Chapter 34: A Visitor in the Night
It is seven o'clock in the night, in the dead of night, the moon and stars are scarce, the Xuanling Temple located near the Qingxi Bridge is shrouded in silence and tranquility, there are occasionally some birds beating the branches on the lush pine trees, and a night owl whispers from time to time along the wall, which makes the Xuanling Temple in the night more mysterious.
Suddenly, like a gust of wind blowing, a black shadow flew over, quietly landed outside a remote courtyard, she gradually approached the window, with her fingers quietly cut through the window paper, a beam of light not deep or shallow shot out, she looked through the small hole, and saw a woman is sitting next to the desk, a candle on the desk is flickering, she is sewing a dress by the lamp, it is a cyan man's robe, it seems to have faded and faded, but the woman is like a treasure to embrace it, as if looking at a long-missed relative, She pulled the needle and thread to sew up the wound that she had accidentally torn during the day, and the tears slipped silently.
The man in black couldn't help but turn his head when he saw this scene, looking at the night sky and quietly crying....Did he blame her? Even so, there are still some things that need to be asked of her.
After making up her mind, she went around a wall, opened the door, and walked inside.
Pei Fengwan heard a squeak and was stunned for a moment, she had lived here alone for more than ten years, and almost no one came to disturb her, let alone someone looking for her in the middle of the night, so she thought it should be the wind, and lowered her head again.
"Sister-in-law......"
A choked call came from behind her, Pei Fengwan trembled, suddenly raised her head, stunned, thinking that she had heard it wrong, and when she looked back, she saw a veiled woman in black looking at her with tears in her eyes,
She stood up slowly with the desk, tears kept sliding out of her eyes, her eyes that had been in tears for more than ten years had already been a little blurry, and she couldn't see who the woman in front of her was...
Hua Ying saw that she was in a trance, her body was a little shaky, and she couldn't help but feel distressed, after all, the woman in front of her was her dear brother's wife, and she had been calling her sister-in-law for many years... How close she was to herself at that time, when the girl was not there, she took herself around to play, but... But as soon as she remembered that she was a member of the Pei family, she suddenly felt hatred in her heart.
Hua Ying bit her lip, approached her step by step, and slowly pulled down the veil with one hand, Sheng Xue's skin looked even paler in the dim candlelight, and her eyes with tears flashed like a pearl in the dark night.
"Sister-in-law... It's me..."Hua Ying approached her and murmured, she was her only relative after all,
"Ahh Ah..."Pei Feng's tears poured out like a tide in the evening, and his whole body was weak, and he was falling down....
Hua Ying hurriedly hugged her, "Sister-in-law....you....", she held her body and slowly leaned her on the low floor,
"Hua....Ying......" Pei Fengwan finally realized who was coming, and her hoarse voice sounded particularly heart-wrenching, she never thought that the woman in front of her was the girl she and the eldest princess held in the palm of her hand back then.
Pei Fengwan stretched out his hand to touch her face, and choked up: "I thought... I thought you tooβ" said, but he couldn't go on, just shook his head and cried silently.
Hua Ying grabbed her hand, at this time she believed that her sister-in-law was innocent, seeing Pei Fengwan's appearance today, Hua Ying was sure that her sister-in-law was always a member of the Yun family.
"Sister-in-law, after my mother sent you back to Pei's Mansion, she found someone to replace me and quietly sent me away...."
Pei Feng couldn't stop nodding, she held back her tears, looked at Hua Ying, and said, "Hua Ying, do you blame me?" β
When Hua Ying heard this, she lowered her head and kept sobbing, but she couldn't speak.
Pei Fengwan wiped her tears with her sleeves, and wrapped her gentle gaze, yes, she still has Hua Ying... She still has relatives ....
"Hua Ying, tell me, how have you spent so many years?" Pei Fengwan brushed the ends of Li Huaying's hair and asked lovingly.
Hua Ying stopped crying and replied, "Sister-in-law, I stayed in Linhai County for a few years, and then I returned to Beijing, and now I have been in the capital for five years..."
"You... You are Hua Ying of Zhengle Terrace...."Pei Fengwan asked in disbelief,
"How did my sister-in-law know?"
Pei Fengwan sighed, "No one usually comes to my courtyard, but sometimes I will sit against the forest, I have heard about you, at that time, when I heard your name, I couldn't help but think of the old things, but it was a person with the same name..."
Pei Fengwan suddenly asked nervously, "But, Hua Ying... Why don't you change your name....in case someone gets known... You're in danger..."
Hua Ying smiled and shook her head, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Hua Ying was just my nickname at the time, and a few people in the family knew that the Yun family was dead, where did anyone know that Hua Ying was Yun Yueyao!" Hua Ying said as she spoke, but she couldn't help but sneer.
When Pei Fengwan heard the word "Yun Yueyao", his eyes darkened, and his hands trembled.
After being silent for a long time, Hua Ying looked at her and said, "Sister-in-law...what happened back then?" Is there really no life over there in Xiangyang Mansion....Is there really no life over there? Han'er... Han'er is still there..."After speaking, Hua Ying cried again, the girl who grew up with her, the little witch who was not afraid of heaven and earth, is it really gone?
Pei Fengwan was stunned, his eyes gradually became trance, and his thoughts seemed to have returned to fourteen years ago.
"On that day, the sky was overcast as if it was about to rain, and the eldest princess was holding the letter you wrote by Nian Han'er, and suddenly... The housekeeper ran over and said that someone suspected that the general had hidden the national seal, and the imperial court sent Pei....Pei Yun," Pei Fengwan gritted his teeth, although that person was her father, she would never forgive him, "and Yuan Kai, the assassin of Jiangzhou at that time, went to Xiangyang to investigate...."
"After a few days, His Majesty sent someone to surround our general's mansion, no one was allowed to go out, we waited anxiously for news in the mansion, and ten days later, Xiangyang's fast horse came to report, saying that it was...."Pei Fengwan couldn't help sobbing, and he couldn't speak,
She forcibly held back the ups and downs of the breath in her heart, "It is said that the general was killed by assassins sent by other countries to find the national seal, Xiangyang has fallen into the hands of Yan State, and the soldiers of the Yun family in Xiangyang Mansion have died in battle, and the subordinate attendants in the mansion were slaughtered by Yan State, and no one survives..."
Hua Ying looked at her tear-stained face, her eyes were full of pain and anger, "Privately possessing the national seal is regarded as complicity in rebellion according to the law, which is a great crime of the Nine Clans!" Her majesty couldn't bear to do it...", there was no trace of emotion in her cold tone.
"No...."Pei Fengwan shook his head, "Your Majesty actually wants to pardon the eldest princess and you, but later, I heard that many ministers in the court jointly played a concert, asking for the destruction of the Yun family." β
"What?" Hua Ying was surprised, "Sister-in-law... What is the reason for this? β
"I don't know...."Pei Fengwan also shook his head suspiciously, "Back then, I also asked Pei Yun, but he didn't seem to know. β
"Hmph..."Hua Ying sneered a few times, and a light of hatred appeared in her eyes,
"Your Majesty finally had no choice but to make an order, the eldest princess asked your brother to ... Wrote a letter of resignation to put me... Hugh returned to Pei's house...... "Pei Fengwan was choked up and couldn't go on.
Hua Ying's eyes were full of pain, and she continued: "That night, my mother's relatives sent someone to take me away, but the next day, after the holy decree came down to Yunfu, my mother's relatives took more than 500 people in the mansion to kill themselves, and the blood stained the entire Yunfu red, and a fire burned the entire mansion to the ground...... That wisp of smoke is the unyielding soul of the Yun family! She gritted her teeth and said the last words.
Pei Feng's tears were wanton, "I....I wanted to die with Jingzhou at that time... But I'm already pregnant with his flesh and blood......"
Hua Ying was taken aback, and then suddenly realized that there was a reason why her mother forcibly let the Pei family borrow her sister-in-law to go home.
"That's... Sister-in-law... What about the kid......" Hua Ying gasped and asked nervously, as long as there is still a trace of blood in the Yun family, it is also a great luck.
Clinker, Pei Fengwan cried even more fiercely, she shook her head vigorously, her lips trembled, "I....when I gave birth to that child....I had already fainted....After waking up, Pei......Pei Yun told me....said that my hard-working child...... It's dead..."
Pei Fengwan convulsed all over, she couldn't hold back any longer, and cried bitterly......
Hua Ying opened her mouth, her eyes were confused, she just hugged Pei Fengwan tightly, and looked at the wall sadly for a long time speechless.
"Do you remember which people wrote to the emperor to order the destruction of the Yun family?" After a long time, Hua Ying finally spoke up.
"I don't remember it very well, I vaguely remember that the eldest princess read a few names, it seems that there are Ji Ruosi, Hua Jin, Pan Yangzhong, Wang Shiheng, etc., and the others can't remember clearly." Pei Fengwan replied in a trance, she seemed to want to try hard to think about what to www.biquge.info in the Biqu Pavilion, but she couldn't support it anymore, and slowly fell asleep.
Hua Ying hugged her and stared at the candle flame in a daze.
And at this moment, on the side outside the window, there is a slender white figure, she stands there like a stone sculpture, letting the tears disappear silently in the wind, the breeze blows, the white clothes fly gently, lining her body more and more straight and thin.
A bloody and tearful tragedy with family feud and national hatred. When she heard it with her own ears, it seemed to happen right in front of her eyes, the vivid face, the dazzling blood, and the sad silence after the fire, all of which only made her more motivated, and she stirred up the storm with one hand.
After a while, Jiang Mei raised her steps and walked towards the outside of the courtyard,
"Rong He, you check whether Ji Ruosi, Hua Jin and Pan Yangzhong have private dealings, and who they have frequent dealings with, you must be detailed, but you must be careful, you must not startle the snake."
"Understood." Rong and cautiously replied,
If you can find out who they are close to, you may be able to find out one of the masterminds who killed the Yun family back then.
"Also...."Jiang Mei walked and said to Jiuzhu who was following her on the other side: "Jiuzhu, find a way to prevent Hua Ying and Mu Shizi from investigating the affairs of Yunfu, of course, you must leave no traces and not let them suspect." β
"Jiuzhu understands!"
Then Jiang Mei didn't say anything, Jiuzhu grabbed her body, and Rong and the two took her to perform light skills, and quietly left Xuanling Temple.