The important thing is to tell Liang Yanbei and Xie Zhaoxue to take good care of Zhong Wenjin.
After all, Zhong Wenjin is also from the Zhong family, Wen Chan is still a little worried.
In the next few days, the emperor really ordered a thorough investigation of Zhong's family. Whether it was an open or secret investigation, there were a lot of people and things involved.
And what's worse, even though Wen Chan gave Wen Linglong the antidote, Wen Linglong still died in the hands of the emperor. Although he claimed that he died of poisoning, Wen Chan sighed faintly after hearing this.
He had known for a long time that once the matter of Concubine Mei and Zhong Wenting came out, Wen Linglong's end was doomed.
In the end, the crimes placed on the Zhong family were not only the murder of the emperor's heir, but also forming a party for personal gain, giving and receiving secretly, embezzlement and bribery, etc. The huge hat was taken off, and the Zhong family was firmly detained.
Both Zhong Guoyi and Zhong Wenting were sentenced to death by beheading, while the Zhong family's wives, concubines and children were all sentenced to exile in Mobei, where their official status would be exploited forever and they would not be allowed to enter Beijing.
On weekdays, several officials who are very close to the Zhong family have all demoted their official posts, big or small, and the court is so violent that even though all the officials know that the emperor's investigation of the case is sloppy, no one dares to persuade the Zhong family. admonish.
The emperor wanted to pull out Zhong's house for a long time, but he lacked a reason.
In the past, the Zhong family could still compete with the emperor with the bargaining chips in their hands, but not now. Now that the Liang family has entered the capital, they no longer occupy the position of civil servants. They are clearly ministers of the Ministry of Rites, but the emperor has given military power The meaning couldn't be more obvious.
No matter how many violations of the rules, it can't be worth an imperial order.
The Zhong family was raided.
Zhong Wenjin stood in the snow, his whole body was icy and cold, his eyes fixed on Zhong Zhai.
It used to be a magnificent mansion, Zhong Wenjin was born there, grew up there, passed in and out of that threshold countless times, for more than ten years, every night fell, that was his destination.
In just a few days, the place became dilapidated, everything was swept away and entered into the treasury, all the servants were dismissed, and the father and brothers and sisters were still in prison.
The only ones who survived were the married sister-in-law, the mother who returned to Xie's mansion, and himself.
For Zhong Wenjin, this was like a big dream. Last year today, he was still the lawless son of the Zhong family. No matter where he went, he would be surrounded by people in front and back, and the people around him would automatically back away.
Later, both his father and elder brother took up sharp knives and tried to kill him with ferocious faces, so he was forced to flee from Zhong's house.
Now, the Zhong family is gone, and now there is only an empty dilapidated house that was a huge family in the past.
Zhong Wenjin took two steps forward, wanting to go in and have a look.
The guards guarding the door had already noticed that he had been looking at the clock house for a long time, and immediately said when he saw his movements, "This is a crime house, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach it!"
The house of crime, his home has become a house of crime.
He stopped in his tracks, his mind a little numb, and he didn't know how he left in front of Zhong Zhai, and wandered on the street in a nonchalant manner.
Zhong Wenjin didn't know what to think or what to consider at this moment, as if his whole thoughts were at a blank stage, his eyes flicked over all kinds of people on the street, and nothing was taken into his eyes.
As we walked, there was a burst of laughter in front of us. Zhong Wenjin felt very familiar. When he looked up, he saw a few wealthy sons walking towards him. They were all Zhong Wenjin's old friends in the capital.
These individuals usually gather around Zhong Wenjin, with "Master Jin" on the left and "Young Master Zhong". Zhong Wenjin knows that they are deliberately pursuing them, but he doesn't bother to care about them.
Some of them have a really good relationship with him, at least they can have fun together every time they come out.
Zhong Wenjin watched those people walking slowly, chatting and laughing with each other, making eye-catching laughter from time to time. As if talking about something interesting.
Zhong Wenjin used to be the one standing among those people.
He stood by the curb, watching his former friends pass by with a smile, no one even noticed him.
He remained silent the whole time, and he didn't shout out. He just watched the few people walk further and further away until their backs disappeared into the crowd.
He raised his hand to touch his face, but through a layer of skin, he couldn't really feel the touch of his fingertips on his cheeks.
Now he is a person who sticks to a human skin mask to survive. He can no longer show his real name and face in Jingjing City.
In other words, he is now a stranger in this world.
I can no longer speak confidently after beating someone up like before, "I am Xie Jiaxing Si, and my name is Zhong Wenjin. Remember it clearly so you don't go to the wrong door for revenge!"
Zhong Wenjin's mood suddenly became depressed, and he continued to walk aimlessly, the scenery on both sides was blurred.
In this bustling crowd, he seemed out of place.
Zhong Wenjin walked to the largest pastry building in the capital unknowingly, looked up, and saw that there was an endless stream of people coming and going from this building he used to frequent, as if it hadn't changed.
As long as you stand at the door, you can smell the aroma of pastries, but now Zhong Wenjin has no intention of eating pastries, and stood there blankly for a while.
Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Xie Zhaoxue's figure, his eyes lit up, stared at them again, and then darkened again.
Xie Zhaoxue still looked the same, with a light yellow cloak embroidered with delicate patterns like Ruyi patterns, and a snow-white fox fur that almost matched his fair face, with a gentle smile on his handsome face.
Xie Zhaoxue has always had this gentle and elegant appearance, her smile has never been alienated or indifferent, and she always feels that she wants to get close to others for no reason.
This is also the reason why Xie Zhaoxue is very popular in the capital.
Zhong Wenjin also hated him for this, no matter who he was friends with, and only when he played tricks on Xie Zhaoxue, Xie Zhaoxue turned his smiling face, and it was him who stared angrily.
Right now, he was walking towards the bakery, followed by a woman in a luxurious dress, and behind him was the servant girl.
Xie Zhaoxue has always kept a clear distance from women, and has never seen him wandering alone on the street with any girl.
Zhong Wenjin was a little puzzled, but when he looked carefully, he found that the woman was none other than Qiao Yanci.
Then everything made sense. The Qiao family had a chance that the Xie family had a marriage contract, so it was normal for the two of them to walk on the street together.
"Brother, what are you looking at?" Someone suddenly asked beside him.
This was Zhong Wenjin's first person who took the initiative to talk to him since he went out. He took a look and found that it was an ordinary man.
"Look at Miss Qiao's family." Zhong Wenjin replied.
"Hey! Don't think about it, the daughter of the Qiao family has already been picked. You have no chance." The person beside him said mercilessly.
"I know." Zhong Wenjin replied lightly, his voice sank, "I have always had a chance."
I don't know if this is referring to Qiao Yan's words or something else.
"There are a lot of good girls in the capital. Don't be too sad, bro. The man casually said a few words of comfort, "But the girl from the Qiao family is very lucky. She won't have to worry about marrying into the Xie family. The days to come. "
"The Qiao family is also the family of high officials in the imperial court. When did you worry about it?"
"You don't know about this old man." The man said mysteriously, "Now the Xie family is in the period when the sage is favoring him, and the young master of the Xie family has no concubines and wives. If Qiao Qianjin marries in, it will be The identity of the owner of the entire Xie family is naturally different."
The entire Xie Mansion
Zhong Wenjin thought about it carefully, and felt something was wrong.
Xie Zhaoxue now lives alone in a mansion, although it is smaller than Lord Xie Shengran's mansion, but it is enough for Xie Zhaoxue to live alone, people in the capital call it Xiaoxie Mansion.
Zhong Wenjin lived in this Xiaoxie mansion, and he was very free on weekdays, Xie Shengran and Xie Yilu only visited him a few times.
He felt that if Qiao Yanci married in, at most she would be the master of Xiao Xie's mansion, and there are still grandparents in Da Xie's mansion!
After thinking about it, only one owner of Xiaoxie's mansion is enough. Zhong Wenjin is not from Xie's family, so it's okay to stay for a while. If he stays here forever, Xie Zhaoxue and Qiao Yanci will have a child in the future and have their own home , wouldn't it be very embarrassing to take his existence? At that time, Xie Zhaoxue was also tired of him, so if Qiao Yanci drove him away, it would only be a matter of one sentence.
It wasn't until this time that Zhong Wenjin realized that there seemed to be no place for him in the entire capital.
Seeing Xie Zhaoxue and Qiao Yanci enter the building, Zhong Wenjin suddenly lost the mood to chat with others, turned his head and left without saying a word.
He went all the way back to Xie's mansion, got into his own room, feeling depressed.
Not long after, Xie Zhaoxue came back. He came to Zhong Wenjin's room, waved away the maid who was guarding the door, and knocked on the door with a food box.
There was no sound inside, Xie Zhaoxue asked when she just entered the door, the servant clearly said that he was in the room, why didn't he make a sound
Xie Zhaoxue paused for a moment, raised her hand and opened the door, and saw Zhong Wenjin sitting in the room with his human skin mask off, without lighting or stove, the whole room was freezing cold.
He walked up to Zhong Wenjin and put the food box on the table, "What are you thinking about sitting here? I can't even hear you knocking on the door."
Zhong Wenjin looked up at him sleepily, then quickly lowered his head, pursed his lips and did not speak.
When Zhong Wenjin was in a bad mood, his appearance was very obvious. Xie Zhaoxue could tell it at a glance, and said while opening the food box, "Eat something, don't think so much."
Zhong Wenjin was able to suppress his irritability at first, but he saw that one of the beautiful pastries in the food box was bitten off and placed on the edge of the food box.
what is this? After eating the pastry, they kindly packed some leftovers for him
Could this small teeth mark be left by Qiao Yan's playful words
Zhong Wenjin suddenly felt angry, and with a wave of his hand, he swept the food box to the ground. The food box fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the pastries inside were scattered all over the floor.
"Xie Zhaoxue, don't be pretentious to me, I don't need it!" Zhong Wenjin looked down at the mess on the ground, his eye circles instantly turned red, and he said fiercely.
Xie Zhaoxue didn't expect him to be so angry all of a sudden, so she didn't get angry, and sighed, "Why is it getting harder and harder to serve? If you don't want to eat it, just say it. I wanted to eat two yuan, but now it's all right. I was knocked over by you."
In Zhong Wenjin's ears, these words had a different meaning.
He knew that Xie Zhaoxue would get bored with him one day, and that she didn't like him when she came to him. Now that she can take him in for a few months is probably the limit. Now that the Zhong family has just collapsed, he can't wait to talk to Qiao Yan.
Maybe he wanted to drive him away a long time ago, but because he didn't want to save face, he spoke directly, so he wanted to use Qiao Yan's words to drive him away.
"Why do you bother so much? It's not easy for me to leave? I don't care about staying with you!" Zhong Wenjin said bitterly.
"You want to go?" Xie Zhaoxue's complexion changed, she frowned slightly, "Where are you going?"
"Even if the Zhong family is gone now, if I want to live, there are many ways. Do you think you can't do it without me?" Zhong Wenjin said.
"Who told you to go? Could it be my elder sister?" Xie Zhaoxue said.
"A good man has ambitions in all directions, and there are many places I can go! Leaving the capital, the world is vast, and I can go wherever I want." Zhong Wenjin also said that the more he felt that what he said made sense.
"It shouldn't be Sister. Now that the Zhong family is guilty, it's too dangerous for you to go out rashly." Xie Zhaoxue stared at him fiercely, narrowing her eyes dangerously, "You want to leave by yourself?"
"I've made up my mind!" Zhong Wenjin said angrily, turned around and was about to leave, planning to go to the Yinzhuang to take out some of the small silver that he had saved before, and use it as money.
Xie Zhaoxue grabbed his wrist and pulled him back recklessly, "Don't mess around!"
Zhong Wenjin felt some pain in his wrist, he struggled and sneered, "Yeah, no matter what I do, it's just nonsense, there's only the two of us here, so you don't have to act, if I leave, you might have some fun. "
His eyes were fixed on Zhong Wenjin, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm not talking nonsense." Zhong Wenjin said.
"You are living in Xie's mansion unsatisfactorily? I will take you to eat whatever you want, and I will buy it for you. Why do you want to leave?" Xie Zhaoxue asked in a deep voice.
"What do you want? You can't give me what I want." Zhong Wenjin shook his head slightly.
"Tell me." Xie Zhaoxue didn't want to see him shaking his head, so she simply reached out and pinched his chin, leaning her face forward, "What do you want?"
Now he was in a fit of anger, and he didn't realize that the distance between the two was too close.
Zhong Wenjin stepped back slightly, and asked as if he had suddenly thought of it, "I want Qiao Yan's words, can you give them to me too?"
As soon as this question came out of her mouth, Xie Zhaoxue's face darkened instantly, and her eyes were stained with anger, "No!"
"Ha, I knew it." Seeing his appearance, Zhong Wenjin sneered, his eyes were red again, and he gritted his teeth, "You liar."
"Except for this, everything else is fine." Seeing his eye sockets, Xie Zhaoxue was a little bit weak pretending to be strong, and the anger that had arisen just now melted away very quickly.
"That's what you said!" Zhong Wenjin said bitterly, and then when Xie Zhaoxue didn't respond at all, he rushed forward and bit his lip fiercely.
In the end, because he was afraid of biting him, Zhong Wenjin relieved his strength at the last moment, more like clamping his mouth tightly, sucking unceremoniously, and thrusting his tongue straight into his mouth.
Xie Zhaoxue was so startled that she stopped breathing. Zhong Wenjin roughly licked and bit her mouth, and her waist was tightly hugged by both hands.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a cool liquid coming from his face, and looking down carefully, he saw crystal clear teardrops on Zhong Wenjin's long eyelashes.
Anyway, I'm leaving, a kiss should be fine, it can't be worse.
Zhong Wenjin thought.