Chapter 46 Wei Qingyan's Plan
Gong Mingcheng didn't know what his brother saw, but he could guess a thing from their conversation.
He was worried about how to explain to the world how Gong Minglou, who was in the capital, knew about the Huangshaling incident. He was even more worried that there was no evidence and Gong Minglou and his classmates would spread the news widely, which might bring disaster to the Gong family.
Hearing Wei Qingyan's words, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, I was curious, "How did the young lady know about Huangshaling?"
Gong Minglou also looked over.
Wei Qingyan lowered his eyes slightly, "This is the scene before Wei Qingyan died."
But Gong Minglou didn't know that the man holding the silver spear and standing on the pile of corpses was not the real national defense general, but Abu.
After watching two scenes in a row, Gong Minglou now completely believed it, "General Wei also has a grudge?"
Yes, she also has her grievances.
Not wanting to say more to the Gong brothers, she smiled faintly and said, "You two go back first. I will accompany Yan Lan to visit Madam Gong later and stay in your house for a few days."
Today is the day of Wu Yuchu's funeral. Although the eldest sister brought people to the Wu family to ask for an explanation, she would not actually stop the burial.
For the wife of an official, showing up in public and bringing people to the Wu family to cause trouble is already the limit. She cannot do anything like preventing someone from being buried.
At the latest, he will return home at Si time (9:00-11:00 am).
It was inconvenient to let too many people know about the matter of resolving their father's grievances. Seeing Wei Qingyan covering up for them, the two brothers expressed their gratitude, "Thank you, young lady."
Since Wei Qingyan didn't answer, the two of them tactfully didn't ask any further questions.
However, Gong Mingcheng's heart sank again. If his brother could cry like that, the battle situation in Huangshaling would be more tragic than he imagined. He wondered if his daughter Shi Ran could bear it after knowing it.
After everyone left, Wei Qingyan went to Yan Lan and told her to pack some luggage as they would need to stay at the Gong family for a few days.
Afterwards, she returned to her room.
He spread out the white cloth, picked up the brush with his left hand and dipped it in ink, and lightly lifted his sleeve with his right hand, and his running script appeared on the cloth.
At 10 a.m., Du Xueyi came to inform that Wei Shiran and the others had left the Wu family.
Wei Qingyan didn't stop his hands and asked calmly, "How is Luo Congyun?"
Du Xueyi replied, "When he heard that Luo Chengzhou had died, he cried and made a scene, wanting to file a complaint with the emperor, saying that he wanted the emperor to arrest Prince Rong to avenge Luo Chengzhou.
Luo's mother was a brainless person and joined in the trouble, so Mrs. Wu ordered someone to keep an eye on them.
Luo Chengzhou's body is now also on display in Wu's mansion. The officials have checked and confirmed that the wounds were indeed caused by suicide.
But the Luo and Wu families insisted that they were assassinated, so the government had no choice but to take the case and symbolically asked questions at Prince Rong's Mansion and our side. Without any evidence, they should just drag it out and wait for the victims to withdraw the case themselves.
When Madam Gong and her group arrived, Madam Wu, accompanied by her children, came to complain, saying that someone had framed the Wu family, first assassinating Wu Yuchu and then fabricating the bloody letter incident to smear the Wu family.
When Du Xueyi said this, his eyes were full of admiration.
The assassination of the general was done very cleanly, leaving them no clues at all.
"Luo Congyun is so stupid, could she really be a royal child? And Madam Wu doesn't seem to have any intention of revealing her identity."
"It doesn't matter. The fox will always show its tail." Wei Qingyan finished the last stroke, put down the pen, and fanned the ink dry with his hand.
She wanted to see how long Mrs. Wu could endure.
Du Xueyi responded and walked to her side. After seeing the contents of the cloth, his expression changed drastically. Before he could speak, Wei Qingyan stopped him, "Mo Wen, you don't have to interfere in this matter."
"Yes." Du Xueyi's response was not so firm this time. He understood that the general did not want to implicate him.
The general has his own considerations and he obeyed the order.
After seeing the emperor's attitude at the morning court, he understood better why the general had killed Wu Yuchu directly instead of keeping him as a witness to the Huangshaling incident.
The emperor was unwilling to investigate further. Even if Wu Yuchu was sent to the authorities, he would be a pawn and would either become a scapegoat, deny the crime at all, or blame others.
The general's resurrection is too bizarre. Whether others will believe it is another matter. The people behind the scenes will certainly not let the general go. The 80,000 national defense troops have been finally obtained, and I am afraid that the emperor will not want the general to return.
The general had no choice but to find another way.
As the two were talking, the guard came to report that the carriage was ready.
Wei Qingyan carried his luggage, rolled up what he had written earlier, and took it on the carriage.
Gong Mingcheng returned home and asked someone to clean up the guest house.
Apart from the two brothers and their respective wives, not only the brothers Gong Jun and Gong Jin but also Gong Jun's wife were not informed about the matter of resolving the feud.
They only told outsiders that Wei Shiran's relatives from her mother's side came to stay at the house for a few days.
When Wei Qingyan arrived at the Gong Mansion, several people from the Gong family who knew the situation were waiting in the flower hall.
"Thank you for saving my life last night." Wei Shiran thanked her.
The splitting headache and the feeling that her head was about to explode were truly a life worse than death. Miss Chang saved her life by relieving her pain.
Wei Qingyan saw that the injured part of her forehead was wrapped with white gauze, and she looked a little better than when she went to Anyuan Marquis Mansion yesterday.
He nodded slightly, "No need to thank me."
This is what she should do.
"Thank you, sister, for saving me." Gong Jin smiled and bowed.
elder sister?
Wei Qingyan choked slightly.
The generation is wrong.
Seeing the Gong family members about to come forward to speak, Wei Qingyan handed the luggage to Yan Lan and said to Wei Shiran, "Madam, please take Yan Lan to her place."
After a pause, he added, "Madam is weak and needs to be taken good care of."
Facing Gong Jin's sparkling eyes filled with smiles, he softened his tone, "Young Master is the same."
Ever since she knew that Gong Jin had become her 'filial son', whenever she met his smiling eyes, she would inexplicably feel some kindness in her heart.
Maybe this is blood relationship?
She calmed herself down and looked at Gong Mingcheng, "Take me to your father's yard."
The Gong family also knew that time was running out, so they dispersed. The Gong brothers took Wei Qingyan to Gong Changying's yard.
The yard is very clean.
There are no green plants or rockery like in ordinary official residences, only a bamboo forest.
There is a pavilion next to the bamboo forest, with a bench and a small table in the pavilion.
Seeing Wei Qingyan walking towards the pavilion, Gong Mingcheng explained, "After my father passed away, we burned some of his clothes and his favorite books, and kept the rest as a memorial.
This pavilion is where my father likes to stay every day, reading, playing chess, making tea, or chatting with us. We really can't imagine why he likes to stay there.
Simple and plain are Wei Qingyan's impression of this courtyard.
Wei Qingyan walked through a few more rooms, all of which, like this courtyard, showed the owner's humble desires.
What kind of requests would a person who seems to be pure and has no desires or demands make before his death? Why would he develop such a huge resentment when his requests are not met?
Looking at the two brothers with bewildered expressions, Wei Qingyan said, "I'm sure you two didn't sleep last night. Go and get some rest. I'll be walking around the mansion by myself. If I need anything, I'll come back to question you tomorrow."
Since the two men believed her, they dared not have any other thoughts and obediently left the yard.
At noon, Gong Mingcheng asked his eldest son to bring him lunch, and then waited at the gate of the courtyard.
Wei Qingyan stayed in Gong Changying's study for the whole afternoon. When it was completely dark, she left the yard and wandered around Gong's house aimlessly, with Gong Jun following her from a distance.
After visiting Gong Mansion, it was already midnight. Wei Qingyan signaled Gong Jun to take her back to the guest house.
After Gong Jun left, Wei Qingyan quickly returned to the house, put on a human skin mask, took the white cloth with words written on it, and jumped out of Gong's house.
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