"That day I went hunting with my father in the mountains, and when I returned, I heard a cry, and when I searched for it alone, I saw a child sitting in the grass wiping his tears—he was wounded on his face and his shoes, but he was two or three years old, and he was so frightened that he could not answer anything."

"When the father arrived, he sent people to look around, and only found the carriage that had fallen off the cliff and the bloodstains, and from the traces, it was clear that someone had collected the body and left, so it was impossible to determine the identity of the child for a while."

"He had walked a long way, he was weak and had not eaten for a long time, and it was a fluke that he survived in the mountains, so my father and I took him back to his lodgings, and after inquiring for more than ten days without any results, we brought him back to the capital with him——"

"Or because of this, he was very afraid of seeing people, and his health was not good, so he rarely walked out of the house, and he did not want too many people to get close, but only became closer to me and my father and mother...... I taught him how to read and write, and when he was a few years older, he called me brother. ”

Xiao Mu seemed to have time flowing in front of him: "Seven years have passed, and as he grows up, his temperament has gradually become much more cheerful, until he was ten years old, his father confirmed his identity through many inquiries, and decided to send him back to the Yan family in Tingzhou." ”

Heng Yu was stunned.

In this way, it is consistent with what Yin Hai mentioned when Yan was a child......

When he was three years old, his parents died in an accident and disappeared for many years, and he was able to return home when he was 10 years old.

"He didn't want to go, and I didn't want him to go at that time, so I went to beg my father to leave him behind, but my father said that he always had to go home......" Xiao Mu said here, and his voice was slightly lowered: "Or at that time, my father had already noticed the dark waves, and he was afraid that he would be implicated in the future, so he insisted on sending people back so unnegotiably." ”

Heng Yu sighed in his heart: "His parents had an accident back then...... Was it an accident? ”

"At that time, the name of the Yan family was not eye-catching, and outsiders had no way to find out about these things." Thinking of Yan Ming's eyes, Xiao Mu said, "Maybe after he returns to the Yan family...... Something was found. ”

Heng Yu pondered: "I heard that when he first returned home, he was not valued by the clan......

A 10-year-old boy who is not supported by his parents, is not valued, or even more than valued, can do what he is today, and this experience will certainly not be easy.

"At that time, my father had made up his mind, and had sent a letter to the Yan family, and before he left, I told him that I would not stop the correspondence, and if he did not have a good time at the Yan family, when the situation at home was clear and stable, I would definitely take him back——"

Xiao Mu said: "When my father sent someone to send him back to Tingzhou, he revealed his identity to the Yan family, intending that even if he was afraid of the name of the Shuguo Mansion, the Yan family would at least treat him well. In the first two years, it can be seen that he did live a relatively peaceful life. It's just that two years later, there's no way to know......"

Hengyu was silent for a moment.

Two years later, the Duke of Shu was beheaded for collaborating with the enemy-

Hengyu didn't want to stay on this topic for long, so he asked, "After that...... Haven't you ever thought of knowing him? ”

His words were very plain, but he could hear that the childhood friendship between the two was extremely deep.

Xiao Mu looked at Jiang Mian again: "Later, I heard that he sat on the position of the head of the Yan family, and everything was fine, so I had no intention of disturbing his peaceful and stable life now." ”

Once they recognize each other, it is equivalent to pressing those heavy hatreds on each other.

Hearing his thoughts, Heng Yu thought of the hatred suppressed in Yan Ming's eyes when he talked about the "injustice of the world", and said: "It can be seen that he is like this now, and his heart is not calm and stable...... He has such an extreme plan, I wonder if it has something to do with what happened to the Shi family? ”

Although the family was only ten years old when he left, he was only a child, but the seven years when he grew up in the family must have had a far-reaching impact on Yan Ming.

The little child has just experienced the death of his parents, rescued and taken in the stranger and treated him kindly, put himself in the shoes of the child, the meaning of this is not just the word gratitude can be expressed.

He just jokingly said that his people are "not worthy", maybe in his heart, the Shi family is more like his family?

"I didn't know he was thinking so much until I heard those words tonight...... In the past eight years, he has changed a lot. ”

"So, you just want to bring people back to reminisce about the past-" Hearing this, Heng Yu really understood his mood when he spoke and persuaded him.

"If he did all this for the sake of the Shi family, then his fault, I, as a brother, are also responsible." Xiao Mu said: "It's just that he has a paranoid temperament, and once his obsession takes root, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pull it out." ”

"If he knows you're still alive, there's a chance you'll turn back." Hengyu couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "It's a pity that he was too guarded, so he thought of a way out and missed this opportunity to catch up......"

Then he said: "But his plan fell through, and it is difficult for him to make waves alone, and there must be no big moves for the time being." When we meet next time, you might as well have a good talk. ”

Xiao Mu nodded.

Heng Yu looked at his well-defined side face, this time his thin figure was reduced due to poisonous hair, and there was a vague overlap with the appearance of the old boy, and he couldn't help but feel some feelings in his heart.

Some old things have passed for many years, and the deceased have passed away like dust and stars, but the living people are trapped in the old things and never get out.

He is like this, Yan Meng is like this, and so is she.

And the real way to get out can never be only comforted and appeased, it has and only one way to go - to find out the truth, comfort the dead, and comfort oneself.

To others, this may seem like an obsession, but the best way to break it is to achieve it.

Only when it is truly destroyed can the living people stop, otherwise if they let go of the nonsense, they will not be able to live in peace for a day.

She believes that they will all go out.

A few sky lanterns floated from nowhere, and Heng Yu looked up and watched them fly high and far away.

Xiao Mu watched quietly with her.

After a moment, he said, "I had been speculating about Mr. Qinghan until you told me about the origin of the tattoos on those assassins—"

Hengyu couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

"Eight years ago, there was an accident in my family, although it can be called a disaster, but it finally has a cause, no matter who wrote it, but the tree is a big wind, and the merit is high, these are all disasters." Xiao Mu said: "But Mr. Qinghan is different, he is honest and does not involve party disputes, and he has resigned at that time, and there is no conflict of interest with others...... Why is it a fatal disaster? ”

Heng Yu pursed his lips for a moment, and said, "My brother and I have thought deeply about these, and Ah Weng has no enemies worth mentioning in the open...... What happened back then was indeed extremely strange. ”

And because the node of Ah Weng's accident is very similar to the time of the Shi family's accident, she and her brother also thought about whether it would be related to the disaster of the Shi family, but there is no way to confirm it.

And what Xiao Mu said next seemed to confirm her conjecture: "Some time ago, when I recovered Qianqiu City, I captured Xuanpu, the leader of the Khitan Siwandan Tribe, and among the physical evidence used by the imperial court to convict my father eight years ago, there were handwritten letters and tokens from this person to my father-according to this person's confession, it was a high-ranking and powerful person in the Dasheng Dynasty who secretly found him and conspired with him to frame my father. ”

Heng Yu heard the key and hurriedly asked, "He doesn't know the identity of the other party?" ”

Xiao Mu shook his head: "The other party was very cautious and did not reveal his identity. Xuanpu, or the entire Khitan, had a feud with my father on the battlefield, and for them, if they could get rid of my father, it would be a good deal. ”

Heng Yu followed his words and guessed deeply.

"The exchange of tokens and forgery of physical evidence needs to be done seamlessly, so there must be secret exchanges between the people behind the scenes and Xuanpu...... "I later made it known that Mr. Qinghan had stayed in Liucheng for a few days before he left for Beijing——"

He only said this, but Hengyu's eyes had already made waves: "Yes, Liucheng." ”

Liucheng is now under the rule of Yingzhou, located on the northern edge of the border, adjacent to the Khitan -

If it is said that someone was secretly plotting to frame Shu Guogong and needed to communicate secretly with the Khitans, then the location of the secret handover between the two sides is very likely to be in Liucheng!

So......

"Mr. Qinghan noticed something suspicious back then, and he was in a hurry to return to Beijing to report ......the news," Xiao Mu guessed: "It is precisely because of this that he will be killed halfway." ”

It is not easy to express these speculations in his capacity, but his words are straight to the point, and he does not shy away from them.

Heng Yu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and said: "Before Ah Weng left to return to Beijing, he had someone secretly send a letter back to Beijing, and he also told the person who sent the letter to ...... as soon as possible."

The death of her grandfather was the biggest knot in her heart over the years, and she had repeatedly recalled everything that had happened before the accident, and she did not dare to leave anything out, including the letter.

"Now that I think about it...... That letter may be the purpose of the message. She said in hindsight.

is in a hurry to rush back to Beijing, but an old man with a child is always not as fast as the letter is delivered, if it is really a matter of life and death of the family, Ah Weng must be very anxious.

Xiao Mu hurriedly asked, "Do you know who the letter was sent to?" ”

Hengyu shook his head: "I don't know ......"

At that time, she was very young, and children of eight or nine years old would not inquire about every move of their elders in every detail, especially her grandfather, who had a lot of friends and would send letters to almost everywhere he went.

Xiao Mu said: "In this way, there are two possibilities, one is that the letter was intercepted, and Mr. Qinghan knew that the secret of this matter was exposed, so he was silenced-"

As for the second possibility......

Heng Yu's fingers were cold and said: "The Khitans who conspired with him still don't know the identity of the other party, and what Ah Weng can detect must be limited." Perhaps Ah Weng was afraid that the family had been controlled and monitored, and the letter could not be delivered, so out of all considerations, he could only report it to others, and the person he went to believe in was probably the mastermind behind the scenes......"

If this is the case, then this person must be extremely trusted by Ah Weng.

And even if this may be just a conjecture, it also makes people feel a chill from the deepest part of their hearts-

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