Chapter 115 There is another hidden secret
In the narrow passage of the secret room, Xie Rongying walked towards the depths with a tinder in his hand, his expression indifferent.
The secret room in the main house of Linfengyuan is both familiar and unfamiliar.
In the previous life, after Qin Junyi died, he moved from Dongyuan to Linfengyuan under the persuasion of Jiang.
What Jiang meant was that even if Qin Junyi was gone, her position in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion would remain unshakable.
Moving to Linfeng Garden was also to let the people in the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion know that even though she, Xie Rongying, was a widow of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, she was also the mistress of the mansion.
She lived in this courtyard for forty years.
During those forty years, she clearly remembered every season in Linfeng Garden.
The discovery of this secret room was also accidental, and it leads to the rockery on the east side of the Marquis' Mansion.
During those forty years, the most relaxing thing for her was to go alone from this secret room to the rockery and stay there for a long time.
Later, after Qin Junchen's wife gradually took over the power of the mansion from her, her health gradually deteriorated.
Qin Junchen let her return to Dongyuan on the pretext of letting her recuperate.
In the first year after returning to Dongyuan, Qin Junchen's wife would pretend to be nice and bring their children and grandchildren to her Dongyuan to have some fun.
But as she grew weaker, fewer and fewer people came to her courtyard.
Not to mention that the masters of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion are not her blood relatives.
Now she was stepping back into the most relaxing path she had taken in her previous life, but she didn't expect to do so in this way.
About a quarter of an hour passed.
Xie Rongying walked out from the rockery outside the east side of Linfeng Garden.
When Dongxue saw Xie Rongying appear, she immediately stepped forward and said, "Miss."
As she spoke, Dongxue looked at Gu Xun who was following behind Xie Rongying, and saw Gu Xun dragging Qin Junchen forward.
"Master, the person has fainted." Gu Xun said.
Xie Rongying glanced at the dying Qin Junchen and said softly, "Send him to Liu Wenyang now. When the Second Young Master wakes up, we'll watch Liu Wenyang and finish him off."
"Yes." After Gu Xun said that, he carried Qin Junchen on his shoulders, turned around and disappeared into the night.
Xie Rongying also headed towards the East Garden.
Dongxue followed closely beside him and whispered, "Miss, Shangguan Jing is in prison now. Will the young marquis let Shangguan Jing's life be exchanged for his own?"
"According to Dayin's laws, Shangguan Jing must pay with his life for murder." Xie Rongying thought of Qin Junyi being fooled by Shangguan Yao with just a few words, and chuckled, "It's a pity that Shangguan Jing is Shangguan Yan's eldest son. Qin Junchen alone is not enough to make Shangguan Jing's life pay for his own."
Let’s not talk about what the official’s attitude towards the Shangguan family is now.
That self-righteous prince alone would not let anything happen to Shangguan Jing.
Now is the time when the prince needs people. He has just lost the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, so how could he possibly lose the support of the Shangguan family?
Shangguan Yan from Longxi must have been busy over the years. Shangguan Jing came into contact with the prince as soon as he arrived in Bian Jing.
The prince must have seen some benefits, coupled with the support of the Yongyi Marquisate and the Shangguan family's contributions to the official family.
In the eyes of the prince, the Shangguan family naturally submitted to his command.
However, Xie Rongying thought of Shangguan Yan in Longxi and felt that this person was dangerous.
How could the General of Cavalry, who had followed the late emperor in suppressing internal strife and foreign enemies, be willing to live in darkness forever, on that heavily guarded mountaintop, and make friends with all kinds of people in the world?
The appearance of a pair of children in Bian Jing indicated that Shangguan Yan was testing something.
Plus the information that King Wei had found out.
The situation here is far more complicated than Xie Rongying thought.
"Does this mean the Second Young Master's death could very well be trivialized?" Dong Xue was horrified. "Marquis Yongyi's son was killed, and how could it be trivialized?"
Xie Rongying glanced at Dongxue and said, "Of course, the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion will not let Shangguan Jing go. The attitudes of the Qin family's second and third branches are clear, but Qin Junyi will naturally think of other ways to deal with it in order to appease the second and third branches."
"What method?" Dongxue asked.
Xie Rongying stared ahead and sneered, "Escape by dying."
Otherwise, Qin Fengyuan, Qin Beiyuan, the Jiang family, and Qin Junyi would not be able to cope with it at all.
Thinking of the conversation between Qin Junyi and Shangguan Yao just now, a faint smile appeared on her red lips.
"Miss, there won't be any other accidents in the mourning hall, right?" Dongxue asked worriedly.
Xie Rongying knew what Dongxue was worried about. She smoothed her wide sleeves and said with a smile, "After Gu Xun takes Qin Junchen to the charity cemetery to relieve my hatred, I will quietly place Qin Junchen's body in the coffin. Whoever wants to open the coffin for an autopsy can do so."
Dongxue shuddered when she heard what Xie Rongying said.
*
The next day, Kaifeng Prefecture.
After running between the Prince's Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion last night, Qin Junyi did not return to the Marquis' Mansion. Instead, he met Shangguan Jing in Kaifeng Mansion and stayed overnight in Kaifeng Mansion.
It was dawn.
Qin Junyi was awakened by the voices of two constables who had just returned from outside.
He patted his cheeks and sat up on the narrow couch.
"Liu Wenyang, that kid, really has no taboos." The man who spoke had a twisted face when he said this.
Another echoed: "Yeah, yeah, I was so scared that I still have goosebumps."
"Was that really human flesh just now?"
"Of course. There's no other meat in the charity cemetery besides the meat from the corpses. I've heard that the dogs he keeps in the back of the mountain are raised on the unclaimed corpses."
"This kid has always been gloomy and unlucky. He's not even afraid of divine retribution. What do you think our Lord Qi values about him?"
"Okay, okay, stop talking. I can't even eat today."
At this time, Qin Junyi stood up and walked out from the inner room.
Seeing this, the two constables immediately stood up.
"The young marquis didn't go home last night."
Qin Junyi glanced at the two of them and said, "No."
"Young Marquis, do you want to go back now, or wait for Master Qi? Do you want me to go and invite Master Qi?"
Qin Junyi said: "No need, you guys just go about your business."
"Okay, young marquis." The two were very respectful to Qin Junyi.
Qin Junyi had just taken two steps when he stopped and asked sideways, "Does the coroner at the charity cemetery often feed his dog with corpses?"
"Yeah, they're all corpses that no one claims."
"He also often took the dogs to mass graves to eat the carrion."
Qin Junyi frowned slightly and walked out without saying anything.
As soon as I turned around the corridor, I saw Qi Zhan walking towards me from the other side.
When Qi Zhan saw Qin Junyi, his eyes changed slightly. He didn't know what Qin Junyi said to Shangguan Jing when he saw him in the cell last night.
But Qi Zhan could feel that Qin Junyi had no intention of letting Shangguan Jing's life be exchanged for his own.
"Young Marquis, have you not gone back, or are you here again?"
Qin Junyi stepped forward and said, "I inquired with Shangguan Jing for a long time last night and didn't go back."
Hearing this, Qi Zhan nodded: "So the young marquis is going back now?"
"Master Qi." Qin Junyi thought about what Shangguan Jing had said and said to Qi Zhan, "What happened in Fanlou yesterday has a hidden story. I need to investigate it carefully. If my second uncle, third uncle, and uncle come, can you not let them see Shangguan Jing?"
"Why is that?" Qi Zhan didn't understand. "If there's something else going on, why didn't the young marquis let them see Shangguan Jing?"
"Please help me, Lord Qi." Qin Junyi bowed to Qi Zhan.
Qi Zhan immediately helped Qin Junyi up and said, "Young Marquis, you are really putting me in a difficult position. The Second Master, the Third Master, and Lord Jiang are here. How can I not let them see Shangguan Jing?"
"Then just say it was the order from the prince." Qin Junyi directly brought up the prince.
At this, Qi Zhan's expression changed slightly: "If it is the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then I can help the young marquis."
He didn't want to offend anyone, but if he could use the prince as a shield, he was willing to do Qin Junyi a favor.
"Then I'll trouble you, Master Qi."
Qi Zhan nodded: "Young Marquis, you are too polite."
"Goodbye." Qin Junyi said and turned to leave.
Qi Zhan stared at Qin Junyi's back for a long time, unable to understand.
It was obviously Qin Junyi's younger brother who died, so why did he feel that Qin Junyi didn't want anything to happen to Shangguan Jing?
Is there any other hidden secret in this?
*
The front hall of the Marquis Yongyi's Mansion.
Qin Fengyuan, the second wife, found monks from Kaibao Temple overnight to perform a ritual to pray for Qin Junchen's soul and get rid of the bad luck in the marquis' mansion.
With Qin Junchen's death, everyone in the mansion was terrified.
When Xie Rongying came to the front hall and just walked into the curved corridor, she saw monks meditating in the courtyard and chanting sutras to liberate the souls of the dead.
She didn't move forward, but stood there looking straight ahead.
At this moment, someone approached her and when she was looking sideways, she saw Shangguan Yao walking towards her.
"Sister." Shangguan Yao bowed.
Xie Rongying's gaze stayed on Shangguan Yao for a moment, then shifted to the woman standing side by side with Xue Qing.
Thinking of the sister Wen Zi that Shangguan Yao called her last night, she asked with concern, "Sister, you don't look well."
Shangguan Yao glanced at Xie Rongying, then lowered her eyes and said guiltily, "Junyi is still blaming me. If it weren't for my brother, how could something like this happen to Chen Ge'er?"
As she spoke, Shangguan Yao wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. "My second uncle, third uncle, and uncle have just left for Kaifeng Prefecture and are determined to repay my brother's life."
"This is the law of Dayin, so don't worry, sister." Xie Rongying almost said the words "killing someone means paying with your life."
Shangguan Yao raised her eyes and looked at Xie Rongying: "Sister, I have an unwelcome request."
"Since it's an unwelcome request, then I'd better not say it." Xie Rongying didn't want to try to save face with Shangguan Yao: "After all, I'm not familiar with you."
After saying this, Xie Rongying nodded and said, "I'll go see Second Aunt."
Shangguan Yao saw that Xie Rongying didn't even put in the effort to pretend, and a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes. She turned sideways and looked at Xie Rongying's back: "Sister, don't you want to know what I have to say?"
Shangguan Yao's words had already caused the maids and servants not far away to look over here.
Xie Rongying stopped, turned around and stared at Shangguan Yao, and asked with a smirk, "What do you want to say?"
"It's about my sister's second uncle." Shangguan Yao's eyes were filled with a hint of provocation.
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