Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1019: The Inside Story of Hanging
After Sun Jian left, Jia Yu looked around and saw that there was no one around. He quietly poured out a pill from the medicine bottle in his sleeve and swallowed it. However, his face turned even paler after a while. He walked slowly inside and knocked on the door of the palace doctor.

After being diagnosed by the local physician, it was found that the internal organs were injured. Although the injury was not serious, it could not be taken lightly and he needed to rest in bed.
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The Duke's Mansion of the State of Qin.

Before following Qin Zongliang out, Xue Ren ordered the servants in the yard to prepare hot water.

After bringing Qin Zhixu back, Qin Zongliang no longer showed his grief in front of others, and went straight back to his yard to take a bath and change clothes.

After visiting Duke Qin and his parents, he ordered the housekeeper to set up the mourning hall in Qin Zhixu's yard. He also told the Crown Princess and his son not to go to Qin Zhixu's yard to avoid being contaminated by bad luck.

Seeing Xue Ren coming in with a hot towel and a razor, Qin Zongliang touched the stubble on his chin and suppressed his impatience:
"You don't need to shave for the next two days. Burn all the clothes, shoes and socks I just wore. What are the rumors outside?"

Xue Ren put down the basin and replied respectfully:

"It is just as the master thought. The tone of voice has changed. Many people have begun to speak up for the Duke's Mansion."

"Are you sure you handled the matter at the Qin Palace cleanly and no one saw it?"

Xue Ren recalled that a few hours ago, it was here that Qin Zongliang called Qin Zhixu and said that he would go to the Prince of Qin's mansion and pretend to commit suicide. If he could clear his name, he might be able to return to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion one day.

Qin Zhixu, who was nearly collapsed, heard this, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, and agreed without waiting for Qin Zongliang to persuade him. He took the short blade handed by Xue Ren, hesitated for a long time, and dared not cut it.

Qin Zongliang saw this and said slowly:
"If you can't even bear this little hardship, you might as well stay in your yard and be an abandoned woman for the rest of your life. You'll have enough food in this mansion, so go back." Qin Zhixu had been locked up for a few days and really didn't want to live in darkness for the rest of her life, so she gritted her teeth and cut her finger, then wrote the word "injustice" on the white cloth.

Before dawn, Qin Zhixu avoided people all the way, carrying the white silk, the blood letter and the stool, and went straight to the back door of the Prince Qin's Mansion.

Thinking of the disbelief in Qin Zhixu's eyes before he died, Xue Ren suppressed the discomfort in his heart and replied respectfully:
"Miss Third followed your instructions and went to the Prince of Qin's Mansion by herself. She also hung herself there. I followed in the dark and just helped to put up the white silk and move the stool. There was no guard outside the back door, and it was still dark, so no one saw it."

Qin Zongliang leaned back in his chair, looking a bit tired and lazy:
"Well, let the housekeeper send people to several large pharmacies to buy expensive and rare life-saving herbs. Is there anything else?"

"The people sent by His Majesty to investigate Minister Sun have entered the Minister's Mansion this morning. Do they want to do anything?"

Qin Zongliang: "The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the promotion and appointment of officials. If you are too upright, you will offend many people. Your Majesty is well aware of this, so you turned a blind eye. Your Majesty had to investigate because of the impeachment of the Censorate. Minister Sun is the prince's lead. As long as Your Majesty has no intention of changing the crown prince, even if you find something, you will only punish him lightly and give him a warning. There is no need to do anything more."
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royal palace.

The news came from Zheng Cheng's mouth and reached the emperor's ears:

"Xue Ren was a skilled martial artist, so the guards didn't dare to follow him too closely, and didn't see what happened. They only saw Xue Ren secretly following Miss Qin San and going to the Prince Qin's Mansion together. After Xue Ren left, when the guards went to investigate, Miss Qin San was already dead."

The emperor's voice was cold and heavy: "This boy from the Duke's Mansion is really vicious. But in the current situation, it is not easy to expose him, so let him save it."