Chapter 35: Origins
Mrs. Li muttered in disbelief, "She's lying to me, isn't she?" Ren'er is my own child, right? Ren'er was brought up by me, right? ”
Li Xiang staggered to the edge of the table and sat down, sighed and said, "It's me who is sorry for you!" ”
Everything was in this without saying anything, and Mrs. Li got the answer she wanted, and after a while asked, "What about Ren'er?" What about my Ren'er? ”
Xu Nankui calmly walked to the opposite side of Li Xiang, and while opening the burden given by Xia He, he said: "Mrs. Li, your Ren'er is dead, and it has been gone since the moment he was born, because some people don't want him to live in the world. ”
Mrs. Li's long-standing belief collapsed, she collapsed on the ground, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
Xu Nankui took over and said: "Li Xiang, today's important minister of the court, the uncle of the Empress of Liao, do you think what I said is right?" ”
Li Xiang looked at Xu Nankui, the woman in front of him was less than thirty, but every word seemed to be pierced in his heart, and he didn't know how much Xu Nankui knew.
From the moment he entered this prison, he didn't want to go out, he had been waiting for Xu Nankui.
He is the prime minister of a country, how could he be imprisoned for impeaching a princess? Unless it is discovered.
Xu Nankui opened a paper envelope in the package without hurry, and there were a few pastries stored in it, Xu Nankui kindly handed it over and said to Li Xiang: "Newly made, Li Xiang taste it?" What does it taste like? ”
Li Xiang carefully broke a piece, put it in his mouth, and after tasting it carefully, he smiled and said: "Princess Taiping is a good method, this is the skill of the chef in my previous house, it is the same, I haven't eaten this dim sum for a long time." ”
Xu Nankui had to admire Li Xiang's calmness, and responded: "Isn't it?" This is the recipe I asked for after I used the caravan to go around I don't know how many times, and Li Xiang likes it. ”
Li Xiang picked up another piece of pastry, put it in his mouth, tasted it carefully, and then showed a satisfied expression, perhaps this was the last time he would eat the food of his hometown.
Xu Nankui handed over a piece in front of him, but Li Xiang waved his hand and said: "Enough, I have lived for so long, every day is torment, maybe it is the best now, I can taste the taste of my hometown before I die, there is no luxury." ”
Xu Nankui pretended to be surprised and asked, "What did Li Xiang say?" It's just a pack of snacks, so what's the point of you holding out for so long? ”
Li Xiang glanced at the dim cell, then at Mrs. Li, and said, "I'm waiting for you, since I came in, I haven't prepared to go out, just to see who won this game of chess." ”
Xu Nankui cleaned up the pastry crumbs in front of him without a trace, and then said: "Li Xiang is in a good mood, but Li Xiang, the food of your hometown that you miss in your heart, is it made from the food of my Great Xia, and you can also eat the taste of your hometown?" ”
Xu Nankui slowly raised his head, looked directly at Li Xiang and asked: "So over the years, your Liao Kingdom, in order to let you live on this dark line, has not made any intersection with you, and every one of your money is the blood and sweat of my people in Great Xia, do you know?" Do you feel guilty? ”
Li Xiang straightened his back, looked at Xu Nankui and said in an unquestionable tone: "Princess Taiping said that it was funny, we just have different positions, you represent Great Xia, I represent Liao, how can we talk about right or wrong?" ”
Xu Nankui sneered and said, "Yes, there is no right or wrong in the war, but Li Xiang, this palace is not a child of a few years old, and you are not a high-spirited teenager, there is no black and white in the world, right." ”
Li Xiang touched his beard, nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect you to have this awareness, you and I just have a clear conscience." ”
Xu Nankui quietly took her hand off the table and pinched the root of her thigh hard to restrain her trembling body.
Xu Nankui raised his head, the emotions in his eyes had been completely concealed, but he said calmly: "But this palace has a habit, the habit of collecting official documents, and it has been twenty years, not only in Great Xia, but also in Liao. ”
Xu Nankui looked at Li Xiang and asked with a sly smile: "Li Xiang, guess what I saw?" ”
Li Xiang looked puzzled and asked, "What does Princess Taiping want to say about the old things of adulthood?" Let's put it bluntly. ”
Xu Nankui said with a hint of playfulness: "Tianshun, nine years, drought, hundreds of miles of river embankments, no living water, everything withered, showing natural disasters to warn the world." ”
"Baoqing, three years, there is a vision in the sky, the red land is a hundred miles, there is no dripping water, the ancient well is sandy, the riverbed is dry and cracked, it is a fierce year for Taibai."
After Xu Nankui finished speaking, he asked Li Xiang: "I don't know if Li Xiang has an impression?" ”
Li Xiang said: "Tianshun, it is the most difficult year for my Liao country, Baoqing is the year name of Daxia, and it is also this year, you Daxia to the people of my Liao country, I remember it clearly." ”
Xu Nankui shook his head and said, "Li Xiang, it's wrong, it's not that I ignore your Liao Kingdom, it must be because of the broken river back then, right?" ”
Li Xiang seemed to have the most painful memory being recalled, with a trace of hatred on his face, and said: "Back then, the two countries shared a river, and you cut off the flow of water without authorization, cutting off the vitality of my people, do you think you did the right thing?" ”
Xu Nankui said bitterly: "Yes, how pitiful, I have encountered a year of great drought, but the water has been cut off upstream, I have put you to death in Daxia, and thousands of people have not survived, it is really hateful." ”
Xu Nankui changed his words and asked: "Then Li Xiang, what does it mean that you transferred grain without authorization to replace military rations, and then sank 400,000 catties of grain on top of ten miles of Huai Shui?" ”
Li Xiang smiled, looked at Xu Nankui with a hint of approval and said, "Not bad, I didn't expect you to find out, how about it?" It doesn't taste good, does it? ”
Xu Nankui lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "It's uncomfortable, in the end, between the people and the army, they chose the people, and 400,000 grains were intercepted by the Marquis of Zhenbei and sent back, because the amount of work is huge, and only soldiers can be used, so that I am isolated and helpless, without food and grass, and without reinforcements." ”
Li Xiang said hatefully: "What's the matter, it's a pity that the battle didn't break the defense line." ”
There was a hatred in Xu Nankui's chest, but there was nowhere to vent.
This person, he chose to start with the people, ruined the spring seeds of the coming year, and exchanged military rations and spring seeds, although he was later discovered, he had nothing to do with him.
Because it was the Marquis of Zhenbei who begged him to tell him where the military rations were, Li Xiang agreed, and the Marquis of Zhenbei changed the route and met on the two boats on the ten miles of Huaishui.
In the end, it was overcast, and the boat of Chunzhong was made of hands and feet and sank to the bottom of the water, and Zhenbei Hou had no choice but to return empty-handed, but this matter was covered up.
Because Zhenbei Hou did not find the slightest evidence of Li Xiang, he left his handle in Li Xiang's hands.
Xu Nankui never expected that what they found out with all the clues turned out to be this, ridiculous and cruel.
Xu Nankui pretended to be surprised and said, "However, Li Xiang, didn't you leave a back hand?" Isn't it you who did the things on the water of Shilihuai? Zhenbei Hou is stupid, I'm not! ”
Li Xiangduan sat upright, looked at Xu Nankui, and said with a smile: "You say, is it a good reincarnation in heaven?" It's like the broken stream of that year, pushing back and forth, and in the end it's just ripping, and you can't find anything, just like you, and you can't find out now, even if you know the truth? You have no proof. ”
Xu Nankui snorted in a low voice and said: "Yes, I have no evidence, I can only find out that you did this matter single-handedly, but I can't find the slightest evidence, I have nothing to do with you." ”
Li Xiang stroked his beard proudly.
At this moment, a golden light flashed, and Mrs. Li took off the golden hairpin on her head and stabbed at Li Xiang, but was stopped by Xu Nankui.
Mrs. Li asked with tears in her eyes, "Why are you stopping me!" He killed my son, harming so many innocent people and soldiers, can you tolerate it? I can't tolerate it. ”
Mrs. Li did suffer more heavily than ordinary people, but after Xu Nankui stopped her, she shook her head at Mrs. Li and pulled her to sit down beside her.
The two faced Li Xiang, Xu Nankui broke the golden hairpin from Mrs. Li's hand, finger by finger, and said to Mrs. Li: "Don't you think it's so cheap for him?" ”
Mrs. Li said: "If he dies today, naturally the Lord of Hades will clean him up." ”
Xu Nankui retracted his gaze on Li Xiang, and turned to Mrs. Li and said tenderly: "No, if you want to punish a person, you will take away his favorite things, destroy his values, and even take his favorite things to destroy another beloved thing." ”
Mrs. Li had some confusion and asked, "He doesn't, he doesn't have a heart." ”
Xu Nankui said: "No, he has, he has his beloved country, the prince Li Xiuren who he guarded with his heart, and his obsession and hatred for the drought that year. ”
Li Xiang's eyes flashed with a fine light, a lot of Xu Nankui, the direction of the development of things has deviated from his expectations, he did not give up using Mrs. Li in the end, if he died today, when Xu Nankui visited, then the last resort would be.
Even if Mrs. Li didn't say anything at that time, or said today's events, those who he had cultivated for many years would not believe it, but they would just think that Xu Nankui deliberately went to prison to kill him.
Then, it will inevitably put pressure on the government, and this year's snow is about to fall, and this snow will take away the life of Emperor Xu Kangdi and the national fortune of Great Xia.
Xu Nankui actually stopped Mrs. Li, this is wrong.
Faced with Li Xiang's large number of suspicions, Xu Nankui said very kindly: "Li Xiang, I forgot to tell you, I Xiang, you have been waiting for a heavy snowfall, in order to give you the desire to live, I tell you, yesterday, the snow fell." ”
Li Xiang's pupils dilated slightly, he finally knew what the problem was, how could Xu Nankui know that he was waiting for this heavy snowfall.