Chapter 24: Vomiting Blood
"But……"
"No buts!"
Yan Qingjiao wanted to say that this was impossible.
Qing'an people are so nice, how could they be spies from the Northern Frontier?
He must have been wronged.
However, Old Lady Yan did not give Yan Qingjiao a chance to speak. Her mind was now full of how to preserve her daughter's reputation.
There is nothing to be afraid of being kidnapped, after all, we left before midnight.
As long as we find it and catch the thief, Qingjiao will be innocent and will not be gossiped about.
She was going to marry into the Censor's family and become the wife of the Censor's son in the future, so she absolutely could not fall for a thief.
She has to consider Jiao'er's present and future.
Madam Yan has made a decision, and now she has to take charge of the situation and solve the subsequent problems.
At this moment, the old lady regained consciousness and calmed down. She looked at the men around her and said, "Take the third young lady back to her room first. If anyone dares to let her out again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"yes!"
The servants who had failed to keep an eye on the Third Young Lady were now trembling with fear.
Fortunately, the old lady did not rush to pursue the matter.
"Go to the government office now and report that the Marquis's mansion has been attacked by thieves!"
"Yes, old lady..."
"The rest of you clean up the mess, calculate the losses in the treasury, and then tell me."
"yes……"
The old lady issued orders one after another.
At this moment, the methods of the former mistress of the Marquis' Mansion were finally revealed.
A lot of things happened in these two days, and Madam Yan had not been in charge of affairs for nearly a year, so she was at a loss for a moment.
Now that things have come to this, if she continues to sit there and do nothing, the Marquis' Mansion will be in complete chaos.
As for Qin Mingzhu...
Old Madam Yan narrowed her eyes, she was very worried about her.
Qin Mingzhu has changed so much in the past two days that she has become more and more defensive.
Facing the old lady's wary eyes, Qin Mingzhu didn't care. She just gently held her belly and said to the old lady, "Mingzhu is pregnant and can't stay up late. I'll trouble you, mother, to take care of the affairs in the mansion."
She turned and raised her hand.
Chunhua stepped forward to support him.
"Chunhua, come back to my room with me to rest. Doctor Zhou said that my baby is due in more than a month, so I shouldn't overwork myself recently."
"Madam, you must take care of yourself. The baby in your belly is the future young master of the Marquisate. You must not be careless."
The master and servant exchanged a few words casually, then left in front of everyone.
Seeing that Qin Mingzhu, who had previously competed with her for the key to the treasure house, was now ready to be a hands-off boss and not care about anything, Old Lady Yan was almost angry to death.
However, the other party is indeed pregnant now and has just recovered from a serious illness. If she forces Qin Mingzhu to do anything, it will be said that she is an inhumane mother-in-law if it gets out.
So much so that the old lady didn't even dare to say a harsh word in front of Qin Mingzhu.
She calmed down and was then helped by Lin Hongrong to sit on the chair next to her.
Yan Qingjiao was brought back to the room, and the other servants also began to disperse to deal with the trivial matters in the treasury.
After everyone in the hall had left, Lin Hongrong soothed the old lady while whispering, "Mother, please don't be angry. This isn't the Third Young Lady's fault. If there's any blame to be placed on Qing An, it's that he hid it too well. Once the interrogation results come back from the Governor's Mansion, everything will be known."
Madam Yan clutched her chest and asked, "Can you retrieve everything in the treasury?"
Lin Hongrong said, "It's hard to say. Qing'an has been arrested. If we really know where the things are hidden from him, then everything will be fine. So don't worry too much. If all else fails, you are still at home. As long as you don't fall down, everything will be a small matter."
It has to be said that what Lin Hongrong said at this time deeply touched the old lady's heart.
This is also the main reason why Madam Yan has often kept her by her side in the past two years.
He is perceptive, tactful, speaks well, and can offer advice at critical moments. He is truly rare.
The old lady exhaled, leaned back in her chair, narrowed her eyes, and said, "Do you think this is related to Qin Mingzhu? No matter how I think about it, I feel something is amiss. She was the one who arranged the cleanup of Qingyun Court yesterday. Even if there was something wrong with Qing An, it wouldn't be such a coincidence... Also, how were so many explosives buried secretly? How were the things in the treasure house taken away without anyone noticing?"
The one who can do all this is Qin Mingzhu, who has been in charge of the mansion for more than half a year.
Qin Mingzhu is a good housekeeper, so in the past six months, more and more people have been working under her in the mansion.
In addition to some of the original old people in the Marquis' Mansion, a large number of new people also came in.
These people all listen to her, so it is not impossible for her to do something privately in the Marquis' Mansion.
Lin Hongrong's eyes flickered. As expected, Old Madam Yan was not so easily fooled.
"Qing'an has been in our house for a year or two, right? Who knows how many methods those spies from the Northern Frontier Kingdom have? Perhaps they dug a tunnel near the treasure house. We don't know why they erased these traces and detonated the explosives when Qing'an escaped."
Old Madam Yan frowned.
But what Lin Hongrong said makes sense.
If Qing'an is really a spy from the Northern Frontier, then this matter is extremely complicated.
It's not something that a woman in the harem can get involved in.
She just felt sorry for the Marquis' Mansion's wealth accumulated over the years. The things that were lost were definitely worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
The Governor's Office soon received the news that the Marquis's Mansion had reported the incident to the authorities.
The man he brought back was involved in serious crimes such as kidnapping the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, attacking the Marquis's Mansion, and stealing the treasure house.
After reading the petition, Yan Fengxiao raised his thick eyebrows slightly, and a rare smile appeared on his originally handsome and cold face.
At this moment, he was in the torture chamber, surrounded by a strong smell of blood.
He held a whip in his hand and raised his head with cold eyes, looking at Qing An who was tied to a wooden frame and had been interrogated alive all night.
"Aren't you going to confess yet?"
Qing'an had been beaten with fifty boards in the Marquis' Mansion, and his injuries had not yet healed.
After being whipped for half the night, it seemed that he was breathing in more than out.
Even the best body can't take it anymore.
However, he remained resolute. His voice was weak, but he continued, "I'm just a servant in the Marquis's mansion. I was seriously injured and was rescued by the Third Young Lady... I was rescued. As for my origins, I can't remember... I can't remember clearly. Many people in the mansion can testify for me on this matter. Does the Governor intend to torture me into confessing?"
Yan Fengxiao had a blank expression on his face. He asked someone to hand the petition to Qing'an and let him take a look.
He said calmly, "Even if you deny that you are a Northern Frontier spy, you will still be sentenced to death."
Qing'an opened his eyes, which were a little blurry when he looked at people.
When he saw clearly what was written on the petition, he felt a surge of anger, and the next moment, he was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood...
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