In the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and the cold wind swept through the branches, startling a few jackdaws.

Mu Lingkong, who was asleep, felt the feeling of being watched again, she opened her eyes suddenly and looked at the window. Sure enough, the mysterious person who had disappeared for a long time reappeared outside her window, and a shadowy shadow fell on the window paper.

She didn't hesitate at all, the moment she got out of bed and got up, the mysterious person moved, and the black shadow disappeared out of the window in a blink of an eye, and she followed closely.

The late autumn night was already very cold, and the steep autumn wind blew through the crumbling branches and leaves, rolling off a few dead leaves. Mu Lingkong's long hair, which he didn't have time to tie up, flew violently in the night wind, and when he followed the mysterious person to the gate of a courtyard, the mysterious person shook and disappeared again.

She frowned and looked at the plaque at the gate of the courtyard, it was Zijin Pavilion again!

Brought here by this mysterious man twice, what was he trying to tell her?

After a little hesitation, she quietly climbed over the courtyard wall and decided to explore it again.

The courtyard was no different from the last time she came, she entered the pavilion and went straight to the small room next to it, and decided to go to see the female corpse underground, Meng Ruqing's biological mother, Aunt Lin. She always felt that the mysterious person brought her here every time, and it might have something to do with Aunt Lin.

Mu Lingkong remembered that Meng Huai'an opened the mechanism at the head of the bed last time, so she leaned over and carefully groped at the head of the bed. She didn't dare to light the lamp, relying on her fingers to perceive.

The head of the bed was carved with lifelike flowers, each petal leaf vein was clearly recognizable, she touched it and didn't feel any difference, she didn't give up, she touched it again, and finally felt that the petals of one of the flowers seemed to be alive, she pressed it lightly, and then held her breath to the side, and saw the bottom of the bed flip, revealing a black hole. She turned inside, and after stepping on the stone stairs in the cave, she pulled out a thumb-sized night pearl from her purse, and slowly walked down by this faint light.

When she came to the stone gate she had seen before, she could already see the bright light coming out, and she had an understanding, put away the night pearl, and entered the stone gate. First, a blast of cold air hit the face, and then I saw four fist-sized night pearls placed in the four corners around the stone room, illuminating this small stone room as bright as day.

In the middle of the stone room, there is a jade bed, and on the bed lies a beautiful woman with a lifelike face, her eyes slightly closed. If it weren't for her slightly pale face and unheaving chest, anyone would have thought it was just a beauty taking a nap.

What surprised Mu Lingkong the most was that this woman was actually six or seven points similar to her, and no one would doubt that they were mother and daughter.

She looked at the woman carefully from her eyebrows to her eyes, and suddenly caught a glimpse of something unusual at her neckline, so she stretched out a finger, and while silently offending, she carefully lifted a little neckline, and when she saw the black fingerprints on her neck, Mu Lingkong's mind turned over a monstrous wave, coaxing and humming, Meng Ruqing's biological mother was actually strangled to death!

Suddenly, a sigh came from the door, like a ghost, "This is the first time you've seen your biological mother!" ”

Mu Lingkong was startled, and when he looked back, he saw a person wrapped in a black cloak standing at the door of the stone room, short in height, who was the mysterious person who had spied on her before.

She slowly straightened up and looked at the person with a wary look, "Who are you!" ”

The mysterious man let out a burst of ugly laughter, like the cry of a night owl, "You don't have to be so vigilant, I have no ill will towards you, two...... Miss! ”

Mu Lingkong's expression did not move, "You recognize the wrong person, I am the eldest lady, not the second miss!" ”

The mysterious man laughed again, "No, no, no, I didn't recognize the wrong person, you are not Meng Ruqing, you are the second daughter of the lady, I didn't recognize the wrong person!" ”

Mu Lingkong raised his eyes slightly, "I don't know what you're talking about!" ”

The mysterious man took off his cloak, revealing a face covered in burns that he couldn't bear to see, the dark red scars had distorted his facial features, and only those eyes, the gaze was gentle and bright. She slowly walked to the opposite side of Mu Lingkong, looked at the woman on the jade bed quietly for a while, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why don't I tell you a story!" ”

Mu Lingkong was noncommittal, and the mysterious man spoke to himself.

"This matter should start from eighteen years ago, at that time, Meng Huaian had not yet become the prime minister, and his wife was still his childhood sweetheart's little cousin, the two of them had no guesses, just waiting for the agreed wedding date to arrive......"

When Meng Huai'an was a child, he and his mother lived in Mocheng, at the junction of Nanyue, Beiying, and Xiluo, because it was located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms, and there were many merchant and horse teams. At that time, Mrs. Meng was still a woman who had just lost her husband, and she took over the inn left by her husband, relying on the trade route and barely making ends meet with a son. It didn't take long for her sister and sister's husband to die under the knife of the horse thief, she gritted her teeth and took her sister's only daughter Wei Lin to take care of her.

Wei Lin was six years old at the time, and she was born with a lovely Yuxue, and she often played with eight-year-old Meng Huai'an, watching him practice martial arts and archery, and watching him read and practice calligraphy. And Meng Huai'an was born smart, and he never forgot to read books, and the masters invited him said that he was born to be a scholar and an official.

The two grew up as childhood sweethearts, and naturally gave birth to some love between men and women, Mrs. Meng was naturally happy to see it, and set up a marriage for the two early, just waiting for Wei Lin and Lu to make a ceremony for the two, and then the family went to the capital to accompany Meng Huai'an to participate in the scientific expedition and settle in Chasing Cloud City.

Just a few days before the wedding, the change happened suddenly.

There was friction between the border between Xiluo and Nanyue, but it was only a small fight, and that day Xiluo suddenly crossed the border without warning, and the first thing to bear the brunt of was the border Mocheng.

Old Madam Meng commanded the servants at home to pack up and flee, and had already run to the city gate, when the Xiluo soldiers suddenly broke through the main city gate and rushed in, Wei Lin and them were scattered, and when Mrs. Meng dragged Meng Huai'an to a safe place, Wei Lin could not be found in the crowd fleeing together.

Meng Huai'an was about to go back to find her immediately, but Mrs. Meng signaled the slave to knock him unconscious, so he went to Chasing Cloud City.

At that time, Meng Huaian was depressed for a long time, but fortunately, he was born to be the material for scientific research, even so, he was still admitted to the champion of the year, riding a horse and parading the streets, and the scenery was unique. The high-spirited him just entered the eyes of the then Miss Weiyuan General's Mansion, Sheng Rulan.

Sheng Rulan is the only daughter in the family, she has a pungent and brutal personality, she never gets what she wants, she is not afraid of gossip, and goes to the yamen to find him every day.

At this time, Meng Huai'an was suffering from being born humbly and without a backstage, and was ostracized by others and constrained in his work.

But he was smart and soon found that as long as Sheng Rulan came over, others would be polite to him.

This discovery made him very painful, he just wanted to get ahead with his ability, but in the end he was not as good as a family member.

Under the blow of all kinds of setbacks, he finally married Sheng Rulan.