Within half an hour, the story of Wen taking the blame for Wen Zhong spread through the capital, and people in the streets were talking about it.
The emperor heard about it and was furious again. He sent the magistrate to the palace and ordered him to investigate the case within a day.
He ordered him to investigate the case within a day. Naturally, the magistrate did not dare to delay and ordered Wen Zhong to be tortured again. The Emperor was even more enraged and sentenced him to be executed immediately.
When the news reached the Wen House, Mrs. Wen Zhong, who had just been revived by the doctor, fainted once again and the subordinates were in a panic.
The Minister of Household Affairs and his wife have long since returned to their house, so there is no one in the house to preside over the situation, so the housekeeper has to go and find the Grand Master.
In the past few days, Mr. Wen has been lying in bed, not eating or drinking, and his whole body has lost weight.
When the housekeeper entered the house cautiously, he saw Mr. Big in such a state and did not know whether he should say anything.
“What is it?”
Noticing his desire to speak, Mr. Big asked.
The butler could only reply, “There is no one in charge of the house now, and seeing as it is time for the lady to be buried, you see ……”
The Great Mister’s eyes twitched and turned his head to look at him, “Where is Wen Zhong?”
These days the subordinates were sent over to the spirit hall, and there was only one person on his side to keep watch, although he knew that Wen Zhong had been taken away, he did not dare to tell him.
“He, he was taken away ……”
Mr. Big rose up haughtily, halfway to a black eye, he fell back down, “What’s going on?”
The butler told the story in full.
After listening, Mr. Big stared blankly at the roof of the house.
Only after a long time did he let out an indistinct voice, “Let’s bury her tomorrow, just in time to accompany her son.”
The butler answered and retreated. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked back at the room, shook his head gently, and turned to give orders.
The next day, the sound of crying was once again heard from the dead and dreary Wen House, the subordinates in the house went in and out, but there was not even a single person who came to offer condolences in front of the house, it was as cold and clear as an ordinary people’s house.
A few days ago, this was the unattainable residence of the Minister of Household Affairs, but in a few days’ time, the Minister’s head has fallen to the ground and the Wen House has also fallen into a state of decline, with no one to support the family.
The sound of a horse’s hooves came and the crowd looked over at the sound, a carriage came from a distance and soon came to a stop at the entrance of the house.
“Who is this?”
Someone asked curiously.
All those who gathered around shook their heads.
……
“Uncle.”
After saluting in front of the spirit, Zheng Qian saluted Li An. Li An woke up after being dazed for two hours yesterday, and after waking up and hearing about Wen’s going to take the blame for Wen Zhong, he stayed silent.
When he heard Zheng Qian’s shout, he only nodded to him in silence.
Zheng Qian did not think that he was here today at the behest of the Duke of Qi, in order to earn a good reputation among the people, and Li An’s attitude did not matter.
Xu Ling’er was also there, Wen had already woken up and almost fainted from crying when she learned that Huo was to be buried today, asking Xu Ling’er to take her place to see Huo off for the last time.
“You’re here.”
Seeing that Li An didn’t say anything, Xu Ling’er stepped forward.
Zheng Qian nodded slightly and asked with concern, “Are you alright?”
Tears immediately flowed down Xu Ling’er’s eyes.
She was already petite, and was dressed in mourning clothes, so she looked more and more soft and helpless.
Zheng Qian was moved and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. Xu Ling’er dodged it, wiped herself and turned around to walk outside.
They went to the house where Xu Ling’er and Wen had lived a few days before. The moment they entered, Xu Ling’er’s feet weakened and Zheng Qian helped her in time.
Xu Ling’er clung to Zheng Qian’s hand like a drowning person, her tearful eyes looking at him sadly, “Zheng Gongzi, you won’t back out of the marriage with me, will you?”
“Of course not!”
Zheng Qian replied very firmly.
The Duke of Qi had given him an analysis of the pros and cons, and at this time, it was best for him not to withdraw his marriage, so that he could gain some good reputation and benefit his future career.
The misery in Xu Ling’er’s eyes turned into elation, “Are you telling the truth? You really won’t back out of the marriage with me?”
The day you and I were betrothed, I decided that you were my wife, and after this period of time, I will go and place a bride-price to marry you as soon as possible.”
Xu Ling’er dried her tears and took his hand to the table to sit down, “Sit for a while, I’ll make you some tea.”
Before Zheng Qian could say no, she already took the teapot and went out.
Looking at her back with a bit of joy, the corners of Zheng Qian’s mouth floated up with a slight smile.
But a moment later, Xu Ling’er brought in the teapot and poured a cup of tea in front of him, “Try it, this is my first time making tea for someone, I don’t know how good it is?”
Zheng Qian took a sip and nodded his head in praise, “Very good.”
Xu Ling’er joyfully sat opposite him, and when he had finished drinking, she poured him another cup, and seeing that his face was sweating, she took a handkerchief to wipe it for him.
Zheng Qian was so impressed that he closed his eyes and let her wipe him clean, not noticing that Xu Ling’er had only wiped his cheeks and not touched the rest of his face.
Before the second cup was finished, the maid came to report that the funeral was about to take place and asked them to hurry over.
The servants were already carrying the coffin outside, behind the large casket there was only one guest, Zheng Qian, who naturally attracted the attention of the onlookers as soon as he went out.
Zheng Qian deliberately raised his head so that people could see his face clearly.
“Ah ……”
No one in the crowd knew who let out a shocked cry.
Zheng Qian’s head lifted a little higher.
Even Li An, who had been silent with his head bowed, sensed something was wrong and inclined his head to look over. With just one glance, he changed his face and rushed over to grab Zheng Qian, “Who are you?”
Zheng Qian was unsure, “Uncle, I ……”
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re doing.
“Ah ……”
The onlookers seemed to have seen a ghost and let out a louder cry of shock.
Zheng Qian looked dumbfounded at the human skin mask in his hand, his mind went blank and he forgot to even run away.
“Someone! Someone!”
Li An shouted, “Arrest him now!”
The butler ran over with his men, and after seeing Zheng Qian with a half human skin mask still on his face, he froze in shock for a moment before taking the brunt of the situation and hugging him, “Arrest the man, quick!”
In the distance, Song Wangyue and Gu Yi saw this and the corners of their mouths hooked up at the same time.
Yesterday, after Song Wangyue and Xu Ling’er had reached an agreement, she had given her some medicinal powder, part of which had been put in the tea and part of which had been smeared on a handkerchief, but Zheng Qian was oblivious to the fact that when he left the door, part of the human skin mask would slowly melt away, revealing his original face.