Chapter 113: Life for a Life
The vast sky is dotted with stars, the wind is blowing faintly, and occasionally the barking of dogs can be heard from afar.
The lights in the mansion of Marquis Yongyi were bright.
The atmosphere in the front yard hall was depressing.
The brothers Qin Fengyuan and Qin Beiyuan looked at the coffin and felt inexplicably frightened.
When Qin Junchen got into trouble this time, the two brothers really didn't know how to explain to their eldest brother Qin Shiyuan. After all, the Jiang family was gone, and as elders, they should take good care of the younger generation.
The one who was angry at this time was Jiang Jin, the eldest uncle of the Jiang family.
"Back then, your mother was strongly against you marrying this evildoer. What's going on now?" Jiang Jin pointed at Shangguan Yao, who was hiding beside Qin Junyi, and cursed, "Her brother killed your brother, and you're still protecting him!"
Qin Junyi frowned: "Uncle, you also said it was her brother, not her."
"I think you've been completely seduced by this woman!" Qin Beiyuan saw that Qin Junyi was still protecting Shangguan Yao at this moment, and stared at Qin Junyi with a look of disappointment: "Qin Junyi, I tell you, if you kill someone, you must pay with your life. If you go to the prince to ask for power and release your brother's murderer for this woman, you will get out of the Qin family!"
"There is no such heartless and ungrateful evildoer in my Qin family!"
Jiang Jin immediately echoed, "When your grandmother heard what happened to Jun Chen, she fainted. Your mother just got into trouble, and your brother got into trouble again, and you're still protecting the murderer's sister!"
Shangguan Yao knelt on the ground and said nervously, "Uncle, Third Uncle, things are not as simple as you think. It is really an accident that Junchen has such an incident."
"Shut up!" Jiang Jin strode over and fanned Shangguan Yao with his hand: "It's all because of you, you troublemaker!"
Qin Junyi quickly stood in front of Shangguan Yao, and Jiang Jin raised his hand and hit Qin Junyi's arm hard.
"Uncle, if you want to hit someone, hit me." Qin Junyi said with a pale face.
Seeing Qin Junyi still protecting Shangguan Yao, Jiang Jin swung his sleeves and said angrily, "What a sin!"
"Get out of here!" Qin Fengyuan, who had been silent for a long time, spoke in a cold voice: "Jun Chen doesn't want to see your heartless brother in his mourning hall."
"Get out!" Qin Fengyuan walked forward and pointed at the door, shouting angrily.
Xie Rongying, who had been silent on the side, stepped forward and said, "Second Uncle, please don't be angry."
After saying that, he turned sideways and looked at Qin Junyi: "Young Marquis, you should take your sister back to the courtyard."
Qin Junyi glanced at Shangguan Yao and said, "I'll leave this place to you."
"Don't worry, we have Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and Uncle." Xie Rongying's face was emotionless, and her tone was gentle: "Second Uncle and the others are still angry. Take your sister back and rest first. No one wants to let what happened to Chen Ge'er happen again."
Qin Junyi looked at Xie Rongying gratefully, and realized belatedly that what his mother said was right.
Marry a virtuous woman, not one who will risk everything for you.
But Qin Junyi also knew that Shangguan Yao didn't want anything to happen to Qin Junchen.
He helped Shangguan Yao up and said to the elders: "Uncle, second uncle, third uncle, I will take care of this matter, don't worry."
Jiang Jin stared at Qin Junyi's way of caring for Shangguan Yao, and his face became even uglier.
Qin Fengyuan sighed and turned sideways to look at the coffin.
After Qin Junyi and Shangguan Yao walked out of the mourning hall, Qin Beiyuan said anxiously: "Second brother, Junchen is the child that eldest brother values the most. How can we explain to him that he is gone?"
"Did we kill him?" Qin Fengyuan asked coldly, "Killing means paying with one's life. Shangguan Yao's brother must die!"
"I will go to Kaifeng Prefecture tomorrow and let Lord Qi decide this case!" Qin Beiyuan said angrily.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Rongying started coughing while pinching the handkerchief.
"Cough cough..." Xie Rongying coughed and retreated to the side.
Qin Fengyuan looked at Xie Rongying and saw that Xie Rongying seemed to be enduring pain, so he said, "Rongying, what's wrong?"
"Maybe I caught a cold." Xie Rongying said and coughed again: "Second Uncle, I'll bear it."
"You've caught a cold, so you just go back to the yard to rest. You're so careless. Your husband left with another woman, and you're still guarding here." Qin Fengyuan looked down on his eldest nephew Qin Junyi.
Although he can be a little colder towards his wife, he does not realize how important she is to him.
In this matter, Qin Junyi did not do as well as his father.
Raise the younger one outside and keep the older one stable, and he will naturally consider the Qin family.
But Qin Junyi couldn't even maintain the relationship at the level of face.
Otherwise, how could so many troubles arise?
"Go back and rest quickly. Your second aunt and I will take care of the rest." Qin Fengyuan said.
Xie Rongying looked at Qin Fengyuan with some embarrassment.
At this time, Cuizhi came forward and said, "Young Madam, since the Second Master has said so, you should go back and rest for a while."
"Second uncle, Rongying will leave first." Xie Rongying said with a bow.
"Go ahead."
*
Linfeng Garden.
Qin Junyi took Shangguan Yao into the master's house and dismissed the servants.
Marquis Xueqing was outside the door.
"Junyi, do you really believe that it was my brother who killed Junchen?" Shangguan Yao sat on the pear blossom stool, looking up and crying, "It was Bihuan who first tried to attack my brother with a dagger. My brother wanted to kill Bihuan, and in the struggle, he accidentally killed Junchen."
Qin Junyi growled and demanded, "Why don't you find Bi Huan?"
Shangguan Yao looked at the man who was staring at her with cold eyes. This was the first time Qin Junyi looked at her with such eyes.
She was stunned: "Junyi, you actually don't believe what I said."
"Shangguan Yao, it was your brother who killed my brother. Aren't those just excuses?" Qin Junyi's anger erupted at this moment. "Just because my brother is dead, do I have to stand in your shoes and look at this matter? Your brother admitted it himself. He killed Chen Ge'er!"
Shangguan Yao cried even harder: "Yes, I admit that it was my brother who took Chen Ge'er's life, but I also said that it was manslaughter. It was that bitch Bi Huan who pushed me, and my brother accidentally injured Chen Ge'er."
"But now it's Brother Chen who is dying, not Shangguan Jing!" Qin Junyi growled.
Shangguan Jing's hand, gripping the handkerchief, trembled slightly. She gritted her teeth and said, "So you want my brother's life in exchange for mine? And you haven't considered why Chen Ge'er and I received a letter with the same handwriting as my brother, but not from my brother. Have you ever considered this?"
"Someone set this up!"
As soon as the words fell, the door was pushed open.
"That's right, young marquis." The person who came in was dressed in black and had a tall figure. After she walked in, the door was closed by Xue Qing again.
Wen Zi walked into the room, her tone slightly cold: "When I rushed to Fanlou, the master had already been taken away by the government officials, but Bi Huan was nowhere to be seen. It was obvious that someone had already made arrangements."
When Shangguan Yao saw Wen Zi, she immediately stepped forward and took Wen Zi's hand: "Sister Wen Zi, why did you come just now?"
(ps: Wen Zi appeared in Wanmiao Village before, I wonder if you still remember her.)
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