Houfu Key Class

In the evening, the grape picking team went home.

The mud monkeys each carried a small basket on their backs, jumped out of the carriage excitedly, and carried the basket of grapes into their yard.

The little devil directed the brothers and went straight to the ice cellar: "Let's go and hide it in the ice cellar, otherwise it will be broken tomorrow."

Zong Wenxiu followed up in stride, and he did not forget to sigh: "Thankfully Mr. Su didn't let us continue selling grapes, otherwise we would never meet someone as good as Boss Xie again."

He Zheng said honestly: "But he asked us to finish it. This is really tiring. I don't think we can finish it in three days."

Shen Yibai kicked him and said in a low voice: "You are stupid, you secretly share it with your servants."

Wei Xinglu chuckled and said, "Xiao Bai's brain must be quick."

The five young boys ran away in a thief manner.

Xu Wan pretended not to hear what they were plotting. After she sent someone to take Su Xi back to the courtyard to rest, she casually asked the maid left in the mansion, "Are the meals ready? Father-in-law and mother-in-law are in the courtyard." Have you eaten yet?”

The maid said: "Go back to Madam, the food is ready. The old marquis and the old lady are going out."

Xu Wan said in surprise: "Ah? I'm going out at this hour. What's wrong?"

The maid replied: "Old General Zhao in the west of the city is gone. The old marquis and the old lady rushed over to express their condolences."

"Oh..." Xu Wan frowned and asked, "Did mother-in-law explain anything before she left?"

The maid shook her head and said, "The old lady didn't bother to say anything and just hurried over."

"Then do I need to go with Zong Zhao?" Xu Wan looked at Cuizhi. She had participated in countless wedding banquets and flower viewing banquets, and this was her first time meeting a white lady. She didn't know the procedures in the house.

Cuizhi said: "Madam, don't worry about it. The Zhao family has not interacted with our family for many years, and the relationship is not very deep. If there is no separate explanation, just the old marquis and the old lady can go over. Let's follow the general."

Xu Wan responded: "Yes, that's right. Let's see if Zong Zhao will call us. The classes in the big study room are scheduled as normal."

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After Xu Wan finished speaking, she went to find the Little Devil and the others for dinner. Zong Zhao was not at home at this time. It was too boring for her to eat alone. She did not return to her small courtyard until she finished examining today's grape picking poem.

As a result, before entering the door, I saw the house was brightly lit, and a lonely figure was reflected in front of the window, which was Zong Zhao.

Xu Wan walked in quickly and asked in surprise: "It's really you. You came back very early today. Have you finished your work?"

Zong Zhao sat in front of the desk, looked at her impartially, and said quietly: "I will be back at noon."

"Ah?" Xu Wan was stunned, and she said awkwardly, "Then why didn't you tell anyone? I thought you hadn't come back, so I went to find Chengcheng and the others for dinner. Oh, by the way, did you have dinner? "

He replied: "I'm not hungry."

Xu Wan felt that she had developed a new skill since she met Zong Zhao.

That is, she can feel the mood of a taciturn person. Even if his speaking speed and mood are no different from usual, she can just feel that he is in a bad mood now.

And it’s a very, very bad kind.

She asked Cuizhi to retreat and prepare some dinner, then walked behind the desk, stood in front of Zong Zhao, and lowered her voice: "When I came back just now, the maid said that General Zhao passed away, are you unhappy because of this? ? If you have a deep relationship with him, I will accompany you to express my condolences. It is not too late, and..."

Zong Zhao sat on his seat, raised his head slightly, and interrupted her speculation in a calm tone: "I killed him."

Xu Wan was startled.

She was startled by this sudden reversal of truth, but soon she remembered what Zong Zhao had told her and realized the truth.

"He was one of the uncles who killed Zong Yan?"

Zong Zhao hummed and said, "I have found the evidence, but the emperor is unwilling to pursue it because he is worried that it will be stained."

Xu Wan became angry when she heard this: "How could this be? If there is a stain, it's their fault. What does it have to do with the emperor? He, he...it seems that he originally planned to sentence the dance studio case this way..."

Xu Wan was originally angry, but in the end, she convinced herself that the current emperor has always done things like this.

In the original Wufang case, if it weren't for the fact that the prince realized that he had won the hearts of the people, the emperor would not have been willing to make the truth public at all. But now that the prince is in a coma, no one can restore Zong Yan's innocence.

Xu Wan asked worriedly: "But if this happens, will anything happen to you?"

She knew that this was not the first time Zong Zhao had committed a murder. On the day he returned to Beijing, he killed Huaishui and cut off the source of poison around the prince. But this time, a military general in the capital was involved. How should he deal with it?

Do you want to be like Luo Jingfeng and be covered in infamy?

Zong Zhao shook his head and said: "No, the emperor asked the Third Division not to investigate. Zhao Yumin just died of an ordinary illness. No one knows the truth, and no one dares to investigate further."

Xu Wan understood.

The emperor solved his worries, but he also blocked Zong Yan from redressing his injustice, so Zong Zhao was not happy.

She breathed a sigh of relief and comforted: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, evil will be punished, and their deaths are deserved. As for Zong Yan's grievances, I believe there will be a chance to make it known to the public in the future. It will not be recorded in the history books. Are there many bad guys who were picked out after they died? We can talk about the grievances later, but now we have to let them die to make amends to Zong Yan."

Zong Zhao's expression was complicated, and even his eyes became dim. He seemed to be somewhat disgusted with himself, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't you think I am a lawless evil person?"

Xu Wan leaned down, looked into his eyes seriously, and told him pertinently: "I don't think so. I think if it were someone else, they wouldn't think so. Zong Zhao, you are trapped in your own high moral standards, and you are torturing yourself."

Xu Wan pointed out his problem clearly and accurately. Her clear and bright eyes seemed to be able to speak, just looking at him like a beam of light, dispelling all his dirty depression.

Zong Zhao was motionless, with emotions in his eyes that could not be dissolved. Such a strong man seemed to be broken at this moment.

Xu Wan understood again.

He seemed to want... to let her hug him?

She subconsciously wanted to ask, but then she thought that playing straight at this time would only have the opposite effect of making it difficult for people to talk about it...

So she bent down and stretched out her arms to wrap around the man sitting on the chair, but this posture was really inconvenient. She also leaned her neck down, but her waist was not stable and she fell directly on him.

Xu Wan was startled by herself and quickly got up and shouted: "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to hit you..."

Before she finished getting up, she was hugged tightly by Zong Zhao. Her petite body seemed to be embedded in him, and he absorbed nutrients from her, as if this could calm all the restlessness in his heart.