Xia Houshu gently stroked the white porcelain vase containing Master Qu Bai's ashes, shook his head and said: "Master's ashes were collected by the senior sister and second senior sister themselves and put into the memorial tower. They doubted that anyone would doubt them. Just like
They knew clearly that Master had signs of poisoning, but they still chose to block the news. And in order to prevent me from causing trouble, they sent two senior sisters to watch me specially. They didn't let up until we came down the mountain. Could it be that I could still go to replace Master?
Ashes?”
After a dispute with the Boyun audience that day, Miao Ru and Miao Fei took a firm stand and swore that as long as they were still there, Xia Houshu would never even think of taking advantage of Master Bai's body, and then sent the Sixth Senior Sister and the Eighth Senior Sister who were highly skilled in martial arts.
Watching Xia Houshu day and night, not letting her have a chance to walk alone for a moment.
Xia Houshu thought about resisting, but she couldn't defeat the two senior sisters, so she had to give up.
The next day, Miaofei specially invited three doctors and two widowers from the foot of the mountain and secretly brought them up the mountain. After they sent away the people in the mourning hall, they asked the invited people to carefully inspect Master Qubai's body.
The final conclusion was that Master Qubai’s body showed signs of poisoning, and it was caused by long-term use. As for why Master Qubai was poisoned, what kind of poison she was poisoned, and who poisoned her, Miaoru did not dare to pursue it.
, after all, in Master Qubai’s last days, she and Miao Fei stayed in the quiet room the longest, going in and out every day, personally serving soups and medicines. Once traced, they themselves would be the biggest suspects. And
Now there is no leader in Boyunguan and there is no chaos. In addition, Xia Houshu is eyeing her. Once she knows the truth, there is no telling what kind of trouble she will make based on this.
Xia Houshu couldn't do anything on her own, but she couldn't bear the fact that there were experts such as Liao Huwei around her, so she could clearly see the plans and plans of Boyun's audience. However, she had her own plans, so she let them monitor her.
If the secret is revealed at that time, this is just a good way to clear yourself from suspicion.
In order to settle the matter as soon as possible, after a brief discussion between Miaoru and Miaofei, they ordered all those who knew about the sisters not to tell anyone about it. At the same time, they also gave the doctors and widowers a hush money, and then sent them off overnight.
They went to the mountain and claimed that Master Qubai had contracted an epidemic, which would cause those who came into contact with her to have rashes all over their bodies. In order to isolate the spread of the disease, they had to cremate Master Qubai's body according to the rules. At the same time, they closed the mountain gate.
, those who express condolences are not allowed to go up the mountain again. As for those who have already developed symptoms of infection, Boyunguan promises to treat them to the end.
After Master Qubai's body was cremated, Miaoru and Miaofei were still worried, so they personally took everyone to the ashes and sealed them in the memorial tower. At that time, Guard Liao sneaked in and sealed Master Qubai's ashes with lime.
The ashes were dropped into the bag and then left quietly before the memorial tower was closed.
Speaking of which, Xia Houshu would like to thank two people for being able to complete this matter so smoothly. One is Liao Huwei. After she explained the plan to him, he agreed unconditionally. Otherwise, she would not have known it by herself.
What obstacles and troubles would he encounter? The other thing was Pei Lang. When he asked him to find a way to make a fuss about Master Qu Bai and arouse everyone's suspicion, he nodded without hesitation, and then spent the night collecting food in the mountains.
They used lacquer tree sap to smear the coffin in the mourning hall, which caused a red rash on the collective, and finally cast suspicious eyes on Master Qubai's coffin.
Yun Xi still felt uneasy, and added: "Even if they don't doubt the ashes, those who come to express their condolences will always doubt whether the epidemic is real or fake, right? The rash caused by being contaminated with sumac sap is not the same as the symptoms of the epidemic.
There is still a difference. It will be clear when they go down the mountain and ask a doctor."
When it came to this, Xia Houshu became even less worried. She raised her lips and said in a relaxed tone: "Brother Pei carefully prepared the sumac sap. He knows the toxicity and dosage well, and will not leave any sequelae to those people. What's more,
There will be no danger of life. But the decoction he will ration them later will not relieve them so quickly, and what they drank recently is indeed the medicine to treat the epidemic. Who would suspect that it was caused by the sap of the sumac tree? "
Yun Xi was sensible and did not continue to question. He glanced at the two white porcelain bottles intentionally or unintentionally, thinking that these were the ashes of two people. Girl, you just carry them with you like this. Don't you feel panicked?
Xia Houshu did not find it scary, on the contrary, she felt very kind. In this world, people are the most terrifying thing compared to dead people. But she agreed to Master Qu Bai's request, and she had to be more cautious next time.
, otherwise if it leaks, she really won’t be able to eat it and carry it around.
Thinking of this, Xia Houshu closed the wooden box containing the urn with a snap.
In the carriage at the back of the motorcade, Pei Lang sneezed several times in succession. Ever since she helped Xia Houshu, he had been in this situation from time to time, always feeling like someone was whispering behind his back.
Yu Hu and Qiao Ling, who were sitting next to each other, both moved their bodies silently. Yu Hu quietly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and asked with concern: "Doctor Pei, are you also infected?"
Pei Lang smiled awkwardly.
Qiao Ling was so frightened that she quickly opened the car curtain and said to Guard Liao who was riding next to him: "Guard Liao, let's go faster. Doctor Pei seems to be sick too. They say doctors can't heal themselves. What if he gets sick again?"
If something happened and it was passed on to the third girl alive, it would be bad!"
Guard Liao turned his face slightly and looked inside along the raised curtain of the car. He saw Pei Lang's suppressed red face and couldn't help but murmur in his heart. Didn't he say that doctors are not concerned about life and death? How come Doctor Pei can't even do this?
As if you can’t even afford it?
Back in the capital, there are still five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xia Houyi's crowning ceremony will be held, so everyone in the mansion is very busy. Xia Houshu still has important things to do, so he is still thirty kilometers away from the capital.
When she was about to leave, she asked Guard Liao to send someone to call Xia Houyi out first.
She couldn't bring the ashes of Master Qubai and Mr. Qiu into the palace openly.
After Xia Houyi received the letter, he immediately put aside what he was doing and rode his horse to wait for his sister at the gate of the city. Seeing a group of people driving a familiar carriage Juechen from a distance, he patted his horse and walked forward.
When Dong Xiao saw his second son coming, he slowly stopped the carriage.
Yun Xi quickly raised the car curtain and took a look outside, and said in surprise: "Girl, it's the second young master!"
Xia Houshu glanced at the wooden box, then leaned over and said to Xia Houyi: "Second brother, I need your help with something?"
Hearing this, Xia Houyi couldn't help but glance in the direction they came from, and asked doubtfully: "Why, you have offended everyone in Boyunguan, so they came after you?"
Xia Houshu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Can't you just think about me?"
"This is the best I can foresee." Xia Houyi said with a smile.
Xia Houshu was not in the mood to joke with him and continued: "I remember that my father gave you a property in Jixiang Lane before. Please take me there."
"Have you really offended someone?" Xia Houyi was a little surprised, glanced at Yun Xi with a questioning look, and continued to persuade, "If you really offended someone, don't hang around outside. It's safest to go home.
Most people still don’t dare to approach our Duke of Yue directly.”
Xia Houshu opened the wooden box next to him, revealing two white porcelain bottles, and then whispered: "I have important things that I want to borrow your place to store."
Xia Houyi probably guessed what it was, so he quickly turned around and looked around. Fortunately, he was surrounded by his own people, so he felt a little more at ease, and then said to Guard Liao: "You take the others back to your home first.
, I have something to show the third girl, so I’ll take her there first.”
Liao Huwei also guessed Xia Houshu's purpose and accepted the order very cooperatively. Then he took Pei Lang, Yu Hu and others back to the house to recover.
Xia Houyi took Xia Houshu and Yunxi all the way to Jixiang Lane. When he was eighteen years old, his father bought a property there in his name to facilitate him to deal with the affairs of Changqing Gate. After his repairs and renovations,
Now that property has a new look, and Xia Houyi named it Yixiang Garden.
There are many exotic flowers and plants in Yixiang Garden, and there are rockeries, ponds, pavilions and pavilions everywhere. It looks like a villa that only lives in for a month or two every year, or like the front of the Duke of Yue's mansion.
Courtyard garden.
Xia Houshu came here for the first time, so he couldn't help but look around. Yunxi followed behind, also looking envious. The more Xia Houshu looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong, and said suspiciously: "Second brother, you are really generous in changing your garden like this."
!You don’t think that you will move here for a long time after the ceremony, do you?”
The smile on Yun Xi's face disappeared immediately. If the second young master moved out, she would rarely see him again in the future, which was not a good thing.
Xia Houyi walked in front with his hands behind his back and said calmly: "It's just a separate courtyard. Now it's just a warehouse for you."
This means that I won’t stay here forever. The smile on Yun Xi’s face instantly appeared again.
Xia Houshu didn't think this was such a gratifying thing, but he was worried and said: "Which room do father and mother like the most? Which room do they like the least?"
"Why are you asking this?" Xia Houyi asked doubtfully.
Xia Houshu explained seriously: "Since I want to set up a warehouse here, there are some things that are not convenient for others to see. Naturally, they cannot be placed in the room that my father and mother like, nor can they be placed in the adjacent rooms.
You can only look at houses they don’t like.”
After she finished speaking, she thought about it and then corrected: "It doesn't matter if they don't like the house. Because they don't like it, they will always think about how to modify it, so they have to choose a house that they neither like that much nor hate that much.
"
Xia Houyi stopped, turned around, glanced at the wooden box she had insisted on holding since she got off the carriage, and asked: "After talking for a long time, what exactly are you going to put here with me?"
Xia Houshu raised the wooden box in his hand and said in a deep voice: "These are the ashes of my master and Mr. Qiu."
"You..." Xia Houyi's face was full of fear. Even though he was used to strong winds and waves, he couldn't withstand Xia Houshu's torment like this. He tried to look calmer, and then asked: "How could you put Master Qu Bai to death?"
Bring out his ashes? Do the people at Boyunguan know?"
"Of course they don't know," Xia Houshu said, "If they knew, how could they agree to my taking him away?"
"Then what are you..." Xia Houyi was confused again.
Xia Houshu organized his speech silently, and then Fang explained: "Second brother should have heard about my master's youth from his mother, right? This time I went up the mountain, and the master specifically entrusted me to transfer her and Mr. Qiu after she left.
His ashes were brought back to Qiang City. Naturally, everyone in Boyun Temple disagreed, and I spent a lot of time to bring them out. The only people who know about this matter so far are Yunxi and I, Liao Guards and Brother Pei.
Plus you, I don’t want the sixth person to know about it, and I can’t take it home directly, so I can only leave it with you first.”
Xia Houyi listened quietly and couldn't help but sigh: "Shu'er, you are so courageous! It is a big crime for you to cover up the European style and spread it!"
Xia Houshu smiled and said: "So, second brother, you must keep it a secret for me!"