Poor Family

The winter of the sixth year of Jiankang was a bit colder than usual. Since the beginning of winter, there have been several heavy snowfalls in the capital.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily again.

Amidst the snowflakes flying all over the sky, the gate of Duke Qing's Mansion was opened, and the Luo family, bent over, were pushed out by the Special Investigation Department's people and taken to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The downfall of Yipin Guogong's government attracted people in the capital to watch and discuss.

Duke Qing's self-cultivation was not correct, and he lacked control over the Luo family, so that the Luo family often did evil outside.

As soon as the Duke of Qing's mansion fell, the Shenluo family's papers were piled high on the imperial case.

The second master of the Luo family colluded with officials, took up lawsuits, and bullied others.

The second wife of the Luo family, greedy by nature, secretly released usury money and amassed money crazily, forcing countless families to ruin.

The third master of the Luo family is a coquettish and lustful man who rapes the women of the people and forces them into prostitution.

The rest of the Luo family also committed evil in their own way.

These crimes, together with harboring Chu Qinghuan, the granddaughter of the rebellious Prince Regent, and providing money and supplies to the Yan Party, finally, the Luo family was sentenced to be beheaded by a vegetable market.

In Baihualou, Du Danyan filled Ye Mo with a cup of hot wine with a smile: "Commander Ye, I heard that the people in Duke Qing's mansion will be beheaded tomorrow?"

Ye Mo glanced at her: "What do you want to say?"

Du Danyan: "I want to ask you for a favor."

Ye Mo raised his head and drank the wine: "What's the matter?"

Du Danyan: "I have a sister, the one who rescued Lan Zhi with me last time. She is a little old with the Luo family and wants to give the Luo family a ride."

Ye Mo turned his head to look at her: "Duke Qing's case involving the Yan Party, even high-ranking officials would avoid it. Are you sure you want to move forward?"

Du Danyan showed hesitation, but when he thought of Luo Qiyun's knots in these years, he smiled again and served Ye Moman wine: "I also invite Ye Moman to complete it."

Ye Mo stared at her for a while: "Let someone find Zhao Jing."

Seeing that Ye Mo agreed, Du Danyan was overjoyed, and hurriedly filled the dishes with wine.

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Duke Qing looked at the snowflakes flying outside the window in a daze, and felt that everything he had suffered now seemed like a ridiculous dream.

The Luo family were separated into men and women in the innermost two cells. The imperial decree was read out yesterday, knowing that they would be beheaded tomorrow, and everyone was sobbing in despair.

"Da, da, da~"

The jailer came with the men.

The Luo family looked over expectantly, hoping that someone would rescue them, but it was obvious that the person who came was just a poorly dressed servant, and the light in his eyes dimmed again.

"There's not much time, hurry up."

The jailer sent Luo Qiyun to him, turned around and left after a word of reminder.

Luo Qiyun stood in front of the cell where the Luo family man was imprisoned, watching the Luo family man huddled in a corner in despair and embarrassment.

The same is true of the female relatives next door.

Looking at the appearance of the person who had hurt her, her mother, and younger brother, Luo Qiyun felt a burst of joy in her heart.

"Which family are you from? Are you here to save us?"

Master Luo San, who was most afraid of death, ran to the prison door, grabbed the railing, and looked eagerly at Luo Qiyun who was standing outside.

Luo Qiyun didn't speak, and looked straight at Duke Qing who was still looking up at the window.

"Which family are you a servant of, what are you talking about?" Master Luo San roared anxiously.

Luo Qiyun still didn't speak, just looked at Duke Qing.

Master Luo Er noticed it, and hurriedly bumped Duke Qing with his elbow.

Duke Qing frowned, but turned his head to look over.

The woman standing outside the cell was in her twenties and thirties. She was not good-looking, but there were a pair of dark and bright eyes inlaid on her dull face.

Meeting those eyes, Duke Qing once again felt a sense of familiarity: "Who are you?"

Luo Qiyun sneered, and threw a piece of jade pendant into the cell with a 'pop'.

It was a piece of high-quality suet white jade, shaped like a cloud.

The white jade fell to the ground and shattered.

Seeing the jade pendant, Duke Qing's pupils shrank sharply, and he looked at Luo Qiyun in shock and shock, his lips trembling: "You are...you are"

Luo Qiyun didn't answer, she turned her eyes to the window of the cell, watching the snowflakes outside drifting into the cell.

"Do you know what it's like to be immersed in a glacier in the middle of winter?"

"Bone cold."

Luo Qiyun looked at Qing Guogong who was both surprised and happy: "I have a younger brother, but unfortunately his life is not good, he died at the age of ten."

"I still remember when he died, it was also snowing heavily."

"Someone was chasing us. I hugged my brother and hid in the glacier for a whole night. After dawn, I thought I had escaped from the sky. I never thought that my brother's body had already turned cold and hard."

Duke Qing looked at Luo Qiyun, his lips trembling, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

Luo Qiyun raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and said with a smile: "I also have a mother, whose life is not good. She married someone who was not, so she lost her life for nothing."

"My dearest and most loved people are gone, how can I drag on my life?"

"I thought and thought, and finally found a goal to support my life."

Luo Qiyun looked at Duke Qing with a particularly bright smile on his face: "My goal is to send all those perpetrators to hell."

Seeing the furious and unacceptable expression on Duke Qing's face, Luo Qiyun smiled even more proudly: "I have succeeded. In the past twelve years, I have wandered on the edge of life and death countless times. Fortunately, the heavens have eyes and let me get what I want." I wish."

Duke Qing clutched his chest, and looked at Luo Qiyun with pain on his face: "Why?" The Luo family is also your home!

Luo Qiyun seemed to have heard some joke: "Why? You still ask me why? Luo Changxin, you deserved to be played around by Wu Xinrui, you deserved to raise a son for someone else, and you deserved the collapse of the Qing State Mansion."

"Your life is a joke!"

"Pfft~"

Duke Qing couldn't bear it any longer, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Brother!"

Master Luo Er supported Qing Guogong, looked at Luo Qiyun, through the conversation just now, he seemed to guess who the person in front of him was, and asked in surprise: "You are. Qiyun? Are you still alive?"

Master Luo San heard it, and rushed over immediately: "Qiyun? You are Qiyun? Qiyun, save us quickly."

Luo Qiyun looked at Master Luo San indifferently: "Although Luo Changxin is not a long-term lover, before Wu Xinrui entered the mansion, he still looked like a father and husband. Who brought Wu Xinrui into the mansion?"

Master Luo San stopped talking, he was the one who led Wu Xinrui into the Duke of Qing's mansion, and he was the one who hooked up Wu Xinrui with his elder brother.

But he never expected that his eldest brother would be so obsessed with Wu Xinrui!

Luo Qiyun stopped looking at Duke Qing, and looked at the snowflakes outside the window: "Mother and younger brother both died in the cold winter, tomorrow you will also understand how they felt before they died."

After speaking, he was ready to turn around and leave.

"etc."

Master Luo Er suddenly stood up: "Qiyun, the manor is sorry for you, it doesn't matter if we die, but your nephew is still young, he is less than one year old, please save him and leave some blood for the Luo family."

Luo Qiyun turned around indifferently, and said sarcastically: "Your biological daughter married into Prince Rong's mansion. You didn't look for her, but entrusted her to me?"

Hearing this, Second Master Luo's face froze.

After the Luo family was imprisoned, Qi Lan never visited them.

He knew that Prince Rong's Mansion must not allow it, but he was still a little disappointed.

Speaking of Prince Rong's Mansion, Luo Qiyun's eyes filled with sternness again, and she looked at Duke Qing: "The temptress doesn't know that I discovered her secret, as long as I deal with it carefully, the temptress will find no reason or opportunity to kill me and my brother." of."

"But do you know, your good second brother, in order to let his daughter Luo Qilan marry into the Rong Palace instead of me, handed the knife to the seductress and Wu Xinrui."

"For such a family with a heart of snakes and scorpions, extinct heirs is the punishment God will give you."

When Duke Qing heard these words, he was angry and furious, and looked at Second Master Luo, who lowered his head and dared not look at him, his chest cramped again.

He is indeed a joke!

Not only did his concubine betray him, even his own brother did so many things behind his back.

Duke Qing looked at Luo Qiyun guiltily, and wanted to say something, but he still couldn't open his mouth.

Luo Qiyun looked at the pained Duke Qing, sneered a few times, turned around and left.

"stop!"

Master Luo Er stopped him again, and threatened: "If you don't rescue your nephew, I'll reveal your identity. Duke Qing's mansion is full of raids, and you won't be able to escape."

Luo Qiyun was not frightened: "Luo Qiyun died twelve years ago, and now I am like this, who will believe you if you tell me?" After finishing speaking, she left without looking back.

When Master Luo saw it, he opened his mouth and shouted: "She is Luo!"

"Whew~"

A stone flew into Master Luo Er's mouth, and after a while, blood oozed from the corner of Master Luo Er's mouth.

"Ah, ah, ah~"

Master Luo Er covered his mouth and yelled. He yelled for a long time, but he didn't say a complete word.

Master Luo San looked at Master Luo Er who was bleeding continuously from his mouth, and looked at Duke Qing in horror.

The eldest brother directly made the second brother dumb!

Duke Qing looked at his two younger brothers: "This is what the government owes her." As he spoke, he laughed at himself, "Don't be afraid, my elder brother will go to the guillotine with you tomorrow."

In the dark prison not far away, Ye Mo and Zhao Jing silently watched Luo Qiyun leave, and watched Duke Qing make Master Luo Er dumb.

"Tsk tsk~"

Ye Mo looked at Zhao Jing who was sighing: "You seem to be very touched?"

Zhao Jing nodded his head and said emotionally: "You can't offend women, look, this woman has become ruthless, and a first-rank government has been wiped out like this."

"Boss, really, many times I find that this woman is more forgiving than a man."

"Take the matter of Duke Qing's Mansion as an example. If it was Luo Qiyun's younger brother who survived back then, it is very likely that Duke Qing's Mansion would not collapse today."

Ye Mo: "What you are talking about is nonsense, where in this world are there any ifs?"

But there is a good saying that women are sometimes more open than men.

At the beginning of the founding of Great Chu, Empress Wende took the lead. The Chu clan and Empress Wende have been fighting for decades, but they have been overwhelmed.

Zhao Jing changed the subject: "Boss, is it really Luo Qiyun who passed on the evidence of Chu Qinghuan's crime to us?"

Ye Mo: "Do you think she can freely enter and exit the Special Examination Division with her skills?"

Zhao Jing shook his head: "Then who is the person who sent us the news?"

Ye Mo didn't answer, but said: "Order, don't spread the news about visiting the prison today."

On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily.

Even if the weather is cold, early in the morning, the food market entrance of Nanmen is still crowded with people on the inner, third and outer third floors.

Today is the beheading day of the Luo family, and everyone wants to come and witness the demise of a duke's mansion.

Outside the crowded crowd, a carriage was parked.

In the carriage, Luo Qilan was wiping her tears with her head down.

Chu Xuan, the prince of Rongjun, looked at his wife who was crying softly with her back turned to him, knowing that she was complaining about the palace's failure to save her, so she couldn't help explaining:

"Chu Qinghuan is hiding in the back house of Duke Qing's mansion to make trouble. The mansion of Qing Guoguo has provided the Yan Party with more than ten years of property. It is simply a den of the Yan Party. It is really difficult for the Palace to speak out. I hope you can understand." .”

Luo Qilan sobbed: "I know that Duke Qing's mansion is unforgivable, but my parents are not the main ones to blame. Is it okay to save their lives?"

Chu Xuan's expression was light: "The guilt of father-in-law and mother-in-law is not light."

Hearing this, Luo Qilan looked at Chu Xuan with red eyes: "You are still worried about me replacing Luo Qiyun in marrying you back then, aren't you?"

"You have resentment towards my parents, you feel that Luo Qiyun's death is related to them, and you have kept your resentment till now, that's why you don't want to save them."

"If Luo Qiyun begs you today, you are afraid that you are contradicting your grandparents and also speaking for Duke Qing's mansion?"

When Luo Qiyun was mentioned, Chu Xuan's face darkened instantly: "Yun'er has been gone for more than ten years, is it interesting for you to keep mentioning someone who has passed away?"

After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the carriage as soon as the curtain was lifted.

Seeing this, Luo Qilan's servant girl couldn't help persuading her: "Mrs. Shizi, you don't want to be angry with Shizi at this time. The Duke's Mansion is gone. From now on in the Wangfu, the only person you can rely on is Shizi."

Luo Qilan sneered: "I have been married to Chu Xuan for more than ten years, how has he ever let me rely on him? In his heart, I am not even as good as a dead person."

The servant girl stopped talking, the prince liked the eldest girl, and after the eldest girl had an accident, it was the girl who wanted to replace her elder sister and marry into the palace.

For so many years, the relationship between the prince and the girl has always been icy. The girl has no heirs so far, and now that the Duke's mansion is gone, how will the girl live in the palace in the future?

The noise outside the carriage suddenly became louder, and Luo Qilan didn't care to be angry with Chu Xuan anymore, she lifted the curtain and looked towards the execution ground.

The members of the Luo family have been escorted over.

Looking at the thinly dressed parents who were being escorted and kneeling, the tears in Luo Qilan's eyes could not stop streaming down.

At this moment, among the crowded crowd, Luo Qiyun was also watching the Luo family who was about to be beheaded.

Duke Qing let the executioner pin him on the chopping platform. After he was escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market, he kept staring at Luo Qiyun in the crowd, until the executioner raised the machete, and then closed his eyes silently.

"The time has come, cut!"

Luo Qiyun originally thought that she could watch the machete fall with her own eyes, but before the knife fell, she still closed her eyes.

When I closed my eyes, there were still tears falling down.

Smelling the smell of blood in the air, Luo Qiyun didn't look at the scene, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, turned around and left against the flow of people.

When squeezed out of the crowd, Luo Qiyun was stunned for a moment when she saw Chu Xuan standing outside the carriage not far away. The moment she saw Chu Xuan looking over, she immediately walked away quickly with her head bowed.

that person.

Chu Xuan frowned and looked at Luo Qiyun's back as she walked away.

"My son."

The voice of the entourage made Chu Xuan look away.

"What's wrong?"

"Mrs. Shizi said that she wanted to collect the body of the Luo family."

Chu Xuan gave an 'um', turned around and walked towards the carriage. After walking a few steps, she couldn't help but look back.

The woman's eyes were similar to Yun'er's.

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Thinking of the girl dancing for him under the crabapple tree, Chu Xuan's heart ached.

On the second floor of the teahouse opposite Caishikou, Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Xuan who was ordering someone to collect the body of the Luo family: "Who is that person?"

The cigarette bag replied: "Chu Xuan, the son of Prince Rong."

Shi Fuxin showed surprise on her face: "Chu Yao's big brother?!" Hastily took a few more glances, and after reading it, she gave a comment, "Not as good-looking as Chu Yao."

The cigarette bag lowered its head and did not answer.

Shi Fuxin suddenly said 'huh': "How could Chu Yao's elder brother help the Luo family collect the corpse?"

Cigarette bag: "Chu Xuan's wife is the daughter of Duke Qing's second wife. The person who married Chu Xuan should be Duke Qing's eldest daughter, but Duke Qing's sons and daughters are all dead."

This news surprised Shi Fuxin even more. Luo Qiyun and Chu Xuan were originally a couple?

After the death of her mother, brother, and fiancé, Luo Qiyun should have hated the Luo family.

"Let's go, come back."