Chapter 164 Drowned
There were three small boats far away from the bridge. There were some little girls on board. Although they were far away, Xia Zihan could still see clearly. They were panicking and shouting for help.
Only two or three meters away from their boat, there was a faint girl struggling desperately in the water, but the little girls on the three boats seemed to be just scared, and no one rowed to rescue her.
On the shore, more than a dozen guards came quickly. When they saw someone falling into the water, two guards dropped their swords and even had time to take off their shoes. They jumped into the water and swam towards the girl who fell into the water.
Two other guards went to the place where the boat was parked in the distance and rowed a boat over.
He saw the guard in the water getting closer and closer to the girl in the water, but the girl sank for longer and longer, and finally sank and never got up again.
The little girls on the boat were so frightened that they screamed and howled. In the chaos, the boat was shaking violently, as if it would capsize at any time. The little girls were even more frightened, panicked, and screamed again and again.
"Ayu, let's go." He took Xia Zihan's hand and left.
If they don't leave, they might be in trouble if the boat capsizes.
This time Xia Zihan had no objection and obediently let Chu Jingqi lead him away.
Because the people on the boat were either strangers or Chu Jingxiu's group they had met before, and she also knew the girl who fell into the water.
She is a cousin of Miss Lu San.
That cousin was a short-lived ghost in her previous life. Unexpectedly, she would be the same in this life and would not live to reach the age of hairpin.
She had forgotten how her cousin died in her previous life, but in this life... when she knocked down Miss Lu San, she was right to see the gloating expression on her cousin's face.
This means that the relationship between her and Miss Lu San's cousins is not good, to the point where they wish each other bad luck.
How can such a bad relationship be good if we are on the same boat together?
Well, should she go investigate Miss Lu San tomorrow?
Xia Zihan was silent.
The two of them quickly left the garden and happened to encounter Shengdi holding a large paper package of roasted sweet potatoes, followed by Chu Fei Chu Lin who was eating delicious sweet potatoes.
"County Lord, Prince Chu, why did you come out and stop playing? Didn't you say you want to go to Baiyuan Garden? I just happened to see the chrysanthemums at this time. I heard that there is a large chrysanthemum garden in Baiyuan Garden, with all kinds of flowers in it. There are chrysanthemums everywhere. When the slave was buying roasted sweet potatoes, the vendor said that there were many people coming to enjoy the chrysanthemums today.”
When she saw her master and Chu Jingqi, Chu Lin hurriedly swallowed the sweet potatoes in her mouth and talked a lot.
Xia Zihan turned to look at Chu Jingqi, which meant that he was letting him make up his mind.
"If you want to go see it, let's go." He said with a gentle smile.
Xia Zihan thought for a while and shook her head, "I still won't go and see it." The living life just now disappeared under her nose, which made her no longer in the mood to play.
"Then let's go for a walk on the street." Chu Jingqi said.
Xia Zihan hummed, and a group of people left the garden, got on the carriage, and headed straight to the street.
But they didn't know that not long after they got off the bridge, one of the three boats in the lake capsized, and Chu Jingxiu and Miss Lu San were on that boat.
Yes, Xia Zihan's guess was right. Miss Lu San's cousin fell into the water because it was Miss Lu San's design.
Miss Lu San didn't get along with her cousin. She saw that her cousin was very unhappy, so she deliberately proposed a boating trip, and then used a trick on the boat to make her cousin and Chu Jingxiu quarrel.
Her cousin had a bad temper and was very mean-mouthed, so she scolded Chu Jingxiu a few times, which was very unpleasant. Chu Jingxiu got angry and pushed her cousin.
When her cousin fell into the water, Chu Jingxiu was completely frightened and confused. She even forgot to row a boat to save her cousin.
When she saw her cousin sinking to the bottom of the water and never coming up again, Chu Jingxiu was so frightened that she went crazy, banging her head and running around, screaming for help at the top of her lungs.
You can think about it, she jumped up and down on the boat like a madman, and accidentally pushed a maid off. Then everyone got scared, there was complete chaos, and the boat capsized.
But they were lucky. Not ten seconds after their boat capsized, the two guards swam up and rescued them on the other two boats.
After rescuing them, the cousin lost her last chance to rescue them. In the end, two guards got into the water and fished for half an hour before they fished the body out.
There was also a girl and three maids who were on the boat with Chu Jingxiu, Lu and the three girls. They were all rescued on the boat while dripping wet.
By the time the boat docked and they got into the carriage wrapped in the cloaks given by others, it was already more than half an hour later.
Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi were eating a large table full of delicious dishes at Juxianglou. Xia Zihan drank a bowl of hot polygonatum odoratum, ginseng, snow fungus and lean meat soup to drive away all the coldness in his body. .
Chu Jingqi picked up a few pieces of vegetables and put them in her bowl, "Don't just drink the soup, try the other dishes as well to see which ones you like. I'll order them for you next time you come."
"I'm not picky." Xia Zihan said.
In the ten years since her previous life, she had had trouble even having enough to eat, so how could she be qualified to criticize her.
"Then pick your favorite dish." Chu Jingqi said dotingly, and put several more vegetables in her bowl, "You won't tell me that you don't have a favorite dish, right?" "Stewed mutton with yam, Beef meatballs, crystal gelatin, steamed mandarin fish..." Xia Zihan recited more than ten dishes at once, and Chu Jingqi memorized them in his heart.
Seeing that there was no crystal gelatin and charcoal-roasted suckling lamb on the table, Xia Zihan came in and wanted to add these two dishes. Xia Zihan couldn't help but roll his eyes, "That's enough for you. We can't even finish this big table of dishes." , if you want to order more, you want to kill me.”
"You can eat as much as you want. I am the eldest son of Duke Anguo, but you are still afraid that I won't be able to afford the food." Fang Fang looked like he was wealthy.
Xia Zihan said with a smile, "My grandfather has always lived a frugal life. My grandmother and I eat four dishes and one soup at home. We only add extra dishes when guests come over. Otherwise, it would be a waste if we cook too much."
Therefore, she has always been very frugal.
Chu Jingqi didn't say anything about adding food.
However, when paying the bill, Chu Jingqi still ordered a few dishes and asked people from Juxianglou to deliver them to Chu Zhai in the evening. These were the dishes he added for Zeng.
At this time, Mrs. Zeng might have already had lunch.
After lunch, it was getting late, and a group of people headed back home.
On the way home, Chu Jingqi did not forget to ask Ma Bao to stop the carriage and bought a few bunches of candied haws and marshmallows for Xia Zihan to eat.
Seeing her stretch out her pink tongue and lick the marshmallow bit by bit, Chu Jingqi's mouth watered and she salivated.
It took a lot of effort for him to look away, not daring to look again.
When they arrived outside the backyard of Chu's house, Chu Jingqi got off the carriage and walked her into the courtyard. He also said, "I will take you shopping after I have been busy for this period of time."
Xia Zihan felt a little regretful that she didn't go shopping today, but she was not in the mood to go shopping. She felt complicated. When she heard what he said, her eyes lit up, "Okay."
After Chu Jingqi left, Xia Zihan realized that she had forgotten to return the cloak to him.
And the veil on her face was also forgotten to him.
"When he comes next time, give it back to him." Xia Zihan muttered.
In the afternoon, the news that Chu Jingxiu and a group of people fell into the water in the lotus garden spread like a tornado across the entire capital.
That cousin was from Changbeihou Mansion. When Changbeihou and his wife saw the body of their only precious daughter, Changbeihou's wife fainted and died. Changbeihou was also extremely sad and heartbroken.
After interrogating his daughter's personal maid and the whole story of her daughter falling into the water, Changbei Hou angrily went to the Yamen to report the case, accusing the eldest daughter of Anguo Gongfu of killing his daughter.
Changbei Hou reported the case, and the Yamen naturally took over the case. Master Shi of the Yamen hurriedly found the master and several subordinates to discuss the matter behind closed doors.
"Such a thing happened to Duke Chu as soon as he inherited the title. They are planning to hold a banquet to celebrate the day after tomorrow. I am also invited. If I take people to An Guogong's mansion to arrest people, I will not bring bad luck to Duke Chu. ”
Isn’t this sincerely trying to offend people?
Master Shi had a cold sweat on his forehead and walked around the room, "Old An Guogong is the most popular veteran in front of the emperor. The emperor trusts him the most and values him the most. Even if old An Guogong now The title and military power have been passed on to Duke Chu, and the palace of Duke An is also the most important to the emperor. If I offend Duke Chu, will I be able to do well in the future? "
"Otherwise, my lord, will you not take this case?" A subordinate suggested.
Mr. Shi waved his hand, "What kind of person is Marquis Changbei? Even if I don't take his case, when he files a lawsuit with the emperor, I will not be able to bear the consequences anymore, and I will have to walk around." br>
Mrs. Changbeihou is the cousin of Concubine Lu. The relationship between the cousins has been very good since childhood. The cousin also has Concubine Lu's heart and always goes to the palace to accompany her.
It's good now. The eldest daughter of Duke An Guo actually killed his precious daughter. It's strange that he would give up.
If he doesn't take the case now, Changbeihou will definitely go to Lu Guifei.
If the Marquis of Changbei sued him again, wouldn't he have died unjustly?
No, this case has to go on.
Lord Shi thought for a while and suddenly decided, "Let's go and take people to Anguo Gong's Mansion to arrest them."
"My lord, are you afraid of offending Lord Chu?" a subordinate asked tremblingly, wondering why the lord changed his mind in the blink of an eye.
Master Shi showed a sly smile, "Afraid, of course I am afraid, but didn't Duke Chu and Second Master Chu separate their families a few days ago? Since they have separated, what happens in Master Chu's family has nothing to do with Duke Chu's family. That Miss Chu is the eldest daughter of Mr. Chu. If we want to arrest someone, we naturally go to Mr. Chu’s house.”
It was Mr. Chu's house that he went to, so he would not offend Mr. Chu.
After the two brothers of Chu Erye separated their families, in order to make the separation more thorough, Lao Anguo Gong also sent someone to open another gate on the west side of Anguo Gong's mansion for Chu Erye and his family to enter and exit.
(End of chapter)