Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 21 Killing a Person in Ten Steps

The coachman got out of the car and saw a large group of guards rushing over. Seeing that it was the guards of the palace, he quickly kowtowed to King Luo.

"Get up."

Luo Wang glanced at them, "You search around to see if there are two men in black."

The group of guards were also very nervous. What happened just now made them very suspicious of whether someone was trying to harm His Highness.

Luo Wang's black eyes swept away, and the people waiting around immediately moved away, leaving a space for their two masters.

Murong Wei had just experienced a shocking event just now, and she was only afraid until now.

Seeing that her face was pale, King Luo was not at all like the calm and composed expression she had sitting in the carriage before, and suddenly felt pity in his heart. After all, she was just a little girl, and it was inevitable that she would be frightened after experiencing such a thing.

"Don't be afraid, the matter is over, where is your fearless attitude just now?" He laughed lowly, his voice was like a melodious cello playing in her ears, "Miss San is so courageous, it really makes me feel so brave." I admire her, she can be regarded as a hero among women."

Murong Wei supported the carriage with one hand, forced a smile, and laughed at herself: "Your Highness, don't make fun of me, I'm just holding on. Thanks to His Highness's appearance, otherwise I don't know what to do today. Then People must also taboo His Highness, so I didn't hurt me."

King Luo shook his head: "This person is really smart, and I have suffered a secret loss. Don't worry, I will let people investigate what happened later."

Murong Wei nodded: "He is indeed a powerful person, but he has been covering his face all the time, and I have never seen his face clearly. Only his left arm was injured. This can be confirmed. When our carriage just walked to that alley, There were two fighting wives in front of me, messing around with my servants. When he broke into my carriage, the two wives disappeared. The Wucheng Bing Masi was about to search, but someone suddenly reported that he had found it elsewhere. Once the prisoner is found, then..."

King Luo's eyes flickered after hearing this: "This king really wants to meet this person now."

Murong Wei gritted her teeth: "I really want to see him again."

"I won't tell you what happened today. I'll take you back later."

Murong Wei heaved a sigh of relief, and Luo Wang saw that her face was getting better again, and continued to smile: "Aren't you afraid that this king will tell the matter?"

Murong Wei shot him a look: "Your Highness, a nobleman of the royal family, a benevolent gentleman, how could he do such an unrighteous thing, besides..." She blinked: "Did you say anything to Your Highness, I just accidentally got frightened by a frightened horse , fortunately Your Highness rescued me."

King Luo laughed loudly, and couldn't hold back the admiration and smile in his eyes anymore. This little girl actually defeated him, which made him speechless.

Indeed, if it is true, no one has noticed the appearance of that gangster except herself.

Even if she asked him for help before, the conversation between the two of them was flawless. If he wanted to tell it, let alone others, their servants would not believe it.

What she said was inside and out, if he said it, he would not be a benevolent gentleman, but a shameless person.

The surrounding guards looked at King Luo who was laughing in surprise. It had been a long time since His Highness was so happy. What did he say?

"Miss, miss!" Lu'er and the servants of Murong's family finally rushed over, seeing that Murong Wei was fine, the overly frightened hearts gradually calmed down.

Lu'er rushed to her side in a hurry, she usually looked at such a stable girl, at this moment she suddenly knelt down and cried: "It's because the servant didn't take good care of the young lady. Fortunately, the young lady is fine, otherwise the servant will die."

Many servants also knelt down to plead guilty.

"Forget it, you all get up, I can't blame you for this matter, it's just that the firecrackers startled the horse, and you couldn't know in advance."

Everyone was panicked just now, who would have known that this kind of thing happened so well, they have been unlucky when they go out today, obviously they just went to relatives' house, who knew they would encounter a thief arresting incident, and they would startle their horses when encountering firecrackers.At that time, King Luo's car was behind, and they wondered if someone was going to deal with King Luo.

After all, their young lady is a weak girl, how could she be targeted like this?

"Okay, get in the car first, I will take you home."

"Thank you, Your Highness, but I still have to visit my uncle. He is seriously ill, and now he is..." After saying that, his eye circles were already red: "I have to go to my uncle's house anyway."

"You're talking about Master Zhou, Dali Temple Minister?" King Luo's eyes moved slightly, "Is Master Zhou very ill?"

When Murong Wei saw Zhang Qian's family, she quickly said: "That's right, that's why the little girl came out of the temple first. I dare not let His Highness see you off, it's about to rain, Your Highness should go back to the palace."

It would be fine if he sent her home, but it was inconvenient to go to Zhou's house. Under the current situation, it was inconvenient for him to have too much contact with the courtiers.

"Then let's do it this way. The king will send a team of guards to accompany him. I think it will be fine."

"How is this good?"

King Luo waved his hand: "That's it, I'm also thinking about Miss's safety."

Zhang Qian's family hurriedly said: "Miss Cousin, let's hurry up, it's really going to rain today."

Murong Wei nodded, she was really worried, this kind of thing happened in broad daylight, it made her doubt the public security in the capital.

Murong Wei got into the carriage, and Lu'er went up to wait on her. Luo Wang waited for her family's carriage to leave, and saw a guard running over in a hurry: "Your Highness, just now, my subordinates are waiting for people to search around the place where the accident happened. I met people from Wucheng Bingmasi, they were arresting criminals, and we found an old man in his 50s, who had committed suicide by taking poison when he was found."

Luo Wang sneered: "Check it out, let me check it out!"

The head of the guards, Xie An, is a stable man in his thirties, with a square face and a stern expression: "Your Highness, I have just heard that there was a murder case in the capital. The murderer committed the crime in broad daylight. After committing the crime, he fled. "

King Luo was stunned, he didn't expect this person to be so daring, to commit such a big crime that caused a sensation in the capital, to commit murder in broad daylight, and then to run away afterwards, he was really arrogant.

"Whose family is the deceased?"

"It's Zhang Weitian's family, Huguang Qinglisi Langzhong."

When he said this, not to mention others, even Luo Wang was very surprised. A fifth-rank official of the imperial court was actually killed at home in broad daylight. Such a thing can be regarded as an important case that shocked the capital.

No matter what, the Zhang family still had a guard house with a large population, so how could they be wiped out all of a sudden.

Judging from the actions of the murderer today, he must have planned carefully, conspired to commit the crime, and was ruthless. Once he succeeded, he would immediately arrange a retreat.

First, they sent someone pretending to be a mother-in-law to fight, and selected Murong Wei, a weak girl from the deep end, as the target of abduction, and then transferred the tiger away from the mountain, launching troubles in advance, one chain after another, no matter which link went wrong, he would not even think about escaping today .

It's true that killing a person in ten steps doesn't stop him from traveling for thousands of miles, and he just brushes off his clothes when it's done, hiding the taste of merit and fame.

No wonder the people from Wucheng Bingma Division searched the capital wantonly, and I am afraid that Shuntian Prefecture Yamen will also send people out in a while.

Such a big incident happened, and a court official was wiped out in broad daylight. If the murderer can't be caught, the commander of Xicheng may have to question him!
The muffled thunder rolled in the sky, and a heavy rain fell in an instant.

Luo Wang was sitting in the car, looking at the rain that was falling from the sky, twirling the jade wrench with his fingertips, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

Murong Wei, she must have arrived at Zhou's house, right?

However, Master Zhou's illness came at a really timely time...

He pondered in his heart, this woman seemed to be hiding a lot of secrets.

Now he is really looking forward to what surprise she will bring him next time we meet.

Murong Wei drank hot tea in the car, and it took a while for her to recover. Lu'er's face was even paler than hers. Murong Wei comforted her, and she became much better.

"Miss, why would someone throw firecrackers there? It's impossible for someone to target you, miss, you're just a boudoir girl." Lu'er asked strangely, "Is it King Luo..."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "Don't think about it, you will know if there is any news in a few days."

"Miss, I really should go to the temple to worship later, but everything is not going well today." Lu'er was also very scared today, and this incident happened one after another, which is really heart-wrenching.

Murong Wei didn't make a sound, and after entering Sanliu Hutong, she just got off the car in front of the Chuihua Gate and sent the Prince's guards away, when it started to rain heavily that day.

Murong Wei left from Chaoshou verandah, put on a silver and red cloak carved with silk and white butterflies, and followed Zhang Qian's family to visit her uncle in the main room.

When we arrived at the main courtyard, we entered the main room from the verandah on the right after crossing the hall. Several maids guarding the gate were sheltering from the rain on the corridor, while teasing and talking to the parrots hanging in the birdcage under the corridor.

Seeing Zhang Qian's family and her, she quickly went forward to salute, and another big maid, Yun Xiang, lifted the curtain and came out to welcome her: "Miss Biao, Madam is waiting inside."

Murong Wei took off her cloak, she was very curious, why did uncle call her over in such a hurry this time, could something have happened?

In the main hall, a few people were sitting in front of the round table of huanghuali talking. Seeing her, she quickly got up and saluted, but it was the uncle's concubines.Murong Wei looked towards Xicijian, and the hanging bead curtain accompanied by light blue soft smoke obscured her sight.

"Wei'er!" Mrs. Zhou came out in a hurry, pulled her and said, "Quick, follow me to meet your uncle."

After finishing speaking, she took her hand and entered the Xici room. A few servant girls were standing in front of the moon gate carved with patterns of ten thousand characters. At this moment, Murong Wei saw the red lacquer carved ten thousand character Babu bed with endless heads. Under the silk curtain, a figure was vaguely seen sleeping inside.

"Uncle, why did he suddenly...Auntie, what did the doctor say?" Murong Wei wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

Mrs. Zhou's face was full of worry: "I don't know. He has been unwell for the past few days. He asked for leave to rest at home. He didn't expect to pass out suddenly today. He asked the doctor to come and see, but he only said that he couldn't find out. What happened now? good?"

Murong Wei sat down on the brocade tree in front of the bed, tears streaming down her face: "Uncle, Wei'er is here, did you hear that?"

Mrs. Zhou sighed, and waved her hands: "You all go down, let Aunt Zhang and the others go down too."

Murong Wei saw that the uncle on the bed looked pale, as if he was really seriously ill, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly, uncle, uncle, you really deserve to be the minister of Dali Temple. Pretend to be penetrating.

After the maids outside had retreated, the eldest aunt asked Zhang Qian's family to guard the door, and said in a low voice, "Your uncle is fine."

Having said that, Zhou Fengyan finally opened his eyes. His complexion seemed very gray, but his eyes were full of energy. Seeing that there was no serious expression on her face, he smiled and said, "Wei'er, don't cry!" , Uncle is fine."

Murong Wei looked puzzled: "Uncle and aunt, what's the matter, why?"

Zhou Fengyan glanced at his wife, Mrs. Zhou said in a low voice: "Mother Du, my aunt's dowry mother, sent her son to deliver the letter this morning. Have you visited your mother recently?"

Murong Wei nodded: "It was fine when I saw her some time ago, what's the matter?"

"Your mother may be pregnant."

Murong Wei was startled, and said happily, "Really? Why didn't I know about this?"

"You little child, it won't help you to let you know. Yunniang didn't come when she was young, and she was a little nauseous, but the people around there couldn't believe it, and she was afraid that she would find out. That's why I secretly let Du Mom sent a letter to see if I can see the doctor."

Murong Wei frowned, Aunt Zhou is pregnant?It seems that the effect of her conditioning medicine is still good, but such a thing happened, why didn't I tell her, was it because I was afraid that I would invite a doctor I didn't know to reveal something?

"Then why is uncle pretending to be sick?"

Zhou Fengyan looked solemn: "I'm just Yunniang, a younger sister. I can't see her being wronged. Then Mrs. Murong is not a tolerant person. If she knows it, it's okay? I thought about it, and it happened that I also If you are sick at home, it is better to pretend to be sick, the more serious the better, then see if you can invite your mother here, if it is confirmed, then find a way."

"Uncle..." Murong Wei sighed in her heart, no one would curse her for being sick, how could Murong Wei not know his kindness.

"It's just this matter, uncle should not be so serious as to be in a coma, as long as you say you want to see mother, can't you find a reason?" Murong Wei always felt that things were not that simple.

Zhou Fengyan looked at her unexpectedly, but he didn't expect this girl to be very smart: "Of course there are other reasons. It's better for me to be seriously ill than not sick. I can't explain these things clearly to you, a child."

Hearing what he said, Murong Wei immediately thought of what happened in the court. She didn't know what happened in the court. It can be seen that my uncle pretended to be sick and spread the word to the world. It seems that he is staying at home. I'm afraid the situation is very serious. complex.

Regardless of these matters, the most important thing right now is Aunt Zhou's affairs.

"I understand. When I go back, I will tell my mother that as long as grandma speaks, she can come here, and then we have to make arrangements. The doctor from last time?"

Zhou Fengyan nodded: "Don't worry, there will be uncle in everything. Don't tell about your mother."

"Yes, the child is the most unstable in the first three months, and he is just getting up, so he is usually reluctant to tell the outside world. It would be great if my aunt could stay at our house until then." Mrs. Zhou said.

Murong Wei shook her head, "It's a bit difficult. Mother is married after all, so it's not good to stay at her mother's house for too long. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to take good care of Mother and never let her have trouble."

Why doesn't she want her mother to stay here? Over at Murong's house, it seems that it's time to clean up those people with ulterior motives.

At this time, there must be no mistakes. When necessary, some things must be done.

While talking, Zhang Qian's family outside replied: "Master and Madam, the Eldest Young Master and the Second Young Master are here."

When Murong Wei saw her uncle, she immediately closed her eyes. It seemed that she had even lied to her two sons?
"Mom, how is dad?" Second cousin Zhou Chang hurriedly asked his mother as soon as he entered the door.

Zhou Che's expression was normal, as if he knew something: "Cousin, so you are here too."

"Ah, the eldest cousin is here too!"

Zhou Chang only found her now, with a slight smile on her face, she still looked carefree, heartless, Murong Wei looked at the two brothers, and thought it was funny, could these two brothers be one Are parents born? Why is there such a big difference?
The eldest cousin is too smart, judging by his calm demeanor, even if uncle wanted to hide it from him, obviously he couldn't hide it.

This is really a person with seven orifices and exquisite heart, no wonder he passed the exam early at such a young age, but he has to wait three years before taking the exam when he is sure. He probably won't fail in this subject.

Only the second cousin doesn't know anything.

"Big cousin, second cousin." She bowed and saluted, and the two brothers also bowed back and sat facing each other.

"Your father can only rest now, he always wants to see your aunt and sister Wei, alas, if something happens to the master, how can I live?" Madam Zhou wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

Zhou Chang said anxiously: "Then what to do, mother, why don't you take the post and ask the imperial doctor to have a look."

Zhou Che looked at Murong Wei: "Cousin, if you can invite my aunt, my father may be happy and heal without medicine. Our sons must serve at the bedside. Only when father recovers can he be at ease."

Murong Wei couldn't help but look at the uncle on the bed, amused in her heart, to see how you deal with your clever son, uncle.

He must have understood it a long time ago, but he is still saying such things here.

"Well, I'll tell mother when I get back, no matter what, I have to come back and see my uncle."

Zhou Che smiled slightly, his whole person looked gentle and elegant, he spoke neither fast nor slow, and his tone of speaking always made people feel comfortable. It seemed that uncle had someone to succeed him.

A family like them will decline sooner or later without a Jinshi in three generations. Looking at it now, the Zhou family still has a bright future.

With the smartness and style of acting like big cousin, the future will be worry-free.

Zhou Chang was really worried, thinking that his father was really seriously ill, and he no longer had the mood to play around in the past.

After sitting for half an hour, the rain had stopped, and Murong Wei hurried back home to see Aunt Zhou, but left in a hurry without staying for dinner.

The eldest aunt sent Zhou Chang to see her off. As soon as she left, Zhou Che looked at the bed: "Father, are you awake?"

The person on the bed moved, Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "You child, you can't hide anything from you."

Zhou Che said indifferently: "Father pretends to be sick like this, and took so much trouble to invite my cousin back from the temple. It's not for my aunt's sake, but for something else. I just don't know what it is, mother?"

Mrs. Zhou talked about what happened just now, and Zhou Che said in surprise: "It's so, then I'm going to add a little cousin or a little cousin?"

Elder Zhou sat up, and Zhou Che hurriedly stepped forward to serve him. He waved his hands: "You child is thinking too much, and there are some things that my father doesn't want to tell you because I don't want you to be distracted. You know how sad you are. It’s enough to read books at ordinary times, don’t think about the affairs of the future, if you are not in the position, you don’t plan for the government, you can’t control so much.”

"Yes, father, the child must obey the teachings." He said respectfully, but he didn't know what he thought in his heart.

Master Zhou also knew about his son's problems, and it was useless to talk about it no matter how many times, he just said to his wife, "Tell him about that."

Mrs. Zhou looked at her son with pride and pride, "You, what your father said is right, don't think too much. Your cousin came here just now, what do you think of your cousin?"

Zhou Che pondered for a moment: "Cousin is a smart person."

"Your father and I intend to marry your cousin for you."

At this moment, Zhou Che was stunned for a moment before he realized, "Cousin?"

"Why, don't you still want to marry your cousin? I've already talked to Mr. Murong, and he should also be interested." Master Zhou stared at his son dissatisfied.

"No, the son is just a little surprised. After all, the son has always regarded his cousin as his younger sister, but if the parents and adults decide, the child is willing to marry his cousin. No matter what, I will take good care of her and not let her suffer any grievances." .”

Zhou Che spoke calmly, as if he was not talking about his own marriage, but someone else.

The Zhou couple looked at each other, Madam Zhou said helplessly: "You child is too old."

Zhou Che smiled and said: "Father, mother, my son is telling the truth. I know what my aunt has done for our family, and my cousin is also a smart person. Although you want to propose marriage, the Murong family may not agree."

Master Zhou shook his head, picked up the teacup and drank a cup of tea: "It may not be impossible, you should study hard and prepare to participate in next year's Chunwei."

Zhou Che didn't say much.

Cousin, you can tell from her expression that she is very different now.

To be honest, he is also very curious about how a person can change so much before and after.

When Murong Wei returned to Murong's house, it was getting late, and Mrs. Murong had already returned.

Murong Wei went to see the old lady, and when they met, the old lady asked: "How is Mr. Zhou?"

Murong Wei narrowed her eyes: "It looked very serious, he was in a coma, and he didn't recognize anyone. He woke up for a while, and when he saw me, he called my aunt's name, maybe he recognized me as my aunt. It happened when I was a child." After saying that, he covered his face and started to cry.

The old lady shook her head and sighed: "Their brothers and sisters love each other deeply, which is also human nature. How about this, you and Aunt Zhou will go to visit again later.

The corners of Murong Wei's mouth curled slightly, and she nodded: "Thank you grandma, Wei'er will go back and offer incense to the Bodhisattva first, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless my uncle to recover soon."

The old lady waved her hand: "Go."

When Murong Wei came back from the old lady, Dongfang, the third-class maid, was competing with a water-green girl in a moon-white dress in the yard, and Murong Wei glanced at her. When talking, the dimples at the corners of the mouth smiled, which made people like it.

"Miss is back!" Dongfang stepped forward to greet her, the maid said with a smile: "My servant Qiuwen has seen Miss."

Murong Wei smiled: "Where's your sister?"

"My sister is cleaning the house."

Murong Wei entered the room, took off her cloak, sat on the kang for a while, drank a cup of hot tea, Qiu Fang said with a smile: "Miss is back, I will prepare something for you, please?"

Murong Wei shook her head, "No need, wait for me to change clothes, I'll go to Auntie's."

After finishing speaking, he went into the inner room, changed his clothes behind the screen, and was served by Xiangyu to Aunt Zhou's place.

Qiu Fang watched from behind, frowned, and asked Lu'er: "Miss is busy with the world after coming back, what are you going to do?"

Lu'er carefully tidied up the dressing table, "What Miss does is Miss' business, we just do our own thing."

Qiu Fang was secretly annoyed, she went out and saw her sister playing with the little maid, she stepped forward and scolded: "Everyone is doing nothing here, what are you doing here, Miss is kind enough to ignore you, don't think you can forget the rules!"

The little maids jumped in fright and fled quickly, but they cursed in their hearts, Lu'er didn't say anything, but you are so arrogant, you like to order this and that when you catch people all day long.

Qiuwen frowned, "Sister, what are you doing, you don't want to offend anyone. Miss didn't say anything."

Qiu Fang poked her forehead with her finger: "Your brains have been eaten by dogs? It's only natural for big maids to take care of small maids. It's right to reprimand them when they do something wrong. It's all the more important because the young lady is not around." Restrain them. You, you are so stupid, when will you be promoted to be a third-class maid?"

Qiu Wen curled her lips, she has been here for a while, how can she not know what others are talking about her sister, she will try her best to make friends with others for the future, but she doesn't want to be isolated because of her sister.

The two sisters had different thoughts, Qiu Fang kept on training, Qiu Wen got impatient, "Sister, I'm going to eat."

After all, he left directly.

Qiu Fang stared at her angrily, thinking about Murong Wei's matter, she went out to inquire for a while before returning.

(End of this chapter)