Wang Xifeng's eyes widened as she scolded, "I sleep with a bunch of scoundrels every day, and my mind is full of dirty things. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have risked my reputation to do such a despicable thing. In the end, you just had to make yourself a cuckold! "
Jia Lian was a little afraid of his wife, so he immediately smiled and said, "It's my fault. My wife is as pure as ice and as clean as jade. My brother is upright and doesn't lust after women. I, Jia Lian, have never been cuckolded by anyone!"
"Bah!" Wang Xifeng was obviously annoyed by her husband's shamelessness. "I don't care about other things, but your brother Bao doesn't lust after women. How dare you say that?"
"Hehe …" Jia Lian couldn't help but laugh when he thought of his brother's reputation. But then he suddenly thought of Bao's special hobbies. There were so many lovely girls in the house, but he only touched Xiren. He spent most of his energy looking for married women …
Looking at his beautiful wife, Jia Lian couldn't help but touch the hat on his head. "It should be nothing, it should be nothing …"
When Song QingShu returned to the Yihong Courtyard, he was acting with Xiren, Qingwen, and the other sisters. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat and he raised his head to look in the direction of the main room. A middle-aged scholar was pacing back and forth in the room, obviously very anxious.
"Mr. Liao." Xiren and Qingwen obviously recognized him, and they bowed respectfully when they saw him.
"Liao Yingzhong!" Song Qingshu immediately recognized him. He was Jia Shidao's chief advisor. He had been a Jinshi in his early years, and the imperial court appointed him as a Zhizhou, but he didn't go. Instead, he chose to work for Jia Shidao. The Shi Cai Hall was built by him. On the surface, it was a colorful bookstore, but in fact, it was an intelligence agency with many masters. It had almost all of Jia Shidao's resources.
Liao Yingzhong hadn't been with Jia Shidao during the last trip to the Wudang Sect. Obviously, he had been left to guard the capital.
"You can leave now. I have something to say to Young Master." Liao Yingzhong waved his hand, signaling the others to leave.
"Yes!" The reaction of Xiren and Qingwen proved that Liao Yingzhong had a high status in the Jia Mansion. He often went in and out of the Jia Mansion, so he could absolutely command the servants.
Song Qingshu of his heart was in his throat. The most difficult test had come. Liao Yingzhong was Jia Shidao's number one confidant, and he was also in charge of the intelligence agency. It wouldn't be so easy to fool him.
After the others retreated, Liao Yingzhong sized up Song Qingshu coldly without saying a word. Song Qingshu also decided to deal with all changes by remaining unchanged.
The two of them stared at each other for a while before Liao Yingzhong finally spoke. His voice was filled with coldness and killing intent. "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be my Young Master?"
Song QingShu's heart skipped a beat, but he had experienced too many storms, so he quickly realized that the other party was probably bluffing him. He hurriedly pretended to be confused and looked at the other party. "Mr. Liao, what are you talking about?"
Liao Yingzhong sneered, "You can hide it from the Old Madame and the others, but you can't hide it from me. The real Young Master is already dead, so how can you be the Young Master? Who are you? "
Song Qingshu's heart sank. He couldn't be this unlucky, could he? Could he be the mastermind behind Jia Baoyu's assassination on the Isle of Heroes?
No, that's impossible!
Jia Shidao was so cunning that he wouldn't have chosen such a traitor as his top confidant. Even if he really was the mastermind behind the assassination, he wouldn't have known that Jia Baoyu was dead.
Back then, only he and Zhou Zhiruo had witnessed the scene. He had even used the Corpse Dissolving Powder to turn Jia Baoyu into nothingness, leaving no trace of his existence in this world. Without a corpse to confirm, even if the other party was really the mastermind, they would at most know that Jia Baoyu was missing, but they would not be able to confirm his death.
After understanding all this, Song Qingshu continued to maintain the previous tone, "I'm Baoyu. Mr. Liao, why are you acting weird today?"
Liao Yingzhong frowned and observed his face carefully, but he couldn't find any flaws. He knew that there were disguise skills in Jianghu, but he had never heard of anyone who could disguise themselves so flawlessly. Even their height and body shape were exactly the same.
His doubt was resolved, but he didn't believe it so easily. He asked, "Tell me, where have you been?"
"I was caught by the Ruyang Mansion." Song Qingshu described how he had met the Mongolian delegation when he left Lin 'an. He had pretended to be Jia Baoyu and witnessed the whole process. That was why he described some details very clearly.
"It really was the Ruyang Mansion!" Liao Yingzhong said with hatred.
Song Qingshu secretly let out a sigh of relief. The reason why he chose the Ruyang Mansion to be the scapegoat was that Jia Shidao had turned the Central Plains upside down. With his power in the court and the intelligence network of the Isle of Heroes, it was impossible for him not to find Jia Baoyu. Therefore, he began to suspect that it was the Mongolian delegation, which was beyond his reach.
Before, Jia Shidao had invited Song Qingshu to his mansion for a banquet, and he had revealed his intention to ask for help. After all, Song Qingshu had a good relationship with the Ruyang Mansion, and everyone knew it.
Of course, on the WuTang Mountain, Jia Shidao had witnessed what Jia Shidao said when he watched Island Master Mu Jia She be killed. At the same time, Song Qingshu also suspected that Jia Shidao was behind it. Therefore, he had planned to claim that Jia Shidao had secretly imprisoned him.
However, he gave up the idea in the end. After all, Jia Shidao's activities were only in Lin 'an and the Isle of Heroes. It would be easy for Liao Yingzhong to find out where Jia Shidao was imprisoned.
In comparison, the Mongolians were far away, and they were far away from Jia Shidao's sphere of influence. Even if Liao Yingzhong wanted to find out, he wouldn't know where to start.
"Why did the Ruyang Mansion arrest you?" Liao Yingzhong was a little confused. In his opinion, the Mongolians had arrested Jia Baoyu because they wanted to use the young master to threaten the lord. However, the Mongolians hadn't sent anyone to talk about it recently, so there was no way they could threaten him. So, why did they arrest him for no reason?
"I don't know." Song Qingshu had thought of a few reasons, but he decided not to say them when it came down to it. When facing an old fox like Liao Yingzhong, it was better to let him think of the reasons himself than to tell him himself. It would be more convincing.
"Is it to be a pawn in the future?" As expected, Liao Yingzhong began to imagine. The Mongolians hadn't officially gone south yet. In the future, when they went against the Southern Song Dynasty, Jia Baoyu would be a very useful bargaining chip. He could use it to threaten Jia Shidao to cede national interests …
But now that his lord was dead, Liao Yingzhong quickly stopped thinking about it. He continued to stare at him and asked, "Since you were imprisoned in the Ruyang Mansion, where there are many masters, and it's thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, how did you escape?"
"I …" Song Qingshu had already thought of an excuse. "I don't know what's going on either. Something seems to have happened in Ruyang Prince's Mansion recently. Everyone in the mansion is in a state of unrest, and the guards are getting fewer and fewer. Later on, I found an opportunity and escaped. It seems like they didn't send anyone after me."
Zhao Min had rushed back to Mongolia earlier, so it was obvious that something had happened in the Ruyang Mansion. It was reasonable for him to contact her like this.
Liao Yingzhong nodded slightly. "The conflict between the Prince of Ruyang and Temujin has intensified recently. There are rumors that Temujin wants to take away the military power of the Prince of Ruyang. No wonder they don't care about you." Although the power of the Shi Cai Hall couldn't reach Mongolia, it wasn't hard to find this information.
Song Qingshu was shocked. He had just said it casually. He didn't expect that something had really happened in the Ruyang Mansion. He didn't know if Zhao Min was safe there.
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