Although Hua Qingfeng has not been removed from office, he has actually been deprived of his power. He also resigned to his fate. He has been cultivating himself in the back house these days, he has calmed down, and his spiritual wisdom has also been enlightened. After reminiscing about the past, he has a completely different understanding.
No wonder the sage Confucius said, "I reflect on myself three times a day." When I calm down and think about my past, I feel that the clouds are calm and the wind is breezy, which makes people feel like a dream. It is so insignificant.
What makes him most happy is that the knot that has been pressing on his heart and making him unhappy has been untied. If Ya'er really had an affair with Ye Xiaotian, and even accused him of being a lunatic for Ye Xiaotian's sake, she didn't have to explain anything to him now, let alone take care of him and accommodate him.
Anyway, no one will believe what he says now, and it is impossible to do anything again. Once he realized that he had misunderstood his wife completely, and thinking of his wife's support and help to him without complaint or regret, Hua Qingfeng felt guilty and grateful at the same time.
During this period of time, he spent time with Su Ya whenever he was free, hoping to restore the relationship between husband and wife.
"Cough! Lady, are you painting again?" Hua Qingfeng gently wrapped her arms around Su Ya's soft waist, put her chin on her shaved shoulders, and asked with a smile.
Su Ya's painting is still the "Mountain and Flowing Water" that Ye Xiaotian gave to her. Now, in Hua Qingfeng's eyes, the dazzling feeling of the past is no longer there.
Su Ya was publicly accused by him of having sex with Hong Xing, and her innocence was completely ruined. At that time, Su Ya was heartbroken, but now she has calmed down under Hua Qingfeng's carelessness, but she still has some resentment after all. Su Ya shook her shoulders, and said in a rage: "You always come here to worry about what other people are doing, and why don't you go with Zi Yu."
Hua Qingfeng said with a smile: "Ziyu is sleepy now, just have a maid to take care of her."
Su Ya said: "How can it be possible? Ziyu is pregnant with your Hua family's heir. She is pregnant now and needs more care and love. Ziyu is in a happy mood and is good for the child. Go quickly, she is not a jealous woman !"
Hua Qingfeng whispered: "Ziyu can conceive, and the lady can too, how about we now..."
Su Ya couldn't help being ashamed and angry when she heard him say the words of prostitution in the daytime. Before she could speak, she saw Su Xuntian rushing in in a hurry. That day, Hua Qingfeng was taken as a lunatic and kidnapped back to the back house. Su Xuntian also came and explained to him that he had asked his sister for a painting, and gave it to Ye Xiaotian who had just moved into a new house as a gift.
Although Hua Qingfeng had listened to Su Ya's explanation before, she still didn't understand why she had to inscribe her own small characters on the painting. Only after listening to Su Xuntian's words did she understand. He knew that this little brother-in-law was ignorant, so he gave away the painting with his sister's boudoir's name in small characters. This kind of stupid thing could not be done by others, but it was not unusual for Su Xuntian to do it, so his doubts disappeared.
Although Su Xuntian consciously reported to Ye Xiaotian out of loyalty, he was ultimately sorry for his brother-in-law. Seeing that his brother-in-law lost his power and was trapped in the back room every day, Su Xuntian was very disturbed, so he came here whenever he was free these days. Hou Zhai came to accompany him to eat, drink and chat to relieve loneliness, and tried to promote the relationship with his sister and brother-in-law.
Seeing him coming at this time, Su Ya thought he was here to chat with Hua Qingfeng again, so she said: "Your brother-in-law is going to visit Ziyu Courtyard, don't pester him."
Su Xuntian said: "I'm not looking for my brother-in-law for a drink today, I have something to talk about. Sister, brother-in-law, something happened, something serious happened."
Hua Qingfeng is now "no official and a light", and his mentality is very different from the past. After hearing Su Xuntian's words, he didn't panic, and asked calmly: "In recent years, there have been many major events in Huxian County. How have they stopped? Now What happened again?"
Su Xuntian poured a cup of cold tea and drank it, sat down on the stool, and then said: "Sister, brother-in-law, something serious happened to Ye Xiancheng."
Hua Qingfeng and Su Ya looked at each other, and there were four words written in their eyes, "It really is him!" Hua Qingfeng shook his head and said, "I guess it's him, this Ye Xiaotian... is simply a demon king in the world, where he is, It would be a strange thing if everything was calm, what happened to him?"
Su Xuntian said: "Zhao Yicheng wanted to repair the mansion, so he entrusted his wife, Mrs. Qian, to the Ye Mansion. But early this morning, the maid who served Mrs. Qian found that Mrs. Qian had disappeared strangely. Ye Xiancheng couldn't find it anywhere, so I asked Bai The chief secretary took people up the mountain to investigate the case, and the Zhao family also came to make a noise after hearing the news..."
Su Xuntian told the news he had just received from beginning to end, and Hua Qingfeng and his wife were stunned. After being stunned for a while, Su Ya shook her head and sighed softly: "I don't provoke disputes, disputes come to me, this Ye Xiaotian is really a person who keeps disputes."
Although Hua Qingfeng has been sitting in the back house these days, she still feels ashamed. She has to worry about the future and coax the lady. She is really depressed, but at this moment she can't help but want to laugh: "Why do I suddenly feel that this is the last thing you want to do?" The unlucky person is actually not me, but the most beautiful Ye Xiaotian? Ha! Haha... "
Hua Qingfeng finally couldn't help laughing out loud, this was the first time he laughed in the past few days, and the little maids standing outside looked nervous: "Could it be that the master has gone crazy again?"
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In the second hall of the county government office, the main seat of the county magistrate was vacant, and everyone sat on the left and right sides below, staring at each other. Ye Xiaotian has a long face, like a debt collector, and everyone else here owes him a lot of money. But he was not the only creditor, Zhao Yicheng who was sitting opposite him also had a gloomy face.
The others held their breaths and remained silent, with expressions of caution, especially Master Bai. He felt that he was really unlucky. Now that County Magistrate Hua is hiding in the back house to enjoy his life, Ye Xiancheng was involved in the murder case, and Zhao Yicheng died of his father and wife, how could Master Bai bear it
Seeing that everyone was sitting dumbfounded, without saying a word, Master Bai had no choice but to clear his throat, and said, "Everyone, we have to come up with a regulation for this matter today. Huazhi County went crazy, Zhang Dianshi died of illness, Ye County Cheng and Zhao Yicheng are involved in a serious case of human life, how should we settle it?"
Ye Xiaotian was in a very bad mood. Hua Qingfeng testified in public that he had an affair with his wife, and the incident had not subsided. Now that this incident happened again, even if he could prove his innocence in the end, there would always be people with dark minds in the world. Her reputation has been ruined in the rumors, how could she be so unlucky!
Zhao Yicheng's mood was even worse. His father died, and his "wife" also died, and the deaths were all inexplicable. In fact, after calming down, he also understood that Ye Xiaotian could not be the murderer, but if Qian Qingqing was the murderer who killed his father, but the murderer who killed Qian Qingqing was just a bug, this... how embarrassing!
After Master Bai finished speaking, seeing that everyone was still silent, he turned to Zhao Wenyuan and said, "Zhao Yicheng, judging from what we have so far, it is impossible for you to identify Ye Xiancheng as the murderer who killed your wife." Based on the evidence, this judge cannot accept this allegation."
Zhao Wenyuan's eyes shifted slightly, and then he slowly replied: "As for whether Zhuo Jing was killed by Ye Xiaotian, Zhao is just guessing, and of course you need to find out the truth."
Hearing that his tone had softened, Master Bai hurriedly said: "That's natural, that's natural. Uh... But the current situation is that it may be more likely that Mrs. Zun sneaked into Ye County's prime minister's room to make plans, although she You are already dead, of course, I am not suspicious of you, Zhao Yicheng, but... to investigate this case, I have to ask some questions. May I ask if there is any grievance between Madam Ye and Ye Xiancheng?"
Ye Xiaotian is also very concerned about this matter. He really can't figure out why Qian Qingqing wanted to kill him. Could it be that Qian Qingqing is not an ordinary woman, she is not only Zhao Wenyuan's wife, but also Yang Yinglong's subordinate in Bozhou, acting under Yang Yinglong's order
But for no reason, why did Yang Yinglong kill him? Furthermore, if Yang Yinglong wants to kill him, there is no reason to send Qian Qingqing as an assassin, because once Qian Qingqing misses, Yang Yinglong will be passive.
Zhao Wenyuan frowned and shook his head slightly. Master Bai pondered for a moment, then said: "I don't know what your Madam's family background is, can you tell me."
Zhao Wenyuan glanced at him coldly, and said: "My wife doesn't have any prominent background, she was originally a maidservant in the mansion of Tusi Yang in Bozhou, because she was favored by Madam Zhangyin, so Madam presided over the marriage and gave me as his wife, Are you going to Banzhou to check?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They didn't suspect that the Yang Tianwang of Bozhou intended to harm Ye Xiaotian. Don't even think about it, but in this way...
Everyone couldn't help taking a sneak peek at Ye Xiaotian, and they really couldn't find any other reason, could it be that the two had been in love for a long time, and because of love, they hated each other, that's why such a bloody thing happened? It's just that no one is willing to pierce this layer of window paper, so everyone talks about it, but it doesn't help at all to solve the current predicament.
Luo Xiaoye saw that they were going around their real purpose, but they didn't get to the point, so she got impatient, so she said, "The difficulty right now is: the county magistrate is crazy, Dian Shi died of illness, the county magistrate and post magistrate were involved in the case, and the Bozhou Amu If you die in Hu County, how do you report it to the imperial court? Tell the truth? Huh?"
To tell the truth, of course not, Huazhi County "crazy", Zhang Dianshi "died of illness", Bozhou Amu was no less than a third-rank and fourth-rank court official, and his real power was even greater, but he died here inexplicably, the county magistrate He and Yi Cheng are both involved in murder cases, if these things are reported, Hu County will really become famous all over the world.
At that time, Ye Xiaotian will definitely suspend his job regardless of whether he was wronged or not. As for Zhao Yicheng, Ding You would have been resigned for three years after his father died, but he was also suspected of conspiring with his wife to assassinate the county magistrate. Hu County suddenly lost four officials, the county magistrate, county magistrate, Dian Shi, and post magistrate. Among the four, one went crazy and the other died, and the remaining two were suspects.
Under the premise that there have been two county magistrates and one chief secretary who have committed crimes and downfall, it is difficult for Hu County not to attract the attention of the government and the public. At that time, every official in Hu County will probably be passed over by the Fengxian Yamen like a grate. , I am afraid that no one's life will be easy.
Li Yuncong, the tax ambassador, glanced at Luo Xiaoye, and said: "The lower officials think that reporting the truth is not good for anyone, and the case needs to be investigated, but how to report it to the imperial court, so as not to disturb the local area, still needs to be discussed carefully to come up with a solution." yes."
Li Yuncong is a small official, so don't worry about telling the real purpose directly. If you really say something wrong, you can just be rejected by others, and there will be no serious consequences. What he said is a blatant expression: We have to exaggerate, cover up the truth, and tide over the difficulties together!
This is not the first time they have done this kind of thing. When Ai Dianshi died, everyone handled it like this after public discussion. In fact, Hu County is not the only one like this. As long as it can be covered up, once a major event happens in other places, it will be covered up as long as it can be covered up.
In later generations, communication is so developed, there are many news channels for Shangfeng, and locals also exaggerate some major accidents for local protection and self-protection, or cover up the truth, or make major incidents minor, let alone in this era.
But although all the officials couldn't wish for Ambassador Li's proposal, would the parties be willing? Ye Xiaotian is willing to bear the stigma and endure gossip? Both Zhao Yicheng's wife and father died inexplicably. He is willing to swallow his anger and make a big deal into a small one? As long as one of these two disagrees, don't try to cover up these things.
Ye Xiaotian is not the most worried person among these two people. If there is a choice between fame and official career, most people will still choose to "bear the burden of humiliation". You can still come back after a year, but a three-year delay in your career is enough to delay many things. Besides, although the cause of his father's death is clear, the death of his wife is still confusing. Will he not seek the truth
At this time, Zhao Wenyuan, who was "received by all expectations", coughed lightly, and said in a tired and hoarse voice: "Before my father died, he explained something to me. Master Bai and Ye Xiancheng were by my father's side at that time. Hear it very clearly."
Bai Hong looked at him in a daze, unable to understand for a while. Zhao Xin was obviously killed by the poisonous arrow that sealed his throat with blood. How could there be any last words left behind? What did he mean by that? Ye Xiaotian also raised his eyebrows in surprise, and looked at Zhao Wenyuan.
Zhao Wenyuan's expression was dull, and he said to himself: "My father's last order: Tell me to resign from the official position and return to my hometown to guard the system. I will assist my elder brother in my department and serve as prime minister. I will allocate Qingquan Cave, Bailian Cave, Changling Cave, Wufeng Cave, and four caves. Fifteen flags under my command."
Ye Xiaotian was the first to react, nodded, and said: "That's right! Before your father died, there was indeed such a will." Master Bai didn't understand why Ye Xiaotian said that, but since Ye Xiaotian said that, he probably wouldn't have agreed with it. Wrong, Master Bai immediately nodded and said: "That's right, I heard it too!"
After all, Ye Xiaotian lived in Guizhou for several years, and he knew much more about the chieftain system than Bai Hong, so he immediately understood what Zhao Wenyuan meant. Zhao Xin's death is an unchangeable fact, and the murderer cannot be traced. For Zhao Wenyuan, what is the most important thing right now? It's a family property!
Zhao Xin is the grand chieftain of Bozhou, Yang Tiantu's commander of soldiers and horses, and he also has his own territory and tribe, and is also a big chieftain. Zhao Xin governs the fifty-eight banners of Jiudong. The heir to rule all these territories is of course his eldest son, but what about the second sons
Once the eldest brothers of the second sons become chieftains, they will be promoted to Tushe, but although Tushe is noble, it may not hold real power. This Tushe is like a prince. The prince of the dynasty enjoys a fief and is a prince of one side, how can the authority be the same.
In a tribe of chieftains, the real power is held, and the power is second only to the chieftain is the "prime minister" (also known as A Mu), followed by "housekeeping". Only Tushe with the positions of "Prime Minister" and "housekeeping" has real power.
When Zhao Wenyuan got this promise, he stood up and cupped his hands sadly: "My father passed away, and Zhao was overwhelmed with grief, haggard, and unable to discuss matters. Now I have to go back to take care of my father's funeral, prepare for Ding You, and discuss the government affairs in the Yamen. That's right, just let Zhao know after the discussion, and leave!"