Chapter Eighty-Seven: Dilemma

Shi Miyuan instructed Hou Xin to put a wooden box containing a secret letter in the wing room where Changfan lived alone at that time, in the letter, he was known as a righteous man of Jiangning, and he happened to walk with the Zhao family all the way, knowing the situation when Changfan's parents died, and asked him to meet alone in Cuifeng Building in Qinhuai Fang on the fifteenth day of the month. Changfan really did not disappoint Shi Miyuan, and found a reason that day, so he came out of Zhao's mansion, traveled a few miles west, and entered Cuifeng Tower.

When he saw Hou Xinshi waiting in the passenger compartment, Changfan took a step back. He was a little afraid of the man in front of him with a piercing gaze and a scar on the bridge of his nose, which was too inconsistent with the image of a righteous man in his imagination. Although he was ignorant of the world, he still felt that such a fierce face could not be trusted. Unexpectedly, Hou Xin's first sentence said: "Ah, how did such a good child become an orphan?" Gently and skillfully removed the panic in Changfan's heart.

Hou Xin ordered a table of food that day, but Changfan couldn't eat a bite, Hou Xin carefully fabricated where his parents began to feel unwell, and where they were contaminated with miasma. Changfan listened, tears flowed like eyes, Hou Xin took advantage of the situation and said: "At that time, the people who were with us persuaded Master Zhao that the patient was invaded by miasma and needed to be treated in Jianmen immediately, but the Zhao family was in a hurry, and only said that they would ask for a doctor when they arrived in Tongjiang, who knew that the next day the person would not work...... The doctor came to see and said that if he came to heal a day earlier, he would be able to return to heaven. ”

When Changfan heard this, he also talked about the unsuccessful request for Zhao Qingzhou to keep his parents, Hou Xin added fuel to the fire and said: "If there is a father, there must be a son, this family is selfish and self-interested, and he has harmed two lives in vain, which is really hurtful to heaven and reason." Changfan burst into tears and said: "If you don't avenge your parents, you will be a son of man in vain, but my lord is as kind to me as a mountain, how can this be good." ”

Hou Xin sighed and patted Changfan's shoulder: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. What's more, when his Zhao family insisted on driving, who cared about this loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, everyone just took their own affairs to heart. Chang Fan glanced at Hou Xin, did not speak, with a hint of defensiveness in his eyebrows, he was a little suspicious of Hou Xin's purpose for telling him this.

Hou Xin sandwiched a chicken leg for Changfan and laughed self-deprecatingly: "But I'm an outsider, even if I am uneven, I also know the truth of being inseparable." If you are dedicated to the Zhao family, then forget what I just said, eat this meal, this matter will disappear, and I will be nosy. "Don't say that, righteous people, you have traveled thousands of miles to tell me the truth when my father and mother died, Changfan is grateful, but the master treats me like a brother and sister, and there is really no way to be ruthless." Chang Fan hurriedly clenched his fists and said.

Hou Xindao: "Since this is the case, then you should let go of your family feud, after all, not everyone has the courage to do anything to avenge their parents." "I have." Changfan was provoked like this and stood up: "The love of nurturing cannot be repaid, even if I fight for my life, it is nothing." He didn't want people to think that he had chosen to be unfilial because of cowardice, but this child, who was not as weak as the crown, knew that he had been calculated and involved in a conspiracy.

Later, under the persuasion of Hou Xin, Changfan took the bottle of "Phoenix Gall", but he did not forget to ask: "Why do you want to help me, what is your purpose?" "I'm a wanderer, happy and revengeful, not for any purpose." Hou Xin said lightly. Changfan nodded, he felt that he had made a promise, and he couldn't quit, so he only asked again: "Your medicine, it won't harm people's lives, I won't do anything to kill people, in case someone finds out, I ......." ”

"Rest assured, if you flick a nail in the meal every day, the amount is small, you will never be able to find out, and you will not be able to harm people's lives. Nowadays, on the rivers and lakes, this method is in vogue, just to make the enemy suffer some hardships, you can inquire. Hou Xin said with an oath. Changfan naturally had nowhere to inquire, he returned to the Zhao Mansion with the medicine, and then gradually reacted: Hou Xin may be using himself to deal with Zhao Qingzhou!

This discovery made Changfan's whole person suddenly very frightened: he was in the light, and Hou Xin was in the dark, maybe he was looking at himself from time to time. If he didn't do it for a long time and made Hou Xin angry, would he come to tell Zhao Qingzhou about the decision he made upstairs to "take revenge". After finishing speaking, he Hou Xin can continue to be a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, and he will lose Zhao Qingzhou's trust and truly become a lost dog.

If a person has been immersed in the idea of fear for a long time, he will become loud and loud, and all kinds of unrealistic fears will gradually grow, increasing the momentum of the imaginary enemy. Changfan began to regret taking this hot potato, he once wanted to smash the phoenix gall, but he was worried that Hou Xin would suddenly appear, grabbed his wrist and said: Go, I want to tell Zhao Qingzhou everything. Just thinking about Hou Xin's gloomy face, Changfan felt scared: Forget it, I want to take revenge anyway, and I won't do anything. Longsail took the first step.

Zhao Qingzhou really fell unconscious, and after Li Zhuoran and Ou Jinshu came to Jiangning, Changfan knew that this phoenix gall was a poisonous medicine that could kill people. But no one suspected Changfan, Li Zhuoran checked the whereabouts and items of everyone in the mansion, but did not check Changfan. "It's too dangerous," Changfan hid the unused bottle of phoenix gall in the hole in the wall behind the kitchen, but he also felt a lot more relaxed: Hou Xin's purpose was achieved, and he shouldn't be looking for him.

He was still too simple, not long after Li Zhuoran and Ou Jinshu raised Zhao Qingzhou's body, he received a wooden box that made him lose his soul. The letter in the box was much shorter than last time, leaving only one sentence: "I don't want the Zhao Mansion to know about your poisoning, so I will come to Leye Fang tonight to stop fasting." He was threatened, and went to Rong Zhizhai in the middle of the night over the wall, and saw Rong Shopkeeper and Hou Xin, these two people were playing chess under the lamp and candle.

"Who the hell are you?" Seeing Hou Xin, Changfan rushed up to question. "What am I important? The important thing is that you don't know who I am, but I know everything about you, and I know everything you have done, and if you want to survive, you can do one more thing for me. Hou Xin's eagle-like gaze was fixed on Changfan's face. No way, I won't trust you anymore. Changfan turned around and wanted to leave, he was too scared, he was afraid that if he stayed here, he would be persuaded to do something harmful.

"The pawn who crossed the river doesn't look back," Hou Xin smashed a chess piece on the chessboard: "Changfan, you can't turn back, you go now, tomorrow the whole mansion, plus the Jiangning County Ya, will know about your poisoning, can you make it clear?" Changfan froze, he was extremely desperate, like a fish on a chopping board: "What do you want?" "It's nothing, I just ask you, when is Zhao Qingzhou's recital usually played?"