When the sister-in-law of the Zheng family heard Huo Jinyan's true identity, she was slightly stunned, and then she knelt down with Yan'er and kowtowed to him, and her words were full of excitement, "I didn't expect that Engong turned out to be the prime minister, you helped me a lot in my early years, my father-in-law and husband often mentioned it to me, our family is grateful, I didn't expect you to help me and Yan'er again on the day of goodbye, so great kindness, there is nothing to repay, only in the next life I am willing to be a cow and a horse to repay the kindness!" ”

The words of gratitude can be heard from the bottom of her heart, even Yan'er's face was a little excited, she looked at Huo Jinyan with burning eyes, "It turns out that the person that grandpa and father often talk about is you, thank you." ”

Huo Jinyan's expression moved, and he hurriedly helped the two of them up, "You don't have to be like this, Old Man Zheng is very admirable, and I should do my best within my ability." ”

Liu Zhongzhou looked at the scene in front of him and sighed in his heart, "Brother Huo doesn't have to be so modest, if it weren't for you, we don't know what kind of situation we would be in today." ”

Tang Xi looked at them in a daze, and then glanced at Huo Jinyan in an extremely complicated mood, he ...... Did you help the two old men after they were demoted? But why didn't she ever know?

A meal Tang Xi ate tastelessly, his heart was empty, and he didn't even dare to look at Old Man Liu or Yan'er more, the two of them used to be world friends, but now they haven't seen each other for a long time, the deceased has passed away, and it is inevitable that the topic will be sad.

Tang Xi listened numbly to them talking to each other about what had happened over the years, his heart was dull and painful, but he still had to force a smile on his face.

After eating, the sky was gradually darkening, Huo Jinyan glanced at Tang Xi, who was unrelenting, and suddenly said, "Old man, it's late today, can you take us in for one night?" ”

Old Man Liu laughed, "I can't ask for it, but our family situation is average, I'm afraid that you pampered people won't be used to sleeping." ”

Huo Jinyan rarely showed a smile on his face, "The old man said that he was laughing, Jinyan is also from a poor family, what is there to live in?" ”

Seeing this, Lu Zheng hurriedly said, "That's it, there's nothing you can't get used to, as long as the old man doesn't get tired of us." ”

So the three of them stayed, while the others went to find an inn to live in.

At this time, the sun was setting, and several women were cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks in the house, while several men were sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Lu Zheng sighed, "I vaguely remember that in the past, my father admired the character of the two old men the most, and often asked me as a role model, but I was young and ignorant at the time, but when I was sensible, the two were no longer in the capital, I didn't expect that now I can have the honor to see the third brother's blessing, and my father will be happy if he knows." ”

Old Man Liu smiled, his eyes were full of memories, and after a long time, he shook his head and smiled, "I'm already old, now it's the world of you young people, Lu Xian's nephew is so promising now, I must be happy to come to Brother Lu." At this point, he paused, opened his mouth and asked, "Is your father okay now?" ”

Lu Zheng nodded, "It's okay, I'm still full of anger when you scold me." ”

Lu Zheng's words amused everyone, and the corners of Liu Zhongzhou's mouth showed bitterness when he smiled, "The fate of this world is so wonderful, the people who thought it was impossible to see again have now seen them, and the people who thought they could see again in the future are now separated forever." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone fell silent, they knew that he was talking about Zheng Lixin's death, the two families are world friends, and the sons of the two families are of the same age, and they are naturally brothers who grew up together.

Huo Jinyan has never said much, and there is nothing strange about everyone, so no one noticed that his eyes were always paying attention to the people in the door.

Lu Zheng was made sour by this sad atmosphere, looking at Liu Zhongzhou's still young face, an impulse suddenly surged in his heart, and he blurted out without thinking, "Uncle Liu, has you ever thought about returning to the capital?" ”

As soon as the words came out, he regretted a little, because this sentence made the atmosphere present suddenly change again, no one spoke, everyone seemed to be waiting for Liu Zhongzhou to speak, Liu Zhongzhou was silent for a while before shaking his head lightly, "Now that the idle clouds and wild cranes are also a comfortable life, why bother to let yourself return to the whirlpool of power?" Moreover, the emperor's order back then was that the Liu family would never return to Beijing. ”

Lu Zheng pursed his lips, "But...... The emperor is dead, and now the reigning emperor is the new emperor, he should know your grievances, as long as someone is willing to mention it, he will definitely be able to return the Liu family's innocence! ”

When eating before, no matter how everyone recalled the past, they all subconsciously avoided the matter of the empress Fengxi, and at this time, Lu Zheng suddenly mentioned it, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little more stiff.

This time, Liu Zhongzhou didn't speak, only drank a cup of tea in silence.

However, Old Man Liu opened his mouth, and the words were said to Huo Jinyan, and his tone seemed to contain infinite remembrance and emotion, "She...... Has the cause of death been clarified? ”

Lu Zheng was a little stunned when he heard this, he didn't seem to expect that when he mentioned Feng Xi, Old Man Liu's first sentence was to ask her about the cause of death, he thought they should be very happy......

Huo Jinyan was silent for a moment, and said lightly, "Accidental fire and death in the fire." ”

Feng Xi's secret is not suitable for others to know, after all, the more you know, the more dangerous it is, so at this moment, he chose to deceive Old Man Liu.

Old Man Liu drank the tea in the cup in silence when he heard this, and then got up and said, "It's getting late, let's rest early." ”

As the father and son of the Liu family left the scene one after another, Lu Zheng asked a little uneasily, "Third brother...... Am I saying something wrong? ”

Huo Jinyan shook his head, he knew that Lu Zheng had good intentions, but he was not a person in the bureau, and it was understandable that his thoughts were different from theirs, so he didn't blame Lu Zheng, but just said lightly, "Don't say anything more about today's words in the future." ”

Huo Jinyan's eyes paused slightly on Tang Xi, who was leaning against the door and standing at the door, she probably heard their words, right? After all, she had been there since just now, he pursed his lips, and finally did not step forward, but turned and walked towards the other room.

At night, Tang Xi, Yan'er and the Zheng family's sister-in-law squeezed on a bed, tossing and turning for a long time, and finally gently shook Yan'er's shoulder, Yan'er opened her eyes in a daze, and saw Tang Xi make a silent expression, and then pointed outside.

Yan'er immediately understood what she meant, so she crept towards the courtyard with her.

When the two went out, Yan'er glanced back and made sure that her mother was not woken up, so she asked Tang Xi strangely, "Sister Tang, what's wrong?" ”

Tang Xi was a little afraid to look at Yan'er's eyes, after all, now she was only full of guilt for Yan'er, and she only showed a far-fetched smile after a while, but her voice seemed a little hollow, "No, I just can't sleep...... I want to talk to you. ”

Yan'er nodded clearly, the two of them have often been together along the way, and the careful Yan'er has long found that Tang Xi is not sleeping well, it is not strange to hear her say this at this time, so she nodded very happily and said, "Sister Tang has helped me so much, naturally I won't leave Sister Tang alone at this time, what does Sister Tang want to talk about?" ”

Tang Xi slowly sat on the stone bench in the courtyard for a long time before asking, "...... Yan'er, how did your grandfather die? ”

Yan'er didn't expect Tang Xi to ask this, after all, Tang Xi's performance along the way was very understanding, except for the first time after asking her father about the situation, she has been careful to avoid mentioning her sadness.

But when I think about it, I've heard so many people talk about the past before, so it's right to be curious, right?

Although grandpa has been dead for a long time, but at first mention, Yan'er still has a trace of sadness on her face, "Sister also knows that we were sent to the frontier with our family, I was only four years old at the time, and I can't remember many things, but the hardships I have endured along the way have always been firmly remembered in my heart, and the people who escorted us were extremely strict all the way, either beating or scolding, grandpa also fell ill at that time, we were originally going to be sent to Zhoushan County together, but somehow, we stopped when we arrived in Qianzhou, and then we were left there." , and Grandpa Liu's family was taken to Zhoushan County, and Grandpa said that they did it on purpose, deliberately to separate us. ”

Tang Xi listened stunned, but his heart was full of turbulent waves, how could this be? She clearly told the people who escorted them to be polite all the way! even deliberately sent the two families to the same place, so that they could take care of each other, she said how could they be displaced to Qianzhou, it turned out that they were taken there in the first place!

In an instant, she had a lot of anger in her heart, and she actually persecuted the two old men so far! She wanted to kill the man!

Yan'er was startled by the anger that instantly poured out of Tang Xi's body, her eyes were full of panic, and her voice trembled a little, "Sister...... Sister? What happened to you? ”

Consciousness returned, Tang Xi hurriedly squeezed out a reassuring smile to Yan'er, "I'...... I'm fine, you continue. ”

“…… Oh. "Yan'er is a child in the end, she didn't think much about it, Tang Xi said that she would continue, "Later, in Qianzhou, grandpa and father had to work as coolies in the mine every day, and my mother cooked there, and the days were extremely hard, but such days did not last long, and suddenly we were released, no longer had to do coolies, and we were given a small house, which was not much luxurious but enough for our family to live." ”

Speaking of this, Yan'er showed a smile on her face, as if recalling the best time in the past, "I was happy at that time, although I was a little harder, but I was accompanied by my family, and later I learned that the person who helped us was the Prime Minister, and my father said that he must have used a lot of relationships and a lot of pressure to rescue us, so that he could give us a place in Qianzhou, so our whole family is very grateful to him." ”

So that's the case, no wonder she always thought that the two old men were still alive and well, it turned out that Huo Jinyan replaced the two of them before her, and her spies reported the news of the people who replaced them.

"But the good times didn't last long, grandpa was branded with the root of the disease during that time, and he will die in two years."

Tang Xi lowered her head, tears had already fallen silently, she was the one who killed Zheng Ying, and she was the culprit.

Yan'er saw that Tang Xi didn't say anything for a long time, and couldn't help but wonder, "Why doesn't my sister speak?" ”

At this time, the night was thick, and there was no light in the yard, Tang Xi lowered her head again, and Yan'er naturally couldn't see her expression clearly, so she tried her best to control her voice to keep it normal, and then said to Yan'er, "It's nothing...... I want to sit by myself for a while, it's cold at night, you can go back first. ”

Yan'er was a little worried, but Tang Xi's attitude was resolute, and she didn't want to say anything more, so she just told her worriedly, "Then sister come back quickly." ”

"Yan'er." Tang Xi suddenly stopped her, her voice was full of countless emotions, she had too much to say, but at this moment, she could only say one sentence to her, "I'm sorry." ”

Yan'er asked suspiciously, "What?" Why? ”

"It's nothing, let's go back." Her current identity is destined to not be able to honestly apologize to them.

After Yan'er left, Tang Xi finally no longer had to control her tears, she raised her head slightly, raised a hand to cover her eyes, and then tears slowly fell from her fingers, she gritted her teeth and didn't dare to let herself make a sound, crying silently and secretly.

In this thick night, a young girl sits alone in the yard crying silently, and the picture seems to be a little poignant.

Huo Jinyan sat on the roof and watched for a long time, and finally moved to jump off the roof, quietly came to Tang Xi's side, and then raised a hand to cover Tang Xi's face, and slowly removed that hand from her face.

Tang Xi, who was crying, suddenly felt a cold hand covering herself, and then she opened her red and swollen eyes from crying, and saw Huo Jinyan standing beside her.

"My lord......" She wanted to ask him when he came, but the mouth was thick nasal, and it was funny to laugh.

Huo Jinyan didn't smile, his cold eyebrows stayed on her crying face, at this moment the moon came out of the dark clouds, the moonlight sprinkled on her face without reservation, and her crying ugly face was suddenly seen in front of Huo Jinyan.

Huo Jinyan's right hand still maintained the posture of holding her, and after staring at each other for a long time, he let go of his hand and sat opposite her casually, "Why are you crying?" ”

Tang Xi opened his mouth and muttered, "I...... I ...... the word "I" but didn't know what to say, and after a while, she raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face, her voice was still thick and nasal, but she could faintly hear the pain and loss inside, "My lord...... Sister, is she really bad? ”

She tilted her head slightly, but her eyes were too calm, but in this calm, people could always feel endless sadness, "She killed her teacher, and the two families who were killed here, is she really wrong?" ”

Huo Jinyan pursed his lips and sighed silently, from the beginning he didn't want her to see Old Man Liu, and when he saw him unexpectedly, his first thought was to take her away, but he didn't know whether to say that she was too smart or her intuition was too sharp, so he immediately found out that something was wrong here, and then chose to stay with a tough attitude, so these entanglements naturally couldn't be hidden.

He knew that when she knew all this, he couldn't help but ask this, and he couldn't help but be suspicious of Feng Xi, which he didn't want to see.

Before that, he couldn't be 100% sure of Tang Xi's identity, but he didn't dare to gamble on this matter, because he didn't want Feng Xi's only remaining bond in this world to have any dislike for her, and maybe not at all.

And at this moment, seeing Tang Xi's tears, he has completely believed her, feelings always do not deceive, if this is also played by her, then he is planted in the hands of such a powerful person, it seems that there is no shame.

Looking at her clear and agile eyes that used to be now stained with endless sadness, he couldn't help but raise his hand and gently touched her head, like coaxing a child, his voice was inexplicably convincing, "She is the kindest person I have ever met, and all this is not her fault." ”

The warm palm caressed the top of her head, giving her a hint of comfort, but when she heard Huo Jinyan's words, she felt inexplicably mocking, "It's not her fault?" Scold...... My lord, you don't have to find a reason for her, even if she had to do it to fulfill the emperor's last wish, but this is also selfishness after all, for her own selfishness, she sacrificed so many people...... What qualifications does she have to be forgiven? ”

Huo Jinyan pursed his lips, but his voice was still firm, and he said slowly word by word, "She is the kindest person I have ever met, and she will always be." ”

Looking at the firm and slightly stubborn Huo Jinyan, Tang Xi didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while, obviously she was extremely evil, he couldn't say any reason but always believed that she was kind...... To be able to gain such trust from a person, she has accumulated virtue for eight lifetimes, right? Unfortunately, she felt ashamed of this trust.

Huo Jinyan lightly glanced at Tang Xi's crying and laughing expression, "Go back to sleep today, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow." ”

“？？？” Tang Xi was stunned and wanted to ask Huo Jinyan what he meant, but he had already returned to his room, and she was interrupted by Huo Jinyan like this, and the sadness in her heart seemed to have dissipated a lot, she looked up at the moonlight in amazement, and her heart was full of confusion.

The next morning, everyone got up early, although Tang Xi slept late, but he couldn't sleep when he heard the movement of others getting up, so he also got up.

"Ahh Yan'er looked at Tang Xi in surprise and exclaimed, and then worried, "Sister Tang, why are your eyes swollen like this?" ”

Tang Xi laughed dryly, "Maybe it's because I didn't sleep well...... It's okay, it's gone in a while. ”

After Tang Xi was questioned by everyone with these walnut-like eyes, he almost wanted to die, he just beat away Lu Zheng, who was laughing at her, and when he looked up, he saw Huo Jinyan's good-looking hands spread out in front of him, and in the palm of his hand was a white and peeled boiled egg, "Use the egg to compress it quickly." ”

Somehow, remembering what Huo Jinyan said last night, and then looking at the way he handed the egg to him, Tang Xi's heart suddenly beat violently a few times, she took the egg in a little panic, hurriedly said "thank you" and hurriedly left.

After walking far away, Tang Xi raised his hand and stroked the violently beating heart in his chest, his face full of complicated colors.

Huo Jinyan, why are you still so good to me? If you're like this, I'll be shaken.

After breakfast, Huo Jinyan and his party were about to go on the road, the father and son of the Liu family and Yan'er's mother and daughter came out to see them off together, Huo Jinyan, who had been walking to the door in silence, suddenly looked back at Old Man Liu, "Old man, I have a question that I have to ask today, is the old man willing to answer me truthfully?" ”

Old Man Liu was slightly stunned by his serious appearance, and his intuition probably wouldn't be a good question to answer, he was silent for a while before saying, "You have helped us a lot over the years, if there is any problem, I will not hide it." ”

Huo Jinyan bowed slightly, "Thank you." ”

Then, in everyone's surprised eyes, he said lightly, "I just want to ask, does the old man hate Fengxi?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, none of them expected Huo Jinyan to ask this question, in fact, this is obvious, isn't it? If it weren't for that faint king, why would they be where they are now? However, at this moment, no one dared to interject at will, Huo Jinyan's attitude was too serious, and his aura was enough to deter everyone, so everyone looked at Old Man Liu quietly, waiting for him to give them an answer.

If it is said that the most uncomfortable person present at this time is probably Tang Xi, from the moment Huo Jinyan's question came out, her heart seemed to be grabbed by something, and it seemed to be tormented by fire, she was looking forward to hearing his answer, but she was afraid to hear the answer, this torment feeling was simply a kind of torture, almost suffocating.

Old Man Liu was silent for a long time in this curious or expectant gaze, and then his majestic and old-fashioned face suddenly showed a smile, relieved and relaxed, "Don't hate." ”

For a moment, Tang Xi felt that his heart seemed to twitch violently, and looked at Old Man Liu in disbelief, and besides her, there were many people in disbelief.

Yan'er was the first to ask, she frowned tightly, her face was full of incredulity and slight anger, "Why Grandpa Liu?" She has hurt us so badly, why don't you hate her? ”

Old Man Liu's eyes were on Yan'er lovingly, "Yan'er, don't be too angry in your heart, I said I don't hate, naturally I have my reasons, and even I dare to say that your grandfather has never hated her." ”

"Impossible!" Yan'er screamed.

Old Man Liu's face was still calm, "Since I asked today, the old man will also give you an explanation, the reason why I don't hate her is because we are in this situation, and I can't blame her." ”

He took a deep breath and continued to recount the past, "At that time, the power of the imperial court was held by Prince Yi, Zheng Ying and I were upright by nature, for the sake of the country, we boasted that we were not afraid of power, and we fought against Prince Yi everywhere, causing Prince Yi to kill the two of us, and then she sent the two of us to the border in a fit of anger, don't you understand why?" ”

After a pause, he sighed softly, "It's just to protect us, if we don't leave, Prince Yiyi's power at that time is enough to make us die!" So it was never the emperor who harmed us here, but our own pedantry! Saying that, he looked at Huo Jinyan, "Hehe, so at this point, I appreciate this child very much, he is also a good boy of justice, but he knows more about proportion, and he knows how to do what he can, so in the end, he defeated Prince Yi, and we can only survive in this countryside under his protection." ”

Huo Jinyan bowed his head slightly, "The two old men are dedicated to the country, this trip is worthy of our admiration, you don't have to be arrogant, be careful...... It's just a better fate. Because of Feng Xi's full protection and full trust, he can come to this day.

Yan'er was also stunned when she heard this, but in the end, it was a deep-rooted concept, and where could it be subverted in a blink of an eye? There was stubbornness in her eyes, and there seemed to be tears flashing, "But...... But Grandpa is still dead! ”

Old Man Liu sighed, "Shi is also fateful, let her protect her in every way, but in the end it can't compare to the real power, the person who escorted us thought that he had her permission at the beginning, and he was polite to us, but since he received a secret letter, he instantly changed his attitude, I guess it was probably from Prince Yi, and you all remember the rest of the story, so I don't need to repeat it one by one." ”

After he finished saying this, he looked up at Huo Jinyan, "We old things, we have lived for a long time, and we will naturally see it clearly, even if there is any misunderstanding about her at the beginning, but when I see in the end I see a loyal minister in charge of the court that is no longer smoky, everything will be understood." ”

His gaze was far away at the sky, "She...... It's still the same phoenix girl. ”

Tang Xi's tears, when she heard that the last old man Liu called her "Feng girl", she couldn't hold back anymore, she knelt in front of the old man Liu with a "bang", and kowtowed seriously and reverently, this is the most sincere worship of Feng Xi since she became the emperor.

She didn't expect that even if they ended up like this, they never blamed him! It was the best salvation for her tormented heart!

Tang Xi's kneeling made everyone stunned, Huo Jinyan looked at the figure kneeling in front of Old Man Liu, and was in a trance for a moment, but as Feng Xi's sister, should she be so emotional about this matter? Her posture is like ...... Feng Xi himself should do it!

However, this thought was fleeting, he stepped forward and gently pulled Tang Xi to protect her in his arms, so as not to let everyone see the tears on her face, and explained lightly in the surprised eyes of everyone, "She didn't sleep well last night, and she was a little sleepy now, so she didn't stand firm." ”

“……”

Everyone: If you lie, please take a snack, okay?

But obviously Huo Jinyan didn't want to explain more, he bent down to everyone and saluted, "I would like to say goodbye, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely come to visit again." ”

After speaking, he escorted Tang Xi to his carriage with one hand.

got into the carriage and cut off everyone's sight, Huo Jinyan let go of Tang Xi, and Tang Xi didn't have to shy away anymore, she cried a lot, and the appearance of crying and laughing during the period once made Huo Jinyan wonder if she was crazy......

After her mood finally stabilized, Huo Jinyan pondered for a moment before asking, "You...... Why are you crying so much? ”

Tang Xi choked in tears, and then said, "I'...... I'm just sentimental. ”

......, "Why don't I see you so sentimental?"

However, it seems that only this explanation is slightly more reasonable, otherwise if Tang Xi is deliberately like this, there is no need at all.

Huo Jinyan couldn't find an answer, so he didn't bother anymore, and only said to Tang Xi, "I said that she is the kindest person I have ever met, you should believe me and believe her." ”

Tang Xi's nose was sour when she heard this, and she almost burst into tears again, but she slowed down for a long time before she said to Huo Jinyan with a serious face, "Huo Jinyan, thank you." ”

Huo Jinyan glanced at her expressionlessly, she suddenly felt a chill all over her body, and then pulled up her waist and said in a more sincere tone, "Thank you, my lord." ”

Huo Jinyan closed his gaze and looked out the window.

Tang Xi stuck out her tongue and forgave her for crying and fainting just now, forgetting her identity for a while, and daring to call the prime minister by her name? I must be impatient!

Tang Xi sat on the other side of the carriage, her eyes also quietly looked out of the window, her heart was unprecedentedly quiet, this was probably the most relaxing moment since she was reborn, she even felt that the meaning of her rebirth was probably not only to give herself a free life again, but also to let her untie those knots in her heart one by one, so that her heart could also be free.

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