Xia Chengxuan took the envelope from Du Chong's hand, took out the letter sheet and looked at it, there were only eleven words written on it: Blood feud is not shared, and children must not be avenged.

Blood feud must be avenged...

"Mother, why are you here!"

At this moment, Xia Chengxuan felt that his heart was dead. Suddenly, he knelt on the ground again, and kept kowtowing to his mother's body. The head slammed heavier and heavier, more and more urgently, as if he was going to knock himself to death.

He had never been so painful, hateful, remorseful, scared, confused...

He kept kowtowing to vent his pain, his hatred, his remorse, his fear, his confusion...

He feels sorry for his mother, he feels sorry for his sister, he feels sorry for himself, he feels sorry for the people of the Mei family, especially Mei Yuanchen...

He hates Xia Muyan, he hates Zhang Suiguang, he hates himself, and even, he is his own mother...

He repented, repented to death.

"I killed my mother!"

If he had known that his mother would be forced to die, he would not have refused his mother's request last night. In this way, he may hate his mother for the rest of his life, but at least she can live.

"If it's hard to do both, what else can I do?" Xia Chengxuan thought desperately, "If I have to make a choice between my father's hatred, my mother's life, and the life of the Mei family, how else can I choose?"

Du Chong and Xia Chengyi saw that he was a little crazy, so they hurriedly went over and grabbed him.

"Brother, don't you want to be like this!" Seeing that his brother was still holding himself and saying that he wanted to protect himself, but at this moment it seemed to have suddenly collapsed, Xia Chengyi endured his grief and asked, "Brother, what did my mother write?"

She knew that her brother had kowtowed violently after reading the letter left by his mother.

Xia Chengxuan glanced at his sister, and the tears flowed more urgently, but he didn't know how to answer her, just shook his head desperately.

Xia Chengyi took the letter directly from his hand, and saw that there were only these eleven words on the paper: blood feud is not shared, and children must not be avenged.

"What's so strange about this line of writing?" she couldn't help but think. In her opinion, her father was killed by a traitor, and this revenge naturally has to be avenged. The mother was so sad that she couldn't bear it and killed herself. She was worried that her brother would not be willing to take revenge, so she left this letter to warn him.

However, why did my brother kowtow so frantically when he saw this letter?

At this moment, Xia Chengxuan's forehead was oozing blood, and new injuries had been added before the old injuries had healed, making his description even more terrifying.

Xia Chengyi was about to wipe off the blood stains on him, but saw him suddenly stand up.

"Brother, where are you going?" Xia Chengyi took his hand and asked anxiously.

Now that her parents have died, she is the closest brother to her.

Feeling that his wrist was being pulled, Xia Chengxuan suddenly came back to his senses, turned his head and said to his sister: "Yiyi, I'm fine, don't worry." I will go to the Xuanguo Mansion to inform my grandparents in person. I'll let Wisteria and Linglong accompany you first. As soon as it was over, I came back. ”

After speaking, he gently pulled her hand away and walked out. When passing by the hall, he deliberately stopped and instructed the little girls Wisteria and Linglong: "You accompany the county lord closely, and don't leave an inch." ”

... ...

"Shizi, where are you going?" Lu Jianxing asked with a choked voice.

"Lingcheng Zhai in the north of the city. Xia Chengxuan replied.

The man in charge of the chariot looked embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "Shizi, the boundary in the north of the city is small, and it is familiar, but I have never heard of where this Lingchengzhai is." ”

"It's a secret place?" Xia Chengxuan couldn't help but panic a little, and thought, "No, since Zhang Suiguang said this place, obviously he doesn't worry that I won't find it." Hmph, he is so well-informed, he is afraid that his eyeliner has been spread around the palace. If I go out of the house, they will always lead me there, right?"

After figuring out this section, he was no longer worried, and only said: "Just go out of the house and rush to the north of the city." ”

Although the husband felt a little confused, he didn't dare to say more, so he drove his horse out of the house and went all the way north.

Sure enough, when the chariot team arrived at Lizi Street, two men in black drove forward, and one of the eight-character bearded men held hands to Lu Jianxing and saluted, "But the chariot team on the Jaw King's Mansion?"

"Who are you?" Lu Jianxing asked in a cold voice with a vigilant expression.

The eight-character bearded man bowed slightly, and replied softly: "The lord is waiting for the prince in Lingchengzhai, please come with me." ”

It turned out that Zhang Suiguang knew that the palace was afraid that he would not be able to find Ling Chengzhai for a while, so he sent people to follow him all the way, and asked the two to wait here in advance.

Lu Jianxing was just guarding the centurions, and he didn't dare to make a claim, so he drove his horse close to the chariot where Xia Chengxuan was, and asked softly: "Shizi, we don't have many people with us, do we still want to go with them?" ”

"Follow them. That's all it said.

Although Lu Jianxing faintly felt that the other party was by no means a good type, he did not dare to disobey the young master's order, so he had to order the team to follow behind the two of them. He secretly reminded the accompanying guards to be careful all the way.

Xia Muchao and Ran Jingru passed away one after another, and Xia Chengxuan became the owner of the Jaw King Mansion as a matter of course. And what these guards have to do is to protect him at all costs. Those who can become the personal guards of the Jaw King's Mansion are naturally absolutely loyal. Many of them may have been Xia Muchao's personal guards in their parents' generation.

To go to Lingchengzhai, you have to pass through a trail of more than ten miles. The axle of the unicorn chariot in the palace was nearly eight feet long, and the path was no more than six feet wide, so Xia Chengxuan had to get off and ride.

After about a quarter of an hour of cycling, I saw a dense forest. The eight-character bearded man said "Wait" to Lu Jianxing, and then drove into the dense forest quickly, disappearing in an instant.

"Oh~~~~~~~~"

After a few strange "bird calls", the eight-character bearded man finally came out of the dense forest, walked to Lu Jianxing, and said respectfully: "The lord has been waiting for a long time, please come in!"

After entering the dense forest, the eight-character bearded man led everyone into a dark passage. The dark passage is about one zhang and three feet high, and nearly two zhang wide, and there is no obstacle to the passage of people and horses.

At the end of the dark passage is a large courtyard, more than 100 acres.

"Son, the Lord has been waiting in there for a long time. A young man with thin lips and thick eyebrows and a plump nose pointed to a thatched hut outside the courtyard and whispered to Xia Chengxuan.

Seeing that Lu Jianxing and the other guards were following him closely, he said with a smile: "Shizi, I'm afraid that what the Lord talked about with you should not be heard by everyone." ”

Xia Chengxuan nodded and said to the people behind him: "You guys are waiting here, don't come with me." ”

The accompanying guards couldn't do anything, so they had to watch him walk away, one by one uneasy.

"I just hope that this 'Hidden Lord' will not have bad thoughts about the world......"Lu Jianxing thought anxiously.

When Xia Chengxuan arrived at the thatched hut, Zhang Suiguang was busy with his sleeves rolled, and when he looked closely, he was actually making wine.

"Oh, Prince Chengxuan, please take a moment, let me clean my hands. Seeing Xia Chengxuan enter the hut, Zhang Suiguang turned around and smiled. After speaking, he put down the things in his hand, walked to the stove, and lowered his body, washing and wiping his hands in a wooden barrel.

"I can help you bring down Xia Muyan, and I am willing to help you ascend to the throne of God, but after you succeed, you must help me achieve the hegemony of the rivers and lakes!" Zhang Sui sat down on his knees and said bluntly.