Su Qi and Gu Beiheng exchanged a glance, pinching her nose and not daring to say anything. However, Su Qi didn't regret it, but she did regret letting Gu Beiheng take her to the Fang family for a big sweep.
What a pity.
The big fish, the Fang family, was missed.
If I have the chance to visit the capital in the future, I must visit the Fang family.
Maybe it was too late and everyone was tired.
No one said much after the meal.
Su Qi arranged for them to go there and rest. After all, there was still a long way to go and there was plenty of time to chat.
Su Qi was also afraid that if she said too much in one night, she would be exposed. But then she thought again, she was indeed the body of the original body, so no one could say anything.
The next morning.
Su Qi got up and had breakfast.
When I arrived at the front yard, I didn’t see the Su Tianze brothers.
Even Dabao, Erbao, Niudan and Niu Xibei are not here.
This is strange.
Xiao Liuzi hurried in from outside, and when he saw Su Qi, he hurried forward to greet her and said with a smile:
"Madam, the master went to the north and heard that the second master of the Gu family was found dead in a trap in the back."
"Oh. Who discovered it?" Su Qi raised her eyebrows.
Gu Xiuting's wife just walked in with a basket on her shoulder. When she heard this, she stopped in her tracks. "Gu Beihan found him. He said he fell asleep in the haystack at the back last night and got up this morning to go home."
He vaguely saw something in the trap and thought it was a roe deer or a goat that had fallen in. When he got closer, he realized it was the Second Master.
Gu Xiuting's wife lowered her voice:
"Everyone says Gu Wujiang has bad intentions. Maybe God is so angry that he's been punished?"
Su Qi suppressed the flash of light in her eyes. What did Gu Beihan mean?
"Madam, my mother asked me to ask how much condolence money our family will give?" Gu Xiuting's wife raised her hand and slapped her forehead, almost forgetting the important matter.
The corner of Su Qi's mouth twitched, and he said in a deep voice:
"It doesn't matter if a person is dead or not. Second Aunt and Ma Qiumei are two women who have to take care of the housework. It's really pitiful. Give them five taels of silver as a condolence money."
Five taels of silver?
It is not as good as the subsidies Su Qi gave to the injured at the dock, and even less than the pensions for the dead.
But in Su Qi's eyes, this was still a lot.
Su Qi is sometimes generous and sometimes stingy.
"Okay. I'll go tell my mom right away."
"I'll go check it out." Su Qi, eager to watch the fun, left the courtyard and asked the gatekeeper nearby, "Have you seen Young Master Su and the others?"
The doorman smiled and saluted:
"In reply to Madam, I said that Young Master Su had been staying in Yun County for too long and was worried that he would miss out on his studies. So I asked Young Master Su to take the younger ones to study at Qian Daru's house. Now Young Master Su is also studying with Qian Daru."
"Miss Lou went out with Miss Bei Jing and the others early this morning."
Su Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly.
Su Tianze is a man of both civil and military talents, but he is fickle-minded and does not like to follow the rules.
I did not enter the Imperial College in the capital.
Now that he can receive the guidance of Mr. Qian, I believe it will be a good thing for him in the future imperial examinations.
Since Su Tianze had been persuaded by Gu Beiheng to go to Qian Daru's house, Su Qi didn't need to look for them. She and Bai Zhi walked towards the north.
Crossed the stream.
Met Gu Beihan.
Gu Beihan shrugged and glanced at Su Qi, clearly sizing her up. "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"
Su Qi shook his head and sighed:
"I heard something happened to my second uncle this morning. You know, no matter how much we argue, we can't even write two words about care. So naturally I went to see what was going on."
Gu Beihan's mouth twisted: "...see what's going on? Don't you know better than anyone else?"
But he didn't dare say it.
Thinking of Su Qi kicking Gu Wujiang into the trap and the creepy smile on his face, he felt a chill run down his spine.
cold.
Gu Beihan shuddered.
"It's better to stay away from my second brother's wife. The fresh funeral is not clean. The weather is a bit cold. I'll go back and put on more clothes." After saying that, Gu Beihan left without looking back, as if he was escaping in a panic.
Bai Zhi stared at Gu Beihan's departing back.
There was a hint of danger in the corners of her eyes, and her hand gripping the whip tightened. "Madam, do you want me to go and warn him?"
Su Qi chuckled and shook her head.
"No need. He wouldn't dare."
Bai Zhi looked at Su Qi with a questioning look, she was a little confused.
"Gu Beihan's movements and words this morning show that he knows nothing. What you see is what he said." Su Qi is not the kind of person who wants to kill someone.
As long as others understand her point of view, she is naturally happy to be a good person.
After walking a short distance, I heard the sound of wailing.
Gu Wujiang's second wife was defeated.
Gu Wujiang and his legitimate son Gu Beizheng were already dead, leaving only his illegitimate sons and daughters, as well as Gu Beizheng's son.
The cries of Xu Hongyan and Gu Wujiang's concubines could be heard from far away.
Someone handed Xu Hongyan a note.
She glanced at the contents and her pupils sank. She handed the note to Ma Qiumei and cried non-stop, covering her lips.
Gu Xiuming's mother came over and sighed secretly.
Half persuading:
"Don't be so sad. The living are more important than the dead. Don't hurt yourself by crying."
Gu Xiuming's mother's words fell into Ma Qiumei's ears, and her originally dim eyes brightened up.
He threw the note in his hand directly into the brazier.
Xu Hongyan was shocked:
"Qiumei. What are you doing?"
Ma Qiumei stared coldly at the brazier and said:
"Mom. We are too easily provoked by a few words from others. What are those people trying to do?"
Su Qi and Bai Zhi came over and just heard this.
Ma Qiumei saw Su Qi stand up, and she stood up and saluted Su Qi.
"Qiqi. Fresh funerals are not clean. Let's talk outside."
Su Qi shook her head. "It's okay. I'll burn some paper money for my second uncle first."
Su Qi squatted down, grabbed a handful of paper money on the ground and put it in the brazier.
"Second uncle. There are many little ghosts on the Naihe Bridge. I need to burn more paper money for you to make it passable." Su Qi added another handful of paper money while speaking.
Xu Hongyan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she listened to Ma Qiumei's words and didn't make a fuss.
Su Qi's calm look clearly had nothing to do with her.
What’s hateful is that those people deliberately want to instigate infighting among them.
Xu Hongyan decided to ignore everything, thinking that Ma Qiumei could see further than she could. From now on, Ma Qiumei would be the head of the family.
When Su Qi came out, she met Gu Beiheng.
Gu Beiheng pulled Su Qi to the side and said, "Qiqi, let's go back first. Zhou Dashan and the others will come back to report on the situation in the three villages."
"You're not staying here?" Su Qi asked in a low voice.
"No. Beiyao and the others will stay to help with the funeral. Those things are more important, we have to resolve them first." Gu Beiheng naturally heard the gossip outside.
But he didn't plan to ask Su Qi.
Su Qi has her reasons for killing people.
If anything goes wrong, he will take care of it.
The two returned home together. Zhou Dashan, Wei Dagou, and Zheng Suocuo were all waiting in the study.
Several people first saluted Su Qi and Gu Beiheng.
Afterwards, they reported on their respective work. None of the three villages had been breached. However, one of them, Mengjia Village, was nearly breached because a few women in the village wanted to take advantage of the situation and let their own people in.
Before he could release the person, he was caught by the men of Chief Meng.
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