Before he closed his eyes, Zeng personally wrote an edict that Li Ning Nanquan was the emperor's grandson, and when the new emperor ascended the throne, he would immediately enter the East Palace.

Ning Zheng secretly learned of this, and realized that his dream of ascending the throne as emperor and inheriting the unification was completely hopeless.

At the end of the second year of Jianguang, Emperor Ming drove the crane to the west, and finally sat firmly on the throne of the crown prince Ning Sleeve inherited the unification and ascended the throne as the emperor. At the first time, the five kings Ning Mi were demoted to a remote place on the frontier, so that he no longer had to return to Beijing to report on his work, which was equivalent to exile.

In the many years that the crown prince and the five kings have been fighting for power, Ning Zheng has already felt his brother's temperament very clearly, knowing that there is no room for a grain of sand in his eyes, so he took the initiative to ask him to resign, left the capital, and returned to Poyang and other places with his family.

In the first year of Ning Zheng's return to the fiefdom, he learned that Lu Yu and others had investigated the case of Dou Xunen's killing in the eastern suburbs during the lifetime of Emperor Ming. But I heard that after Dou Jue returned to the old mansion of the Dou family in Chang'an after his disappearance, he was terminally ill and unconscious, and he was no longer able to speak, let alone walk on the ground. Only then did the doubts in my heart disappear.

But at the same time, he ordered the dead soldiers of the palace to go to the eastern suburbs to exterminate the mountain people who saw the case back then, for fear that one day Lu Yu, Yue Qi and others would reveal the truth of the events of that year, and even more afraid that Dou Xunen's life experience would be revealed.

Because in this way, the whole world will know that he took his brother's wife and killed his brother.

In the second year of Yangjia, Ning Zheng, who was far away in the Poyang fiefdom, had a plan in his heart in order to make all the people who knew the truth back then die.

At that time, the people of Great Wei were hungry.

Ning Zheng presented a note, saying that the void in the treasury should be filled in time at this time in order to alleviate this situation, and proposed a reform policy known as "Yangjia's Politics" with a new land tax, household tax and conscription policy, and encouraged Emperor An to promote a new policy.

However, the new policy was too harsh, and the people of Great Wei were not happy, and Lü, Lu, Murong, and the four Yue clans jointly opposed the new policy. It's just that the new policy is implemented, and the benefits for the interests of the marquis of the scholar clan are continuous, and the five marquis, who want to continue to loot the people's fat and people's ointment, naturally don't want the four auxiliary ministers led by the Lu clan to become an obstacle to the future, so they regard the four of them as thorns in their eyes and want to get rid of them.

At that time, Deng Guozhong received the benefits of the five marquis, and had a grudge with the ancestors of the Yue family and the Lu family, so he plotted with Ning Zheng, taking advantage of the incompatibility between the five marquis and the four auxiliary ministers, and conspired to plot the rebellion of Chang Mengjun, and get rid of the four auxiliary ministers together.

Emperor An didn't like Emperor Ming's cronies left in the court to control the government too much, and when he saw that his brother was planning this matter with the five marquis in private, he was also happy to see it come true, and acquiesced in his heart.

It is precisely because of this reason that there was a shocking bloody case that was rarely heard of in the Great Wei Dynasty.

A bloody case implicated countless scholars, and all of the honest and honest people who were opposite to the prince and Dou Xunen's party were involved.

All of a sudden, the blood flowed in the capital, and there were not many cronies left of Emperor Ming.

After Lu Yu was imprisoned, in order to preserve the truth of the year, he handed a letter to the Jiang family who was far away in Linhe and Dou Taijun who was in Zuo Fengyi, asking them to open the letter again if they were capable enough to confront Ning Zheng one day.

Jiang Shan didn't know what happened back then, so he naturally followed what Lu Yu said, and he has never opened the blood letter.

Lu Yu didn't want Dou Xunen's twin sons left in the world to be drawn into this blood feud, so he repeatedly asked Dou Taijun and Lu Yu at the end of the silk letter to keep this truth in their hearts, if he Ning Zhaoyuan, the son of Ning Zheng, or Dou Yueshan, the little san lang of Dou Fu, came to ask for this silk letter, he must not allow him to hand over the silk book to them as he asked.

Jiang Chengjia finished reading this book with tears in his eyes, his fists clenched tightly, and he was also angry in his heart.

Only then did she know how much hatred and grievances Ning Nan had borne over the years. Even an outsider like her, when she heard the whole truth about what happened back then, she was also deeply resentful.

Seeing that his face was slightly gloomy, Dou Taijun lowered his head and sighed: "What Zhaoyuan has endured over the years has been very heavy, if he knows that he is not Ning Zheng's biological father, and his biological father was also killed by Ning Zheng, who he has called his father for many years, he will not be able to bear the humiliation over the years, completely fall into the quagmire, and will no longer be able to extricate himself." ”

Jiang Chengjia knew the meaning of her words, but in her heart, she felt that neither Lu Fuzi nor Dou Taijun, nor anyone who knew the truth back then, was qualified to hide what Ning Nan was worried about.

She frowned tightly, looking down at the matter, her heart becoming more and more flustered.

"Ah Luo, the old body told you about this today, because he recognized you as a member of my Dou family. I also hope that in the future, you can take care of Zhao'er more. Dou Taijun cautiously held her hands, and continued: "The old body also hopes that you can keep this secret and hide it from Zhao'er for as long as you want." If Zhao'er finds out about this one day in the future, the old man hopes that you will take care of him more, don't let him go astray, and there is no possibility of returning. ”

Seeing her sincere and whispered plea, Jiang Chengjia hesitated for three moments, and finally nodded and agreed: "Ah Luo respectfully obeys the instructions of her grandmother. ”

When Dou Taijun saw her respond, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

She personally told Jiang Chengjia about the incident back then, so that she and Mrs. Cao could press the matter down to prevent Ning Nan from knowing her life experience.

When Jiang Chengjia came out of Fengxi Pavilion, the sky outside had already darkened. Reading Building

Her face was solemn, her heart was depressed, her whole person lost her spirit, and she walked out in silence.

Jiang Chengjia felt sorry for Ning Nan's humiliation over the years, and felt sorry for his tortuous life experience. I feel even more sorry for the reason why Mrs. Cao is really alienated from him.

Originally, how innocent was he? But because of the grievances of his parents, he suffered a lot.

Jiang Chengjia became more and more sad, and when she walked out of the courtyard of Fengxi Pavilion, she saw Qianshan and Xiaocui guarding the door waiting for her to come out.

Qian Shan saw her stepping out of the threshold with a pale face, and immediately felt worried in her heart: "Ah! Girl? How did you get that? Why is your face so bad? ”

Jiang Chengjia, who knew all the cause and effect, was already a little unstable on the soles of his feet, and it was difficult to support him.

She agreed to Dou Taijun's request, but at this time, she didn't know how to face Ning Nan's worries again.

Xiao Cui stood on tiptoe, stood beside her and stroked her who was shaking, and said nervously: "But the female monarch feels unwell again?" ”

Jiang Chengjia only felt that his mouth was dry, something was buzzing in his ears, and the whole person was immersed in the past, and his thoughts were complicated.

Seeing that she was silent, Qianshan and Xiaocui glanced at each other, looking at each other, confused, not knowing what was going on in Fengxi Pavilion?

The sun that had hung high in the sky had set, and its extraordinarily strong light erupted from the treetops, dyeing the white clouds with blood, and dyeing the green mountains with blood, and everything became so sad.

Since Jiang Chengjia left Fengxi Pavilion, Dou Xunfen, who had been waiting in the front hall for Dou Yueshan to come to meet, couldn't sit still.

In this already not wealthy mansion, there are many people, and the fact that the Marquis of Anping came to look for his son is known to the entire command office, but Dou Yueshan has been accompanying the crazy Cao family again, and has never refused to go to the front hall to meet his father.

Such a scene can't help but make everyone talk about it.

Dou Xunfen gradually lost his face, his face was gloomy, and he was about to leave the command mansion, but he saw Dou Yueshan slowly dragging his steps to the front hall.

He stopped leaving, looked at the young man in brown who was standing in front of him casually, and suddenly became angry, and when he came up, he asked, "Who gave you the rules?" Why did you keep your father waiting for so long? ”

Dou Yueshan's face was gloomy, but she finally followed the etiquette, and bowed to him and said: "My son is accompanying Mrs. Cao, Mrs. is ill, and Aunt Biyun is too busy to be alone, so my son stayed for a while." Therefore, it was a little late, and he asked his father to surrender his sin. ”

When he mentioned the Cao family, Dou Xunfen suddenly became dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to blame him.

After a long time, the middle-aged man sighed heavily and said, "There are some things that my father needs to say to you alone." Listen to your great-grandmother, you don't live in this command house? ”

Dou Xunen replied: "Brother Zhaoyuan's mansion has four courtyards in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and only about 30 people can live in the courtyard, and the courtyard is full of female dependents, and it is impossible for the eldest brother to place his son in the west courtyard and live with the servants, so he found a flat house for his son near the command mansion to live in. ”

Dou Xunfen saw that more and more people were gathering in front of the hall, although they all had the strength to work, they seemed to be very curious about the conversation between their father and son, so he was vigilant: "In this case, you can take me to your courtyard to sit for a while, right?" ”

Dou Yueshan said unhappily: "The son thinks, my father rushed to Linhe from the capital, he must be very tired, and today he came to see his grandmother, and he sat in the command mansion for a whole day, he must be tired, why don't you return to the post station earlier, so that you can rest?" ”

This young man in a brown satin robe had a pale complexion, his hands were folded, and he was always slightly bent down and polite.

Dou Xunfen came up with a sullen breath, and his expression was a little ugly: "Zi said, are you driving me away?" ”

He frowned, and said in a somewhat unkind tone: "My son doesn't dare." The son and Brother Zhaoyuan have worshiped their ancestors together, and they have become sworn brothers by blood. At this moment, the elder brother is not in the mansion, and Mrs. Cao is sick, and the son should be his own mother, serving left and right, and must not leave. I was even more worried that my father was tired from driving day and night, so I thought about letting my father go back to the post station to rest first. When Mrs. Cao's condition is stable, she will go to the post station to ask her father for peace. ”

Dou Xunfen saw that he was determined to refuse to talk to him about the events of the year, and he didn't want to feel bad in his heart, but he didn't want to force it, so he could only sigh and say: "In this case, you can take care of Mrs. Cao and wait for you at the post station for your father." ”

After the words fell, Dou Yueshan stood silently with her head hanging down. Dou Xunfen wanted to say a few more words to him, but when he opened his mouth, the young man bent down to him and bowed: "The son sends his father out, and the father should be careful when driving away." ”

Dou Xunfen raised his throat in one breath, and held it back, not to mention how miserable his face was, he stared at this child who he neglected to take care of for a long time, and finally paced away with some sadness.

Dou Yueshan stood in front of the door, staring at An Pinghou's car slowly driving out of the alley and disappearing from view, still feeling bad in her heart.