Ink Burns

Chapter 117 A Couple

On the night of great joy, the red candles with dragon and phoenix patterns burned peacefully and quietly.

The newlyweds sleep in separate rooms in the same room, wearing their clothes.

A glazed goat-horn lamp was lit under the beam in the outer room and never went out. It was so quiet that almost no sound could be heard.

The fluffy snow-white parrot was left in the inner room to keep Shanyue company.

Shanyue washed her face and lay on the bed, turning over on her side with her eyes open. Through the veil, she dimly watched the snow-white parrot on the wooden shelf jumping around and pecking at food and drinking water.

The little thing's posture was cute and naturally relaxed, which made Shanyue relax unconsciously - as if she was suddenly given a bowl of calming soup: no one here would suddenly get up in the middle of the night and take her life, or drag her to a dilapidated temple to do something wrong.

Unless Xue Xiao is crazy.

"Crazy" is the normal state of the unfilial bird, and he generally won't get crazier - so this option is basically ruled out.

At the same time, she didn't think that others could easily break through Xue Xiao's defense and get all the way to the inner room.

So, it was safe here: after a life full of misfortunes, she unexpectedly met an ally, which was the best and most beneficial thing that had ever happened to her.

Shan Yue's upper eyelid drooped over his lower eyelid, and soon he fell into a deep sleep.

Xue Xiao, who was leaning on the armchair in the outer room, picked up a copy of "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" and read ten lines at a glance. After a while, he heard the sound of even and steady breathing from the inner room, and Xue Xiao paused while reading.

A strong gust of wind blew, and the double happiness dragon and phoenix red candles shook violently, as if they had sprained their waist.

The candle is about to go out.

But only a "whoosh" sound was heard.

A small stone flew out of the air and hit the outside of the window frame accurately.

The window frame closed with a creak, blocking the strong night wind outside. The red dragon and phoenix candles, symbolizing longevity, quickly and tactfully adjusted the direction of their flames and continued to burn straight and festively as planned.

Xue Xiao must have been planning the division of the family property for a long time, and he acted very quickly - after the tea ceremony the next day, Xue Xiao packed up the belongings in the west courtyard over the past few days, on the grounds that "the wedding house cannot be left empty", and quickly summoned a dozen servants and grooms to carry Shanyue's dowry, Su's dowry, and a dozen half-person-high camphorwood boxes that were sealed tightly, and pounded their way all the way from the Xue family's north mansion, around Dongsi Hutong and into the south mansion.

"He is afraid that others don't know that we have split up!" Xue Changfeng stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, saying angrily.

He certainly wanted to divide the family business, but when his eldest son also showed that he wanted to divide the family business, he became somewhat annoyed!

——The father can abandon his son, but the son cannot run away by himself!
"How have I done him wrong?" Xue Changfeng said angrily, "When he was little, I asked Baishun to send money to Qingyue Temple on time every month. I had to go there every month, not only to send money, but also to let Qingyue Temple know that the Xue family had not forgotten him. It takes three or four days to go back and forth to Qingyue Temple. I don't drink tea, I am only used to drinking the fruit juice made by Baishun, so there are always three or four days every month when I can't drink the fruit juice, but I never complain!"

There were banging sounds outside the door, gongs and drums, and firecrackers blasting, it was even more lively than yesterday's wedding.

Xue Changfeng slammed the window shut and said angrily, "When he grew up, he became arrogant and conceited, and offended all the civil officials, military generals, and royal nobles! Even my elder brother died in his hands! What did I say? What did I say? I never tripped him up or held him back! But he hated me instead?! What did he hate about me? Why did he hate me?"

This is a question, but it does not require an answer.

Xue Changfeng answered himself: "People are born bad!" Thinking of what happened yesterday, he found it ridiculous: "He actually thought that the assassination by Lin yesterday had something to do with you? When you married him, he was only three years old. If you really wanted to get rid of such a young child, you could have just let him fall into the water or get lost in a busy city. Why did you have to wait until he became famous before you took action?"

Tried them all.

He was secretly stopped by the Su family.

Because she was entrusted by her adoptive family, also known as "master", to do all the work, her hands were clean and the Su family never got any evidence against her.

It was not until the Duzhou dam breach incident occurred and the Su family was unable to take care of themselves that Xue Xiao was left alone and naked.

She was just about to continue when the old Taoist priest from Qingyue Temple appeared out of nowhere and took the unfilial bird. She thought that there was no need for the first sleep as the child was probably useless. She was also ashamed and afraid that the second sleep had disturbed Yang's family many times, so she terminated the secret operation.

Who could have known that one wrong step would lead to another? She never imagined that one day, that bird would force her into her current situation: When Xue Xiao used marriage as a bargaining chip to ask his father for the right to retrial of the Duzhou dam breach case, she became anxious and immediately reported to Princess Jing'an. Only then was she able to successfully connect with the hateful Lin family and restart her covert operation.

How could Lin fail?
The wine pot had been used once before, and it was very successful. The pot was divided into upper and lower layers. The upper layer contained normal wine, and the lower layer contained poisoned wine. After twisting the mechanism, the spout of the pot connected to the silver pipe in the lower layer, and the wine poured out at this time was fatal; when the mechanism returned to its original position, the spout of the pot poured out the normal and harmless wine in the upper layer.

This wine jug can be used to circumvent poison testing, and can even allow the murderer and the victim to drink from the same jug of wine, thereby eliminating the murderer's suspicion. This jug is exquisitely crafted and made of precious materials. It is a surviving work of the master craftsman Zhang Deyi, and even the "Internal Affairs Department" has only this one.

Twenty-one years ago, she used this wine jug to successfully poison a damned person who blocked her way. Princess Jing'an specially gave her this jug as an encouragement.

Today, the wine pot has reappeared, but it has failed miserably.
Why?

Did Xue Xiao sense the danger and not drink the poisoned wine?

Or is there something wrong with Lin?

Zhu leaned against the plum table, supporting her chin with one hand, and quietly looked at the account book.

The more gentle and calm you appear on the surface, the more anxious you will be in your heart.

It was as if she had a rope tied around her ankles, with the rope connected to a large rock. Once she fell into the abyss, the rope was stretched straight by the rock and dragged her straight down.

"Who said it wasn't?" Zhu followed Xue Changfeng's words and said, "Mother He was sent to the Censorate this morning. It's only been less than a day, and I feel very inconvenienced."

Xue Changfeng was infected by Zhu's calmness.

Xue Changfeng smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry to have caused you trouble. When Baishun's family comes out, I'll ask Baishun to set up two tables for her to go to get rid of the bad luck."

Zhu smiled and shook her head: "Husband and wife are of one mind. Dalang hates you so much that it is only natural that he would dislike and doubt me."

Husband and wife should be united as one.

What if the couple does not agree?

Zhu lowered her eyes, turned over a page of the account book, and murmured, "Even if we split up, we are still one family. Dalang has always been generous and never cared about money. I don't know how Liu is doing with the general affairs? - I need to ask her back in the next two days."

Xue Changfeng felt that he had never met anyone as kind-hearted and generous as his wife in his life.

"You are well-known for being good at managing household chores. If you are willing to teach the eldest daughter-in-law, it will be her blessing." Xue Changfeng pulled his wife into his arms and rested his chin on top of her head.

The aroma fills your nose.

It has a light jasmine scent.

Unlike his first wife, Su, who died young, Su liked plum blossoms, whose fragrance was strong and intense.

Zhu’s is a good choice. I like the scent of jasmine, which is light and soft, and does not invade any part of the fragrance aggressively.

Generous, kind, dignified, gentle and gentle.

Where can I find such a perfect wife?
It's rare that he has been searching for her for twenty years.

She sucked out the snake venom for him that day. He only remembered that the girl's surname was Zhu and there was a small white birthmark behind her ear that looked like a hibiscus flower.

With just these two characteristics, you are too insignificant in the crowd.

He had been looking for her for a long time.

So long that I got married and had children.

Xue Changfeng lowered his head and kissed Zhu's forehead gently, and whispered: "Thank you for saving me, and thank you for working hard with me to get married and have children with me."

(End of this chapter)