Chapter 22: Weird

"Then how did you answer at that time?" When Zhao Mo returned to the Chengenhou Mansion and came to Qingfeng Pavilion to report to Qin Bai about the passage of Longfu Temple, Qin Hanzhen asked him, "Do you really agree to leave?"

Zhao Mo smiled faintly: "How is it possible? Even if I really want to obey someone's order and leave the capital, it shouldn't be Lan Xue in charge." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I haven't seen my father yet, Lan Xue is just a girl in the room next to my father. She also said that she didn't have much chance to meet my father. In that case, who knows who she means by these words?"

Qin Hanzhen thought so: "You're right! If she was a good girl who was really loyal to your family of three, she wouldn't have been so contemptuous when she first came." It's just that she treats you like an ignorant child, thinking that you can be at her mercy, and you only need to say a few words and shed a few tears to make you obedient. ”

Zhao Mo looked at Qin Hanzhen with some surprise: "Cousin seems to be very wary of Lan Xue?" Although he didn't believe Lan Xue himself, Qin Hanzhen had never seen her, nor did he know her temperament, but he directly showed a defensive attitude, which was really unexpected.

Qin Hanzhen said: "I don't know this woman, and I haven't seen her, but after listening to your and Li Zi's narration, I feel that this woman is not very reliable." Her words and deeds when she first appeared didn't look like a weak woman who was forced to worry every day by a vicious mistress, but more like a complacent concubine who didn't take you, the eldest son, in her eyes at all. She doesn't seem to care much about you, and will only tell you to go back to Datong Wen's house and leave the capital. If she really cares about your safety, she should ask you why you left the Wen family suddenly. Since your cousin is far away in the Liaodong Palace, he will be plotted by the Wang family, so do you encounter the same danger in Datong? She didn't ask much about this at all, but wanted to know more about where you lived and who you were with after you came to the capital, and then urged you to leave as soon as possible. It can be seen that this woman can't believe it. ”

Zhao Mo smiled bitterly: "I also know that she can't be trusted." It wasn't that there was anything wrong with her words and actions, but that I felt sick when I saw her belly and learned that it was conceived shortly after my mother died. I didn't expect my father to guard my mother alone, and when he was in Liaodong, he didn't have concubines to have a room, and even my second brother was a concubine. But my mother had just passed away at that time...... Lan Xue has always shown loyalty to my mother, but she even seduced my father and conceived his child during my mother's new funeral...... What's more, she has been hiding the news that she is pregnant, and it was not until my second brother died that she reported to Beijing and asked my father to take her to the capital...... I don't know what she thinks of me now, but I know that this woman is scheming, and she is by no means the faithful servant girl I used to be. I only believe half of her words. The reason why I didn't believe it at all was because I couldn't see my father, so I could only rely on her to speak for me. ”

Wu Shaoying asked him, "Did the little boy ask Miss Nalan when he would be able to meet Ling Zun?"

Zhao Mo sighed: "She only said that she didn't know when she would see her father, so she couldn't come up with an exact date, but asked me where I lived, saying that when my father knew the news, he would come to look for me." I thought that the Chengenhou Mansion and the Wang family were in-laws, and if the news leaked, it would bring trouble to the Chengenhou Mansion and make it difficult for my uncle and grandfather, so I didn't say anything. Later, I remembered that the guiding monk in Longfu Temple once said that the courtyard was contracted by nobles for a long time, so I asked Lan Xue if it was my father who had chartered the courtyard. She didn't deny it. I thought that I would always pay attention to the movements of that yard in the future, and I should have the opportunity to meet my father, so I didn't make an appointment with Lan Xue. ”

Wu Shaoying was a little puzzled: "What is Ling Zun doing in that courtyard?" Could it be that Zhao Shuo is a person who believes in Buddhism? If the Jingshe ** has the tablet of Zhao Mo's deceased mother Wen, maybe he can explain it, but he has seen the Jingshe again and knows that there is nothing in it. He also had another question: "In the courtyard under Ling Zun's charter, that Lan girl can use it to entertain guests at will, but she is not worried that Ling Zun will know? Also, where did she enter the courtyard today? We waited in the grass pavilion on the side of the road outside, except for the guide monk bringing tea, we didn't see anyone approaching the courtyard gate from beginning to end. If you hadn't come out by yourself and said that you had seen Miss Lan, I would have thought that you would have run away in vain today. ”

Regarding this, Zhao Mo was also a little puzzled: "I don't know where she came in." By the time I realized it, she was already standing behind me. In retrospect, it probably came out of the Westhouse, right? I wanted to wait for her to leave, to notice where she had left. Unfortunately, she insisted that I go first, so I had to do so, thinking that I would have to come back to find out later. ”

Li Zi added: "The little one also thinks it's very strange, she suddenly came out, like a ghost, could it be that there is a secret passage in the house? It's infuriating!"

Qin Hanzhen's eyes lit up: "Secret Dao, could it be someone who dug the tunnel there? Who got it? In a place like Longfu Temple, there is still that kind of thing?"

Qin Bai, who had been listening silently, smiled: "I don't know if there are tunnels in Longfu Temple that are not popular, but when I was in Beijing in the past, I heard a rumor that some temples in Beijing would set up secret passages in the houses that entertained pilgrims, so that some people who came to the temple in the name of worshipping the Buddha to meet in secret could act." He paused, feeling that his statement was too ambiguous, and added, "At that time, several princes were interested in seizing the throne, and they and some officials of the court and China settled in two adjacent courtyards, but they used this secret way to avoid people's eyes and ears, and met privately to discuss important matters. I know that a small temple in the capital had such a secret passage at that time, but it was destroyed by fire in the years after the seizure of the heir, and I don't know anywhere else. There are also in Longfu Temple, but it is not known. ”

Qin Han moved in his heart and looked at Zhao Mo: "If you say that, it is reasonable for your father to charter such a courtyard." ”

Zhao Mo frowned: "Since this is such a place, how could my father not send someone to guard it?" He also let Lan Xue use it at will. Looking at Lan Xue's appearance, she didn't seem to think that the news of her meeting with me there would reach my father's ears. I don't think my father should be so careless. ”

Qin Han really thought about it, and felt that something was wrong, but ...... If the courtyard was not owned by Zhao Mo's father, Zhao Shuo, who would it be? It can't be Lan Xue's own bag, right? Although Zhao Shuo is now a popular candidate for the future crown prince, he doesn't even have an official title on him, and his concubine is still a concubine who has been promoted to the top of the room, even if he is pregnant, he can't say that he is a nobleman, right?

Lan Xue, this woman, is really weird everywhere.

Qin Hanzhen said to Zhao Mo: "Cousin, let's see Lan Xue less in the future, let's think of another way to contact your father." ”

Zhao Mo nodded: "I also think her words and deeds are weird." If it weren't for her to deliver messages to my father, I wouldn't have bothered to deal with her anymore. ”

Qin Bai asked with some seriousness: "Guanglu, since you don't plan to believe this Lan girl, what about your brother-in-law being poisoned by someone sent by the Wang family...... Is it true or not?"

Zhao Mo was stunned for a moment, and a somewhat sad and angry look appeared on his face: "I don't know." It's just that...... She didn't have to lie about such a thing. She said that if the second brother died, the second brother must be dead, and there must be evidence to prove that the Wang family has nothing to do with it. Otherwise, how could Lan Xue win my father's trust and make him agree to take her into Beijing to raise a baby?"

Qin Hanzhen keenly sensed that something was wrong: "If Miss Lan Xue convinced Cousin Zhao's father that it was the Wang family who killed Cousin Zhao's younger brother, then how did she persuade Cousin Zhao to bring her to the capital when she was pregnant? Maybe it was not safe in the Liao Palace, but didn't she say that the suspicious mother-in-law had already run away? How many spies of the Wang family could there be in the Liao Palace? No matter how unsafe it was, it could be more dangerous than the capital? The capital was the base camp of the Wang family!" Could it be that under the nose of Cousin Zhao's father, the Wang family would not dare to make such a ruthless move? If this is the case, then Cousin Zhao's father has no reason to send him to the Wen family in Datong, and he only needs to protect himself and it will be fine?"

She raised her eyes to look at Zhao Mo: "Unless your father thinks that the Liao Wangfu is a more dangerous place than the capital, and his women and children stay there, and their lives are even more difficult to protect." Could it be that the King of Liao and the princess would want to put his heir to death more than the Wang family? Cousin Zhao, didn't you say that when you return to the Liao Palace, you may have a hard time, but your life will be unhindered. But Ling Zun doesn't seem to think so, what the hell is going on?"

Zhao Mo's face changed slightly, thoughtfully.

Qin Bai said lightly: "No matter what the matter is, now you can't just expect Guanglu's father to make decisions for him." He became more and more dissatisfied with Zhao Shuo, and he didn't think that the other party was a suitable candidate for the crown prince. Perhaps, every child of the clan who looks forward to his nephew dying early and sitting on the throne of the crown prince of the East Palace, he can't like it.

Wu Shaoying sighed and said, "Who else can you count on besides him? Zhao Xiaogongzi's father has great ambitions, but now he is bound by the Wang family. If this matter is stabbed, the Wang family will not be able to do well, and Zhao Xiaogongzi's father will also be implicated. When the time comes, how will Zhao Xiaogongzi's father and son get along?"

Qin Bai sneered: "He is also a royal nobleman, and he still wants to count on a courtier to help him sit on the throne, and he doesn't even care about his wife and children for this?

Zhao Mo's face turned red suddenly, and he couldn't help but lower his head. Although Qin Bai was blaming his father, deep down in his heart, he didn't think that Qin Bai's words were wrong. His father really disappointed him, and now he only hopes that the other party will be saved, and he still has a little father-son affection for him, the eldest son, so he insists on seeing his father and then deciding the future.

Qin Bai has rarely scolded behind his back, and after only saying a word, he didn't say much, and only said to Zhao Mo: "If I am fortunate enough to be summoned by the Holy Lord, I will mention your matter." This is my thoughts, and it is also for the sake of the Holy Lord and the East Palace, not for you, so you don't need to feel uneasy. However, if you really want to see Ling Zun first and then talk about anything else, then try to find a way to deliver the letter to him. ”

Since Lan Xue is no longer credible, it is very likely that the message to his new house will fall into the hands of Lan Xue, and the message to the Liao Wangfu may be known by the Xiao Wang family, Zhao Mo wants to deliver the letter to his father, but he can only count on other ways.

Qin Hanzhen gave him an idea: "When my father comes home next time, let's tell him about it, right? He is a guard in the imperial city, and there must be a time to see your father, so it will be good to quietly send a message at that time?" (To be continued.) )