Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 103
In a room in Fangfu, a little boy with cute almond eyes was sitting on a stool, his short legs were dangling, and there was a piece of drawing paper on the table.

After drawing a few strokes on the paper with a paintbrush, the little boy looked up at the irises outside, pouted his little mouth in disappointment and said, "Why haven't they bloomed yet? Hurry up and bloom, and when they bloom, Shuoming will be able to draw for my mother." gone."

"Shuoming, what are you doing? Let Auntie take a look." A woman in a light yellow dress opened the door and walked in.

Fang Shuoming quickly hid the drawing paper behind his back, lest the other party see it.

Fang Yunni walked to the table, looked at the paper behind Fang Shuoming and said with a smile, "Shuoming, what are you hiding? Can't you let my aunt see it?" As she spoke, she wanted to grab the paper.

"Auntie, you can't watch this." Fang Shuoming said dodging for a while.

"Why can't I watch it?" Fang Yunni teased Fang Shuoming, who knew the secret before he grew up.

"Because it's for mother, Shuoming wants to surprise mother, of course my aunt can't read it."

"Surprise? What surprise? Let my aunt take a look. My aunt promises not to tell my mother, how about it?" Fang Yunni coaxed Fang Shuoming.

"Are you really not telling mother?" Fang Shuoming doubted.

"Of course it's true. When did aunt lie to you? Didn't Shuoming want aunt to play with Shuoming? No, isn't aunt staying here to play with Shuoming?"

The little Fang Shuoming thought for a while and thought that Fang Yunni had never lied to him, so he looked around carefully, and when he saw no one, he leaned into Fang Yunni's ear and whispered: "Shuoming wants to draw an iris flower for you. Mother, if Auntie tells Mother, it will no longer be a surprise." Then she handed the unfinished painting to Fang Yunni.

"Shuoming, the painting is not bad." Fang Yunni praised, "But why did Shuoming suddenly think of giving mother a surprise?"

Fang Shuo really grinned tomorrow, "Because this is what a big brother told Shuo Ming, saying that if you give mother a surprise, mother will be very happy."

"Oh, big brother? What big brother?" Fang Yunni asked curiously.

Fang Shuoming narrowed his eyes with a smile, "He is a big brother who looks good when he smiles."

In Fusheng Pavilion, Qi Ze picked up the letter paper in his hand and looked down for a while, then sighed and put it on the table.

The murderer who killed Chen Shu was indeed in the Fang family.

According to the news from Chu Kainan, that piece of traditional Chinese medicine was left half a year ago, and cinnabar was found on it, which was in the same time period as the cinnabar found in the main hall.

Half a year ago, someone in the family was indeed sick, and the criminal department also found out about the sick person through investigation, but this person turned out to be Pan's.

Half a year ago, Pan complained about her insomnia, dreaminess, coma, delirium, restlessness, and asked her servants to take her out to see a doctor.Because cinnabar has a sedative and hypnotic effect, the doctor prescribed cinnabar to Pan's medicine.

But after seeing a doctor, Pan never drank the medicine he bought.He said that the boiled Chinese medicine was bitter, and he refused to drink it all the time.The servants were still trying to persuade her, but just as she was about to persuade her, Mrs. Pan started swearing.The servants had no choice but to stop brewing the medicine, and Mrs. Pan never proposed to go to the doctor to get the medicine again.

But the murderer was Pan Shi, Qi Ze was not very surprised.

Qi Ze pinched his eyebrows, based on the meeting she had with Pan, she had an estimate in her heart.At first glance, Mrs. Pan was not worried, looking for trouble all day long, probably because of her casual yelling when she got sick.Otherwise, if you don't take the medicine, you can still sleep at night, and you still have the energy to yell around during the day.

Moreover, according to the survey, Chen Shu and Pan also have social interactions, but when they meet, they start to dislike each other.The Cao family's family background is not inferior to that of the Fang family. Chen Shu has always been strong and naturally looks down on women like Pan's who are not popular and have short-sightedness.And it is understandable for Pan to be on an equal footing with her because of the ridiculous life-saving grace back then.

Regardless of whether Pan's death of Chen Shu was an accident or not, it just happened.It is only natural to kill people to pay for their lives, and the Fang family will have to pay the price for it. It is certain that Pan will be brought to justice and imprisoned.

But Fang Jingzi is not in the capital now, there are only a few women and children left in the Fang family, and there is no one who can take care of them. Going in and arresting people rashly may cause a lot of turmoil, and the Fang family is likely to be devastated.Besides, Fang Jingzi was a great hero of the imperial court. He traveled around the border all year round and contributed a lot to the border war. If he went directly to arrest people, it would hurt his heart.

Thinking of this, Qi Ze wrote to Chu Kainan, hoping that the Ministry of Criminal Justice would go to Fang Mansion to arrest Fang Jingzi after he returned to Dingjing.

Everyone is selfish and will unconsciously favor someone.The human heart in the chest is inherently biased, and will not always treat everything fairly.Qi Ze also had to admit this.

Although the affairs of the Fang family have nothing to do with her, her meddling will only do her harm.But she is the servant of the Ministry of War, and Fang Jingzi works day and night in the Ministry of War, so this can be regarded as making up for the past and giving the Fang family a chance to breathe.Besides, Zheng Shen's original intention was like this, and this was also something he entrusted to her.

Although Zheng Shen is ruthless on the surface, he will secretly take care of some people who are in trouble in private.Otherwise, he would not have carefully discovered that there were only weak women and children left in the Fang family, and he even insisted on favoring her in public when it came to the military status at that time.

And...Fang Jingzi is coming back soon, so he doesn't have to wait too long.

After Qi Ze finished writing the letter, Zhu Yu sent it to the Chu Mansion, and Chu Kainan sent someone to send a reply the next day.

The letter meant that he thought the same way, so he only found evidence of cinnabar poisoning and found out that it was Pan's doing it, so he didn't publicize it.So only the people from the Ministry of Punishment knew about it, and the Cao family hadn't been notified yet.

Qi Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the reply. Although Cao Wanzu was very difficult, Chu Kainan could still handle it, and it would not be difficult to hide it from him.That's all she can do, and the rest is up to the Fang family.

In Fang Mansion, a gentle and calm woman is sitting in a gazebo beside a field of irises, reading a book.The woman quietly opened the pages of the book, and touched the yellowed paper with her bare hands. The breeze blew by, and the blue hair fluttered along with it.The piece of unopened blue irises behind her and the light blue dress set off each other, making her very peaceful.

The little boy next to him was biting the barrel of a pen, pressing a slightly thicker book with his chubby white hands, frowning, with a serious look on his cute round face, he looked like a strict gentleman who was hard at work preparing lesson plans , can not help but make people laugh.

"Pfft——" Just as the little boy was distressed, there was an untimely mocking sound beside him.

"Shuoming, look at you. You haven't grown up yet, and your expression is like a little old man. If you don't know, you might think you are an old man who is going to give a lecture." Fang Yunni teased Fang Shuoming and said.

"Hmph, Shuoming is going to be a teacher when he grows up, and he also wants to be a teacher in the Imperial College." Fang Shuoming said proudly, pouted.

"Go to the Imperial Academy to be a teacher? Shuo Ming has very high ambitions. Not only does he want to be a teacher, but he also wants to be a teacher in the Imperial Academy."

This brat, does he know what the Imperial College is?

"Of course, mother is the female teacher of Guozijian, Shuoming will naturally go to Guozijian as a teacher." Fang Shuoming said with one hand behind his back, the other hand picked up the book, stood up decently and read a few words lines of poetry.

"Wan Qing, it seems that Shuo Ming is the material to be a husband, this little appearance really looks like that." Fang Yunni looked at the gentle woman beside her and smiled.

The woman looked at the boy and smiled knowingly, then looked down at the book in her hand.

"Mmm... Mother, how do you pronounce this word? Shuoming doesn't know it." Fang Shuoming stopped reading and ran to the woman and asked.

But Fang Yunni stopped Fang Shuoming from taking the book, and said, "What is the word? If you don't know it, you can ask your aunt. Don't disturb your mother's reading. The book that my aunt read was taught by your mother."

"Oh, that's the word." Fang Shuoming walked up to Fang Yunni and said. After Fang Yunni finished speaking, Fang Shuoming looked up at the book in Su Wanqing's hand, which was obviously thicker than his own book. The cover was dark blue, and the paper was a little faded. Huang, obviously has been turned over many times.

Although the paper is yellowed, the pages of the book are well preserved and look brand new and tidy, which makes people know that the owner of this book is a person who loves and cherishes books.No mess even after turning it over many times.

"week……"

"Yi, Shuoming, this word is easy to pronounce. You still need to recognize more characters." Fang Yunni joked.

""Book of Changes"?" Fang Shuoming tilted his head and said, then curiously ran to Su Wanqing's side to read the contents of the book, and frowned at the many strokes on it, "What are these? Mother, Shuoming Why don't you understand."

"Shuoming, it would be strange if you can understand "Book of Changes". "Book of Changes" is the most difficult to understand, including my aunt who still can't understand it, let alone you." Fang Yunni said, holding her chin.

"How can the mother understand?" Fang Shuoming asked.

"Of course, "Book of Changes" was the book your mother was good at in the Imperial College, and many students liked it very much." Fang Yunni said proudly.

I remembered that when Su Wanqing was teaching in the Imperial College, there were many teachers who taught "Book of Changes", but none of them taught Su Wanqing as well.Just because the content of "Book of Changes" is too extensive, and the writing is difficult and boring, it will be very difficult to read if you don't have a strong writing skills.

Originally, "Book of Changes" was the class that students hated the most, but Su Wanqing insisted on finding ways to play new tricks on the boring content, turning the class that students hated the most into their favorite class.Many male gentlemen and students will ask questions privately.

Fang Shuoming looked at the book that had been accumulated for a long time, and said, "Then Shuoming also wants to learn "Book of Changes."

Fang Yunni couldn't help laughing, "Shuoming, you still don't know all the words, how can you learn "Book of Changes"? Even if you put the book in front of you, you can't read, how can you ask your mother to teach you?"

Fang Shuoming looked at Su Wanqing questioningly after hearing the words, and the woman put one hand on Fang Shuoming's head and smiled slightly.Although he didn't speak, the meaning of it was obvious, and Fang Yunni was right.If you don't know any words, how can you understand the profound content in the book.

Fang Shuoming immediately drooped his ears in disappointment, then he clenched his fists, pouted his mouth and said unwillingly: "Then Shuoming will go to the study to learn how to read, and he will recognize all the characters clearly soon." He grabbed the book in Fang Yunni's hand and ran to Fangfu's study.

Su Wanqing and Fang Yunni smiled at each other when they saw such a stubborn Fang Shuoming.

Soon Su Wanqing frowned, skillfully picked up the handkerchief, lowered her head, covered her mouth and began to cough.Because of the severe cough, the book in his hand was also shaken to the ground.

Seeing this, Fang Yunni hurried forward, picked up the book on the ground and looked anxiously at the pale woman, "Wan Qing, why are you coughing again? It wasn't as serious as before."

"It's okay, I just started coughing after being too tired from reading today." The woman waved her hand quickly.

Fang Yunni looked at the bright red blood stains through the handkerchief, with tears in her eyes, "Wan Qing, don't lie to me. You didn't drink the medicine at all, did you? I've seen it, you poured the medicine in the flowerpot secretly several times inside."

Su Wanqing looked at Fang Yunni in a daze and surprise. After a long time, she lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly, "Yunni, you know. It is impossible to cure this disease. If this is the case, there is no need to take medicine."

"But you are dead, what do you ask Shuoming to do? He is still young and cannot live without his mother's care." Fang Yunni lay on Su Wanqing's lap and began to cry.

"...and Jingzi can take care of Shuoming." The woman turned to look at the iris beside her, "The iris is about to bloom, and Jingzi will be back soon. He is Shuoming's biological father and will take good care of him." of."

Fang Yunni cried and shook her head, her voice getting louder and louder.

Su Wanqing grabbed Fang Yunni's hands, looked at the irises not far away, and said a little absentmindedly: "Yunni, even if I take medicine for this disease, I can't live long, and I can't swallow the bitter medicine. I can All I can do is wait for the irises to bloom and for Jingzi to return."

The inside of Fang's house is very peaceful, but outside the door is a mess.There was a fat middle-aged man standing fiercely in front of Fang's house, holding a bag of things in his hand, staring straight at the vermilion door.

Standing beside the man were a few middle-aged men who looked somewhat similar to him, staring angrily at the servants guarding the door of Fang's house with their hips crossed.There was a crowd of people in front of the door, discussing what happened in a hurry, and they were all waiting to watch the excitement.

"Everyone comes to comment. The Fang family killed my wife. My wife and I have a deep relationship. After most of my life, I was killed by the Fang family just like this. My poor wife, just died like this. How can I live alone. Today, I, the Cao family, will come to seek justice." The fat middle-aged man who led the charge shouted.

A few middle-aged men who were similar to Cao Wanzu next to him also shouted, "That's right, my sister-in-law is the most kind person, and never commits evil with others. Why did you offend your Fang family and let you harm others? You should pay my sister-in-law life."

The voices of the people watching the excitement all around became louder, as if they had discovered some secret and drifted along with the crowd: "It turns out that Mrs. Cao was killed by the Fang family. Hey, I don't know what kind of enmity between the two families. the point."

"That's right, I heard that Mrs. Fang was a female teacher in the Imperial College back then. She was well-educated. No matter how many families wanted to hire her to teach, they couldn't find her. In the end, she married into the Fang family. I don't know who killed her. The lady is really pitiful, she married into this murderer's family, and she can't live a peaceful life even after she is married."

"That's not true. I've heard that even the imperial examinations require this lady to give the exam questions. It's a pity that such a talented woman got married early. If it were a man, she would be able to get a good job in the Ministry of Rites now. Maybe one day I will become a great success and live a good life as a master."

……

The servants of the Fang family were a little stunned by the situation. After a long time, a clever servant rushed in to report and find someone to solve the problem.

After a while, the housekeeper of the Fang family had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out. Now there is no one in the Fang family to take care of things, and only women who can manage things are women. We can't let women come out to show their faces, so he has to come.

The steward of the Fang family put on a smile on his face, and said to Cao Wanzu as pleasantly as possible: "Master Cao, is there a misunderstanding? The Fang family and the Cao family have always had a good relationship. How could our Fang family do something that killed someone? "As he spoke, he looked at the concubine brothers Cao Wanzu had brought, "We brought so many people with us, how about we go into the mansion to talk about something, I'm sure we're tired after standing for so long."

But Cao Wanzu didn't appreciate it at all, and spit at the housekeeper of Fang's family, "Hey, it's killing people. And shamelessly making friends, who has a better relationship with your Fang family. I didn't expect your Fang family to be so thick-skinned, so shameless. No matter what you say, we will give the Cao family justice today, if you don’t give it, we brothers will stay here and not leave.”

The housekeeper of the Fang family did not expect the behavior of a local ruffian like Cao Wanzu who stayed here and ignored the shameless face of the aristocratic family.Usually, the aristocratic families will try their best to lose money to solve the problem in private for the sake of face, so as not to cause trouble if they can.After all, it would be of no benefit to both parties if there was a big trouble, and it would only make the people in Ding capital laugh at them.

Although Mrs. Cao's wife died, it is understandable that Cao Wanzu should be very sad and angry to come face to face to seek justice.But everyone in Dingjing knew that Cao Wanzu and Chen Shu were not on good terms. Chen Shu often beat and scolded Cao Wanzu in front of everyone, but Cao Wanzu just dared not speak out.

How can the relationship between this couple be harmonious?I don't know how Cao Wanzu came up with the words "deep love between husband and wife".Moreover, seeing Cao Wanzu's ruddy complexion, he believed that the young life was very nourishing, and he was not as haggard and decadent as his wife should have been after his death.

However, the butler of the Fang family wiped the spittle on his face with his sleeve as if nothing had happened, and continued to apologize with a smile: "Master Cao, what you said is wrong. Your wife passed away some time ago. Recently, the Fang family and the Cao family have nothing to do." What kind of intersection, how could the Fang family kill people? Food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be spoken indiscriminately. You can't talk about the murder without evidence."

"Hmph, how could Master Ben come here without evidence? Since Master Ben has come, there must be evidence." Cao Wanzu said, then dumped the bag of things in his hand on the ground, and shouted at the surrounding people He said: "Let's see what this is? This is the medicine bag taken from Fang's house, and my wife died because of the cinnabar poison in this bag of medicine."

(End of this chapter)