Chapter 37: Against the Wind

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This is the back road that Song Yi prepared for herself, although the north is more chaotic than the south, but in the troubled times, an orphan like her, who has no father or mother since childhood, goes the same everywhere.

What's more, she is now charged with assassinating the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and on the night she escaped from Jiankang City, her picture has spread all over the Jiangzuo defense post, and there are more people who are dispatched to track her, not only the court people, but also the Jianghu rangers who are raised by the clan.

It's just that now in the Jiankang Imperial City, Emperor Sima Shao is at a moment when his fate hangs by a thread.

Sima Shao is not dead yet, but he is not far from death.

No one dared to mention the assassination, Queen Yu had her own henchmen and eyeliner, and soon knew what happened to her, but she couldn't bear it.

Because in the assassination incident, there was a key person, and it was this person who allowed Song Yi to enter the palace smoothly, and successfully passed through the large and small guards of Jiankang City, and finally escaped from the snare of the Jingshi.

That person is her eldest son, the now eight-year-old little prince Sima Yan.

Because Sima Yan's pocket token was taken by Song Yi.

Empress Yu was angry in her heart, she was more worried about Sima Yan's reputation, and Sima Yan himself was not comfortable, he had always been smart and sensible, and now he knelt quietly outside the emperor's bedroom, until he knelt down and lost consciousness in his legs, and was carried back to the East Palace.

Queen Yu immediately made a decision and summoned Yu Liang into the palace, the brother and sister were very tacit, Yu Liang sent soldiers and horses to strengthen the defense of Jiankang City, and only said that the assassination attempt was not a big problem, and on the other hand, he sent people to strictly guard against Jiankang's ministers.

The person who should focus on guarding against is Director Wang.

Even though Wang Dao is now inactive and rarely appears at court meetings, there are countless protégés and subordinate officials under his command, so he must have known about the emperor's assassination.

It's just that Yu Liang doesn't know Wang Dao's current calculations, the first emperor entrusted the emperor to Wang Dao and other old ministers, Wang Dao wanted to visit the emperor, Yu Liang had no reason to refuse.

Sure enough, at dawn on the second day, Wang Daolu stepped into the palace, and only said one word to Queen Yu and the imperial doctors: "The minister has sent someone to Nanling Luofu Mountain to invite Ge Hongxian Master, and he will also send someone to find Nanyue's wife Wei Huacun to ask for life-sustaining pills, before that, I hope you will do your best." ”

Director Wang's attitude finally relieved the Yu brothers and sisters.

Director Wang didn't stay much in front of the dormitory, because there were two other people who worried him about the news he received, Xie An was lost and Xie Shang was missing.

Xie Shang tracked down the assassin Song Yi, which was seen by the city patrol guards, and Xie An was taken away by Song Yi because he heard from the prince.

The prince couldn't find Xie An, saying that he went to the deserted garden after school to look for flowers, and the deserted garden was the place where the emperor was assassinated. The prince told Wang Dao that Xie An had put a lot of small flower pots in the Tai**, which were planted with flowers and plants found in the palace, saying that they would be raised and given to Wang Xizhi who was going to retreat in winter.

Director Wang thought that Xie Shang would come back overnight if he couldn't catch up with someone like a shadow guard, and it seemed that there was only one reason why Xie Shang could chase him desperately, that is, Xie An was in Song Yi's hands.

Xie Xiaomeier's luck, Director Wang wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh, he comforted the prince a few words, and when he parted, he took Xie An to put a potted plant that had just bloomed in the Tai**.

Wang Xizhi was silently posting in the courtyard, and when he heard Wang Dao come in, he put down his pen and stretched a little lazy.

The little girl is taller than boys of the same age, and Director Wang remembered that when she was one year old, she pulled out the Penglai Fateh in her sleeve, and she was still so small.

"Lombard." Wang Xizhi knew that Director Wang generally didn't easily disturb her to practice calligraphy, so she should have something serious to say.

"The emperor was assassinated yesterday, and this year he will be closed early."

Director Wang did not directly describe the relationship between the two, for example, there has been more eyeliner near Situ Mansion recently, and he did not let Wang Xizhi know.

Little girls just need to be carefree.

Wang Xizhi didn't ask much, because she wasn't interested in these things, even if the emperor died, there would be a crown prince to succeed him immediately, otherwise would the prince be used to eat rice?

And I heard Xie An say before, this little prince seems to be quite good.

Thinking of Xie An, Wang Xizhi naturally said: "Then I'll go tell Ahri and give him homework by the way." ”

In the past, every year after Wang Xizhi's retreat after the beginning of winter, she would assign homework to Xie An, all of which were copying posts and composing poems, and Xie An called this homework "winter vacation homework".

"No need, he is now in the palace with the prince, and he will not come back in the near future, and I have already told him about your retreat when I went to see the prince."

Director Wang is very calm and makes up lies, he rarely lies to Wang Xizhi, this is probably the second time in his memory, the first time was when Wang Xizhi asked him the year before last, why he always called Xie An a kitten, and why he didn't take Xie An as a student, and it was not good for Xie An to grow up and be abducted by the Yu family.

Although Wang Xizhi does not ask about the world, his political understanding is not inferior to other Wang children, which can be regarded as family inheritance.

At that time, Director Wang just said perfunctorily, it is enough for Long Bo to have Xie Shang, and Xie Xiaomei will leave it to you to play the board.

In fact, Director Wang has long been paying attention to Xie An, from the snow day five years ago, when he walked into Wang Xizhi's courtyard, he found that this child was different.

Now that Xie An has been kidnapped by the killer, his first thought is to hide from Wang Xizhi, in addition to Penglai Fati and practicing calligraphy in the little girl's life over the years, there is also a very important thing, that is, Xie An's influence on her.

Wang Xizhi has a peerless talent and a pure heart, if he knew that Xie An was robbed, Director Wang would not dare to guess what kind of mood she would be in, and whether it would affect her cultivation on the ink path.

"Hmm." Wang Xizhi nodded very simply.

"This is the evening primrose he gave you." Director Wang put the small potted plant that Xie An left in the Prince's East Palace on her table, "This is what he is going to let you look at in your leisure time when you are in retreat and practicing calligraphy, and he also said that it is not a precious flower and plant, and it is easy to feed, so you don't need to bother much." ”

Wang Xizhi bowed slightly, his fingers slid over the edge of the pink petals, but he was a little displeased: "The more this person grows up, the more he will coax people from the sidelines, don't think about being lazy, when we meet next spring, his words will definitely be a big difference to me." ”

Just thinking about practicing calligraphy, sure enough, he is still a child, Director Wang smiled, and his heart was inexplicably anxious.

Director Wang instructed his servant B, whether it was Xie Shang or Xie An, to send someone to get the news. Song Yi is not weaker than Xie Shang, and he has Xie An as a hostage in his hand, so he may have crossed the river to the north now, so let the servant B be sure to contact the people in Jiangbei immediately.

"The woman surnamed Song should flee to the north, if she wants to live, she can only go to the place where the homeless people gather, like a fish in a turbid stream, so that we are not easy to find."

"She is a pawn buried by Brother Dun next to the first emperor, and the first emperor is really well-intentioned." Director Wang indifferently clarified the identity of this woman, "I thought she would be stable in Ruan's Mansion, but I never figured it out, why did she assassinate the emperor?" ”

"If you let the first emperor know that his chess pieces have become traitors and want to ruin his country......" Wang Dao's eyes were cold, "Ah Yi, why don't you guess why she betrayed the first emperor." ”

Servant B said with a smile: "It's like the adult and the little master are gone, Ah Yi is still alive, and the long-dormant thought is to think about doing something, and then completely cut off the relationship with the past." ”

Director Wang closed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "If it were you, what would you do?" ”

"I think adults should have guessed." Ah Yi smiled, his eyes deep but pure, "For people like us, it's better for adults and little masters to let me die first." Ah Yi is willing to die for you, and he does not want to live alone in the world. ”

When the words fell, Director Wang suddenly felt very cold, there is a kind of people in this world that he can't fully understand, they can die for their masters at any time, because in the troubled times, their hearts have been warmed by their masters, even if the warmth is like the light of fireflies.

But if they are left to wander in the rivers and lakes without roots, they will despair and madness.

For their hearts have fallen with the deceased into the yellow springs.

The autumn wind blew across the river, the frost leaves flowed through the boat, and at this moment Xie An was lying on a dilapidated boat to cross the river.

He had been hungry for a whole day, and the small pieces of dry food he had eaten had long since been digested, and he had not drunk much water.

Xie An was lying weakly in the cabin, listening to his stomach singing, people are iron rice and steel, and he was hungry and panicked. This statement is indeed true.

He swore that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely rectify Song Yi fiercely, he was not a person who pities fragrant fragrance and cherished jade!

What's more, this woman also killed the uncle!

Xie Shang should be not far away, but Song Yi used Xie An's life to force him, so Xie Shang didn't dare to get too close, and he had to be responsible for cleaning up the enemies on Song Yi's escape road, so he must have held his breath.

Song Yi ate boiled fish outside the cabin and talked and laughed with the captain, which was simply a style of outing and vacation.

She was still very bad, and when she heard Xie An's stomach screaming, she deliberately brought the cooking pot into the cabin, and said to him with a smile: "Answer a few questions from Sister Song, and you will have something to eat." ”

Xie An saw that she was dressed as a man, but when she smiled, she revealed a girlish demeanor that could not be concealed, it was really an old demon girl, most women should be envious, Xie An felt that it was not too much to call her sister, not to mention that people under the eaves could bend and stretch, "Sister Song, may I ask." ”

"Before, I told Xie Shang that the main envoy was Wang Dao, why do you think I'm lying?"

"Neither Wang Dun nor Wang Dao are your master." In order to save strength, Xie An said lazily.

Song Yi asked again, looking like he wanted to tease the child, "What about Wang Dun?" I killed the Sima clan he wanted to kill! ”

Xie An said lightly: "Intuition, when you talk about Wang Dun, there is no mercy in your eyes. ”

Song Yijiao smiled, "Children's words, what kind of affection do you know as a child." ”

Xie An didn't want to go around the corner with her, he was silent for a long time, in fact, since he woke up, he had been thinking about Song Yi's behind-the-scenes mastermind, he thought about it for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion.

"The person behind the killing of my uncle should be the first emperor, you are the chess piece he put next to Wang Dun, Wang Dun held the soldiers and horses of the six states back then, if you don't put a henchman by Wang Dun's side, I am afraid that the first emperor will have trouble sleeping."

Song Yi blinked, "Very novel answer, then child, tell me, the person who instructed me is the first emperor, so why do I still want to kill his son?" ”

"That's what matters." Xie An analyzed step by step, "I made a hypothesis. In the second year of Taining, your instigator, the first emperor, had been forced to death by Wang Dun, and Wang Dun died immediately afterward, and you seemed to have no worries anymore, but you could not get real freedom. Because in the past, your goal in life was to follow the instructions of the first emperor, and it was a task for you to kill my uncle and other Wang Dun henchmen, but now you have no task. ”

"Soon, you find yourself unable to find your purpose, and you can't completely cut ties with your past."

"You love the first emperor, but you hate him for ruining your life and leaving you alone in the world. Therefore, after you fulfill his last wish, you have no scruples, enter the palace to approach the emperor, kill him, the crown prince is still young, it will inevitably lead to a struggle for power, once there is infighting, the foundation of the Jiangzuo court will be shaken. ”

"The more the emperor wants to protect, the more you have to go against the grain, you don't care, you just want to be happy."

"Anyway, the person you once gave your life to protect is dead."

Song Yi listened, her eyes were already narrowed with laughter, and the stronger her smile, the more chill she exuded.

Song Yi neither admitted nor denied his words, "I am young, but my ability to make up stories is really powerful, it seems that I have a good eye, you kid is indeed much better than those wastes in Jiankang City." ”

"But you must not tell Xie Shang these words, otherwise with his easily shaken mind, his career and the future fate of your Xie family will be worrying."

"Of course I will." Xie An smiled sweetly, "Sister Song, can you give me something to eat?" ”

"Although I praise you, I don't like your smile very much, every time I saw Director Wang before, he just smiled at me like this, it's really scary. Little fox, you are so smart, it seems that you will not starve to death so easily, and it is only fair that you scholars and children will also taste the hardships of homeless beggars. ”

Song Yi stretched out his hand and flicked it lightly on his forehead, and then walked out of the cabin with the boiling pot.

Xie An only felt that his head seemed to be smashed by a boulder, and then he fell into a deep faint.

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This chapter is quite long, I hope everyone eats happily, even if Xie Xiaoan is being abused and hungry, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone eats more for him.