Chapter 238: Seeing Through
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Kong Shun went to find his uncle again.
His uncle was not at home, but he was greeted by his aunt, a woman with a simple face and a good sense of self-control.
Back then, my uncle and mother were able to marry into the Kong family, all because of their father's friendship. The old man of the Kong family was saved by someone back then, and when he was moved, he married the baby who was conceived by the concubine next to him and the baby girl who had just been born. If it weren't for the fact that the concubine was afraid of provoking the old man's anger, her face would definitely sink immediately, and she bluntly said that she was afraid that what she had in her womb would not be a boy. It's a pity that the concubine urgently needed a baby boy to renew her life for her pampering, so she swallowed her anger for a while and decided to get married.
After that, the mother was naturally reluctant to let her son marry a village woman as a wife, but unfortunately the uncle himself was much more old-fashioned than his mother, and when he grew up, he had some of himself, and he made his own decisions in doing things, so he married and entered the door and treated each other with courtesy.
Although this woman is coarse, she is obedient, almost only her uncle's horse, and she has a childish temperament. She had also heard a lot of rumors about Kong Shun in the Confucian Mansion, so she was a little frightened by his arrival, and probably looked down on him, and couldn't make up her mind at all.
Uncle Nuo politely welcomed him in, and when tea was served, she immediately went out to find someone to tell the master that her husband was coming back.
Kong Shun took all this in his eyes, with a smile in his eyes, but he was very disdainful in his heart, he looked at his uncle and aunt nervously wandering outside, and said, "Uncle, why don't you come in and sit?" ”
The woman hurriedly walked in, Kong Shun lowered his eyes and glanced at the tea cup in his hand, giving up the idea of controlling her, the controlled person would be greatly reduced in front of him, like Fang Ming's valued henchmen were stupid to that point after being controlled, not to mention this woman, I am afraid that there are not as many as she can hear when she is awake.
What's more, Kong Shun controls a person more, the greater the damage to his heart and brain, these days Kong Shun has to rely on medicine almost every day to sleep, but there is not much medicine, he doesn't know the source of medicine, and he doesn't dare to use more.
Kong Shun said: "Where did my uncle go, he was away from home for so long, and it was easy to come back, why didn't he stay at home with his aunt?" ”
My aunt lowered his head and said, "How do I know about the affairs of their man's family, your uncle will come back soon, you just have to wait a little longer." ”
As he spoke, two servants walked through the lobby with a thin-mouthed lotus leaf flask. The uncle frowned and reprimanded the rudeness of the subordinates.
Kong Shun nodded, waited for his uncle to finish scolding his subordinates, and said, "I originally agreed to have dinner with my uncle tonight, did my uncle mention it?" ”
Then my uncle panicked. She hurriedly called someone to ask about the arrangements for today's guests at home, and confirmed that the master of the family had not mentioned that Kong Shun would come, so she came again and said to Kong Shun: "Xu is the next person has not been notified well, I have not received the news that you are coming to be a guest, and the master will come back ......."
"Yes." Kong Shun interrupted her and said, "Isn't the family preparing food for entertaining guests?" ”
Uncle and aunt, he knew the habit of his uncle's family, the general thin mouth lotus leaf pattern wine jug is used to entertain guests, and holding two, it means one host and one guest.
My uncle showed an embarrassed look on her face and said, "It's a guest who came here with your uncle, and the two of them went out without stepping when they came back. ”
Kong Shun asked: "What kind of guest is it, who didn't hear the news at all?" Wouldn't it be abrupt for me to come tonight, uncle? Those subordinates are also angry, and they don't report such a thing at all, and only fool me to come. I'm going to arrest them and skin them one by one. ”
He was notorious, and his uncle was bluffed by him, and hurriedly said: "I'm afraid it's not the fault of those subordinates, originally the guest came, and the lord didn't allow others to make a noise, and no one was allowed to disclose any news, and the subordinates didn't know about it, and they didn't do anything wrong in their duty." ”
Kong Shun leaned forward slightly and made a listening posture, and his uncle was guided by his posture, and naturally said: "That guest seems to be from Kyoto, and his clothes are extraordinary...... Don't go out to talk about this, the master also taught me not to go out and say it. ”
Kong Shun smiled and agreed.
A person who came from Kyoto, but was not only not greeted by the Kong family, but was also ordered to conceal his identity, Kong Shun thought about it, it was very likely that he came to Fang Ming's private release of Feiguang.
Originally, he thought that the Tiangao Emperor was far away, but now he has also specially sent officials to investigate the matter, and Kong Shun smelled a little different.
Originally, the emperor had always turned a blind eye to this, if it weren't for the insistence of the old ministers in the court and Yang Hehou, Da Zhou really didn't know what it was like. However, the Kong family has always followed the emperor's wishes to do things, and the boundary between Yang and Hou is very clear.
What's more, Fang Ming is a thorn in the empress's eye that usually does not have a sense of existence, and her movements will be monitored by the empress, and the empress will definitely not let go of the opportunity to dispose of Fang Ming once and for all.
Therefore, this matter is either because the uncle has a relationship with the ministers of the Yang and Hou faction, or out of official business, he came to investigate the case of Feiguang, or the empress attacked the dishonest Fang Ming.
Kong Shun stayed for a short time, and deliberately left early before his uncle returned.
Then the eyeliner that he had originally placed in his uncle's house saw him, and his eyes were all the way, and naturally and quietly followed Kong Shun outside.
Kong Shun stood at the corner of the more secluded corridor, not only away from the hall, but also some distance from the door, his uncle did not know how to run the house, and when his uncle was not there, people were very idle, and he didn't move around much after nightfall.
He asked, "Is there anything you want to say to me?" ”
The eyeliner looked at him, his eyes trembled for a while, and said, "Guest, where are you going to the general?" ”
"Fang Ming?" Kong Shun said: "Together with my uncle? ”
Eyeliner nodded.
What is this to do?
Kong Shun hesitated for a moment, then suddenly turned around and left.
Kong Shun rode all the way to the city gate in a hurry, turned over and dismounted when his back was still soaked, he was in poor health, and he didn't ride a horse very much on weekdays, he felt chest tightness and discomfort after getting off the horse and walked two steps, frowning and going straight to the city.
The soldiers stationed there took the lamp and shone it, and they all recognized his face, recognized his identity, and called out unexpectedly: "Kong Sangongzi, why are you here?" Brother Kong Meng is not worthy of duty today. ”
Kong Shun grabbed him and asked, "General Fang is there tonight?" ”
"Ahh The garrison soldier nodded and said, "The general is here today, what's the matter, did you come to our general for a drink?" ”
Kong Shun pushed him away and hurriedly rushed up to the city tower, Fang Ming was dressed in light armor and looked at the black and dark sky below the city gate below.
When she saw Kong Shun rushing up, she was still a little panting, and she couldn't help frowning, and said, "What are you doing here?" Come to your brother? ”
Kong Shun didn't have time to speak, closed his eyes and pressed his chest, Fang Ming strode over, and scolded: "You don't know how heavy a body is, it's so cold at night," said and pinched his shoulder, Kong Shun only felt that the place where he was pinched was numb, Fang Ming's hands were very hot, compared to Kong Shun's cold body running at night, it was especially obvious, Fang Ming was a little shorter, looked into his eyes and asked, "Wear so little." Do you take any medication? ”
Kong Shun liked her habit of looking into people's eyes and talking, he looked back, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head.
In fact, he took the medicine very early, and deliberately said that he didn't have it, so Fang Ming ordered someone to get the medicine for him.
After the people left, Kong Shun said: "My uncle is here tonight." ”
Fang Ming's hand paused and said, "What? ”
He looked at Fang Ming's suddenly nervous expression, and deliberately lowered his voice, Fang Ming involuntarily approached him, and heard him whisper: "My uncle brought the officials from Kyoto, I don't know what to do, I saw them coming to your side." ”
Fang Ming hesitated for a moment, and then he said, "Check who you are guarding here tonight." ”
Fang Ming raised his feet and wanted to leave, but he looked back at Kong Shun hesitantly, stretched out his hand and said to him, I will ask you when I come back.
She always speaks as if she has a very intimate relationship with Kong Shun, Kong Shun sometimes wonders if it is because she looks similar to her brother, she takes the attitude towards her brother to herself, her face is very unhappy, but at the same time she is happy in her heart.
Even if this intimacy comes from his siblings.
If Kong Shun listened to her honestly, he would not be Kong Shun, and that night, when Fang Ming set out to verify the patrol manpower at night and the surrounding situation.
Fang Ming's henchman, who was controlled by Kong Shun, left Fang Ming's side silently, followed by a soldier with an abnormal look, and walked towards the dark forest.
When the strangeness in the forest was discovered, Fang Ming stepped into the forest, and the hairs suddenly jumped up from his back.
The heavy smell of blood came to his nose, Fang Ming took the lamp and shone it, everyone around was speechless, only to see corpses all over the ground, there were more than 30 corpses, all of them were private soldiers of the Confucian Mansion wearing soft armor.
Two of the most eye-catching corpses, one of which Fang Ming recognized, was Kong Shun's uncle.
Something suddenly moved in the pile of corpses, and then a bloody, completely inhuman-like thing that was cut by a knife and axe jumped in front of Fang Ming in the blink of an eye, Fang Ming couldn't dodge, a slender sword pierced out from behind her, and the sharp and thin blade pierced out of the throat, the man clicked twice, and his gray eyes flashed behind Ming, Kong Shun's flickering gaze under the light of the light, the man twitched a few times, and fell silently.
Kong Shun took advantage of the situation, covered his mouth and coughed twice, and suddenly spit out blood, Fang Ming was so shocked that he couldn't care about the chaos in front of him, and raised his hand to order someone to take him back.
Kong Shun's eyes flickered, he was very worried, and asked very warmly: "What should you do next?" ”
Fang Ming looked at him motionlessly, looking at his eyes, his face looked particularly bad in the dim light, Fang Ming's face did not change, his thumb gently brushed the corner of his mouth, and asked softly: "What did you say to Ah Li today?" ”
Ah Li, the person who was controlled by Kong Shun with blood today, Fang Ming's henchmen except Liao Jin, also left Fang Ming's side suddenly tonight, and he has been tracking the suspicious soldiers so far, and he also killed the puppets of thirty people in the forest with the power of one person.
Kong Shun's eyes shrank suddenly, and he opened his mouth without speaking.
"Take Kong Sangongzi back, remember to take medicine."
Fang Ming leaned down and whispered in his ear: "If you borrow a knife to kill someone, you have to see whose knife it is." ”
If Kong Shun had known that this incident was the reason why Fang Ming began to be completely vigilant against him, maybe he wouldn't have acted so recklessly that night, and he wouldn't have sent it to Fang Ming himself.
He arranged it very well, Ah Li would not kill the Kyoto official, and when Fang Ming arrived, he still had his breath left.
After he was rescued by Fang Ming, Kong Shun would find a way to sneak in and feed him a mouthful of blood, so that he could manipulate the whole thing to be the fault of his uncle and Fang Ming's henchman.
He is used to doing things viciously, but he is not used to keeping his mouth alive.
Kong Shun thought that after this battle, Fang Ming would trust him, would make her grateful for the arrow handed over in time, and would make her remember her friendship for betraying her uncle for her.
Perhaps, his status in Fang Ming's heart will be able to catch up with Kong Meng.
Kong Shun likes to play this kind of trick, others are his puppets on the stage, and the clothes are dripping with blood, and he has to go down according to his predestination.
But how could Fang Ming know that Ah Li had come to see him?
He has clearly investigated and arranged...... How could he be wrong?!
Kong Shun coughed violently a few times, blood oozed out from his fingers little by little, and those slender, pale eyes stared at Fang Ming without blinking, like some cold beast poisonous insect in the dark night.
Fang Ming said something silently, and Kong Shun recognized her mouth shape.
That's what he's all too familiar with, and he's seen a big mouth shape since he was a child.
Fang Ming said, mongrel.
You are clearly the beneficiary of this matter, I clearly protected you, I just killed the inconsequential person, why did you make that kind of expression, that kind of look?
The death of the controlled person caused Kong Shun a sharp pain in the back of his head, and he staggered a step and fell to the ground in pain.
Kong Shun persisted for a while, and found that Fang Ming did not come to visit him this time.
There was only a bunch of inconsequential people around him, messing around him, talking loudly.
And Fang Ming just stood.
Kong Shun closed his eyes and drowned in the water.