Chapter 471

After some chaos, the fire was finally extinguished.

As the earliest point of fire, the stepping bed, and the corpse of Ning Lao on the bed, it was naturally lost beyond recognition, seeing that Ning Lao, who was burned to black charcoal, was carried by two eunuchs and placed under the corridor, Zhao Hongwen was completely relieved.

"Is this Ning Lao?" Lao Ba, who had already received the news, looked at the corpse like black charcoal, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he stared at Xizi who stepped forward to reply with some dare not approach, and asked in a deep voice.

The first time he was stared at by the eighth master with such cold and gloomy eyes, a layer of fine sweat beads appeared uncontrollably on Xizi's back, her legs trembled slightly, and she replied with a knotted tongue: "The corpse was found in the position of the bed in the upper room, it should be Ning Lao." ”

"The master asked you to serve Ning Lao carefully, this is how you serve, you can go to the room and go to the water, and burn Ning Lao into black charcoal......" The angry eighth didn't care about maintaining his amiable image, so he raised his leg and kicked on Xizi's stomach, looked around at the trembling circle of eunuchs, and scolded coldly.

"Eighth master, the dead are gone, and the living still have to take care of their bodies. Song Zhehan, who watched for a while, wiped a handful of non-existent tears, walked to the side of the eighth child, and persuaded in a calm tone.

"Brother Song is right.

The top priority is to find out the cause of Ning Lao's death.

Why did Ning Lao lie in bed like this when there was a fire?

Even if he was trapped in the fire, why didn't Ning Lao call for help?

These are all suspicious points, and the eighth master must not die suddenly because of sadness Ning Lao. and let the real culprit behind the scenes take advantage of the loophole and escape. "To say that Zhao Hongwen is really bold, he feels that he is doing something hidden. The clues that would not be caught and missed were followed by Song Zhehan, and he analyzed the cause of Ning Lao's death endlessly.

Standing aside, deeply suspicious of his Xizi, listening to his words, it seemed that he intended to make a big deal about it, and took the opportunity to blame the eighth master's opponent for the matter. For example, the eighth competitor - Prince Cheng Yinzhi, Prince Yong Yinzhen.

But even if he doubted Zhao Hongwen, he didn't dare to pick up at this time.

After all, he watched Zhao Hongwen sneakily get under the upper window. He actually went to sleep with a big grin, if he let the eighth master know, his little life would not be saved, after all, he even shouted so much at that time. Ning Lao would not have suffered such a calamity.

It is a human instinct to protect oneself wisely. Xizi is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, he is not so selfless as to give up his life and death to correct a person who has no grudge against him, so he can only complain in his heart, and continue to listen to Zhao Hongwen analyze the cause of Ning Lao's death.

However, his wisdom did not let him escape the suffering.

Zhao Hongwen's words pushed everyone who was waiting in the courtyard to death. "Eighth master, the courtyard where a few of our staff live. It is also a very important position in this house, so if you want to come around, there should be a lot of secret guards, why did the secret guards not find any traces of outsiders entering, don't be that there are traitors in this courtyard to guide the way for the thief!"

As he spoke, Zhao Hongwen cast his suspicious eyes on Xizi and the other eunuchs who knelt on the ground.

"The minions have been wronged!" When the eunuchs who were waiting in the courtyard heard this, they all glared at Zhao Hongwen angrily, and wailed in unison.

These eunuchs who have gone to the roots of their descendants, do the lowest/cheapest work, they are not even counted as their subordinates, and the life and death of their lives and disgrace are tied to the master alone, that is, the body of the eighth child, how can they do anything to betray the master, this Zhao Hongwen calls them brothers and sisters on weekdays, and it seems very intimate, but I didn't expect that at such a time, he actually pushed them to death, which is even more hateful than the sanctimonious Ning Lao.

Among them, the most angry is naturally Xizi, who has a little truth in his hands, he thinks that he has already shut up to protect himself, this Zhao Hongwen pushed the black pot to Prince Yong and Prince Cheng, how can he still plan to let these hard-working people follow the blame, this is really immoral.

In the matter of saying or not saying, Xizi, who lingered for a moment, made up his mind that as long as the eighth master sent him to the torture room, he would confess Zhao Hongwen.

Of course, as for why he saw Zhao Hongwen going to the direction of the upper room, he hadn't spoken out to ask, it was naturally because he was sleeping in a mess at the time, and he didn't expect Zhao Hongwen to do such a vicious thing, but when these staff members were still worried about the great cause of the eighth master late at night, they neglected the fact that Zhao Hongwen was a villain.

Xizi, who had made up her mind, no longer hesitated, and just waited for the eighth master to give an order and went to the torture room.

"Come, take them down, and interrogate them carefully. Sure enough, Lao Ba didn't even hesitate at all, and as soon as Zhao Hongwen's voice fell, he waved his hand and ordered.

A few little eunuchs who were waiting in other places to help put out the fire stepped forward directly, reaching out to take down the young eunuchs who were serving in the Reshallow Water Pavilion, including Xizi.

Xizi struggled a few times in a fake way, and before he could shout a few more words of injustice, the voice of the eighth master sounded in his ears again, like a long drought and a hometown acquaintance, which caused Xizi to cry on the spot.

"Xizi, you are the old man next to your master, there is a mess here in the Reshallow Water Pavilion at this moment, and you still have to help settle it. The eighth master waved his hand and sent away the two little eunuchs who were holding Xizi and did not let go, pointed to the blackened upper room, patted Xizi's shoulder as if comfortingly, and said in a deep voice.

"A slave must live up to the trust of his master. Xizi, who was holding back her tears, knelt on the ground with a pop, and kowtowed again and again.

"Okay, don't cry and cry to make people see jokes, let's go in with the master and take a look!" Seeing this, the eighth child shook his head with a wry smile, beckoned Zhang Cheng who was following behind him, stepped forward to help Xizi, and said loudly.

Xizi hurriedly wiped the tears from her face, lowered her body, came to the eighth master's side, made up her mind, entered the upper room, and exposed what Zhao Hongwen did regardless of 3721, even if it was to lose his life, it didn't matter.

The death of a scholar for a confidant is not only understood by those literati and scholars, but also by him, an inconspicuous little eunuch.

"Hongwen, Zhehan. The two of you have been tossing and turning for most of the night, so go back to rest early, tomorrow. The master will hold a banquet for you in Chunxi Building. The eighth looked at Zhao Hongwen and Song Zhehan, who seemed to be going to follow him to the upper room, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he took a slight wrong step, came to the two of them, arched his hand at the two, and whispered.

"Then I'll go back first, Eighth Master. If you have something, just say hello. Song Zhehan hurriedly arched his hand, half sideways, and avoided the eighth child's salute. He bowed slightly and replied softly.

On the contrary, it was Zhao Hongwen, who showed a little hesitation in his eyes, and saw that Song Zhehan refused. That's when he arched his hand. He took a step back slightly, let go of the bluestone path that went to the upper room, and watched the eighth enter the upper room.

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In the upper room, there was a mess everywhere.

As far as the eye can see, there is a black and gray everywhere, and the sewage is flowing all over the ground, and under the cold moonlight, it looks as terrifying and desolate as a deserted village. Not only that, but the furniture that was burned to pieces. At this time, it was exuding a strange smell, invading every nerve of the eighth master who walked in.

Zhang Cheng, one of the most trusted eunuchs around Lao Ba, followed Lao Ba for the longest time, and he understood Lao Ba's temperament the most, as soon as he entered the room, he noticed that Lao Ba's face was not very good, and hurriedly walked to the side, knocked on the black pillar, looked up at the beams and glazed tile roof, and said in a low voice as if comforting: "Master Qiqi, fortunately, the general framework is unhindered, and it only needs to be repaired to be able to live in people." ”

"The general framework is fine......

I am in the Baylor Mansion, heavily guarded, there are Taiping tanks everywhere, from the year to the present, but for more than a month, I have walked the water twice in a row, is this normal?

Who the hell is stepping on my face like this!" Lao Ba repeated Zhang Cheng's words as if dreamingly, tore off a light gauze curtain hanging beside him, and punched the floor cover very angrily, and shouted coldly.

"Master, you must take care of your health, the more this time, the more you should calm down. Zhang Cheng hurriedly stepped forward, pulled the plain white handkerchief, carefully wiped the old eight's hand clean, and persuaded softly.

"Calm down......

Okay, Ye also knows that it is useless to get angry now, but this, Ye really can't swallow it. The eighth took a deep breath, looked at the blackened roof, sighed, and muttered very depressedly.

Since entering the upper room, he has been a transparent person, seeing this scene, he couldn't bear it anymore when he came to his mouth, ignoring Zhang Cheng's eyes beside him, carrying the hem of his robe, he took two steps, ran in front of the eighth master, poofed, knelt on the ground full of sewage, and choked up: "Master, the slave knows who did this." ”

"What did you say?" said in a cold voice with red eyes, staring at a pair of tiger eyes.

Before the slave went to bed, he once saw Mr. Zhao Hongwen and Mr. Zhao secretly squatting under the wall of the upper room, and before Ning Lao passed away, he also had an argument with Ning Lao, and the two were still fighting in the courtyard. Xizi didn't want to be wronged by his master who valued himself so much, and all the worries in his heart were thrown to the back of his head, and he said everything that happened before with a choked voice.

After speaking, Xizi is heavy three kowtows, with a stain on the door, and asked for sin: "The slave knows that he is derelict in his duties, and he also asks the master to punish him." ”

The eighth child whose biological mother is the maid of Xin's library, although she grew up beside Concubine Hui since she was a child, but Concubine Hui herself has a parent-child eldest brother Yinyu, where will she really value him, but she arranged the palace maid and grandmother to ensure that he will not starve and be frozen, so when he was a child, he was used to seeing the two faces of the palace maids and grandmothers in front of and behind people, and the eighth was the best at observing people's expressions. When the rough miscellaneous servants were dragged down for interrogation, Xizi was left alone.

Not only that, but even what he did after entering the upper room was also a play.

A prince who grew up in the deep palace, a long time ago, he learned to bury everything in his heart, and at that time he was so out of shape for the death of a staff member, all in order to induce Xizi to say what was hidden in his heart.

It's just that the eighth child dreamed, and he didn't expect that what Xizi said was so shocking.

He really had a momentary gaffe, and the eighth child in anger grabbed Xizi's shoulders, didn't care about Xizi's dirty robe, dyed his hands black, and shouted coldly: "Are you serious?"

"Slaves don't dare to deceive their masters!" Xizi was shocked by the old man's hideous expression, and nodded again and again.

The people in this mansion don't know the details of Zhao Hongwen, but Lao Ba, such a cautious person, accepted Zhao Hongwen as a staff member, how could he not arrange someone to go to Ying Tianfu to investigate, so Lao Ba is a person who clearly knows the ugly things Zhao Hongwen did!

In Lao Ba's opinion, Zhao Hongwen is a selfish and somewhat wise person.

Although Zhao Hongwen's character and conduct are very problematic, I have to admit that the life experience that is different from that of ordinary staff members has made Zhao Hongwen have a little more ruffian and hooligan habits, and often comes up with some good bad ideas, which makes his eighth opponent overwhelmed, and because of this, the eighth will always let Zhao Hongwen stay in the mansion to serve.

It is precisely because of understanding that the eighth child will be so out of shape at this time.

In the end, he ignored the hearts of the people, because of Ning Lao's wisdom and greed for fame, the eighth respected Ning Lao very much, and even regarded himself as a student everywhere, and was very generous to him, giving Ning Lao different treatment from ordinary staff, but he forgot one point, whether it was Zhao Hongwen or Song Zhehan, these two people were feudal officials, competing for staff candidates, although he was a descendant of Aixin Jueluo, and he was the prince of the dynasty, but Ning Lao was just a staff member, with Ning Lao who was treated well by him in front of him, even if it was Zhao Hongwen, Song Zhehan was once attracted by his identity, and after getting along in the past few years, he didn't say anything, how could he be convinced in his heart, I am afraid that he has long regarded Ning Lao as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh!

Therefore, Ning Lao's death is not accidental, but inevitable.

Because of the difference in treatment, when the anger in the hearts of these two people is accumulated to a certain point, Zhao Hongwen will not get rid of Ning Lao, I am afraid that Zhao Hongwen and Song Zhehan will no longer be loyal to him!

Thinking of this, the eighth couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and at the same time, a trace of happiness rose in his heart.

Ning Lao died unjustly, and Ning Lao's death sounded the alarm for him.

The old eight, whose face changed and changed, smiled and tidied up the placket for Xizi, and said loudly: "The master knows about this, and you must not mention it to others again."

Okay, you still need to arrange the things outside, so you can go down first!" After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered Zhang Cheng to send Xizi out.

In the upper room, where calm was restored, the eighth child slowly paced.

He wanted to think carefully about whether to punish the real culprit, take Zhao Hongwen down on the spot, and send him to Dali Temple for severe punishment, or let Ning Lao exert the last light and heat, and let the nail play the biggest role.

As a result, nature speaks for itself.

The deceased has passed away, no matter what grievances, it should be dispersed with the wind, or should you choose the most beneficial path for yourself, just a cup of tea, the eighth child made up his mind, to follow Zhao Hongwen's proposal, throw this black pot on the body of the fourth Yinzhen.

As for the murderer Zhao Hongwen, maybe he can take advantage of a suitable opportunity.

Thinking of this, Lao Balang commanded: "Transporting Ning Lao's coffin back to Shaoxing for burial, and at the same time allocating 10,000 taels of silver from the treasury, it can be regarded as a pension for Ning Lao's widow!"

(To be continued.) )