I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 557
Zhan Feiyu could understand Qiu Bingde's helplessness. His own brother was in the company of wolves, but Qiu Huaixin didn't realize that he was being used by Jiao Lianyu at all.

Coupled with Qiu Huaixin's bohemian temperament, unless the Qiu family has produced solid evidence, he will only think that the Qiu family is prejudiced and look down on Jiao Lianyu, who was born as a concubine. It would be even worse if it backfired.

"Since the eldest son has found out that Jiao Lianyu is wrong, don't you have any evidence?" Zhan Feiyu smiled and said, as the saying goes, a wise man is bound to make mistakes. Qiu Bingde has been staring at Jiao Lianyu for several years, and he can't get nothing.

Hearing this, Qiu Bingde couldn't help sighing, he didn't bother to deal with political opponents in the officialdom, "I originally planned to let Huaixin discover Jiao Lianyu's hypocrisy, but unfortunately Jiao Lianyu hasn't made any mistakes in these years. Be cautious, and never do it yourself, it’s all about making the best use of the situation.”

It was also because Jiao Lianyu was still studying and hadn't set foot in the officialdom, so she didn't need to plan anything in official school on weekdays.
As for the notoriety of Mrs. Jiao and Jiao Lianping, as a bastard, Jiao Lianyu could make outsiders think wrong as long as she hinted a little.

What's more, Jiao Lianping was used to seeing no one, and never concealed his disgust and contempt for Jiao Lianyu, a concubine younger brother, and Jiao Lianyu really put his heart into his close friends such as Qiu Huaixin and Qi Changlin, and there was nothing inappropriate in his words and deeds.

As the youngest son of the magistrate, Jiao Lianyu is extremely talented, and he studied hard, respected his teachers, and cared for his classmates. No matter whether he was a student from a poor family or a student of an official in Qianzhong Prefecture, no one had a bad relationship with Jiao Lianyu. Even Qiu Bingde can't compare to Qiu Bingde's ability to be good at dancing with long sleeves.

Looking at Qiu Bingde, who was so depressed and wished he could knock Qiu Huaixin awake with a hammer, Zhan Feiyu got up and poured a cup of tea, "A villain can show his ambition, and a gentleman can follow his way. Don't worry about it. One day when he enters the officialdom, the Third Young Master will definitely be able to recognize people with his eyes."

What Zhan Feiyu said is the same reason that Qiu Bingde never stopped Qiu Huaixin and Jiao Lianyu from interacting in the early years. He only waited for Jiao Lianyu to show his fox tail, but Qiu Bingde regretted it.

Looking up at the little girl with picturesque eyebrows in front of her, with her intelligence and sensitivity, she must have heard the regret in her words, but she still let herself continue to wait.

Qiu Bingde's eyes sank slightly, and then he smiled probingly, "I understand Miss Zhan's words, but Huaixin has already been involved in the murder case, if you continue to indulge, I'm afraid it will be out of control in the future!"

Jiao Lianyu did not enter the officialdom, and his use of Qiu Huaixin was at most "a fox pretending to be a tiger", but once he entered the officialdom, he would not be happy. Huaixin had no defense against him. Qiu Bingde was really worried that one day his brother would be used as a scapegoat.

"Wu Zixu once advised Wu Wang to cultivate virtue and eliminate evil." Zhan Feiyu took the words, deliberating whether to reveal the inside story, "but when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Without the second son Jiao, there will be second son Liu and second son Ma in the future." Instead of not being sure who this evil person is in the future, it is better to keep Jiao Lianyu, the eldest son is already prepared, and at most let the third son learn a lot of wisdom."

"The higher-ups want to keep Jiao Lianyu?" Qiu Bingde cupped his hands respectfully in the direction of the capital. It was just a test, but now he can be sure.

As Zhan Feiyu said, if the evil of Jiao Lianyu is eliminated today, there will inevitably be a second and third evil. These words are not only applicable to the Qiu family, but also applicable to the Qianzhong Road in the future. After all, Jiao Lianyu is destined to die. He became an official through the imperial examination.

Qiu Bingde pondered, picked up the teacup and drank tea. If he hadn't worried that Zhan Feiyu was a little girl, Qiu Bingde, who had already entered the officialdom, would never drink this scented scented tea.

Zhan Feiyu was frank, and Qiu Bingde also reported it to Qiong Yao, "Qiu Jingyuan's marriage was arranged suddenly before, and now Sanfang has very few things that people can covet, but Qiu Wenlan committed suicide by taking poison back then. If there is anything else in Sanfang, Maybe it has something to do with the barbarians, my father deduces that it should be a token, and this token may be sealed in the government office's warehouse."

If the token was still in the third room, someone would have already found it. After all, there are only a few useless female relatives left in the third room. The family is like a sieve, but it is not far from it. I don't know how many times the situation has been checked.

Seeing that Zhan Feiyu wasn't surprised at all, Qiu Bingde continued with a smile, "Combining with her marriage, I think this token is in the dowry sealed by the third room."

There are only two ways to get Dou's dowry: one is Qiu Jingyuan's engagement, and the other is Dou's death. The dowry must be returned to Qiu Jingyuan and her adopted brother Mo.

"Ms. Dou's death by throwing herself into a well was an accident, but the third son was involved in it. I think the Jiao Zhifu will close the case as soon as possible, and it is reasonable to return Dou's dowry in advance." Zhan Feiyu took the words, otherwise Qiu Jingyuan would really make a fuss Come to think of it, it was Qiu Huaixin's reputation that was ruined.

The Yamen's return of the dowry to Dou's family is also for the sake of peace and peace. Besides, people cannot be resurrected after death. Thinking about it, to Qiu Jingyuan, a dead mother is definitely not as valuable as a dowry.

"Miss Zhan was worshiping in the mourning hall when the incident happened, and I already knew what happened, can Miss Zhan reveal something?" Although Qiu Bingde stayed outside the government office for a quarter of an hour and didn't go in, he knew everything he needed to know. .

The first thing Qiu Bingde suspected was the nursing home that saved people, but such a calculation was too crude and clumsy.

There is also a possibility that the Dou family committed suicide and left a large dowry to Qiu Jingyuan with his own life, which also caused his family to owe a huge favor. In this way, Qiu Jingyuan was protected by the Qiu family.

But Qiu Bingde thought that Mrs. Dou had adopted Brother Mo, who was less than one year old, and she had considered her long-term future, so Mrs. Dou would definitely not seek death, so Mrs. Dou's death could only be homicide.

As for the scissors in his hand accidentally cutting the pulse of the neck when he fell into the well, this was too coincidental and bizarre, Qiu Bingde didn't believe it.

"No!" Suddenly thought of something, Qiu Bingde stood up suddenly, and said with a condensed expression: "The murderer may still be hiding in the well!"

So Dou was killed, but the murderer was not the nurse who saved her, but hid in the well earlier, and killed Dou immediately after she fell into the well. When the nurse jumped down to save people, the murderer sneaked in again. To the bottom of the well, so it's seamless!
After being shocked, Qiu Bingde looked at Zhan Feiyu, who was holding a teacup and drinking tea slowly, calmed down after the violent fluctuations, and sat back on the chair again. Qiu Bingde smiled bitterly: "Thank you Miss Zhan for your help, otherwise the murderer might Already fled."

After Zhifu Jiao took a group of officials from the government office to Xiang's house, he sent officials to examine the body, and asked Mr. Teng to seal off Xiang's house. Back to Yamen.

As for the well at the time of the incident, the policemen had already gone through the motions, and Zhifu Jiao went to see it himself. Afterwards, Zhifu Jiao planned to keep some policemen to guard Xiang's house until Dou's case was finally closed.

As for this well, no one really pays much attention to it. It's like someone slipped into the river and salvaged the body from the river. Come and have a look around the river.

But Zhan Feiyu mentioned to Jiao Zhifu at the time that Qiu Jingyuan must come to the well to worship, in order to prevent the servants of the Xiang family from coming to the well curiously, it is better to leave two policemen to watch over the well, so that Qiu Jingyuan and Sanfang The younger generation will feel better when they come to pay respects.

Otherwise, here Qiu Jingyuan and the others came here in sackcloth and filial piety, surrounded by a group of servants watching the fun, pointing, talking and laughing is really inappropriate.

"There is fire in July, and clothes are given in September. If my aunt is alive in the sky, it should be snowing in September." Qiu Bingde looked at the lotus in the vase, and his words were full of regret.

Soaking in the well for several hours in hot weather is nothing to a well-trained Lianjiazi. If it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, Qiu Bingde would like to see how long this person can hide in the well.

Zhan Feiyu was amused by the resentment in Qiu Bingde's words, turned his eyes and said suddenly: "If the eldest son is not relieved, I have a way here. The eldest son can find a large amount of saltpeter and pour it into the well."

Qiu Bingde was stunned for a moment, then he clapped his hands and smiled, although saltpeter is expensive in summer, for the Qiu family, not to mention just saltpeter, even gold, silver and jade are readily available.

(End of this chapter)