Chapter 35 The Praying Mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch follows

When the headache reprimanded Min Xing's heart was greatly impacted, she shook her body under the verandah, feeling that the world was spinning, and hurriedly held on to the vermilion pillars, so that she could not fall.

Looking at Gu Yunyao again, I saw that her complexion was light, and the light under her eyes was crystal condensed, and every inch was as cold as rain.

Min Xing's relatives shook their heads, and tears welled up for a while:

"Zhu'er, my mother knows that you hate my mother, it was my mother who did something wrong back then, you hate, my mother doesn't blame you. Your father has been on the border all year round, leaving you and your younger brother Jun'er at home to raise you. Your father has a lot of sustenance for Jun'er, and when my mother saw the guards being killed by horse bandits one by one, I was really scared, if Jun'er made a mistake, when I saw your father, my mother didn't know how to explain to him......"

Gu Yunyao sneered, looked up to the sky and swallowed tears in her eyes, her face was pale:

"In this way, you abandoned me and the nurse, and led someone to protect my brother to escape first. Now that you see me entering the palace as a concubine, you think that I have enjoyed all the glory and wealth, so you have the idea of recognizing me again, right? Hmph, don't say that I hate you and grit your teeth, even if you don't hate to recognize you, I'm sorry for the nurse who died to protect me! ”

"Pearl...... Don't say it, don't say it again......"

Min Xingshi covered his ears with both hands, cried and shook his head, his expression was sad and difficult, only to feel that one of his hearts was split by Gu Yunyao's sharp words like a knife, turned into several petals, and shattered to the ground.

Her knees suddenly lost strength, the woman's whole body was soft on the ground, her eyes were covered with tears, and she couldn't help but buckle her head at Gu Yunyao, tearing up and pleading:

"Zhu'er, my mother is sorry for you, and my mother is sorry for Hua Niang. You want to hate, you want to fight, my mother has no complaints, I just ask you to forgive, you forgive your mother-"

Gu Yunyao's cheeks wept, looking at the people under her feet in pain and repentance, her eyes were cold and warm:

"The maiden name of this palace is Yun Yao, don't call it 'Zhu'er' anymore, this palace sounds disgusting! You don't want to get the understanding of this palace in your life. Back then, you told Bengong to die, and now, Bengong is telling you that life is better than death! ”

The sound of the curse fell, and lightning and thunder thundered in the air. The cold light is like a sword, the sound is like a hammer, and the invisible force hits the earth hard, trying to clean the world of all evil.

Min Xingshi looked at the sky in amazement, his body trembled violently, and his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

The past is unbearable.

In his heart, the old wound that had barely healed was torn apart again by Gu Yunyao's terrible curses, and a warm blood was thrown out, and his eyes were full of scarlet.

Min Xingshi was embarrassed and remorseful, and covered his face with his hands and cried.

Hearing the movement, Queen Qian and Min Guogong rushed to the verandah.

Empress Qian looked very surprised, and hurriedly helped up the defeated Min Xing clan.

Min Guogong has been in the army for many years, and he has always been arrogant and domineering outside the home, and there are some machismo and patriarchal crookies in his mind and heart, and he was indifferent to his eldest daughter in the past. It was only after she was separated from her mother that she was sad for a while and felt that something was missing in her heart.

At this moment, seeing that her daughter is not only slim, but also wears gold and silver, and is the head of the nine concubines in the harem, and such a person wants to force his biological mother into a painful situation in front of the lord of the East Palace and many palace people, he can't help but arch an evil fire.

"Zhu'er, my father has forgiven your mother for that incident back then!"

Min Guogong's face was pale, and his hard voice was like an order.

Gu Yunyao snorted coldly:

"If you forgive her, it doesn't mean that this palace will forgive her because of it!"

Min Guogong's face changed, he strode forward, his thick fingers went straight to Gu Yunyao, and shouted loudly:

"Pearl, you, you-"

Song Qin saw that it was not good, and rushed forward to protect the master with his cross arm.

After Min Guogong, Queen Qian raised her eyebrows and said:

"Lord Wang, don't do this!"

The military general of Min Guogong was born with quick movements, and he was already angry, and his behavior was a little out of control at the moment, and he actually raised his slap high in front of Song Qin's eyes.

Gu Yunyao's face was awe-inspiring, and she walked out from behind the palace maid, raised her lips and overflowed with a deep sarcastic smile, and sneered coldly at Min Guogong:

"Why, do you still want to fight Hongu again like before?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I...... Ay! ”

Min Guogong sighed in mourning, and waved his iron hand violently, flicking half of his cheek.

"Lord Wang!"

Min Xing cried out, almost fainting. Queen Qian waved her hand and asked Su Tong to help Mrs. Hui back to Lingmingtai first.

In the verandah, Queen Qian approached Gu Yunyao. Song Qin had great eyesight, and stepped aside with his hands and eyebrows lowered.

Queen Qian's eyes were heavy, and she fell on Gu Yunyao's delicate face, and a trace of pain crossed her heart.

"Yu Zhaoyi, you have really done a good job. A person lives a lifetime, and his life is given by his parents. It is not easy to conceive for ten months, how can you know the hardships of being a mother without being a mother?

Even though Mrs. Min was wrong in the past, she and the prince have always lived in guilt and remorse over the years. Seeing you today is also a sincere repentance, can you bear to see your biological parents so grief-stricken, and it is true that they refuse to recognize them? ”

Gu Yunyao's eyes were as cold as the moon, and she looked at Queen Qian calmly:

"Niangniang intends to urge the Min couple and the concubine to recognize each other, and the concubine wants to thank Niangniang for her kindness, so that the concubine can meet the murderer of the nurse again in her lifetime.

However, the concubine only recognizes the nurse in this life, and only knows her surname Gu, and I don't know where else are the parents? The concubine is unwell and is allowed to retire! ”

Gu Yunyao made a slight blessing and turned around with her sleeves.

At this moment, she was full of anger in her heart.

She hated her parents, and she was even more annoyed by the nosy Queen Qian, who shouldn't have made arrangements to lure her to Kunning Palace. If it weren't for her own cleverness, why would everyone be in an embarrassing dilemma.

"Bold! Yu Zhaoyi, you stop at Honguβ€”"

Behind her, Queen Qian folded her hands and said in a deep voice.

She really couldn't figure out how a reasonable, obedient and gentle person in Su Ri could become so fierce and unkind once he was angry?

Queen Qian took a few steps to intercept Gu Yunyao's way, with a solemn expression:

"Yu Zhaoyi, how long are you going to deceive yourself before you give up? You keep saying that you resent your parents, but this palace doesn't feel like that.

If you really resent Mrs. Min, why did you keep wearing that flowing cloud jade pendant on your body? Didn't you ever hope to see your mother again one day? ”

Gu Yunyao's eyes widened suddenly, the water under her eyes danced, and her eyebrows twitched slightly. Then, the sad and moving feelings bloomed like an epiphany on the beautiful face of the bright moon, and disappeared in a flash.

His hand trembled and touched his neck, and he slowly held the warm jade pendant.

"The Queen Mother is talking about this? You misunderstood, I wore it to always remember the hatred of the tragic death of the nurse, not to miss the hard-hearted mother and the indifferent and ruthless father! ”

After finishing speaking, Gu Yunyao's face froze, as if she had made a major decision, she gritted her teeth and pulled the golden wire rope around her neck hard.

The jade pendant fell on the white stone rock. The sound of breaking was crisp and terrifying.

Under the stunned gaze of a group of people and others, Gu Yunyao galloped away.

"Pearl......

Min Guogong straightened up in a daze, squatted in grief in front of the broken jade, picked up each piece with his own hands, and closed his eyes with old tears.

……

The night is deep, Pengjun Bailipo, the suburbs of the jade void -

A thin Taoist priest dressed in a turmeric yin-yang talisman robe, hurriedly entered the meditation room, held the copper crane wall lamp in the corner of the wall with his big hand, and twisted the crane's head at an angle.

There were a few dull sounds of "rattling" in the ear chakra, and the wall twisted itself in a slight tremor, revealing a hidden secret room.

The Taoist priest rushed down the stone steps with a candlestick in hand, and after the cloth shoes stepped on the third stone steps, the wall that was the stone door turned again and closed seamlessly.

There is a room in the depths of the secret room, the space is not large, and the display is simple.

On the bed with neat bedding, a man in a black robe is facing the wall, meditating quietly with his eyes closed. On the back of the robe, the golden silk gossip picture shimmered in the candlelight, which was very piercing to the eyes.

The Taoist priest walked to the bed, raised his five fingers, and said in a low voice:

"Master, I received news that Jinsheng Pawnshop was investigated by Dongchang, the store was closed on the spot, and the shopkeeper's father and son and his buddies were sent to the prison of the local yamen."

The Xuanfu listens carefully, and his eyelids don't tease for half a minute:

"You and I can't stay here, don't notify others, close the door and lock the door when it's ugly, and set fire to the temple."

"Yes."

The Taoist priest bowed his eyes respectfully and responded:

"Wait for the disciples to find a good place to live, and then contact the palace."

"Hmm."

The Xuanfu responded, as if he had fallen into a fugue again, pursed his lips silently, and said no more.

……

After the shopkeeper Qi confessed clues, Leng Qingtang seized the Jinsheng pawnshop for several crimes such as secretly hiding weapons, aiding evil money laundering, and attempting to assassinate the commander of Dongchang, and the Qi father and son were taken away by the local yamen to convict them.

The relevant matters have been dealt with, and the men and horses of Leng Qingtang continue to gallop all the way to the north.

As the shopkeeper Qi said, the real body of the person with the pseudonym "Wu Laiye" on the account is a Taoist priest, and the hiding place is in the Jade Void Temple in the north.

Inevitably had a lot of dreams at night, Leng Qingtang led a team to rush overnight to get people from Bailipo.

As we got closer to our destination, we saw smoke billowing in the ink-stained sky, and the fiery red light sparkling like a tide, changing into various forms under the caress of the bleak autumn wind.

Zao Wou-Ki raised his head and looked up, his eyes darkened, and exclaimed:

"Overseer, there's a fire ahead!"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Quick, everybody, hurry upβ€”"

His eyes shrank into small dots, Leng Qingtang waved his horsewhip violently, and the horse's hooves trampled out of the dust and smoke.

As expected, when the horse team arrived at Yuxuguan, they saw many local officials and ordinary people carrying fire extinguishing equipment, running one after another to put out the fire.

Unfortunately, due to the fierce fire and the lack of water, this century-old Taoist temple was finally destroyed by the fire and burned.

Leng Qingtang dismounted, looked at it from afar, and sighed:

"The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and when we interrogate the shopkeeper Qi behind closed doors, someone reported the news first and let go of this cunning snake."

Zao Wou-Ki looked at the blackened ruins and asked:

"Overseer, shall we go over and ask those people a thing or two?"

Leng Qingtang shook his head:

"No, the thread is broken, there's no need to expose our identities here. Find a place to spend the night, stay nearby tomorrow to listen to the news and then return to the capital. ”

"Yes."