Chapter 66: Relief
After dark, Zhao Yuanming returned.
He was invited to the literary meeting today, and he had a drinking and chatting with a group of like-minded friends, and at first he was quite pleasant.
Until someone laughed a lot: "Brother Yuan Ming really gave birth to a good daughter!" I heard that even Murong Gongzi from the capital also fell in love with Miss Zhao Liu. ”
"It's strange to say, Murong Gongzi has never been to Beihai County, why does he admire Miss Zhao Liu so much? Could it be that the good name of Miss Zhao Liu has spread to the capital? ”
Although this is a compliment, it is also a bit frivolous.
Zhao Yuanming immediately sank his face, put down his wine glass, and said: "The man behaves frivolously and does not think about his own faults, but blames the woman for being too beautiful and intelligent." Such worldly prejudices, narrow-minded and ridiculous, are a disease that should be cured. ”
The talkative man, whose face was flushed with words, stood up to apologize.
Zhao Yuanming had a seizure, and his interest dissipated.
After entering the house, Zhao Yuanming was a little surprised to hear that Huo Yan had come today and left in despair. He thought about it and went to Zhao Xiyan's yard.
Zhao Xiyan had expected his father to come back, and he had prepared a sobering soup waiting for him!
"Dad, this is the sobering soup I cooked with my own hands, drink it first, relieve the hangover." Zhao Xiyan smiled and picked up a bowl of decanting soup.
Zhao Yuanming's heart warmed, and he drank with a smile.
It's better to be a baby girl, and I know that I feel sorry for my father.
After drinking the sobering soup, Zhao Yuanming perked up and asked casually, "Has Huo Yan been here today?" Did you say something to him? ”
Zhao Xiyan nodded: "He showed me his admiration, I scolded him and let him go." ”
Zhao Yuanming: "......"
Zhao Yuanming was dumbfounded for a moment before he said, "I felt that something was wrong before. You seem to be very disgusted with Huo Yan. Why is that? ”
The Zhao family and the Huo family are the best of the Tongjia. Huo Yan and Zhao Xiyan grew up together since childhood, but they have no love between men and women, and they are like brothers and sisters. Zhao Xiyan used to be quite close to Huo Yan, why did he suddenly hate it so much?
Zhao Xiyan pursed the corners of his mouth and said in a low voice: "Beihai County was slaughtered in the previous life, and no male in our Zhao clan survived. The Huo family's father and son, but they were safe. Later, I met Huo Yan in the chaotic army, and he joined Zhou Sui and made a clerical work. Huo Hengwen was even reused by Zhou Sui, and was specifically responsible for buying food and grabbing grain for the rebellious army. ”
"In order to survive, the father and son sacrificed their family business, and they also dedicated their daughters and dependents to the rebel army......"
Zhao Yuanming's eyelids jumped heavily, and his face changed.
It is excusable to dedicate one's family business to save one's life.
It is shameless to dedicate all the female dependents to the bandits, contribute to the bandits, mutilate the people, and seek their own wealth.
Knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts. He and Huo Hengwen were classmates when they were young, and they have been friends for decades, but they never noticed the darkness and despicability under Huo Hengwen's humble appearance.
"Crescent moon," Zhao Yuanming was angry, and his voice was hard: "What happened to their father and son?" ”
Zhao Xiyan said lightly: "It's all dead." ”
"I deliberately smiled at Huo Yan in front of Zhou Sui, and Zhou Sui killed Huo Yan. As soon as Huo Yan died, Huo Hengwen soon had an 'accident'. ”
Zhao Yuanming was both relieved and heartbroken when he heard it.
He carefully cared for the daughter he raised, and once he was scattered, he had to endure humiliation and stay by Zhou Sui's side. Beauty is a sharp weapon, hurting others and hurting oneself even more.
She can now tell the old things in a breezy tone, but back then, how did she survive it?
Zhao Xiyan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Zhao Yuanming: "Dad, I have always been reluctant to talk to you about this before. My beauty has become a sharp weapon, and I have been able to take revenge with this sharp weapon. I'm afraid that you will feel distressed, and I am also afraid that I will be sad. ”
"I feel like it's a stain I'll never get rid of. I was born again, my body was innocent and clean, but my heart was dirty. ”
Zhao Yuanming's eyes were red: "Crescent moon." ”
"Listen to me." Zhao Xiyan glanced at his father soothingly: "This is what I thought before." Now I've figured it out. I didn't do anything wrong, and I don't have to be self-conscious about it. ”
"I, Zhao Xiyan, am a good girl who is innocent and innocent, and I deserve to be treated by the best young man in the world. The heavens let me live again, not to make me feel sorry for myself, but to let me live a peaceful and happy life. ”
The water flashed back and forth in the eye sockets, but it didn't fall in the end.
Zhao Yuanming stretched out his hand and took his daughter into his arms.
Zhao Xiyan's eyes were also a little red, but the corners of his mouth were raised, and he whispered to Zhao Yuanming, just like sharing his secret with his father when he was a child: "Dad, Xu Jing likes me, and I like him too." After the ceremony, he came to propose. When the time comes, don't embarrass him, okay? ”
Zhao Yuanming didn't want to nod his head in response.
After a while, the excitement calmed down slightly, Zhao Yuanming let go and took two steps back, and glanced at his daughter: "You are relieved now, is it because of Xu Jing's kid?" ”
In his father's tone, there was clearly a trace of dissatisfaction.
Zhao Xiyan immediately smiled: "How could it be because of him." He has a maximum of three points, and seven points of credit goes to my father. ”
With such a bright and beautiful smile, anyone has to be soft-hearted.
Zhao Yuanming had no principled position, and quickly forgave his daughter's little lie: "It's okay, if you can think about it." In the future, don't hide anything from your father. ”
Zhao Xiyan thought for a while and said, "Actually, I still have something very important that I haven't told my father. ”
"In the previous life, the Great Jin Dynasty was in civil strife, and the country died in six or seven years. Later, it was the Murong clan that won the world, Murong Yao died half a year after ascending the throne, and Murong Shen later sat on the dragon chair. ”
Zhao Yuanming: "!! ”
Looking at his father's shocked face, Zhao Xiyan threw down another boulder: "Dad must be strange in his heart, how could Murong Shen find Zhao Jiafang!" ”
"Actually, it's because in my previous life, in order to take revenge, I took the initiative to approach him, and later became a favorite concubine in the palace."
"Because of me, Zhou Sui and Murong Shen turned against each other. Murong Shen sent troops to attack Qingzhou, and Zhou Sui was defeated after holding out for more than a year, and the rebellious army was wiped out. Zhou Sui was executed by Ling Chi. ”
"I can't see Zhou Sui's execution with my own eyes, it's a little regrettable. However, the revenge is avenged, and my remaining wish is sufficient. He committed suicide by taking poison. ”
"Murong Shen was probably unwilling, and he came back with the memories of his previous life like me. That's why he came to me. ”
Zhao Yuanming: "......"
Zhao Yuanming was speechless for a long time.
Zhao Xiyan revealed all the secrets that had been held in his heart for a long time, and the whole portrait was relieved of the burden, and he was relieved: "In short, that's it." ”
"Murong Shen's temper, I know it very well. He will never let me marry Xu Jing. ”
"I decided to do this because I was a little selfish, and it would also cause trouble for the Zhao family. But I don't want to enter the palace again and be a bird in a cage. ”
"I'm not a good girl, I'm just an ordinary girl who wants to marry the boy I like and live happily for the rest of my life."