I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 549 Death
Jiao Mansion, Zhujunxuan.

Although the best wound medicine was used, Li Li's knife almost killed Jiao Lianyu. After recuperating for many days, Jiao Lianyu's face was still weak and pale, which could be seen that he had hurt his vitality.

After drinking the medicine and handing the bowl to the boy, Jiao Lianyu asked sullenly, "What's going on outside now?"

"Back to the second son, the police went to Magpie Lane yesterday afternoon and arrested Chen An. He has already confessed in the lobby. He is the one who hated his family for killing the young lady, so he bribed local ruffians to spread rumors in an attempt to tarnish the lady's reputation. , also calculated to let the second son marry a criminal minister's daughter, and from then on, mother and son will be at odds, and brothers will turn against each other."

With a sneer, Jiao Lianyu leaned back on the armchair, and put back the book he had just picked up, "Is there anyone who believes this foolishness? Chen An has always followed the lead of his elder brother, let alone Chen was taken away by the forbidden dragon guards, even if he The Chen family died of illness in the Jiao family, the Chen family and Chen An didn't dare to make a fuss, maybe they would help cover it up and send another daughter of the Chen family into the mansion."

Jiao Lianyu half-closed her eyes and fell into deep thought, "The Chen family is in decline. Back then, my mother didn't want to marry the Chen family. It was my father who made a promise. That's why the eldest sister-in-law came in. The whole Chen family wanted to praise the elder brother's stinky feet. Chen An is just a A lowly merchant, relying on his elder brother to start his business."

"My lord is wise, the master sent Niu Yue to Chen's house, and brought the letter that the master wrote to Chen. After reading it, the master burned it in front of Niu Yue." The eldest son is also one of Jiao Zhifu's most trusted subordinates, and some confidential matters are handed over to Niu Yue.

"Niu Yue." Jiao Lianyu's voice was gloomy and cold. His father said that he gave up his elder brother to cultivate him, but in reality?But he reused Niu Yue so much.

The housekeeper Niu handles the chores in the front yard of the Jiao Mansion, while the affairs in the back house are handed over to Madam Niu, and Niu Yue even follows his father to obey orders.

In the past few years, if he hadn't "bribed" Li Li and let him spread a lot of news to himself in the study, Jiao Lianyu would have doubted whether the Jiao Mansion still had a foothold.

The young servant glanced at Jiao Lianyu, his expression more respectful and humble, lest he offend the uncertain Jiao Lianyu, "Chen An is ignorant, before relying on the relationship of the young lady and the protection of the eldest son, he was able to gain a foothold in Qianzhong Mansion." , Mr. Chen valued Chen Xu more, now that Chen An is abandoned, Chen Xu has a chance to stand out."

To put it bluntly, the affairs of the Chen family are somewhat similar to those of the Jiao family. Chen Xu is a concubine. He ran into Mrs. Chen who was pregnant, causing Mrs. Chen to lose her five-month-old baby boy. Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen hated each other. This concubine/concubine brother.

In order to curry favor with Chen's cousin, Chen An naturally helped suppress Chen Xu.

Although Chen An's Second House is engaged in business, it controls the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the Chen family, and the servants who serve them are most able to act with winks. Chen Xuming has not been cheated on the surface, but only he knows what the actual situation is.

On the surface, the mother-in-law and the sister-in-law are suppressing her to be able to get ahead, and behind the scenes, her cousin Chen An is obstructing and suppressing her with money. Chen Xu has never had a chance to get ahead all these years.

This time the magistrate Jiao made a statement, and Master Chen naturally took the opportunity to support Chen Xu. After all, Chen's biological daughter was already abolished, and was taken away by the Forbidden Dragon Guards.

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After the little servant left, Jiao Lianyu restrained his mind and concentrated on reading. He also ate some hastily for dinner. It wasn't until Jiao Zhifu and Aunt Huang came that Jiao Lianyu drank another bowl of tonic soup, and then let him go down again. Man lights a candle and reads a book again.

Under the darkness of night, the Jiao Mansion was already peaceful. Jiao Lianping had rested early, but he wanted to go out for a while. Unfortunately, he had a fight with Qiu Huaixin before, not to mention his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Now, the prefect of Jiao will not let him go out to mess around. .

Only Zhu Junxuan was still brightly lit. After all, Jiao Lianyu's talent for reading was not as good as that of the dead Qiu Jinyu, and he relied more on diligence.

With a creak, the door was pushed open from the outside. Jiao Lianyu put down his pen unhurriedly, pressed the poem he just wrote with a paperweight, and then turned to look at the man dressed as a servant.

Ordinary facial features are unrecognizable in a crowd, only one pair of eyes reveals an impenetrable depth when looking at people.

"My good aunt and Mrs. Qiu went to the other courtyard of Qiu's mansion together. The marriage has been retired." Jiao Lianyu picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. The taste of ginseng and other medicinal herbs was bitter and strange, but Jiao Lianyu He drank it without changing his face.

"Qiu Jingyuan has a jade pendant in her hand. The owner of this jade pendant is well hidden. Even we don't know the real identity of the other party. We only know the code name of Ermazi." With his accomplice guarding him, he was not at all worried that his conversation with Jiao Lianyu would be overheard.

"How is this possible?" Jiao Lianyu felt a little suspicious in his heart, but their own people didn't know their names, so no one would believe it.

The visitor did not hide anything, and continued in a deep voice; "Er Mazi has been involved with the previous court. He has not shown any whereabouts in these years, and in the early years he was in one-way contact. After the accident with the third wife of the Qiu family, he was able to contact Er Mazi in the middle." All three of them were killed."

Because it is a one-way connection, if one of them dies, the connection before and after that will be interrupted, let alone three people died before and after. There is no clue about this, not even a general scope.

"Is one of them Qiu Wenlan?" Although it was a question, Jiao Lianyu's tone was affirmative.

As soon as Qiu Wenlan died, her secrets were brought into the coffin. How did she contact the barbarians all these years, how did she instigate the barbarian spies hiding in the Daqing Dynasty, which officials or ordinary people in the Daqing Dynasty were turned against by Qiu Wenlan? Can't check it out.

"Even Qiu Jingyuan didn't know about this jade pendant. She only knew that it was in her dowry. After the third room of the Qiu family was confiscated, these things were sealed up by the Yamen." The visitor explained in more detail.

The third room of the Qiu family was just such a girl, so as soon as she was born, Mrs. Dou began to prepare dowry for Qiu Jingyuan. Jewelry and other things were really box after box, and they were kept in the warehouse until something happened to the third room. All property was sealed and placed in the Yamen's warehouse.

The case of Sanfang has not yet been settled. These sealed properties cannot be disposed of by the yamen, and of course it is impossible to return them to Sanfang. After the case is investigated, what should be confiscated will be confiscated, and all private property belonging to the Dou family will also be returned. .

However, if Qiu Jingyuan and Jiao Lianyu were engaged, as long as the magistrate Jiao made an exception, and Mr. Qiu agreed, the yamen would naturally be able to take back some belongings from the yamen in advance according to Dou's dowry list, but now something went wrong and the marriage had already been withdrawn. .

"Then why didn't you let Qiu Jingyuan marry to Xiang's family to celebrate?" Jiao Lianyu asked, if she married to Xiang's family, maybe the dowry would be brought back. Housewife's private property.

"Being married to the Qiu family will be of great benefit to your career." The visitor replied in a deep voice, with undisguised sarcasm and disdain in his cold eyes. If Jiao Lianyu hadn't taken a fancy to the family background of the Qiu family, how could he easily agree Marriage with Qiu Jingyuan.

Still the same sentence is not as good as a married daughter. Jiao Lianyu married Qiu Jingyuan, that is Master Qiu's niece and son-in-law. There is no need for Master Qiu to say or do anything. The existence of this level of in-law relationship will make Jiao Lianyu go smoothly. noodle.

Furthermore, Jiao Lianyu and Qiu Huaixin are close friends, now that they are getting closer, Jiao Lianyu's future is absolutely limitless.

Moreover, if the marriage is settled, Jiao Lianyu can sell it badly and win the sympathy of a group of literati, which is definitely killing two birds with one stone, but it is a pity that it was destroyed by a letter from Zhan Feiyu.

When Zhan Feiyu was mentioned, Jiao Lianyu's expression turned extremely gloomy, "It's really unexpected that she helps my good brother again and again!"

Not to mention the noodle recipes bought by Zhenweixuan, after this period of turmoil is over, these noodle recipes will definitely make Jiao Lianping a lot of money.

After that, Jinlongwei came forward to take away the Chen family, and now he helped Mrs. Jiao and Jiao Lianping clean up the bad name of oppressing the concubine/concubine brother and taking advantage of Jiao Lianyu's marriage. It was difficult for Jiao Lianyu not to hold grudges.

(End of this chapter)