Chapter 239: Old Madam Xie's Aftermath
Mrs. Xie didn't expect her grandson to be so straightforward.
She was stunned for a moment, and said with a dodgy look: "Da Lang, what are you talking about, why can't I understand?" Who is Urda? Didn't Empress Youan commit suicide? ”
"Grandmother, you must understand." Mu Huai'an looked at her and said, "Urda is the one who asked his father to join forces on the eve of the Great Zhou and Yunguo Wars. He is good at Zhu Youshu, and it was he who took Xie Zhangting away from Huguo Temple back then. ”
"Xie Zhangting and Empress You'an, both died at his hands, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows everything, how long do you plan to hide it from me?"
Old Madam Xie's lips trembled slightly, and her old face was a little flustered with the naked eye.
Seeing this, Mu Huai'an slowed down his voice: "Grandmother, my grandson knows that you love your younger generation the most, and Queen You'an is your niece, and you will never attack her." If there is any misunderstanding in this, you can tell your grandson and let him find a way to present his case in front of His Highness, okay? ”
Old Madam Xie's cloudy eyes had a look of struggle.
Soon, however, this struggle was replaced by determination.
"Da Lang, I see that you have been in the yamen for too long on weekdays, and you have confused your head in handling cases, I really don't understand what you say."
As she spoke, she reached out and stroked her forehead, and shouted outward, "Little Peach, you all come in, I'm sleepy, I want to rest!" ”
The words fell, and the maids guarding outside pushed open the door with a "squeak".
"All out!" Mu Huai'an turned his head sideways and scolded them.
Old Madam Xie's voice was slightly deep: "Don't go!" ”
The maids all froze there, not knowing who to listen to for a moment.
"Grandmother!" Mu Huai'an's eyes have always been clear, and for the first time, he was dyed with a pleading color, "Grandmother, don't be stubborn, you tell me the truth, I'll figure it out, and leave everything to me, okay?" ”
Old Madam Xie frowned, as if she was extremely displeased, "Da Lang, it's getting late, you should go and rest, if there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow." Little Peach, send him out. ”
Mu Huai'an knew that once the old lady made up her mind, there was no possibility of changing her mind.
He had to take a deep look at the old lady, and turned around and walked out unwillingly.
Old Madam Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw his back disappear at the door.
The maids served her to change her clothes and go to bed.
Old Madam Xie turned her back, "Tonight, I'm very upset, you don't have to be on duty all night, retreat." ”
The maids took the order, and Yukan exited the room.
When she got to the room, there was only Mrs. Xie left-——
She lay on the bed, looked at the pine crane on the wall, tossed and turned for a long time, as if she had made up her mind, and sat up.
Mrs. Xie got out of the house, trembling to the corner of the house, and blew out the only candle flame left in the room.
Then I groped my way to the painting hanging on the north wall.
With a "click", the door of the secret room was opened by Mrs. Xie.
A downward staircase appears in the secret door.
There was a faint glow of candle flames, flickering at the end of the steps.
Old Madam Xie walked down tremblingly on crutches, and stopped at the door of the secret room.
On the blue brick floor at the four corners of the secret room, totems are placed with black clay pieces.
There is only one stone bed in the room.
Next to the oil lamp at the head of the bed, a line of light smoke was rising from the palm-sized gilded copper furnace.
An old man in a white robe and a black cloak, with a thin figure and a sallow face, meditated cross-legged on a stone bed.
The white robe under the old man's cloak was already dirty, still with mottled bloodstains, which could be seen to be caused by the hasty escape for his life.
On his left forehead, there is a brown birthmark.
If Shen Lingxi was there, she would definitely be able to recognize that this person was the Wuerda that she and Chu Yan had been trying to catch.
"Immortal Master." Old Madam Xie asked respectfully, "I just heard from my grandson that something happened to the Yunjiang Palace...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already knows what happened back then, but I don't know if the immortal master has a way to break the situation? ”
Urda slowly opened his eyes.
Although his face looked like he was over the age of sixtieth, his eyes were bright, sharp and bright, and he didn't look old.
"The old lady already has the answer in her heart, so why should she ask me?" He asked in a hoarse voice.
Old Madam Xie's breathing trembled slightly, and the little blood left on her face faded clean in an instant.
"I know...... she said sadly, "I hope that the immortal master will take care of the Mu family more in the future......"
"Shine?" At this moment, a Qing Yue Zhong with a cold voice came from behind Old Madam Xie.
"I didn't know that our dignified Cheng'en Mansion had been reduced to relying on an evil magician to take care of it."
Old Madam Xie turned around in surprise, "Da Lang, aren't you already gone?" How could you ......?"
Behind her was no one else, it was Mu Huai'an, who had "left" Wutong Garden an hour ago.
"Grandmother, it seems that my grandson guessed correctly." Mu Huai'an tugged at the corners of his lips, and his eyes couldn't hide his disappointment: "The Mu family is really related to the death of Empress You'an." ”
"Da Lang, this is not the place you should be, and this matter has nothing to do with you." Old Madam Xie said in a deep voice: "Don't leave quickly!" ”
Mu Huai'an's eyes were slightly downcast, "Grandmother, my grandson has been taught by you since he was a child, and he has to admit that he has done something wrong, and he has to change if he is wrong." The grandson is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple given by the emperor, and he was ordered by the emperor to arrest all the fugitives. I'll leave the matter here to my grandson, please leave quickly. ”
As he spoke, his footsteps moved slightly, and he dodged to the stone bed, "snap, snap" twice, and quickly slapped his palm on Urda's chest, sealing the acupuncture points on his body.
Urda raised his eyes and looked at Mu Huai'an, and a smile appeared on his old face.
In a hoarse voice, he said unhurriedly, "Young man, you have to think about it. If you arrest me and send me to the official, your Mu family will also be in trouble. ”
"Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your father and aunt, they are innocently implicated, and the wealth of the Chengen family has to be handed over. Can you bear it? ”
As he said this, Urda's light brown eyes reflected the flame of a candle, and the flame seemed to be in his pupils, whirling and flickering strangely.
If you look closely, it is as if you want to suck the soul of a person into it.
Mu Huai'an looked at the strangeness of his eyes, and instantly remembered that when he was in the Yunjiang Palace, Shen Lingxi had reminded Chu Yan: "Zhu Youshu is to rely on looking at the other party's eyes, if Your Highness meets him, be more careful and don't look at him." ”
Mu Huai'an hurriedly looked away and said coldly: "Whether my Mu family lives or dies has nothing to do with you, an evil sect warlock. You have the kung fu to grind your lips in front of the master, it's better to think about it, when you enter the Beiya, where should you start! ”
"Dalang, you listen to your grandmother." Old Madam Xie walked to Mu Huai'an's side in a panic with a cane, reached out and grabbed his sleeve, and said lightly: "This matter is done by me alone, and it is none of your business." I'll take care of the aftermath, and when you leave here, it's like nothing happened, okay? ”
Mu Huai'an's forehead was tense, his eyes were burning with anger, and he asked, "What grandmother said about the aftermath, but do you plan to be alone and apologize for your sins with death?" ”