Ru Xu raised his hand to knock on the door, but the door of the study suddenly opened.

Bei Xiao glanced at her and said, "Come in." ”

Ruxu extinguished the lantern and followed him into the house. Looking around, this study is still the same as before, the furnishings and arrangements have not changed, but some delicate knick-knacks have been added.

A potted green bamboo was added to the cabinet for the antique collection, a pipa was added to the wall, and the wooden window on the side was changed to a flower and vine-shaped flower window, and the shadow of the flower window at dusk would hit the corner of the low table. Almost immediately, you can imagine such a beautiful scene.

Obviously, this subtle change is due to the fact that there is an extra hostess in the house, Jinse.

Ruxu lowered his head and smiled, joking and saying, "Master, a person who does his own thing, will make changes." It seems that you have a good relationship with Sister Jinse. ”

Bei Xiao seemed stunned for a moment when he heard her call him "Master", and then shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Looking at your face and calling me Master, I'm really not used to it." ”

Ru Xu then smiled, walked to his table, knelt on the cushion, and looked up at Bei Xiao, "Master knows that I am coming to you?" ”

"The situation in Kyoto is calm and uneventful on the surface. In fact, the undercurrent is surging, and the waves are gradually rising. You should have rushed back today, but you changed your mind and stayed, there must be something unresolved. So, you will definitely come to me. Bei Xiao said.

Ru Xu lowered his head and fiddled with the red plum in the white porcelain vase on his table, "Master also has doubts to ask me, isn't it?" ”

Don't be stunned, "You are really different from before." ”

"I'm here to ask Master what happened to Xiaojin Villa back then...... Concubine Xiang and your father-in-law, as well as the emperor, their love and hatred. Ru Xu smiled brightly at him, "I think you have always opposed Xiao Jinzhi's entry into the palace, just because you know the reason, you are afraid that she will violate the emperor's taboo." ”

Xiao Jinzhi once mentioned that the reason why she hid from Bei Xiao and entered the palace to investigate Xiao Bingchen's death was because Bei Xiao had always opposed her entering the palace. If Xu thought about the deep meaning, he figured out the relationship.

I didn't expect that what I had been hiding for so many years would be discovered by Ruxu. Don't Xiao look at her calmly, thinking that such a sophisticated wisdom is very inconsistent with her appearance and age. For a while, he couldn't see the two of them as one person.

Bei Xiao walked to the table and sat down, "I have been hiding this matter for more than ten years, and it was relayed to me by my master, the old man of Tianyuan. On that day, he told me that if there was a fate, someone would ask me about this dusty old thing in the future, and this person who asked would reveal all the truth. I think that person is you. ”

Ruxu didn't interrupt him and listened to him talk about the past.

At that time, when Xiaojin Villa was still in its heyday, the disciples of the old man of Tianyuan were all over the world, and his disciples lived within a radius of hundreds of miles, Xiao Bingchen and Wen Xiang were among them. Xiao Bingchen and Wen Xiang are brother and sister, the two fell in love for a long time, and then became married in Xiaojin Mountain, and it was their master who was married at that time.

Later, the two were assigned a task to help a friendly dart bureau transport a dart, which was supervised by Qianqiang, who was still the prince at the time. So a few people got to know each other, and during this period, Qianqiang quickly fell in love with Wen Xiang. But Wen Xiang is Xiao Bingchen's wife, and he can't do anything.

But in an accident, Qianqiang accidentally learned that Wen Xiang was pregnant, but for some reason, Xiao Bingchen didn't seem to want the child, and the two had several fierce quarrels. Perhaps because he felt that Xiao Bingchen was not worthy of Wen Xiang, he expressed his heart to Wen Xiang and said that he was willing to raise the child in her belly.

Wen Xiang definitely didn't agree. This annoyed Qianqiang, who was the crown prince, who was pampered as the crown prince, and he wanted nothing, and no one else refused. So he ordered someone to attack and seriously injured Xiao Bingchen, and then forcibly abducted Wen Xiang back to the prince's mansion.

Then the first emperor died, and Qianqiang ascended the throne and sat on the throne, and became the emperor today. He named Wen Xiang as Concubine Xiang, and from the beginning of his position, he continued to attack and exterminate the forces of Xiaojinshan, and threatened Xiangfei Niangniang with this, if he did not obey, he would annihilate Xiaojinshan in one fell swoop.

Later, Concubine Xiang and Xiao Bingchen's child was born in the palace and was given the name Wu, which is today's Thousand Mists. Soon after the child was born, Concubine Xiang fell seriously ill. Since then, I can't afford to be sick, and I have been sick every day. One day she told the emperor that she had seen a big Buddha in a temple in a dream, and she felt that there was a force in the dark that drew her to that temple.

That is now Yong'an Temple.

The emperor sent someone to look for a period of time and found the Buddha in Concubine Xiang's dream in Yong'an Temple, so he allowed her to go to Yong'an Temple to recuperate. After Concubine Xiang went to Yong'an Temple, her body really recovered a lot, and she looked much rounder.

But one day, the emperor suddenly found out that she was pregnant, and found traces of Xiao Bingchen in Yong'an Temple, and realized that the child in Concubine Xiang's belly was not his own. So he was furious, furious, and sent someone to escort Concubine Xiang back to the palace and enter the cold palace. Later, Concubine Xiang died of illness in the cold palace, and as for the children in her womb, most of them were already dead.

After that, he began to hunt down Xiao Bingchen, who was poisoned and hid for several years. The emperor sent troops to clean up Xiaojinshan and threatened Xiao Bingchen to turn himself in, otherwise he would slaughter none of his brothers and sisters. At that time, the old man of Tianyuan was in retreat, so Xiao Bingchen could only return to Xiaojin Mountain, and was seriously injured to death.

"The emperor's forcible seizure of women's women is actually known to the whole world, so his deepest taboo is not this...... What he was taboo about was that Concubine Xiang was pregnant with Xiao Bingchen's child in Yong'an Temple. Ruxu suddenly realized, "This matter is indeed an ugly thing, and it is not just an ugly thing for the emperor, but a shame for the entire imperial family." ”

"Although Jinzhi and I have nothing to do with this matter, we are the righteous son and daughter of our father-in-law after all. Once she was found out in the palace and was involved in this matter, she would really be in trouble. Therefore, I have always opposed her entering the palace. Don't Xiao said with a frown.

Ruxu digested the whole story again, extracted some points that couldn't be figured out, and left it for later to think about it carefully.

"Now it's my turn to ask you." Bei Xiao looked at Ru Xu, "What do you have to do with this?" Why did you go into the palace to investigate this matter? ”

"Xin Luoyi, the former master of the Returning Sect, is my mother." Ruxu said many times, "My mother is the younger sister of Concubine Xiang, and she is also the younger sister of your stepfather. The disciples on Xiaojin Mountain were slaughtered back then, how could such a big grievance be endured? ”

"Could it be that Jinzhi has been in contact with your mother for a long time?" Bei Xiao felt a little surprised, "Could it be that she entered the palace to investigate this matter?" ”

"Her original intention in entering the palace was to find out the truth about your father-in-law's death......," Ru Xu sighed, "but she didn't expect to find out about this ugly thing unexpectedly." ”

"If I had told her all this truth at that time, maybe she wouldn't have insisted on entering the palace, and she wouldn't have been killed......," Bei Xiao regretted, and his voice was choked.

"It's not your fault either, everything was unexpected." Ruxu said.

The conversation between the two ended, and Bei Xiao sat alone at the table in a daze, as if Xu had already left.

The next day, Ruxu was ready to go down the mountain early in the morning, and before leaving, he told Senior Sister and Jin Se to take care of Bei Xiao.

At noon, Ruxu returned to Kyoto, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard everyone discussing something anxiously.

"This matter is urgent, I have already called someone to inform the prince." Jin Feng said.

"Childe is not here, so it can only be like this." The butler replied.

"What's so urgent? Why do you need to inform the prince? Ruxu walked in through the door.

Jin Feng saw her as if he had seen a savior, "If you are back, you can go to the guest room to see Lord Wang, he was injured in an attack!" ”

"Lord Wang?" After thinking about it, he immediately reacted that it was Wang Duzhi.

She immediately ran into the guest room in three steps and two steps, and saw that Wang Duzhi had been slashed in the abdomen, although the bleeding had stopped, but his face was pale, sweating profusely, and he looked very painful.

Ruxu stepped forward to probe Wang Duzhi's injury, and his expression was solemn. She bit her lip and asked Jin Fengdao, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yesterday evening, I went to the palace to look for Ah Xin, and met Lord Wang on the way back. By the time I found him, he was already injured and there was a group of people chasing him behind him. ”

"I should have gone down from the rooftop, drew my sword and fought them, and in the end they could not defeat me and retreated." Jin Feng frowned and said, "Then I took Lord Wang back to my home, but when I think about it, I am really reckless, if someone takes advantage of my unpreparedness to follow, then I will expose the Xu Mansion......"

Ruxu didn't listen to her finish speaking, turned his head and walked out.

"Hey, where are you going...... Jin Feng followed her.

"Block the news first, don't reveal the slightest bit of information about Lord Wang." Ruxu walked briskly, "I'll go to the prince first, and if the prince wakes up later, he will send someone to the palace to inform me." ”

What she didn't expect was that before she got out of the gate, she saw Qianwu leading Xu Chongxin down from the carriage outside the courtyard, and walked in anxiously as soon as her feet touched the ground. When Qianwu saw Ruxu, he hurriedly asked, "How is Wang Duzhi?" ”

"There is no danger to life for the time being." Qianwu followed behind Ruxu, and the two went to look at Wang Duzhi again. Sure that Wang Duzhi's injuries would not hurt his life, Qianwu relieved himself.

Jin Feng on the side hung his head, as if Xu guessed that she was still a little guilty, so he comforted, "I don't blame you for this matter, if you hadn't rescued her, Lord Wang would have become a ghost in the underworld." ”

Immediately afterwards, Ruxu took Qianwu to the next room, and the two sat down and had a good chat about it.

"I wonder if it was he who was found out about copying the verdict, so the other party sent someone to kill him." As Xu Zhengse said.

Qianwu lowered his head and muttered for a moment, "If that's the case, then Imperial Doctor Jiang is in danger." ”

"We must go to Imperial Doctor Jiang in advance, if the matter of the verdict is discovered, then the most dangerous thing is him!" Ruxu said with a frown.