Just a month after that friend left, the emperor listened to the slander again, and finally decided to kill Hai Linfeng. A month later, that friend came to Wu County again, but this time he did not come alone, but stood outside Hai Linfeng's house with a group of people in official uniforms. Many of these people Hai Linfeng knew, because these were the killers of Jade Dragon Terrace, and that former friend was now the new Venerable Lord of Jade Dragon Terrace.

Hai Linfeng smiled helplessly: "This time, the emperor directly sent so many killers to come, it seems that I will definitely die!" It's just ......" he put down the things he was holding, looked at his friend in official uniform, and asked in high spirits, "Why are you here?" ”

The friend also smiled: "Because the emperor knows that I am closest to you, because we are friends." ”

"Is that the reason?" Hai Linfeng sneered, "Close? Friend? Indeed, this is something that only friends can do. How long are you going to deceive me? When I die? Or do you want me to leave with this brotherhood that you have coaxed me for years? ”

"It's up to you," said my friend, as he got off his horse, "but either way, you will only be the one who loses now." He took out the edict and read it: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Hai Linfeng once served as a general, and he was dismissed and investigated because of the case of a famous family in Nanyu Prefecture. Later, he resented the imperial court, repeatedly opposed the imperial court, built Yulongtai and murdered several court officials, and later took several killers to escape from the capital and hide in Wu County. Despise the power of heaven and disregard human morality, it is really the destruction of heaven and earth, and people and gods are angry. Therefore, I will eradicate the evil today and restore peace to the water and land in the world. Chin this. ”

Listening to such an edict, Hai Linfeng couldn't help laughing uncontrollably: "Resentment of the court, contempt for the power of heaven, disregard for human morality, heaven and earth will be destroyed, and people and gods will be angry." What a rhetoric! So, am I really a pest on the troubled side? ”

"Since the emperor said so, even if you have repentance, you will not escape death today."

"Run? Hahaha, why should I run away? ”

"It's best not to run away, and please don't waste our time. My lord, the emperor is still waiting for me to go back and restore my life. ”

"It's you from beginning to end, and the person who blows the wind in the emperor's ear is also you. Is it that Su Huan, He Yunming and He Zi'an's affairs are also yours? ”

"Su Huan, it was he who was implicated by a gangster, and it was his own bad life, who is to blame? He Yunming, it was because he was not thoughtful in his speech and deeds and was exploited by jealous people above the court, what does it have to do with me? He Zi'an, hum! It's just a fool who doesn't use his brains to save his brother and recklessly does it happen, do these people still need me to do it myself? He put the edict back away, put his hands behind his back, walked to Hai Linfeng and whispered, "From beginning to end, the person I want to move is just you." They are just a pawn of mine, and they are just my sacrifice and burial goods for you. After all, who hurt them in the end? Don't you know? It's you. ”

"I really regard you as a friend, you are indeed doing everything possible to harm me, it is my Hai Linfeng who is blind."

"Hahaha! Blind? You are indeed blind. Not only are you blind, you're blind. Sea maple? Do you know when I started hating you? Yes, I'll admit that when I was in the East Palace at first, I did think about thinking of you as a friend, but then, everything changed. ”

"You're nothing but jealous of me."

"Jealous of you? Hai Linfeng, you are dying, where did you get all these confidences? Do you know what I hate about you the most? I hate your self-righteousness the most. You always think you're great, and people like to revolve around you every day. Yes, you are a general, you are the emperor's confidant, you can be literate and martial, you have repeatedly performed miraculous feats on the battlefield, you are amazing, and you feel very proud. But, I tell you, sooner or later, you will lose on these prides of yours, like now. ”

"Have I ever done anything to be sorry for you?"

"Excuse me? You're sorry for me from head to toe! are also the advisers of His Royal Highness the Prince, obviously they are all the same identity, the same status, why did the prince have dignity after he ascended the throne and became the emperor, why are you a general that everyone envies, I only deserve to follow the emperor to serve tea and water as a father-in-law, you come to tell me why?! ”

"The world is inherently unfair."

"Unfair? Who are you to talk to me about being unfair? You have a wife and children of your own, what about me?! What do I have? I'm just an insignificant ant who has been imprisoned in the palace all my life and will never survive! Hum! What do you say that one is indispensable? You are a general, a pillar of the country, and naturally you are indispensable. What about me? But a dead eunuch! Without me, wouldn't someone else take my place? ”

"The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and it is not the emperor who despises you, but yourself."

"Hmph, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have fallen into the field I am in now."

"It is up to people to make things happen, and it's up to heaven to make things happen. If it weren't for me, you'd still be the same as you are now. ”

A raging anger ignited in his friend's eyes, and he turned to snap his fingers at the killers in front of him, saying only one word: "Kill." ”

—— —— ——

Listening to He Zi'an talk about this past, the other six people were a little silent, and then looked at Shang Ling's face even more pale.

Shang Ling: "I remember, Uncle He, you were kicked out of Wu County by your father before, so how did you know these things?" ”

He Zi'an: "Young master, don't hide it, I did leave for a while back then, but then I came back. The Lord has saved my life, so I will never leave. I happened to be back in Wu County on the day that person came, and I wanted to go to the Lord to apologize, but I didn't want to see that scene. ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "What did you do at that time?" Why did Hai Senpai kick you out of Wu County? ”

He Zi'an: "A month ago, that person came to the Venerable Lord. After he left, I told the lord to be careful of that person, and I thought about not going back to the capital. Xu was too careless about the consequences of my actions, and the lord reprimanded me in a fit of anger and told me not to stay in Wu County any longer. ”

Shang Ling: "Father just believed in him too much, and he didn't notice that he wanted to kill his father. ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "Is that person's surname Nie?" ”

He Zi'an was shocked: "Girl, do you know him?" ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "It's not, it's just that Uncle Xu mentioned to me before that the person who killed the predecessor of the sea was surnamed Nie." ”

"Uncle Xu?" He Zi'an thought for a while, "What the girl is talking about is a person named Xu Mao?" ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "I don't know his name, I only know that he once worked as a housekeeper in Xin'an County, and everyone called him Xu Ye." ”

"Xu Ye?" He Zi'an smiled, "When I was in Yulongtai once, because he looked older than us, we all called him Xu Ye." How did he look when you saw him? ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "Uncle Xu is like an old man, he said that he was the same age as Hai's predecessors, and he became like this because he was poisoned." ”

"Ah, yes," He Zi'an recalled, "that person, in order to take revenge on the Venerable Lord, fed poison to these people who followed the Venerable Lord out of the Jade Dragon Terrace. Xu Ye was a killer of drug production in Yulongtai, so presumably he used poison to attack poison to reduce the toxicity in his body, but he was still inevitably disturbed by it. I really didn't expect that there was still him among our old subordinates in Yulongtai back then, and I would definitely go to see him if I had the chance. ”

Ouyang Ruolin didn't know what to say, so she set her eyes on Xuan Zhuyi, who was closest to her. Xuan Zhuyi cleared his throat and said, "I'm really embarrassed, Uncle Xu...... After he told this to Senior Sister Ruolin, he was killed, ...... Please mourn. ”

"Dead?" He Zi'an didn't seem surprised, "That's it, we people are such an ending after all, but Xu Ye is one step ahead of me, and I should be the next." ”

The atmosphere became solemn for a while, and Shang Ling changed the topic and asked He Zi'an, "Uncle He, who is the one who killed my parents?" What's his name? ”

"Well, I don't even want to mention his name. His surname is Nie, reputation, and the word Qishan. Thinking back then, he was simply a nobody with no words, if it weren't for the fact that the lord was a friend and took the word Qishan for him to correspond to his own Chuanyin, he could have today? ”

"Nie Qishan?" Shang Ling thought for a moment, "Father, why did he take this word?" ”

He Zi'an: "The word Chuan Yin means that he actually has the heart to return to the hidden Sichuan forest, and he is unwilling to get involved in the chaos of the court. It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that he met him, and he entered the court against his own heart. Qi Shan is because when the lord first met Nie Yu, he found that he was a little withdrawn, and the lord took the word Qi Shan for him in the hope that he could look up to himself, and one day he Nie Yu could enjoy the same glory as the mountain. It's a pity that the lord has seen the wrong person. ”

"Actually," Shang Ling said suddenly, "I think this Nie Qi Mountain...... Somewhat pitiful. ”

"Young master?" He Zi'an looked at Shang Lingdao with wide eyes, "That person is your enemy who killed his father and mother!" The Lord and the Lady are dead, and he is still alive and well, how can you feel sorry for him? He burned down the house after killing people, how can you be soft on such a wolf-hearted thing? ”

Shang Ling: "But what he did wrong has nothing to do with me feeling pitiful." ”

He Zi'an: "Why doesn't it matter?" If you really feel sorry for him, then you will be merciful when you kill him to get revenge! ”

"I ......," Shang Ling hesitated, "I won't." ”

He Zi'an: "Young master, I can only tell you one thing, if you don't kill him, then he will definitely come to kill you." ”

"But," Shang Ling hesitated whether to say this, and finally he said, "If he is really a heinous person, why am I still alive, and I have lived until now?" Shouldn't he have cut down the grass and eradicate it? ”

He Zi'an was speechless, and he had been wondering why Shang Ling had survived intact until now.

"Young Master" He Zi'an said a little uneasily, "There is a sentence I don't know whether to ask or not. ”

"You say."

"Young master, you ...... Why is it called Shang Ling? Did someone adopt you back then? ”

This question went straight to Shang Ling's heart, and now that the situation has come to this, he has to say: "Yes, in fact, my current father is my stepfather." Yu Tzu-hyuk, Ah Xuan, I'm sorry, I couldn't tell you before. ”

Yu Tzu Hyuk: "It's okay, everyone will have a secret." ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "Shang Ling? So what is the origin of your stepfather? Could it be that he is also the old subordinate of Hai's predecessors back then? Maybe his memories were sealed by him. After all, you were too young at the time, and it wasn't good for you to remember these things all the time, right? ”

"I" Shang Ling looked around at the people in the room, and finally sighed and said word by word, "My father-in-law's surname is Shang, his name is pure, and his name is Lin Yan, and he is a businessman. Because he's not at home all the time, I can take the opportunity to run out, right? ”

"Shang Lin Yan?" He Zi'an thought for a long time, "There is no such person in Yulong Taichung!" Young master, can I ask you for a word now? ”

"Huh? My word? Oh! My word is Chu Feng. As soon as the words came out, Shang Ling felt that something was wrong.

"Chu Feng?" Mu Jinggong was also taken aback, "Isn't this talking about An Chuyun and Hai Linfeng?" Could it be that he is an inconspicuous person in Yulong Taichung? ”

He Zi'an: "It's possible for the girl to say this, after all, there are many people in Yulong Taichung, and I don't recognize every single one." ”

Shang Ling: "That's right, it's also possible that my father-in-law gave it to me when he saw that these two words were better, and he didn't know my parents at all." Besides, I'm a casual person, everyone used to call me Shang Ling, and then I simply stopped reporting it, so that word has been abandoned for many years. ”

Mu Zhixi: "Maybe it's just a coincidence. ”