Chapter 88: Leaving the Light

The door of the study was tightly closed, and only the three grandparents and grandchildren were left in the room to talk in detail.

Xiao Hong looked back at the closed door, lowered his head silently, and followed Xu Ne's back towards the Dunyuan where he was temporarily arranged, looking very honest.

Go to Huocheng and see the little girl who is the prototype of the kneeling sheep, and then find an opportunity to hand over Zhou Zhe's small seal to Zhou Xian to explain the situation that day. The plan before setting off from Yunzhou seemed to have come true, but it made him even more stunned.

Since the first time he killed his prey in Montenegro in the autumn of the fifteenth year of Yongde, he dyed his hands redder and redder, and never picked up a paintbrush again.

At home in Yunzhou, a stack of kneeling sheep sketches that I took from Zhou Zhe back then was because I often looked at it, and it was spotless. Listening to Zhou Zhe's description back then, his daughter Zhou Manyun was a well-behaved and lovely little fairy, and her appearance in the painting was more like a white cloud reflected in a clear spring, elegant and comfortable.

So I will always think about it in the cold night, no matter what I will do, but there will always be a girl in this world who is as white as a cloud and does not touch the slightest bit of dust.

However, when I really saw Zhou Manyun, the fierce girl was really disappointing.

Xiao Hong's toes crushed a leaf that fell on the path, his eyes flickered a few times, and the light and shadow in front of him were mottled and scattered, and he couldn't distinguish the color.

A hand supported Xiao Hong's shaky body from the side in time.

The young man raised his head in embarrassment and smiled reluctantly at Xu Ne, who was said to be the Zhou family's physician......

Man Yun, who made the young man Xiao Hong feel lost, was staring at Grandpa intently, holding Du's arm tightly with a pair of arms. I tried to keep my mother's body warm.

"In fact, the old man left the edict and went to the Great Ci'en Temple as early as that year, and he knew that Zhe'er's death was not ordinary...... I just want to wait for Zhou Kai to grow up. Let's make it clear to your mother and son, but since that Xiao Hong is here. I'll tell you in advance, just think it's providence......"

Opposite their mother and daughter, Zhou Xian's cloudy old eyes were still half-closed, like a bystander, calmly retelling the situation when he saw the corpse of his own son after he was released from prison. It is not suitable to declare everyone's secrets, and I keep them alone, and after chewing them in the dark for several years, I gradually become numb.

Zhou Xian joined the government at a young age and served as several local state and county officials. He has also dealt with murderous cases. Before Yongde was involved in the untimely death of the East Palace in the third year and was demoted to Yanzhou, he was serving as a waiter in the Criminal Department. Although he is not from a serious prison background, he is not unfamiliar with basic common sense.

The son Zhou Zhe should have been fatally injured by an unsuspecting close attack, as well as several slashes that were disguised as traces of fighting, and Zhou Xian was very clear. In the main hall where there are dead and wounded, and in the Xilin Pagoda Courtyard, where there are no living mouths, the difference between the wounds of the dead and injured can be distinguished by careful identification.

Originally, according to Zhou Xian's guess, the death of Zhou Zhe and the monks of Xilin Pagoda should have been done by the guards around him at the behest of King Liang. The news brought by Xiao Hong. said that it was the person's own hand, and after thinking about it carefully, Zhou Xian felt that it was more suitable for the scene of the on-site investigation.

Because he knew that Zhe'er's death was involved in the battle for the storage position, the old man who had just come out of prison was afraid. Compared to the dead Zhe'er. The Zhou family has more than 20 mouths up and down, and the rise and fall of the clan has to be taken care of, so I can't help but pretend to be deaf and dumb, and insist on washing my son's body. No more inquests were made, so Zhe'er was burned with the dead monks in the temple......

Parents of the body's hair and skin. Zhou Shirong is good at making friends with outsiders, but he is not so open to life and death. I only pity my Zhe'er. and tongues of fire, and afflictions of the flames......"

Zhou Xian's tears finally fell uncontrollably.

"He killed people to blame his brother to take the throne, right? Grandpa! Why didn't you explain to the emperor how a person like this is worthy of the Son of Heaven in the first place! Zhou Manyun bounced up angrily.

"You all said that King Liang was lucky to get the throne, but in fact, he has always been a candidate for the prince that Xiaozong has always secretly liked, but he does not occupy the heir or the long, and the mother's family is not noble. He blamed the king of Jin, and the first emperor couldn't ask for it! Zhe'er's death, his emperor Lao Tzu is afraid to know a thing or two, but people's hearts are biased towards their own beloved son, and the emperor is no exception......"

The corners of Zhou Xian's mouth couldn't help but laugh at himself.

In his heart, it is not only the current one who is not worthy of the son of heaven, but also the former emperor who is still being praised by the world.

When Xiaozong was young, Zhou Xian served in front of His Majesty, and he was also a teacher and friend. The emperor's crazy thoughts and harem old things when he was young, he knew better than others. The so-called deep love with Empress Xiao, it is not easy to save after the death of the prince, and after the death of Empress Xiao, he will not succeed him, revealing all kinds of affectionate nostalgia on the surface, and inside he is just a stubborn man who wants to hand over Chen Chao Jiangshan as a gift to his favorite son.

In the eyes of the ministers, King Liang, who was a little perverse and eccentric and had a manic temperament, would also treat him as resolute and decisive in the eyes of Xiaozong.

Luo Jing's entry into the palace before returning to his hometown saw that in the eyes of the world, the monarch and the ministers were compatible, undressing and eating, but it was just a heart-pounding temptation. If it weren't for Zhou Xianxi's good work, it is estimated that he would have died directly on the way home that year.

"In the third year of Yongde, when the prince of the East Palace died, I realized that Xiaozong had gone mad and was hopeless. It's just that there is no way, so I can only pretend to hold on and mix up without knowing anything, otherwise the Zhou family will be finished at that time. ”

Zhou Xian sighed and whispered to the red-eyed Du family: "Sanniang, if you hadn't figured it out back then, the old man probably wouldn't have married the Du family, but would be like your mother-in-law, counting on continuing to rely on the joint efforts of the family to make an official residence as soon as possible." ”

Husband and wife are one, at least in those days, and they were also of one heart and one mind. It's just that he belittled Yanzhou, and after some reflection, Zhou Xian didn't want to climb Xiangshang, he just thought about how to withdraw from the court decently, and Mrs. Zhou's Xie still had a love for the stack.

"It's also to blame me for being selfish earlier, Xie Jiawei is too big, and I am holding the King of Qi, I am afraid of being burdened, so I don't want to care. As a result, I wanted to get rid of it alone, but I was pulled and affected Zhe'er. Even today, the impact of the legacy is still there, so I tried my best to restrain the descendants of the Zhou family and not allow them to enter the office. Maybe after three generations, the matter has become history, and it will be good if there is a conclusion......"

Zhou Xian raised his hand and wiped an old tear from the corner of his eyes, and said to Zhou Manyun: "Sister Yun!" The Xiao family still has to stay in the mansion for a few days. You should be careful, and just put up with him for a few days. ”

Xiao Hong didn't leave before. The hatred that Zhou Manyun has always endured in his eyes, Zhou Xian can see it all. Therefore, I am afraid that the granddaughter who broke into the boudoir at night will be embarrassed by the young man surnamed Xiao without knowing the severity.

Yongde years, tracing back to the roots, the original bane was the dispute between the two clans after Emperor Qi Xiao from the Wuzong Dynasty, Zhou Xian watched from the sidelines, and he was really afraid, and he didn't want to hide in Jiangnan and was innocently cooked as a pond fish. Xiao Hong, a young man, is not afraid, but Zhou Xian doesn't want to lure out Xiao Rui behind him at all, the first thing the Zhou family wants to do now is to recuperate.

"Father is worried that Xiao Hong will be bad for Yun'er?" , heard related to the daughter. Du Shi didn't care about the tears on his face, and hurriedly reached out to hold Man Yun tightly.

"Last night, Minxing went to see a doctor, and it was said that Xiao Hong's body was originally seriously injured, and Man Yun used it last night...... The medication is also a bit overdone. ”

"But I don't think he's good to be here just now!" , Man Yun responded stubbornly, and his mind began to think about how to go to the master to ask about the situation. Everything last night was too panicked, what kind of poison did the silver bite out. Man Yun doesn't know either.

"Min Xing specially fed the medicine, waiting for you two to come over. When he came home, I arranged Xiao Hong to him. Sister Yun, I have to go and see that person when I have time. Strive to make peace with words. Be generous to the master, let him leave early in peace......

Zhou Xian couldn't wait to send Xiao Hong away like a plague god, but the young man was injured and poisoned. He was helpless.

The Dun courtyard where Xu Ne lived used to be Man Yun's favorite courtyard in Zhou's mansion except for Yingyuan. There is a small pond in the courtyard. Leaning a few poles of bamboo, dotted with orchid lotus. The scattered houses are decorated with thatched earthen walls, taking the meaning of gentlemen and purity, simple and elegant.

But at this moment, Man Yun, who was standing in front of the gate of Dunyuan, dragged his steps and moved little by little, and heaven and man were fighting.

She pulled out the silver in front of her in advance, and asked in detail what poison she used last night. The silver coiled around her wrist twisted, revealing a mottled patch of flowers. Man Yun guessed seriously a few times, but he didn't hit, the small eyes of the silver flashed, and he hissed the red letter with disdain, and sneaked away.

"You can't control the poison under the silver? Can't tell the difference? When Zhou Manyun asked Xu Ne, the answer he immediately got was even colder.

Dragged by Xu Ne to the unconscious Xiao Hong's couch, Zhou Manyunhyun looked at the master with tears in her eyes, and then, pouting, resigned herself to Xiao Hong's wrist.

She understood that her turmoil last night really made Yinzi and Master extremely dissatisfied.

Restraining the urge to kill directly, Man Yun carefully finished his pulse, and then opened Xiao Hong's eyelids and looked at it carefully.

The dark brown pupils had a faint blue glow around the edges, and the upturned upper eyelids had a few broken glints, like frost flowers that had just begun to condense.

"First I inhaled too much of the warm pepper, and then I was bitten by the silver." , Man Yunbian flattened his mouth and whispered the answer.

Leaving the light, there is no obvious abnormality within six hours of the poison in the middle school, and then it will keep changing the color of the eyes with the change of time. However, if it is not treated in time, it will eventually lead to blindness.

"Silver! You are annoyed that he lit the lamp and lifted the curtain to see me, so he simply let him not see anything from now on! Thinking through the joint, Man Yun called the silver in a low voice, with a little excitement.

"He must be cured!" , Xu Ne glared at Man Yun with disgust, and said, "Your grandfather has an explanation and must send him out of the Zhou family intact." ”

"In addition to Liguang, the other injuries on his body are not ...... in the Zhou family," Man Yun said stupidly.

A bowl of pale green clay ignored her wishes and was shoved straight into her hand.

"I'm not a self-inflicted servant, it's just that the master has something to do with the disciples, and I can't let outsiders use these poisonous drugs." Man Yun tried his best to convince himself in his heart, and the movements of his men gradually changed from jerky to neat......

An unnecessary bandage wrapped around the old wound on Xiao Hong's arm, and maliciously strangled it and tied it into a dead knot.

Man Yun, who was about to finish work, peeked at the door, and felt that Xu Ne would not look back for a while, so he pointed to the tip of Xiao Hong's nose in a good mood, and scolded in a deep voice: "Why do I have to serve you!" …… Lustful people should not look down on beauties for the rest of their lives...... It would be better if it could poison you directly! It's a hundred! ”

"Zhou Manyun! You should be glad you didn't poison me! Under Qianqianyu's fingers, Xiao Hong's angry white lips trembled, and he spat out a long-held retort with difficulty. (To be continued......)