Xie Zhaoxue seemed to have just come back, and she didn't know what official occasion she was going to attend. She was dressed neatly, her face was as warm as ever, and she asked with a smile, "What are you doing?"
Zhong Wenjin's body was as stiff as a stone, and his hands shook unconsciously.
Ding Ziyun, who was tied to the tree, seemed to see a savior, and immediately yelled miserably, "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir, for saving me!"
Zhong Wenjin panicked for no reason, for fear that he would ask with a black face, "Are you bullying others again?"
While thinking about how to respond, Xie Zhaoxue suddenly said, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
He actually ignored Ding Ziyun's plea for help
He glanced at Xie Zhaoxue with some uncertainty, "Can we talk about it another day?"
As soon as he said these words, he wanted to slap himself in the ear: You should be more damn upbeat!
At any rate, he used to be a ferocious beast full of fangs, why did the teeth get more and more flat
Xie Zhaoxue's eyes were full of smiles, "What are you afraid of, can I still eat you?"
"That's not necessarily..." Zhong Wenjin muttered in a low voice, but in order to support himself, he stood up from the recliner and walked towards him magnificently, "Go back to the room if you have anything to say."
What should come will come sooner or later, even if it is delayed, it is useless.
Seeing him coming, Xie Zhaoxue wanted to turn around, but Ding Ziyun screamed even more miserably when she saw that the two were about to leave, "Master Xie! I am no longer a servant of Xie's mansion, why don't you let me go back? Don't be afraid of me Report to the officer?"
Zhong Wenjin felt that this threat was a bit ridiculous, not to mention that the Xie family was in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, even if Ding Ziyun really sued for such a trivial matter, there would be no trouble, and maybe he would be rewarded instead. Dayton board.
But after thinking about it, Xie Zhaoxue is not an unreasonable rascal like him, seeing him tie Ding Ziyun to a tree for no apparent reason, she would definitely let her go, but the strange thing is, Xie Zhaoxue ignored.
Zhong Wenjin glanced at him secretly, and sure enough, he didn't seem to hear him, so he ignored him for the second time and walked straight forward.
It would be a lie to say that he was not shocked, Zhong Wenjin was horrified in his heart, and looked at Xie Zhaoxue carefully, wondering if the person in front of him might be disguised by someone else.
Ding Ziyun was still shouting, Zhong Wenjin turned his head and glared at her, calmed her down with a ferocious expression in his eyes and bared teeth, and then followed Xie Zhaoxue back to his room.
His gaze was still on Xie Zhaoxue, but he didn't see any flaws, and his every move was familiar.
After entering the room, Xie Zhaoxue sat down at the table, Zhong Wenjin closed the door first, then opened it again, and sat next to the reclining chair under the window, keeping a distance from him.
Xie Zhaoxue looked at him helplessly, then got up to close the door again, sat down with this movement, turned around and saw Zhong Wenjin standing up from the reclining chair again.
"Sit down obediently, I have something to ask you." Xie Zhaoxue said.
"Just tell me what you want to ask, and I'll tell you if I can tell you." Zhong Wenjin replied with a dry cough.
He tapped his fingers on the table a few times, and asked after a little thought, "Where did you get poisoned last night?"
Zhong Wenjin had imagined many things he wanted to question, but he didn't expect this to be the first one. He was stunned for a moment and said, "I went to your room yesterday, drank a cup of tea, and it ended like that. Could it be that you missed it?"
He always thought that Xie Zhaoxue had also been poisoned by that domineering poison, and that's why she got out of control and had such wrong things with him, and everything was justifiable.
However, Xie Zhaoxue didn't seem to know at all. He frowned slightly after hearing Zhong Wenjin's words.
Seeing this expression, Zhong Wenjin understood instantly, a loud thunder exploded in his ear, shaking his whole head ached, fear and panic welled up in his heart instantly.
He is not poisoned? ! He is sober!
Zhong Wenjin knew very well that Xie Zhaoxue in a waking state had the ability to easily restrain him, she could have tied him up with a rope and looked for antidote, but Xie Zhaoxue didn't do that.
"What are you thinking?" Zhong Wenjin said with a tremor in his voice, "Xie Zhaoxue, are you crazy?"
Xie Zhaoxue didn't expect him to say this suddenly, and raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Zhong Wenjin wanted to rub his face to calm down, but when he raised his hand, he realized that his body was shaking violently, and his fingertips were even more obvious. He quickly put his hand down and hid it in his sleeve, and took a few deep breaths to calm down.
"Have you made a plan?" He asked, and after he finished speaking, he felt that the question was a bit redundant. Xie Zhaoxue is so smart, she must have already thought about the way forward.
Unexpectedly, Xie Zhaoxue replied, "Not yet."
Zhong Wenjin sneered, "If you don't tell me, I can guess seven or eight points, but this is just what I want. I have long wanted to leave the capital."
Xie Zhaoxue's complexion changed, and just as she was about to speak, she heard Zhong Wenjin say, "But after I leave Beijing, you have to take good care of my mother. Although she married into the Zhong family, she is still from your Xie family. If I have a chance to go back to Beijing, I will pick her up from Xie's house."
"Stop." Xie Zhaoxue raised her hand to stop Zhong Wenjin's chatter, "I have said this many times, and now I will say it for the last time. Listen carefully."
He looked straight into Zhong Wenjin's eyes and said, "You are not allowed to go anywhere, Xie Mansion is your home, and you will live here from now on."
The tone was the same as usual, a little indifferent, and the firmness in it could only be discerned after listening carefully, Xie Zhaoxue continued, "As long as I'm still alive, no one can drive you out of Xie's mansion."
Zhong Wenjin's heart shook violently, his eyes were wide open, with deep confusion, "What's the benefit of you keeping me in the Xie Mansion?"
He himself knows that, to put it bluntly, he is now a real oil bottle, useless at all, and there are still huge risks in his body.
"What does it have to do with benefits?" Xie Zhaoxue stood up suddenly, walked slowly in front of Zhong Wenjin, stretched out a hand, and lightly tapped a red mark on Zhong Wenjin's neck that was not hidden in the collar, Said, "I don't want you to leave me, it's that simple."
Zhong Wenjin flinched back, his black eyes were covered with a layer of water, reflecting Xie Zhaoxue's handsome smile.
He gasped suddenly.
Seeing him like this, Xie Zhaoxue still couldn't tell the whole story at once, otherwise he would definitely not be able to bear it, so she withdrew her hand, changed the subject, and suddenly threw a heavy weight, "Last night Gecha's mansion caught fire for no reason, Zhong Wenting died in the sea of flames, Zhong Guoyi is missing."
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"Zhong Wenting is dead?" Wen Chan was holding a bowl to eat, but when he heard what Ah Fu said, he immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks, and clapped his hands happily, "Good death!"
"There's nothing wrong with it. The Ministry of Criminal Justice has inspected it many times. I heard that many places on the body are burnt, but one face can be seen clearly. When he died, he curled up his body. Presumably he wanted to protect his mouth and nose to survive." Ah Fu On the sidelines.
"It deserves it!" Wen Chan breathed a sigh of relief, originally thinking that the Gecha Mansion was so heavily guarded that he would definitely find a way to put out the fire and rescue him, but he didn't expect to burn him to death directly. Wen Chan grinned.
What's the use of blowing cowhide to the sky
Seeing that Wen Chan was so happy, Ah Fu also laughed, but after laughing for a while, he realized that there was an important thing that he left unsaid. He hurriedly said, "Your Highness, according to people from the Ministry of Punishment, Zhong Guoyi disappeared in prison last night."
Wen Chan couldn't laugh all of a sudden, his face sank instantly, "When did it happen?"
"After the fire was extinguished, people from the Criminal Department went in to check, and saw that there was no one in Zhong Guoyi's cell, but the door was still locked, and there was no sign of it being tampered with."
"Have you checked carefully?" he asked.
"I don't know, but I heard from them that Master Xiao Xie personally led someone to inspect it. Every inch was carefully inspected. The cell is intact, but there is no one there."
"Could it be possible that Zhong Guoyi disappeared out of thin air?" Wen Chan frowned.
"Could it be that he took advantage of the fire to make trouble and escaped without being discovered?" Ah Fu tentatively deduced.
"The door lock is unlocked, the cell is in good condition, he has old bones, it is impossible to be so flexible, besides, Xie Zhaoxue is not a fool, there will be no chance for him to escape..." Wen Chan thought brokenly, "There is something strange, there is definitely something strange .”
The question is back to the original point, why was Zhong Wenting so confident yesterday
A bad premonition welled up in my heart.
Seeing that his master became more and more silent, Ah Fu's face became extremely ugly, and he said, "Why don't you discuss it with Mr. Liang, Your Highness?"
Wen Chan heard and looked up at him.
Ah Fu continued, "Young Master Liang is smart, he should be able to guess why."
"Liang Yanbei?" He paused and shook his head, "No, he doesn't know anything, and it's useless to ask him to discuss it, so don't involve him."
"Your Highness, don't blame the slave for talking too much. There are many people who have multiple ideas. You are thinking about it alone, and you don't have time to listen to other people's ideas. Mr. Liang dared to set fire to Gecha's mansion. What else? Don’t dare to do things? With him, everything is guaranteed.”
Ah Fu trusts Liang Yanbei 100% and always feels that if anything is left to Liang Yanbei, it's nothing to worry about.
Wen Chan gasped and said, "What's the matter with you? You were completely bought by Liang Yanbei? Could it be that in your eyes, I'm that stupid?"
Ah Fu pouted and said aggrievedly, "The servant didn't say that His Highness is stupid, but just thinks Mr. Liang is smarter."
"Nonsense! I'm obviously much smarter than him!" Wen Chan shouted softly. In his cognition, he had always been the mastermind, and Liang Yanbei mastered Wu.
"What Your Highness said is very true." As soon as the wind blew, Ah Fu fell down.
Wen Chan accepted this sentence with peace of mind, thought for a while, and said, "Let's go to Xie Zhaoxue first, and ask about the situation at that time. You can arrange a carriage now."
Afu paused for a moment, then said, "Master Xiao Xie, I don't know if I have that free time."
"how?"
"The disappearance of Zhong Guoyi is the criminal department's dereliction of duty. The Holy Majesty summoned Xie Shangshu and Mr. Xie early this morning, presumably to put pressure on the criminal department to investigate thoroughly, and I heard that a few days ago, there was a family in the outer area of the capital that raised pigs for one night. They all died in a short while, and they died strangely, Mr. Xie must be busy with a lot of things." Ah Fu said.
"He's really a busy man." Wen Chan sighed, in comparison, he felt moldy from being idle all day long.
"Then stop for a day and go to him tomorrow. Send him a letter and ask him not to be busy with anything tomorrow and wait for me at home." He ordered.
"Your servant obeys." Ah Fu responded and exited the hall.
Wen Chan regained his job, thinking about things while eating, the more he thought about it, the more he frowned.
I thought of an extremely bad possibility, and then said to myself in a daze, "Impossible, that person said it would have no effect, so it shouldn't be..."
After muttering for a while, he shook his head again, "It's hard to say, it's hard to say..."
Wen Chan waited patiently for a day, thinking about the possibility and development of many things, and felt more and more on pins and needles.
The next day, he planned to leave the palace earlier, but he didn't want Ah Fu to walk into the palace as soon as he changed his clothes, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, Mr. Liang and Mr. Xie are asking to see you."