After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 341 Be careful about the people around you

Xie Zhilang died of poison, and it was only a matter of time before the murderer was found out, and she would eventually be the murderer.

From the moment she reported the case, she couldn't escape.

She obviously had no intention of escaping.

Or is it because of hatred?

All kinds of questions fell on the paper as my eyes looked at it.

Yuan Qing picked up a pen and wrote down a name, and replied, "He is dead, and he is now buried in the Dali Temple."

Ruo Xu raised her face and sighed, "It's better to die, it's better to die."

She turned around suddenly, walked barefoot to the table, and fixed her eyes on the face of the boy opposite her.

Yuan Qing put down his pen and looked up, "Is there something wrong with my face?"

Ruoxu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head.

She didn't know why. Although she was looking at a slightly ordinary face, she just couldn't help but want to take a few more glances.

Ruo Xu felt annoyed, holding her chin with one hand and staring straight ahead.

She wanted to take a closer look to see what kind of magic this person had that could make her, who was used to seeing beautiful women, stare at him so intently.

Yuan Qing felt uneasy when he was looked at by her.

Before she could speak, Ruo Xu spoke first: "Since you are pleasing to me, I can tell you everything I know. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."

She shook the dirt off her hands, leaned back by herself, and resumed her usual graceful and affectionate demeanor.

Yuan Qing covered his lips with his fist, "It's still the same question, just answer it truthfully."

Ruo Xu's eyes turned charmingly, but she didn't answer. Instead, she talked about something else: "My Lord, do you know that I originally belonged to the Chen Mansion?"

The fact that Ruo Xu came from the Chen Mansion had already been clearly stated in the information.

She was originally a maid in the Chen Mansion, but later, unknown what happened, she was transformed from a maid in the Chen Mansion to the personal servant of the second son of the Xie Mansion.

Some people say that Chen Xingwei sent it in order to please Xie Zhilang.

Some people also said that Xie Zhilang liked it himself and then asked Chen Xingwei to give it to him.

No matter which one it is, the fact that she comes from the Chen family will never change.

"Master Chen gave me to Uncle Xie at the banquet, and later I became someone close to Uncle Xie."

"Since you have become his man, why do you want to harm Lord Xie?" Yuan Qing asked.

Ruo Xu was stunned for a moment, then put away her lazy attitude.

There was no change in her expression, and she was still smiling happily, "How do you know that I was the one who killed Uncle Xie? Couldn't he have been killed by someone else, and then the blame was put on me?"

Yuan Qing suddenly changed the subject: "Let's talk about that night."

No matter how fast Ruoxu reacted, she couldn't keep up with the thoughts of this little adult.

She suddenly realized that compared to other things, she still found this legendary Lord Gong more interesting.

So she hooked her finger.

Yuan Qing didn't understand what she wanted to do, so he moved forward a little.

Just when she thought she was going to be attacked, Ruo Xu just rubbed her hair with her palm, then sat back and giggled.

Yuan Qing: "???"

Ruoxu looked at the young man opposite her with a wonderful expression and smiled even more happily.

"Gong Xiaowu, Gong Xiaowu, you are really as the rumors say."

Yuan Qing was stunned. "Me? What?"

Ruoxu stopped laughing and waved.

Yuan Qing's scalp tightened and he dragged the stool back, fearing that she would do it again.

"I really won't tease you this time." Ruo Xu propped up one hand on the table, tilted her head to one side, and glanced at me with seductive eyes. "I'm telling you the truth, but you don't want to hear it?"

Yuan Qing sat back down cautiously.

"I'm telling you, Lord Xie stayed in my room that night, and nothing happened. He was drunk, and all he could think about was the princess."

"Then was there anything unusual afterwards?"

"No, he fell into a deep sleep after he finished his drunken talk. Then it was morning. I wanted to call him, but I found that he was already cold. I reached out my hand and there was no breath from his nose."

She had a smile on her face from beginning to end, as if she was just talking about something insignificant.

Yuan Qing could no longer see anything unusual on her face.

The jailer respectfully escorted her out of the cell.

The prison door was slammed shut. Yuan Qing turned around and looked, and suddenly he felt a panic in his heart.

When the people inside saw that she was planning to return, they immediately ran back to the prison.

Yuan Qing felt something was wrong when he saw this.

A jailer rushed out, blocked the road and said, "Sir, what are you doing here again? This place is filthy and it's really not a good place to stay. Otherwise--"

Yuan Qing didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he said sternly, "Get out of the way!"

The jailer shrank back, Yuan Qing raised his hand to push him away, and ran towards where Ruo Xu was.

The jailer followed quickly behind him, "Sir, sir, please slow down!"

She rushed into the cell and saw Ruoxu being dragged and hanging by the window.

Ruo Xu was strangled by the rope and stretched out her hands helplessly, "Save me, save me..."

Yuan Qing pulled out the knife hanging on the jailer's body with his backhand.

The people outside the window noticed that the rope around Ruoxu's neck was immediately tightened.

Yuan Qing jumped up from the wall, used his own gravity to hold the rope, and chopped down with his other hand.

The rope loosened, Yuan Qing climbed out the window and looked out, but only saw a piece of black clothing.

She jumped down and bent down to check on Ruoxu.

Ruo Xu held her arm tightly, mumbling incoherently.

Yuan Qing nailed the knife to the ground and pulled Ruo Xu up and carried her on his back.

The jailer blocked the door, holding onto it with both hands, and shook his head repeatedly, "No, sir, we have been told that this is a serious criminal and cannot leave the cell at will."

Yuan Qing's face was filled with murderous intent, and he drew his knife. "If she dies, you still can't escape, get out of the way!"

The tip of the knife was only an inch away from the jailer.

He was so frightened that he leaned to the side and fell to the ground.

Yuan Qing didn't continue to argue with him and ran to a nearby clinic carrying Ruoxu on his back.

Ruo Xu coughed twice, woke up, and found herself lying on someone's back.

She pressed her chest, and her heavy breath sprayed on the back of Yuan Qing's neck.

Yuan Qing lifted her up and walked faster, "Hold on a little longer, the clinic will be there soon!"

Ruo Xu raised her head weakly. She looked at her arm, which was already covered with purple lines, and said, "It's too late. I'm already poisoned. They're going to kill me to silence me. They won't leave me a chance to live."

Yuan Qing paused, but soon started running again.

Ruo Xu tightened her arms and moved her face closer.

Yuan Qing tilted his head, "Don't move."

"I want to tell you something." Ruo Xu's lips had changed color, and it seemed that her life was at stake. "Go check the Chen family. Xie Zhilang was... I killed him. Also... be careful of the people around you..."

After saying this, she tilted her neck back and groaned in pain, the purple lines quickly spreading to her heart.

Yuan Qing did not stop for a moment.

The woman on him was in so much pain that she couldn't control herself, but she still tried her best to hold back and not scream out.

When Yuan Qing ran to the door of the clinic, his legs and feet suddenly went weak and he fell on the steps.

She was pressed down so hard that she couldn't get up. She protected Ruo Xu with her backhand and shouted to the clinic, "Save her!"

There was more and more blood in Ruoxu's mouth.

The dark red blood flowed down the neck and dripped onto the ground.

The doctor from the clinic rushed out and put his fingers on Ruoxu's wrist.

After a moment, he slowly shook his head and said nothing.

Yuan Qing climbed up and grabbed him, "Carry her in and treat her properly. Don't worry about anything else, just cure her."

The doctor ordered the man to be moved into the clinic, but he looked left and right and kept shaking his head, indicating that there was nothing he could do.

Yuan Qing stood up in a daze, "Then I'll leave her with you for now. I'll report the matter and someone will come to pick her up."

Yuan Qing returned to the Dali Temple and asked the people around him, "Do you know where Lord Lu went?"

Those people all shook their heads.

Jiang Qisheng came out and asked, "What do you want from him?"

"She's dead." Yuan Qing felt his voice was hoarse, "Ruo Xu is dead."

Jiang Qisheng was stunned for a moment.

It took him a long time to figure out who "Ruoxu" was.

He also realized that the situation had changed. "When did it happen?"

"Just now." Yuan Qing showed him the blood on his neck. "After I asked Ruo Xu, I thought about going back to take a look. Unexpectedly, I saw her being strangled. I thought of what happened to Ji Kang last time. I was afraid that they would use the same old trick again."

Ji Kang was just a criminal in an old case. Even if the case was reopened after 19 years, it would not cause much waves in people's hearts.

The most important thing is that Ji Kang was not really dead, so the charges against her would not be established.