The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

Acting on behalf of the imperial guards?

Xue Mingyue turned to look at Xie Lang doubtfully.

Even if half of the imperial guards are now in his hands, at least half of them are still with Lord Lian Dongshu Lian, right?

Using private guards, he just gave the braids to others like this?

As soon as Xie Lang saw the indescribable expression on her face, he immediately guessed what she was thinking. He shook his head funny and explained: "This is not only for private matters, but also to investigate Xue Xujun again. Your Majesty also knows it."

Xue Mingyue said "Oh" and felt relieved.

Lidong said: "Madam, don't worry, my subordinates didn't know until they got there that the Xuejia Village is a place where filth and evil are hidden! In recent years, the Xue family members have often done bad things in the name of Mr. Xue!"

In the county where Xuejia Village is located, the largest official ever produced was Xue Xujun, who was ranked as the Minister of Rites.

Therefore, no matter who comes here to serve as an official or county magistrate, they must give Xue Xujun face. What's more, as long as there is no accident, the county magistrate is changed every three years. Generally speaking, the county magistrate is from the same Jinshi and the same Jinshi. Do.

And Xue Xujun is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the imperial examination, so they will naturally not offend him.

Therefore, the Xue clan had everything they could do here, occupying fertile farmland, forcing girls to become concubines, and beating people to death in the street without being punished... They were full of misdeeds, and Lidong and others could find out a lot of things if they searched casually.

If Xue Xujun might have been exiled before, these things combined would really mean there was no way to survive.

"Fortunately, Madam broke off relations with him early, and this matter will never be implicated in Madam." When Lidong talked about this incident, he couldn't be happier.

After saying that, she remembered that she was now working under the Marquis.

So he added a temporary sentence: "Thanks to the Marquis who asked us to move the coffin for Madam Lou, he also told us to be careful to collect evidence of the Xue clan's crimes. Although it was delayed for many days, fortunately we did not disgrace our mission."

Xie Lang: "..."

Xie Lang played with the spoon with his fingers and waved his hand for Lidong and others to retreat.

He raised his eyes and looked over: "I have told Your Majesty about this matter before. You must have a good reputation in everything so that you will not be caught. You and Mr. Lou can rest assured that this matter will not implicate you."

Xue Mingyue was naturally relieved, or it could be said that he was thinking more thoughtfully than her after all.

She sighed softly in her heart. She was originally worried about Xuejia Village, so she did not go to welcome A Niang back in person this time. Instead, she entrusted the matter to Xie Lang and sent someone to handle it.

But the danger still frightened her.

They even dared to commit murder and arson against the personal guards of the Hou Mansion. What else could they not dare to do?

Xue Mingyue's eyes were clear, and she looked at Xie Lang and said seriously: "I have to thank Lord Hou for this matter. If I were to handle it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do it to this extent, and I might not be able to rest in peace. Thank you very much, Lord Hou." Lord."

Xie Lang paused slightly and said with a smile: "Is it just a verbal thank you?"

Before she spoke, he whispered again: "If you really want to thank me, then think about our future seriously, Mingyue, okay?"

……

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

The wind and snow subsided.

The sky remains gloomy all day long and never clears up.

The number of refugees outside the city is slowly increasing. Originally, the Jingzhao Mansion could still accommodate them outside the city, but gradually they can no longer be accommodated outside the city, so the workload has increased sharply in the past few days.

Xue Mingyue started giving porridge outside the city two days ago.

Before that, the Lu family was the first to respond to the Queen's call. They asked Mrs. Chang Ningbo to take her young son to the city gate to give porridge and clothes. Gradually, many officials and wives in the city came forward to give charity and porridge.

Xue Mingyue came late.

There were many people offering porridge and steamed buns at the gate of the city, but she was the only one who offered soup with anti-wind and cold medicine, and the reason she gave was to pray for her mother.

Since she arrived, she has had the largest number of homeless people queuing up every day.

After all, in such cold weather, people without food may starve to death, but more of these people outside the city froze to death.

If you close your eyes, you will never wake up.

The people sent here by Jingzhao Mansion pull out a carload of people who freeze to death from where the refugees live every day.

They had neither thick coats nor charcoal fire, so they could only make fire by cutting down trees from the surrounding areas, but this could only last for a while, not to mention that there were not many trees for them to cut down near Gyeonggi.

Even the nearby mountains are owned by their owners, so there is no reason for them to use them.

Xue Mingyue held the small stove tightly with her hand, and stood quietly beside her wearing a crane cloak with a snow-white collar, looking at the endless team. These ragged beggars and refugees were also the people of the Jin Dynasty. .

Listening to another person being grateful to her in every possible way.

Xue Mingyue felt very uncomfortable, and finally couldn't help but sigh. The breath she exhaled turned into white gas, making her face hazy, like a crane that could not eat the fireworks of the world.

Lu Fang, who was accompanying his mother-in-law not far away, was stunned.

The more he looked at that figure, the more familiar it became, and gradually he overlapped her figure with the Qingshuang girl he had seen on Zhuangzi, but... Lu Fang did not give up, and pulled Mrs. Chang Ningbo's sleeve and asked: " Is that really Mrs. Dingyuanhou?"

Mrs. Lu said helplessly: "You have asked me many times."

"She had always been in poor health before and rarely appeared in front of people. After marrying Marquis Dingyuan, she encountered many things one after another. You didn't go to Qiuyu, so it's not surprising that you don't recognize her. Why do you keep asking me?"

Lu Fang murmured and couldn't explain why for a long time.

What could he say, that he thought she looked very similar to the person he liked, and thought she was Qingshuang before seeing her face?

"It's very strange to see her administer medicine. I've never seen anyone do this before."

"That's natural. Do you know how much medicinal materials it costs just to brew the medicine in the past few days?"

At this point, Mrs. Lu stopped and sighed as if thinking of something: "But she also has a filial piety, so why did she end up with a father like that..." He was really capable of murdering his wife and daughter for the sake of his future.

There is also the Lin family, which used to claim to be a noble family, but who knew it was such a mess inside.

Mrs. Lu couldn't help but feel lucky.

When she was considering Fang'er's marriage before, she also included Lin's daughter among them. She could only say that it was fortunate that they did not actually get married.

Seeing that he was not doing anything serious when he stayed here, Mrs. Lu simply drove him away. He had been here for several days anyway, and he was here to accompany her. Since he was absent-minded, it was better to leave early.

Lu Fang touched his nose guiltily.

He glanced at his mother who was too busy to care about him, and then at Madam Dingyuan Hou, who was as cold as a fairy over there. She changed her steps from walking into the city to walking over there.

Xue Mingyue was thinking about the Xue family's affairs that had been spread in the city in the past few days.

These were naturally spread under the instructions of her and Xie Lang, and now they have passed in front of His Majesty. She just needs to burn the fire a little brighter and turn everyone's attention to her.

"How did Madam come up with the idea of ​​administering the medicine?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"...?"

Xue Mingyue turned around and faced Lu Fang's face.