These two delicate words concealed how much hope, how much waiting, how much impatience, only Murong Qin himself knew.

The two sat down, and Murong Qin skillfully poured Manchu tea for Qi Niang.

What he brewed today is not the flower tea of the past, but the newly made Junshan silver needle, the tea is as delicate as a silver needle, the tea fragrance is light, but the taste is slightly bitter, just like his mood for many days.

I was in a hurry to explain, but I didn't know how to speak, so I was bitter and secret.

The two sat quietly opposite each other, the fragrance of tea overflowing, and occasionally cherry blossoms falling on their shoulders, as if time had stood still.

Qi Niang had many doubts, but the words came to her mouth and went down to her stomach with the tea.

All she could do now was wait.

Under the quiet cherry blossom trees, there is a hint of embarrassment spreading.

The April sun shines through the branches and flowers of the trees, scattered sparsely.

"My surname is Murong, and my single name is a Qin character, and I am the third son of the saint today." Murong Qin put down the teacup and spoke eloquently.

Although Qi Niang had already heard some things, when she heard him say it again, she still didn't feel good in her heart, especially when she mentioned that his mother and concubine collaborated with the enemy and killed his father and mother.

"My mother loves her father very much in her life, but she ended up being executed in a late manner." Murong Qin's face was pale, "At that time, I was still young, and my grandmother imprisoned me in the inner courtyard of the Wanshou Palace, and I didn't know until my mother's concubine Sanqi had passed!" ”

"I am the most unfilial son in the world, and I didn't even attend her funeral!" Murong Qin choked up.

Qi Niang's eyes were full of sympathy, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

After all. His mother killed his own parents.

Murong Qin's expression became more and more excited, and he finally grabbed Qi Niang's hand and asked through gritted teeth,

"If I say that my mother has not harmed your parents, will you trust me?"

When Qi Niang heard this, her eyes widened in amazement, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time......

Chapter 45 Looking Back

Murong Qin's gripping hand couldn't help but tighten, she ...... Don't believe in yourself......

Why did he bother with this, why did he force her to answer, when General Changfeng and his wife died tragically on the battlefield. She was less than two years old. What can I know, but I just listened to my relatives and the world later, not to mention that I only have a plain relationship with Qi Niang. The friendship is not deep. Who is he to make her believe in herself?

Is. He had been thinking and wishful thinking for many days

Murong Qin's heart swelled with anticipation, longing, helplessness, and the torment and disappointment of waiting, but even though there were all kinds of feelings in his heart, it only turned into a light sigh overflowing from the corners of his mouth......

Waiting time is the answer.

Disappointment flashed in the corners of Murong Qin's eyes. Slowly let go of his gripping hands, and the look in his eyes gradually returned to clarity.

Just now, it was he who was rude.

But before this apologetic word came out, Qi Niang suddenly grabbed his slightly cool hand on the side, looking very eager and unbearable,

"I ....... I believe it!"

Soft and soft words floated down.

Murong Qin's expression suddenly froze, and the Qingming that had just been restored in his eyes was no longer there, and what was surging was surprise and ....... joy!

She believes in herself after all, how good!

There was not a single word of inquiry in her letter, it was not that she was afraid, nor that she was timid, nor that she was dismissive.

Rather, she believed in him Murong Qin!

He couldn't help but hold the slender jade hands back, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tilt up slightly.

In this world, in addition to her cronies who have followed her for many years, only her, Su Muli, believes in herself and believes in herself without hesitation.

He couldn't help but tighten the jade hand he was holding, and his eyes were even more eager.

Qi Niang came back to her senses, her face suddenly turned pale, she lowered her eyelids in a panic, and pulled out her hands with a twist.

I was too bold ....... just now.

Even in her previous life, she had never taken the initiative to grab a man's hand!

However, as soon as she saw the disappointment and sadness in Murong Gongzi's eyes, she couldn't help but say that and do that.

In fact, deep in her heart, she Su Muli did believe in his Murong Qin's words!

"Come to think of it, this is the reason why Gongzi painstakingly arranged for Qi Niang to return to the General's Mansion." Qi Niang took a sip of tea, and her expression returned to clarity.

A year ago, the deliberate approach of Taihang Mountain Corner, the rush back to Cen Zhou from Jizhou a month ago, and the sudden visit of the lord of Huifu County that day, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the Wang family today.

All of this is just a long time ago.

Murong Qin's expression was stunned, and his eyes flashed with appreciation, "The lady is really smart." ”

In this way, his approach to himself turned out to be just a careful arrangement, not the so-called fate.

Disappointment flashed in the corners of Qi Niang's eyes, after all, she was too careful.......

"But what evidence does Childe have to prove that the Huo family has nothing to do with the tragic death of my father and mother?"

Belief is belief, but this evidence is also indispensable.

Finally, the main topic came up.

Murong Qin took out a string of rosewood Buddhist beads from his cuffs, "This string of Buddhist beads was given to me by the National Master of Jiu Neng on my fourth birthday, and it is said that it was made by the National Teacher himself, and it can exorcise demons and subdue demons to protect my life, so my mother has always asked me to wear it on my body and never leave it." ”

When he talked about the past, his words revealed a faint warmth.

"That year, I just turned six years old, my uncle's eldest grandson was still less than three years old, and I was always crying very much during that time, and my uncle thought of many ways to cure my nephew's illness, and then listened to the master's advice and asked my mother to borrow my Buddhist beads to sleep for him."

"Sure enough, my nephew's crying never happened again, but I didn't expect that within half a month, the Huo family would be beheaded all over the house because of General Changfeng!" Pain flashed in Murong Qin's eyes.

Qi Niang couldn't bear it, she hesitated slightly, and then cleverly changed the topic, "That...... This string of beads ......"

Murong Qin handed it to her, and Qi Niang took it carefully and took it in her hand to observe it carefully.

Rosewood beads, a total of 14 pieces. The pieces are sleek and full, the size and form are completely consistent, the color is authentic purple red, because of the age, the Buddha beads can be seen in several places as fine as cow hair-like lines, which is commonly known as the "cow hair pattern".

Qi Niang recognized that this string of Buddhist beads was a rare treasure - small-leaf rosewood Buddha beads.

In her previous life, she had auctioned off a bunch of gifts for her grandmother's 70th birthday at a high price.

However, she still didn't find any clues.

This was the last Murong Qin object left by the Huo clan before his death, and then it was many days after the Huo clan was killed. He was told.

So. If Huo was really wrongfully killed, then it is very likely that there are important clues hidden in this string of Buddhist beads.

Qi Niang carefully checked it again, but still didn't gain anything.

The small-leaved rosewood is very hard, and in previous lives it was the best material used by royalty to make furniture. Therefore, it took more than ten years for this string of Buddhist beads to see a few superficial "cow hair patterns". If you want to use your hands and feet in the Buddhist beads, I'm afraid it's difficult.

So. It can only be a string of beads.

Qi Niang's mind moved, and she carefully separated the two Buddha beads that were close together, and with difficulty exposed the strings inside.

She recognized the string of beads. It was the embroidery thread in the green cicada wings and blossoming ink pear handkerchief left by her mother, the extremely precious Beiyitian silk.

When she looked closer, she finally noticed the anomaly.

Beiyitian silk is said to be known for its unusually thin, unusually tough, unusually transparent, and extremely rare, but this string of threads is not completely transparent.

Qi Niang didn't want to move the Buddha beads again, so she handed them back to Murong Qin, "The evidence is hidden in the string of Buddha beads?" ”

Murong Qin's eyes were even more appreciative, "The lady is delicate, just as you said." ”

He carefully found the small thread, untied the string with great care, and it took a long time to untie it, and then pulled out a thin and narrow pure white transparent yarn belt from the silk thread wrapped with dozens of Beiyitian silk.

Qi Niang took it and looked at it carefully, but she didn't see any handwriting patterns, and she looked at the other side suspiciously.

Murong Qin understood, took the gauze and spread it flat on the bluestone table, then picked up the teacup and dripped a few drops of tea up, only to see that the ribbon was like a sponge absorbing water and immediately expanded, widened and lengthened, and at the same time, the original pure white and transparent became light yellow, and then slowly began to appear on the pale black handwriting.

Qi Niang was dumbfounded, it turned out that such a magical thing really existed.

The handwriting of a few words is sloppy and messy, especially the eagerness and panic of the writer back then.

It mentions the death of General Changfeng, the innocence of the Huo family, and the Yang family.

"Yang's?" Qi Niang asked curiously.

Murong Qin's eyes flashed fiercely, "The Yang family is an important minister of the former dynasty, and his ancestor sacrificed his life to save the life of the Holy Ancestor when the Holy Ancestor Emperor personally drove to the Western Regions, so the Yang family was highly used by the Holy Ancestor. However, in the previous dynasty, the Yang family began to decline, and in this dynasty, only Yang Wengong, the master of the Yang family, was an official in the court, and his sister was included in the harem by the emperor and named Yang Guiren. ”

Speaking of this, the hatred in Murong Qin's eyes became more and more obvious, "But Yang Guiren gave birth to the emperor's eldest son in less than a year after entering the palace - Murong Qi, who is also the crown prince who was deposed at the beginning of this year!" ”

"Prince?"

"Exactly, I still clearly remember that the mother concubine died tragically in June of that year, and Murong Qi was suddenly appointed as the crown prince in August." He said through gritted teeth.

He still remembered that after Murong Qi was made the crown prince, the ministers praised and congratulated him, and the prince's uncle Yang Wengong was also promoted to the left deputy capital of the Zhengsanpin Metropolitan Procuratorate, and for a time the Yang family rose to the top.

And his uncle, the son of the Huo family's Changfang, was dismissed from the post of Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and ended up with a desolate end.

And he, who had just lost his biological mother and was still in the period of filial piety, was repeatedly accused and criticized by important ministers of the court, abused and insulted by the people of the world, and ridiculed and disgusted by his relatives and sisters.

He still clearly remembers that day was the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, he was not only the queen of the concubine but also in the filial piety period, and he was not qualified to participate in the palace dinner, although he knew in his heart that many people disliked and disliked him, but he was young, he was timid, he was afraid, and he tried his best to seek the warmth of the past.

So, he broke free from the obstruction of his father-in-law in the inner room, ran into the Wanshou Palace without hesitation, and saw his grandmother, who he had missed for many days.

The imperial grandmother is sitting in front of the dressing table, dressed up by the palace people.

He knelt respectfully and saluted. But as soon as she opened her mouth to call "Imperial Grandmother", she choked up and cried.

However, no one paid any attention to him for half the time.

The palace people are still busy in an orderly manner, and the imperial grandmother, who was always full of loving smiles in the past, is extremely serious and cold today.

She didn't call him up, didn't smile and beckoned him to come over as usual, didn't hug him and gave him a taste of the newly made osmanthus cake, and her imperial grandmother didn't even look back, and was helped away by everyone after finishing her makeup.

Her wide and long bright yellow brocade yarn Caiyun Golden Dragon slowly swept over the immature hands that had been lying on the ground towards the end of her robe, and the colorful cloud golden dragon embroidery thread that slid over the back of his hand was extremely cold and piercing. Just like the last words left by the imperial grandmother.

"Mourning home. No longer your imperial grandmother! ”

He knelt on the jade brick floor in a daze, and the big tears kept falling uncontrollably, dripping onto the fine jade bricks, and the "tick-tock" sound kept ringing. Just as his heart, which longed for warmth, was disintegrated and cracked one by one......

He has been kneeling in the Palace of Longevity. Until the slanting sunlight dissipates no more. Until the night fell mercilessly, until the sound of joy in the distance came to my ears, until the tears at hand were connected into a pool. He sobbed and saw the faint starlight shining through the window, saw the boundless pain in his eyes, saw the stubbornness and strength of his disguise, and saw his last heart like ashes.......

He had just turned six years old that year......

The past was like the tide of the rainy season gushing towards Murong Qin, making him still have an uncontrollable throbbing pain in his chest after passing the year of the weak crown.

Qi Niang thought of this, and she really wanted to cry helplessly.

Murong Qin thought about it carefully, and then saw Qi Niang's face full of puzzles, but his heart became more and more affirmed!

"Soul Eater, Life and Death Covenant!" Sure enough, it lives up to its name!

He smiled clearly, and the warmth at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows immediately appeared, "As the saying goes: illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread." The lady only had a serious illness in January, and she still needs to recuperate.

When Qi Niang heard this, her heart warmed, and she really hoped that this was the case.

She eased up, and her mind returned to the topic of Fang Cai, "What Gongzi Fang Cai said is that the Yang family immediately soared after the Huo family destroyed the family, but this is not enough to show that it was the Yang family who killed my parents?" ”

The implication is that the clues in the small-leaved rosewood are just Huo's one-sided words, which are not credible enough.

Murong Qin was not displeased when he heard this, but was sincerely happy, Su Muli was really as dusty as he said-extremely intelligent.

Although she intuitively believes in herself, she is not blindly believing, she can find the answer from the future, and then ask him for evidence very rationally, and now she has a careful reasoning.

Indeed, the last words left by Huo Shi alone do not prove anything. Although after his mother's concubine Huo's family was destroyed, the person who benefited the most was Murong Qi, but could it be that based on these alone, he decided that it was General Changfeng who was framed by the Yang family and then blamed the Huo family?

Isn't that ridiculous?

Murong Qin smiled silently, and the doubts in Qi Niang's eyes were even stronger.

He leisurely tapped on the stone table a few times, and then slowly walked out from behind the mahogany carved door railing, it was the dusty mother-in-law who had just quietly left!

Qi Niang was stunned and called out in disbelief, "Mother-in-law? Still in disbelief, she asked, "Is my mother-in-law here to call me home?" ”

Chen Su saluted respectfully, and before getting up, he didn't forget to call, "Prince Murong is well!" ”

The surprise on Qi Niang's face was self-evident

It turned out that Granny Chensu knew Murong Qin's identity early on, and it turned out that the arrangements along the way were all premeditated, and it turned out that there were no shortage of people around her who deceived her.

At this moment, Qi Niang's heart is full of mixed feelings. Mother-in-law is her mother's nurse and her life-saving benefactor, and over the years, she has always taken care of herself and accompanied herself, but ......

She always thought that her grandmother, Banxiang and Granny Chensu were the most trusted and important people in her life......

Qi Niang couldn't explain the indescribable discomfort in her heart.

Today, she has experienced too many accidents firsthand. First, Murong Qingongzi admitted that he deliberately approached and repeatedly arranged carefully, then the tragic death of his parents turned out to be another hidden story, and then to the deliberate deception of Mother-in-law Chensu.

Before, the fate she thought of turned out to be just a well-designed encounter, but the people around her who she trusted were also planning with others behind her back.

Chensu was full of apologies, kept making amends, and told him how he met Murong Qin and how he made an agreement with him.

"Lady, the old slave had no choice but to deceive you." Dusty was still kneeling on the ground, his words full of helplessness.

Indeed, a year ago, I was half stupid and half stupid, and I was still a fool who couldn't stand up and speak, even if my mother-in-law told her, what was the point?

But she still felt uncomfortable.

"Lady, after the tragic death of the general and his wife, the old slave took the lady to live in seclusion in the mountains for many years according to his wife's last words, until Prince Murong came forward...... ......She couldn't help crying, but she couldn't talk anymore.

Qi Niang watched her mother-in-law crying on the ground and became a tearful person, she couldn't bear it, her mother-in-law was helpless after all, after all, it was also for her mother's good for her.

She got up and lifted the dust, "What my mother-in-law does is for my parents and Qi Niang, what's wrong?" ”

"Lady......" Dusty face was full of disbelief, and tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes that had just been wiped off.

Qi Niang sighed, "Mother-in-law doesn't need to blame herself anymore, it's just a last resort for a reason." ”

Murong Qin, who had been watching coldly from the side, was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes when he looked at Qi Niang were a little more sympathetic.

There is a reason for it, and you can't help yourself!

What has he done over the years?

The sun began to turn west, and there was still a warm breeze, which was a little cooler on the body at the moment.

Time is limited, and Granny Dusty briefly told the past.

It turned out that General Changfeng took command of the battlefield before Qi Niang was one year old, and this time he was fighting against the 100,000 alliance army of the Southern Barbarians and the Western Regions. Later, the enemy army was defeated by the general Shen Yong, so he used a treacherous trick to steal Qi Niang from Cen Zhou to threaten, although later the lady successfully saved the lady, but General Changfeng died tragically on the battlefield.

However, Mrs. Wang unexpectedly received information on the way back to Cen Zhou in Fuling, saying that the general's death was actually killed by traitors in the court, she was extremely resentful, and traced the clues all the way to the imperial capital, and later because the Southern Barbarians and the Western Regions invaded our country again, Mrs. revenge was disregarded and went to the battlefield again, and then ...... It is that he will never come back alive......

"This is also a relic left by Madame during her lifetime." Chensu took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it over.

Qi Niang opened it layer by layer, as if peeling off a cocoon, and in the end, what was hidden inside was only a piece of broken jade, to be exact, half a piece of jade wrench.

"See if there's a word on it?" Murong Qin reminded.

Qi Niang carefully checked according to her words, and there were indeed words on the inside.

"Junyi?" Qi Niang looked up suspiciously and asked tentatively, "Who is Junyi?" ”

Murong Qin's expression darkened, "Murong Qi, the abolished prince, has a hundred million words." ”

In other words, her mother had already found out about the deposed prince in front of her, which means that it was really someone else who killed her father, that is to say, there was no enmity between Murong Qin and her Su Muli!

Qi Niang's heart was relieved for some reason, but her face was as usual, "Childe has taken a lot of trouble this time, is he just telling Qi Niang the truth?" ”

Murong Qin smiled comfortably, "This time, the first is to explain the truth to the lady. He paused, and the corners of his eyes flashed with determination, "Second, I hope that in the future, the lady can work with me to find out the real cause of General Changfeng's death." (To be continued.) )