Zheng Xintong was not an ordinary lady from a noble family. She had an extraordinary status in the Zheng family. Zheng Chongming raised her as a boy since she was a child. Although she had an older brother, Zheng Xintong was more respected in the Zheng family.

Back in Jiangnan, Wei Xiu was the only one who solved her chess game. After that, she couldn't help but pay some attention to him.

It’s a pity that Wei Xiu had a deep misunderstanding of the Zheng family.

Wei Xiu said expressionlessly: "We will not leave Beijing."

"Wei Xiu!" Zheng Xintong's rosy lips were pressed into a straight line, and he said unhappily, "How can you not know what is good for you? My uncle's family was killed by you. I value his talent and will not pursue the matter any more. Haha, now you are trying to be aggressive?"

Wei Xiu corrected her words seriously: "Miss Zheng, Wang Qinghong, as the governor of Jiangnan, openly cheated in the imperial examinations and violated the court's laws. He was sentenced to death."

When the Jiangnan provincial examination cheating case occurred, Chi Yu went to Beijing to file a complaint. Later, the Jiangnan government was completely implicated from top to bottom, including Wang Qinghong, the Jiangnan education commissioner, who was also Wang Qinghe's elder brother and Zheng Chongming's brother-in-law.

In the end, Wang Qinghong was sentenced to death, and his family and children were exiled to Fujian. However, the Wang family had already split up, so only Wang Qinghong's branch suffered, and Wang Qinghe was not implicated.

However, Wang Qinghe's revenge was extremely cruel.

Wei Xiu said in a cold and merciless voice: "The death of my parents is a blood feud."

This is a vengeance that destroyed the entire family. It is definitely not something that can be forgotten with just a few words from Zheng Xintong.

"The Wang family is guilty."

"Shut up!" Zheng Xintong raised his voice and shouted unhappily.

She thought she had said all the nice things she could and had humbled herself, not wanting them to be taken advantage of. Unexpectedly, Wei Xiu did not appreciate it at all.

The death of my eldest uncle forced my father to cut off one of his arms. He lost both his prestige and his face.

At that time, I don’t know how many people were laughing at Dad, laughing at him, the Governor of the Beijing Camp, being controlled by a eunuch and not even being able to save his wife’s brother-in-law.

Zheng Xintong clenched his fists. It was right for his uncle to cheat, but there was no need to make such a fuss about it!

The Zheng family has let them both off, but they are still so confused.

They simply don't know how chaotic the court is right now. Xiao Shuo, the treacherous minister, is waiting to find something to hold against their father. If they are so self-righteous, they will only be taken advantage of and played around with.

No matter how much I tried to persuade them, they just wouldn't listen.

Zheng Xintong suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Mr. Wei, do you really want to go against our Zheng family?"

Wei Xiu didn't say anything, but his meaning was already very clear.

"Brother Yu, let's go."

He didn't linger any longer and turned away.

Zheng Xintong smiled faintly and said, "In that case, come and capture him."

She also valued their talents and didn't want to see them die in vain, so she said a few more words.

You really don't know what's good for you.

Zheng Xintong was never surrounded by only maids and old women. Zheng Zhongming specially provided her with several well-trained guards.

Zheng Xintong took a half step back, and the guards behind her rushed towards them with a fierce look, trying to capture the two of them.

Wei Xiu just said: "Brother Yu, go to the temple."

Huangjue Temple is a royal temple. It is now a very popular temple with common people burning incense. Even the Zheng family has to take some care of it.

Before Zheng Xintong turned hostile, Wei Xiu had already consciously pulled Chi Yu back. Now, they could just turn around and run into the temple.

However, the next moment, a young man suddenly appeared and stood in front of them with a sword.

The long sword in his hand made a beautiful sword flower, and with a few swipes, he blocked the Zheng family's guards. He even had time to turn around and smile at Wei Xiu, "Don't panic, young master. It was the prince who asked me to follow you."

These two people were in constant danger when they were in Jiangnan, and were chased on the road. Chu Yuanchen certainly would not be so arrogant as to think that everything would be safe when they arrived in the capital. Although Mo Qi's kung fu could not stop thousands of troops, it was still easy for him to deal with some small assassinations.

Mo Qi blocked the attack with ease, and at the same time, a carriage stopped, Sheng Xiyan jumped off the carriage, and ran over with her skirt lifted.

"Xiu'er!"

"Xiu'er, are you okay?"

Sheng Yan followed closely behind, standing side by side with Mo Qidu, protecting his sister and brother behind him.

Seeing that Wei Xiu was unharmed, Sheng Xiyan looked at Zheng Xintong, took a half step forward, and said with a half-smile: "Second Miss Zheng, I don't know what happened that made you want to fight and kill here. This is a sacred place for Buddhism, and you have too much evil in you, which may shorten your life."

"Miss Shengda?" Zheng Xintong was a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet her here.

She asked, "Do you know Wei Xiu?"

Sheng Xiyan smiled lightly. Naturally, there was no need to explain their relationship to her. She just said, "What does it have to do with you?"

"Ms. Shengda, you don't need to be so hostile." Zheng Xintong smiled faintly, "Back when we were in the girls' school, I admired you very much."

She was talking about the day at the Jinxin Club when Sheng Xiyan exposed Zhao Yuanrou's plagiarism.

"I had just returned to Beijing that day, and I wanted to get close to you, Miss Shengda, but unfortunately..."

When they were at the Jinxin Club, Zheng Xintong did think Sheng Xiyan performed well and wanted to make friends with her. Later, seeing that she was too arrogant and domineering with Xiao Shuo's backing, she wanted to give her some advice. She passed the invitation to Sheng Xiyan, but unfortunately Sheng Xiyan did not accept it, so she gave up the idea of ​​making friends with her.

"Miss Shengda." Zheng Xintong said calmly, with no waves in her eyes, and a kind of innate pride, "I have some grievances with these two people, I hope Miss Shengda will not meddle in other people's business. I will treat you to tea tomorrow."

Sheng Xiyan smiled: "What if I don't care?"

Mo Qi put the sword on his shoulder and said with a playful smile: "Miss Zheng, you just said that in this capital, the Zheng family has the final say? Our Miss Shengda disagrees."

Mo Qi's clothes were basically the same as Mo Jiu's. Sheng Xiyan knew his origins as soon as she saw him. She raised her chin and said in a more arrogant manner than Zheng Xintong: "That's right, Miss Zheng, you can't have the final say in this capital."

Speaking of arrogance, she has been used to walking around the capital these days! There are definitely people who are more arrogant than her: "Miss Zheng, you have to see this."

Zheng Xintong was speechless.

If she were to say at this time last year, she could indeed say that the Zheng family had the final say in the capital. However, after being away from Beijing for more than half a year, some things have changed drastically.

Zheng Xintong said seriously: "Miss Sheng, you can't rely on others in your life." What she meant was that Sheng Xiyan dared to be so presumptuous because of Xiao Shuo.

Sheng Xiyan brushed her sleeves slowly and laughed even more happily: "I just like someone to support me. It's useless for you to be dissatisfied. Miss Zheng Er, if you didn't rely on your family background, you wouldn't even be qualified to stand in front of me and speak."

Zheng Xintong's face darkened, she was almost unable to contain her perfect nobility. She knew Sheng Xiyan was a big shot in the capital, but she didn't expect that she was so eloquent too.

She said to Wei Xiu: "That's all I have to say, Wei Xiu, don't be ungrateful, otherwise..." She glanced at Sheng Xiyan and chuckled subtly, "I'm afraid that all the gods and Buddhas in the sky can't save you."

After she finished speaking, she lifted her cloak and walked into Huangjue Temple first, followed immediately by a group of guards and servants.

Chi Yu looked at her from behind and asked, "Is she Zheng Zhongming's daughter?"

Sheng Xiyan nodded: "Have you seen it before?"

Wei Xiu heard this and said, "Last year, she went to Jiangnan with Wang Qinghe. She was the first to recognize Brother Yu. Then, I don't know how, we started to have bad luck. First, there was a fire in our house, and then I was pushed into the river. After a few times, there was really no other way, so Brother Yu came to the capital to find a way out for us."

His eyes were calm, yet seemed to contain an undercurrent.

At that time they only knew that she was Wang Qinghe's niece.

They entered the temple, talking as they walked.

After he said this, some of Sheng Xiyan's doubts were answered and she understood it all at once.

Sheng Xiyan had heard before that Zheng Zhongming and Xiao Shuo became enemies because both Zheng Zhongming's wife's family and his mother's family were confiscated by Xiao Shuo.

Now it seems that Xiao Shuo must have taken advantage of the fraud case back then.

According to the Darong law, cheating is a capital crime, and the three generations of the family will be implicated. Chi Yu led a group of students to go to the capital to file a complaint, which just happened to hand the handle to Xiao Shuo. When Xiao Shuo first established his authority, he started with Zheng Zhongming, cutting off one of his arms and slapping him in the face, and then forced him to the capital for half a year.

The Wang family couldn't do anything to Xiao Shuo, so they transferred their hatred to Chi Yu...

Sheng Xiyan murmured: "I understand..."

Now Zheng Zhongming has obviously been suppressed by Xiao Shuo in the court. It is only because he holds the power of the imperial guards that he still has a place.

Zheng Zhongming was afraid that Xiao Shuo would catch him again, so he wanted to wipe out the roots.

Wang Qinghe didn't want to kill them because he found out that Wei Xiu had recognized him, but he simply didn't want them to live anymore.

Sheng Xiyan's eyelashes fluttered gently, casting a faint reflection on her eyelids.

In the previous life, Zheng Zhongming must have fought with Xiao Shuo to such an extent. In order to completely cut off this handle, Chi Yu and Wei Xiu must have...

No matter how smart Wei Xiu is, he is just a child, and Chi Yu is just a scholar. Without the protection of the Zhenbei Palace, they will not survive to the end.

Fortunately, this was only in the last life.

fortunately……

Sheng Xiyan calmed down, looked ahead and said, "My mother's tablet is enshrined in the hall. My mother's surname is Xu. Our grandfather used to practice medicine in Liangzhou and was a good doctor in the Prince of Pingliang's Palace. Later, because my grandmother was in poor health, he resigned from his job and traveled around the world with my grandmother and mother..."

Sheng Xiyan slowly told him about the past, and Wei Xiu listened attentively.

After passing through a bamboo forest, they arrived.

Sheng Xiyan came here often and immediately found the tablet worshipped by the Sheng family.

Xigui asked the little nun to bring a cushion and put it on the ground, and then took out incense from the basket she was carrying.

Sheng Xiyan lit it herself and gave it to Wei Xiu first, then to Sheng Yan. After offering incense, the three siblings knelt down together again.

Wei Xiu stared at the name on the tablet in a daze, feeling a little sad.

Last night, he had a dream. In the dream, a very pleasant voice called him.

The face that had always been hazy in my memory seemed to have become clearer.

Then the dream woke up.

Wei Xiu knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, completing the ceremony solemnly.

"Mom." Sheng Xiyan smiled, "I found my brother. Did you see that he has grown up and is now as tall as Yan Ge'er. His name is Wei Xiu. Uncle and aunt Wei treat him like their own son. You can rest assured."

Wei Xiu hesitated for a moment, sighed softly, and said, "Mom. I'm fine."

He is Wei Xiu, but he cannot deny that she gave birth to him and she did not abandon him.

Sheng Xiyan was stunned, almost crying with joy, the corners of her mouth curled up higher, and she said with a little sob in her voice: "Mom, did you see, my brother is back..."

"He's back."

…

They stayed in the hall for a while longer, and Sheng Xiyan chattered to the tablet about the process of finding Wei Xiu, as if she had endless things to tell Xu.

It was not until someone else entered the hall that they left reluctantly.

After going out, it was almost noon. Sheng Xiyan mentioned that the vegetarian food in Huangjue Temple was delicious, so they went to have some vegetarian food together. Then, they offered some silver. Not only that, Sheng Xiyan also took out the 10,000 taels of silver that he had "picked up" in the mansion a few days ago and asked the temple to help distribute porridge around the capital.

There are quite a few refugees staying near Gyeonggi Province now, and we can help them.

After doing this, they left.

After they went out, Zheng Xintong also walked out of the main hall, watching Wei Xiu's back, and following her was Zhao Yuanrou.

Zhao Yuanrou came here specifically to "encounter" her. Zheng Xintong had been ignoring her, but she was not in a hurry and followed him calmly. Now she smiled and said, "Second Miss Zheng, do you have time to talk to me now?"

She said, "Ms. Zheng Er, our enemies are the same. You don't have to be so defensive against me."

"If you're willing, let's go to the teahouse and sit down together, what do you think?"

Zheng Xintong turned to look at her, and suddenly smiled and said, "Princess Zhao, you don't have to test me. I have no interest in your affairs."

"Miss Zheng Er is kind enough to give them a chance to live. Are they willing to let your uncle go? By then, I'm afraid there will be another Wang family in the capital whose property will be confiscated."

"I heard that when your uncle's house was confiscated, Lord Zheng was reluctant to give in, but he couldn't do anything about it. Xiao Shuo took the opportunity to bring Lord Zheng down."

"Do you want to experience this feeling of watching your loved ones die a second time?"

It must be said that there was something extremely seductive in Zhao Yuanrou's voice, and Zheng Xintong's heart trembled involuntarily.

Zhao Yuanrou smiled faintly. This was what she heard from Qingyue. Zheng Xintong had a very good relationship with her uncle. When the Wang family was ransacked by the Dongchang, Zheng Zhongming's wife fell seriously ill and injured her body. Even now, she is still bedridden.

Zheng Xintong bit her lower lip and said, "Princess, you don't need to tell me more. The Zheng family is ruled by my father."

She bowed, turned and left without any regrets.

Zhao Yuanrou stood there, expressionless, thinking: The Zheng family is indeed cautious and will not agree to anything easily. It seems that they can't be relied upon.

But that's okay.

The Queen Mother has already prepared everything, just waiting for the right time. The Zheng family is just the icing on the cake.

If there is no Zheng family, there is still the Fu family.

She brushed her sleeves and walked forward leisurely. At this moment, she saw a guard from the Zheng family hurriedly ran up to Zheng Xintong and said, "Miss, the guard has gone to beat the drum to avenge the injustice."

Zheng Xintong's expression changed slightly and asked, "What's going on?"

The guard bowed and said, "As soon as they left Huangjue Temple, they went directly to Jingzhao Prefecture. Then, Wei Xiu beat the injustice drum. I wanted to stop them, but I couldn't."

Zheng Xintong had just had someone quietly follow Wei Xiu and his friends, wanting to see where they lived, but he didn't expect to receive such news.

"Is it the drum for reporting injustice? Not the drum for reporting news?" Zheng Xintong asked to confirm.

The guard replied, "Yes, it was the injustice drum in front of Jingzhao Palace. Miss Shengda took him there personally, and the King of Zhenbei was also there."

Zheng Xintong thought for a moment and said in a slightly anxious voice, "Go back and tell Daddy right away. I'll go over and take a look first."

Zheng Xintong did not delay. As soon as she walked out of the temple gate, she untied the horse from the carriage, abandoned the carriage, and rode away.

There was no one in front of the Jingzhao Mansion. Zheng Xintong's face darkened, she threw off the reins of her horse, and said, "My last name is Zheng, and I work for the Jingying Governor's Mansion," and rushed in.

Although Zheng Zhongming was not as powerful as before, he still had some power in the capital. The officials looked at each other in dismay, not daring to stop him. So Zheng Xintong drove straight into the court. The moment she stepped into the court, she heard Wei Xiu say in a sonorous voice: "The student accused Wang Qinghe of avenging a personal grudge and slaughtering the entire Wei family!"

Zheng Xintong paused, but finally stepped in.

When Jingzhao Yin saw someone breaking in, he frowned at first, and then his master told him Zheng Xintong's identity in his ear.

Jingzhao Yin's heart skipped a beat. In this huge capital city, no one could afford to offend him.

"Master Chen." Zheng Xintong bowed and said, "This is a misunderstanding. I hope you can give my Zheng family some face and let us resolve this privately."

She said it openly, as if it was just a trivial matter of someone accidentally bumping into someone else.

Jingzhao Yin couldn't help but look at Sheng Xiyan, who said nonchalantly, "If Lord Chen doesn't want to take this case, that's fine, then I can only ask Governor Xiao for help. Alas, I don't know if Governor Xiao is busy recently."

Jingzhao Yin was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Threat, this is simply a naked threat!

Jingzhao Yin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said righteously, "Since someone has called the drum of injustice, this government will naturally take the case. I hope Miss Zheng will not interfere in the court case."

He originally wanted to ask Zheng Xintong to leave, but he was a little afraid of offending Zheng Zhongming, so he endured it again and again. When he saw that Sheng Xiyan did not say anything, he breathed a sigh of relief and pretended not to know.

Jingzhao Yin knocked on the wooden lintel and said, "Wei Xiu, do you have any witnesses or physical evidence to prove your case against Wang Qinghe?"

Wei Xiu had the title of a scholar, so he didn't have to kneel in court. He cupped his hands and said, "Students are witnesses. As for the physical evidence."

He took out a letter from his arms, held it in his hands, and said expressionlessly: "This is the physical evidence!"

"There is a bloody handprint on this letter. It belongs to Wang Qinghe. You will know it once you compare it."

Even Chu Yuanchen didn't expect that Wei Xiu would take out this thing, and he secretly praised him in his heart.

This boy is not only rational and sensible, but also very careful.

Not only did he save his own life, he also obtained the same evidence.

This bloody fingerprint cannot be regarded as a key piece of evidence, but it is enough.

With him around, there is really no need for “complete” evidence.

Zheng Xintong's expression was subtle, and she thought of the same thing. If the location was not wrong, she really wanted to go up and snatch the letter down.

Wei Xiu did not hand the letter to the messenger, but went forward and delivered it to the Jingzhao Yin himself. Although this was very unruly, Sheng Xiyan was looking at him with a smile, so he did not dare to say anything. He just felt that it was not easy for him to be the Jingzhao Yin.

He took the letter and immediately saw a bloody fingerprint on the upper right corner of the letter, or half a fingerprint to be exact. It was obviously quite old and had a dark red color. Not only that, the entire letter was written in blood.

Jingzhao Yin was secretly shocked.

After Wei Xiu waited for him to finish reading, he took the letter back and stood back in the hall.

Jingzhao Yin was stunned for a moment, and said, "Whether this fingerprint is Wang Qinghe's, we have to wait for a comparison to know."

"Come here," Jingzhao Yin said, "Summon Wang Qinghe to the court."

The yamen officer received the order and left.

The others stayed in the court for the time being. Zheng Xintong winked at his personal maid and asked her to go and see if Zheng Zhongming had arrived.

Sheng Xiyan watched with a smile but said nothing.

Zheng Xintong said, "Wei Xiu, you are being used. They are using you to suppress our Zheng family. Do you think they are really doing this for your own good?"

Zheng Xintong glanced at Sheng Xiyan who was sitting there and sighed, "Wei Xiu, don't let your momentary hatred blind you. Your parents are dead, and my uncle is also dead. We don't owe each other anything."

"After they've used you, they'll kick you out. Do you think you'll still be able to survive then?"

She used both soft and hard tactics, and her words contained both persuasion and threats.

If Wei Xiu refuses to stop, even if he succeeds, the Zheng family will not let him go in the future.

"Heh." Sheng Xiyan chuckled and said with interest, "Second Miss Zheng, your uncle died because he violated the imperial law, and the Wang family was exiled because of your uncle's crime. But the uncle and aunt of the Wei family were murdered maliciously. How can this be called mutual forgiveness?"

Zheng Xintong's eyes were filled with anger: "Ms. Shengda, you must go against me, don't you?"

Sheng Xiyan shook her fingers and said, "If you don't understand the Law of Great Honor, I'll buy you a copy and then hire a teacher to teach you."

Zheng Xintong: “…”

Since they were not on the same page, Zheng Xintong ignored her.

The court was unbelievably quiet.

Soon, the messenger came back and reported, "Sir, Lord Wang is not in the capital. Lord Wang received the order and left the capital to suppress the bandits. Now I don't know where he is."

Zheng Xintong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the person was not there for the time being, it would be fine.

As long as there is some more time, it will be enough to make the layout.

Zheng Xintong said with a hint of pride: "My uncle is risking his life to fight against bandits for the sake of the safety of the people of Darong, but in return, he is being treated as a criminal and interrogated at will. Where is justice?"

Chu Yuanchen said casually: "In this case, for the sake of justice, I will go and capture him back."

Zheng Xintong was stunned for a moment, and didn't react. Then he saw Chu Yuanchen said to Wei Xiu: "Boy, can you ride a horse?"

One of the six arts of a gentleman is "禦", and Wei Xiu learned it under the instruction of Wei Lin when he was young.

"I will," he replied.

Chu Yuanchen patted his shoulder and said, "Then come with me, let's go catch him."

Sheng Yan took the initiative and said with a burning gaze: "I want to go too." Is it possible?

Chu Yuanchen smiled and said, "Go."

After he finished speaking, he did not forget to say to the dumbfounded Jingzhao Yin: "Master Chen, please wait for a while. We will be back soon."

This time, Chu Yuanchen did not bring Sheng Xiyan, nor did he bring Chi Yu.

As soon as he left the court, someone rushed in and reported to Zheng Xintong in a panic, "Miss, the Wang Mansion has been surrounded by the Dongchang."

"What?!"

Zheng Xintong stood up suddenly, shock evident on his bright and beautiful face.

Jingzhao Yin almost fell off his chair.

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