Chapter 13: After Maturity

Seeing that all Su Pingqi's energy was focused on himself, Liu Ning quietly made a gesture to Zhao Nan, Zhao Nan jumped lightly, and then climbed over the wall and entered the confidential office, Liu Ning's afterglow glanced at Zhao Nan's disappearing figure, and asked provocatively: "What if I want to break in?" Even you, it seems that you can't stop me. ”

Su Ping arched his hand: "Then don't blame me for being rude?" ”

Liu Ning raised her eyebrows, facing Su Pingqi, she always had a feeling of looking at her younger brother and hating iron but not steel: "You're welcome? What can you do, are you going to fight for your life with me? Have you forgotten what I said to you that day in the tavern? You have read so many sage books in vain, but you can't integrate them in life, you are very dangerous like this, do you know, you are now in the officialdom, all your net worth and life are closely related to the rapidly changing situation around you, you can't adapt, you can't be flexible, just stick to your four books, those theories, you will die soon, don't say that you are just a petty official, such a small chess piece is easier to be abandoned by others. ”

Liuning's tone was still fierce at first, but later, it slowly had some serious meaning, Su Pingqi was stunned when he heard it, he was buried in the sea of books since he was a child, his ears didn't hear anything outside the window, and he only read the sage books, no one had ever told him about the sinister people in the outside world like this, Liuning's words seemed to let him really touch the air of the world, Su Pingqi stared straight at Liuning.

After Liu Ning finished speaking, she turned around and left, because she saw Zhao Nan's figure coming out.

After Liu Ning and Zhao Nan returned to the British Mansion, Zhao Nan finally poured out the secrets that were suppressed in his heart.

Liu Ning and Tang Changyu still didn't understand what Zhao Nan meant, so Zhao Nan described the matter in more detail, there was usually no one in the confidential office, and there was a thick layer of dust on each shelf, only what they were looking for, the dust on the file of the Tubo War and peace negotiation was only a thin layer, and the file on the shelf had obvious traces of being moved, and someone had already taken them away unconsciously.

That unknown force was secretly dealing with them, thoughtful and well-planned, and they didn't dare to act rashly anymore, so they could only continue to monitor the movements of Li Linde and Wen Shi'an, and secretly laid an eyeliner on Li Junzhi, waiting for Lin Yilan to return from Tibet.

Lin Yilan's journey to Tubo was very smooth, but after arriving in Tubo, Lin Yilan was desperate to find that the reason why he was able to reach Tubo all the way without encountering the natural disasters he imagined** and assassinating him was because he couldn't find any useful clues here in Tubo.

Everything seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, anyone without a certificate was undocumented, those generals who participated in the war, and the commanders who participated in the discussion and negotiation seemed to have died and disappeared in these years, and with Lin Yilan's identity, it was impossible to see the leader and Princess Wencheng, no matter how he knocked on the side, the winding path was quiet, Lin Yilan couldn't find any relevant clues, as if the war had never happened.

Lin Yilan could only return in vain, but he didn't expect that what was waiting for him in Chang'an was something even more desperate.

Wen Hai is missing.

This was the first sentence Lin Yilan heard after returning to Chang'an, Lin Yilan stood there in an instant, Liu Ning had already cried and his eyes were red, and his hands trembled and handed Lin Yilan an envelope, that action reminded Lin Yilan of the suicide note that Li Shimin handed to his father.

The envelope was neatly written: Brother Lan personally opened. This Lin Yilan is very familiar with herself, it is Wen Hai's handwriting, it was written by her imitation of her own handwriting, Lin Yilan's heart seems to have been run over by the iron hooves of thousands of troops, why, two short letters, two thin pieces of rice paper, just sent away the two people he loved the most.

It took Lin Yilan a long time before he finally made up his mind to open the letter, and when Lin Yilan saw this letter that was very similar to his own because of imitation, his heart ached.

Brother Blue:

Brother Lan, I'm still more used to calling you like this, I don't know when I've been used to calling you like this, being coquettish to you, or losing my temper, but fortunately, you're all tolerant, so, Brother Lan, it's a title that belongs to me alone.

There are many things that belong to me alone, such as our memories, now I think about it is really a lot, the two of us have walked a lot of places together, up the mountain, down to the sea, fishing at the bottom of the lake, seeing flowers in the fog, many beautiful scenery that I never thought would appear in my life, all accompanied by your appearance, one by one to me.

So I'm glad to have met you, as outsiders say, to be your little follower, little tail, but I prefer to say, I want to be your shadow, so that I can be by your side and be with you all the time. I know that such a long time of companionship and unparalleled tacit understanding and familiarity have made you regard me as your brother for a long time, so when I say that I have always liked you, I don't blame you for your panic and your overwhelm.

As I said, these are all things that belong to me alone, and of course my love for you. I never regret meeting you, I don't regret the rush and gossip after meeting you, I don't regret the hurt I suffered for you, I don't regret all the price I paid for you, there were some things I thought I would never tell you in my life, after all, I thought that we would have nothing to do with it, and never see each other again.

When you linger in the flower street and willow lane, day and day with those singers to have fun, singing and dancing, I am silently watching you cry in the corner, I am for you, my heart is like a knife, you should not indulge yourself to fall to this, how many times, I am desperately holding back my heartache, I want to tell you, please look back at me, I have been behind you, always, for you to stick to it.

I know that there is a big knot between us, because I married Li Mingyi, this is my fault, I rarely admit my mistake to you, but this time it is really my mistake, a big mistake, I thought that you did not love me in the past, those dirty things that happened to me can block all feelings between us, I thought I was not worthy of you, I really did not deserve you, so I could only stay away from you.

But in order to protect myself, in order to preserve a wholehearted and intact me, I scratched my face, and really no one will want me anymore, I am such a stubborn person, imprisoning myself in my own world, all this, I think I will only do for you.

And everything I did, it was worth the more than ten years of waiting for me, when I finally waited for you to love me, I thought I could leave everything behind again, desperate for everything, this thing that could finally cut off all the connection between us, finally happened.

It was my father who killed your father, Brother Lan, I don't know if you hate it or not, in short, I hate, I hate my father for you, hate me, hate the emperor so indiscriminately, I have negotiated with my father countless times, but all this is in vain, he didn't listen to my advice, he still did whatever he wanted, stubborn, and caused such a disaster.

Brother Lan, I'm sorry for you, I'm really sorry for you, you hate it as much as you want, in short, I don't have the face to face you again, and I don't want to face my father, if you want revenge, I will only be your burden and concern, now I want to do the last thing I can do for you, I will eradicate this burden and worry for you.

I will go back to the place where we first went out together, what a beautiful place it is, I will know myself quietly there, don't come to me, don't, Brother Lan, from now on, don't worry about me, do what you want to do, you don't belong to the life you are now, if you want revenge, you must not have any scruples, my father should also know, what is called what is deserved.

Finally, Brother Lan, please help me tell Liuning, Tang Changyu, Zhao Nan, Mingfu, Liubin, Yunqing, I Wen Hai can meet so many bosom friends in this life, it is enough, Wen Hai is very fortunate to meet so many chivalrous and courageous people with true temperament, if there is an afterlife, Wen Hai will be friends with them.

Also, Brother Lan, I love you, always.

After reading this long letter, Lin Yilan had no strength to cry, threw down the letter, and ran out, the shouts of Liuning and Tang Changyu couldn't stop him at all, Wen Hai has been missing for a long time, no one knows where she went, maybe only Lin Yilan, after reading this letter, will know.

Zhao Nan fortunately stopped Liu Ning and Tang Changyu, and asked them not to stop Lin Yilan, he is the only person who is likely to know Wen Hai's whereabouts now, Wen Hai's life and death are unpredictable now, and it will be a little better to find her a day earlier, and Lin Yilan doesn't know the scenery of the Wen family and the Li family in Chang'an City now, which is also a good thing, so as to prevent him from being carried away by anger for a while and doing something irreparable.

Lin Yilan ran all the way, he didn't know whose horse he robbed on the street, he beat the horse all the way, his only thought now was to quickly find Wen Hai, the place where they traveled together for the first time, Lin Yilan remembered it clearly, it was Mount Tai, they quietly followed the road of the emperor Feng Zen to the top of Mount Tai, after some twists and turns, they finally saw the sunrise, Mount Tai is far away, Wen Hai must have made enough plans this time, made full determination, all this made Lin Yilan faintly worried.

Lin Yilan concentrated on beating horses all the way and galloping, he had long lost the ability to think, he didn't want to recall, the good times he had spent with Wen Hai that he had forgotten, in fact, these were deeply buried in Lin Yilan's heart, at that moment, Wen Hai's voice and smile, but he forced himself not to think about it, every time he remembered, there was more pain.

From Chang'an to Mount Tai, Lin Yilan ran for three days and three nights, changed two horses, and finally arrived at the foot of Mount Tai, the horse under Lin Yilan's crotch fell to the ground, unable to stand up again, unable to travel thousands of miles.

Lin Yilan faced the secluded deep mountains, the peaks were tall and straight, the top could not be seen at a glance, the mountains were endless, one peak after another, to find someone in this mountain, it was even more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack.

Lin Yilan shouted at the mountain in despair: "Wen Hai! Wenhai! The voice echoed through the valley for a long time, one after another, and it did not stop for a long time, but there was no response.