There were many people standing in the silent hall, and everyone held their breaths, not daring to make a sound to break the silence.

The second elder of the Zheng family was sitting in the main seat with a calm expression, Zheng Yanmu was sitting on the left side with a serious expression, and Zheng Mei glanced at Li Ruoshui from time to time, wondering what he was thinking about.

These people have their own thoughts, but it seems that no one really cares about Zheng Yanqing.

Li Ruoshui, Zheng Yanqing, and Qin Fang stood in the middle, accepting the open and secret scrutiny of the people around them.

Zheng Yanqing had never accepted such a gaze, he subconsciously flattened the corners of his mouth, lowered his gaze, and covered the wound on his right hand more tightly.

He has always treated the people of Zheng Mansion like this, always with a bit of quietness and alienation.

"Ruoshui, what you said is true, Qin Fang really poisoned my son with Chen Yu?"

After finally digesting this amazing thing, Mrs. Zheng asked again, her voice trembling a little.

If this is true, wouldn't it be possible for Yan Qing to be in front of the champion...

"Really." Li Ruoshui glanced at the people around him: "When we arrived at the mansion, we happened to meet the two of them trading. Chen Yu saw that we were guilty and ran over the wall."

The surrounding domestic servants couldn't help but look at each other, conveying their inner surprise.

The Zheng family treats their servants very well, with a lot of monthly allowances for vacations, and their servants are notorious for their loyalty. No one would have expected such a traitor to appear.

"Where's Chen Yu? Why hasn't he arrived yet!"

Master Zheng slammed the table and widened his eyes, which startled many people.

"Come here, I found Chen Yu."

The old housekeeper of Zheng Mansion brought Chen Yu up. Although he concealed it well, his right foot was still a little unnatural.

Chen Yu looked at such a big pomp with a look of surprise, and stepped up to the center of the lobby.

"Master, Madam, what's the matter?"

He looked confused, as if he really didn't know what was going on.

Sure enough, Li Ruoshui was not surprised by his expression at all. Of course, he would strongly deny this kind of thing without conclusive evidence, and maybe even throw dirty water back.

"What are you pretending to be?"

Qin Fang couldn't help sneering when he saw Chen Yu's performance. At this time, he suddenly remembered that he was a scholar.

"The husband is one person and one person, and he even acted in a play."

Chen Yu looked at him, gritted his teeth secretly, and still had that puzzled look on his face.

"This son, don't contaminate people's innocence out of thin air."

The two were biting a dog. Zheng Yanqing glanced at Chen Yu and lowered his eyelashes.

He had no friends in the mansion since he was a child, and the only fun in childhood was to read books. Chen Yu was the only one who was willing to go over the wall to come and play with him, and would bring him many things he had never eaten before.

Even though the two became estranged after he became seriously ill, he still regarded Chen Yu as a good friend and never thought that it would be him who poisoned him.

Could it be that the food he ate with him when he was young was also poisoned early?

Maybe, otherwise how could the fact that he fell ill be explained? Was it really an accidental illness?

"I saw Chen Yu in Qin Fang's house with my own eyes. Is this a fabricated evidence?"

Zheng Yanqing did not look at Chen Yu, but at the second elder of the Zheng family who was sitting on the main seat.

Mrs. Zheng looked at Chen Yu, frowned and asked, "How do you say this?"

"Injustice, Madam, you watched me grow up. I have been loyal in the mansion for so many years. In the autumn of a few years ago, I also blocked a thief for Miss Mei. How could I harm the second young master?"

Chen Yu looked extremely aggrieved, and kept slapping her thighs and complaining, with tears in her eyes, as if she had been wronged: "Maybe it's because the young master studied too hard and his eyesight was dazzled."

This sentence seemed to remind Madam Zheng suddenly, she did not continue to ask, but turned to look at Zheng Yanqing.

"Son, you don't care about it when you go out to play today, but the master will arrive soon, you go back and wait for him first, and the mother will find out what's going on here for you!"

Again.

Zheng Yanqing let out a long sigh. He looked at the crowd feebly, his emotions surged for a while, and he couldn't help coughing a few times.

Everyone said he was smart, but he never thought clearly since he was a child, whether his family liked him or the prodigy who could enter the office.

Maybe it wasn't because he didn't understand it, it was just that he had been fantasizing about it.

Now this scene is like an absurd farce. Since no one cares, it is better to stop the performance, which has always been the case anyway.

"Why let him go?" Li Ruoshui looked at Madam Zheng suspiciously: "This is his business, he is still a witness, what should he do to let him go?"

Mrs. Zheng looked at Li Ruoshui and was a little dissatisfied, but she still managed to give a loving smile.

"Ruoshui, our family has always been like this. Yanqing needs to study and study. Such things will inevitably disturb him."

"How do you know that he will be confused?" Li Ruoshui turned to Zheng Yanqing: "Does this kind of thing bother you?"

Zheng Yanqing looked away and stopped looking at Madam Zheng: "...this is my business."

Mrs. Zheng couldn't hold back the smile on her face, and looked at Li Ruoshui unhappy.

"Ruoshui, you should know your responsibilities. If Yanqing gets in the way, we will find another good helper for him."

? ? ?

And such a good thing?

"He can stay here." Li Ruoshui immediately stood up and tried to add more fire.

"Why do you always make decisions for him, aren't you tired? For such a big man, he can't decide for himself whether to stay or leave. What will he do when he becomes an official in the future, not to mention that people don't want to be an official."

The second elder of the Zheng family looked gloomy, Zheng Yanmu was noncommittal while drinking tea, Zheng Mei nodded in agreement, and looked at Li Ruoshui with a bit of admiration.

"Of course, the most important thing now is to figure out the poisoning."

It's better that she can leave today and have time to borrow a cat from the tofu shop.

She walked to Qin Fang's side and took the medicine bag in his palm and showed it to everyone.

"Why is Zheng Yanqing the only one in the family who has been ill for a long time, is he unlucky? There must be a problem, since everyone who poisoned today is going to recruit, what to do is to listen to the words of a servant, the poison has been given, is it important to him? ?"

Li Ruoshui patted Qin Fang's shoulder and motioned him to speak.

In fact, she hadn't figured out the reason why Qin Fang was willing to confess. Once he admitted it, prison was inevitable, which would not benefit him at all.

But Qin Fang's matter is outside the plot. As long as he is caught in prison like the original, the case will be over.

She wants the memory fragments sent by the system, and she wants to know the result of this judgment. If the score is high, she can be completely sure that Lu Zhiyao is heartbroken.

"Unexpectedly, it turns out that the pride of heaven is like this at home."

When Qin Fang said this, he couldn't help laughing, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

"It turns out that I have always been jealous of such a person, and your situation is not much better than mine."

Zheng Yanqing didn't react much, just looked at him quietly.

"I've been jealous of you since I was a child. You have never been to school, but somehow you have become a role model in the academy, and you have become a person that everyone is vying to surpass. The funny thing is that no one has seen you at all."

"I worked hard day and night to warm up the book, trying to defeat you, a non-existent person. In the end, you won the first place in the township test. Why?!"

Qin Fang's words seemed genuine, but he glanced at the second elder of the Zheng family from time to time, and when he saw the faint pride on their faces, he relaxed his shoulders and continued to express his feelings.

"You Zheng Yanqing are the favored son of the emperor, am I not? We are evenly divided when it comes to articles and poems. Why should everyone see you? I'm not convinced."

Qin Fang raised his hand and pointed at Chen Yu: "So I bribed your servant, and let him prescribe medicine day and night, so that you can no longer travel long distances..."

"Shut up!" Master Zheng slapped the table and pointed at Qin Fang through gritted teeth: "Bastard! Hit me!"

The guards of the Zheng residence came forward to teach him a lesson, but they didn't dare to be ruthless, so they could only use their fists to teach him.

This reason came out, the servants around were angry, Zheng Mei frowned in disgust, Zheng Yanmu drank tea with his eyes down, and occasionally glanced at Qin Fang.

Li Ruoshui and Zheng Yanqing looked at each other, and both saw the same idea in each other's eyes, Qin Fang was lying.

No wonder he was so fearless, and he still kept his back.

"Send him to the Cangzhou government office, take care of it, and put him in the deepest dungeon!"

Mr. Zheng was so angry that he let his anger go along, and at the same time instructed others: "Quickly find a doctor who understands poison and come to see Yan Qing!"

Qin Fang was pressed away, but Li Ruoshui could see that he relaxed a lot.

The housekeeper looked at Chen Yu and sighed: "Madam, about Chen Yu..."

"Madam, I'm really wronged. The second young master and I have been friends since childhood, how could I harm him?"

Chen Yu still wanted to play emotional cards, and Mrs. Zheng was obviously moved. After all, she was a child she grew up watching.

But on second thought, she asked, "You went to Yan Qing since you were a child, did you go there often?"

Chen Yu, who was still aggrieved at first, was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that she would ask this question, so she could only answer indifferently: "Yes... often."

Mrs. Zheng looked at the housekeeper: "Why did I only know about this today?"

The butler was silent for a moment, speechless.

Chen Yu glanced somewhere, pursed his lips and stopped defending, he knew that he couldn't stay in Zheng Mansion any longer.

Knowing that Chen Yuyou often went to Zheng Yanqing, Mrs. Zheng's moving expression disappeared immediately.

She looked at Chen Yu with a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

"You grew up in the mansion, so you should know what you can and can't do. We won't investigate the case of poisoning, but the manor can't keep you anymore."

It doesn't matter whether he was poisoned or not, it was a serious mistake for him to play with Zheng Yanqing since he was a child.

Such a farce that started with poison was ended by Mrs. Zheng in a few words, and the second elder of the Zheng family didn't even ask for other details.

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"Yanqing, hurry back to Dongyuan. This master came to investigate from the imperial city. He won't stay in Cangzhou for long, so it's hard to keep him waiting."

Mrs. Zheng seemed to want to take him there herself, but before she stepped forward, Zheng Yanqing immediately turned around and left.

His body has always been thin, and the corners of his robe, tattooed with green bamboo, were lifted by the wind, as if it had been broken.

Li Ruoshui looked at his back and sighed silently.

"Good luck."

Now it's time to borrow a cat from the tofu shop. don't know if can wait until the road is far away today.

Li Ruoshui lowered his head and touched the purse, wondering if there was enough money to borrow the cat.

After she left, two people in the lobby looked at her back.

Zheng Yanmu took a long look and put the teacup back in his hand with a smile, but there was not much smile in his eyes.

Zheng Mei asked the maid in a low voice, "How are you doing recently?"

"Master Lu seems to have quarreled with them. He left the house by himself a few days ago. Later, someone saw the second young master with bloody bandages on his hands."

"The timing is right." Zheng Mei couldn't hide the smile in the corner of his eyes, and his pace was much easier: "The road is far away, let me be ashamed so far, you brought it on yourself."

With a bang, the iron door wrapped in iron was slammed shut, and Qin Fang was pushed into the depths of the mansion's prison.

It was still evening, but the setting sun could not penetrate here, only the torches emitted a faint glow on the wall.

This is the tightest prison in Cangzhou. There is a guard every five steps. There has never been an escape or prison robbery for many years. He is very safe here.

Sure enough, as long as the two elders of the Zheng family are provoked, they will definitely be able to enter here.

Qin Fang lay on the haystack, rubbing the scars on his body, without the slightest worry of going to jail.

After lying down for a while, the prison door opened again, and a woman in a cool red dress walked in. She carried the food box to the front of Qin, and looked at the dark place with lingering fears.

"I suddenly received a letter from you today, and I thought you were joking. Why did you really get locked up here?"

Qin Fang didn't explain too much, but turned his attention to the food box in her hand.

"Have you brought anything?"

"Bring it."

She opened the food box, and it was not food, but some pen and paper and a seal.

Qin Fang took out a pen and paper and started to write, talking while writing.

"Cangzhou is so big, who doesn't know a few people in the government office yet. After you go out, send the letter to the person who is looking for you today, and then I will naturally go out."

He left a way out for himself at the Zheng family today, and he didn't say the mastermind, which was considered a bargaining chip for himself.

The time limit for the reward order is only one day. As long as he escapes today, he plans to leave Cangzhou.

"It's a pity, I can't go to Yanliuxiang to find you again in the future."

After writing the letter, he looked at the woman in front of him with regret.

"Yeah, it's a pity that I can't see you again in the future."

A clear voice came from outside the prison door, there was a clatter, the iron door was pulled open again, and Lu Zhiyao walked in with a blind stick.

Qin Fang's eyes widened immediately, and he leaned out to look out, only to see the corner of the guard's clothes exposed at the crack of the door.

"How did you get in here!"

Lu Zhizhi raised his lips and smiled, and walked towards them slowly: "Why can't I come in?"

"No." Qin Fang remembered something and stepped back with his body back: "You promised them not to kill me today."

The woman in red looked at the two of them and unconsciously held the food box away.

"I promised them to take you away, but I didn't say I wouldn't kill you."

His closed eyelashes cast swaying shadows under the firelight, and the smile on his lips flickered, looking strange and beautiful.

"The reward order says that killing you today will not be delayed until tomorrow. I am a trustworthy person."

Qin Fang wanted to fight back, but he was instantly restrained and locked in his arms.

Lu Zhiyao's cool fingertips did not touch his neck, but gently rubbed his eyes that were slightly convulsed with fear.

He sighed softly, as if warning, but his tone was so gentle.

"In the future, you can take good care of your eyes and don't look at other people's things."

Lu Zhizhi's fingertips inserted without hesitation, and the warm liquid flowed out of Qin Fang's eyes, like two thick ink marks under the shaking firelight.

Qin Fang cried out in pain, his voice was hoarse, and he kept struggling.

Lu Zhiyao restrained his trembling body and patted him soothingly.

"I'm blind. I don't know what it's like to see. Try opening your eyes. Can you still see any willow waist?"

After he said this, he threw the soft-bounce thing in his hand to the ground, waiting for his answer.

Of course Qin Fang couldn't answer, he was already in such pain that he couldn't hear other people's voices.

The woman in red who was standing aside threw away the food box and tightly covered her screams in her mouth.

She has been rolling in the dust for many years, and she naturally knows what not to do now.

"Probably out of sight."

Lu Zhiyao evoked a smile, wiped the blood from his fingertips with a handkerchief, and took the sword in his hand.

"When your eyes hurt, I'll kill you again."

Some things are painful to remember, even though this person has no future.

"Ah." Lu Zhi stood up, pulled out the dagger, and the smile on his lips was lengthened by the firelight.

"I don't know why, but I still seem a little angry."

He turned his head to face the woman in red, the black hair spread out behind him, he suppressed his emotions and evoked a smile: "Aren't you going?"

The woman in red forgot what was in the food box and ran away quickly.

Hearing the sound of her leaving, Lu Zhizhi couldn't help but chuckle.

"This speed is slower than Li Ruoshui."