Chapter 115 Overturning the Verdict
Xiao Hong was blocking the doorway. "Miss, haven't you washed yet? What are you all planning to do? You're rebelling! Be careful or you won't get a penny of your monthly salary!"
Li Da was not convinced. How could he be stumped by a little girl? She had been making things difficult for him for more than just one or two days!
He immediately drew his sword and rushed forward to fight Xiao Hong. The young master had only been gone for a day, and his status had to be elevated! Otherwise, how could he advise his wife to wait for the young master's return?
This is the last task the young master gave him before leaving!
"Will you let me go? If you don't, I'll kill you right now, believe it or not!"
"I don't believe it. Come on! I've already washed my neck clean here." Xiaohong stretched her neck and shouted loudly, fearing that the people in the room couldn't hear her.
Chang Xixi was so annoyed by their quarrel that she walked out of the room with a coat draped over her shoulders. "What's going on? You're already arguing with each other early in the morning. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by others?"
"Miss."
"lady!"
Three of the four people called her Madam, and one called her Miss. Chang Xixi knew what was going on without having to think about it, and her mind was as clear as a mirror.
"Gu Rongyu left, leaving behind only a letter without even saying goodbye to me... Three of you must have known about this! Aren't you going to tell me?"
Chang Xixi asked.
Li Da didn't intend to say it, and Renwen was even more unwilling to say it because he was still a child. Liang Ming was just a secret guard, and he had no right to interfere in his master's family affairs. He was only responsible for safety.
No one spoke. Chang Xixi turned and went back to the house. "Xiaohong, come in and help me wash up. You all come in too! I have something to ask you in detail."
The three of them looked at each other as they entered the room and stood in a row, not daring to make a sound.
After half a cup of tea, Chang Xixi was dressed and came to the main hall and sat down. Xiaohong stood on the side and served the dishes, watching her finish her meals one by one and then drink tea.
Li Da just felt physically and mentally exhausted, which was even more uncomfortable than asking him to go out on a mission!
Liang Ming had long been accustomed to such pressure from being around Gu Rongyu. It was the first time he saw a woman with such courage, and it was inevitable that he felt a little surprised.
"Have you thought everything through? What's going on?"
"This..." It was Li Da who spoke first.
Chang Xixi just glanced at Li Da. He had been her man for a long time, so there was nothing to ask. Her eyes passed over Ren Wen's little face, and then looked at Liang Ming, who was still wearing a nightgown in broad daylight. "What's your name? I've never seen you before. Where are you from?"
"My name is Liang Ming, and I will be your Madam's secret guard from now on. It doesn't matter where I'm from. What matters is that I'm the Young Master's man, and I'm here to protect you."
"Qingnan followed him?"
"Yes." Liang Ming's words also indicated that the lady only needed to know that he was there to protect her. She didn't need to know anything else and shouldn't ask about it. If she knew too much, her life might be in danger.
Chang Xixi sat in the main seat in the room, looking at the crowd, and said softly, "We will stay here until the third day after the results are announced, and then we can go back to our homes."
Xiaohong asked, "Are we going back to Panzhi City? Or..."
"We'll discuss it later. Xiaohong, go get the account book. I'm going to reply to the old master's letter. You can go back to where you came from! Just like usual."
"yes."
The three of them clasped their fists and left.
Li Da went to the teahouse, Ren Wen stayed at the gate of Qingya Garden, and Liang Ming went directly to the roof to wait. Xiao Hong went out of the gate and came to the back door. A groom gave Xiao Hong a letter, and she returned to Qingya Garden with the letter.
Chang Xixi was sitting at her desk in the study and found that the ink on the pen was not dry yet, as if she had not had time to wash it after use. There was a poem written on the rice paper on the side.
"Tenderness is like water, and the good time is like a dream. I can't help but look back at the Magpie Bridge on my way home. If love is long-lasting, why should we be together day and night?"
"That's a really cheesy sentence!"
She stared at the words in a daze and laughed out loud.
When Xiaohong came back from outside, she saw Chang Xixi like this. She thought that her son-in-law had left and that the young lady was unconscious, so she hurried forward and said, "Little Miss...what's wrong with you?"
"That's all right. Go find a framer to have these words framed and hang them in my bedroom."
Xiaohong couldn't read, so when she saw the small characters, she asked, "Miss, what does it mean? Why are you framing it?"
"Just go find someone to do it if you ask me to. Why are you talking so much?"
Xiaohong had no choice but to send someone to do it.
Three days later, the person who framed the calligraphy and paintings delivered the things. Chang Xixi actually placed them by the bed and looked at them day and night. Liang Ming wrote a letter and sent a pigeon to Kyoto to spread the news.
Gu Rongyu was discussing something that would happen in a few days when he suddenly received a carrier pigeon. Seeing Liang Ming's flamboyant handwriting, the corners of his mouth curled up.
“She really understands me.”
The deputy general's body was not fully recovered, but he had the strength to get out of bed and command the overall situation. "Whose letter makes you so happy?" He looked at Gu Rongyu's slightly raised face.
"It's my wife."
The deputy general almost choked to death. It had only been less than five days since they arrived... and they were still so sweet.
Gu Rongyu immediately regained his composure, only wanting to finish this as soon as possible and bring his wife over. He only hoped that everything would go smoothly. "Is everything ready over there?"
"Everything is fine."
The following people answered.
He nodded, took the small piece of flowery paper in his hand, put it in his arms, nodded, and asked them to go down.
…
The next day, at the gate of the Jingzhao government office, an old man was standing there holding a child. Both of them were wearing coarse cloth clothes with so many patches that the color of the clothes could not be seen. The old man and the child were so hungry that they were pale and thin.
Beat the drum to complain directly!
The gatekeepers escorted them into the hall. The prefect asked, "Who is this person in the hall?"
"Mingfu is a villager from Tieniu Village. The person next to him is my grandson. This time, he came here to investigate an old case. If I don't tell you now, I'm afraid I'll be buried in the ground."
"Unjust case?" The prefect was no fool. If someone hadn't warned him in advance, would he have personally come out to meet with the court in such a case? He was dreaming!
The old man spoke slowly, then took out a piece of evidence from his bosom and asked a yamen runner to pass it to the prefect. "This is the evidence in my hand. It has been sealed for so many years. Seeing my health deteriorating day by day, I feel so sorry for the general and the people."
"Who are you?"
"To be honest, I was a lieutenant under the general at the time. I was lucky enough not to be implicated after the general's accident, but I did find this item in his tent. I also know that they didn't conduct an investigation into the case, so these items were ultimately never used. I was one of the people who cleaned them up."
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