Zi Yan almost retracted her head into her neck, staring at Liu'er with a pair of white eyes.
"Liu'er, listen to me, are they talking about Master Zhang An?"
Liu'er pricked up her ears and listened intently.
The guest drinking tea was also surprised: "You are not mistaken, are you? How could they be killed because of their high status? Who killed him?"
The person holding the chopsticks said: "It's strange here! Both of them were beheaded last night, Zhang's and Geng's closed their gates, no outsiders were seen, and they just cried in the coffin in the house. Do you think it's strange?"
The guests drinking tea scratched their foreheads and thought for a while: "If you don't accept other people's condolences, it means that Zhang An and Geng Di's death is disgraceful, but why is it disgraceful?"
The one holding the chopsticks said again: "The Zhang family and the Geng family, even the officials dare not report it! It's too weird!"
The tea drinker sighed: "Now the officials are fighting each other. Today I will kill you, and tomorrow I will kill your door. It can't be said that Zhang An and Geng Di have offended someone more powerful!"
The man holding the chopsticks said: "That's true! But Zhang An and Geng Di are not good people, and death will make people happy!"
The tea drinker then poured two cups of tea and handed one to the person holding the chopsticks: "You're right, it's very satisfying when they die! Let's replace wine with tea and celebrate!"
After hearing what they said, Zi Yan was horrified and suspicious.
"Sure enough, Zhang An and Master Geng are dead!" Liu Er said.
Zi Yan said: "I heard it, you don't need to tell me!"
Liu'er pursed her mouth, and cursed in her stomach: You taught me to listen again, and you told me to listen, but you scolded me again, who is it!
Zi Yan's heart was pounding, she stood up and said, "Let's go to the grown-up's house now."
As soon as the two of them left, the waiter brought out the noodles: "You two, don't you want noodles anymore?"
Liu'er said: "Keep it for you to eat!"
The waiter was very angry, but he didn't dare to scold. He just snorted and said, "It's great to be rich and powerful? You ask for noodles but don't eat. How can you play tricks? What is it!"
Along the way, Zi Yan was terrified. If only one of Zhang An and Geng Di died, she still believed that it might be a vendetta or a burglar who robbed and killed someone, but if they both died together, that would be very strange!
What's even more strange is that neither the Zhang family nor the Geng family dared to open their doors to accept guests to express their condolences, which is the most puzzling.
Could it be that the two of them contracted a disease that could infect people at the same time
When I came to Zhang's house, the gate was closed, and there was no white flag. The autumn wind was cold, and thick yellow leaves were piled up at the gate. The front door was even more desolate, and no pommel horse passed by. The faint cry passed over the mansion wall and was carried by the wind into Zi Yan's ears. Before she got out of the car, she felt a special chill, which pierced through her muscles and bones.
Liu'er still put the scorpion on the ground, but Ziyan pushed Liu'er: "Smelly girl, get out of the way!" He jumped on the ground, strode to the door, pinched the copper ring on the door, and shook his head. hit the door.
Liu'er felt that the atmosphere was tense, and stood by the carriage, watching from afar, not daring to approach the Zhang residence.
After opening the door for a while, there was only a creaking sound, but a door's head came out from the small door next to it, with a face full of anger, and was about to call: "What door are you opening..." Seeing Ziyan, he panicked, Terrified, he changed his face, and said politely, "So it's the Ziyan noble concubine, what's going on now?"
What does the door know! Zi Yan didn't tell him, but stretched out her lotus root arm and pushed the door: "Get out of the way!" The door staggered and almost fell to the ground. Stepping aside, Zi Yan walked in through the small door.
Thanks to her bound feet, she walked so fast! Menzi couldn't catch up with her either.
"Concubine, who are you looking for? Our wife doesn't see any guests."
Zi Yan went straight to the main hall. There was a coffin in the middle, there were no inscriptions on either side, and no spiritual tablet in the middle. People from the Zhang family knelt beside the coffin, weeping, not even wearing sackcloth.
The imperial court has a rule that anyone who dies because of rebellion is not allowed to express condolences or offer condolences. Since Rong Changan killed Zhang An with "rebellion", Zhang's family had no choice but to follow the imperial court's rules even though they didn't know what was going on.
Zi Yan was completely ignorant and astonished.
Mrs. Zhang's eyes were sharp, she looked up and saw Ziyan, and knew that Ziyan and Zhang An usually had a lot of contacts, so she ran out, knelt on the ground, hugged Ziyan's leg and whimpered:
"Imperial Concubine Ziyan, my lord died unjustly!" Even though she was howling dryly, she was also howling pitifully and moving her face.
Ziyan's eyes became moist, but her pupils were deeper. She looked at Mrs. Zhang and said, "Quickly tell me, what happened?"
Madam Zhang sobbed again.
Zi Yan was impatient, and said in a commanding tone: "Quickly tell me, what happened?"
Mrs. Zhang's family choked a few times: "Last night, at midnight, there was a lot of noise outside the mansion. The master went out to see what happened. As soon as the master went out, a group of officers and soldiers broke in, known as the Imperial Forest Army. The entire mansion was searched, we were trapped in the mansion, and we were not allowed to wander around."
"After a while, Lin Hai, who claimed to be the commander of the Royal Forest Army, came in and told us that the master had planned to rebel and had been executed on the spot. After speaking, Lin Hai asked someone to bring in the master's body, but the head was chopped off! At that time , I was dumbfounded! Master is such a good official, how could he rebel against you!"
The corner of Ziyan's mouth curled up into a sinister smile, but it was a bit inaccurate to say it was a smile, that trace was more like anger.
"If my guess is correct, the one sitting outside must be Rong Chang'an!"
"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Zhang said, "It's Empress Rong who is outside the mansion! We wanted to go out and argue with Empress Rong, but Lin Hai wouldn't let us come out, and told us to bury the master without making a fuss, otherwise there would be even bigger incidents." punishment."
Zi Yan was angry and frightened at the same time, she kept swaying her body like a dead branch in the autumn wind. Rong Changan's move was too ruthless and sharp, she didn't even react.
"What evidence does Rong Chang'an have to say that your master conspired against him?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "Lin Hai said that a large number of weapons were found in our mansion. This is the evidence. But I have stayed in the mansion for many years, and I know all the places. Where is there a place to put weapons? I don't know where those weapons are. Where did it come from?"
Zi Yan snorted, with a strange expression on her face: "There is nothing wrong with accusing you of a crime. Rong Chang'an wants to kill your master, and she can make up any serious crime."
There was an evil light in Zi Yan's eyes, and he smiled gloomyly, "Now you know what kind of person Rong Chang'an is? Greedy and cruel, with a heart of snakes and scorpions, he doesn't even bat an eye to kill people. Such a person is worthy of being our big brother." Is it the Queen of Jing Kingdom?"
Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and said angrily: "Such a femme fatale, let alone be the queen of our country, or just be a dung picking girl, I feel that I treat her kindly!"
Mrs. Zhang nodded her eyes with a handkerchief, and said in a crying voice, "Purple Concubine Ziyan, what should our family do without the master! Our master died with such a crime, and he will not die with peace. You have to vindicate our master! !"