Chapter Ninety-Nine: "-for-Tat"
"Your stuff? Since Your Excellency has lost something and found it, why should you involve the people of the world. Although the other party is not Xiao Xinyi's uncle, Xiao Xinyi has a feeling that Zhuge Qinghong seems to be more polite.
"If I say that what I lost is the world, if I don't let the people of the world participate in it, how can I get it back." As soon as the mysterious man said this, Xiao Xinyi only felt a pain in his palm, Zhuge Qinghong suddenly clenched her hand, as if he felt Xiao Xinyi's trembling, Zhuge Qinghong hurriedly let go of her hand and looked at her with concern, Xiao Xinyi shook his head to signal that she was fine, Zhuge Qinghong breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed her hand again.
"This Anye Kingdom has been royal since seven hundred years ago, how did it become Your Excellency's." When Zhuge Qinghong said this, Xiao Xinyi felt that the hand holding her was trembling slightly.
Xiao Xinyi looked at Zhuge Qinghong, except for his hands that were a little trembling, his expression was the same as ever.
"Oh? Didn't the founding emperor of An Yeguo take back the world from others seven hundred years ago, and if he can take the world from others, why can't I take it back from them? The man in black in the mask asked.
"Seven hundred years ago, the founding emperor of Anye Kingdom rescued the people of the world from the dire situation, and what you are doing now is to push the people of the world into the fire pit, how can you compare." Zhuge Qinghong asked rhetorically.
"History books are written by winners, how can you be sure that what you know is true." The Masked Man is in hot pursuit.
"Yes, I don't know what happened seven hundred years ago, but now I know it, it's just a natural disaster, as long as the imperial court opens a warehouse and releases grain, no one will do anything about it, and the turmoil will soon subside, does Your Excellency really want to let An Yeguo regain its life for your own selfishness?" Zhuge Qinghong takes retreat as advance.
"If the emperor is the king, how can things develop to this point, to put it bluntly, there are still incompetent people who can't afford this position, and they are to blame for harming themselves, and they can't be forgiven for harming others." The masked man had no fear of the current emperor in his words.
"It seems that Your Excellency is bent on ignoring the people of Li who are in charge of An Ye Country." Zhuge Qinghong asked.
"Do you think that if I don't do anything, the people of this Anye country will have a good life? The faint monarch has no way, the people suffer This is just the beginning, you have also seen that the people are not affected overnight, the south is flooded and the north is drought, the imperial court not only does not send troops to resettle the victims, but declares that the treasury is empty, the people are displaced, and the bones on the roadside are piled up, but the faint monarch is building a lot of construction in the royal courtyard and enjoying himself, do you say that such a faint monarch can make the people live and work in peace and contentment? The Masked Man replied.
Zhuge Qinghong knew that the masked man would not give up the plan he had planned for many years because of his words, so he asked instead: "If I am not mistaken, Mr. Jiang went to Cang'an Villa ten years ago to take away the 'Five Lakes Order' at the behest of Your Excellency. ”
"It can't be said that I instructed it, we only work together because we have a common goal, I want the world, and what he wants is to avenge the whole family, and each takes what he needs." The masked man turned sideways slightly, looked at Xiao Xinyi, who was glaring at her fiercely with a pale face, and said, "This must be the orphan Xiao girl of the Xiao League Master." I'm sorry about Ling Zun and Cang'an Villa, I guess Mr. Jiang also told you, ten years ago, our plan was seamless, and we didn't think about sacrificing Lord Xiao and Cang'an Villa, but I don't know how to leak the news to let the court know, so we fell into the trap, I didn't expect Lord Xiao to come so quickly, let alone the emperor would assassinate him. It's all out of my control. ”
Xiao Xinyi couldn't feel her reaction when she heard the mysterious man's words, but she could feel Zhuge Qinghong's shocked gaze falling on her.
"And your great-grandfather, General Hua, was even more victimized by the current emperor, just because General Hua was investigating one of the things he was most afraid of."
"You said so much, just to tell us that the emperor has no way, and you are following the will of the people to do the right thing for heaven?" Although she had known the cause of her father's death for a long time, Xiao Xinyi was still heartbroken when she heard it from others again, and this incident would not let her go for the rest of her life.
"Isn't that enough?" The mystery man asked.
"It has been my wish for many years to avenge my parents, even if I later found out who my real enemy was, but I just wanted to use my own way to seek justice for my father and Cang'an Villa, and I never thought of harming others because of my family feud." Xiao Xinyi's words were said to the masked man, but his eyes were staring straight at Jiang Yunkai.
"You said that Uncle Xiao was assassinated by the emperor back then? What's going on here? ”
At present, Zhuge Qinghong is only concerned about this one thing.
Xiao Xinyi opened his mouth and didn't speak, as if he was thinking about how to speak.
"When my brother-in-law rushed to the imperial city, he stopped the martial arts people from continuing to attack the imperial city, but the emperor not only didn't give him a chance to explain, but also sent a master to attack behind him, and we didn't even react to see my brother-in-law fall under the horse. Jiang Yunkai saw that Xiao Xinyi didn't answer, so he said to Zhuge Qinghong.
Zhuge Qinghong's face changed drastically after listening to Jiang Yunkai's words, turned around and stood in front of Xiao Xinyi, looked into her eyes, and asked word by word: "You already know if what happened back then was right, why didn't you tell me, you said that you would use your own way to seek justice for Uncle Xiao, you tell me, what kind of way do you want to use." ”
Xiao Xinyi has never dared to let Zhuge Qinghong and Zhuge Haochu know about this, their father and son are both gentlemen who value love and righteousness, if they knew that Xiao Chonglou died in this way, the heartache would definitely be no less than her, and Zhuge Villa would never let her bear the matter of seeking justice for Xiao Chonglou. And seeking justice for Xiao Chonglou means that he has to show his feelings to the emperor face to face, although Xiao Xinyi does not know the emperor's temperament, but from the perspective of dealing with Xiao Chonglou, he is by no means a soft-hearted person.
"What I do is my business, it's none of your business". Xiao Xinyi took a step back and looked at Zhuge Qinghong with a cold face and said.
"Miss Xiao is really a person with the most affection and sex, she must have her own plans in her heart, and she doesn't want to burden her sweetheart by making such a ruthless gesture."
The voice of the masked man sounded behind Zhuge Qinghong.
Xiao Xinyi was about to refute when he heard the words of the masked man, but when he got to his mouth, he couldn't say anything when he saw Zhuge Qinghong in front of him.
Zhuge Qinghong looked at Xiao Xinyi in disbelief, he never thought that the woman in front of him had been rejecting him just because he didn't want to involve him, he always thought that Xiao Xinyi didn't have him in his heart, even if he was broken by the mask man, Zhuge Qinghong still didn't believe that it was true, until he saw Xiao Xinyi's eyes with a kind of panic that someone had pierced his heart, he suddenly believed it.
"How to get justice is our business, don't bother Your Excellency, today we are only here for the county lord of Ningguo, how can you let us take her away." Although Zhuge Qinghong had a lot of things to say to Xiao Xinyi, he also knew that now was not the time to complain to each other, so he suppressed the emotions rolling in his heart and turned to look at the masked man and asked.
"So far, you think I'm going to let you go together? You already know my plan, either you help me achieve great things together, or you stay here with Li Ze's daughter and wait for the day when I take charge of Anye Kingdom, there is no third way to choose. The masked man replied with a domineering gesture.
"I have two things I want to figure out before I make a decision." Zhuge Qinghong was silent for a moment and said.
"Tell me about it". The Masked Man seemed interested in replying.
"Why do people here know how to learn from me?"
"Naturally, there are people in your school."
"But Master said he had only passed on to me."
"That's because he's old and forgets a lot of things."
"Can you let me see you?"
"Not right now." After the mask man finished speaking, seeing that Zhuge Qinghong didn't answer for a long time, he took the initiative to ask, "What about another thing." ”
Xiao Xinyi only felt that the hand holding her tightened, and then loosened a little, as if he had finally made up his mind, and it seemed that Zhuge Qinghong wanted to draw strength from her, Xiao Xinyi only felt that the hand holding him was more nervous than ever, and even she could feel the warm and humid sweat pouring from his palm, and then she heard Zhuge Qinghong, who had always been calm, ask cautiously: "There is a portrait here, whose is it?" ”
"I have a lot of portraits here, but I don't know which one you're asking." The masked man asked.
"There was only one portrait of a woman in that lily-scented room."
"Mine." The Masked Man replied.
"You know her."
"Natural Knowledge".
"What's your relationship with her?"
"No comment."
"Do you know my relationship with her?"
"Know".
The air suddenly became heavy as the two of them asked and answered, and then fell into a long silence.
"Can you give me that painting?" Zhuge Qinghong seemed to have mustered up the courage to ask.
"Yes". The masked man replied simply. Xiao Xinyi and Zhuge Qinghong were both the same, neither of them expected that the mask man's promise would be so refreshing, so so refreshing that Zhuge Qinghong didn't know what to say for a while.
When he saw Jiang Yunkai come out with the portrait in both hands, Zhuge Qinghong bowed to the masked man and said from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you." ”
Mu Huasheng's appearance has been a little blurry for Zhuge Qinghong, he once tried to depict the appearance of his mother in his memory, but he always didn't know how to write, once he finally mustered up the courage to forget to sleep and eat for two days and two nights and finally painted a portrait for Mu Huasheng, but the more he looked at it, the more dissatisfied he became, he always felt that there was a lot of things missing, and Mu Huasheng in his painting was not even one ten-thousandth of her demeanor during her lifetime. Until he saw this one.