Chapter 513 Ending 6
Prince Ping looked at the vast plain outside Mount Qixia in silence for a long time.
Prince Mu and Prince Yi were executed after being tried by the three judges for forging an imperial edict to frame loyal officials. Princess Mu hanged herself, and Princess Yi disappeared.
Lu Qianru died in battle, Lu Jun and Lu Min were executed for conspiracy to rebel, and their families were exiled thousands of miles away. Ji Bingwen was now a madman with a disfigured face. Duke Zhou, who had been reinstated, requested to take her home to raise her, and the new emperor agreed.
The youngest son of Marquis Dingyang still proposed to divorce Princess Zhaoyang, and the new emperor agreed. The empress dowager and the eldest princess both went to the temple, and Princess Zhaoyang was also ordered by the empress dowager to practice in the temple.
Everything in the Wuning Marquis's Mansion was restored to its original state, and the new emperor conferred the title of Duke of Protectorate on Wuning Marquis, but Qin Hanzhang refused.
The current emperor went to the Qin family cemetery in person to confess his crimes, and also erected a monument to the 30,000 dead soldiers, with all their names written on the monument for the people of Da Qi to worship.
The Qin family did not stay in the capital for long. After Qin Hanzhang arranged the garrisons in various places, he handed over the military power to the new emperor and returned to Muchuan with his family.
Of course, Zhuang Yan married Qin Hanjin, this time as a new daughter-in-law, and set off with the Qin family.
Su Qianqian was just one point short of achieving the required merit power, and she was concentrating on figuring out how to accomplish her goal. She still had to go with the Qin family to make videos and live broadcasts.
Even without merit, melons and beans continued to flow into her account. The current level of her storage box was already shameless. It was not bad to live such a fairy-like life.
Jiang Fan handed the position of the owner of Mingyue Tower to Jiang Baipin, and went on a journey around the world to fulfill the last wish of the second son of Qin. Jiang Baipin became the owner of Mingyue Tower. He personally sent Su Qianqian to Huizhou and they parted ways there.
When the Qin family left this time, Su Xinxin's family followed, as well as Su Runhe. When he heard that his grandfather and uncles were there, he insisted on going with them.
So the huge convoy continued its journey, fortunately heading south, and arrived back in Muchuan on the day before the New Year.
When the people of Muchuan saw Qin Hanzhang and his family return, the whole city celebrated. Every family brought out their best food and prepared a New Year's Eve dinner for hundreds of families.
Su Qianqian also drank some osmanthus wine that night. Seeing that she was a little confused, Qin Hanzhang hurried to help her back.
The courtyard where Su Qianqian lived was still called Tinglan Courtyard. Although it was not as big as when she was in Xijing, the layout and important furnishings had not changed. There were servants cleaning it before she came back.
Before entering the yard, Su Qianqian was already drunk and staggered, trying to break free from Qin Hanzhang's control.
"Aning, why do you like to drink even though your alcohol tolerance is so poor?" Qin Hanzhang had no choice but to pick up Su Qianqian and carefully walked towards the bedroom.
"When I drink... I can see my mother... and the dream will become clearer..." Su Qianqian mumbled incoherently, patting and groping Qin Hanzhang's body with her hands.
Qin Hanzhang tried hard to control his breathing and tried not to pay attention to the place where Su Qianqian touched, and the tingling and burning feeling.
"What dream?" Qin Hanzhang asked casually, trying to divert attention.
"I dreamed... I died, and after I died I was looking for someone... I searched in many places, for many years... so many versions of myself..."
Su Qianqian’s words made Qin Hanzhang’s heart skip a beat.
"Who are you...looking for?" Qin Hanzhang asked very carefully.
"Han Zhang...Yu Nuan, so I am Yu Nuan..." Su Qianqian spoke incoherently.
Qin Hanzhang's heart was beating like a drum. He didn't know if these words were necessarily connected. If so, how much suffering had the woman in his arms endured?
"You have suffered, Aning. I will never let you suffer again. No matter where you go, I will find you."
Qin Hanzhang lowered his eyes and looked at Su Qianqian in his arms, like a kitten retracting its claws and falling asleep.
After placing Su Qianqian in the bedroom, Qin Hanzhang went out to fetch hot water. The servants in the house were all out drinking and having fun tonight, so he did not disturb them.
When he returned to the bedroom, Su Qianqian was not in bed. Qin Hanzhang walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door gently: "Aning, do you want to call Su Mu over?"
There was no sound in the bathroom.
"Aning, are you in there?" Qin Hanzhang felt inexplicably uneasy.
Still no answer.
Qin Hanzhang didn't hesitate any longer and pushed open the door of the clean room. The room was empty and Su Qianqian disappeared out of thin air!
The lights in Muchuan County were bright, and everyone went out of their homes to look for Su Qianqian, but until dawn, there was still no clue.
"It's impossible for her to disappear out of thin air. Qianqian was drunk. There is only one possibility. Someone kidnapped her, and the kidnapper had already made careful arrangements."
Old Master Jiang took Jiang Nian to search Su Qianqian's bedroom carefully, not leaving any trace.
"What is this?" Old Master Jiang found a silk ribbon beside Su Qianqian's bed. The silk ribbon was connected to the bed board, and it seemed to be integrated with the curtain.
Everyone stopped to look at the silk ribbon. Su Mu's eyes were red. "I haven't seen this ribbon before. When the girl came back these two days, many people came to the room to clean up, and I didn't see this ribbon."
Old Master Jiang removed the bedding from the bed, exposing the bed board, and when he knocked on it, a "bang bang" sound was heard.
"This looks like a flap mechanism, but if there is no hole underneath..." Jiang He said seriously.
Old Master Jiang said in a deep voice: "Everyone step back!" He reached out to pull the silk ribbon, and no one in the room stepped back.
When the silk ribbon was pulled, the bed board flipped open, revealing a dark hole underneath.
"How could this be? How could this be? The ground underneath is paved with solid rock, and there's a foundation... No, there's a heating trench dug into this room..." Jiang Nian was about to jump into the hole in panic.
"Uncle, let me do it!" Qin Hanzhang grabbed Jiang Nian and jumped into the cave.
The entrance to the cave was pitch black and extremely narrow, and the cave walls were very smooth as if they had been coated with something. Qin Hanzhang could only crawl forward with all his might.
After twists and turns for about half an hour, I finally saw a little light. I crawled out along the light and found that I was outside the wall of East City. A torn mat covered the entrance of the cave.
Qin Hanzhang climbed out of the cave, followed by Qin Hanyue and Qin Hanjin.
“If we enter Jinchan Mountain…” Qin Hanyue looked at the continuous mountains with a serious expression.
"There are words on this mat!" Qin Hanjin suddenly shouted.
"The Qin family has no one missing, hot springs are visible"
The handwriting was very illegible, obviously written in a hurry.
Qin Hanzhang turned around and walked towards the hot spring.
"Third brother, we can't take risks. Since we said that all members of the Qin family must be present, if someone is missing, I'm afraid..." Qin Hanyue stood in front of Qin Hanzhang.
Qin Hanzhang turned his head towards the city. Could it be that the entire Qin family really could not escape this disaster?
"Third brother, Third sister-in-law has done her best for our family. It's time for us to save her. If we can't, we will die together with that evil man!" Qin Hanjin said in a firm tone.
"Okay, tell grandma and let her make the decision. I'll go to the hot spring first." Qin Hanzhang nodded and ran towards the hot spring.
Today is the first day of the new year, and all the people are celebrating the New Year in the city. The hot springs are filled with mist, and the surrounding vegetable patches are lush and green, creating a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.
Qin Hanzhang rushed to the hot spring and looked around, but didn't see anything unusual except the cave.
"Hahaha, as expected, only one person came, Qin Hanzhang. After all, you can't bear to let all the Qin family members be buried with you!" A hoarse female voice with strong hatred came from the cave.
"Who are you? Why did you take Qianqian away? If you have a grudge against my Qin family, just tell me and I will let Qianqian go." Qin Hanzhang walked slowly towards the cave.
"Stop, if you take another step forward, Su Qianqian will be covered in blood!" the hoarse voice roared.
Qin Hanzhang stopped and said, "Okay, tell me what you want to do?"
"What do you want? I want your whole family to be buried with my husband! But you came alone, so I have to save one more life. Su Qianqian, you have done so much for the Qin family, let's see what will happen to you!"
A hoarse female voice howled.
"Husband...are you...the Princess of Yi?" Qin Hanzhang asked tentatively, trying hard to listen to Su Qianqian's voice, but no, there was no sound at all.
"That's right, my husband and I have similar interests and are both very fond of geomancy. His wish is to find the treasures of the previous dynasty and benefit the people, but you actually said he was plotting a rebellion!
Now I have found where the treasure is buried. Today I will use this treasure and your blood to pay tribute to his soul! ”
Princess Yi's voice was sometimes gentle and sometimes fanatical, and she had already lost her mind.
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