Brocade clothing

Chapter 68
Qiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses, and quickly squatted down: "I'm sorry, I haven't eaten for two days, and my hands are a little soft."

The old woman cursed a few more times, then squatted down, and took the dagger back calmly. When she knelt down to pack her things, she cursed loudly, and then whispered: "Do you know this thing?"

Qiao Yu stared at her warily: "Who the hell are you?"

The old woman was Chu Qing pretending, she said: "I took this thing from Steward Ge, Steward Ge, you should know who it is?"

Qiao Yu's body shook, and he said in disbelief, "He's still alive?" After the words came out, he realized what he had said.

Chu Qing said: "I know that you are Aunt Fang's child and the only member of the Ge family. You don't have to be afraid of me. I'm here to investigate the case of extermination."

The punchline still doesn't believe it: "How do you tell me to believe you? It's been 18 years, and no one has checked it again." Now that the other party already knows her identity, the punchline is not afraid anymore. If it's a big deal, she will die once, and she can go down to reunite with her relatives up.

Chu Qing took out a token from his bosom, with the word "Jin" on it, very clear: "Do you know what this is?"

There are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries from the capital city in Yancheng. Qiaoyu has been in Chunxiang Pavilion for more than ten years, so he naturally knows that this is the unique token of Jinyiwei: "You, you are from the Zhenfu Division?"

Chu Qing lied without changing his expression: "Yes, do you believe it now? We are under the jurisdiction of the emperor. The emperor occasionally found out about this old case and thought it was suspicious, so he sent me to investigate. But I don't know many problems, so, I need your cooperation."

The light in Qiao Yu's eyes brightened, and then dimmed: "I cooperate with you? How can I cooperate with you? I can't protect myself now." In order to kill Zhu Yuanwai, she did not hesitate to risk herself, and now the whole Yancheng knows that she was wrong. If Zhu Yuanwai was killed by hand, whether he can escape this catastrophe depends on how the Lord Zhizhou will judge him. If... she may find it difficult to get out of the prison gate of the government office, so how will he help her.

Chu Qing said: "What if I let you go out of this government office?"

Qiao Yu suddenly raised his head and said, "Really?"

Chu Qingqing said "hmm": "Your case hasn't started trial yet, so who knows what the outcome will be?"

The witty words shook her head lightly: "Zhu Yuanwai...he knows Mr. Zhizhou...it will be difficult to get out. Unless..." She lowered her eyes, covered the darkness in her eyes, and held onto the handle of the prison door railing. The hand used a lot of strength.

Chu Qing frowned and said, "You killed Zhu Yuanwai on purpose, just to let Lord Zhizhou...'submarine' you?" She searched for a long time but couldn't find the right word.

Qiao Yu didn't quite understand her words, but she quickly raised her head to meet her clear eyes, and immediately understood the meaning of her words, a look of embarrassment flashed across her face, and then she gritted her teeth and said, "I found out what happened back then. , Zhu Yuanwai only knows a little bit about it, the master of Zhizhou is the real leader, I want to kill him! Revenge for my Ge family!"

"Master Zhizhou?" Chu Qing's heart was shocked. Just as he was about to continue asking, he heard a clattering sound from outside. A yamen servant came in to pick him up. Chu Qing cursed a few more words, but when he stood up, he quickly said something He said, "Don't act rashly, I will find a way to get you out." After finishing speaking, he dragged the heavy dining cart, continued to turn around, and slowly swayed out with his back hunched.

Qiao Yu lowered her head, looked at the leftovers on the ground, and was holding half a bowl of rice in her hand. For some reason, when she saw this old woman, although she didn't know who she was, she somehow had a backbone. Looking at the food in front of her, she actually lowered her head, Using my hands as chopsticks, I ate it bite by bite.

After Chu Qing delivered the prison meals, she followed what the rice mother usually did, and then walked out of the mansion slowly with her back arched.When they arrived at a corner, they quickly boarded a carriage that had been parked there long ago. In the carriage, Li Tianxiao and Yu Gufeng saw her, but they still didn't recover for a while. Yu Gufeng almost fell on her face Look carefully at the makeup: "Young master Chu, your disguise technique is really evil. If I meet you on the road, I'm afraid I won't recognize it as you."

Chu Qing waved his hand: "It's just a trick."

Li Tianxiao's eyes also fell on her face faintly: "Can you see that punch line?"

Chu Qing hummed: "I see, the punchline was to kill Zhu Yuanwai on purpose, in order to let the Lord Zhizhou of Yancheng "submerge" her, and then confuse with Lord Zhizhou to find a way to kill him revenge."

Yu Kufeng blinked: "What does 'diving' mean?"

Chu gently said "ah": "Oh, it's just being taken over and taken as a concubine or something, you know." She raised an eyebrow at Yu Kuifeng.

Yu Gufeng suddenly realized: "Master Chu is indeed a wonderful person."

Li Tianxiao's expression on the side was much uglier, he frowned and glanced at Yu Zhufeng, who didn't know why he had offended his master again, so he just covered his mouth and didn't speak.

Chu Qing ignored the ridicule in Yu Gufeng's words, looked at Li Tianxiao and said, "Master Cao Jiu refused to tell us who those three people are. I suspect that this matter is really related to Master Zhizhou. You can find out Who is the Zhizhou in Yancheng? Can you find out the major events that happened in Yancheng 18 years ago?" Qiao Yu is the oiran of Chunxiang Pavilion for four years, and the Zhizhou may have already taken a fancy to Qiao Yu It's just that the bustard didn't let go. Later, Qianyu found out that the matter was related to him, so he gave it a try. Otherwise, he was so stubborn before, and suddenly bowed down and started to marry, which made Master Zhizhou suspicious. It would be better to grab it by force , it is not easy to be suspicious.

Mr. Zhizhou thought he had caught the joke, but in fact he was the one being tricked.

Li Tianxiao frowned: "You suspect it has something to do with what happened that year?"

Chu Qing said "Yes": "Master Ge is a businessman, so it is reasonable to say that he would not be involved with people in the officialdom, and he is still the magistrate of Yancheng, so now the whole family was wiped out by the magistrate of Zhizhou, so there is only one possibility—— —Be silenced. Let's think about it in reverse, why he was silenced, it must be that Mr. Ge knew something, and this matter is very involved, even threatening the position of Lord Zhizhou, otherwise, he would not have taken such a risk to make such a thing A big event is coming." After all, more than 100 families were murdered, which must be devastating to a Zhizhou's one-year achievements, but he would rather destroy this year's achievements than kill people, which shows that No matter how serious the thing he wanted to hide was, it was so serious at all costs.

Li Tianxiao looked at Yu Gufeng: "Quickly check."

Yu Kuifeng's face also turned serious: "Okay." 18 years ago, my grandfather did not have any power, and all major events in various states and counties were held by the Queen Mother alone. It is not difficult to deal with major matters. After all, as for major matters, one only needs to ask some older officials, and one or two of them can still be found out.

Chu Qing said: "Also, help me find someone."

Li Tianxiao asked, "Who?"

Chu Qingdao: "Jia Wenqing, he was a well-known lawyer in Yancheng ten years ago, but he was wrongly judged in a murder case ten years ago, and then he retired under the blow."

"Lawyer?" Li Tianxiao asked in surprise, "How do you know there is such a lawyer in Yancheng?"

Chu Qingdao: "Listen to what my master said, he was framed in that case at the time, and he didn't know it was set up until after the sentence was over, so he said in a rage that he would no longer accept the case, but this person is a stubborn one, For this matter, I can only find him, and I am afraid that others will not dare to accept it."

Li Tianxiao said: "What if he refuses to come out?"

Chu Qing said: "He will." Her eyes sparkled and she clenched her fists.

Yu Cufeng was very efficient in handling affairs, and quickly put the results in front of her. However, 18 years ago, there were many incidents in Yancheng throughout the year, and there were three big piles of ledgers. When Yu Cufeng carried them out, he said: : "Young master Chu, you only have one night, and you have to send it back before dawn tomorrow, otherwise you will be discovered, and there may be problems."

Chu Qing hummed, and began to turn over quickly, and Li Tianxiao sat opposite her and started to turn over.Yu Kuifeng saw that Li Tianxiao started to look up, and started to read, but he didn't know what to focus on: "Mr. Chu, what do we want to see? Big things, what kind of things are big things?"

"Every trivial matter can be ignored. If you find something very strange, just read it to me." Chu Qing didn't raise his head, and his hands moved quickly, but even so, if he wanted to spend one night So many ledgers have been turned over, I am afraid that time is also very tight.

The three of them fought at night with lights on, and Yu Kuifeng would read out what he thought was important from time to time, but none of them were what Chu Qing wanted.

When it was almost dawn, Yu Zufeng was already dizzy from sleepiness, and was still struggling to turn over. He woke up shivering, rubbed his eyes, and continued to read, and suddenly let out a soft "Huh".

Chu Qing quickly raised her head: "What?"

"Young Master Chu, look at this passage, 'In the 23rd year of Emperor Xiaozong, in February, there was a severe drought, and the people in Yancheng were displaced and starved of food. Many merchants sat on the ground and raised prices, fighting for thousands of dollars. Grain and rice, we can tide over the difficulties together'..." Yu Bafeng muttered.

Li Tianxiao also raised his head: "I also remember that this incident happened 23 years ago, when there were famines everywhere, it was a very sad year. But how could this incident be mixed with the old incident 18 years ago?"

Yu Kuifeng said: "My lord, there are still more here." However, bandits frequently robbed the official silver, which is really abominable. In August of the next five years, it was a great fortune to find out the whereabouts of the stolen silver. The court rewarded him , Your Excellency has been promoted, congratulations." After Yu Gufeng finished reading, he curled his lips, "The current magistrate was only mentioned 18 years ago, so there is nothing wrong with him? Is the witty girl checking? wrong?"

Chu Qing frowned, but took the account book from Yu Cufeng's hand, looked carefully, but found no follow-up, she quickly started flipping back and forth, but found no other useful information.

(End of this chapter)