The two entered the room on the left at the end of the corridor.

There stood a man wearing a bamboo hat, which covered his face. His facial features could not be seen clearly, but only a faintly curved, cold chin could be seen.

Behind the man is a landscape screen.

The two men had never seen the world and thought that the man wearing the bamboo hat was the one who made the decisions.

Old Master Su asked in panic, "Excuse me, sir, why did you bring us here?"

How could Mr. Su still have the same noble character as before? All the edges and corners of his body were smoothed out.

The man wearing the bamboo hat was none other than Qin Jiang's confidant Xu Qing.

Xu Qing looked at the two of them carefully and asked, "Are you from Qingzhou Xinghua Village?"

Mr. Su bowed slightly and said, "Yes, yes."

Su Dalang supported his grandfather, feeling flustered and anxious.

Xu Qing asked coldly, "Did someone from the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion bring you to the capital?"

Su Dalang looked at his grandfather, not knowing whether to answer.

Mr. Su said, "Yes."

Xu Qing asked again: "Is your last name Su?"

Mr. Su said: "...Yes."

Xu Qing then interrogated: "How many families with the surname Su are there in your village?"

Mr. Su answered honestly, "Two families. Our old Su family has lived in Xinghua Village for generations, and there is another young Su family who moved into the village more than ten years ago."

Xu Qing opened the portrait in his hand with a snap: "Do you know this man?"

Mr. Su looked at the portrait, somewhat hesitant.

Xu Qing said in a deep voice: "If you want to live, tell the truth. Do you know him or not?"

Su Dalang was frightened and said quickly: "I know him, his name is Su Cheng, he is from the Su family."

Xu Qing took out two more portraits and asked, "Which one is his daughter?"

Mr. Su raised his hand and pointed: "The fatter one."

There is no wrong answer.

Xu Qing was holding two portraits in his hands, one was a portrait of Su Xiaoxiao, and the other was a casual drawing.

"What's her name?"

Su Dalang shrank his neck: "Su, Su Daya."

Xu Qing asked: "She has a husband?"

Su Dalang was surprised: "Are you talking about Wei Xiaolangjun?"

There was no way Xu Qing could answer him, so he asked arrogantly, "How did he get married to Su Daya?"

Su Dalang whispered, "He... he was picked up by Su Cheng. Su Daya had someone cancel the engagement, and Su Cheng went to the village to find a son-in-law, but he didn't find any, so he picked up someone from the roadside and brought him back."

To be honest, at first they didn't know that Wei Ting was picked up by Su Cheng, and they thought that Su Cheng had gone to some village and tied him up.

It was only later when Young Master Wei moved around the village more frequently that everyone gradually found out the truth.

"Young Master Wei was seriously injured, so he probably agreed to this marriage in order to repay his gratitude."

Xu Qing hummed and opened the three scrolls on the table: "Which of these portraits is Young Master Wei?"

Su Dalang glanced at Old Man Su, and Old Man Su closed his eyes resignedly.

Su Dalang made up his mind and pointed to the one in the middle.

Behind the screen, Qin Jiang observed the expressions of the two people through the gap.

Xu Qing took a step back and looked at Qin Jiang calmly.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly.

This time, Xu Qing did not continue to interrogate them. Instead, he took out a bag of silver from his arms and poured it onto the table.

Looking at the white silver ingots, Grandpa Su and Su Dalang's eyes widened.

Xu Qing said slowly, "Listen carefully, this man is called Wei Ting. Before he was picked up by Su Cheng as a son-in-law, he came to your village to inquire about the Su family, and he was not injured."

Su Dalang was stunned: "This..."

Xu Qing drew the long sword from his waist.

"I won't kill you now, but I promise that you won't leave the capital alive!"

…

Zhenbeihou Mansion.

Su Xiaoxiao came over to change the medicine for the old marquis and let Doctor Fu rest for half a day.

When the old marquis saw his granddaughter, his grandsons at home suddenly lost their appeal.

No matter what, what belongs to my sister is his, my granddaughter, no objection! Su Qi and Su Yu stood in the yard, looking at their grandfather with envy as he asked about the little girl's well-being, gave her this and that, and even wanted to ask the servants to empty the warehouse for the little girl to choose.

Su Yu said: "Second brother, do you think Grandfather knows that we are here?"

Su Qi said: "Go ask your grandfather."

Su Yu said aggrievedly: "Do you think I didn't ask?"

He no longer exists in his grandfather's eyes.

He is no longer the little Yuyu that his grandfather loves the most!

Su Qi folded his arms and hummed, "Wait until the fourth and fifth brothers come back, there will be something interesting for this girl!"

The housekeeper came over in a hurry and asked, "Are the Second Young Master, the Third Young Master, the Crown Prince, and the First Young Master here?"

Su Qi asked, "Do you have something to ask my father and elder brother?"

The steward said, "Someone is coming from the palace."

Su Qi said seriously: "I'll go take a look."

Su Yu hurriedly said: "I'll go too!"

When the two brothers arrived at the gate of the mansion, they found out that Emperor Jingxuan wanted to summon the grandparents and grandchildren from Xinghua Village.

Su Qi said to Eunuch Quan who came to arrest the man, "They've already left!"

Eunuch Quan was shocked: "Gone?"

I finally got the job... and I'm going to return empty-handed? Su Qi nodded: "Yeah, I've been gone for more than an hour."

Su Yu recalled: "It seems more than just..."

Eunuch Quan slapped his thigh and said, "It's broken!"

After more than an hour, the people might have left the capital.

Just when he was getting extremely anxious, Old Master Su and Su Dalang came over in a disheveled state.

Su Yu looked at the two of them strangely: "Huh? Why are you back again? And you're in such a mess?"

Su Dalang lowered his eyes and said, "We... we had just left for a short time when our travel money was robbed... we had no choice but to go back to the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion... to see... if we can borrow some money to go back to Qingzhou..."

"Qingzhou?" Eunuch Quan glanced at the two of them, "Are you the grandparents and grandchildren from Xinghua Village?"

…

Imperial study.

The atmosphere was extremely cold.

Emperor Jingxuan: "I will give you one last chance. Where did you go during the year you practiced in the temple?"

Wei Ting didn't say anything.

He could not admit that he had left the temple, not only because if he admitted it he would be charged with deceiving the emperor or some other crime.

But I don’t want to expose my three children.

Under normal circumstances, when people learned that he had an affair and had a son, they would at most sigh and say that it turned out that Wei Ting was not a gentleman.

But if this matter is linked to the practice of Buddhism with hair uncut, it would inevitably make people feel that he had planned it in advance - he deliberately went to the temple on his own initiative, faded from everyone's sight, and actually secretly went to Qingzhou.

Is it necessary to go to so much trouble for three illegitimate children? The answer is no.

Emperor Jingxuan was suspicious by nature and would definitely check the backgrounds of the three children.

There will be another one later

(End of this chapter)