Chapter 16: The Truth Revealed
The wind blows and the clouds open, and the world should be white.
If you don't know the wind and frost, the mountain rain will come.
"Father, send a few people to pick up the straw and take a look!" Murong Ningyan just said with the attitude of trying it out, after all, she didn't know if the pile of straw was really as she imagined.
When the family picked up the straw, Murong Ningyan showed surprise on her face, it turned out that it was really as she imagined, and someone had put lime in the straw. She picked up some quicklime residue and brought it to the prince and said, "Father, this is this thing, when it encounters water, it will heat up a lot and ignite other items, and put it in a sweltering straw pile, and when it rains, it will spontaneously combust." But this lime must have been put in by someone, go and interrogate that fake Taoist priest! ”
"Hurry up and recruit from the truth, otherwise this king will never spare you."
"Miss is right, the villain is using the principle of quicklime heating when it meets water, anticipating that there will be rain today, and deliberately doing it for the purpose of bluffing."
"Isn't it good for you to use these little cleverness on the right path? Do you have to do this unreasonable thing? ”
After the prince scolded the fake Taoist, he turned his head to look at Murong Zifeng and said, "Feng'er, how did you know that this matter was just a scam, and how did you come back at the right time?" ”
"This has to praise your daughter, my sister Yan'er is smart!" Murong Zifeng said, then took out a small paper tube from his arms, unfolded it, and saw seven words written on it: "Fake Dao, fake oil, burn real smoke." ”
"Sister Yan'er, it's better for you to tell your father."
"Father, when you and the false Taoist entered my room, I found that the man was staring at the plum blossoms on my forehead, and at the same time, he exposed his unglued white beard to my eyes, at first I did not doubt his identity, I thought to myself how a Taoist priest still uses a fake beard, so I carefully observed his hair, and found that a small amount of black hair was also exposed under the white hair. Coupled with the sinister look in his eyes when he stared at the plum blossom on my forehead, the little girl concluded that this person was not good at coming, and he must have come to talk about my plum blossom. ”
"Then how do you know that he is going to burn you? And how do you know if this oil is fake? ”
"Seeing that this man was not right-minded, and fearing that his father would be deceived, Yan'er sent someone to follow him quietly, listen to him talk to you, and let people prepare a cauldron, oil, and firewood, and judge that he is going to burn me."
"Fortunately, you girl is clever and saved her life, but isn't Feng'er not in the house?"
"Father, after Yan'er got the news, he told me with a flying pigeon that when I saw Yan'er's letter, I was already on my way home, but I sped up."
At this time, the prince who suddenly realized it walked to the side of the fake Taoist priest angrily, first shook him in the mouth, and then roared angrily: "Tell me honestly, who sent you?" ”
"Oh no, no, mother, that idiot is going to be recruited." Murong Ningshuang was in a hurry behind the window.
"It's all to blame for that guy not getting down to business, and he is showing off his acting skills, if he doesn't talk about this, wouldn't there be no such thing if he ignited the fire earlier?" The princess began to hate that iron could not become steel, and complained that she had found someone who was too expressive.
The false Taoist didn't want to say it yet, but the prince said, "Don't say it, right?" My daughter's life was almost lost in your hands, and you still want to hide something? Murong Zifeng, light a fire and burn him to death, to see if he says it or not. ”
"Yes, Father!" Murong Zifeng picked up the torch and lit it, as if he wanted to light the fire.
The false Taoist suddenly cried out in fright at this time: "I said, I said, please spare your life!" ”
The robe suddenly got wet in front of him, and he actually peed when he was playing with anger, which caused everyone to laugh.
And at this time, in Fuxi Pavilion, the princess seemed to be suddenly not crazy, and Murong Ningshuang and Murong Ningshuang were anxious like ants on a hot pot, walking behind the curtains and walking over, you look at me, I look at you.
"Frost, what should I do? You say this uncompetitive baby, why don't you move faster? was always grinding and chirping there, forgetting to do business, and delaying a good time. ”
"Mother, I said that if you want to blame, you have to blame your precious son, my own brother, every time he stirs up the situation, seeing that the scourge is about to be removed, he actually pops up at this juncture, I really don't know if he is your own mother?" Murong Ningshuang jumped to her feet in anger.
"Who's to say it isn't? What's the use of talking about all of that now? Hurry up and think of countermeasures. ”
"Mother, you have to hurry up and stop that stupid person, in case you shake out the mother, it's over."
"What Shuang'er said is, hurry up, the mother concubine is really in a hurry." As she spoke, the mother and daughter rushed towards the courtyard.
The false Taoist on the pile of firewood and grass said in a loud voice at this time: "I said, I said, the prince spares his life!" The villain is not a Taoist chief, the princess paid me to pretend to be a Taoist chief, and the purpose is to get rid of your second daughter Murong Ningyan. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, don't listen to his nonsense." I saw that the princess did not care about losing face in front of all the people, nor did she care about etiquette, righteousness and shame, and she forgot that she should be a crazy patient at this time, and rushed to come desperately, just to prevent the hypocrisy from speaking.
"The villain didn't talk nonsense, it was the princess who found me, said that she was pretending to be crazy, and asked me to pretend to be a Taoist priest and say that she was evil, so she relied on the plum blossom in front of the second lady's forehead to say that she had fallen to death when she fell off the cliff, and it was the fox spirit who borrowed the second miss's body to come to the house to make trouble, and wanted to get rid of the second miss."
"Shut you up, you still say? You're slandering! The princess picked up a broom beside her and threw herself at the false Taoist on the pile of firewood and grass, but was stopped by the prince.
"Oh my God! Is there such a sinister and vicious person in the world? Take down this poisonous woman for me! ”
"The prince spares his life, the prince, please listen to the concubine's explanation, it's not like this." The princess struggled desperately, and then turned to the family who came to tie her up and scolded: "You dare to touch me to try? ”
"What is that? What to explain? Aren't you crazy now? Continue to pretend to be crazy and stupid, I have been worrying about you for so many days in vain. The prince kicked away the princess who was lying at his feet.
"Father, you can't do this, even if the mother concubine is wrong, she is also the princess you are marrying." Murong Ningshuang ran over to help the princess up.
"Can the princess do whatever it takes? Is it possible for the Ming media to show off their power when they are married? Where did Ning Yan's mother and daughter offend your mother and daughter, so they can't tolerate them? Do you want to harm them again and again? ”
"Father, you can't blame Shuang'er and Mother Concubine for thinking about this, it's not because after Ning Yan came back, many aspects are suspicious." Murong Ningshuang deliberately lowered her voice.
"Where is the suspicion? How did I not know? ”
"Father, first of all, from the appearance, you can see that she has a birthmark on her forehead for no reason, and she is so charming. Secondly, she doesn't know anyone in the house, don't believe you ask her brother, she and her brother have always been the best, and they don't even know their brother. Third, her father has always praised her for being smart and clever since she was a child, what can she learn, what is not good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, embroidery, and martial arts? What do you think of her now? Yes, she is still following her with her catkins, and her mother is now learning. Fourth, rules and etiquette, behavior, and knowledge, which one can compare to the Murong Ningyan before the accident? ”
As soon as Murong Ningshuang's words came out, everyone present felt as if this was indeed the case, and the prince also looked at Murong Ningyan suspiciously.
Murong Ningyan took a step forward and said: "Father, what my sister said is very true, Yan'er is indeed not as good as before in all aspects, just because Yan'er fell off the cliff and picked up a life, but she lost her memory, and even you don't know your father, but my daughter is not a monster." Is amnesia something I want? ”
"But the cliff you fell off is very steep and dangerous, everyone knows how it is, how can there be room for survival, how can this be explained?"
"Father doesn't know, that day Yan'er fell down and was lucky to die, and was caught by a big tree on the mountainside to avoid being killed, if you don't believe it, you can ask my brother's friend Xiao Gongzi, who happened to pass by there and saved me."
"Which Xiao Gongzi? The one who used to come to our house when I was a kid? ”
"Father, is that him?" Murong Zifeng hurriedly replied.
Then Murong Ningyan turned his head to Murong Ningshuang and said, "It's just that my little sister doesn't know anything, most of these things happened in my room, and I haven't seen my sister come to Yan'er's room to play on weekdays, why do you know so much about my sister's affairs?" ”
In fact, Murong Ningyan knew that this was the eyeliner that Murong Ningshuang's mother and daughter planted in his room, but the prince didn't know, so he had to take the opportunity to talk to him.
Murong Ningyan asked Murong Ningshuang with a red face: "Anyway, I know, I won't tell you, mother, let's go back to the room." As he spoke, he took the princess's arm and prepared to slip away.
"Stop, do you make a mistake and just leave? Someone came, and the mother and daughter were confined for three months, and they continued to be locked up without repentance, and they were not allowed to leave the house for half a step. ”
"Wait!" Murong Zifeng took a step forward, and before she finished speaking, the princess thought that Murong Zifeng was going to help her speak, so she immediately said: "Feng'er, quickly plead for your father and the king for your mother, my mother will not dare in the future." ”
"Mother, since I was a child, my husband taught me that there will always be times in people who do wrong things in their lives, and it is not terrible to do wrong things, but what is terrible is not repentance, mistakes and mistakes, mistakes and mistakes."
The princess looked at Murong Zifeng in a daze, as if she didn't understand.
Murong Zifeng clapped his hands towards the door, only to see a man in black being escorted in.
"Father, please watch another play."
At this time, the eldest young master ordered someone to call Liu Wu over, and Liu Wu saw an obvious scar on the man's face from afar, which was the robber who wanted to bully the young lady that day, and he immediately gritted his teeth with hatred.
"Young Master, it was this person who bullied my young lady, and I recognize it when she turned into ashes."
Murong Zifeng angrily swept the robber to the ground, and before he could get up, it was another chain leg, and the robber begged for mercy: "Please spare your life, the villain knows that he is wrong, the villain knows that he is wrong, and he will never dare again." ”
"Zeng Scar, kneel down for the master!"
At this time, Murong Ningshuang, who was supporting the princess, saw this person, and was immediately frightened, and wanted to pull the princess back to the room under the pretext of being uncomfortable, Murong Zifeng saw that the situation was wrong, and immediately said: "Wait, the little sister is not a stranger to this person, right?" ”
But as a young lady, how does Murong Ningshuang have anything to do with this Zeng Scar?