Xing Shen patiently said to her, "It has been twenty and two years since Gu Men's demise, and I have been trying to find out why Gu Men suffered those pains back then, and I took the opportunity of this condition to ask Xing Kui a lot of things.

He only admitted one thing, it was the minister Yuan Qing back then, who proposed that the students of Shuchuan Academy go to the battlefield, and I asked from Yuan Qing again, the reason why he proposed like this was at the request of the Duke of Fengzhou, the Duke of Fengzhou wanted Xingkui's prestige to be shattered, what did you hear from it?"

Xi Huanyan was suddenly asked, but he didn't panic, thought for a while, and replied, "Xingkui really has a killing intention against Gu Men, so he will accept the proposal, and the students of the academy can be said to be the new force of the empire in the future, he ordered them to be sent to the battlefield, although he collapsed Gu Men, but it also made people see his cruelty, I am afraid that whether it is a source master or a martial artist, they will no longer believe him." ”

"You're right, this is also one of the reasons for the sharp increase in warlords in the past twenty years, but it was not only Xingkui, Yuanqing, and Duke Fengzhou who contributed to this incident, but also many people who were in favor of this proposal at that time, they may cater to Xingkui, maybe they want to carve up Gumen, or they may be like the Duke of Fengzhou, who want to lift him up and fall, can you say that they are innocent?"

Xi Huanyan shook his head.

Xing Shen said again, "In the final analysis, where did his murderous intent towards Gu Men come from?"

Xi Huanyan didn't answer.

Xing Shen replied for her, "Gu Men is involved in military business and politics, and it is a little bit that Xingkui covets Gu Men's wealth, and my existence is probably also one of them." ”

"The glory of his funeral Gumen, those who supported him, true and false, are also pulling the stairs under his throne. ”

"The most terrible thing is the human heart, the most dangerous is politics, if one day, you can fully understand this history, it means that you can survive in this circle of fame and fortune. There are no good guys, no bad guys, just a bunch of selfish beasts, and so am I. ”

Starember touched her head, "Actually, I don't want you to touch this, I don't need the next generation to inherit my glory or downfall, I will also handle the affairs of the previous generation."

However, whether you will be a leader, a subordinate to others, a lone man, or a commoner, you must understand the situation and learn to protect yourself in this situation. ”

Xi Huanyan's mind seemed to have opened a new door, opposite not only his complex background, but also the cold world with countless traps.

She suddenly flashed a thought, Starember gave her the position of Dongjun, maybe she never thought of asking her to bear anything, just to give her the most suitable environment and conditions to help her survive.

"I still have a doubt, we are already related, why let me be your daughter?"

"In the past two years, I have taken you around to seek medical treatment, but if you can't hide it, they will definitely check your origin. Starember's expression softened slightly, "Remember what I said about the rebel army robbing Jin Shengde Qian Zhuang?"

Xi Huanyan nodded.

"In that protracted chaos, the empire thought that the rebels had taken away the wealth in the old mansion of the Qian Zhuang and the Gu family, coerced, recruited An, and tried every means to make them spit it out, and the rebels thought that the local officials or the prince had robbed the things in the Qian Zhuang, and the prince thought that it was confiscated by the empire, and it took many years for them to come to their senses, and the huge wealth of the Gu family was gone. ”

"They suspect that your mother has taken that fortune with you. Xingyan said, "I know that my grandfather has plans to transfer Gumen's property underground, but I won't know what happened when I wasn't in Gumen." ”

Ember sighed, "Regardless of other wealth, Jin Shengde Qian Zhuang is mainly engaged in currency exchange, mortgage lending, and also absorbed a large number of merchants and large deposits from the public, the disappearance of these money has caused the collapse of the imperial market, and once made the rebels and local officials become the objects of the people's anger, all of which finally evolved into the people's condemnation of the empire, and the empire was forced to take out the treasury to fill these accounts." ”

"If your mother appears, I'm afraid the empire will ignore the three-seven-twenty-one, take the deposit receipt that has been collected, and chase her for money. ”

Xi Huanyan felt that the new world he had just met was broken again, "How could Gu Men be fighting while transferring property, unless, they had already planned to break with the empire, but if they wanted to break up, how could they go to the battlefield?"

"Gumen has always been known for its integrity, and it is just a matter of transferring its own property, and it will not touch the customer's deposits, if it is really done by Gumen, I think...... It may be that your mother estimated that the Gumen soldiers on the battlefield were in a desperate situation, and that Gumen was about to fall, so she temporarily decided to take revenge on the empire and ordered the money banks in various places to destroy the deposits. ”

"Destroy?"

"From the state to the county, from the imperial capital to the fiefdom of the prince, there is the shadow of Jin Shengde Qianzhuang, and it is impossible to quietly transfer the money in it in a short period of time, and it can only be destroyed immediately, making it look like it was snatched away by the rebel army and the official office, which will aggravate the civil strife. ”

Xi Huanyan hugged his knees, "Why is there such a speculation?"

Xingshen also sat like her, "There are many rumors that the head and owner of Jin Shengde Qian Zhuang were killed by the rebels, and the so-called corpses have also appeared, but I have carefully investigated, and most of them have disappeared, not dead. ”

"Don't you even know about this matter, there should be a lot of Gu disciples around you. ”

"The students who graduated from Shuchuan Academy, the old department that retired from the Gu family's army, the relatives of the Gu family, and the guys of Jin Shengde Qianzhuang can all think of themselves as the children of the Gu family, but the core is always the Magi Pavilion, most of the members of the Magi Pavilion died in battle, and only a few Qianzhuang owners are not missing, I would like to believe that they are still alive in which corner. ”

Xing Shen said, "Everything in Gumen is too heavy, and the people who are secretly staring at it still exist, but if you are only my daughter, you will only be the Dongjun of Tongzhou, and those things will not touch you." ”

"Will you go out to war too?"

Xi Huanyan didn't know why she said "also", this word made her feel sad that she had lost something.

"The fight will definitely be fought, but not so fast, at least it has to be delayed until the construction of the capital is completed, and the front line will be carried by the imperial army first. ”

Starember took off her blanket and urged her to bed, "It's time for you to go to sleep, you have to remember what I told you today, but you don't have to take it to heart, you have to be yourself before you care about it." ”

Xi Huanyan lay on the bed, straightened up again, carried the pendant around his neck and asked, "What words are displayed in the pendant and what does it mean?"

Starember held it in his palm and rubbed it, "I've looked up collections related to the Source God, and this is not a word, but a life map. ”

"Destiny?"

"A destiny that contains the end of death. Starember pointed to the pattern on the far right side of the pendant, "This is what I saw from my grandfather, many years ago, I drew it by impression, and took it to the life master to interpret, the life master broke the fate of the Gu clan being slaughtered in the prophecy, and told me that some lives can be changed, some lives can not be changed, the life of death, a temporary change, will affect more lives." ”

Xi Huanyan was very calm, "Mother, that's why you believe in your fate?"

"It's better to believe it, so that you can fight. ”

"And whose second picture is it?"

"It's your mother's. Starember touched her cheek and looked deeply, "Some time ago, I sent your life chart to the life master, and the life master said that your mortal life still has the possibility of being completely reversed. ”

"Then do you also know the way to foretell the death of your mother?"

"Your mother died for the justice and love in her heart, and she has no regrets. ”

Xi Huanyan listened to the sinister hearts of people for so long, and when she heard this, she suddenly felt that her mother was the light of the world, and she was finally willing to close her eyes and sleep, and it was rare that there were no messy figures in her dreams.

Starember waited for her to fall asleep, went out of the Changning Palace, leaned on the railing to blow the night breeze, and for a long time, with a force in his hand, he crushed the reply letter of the life master.