11. Escape
There were only sparks left in the flames in the fireplace, and He Yin covered a blanket on his knees and sat next to He Xu.
Duke He Qian had already gone upstairs an hour ago, and now in the hall, there were only three maids and He Yin, two siblings.
"What do you think of the Academy?" He Xu was still kneeling, and He Yin put a blanket on him after the rest of the family left.
"It's ok, it's pretty much what I expected. He Yin stomped his foot gently. "Tell me about you, what would happen to you if the church convicted you tomorrow?"
He Xu glanced at the maids standing next to him, they would not retreat, they would keep watching him all night until someone from the church came from tomorrow to take him away.
"Then I'll use the heraldic stone to turn the Dharma Hall upside down. He Xu was still in the mood to joke, after all, he didn't believe that after meeting His Majesty, the church would convict him.
Aristocrats always had a natural self-confidence and did not believe that they would be sanctioned under any circumstances.
After all, in the history of the Thorn Empire, the worst fate for the nobles was exile to the saline land near the shore of the Eye of the Backwater.
"I've met the dean, she's the leader of the church, right?" He Yin only knew that the people of the entire Thorn Empire believed in the sun god, and the functions of the church had been suppressed by the royal family and nobles, except for the dean Futespa.
"Yes, that's right. He Xu stopped speaking, looked up at He Yin, glanced at her, and stretched out his fingers from under his robe and tapped lightly on the ground.
He Yin stood up from his chair in understanding, blocking part of the three maids' vision.
"You go and rest, Ayin, you don't have to stay here with me. He Xu said as he tied something to his sister's ankle.
"Good. ”
One of the maids hurriedly stepped forward, packed He Yin's suitcase that he had temporarily placed in the hall, and followed her upstairs.
He Yin couldn't wait to go upstairs and return to his room.
Fortunately, she had never liked to be served, so the maid obediently closed the door and went out after she had entered the room.
He Yin hung the cloak on the shelf, sat on the bed with his back to the door, untied the things He Xu tied to his ankles, and stuffed them into the quilt.
Then he walked over to the dresser, calmly changed into his pajamas, and then locked the door behind him.
"Miss, don't you need to wash up?" the maid did not go far.
He Yin deliberately replied to her in a very hoarse voice. "No need, let me go, ma'am, I'll rest first, and get up early tomorrow morning to wash. ”
He Yin closed the glowing circle in the room, lit a candle and placed it on the small table at the head of the bed.
Lie down under the covers.
This is a bag of things wrapped in kraft paper, He Yin pinched it, fortunately it is not a small stone, if her brother stuffed the stolen heraldic stone to her, then she doesn't know what to do.
It was a rag that seemed to be embroidered with a circle on it.
There is also a letter, addressed to himself.
"Dear sister, I believe you must have pretended to sleep, and then locked the door, and did not dare to open the letter until you were in your comfortable bed. By the time you read this, I'm about to leave you. The opposite shore of the Eye of the Dead Water is not a barren place, and the Eye of the Dead Water is not the end of the world. The Thirteen Horsemen and the Sun Goddess are fake, and I need to verify this with the world, as the message from the ocean shows that those on the other side of the Eye of the Backwater have mastered the means of approaching it without being devoured.
I may die in search of the truth, but I am not afraid, we enjoy the love and support of the people of the Empire, shouldn't we be responsible to the people? ”
He Yin's tears had already fallen all over the letter, and his vision was blurred.
"So, I'm going to try to survive.
There is one more thing that I can only ask you to do, please give this broken step to the publisher at 39 Hail Street, Mr. Fulindona, and forget about that place, and stay away from it. ”
He Yin wiped away her tears, she put aside her reluctance to her brother for the time being, and began to think in her mind about how to go to Hail Avenue alone in the lower block.
"The eldest young master is gone!" Soon, the sleepy maid noticed He Xu's sudden disappearance.
Duke He Qian woke up from his dream, reached out and picked up the glasses beside the bed and put them on, revealing a depressed face.
"The family is finished. He said.
And He Xu, the successor of the He family, sat on the night heavenly horse who came to answer him, and finally overlooked the castle.
*
After the heir committed a crime, he ran away, but He Qian did not dare to delay, so he changed into an official robe and went to the palace that night to plead guilty.
"Your Majesty. He knelt outside the palace all night until Tichaman got up from his lover's bed.
He pleaded guilty with clarity.
"You have a daughter. His Majesty the Emperor said expressionlessly.
"It's the daughter with the unique coat of arms. The emperor stepped down the steps and patted He Gan's shoulder with his wrinkled hand.
He Qianyingying smelled a foul smell about the other.
"Yes, Your Majesty. He kept his head down.
"Very well, let her be the heir. As for the fugitive, I think Aiqing can already disown him. The church was responsible for catching him. ”
He Qian only dared to answer yes.
*
He Yin didn't close her eyes all night, she began to think carefully from the fact that she could see the favorability and disgust, and from the gray sparrow breaking into the banquet to what He Xu said in the letter, she vaguely seemed to touch the key to something.
What the church is hiding has to do with the eye of the backwater, and it has to do with the mourning of the sparrow.
"You can still sleep. He Li was already sitting at the breakfast table, his head resting on his mother.
"Our family is busy with my brother, but you are like a dead pig. He Li's words were full of hostility.
He Yin glanced at the progress bar above her head, and it was actually one percent of the favorability, which really surprised her.
Their mother, Lusica, looked very haggard, but the mother was a little relieved that her son had fled at night, because she had a hunch that it would be better for her to run away than to be judged by the church.
She could not bear her son's exile to the Eye of the Dead Sea, though she would not be able to have afternoon tea with the other noble ladies for a long time.
*
"What! let Ayin be the heir to our family!" Lucika took her husband's hand, looking angry and incredulous. "It's all your fault! No, I don't blame you! It's your unethical, disgusting and filthy sister, if it weren't for her, my Alley wouldn't have been unable to inherit the title. And my son, my Aghu, my poor Agha, who fled alone. ”
He Qian clenched his wife's hands. "Lucica, be quiet, we have no choice but to do this first. Ayin is a soft-hearted girl, she is different from my sister, she was raised by us and can be obedient. ”