Chapter Eighty-Seven: Despair

Empress Dowager Xu entered the main hall, and Qian Hongzuo stepped forward to greet him and said, "The child meets the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Xu hurriedly picked up Qian Hongzuo and said, "Shengshang, I've told you many times, this Golden Thread Nunnery only has Mrs. Renhui, and there is no queen mother. ”

Qian Hongzuo shook his head and said, "Without the queen mother, there would be no me, whether you are a monk or at home, you are the queen mother of the child." ”

Empress Dowager Xu smiled: "I really can't help you." Then he looked at Qian Hongzuo's sick face, and said with concern: "Shengshang, I heard that you are seriously ill, and you have already had four or five court meetings, and you can't go to the court, what kind of illness do you have?" Is it better now? ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "The queen mother is really deaf and clear-sighted, and she knows the affairs of the court so clearly. ”

Empress Dowager Xu didn't hear what Qian Hongzuo said, and said: "You are not in good health, don't come here to visit your mother, come with me to the meditation room to rest, your face is very bad." ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "I have something, I am anxious to ask the queen mother, so I won't go to the meditation room to rest, can our mother and son talk here?" ”

Qian Hongzuo looked at the Buddha statue in the main hall.

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Okay then." ”

Qian Hongzuo motioned for the others to go out. Wu Dezhang hurriedly ordered everyone to avoid it, and when he himself withdrew, he closed the door of the temple.

Qian Hongzuo asked: "Did the queen mother hear about Xie Aiqing's disappearance?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu asked, "Missing?" When did it happen? ”

Qian Hongzuo turned his gaze to the Buddha statue, the reason why he did not go to the meditation room, and insisted on talking to his mother in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, was to hope that there would be a god in the solemn Daxiong Treasure Hall of the Buddha's treasure, and the Empress Dowager Xu could tell the truth. But it seems that this first sentence does not sound like the truth.

Seeing that Qian Hongzuo was silent, Empress Dowager Xu explained: "Since I have been practicing here, I rarely come to the front hall to talk to the pilgrims. Most of the time, I was in my meditation room, reading Buddhist scriptures, so even if something big happened in the court, it was difficult for me to know. ”

Qian Hongzuo nodded, and told Xie Xiangcun about his disappearance completely.

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xu said: "This matter is really strange. I hope that Xie Aiqing Jiren has his own natural appearance and can return safely as soon as possible. ”

Qian Hongzuo folded his hands and bowed to the Buddha statue, praying silently in his heart.

Seeing that Qian Hongzuo was extremely pious, Empress Dowager Xu couldn't help asking: "Holy Lord, is your sudden illness caused by worrying about Xie Aiqing?" ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "I am very worried about Xie Aiqing, and even have nightmares, dreaming that he has been killed, Xie Aiqing is my savior, as long as he can return safely, even if I am reduced by ten years, I am willing." ”

Empress Dowager Xu exclaimed: "How can you talk nonsense in front of the Buddha? There is a providence in the underworld, how can it be reversible by man, and the saint will say such foolish words again! ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "Queen Mother, now there is a legend that I arranged to assassinate Xie Aiqing, and Xie Aiqing found it; If I can't find it, I will let all the remaining female dependents of the Dai family give him a funeral to prove that I have no intention of avenging the Dai family. ”

Empress Dowager Xu was shocked: "Holy Lord, you have always been cautious, but now there is no evidence at all to prove that Xie Aiqing's disappearance is related to the Dai family, how can you kill innocents indiscriminately?" ”

Qian Hongzuo said coldly: "Xie Aiqing's matter, if it has nothing to do with them, then who else can it have to do with it?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "You can't jump to conclusions based on your own guesses. Killing the male of the Dai family has already damaged the reputation of the saint, even if you can't find Xie Aiqing, you can't embarrass the Dai family anymore. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "The killing of the Dai family's male is all self-inflicted, what happened to Guan Gu Wang Qingyu?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Holy Lord, don't you really see that there are too many criticisms for killing the men of the Dai family. First, in the case of Dai's rebellion, there was no interrogation at all, so he hurriedly beheaded him. Second, although Dai Feng's original surname was Dai, your father gave him the name Qian Hongyu, who is your nominal brother Wang, and assassinating him is no different from killing Brother Wang. Don't say it's you, even if Tang Taizong, who has a Dao Mingjun like that, he will be infamous for killing his brother. Third, Wu Yueguo has a very special system of forgiveness for the Qian royal family, that is, although the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, if it is beheading, he must wait for his wife and concubine to give birth to children before he can be beheaded. But when Xie Aiqing was beheaded, he killed Qian Hongyu's son together, others didn't know, but the mourning family knew it clearly, the child was still four months and ten days away at the time, and he was only eight years old, so he should not be beheaded according to the law. ”

Qian Hongzuo said angrily: "What the queen mother knows, it's really clear!" When Xie Aiqing returned from assassinating Qian Hongyu that day, he had already committed the crime of killing the prince, why did you insist on asking him to be a prison officer and kill the male of the Dai family? Why didn't you remind him that Dai Feng's son couldn't be killed? Why didn't Dai Yun be put in prison for trial before he was executed? ”

Empress Dowager Xu sighed: "At that time, I had no choice but to let the Dai family have a chance to reverse, Wu Yue would fall into civil strife. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "Now Wu Yue is no longer in danger of civil strife, so it's time to use Xie Xiangcun's life to save my reputation, right?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu stared at Qian Hongzuo and asked, "Do you suspect that Wei Niang is behind her back, manipulating this matter?" ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "The Leopard Army roster you handed over to me, the missing page, the name of the person recorded on it is Xie Xiangcun. His appearance and death are just fulfilling your orders. Queen Mother, this is the Daxiong Treasure Hall, you are facing the solemn Buddha statue of the Buddha, you sue me, isn't it? ”

Empress Dowager Xu was speechless.

Qian Hongzuo hugged Empress Dowager Xu and said, "You return Xie Aiqing to me." It was my decision to kill the Dai family, not his. All the notoriety, I am willing to bear. You give me back Xie Aiqing, he is my savior and my only friend. After speaking, I couldn't cry anymore.

Empress Dowager Xu also looked up at the Buddha statue and stared at it for a long time before turning her head to Qian Hongzuo and said: "Holy Lord, if you even doubt your mother, and don't believe Xie Xiangcun's allegiance to you at all, it is his sincere feelings from the bottom of his heart. Well, you don't have any saviors at all, and you don't have any only friends. If you really think so, you'll never trust anyone again! ”

It was like being slammed into the atrium by something, and Qian Hongzuo froze in place as if he had been struck by lightning.

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Sooner or later, one day, you will suspect that the reason why Xie Xiangcun helped you was just to use your power to get rid of his enemies, because his master Qu Liuqing was injured by Dai Yun back then and was disabled for half his life. Now he had achieved his goal, so he fled. ”

Qian Hongzuo panicked: "No, it's not like this. ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "You are so suspicious, even if you don't think like this now, sooner or later you will think like this." ”

Qian Hongzuo shook his head bitterly.

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Weiniang is already a person in the Buddhist sect, and she has already ignored the worldly disputes, and the poor nuns don't know anything about the saint's question, please go back." ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves and left. Qian Hongzuo wanted to stop his mother, but he didn't make any sound.