Zhu is only 30 years old now, and her skin is as moist and rosy as water, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a sister when she stands with them.

Zhu was young and widowed, and vowed not to remarry, grandfather always felt that the Xie family owed her, not only handed over the power of the back house to her, but also let them show more respect to her later, if the Zhu family suffered a little grievance and made trouble to her grandfather, her grandfather would seek justice for her.

In her previous life, the Zhu family treated the two sisters really well, and when she was sick, she could always be seen at night undressed and guarding in front of the collapse, and handed her a cup of tea at any time.

She was grateful to the Zhu family and regarded her as her biological mother, and before Hou Jing attacked Jiankang Taicheng, she originally made a perfect plan to escape to Wei with her, but she never thought that this mother, who had always treated her as her own, stabbed her in the back.

Although the knife was not fatal, it hurt her vitality.

She asked her why?

The woman said something she would never forget until she died:

"Don't you still understand? I have long wanted you to die, why as soon as you are born, the Xie family will give you the best everything, you are just a girl, but you want to inherit the position of the next lord of the Xie family, everyone holds you and loves you, where do you put my daughter? I, the Zhu family, married into the Xie family as a wife, not a slave of your Xie family.

Now it's okay, the Xie family is over, if Hou Jingruo is called the emperor, my father is a great hero, how can I be a fugitive refugee with you after I am a hero? ”

Her father is Zhu Yi from the Zhu clan of Wu County, and in his previous life, it was this Zhu Yi who slandered Emperor Liang's ears to prevent Emperor Liang from smashing Hou Jing's plan to raise troops and judge chaos again and again.

Woe to the Xiao Wall, Nanliang overturned, 200,000 people died tragically at the hands of thieves, and he Zhu Yi did make a great contribution to it.

In her previous life, she and Zhu Yi fought to the death in the court, but she never suspected that Zhu was the case, in her opinion, the fault of her parents was not as good as her children, not to mention that Zhu was already the wife of the Xie family. And Zhu's extreme falsification also convinced her.

At this moment, Zhu's eyes were full of tearful motherly care, and this kind of tenderness and pity revealed that she had spent her life in her previous life to repay and protect.

never thought that she regarded her as the closest person, but in exchange for the revenge she hated all her life.

"Ah Ling, what's wrong? Don't you know your mother? ”

Seeing that Xie Ling's eyes were full of hatred, and his expression was very indifferent, Zhu withdrew his hand as if he was frozen, and smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Xie Hanyun hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Oh, mother, Ah Ling has just returned from Luofu Mountain, and she is tired of driving all the way, and she is a little tired, I will take her to rest for a while, and I will immediately go with my mother to the family temple to worship Jiali, please ask my mother to wait for her daughter in Lanxin Courtyard for a while, okay?" ”

After speaking, he took Xie Ling's hand and took the lead in walking towards Xie Mansion in Wuyi Lane.

Zhu Shi was embarrassed and speechless, his face was already undisguised with displeasure, but Xie Xi said on the side: "Don't mind, auntie, Ah Lingxu is really tired." She has had a very good relationship with Ah Yun since she was a child, so let their sister and brother catch up for a while! ”

Zhu smiled and nodded at Xie Xi and said no more.

Now living in Wuyi Lane in the Xie clan has two branches, one can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty Xie Zhuang, and the other can be traced back to the same period of Xie Lingyun, Xie Ling's grandfather Xie Jiqing is Xie Lingyun's great-grandson, if you go back further, its distant ancestor is the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the "Battle of Huangshui" and the legend of Xie Xuan, counting, Xie Ling is Xie Xuan's eighth grandson.

In her previous life, her grandfather had told her a secret about the ancestors of the Xie family before she died, and this secret made her spend her life trying to change the fate of the Xie family's overthrow, but in the end she still failed to change the outcome of the chaos.

It is also this secret that makes Chen Shuo always jealous and covetous of their Xie family after helping Xiao Yi win the world.

Thinking like this, the two of them had bypassed the mansion of the Langya Wang, passed through several civil buildings, entered the mansion gate, went around the shadow wall, passed through the hall, passed by the lotus pond winding path, small bridges and flowing water, rockery pavilions, and finally stopped in front of the hall with a plaque that said "Cixin Hall".

Xie Ling naturally remembers, this heart hall was originally a Buddhist hall, is also the place where the grandmother Xie Zhang's worship of the Buddha, now because of the Liang Wu Emperor believed in the Buddha, opened a generation of Buddhism wind, is the land of the south of the Jiangzuo Liang, the temple built by the Buddha temple reached 2,846, Emperor Wu of Liang "to the Buddha to smelt the country", not only issued an edict to the whole people to worship the Buddha, then even he himself also practiced, personally to the Buddha hall to preach, recite the Dharma.

Xie Ling still remembers that Emperor Wu of Liang in his previous life had been a monk three times, and after the age of fifty, he would no longer set foot in the harem, not close to women, not eating meat, and not smelling sheng songs and dances.

However, it was such an overly benevolent emperor who gave Hou Jing Chaoliang a chance to take advantage of!

Hou Jing raised troops in Shouyang and attacked Jiankang all the way, as the Son of Heaven, he had several opportunities to stop it, but no matter how she and those ministers admonished, the decision made by the Son of Heaven was really incredible, not only did not punish the thief, but also reflected on whether he was not good enough as the emperor, and finally sent money and materials to the thief to give the enemy sufficient military food reserves,

When I think about it now, I still feel sad and ridiculous.

Xie Ling once thought, in addition to the consequences of all this, in addition to the traitors and greedy words, and the princes of the Xiao family fighting for power and profit, are they also due to the Buddha's heart he advocated?

"Ah Ling, what are you thinking? Get on board! My grandfather and grandmother were already waiting in the hall. ”

Xie Hanyun's words interrupted her thoughts.

Xie Ling nodded with a smile, stepped into the Compassion Hall, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, he heard a familiar and old voice coming: "Is Ah Ling back?" ”

Xie Ling looked up, and saw an old lady dressed in a flower miscellaneous hair dress walking over briskly under the support of two maidservants, because of joy, the old man's dim eyes were still flashing with tears, but his eyes were scattered, and he seemed to be out of focus with the person, and before the person approached, his hands were randomly touched in mid-air.

It's grandmother Xie Zhang.

Xie Ling hurriedly greeted him and shook Xie Zhang's hand: "Grandmother, Ah Ling is here." ”

Xie Zhang's eyes were fixed on Xie Ling, and some thin hands stroked Xie Ling's cheeks: "It's Ah Ling, it's my Ah Ling, good boy, I've grown up and become more handsome, it's a pity that ......" said, as if thinking of something, and wiped his tears again.

Grandmother Xie Zhang originally came from a family of military generals, her father Zhang Jing'er was originally a cavalry lieutenant in the Southern Song Dynasty, and helped Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi Gao to suppress the judgment of Shen Youzhi, the assassin of Jingzhou, so as to make great contributions and become the founding minister of the Southern Qi Dynasty.

Because of this incident, his great-grandfather Xie Chaozong was also once suspicious of Emperor Qi Wu, and was falsely accused of being a court lieutenant.

Overnight, my grandmother lost her relatives, and even affected the Xie family, and she cried in grief for a while, hurting her eyes, and falling ill.

Her eyes are very bad, and she often has to be very close to people to make out who is who.

Although everyone in the clan died, and her mother's family had nothing to rely on, fortunately, her grandfather always treated her as before, giving her a lifetime of trust and respect.

"Come, Ah Ling, come with me to your grandfather."

Xie Zhang held Xie Ling's hand tightly, pulled her around the screen, and walked to the front of the hall, Xie Ling saw a figure in a big-sleeved shirt standing in front of the hall from a distance, this person was her grandfather Xie Jiqing.

Perhaps it was the great-grandfather's life that had a profound impact on him, but he was dissatisfied with the criticism of those in power, so he was dismissed several times and stayed at home, concentrating only on the study and commentary of metaphysical scriptures.

Since Liu Yu was the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Xie family was suspicious of being in charge of military power, Xie Chao and Xie Hui died at the hands of Liu Yu one after another, and then the Xie family did not dare to lead the military power of Fang Zhen again, and only did some noble positions without real power, and over time the Xie family's status in the court gradually declined.

But even so, with the Qing hope of the Xie family for generations, every person in power in the upper position is proud to have the support of the Xie family of Chen County.

This is also why Chen Shuo had to get their Xie family to support him before he sought the throne?

Only the Xie family personally awarded the seal can be justified, not to mention that she still had the heirloom jade seal in her hand at that time.

"Master, look, who's back?"

Xie Zhang's call made her wake up suddenly, and saw that her grandfather had walked in front of her, and her grandfather was still the appearance in her memory, although his temples were white, but his face was ruddy, his appearance was handsome, and he was very personable, compared with Xie Zhang, his grandfather was really much younger.

"Ah Ling, you're back."

A very simple sentence, but she heard the guilt and misfortune in this tone, which reminded her of what her grandfather said when he first sent her to Luofu Mountain:

"Ah Ling, don't blame your grandfather for being ruthless, in order to break that prophecy, grandfather can only try you."

In fact, the Xie family has a family study, with the wealth of books accumulated by the ancestors of the Xie family and the words and deeds of the elders, even if the children of the Xie family cannot compete for the first place in Jiangzuo, their talent and learning will not be bad.

Only she, Xie Ling, was the only one sent to Luofu Mountain to learn the Tao from Master Ge.

"Yes, grandfather, Ah Ling is back."

Xie Ling also replied, and after saying that, he knelt down on his knees, raised his hand and saluted: "My grandson has seen my grandfather, and I wish my grandfather a safe and worry-free life." ”

"Get up, boy, you just came back, what are you kneeling on?" Xie Zhang hurriedly pulled her up, and asked softly, "Are you tired, do you want to go and rest for a while?" ”

"Don't get in the way, stay for a while, I'm going to attend the eldest sister's ceremony!"

As he spoke, a servant woman came in outside the hall and said, "The master of the house, the old lady, the guests have been waiting in front of the sacrificial family temple, and the ceremony of the eldest lady is about to begin. ”

Xie Jiqing glanced at Xie Hanyun: "Ah Yun, you go first!" Your grandmother and I will arrive shortly. ”

"Yes. Grandfather. ”

After Xie Hanyun answered, he took the servant woman away from the Cixin Hall, and glanced at Xie Ling before leaving.

At this time, Xie Jiqing set his eyes on Xie Ling again: "Ah Ling, what do you have to say to your grandfather, grandfather heard that you were not going well on the way back, what did you encounter?" ”

Xie Ling pondered for a moment, and replied solemnly: "Ah Ling met Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe, on the way back. ”