Like Jiang Tianyao, Jiang Tianqi and his wife immediately collapsed to the ground after hearing the news. At this time, no one in the Jiang family cared about Dou's death and whether she was killed by Princess Qi. Everyone's attention was focused on it. All focused on the sudden bad news!
How did Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing die
Death by whose hands
What to do with the Zhenxi Army
What will happen to the big house and the third house in the future
Will the relationships and forces between the different houses of the Jiang family be re-divided
Not only the Jiang family was eager to know about this series of questions, but the entire government and the public were also trying to find out in every possible way. Under such circumstances, Dou's funeral ceremony naturally changed from grand at the beginning to deserted with almost no one paying attention at the end. Even Jiang Tian Ao didn't pay much attention to it and buried it in the ground very hastily.
Jiang Huizhi and other juniors who were deeply favored by the Dou family were already devastated, so naturally they hated the fourth house even more!
But Si Fang didn't have time to pay attention to them at the moment - it was too late to think about the changes in Shazhou!
"I'm afraid there is something wrong with this news!" Jiang Yashuang hurriedly returned to his yard to discuss with his wife, "It has been a long time since the two men were assassinated, and the news reached the capital. Brother, the news these days has actually Everything is the same as before, not even mentioned!”
"Isn't it?" Qiu Yilan also frowned, "Someone must have issued a gag order... Except for my uncle, no one else can make my brother keep his mouth shut like this!"
Jiang Yashuang frowned and said: "My uncle ordered the seal to be sealed, which is quite interesting! Although the death of these two people is a blow to the entire Jiang family, especially the first and third families, but as long as grandfather is here, these blows will not It’s not an important matter... Why do we need to seal it so tightly?”
Qiu Yilan guessed: "Could it be because of the murderer? Calculating the date, the two men were assassinated when my uncle arrived in Shazhou. My uncle should have started hunting for the murderer as soon as he arrived! Maybe it was to confuse the murderer. Hush it, now that the murderer has an clue, is he telling you? "
"My uncle didn't say much in his autographed letter. He just said that this matter is serious and he will tell his grandfather in person after he returns to Beijing." Jiang Yashuang paced back and forth in the room, frowning, "I'm more worried about whether Will have a relationship with my brother..."
He felt that the only person in Shazhou who had the ability and motivation to kill Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing was Qiu Jinglan.
Of course, everyone knows that Qiu Jinglan loves his sister, and he would not want to do anything to embarrass her between her husband's family and her parents' family. However, if Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing attack Qiu Jinglan first, the situation will become critical to Qiu Jinglan. If Jinglan doesn't kill them first, will she die
"If it has something to do with my brother, then the Ruan Mansion should be raided, right?" Qiu Yilan's face changed slightly when he mentioned it, but after thinking for a while, she said, "But I haven't heard of such news now!"
Jiang Yashuang muttered: "I thought so too. After all, the guards around those two people are very good, and most of them are in the army. It is not easy to assassinate them! Even the elder brother actually has this intention. , and it’s not guaranteed to succeed.”
The couple, like the Marquis of Jibei, believed that Jiang Yadan, Jiang Qizheng, and Ou Qinglan had been killed long ago. Even if they were alive, how could these two female family members, one gentle and quiet, the other fierce and simple, possibly plan a love affair between Jiang Yayue and Jiang Ya? death? ! It's almost like being killed!
So after guessing, there is only one suspect, Qiu Jinglan!
Sensing that his wife's face was getting more and more ugly, Jiang Yashuang was afraid that her excessive worry would affect her pregnancy, so she hurriedly sent Jiang Tan out to find out the news in front of her.
Jiang Tan simply came back after a while and said that although there were many rumors about Jiang Yayue and Jiang Ya's death, they did not mention Qiu Jinglan: "Everything in the Ruan Mansion is as usual. The younger one even excused himself from passing by and went in to discuss the matter with the disciples. Hot tea. Butler Ruan from the mansion happened to be free and came to talk to the boy. The boy wanted to send a family letter to his distant cousin who was accompanying the Eighth Young Master to Shazhou. Butler Ruan readily agreed. , ask me to deliver the letter at any time, and he will arrange it to be included in the letter to Mr. Ruan, and I will ensure that it is delivered to the recipient intact!"
"It seems that it has nothing to do with brother." Jiang Yashuang breathed a secret sigh of relief and said to his wife calmly, "Otherwise, almost everyone in the Ruan family is from Tianya, and they are also the ones that brother uses the most and trusts. Batch. How can there be no reason for them to be affected if something happens to my brother?”
Qiu Yilan thought about it, and she made up her mind - so she urged her husband to go back to the main hall: "In that case, I don't have to worry about it anymore. You can go see your mother. Hasn't she been much better in the past two days?"
This is what Zhou's mother reminded her: "It can be seen that Madam loves her children very much, but due to various reasons, the flesh and blood have been separated for these years, and now she is back and she is sick again! If the young master often comes back to the yard, it will make Madam feel If I feel lonely, I’m afraid I’ll be angry with you!”
Qiu Yilan didn't want to cause any rift with her mother-in-law because of such little time together, so she put her mind at ease and urged her husband to accompany her mother-in-law.
This time I was really right - because not long after Jiang Yashuang left the main hall of the fourth room, Mrs. Zhuang woke up and learned about the assassination of Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing. She also heard that her son had gone to discuss this with his wife. I couldn't wait to see my son.
Jiang Yashuang couldn't wait to meet Chang's mother who came to urge her as soon as Jiang Yashuang left the hospital. She was startled: "Where's mother?"
"Madam is awake, and she is in better spirits than the previous two days." Mother Chang said hurriedly, "No questions, I just want to ask you about the death of the second and sixth young masters!"
Jiang Yashuang felt relieved and rushed to Mrs. Zhuang's hospital bed to say goodbye. She sat on the embroidery stool brought by the servants and said with a smile: "Mother wants to know the news about the death of the second brother and the sixth brother. Is it true? This news was sent back by someone from my uncle’s side, I guess it’s correct!”
"You all get out!" Mrs. Zhuang waved her hand, and after dismissing the servants, she gritted her teeth and said, "I guess God has a vision! I must avenge your sister as soon as possible - I think there is still half a month left before this can happen. Good news, I didn’t expect it to come right now!”
Jiang Yashuang was dumbfounded when she heard these words: "Mother, what do you mean?"
"The eldest brother and the third brother harmed your sister, how could Wei Niang and your father spare them?!" Mrs. Zhuang sneered, "Long before Wei Niang set off, your father sent the men to Shazhou to avenge your sister. Just to hide it from your grandfather, they passed by Beihu's territory on the pretext of spying on Beihu's activities... "
Mrs. Zhuang frowned slightly at this point, "This time is too fast. Did they change the route later?"
Jiang Yashuang said in surprise: "Mom, the second brother and the sixth brother were not assassinated recently! If my father started making arrangements when he received the blood letter from the eighteenth sister, unless he flew over! Otherwise, it was definitely not done by someone from my father's side!"
Mrs. Zhuang was surprised: "Really?" She had just returned from Beijing after so many years. She basically had no influence in the Duke's mansion, so the information she received was of course not very detailed. After listening to his son's detailed explanation, he confirmed that the deaths of Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing had nothing to do with Jiang Tianchi. He couldn't help but be surprised, "Who did that?"
But he was also suspicious of Qiu Jinglan, "Is it your brother-in-law? Isn't the group of people he holds in his hand passed down from the Xihe Palace specializing in assassinations?"
"My child thinks so too!" In front of his mother, he can just say whatever is inconvenient for his wife to hear. "Although there is no news about raiding the Ruan Mansion or arresting 'Tianya', the child is wondering if my uncle is considerate. Knowing that Lan Lan was pregnant, he was afraid that she would not be able to bear the news, so he suppressed it first? Otherwise, it is not an exaggeration to say that our Jiang family has full power now. Whoever the murderer is, what should we not say first? Do you have to come back and tell me in person?"
Mrs. Zhuang frowned: "If this is the case, it will be a trouble! Your brother is not interested in the army. You will take your father's position in the future. An'er and the others are too young... If there is no Qiu Jinglan in the Zhenxi Army, I can only watch helplessly as others take it away!”
"Besides, our brother's hands are inseparable from each other!" Jiang Yashuang said, "I'm not sure what the quarrel between the first and third bedrooms will be like!"
"No matter what they are doing?" Mrs. Zhuang sneered, "Anyway, their two sons who were most promising to steal military power are dead!"
She made no secret of her gloating, "It shows that God doesn't allow them to be greedy! What a good death! What a great death! Let's see if they dare to pursue the idea of military power!"
Jiang Yashuang coughed: "Lan Lan only has a brother from her mother's family who she can rely on. If her real brother is believed to be the murderer, even if she hides it now, I'm afraid..."
"You don't need to tell me this. Since Qiu Jinglan is a talented person and is on our side, my mother and your father must try to keep him!" Mrs. Zhuang said cheerfully, "You go there. Take out my mother's private seal from the side cabinet! I will tell you the secret code agreed between my mother and your father's subordinates... Write a letter quickly and send it to a reliable person to Shazhou!"
"Calculating the days, if there are no accidents, we should arrive just in time for the men your father arranged to avenge your sister! If Qiu Jinglan is really the murderer, your uncle will definitely escort him alive to Beijing to give an explanation! By then, Let your father's men pretend to be bandits and kidnap him, and then hide him in the Zhenbei Army. After a few years, you can change his identity and become an official!"
What Mrs. Zhuang said in a few years obviously means that in a few years Qin Guogong and others will die because of their old age, and Qiu Jinglan can come out again. As for what the eldest and third bedrooms will think, is it important
"Where is my uncle now!" Jiang Yashuang said while quickly spreading paper and grinding ink, "If my uncle is in charge personally..."
Mrs. Zhuang hummed: "Don't worry! Those men are one of the cornerstones of your father's command of the Zhenbei Army. Your brother-in-law is reluctant to kill them! With such a restrained hand, there will be no problem in robbing Qiu Jinglan!"
Who said that the Jiang family's foundation was too shallow, and it had only been so long since it had developed, and it took so much effort to cultivate Jiang Tianchi to take charge of the Zhenbei Army? There is no backup candidate at all! Even if Si Fang plays this trick again and again to hold the emperor hostage to control the princes, the elders can only endure it - endure it all over again!
When the mother and son tried every means to "save" Qiu Jinglan, Qiu Jinglan in Shazhou was looking at the autumn wind in the hall with a frown: "What did you say? Are you planning to take Princess Chunfu to travel around the world? Are you awake? ?”
"What about wandering around the world?" Qiu Feng also frowned, and the meaning was similar, but Qiu Jinglan changed the word, and it seemed to have a different meaning no matter how you heard it, and it was still not a good one, "Zheng'er has also changed his mind about the bustling place after this change. I'm tired of it and don't want to go back to Beijing. I just don't like that kind of environment, so I just want to take her around... Of course, our child has to be taken out, and it's not a problem to always leave it to the Jiang family to raise. ”
Qiu Jinglan looked at him with a stupid look: "Don't tell me, you don't know the real reason why Princess Chunfu said that!"