng family.

That day, at the fund-raising meeting, the reason why Qin Mingxu was so nervous was because Zou Cheng came to see him two hours before the fund-raising meeting started.Zou Cheng told him that the truth had been found out. "The Law of the Ming Dynasty", kill for life.If he helps the Zheng family, Zou Cheng will continue to help him hide it.If not, what awaits him is the punishment of the law.

Zou Cheng was not threatening.

Zou Cheng has evidence in his hands.

Zou Chengdu even knew where he bought the Mongolian sweat medicine.

Why pay for it with your life?He just couldn't let go of Sang Yu, and he couldn't let go of his hard-won stable life.

He spent a long time waiting.

I don’t want to lose it overnight.

He wandered down a dark road.

It’s also difficult to get in.

It’s hard to retreat.

Zou Cheng raised his hand and said: "Boss Qin is so talented that he would not even give up his unborn child? Don't forget, Uncle Guo once wanted to make Zhu Sangyu the ninth aunt. You surrendered and lost your life, your wife and your children." What's wrong?"

Qin Mingxu stopped.

He turned around, and his face was covered with mist.

"I don't want to do anything against my will."

Zou Chengdao: "After the matter is completed, it is only Dongchang who is unlucky. Dongchang is full of evil, and Feng Gao died unjustly. What kind of thing is this against his will? Even if your boss Qin is a businessman and is not familiar with Confucius and Mencius, don't you even understand such a simple truth? Do you understand? As long as you do what I say, nothing will happen to you and your family. A good wife, a harmonious family, and a peaceful wife."

"Why should I believe your words?" Qin Mingxu asked.

Zou Chengdao: "You can only trust me, you have no other choice."

"Mr. Feng has no hostility towards me. He takes great care of the Qin family..." Qin Mingxu's eyes dodge.

"Last time, after the incident of turning over official documents, Feng Gao sent the young eunuch Zhang Jing to beat you. Feng Gao was already suspicious. Do you think that if you don't do it, Feng Gao will trust you? This dynasty has been in this dynasty since Grandfather Cheng established the East Factory. The governor has always obeyed the emperor's orders and not been involved in party disputes. Feng Gao took refuge in the Queen Mother and worked for the princelings. He will die sooner or later. Why did you risk the lives of your whole family for him?" Zou Cheng's eyes were like an eagle, straight. Deeply penetrated into Qin Mingxu's heart.

"I want to think about it, I want to think about it..." Qin Mingxu muttered and left in a daze.

Seeing him walking away, Zou Cheng smiled coldly and ordered the boy beside him: "Let's go and tell Uncle Guo that it's done."

The shaky embankment in Qin Mingxu's eyes burst.

Zou Cheng is determined that he will do it.

With the help of the yamen, the Zheng family raised a total of 50 taels of silver in Yangzhou.

With the tacit approval of the court and the urging of Concubine Zheng, the Zheng Family Temple was opened.

The location was decided by officials sent by Si Tianjian.

Feng Shui is excellent.

Not far from the foundation of the family temple, there is a warehouse.

This warehouse was specially used to store silver for temple construction and rare wood dispatched from various parties.Day and night, there are servants from the Zheng Mansion and officers from the Yamen patrolling the place.

One night in early August.

The new moon is like a hook.

Qin Mingxu has not returned yet.

The waiter at the counter came to convey a message that merchants were coming from Fuliang. The young master was busy agreeing and promised to come back later. The young lady did not have to wait and had a rest early.

I drank the white fungus soup brought by Xiaoyin and sat on the couch reading a book.

The drum beats to the third time.

Tiredness sets in.

I blew out the lamp and lay down.

I was only halfway through my clear dream when I was awakened by all the rustling sounds.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that there was a masked man on the bed.

I smell blood.

This man was seriously injured.

I was about to scream when there was the sound of swordsmen outside.

The man quickly covered my mouth.

Through the dim moonlight, I could see his face clearly.

(End of this chapter)