Chapter 18: Night Street
"The general came back to investigate what happened and avenge his brothers, right?"
Du Xueyi's words brought Wei Qingyan back to her senses, and she nodded slightly.
"What should I do?" Du Xueyi lifted his coat and gave a military salute. "Please direct me, General. I will do my best to serve you."
Wei Qingyan's eyes were cold. "Protect your title of Marquis Anyuan and seize every possible opportunity to move up. That's what your Du family deserves."
She had heard her father speak many times about his admiration for Du Changyuan. The late emperor valued Du Changyuan so much that he did not hesitate to use the Guan family to win him over, which showed that his ability was extraordinary.
After many years of fighting, we have won many victories.
How could it be such a coincidence that he died in the last battle before the founding of the country?
Guan was the late emperor's woman. Did the late emperor really not mind other men thinking about his woman?
If she had not been suspicious before, but after seeing Guan's obsession, she had to doubt Du Changyuan's death.
If her guess was true, then the late emperor had let down not only the Guan family, but also Du Changyuan.
"General, do you want me to join the Ministry of War?" Du Xueyi asked the question in his mind.
The general was not a reckless person. He knew that there was something wrong with Wu Yuchu, but he killed him instead of keeping him alive to find out the truth. In addition to revenge, he must have other purposes.
Wei Qingyan smiled.
She has made progress. Du Xueyi, who used to rely on her for everything, can now use his own brain.
"With the Minister of War dead, the two Vice Ministers will surely fight tooth and nail. No matter who will eventually take the position of Minister, Xueyi, you should learn from that fisherman and snatch the position of Vice Minister."
Once you become a minister, you can become a secretary of state, or something else.
Wei Qingyan died in battle, and the remaining 80,000 National Protection Army were divided into three parts, 30,000 of which followed Du Xueyi to guard the Wudan border.
Half a year ago, the old marquis passed away. The emperor sent people to the border to take over the military power from Du Xueyi and ordered him to return to Beijing to inherit the title.
Now, half a year has passed, and although he inherited the title of Marquis of Anyuan, he has still not been assigned any job.
Du Xueyi was so moved that he said hurriedly, "In two days, I will ask His Majesty to return to the Wudan border at the morning court."
The emperor finally found an excuse to take away the 30,000 national defense troops from his hands. Naturally, he did not want him to return to the Wudan border, so he had to arrange a position for him in the capital.
Given his grandfather Du Changyuan's past achievements and his contributions to the National Protection Army, the emperor could not give him a position that was too low.
If there happened to be a vacancy in the Ministry of War, it would be much easier for him to get in.
The position of Assistant Minister of War was neither high nor low, which was exactly what the emperor wanted.
He is worthy of being a general.
Du Xueyi sighed in his heart.
"The truth about Huangshaling must be told to the other brothers. There is strength in numbers, and perhaps it will be easier if we investigate together."
"Not for now." Wei Qingyan shook his head.
People's hearts are complicated. It has been three years since she stopped being a general. It is unknown whether her former subordinates are still loyal to her.
What's more, if too many people know the truth and who is involved, it will alert the enemy.
Du Xueyi was also excited for a moment, and realized that it was inappropriate as soon as he said it.
The two talked until dawn.
Someone from the Guan family came to the door.
Although Guan Yu'er was severely beaten by Wei Qingyan, she was the first to harm the eldest daughter of the Anyuan Marquisate, and before her death, Guan confessed to murdering Fang.
Du Xueyi took the initiative and questioned whether Fang's death was a conspiracy between the Guan family and the Guan family, and pretended to report it to the authorities for a thorough investigation.
Although the Guan family did not participate in the murder of Fang, they were more or less aware of many of Guan's plans and even participated in them, which would not withstand any in-depth investigation.
Feeling guilty, he didn't dare to cause any trouble to the Du family and left with Guan Yuer that day.
Guan's funeral was very simple. After one day of rest, her body was moved to a place outside the city. She was not buried in the Du family's ancestral tomb.
In this way, everyone knew that Guan’s crazy words before his death were true.
No one blamed Du Xueyi for being unfilial, killing his wife and abusing his daughter. It was already a mercy not to grind his bones to ashes.
But Wei Qingyan knew that Du Xueyi would not allow Mrs. Du to have a proper burial. Sure enough, that night, he heard A Lu say that Guan Yuer was dead.
Du Xueyi didn't even let Guan Yu'er go, so how could he let go of Guan who caused his family to be destroyed?
Wei Qingyan changed into a dark suit and said, "A-Lu, take Xiaoxiao to find your Lord Marquis. I'm going out for a while."
A Lu glanced at the dark sky outside, then looked at Wei Qingyan who was dressed in black, and silently walked away holding Xiaoxiao in his arms.
He discovered that his young lady was different from other girls. She liked to go out at night.
Wei Qingyan spent the past two nights wandering around several streets where the powerful and influential gathered.
In a place as rich and dazzling as the Imperial City, countless people die every day, and naturally there is a lot of resentment.
However, to form a ghost grudge like Fang's, one needs extremely deep obsession or resentment, and also needs an opportunity to succeed.
Ordinary resentment will fade with time and eventually disappear.
The images that cannot be let go from the depths of consciousness before death will gradually blur and eventually turn into nothingness.
Wei Qingyan wanted to explore the memory of resentment before the image became blurred.
Some things are much easier to investigate from a dead person than from a living person.
After all, she was unfamiliar with this imperial city, so she always wanted to learn more about it.
When the sky turned pale, Wei Qingyan headed towards the city gate.
As usual, today is the day when Shi Yu goes to the tomb of the National Defense General to pay homage.
It was time for her to go see Abu.
When Shi Yu arrived, Wei Qingyan was meditating in front of the grave.
"Why is Miss Chang here?"
Wei Qingyan bowed and said, "I've finished my family affairs and came to see my old friend."
Shi Yu naturally knew about the affairs of the old lady of Anyuan Marquis Mansion, but he was surprised that she would come here to pay tribute.
Shi Yu took the food box from Dong Zang's hand and placed the snacks he brought in front of the tomb one by one. When he saw the snacks placed in front of the tomb clearly, his hand paused slightly.
Those snacks were very fresh, obviously they were just brought by Wei Qingyan.
It was exactly the same as what he had prepared.
What he brought was Wei Qingyan's favorite food.
And Wei Qingyan was obviously bringing it to the person lying on the ground.
"Miss Chang is very familiar with him?"
He was also surprised when he found a male corpse that looked similar to Wei Qingyan. Judging from what the man was wearing, he guessed that he was Wei Qingyan's secret guard.
There were several masked secret guards around Wei Qingyan.
He just didn't know that this person would look similar to Wei Qingyan. It was only after seeing the male corpse that he understood why he had never suspected that Wei Qingyan was a woman.
Since the person taking the hot spring bath with him was this substitute, how could he suspect that a real man was a woman.
Wei Qingyan's eyes fell on the cakes that Shi Yu brought and he nodded, "Yes."
We have been together for many years and even our tastes are similar, so how can we not be familiar with each other?
"But Your Highness, I heard that you had severed ties with General Wei back then, so why are you doing so much for her?"
Shi Yu felt a little bitter in his heart. He lit the incense paper and said in a low voice, "It has never been cut off."
He was just afraid that he couldn't control his emotions and would implicate her, so he chose to distance himself from her.
Now that he knew the truth, Wei Qingyan understood his original choice, but he felt a little embarrassed.
She never thought that Shi Yu would have such feelings for her.
But, once you sort out the clues, you will find that there are actually traces to follow.
She complained that the food in the military camp was not tasty, so he opened a restaurant and named Yu Yan after his and her names.
A woman expressed her admiration for him, and Shi Yu reacted the strongest. Within two days, he asked the Queen Mother to marry the woman to someone else, saying that the woman was not worthy of the general who protected the country.
No one knows a son better than his mother. The Queen Mother may have seen through his thoughts and repeatedly hinted that both Shi Yu and she should get married. Shi Yu was always in a low mood, but she was the only one who didn't understand why...
Realizing his thoughts were wandering, Wei Qingyan quickly calmed down and asked about the real matter, "Why did the prince think of attacking Beiling with the general's corpse?
I heard that Madam Wei fell ill after losing her son. She must have hoped that her son would be buried in peace as soon as possible. After returning to the capital, Madam Wei has given your Highness a lot of trouble, right? "
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