Shi carried the gift that was forcefully stuffed, and did not even go to the study, leaving behind the "Treatise on the Five Tibets of Qi Bo", and fled from the Zhongshan palace in a hurry.

He felt guilty and could not bear Mrs. Xie's expectations of him. Although he had saved the lives of Mrs. Xie and Xu Miaojin, he never felt that this could be linked to his and Xu Miaojin's future.

The stone looked down all the way and pondered, the brocade bag in his arms became heavier and heavier, and finally under the shade of a huge plane tree, relying on the rare coolness, he cleared his mind and stopped.

He must not keep this brocade bag by his side, no matter how much Mrs. Xie insisted that he accept the brocade bag, he could not do so.

He could put the brocade bag in Xu Miaojin's place, and maybe she would slowly convince Mrs. Xie.

Or stay with her all the time, and you won't be able to take it anyway.

After making up his mind, the stone turned around and walked towards the Zhongshan Palace.

The Huihui, the scoundrel, appeared in the corner of the courtyard wall again.

Why hasn't he left yet? What does he want to do?

The stone stared at Tang Hasan's back. The figure lifted his foot and disappeared from his vision in an instant.

His martial arts are so high? Stone gasped.

I poked the bridge of his nose just now, why didn't he resist?

The light cast a shadow under the corner of the wall where Tang Hasan had been. The shadow grew darker and darker, out of step with the dazzling light around it.

Screams and wails passed through the courtyard walls of the Zhongshan Palace, lost in the bright sky.

The heart of the stone sank, and he ran quickly to the door, and pushed open the vermilion lacquer door that had not had time to tie up, and saw several people running and screaming in the courtyard, as if they were entangled by the most terrifying ghosts in the world.

"What's wrong?" The stone grabbed the arm of one of the men so hard that the man went limp in panic.

"What's wrong?" The stone shook him hard.

"Madame, Madame hanged!" The subordinate's eyes straightened, and as soon as the stone let go, the subordinate was helpless, and then fell to the ground.

Stone rushed to Mrs. Xie's room and heard the sound of crying coming from the door.

Xu Miaojin sat in front of the bed, hiding her face and crying bitterly.

Shi stood behind Xu Miaojin, not daring to make a sound of alarm, his eyes slowly looked towards Mrs. Xie who was lying on the bed.

Mrs. Xie opened her eyes and looked hideous, as if she had suffered great pain before she died.

Her fingers were bent as if grasping something, and the blood between her fingers and the abrasions on her palms caught the stone's attention.

Where did the blood and abrasions come from? Could it be that Mrs. Xie masochized herself before hanging, or beat and scolded the people in the house?

The moment Shi heard that Mrs. Xie had hanged herself, he couldn't believe his ears.

A quarter of an hour ago, Mrs. Xie was still fine, smiling and giving him her most precious gift, there was no precursor to hanging herself, why did she go back to the room and hang herself in a blink of an eye?

Shi suspected the cause of Mrs. Xie's death, and he felt that there was something strange about it.

The stone moved his gaze to Mrs. Xie's face again.

He found some blood stains at the corners of Mrs. Xie's mouth, which extended all the way to her cheeks.

If Mrs. Xie hanged herself, the blood should have flowed down, how could it be extended horizontally?

The strangulation marks on the neck are also confusing. The strangulation marks are particularly wide, as if two strangulation marks overlap incompletely.

The crying in the house is sometimes high and low, those who are tired of crying take a break temporarily, and those who are rested start again.

The pain of the stone was hidden in his heart, and the picture of Mrs. Xie stuffing the brocade bag in his hand with a smile refused to disappear, and the pair of plum blossom daggers in his arms weighed him out of breath.

"Miaojin ......" The stone handle gently rested on Xu Miaojin's shoulder.

Xu Miaojin didn't look back because she couldn't feel it.

Immersed in endless grief, she had long since lost her perception of the world around her.

"You take care......" Stone didn't know what else to say.

"Mrs. Xie!" With an exclamation, a man and a woman burst into the house.

"Concubine Niangniang!" The stone seemed to see the life-saving straw, and then his pain turned into tears without hesitation.

"Stone!" Concubine Shu patted him on the shoulder as she passed by the stone, and then moved her gaze to Mrs. Xie.

After standing for a long time, Concubine Shu spoke, her voice low as the echo of a stone sinking into the sea.

"Mrs. Xie, what can't you think of? You are gone, how sad General Xu and your children will be, do you know? ”

Tears dripped down the back of her hand crossed in front of her legs, and down the back of her hand to the hem of her skirt.

"Although I have only met you a few times, I especially like your boldness. We were both from a practicing family, and we could have been good sisters, and we often learned from each other. It's a pity you went......"

The fourteenth prince Zhu Ji, who was standing behind Concubine Shu, frowned and stared.

It may have been too cruel for a twelve-year-old. His nose grew red, his lips began to tremble, and he wanted to cry, but he gritted his teeth and held back. He didn't want to be blamed by his father for being weak anymore.

"Shu'er, come and salute Wei Guogong's wife." Concubine Shu's voice was choked, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Zhu Ji moved his steps slowly, as if he was getting closer to the abyss with each step.

Walking to the bedside, he didn't raise his head, but he sincerely saluted Mrs. Xie, and said the words of the concubine without missing a word, and he didn't dare to look at Mrs. Xie from beginning to end.

"Mrs. Xie, rest in peace." Concubine Shu turned and walked out of the house.

Zhu Ji and Shi left after Concubine Shu, and Xu Miaojin was still lying in front of Mrs. Xie's bed.

She didn't know who had been here or who was crying.

"Stone, don't be sad," in the corridor, Concubine Shu gently grabbed the stone's clenched fist, "Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, and we mortals can't escape." ”

"Yes...... She hanged herself, so scary! Zhu Ji cried, and his body trembled slightly.

"Silly child," Concubine Shu patted Zhu Ji on the back, "She is not happy in this world, and she will be happy when she goes to another place." It's her choice, and we want to be happy for her. ”

"Niangniang, Mrs. Xie didn't hang herself." Stone Road.

"Not self-hanging? Stones, don't talk nonsense! Who had the courage to kill Mrs. Xie in the Zhongshan Palace? Even if you look at the whole world, no one dares to kill General Xu's wife! ”

Concubine Shu is more serious than her father, and Shi has never seen such a concubine.

"I see ......" The stone knew that he shouldn't tell anymore, but the words in his mouth and the doubts in his heart couldn't suppress it.

"Hurry back, don't make a mess here!" Concubine Shu didn't wait for the stone to speak, so she sealed his mouth and grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the house.

"Forgive Niangniang! Other...... I, I can't go yet! The stone tried his best to break free, but he couldn't escape the pincer-like hand of the concubine.

"What are you doing here? Do you think I don't know what you want to do? ”

Concubine Shu gently patted the stone's head with her other hand, but when she saw the tears that the stone had not yet dried, pity welled up in her heart, she let go of the stone, and said earnestly:

"Stone, you are still young, and you don't understand many things. What you see is not necessarily the truth, and what you think is the truth is not necessarily the truth, because ...... It's not up to you. ”

"I ......"

"The general is back, the general is back!" The two men shouted as they hurried through the hallway.

Xu Da appeared at the end of the corridor, his face like Guan Gong, striding through the corridor.

When passing by Shi, Concubine Shu and Zhu Ji, Xu Da did not stop.

His eyes could only see darkness from the moment he heard Mrs. Xie hang herself.

Shi took the opportunity to get rid of Concubine Shu: "Shu Niangniang, you go back first, I'll stay and see if General Xu has anything I want me to help with." ”

Without saying anything, he followed Xu Da into the gloomy room.

Standing at the head of Mrs. Xie's bed, Xu Da didn't say a word.

His face gradually turned from red to black, and the smell of alcohol that had not yet completely dissipated turned into anger that swirled like a dragon over the room.

He stomped his foot heavily, the ground under his luxurious leather boots was covered with fine lines, and everything in the room was trembling, including Madame Xie's cold corpse.

"Dad, you're finally back!" Xu Miaojin threw herself into Xu Da's arms and cried loudly.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong? Why did she do such a stupid thing? ”

Xu Da numbly stroked Xu Miaojin's head, and he hurt more than anyone else.

"Miaojin, I'll talk to your mother, you all go out."

Xu Miaojin raised her head, through the misty tears, she saw the frustration and remorse that had never appeared on her father's face, and she instantly realized that her father had always stood up to the sky to shelter her, but this time it was up to her to heal her father's pain.

She wiped away her tears, trying to soften her bleak and irrelevant eyes.

"Dad, you talk to your mother, if you have anything to call me......" Xu Miaojin grabbed her father's hand, "My daughter has grown up, and she can share her father's worries." ”

Xu Da nodded, let go of Xu Miaojin's hand, and turned around, two lines of tears were already hanging on his face.

Only Xu Da and Mrs. Xie were left in the house.

Xu Da sat on the edge of the bed and stared at his wife, he had never looked at his wife's face so carefully.

His hand rubbed softly on Mrs. Xie's face, like a caress for Mrs. Xie on her wedding night.

His hand covered Mrs. Xie's eyes, brushing over the wrinkles and spots that he had not noticed for so many years, and they were a testimony of Madame's life's devotion to him and his children.

"Madam," Xu Da opened his mouth at the most sad moment, swallowing snot and tears, "Madam, I'm sorry for you!" ”

"I ...... I know you didn't kill yourself, how could you be willing to leave me and the children behind? ”

Xu Da raised his hand and beat his head.

"But I can't avenge you...... I...... Impotent! ”

Xu Da fell on top of Mrs. Xie, and he almost suffocated because of the great grief and powerless despair.

Xu Miaojin and Shi stood silently outside the door.

Shi didn't plan to tell Xu Miaojin about the cruel speculation in his heart, but he tried to wait for the opportunity to tell Xu Da what he saw and doubted.

Mrs. Xie can't die in vain.

Xu Da is a great general who stands up to the sky in Shishi's mind, and he is the only person who is willing to seek the truth for Mrs. Xie.