Chapter 141: A Different Face
Hearing Wei Xun's very perfunctory answer, Ye Ningxiang closed her eyes in disappointment, and two lines of hot tears slipped uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.
"I never thought you'd lie to me. ”
Ye Ningxiang got up slowly, her hands clenched into fists, as if she was trying her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and the uncontrollable surprise of seeing Su Zhiwu's plot against the case file.
"Su Zhiwu's dossier has always been top secret in the past seven years, and no one else can consult it except the emperor. How long are you going to lie to me?"
Ye Ningxiang cried even more, she didn't know why she had such a strong reaction, maybe she cared too much about Wei Xun's friend, too afraid that he would suddenly betray her unexpectedly, maybe it was just because the case file was her father Su Zhiwu's.
Being questioned like this by Ye Ningxiang, Wei Xun finally couldn't continue to pretend as if nothing happened, looking at Ye Ningxiang's eyes revealing unprecedented depth, his expression suddenly became melancholy and gloomy.
"How do you know so much about Su Zhiwu's case?"
Ye Ningxiang was not ready to be questioned rhetorically, and when she heard Wei Xun's question, her eyes dodged uncontrollably, and her previous anger was all transformed into a weak heart, and she paused for a while before pretending to be calm and said, "This is what His Royal Highness King Ning once told me. ”
Unexpectedly, hearing this, Wei Xun actually laughed, that kind of desolate, heart-wrenching laugh, just one sound was enough to make Ye Ningxiang's heart tremble, and her hairs stood on end.
How can a person who has a frank career as an official make such a heart-touching smile that has endured vicissitudes of life? Why can people not bear to look at his heartbroken face for just a moment?
Ye Ningxiang's heart was puzzled, and her face showed worry, she had never seen Wei Xun like this, which made her flustered and at a loss.
"Ning Xiang, you asked me not to lie to you, but you have always deceived me, it seems that the two of us have been deceiving each other for a long time. ”
Wei Xun's voice was low and hoarse, and the resentment revealed in his eyes almost swallowed Ye Ningxiang.
Just when Ye Ningxiang lost the courage to confront Wei Xun again and was about to leave to escape all this, Wei Xun opened his mouth again.
"I'm not me. ”
Wei Xun raised his head slightly, his eyes seemed to be looking into the distance, and his thoughts seemed to fly far away.
"I am the son of Lin Yuan, the former secretary of the military department, and Lin Feng, the nephew of Su Zhiwu. ”
Hearing these two words, Ye Ningxiang's buzz exploded, how could Wei Xun be her cousin Lin Feng?
It is understandable to say that her cousin Lin Yue was young and did not grow up seven years ago, so it is understandable that Ye Ningxiang did not recognize Lin Yue in time, but Lin Feng and Ye Ningxiang can also be regarded as growing up since childhood, even if he had left home for seven years to go out to study art, but his approximate outline Ye Ningxiang would not be mistaken.
In my impression, Lin Feng has the same crescent-like smiling eyes as Lin Yue, and the two little tiger teeth are very popular. However, this Wei Xun in front of him is not only not smiling, but also has no tiger teeth, even his nose, mouth, and even face shape are completely different from Lin Feng.
In short, if what Wei Xun said was true, then he had completely changed his face.
"I didn't look like this before, this face was specially recreated for me by Song Tianweng Song Shenyi after exhausting his life's learning. ”
"Seven years ago, I was supposed to die with my father on the Soul Breaking Platform, but who expected to be drugged by my father, and when I woke up, my father's head had been hung on the Soul Breaking Platform. And the scholar who grew up with me became the ghost of the knife who died for me. ”
The corners of Wei Xun's eyes were moist, and although his voice was very soft and soft, his words revealed indelible hatred.
"So I went to great lengths to find Master's best friend, Doctor Song, and begged him to erase all traces of me in this world for me. I want to find out the people who murdered the Su family and the Lin family through a new identity, and I must personally break their bodies into thousands of pieces. ”
It turns out that this is the reason why Wei Xun stole the file, it turns out that this is Wei Xun's deception that he obviously doesn't like officialdom but still tries his best to climb up, it turns out that in the past seven years, Wei Xun has spent all the time alone in suffering.
How much pain does a person have to go through to get rid of all the marks on his body, and how strong of willpower does a person have to be able to mediate alone in the world?
Ye Ningxiang suddenly felt that the man in front of her with beautiful eyebrows and bookish anger was the greatest person she had ever seen, his forbearance and his strength, I am afraid that even Mu Xize and Xiao Qingyu could not match it at all.
She walked up to him and gently caressed his shoulder, her words soft, with deep pity and comfort.
"Brother Wei, I'm sorry, I blamed you for it. You've worked hard all these years. ”
Hearing Ye Ningxiang's comforting words, Wei Xun's heavy mood seemed to be half better in an instant, and there seemed to be a hint of ridicule in his words.
"Now that you know my true identity, you must not divulge this secret again, or it won't be long before my head will be hung on the Soul Breaker to feed the maggots. ”
Hearing Wei Xun say this, Ye Ningxiang couldn't help laughing, patted Wei Xun's shoulder like a brother and said, "Brother Wei, don't worry, I don't know anything about today, your secret will rot in my stomach for the rest of my life." ”
Suddenly, a trace of disappointment flashed on Wei Xun's face, and he looked at Ye Ningxiang with wide eyes and said, "You don't have anything to say?"
This question made Ye Ningxiang instantly break out in a cold sweat, Wei Xun told her the deepest secret in her heart, in exchange, she should also tell him the deepest secret in her heart, but how to say this! Could it be that Wei Xun, listen, I am not me, I am Su Huang, my cousin?
Just thinking about it, Ye Ningxiang already had goosebumps all over her body, let alone saying this in front of Wei Xun.
In desperation, Ye Ningxiang smirked several times, and said embarrassedly: "Heh, hehe, I think you still don't know my secret, a little, a little too much to say." ”
After saying this, Ye Ningxiang's face turned red, as if she had made a big mistake.
"You are not you, you are a person who has a great deal to do with the Su family, and it is only when you encounter something related to the Su family that you will get out of control uncontrollably. So you are either the surviving female dependents of the Su family, or you are the one who has received the great favor of the Su family. ”
Wei Xun had a clear mind and guessed Ye Ningxiang's identity very calmly.
Being told by Wei Xun like this, Ye Ningxiang's heart was even more confused, and after scratching her head vigorously, she stubbornly said, "Okay, okay, let me tell you, in fact, I am"
Ye Ningxiang was halfway through her words, but was interrupted by another person's voice.
This voice was sharp and high-pitched, and when I heard it from afar, it was the eunuch who rushed over from the palace. The eunuch's voice was loud, but his wheezing was thick, and when he heard it, he ran a lot of roads and ran for a long time.
"Princess Ning, you're really tired of our family!"
The eunuch took a breath and continued, "The Queen Mother summoned you. ”
Seeing the eunuch's anxious appearance, Ye Ningxiang didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly followed the eunuch into the palace without finishing the following words.
The Queen Mother has always been not good friends with her, and she didn't know what happened when she was summoned to the palace in a hurry, and Ye Ningxiang's heart went up and down along the way, for fear that the Queen Mother would deliberately provoke something like the last time she slandered her for rebellion, so that she was in danger again.
The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, even if they are worried, they still have to face what they should face. Thinking of this, Ye Ningxiang's nervous heart gradually relaxed.
The Guan Ju Palace where the Queen Mother lives seems to be different from before, less angry, more cold and solemn, Ye Ningxiang was cautious along the way, and came to the main hall with an accelerated beating heart.
The Queen Mother sat beside the wooden chair, as if she had been waiting for Ye Ningxiang for a long time.
"Princess, you're here. ”
The Queen Mother raised her head slightly, facing Ye Ningxiang's eyes, and her smiling and loving face made Ye Ningxiang's heart tremble, but she missed it very much.
For a while, the past from many years ago all poured into Ye Ningxiang's heart. The first time she met the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother looked like this, but at that time the corners of her eyes were not wrinkled, and her hair was all black and translucent.
She still remembers that she was framed by Wang Guifei and caused the current Queen Mother to have a miscarriage, and it was the Queen Mother who knelt down and begged the emperor, so she was not severely punished in the end.
The queen mother's kindness to her was infinitely magnified in this long-lost smile, which was big enough to write off her resentment against the queen mother.
Then the Queen Mother withdrew all the palace maids, and led Ye Ningxiang to her bedroom, the most secret place in the entire Guanju Palace.
"King Ning, is he okay?"
When she said this, the Queen Mother's eyes were slightly red, and she seemed to be about to cry, and Ye Ningxiang felt sour.
"Fortunately, although I am still mentally incomplete, I can now say some simple words. ”
Ye Ningxiang didn't dare to look at the Queen Mother anymore, and even her voice was full of guilt.
"I have summoned you because I want to give you something. ”
Then, the Queen Mother gently turned a candlestick not far from the bed, and then uncovered the bedding on the bed, only to see a dark compartment exposed in the center of the bed, and there was a delicately made brown wooden box in the dark compartment, which was exactly the same as the wooden box that Ji Lingchen gave to Mu Xize during Ji Beiyuan's funeral.
"I think about it, this dagger should still be in your custody. ”
The Queen Mother carefully took out the wooden box, opened the lid, and handed the dagger to Ye Ningxiang's hands with both hands.
"I always feel that something big is about to happen in this palace, and I am afraid that this dagger is not safe to put in my place. I know that everyone in this world can possibly murder King Ning's life, except you. Therefore you must put this dagger away and never fall into the hands of others. ”
"Why? What's so special about this dagger?"
"It's the only magic weapon in the world that can kill Yuzawa. ”
Listening to the Queen Mother's words, Ye Ningxiang was shocked, she thought that Mu Xize's secret was only known to her, Rumo and Gu Liancheng, but she didn't expect that the Queen Mother, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, also knew Mu Xize's true identity well.
"So only if you protect it, Yuzawa won't be killed. ”
The purpose of the Queen Mother's words is clear, she doesn't want Mu Xize to be killed by someone with bad intentions, she doesn't want this dagger to fall into the hands of traitors, and as Mu Xize's wife, Ye Ningxiang has become the best candidate for this important task.
In order to hide people's eyes, Ye Ningxiang continued to leave the wooden box with the Queen Mother, took a handkerchief and carefully wrapped the dagger, and then hid the dagger in her arms, the innermost side of the belt.
Now that she has entered the palace, she must not waste this opportunity, Ye Ningxiang rushed to Zhaoyang Hall non-stop after leaving Guanju Palace, preparing to meet Mo Xiaoqin, firstly to see how her condition was, and secondly, to ask her about Rumo's whereabouts.
Unlike Ye Ning Spice, Mo Xiaoqin no longer lived in Zhaoyang Hall at this time, but moved to a palace called Youqin Xuan. The location of the palace is very remote, but the scenery in the entire palace is both elegant and tranquil and playful and lovely, as if it was specially tailored for Mo Xiaoqin.
Ye Ningxiang was the first to see Gong E in the palace, there were nine people in the courtyard alone, and then walked towards the main hall, Ye Ningxiang saw several Gong E.
A palace of this scale is a qualification that only a noble concubine can have, Ye Ningxiang thought about Mu Jingyuan, probably made up his mind to turn Mo Xiaoqin into his own woman, as for the holy decree of this canonization, I am afraid that it will come in a few days.
It's just that if it is really as she thinks, Mo Xiaoqin and Rumo, the pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, will they have to be broken up alive? Ye Ningxiang sighed, hoping that Rumo would be able to leave with Mo Xiaoqin before the canonization decree was issued.