Chapter 83: The Truth of the Year
Mo Feng was lying on the couch, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep. It was such a difficult night for him. Although it was only a few hours, it was like a lifetime.
In the early morning, the sky was still dark, but the snow covered the city with a white coat, which seemed to herald the light before the darkness.
As soon as Zhao Wutang took Mo Feng and Ye Fan to step out of the gate of the Shoujiang's Mansion, he saw Tian Sui Tho, Zhang Han, Li Guang, Zhao Chongguo, Gao Shun, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Le Jin, Dian Wei, Liu Gaozhi, Hu Luguang, Luo Shixin, and Fu Youde waiting for him at the door.
Seeing their formation, Mo Feng was taken aback, didn't they just go to find out the truth about Ling Tianlei's son's disappearance back then, why did they move the crowd so much.
"My lord, have a good trip!" The thirteen people knelt down in unison towards Mo Feng.
"What are you doing, just a trip to the state capital to discuss some things, why are you so grand! It's not like I'm not coming back. Mo Feng hurriedly stepped forward and helped them up one by one.
"It's not that I won't come back, maybe some things will change a lot." Guo Jia said with a smile with a mysterious expression on his face.
"Let's go!" Ye Fan, the prison soldier who had never said a word, said a word for the first time. Even if it was only a simple three words, it made Mo Feng and Zhao Wutang choke in shock.
"Okay, okay, let's disperse, I'm leaving!" Seeing that Ye Fan had already walked towards the state capital with some impatience, Mo Feng and Zhao Wutang also said goodbye to Guo Jia and them, followed Ye Fan's footsteps closely, and walked towards the Guzang Prefecture Mansion.
Zhao Wutang and Mo Feng glanced at each other, Ye Fan's behavior today was really too strange, strange as if he had changed a person, and Mo Feng and Zhao Wutang didn't know each other.
Ye Fan walked forward step by step, and the steps under his feet were fast and steady. Under the scattered hair, his eyes were a little determined, more than ten years, it was time for him to forgive his original sins.
Coming to the door of the room where yesterday's deliberation took place, Mo Feng and Zhao Wutang consciously handed over the saber to the soldier guarding the door, and took Ye Fan in.
At a glance, Ling Tianlei, Mu Yin and Lu Ji were all there. Very good, Emperor Shenwu, the Empress, and Zhongchang are the three of them are the poor scholars of the year, and a big drama is about to be staged.
"Student Zhang Cai has seen His Majesty, the Empress, and His Royal Highness the Prince!" The moment the door closed, Ye Fan knelt down towards Ling Tianmu.
As soon as Ye Fan opened his mouth, he threw out a bombshell, which directly shocked several people in the house. There was only Ling Tianlei, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of an imperceptible smile.
didn't care about the expressions of a few people, Ye Fan said to himself: "The current Guiyi Army supervisor Ye Fan, more than ten years ago, was just a dispensable Taixue student Zhang Cai. At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and I only knew how to say things that relied on benevolence and morality to influence orcs, and to treat them in a benevolent and righteous way.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Yan Qin, who was under Ling Tianmu, found me and said that King Liang valued my remarks very much and hoped that I would become his disciple and do things for him. For me, it's a pie in the sky. It is an honor to be valued by King Liang and to be a guest of King Liang. Without the slightest hesitation, I agreed to Yan Qin's request very happily. I didn't expect that the first thing they asked me to do would ruin my family.
I still remember that it was a leisurely afternoon, and Yan Qin asked me to go to Songshan and said that King Liang wanted to see me. I was very happy to go, not long after I joined the command of King Liang, I was able to be summoned by King Liang, which is a great grace!
I don't want to, after I arrived at the designated place, I only saw Yan Qin, not King Liang. Yan Qin said to me that King Liang's car was damaged on the road, and he was going to be a little late, so let me wait first.
I'm convinced, isn't it just a little longer, what's the big deal? So, he talked to Yan Qin. It didn't take long for Yan Qin to leave first under the pretext of having a stomachache.
I didn't doubt him, so I kept waiting. I didn't think about it, I didn't wait for Yan Qin to come back, I didn't wait for King Liang, but I waited for you, who were still the crown prince and princess at that time.
At that time, I didn't know your identity, I just thought you were an ordinary couple who were being hunted down. Isn't it just to watch a child, anyway, it's not a big deal, so I should come down.
After you left, I wanted to take the child to find a secluded place to hide first, but I thought that Yan Qin would come back at this time. He told me that I had just met the crown prince and the crown princess of the current dynasty, and the prince was in his hands. This assassination was arranged by them, for the sake of the prince in my hands.
I just woke up from a dream, and it turned out that this was a scam, a hoax that went through the sky. I was so scared that I didn't know what to do. I wanted to hand over the prince, but seeing the prince in my arms smiling at me, I didn't know where a surge of courage came out of nowhere, and I rushed over and knocked him down. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I ran away with the prince.
Running and running, I ran to the edge of a cliff, and at this time he also led someone to chase after me. Below the cliff is the rolling Yingshui, and behind me is Yan Qin's pursuers, and as soon as I am ruthless, I jumped into the Yingshui with the prince.
I don't know if it was God's blessing, we were rescued by a couple who were boating on the Ying Water, and they were also holding a newborn baby boy in their arms.
I thought that Yan Qin's group would definitely not give up so easily, and they would definitely come down to see if we were dead. In that case, it's better to find two stand-ins and die for us. While the couple was not looking, I knocked them unconscious with the food utensils on the table. After knocking them out, I switched my clothes with those of the prince. Then I stoned the man to death with the utensil, the woman was stabbed to death by me with a dagger on the table, and the child was drowned by me.
After doing this, I put the child in the man's arms and threw them into the water, and I rowed away. When I got to the shore, I found a random clearing and buried the woman. That boat was also smashed and sunk by me.
After that, I hid with the prince, thinking that after a while, the turmoil would subside, and then send the prince back to you. But who knew that Ling Tianmu still didn't give up, just in case, he was still sending people to find us.
In desperation, I had to leave for Youzhou to join one of my senior brothers when I was in Taixue, one of my most trusted people, my close friend, Mo Yan.
Although Mo Yan and I cut off their ties because of political disagreements when I was studying Taixue, he has always been my friend in my mind and the only person I can trust.
Not as unknown as me, he was a hot figure during the Taixue period. After leaving Taixue, he not only married Mei Jiaoniang, but was also immediately appointed to the post of county commander of Wuzhong, which can be described as a spring breeze! When he learned of my intentions, he immediately took me in, and took care of the prince as if he were his own.
Soon, you ascended the throne, I thought, this should be the right time, so I want to take the prince back to Luoyang. But who knew that at this time, Mo Yan's wife fell ill. At this time, if I left, it felt a little too ruthless, so I stayed. But his wife's illness became worse and worse, and soon she died.
After taking care of his wife's funeral, I sneaked back to Luoyang with the infant prince and one of his swordsman friends, Wang Yue, to return the child to you.
No, after returning to Luoyang, the situation is not as simple as we thought. Above the court, many ministers want to force you to make him the prince. Outside the court, Ling Tianmu's men were still looking for us, and we were also discovered by him. Fortunately, I have Wang Yue by my side, and he gave them all the results without waste. However, in that chaotic battle, I was also wounded.
What made me even more sad was that I found out that my home had been subjected to a mass attack shortly after my disappearance, and no one in my family had escaped, and all of them had been burned to the ground. I know that they did not die from the fire, but from murder.
Seeing that nothing could be done, we went back again. On the way back, the more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and the more I thought about it, the heavier my heart of revenge became. We arrived in Yecheng and found the famous doctor Ge Hong. Ge Hong, a famous doctor in Yecheng, not only has excellent medical skills, but what is more powerful is that he can also help people change their appearance. He not only helped me heal my injuries, but also helped me change my appearance. Under Wang Yue's threat, he promised not to tell the matter. Otherwise, none of his family would want to live.
After my injuries healed, I handed over the prince to Wang Yue and asked him to take the prince back first. I myself used my new identity to join the Shaofu Baihua Sect, who was still one of the Nine Qings at the time.
This Bai Hua, as we all know, is Ling Tianmu's person, and more importantly, he and Yan Qin don't deal with each other. I was just waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the right time to return the prince and take revenge on Ling Tianmu and Yan Qin.
In the third year of Yuanzhen, you died when you returned from the expedition of the orcs, and Ling Tianmu ascended the throne as emperor. At that time, Ling Tianmu withdrew the people who were looking for us, but what was the use of that! You're dead, and the prince can't come back.
Since then, I have never been in contact with Mo Yan, and have been staying under Bai Hua to help him with his errands. In the past ten years, my status has also risen, and I have achieved the position of the prime minister's main book. And Mo Yan, after achieving the position of the assassin of Youzhou, became the feudal official of the empire
After the defeat of Montenegro, General Zhao returned, and his headquarters was organized into the Guiyi Army. At that time, I asked Bai Hua for his life to go to the Guiyi Army as a supervisor and help him monitor Zhao Wutang.
The Guiyi Army was cannon fodder at that time, and it was for Ling Tianmu to be stabbed. The errand of supervising the army of the Guiyi Army is also something that everyone avoids, and my self-recommendation naturally reduces a problem for Bai Hua, and this kind of request was quickly accepted.
And the purpose of my going to the Guiyi Army is also very simple, in the name of surveillance, to provoke General Zhao and Yan Qin to make enemies, and to take revenge on Yan Qin by the hands of General Zhao and Prime Minister Bai Hua.
Not long after I went to the Guiyi Army, I got the news that Beiping had fallen and Mo Yan had died in battle. Suddenly, I collapsed, Mo Yan died in battle, Beiping fell, and the prince died. My heart is like ashes, and I drink all day to kill my sorrows. I wanted to end my life like this, but I didn't want to see the prince when I was in Hanzhong, he didn't die, and he grew up so civil and military, outstanding.
Since then, although I have been drunk every day as always, I have been secretly observing the situation of the prince, trying to find a suitable time to tell him about my life experience.
But things changed too quickly, and the Guiyi Army was sent to Liangzhou by the empire to die. It should have been a very distressing thing, but General Zhao was very happy and very cooperative. At that time, I had a trace of doubt in my heart, why was he so happy, could the Liangzhou Righteous Army have anything to do with him.
It wasn't until I was in Jiangyou that I saw Lu Ji and saw General Zhao hugging Lu Ji and crying bitterly. At that time, I realized that this Lu Bo in General Zhao's mouth was the Zhongchang servant Lu Ji beside you.
Lu Ji, this Zhongchang servant Lu Ji, who was supposed to die not long after your death, is still alive. That means whether you are alive or not, whether the queen is still alive. With such speculation, sure enough, yesterday under the city, I saw you. ”
After speaking, Ye Fan laughed loudly, and without anyone reacting, he took out the dagger he hid in his shoes and stabbed it into his chest.
With the sound of him falling to the ground, several people came back to their senses. And Ling Tianlei rushed to his side as if flying.
Looking at Ling Tianlei who came in a hurry, Ye Fan took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to him: "At that time, I was afraid that the prince would reveal his identity, so I hid this jade pendant, and the dragon-shaped carving and the 'maple' inscription on it are not something that can be seen casually." Your Majesty, I know that I have sinned so much that I am certain to die. Now, I don't have to worry about Your Majesty's hands, I'll cut it myself. Before I die, please grant me one last request and help me avenge me. ”
After speaking, Ye Fan's hands hung down weakly, and he didn't breathe.
"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you for this revenge!" With the jade pendant in his hand clenched, Ling Tianlei made the last stunned promise to Ye Fan. This hatred is not only his Ye Fan's, but also theirs.