Chapter 248
Mystery
Chapter 248 Mystery
"Now that Meng Yan is dead, what are your plans? If you want to find him, I will order someone to send you back immediately."
When Huo Yun heard this, she knelt down with a bang, kowtowed heavily to Song Hengye and Gu Qingyou, and said gratefully: "On behalf of the kidnapped woman and the villagers who were innocently killed by Meng Yan, I would like to thank General Song. Thank you girl, it’s just~~”
Gu Qingyou stepped forward and pulled her up: "It's just nothing. If you have any difficulties, just tell us and we will definitely find a solution for you."
Huo Yun looked pale and said: "Fang'er lost his parents because of me, and I should be responsible for him. Now he is at the age of enlightenment. I want him to stay in the capital to study, so I don't plan to go back for the time being."
Gu Qingyou didn't notice her slightly evasive gaze, and advised: "You don't have to worry about Fang'er, just leave him in the Duke's Mansion. If Brother Liu knows that you are still alive, I don't know how happy he will be. You should still Go back and marry him as soon as possible. If you want to, you can come to Beijing to see him at any time. "
Fang'er was no longer the carefree child who only knew how to fish and hunt. She knew that following Huo Yun she could only act as a dragster, looking back and forth between the two of them, and finally said to Huo Yun reluctantly: "Yun Sister, I have grown up and can take care of myself, so you can go back with peace of mind."
Then he said to Gu Qingyou: "Sister Youyou, don't worry, I won't live and eat for free, I can work, and all the wages I earn will be given to you!"
The cautious look made Gu Qingyou's eyes slightly sore, and she touched his head and said, "You only need to eat well, sleep well, and study, and don't worry about anything else. If you can pass the imperial examination, Sister Youyou and Sister Yun'er will be able to do it in the future." Taking advantage of you!"
In her opinion, this was the best arrangement, but unexpectedly, Huo Yun still refused.
"It's great that the girl is willing to help Fang'er, but I have to do something for him to feel at ease. In this case, let Fang'er stay while I find a job outside and make money for him to study."
Gu Qingyou wanted to persuade her a few words, but Song Hengye on the side inadvertently cleared his throat and said, "I wonder how my mother is doing. Today's incident did not disturb her, right?"
When Xue Lan was mentioned, Gu Qingyou's good mood disappeared and he said worriedly: "The doctors said it was nothing serious, but for some reason, my mother never woke up."
"Miss Huo is also tired today. Why don't we arrange for her and Fang'er to go to the guest room to rest. We will discuss other matters later. You can go with me to see your mother first."
When Song Hengye opened his mouth, Gu Qingyou naturally couldn't refuse. He thought that as an adopted son, it would be inconvenient for Song Hengye to enter his mother's bedroom alone, so he didn't think much about it, so he shook Huo Yun's hand and said, "It's okay, I might not be doing well recently. Taiping, and Fang'er is coming to the Duke's Mansion for the first time, and he must not be used to many places. Why don't you stay in the Mansion for a few days to accompany him? "
Huo Yun wanted to refuse, but when she lowered her head, she saw Fang'er's expectant eyes. Although he and Gu Qingyou had known each other for a long time, since they lost their parents, Huo Yun and him had always been dependent on each other, so their relationship was naturally closer.
Although the Duke's Mansion was nice, it was a strange place after all. She was also worried that Fang'er wouldn't be used to it, so she said, "The civilian girl will stay here shamelessly, and then leave after Fang'er gets used to it."
After settling the two of them, Gu Qingyou and Song Hengye went to Xue Lan's yard one after another. When they reached the entrance of the yard, Song Hengye suddenly stopped and whispered: "Huo Yun probably doesn't want to go back to Huaizhou. According to Meng Yan's men, Someone told her that she had lost her virginity while being escorted to the capital."
This news was like a blow to the head, hitting Gu Qingyou hard on the head.
After a long silence, she spoke with difficulty: "But this is not her fault. It is Meng Yan who is wrong. Liu Chunxiang loves her so much. If he knew what happened to her, it would be too late to feel sorry for her, so how could he dislike her?"
Song Hengye lowered his eyes and looked at her without speaking.
It is true that Liu Chunxiang loves Huo Yun, but no one is sure whether he will disregard worldly views for her.
In the Jin Dynasty, reputation is more important than life and death, especially for women. Once they lose their virginity, they will be despised by thousands of people.
So Huo Yun was timid and hesitant just now. It wasn't that she didn't want to go back, but that she couldn't face Liu Chunxiang after knowing the truth, and she couldn't bear Liu Chunxiang's disgusted eyes.
Even if you feel it is a pity that a couple is in love, the parties involved must figure it out on their own regarding emotional matters.
Gu Qingyou naturally understood this truth, and sighed and changed the subject: "By the way, we sent so many people before but couldn't find them, how did you find them? And what Mrs. Meng said today, I think Meng Yan came to the country Something is wrong with the government affairs, and I always feel that there is something behind it.”
"According to the confession of Meng Yan's men, before Meng Yan came to the Duke's Mansion, Ye Xian went to drink with him."
"Ye Xian?"
A pair of sinister eyes appeared in Gu Qingyou's mind, "Do you know what they said?"
Song Hengye shook his head: "They retreated while drinking, so no one knows what they said specifically."
"But as far as I know, Ye Xian has no connection with the Duke's office. Could this be a coincidence?"
Song Hengye pondered: "It seems so on the surface, but when Ye Xian left, someone outside the Duke's mansion called for help. The soldiers were afraid that there might be some trouble, so they went to check, but found nothing."
Meng Yan took advantage of the brief absence of the soldiers to sneak into the Duke's mansion.
The coincidence of this timing is incredible. Song Hengye would not believe it if he said that he had nothing to do with Ye Xian.
As a counselor of the Prime Minister's Office, Ye Xian should not take anything lightly, but he had calculated everything and did not expect that Song Hengye would wake up and kill Meng Yan directly.
Immediately afterwards, Song Hengye gave another secret clue: "Just after Meng Yan's body was returned to the Meng family, the Prime Minister's Office sent someone to send a secret letter to Mr. Meng."
At that time, he sent someone to send the body back and deliberately left a few secret guards to hide near Meng's house. Unexpectedly, he discovered something fishy.
According to the report from the secret guard, Master Meng was extremely sad when he saw his son's body, but did not know who the murderer was. However, after reading the letter from the Prime Minister's Palace, his expression changed several times, and finally he asked Mrs. Meng to bring the body to the Duke's Palace to cause a scene. , and he himself went straight to the palace.
Just when Mr. Meng was crying and begging the emperor to severely punish the Duke's government and seek justice for Meng Yan, the Dengwen drum was beaten.
The person beating the drum was Huo Yun. At the same time, Song Hengye appeared in front of the emperor with the women who were abducted with Huo Yun.
There is no need to ask about the rest. Naturally, Meng Yan's various evil deeds were exposed, and the emperor was furious. However, considering that the man was dead and Concubine Meng had just come out of the cold palace, she scolded Master Meng to get out of the palace and not to mention this matter again in the future. .
When Gu Qingyou heard this, she couldn't help but have deep suspicions. Things went so smoothly. If it weren't for Song Hengye's handiwork, she wouldn't believe it!
"Tell me, have you found Huo Yun a long time ago? Otherwise, why would she only go to play the Dengwen drum today after she has been in Beijing for so long?"
If coincidences occur one after another, that is not normal.
Song Chengye was noncommittal and smiled faintly: "Meng Yan deserves what he deserves. God can't stand it anymore!" However, Meng Yan's death does not mean that the matter is over. For example, Ye Xian, why did he target the Duke? Where is the government?
"There has been a dispute between civil and military officials in the court since ancient times. The prime minister is the head of the civil service, so naturally he does not want to see the rise of military officials."
Moreover, civil servants are good at manipulating power and beguiling the holy heart, often killing people invisibly.
Previously, when Song Hengye went to the Northwest Camp, he discovered that many of the evidences incriminating Song Lian's treason could not escape the shadow of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Therefore, he deliberately staged an assassination drama in order to attract the people behind the scenes to take action, but he did not expect that Meng Yan would become the first victim.
I don’t know what benefits the Prime Minister’s Office promised the Meng family. Even though they knew that their son’s death was closely related to the Prime Minister’s Office, they were still willing to suppress the Duke’s Office for them.
Gu Qingyou snorted coldly: "The old guy from the Meng family is not confused. If the Prime Minister's Office promises to help the second prince born by Concubine Meng to ascend the throne, what if his son dies as a coward?"
However, these things Ye Xian did were all done in secret, and they could not produce evidence to prove that everything was related to the Prime Minister's Mansion. If they killed him by then, it would be a personal grudge between Ye Xian and the Duke's Mansion, and no one could do anything about it.
In addition, Gu Qingyou is also concerned about another matter: "It's not a secret that Ye Xian works for the Prime Minister's Office, so what is the attitude of Marquis Jing'an?"
"The Marquis of Jing'an has a laid-back nature. He has only been an idle Marquis for many years and has never participated in party disputes. I think this matter has nothing to do with him."
Song Hengye was never a person who talked casually. Since he thought so, he was absolutely sure. Gu Qingyou relaxed a little. It would be best if he had nothing to do with Marquis Jing'an, otherwise it would be impossible to involve Ye Lan. After all, it was Chang Le. Her fiancé, she didn’t want anything to happen to Ye Lan.
The matter came to an end, and Xue Lan finally woke up two days later, but she still couldn't get out of bed and walk around.
Song Hengye rarely went out these days. Instead, he read books and practiced swordplay at home, or played chess with Xue Lan, like a real mother and son.
Song Chengye also ordered someone to send a letter, saying that the medicine had been found, but it would be troublesome to transport it back and it might take a little longer.
His mother was already well, so Gu Qingyou replied to the letter and asked him to walk slowly on the road, putting safety first.
The only thing that worries her now is that there is still no news from Changle.
After lunch that day, Gu Qingyou was pushing Xue Lan for a walk in a special wheelchair when Shuang Jiang ran into the yard with a gossipy face and said mysteriously: "Madam, Miss, I went out to buy rouge today and heard something big! "
Gu Qingyou looked at the sweat on her forehead and said angrily: "What is worthy of running like this? You sweat so much, you will have a headache when the wind blows."
Shuangjiang took out his handkerchief and wiped it carelessly, then lowered his voice and said, "I heard from the waiter at Rouge Shop that there was a commotion at the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion last night, and the two young masters got into a fight. If Marquis Jing'an hadn't stopped them, I'm afraid they would have killed each other." It’s killing people!”
Gu Qingyou was confused and couldn't help but said: "Why do I sound so confused? Who hit whom?"
"Hey, of course it was Prince Ye who beat Mr. Ye, the salty one. I heard that he even used his sword. Later, although Marquis Jing'an stopped him, Prince Ye spread the word that he would kill Mr. Ye. He was removed from the clan, and Marquis Jing'an actually acquiesced. "
"If this is really the case, Marquis Jing'an is not so confused."
The speaker was Xue Lan. After she woke up, her limbs were paralyzed to varying degrees and she was temporarily unable to walk. For this reason, she locked herself in her room for a day and night.
It was hard to live a new life, but I didn’t expect that he might become paralyzed at such a young age. No one else would be depressed, but fortunately, my daughter said that Song Chengye had found a medicine for her and was on his way back to Beijing, so I was in the mood to go to the garden. .
She already knew that Meng Yan's incident was most likely related to Ye Xian. As long as she put the incidents together and thought about it, it would not be difficult to guess the whole story.
The Marquis of Jing'an's house deliberately made the family scandal known to everyone by drawing swords on each other's hands and feet, which was nothing more than a clear intention to draw a clear line with the Prime Minister's house.
Shuangjiang clicked his tongue and said, "Although Lord Ye is uneducated and incompetent, he is open and aboveboard. That Ye Xian is very thoughtful and full of bad ideas at first glance!"
This was an internal conflict within the Ye family. It had nothing to do with the Duke's government. Gu Qingyou just listened to it for fun. However, Shuang Jiang's unintentional words made her suddenly have an erratic thought - Chang Le said that she had come to him in her dream. Before she died, she heard officers and soldiers say that Ye Lan falsely accused the King of Qin of treason. Was the name she heard really Ye Lan?
In this life alone, Ye Lan was happy with Chang Le and had no reason to frame the Prince of Qin's palace. Even if Chang Le regretted the marriage the most, Ye Lan only drank a few times and did not do anything extreme.
Now that he has openly turned against Ye Xian, he must have disdained being associated with the Prime Minister, so how could he be so vicious that he wanted to kill the Prince of Qin?
Ye Lan, Ye Xian, and Gu Qingyou smacked their names in their mouths. The pronunciation of their names was similar. At that time, Changle was exiled for many days. When he was very weak, he was insulted by the officers and soldiers, and suffered severe physical and psychological injuries. Under such extreme circumstances, It is very possible that I heard it wrong.
Moreover, Song Hengye also mentioned before that there are vague traces of the prime minister's government in the evidence identifying Song Lian's rebellion, so everything makes sense!
"I see!"
She immediately stood up and said to Shuang Jiang: "Send mother back to your room first. I have something to go to see the second young master!"
Although she didn't know why in this life, the person falsely accused by the prime minister changed from King Qin to Song Lian, she was almost certain that they were all related to Ye Xian!
When he arrived at Song Hengye's yard, Gu Qingyou was in vain. Not only Song Hengye, but also Bu Cai was not there. He asked Sasu's servants, but he said that the second young master received a letter in the afternoon and hurried out.
"Then did he leave a message saying where he went?"
The servant shook his head blankly, and Gu Qingyou explained: "Then when the second young master comes back, tell me that I have something important to tell you, and ask him to send someone to inform me."
Back in the courtyard, Gu Qingyou felt uneasy. Thinking back to the previous palace banquet, the way Ye Xian looked at Chang Le clearly showed a man's possessiveness towards women, naked and direct. This can also explain that in Chang Le's dream, Ye Xian looked at Chang Le. Why did Xian attack the Prince of Qin's Mansion? It was just because Chang Le married Song Hengye and he was angry that he couldn't help but love her.
But in this life, because Chang Le made different choices and even deliberately engaged Ye Lan, why did Ye Xian turn his attention to the Duke's Mansion?
Just when she was puzzled, someone sent the answer.
(End of this chapter)