But Axia returned to the courtyard where the mistress of the Li family lived with a lot of worries. Achun happened to lift the curtain and walked out from inside. When she saw her, she said angrily: "Why did you give me a snack for so long? The wife is waiting for you to reply!"

The Li family’s wife is Zhang, who is over 50 years old and has been well maintained. At least it is good compared to her peers who are generally premature aging. However, many wrinkles are still climbing on the corners of her face and eyes. She gains weight slightly, and looks kind. When she saw Ah Xia walk in, she smiled and asked, “Do you send the snacks?”

Axia was blessed with blessings: "Yes, Lord Tang was very happy and said that Madam has troubled me, please thank you."

Zhang smiled and said, "Mr. Tang has also helped us a lot. We just give us some food on weekdays, so how can we be considered troublesome? Axia, come here, I have something to say to you."

Axia hurriedly walked over and saw that Zhang had been looking at her, and she was a little nervous and whispered: "What are the instructions for Madam?"

Zhang smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'll ask you, do you have any admiration for Lord Tang next door?"

Axia's heart thumped and she stuttered: "Ta, ma'am?"

Zhang: "You are honest, I will never harm you, right or not?"

Axia sounds like a mosquito: "Yes..."

Zhang smiled and said, "That's good. Lord Tang is single and he is an official in the capital. There is no one around you who knows the cold and the hot. You are now seventeen and should have married. I know you are interested in Lord Tang, but as your identity, it is a bit forced to marry him as a wife. If you are a concubine, there should be no problem. But you are a good child and have learned a lot from me over the years. If you give the contract to you, you can go out to marry a small family as the head of the family, which is also qualified. I don't know what you think, so I call you here to ask, are you willing to serve Lord Tang or are you willing to go out to get married?"

Axia remembered what she had just been rejected, and her face turned red and said, "Maid, I'm not ashamed and have taken the initiative to express my feelings to Lord Tang!"

Zhang was surprised: "What's so shameful about you? Men get married when they are old, and women get married when they are old. I have watched you grow up since childhood. Not only you, but Achun, Aqiu and the others, I'm happy to see you find a good home. Get up quickly, what did Lord Tang say?"

Axia knelt down, and tears flowed out of her suppressed body. She hugged Zhang's legs and cried, "Madam, Lord Tang doesn't like me, I... I'm not alive!"

Zhang helped her up: "Do you have no room for maneuver? What did Lord Tang say?"

Ah Xia sobbed and said everything he had just passed.

After hearing this, Zhang sighed: "It seems that Lord Tang really doesn't have that idea. According to your appearance, Lord Tang shouldn't be unwilling to do so, but not all men in the world are lustful people. There are always exceptions. Well, I will find another good relationship for you. If you like someone in this mansion, you can choose it!"

Axia whispered: "My maid is unruly and dares to beg her wife to come forward and help me speak in front of Lord Tang, and say something..."

Zhang shook his head: "This is really an injustice from his previous life. It's just that. I heard that Lord Tang went out early and came back late these days, and was very busy. After staying for a while, I asked someone to invite him over."

Axia burst into tears and smiled: "Thank you, my maid, for your great kindness, Axia will remember you for the rest of her life!"

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A pair of small feet gently stepped on the corridor of the embroidery building.

The delicate and delicate skirt has already covered her feet tightly, but because of walking, the skirt gently sways, revealing the embroidered shoes below from time to time, which is tempting.

It seemed as if she was stepping on the steps, but clouds.

She stopped in front of a door and raised her hand to knock on the door.

"Who?" sound came from inside.

"Mom Lu, it's me." She said, her voice soft and soft, with a soft feeling of Jiangnan's daughter's house. Even if she was angry, she sounded like she was acting cute. When ordinary men heard this, their bones would be soft.

The people inside did not come to open the door immediately as usual, and then smiled, but were serene. After a while, they said, "Wait, here we come!"

Through the window paste, I vaguely saw a figure from far to near, and then opened the door with a whisper: "It's Qingzi, come in quickly!"

Qingzi said strangely: "Is mom sick? Her face is a little bad."

The madam forced a smile: "If there is nothing, come in and sit in!"

She leaned her head out and shouted, "Xiao Liuzi, give me tea!"

Qingzi stopped her: "No need to worry, Mom Lu, I have something to discuss with you this time."

The madam said with a roar: "If you have something, just say it. Why are you so serious? I didn't agree to you about what you have, just say it!"

Qingzi thought for a while and seemed to finally make up her mind: "I want to redeem myself."

The madam's chrysanthemum smile disappeared: "What did you say?"

Qingzi sighed, but her tone became more firm: "I want to redeem myself."

The madam no longer had the calmness she had before and jumped three feet high: "No, I don't agree!"

Qingzi looked at her calmly: "Mom Lu, we agreed before that if I could get enough 5,000 taels, I would let me redeem myself." She took out a note from her arms, "This is a silver note of 5,000 taels, which was opened by Huitong Money House, as if it were a fake one."

The madam calmed down: "Qingzi, don't say that my mother is untrustworthy, mom doesn't know which young master you got from. The five thousand taels are only five thousand taels, which is not a small amount. This money is all for you. You took it out. Even if you redeem yourself in the future, what kind of life will you have to rely on? It's better to stay for a few more years."

"Besides, I have seen many girls. After leaving Huanyilou, they quickly spent all their money and had to retake their old jobs. But by then, their value will drop a lot. Even if they are listed again, they will not be able to sell their original value. Qingzi, Mom Lu will not cheat you. Instead of redeeming yourself, it is better to marry a concubine to a young man who is interested in you. That will be a serious life!"

Qingzi: "Mom Lu, how many men who come to the brothel are good? Why do you have to coax me with this? I am now nineteen and have not been doing it for a few years. We have been together for so long, and we have no love and fate. Why do you have to hold me back? Let me spend a few days of quiet life? "

Seeing that she was very determined, the madam looked very ugly. She closed her lips twice, as if she wanted to say something harsh, but her eyes turned and finally changed into a smile: "Forget it, since I have said this, I have nothing to say about mom, but you have followed me since childhood. I am always afraid that you will suffer outside. For this, I will only charge 4,000 liang for the remaining 1,000 liang, and you will keep the remaining 1,000 liang for emergency purposes."

Qingzi was surprised. She never expected that Lu's mother, who was usually fond of money, was so easy to talk to. Not only was she willing to let her go easily, but she was also willing to return her own money. She was also a little moved and blessed to the madam: "For so many years, thanks to her mother's teachings, Qingzi is so grateful and has no way to repay her. Please accept these five thousand taels. Qingzi is still a little bit too small and will not starve to death for a while."

"Qingzi," the madam took her hand and sat down, lowering her voice: "Tell your mother honestly, did this silver note be given to you by Mr. Zheng before? Now that others are dead, I heard that things are still making a lot of trouble, so this money won't cause any trouble?"

Qingzi: "Mom Lu, where did you think of it? These money were not given to me by Mr. Zheng. He is a playboy. Even if he has some money on hand, he can't take out 5,000 taels to help me redeem myself in one breath. The money is serious, so mom doesn't have to worry."

The madam: "If you don't tell me clearly, I always feel like I'm up and down. You should know that Mr. Zheng was resting in our Huanyi Building the day before his death. This matter is unclear. If those nobles want to do something, it will be easy to take action against us."

Qingzi: "Isn't this case closed? It is said that the murderer is the second son of the Marquis of Wu'an. The other party colluded with Mr. Zheng's concubine and assassinated Mr. Zheng. What does it have to do with us?"

The madam smiled forcibly: "With that being said, I heard that the people from the Beizhen Fushi are still investigating. They say that the case is still suspicious, and I don't know what suspicious it is. I am in charge of your expenses on weekdays. How can I take out 5,000 taels in one breath? I don't want to force you to keep you, but you have to give me a brief account of this matter so that no one of us can escape if the money causes trouble!"

Qingzi was silent for a moment: "I can't say the origin of this money. In short, it was given by a certain kind-hearted guest. He was interested in Qingzi and wanted to marry me into the house, but because there was a big mother in the family, it was impossible to do anything."

The madam's eyes rolled: "Since you said that, I'm relieved, but I still don't understand something, and I'm waiting for you to solve my doubts."

Qingzi: "Mom, you might as well say it directly."

The madam smiled and said, "Qingzi, I heard that you have set up a house outside, is there any such thing?"

Qingzi's face changed: "What's the point of mom? Are you looking for someone to check me?"

The madam also looked down: "You are my daughter. Is there anything else I have to hide from me? What's wrong with me asking? To be honest, where did this house come from?"

Qingzi stood up and sneered: "It seems that I am not speculating today. Since mom refuses to say good things, I will come back another day. I just hope you don't regret it then!"

However, before she could leave, a strange man's voice sounded in the room: "If Miss Qingzi didn't explain the matter between the house and the money clearly, she would probably not be able to leave today."

But two people turned out from behind the screen, one carrying a weapon, tall and cold, and the other was straight in bamboo green, with a gentle and gentle manner.

Qingzi's face changed drastically. When she was about to retreat to the door, two soldiers had been blocked at some point.

Qingzi: "Who are you!"

Tang Fan saw her tightly clenched fists half-hidden under her sleeves, which was a sign of her heart's nervousness.

"Tang Fan of Shuntian Prefecture, there are still some questions about the case of Wu'an Hou Mansion. I would like to ask Miss Qingzi to answer it."

Qingzi: "Isn't the case closed?"

Tang Fan shook his head: "The case has not been closed yet, because we found out that there is another murderer in this case. Does Miss Qingzi want to know?"

Qingzi: "What does that have to do with me!"

Tang Fan: "Zheng Cheng has had a marriage with the girl after all, and a couple has a happy relationship every night. Why should a girl be so heartless? It's better to listen to your relationship with Zheng Cheng?"

Qingzi's expression was tense, but her waist was straight: "Is it because I heard what Lord Tang said that I am related to Zheng Cheng's death?"

Tang Fan: "There are two causes of Zheng Cheng's death: one is that he was added without authorization in the aphrodisiac medicine he took. This medicine caused his vitality to fall out and die of yang loss. The other is that the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head was hit several times, and the meridians in the skull were ruptured. The person who changed the prescription had been caught. I believe that Miss Qingzi also heard that it was Zheng Zhi, the second son of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, and Hui Niang, Zheng Cheng's concubine Hui Niang. But when we interrogated Zheng Zhi and Hui Niang, we found that they knew nothing about the Baihui acupoint. Neither Hui Niang or Zheng Zhi had the conditions to keep tapping the acupoints while Zheng Cheng was sleeping. This person must have had a bed with Zheng Cheng for a while. There are three people who meet this condition, you, Yu Niang, Zheng Cheng's concubine, and Zhao, the outer room of Zheng Cheng."

Qingzi: "Why don't the adults go to find them, but to come to me?"

Tang Fan: "Since I discovered this suspicious point, I have been sending people to ambush outside Huanyi Tower, outside Wu'an Hou Mansion, and Zheng Cheng's outer house to stare at you three. Whenever you kill, you must have a motive and will have a purpose. For more than half a month, Yu Niang and Zhao's place have been calm. They have not had any contact with any suspicious people, nor have they made a large amount of money. Only you, although as the top player in Huanyi Tower, has always been in the hands of the madam, but suddenly they have money to let the maid secretly buy a house outside and can also give money to redeem yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, two more yamen runners came in outside: "Sir, I found these in her room!"

Tang Fan nodded: "Let me see where did you find it?"

Yabo: "Under the mattress, she hid in the corner between the mattress and the mattress."

Qingzi saw the sachet on the other party's hand, and his expression, which had been gradually calming down, became panicked again.

Tang Fan untied the sachet, smelled it, handed it to Suizhou, and then said to Qingzi: "I guess this is the key to Zheng Cheng being able to sleep unconsciously, letting you do it? There is very little powder inside, and you should have been poured out long ago, but it was not completely poured out, and there were still some residues. Why didn't you throw away or burn the entire sachet? This way, there will be less traces."

Qingzi said coldly: "At first glance, Lord Tang is a person who is unfamiliar with the charm. The sachets embroidered by a woman are either given to her sweetheart or left to her closest relatives. How could she throw them away if she says she wants?"

Tang Fan remembered Ah Xia's purse that he had rejected and touched his nose: "So, did Miss Qingzi admit that she was the murderer?"

Qingzi: "Yes, it's true that I was so confused that Zheng Cheng was hit on his Baihui acupoint. In this way, people would die without leaving any traces. If I had known that there would be others who wanted Zheng Cheng to die, I wouldn't have to do it."

Tang Fan: "Why do you do this?"

Qingzi: "What's the reason? Lord Tang can take credit by catching the murderer? Do you still have to ask for the truth? Zheng Cheng is very hateful and always likes to play new tricks in bed. I have been tortured by him so much that I can't stand it. I can't even make some money from him and make him disappear completely. Why not do it?"

Her eyes turned, she looked at the madam and said hatefully: "This poisonous woman has harmed me since she was a child. I wanted to kill her before leaving, but I didn't expect that you would ruin a good thing!"

The madam was already shocked by her confession. Seeing that she looked at her, she couldn't help but hide behind Tang Fan.

As a result, he barely grabbed Tang Fan's sleeve. The Suizhou sleeve next to him was shaking, and the person was pushed away involuntarily, knocked over a chair and fell to the ground, screaming.

Suizhou naturally had no interest in listening to her continue and said coldly: "Take it away and go back for a retrial."

The left and right then stepped forward and took her down.

Suizhou expressed full disgust for the rich powdery smell that filled his nose, but he still went to Qingzi's house with Tang Fan and searched around, and took some suspicious things on it. Then the two left Huanyi Tower.

Tang Fan sighed: "When I first discovered Hui Niang, I thought we had already found the real murderer. Unexpectedly, two groups of people finally wanted Zheng Cheng to die. He really couldn't die!"

Suizhou: "Who else did that woman have any contact with except for letting her maid go out to buy a house?"

Tang Fan shook his head: "No more, she... isn't right!"

He suddenly stopped.

Suizhou also stopped and looked at him, a little confused.

Tang Fan didn't bother to say more to him: "We have to hurry up and catch Qingzi back. We just missed a problem!"

Suizhou didn't ask much, and jumped forward, and soon disappeared.

When Tang Fan arrived at the Shuntian Prefecture Prison panting, he saw Qingzi lying on the ground, having died, while Sui Zhou stood beside him and questioned the yamen runners.

The yamen runners said that when they took Qingzi away, because she cooperated very well, she saw her a weak woman, so she did not search her body. Who knew that at this moment, she suddenly took out a short dagger from her body and stabbed her in the chest, and it was no longer possible.
Chapter completed!