In the summer, all kinds of plants and trees are more and more verdant, and the beautiful flowers bloom one by one, one day is better than the other, and the garden is full of beautiful scenery, thousands of purples and thousands of reds.

A warm breeze blows in your face, mixed with a chaotic aroma.

The sun hung brightly in the sky, red as fire. When the sun fell, it looked like broken gold, and was mottled and sparse by the lush branches.

Early in the morning, in front of the door of Xie's family's house, a carriage gradually stopped. The one parked at the front, with a beaded canopy, and a tall horse with a smooth and oily coat, shows the identity of the owner of the horse everywhere. On the left wall, there is a huge word - Yan.

It's a pity that Xie Shuning didn't see it, otherwise, she wouldn't have accompanied her mother to the banquet.

It has been half a month since her uncle left, and she thought that her mother had not been very happy, so she encouraged her mother to accept the invitation of the second lady of the long house, Liang, to participate in today's flower viewing party.

The place where the two elders of the long house live is full of plum trees, and the place with the most flowers and trees should be the small garden that belongs to the second lady alone. The garden is not big, but it is full of flowers and trees, and now they are all in bloom, which is really dizzying. In the summer of this year, the meridian lotus planted by the second lady earlier has bloomed.

I heard that this pool of meridian lotus is different from the common one, a pool of seven flowers, it is seven colors, extremely rare. And because it is not suitable for the environment of the Northland, it is not easy to survive. Now that it has been planted by the second lady, it is natural to think that the noblewomen in Kyoto should take a look.

In the spring, because she was pregnant and afraid that the fetus would be unstable, she rarely went out. The old lady in the long room fell ill again, and a group of people didn't go out and walk around much.

It was so easy, and the old lady in the long room suddenly got better again. In addition to losing some weight, his energy is not as good as in the past, and he has suffered a little. Not really. Her fetus is also stable, and Imperial Doctor Hang said that she is in good health. So the mood of the crowd was opened up again.

Mrs. Seven proposed a flower-viewing party, and she smiled and agreed.

After she became pregnant, her temper was inexplicably much better.

Everyone said that her belly was sharp and sour, and she must be a son.

She naturally rejoiced when she heard it.

When she saw Xie Shuning, she smiled and beckoned, and when she arrived, she asked, "They all say that our eight girls are smart." Are you talking about the second aunt's belly is a brother or a sister? ”

The Song family on the side couldn't help but be slightly nervous when they heard it, for fear that Xie Shuning would say the wrong thing.

But Xie Shuning is not a real child, where would he not know what the second lady wants to hear, and immediately smiled sweetly: "Ah Man knows that the second aunt is a younger brother in her belly." ”

The group laughed in agreement.

The second lady asked again: "Really?" What if it's a sister? Will I punish you then? ”

Xie Shuning pretended to be angry, pouted and said in annoyance: "Second aunt is talking nonsense, this must be a younger brother, how can it be a younger sister?" ”

"You're a funny girl." The second lady was happy to hear this, so she ordered the maid behind her. "Go, pick the best blooming flower for Miss Eight."

To get such a sentence from the second lady is the greatest honor at the flower viewing party.

Xie Shuning naturally bent her eyebrows and laughed, but her heart was still heavy. Can't laugh.

Her uncle had only been there for a few days before leaving, something she had not expected. The distance between the two places is far away, and it is not easy to come back and forth. And they hadn't seen each other for a long time. She knew that her uncle had a deep affection for them. Therefore, she always thought that he would stay here for at least a month.

Results. It's only a few days.

But before her uncle left, he led her to whisper a conversation.

Between their uncles and nephews, the relationship has always been excellent.

When he spoke, his tone was abrupt, so that Xie Shuning knew that he had to leave as soon as he heard it. But why? Although my aunt and cousin didn't come with me this time, they didn't have to rush back in such a hurry. But she should be young and ignorant at this time, how can she ask the doubts in her heart?

However, when her uncle half-jokingly said the sentence "Uncle spares his life, he can only go first, and when Ah Man grows up in the future, he will come to see his uncle again, and his uncle will lead you to ride a camel in the desert", the words in her heart were a little unbearable.

Is it a life-threatening matter?

She stared blankly at him, wanting to ask.

Song Yanzhao noticed it, smiled and pinched her already slimmed cheeks, and said, "What's the matter, but I have something to say to my uncle?" ”

In an instant, the words in her heart came to her lips, and looking at his young and handsome face, those words came out one by one between her lips and teeth.

She said things that shouldn't be said and couldn't be said.

She was not paying attention, almost bewitched, and told the secret that should have been buried in her heart for the rest of her life, she said, "Uncle, do you believe that a person can live two lives? ”

The moment the words came out, Song Yanzhao, who was originally squatting and smiling and talking to her, jumped up suddenly, his face was panicked, and he coughed twice before he said twice: "Aman, have you read the book again recently?" ”

When she was young, she liked to collect some market scripts to read, but for her in this life, she has not read them for more than ten years. For some reason, when she thought of this time, she suddenly became sad, and the depression in her heart almost erupted, and she couldn't stop it. She cried and mourned, didn't dare to look at him, and muttered to herself: "It's only something in the book, why did I encounter ......?"

She said it softly, but Song Yanzhao still heard it.

He froze and said cautiously, "You're not Aman?" ”

The words fell, and it was Xie Shuning's turn to freeze, "I am." ”

Song Yanzhao glared at her: "Stinky girl, what nonsense are you talking about, what kind of words have you read, full of nonsense." ”

Xie Shuning pursed her mouth, and wanted to cry, "It's not a book, uncle!" It's true! If a man cannot live two lives, how can I see you, my mother and my brother—" She cried as she spoke. It's been a long time, and she's been holding back these words alone for a long time.

However, Song Yanzhao listened to her words, but Fang Cai's panicked look disappeared and regained his composure.

"You're a man, but you've lived two lives?" He crouched down in front of her again, put his arm around her narrow shoulders, and asked with a solemn expression.

Seeing that he was calm, Xie Shuning suddenly calmed down, and was shocked to realize that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and he was busy changing his words, but it was too late. She wanted to pretend to be crazy and stupid, but she heard Song Yanzhao say: "Things in this world are so weird, anything is possible." ”

She panicked and didn't know what to do.

Song Yanzhao suddenly said: "Aman, it's good for my uncle to play a game with you." You ask your uncle a question, and your uncle asks you a question, no one is allowed to tell lies, how about it? ”

She was stunned for a moment and answered.

Subsequently, she was set out by Song Yanzhao sentence after sentence. And she also learned amazing things from Song Yanzhao.

Fifty years ago, the imperial capital of Xiyue, now the capital, had a very appalling murder under the emperor's nose. And this case has not been solved so far. A total of seven people died that year, all of whom were first-class nobles in Beijing. Today, some families have declined, while others are more prosperous. The families who lost their sons are even rummaging through every inch of land in Kyoto to find the murderer. But after decades, there are still no clues.

At the same time, in those years, another even more terrible thing happened.

After the murder, the hairpin clan sealed the family. During the night, it was burned to the ground.

I heard that the fire burned for two days and two nights before it was completely extinguished, and the corpses had been burned to ashes, and it was impossible to tell how many people had died.

Xie Shuning has heard of these two things.

But all she knew was rumors, and she never thought for a moment that she had anything to do with it.

Song Yanzhao told her that her great-grandfather did not have the surname Song, but the surname was Feng.

She was so shocked that she couldn't come back to her senses.

When the seven-person murder occurred that year, there were actually a total of eight people present. Seven died, and the only one left alive was her great-grandfather. No one knows what happened that day. Even Song Yanzhao, who was the head of the family, didn't know it, and the old man remained silent until he died, leaving only admonitions-

His descendants were not allowed to enter the government for life, and they were not allowed to enter Kyoto, so as not to provoke the disaster of death.

However, since Xie Shuning's maternal grandfather, the descendants of the Feng family have taken their mother's surname. After her maternal grandfather gave birth to a son, he gave the son his mother's surname, Song.

Swap and change.

But even so, the old man still left such words, which shows the horror of the secret.

When Xie Shuning learned about such a past, he had long forgotten that he had also said something terrible. Song Yanzhao listened to her words, but was silent for a long time.

He understood her fear of resurviving, but he couldn't tell her that everything would change.

After a long time, he told her, "Don't tell these words to others, and you can't tell others what I said, even your mother." ”

Xie Shuning naturally understood.

The two made an agreement to keep this conversation in their memories forever.

But since he left, Xie Shuning has always been thinking about those things over and over again.

What was the murder more than 50 years ago......

Just as he was thinking about it, the crowd suddenly became noisy.

Xie Shuning saw the young woman coming out of the crowd at a glance. Beautiful, delicate, with a graceful smile.

Beside her, two children followed, one on the left and one on the right.

The younger one on the left is looking around with round eyes, while the one standing on the right is pursed tightly and his eyes are looking straight ahead, impartial.

Someone called her, "Mrs. Yan." ”

When Xie Shuning heard this, her eyes widened suddenly, and she looked at the boy who was standing on the right side of the woman, dressed in royal blue.

This kid is Yan Huai!

In his previous life, he was in charge of the government of Xiyue and the power of the government and the opposition.

She "chuckled" in her heart and subconsciously shrank back, but her eyes were glued to the child, and she couldn't take it off. Cheng Guogong at this age, she has never seen it!

Shocked, the other party seemed to notice her gaze, suddenly looked sideways, saw Xie Shuning clearly, frowned, and turned away in displeasure. (To be continued......)

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