Zen Master Daoyan readily agreed to Xu Miaoyi's request, after Miaoyi left the meditation room, the fox trail came out of the secret room, with a gloomy face, and asked Wenyan: "Why don't you follow the plan and guide Zhu Yuanzhang to steal from prison, there is a major suspicion, even if she has evidence to prove that Zhu Yuanzhang is the murderer, her father Xu Da will choose to ignore forbearance for the sake of family interests, so that she is desperate and resentful of the family and the Zhu Ming court, and wholeheartedly relies on our Mingjiao for revenge, but not only do you not mention Zhu Yuanzhang, but you pull Mingjiao into it?" What is your heart? ”

Zen Master Daoyan said calmly: "Xu Miaoyi is extremely smart, if I rashly say that Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious, she will be suspicious, why not tell her to doubt everything, don't trust anyone, and then use clues to guide her to slowly suspect Zhu Yuanzhang." As for why he got involved in Mingjiao—"

Zen Master Daoyan looked at the fox trace fixedly: "It's not that you made your own decision and poisoned Mrs. Zhou in prison, Xu Miaoyi is an inquisitive character, do you think she will give up?" She has doubts about you, and until this suspicion is dispelled, it is impossible for her to die for Mingjiao, let alone take the risk of cooperating with Mingjiao to realize the plan you have made. ”

"I have cultivated her for ten years, making her dependent and obedient to Mingjiao, and even cooperating with me to risk assassinating Guo Yangtian, a traitor, and rescuing you from the prison, she will slowly come in handy in the future and become one of Mingjiao's deepest chess pieces in the imperial court, but you are in a hurry, and you poisoned Mrs. Zhou just after escaping from the prison, which made her suspicious of me and Mingjiao, this mess is not up to me!"

Speaking of this, Zen Master Daoyan also had anger in his eyes, "You and I are both people who have gone through vicissitudes, and we all know that we have to bind a person, or so."

Enough benefits, or emotions that are difficult to cut. The most effective way to deal with people like Xu Miaoyi, who lacked love in childhood, is emotion, she has kept the secrets of Mingjiao so far, and she doesn't reveal anything, is it because of interests? No, it's because of my father-daughter relationship with me for ten years! If you continue to destroy the relationship, you will inevitably push her farther and farther! So now when she is embattled, take her heart and help her investigate the case, anyway, no matter how she investigates, you have key evidence in hand, and the final point will be Zhu Yuanzhang. ”

Fox Trace disagreed, smiled sarcastically, and said: "If I don't kill Mrs. Zhou and force your father and daughter to break up temporarily, how deep do you and Xu Miaoyi want the father-daughter relationship to be?" Do you see that your father-daughter love for her is more loyal than your loyalty to Mingjiao? That's right, tying up a person is either interests or emotions, but you reflect on yourself, did you tie Xu Miaoyi with your father-daughter relationship, or tied yourself? ”

Dao Yan clasped the corner of the table with both hands and said, "Are you doubting my loyalty to the Ming Sect? ”

The fox trace clenched his right hand into a fist, hammered it three times to his chest, and said: "The martyr is in his twilight years, and his heart is strong!" For the sake of enlightenment, I can give up everything! But what about you? You ask yourself, for the sake of Mingjiao, are you willing to sacrifice Xu Miaoyi, who has been raised for ten years? ”

Zen Master Daoyan's pupils shrank suddenly, and said: "Fox trace, you and I met as a young man, cultivated by King Ming, no matter whether Mingjiao is brilliant or declining, our loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon, without my mediation plan, Mingjiao would have perished long ago." ”

The fox trace stared at Zen Master Daoyan tightly, and asked again and again, "You're running away from my question, aren't you?" Mingjiao and Xu Miaoyi, which of these two is more important in your heart? If you had to sacrifice one, who would you choose? ”

Zen Master Daoyan didn't blink his eyes, and immediately replied, "I will keep the Ming Sect." ”

The fox trace got a satisfactory answer, he patted Zen Master Daoyan on the shoulder, and said: "Good brother, I didn't misunderstand you, and King Ming didn't misunderstand you back then, you and I were both born for Mingjiao and died for Mingjiao." ”

Zen Master Daoyan pressed the hand of the fox trace on his shoulder, and sighed: "You and I have been born and died for the Ming Sect for many years, no matter how many storms we have experienced, we have never doubted the loyalty of the other party, but - fox trace, don't question me like today in the future, no matter how good the friendship is, I can't help but doubt the collision again and again." Mingjiao up to now, only the two of us old bones are left to support, if we suspect each other and commit suicide, without the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, we will divide and collapse on our own. ”

"Good brother, I swear, from today onwards, we will never doubt each other, and work together to pull Xu Miaoyi into the game to help us complete the plan and revive Mingjiao."

"Okay, I, Dao Yan, also swear here, and I will never doubt each other in this life."

The four looked at each other, and the eyes of both of them were firm and calm, without any flickering.

Syllable!

The two swore a high-five as they did when they were teenagers and got back together.

The tense atmosphere became more harmonious, and Zen Master Dao Yan asked, "Fox Trace, since you believe in me, can you tell me what excellent news you received from Madame Zhou that night?" What do you have mastered to confidently guide Xu Miaoyi to point the finger at Zhu Yuanzhang? ”

The fox trace paused and said: "Dao Yan, my plan is seamless, but it is not easy to explain it at this time, in this plan, everyone is a chess piece, including you and me, as long as we follow the chess game, the plan will definitely be able to be executed flawlessly, and now the most important thing is to make sure that we can firmly control Xu Miaoyi's key chess piece and push her to the most suitable position." ”

The corners of Dao Yan's mouth moved slightly, and he said, "Okay, I believe you, I won't ask this question a second time." ”

The fox trace patted Dao Yan's shoulder again, and said movingly: "Good brother, you still understand my difficulties best." ”

Dao Yan said: "Mingjiao lives and dies, and if you fight here, you and I will work together to revive Mingjiao as soon as possible." ”

The two seemed to go back to the old days when they fought side by side, hugging each other and patting each other on the back.

Zen Master Daoyan looked out the window at the rainy day, his eyes full of struggle and entanglement: If Mingjiao and Xu Miaoyi have to sacrifice one, I will try to keep Mingjiao - but does it have to be at the expense of Xu Miaoyi......

Qinhuai River, Cuiyan Building.

The crown princess died, during the national funeral, the Qinglou Chu Pavilion was closed, and the sound of silk and bamboo was not heard, and the flower of the Cui Yan Building had nothing to do, lazily leaning on the windowsill, and coldly glimpsed a familiar side face in the garden pavilion in the drizzle, and couldn't help but be stunned: Isn't this the benefactor who saved her on the wall of the Lantern Festival?

The distance was too far away, just a hurried glance, she didn't dare to confirm it, so she hurried downstairs, holding an umbrella to find out.

Halfway through, he was suddenly stopped by a person, "Miss Mingyue, the garden has been taken over by my guests, and no one is allowed to approach, please go back to the room." ”

"Grandpa? I'm sorry, Mingyue was reckless. Mingyue hurriedly apologized. Grandpa is the head snake of the Qinhuai River, holding half of the painting boat of the Qinhuai River, black and white, the last time she secretly cooperated with Grandpa to rescue a little girl from a wealthy family, Grandpa gave her a box of pearls as a thank you gift, which is also a hush money.

Grandpa looked Mingyue up and down, the doubts in his eyes were still gone, and asked, "What are you going to do in the garden on a rainy day?" ”

Grandpa is an old man with eyes like a torch. Mingyue is as tender as water, dressed in plain white, holding a translucent oil-paper umbrella of white silk tarpaulin, like a blooming gardenia in the corner of the wall.

Mingyue smiled slightly, and said frankly: "Bustards love money, and prostitutes love pretty." Mingyue saw a handsome young student in the garden from a distance, so she wanted to get close and want to be close. ”

Sun Ye didn't believe it, and asked: "Miss Mingyue is an Oiran lady, I heard that the store is a big bully, ordinary guests have never even seen a golden face, the guests are at your disposal, and you are worried that there is no handsome customer?" ”

Mingyue had a sense of loneliness in her eyes, and said: "I'm eighteen years old this year, don't look at the bright flowers and branches blooming in this summer, in fact, the flowering period is about to pass, and it is almost not fresh." The bustard originally betrayed my first night in the summer, and the one with the highest price got it, and finally made a handful of silver, but when he met the national filial piety, he postponed it until the autumn. Mingyue thought to herself, it was all to be sold anyway, rather than buying it for those obscene and vulgar stinky men or the well-dressed beast white-headed officials who wanted a pear flower to press a begonia, it would be better to envelop a caring person who was willing to pay a high price, and when she thought of her first night in the future, she would not be so unbearable. ”

Mingyue is pitiful, but Grandpa is used to seeing Qin Huai Fengyue, so he was unmoved, waved his hand, and said: "Six dynasties gold powder, ten miles of Qinhuai, it seems to be beautiful, but in fact, it is a shameful life, if you want to really find someone who doesn't mind your background and has the ability to save you from the sea of suffering, it is really a blessing that has been cultivated for eight lifetimes." Let's go, the guests in the garden are just borrowing this place to talk, and they are not interested in red faces. ”

"Yes." Mingyue obediently left with an oil-paper umbrella. returned to the flower building, but did not give up, secretly took out the Western telescope given by the benefactor in order to please her, and through the half-open window, persistently searched for the familiar face.

Exactly that benefactor!

He wears a green gauze robe and a net scarf on his head, and in the dim drizzle of summer, his delicate facial features and clean temperament are the only bright colors.

She couldn't take her eyes off it, and she couldn't help humming softly, "Who is the young man who is near and far, and dares to tease this boudoir to go to Qinyuan......"

Xu Miaoyi didn't know that Mingyue was secretly watching her. Her attention was on the fox trail.

Xu Miaoyi said: "I haven't seen each other for half a year since I said goodbye to Jiming Mountain. ”

The fox arched his hand towards her, "I am grateful for the life-saving grace of the prison, I thought I would die in the prison." ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "At that time, I was a member of the Ming Sect, whether it was saving the elders or getting rid of Guo Yangtian, the scum, it was all what I should do." This time, I asked Zen Master Daoyan to ask you to meet in order to find out the truth about Mrs. Zhou's death, which involves the truth about my mother's death. ”

"Actually, you know the person who poisoned Mrs. Zhou, and you are even familiar with it." Fox Trace said calmly, "In fact, it is my own people who are guarding and stealing themselves." In the middle of the night, because I knew in advance that there was a prison escape, I kept pretending to be asleep and waiting for my companion to answer me. In the middle of the night, a person dressed as a jailer came in and quietly woke up Mrs. Zhou, who asked him who he was, but he didn't say anything, and handed Mrs. Zhou a note and a pot of poisoned wine through the iron fence. ”

"Seeing that Mrs. Zhou's body was stiff and dead, the man took the note and left the prison."

Xu Miaoyi asked tremblingly, "Who is that person?" ”

Fox Trace said: "It is the eunuch Huang Yan in the palace, Huang Yan has been taking the people of the Duwei Mansion to arrest our Mingjiao companions everywhere, although he is disguised and has not yet made a sound, but I recognize him when he turns into ashes." ”

Huang Yan? He is the person next to the emperor! Don't...... Xu Miaoyi remembered what Zen Master Daoyan said, to doubt everything, why did Huang Yan kill Mrs. Zhou? Is it the emperor's intention, or is there someone else behind it?

A series of questions popped up in her mind, Xu Miaoyi forced her composure and asked, "Elder don't panic and lie to me, Huang Yan is the emperor's person, why did he kill Mrs. Zhou?" ”

The point is, why did the emperor deliberately wronged his fierce generals and hurt his own arms? This does not make sense.

"I don't know who the mastermind behind Huang Yan is, anyway, it must be Huang Yan who killed Mrs. Zhou that night." The fox trace said: "You have made great contributions to the Ming Sect and saved my life. You are now isolated and helpless, although you have broken away from Mingjiao, but Mingjiao is willing to help you investigate the case. Whether it's stalking, doxxing, what do you want to check, the Ming Church will try its best to help you achieve it. After the case is clarified, you and Mingjiao will be even, and no one owes anyone. ”

Looking at the fox track's calm gaze, Xu Miaoyi still had doubts in her heart, and asked, "Elder, why are you from the Ming Sect coming to my cousin's side?" ”

"It's just a matter of desperation." Fox Trace explained: "Zhu Shouqian is just a powerless county king. We originally wanted to send someone to infiltrate □□, or a high-ranking and powerful prince like Yanwangfu, but the strong are like clouds, and our people don't have the ability to squeeze in, so we can only burn Zhu Shouqian's cold stove. ”

Seeing that Xu Miaoyi was still skeptical, the fox trace said again: "Believe it or not, I can't force it." Help you investigate the case, just to repay you a favor. If Huang Yan has any questions, you will know as soon as you check it. ”

Fox Trace is so confident because he believes that Huang Yan must have a problem! Because the fox trail who escaped from the trap that night opened Mrs. Zhou's cell and forced Mrs. Zhou to swallow the poison of the horse strychnine, Mrs. Zhou struggled to resist and said: "Huang Gonggong! Huang Yan! Eunuchs can't die well! I didn't do anything, you still have to kill people! I won't let you go......"

When the fox heard Huang Yan's name, he knew that Mrs. Zhou thought he was sent by Huang Yan to kill him, and it turned out that the real culprit behind the scenes was the emperor's personal eunuch!

It doesn't matter whether the emperor is innocent or not. As long as Huang Yan has a problem, Mingjiao will help Xu Miaoyi investigate the case all the way and do a little trick on key evidence, so I don't have to worry about Xu Miaoyi's resentment towards the emperor, and when the time comes, ...... 166 Reading Network