Chapter 51: The Arrow from the String
"Aunt Fuguang doesn't have to ask."
Fuguang smiled, "Although I am only a few years older than Lord Yin, since you call me an aunt, that is something to say...... I'd like to take the liberty of asking, too. β
Yin Shiyun looked at the person in front of him a little seriously.
"I've heard a little about what has happened over the years," Fuguang said in a low voice, "After all, staying by Your Majesty's side, many things are ...... to you."
Yin Shiyun replied in a low voice.
"Lord Yin has always been very dazzling." Fuguang said softly, "Even in these years, there have been countless people who have jumped into the Dragon Gate in front of His Majesty...... It can't hide the brilliance of Lord Yin. β
ββ¦β¦ You're serious. Yin Shiyun interrupted, "I'm not so powerful. β
"Of course you do." Fuguang said softly, "So things have come to this point, I really feel sorry for you, although I don't know why you came here these days, but I have a question, I have always wanted to ask you, I hope Lord Yin can answer me." β
"I'm listening." Yin Shiyun replied.
"Hostility towards Wei Xingzhen......" Fuguang said softly, "Are you more public-minded or more selfish?" β
Yin Shiyun frowned, he turned sideways and looked away, "I don't understand what you mean. β
"......" Fuguang sighed softly and said with a smile, "It's me who trespassed, Lord Yin, please forgive me." β
Yin Shiyun looked at the palace people not far away-
Is this a floating of his own thoughts, or is it implied by Sun Youwei's beating?
"I know that my question may cause trouble to Lord Yin," Fuguang said softly, "You don't have to worry, these words will only be mentioned here today and will not appear in anyone's ears in the future." β
Yin Shiyun bowed slightly towards Fuguang, "Then please ask Aunt Fuguang to convey it to Your Majesty on your behalf, and the minister will retire first." β
"Lord Yin, walk slowly."
Yin Shiyun quickly left the side hall, and he walked briskly in the stone corridor of white marble, but for some reason, the words of floating light kept echoing in his mind.
- Is it more public-minded or more selfish?
What is public and what is selfish?
Yin Shiyun himself couldn't say it clearly.
But there are some things that are ready for him, and he has to do them.
β¦β¦
"Ah Yan, what else are you watching?" Wei Xingzhen poked her head out of the carriage, "It's time for us to leave for home." β
Liulang wrapped the horsewhip around his arm, and when he saw that Feng Yan was still standing in front of the gate of the Feng family, he didn't react, so he shouted, "Sister! β
Feng Yan came back to her senses.
"Are you waiting for the fifth brother?" Xiao Qi asked, "He shouldn't be back today, but even if he doesn't see him today, he should still have to go up the mountain in two daysβyou and your brother-in-law can wait on the mountain together." β
Feng Yan shook her head, "...... I'm not waiting for Gorou. β
"So what are you waiting for?" Xiao Qi asked.
"Don't delay," Li said with a smile, "When it's getting late, the carriage won't be in a hurry...... It's snowy again. β
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Feng Yan looked at the corner of the street, unable to tell what she was waiting for for a while.
After listening to Xingzhen relay Di Chengweng's dream fourteen years ago, she had a premonition in her heart, maybe because of fear, maybe for some other reason...... This premonition was hazy in her mind, and it never showed its true face.
Feng Yan retracted her gaze, and just as she wanted to say "forget it", she saw a child running out of the corner of the street.
Almost everyone turned their attention to the child at this point.
"Which one is Feng Yan?" The little boy shouted in a childish voice.
Rokuro frowned, instinctively blocking his sister's side.
Wei Xingzhen jumped out of the carriage and walked in front of the child in a few steps, "What are you looking for Feng Yan for?" β
"I have a letter for her here!" The child lowered his head and took out an envelope from his arms, Wei Xingzhen was just about to take it, but the child suddenly hid the letter behind his back, "Are you Feng Yan?" β
"He's not, I'm am." Feng Yan walked out from behind Liulang, "Who asked you to send the letter?" β
"I don't know!" The child smiled and said, "Do you want to receive the letter?" β
Feng Yan just wanted to stretch out her hand, Wei Xingzhen and Liulang shouted "Ah Yan" and "Ah Sister" almost at the same time.
"It should ...... Never mind. Feng Yan smiled, she looked at the child in front of her again, "Please give it to me." β
The envelope was of an ordinary texture, and when she got it in her hand, Feng Yan faintly felt that something was rustling inside when it was shaking, as if there was some scum in it.
"The letter has arrived, then I'll go."
"Wait." Wei Xingzhen pinched the child's shoulder, "You-"
Before he could finish his sentence, the child's body had turned into a cloud of green smoke, and only a short piece of clothing was clenched in his hand.
Li's, Xiao Qi and the others not far away suddenly gasped.
"Sister!"
Several people went to see Feng Yan at the same timeβshe had already torn up the letter.
Nothing happened though...... But several people ran to her side worriedly.
There was only a four-fold piece of paper in the envelope, and when it was unfolded, it was a small painting, and a little brush and ink outlined a cold and blooming ink plum.
Feng Yan flipped through the letter - there was nothing else on the paper except this painting.
On the other side, Wei Xingzhen took the envelope and checked it, and he soon found that in addition to the blank paper that Ah Yan took out, there seemed to be something else in the letter.
So he put his fingers together and tilted the entire envelope outward.
"This is ......" Liulang's eyes first moved to Wei Xingzhen's palm, and Feng Yan quickly looked at it as well.
There were many small black particles in Wei Xingzhen's hands, most of them were crescent-shaped, with a hard black shell, which looked like the seeds of some kind of plant.
"Seeds?" Xiao Qi spoke uncertainly.
Several people watched around for a while, and even Feng Yuandao, who had always been good at flowers and plants, couldn't recognize what this was.
"Leave one for me, will?" Feng Yuandao said, "Maybe I go to the pile of old papers and rummage through it, and there will be clues." β
Feng Yan shook her head, "It's not good, what if this thing is ominous?" β
"Then it's lost!" Li hurriedly said, "Don't you want to keep this thing of unknown origin?" β
Feng Yan looked at the paper paintings and seeds, and shook her head for a while.
"I can probably guess who sent it......" she put everything back into the envelope, "since the letter is for me, let's keep itβyou can't hide it, Xingzhen thinks?" β
"It's okay," Wei Xingzhen replied, "take it with Du Weifeng and take a look." β
After the two of them got into the car, Wei Xingzhen put the letter in his sleeve.
"Was Ah Yan waiting for this just now?"
"Hmm."
"How do you know a letter is coming?"
"I don't know......" Feng Yan shook her head, "I just feel that it seems to have to wait a little longer." β
"It's a flaw." Wei Xingzhen said in a low voice, "Ah Yan's guess is the sender." β
"Hmm."
The two of them did not speak for a moment, and the carriage moved leisurely along the mountain road, and the night was closed, and the north wind rose again.
After a while, the speed of the carriage suddenly slowed down. Feng Yan in the car opened her eyes and saw a faint flush outside from the closed window.
"What's that?" Rokuro's voice came from outside the car.
Wei Xingzhen opened the window and looked out with Feng Yan.
Countless red pipelines spread outward from the core hinterland of Daizong Mountain, like countless filaments, cutting the night sky into hundreds or thousands of pieces.
Feng Yan was puzzled, but Wei Xingzhen had already recognized everything in front of her.
ββ¦β¦ It's the Tsukasa rooftop. β