Jiang Rao sat up suddenly, looking dazed.

Her father had a fight with someone?

How about with her great uncle?

How could that be?

Because of the birthday party, her father was angry with her uncle for a few days, but he soon calmed down, especially when her uncle came to ask him for help and wanted to use his paintings as gifts for dignitaries, he agreed immediately.

The painting she finished in the study last night seemed to be what her uncle wanted.

Then when she woke up, she found her father was beating someone up?

Jiang Rao hurriedly ordered Ming Shao to dress her up, "Quick, quick, take me over to see it."

Ming Shao moved very quickly. She tied up Jiang Rao's hair and pinned it in a hairpin. In such a hurry, there was no need for her to put on makeup. She put on a light red skirt for Jiang Rao and they were ready to go out.

Ming Shao followed the hurried Jiang Rao and said, "Miss, no one else can stop me. Only you or my wife can stop me..."

"bar?"

Jiang Rao walked hurriedly, but stopped when he reached the center of the courtyard.

She raised her hand, picked up a wooden stick standing next to the swing and continued walking out.

"My father is not stupid. He must have his reasons for beating me." She rolled up her sleeves and said, "Why stop him? Go and help."

…

When they turned the corner, Jiang Rao met Jiang Jinxing, who was also carrying a wooden stick.

It’s just that she was carrying it, and Jiang Jinxing was small, so he was carrying him.

There were several circles of people gathered outside Mr. Jiang's study.

Most of the people there were servants, including several concubines of Master Jiang. The noisy voices drowned out all other sounds.

Jiang Rao pushed through the crowd and squeezed in.

Her father, who rarely lost his temper on weekdays, seemed to be blood-thirsty today, with murderous intent raging and his fists tightly grasping her uncle's clothes.

The eldest master of the Jiang family had a swollen face and nose, but the fourth master Jiang did not have a single injury on his body, but his expression was full of anger and pain, to the point of his eyes being bloodshot.

He grabbed the collar of Mr. Jiang and slammed his head to the ground, as if he wanted to wake him up, with fierce and swift force, "Jiang Xingchuan"

"You've always known that you've always known that"

Seeing that her father had not suffered any loss, Jiang Rao no longer had any use for the wooden stick in her hand.

But seeing her father so grief-stricken and angry made her feel sad.

What did her uncle do to make her father so upset?

Seeing Jiang Xingchuan dying.

“Stop it!”

At the end of the road, there was a sudden sound of an old

The sound of rebuke.

The old man came hurriedly with his servants and separated Jiang Xingzhou and Jiang Xingchuan who were fighting.

The two brothers have had a good relationship since childhood and have never fought.

Especially the youngest son, who was a bastard before he got married and often went out to cause trouble. He was only well-behaved in front of his eldest brother, and his eldest brother could make him admit his mistakes with just a word from him.

today……

When the old man saw that his youngest son looked like a madman, his heart trembled. He leaned on his crutches and did not dare to ask what had happened for a moment.

…

The letter was thrown heavily on the ground in front of the hall.

Fourth Master Jiang's face was so gloomy that he seemed like a different person. "Seven years ago, Nian Nian was kidnapped, and the maid accompanying her disappeared that night. I knew something was wrong, but I investigated and investigated, but still found nothing."

He pointed at the nose of the old man from the Jiang family and cursed: "Because I never thought that this matter would be related to my eldest brother. I didn't even check the people around my eldest brother back then."

He never thought that the person who almost caused him to lose his daughter would be his sister-in-law.

I never thought that my eldest brother knew about it all along but kept it a secret.

When he first received the letter, he even tried to think of reasons to exonerate his elder brother, thinking that the letter was a bargaining chip for others to sow discord.

Two days ago, my eldest brother said that he wanted to give a return gift to the supervisor of the Dali Temple, so he asked him for a painting. He finished the painting in two consecutive nights. When I gave him the painting this morning, I mentioned the letter as if jokingly.

But seeing his elder brother's face become surprised and strange, and without waiting for him to ask anything, he kept making excuses for himself, saying that he knew nothing, which was completely different from his usual guilty reaction, he suddenly understood everything.

How it feels to be deceived by the person you trust the most...

It felt like someone had stabbed me in the heart, tearing my flesh apart.

After hearing what happened, the old man was so angry that he was shaking and scolded Jiang Xingchuan, "How foolish! It's okay that Liu was foolish, but how could you be so foolish?"

Jiang Xingchuan raised his eyes in panic, trying to distance himself from the matter. "In the beginning, this was all done by Liu alone. It has nothing to do with me."

Fourth Master Jiang sneered.

"Even if this matter has nothing to do with you, you knew everything seven years ago. You knew that my daughter was more important to me than my own life. Watching me almost lose my daughter, watching me being kept in the dark for seven years, have you ever thought about how I felt?"

Fourth Master Jiang only now figured out why Jiang Xingchuan looked so relieved when he said goodbye to him.

Now that they are gone, no one will find out what Liu did.

"Even if Big Brother is saying this now, it has nothing to do with you." Jiang Si

There was a sense of weakness and hoarseness in the master's voice, "Forgive me, I can't believe it anymore."

Mr. Jiang Si is not a tolerant person.

He is just fierce on the outside but soft at home. He treats his family with almost no bottom line, and even if he suffers a loss, he is unwilling to think too clearly.

But when he is let down by others, all the good things he once did can become the sharpest knife.

Fourth Master Jiang was walking out when he suddenly stopped when he remembered something.

His gaze was colder than before.

"Last year in Yecheng, at my father's birthday party, I had planned to return to Beijing a month early, but my horse was fed with mad herbs and became frightened and mad, and threw me off the horse. I can't figure out who is behind this."

"Before what happened today, I didn't think about my brother. But now I start to think about it."

His sharp eyes swept over Jiang Xingchuan, whose face was changing color. He realized something and his heart sank. He said in a deep voice, "I will thoroughly investigate this matter again."

…

The Ning'an Marquis's Mansion was shrouded in thick clouds for several days.

These days, Fourth Master Jiang often sits in his study for the entire night and does nothing.

In the study, all the things he used as a child were thrown away, and his eyes looked much more melancholy and silent.

Jiang Rao was worried about her father's condition, so she cooked nourishing soup every day and went to her father's study with her brother. But her father was determined not to see anyone this time.

Jiang Qin took Jiang Rao's hand and led her aside, "Don't go over there, your father is feeling very upset."

Jiang Rao asked: "Have you found out about Daddy's fall from his horse?"

Jiang Qin shook her head. "We found out everything two days ago, but your father was hesitant and refused to listen."

Jiang Rao lowered her head, feeling cold in her heart.

Previously, we had avoided the eldest wife's family, and the matter had been unclear for a long time. But this time, we can find out the truth by not avoiding them. It is clear who the real murderer is.

Her father must have felt so bad to be deceived by the elder brother whom he had trusted for decades.

Jiang Rao felt sad, "Why are my uncle and aunt like this..."

Jiang Qin gritted her teeth and said, "Sometimes, you can control yourself, but you can't control others."

She couldn't bear to tell her daughter that in addition to the horse-falling incident in Yecheng, some other things had been discovered.

Liu had come up with the idea of ​​having someone kidnap her from the Lantern Festival only because she stole the limelight from her daughter after she was born, which made her jealous and resentful, and she acted on impulse.

At that time, she had just become pregnant with a son. She was weak and the fetus was unstable. If her daughter was lost at that critical juncture, she would definitely be heartbroken and haggard, and she might not be able to keep her son.

These years he

After they left Jinling, Master Jiang and Lady Liu had been sending people to inquire about their family's news, not wanting them to return to Jinling.

When Jiang Qin thought that her closest relative had actually been trying to harm them behind their backs for so many years, she felt a chill down her spine.

But she also knew how much her husband valued his relationship with his eldest brother. It was not easy to forgive him, but it was not so easy to go directly to the old uncle and completely break up with him.

The door of the study opened at this time.

Mr. Jiang Si, looking haggard, walked out.

When he passed by Jiang Rao, he rubbed Jiang Rao's head, his eyes full of fatherly love and guilt, "The real murderer has lived happily for so many years. It's because of Daddy's blindness. I'm sorry for you."

Jiang Rao hurriedly shook her head, "I'm not sorry, Daddy is the best daddy."

She looked up, "Daddy, your hair..."

In just a few days, Fourth Master Jiang's hair turned frosty.

He shook his head, "It doesn't matter."

She was the one who was abducted, but the most painful injuries and scars fell on her father. Jiang Rao said distressedly: "I'll go boil some medicine for Dad to nourish his body."

Jiang Jinxing took out a few pieces of paper from somewhere as if he was presenting treasures.

The paper was filled with the Thousand Character Classic.

He had heard a lot of rumors in the mansion in recent days.

Knowing that his father was very angry and might have hurt his health, he suddenly became well-behaved.

"I will study hard and never make Dad angry again."

Jiang Xingzhou was silent for a while.

There was a struggle in his eyes.

Finally, he sighed, looked at Jiang Qinshi, and said to her: "Come with me to see my father."

…

After the brothers turned against each other, Mr. Jiang encountered obstacles everywhere.

Without my brother's help, I often make mistakes in this and that matter.

The old uncle originally wanted him to inherit the title, and he valued the fact that he had four sons to help him, but now... The old uncle sighed in his heart, and his original plan changed.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the old uncle was increasingly thinking highly of Fourth Master Jiang, and that his title would most likely go to Fourth Master Jiang in the end.

Before, everyone thought that the Fourth Master in the mansion was a lazy person who would never achieve great things. But when the situation changed, they began to respect him as the future Earl of Ning'an.

The eldest master of the Jiang family watched as things that originally belonged to him fell into the hands of others, and he got drunk every day. One evening, he came back and fell in front of the study of the fourth master Jiang, acting drunkenly.

He first begged Fourth Master Jiang to forgive his brother, but when he saw that Fourth Master Jiang still didn't come out, he kicked the door hard and cursed him as an ungrateful person.

"You have been snatching things from me since you were young.

I've always wanted to give you half of it. ”

"I took you to drink and visit restaurants, and you became notorious. In the end, you could only rely on me as your brother to survive. How wonderful that would have been. But in the end, you turned back after a few years, and people actually said it was rare?"

"Why do all the good things have to fall on your head? Who can tolerate being overshadowed by the younger brother you raised? "

His previous disguise was shattered to pieces, and his desire for power and greed turned his eyes blood red.

In the study room where the door is always closed.

Fourth Master Jiang's eyes were also red.

…

Fourth Master Jiang had a stubborn temper and he would not listen no matter how others tried to sow discord between him and his eldest brother.

Now, no matter how others try to persuade him to forgive his elder brother, he no longer listens.

He stopped helping his elder brother and instead became hostile to Jiang Xingchuan in everything.

Although the old uncle was not happy to see the brothers fighting each other, after knowing what his eldest son had done, he couldn't say anything shamelessly to persuade them to reconcile.

The boss was extremely wrong.

Jiang Xingchuan has only gained some conveniences thanks to his younger brother's help.

How much trouble we are facing now.

…

Later, in order to plead for her husband, Liu kowtowed and asked for an audience in front of Jiang Rao's grain shop, hoping that she would say something good about the old man of the Jiang family.

But Jiang Rao had already dreamed that she would come, so she didn't go to the grain shop that day.

Liu's attempt was in vain, and her miserable and embarrassing state was witnessed by others.

Seeing more people outside the courtyard, Jiang Rao was inevitably surprised and asked Ming Shao, "What are these guards about?"

Ming Shao said, "It was arranged by the Fourth Master. I heard that Madam Liu ran into a very scary person in the middle of the night. The Fourth Master was worried that the person wanted to harm the entire Jiang Mansion, so he arranged for someone to protect the girl."

"A very terrible person?"

Jiang Rao went to the study and asked for the letter that Liu had written that day.

Write on the letter

[A young man, tall, with a deep voice, wearing a green robe and with a mask covering his face, stands in front of the hall, looking like an evil spirit. 】【Use a dagger to cut my wrist, leaving a small opening, and place a wooden barrel underneath, and you can hear a dripping sound. 】How cruel.

She had only seen such a cruel and bloody method of killing people without giving them a quick death in one person.