She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

Yang Si is a man who is good at doing things.

After Ruzui told A'ao everything he knew, he immediately took people to verify it one by one.

When A'ao handed Hengzhi's order to Yang Si, she even saw that he looked somewhat pious and solemn.

I don't know how Hengzhi controls people's hearts.

Not to mention Qin Shengguang and Chu Hui, the two of them watched him get to this point, assisted his father and now are his sons, maintaining the reputation of a wise minister.

In the court there is Yang Si, and in the army there are the elite patrol battalion headed by Duan Can, who serve as his right-hand and left-hand helpers.

In addition, a wealthy businessman like Zhang Hai, who only cared about interests and superficial so-called friendships, began to fall into Hengzhi's camp after three rounds of drinks because he was really flattered.

Looking at the current situation in Kezhou, Hengzhi seems to have nothing, yet it has everything.

It turned out that what he was good at was, Ah's hand paused, and suddenly smiled while in a daze.

It's like the gentle spring breeze and gentle rain.

"What are you thinking about?" Qin Xi snapped his fingers, interrupting Ah's trance.

Her cup of tea was almost full to the brim.

"Ah? Oh." Ah'ao realized it belatedly and returned to Changqing Building in the downtown area.

This is the quietest private room on the second floor, with a tea table by the window.

Zhang Hai specially opened this room for A'an, and all the private rooms on the left and right were vacated.

This person is the best at being kind.

Shortly after the election results were announced, he held a small ceremony in his Changqing Building and invited merchants from all over the city to celebrate.

A flamboyant act, but with a sincere attitude. Even if some people don't want to come, it's not good to show their emotions on the surface.

A'ao did not go, but ordered someone to send a generous gift in the name of Hengzhi and her.

Zhang Hai naturally accepted it with great fear and trepidation, and said a lot of sour words to Yun Cheng and Yun Li who came to deliver the gifts.

Therefore, Zhang Hai felt that no matter whether she was the wife of Zhaohou or the shopkeeper of Shuichangdong, he should offer the best conditions for Ah'ao's favor of coming to his Changqing Tower to discuss business.

The tea in front of me is fragrant, and it is the latest Mingqian tea.

"What is Chu Qingfang doing on the street?" Qin Xi held the cup, his eyes moving back and forth between the streets downstairs.

Ah'ao also took a look and saw that Chu Qingfang, who had been selecting at the stall just now, went to the tea stall to drink tea leisurely.

Yesterday was the day of Mrs. Chu's funeral. The whole process was simple and quick, as if it was to be over as soon as possible.

Logically speaking, neither the Jiang family behind her nor her husband's ability in Kezhou should have reached this point.

It was the first time that Ah'ao stood by the roadside sacrificial shed as a mourner, and she felt very complicated.

Hengzhi was still ill, but he had to perform the ritual despite his illness.

Under the plain clothes, the two of them held hands. Fortunately, when Hengzhi could no longer hold on, A'an had time to react.

Although Hengzhi still looked sick, he became much more energetic after the poison from the Longevity Wood was removed.

At the end of that day, after Ah'ao asked a question that was ambiguous in meaning, the atmosphere suddenly changed into a stagnant state.

Hengzhi also didn't expect that Ah'an would be the first one to bypass the screen that had always been hazy between them.

Break the rules and seek something new.

"Hengzhi, are you..."

Ah'ao asked this question without thinking.

What I actually want to ask is whether they have crossed the line and had some inappropriate thoughts.

But I really don't have the nerve to ask so clearly. What if I'm just thinking too much? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

Ah'ao thought about herself and realized that she was a shopkeeper with some wealth after all, so she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

So they just kept their eyes glued together, as if they wanted to communicate everything just by the emotions in their eyes. But it was obvious that this was not going to work.

Things that she had never seen were brought up by her words, and they surged in Hengzhi's eyes for a moment, but then died down when she stopped talking abruptly.

Only a wisp of faint blue smoke remained.

This heart was turned to the bright moon, and once again he tried to break it and then rebuild it, but failed.

So they pretended to be affectionate and holding hands in front of others, which seemed both natural and awkward, and Ah'ao felt uncomfortable.

After the ceremony was over, she quickly left Hengzhi behind and went to look for Chu Qingfang alone.

She looked thinner and exhausted after working hard for several days, as if she was about to collapse at any moment.

There were so many people around that Ah-yi didn't say a word to her. Chu Qingfang came over and shook Ah-yi's hand politely. After she left, there was a piece of paper in her hand. It was folded very small and no one noticed it.

On the way back, Ah'an opened the note and it said "Meet in East Street at noon tomorrow".

When the note was shown to Hengzhi, the emotions in their eyes matched exactly.

This matter was all Ah's fault from the beginning to the end.

When Zhao Zhuo gave her the southwest direction, the first person she thought of was Liu Jingming.

Although I think Liu Jingming's understanding of the changes in the situation in Kezhou is far from the current level, but all the evidence points to Liu Jingming.

So after A'ao threw Liu Wei and the other two into jail, she found that she still could not get any information related to He Yong. Only then did she realize the limitations of her thinking.

When she once again drew all her ideas on paper in an attempt to help herself find new ideas, Hengzhi quietly added a stroke for her.

The information of all officials of Hengzhi Prefecture was given to Ah'an in detail without any omissions, in the hope that she could realize for herself where she had gone wrong.

"I have told you all the information about this matter without reservation." Heng Qi looked like a mirror that could see through people's hearts under the candlelight. "So can you also tell me what you want to do with Bei Tang?"

Ah Yi thought for a moment, "What if I say I want to rebel?" Heng Qi looked at her quietly for a while, then suddenly smiled, "You are a member of the Shen family, and plotting rebellion against the Shen family has nothing to do with me."

It seemed like a very cold and indifferent sentence, but beneath the words, there were other implications.

Ah-yi looked back fearlessly, obviously not trusting him at all, "I was just kidding."

Hengzhi didn't believe it either.

On opposite sides of the desk, two people each held a pen and paper and wrote down the names of the people they suspected.

According to Hengzhi's smooth thinking, A'ao actually just wrote it down, and only by comparing it with his will we know where to start working backwards.

The few words he wrote made Ah-yi's eyes widen, "Are you sure?"

Hengzhi's suspicion had already existed much earlier than the incident of Bei Tang who suddenly showed up.

We didn't think of reconciling our suspicions before, which is why it took so long and caused all these troubles.

"What if I say that General Zhao, who died on September 30th, was also instigated by this person behind the scenes?" Heng Zhi stretched out his finger and placed it on the ink characters.

"But why would he do such a thing?" A'ao still couldn't understand. What did it have to do with not wanting Hengzhi to succeed to the throne safely and also wanting to rebel with Beitang?

"Because he knows that if I succeed in becoming Marquis of Zhao, I won't let Youbei people enter the Qiujidao Pass so easily." Heng Qi lowered his eyes and calmly lit two pieces of paper on the candlestick. "He instigated Zhao Conggui to oppose me, and chose to do it during the days of my father's funeral. How could I give him such an opportunity?"

This happened more than half a year ago. Ah'an thought about it again from beginning to end according to this line of thought.

Now it is confirmed for sure that Hengzhi is really a very pretentious person.

The only people who saw him taking action that day were his own people and A'an and his group.

Ordinary people will probably never be involved in these things again in their lives, so after giving them the money, there is no need to worry about them leaking the news.

From the very beginning, Hengzhi recognized A'ao and knew that the court was looking for the princess.

Even if there is a one in ten or two in ten chance that Ah'an is caught in Kezhou, she might give him up in order to escape.

By then, the stage that was built with great difficulty will have to be watched collapse.

"So that's how it is. Lord Zhaohou is really a shrewd man." Ah'ao narrowed her eyes and made a sarcastic remark.

"Thank you for letting me do this. It is my honor to be able to use this opportunity for your benefit." Now he could admit it openly. Heng Zhi said frankly, "Call the Marquis's wife."

The grasshoppers on the same rope, under the night candlelight, unveiled to each other the masks they had worn tacitly.

It would be better if Chu Qingfang went around a few more times. Ah'ao reviewed this whole thing in a mess and thought about it in a mess again.

"She has a strong sense of investigation." Ah'ao replied to Qin Xi casually, "We met in a busy city, so it's natural that she would be followed."

Qin Xi seemed to understand and nodded.

After a while, Chu Qing walked into the box cautiously.

The mourning period had not yet ended, and Chu Qingfang was still wearing a plain dress without any decoration, except for a wooden hairpin to tie up her long hair.

"Don't worry, I'm very cautious, no one is following me."

"Sit down." Ah'ao extended her hand, still worrying about how to tell her this.

The three of them sat down together and looked at each other.

"Let me talk first." Chu Qingfang looked at Ah's son, "Madam Xiaohou, you probably know what's under the plum tree in front of He Yong's yard, right?"

Ah'ao had never thought that she knew about this. She opened her eyes in surprise and raised her long eyebrows.

Seeing this, Chu Qingfang smiled an almost bitter smile, "You really do know."

Qin Xi became even more confused and looked back and forth at the expressions of the two men.

Ah's nerves relaxed, and it was much easier for her to speak. "When the spring banquet was held at the Military Governor's Mansion, I went to inquire about He Yong."

Thinking that it involved Chu Qingfang's parents, Ah'ao told Chu Qingfang everything related to the strange smell, the wooden sign, and the encounter with Liu Jingming.

"I helped Hengzhi. When I first suspected him, I didn't think of the Kezhou official at all." Ah's eyebrows lowered slightly, and continued to add, "Until Hengzhi's people caught the black-clothed man who met with Wei Guohui."

This is even more coincidental.

Also on the day when the parade ground collapsed, Hengzhi's secret guards received an order to follow the man who left quietly all the way to the end of the moat on the outskirts of the city.

The man was very cautious, and even though he was delivering messages in the same city, he did not meet the other party in person, but chose to use fish instead.

The cloth strip was stuffed into the fish's belly and placed in a fixed river channel. The moat flowed through the expensive houses in the west of the city through different branches. The recipients saw the letter and intercepted it.

It is an extremely troublesome and error-prone method.

The secret guard waited for the man to release the fish before going out to capture the man. Then he followed the river where the fish swam and found the person who received the letter.

"It's indeed him." Upon hearing this, Chu Qingfang could no longer hide his fluctuating emotions, and his eyes turned red in an instant.

"Don't worry." Ah's hand covered Chu Qingfang's wrist. "These days, I will take advantage of your relaxation to let you live with me and learn martial arts from Qin Xi."

"Save your life, and leave the rest to me and Hengzhi."

Chu Qingfang saw Ah's determined eyes through her tearful eyes, and she grabbed her tightly with her backhand.

It is often said that when a couple stays together for a long time, they become similar. This is a sign of the deep harmony between the two people.

The look of calmness and stability as a mountain that Chu Qingfang saw in Hengzhi the night he was sent back by Zheng Da, was exactly what she saw in Ah'ao now.

After everyone left, Qin Xi finally asked all the questions he could not wait to ask.

"What do you mean? I don't understand a word of it." Qin Xi touched his chin, "Could it be that the real murderer of Mrs. Chu has been found?"

Ah'ao stood by the window, holding a cup, and watched Chu Qingfang leave East Street.

"Found it, it's Chu Hui."

(End of this chapter)