"It is said that when Si Youyuan sentenced him to death, there was only the old housekeeper who had followed him for many years...... Hey, it's embarrassing. ”

River Drum Guard looked down at Si Qiao with a smile, "Don't be too sad, you're going to see your father sooner or later." Okay, let's see, who do you know? ”

The back of the knife slashed over the faces of the slumped assassins, "—that's it." ”

Si Qiao endured the severe pain, and his eyes moistened for a moment, "Master......"

The river drum guards looked at each other, this kid was too disrespectful.

One of the guards thought back for a while, and said indignantly: "This seems to have fought with his brothers in Gyeonggi, and he lost a recruit from the Terracotta Division in Yu County, I remember it clearly." ”

The leader of the River Drum Guard pinched Si Qiao's wrist bone, "Boy, did your master mention the Lu Clan's Talisman to you?" What is the purpose of assassinating Mr. Xu, all of them are said. A few of you helped to put the needle on, hurry up and finish it and go to Master Su to guard. ”

I didn't think of this before, and the question was not involved, but after Xu Buyang reminded him, he brought in Si Gongzi, and the progress was really much faster. Soon after Si Qiao joined the gang, he was shocked by his father's tragic death, and he easily confessed the truth.

When the winter solstice was on vacation, Shenyutang sent a group of experienced killers to Qingtaiguan to find out the missing Lu Jiajun fish talisman that year, and at the same time assassinate the present who worshiped the deceased. After Lu Ming's death, the Lu family army fell apart and scattered outside Beijing, and the Yue clan seemed to attach great importance to this force and wanted to win the military talisman to reunite the people. The three southern provinces are too far away from Fanjing, and they are not familiar with the layout and battle in the north, so they must have experienced soldiers to lead the army to the north.

The lost recruits were specially selected by Ji Wei, who wanted to test the attitude of the soldiers and horses, but they were immediately punished by Jinshang.

Si Qiao patiently ambushed in Xu Buyang's small building, but he still had the intention of directly assassinating Zuo Yuan's judgment. His master had participated in the Qingtaiguan operation, and told him that the Zuo Yuan was the granddaughter of Princess Lu, and it was likely that he knew the whereabouts of the soldier talisman, because what he did at that time was to protect her. Since he knows the secret things that he shouldn't know, then he will be guilty of one more crime, and there is no reason to live in the world - his father was suppressed by the unknown woman, and the top of the organization wanted to eliminate her, and he was simply unfilial and disloyal if he didn't do it, and he wasted his cultivation grace.

The young assassin's body began to spasm, and his bones creaked in his muscles, and the poison had set in. After he finished speaking, the leader of the river drum guard thought about it left and right, and there was no more to ask, so he stabbed him with his backhand and killed him.

The red blood stains crawled on the ground, and the secret guards solved the important matter at hand, sorted out the filth in the house, and hurried to the Jade Qiao Pavilion.

If Master Su really returned to Beiliang, they wouldn't have to eat.

Yuqiao Pavilion.

Xu Buyang, the good senior brother of Daliang, handed over the warm water and said warmly: "Is there any misunderstanding?" ”

Su warmed up and drank water, but his chest was still twitching, and he couldn't calm down.

“…… Misunderstand? It's not like I haven't asked him to explain, he's lied to me for so long, is it still my problem? ”

Xu Buyang suddenly changed his words, and said bitterly: "We have long felt that he is unreliable, and I have reminded you many times, but you have taken it as a deaf ear." ”

It is really ruthless to be able to set fire to his sister's grandmother's house and not save him when he dies!

Su Huihui bit the rim of the cup, covered his eyes with a handkerchief and said, "I can't afford to accompany this kind of person, so I'd better leave as soon as possible." ”

Sheng Yunyi did what she hated the most, and she couldn't let go of it in her life. She couldn't afford to be disappointed.

"Warming?" Qinglingling's voice broke the silence.

Xu Buyang opened the bead curtain with an arrow, and his face was sad: "Mrs. Ling, you are here, then I will withdraw first." ”

Su Hui pointed at him while crying: "You are not allowed to give them a message!" Villain! ”

Xu Buyang choked up, "Where do you think, we can still turn our elbows out." ”

He went down to the second floor and found a handful of river drum guards nervously guarding the Yuqiao Pavilion, which would be a description of a queue to admit his mistake. What an idiot, does it make sense for them to apologize for this kind of thing?

"You, you, you, you, don't crouch here, the farther you flash, the better! Although we were invited by your master, if the senior sister is hard-hearted, we can't stop it. Is it easy for her to be an errand for you, and she is still being tricked by you like this! It's almost gone! He paced back and forth a few steps, turned his back and lowered his voice: "You know what to do, and you are ready to give it away!" ”

The guards looked at each other and disappeared in tacit understanding.

Xu Buyang looked up to the sky and sighed, and whispered without much confidence: "...... Speaking of which, you may not believe it, but they really did it first. ”

At night in late spring, the grass insects are noisy and upset.

Bang Xiang didn't know the specific situation, but seeing Su Huihui like this, he understood a little, who else could make her angry like this.

"Mr. Xu said you want to go back to Yuxiao Mountain?"

Su Huihui slowly stopped crying, wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief, and suddenly felt sad.

"I can't go back."

An Yang knew that she was in Nanqi, and the medicine house and servants on Dieyun Peak would definitely be interrogated, and the place where she had lived for twelve years would be difficult to set foot again once she left.

There is no one she can rely on on on Yuxiao Mountain, and there is no one in the entire Beiliang.

They wished she had died quietly in a foreign land.

Bang Xiang held her hand like an ice cube, she trembled violently, "But I can't stay here, he ......"

Her tears fell down like beads of broken thread, and her wide eyes showed panic: "I can't continue to believe in him, I can't be like before...... That's ...... to him."

Bang Xiang hugged her thin shoulders and whispered a few words of relief, she seemed to be immersed in her own sadness and turned a deaf ear.

"Did you hear something from the guards? Warm, no matter what you think, you still have to ask Your Majesty and let him say it to you personally. Even if something goes wrong, you should understand the whole thing for yourself, and you can't mess up on impulse. ”

Su Hui looked at her warmly and said faintly: "He has already told me, but I can't tell the difference, and I can't complain about him." ”

Bang Xiang saw that the situation was too strict, and planned to go back and discuss it with Ling Jieyu, if His Majesty did something sorry for her, it would only backfire to force her to be around. She took pity on Su Huihui and was alone, and she was weak, so she subconsciously stood in the camp, and as for her husband, he was naturally towards His Majesty.

…… Not long ago, the two of them were still in a very good situation, and they both reached the point of talking about marriage, why did it become this situation now? Could it be that he was provoked by someone with a heart?

She patted Su Huihui's back worriedly, "Okay, you can rest for one night first, and then think about these tomorrow." ”

"I'll write to him tomorrow to make it clear," Su Huihui said categorically, "what does he take me for?" ”

Her heart froze inch by inch, and when she questioned the Assassin, she was too excited to think about it. Now I think privately that the assassin disguised as the female crown of Qingtaiguan can appear in front of her, maybe he has been instructed. Sheng Yunyi has always been meticulous in her work, and she can't help but be suspicious if she misses a key person. If it was he who wanted to take the opportunity to sue her...... She didn't want to think about this possibility, she couldn't bear it.

Bang Xiang still asked the words that were held in his heart: "Warm, Jieyu told me that you want to stay here and enter the barracks with other doctors?" ”

Su Huihui sneered: "Can I go?" He was busy with all things, and he didn't dare to ask him to take the time to reply to the letter, so he just asked my senior brother and me to go to Lizhou and meet him in person. I had promised him to take care of Yan Xugui's illness, and since I had promised, I would never break the contract, and there were still a lot of things to deal with at the moment, so that this matter disturbed the night, I didn't think it was worth it. ”

It's just that she won't faint in anger, Bang Xiang admires her a little, at least for a short time, the river drum guard doesn't have to worry about the job.

She sighed softly, her eyes squinting: "Other than that, Your Majesty's kindness to you is not pretended. ”

Su Hui pinched the wooden table and lowered his head, "But he will only pretend to show me." ”

Her gaze looked beyond the lattice, and the setting sun hung heavily on the treetops, as if it was about to fall from the clouds in the next moment.

*

The winter in Beiliang is always extraordinarily long, and the spring light is extremely rare.

On the third day of March, the streams and rivers outside the city of Ming are full of flower watchers, and the palace is also contaminated with a lively atmosphere, with newly cut skirts and new makeup complementing each other, which is extremely beautiful.

Outside the Pearl Palace, an inconspicuous palace maid covered the door, walked down the Danqi with a lacquer box, and was stopped.

The palace maid who was standing nearby whispered after they left: "That's the yellow gate next to His Majesty, the first time I saw it here from the Queen Mother." ”

"Danfeng Bihe, the two sisters came out of the Huanyi Bureau, and they were still on an errand like no one else, and our master can tolerate them." "Bihe's little hoof, usually a saw-beaked gourd, can really open his mouth twice, and he can let the queen mother and the princess take it in regardless of their previous suspicions!"

A grandmother said meaningfully: "The princess invited Zhang Xian to make a divination for the Queen Mother, saying that His Royal Highness should not leave the palace today, so he can't visit the Queen Mother." Presumably, the Queen Mother asked Bihe to send some decoction and medicine to Mingxin Palace, if you meet Your Majesty on the way......"

When I met His Majesty, I couldn't spread my anger to the West Palace.

Mama recited Amitabha, "...... Alas, the Empress Dowager. ”

Regardless of the fragrance of the outer clothes of several palace roads, and the shadows of the temples are like clouds, the Mingxin Palace is still closed in the northwest corner.

Since ancient times, the palace has been heavily yin, and this place is especially so, with grass and trees growing arbitrarily, almost like a deserted courtyard at a glance.

It is no wonder that the Empress Dowager has not stepped out of the garden for several years. Everyone knows that she is very sick, just waiting for one day the world will mourn and the whole country will mourn.

Bihe was still walking with her eyebrows low, but the food box in her hand was gone.

Su Huan wore his habitual gentle smile, carried the box up the stone steps, and looked down to see the moss growing on the steps and the fallen leaves withering.

"Your Majesty, a few Huangmen came to see the Empress Dowager in the morning, but they haven't come out yet, and the Empress Dowager asked the slave maid to stop by to see what's going on."

Su Huan bowed, "You wait here, go back with them to resume your life." "Let's make a quick report, and the pace seems a little anxious.

Mingxin Palace is such a big field, but there are not a few figures in sight. Bihe secretly prayed that they would come out as long as they could, and the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be.

When the person who led the way saw Su Huan, he was so excited that he burst into tears: "Your Majesty! 陛xià...... The Queen Mother is all up to you! ”

Su Huan pursed his lips, "Say it straight." ”

The people of the old palace didn't care about anything, and said indignantly: "It's the people who left the Pearl Palace, and they came early in the morning to move the tablets in the palace, and the poor King of Jingbei and the princess can't live in peace in the spirit of the sky!" and Grandpa Cheng, too...... Ask God to open your eyes! ”

Su Huan immediately coughed violently, gritted his teeth in dizziness and said, "Let them smash the Taimiao in front of me, so that they can be enough!" ”

A crisp cracking sound came from the warm pavilion, and he propped his legs, the muscles of his face twitching, and silently lifted the curtain.

"Majesty!"

Three or four strong eunuchs hurriedly knelt down, and Su Huan inspected the room, the table was messy, and a large bag was placed on the ground, revealing a corner of the cypress spirit card.

The throne of Su Jin, the king of Jingbei......

His face was expressionless, and he said lightly: "What about the imperial grandmother?" ”

The old lady wiped away her tears and said: "The Empress Dowager negotiated with these people for many hours and fainted. Pity her body......"

The palace man is Shen Jing's nursing mother, who is over the age of old, and sends the decoction with her waist on her back.

Su Huan said softly: "You guys, do you want me to help you bear the name of unfilial piety?" ”

The eunuchs listened to his weak tone, and defended calmly: "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother is restless, and the Queen Mother is afraid that she will touch the scene and add to her heart disease, so she will invite Grandpa Cheng and the princess to enter the temple." ”

"Please?"

Su Huan leaned over and picked up the dusty sack, "I know, tomorrow morning the court will solemnly discuss with the secretaries." ”

"Majesty!"

Su Huan brushed off the ash on the wooden plaque with his sleeve and carefully put it back one by one. The cups and plates on the table were messy, and he seemed to be out of sight, his eyes fixed on the rough words, and gradually burst into tears.

"陛xià."

He couldn't hear.

"I want to go back to the Pearl Palace to see the Queen Mother......"

Su Huan suddenly flicked his sleeves and said sharply: "Are you still not satisfied?" Get out of here! ”

They would not listen to his commands, and even his own actions would be prevented. Cheng Zu's spiritual position looked at him coldly, and he was ashamed of himself.

The Queen Mother couldn't tolerate the people on the altar, Emperor Cheng, who was usurped by Su Ming, King Jingbei who died in Mobei in the war, and the princess of the West Night who died early.

The Empress Dowager Shen Jing was mourning for her eldest son and brought him back from Dingyuan, intending to compete with the Yuwen clan, and the first emperor also liked him, and let him ascend the throne before his death, and opposed his relatives. He was destined to let them down.

The Yellow Gate, who was ordered to move the tablet, weighed the pros and cons, scattered in a gloomy manner, and quickly went to the Lizhu Palace.

A painful dream suddenly came out of the layers of curtains, Su Huan knelt in front of the couch and called out with difficulty:

"Imperial grandmother."

There was no response for a long time, the old lady fed a spoonful of medicine, heard a few coughs, and stretched out a thin hand from the tent stained with medicine.

"Ah Jin...... Ah Jin, is that you? ”

Su Huan endured his sadness and smiled: "Mother-in-law." ”

The Empress Dowager barely stood up, looked quietly through the curtain for a moment, and the scene in front of her returned to clarity, "...... Oh, majesty. ”

The old grandmother raised the curtains, and Su Huan moved her knees to kneel closer, "Grandmother, is she better today?" ”

Shen Jing's cheeks were sunken, her eyes were gloomy, and she still smiled kindly: "Your Majesty...... Ahem, why do you have time to come and see me. ”

Su Huan said: "I drove that group of eunuchs away, grandmother don't worry." If you take care of your illness, you will get better. ”

Shen Jing turned her face, her silhouette vaguely contained the unparalleled elegance of the old years, and she was lined with a plain robe like a catkins in the wind, and she would easily disappear into the majestic palace.

She has come to the end of her life, and she will soon be able to get rid of the torture, Su Huan is actually a little envious of her.

Shen Jing looked at her wrinkled hands, leaned on the pillow and smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, my time is running out now, and I can't watch you lead the dynasty." ”

Su Huan almost couldn't support it, and said in a very low voice: "Grandmother's great grace, Huan can only repay it in the next life." The feet of his robe were wet with water, "What else can I do for my grandmother?" ”

Shen Jing's gaze drifted far away from the window, and Miao Miao's singing sounded from the end of the palace in a subdued tone, which was the song she liked to listen to when she was young.

"It's the Shangsi Festival again...... Do you remember, when the recovery was still here, on the third day of the third month of March, Zhenya asked people to fly kites to show you...... The warmth is only so big, I hold it in my hand, and I think of her father, I didn't hold him when Ah Jin was a child......"

Her gray hair spread on the brocade quilt, like a layer of ice flowers, and the warm tears could not melt.

"My ...... of recovery" Shen Jing closed her eyes, "I really want to see that child again, in twelve years, she has grown into a big girl." ”

She once vowed to let her favorite little granddaughter live freely for the rest of her life, and never have to be involved with the deceitful royal family, but after ten years, she couldn't bear to give up that hard-won blood relationship—that was the only connection between her and the deceased.

Su Huan said: "Grandmother, I will protect her." ”

Shen Jing's thousand words turned into a long sigh.

Is she doing well now?