Inside the carriage outside the county courthouse, Gu Yi instructed Xiao Si to turn around and go to the Song family residence.
Gu Yi told the old man that Qin Qian’s parents had arrived and were questioning the county magistrate in the public court.
The old gentleman stroked his beard and said without haste, “There’s no hurry, let them make a scene for a while, we’ll go over in a quarter of an hour.”
Xu Liang brought herbal tea over to Gu Yi, the old gentleman peeked over from the corner of his eye, Yue’er was watching him very closely, not even allowing him to drink tea these days, let alone herbal tea.
Gu Yi noticed and looked back, the old gentleman immediately withdrew his gaze and picked up the warm water in front of him.
The corners of Gu Yi’s mouth grinned slightly, then quickly closed again as he looked towards Song Wan Yue, “Little girl, I have something to say to you.”
Song Wangyue followed him out.
The old gentleman got up cautiously and looked outwards, seeing the two of them going to one side of the house, he quickly walked over, picked up the herbal tea and drained it in one gulp, shouting in a low voice, “Xu Liang!”
Xu Liang came in at the sound of his voice.
The old man gave him the empty cup, “Go and pour another cup, don’t let Yue’er find out.”
Xu Liang cried and laughed, “Old sir, you ……”
“Go now!”
Xu Liang could only reluctantly go and pour another bowl, this time not daring to leave and keeping watch in the house.
Having quenched his thirst, the old gentleman did not miss it, and drank the cup of warm water with leisurely ease.
Gu Yi told Song Wan Yue about the two Gu Wen’s trip to Jiangnan, “In a moment, you tell me where uncle grandfather lives, I’ll have someone send it to them fast.”
Song Wangyue didn’t answer, staring at him.
Gu Yi’s heart shivered at the look, “What, what’s wrong?”
“You’re not normal.”
Gu Yi’s heart stuttered, “How, how is it abnormal?”
“If it was just such a small matter, you could have said it in front of your maternal great-grandfather, why did you call me out?”
So it was because of this! Gu Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and didn’t hesitate to sell the old gentleman out, “I saw that Grandpa Grandpa wanted herbal tea very much, that’s why I found an excuse to send you out here.”
Song Wangyue wasn’t angry, in fact, as long as the herbal tea wasn’t iced, there was no problem for the old gentleman to drink it, the reason she didn’t let him drink it was because she was afraid that the old gentleman would drink it without restraint, and secondly, she was afraid that he would take the opportunity to drink the tea. Although the poison had not harmed his body, after all, he had not eaten for several days after lying down and his intestines were a bit weak.
“When you go back later, just pretend you don’t know.”
Song Wangyue raised an eyebrow and returned inside, seeing Xu Liang standing next to where Gu Yi had just sat, his gaze falling on the herbal tea.
The old man’s heart lifted.
“What’s wrong?”
Song Wangyue asked.
“Nothing ……”
The old gentleman answered for Xu Liang first, “I thought you and Yi’er were going to talk for a while, so let him come in and keep me company.”
Song Wangyue seemed convinced and sat down.
The old gentleman hurriedly waved his hand for Xu Liang to retreat and pretended that nothing was wrong as he sipped the hot water in his cup.
Two quarters of an hour later, he had Xu Liang call for Mr Xu Er and Xu Yan, and several people arrived at the entrance of the county court in a carriage.
If it were anyone else, he would have ordered the magistrates to throw them out, but not the Qin family, for Qin Qian had already defected to the Third Prince, and the Qin family were also considered to be the Third Prince’s people.
The Qin mother, seeing that the county magistrate had been forced to say nothing, became more and more agitated.
The county magistrate could only give the master a wink, who swished a line with a pen, picked it up and walked it over to Qin’s mother, “These are the words your son said before he died, take a good look at them.”
The two men looked over and the paper clearly read, “Your son did not die, he defected to the Third Prince.”
“Can you read it clearly?”
Qin’s father and mother froze for a moment and were just about to nod when an old voice came from the doorway, “I wonder what Qin Qian said before he died, could the Master let us look at it too.”
With those words, the old gentleman walked up to the lobby accompanied by Mr Xu Er.
The Master was startled and subconsciously hid the paper with the words written on it behind him, “Old, old gentleman.”
The county magistrate also came out from behind the table to salute the old gentleman, who avoided him, “I am sorry that I have come to the hall privately without your permission, please forgive me.”
“I dare not, I dare not.”
The county magistrate took the opportunity to give the master a wink as he spoke, the master was busy taking two steps back and tried to hide the paper in his hand, but was called out by the old gentleman, “I woke up and learned that Qin Qian had died by my involvement, I blamed myself, I was thinking of going to the Qin family in person to make amends in a few days when I was well enough. So, when I heard that his parents had come, I rushed over. Master also asked to bring it out so that I could also see what the boy had said before he died.”
The master did not dare to show it to him. If he spoiled the Third Prince’s business, he would be skinned.
“It’s nothing, it’s really nothing.”
As he said this, he stepped back, and after backing himself up, he tore the paper up in a few strokes and stuffed it into his mouth with a rush.
At this action, the people who had gathered around him were in an uproar.
Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the magistrate.
“It seems that Qin Qian must have written some heavenly secret, otherwise the master would not have preferred to lose his rice bowl rather than let me read it, or else ……”
said, looking towards Qin’s father and mother, “Everything is because of me, I am here to apologize to both of you first. After I was poisoned, my great-granddaughter was eager to save me and presumed that Qin Qian had done the poisoning, so she suggested that the lord arrest him, not expecting to lose Qin Qian’s life, and we in the family all blamed ourselves very much. You have come all this way and have no relatives to rely on here in Qingping County, so please come with me to my home to settle down and discuss Qin Qian’s afterlife together.”
“No, there is no need.”
Qin’s mother’s mind buzzed, she did not expect Qin Qian to have defected to the Third Prince, did her sister’s family know about this? If they knew, why didn’t they send them a letter?
“You must go, if you don’t, my heart will not rest until I close my eyes, please don’t excuse yourselves, Xu Liang!”
Xu Liang ran in, “Please come with me, you two.”
Qin’s father and mother had many questions they wanted to ask Qin Qian, so naturally they would not go with him, “Old man, thank you for your kindness, we as a couple will not go over there and disturb you, and we will not blame your lordship any more, just blame Qian’er for his weak fortune, he has not …… yet.”
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The old gentleman sighed, “Since you don’t want to go, I won’t force others to do so. If you come across anything in the future, just go over to me and consider it as our compensation to Qin Qian.”
“Many thanks old man.”
The old gentleman was helped away by Mr Xu Er, and the County Magistrate breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his soaked official robe, and announced that he would withdraw from the court.
The people who had gathered around the court dispersed, speculating about what Qin Qian had written and how Qin’s father and mother had stopped making a fuss after reading it.
The old gentleman sat on the carriage, his face slightly sunken, and when he walked up to the hall just now, he could clearly see the panic in the eyes of the county governor.
“Yi’er, you send someone to do something.”