Chapter 126: Ruthless
In an instant, Jiang Mo's heart was already half cold, and the bright sword in the guard's hand was reflected in her dark eyes, and she still said slowly after a long time, "Thank you Commander Zheng for informing me." β
After saying that, she immediately got on the horse and went straight to the Protector's Mansion, she only hated that the horse under her was not running fast, and almost kicked the horse's stomach desperately, but it was a pity that this old horse she borrowed from the neighbor's house, where did she have any strength, and only ran for a while, then collapsed on the bluestone slab on the street, and refused to stand up again.
Jiang Mo gritted his teeth, ripped off a piece of his somewhat cumbersome skirt, and hurried away in the direction of the Protector Mansion.
When she arrived at the Protector's Mansion, she saw that the Manchu Mansion had been surrounded by guards, and the high-flying minions in the gatehouse were all frightened and trembling and tied there.
The forbidden army in the palace had its own momentum, and when they saw Jiang Mo, they only walked over with a cold face, "Who are you?"
"I want to see Huan Yu, can he be inside?" Because Jiangmo ran for too long, he was sick two days ago, and his body was very weak, and after running for such a long time, he was already tired and had no strength, and he didn't know how many times he fell, only covered in dust.
It was Huan Yu who personally led the forbidden army to raid the house, he was naturally very busy, but the forbidden army naturally would not go to give her a gift, and besides, the palace was arresting the protector, and he couldn't let her in.
"I'll see you later, I advise the girl to leave quickly, lest anything happen again." The guard just wanted to scare and scare Jiangmo, so he only threw the knife in his hand in front of Jiangmo, and Jiangmo subconsciously wanted to dodge, who would have thought that he actually stepped on the corner of his skirt and fell on the marble floor of the Protector's Mansion.
When the guard saw Jiang Mo looking so embarrassed, he burst out laughing.
And the people around him immediately joked, "Don't frighten this little girl, she is timid, she may not have seen such a big battle." β
Jiang Mo stood up, her little face seemed to be filled with blood, but she saw that the corners of her eyes were sharp, and there was a touch of ruthlessness, "Presumptuous, you have forgotten the rules of the forbidden army in the palace, and the third prohibition is to insult the women of good families, oppress the people, and punish fifty with a rod." β
The forbidden soldiers were all shocked, they didn't think that this girl actually knew so clearly, but what they didn't know was that this ban was set by Qing Kite and her father when she was eight years old, not only that, but most of the rules and regulations in the court were formulated and discussed by her and her father.
The forbidden soldiers in the palace are all sons and daughters of officials, who are used to flying and domineering in the past, and serving the emperor, so they are naturally more arrogant than the errands next to them.
Seeing that such a little girl was so arrogant, the guard suddenly looked cold, and pulled out his knife, "Then I don't know how much you can blame for killing a poor girl?" Don't worry, I'll only say that you're a traitor who intends to kill the palace guards. β
After speaking, the guard's eyes suddenly showed murderous intent, and he was about to kill Jiangmo with a knife.
And just then, a voice came from the side, "Stop." β
The guard saw that it was Huan Yu's henchman, so he stopped and stood aside, "This girl has to break into the Protector's Mansion and see Huan Yushi." β
When I saw Jiang Mo, I seemed to be hesitating about something, but I still said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see Huan Yushi." β
The guard was about to stop him, but he said coldly, "She is the person on the tip of the heart of Lord Yushi, if you let Lord Yushi know that you are going to kill her, I guarantee that it will be difficult for you to have your head around your neck." I'll take her into the house now, and I'll take care of anything that happens. β
Jiang Mo was so anxious that he didn't bother to say anything, and immediately rushed into the mansion, but before he could run two steps, he was pulled by Bucai, "Girl, where are you going?" They're all in the ancestral hall. β
Only then did Jiang Mo realize that he had run in the wrong direction, so he turned around in a hurry, but he couldn't hear it and said hurriedly, "Girl, the second son has murderous intentions towards the little young master, you must save his life." β
She knew that this was Huan Yu's henchman, what he said would definitely not be false, and her face turned pale in an instant, and she stumbled, if she hadn't held on to the pillar beside her, she would have to fall and bleed.
Jiang Mo went straight to the ancestral hall, and everywhere she passed, she saw the guards standing in the courtyard standing everywhere, the mansion was almost silent, and the maids and servants were also in vain.
The minions in the mansion were all terrified, but they didn't expect that this monstrous Protector Mansion would also be raided one day, and the one who brought the guards into the mansion was actually the second son of Huan, whom they admired the most.
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In the ancestral hall, it was so gloomy that it was almost suffocating, but outside the window were pine trees several feet high, blocking the sky and the sun, and even the sunlight was blocked.
There was an ever-bright lamp burning in the middle of the room, and the fiery red luster was reflected in Huan Yu's eyes, which looked very treacherous.
At this time, there were only Huguo Gong and Huan Yu in the ancestral hall, both of them were silent, but Huguo Gong took a handful of lighted incense and inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner in front of each tablet.
Since the opening of the dynasty, the ancestors of the Huan family have been awarded the first-class minister by virtue of his outstanding military exploits, and have been hereditary from generation to generation.
And the Protector of the Kingdom pushed the power of the Huan family to the top, but in response to that sentence, it is really a fire to cook oil, and after the flowers are blooming, it will be prosperous and will decline, and I will see the Protector Mansion fall to today's field.
The spring breeze outside the window blew into the house, the pines and cypresses whimpered, and the flickering candlelight in the house illuminated the gray hair and beard of the protector clearly.
Huan Yi was not in a hurry, just stood there and watched, his dark eyes were inconvenient and angry, but his face was a little proud, as if he was watching everything, as if he had all the power of life and death.
And the Protector finally stopped at the last tablet, and his eyes finally showed a sad look, this is the tablet of his sister-in-law Huan Shuo, his trembling fingers kept stroking the words on the tablet, like ten thousand grief.
Huan Yu only looked at this situation coldly, and his eyes seemed to be quenched with poison.
And at this moment, I saw a guard come in in a hurry, said a word in Huan Yu's ear, and bowed down to serve aside.
Huan Yu suddenly laughed, more refreshing than the blooming flowers, but his voice was full of mockery, "Father, Ah Yi is back to accompany you." β
The Protector's face changed in an instant, and the tablet in his hand fell to the ground suddenly, "You are really a brute who has no word to believe, you obviously promised the old man to let him go." β
Huan Yu said a few words to the guard beside him, and the guard straightened his face and hurriedly walked out.
"You don't know, he went to see Jiangmo, so he missed the last hour I gave." Huan Yu's eyes were burning, as if he was just joking with his father, and even his tone was so light.
The face of the protector changed in an instant, and his body in a heavy official robe seemed to soften all of a sudden, and even looked a little rickety.
"I said a long time ago that he would lose his life for this woman, but I didn't expect it to come true, no matter what, it's all his life." The dead silence in the eyes of the Protector of the Kingdom was full of silence, and even the last trace of vitality disappeared.
Huan Shu sneered at the corners of his lips, looked at the tablet that fell to the ground, frowned slightly, and then slowly walked over, picked up Huan Shuo's tablet, and put it in the distance.
"Father will soon be able to see your beloved son." His voice turned, and he sneered, "It's just that the eldest brother has something to say to you urgently, you don't know yet, the mastermind who killed him is the son you hate the most." β
In an instant, the eyes of the Protector were round, almost spewing flames, "It's you, you sent those bandits, aren't they?" You son of a, you are so vicious in your heart. β
He also suspected Huan Yu, but he has always been obedient by his side, and he is also very sad about the death of his eldest brother, but he didn't expect him to be deceived by this rebel.
Huan Yu laughed, dressed in white, and he was even more immaculate, "If I send someone, how can I hide it from my father's eyes, but among those bandits, I trust the most person, he has always been planted by me by the side of those bandits, and only a little encouragement can make those people become substitutes." β
And Huan Yi, who was being pushed into the house by the guards, listened to all the words of the two people, he never dreamed that his second uncle was the one who killed his father, and he couldn't help but mourn in his heart, and he just wanted to come up and die with Huan Yu, but he was stopped by the guards, and only pressed him to the ground, making him half-kneeling on the ground, unable to move at all.
"Why, why did you kill my father?" Huan roared, his eyes red, as if he wanted to eat someone.
Huan Yu's voice was very gentle, it was like the tone of talking to Huan Yi in the past, like an elder who doted on his juniors, "Ah Yi, you were born as a sister-in-law, and you are so pampered, but how do you know what it feels like to be snubbed and disgusted." β
When the Protector heard his words, he only turned him away slowly, and he didn't dare to look at Huan Yu's eyes, because he knew that he was guilty in his heart.
"Since I was a child, I have aspired to be better than your father, so I tried my best to study, I just want everyone to see that my concubine is a thousand times better than people." When Huan Yu said this, there was endless pain in his voice, as if the painful things in the past were vivid, "But even if I became the youngest champion of all dynasties, I still couldn't get a trace of praise from my biological father." β
In Huan Yi's memory, his second uncle is such a shrewd and capable character, and Wen Taowu is praised by everyone, but he didn't expect that there was so much pain hidden in his heart.
"You brought it on yourself." The Protector glared angrily, "Just a concubine, you don't have to keep your mouth shut." β
"Father can't listen to it?" Huan Yu's eyes turned to his father, and his eyes seemed to be quenched with poison, "You are weak-hearted, my son still remembers the way you forced me to go to the Qing family, when I knelt in front of you, you said that only ruthless people in this world can live for a long time, and my son remembers your words clearly over the years, so there is today's Huan Yu." β
"Okay, it's really the old man's good son, the old man doesn't dare to kill his father, but you can do it handy." The face of the protector was full of resentment, but he regretted it in his heart, he knew that he should have gotten rid of this evil son, and he should not have been allowed to stay until today.
Huan Yu was noncommittal, and his dark eyes roamed around the house, but he saw Huan Yu's red eyes.
And at this moment, I heard the voice of the guard, "Someone, don't stand still." β
Immediately, a familiar woman's voice came, but it was Jiang Mo, "Let me in, I want to see you Huan Yushi." β
Huan Yu only ordered the guard to let Huan Yi go, and then went out to deliver the message, and soon Jiang Mo hurriedly ran into the ancestral hall, and when she saw Huan Yi, she seemed to be relieved.
Jiangmo's heart is still trembling, he's still alive, it's good.
Her little face was covered with fine sweat, and even her breathing was very disordered. The words she had thought about countless times in her heart had forgotten all of them at this moment.
As if expecting her to come, Huan Yu only walked over slowly, took out a sweat towel from his arms and wiped the sweat on her fine white forehead for her, "Are you here?" β
"Yes." Jiangmo nodded, and subconsciously looked at Huan Yi, but Huan Yi was also looking at her, looking at each other, each other was endlessly complicated.
The Protector looked at Jiang Mo, his face full of anger, "You slut still have the face to come, isn't it bad enough for us to be killed by you?" β
Huan Yu reached out and hugged Jiang Mo in his arms, a pair of cold lips kissed her forehead, and then he looked at the Protector with a sneering face, "I haven't introduced it to my father yet, maybe you don't know who she is, she is a green kite." β
Huguo Gong couldn't help but gasp, he couldn't help but subconsciously look at Huan Yu, but saw that his face was calm, as if he had only known about it for a long time, it seemed that he was the only one who was kept in the dark.
He should have thought that he had been looking at this woman, and his identity was not simple, especially the momentum of his body, not like a woman in a small family, and his son's son and grandson were so obsessed with him.
"You're here for revenge? You deliberately approached Huan Yi just to help this rebel? The Lord Protector asked this sentence with an angry face.
Huan Yi always thought that Huan Yu didn't know the identity of Jiang Mo, but he didn't expect to be said so blatantly by him today, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and he felt uncomfortable like a knife, but he forgot that he and her were originally a couple, and they had a marriage contract.
Jiang Mo just wanted to deny it, but Huan Yu beside her said leisurely, "Naturally, all this has her help, as the saying goes, a hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, and my father's power is not simple, how can it be uprooted overnight." If she hadn't been on the sidelines, she might not be where she is today. β
When she saw him talking nonsense like this, she only frowned and looked at him, but when she saw his cold face, she still swallowed all the words.
Now that the Protector has fallen, Huan Yu has naturally become a meritorious minister, he has really become the first person under the Son of Heaven in Shangjing, I am afraid that the position of the Protector will also be given to him, Jiang Mo knows that if he disobeys him at this time, then Huan Yu's life will not be saved.
Jiang Mo gritted his teeth, and immediately showed a coquettish smile, and even his voice seemed to contain candied fruit, "The concubine still owes Brother Huan for avenging me." β
Huan Yu pinched her small earlobe as if no one was around, revealing a doting smile, "It's good if you are happy." β
Huan Yi's heart was like a knife, and she stood up all of a sudden, just thinking about rushing to Jiangmo's face, but was quickly stopped by the guards beside her, and she could almost clearly see the tears in Huan Yi's eyes from a distance of a foot away from Jiangmo.
"You've been lying to me all along? You said you loved me, you said you accepted your fate, and you will always be by the young master's side. Huan Yi's voice was mixed with endless pain.
Jiang Mo is a smart person, in order to save Huan Yi's life, she has to be ruthless, so that Huan Yu will be satisfied, thinking that she knows that since he can give Huan Yi four hours, that is, he still wants to leave Huan Yi with his life.
She laughed as crisply as a silver bell, but in this gloomy room, it was extremely weird, "Naturally, I deceived you fool, I only have Brother Huan in my heart, and you have been my enemy from beginning to end." β
Sure enough, Huan Yu's eyes showed approval, and the killing intent in his eyes gradually dissipated.
He took out the holy decree from his arms and slowly handed it to Jiang Mo's hand, with a treacherous voice in his voice, which only made Jiang Mo tremble, only feeling that he was like a demon from the hell of the underworld, and only made her feel that the man in front of her was no longer her gentle brother Huan.
"Since he harmed your mansion, it's best for you to recite this holy decree." His cold fingertips touched her palm, and she shuddered, and the holy decree in her hand almost fell to the ground.
Jiang Mo slowly opened the holy decree, and then took a deep breath, and the protector finally came over, knelt in front of Jiang Mo, and still accepted the emperor's holy decree as a courtier.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the protector of the country bullies the weak, forms a party for personal gain, colludes with the ministers of the court, intends to seek power and usurp the throne, and immediately kills them, and the rest of the people are arrested and brought to justice, waiting to be released." After Jiang Mo recited this holy decree, she couldn't say what it felt, and she also knew in her heart that the Protector was not wronged, he had done too many things that had lost his conscience.
And Xiao Wei was so anxious to kill the Protector of the Protector that he was even exempted from the public trial, but I was afraid that the protΓ©gΓ©s and subordinates of the Protector in various places would know about it and cause resentment.
When Huan Yi heard this, his face was full of anger in an instant, and he rushed up at once, blocking in front of the Duke of Ke Guo, "I see that if any of you dares to kill my grandfather, I will kill him." β
The Protector looked at Huan Yi who was blocking in front of him, his eyes were a little red, and he looked at Huan Yu, "Lord Yushi, the old man has admitted all the blame, but what is Huan Yi's guilt, you know better than anyone else in your heart, just leave him alive today." β
Huan Yu looked at his father, who was so humble and pleading in front of him, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes, "You have the intention of seeking power and usurping the throne, and she is your grandson, so he must not be able to get rid of it." It's just that he hasn't made an inch of merit in his life, so he has the heart to intercede for him, and there is no reason. β
In an instant, Jiang Mo only felt a tightness in her heart, her eyes changed, but she suddenly chuckled, she leaned on Huan Yu's arms, like a fox, and her voice was also like a person who could crisp people's bones, "The concubine has a good idea, the most painful thing for the Duke of the Protector is Huan Yu, if he can let his closest relatives kill him, presumably he will not be able to live in peace after death." β
As soon as these words came out, several people in the room were stunned, but they all quickly understood.
And the people in the house are all people who have been rolling in the middle of the court for many years, and they are all smart people, so only Huan Yi can't see through the mind of Jiangmo.
The Protector immediately threw a grateful gaze at Jiang Mo, because he understood in an instant, let Huan Yi kill him, that is, he personally killed the criminal ministers in the court, and he would also be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, which may be the last way to protect Huan Yi.
The Protector understood her thoughts, and Huan Yu also understood, but Huan Yu froze there for a moment, he had always refused to believe Jiang Mo Shicai's ruthless words, but at this time he completely believed it, because she actually asked him to know his grandfather's life with his own hands.