Court Marriage

"What happened at home?"

Taking two steps forward to support Qiao Yingxuan's arm, Qiao Yingze couldn't hide his eagerness, but Qiao Yingxuan was also in a hurry, so he didn't notice his brother's overreaction.

"Oh, it's not from home, it's from the younger brother Yue's family in Beijing. He said that my mother-in-law is seriously ill and thinking about her daughter, and she wants to take us and the husband and wife to Beijing to take care of her illness. Because we have to leave early tomorrow morning, my younger brother came to say goodbye to my brother and sister-in-law."

Qiao Yingxuan waved his hand to explain that Qiao Yingze didn't need to worry. Because the person who came told him that his mother-in-law's condition was serious, Qiao Yingxuan didn't know how long he would stay in Beijing this time, so he hurriedly took advantage of this time to go to the west mansion to see his brother and sister-in-law.

"…"

Hearing this, Qiao Yingze breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the screen subconsciously, but unfortunately he could only see a vague figure. He wondered if Gong Zhuoliang had the same idea as himself.

"My younger brother and sister are pregnant. It's dangerous to travel at this time. Are your grandmother and mother-in-law at ease when you go to Beijing?"

Behind the screen, Gong Zhuoliang pretended to be worried in a false voice, and he knew it in his heart. He thought that the Yang family who was also in Beijing had also gotten the news and knew that the Qiao family was going to be convicted, so he hurriedly sent someone to pick up his daughter... The Qiao family has not been convicted yet, so they avoided it for fear of it. The Yang family couldn't help but seem a little ruthless, but thinking about the character and reputation of Mr. Qiao, they really don't have the right to speak to others.

"The elders are naturally worried, but if Yingmo is not allowed to do her filial piety, she will not be able to raise the baby at ease, but will be even more heartbroken."

Qiao Yingxuan was also very dissatisfied with the strong attitude of the Yang family, but apart from the Yang family being in-laws and also Madam Qiao's maiden relatives, they didn't have much to say, and this time the Yang family used the word filial piety to press people everywhere. When Yang Yingmo heard her mother When he was ill, he almost fainted, and Pazi cried several times, which made the old lady and Mrs. Qiao panic, so they could only promise to let them go back to Beijing to serve the disease.

"...The Yang family's intention is to let the two of you go to Beijing together?"

Qiao Yingze had already stabilized his mind at this time, so he motioned Qiao Yingxuan to sit down and talk together, but seeing that he seemed resentful, he seemed to ask a question casually.

"Well, the steward who came here said that my father-in-law wanted to find a job in Beijing for me. I don't care about this. It's just that my mother-in-law is seriously ill, and there is no reason for my wife to go back to Beijing to serve the illness." Qiao Yingxuan was also thirsty when he came all the way. After answering his brother's question, he picked up the teacup and drank it, and Ye Er, who was standing beside him, hurriedly changed another cup for him.

"If you can work as an errand in Beijing, with your father-in-law taking care of you, the future will be good."

Hearing Qiao Yingxuan's answer, Qiao Yingze sighed and relaxed a little, thinking that his father's crime would not affect his children and grandchildren, otherwise the Yang family would not be so bold in trying to protect Qiao Yingxuan.

"I have the ability to test martial arts, why do I have to rely on a bad relationship? Besides, brother, you are all here, what does it mean for me to be alone in Beijing? This time I went to Beijing just to meet Brother Lu. I'll come back as soon as the matter is over, I'm still thinking about the wine brewed by Big Brother Kang, and I want to learn martial arts with Big Brother Shi."

Qiao Yingxuan shook his head childishly, and looked a little embarrassed at Qiao Yingze and Gong Zhuoliang behind the screen. In fact, he was most reluctant to go out and play with his brother, sister-in-law and brother Lianger. The father-in-law is kind, and he will find a way to refuse.

"Ying Xuan, you must be cautious in your words and deeds in the future in Beijing, and don't be reckless and impulsive. If you encounter any problems, discuss with your brother Lu. If you have any difficulties, go to find the cousin of the Gong family."

Qiao Yingze sighed secretly and couldn't help telling Qiao Yingxuan a few words, but he was afraid that he would say too much to make him suspicious, so he lowered his eyes by drinking tea, hiding his reluctance.

This goodbye, I'm afraid I don't know when we can see each other again...

"Brother, it's not the first time my brother has come to Beijing, so don't worry."

Not suitable for the slightly dignified atmosphere in the room, Qiao Yingxuan looked at Qiao Yingze a little strangely, thinking that he never caused trouble outside, why is my brother so worried all of a sudden?

"Yes, Xianggong, the second uncle is such an old man. You can take care of yourself, so don't worry."

Knowing what Qiao Yingze was worried about, Gong Zhuoliang comforted him softly, but remembering Qiao Yingxuan's usual temperament, Gong Zhuoliang was not very relieved.

"Um."

Qiao Yingze also knew that he had said too much, so he smiled and stopped talking. He just thought in his heart that he should write a letter in advance and let him take it with him...

After the three of them talked about this conversation, Dongfu sent a servant to find Qiao Yingxuan and asked him to go home quickly. Many things were still waiting for him to make up his mind.

"By the way, sister-in-law, where is Liang'er's brother now? I want to say goodbye to him."

After sending his servants to wait outside the courtyard, Qiao Yingxuan turned to look at the screen and asked about Gong Zhuoliang's whereabouts.

"I'm not sure about his whereabouts. Since you are busy now, don't delay for him. When will you leave tomorrow? Let Lianger and your brother go with you to see you off."

Gong Zhuoliang couldn't disguise himself to see Qiao Yingxuan in a short period of time, so he had to deal with it first. Fortunately, Qiao Yingxuan was also busy, so he said that he left after leaving at the beginning of the year.

"Back then, when the Yang family was in trouble, my father always stood by and watched. Now the Yang family is willing to protect Ying Xuan, which is considered kind. I'm just afraid that Ying Xuan will not accept their kindness and insist on going back to this muddy water."

After Ruolan and Ye'er removed the screen and left the room, Qiao Yingze sat on the couch with a sad expression. If there was anything in the Qiao family that deserved his attention, it was to love his grandmother and these two close brothers.

"Yingze, it's useless no matter how much we think about it now. I believe my cousin will have a solution. Only by protecting ourselves first can we be able to take care of others."

Snuggling up behind Qiao Yingze and hugging him, Gong Zhuoliang put his chin on his shoulder and patted his arm soothingly.

Sharing weal and woe also pays attention to the premise. Instead of being caught in one pot, it is better to try to preserve what can be preserved, so that there is a chance to turn over, right?

"I see…"

Qiao Yingze turned his face to the side to look at Gong Zhuoliang's handsome face affectionately, smiled and breathed softly, already made up his mind.

Early the next morning, Qiao Yingze and Gong Zhuoliang went to Dongfu together. While seeing off Qiao Yingxuan, they also asked him to bring gifts and letters to Gong Zhuoxiang, Lu Zijian, and Qiao Yuanyin.

The letter to Gong Zhuoxiang was of course asking him to rest assured and take care of his younger brother and sister in Beijing, while the letter to Lu Zijian was to wish him the title of the Golden List. After all, his exam was imminent, and Qiao Yingze and the others did not want to affect him at this time. As for Qiao Yuanyin, she told her not to worry about her family, as long as it wasn't a heinous crime, a married girl would not be implicated by her parents' family, so she only needed to wait for the news at home and not lose the rules of being a daughter-in-law.

Looking at the fleet that was leaving, Qiao Yingze suddenly remembered his previous sigh of 'flowers are full of flowers when they are open, and the garden will be full of depression when they are defeated'. The curtain of the Qiao family's downfall was opened...

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX on March 5th, the fifth child of Qiao's family was born. It was a congenitally deformed baby girl who died with his mother before she landed, and the old lady had not had time to prove that it was Mrs. The imperial decree that Mr. Qiao was dismissed from office and ransacked his house and escorted him to Beijing awaiting trial completely blinded them.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment who arrived with the imperial decree were unequivocal, and directly shackled Mr. Qiao into the prison car and sent him to the capital, while all the immediate relatives were also locked in a small courtyard of Qiao's family, where they were guarded by officers and soldiers and were not allowed to visit. Correspondence, these people include the old lady, Mrs. Qiao, two minor concubines, plus five concubines who were left by the old lady who crossed Minglu, while the other servants redeemed their bodies and sold them. Selling, the proceeds of silver taels are all included in the wealth obtained from the raid.

This kind of thunderstorm really frightened Bocheng up and down. While talking about the unpredictable power of heaven, they all agreed that the Qiao family was over, and I don't know how to spread it. The felony of beheading the whole family and bringing disaster to the nine clans made the people who were originally attached to the Qiao family scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.

Qiao's West Mansion, when the news was just received, was also in chaos, and now, two days later, only three members of Qiao Yingze's family are left in the huge mansion with Ruo Lan, Ye'er, Han Shu and Qiao Ming. People, Ping Xi and Shi Kang temporarily lived in their mansion to avoid extracurricular problems, while the other servants were sold and confiscated just like Dongfu.

"Yingze, do you feel better? Does your head still hurt?"

Holding the pale Qiao Yingze leaning on the couch, Gong Zhuoliang looked at the handsome man who had lost weight in distress, and gently brought the warm medicine bowl to his mouth. After Qiao Yingze finished drinking the medicine , and hurriedly fed him a piece of candied fruit.

"I'm fine, Zhuozhuo, it's much better."

Qiao Yingze replied angrily with his candied fruit in his mouth, with a look of shame on his face, because this time he was really sick and a little embarrassing.

It is said that although Qiao Yingze knew that the Qiao family was not guilty of death, it was inevitable that he would feel anxious and anxious. After a few days, he had some symptoms of false fire. This is nothing, after the imperial decree came down, the big stone in his heart fell to the ground, but there were some unruly relatives of the family who had the idea of ​​catching up with the Qiao family and fleeing. When the family was sealed Brightly broke into the West Palace to loot.

Where has Qiao Yingze ever seen such a battle, he was pushed and fell to the ground by those scoundrels, and almost got punched and kicked. Fortunately, Shi Kang saw the situation and protected him, but Qiao Yingze was still frightened and returned to the back house. Then he had a high fever, and the angry Gong Zhuoliang lost his temper. Shi Kang closed the door and let the dogs catch some people, and then changed into men's clothes and beat him up. All the means of trauma were used, which really made Shi Kang and Qiao Ming dumbfounded.

When the officials of the Ministry of Justice came to work in the West Mansion, Gong Zhuoliang immediately put on the victim's grievance and handed over these 'intact' people to the official, but the official in charge was not a fuel-efficient lamp. But he didn't say much, just gave Gong Zhuoliang an interesting look, and with a big wave of his hand, he put all the people in the prison of the local yamen, and the matter was over.

"Look, you've lost so much weight. Now that everything is clear, you can relax and recuperate. I have everything."

Gong Zhuoliang thought that his wife, who was too precious to touch him, was actually frightened by those bastards. He felt that it was too cheap to beat them for just that much. He wanted to be redeemed after entering the prison. It's a daydream. Not counting the Qiao family, Gong Zhuoliang has accumulated a lot of his own contacts. If he dares to touch his wife, let those idiots know what it means to sit in jail!

"Well... Zhuo Zhuo, what did Lord Nangong say?"

Qiao Yingze knew Gong Zhuoliang's temper. At this time, he had to touch his hair. He fed him and changed it to a piece of candied fruit. Qiao Yingze changed the subject, and what he said about Nangong Xin was this time he came to raid the house under an order. The official of the Ministry of Punishment, a 25-year-old rank-five member of the Punishment Bureau, who is a serious professional, is a friend of Gong Zhuoxiang, and in Gong Zhuoliang's words, this is also a pure princeling.

"He said that there is someone to take care of my grandmother, so we don't have to worry about it, and on our side, we just need to cover and copy enough things, and the servants in the family are all gone, so I left two copies, Hanlu and Hanxia. I'll give it to my mother first."

Speaking of this Nangong Xin, Gong Zhuoliang's impression of him is really quite good. He obviously looks like a very strict and iron-blooded big cool brother, but it is not difficult to find that this person is careful and flexible. The feeling of being a well-known detective is not ordinary handsome.

This time, Nangong Xin sent troops to surround the West Mansion. Although he also sealed the warehouse and sold the people to limit their own ownership, the custody of the East Mansion was completely two concepts. Gong Zhuoliang took the opportunity to disperse them all. The two little girls, Han Lu and Han Xia, are both loyal and reliable girls. Gong Zhuoliang thought that only Ruo Lan and Ye Er would be left after his 'death'. He was afraid that they would not be able to take care of Qiao Yingze and his son. They had two good qualities. The girl, also stayed first.

"You've worked hard for the past two days, and I haven't helped you much..."

You can see the exhaustion in Gong Zhuoliang's expression, and Qiao Yingze's guilty little flame begins to whimper. He eats, takes medicine, wipes himself, and changes clothes. Gong Zhuoliang does it himself, and he refuses to fake someone else's hands at all. Gong Zhuoliang also arranged the trivial matters of dismissing servants by officers and soldiers in a proper and orderly manner, so how could he not be ashamed and guilty as a man of his own accord.

"You, as long as you can relax and raise yourself to be fat and white, it will make me happier than anything else, Xianggong, don't make me wait too long."

Qiao Yingze's shy and shy-looking uterus Zhuoliang really can't get enough of it, and I can't wait to directly overwhelm and love him, but who makes Qiao Yingze sick now, if Gong Zhuoliang really wants to indulge happily for a while, I'm afraid this person's 'sickness' will Gotta take a few more days.

"I'm all right."

By spitting out the core, he turned sideways to avoid Gong Zhuoliang's ambiguous gaze, and Qiao Yingze responded to Gong Zhuoliang a little embarrassedly, thinking that he didn't need any effort, he should be able to do it...

Speaking of which, since they did it last time, they have been busy with the crime of the Qiao family, so there is no need to do it again.

"Since Xianggong said so, then I can look forward to it."

Gong Zhuoliang accompanies Qiao Yingze to joke a few more times, and when he shows sleepiness on his face, he helps him lie down to rest, and then packs up and leaves the secret passage in the study... A letter from the Gong family suddenly comes Urgently recruiting him over, Gong Zhuoliang was too lazy to pay attention to them at this critical moment, but he was worried that they would talk nonsense and cause trouble, so he rushed over with a cold face and reluctantly.

After Gong Zhuoliang left, Qiao Yingze, who couldn't sleep, went to the ground with his clothes on again. After opening the cabinet door, he took out a small flat box from the boxes of different sizes. Paper, the top two words are 'break book'.

There was a wry smile on the corner of his mouth. Qiao Yingze really had to thank the divorce system of the Seven Outlaws this time. After three years of marriage, he never took a concubine to take over the house, and in the eyes of outsiders, he has implemented Gong Zhuoliang's 'jealousy' rule. , so I can unilaterally cut off Gong Zhuoliang's marriage relationship with myself. If this time I can really save the danger, then the little daughter-in-law will not know that this divorce letter has existed. If there is any accident, then I can protect him once, and I have no regrets...

Gong Zhuoliang didn't know that he had become an 'abandoned husband' a few days ago. He was riding his horse impatiently to the palace's house. When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he was caught by the man who was heading towards him. The white lantern hanging above Bai Fan was shocked. The only people in the Gong family who can hang the gate of the house in white are Master Gong, Madam Gong and Gong Zhuoyu, the prodigal son. Which one is gone now?