I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 541
"Who did I offend?" Zhan Feiyu's voice in the room gritted his teeth.

If the old man sent someone to assassinate him, no matter if it was a conspiracy or a conspiracy, it was a real knife and gun to take people's lives. It was a wild boar and a poisonous snake. Zhan Feiyu felt a chill on his back when he thought of it.

He Sheng and He Nuan looked at each other, and they turned around and entered the room.

"Miss." He saluted Zhan Feiyu first, and then replied: "The person behind the scenes was sent by Mrs. Xiang. Mrs. Xiang was born in the Li family of Qianzhong Road. The Li people in this branch are good at driving poisonous insects. "

The Xiang family is a merchant, and the business of the Xiang family has been growing in recent years. A large part of the reason is that Mrs. Xiang's people, although the method of using poison and worms is very low, but it can be effective.

But maybe it was also because of the unscrupulous businessmen of the Xiang family. Master Xiang and Mrs. Xiang now have a son of Xiang Changshou, and he is still a sick child. Mrs. Xiang is domineering, so naturally Mr. Xiang is not allowed to take concubines.

However, Mr. Xiang is a fear of internal affairs on the surface, but he has raised several concubines behind his back, but it is a pity that these beautiful concubines only gave birth to three concubine daughters for Mr. Xiang, and the Xiang family is doomed to have no children and grandchildren.

"Why did Mrs. Xiang send someone to assassinate me?" Zhan Feiyu was full of surprise. Although he was not a good man and a believer, he was not a vicious person either. The family had mentioned a few words from Qiu Jingyuan before. baffling.

He Sheng also tortured several Li people who were captured alive before he got the answer. He said in a deep voice, "Mrs. Xiang wanted to celebrate Xiang Changshou. Qiu Jingyuan's eldest aunt, Xu, bribed the abbot of Changhua Temple after she accidentally heard the news. ..."

A member of the Xiang family went to the temple to donate money for incense and fire, and learned from the young novice that Qiu Jingyuan's horoscope is excellent, and she is the face of Wangfu.

After Mrs. Xiang found out, she went to Changhua Temple in person, and the presiding officer gave Qiu Jingyuan and Xiang Changshou a combination of horoscopes. She only said that Miss Qiu's family had a precious life, a sign of harmony between the earth and heaven, and wealth. The meaning of leaving the ancestors to get married and nobles to help.

Zhan Feiyu didn't know much about the deduction of horoscopes. After hearing what He Sheng said, he asked in puzzlement: "It means that Qiu Jingyuan is very lucky, but the third wife of the Qiu family can't bear it, and she has to leave the Qiu family. Vanves?"

"That's exactly what Mrs. Xiang invited the official media to visit." He Sheng also didn't understand that although Mrs. Xiang was a female family member in the back house, she also took care of the Xiang family's business, and the clan only obeyed her orders.

But even with knowledge, Mrs. Xiang still believed in the command of the abbot of Changhua Temple. He Sheng glanced at Zhan Feiyu who was full of interest. Miss was just listening to it as a story.

"Mr. Xu sent someone to Xiang's house the day before yesterday to tell Mrs. Xiang that the marriage is over. Qiu Jingyuan has already engaged Jiao Lianyu." Before He Sheng finished speaking, Zhan Feiyu was so shocked that he almost spit out his tea. He Nuan The hand that put the teapot also shook twice, probably no one thought that there would be such a stubble.

After taking the handkerchief and wiping the tea from the corners of his mouth, Zhan Feiyu widened his eyes curiously, wishing to know what happened in the past two days immediately, "Qiu Jingyuan is the daughter of a guilty minister, how could the prefect Jiao agree to this marriage?"

Even if she put aside her status as the daughter of a guilty minister and talked about Qiu Jingyuan's actions before the downfall of Sanfang, even if the magistrate Jiao blindly chose Jiao Lianyu's wife, he would never choose Qiu Jingyuan.

This is a cruel and ruthless character. If this person enters Jiao's mansion, the house will be disturbed at least, and the family will be destroyed at worst. Jiao Lianping's wife, Mrs. Chen, watched and cried, and she is weak and weak. The assassination of Jiao Lianyu.

Comparing Chen and Qiu Jingyuan, it is absolutely insignificant, and Chen is out of line this time, thinking of taking advantage of your illness to kill you, killing Jiao Lianyu, and the Jiao family will belong to Jiao Lianping in the future.

But when it came to Qiu Jingyuan, Zhan Feiyu guessed that she would not be able to send someone to assassinate Jiao Lianping, so she simply killed Mrs. Jiao, Mrs. Chen, and Jiao Lianping's son all at once, so as to prevent future troubles.

"The orders given to Qiu Jingyuan by the abbot of Changhua Temple spread out somehow, and many people were a little moved. After Mrs. Jiao heard about it, she sent someone to the official media to make an appointment for Jiao Lianyu. The two families had already exchanged tokens and Geng Tie." He Sheng told Zhan Feiyu the news he just found out from the Jiao Mansion.

In fact, it's not just that, Mrs. Jiao will kill if she doesn't make a move!In addition to the Geng posts and tokens on the surface, Jiao Lianyu also had a sachet embroidered by Qiu Jingyuan herself, two handkerchiefs, and a pair of shoes in Jiao Lianyu's room.

The third room of the Qiu family has a jade pendant worn by Jiao Lianyu, as well as several poems and a painting. It is fine if the marriage is completed, but if the marriage fails, it will be a private exchange, and Qiu Jingyuan will lose her reputation. The same is true for Jiao Lianyu, a scholar. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to become an official in the imperial examination in the future.

He Sheng talked for about a quarter of an hour before finishing the matter. Seeing this, He Nuan also poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and said coldly, "Mrs. Xiang is blaming Miss because of the failure of the marriage?"

Zhan Feiyu smiled playfully, guessing that Qiu Jingyuan left the other courtyard on the front foot, and the Xu family sent someone to Xiang's house on the back foot to say that the marriage was not good. Mrs. Xiang was able to send someone to assassinate herself, and she was probably impulsive and irritable. It is estimated that he thought that this marriage was hindered by himself.

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What He Sheng can find out, no matter the government or the Qianzhong government, these families can naturally find out. After all, Mrs. Xiang's actions are full of mistakes, and every arrester sent by the yamen can find out the whole story.

Early in the morning, Zhan Feiyu had two dark circles under his eyes, his cheeks were puffed up at the moment, and his black hair was hanging down, making him look like a child.

Worried that it would be too cold in the morning, He Nuan moved the ice basin to a corner, "Miss, do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Shaking his head like a rattle drum, Zhan Feiyu rubbed the center of his brows indifferently. As expected, many of the poisonous snakes, boa constrictors, and water snakes fell into dreams last night. When he thought that he fell into a snake in his dream In the cave, Zhan Feiyu felt his head hurt even more, "Ah Nuan, today I will eat snake soup."

He Nuan, who had just poured water into the basin, shook his hands, and with a bang, the copper basin fell to the ground, and the water spilled all over the floor.

Almost at the same time, a voice sounded outside the window, "Miss?"

Zhan Feiyu chuckled, raised his voice and shouted to the outside: "It's okay, Ah Nuan accidentally dropped the basin on the ground."

He Nuan helplessly looked at Zhan Feiyu who was smiling like a flower. Last night, He Nuan lit a soothing incense, but He Nuan, who was watching the night, also noticed that Zhan Feiyu was sleepless, otherwise he would not have slept until the end of the hour.

"This is fighting poison with poison!" Zhan Feiyu giggled. In fact, the dream last night was too real and scary. Now that I wake up from the dream, it is not so scary when I recall what happened during the day. After all, she even entered the snake cave. , still be afraid of little snakes that come out from the corner at any time?

An hour later.

After killing the snake, He Sheng skinned the snake and looked at He Nuan behind him again, "Miss really want to eat snake soup?"

No wonder He Sheng wanted to ask a question. Miss was so frightened yesterday that she even squatted on a chair while reading and writing. The medicine package for the snake, but after one night, the young lady wanted to eat the snake soup so viciously.

He Nuan looked at the bloody snake hanging upside down on the branch with a blank expression. He dared to kill the snake himself, but he still felt a little disgusted after eating the snake soup.

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Jiao Lianping and Qiu Huaixin were well-known sons of officials in Qianzhong Road, but they rarely met each other.

Jiao Lianping was only the eldest son of the fourth-rank magistrate, and he was not good at reading and had no great prospects, so the group of dudes Jiao Lianping came and went with were the equally incompetent sons of government officials.

Qiu Huaixin's status is much more valuable. Although Qiu Huaixin, the old son of Chief Minister Qiu, has no talent for reading, he and Qiu Bingde are brothers of the same mother. In the future, Qiu Bingde will inherit the family business, and Qiu Huaixin's status will remain unchanged.

In addition, Qiu Huaixin and Jiao Lianyu had a good relationship, so naturally they looked down on Jiao Lianping, who was arrogant and conceited, but neither of them expected to meet at the gate of the other courtyard today.

"Tsk tsk, Mr. Jiao is not afraid of scars on his face when he travels with injuries, and he will miss the officialdom in the future." Sitting on the horseback, Qiu Huaixin looked at Jiao Lianping who got out of the carriage sarcastically.

Jiao Lianping bowed his hands and saluted, but his attitude was perfunctory, his head held high, and he didn't mean to curry favor with Qiu Huaixin at all, "Please trouble the third son to worry about it, it's just a flesh wound, Miss Zhan gave you good medicine, it's hard to leave a scar, let the third son down Already!"

"Are you bringing out Zhan Feiyu to suppress me?" The condescending Qiu Huaixin snorted, seeing Jiao Lianping's disdainful sarcasm, "I thought Mr. Jiao was arrogant, but I never thought that he was just a follower. "

Jiao Lianping has always disregarded Jiao Lianyu, a concubine, and occasionally talked about it with disdain and contempt. It seemed that mentioning a concubine would belittle his own worth, but today he came to another courtyard to curry favor with a little girl named Zhan Feiyu.

(End of this chapter)