"Knock knock!"

The door of Liao's mansion was banged. In this silent night, the heavy sound of busyness is like a big stone, pressing on people's chests, making it more and more difficult for people to breathe.

A young man looked through the crack in the door for a moment, and then was jumped by the bright torches outside.

"We, Lord Li, have been ordered to search the Prime Minister's Mansion! Idle people and others must not interfere with official business, otherwise they will be dealt with according to the law!" a retinue beside Li Hongliang shouted at the top of his voice.

The shrill voice coldly pierced the little guy's eardrums, and as soon as he stepped back, the men approached with torches, and frightened the little guy into a hurry, and ran into the yard with a rolling belt.

"Your Excellency...... Lord Liao...... Something happened!"

The steward came out to stop him: "What nonsense in the middle of the night!"

Suddenly, people from outside the door poured in.

In the backyard, Liao Ying didn't know what was waiting for her next. No, maybe he knew there would be this day.

At this moment, he and his wife are looking at a pair of children's well-behaved sleeping faces, this moment time is quiet, and the years are quiet like a pond.

Soon, the calm water of the pond was broken by the sound of the courtyard.

"Seal all the exits!"

"Don't let any of them go!"

Then there were cries, shouts, and reprimands, and the whole yard was in a mess, as if it were walking on water.

……

The housekeeper knocked on the door and said something in Miao Ying's ear, and Liao Ying's eyes sank.

"Master—" Wan'e glanced out the window uneasily.

"It's okay, you take care of the children first, I'll come when I go. Liao Ying comforted in a low voice. In fact, he knew that this day would come sooner or later, starting with his vow to follow that man to the death.

Speaking of which, I can be where I am today thanks to her generous gifts.

……

The emperor obviously knew that he was from the Pei Wangfu, but he did not demote him, and he believed that the emperor did not make this move because he was naïve and stupid.

The flickering lights illuminated the entire courtyard, and also allowed Liao Ying to see clearly the person standing behind him.

Jiang Shaoqing.

The slender robe swayed to the ground, and he stood plainly in the crowd lights.

"Sometimes I'm really curious, who are you doing things for?" Jiang Shaoqing's low voice sounded.

The sound outside the courtyard alarmed the two sleeping children, and Mrs. Wan'e held back her tears, patted them gently with red eyes, and craned her neck to look out.

Liao Ying's faint voice sounded outside the courtyard, and he laughed lowly: "Jiang Xiang misunderstood, Liao Ying is the same as Jiang Xiang...... Always loyal to ...... Emperor of the dynasty. ”

Hehe.

Jiang Shaoqing smiled lightly, but a trace of strange feelings flashed at the bottom.

"That lord's loyalty to the Great Jing Dynasty is really heaven and earth, since this is the case, then according to the will of the saint, search your mansion. ”

"Please. Liao Yingli stopped talking in the courtyard.

The officers and soldiers who searched rushed in, and soon the cries of children rang out.

The bedding was lifted, the bed was searched, the corners of the closet on the other side, and even the firewood courtyard and the thatched toilet were not missed.

"My lord, nothing was found. ”

"My lord, I didn't find anything suspicious here. ”

Miao Ying's expression was indifferent.

Jiang Shaoqing said: "All the people have gathered in the courtyard? Go and get the roster and count a little bit to see the number of people." ”

……

"My lord, there are not too many of them. "Could it be that the Holy One has misjudged?

Jiang Shaoqing pondered for a moment: "Since this is the case, the prime minister will go and talk to the emperor, and the rest will be left to Lord Li." ”

Li Hongliang arched his hand: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will definitely handle this matter." ”

Liao Ying knew that he could not escape death, Li Hongliang was now in charge of all the cases of Dali Temple, and if he fell into his hands, he would have to shed his skin if he didn't die. Although he knew that there would be such a day, he definitely didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.

I thought I could hide it for a little longer....... and wait until his children were settled, which the man had promised him, but now he could not see that day.

Jiang Shaoqing's figure walked away in the swaying lights.

Li Hongliang laughed twice: "If Lord Liao has anything to say, hurry up and tell your wife, let's go on the road after we are done." ”

Li Wan'e, who was looking out through the crack in the door, quietly wiped her tears and glanced at her husband's lonely figure, these days, once she asked about the matter of Pei Wangfu or Su Kang or the queen's mother, the lord would turn his face.

She didn't understand that King Pei's Mansion had collapsed, and Concubine Xin couldn't control the overall situation at all now. Su Kang was also driven to an unknown corner, this battle is about to be won, why is the master still obsessed, he must let go of a good official and not do it, and go to prison to feel comfortable?

The door was opened.

A pair of children were waiting to sit on the couch with frightened eyes, looking at their father.

Why does my mother always cry, and my father doesn't speak?

Liao Ying pursed her lips, closed them up, and looked at her wife and children with complicated eyes.

"When I'm gone, someone will take you out of the city, and she'll be able to protect you. ”

Li Wan'e said: "Master...... That Lu Tie is a hot potato, he is the cousin of the queen's mother, the queen doesn't care, what are you bothering about......"

"Wan'e, don't be rude! she saved your life, didn't she?"

Looking at the future on Liao Ying's face, Li Wan'e felt a sense of boredom in her eyes, she didn't understand the man's concept of leveling the world, she was a woman, she just wanted to live a good life!

"That's also what they killed in King Pei's Mansion!"

Liao Ying rubbed her eyebrows and said, "You don't understand these things! Don't worry, I will definitely keep your mother and son safe." ”

Wan'e was already crying: "Master, I don't want to interfere, although Wan'e doesn't participate in your affairs, but Fu Dong'er and Zhao'er are still so young, even if you don't care about me, you have to take care of the child?"

Liao Ying looked at the two children biting their fingers, their eyes gurgling back and forth, and the innocence in them seemed to melt the whole world.

But Liao Ying has long been away from innocence. pursed his lips, raised his hand to wipe away the tears on Wan'e's face and said, "Don't cry, you have to believe me, this is the last time." ”

Is this true? Li Wan'e was a little unconvinced.

"I'll go and go back first, you're worried, the children will be fine, when you get out of Chang'an, just find a place where no one knows, and raise the two children, you know?"

"Big, human...... Will you hand him over?"

"He's been gone. Miao Ying sighed in a low voice.

Li Wan'e sobbed, covered her lips, her shoulders trembled violently, and finally nodded in Miao Ying's worried gaze.

Out the door.

Liao Ying looked at the starry night sky, this sky was the untouchable Son of Heaven, looking down on the small people. He felt like an ethereal star, and even if he tried to light up the sky with all his might, the end result was just an early fall.

Countless figures in the courtyard were shaking, and he looked back in the direction of the two young children in a trance......