The sound of rain gusted overnight, and the lights in Pingle Hall and Zhishuangzhai were not extinguished until the third watch. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Liang Zan was standing in the main hall of the outer courtyard of the Pei family's empty house at this time, looking at the torrential rain outside with a calm face. Candles were lit all over the house, but they were all burned with tears. On the ground was the long sword he had taken from the East Garden, and there was a faint flash of blood in the candlelight.

Unlike Pei Minzhong, who has been on the battlefield with real knives and guns, Liang Zan has never killed anyone in his life. Although he grew up in the harem of swords and swords, the harem is used to killing people without seeing blood.

Liang Zan remembered that when he was a child in the deep palace, every old eunuch and old mother could tell a few scary stories. Which palace lady had a difficult birth and hanged herself, which palace person was killed and thrown into a well, all of them were vividly spoken.

The grievances of those ghosts who have nowhere to confide are all held in that boxy world, such as the mother concubine, such as the eldest sister.

Liang Zan closed his eyes, and two lines of tears flowed silently. He didn't reach out to wipe it, letting his tears run wild like the rain outside the window.

Before he died, Cao Mingyang finally tore off the fake disguise on his face, and roared and scolded the emperor: "Is there any scholar who goes through the imperial examination who is willing to be a princess?" My family is not very wealthy and I don't have much wealth, but I still have backbone! Why do you royal people do whatever they say? ”

"When I marry your sister, the world will look at me as if I had taken a big advantage, but who knows how my colleagues laugh at me behind my back? Since the princess and Xungui are good marriages, why did they have a whim to marry the princess to a scholar when they came to the first emperor? What immoral thing have I done to be humiliated like this? ”

Only then did Liang Zan know how wrong this marriage was, the man didn't want to marry, and the woman didn't want to marry, but why was he screwed together like this?

He kicked Cao Mingyang to the ground, put the tip of his sword against his throat, and said word by word: "Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has never been a princess who has lived with her in-laws after descending. My father not only ordered your family to move into the princess's mansion, but also specially told the eldest sister to serve her in-laws. ”

"Since the eldest sister married you, has she ever respected the elder? Is there a deliberate attempt to trust Dana Joe? I heard that the eldest sister is pregnant and still salutes your parents as usual, do you know that when you see the princess, it is your parents who should salute her! She has been married for less than half a year, and she is worried about her heirs, and your family is not a single heir, why is she like this? Who gave her the face to be so anxious to make her a princess? ”

The candle shadow flickered, Liang Zan couldn't see Cao Mingyang's face clearly, only to see him silent for a moment, and then he said weakly: "No matter what, after Da Zhou died, it would be wrong for her to do anything, who called her the princess of Da Zhou!" There's no way I'm going to put my whole family on the line for her! Liu Guangsheng is a murderous demon who doesn't blink, what are you asking me to keep this mourning star? ”

Liang Zan was furious, and stepped on Cao Mingyang's chest fiercely, causing the pain that his upper body immediately bounced up and coughed repeatedly.

"What else do you have to say before you die?"

"Lord Wang, you are a good person, and you will not cause too many murders. The blame is mine alone, and has nothing to do with my parents or relatives. It's because I want to stand out too much, and I took the lead in front of the first emperor in the palace examination...... It's because I see things too clearly, and I'm afraid that your sister will affect my whole family, so I don't ask my family to go out to find Wen Po, and I will suffocate her to death......"

When Liang Zan heard this, his anger rushed straight into his head, and he clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands and slashed at Cao Mingyang's neck: "Until now, you still think it's the eldest sister's fault!" ”

Cao Mingyang, who was trampled on the ground, rolled his eyes, and blood gushed out from the split neck, splashing Liang Zan all over his face. The blood still carried the temperature, which made Liang Zan feel a strange sense of closeness.

He stared at the increasing amount of blood on the floor, until the pungent smell of blood filled the room, and then he threw his sword with a "clang" and collapsed on his seat.

Pei Minzhong, who was guarding outside, heard the movement and pushed the door in. Seeing Cao Mingyang on the ground, he didn't say anything, went out and ordered two guards to come in and carry the body away, and asked Pei Rongzhen to fetch water to come in.

Pei Minzhong wrung the handkerchief in the basin half-dry and handed it to Liang Zhan: "Wipe it, you look at it like this...... Very bad. It's hard to wipe when it's dry. ”

Liang Zhan mechanically wiped his face with a handkerchief, and suddenly sped up again, rubbing his face and neck frantically, and the basin of water soon turned bright red.

After a long time, he stopped, and the blood stains in the house were almost cleaned. Pei Minzhong asked, "The rest of the Cao family...... What is the prince going to do? ”

Liang Zan sneered: "Before he died, he said that I was a good person, and I would definitely not embarrass his family." But is the eldest sister's death really irrelevant to them? The eldest sister has only been married for half a year and has not been pregnant, and his family is clamoring to give Cao Mingyang a concubine, isn't it his parents' idea? I really don't know what a heart, what a heart! ”

Pei Minzhong was silent for a moment before he said: "Killing his family is not as good as killing Cao Ming...... First, they are old, and second, after all, Cao Mingyang is the first evil...... If you kill too many people, and you kill the old and weak women and children, it will really damage the reputation of the prince. ”

Liang Zan turned his head suddenly, glared at him and said angrily, "Don't you want me to kill me?" ”

Pei Minzhong replied calmly: "It's not that I don't ask the prince to kill, it's just that I think the prince's good reputation is more important than taking their lives." If you are bent on seeking justice for Princess Duanmin, you should always think about whether this is the justice that the princess really wants. ”

"Instead of indiscriminately killing rings, it is better for the prince to recover the capital as soon as possible, build a tomb and set up a shrine for the princess, and let her leave the Cao family, and there will be descendants to worship incense a hundred years later."

The rain rumbled outside, but inside the house you could hear pins falling. Liang Zhan walked to the window and looked at the dark night outside. After a long time, he said softly, "Send it away." ”

Pei Minzhong took the order and left, leaving Liang Zhan standing alone under the window.

After listening to so many ghost stories since he was a child, he really killed someone with his own hands and stayed in the house alone, Liang Zhan's heart is very calm.

He didn't know if he was tired, or if he had finally let go of the burden in his heart, and now his mind was clear. He remembered that when he was a child, his eldest sister was only half an hour older than him, but she always took care of herself and let herself.

After the death of the mother, she drilled the tip of the horns, and she had to make a stumbling block for the queen mother and the queen, but the eldest sister patiently persuaded and reasoned, otherwise where could she leave her life to this day?

His tears flowed out again, for the mother concubine who died early and the eldest sister of early wisdom. These two women gave themselves care and consideration, but they both died early, and they could not enjoy the glory they can bring to them today.

Okay, Liang Zan sighed. Since you have chosen this path, you will continue to do so. The eldest sister of the mother concubine lived a miserable life before her death, and she always gave them a supreme glory after her death.