Chapter 29: The First Acquaintance of King Kang and the High Priest (II)
Zhan Li looked at his mother and then at his father, who had always loved him, no, maybe he wouldn't recognize himself now, and his younger brother who was only six or seven years old in his mother's arms, and felt that if someone had to bear all this, then let himself end this nightmare.
"Father, no, Sect Master, I am willing to accept any punishment, even if I want my life to be taken away, please do not harm my mother and brother, they are still your wife and son after all."
When Zhan Kun heard this, he turned around and looked at Zhan Li, his cold eyes and the courage to take on it had to make people appreciate it a little more, and he felt more and more distressed.
"Then drive him out of the Ethereal Valley alone," Yu Kun said sadly.
"No, how can this evil obstacle that insults the glory of my clan be tolerated," the elder stood up again.
"He's just a kid, can't he be let go"? There was a pleading tone.
"If the sect master can't do it, let it be done by Zhan Liao", the elder turned his head to a middle-aged man beside him and said, "Zhan Liao, you still don't do it."
"Yes", Zhan Liao held the knife and approached Yan Li.
"Don't, don't hurt my child, don't", Yan Li looked at his mother's grief-stricken appearance, tears rolled in his eyes, and he could only open his eyes to see that Yan Liao had come to the front of him.
There were many women, children, elderly people and children in the crowd who did not dare to look at it, so they were busy and turned their faces away.
"Ahh Stop," he shouted.
Zhan Li didn't feel the cold blade coming as promised, only a blue figure in front of him, so familiar.
Yan Moyu rushed to the front of Yan Li's body in time, and took the white blade empty-handed, the knife was sandwiched between Yan Moyu's hands, and the bright red blood slid down the blade of the knife, dripping on the ground and already merging.
"His Royal Highness King Kang..."The elders reacted at this time, and they got up and knelt down one after another, some of them were already frightened, and they hurt the prince of the royal family, which was a crime of destroying the door, not to mention that His Royal Highness King Kang was the regent, and the power of life and death was already in hand.
The crowd of onlookers knelt down one after another when they saw this formation, all trembling, and did not dare to speak.
"His Royal Highness King Kang, this...", the high priest Zhan Kan walked in from the crowd, and saw that Yan Moyu was injured, so he hurriedly sent someone to invite the doctor first, and kicked on the body of Yan Liao, who was holding a big knife, and the knife forbearance fell to the ground with a clanging sound, and hurriedly handed a Jinpa to Yan Moyu.
Yan Moyu tore open the Jinpa, simply bandaged his hands, turned around and helped him up, and said, "Leave, are you okay?"
When Yan Li saw Yan Moyu's sincere concern, and then saw his injured hand blocking the knife, tears fell like a, and he was saved by him again, and no matter how dark the haze was, his aura penetrated.
"Okay, it's okay, let's help your mother get up first", Yan Moyu turned around and walked to Yan Kun after speaking, and said, "Get up."
Yan Kun kowtowed and thanked him, and was slowly stood up by the high priest Yan Kan, and the elders were also helped up and sat back on the chairs, all of them waiting for Yan Moyu to ask for his guilt.
When everyone saw that the sect master and the elders had all gotten up, they all got up one after another.
"This king sees that the wind and the sun are beautiful today, and he accidentally injured his hand when he went out hunting, don't be surprised", Yan Moyu said and raised his hands and flipped them in front of his eyes, looking unimpressed.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they were a little at a loss.
When the great priest heard this, he looked at Yan Moyu gratefully, and Yan Moyu smiled back, and suddenly understood in his heart, and said: "Your Highness, please forgive Weichen for not being able to protect him."
"Well, I don't blame you, it's that prey is too fierce, this king despises it", Yan Moyu smiled indifferently, and spread his hands to let the doctor check the injury.
Everyone suddenly realized that this was His Royal Highness King Kang's intention to forgive the Yan clan, and found a separate reason, and the high priest testified, and the matter was settled.
Yan Moyu stared at the two kneeling in the hall, and the eyes that saw through everything made people have nothing to hide, lest they avoid it.
The two women didn't dare to raise their heads, but they already felt the suffocation feeling pressed down from the top of their heads, and they were so frightened that they lay down and clung to the ground.
"Sect Master, King Kang is known as a god, and now His Royal Highness happens to be here, don't bother King Kang for advice if you have anything difficult", the high priest Yu Kan saw what Yan Moyu meant, and hurriedly reminded Yan Kundao.
"Yes, the minister will bow to His Royal Highness King Xie Kang first," Yu Kun bowed deeply after speaking.
He motioned to the elders and re-questioned the two in the hall, who stammered and repeated what they had said, and the others presented the evidence.
Because of Yan Moyu's presence, he was a little more calm, this time he listened carefully to the testimony of the two and thought about the impression of the two people in his memory, and asked his mother some things in a low voice, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
Yan Moyu caught a glimpse of the smile on Yan Li's face, and estimated what he should have analyzed, so he said: "If you listen to everything, it will be clear, and if you listen to it, you will be familiar with what you said, but I don't know if it can stand up to scrutiny, sect master, it is better to listen to what the person concerned has to say."
"I remember my mother telling me that after I was born, there was a plague in the village, and many people died, but I don't know if my mother-in-law remembers this," asked Rang Li.
"Of course I remember, fortunately, our family escaped first when the plague broke out, otherwise we would all have died in the village," said a woman, who recalled something and wiped away her tears.
"Oh, didn't my mother-in-law say that my birthday should be three months late, so when did my mother-in-law deliver the baby for my mother?"
"This...", the woman seemed to know that she was wrong, and tried her best to cover it up: "I'm too old to remember."
"My mother said that the plague only broke out in the village in January after I was born, if it was late in March, it was already the time when the plague was rampant, didn't my mother-in-law have already escaped from the village, how can I come back to deliver my mother, it is better to check the county records, it should also record the time of the outbreak of the plague", Yan Li said unhurriedly, his eyes fell on Yan Moyu.
"Sect Master, you might as well check it", Yan Moyu leaned towards Yan Kundao.
"I have sent for an investigation," replied the High Priest Rakhan.
"Auntie, you said that this embroidery bag is my mother's gift to others, that is my mother's favorite acacia flowers, and the handwriting is also my mother's handwriting, but the fabric is not like more than ten years ago, and the embroidery is not necessarily my mother's craftsmanship, I think it should be a test to be good", he said more and more calmly, he felt that if there was a fake, it was categorically impossible to find the fabric from more than ten years ago, not to mention that the mother's hands were somewhat deformed due to early work, and she had never seen her take a needle and thread over the years.
If there is really something more than ten years ago, even if the silk thread is loosened even if it is preserved, it is only concerned with seeing the acacia flower pattern, seeing the incomplete handwritten letter, but not others, the sense of guilt is very strong for a while, raising his eyes to catch a glimpse of the two women, eager to cut them, looking at the woman who cried tears and two young innocent children, and blamed himself in his heart.
"High priest," a young man walked in and handed a dossier up.
Yan Kan took it and looked at it, handed it to Yan Moyu, and passed it to Yan Kun.
"What else do you have to say", Yu Kun was very resentful in his words.
When the two women saw that the matter was exposed, they kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Say, Who commanded you"? Yan Moyu said word by word, like a wolf whipping the two of them.
"I... I...", the two women said and looked up at Mrs. Qiao in apricot clothes who was standing beside the sect leader Zhan Kun, and everyone looked at it and had speculations in their hearts.
"Sect Master, I see that this matter is already clear, the family affairs of the Yan clan, I am inconvenient to interfere, this king will leave first", Yan Moyu said and got up and walked towards the door, giving an appreciative smile when his eyes touched the Yan Li.
"Your Highness, I'll send you", Zhan Kan glanced at Zhan Li meaningfully and followed.
The two walked for a while, and Yan Kan spoke: "Why does Your Highness take such a fancy to Zhan Li?"
"How so"?
"It's all so obvious, everyone can see it."
"Is it"?
"Yes", Yan Kan really has to admire Yan Moyu's sometimes deliberately confused performance, how thick a cheeky person can be so willful.
"Like him", Yan Moyu felt that it would be troublesome to talk too much.
"Huh"? I can't be calm, I really doubt that my ears are not wrong, I think about it calmly, I think too much.
"By the way, didn't you say that his birth date is very compatible with the position of high priest, then let everyone know", Yan Moyu explained to Yan Kandao.
"Okay...", Yan Kan knew what Yan Moyu meant, and thought that his life would be completely changed from now on.
Afterwards, the sect leader Zhan Kun dealt with the two women, remembering that Mrs. Qiao's child was young, she took the title and was locked up for life, and she became the only wife from her mother, Mrs. Xi, Xu knew that she was ashamed, and she loved Mrs. Xi's mother and son even more.
Zhan Kan did things beautifully, not only the people of the Zhan clan and the people of the Fire Phoenix Kingdom recognized the identity of the heir of the high priest of Zhan Li, not only that, but the talent and talent of Zhan Li were exaggerated, and the world was full of curiosity and respect for this heir of the high priest.
A few months later, the high priest fell ill, and Yan Moyu came to the Grand Priest's Palace to see him.
"Your Highness, my body is getting worse day by day, so it's better to let Yan leave the succession ceremony as soon as possible."
"Besides, this king hasn't seen him for a long time, let him come to Fengdu, and follow you to get used to it first."
"Okay", he coughed a few more times.
Ethereal Valley, in the past few months, it seems that he has been reborn, even Mrs. Xi is worried, she reads and practices martial arts, gets up early and goes to bed late, her temperament is much calmer, she is more and more unsmiling, she must get to the bottom of things, and she already has the air of an adult man.
On this day, the high priest came to deliver a message, asking him to leave Fengdu and stay in the palace of the great priest, and he was overjoyed, and his heart was very happy.
Mrs. Xi packed up her bags for Zhan Li and reluctantly sent them to the valley, the four of them said goodbye for a long time, Zhan Li looked at the happy appearance of Zhan Kun holding Mrs. Xi in one hand and holding her younger brother Zhan Xun in the other hand, smiled reassuringly, turned her head and turned over on the horse, and followed the people to ride the horse towards Fengdu.
"Yu, I'm here...", I can't wait to travel thousands of miles a day, and see Yan Moyu soon.