"Ling Xiao, husband, who is this Ling Xiao? How come I have never heard anyone talk about it. Mrs. Wei saw the word Ling Xiao on the letter and asked a little strangely.

Wei Rui's heart suddenly jumped wildly at this time, that Mrs. Fan was Ling Xiao, his eyes flashed in front of him since he met Ling Xiao, the domineering spirit that Ling Xiao showed in his gestures turned out to be ------ for a reason.

"Madam, do you want to see this lady?" Wei Rui let out a long sigh of relief and turned his head to ask.

"Of course I want to see her, since this person is the closest relative of Master Renqing, he must also be an extremely noble person------ when I saw Master Renqing in the nunnery, I knew that she was not a mortal. ”

"Alright, let's go to her together. Wei Rui packed up his belongings, went out with his wife, and got into the carriage.

"General, where are we going?" asked Wei Qing, the butler who was driving the car, uneasily.

Wei Rui knew that this housekeeper had been dangling all day long because of the eyes and ears outside the mansion gate in the past few days, and he was a little uneasy, but today's matter was very important, he had to see Ling Xiao, and no matter how big the risk was, he could only take the risk to go.

"Go to Fan Yuncheng's house. Wei Rui commanded softly.

When Mrs. Wei heard this, she looked at him in surprise: "Go, go to Fan's Mansion?"

"Yes, ma'am. Wei Rui nodded slightly, "The person you want to see is that Mrs. Fan." ”

Mrs. Wei's eyes widened in surprise, she didn't believe what she had just heard, the name she had just seen was actually ------ that Mrs. Fan.

"Husband------ did you already know about this?" Mrs. Wei asked puzzledly, "You already know about Fan Fu's ------?"

"Madam, she is not Zhang Yuanzhi's daughter, because of an accident, Lord Zhang asked this Ling Xiao to marry Fan Yuncheng for his daughter. Wei Rui was extremely sober at this time, because he had already connected all the things together, and it was because of the name on this letter that he figured these things out, "At this time, what I am most worried about is that the world is really in chaos------

Mrs. Wei thought for a while, and she seemed to suddenly understand something, and hurriedly said to Wei Rui: "Let's not hand this letter to her, we will go back and burn this letter immediately, then she will never know that this letter exists." ”

Wei Rui shook his head gently, this letter was so heavy in his arms, he also had the same idea as his wife, that is, he would never let Ling Xiao know about the existence of this letter, but he couldn't do it, because the Fan family had experienced so many things, there were enough reasons to let Ling Xiao do what she wanted to do, he had a strange feeling in his heart, he sometimes hoped that Ling Xiao would do what the letter said, so that she would let out this evil breath for the dead, and the heavenly spirits of those who died unjustly could also rest in peace.

At this time, his mood was extremely complicated, he wanted to do things for the emperor and think about the emperor, but over the years, he has become more and more disgusted with the current court, and more and more hated those Xiao royal families who rely on the power of the royal family to make a fortune, how can they cover the sky with one hand? Is it because their surname is Xiao? Is it because the emperor Xiao Yan protects his own people, even if it is a crime of murder, can he be sheltered? Wei Rui thought of these things, his mood was extremely entangled, a person like him who worked hard for the imperial court, not only could not get the slightest benefit in front of the emperor, but it was better to act carefully not to provoke the Xiao clan, once there was a conflict of interest, then a loyal minister like Fan Yuncheng would also suffer this tragic experience of being secretly executed------

What should I do? Putting this letter in Ling Xiao's hands shows his true attitude, and if he doesn't hand it over, he will look down on himself. Wei Rui sighed softly, he had experienced countless difficult choices in his life, and until today he knew that the choice he faced at this time was the most difficult and terrifying.

The carriage slowly stopped, and the butler who was driving the carriage said in front: "General, madam, the Fan Mansion has arrived." ”

Wei Rui and his wife sat in the car and did not answer, at this time they were in the same mood, they didn't know what would happen after stepping into the Fan Mansion, they were also hesitating, although Wei Rui had already thought clearly, but he still didn't want to see things happen.

"General, madam------ can we get in?" Wei Qing asked in a low voice.

Wei Rui gritted his teeth and said to his wife, "Let's go, let's go see Mrs. Fan!"

"But-----" said Mrs. Wei with some concern, "how shall we speak to her?"

"Madame is relieved that I will handle this matter, and I will talk to Mrs. Fan alone about this matter at that time. Wei Rui knew what Madame was worried about, what she was most worried about was that Wei Rui would be involved in this matter, Wei Rui knew that when he decided to come to Fan's Mansion, he had been involved, and he couldn't get rid of it if he wanted to.

The housekeeper Fan Fu led Wei Rui and his wife to the mourning hall, and Ling Xiao saw that they were coming together, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute. Mrs. Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help her up: "Mrs. Fan, hurry up, don't do this big gift!"

"Little girl thanks General Wei and Mrs. Wei for coming to ------" Ling Xiao's eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was a little hoarse, since Fan Yuncheng's death, those former colleagues avoided it, and very few people came to the house to pay their respects, and Mrs. Wei Ruixie's coming together was indeed unexpected by her.

"Hey------ I can't imagine that Master Fan is so sad ------ me, and I can't rest assured that you ------ want to come and have a look." Mrs. Wei was sad and shed tears, although Ling Xiao in front of her was plain and full of tears, her eyes were firm, which made her feel at ease.

"Mrs. Fan------ Wei has a few words that I want to talk to Mrs. alone, I don't know -----," Wei Rui asked cautiously on the side.

Ling Xiao hurriedly instructed Fan Fu: "You go and light the lamp in the front hall, serve a good pot of tea to General Wei, we have something to discuss!"

Wei Rui has been in a daze since he entered the front hall, until Ling Xiao brought the brewed tea to him, he came back to his senses, he looked at the cup of fragrant tea in front of him, and only after a while did he ask: "Mrs. Fan, do you still remember the Renqing Master in the Hidden Cui Nunnery?"

"------ remember. Ling Xiao's tone was also calm, that Master Renqing said from Wei Rui's mouth, she was not too surprised, the General Wei in front of her, but a rare smart person in this world, since he could tell Master Renqing in front of her, it didn't make much sense for him to hide it.

"Mrs. Fan------ what do you have to say to Wei at this time?" Wei Rui asked softly.

Ling Xiao's eyes were full of tears, she smiled silently and bitterly, what the Fan family needs most at this time, of course, is safety, but she knows that she can't open her mouth to tell Wei Rui about it, once she tells this matter, then Wei Rui will also fall into a crisis------ he is a person who values love and righteousness, as long as he speaks, he will definitely try his best to help him leave the capital, but the consequences are what she doesn't want to see, her husband was poisoned by the narrow-minded emperor because of the fact that he exposed the fact that the prince rebelled, if he learned that Wei Rui wanted to send the Fan family out of the city, then the dilemma that Wei Rui would face was also what Ling Xiao did not want to see。

"General Wei------ little girl, thank you for the general and his wife, who came to visit us------ little girl has nothing else to ask for. ”

Wei Rui understood that the woman in front of him didn't want their family to encounter any more accidents, he felt and admired in his heart, originally he was hesitant how to help her, but at this time he had already made up his mind, he slowly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Ling Xiao: "Mrs. Fan, this is a letter that Mrs. Renqing handed over to my wife before she passed away------ and her dying instructions were that when the world was in turmoil, she must hand over this letter to the person who received it." ”

Ling Xiao looked at the letter in front of her, she remembered that Renqing had exhausted her life and had not figured out what she had done, and now it was placed in front of her------ after opening this letter, what was written in it, Ling Xiao had already guessed it, but after reading this letter, how to do it, and what would be the consequences of doing these things?

"Madam ------, when Mrs. Renqing handed the letter to my wife, she mentioned that the person who received the letter was her dearest!" Wei Rui's eyes stared straight at Ling Xiao, and he didn't dare to let go of any trace of strangeness on Ling Xiao's face.

Ling Xiao took his eyes away from the letter and looked up at Wei Rui slightly, her gaze happened to meet Wei Rui's, Wei Rui's heart suddenly beat faster, his eyes were slightly evasive, and for some reason he didn't dare to look directly at the woman in front of him.

"General Wei------ who are you here for today?" Ling Xiao asked lightly.

"Mrs. Fan------"

"Is it for the Liang, for our Fan family, or for yourself?" asked Ling Xiao step by step.

After Wei Rui heard Ling Xiao's question, he suddenly sighed: "That's it, I thought I could deceive Madame's eyes, but unexpectedly, Madame has seen me Wei Rui so thoroughly, Madame------ I Wei Rui admires you so much." ”

"General Wei, can you answer the little girl's question?" Ling Xiao was not moved by Wei Rui's heartfelt words, she still spoke in a light tone, but when these words reached Wei Rui's ears, he couldn't avoid her question.

"Madame, do you want to hear Wei's heartfelt words?" Wei Rui asked earnestly.

"Of course!"

"------The first is for the Fan family, and the second is for my Wei family. Wei Rui had to tell what was in his heart at this time.

"Why isn't ------ for the sake of the Great Liang?" Ling Xiao was quite surprised by Wei Rui's answer, she had always regarded Wei Rui as a loyal and good general of the Great Liang, but this loyal minister in her eyes told her a different answer.

"The girder is no longer ------ girder than it used to be. Wei Rui slowly stood up, "Since Wei began to thoroughly investigate the case of Lord Zhang Yuanzhi, he met his wife by chance, if it weren't for the fact that Mrs. happened to be outside Zhang's mansion, I------ Wei would have died in Yongzhou I think God must have deliberately arranged for me to meet you------ and Jun'er, Fan Yuncheng, since I met you, Wei has figured out a lot of things------ since God does not bless loyal people, then why am I so obsessed?"

Ling Xiao's eyes were filled with tears, and she immediately stood up and said: "It's not that God doesn't bless you with loyalty, but that today's Son of Heaven is mediocre and unreasonable, and he is not worthy of being this Son of Heaven at all, and he is not worthy of doing the things of Heaven at all." ”

"Madam----- you have suffered all these years. ”

Ling Xiao shook his head slightly: "General Wei, did you come here today to ask for an answer?"

Wei Rui nodded solemnly and said, "Exactly, Wei Mou has this intention." ”

"What if you have an answer?" Ling Xiao then asked.

With the answer, Wei has a clearer plan on how to do it next. Wei Rui said firmly, "Madame, can you believe Wei's words?" ”

Ling Xiao looked at Wei Rui silently for a while, and then he nodded and said, "The little girl believes what the general said. ”

"Then you ------" Wei Rui still couldn't say what he wanted to say.

Ling Xiao turned around and came to the table, picked up the letter that had not been opened, Wei Rui looked at the letter in Ling Xiao's hand with a nervous expression, at this time he wanted her to open it, but he was afraid to let her open it, just when he felt embarrassed, Ling Xiao took the letter to the candlestick and burned the letter that had never been opened------

The problem that puzzled Wei Rui for a long time, with the fire burning on the letter, gradually dissipated, he thought about the ending after Ling Xiao read the letter, and the left and right Fan families did not have a good life, but he never thought that Ling Xiao would not read the letter, but let it disappear forever.

Ling Xiao looked at the letter that turned into a cloud of ashes, two lines of tears slowly flowed down, her answer couldn't be clearer, she believed that Wei Rui behind her should also understand why she did this.

"Madam------ are you really going to give up everything?"

"In this life, the general ----- a person, all the things outside the body are things that life has not brought, and death will not take away------------ those money, nouns, official positions, wins and losses, gains and losses are not important, I Ling Xiao have never looked at them in my eyes, is the general satisfied with the answer given by Ling Xiao?" Ling Xiao wiped away the tears on his face before turning around and asking.

"Madam------ what is most important to Madame?" Wei Rui was grateful, but also extremely confused, people are selfish, and the Ling Xiao in front of her will not be any different, the most important thing for her is what she wants to protect with her life, what does she value the most?

"Family------ general, for Ling Xiao, nothing matters, only my family, I want to protect it. Ling Xiao replied firmly.

understood, everything understood, Wei Rui finally understood at this time that the woman in front of him had spent her life defending her family, which was far better than her life.

"The general is satisfied with the little girl's answer?"

When Wei Rui raised his head again, his eyes were full of perseverance, he nodded vigorously and said: "Madam, your answer is exactly the answer I Wei wanted, now that the general trend of the beam has gone, when the building is about to fall, I Wei is powerless to return to the sky, I can't think about this more clearly, how Wei wants to do it in the future, I have already thought about it clearly------ thank you for making all this clear for Wei tonight." ”

Ling Xiao lowered her eyes gloomily, what if she made it clear? Now that their Fan family wants to take a step out of the city gate, it is extremely difficult, how can her naïve idea of wanting to protect her family be realized?

Wei Rui took out the talisman given to him by the emperor, slowly walked in front of Ling Xiao, and handed the talisman to her: "Madam, that's all I can do at this time." ”

Ling Xiao looked at the talisman in front of her in surprise, this is the special talisman for Wei Ruiping General Beida, which is used by him when he enters and exits the palace every day and calls the defenders inside and outside the city, she understands Wei Rui's intention to give her this talisman is to let her use this talisman to go out of the city, when their Fan family holds this talisman city, even if the Yulin guard guards guard the city gate, they have no right to intervene in the affairs of the army, and then they can naturally leave the capital with a swagger. It's just that after leaving, how will Wei Rui in front of him face the emperor's criticism and punishment? Wei Rui's move is for Ling Xiao and her family, but what about himself? How can he protect his family?

Ling Xiao thought that if she saved her family at the cost of Wei Rui's family's lives, the consequences would definitely not be what she wanted to see, thinking of this, she shook her head resolutely: "Our Fan family is doing things, we must not implicate the general's ------ you gave me the rune, how serious the consequences are, doesn't the general understand?"

"Madame, I did hesitate to do so before you burned the letter. But just after you burned the letter, I Wei understood that it was worth it for me to do all this. ”

"General------ the emperor is narrow-minded, if he knows that you have done this, he will definitely be severely punished------ how can we leave with peace of mind?" Ling Xiao said uneasily.

"Madame may exchange this verse with me for another letter. Wei Rui said after a deep groan.

"Letter?" Ling Xiao thought to himself that the most important letter had already been burned by me, and what more important thing could I give to Wei Rui.

"Madam, I want the secret letter that Lord Zhang Yuanzhi handed over to you for safekeeping before he died. Wei Rui said warmly, "For this letter, the abbot of Fuxian Temple has given his life, and Mrs. Renqing is also reluctant to die, the content of this letter must be extremely important, then I Wei use this letter to save my life, there must be no problem." ”

"General, you're so smart!" Ling Xiao complimented in a low voice.

"Madame has won the award, the smartest person in the world is Madame, you------"

"I'm not as smart as General Wei thought, I just gave up what didn't belong to me in the first place------ Ling Xiao sighed, "There are too many people who don't understand this, and I can figure it out while I can figure it out, and I ------ let go of what I should let go." ”

"Does that lady mean to promise Wei?" Wei Rui asked softly.

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Okay, General Wei, it's just that this letter is not with me, and I will definitely send it to the general for safekeeping when I retrieve it." ”

"Madam------ don't you really regret giving up all this?" Wei Rui was still a little shocked when he thought of everything Ling Xiao had just given up.

"Give up what should be given, this life should be like this, willing to give------ give to have to get, if I always want to hold on to it, I'm afraid I won't get anything else. ”

"Madam------ Wei is fortunate to meet Madame, which is indeed a blessing in ------ life. ”

"The general's intentions------ little girl understands. Ling Xiao looked out the door and said softly: "When the general gave the little girl the guqin, I already understood it very well------

Wei Rui knew that he didn't need to say anything more at this time, the guqin that Yuan Xiang gave him, he didn't hesitate to send it to Fan's mansion, he knew that this lady must understand what he meant, as soon as Ling Xiao's words came out today, he knew that this strange woman was different from ordinary people.

He suddenly envied that Fan Yuncheng, how happy he should be to live with such a woman------ he remembered the words that Fan Yuncheng brought to Ling Xiao before he died, although he was sad at this time, but he had to say this, because he knew that he and the Ling Xiao in front of him, I am afraid that there will be no day to see each other again in this life.

"When Lord Fan was dying, he asked me to bring a message to his wife-----" Wei Rui said with difficulty.

Ling Xiao looked at him silently, expecting him to continue.

"Master Fan said, he is waiting for you on ------ bridge!"

"Huangquan Road, Lechuan River, Wangxiangtai, Meng Po Soup------- he is still so stupid, how can he wait for me on the Nai He Bridge? He got on the Nai He Bridge, he had already drunk the Meng Po Soup, and he had forgotten all kinds of ------ in his previous life" Ling Xiao thought of the Cheng Gongzi who had always been in love with him, and his tears couldn't stop flowing, decades still can't change his straightforward nature, in this life they are husband and wife, it is a great thing, how can they have fate to continue to be together in the next life?

"Ling Xiao -----" Wei Rui's voice was extremely soft, but after he finished saying Ling Xiao's name, he couldn't say it anymore, he had too many words to say to the Ling Xiao in front of him, but after the words came to his mouth, he realized that he couldn't say those words at all.

"General------ it is better for you and your wife to leave earlier, outside of the Fan Mansion, it is not peaceful. Ling Xiao stopped him from continuing.

Wei Rui thought that my front door was the same, it was the emperor's eyes and ears, and speaking it to her could only add to his troubles, so he had to nod and leave, and left the Fan Mansion with the lady who had been staying at the door for a long time.

Mrs. Wei saw that he was silent all the way, and her heart was also extremely anxious, as soon as she left the Fan Mansion, she asked anxiously, "Mrs. Fan has read the letter?"

Wei Rui shook his head, and the lady then asked, "What about the letter?"

"Madame Fan burned it. ”

"Burned?" asked Mrs. Wei in surprise, "Haven't you seen it and burned?"

Wei Rui nodded and said, "That's true. ”

"But why did ------ burn without looking?" Mrs. Wei felt that this Mrs. Fan was acting too unreasonably.

"------ because she gave up what was hers. As soon as Wei Rui thought of Ling Xiao's courage and determination, he was extremely impressed in his heart.

"What originally belonged to her?"

Wei Rui didn't answer, he was afraid to tell his wife this answer, because this answer was also what he was most afraid of mentioning, because of the disappearance of the letter, Wei Rui knew that the beam in front of him was temporarily calm, but the waves under this calm were uncontrollable by his little Pingbei general.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, when will you be more sober? Your country is no longer as stable as ever, and your future is already full of thorns at this time, wake up, Your Majesty.