The truth comes to light

The back alley of the Qin Mansion is where servants gather.

The alley, which is usually noisy and noisy on weekdays, was unusually quiet today. There was an air of uneasiness in the silence. No one dared to speak loudly for fear of disturbing something.

There were far fewer people coming and going, but in a place where no one was paying attention, there was a thin man who looked like a young boy. He changed into the clothes of ordinary people in the city and slipped along the wall out of the back alley of the Qin Mansion.

He walked around the city three times and arrived at Fireworks Alley. He knocked on the door at the back door of a secret door several times. The courtyard fell silent, and then there were footsteps approaching.

The door crack opened, and the person inside poked his head out. Unfortunately, he was the one who got a bag of silver at the breakfast stall and continued to work for Mr. Xing.

He was surprised when he saw the skinny boy outside the door.

"What are you doing here again?" said the man at the door, and chased him away, "I've already given you money, don't ask me for it if you spend it all!"

After hearing this, the boy stared and said, "You only said you asked me to throw that book into the garden, but you didn't say you wanted to harm my wife!"

He lowered his voice suddenly, "Madam, I'm afraid Madam won't be able to survive this time. The master and the young master are going to conduct a thorough investigation. I can't be in the house anymore. You have to arrange for me to escape as soon as possible!"

The person at the door was surprised when he heard this. He asked, "Mrs. Qin really can't survive this." He pulled the young man in and closed the door tightly.

They didn't notice that under the wall outside the door, someone's feet were as light as a feather, quietly sticking to the door.

There are people from all walks of life in this secret door in Fireworks Alley, and the people inside the door just hired the Fireworks Girl to stay temporarily.

He pulled the boy behind a deserted tree. Before he could ask any more questions, the boy became anxious.

"Madam, you are really going to die. You don't know that the Qin family is as dead now. No one dares to breathe. You didn't say it was such a big deal at the beginning! Otherwise, no matter how much money you give me, I won't do it!

"

The man at the door snorted, "You won't do it even if I give you twice as much?"

He looked at the young man, thinking that the young man must be shaken by this number, but he didn't expect that the young man shook his head firmly.

"You haven't seen the methods of the Qin family, especially the eldest son, so you want me to die for just this number? Just dream!"

The more the boy talked, the more resentful he became, "I'm not leaving anyway, you can think of a way for me!"

After he finished speaking, he slapped his butt on the ground.

The people inside thought he was just scared, but they hesitated when they saw the situation.

He said a lot of good and bad things to the boy, but when he saw that it was of no use at all, he couldn't help but become anxious.

"Okay, let me go and ask first, and we'll tell you what to do later."

The boy suddenly raised his head when he heard this, "Who are you going to ask?"

"Don't worry!" The man inside the door snorted and narrowed his eyes, "If you want to save your life, the less you know, the better."

After saying that, he changed into inconspicuous clothes and went out. Two-quarters of an hour later, three identical wine flags were hung in front of a tavern.

The man sat in the tavern and waited. When it got dark, he turned around, closed the back door and went out, going around to the Guandi Temple in the city.

*

Qin Mansion, Xifeng Pavilion.

Fu Wen called out from outside the study, his voice a little softer.

"Master, the fish is hooked."

A response came from the study.

"Um."

*

Guandi Temple.

The person living in the secret door now wore a brown robe and looked like a scholar and was waiting in the main hall of Guandi Temple.

He arrived at the agreed time, but after waiting for two quarters of an hour, no one came yet.

At this time, the sun was about to set from the Western Mountain. The number of people burning incense and worshiping gods in the tall and spacious hall gradually became less and less, and the tall and spacious hall gradually became deserted.

The person inside the door couldn't bear it any longer and couldn't help but wonder if the wine flag he had hung had been seen.

Just as he was hesitating, a familiar sound of walking suddenly sounded. His heart moved, and he looked up to the left rear of the statue of the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty.

Behind the layers of yellow curtains embroidered with talismans, clothes and skirts swayed, and someone stepped forward with graceful steps.

The person inside the door's eyes lit up and he hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"cousin!"

He arrived in front of the woman in two steps, raised his head and looked at her beautiful face that was half-hidden.

It’s Huang Ling!

At this moment, Huang Ling covered her nose with a veil, but she saw that the person inside the door looked unkind, and even called the person by his first name.

"Wu Liang, why are you looking for me suddenly?"

The doorman Wu Liang's eyes were still following Huang Ling's face. He was disgusted by her taste and asked her, so he led her to the woods behind. While walking, he told her about the servant and asked Huang Ling.

"Mrs. Qin is really dying?"

When Huang Ling said these words, the unhappiness on Huang Ling's face finally dissipated a little.

"It's not going to work. I invited five doctors in a row to no avail. At most," she raised her eyebrows happily, "I'll have to wait for another two or three days."

When Wu Liang heard this, he said, "Congratulations to my cousin for getting what she wanted. Once Mrs. Qin leaves, my cousin will be Commander Qin's first choice!"

After serving Qin Guanzhong for so many years, as the maid in the outer courtyard study, she should have become the first person on Qin Guanzhong's bedside.

The corners of Huang Ling's eyes couldn't help but curl up, but Wu Liang was now more concerned about the boy.

"This matter is indeed not tight enough. If the Qin government catches him, it will be troublesome."

Huang Ling also knew that this was a bit rough.

But she was not sure at that time that the medicinal recipe in the hands of the concubine must have come from the former palace maid Lu Wanying, so she made a temporary arrangement to test Mrs. Qin. She never expected that Mrs. Qin immediately I recognized the handwriting, then became furious and vomited blood, and now I can no longer do it.

Thinking of this, Huang Ling glanced at her cousin Wu Liang.

"The boy is right. He can't go back to the Qin Mansion, so let him go to a peaceful place."

Huang Ling said, her voice a little more ethereal.

Wu Liang was stunned and instantly understood what she meant.

"Okay, I will definitely take care of it for my cousin."

To win over Huang Ling, as long as Huang Ling spreads some news, the Xing family will still have a steady stream of money for him.

Wu Liang felt happy.

He agreed, and Huang Ling nodded with satisfaction.

This cousin has more thoughts, but he can do things fairly well.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and just when they were about to leave, the woods suddenly seemed to be swept away by a strong wind, and a group of people fell from the sky, surrounding the two of them.

Wu Liang tried to resist, but a sword was held to his neck.

Huang Ling was shocked and stepped back, but she heard someone behind her say with a smile.

"Miss Huang Ling, do you think you can escape this time?"

Huang Ling looked back in surprise and saw an unsheathed sword and the Xifeng Pavilion guard Fu Wen holding the sword.

Huang Ling's face instantly turned pale.

*

Qin's secret prison.

Fu Wen wiped off the blood on his hands, tightened the sword on his waist, got on his horse, and returned to the Qin Mansion.

Qin Shen's personal entourage, Lian Zhou, who had become the chief steward of Xifeng Pavilion at a young age, was at the entrance of the courtyard.

At this moment, he saw that Fu Wen's bloody aura had not dissipated, and he frowned.

"Young master is in the study. Are you sure you don't want to change your clothes and see him again?"

Normally it was time to change clothes, but Fu Wen felt it was more important to talk about the matter first.

He glanced at Lian Zhou and said, "You are the only one who cares about it. Will Young Master care about this?"

Lian Zhou rolled his eyes speechlessly and watched Fu Wen enter the study.

However, Fu Wen still took care to put some distance between himself and the eldest son, and told the matter clearly and neatly.

"Huang Ling has admitted that she did this."

Fu Wen remembered how the maid Huang Ling, who had always been considerate and loyal to the master for more than ten years, went crazy in the secret prison just now.

The cell was pitch dark, with only a small lamp on the wall emitting dim light.

Huang Ling's beautiful face was distorted in an indistinguishable way, and she loudly cursed Mrs. Qin's longevity.

"Shouldn't she deserve to die? She has occupied the master for so many years, shouldn't she deserve to die? Because of her, the master never touches the woman next to him, and doesn't even take a second look. I have served the master for so many years, and I always think about him, but...
To be continued...