Worrying that his younger sister and cousin would be afraid, Yang Wenji did not stay with other friends, but rode a horse to find Yang Xixue and Gu Rujiu, and seeing them standing in the corner with several other girls, he quickly dismounted and ran over, "Sister. "
When Yang Xixue saw him coming, it was not good for her brother and girl to get together, so she went up to meet him, "Brother, why are you here?"
"Are you all right?" Yang Wenji looked at her up and down, then looked at Gu Rujiu and Zhang Yuqin behind her, seeing that although the faces of the three of them were a little unsightly, they weren't frightened, so he let go, "The Sima family and The elders of the Li family rushed over, and the people from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment also arrived." The implication is that these people will not be able to leave for a while.
There were all pampered young ladies and young ladies who were pampered. They were already very uneasy when they saw their peers being thrown to death. Now that the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple did not want them to leave, there was nothing on their faces, but they were somewhat dissatisfied on the inside.
This place was arranged by the Sima family, the horses were brought by themselves, and even the horse race was brought up by Sima Ling. Now that people are killed, the Sima family does not suspect their own girls, what is the matter for the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to keep them
Is this suspicious of them
What if the Sima family and the Li family were first-class families? With so many people present, they might not be able to compare to these two families.
The officials of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment also secretly complained. They checked the crime scene, and there was nothing suspicious. They even looked at the two horses that broke their legs, but they did not find any traces of man-made. But in the face of the aggressive attitude of the Sima family and the Li family, they had to wait vaguely for time, and turned around to appease the young masters and young ladies of other families. What is this called
As the most concerned Sima Ling in this incident, she seemed very at a loss at the moment. Looking at the crying second aunt and the grief-stricken second uncle, she opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
The second cousin has always had the strongest character. She is willing to let her if it is not important at home on weekdays. This time, the second cousin is determined to compete with the Li family girl for the first place. She knows, but who knew that such an accident would happen
There were three girls in the Sima family this time, but the second cousin didn't like to be with the third cousin, Xiaoxiang. She was worried that Xiaoxiang, who had just come to the capital for half a year, would not get used to it, so she specially accompanies Xiaoxiang to run horses together. It will take time...
When Mrs. Li Wu arrived in the carriage, she happened to hear the cry of the second lady of the Sima family. She glanced at everyone in the Li family with red eyes and walked towards the pale son.
"Huaigu, your sister..." Li Wushi couldn't say anything, she took out her handkerchief and covered her face, sobbing in a low voice. This sad expression looked even more sad than the second wife of the Sima family, who was beside her. The office staff of the Criminal Department could not help but feel a bit of sympathy.
At this moment, not only the people from the Sima family and the Li family are here, but other families have also sent people to pick up their young masters and young ladies. The usually deserted racecourse will be as lively as going to a market.
It was her second brother Gu Cunjing who came to see Gu Rujiu.
Gu Cunjing served in the Imperial Army Beiya, and was the emperor's close guard. The people outside often called them the Dragon Imperial Guard. So when he heard his colleagues say that there was an accident at the Beijing suburban racecourse, and the female sons of two families fell off their horses and died, he followed Shangfeng to take leave and drove all the way to the suburbs.
After finding out that the two girls were from the Sima family and the Li family, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
After rushing all the way to the racecourse, the people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were ready to leave, because no matter how they checked, there was no sign of man-made in this incident. It is common to fall off a horse while racing, but these two girls were not lucky enough to save their lives.
After havingtily greeted several familiar families, Gu Cunjing found his younger sister who was with Yang's cousins.
"Jiu Jiu," Gu Rujiu jumped off the horse and walked to Gu Rujiu's side with some distress, "But you're scared?"
Gu Rujiu shook her head: "It's okay to have cousin and cousin with you."
Gu Cunjing turned around and thanked Yang Wenji and his sisters. The Yang family was their grandfather's family, so the relationship between their younger generations was relatively good.
"Second brother Gu, don't be polite, the family doesn't speak two languages," Yang Wenji smiled at Gu Cunjing.
Knowing that this was not the place to talk, Gu Cunjing was worried that her sister was in a bad mood today, so she took Gu Rujiu to say goodbye to the Yang brothers and sisters.
Not long after Gu Cunjing entered the racecourse, Li Huaigu had already seen him. In the past, Li Huaigu might have taken the initiative to greet Gu Cunjing, but today he was not in the mood to go forward to please Gu Rujiu's brothers.
He never imagined that his little sister, who was still coquettish with him this morning, was gone. If I didn't think about the second girl of the Gu family, if I could take good care of her, maybe my sister wouldn't lose her life because of her competitiveness.
In fact, he knew in his heart that his sister didn't like the second girl of the Gu family very much, so he always reminded him on the pretext that his mother would not like the Gu family. In the past, he always felt that it would always get better after entering the house for a long time in the future, but now...
"Master Li," Gu Rujiu couldn't help but said when he saw the young man, who had always been beautiful in the moonlight, standing at the door.
Li Huaigu looked at the girl on the horse, stunned for a moment, and bowed, "Thank you, Miss Gu."
Even if he has all kinds of thoughts, from now on, he can no longer mention it, can no longer think about it.
Speech is very weak at some point. Gu Rujiu looked at Li Huaigu who was like a walking corpse, sighed, said goodbye, and left the racecourse with her second brother.
She never thought that Li Churou, who had a good conversation with her before, was gone in a blink of an eye.
It turned out that there was such a close distance between life and death. She looked at her second brother who was walking side by side with her, and couldn't help but said, "Second brother..."
"Don't be afraid," Gu Cunjing hurried the horses in the direction of Gu Rujiu, almost letting the two horses walk next to each other. He reached out and patted her arm, "Don't be afraid, the second brother is here."
"Yeah." Gu Rujiu felt a little sore in her nose and throat, and lowered her head in response. Then, with the sound of hooves, he followed the second brother to the direction of home.
"Farewell..." Li Huaigu looked at the backs of the two brothers and sisters walking away, and found that when he said these two words, a cold wind seemed to pour into his mouth, which made his throat and chest feel uncomfortably cold. That, unable to spit, unable to swallow, and finally turned into nostalgia for his sister, red eyes.
In the Qiankun Palace, Bai Xian carefully waited for Jin Yang to finish his work, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, something happened today."
"What's the matter?" Jin Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, and it shouldn't be a trivial matter that Bai Xian could bring up on purpose.
"Today, the young masters and young ladies of a noble family in the capital went to the outskirts to race horses, but two young ladies fell off their horses." Because the emperor was in poor health, Bai Xian deliberately avoided the words "death" and "death" to avoid collision.
"Which girl?" Jin Yang's expression changed slightly, and his tone became half-hearted. Like this accidental fall from a horse, no one will report it to him without solemnity, so if you want to know these outside news, you have to rely on the people below to inquire.
"The girl from the second room of the Sima family and the girl from the big room of the Li family, even the Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple sent people to go there at noon, but it was just an accident." After Bai Xian finished speaking, he added, "The girl from the Li family. , seems to be the one mentioned by the Queen Mother a few days ago."
"She?" Jin Yang coughed twice, his tone calmed down again, "These two girls haven't reached their wedding dresses yet, since the funeral can't be done in a big way, it's inconvenient for my mother and I to send a funeral ceremony there, so I just don't know what to do about it."
Bai Xian bowed and listened, nodding slightly to indicate that he had written it down.
"Did your husband's daughter also go to the racecourse?" Jin Yang asked suddenly.
"Gu Xianjun is a noble daughter of an aristocratic family, so there must be such a gathering." Bai Xian knew that the sage had a very good impression of the Gu family, so he answered one by one.
"Junior Sister Gu is still young and has a pure and innocent temperament. If something like this happens, you will definitely feel scared. Didn't you mention that I have an excellent soothing incense in my private library a few days ago?" Jin Yang thought for a while, "And The piece of rouge jade, which is said to have restorative and peaceful appearance, was sent to Mr. Gu's house by the female official."
Although the late emperor was not very reliable, there were a lot of good things in his private treasury. After Jin Yang succeeded to the throne, he also inherited the late emperor's private treasury.
Bai Xian knew in his heart that since the emperor said it was a "send", it couldn't be a "reward".