The night breeze caressed the river, and the three people on a flat boat listened quietly to the other recounting the past. The ripples caused by the slight swing of the boat www.biquge.info spread out in circles, running into the distance, and finally merging into the river. Ye Cheng's handsome face was engraved with solemnity at this time, although he still wanted to try his best to show the ease of the past, but at this moment, those eyes full of longing still betrayed him.

"I was appointed as the commander of Beiping for less than half a year, and I was assigned to the harem by the then King of Yan, that is, your father Zhu Di, to protect Ye Niangniang. But it was said that it was Niangniang, but Ye Niangniang did not enjoy any noble courtesy, but was secretly placed under house arrest in an inconspicuous palace, and no one in the palace knew about Ye Niangniang's existence except for me and Zhu Di. Huo Ran said.

"Isn't Ye Niangniang living a very unhappy life, then why does she have to go to the palace?" Zhong Qing asked.

"Yes, it's very unhappy, she wants to win Zhu Di's heart again and again, Ye Gongzi, please forgive me for calling your father's name like this, because after listening to me for a while, you will know why I expressed it like this. Huo Ran arched his hand to Ye Cheng and continued: "Zhu Di met Ye Niangniang on a cruise, the two fell in love, and after a short time together, Zhu Di returned to Yandi Palace, and then Ye Niangniang found out that she was pregnant. Zhu Di is actually just a scene to play, but Ye Niangniang is a martyr woman, since she has an affair with Zhu Di outside the palace, if she is abandoned again, what face is she living in the world? So she insisted that Zhu Di be responsible for his behavior, and when Zhu Di was helpless, she had the right to put Niangniang in the palace. King Yan likes women, but he loves the powerful more, compared with women, the country is his ultimate goal, so if all people or things that are not good for him to seize the country, he has to avoid or even abandon. ”

"Then what did he abandon?" Zhong Qing continued to ask.

He first abandoned his mother, his biological mother was not Empress Ma, but a woman captured from the Goryeo Kingdom, and Emperor Hongwu saw that this woman was sweet and exotic, so he took her by his side and made her a concubine. Soon after, the concubine was pregnant with the dragon seed, and Emperor Hongwu was very happy, because Emperor Hongwu had not yet sat down at that time, and he was playing the final game to the death with Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang and others. Huo Ran said.

Lu Li had been listening quietly beside him, and at this time he couldn't help but interject: "Zhu Di has always said that he was born to Queen Ma, but it turned out that he was just putting gold on his face. ”

Huo Ran smiled bitterly and said, "How could it be otherwise, this is the suffering of being born in the emperor's family." Zhu Di has so many brothers around him, he is not as good as Zhu Biao in terms of honesty and honesty, he is not as good as Zhu Quan in terms of strategic planning, and he is not as good as Zhu Lu in terms of sticking to the city. These people are the biggest obstacles in front of Zhu Di's ambitions and revenge. He must have an orthodox identity, as the so-called name is not right, Zhu Di recognized Queen Ma as his mother, but for the ordinary concubine who gave birth to her and raised her, it seems that the relationship is completely dissociated. Because in his heart, this mother can't help him in any way. ”

"Brother Ye, your father is also a little too much, how can you say that she is also his biological mother!, how can you treat it like this?" Zhong Qing couldn't help but say.

Ye Cheng's heart at this time was full of tenderness, and at the same time he felt sorry for his mother, but he didn't know whether to blame his father, so he just muttered: "In addition to the things of my father's biological mother, my mother mentioned those things in Yandi Palace to me, but she didn't take the initiative to tell me, but when I was a child, I often saw my mother crying silently when she was washing clothes and chopping wood to cook. ”

Huo Ran nodded sadly and said: "That's because of your mother, she is unwilling to bury hatred in your young heart, he hopes that in your heart, your father is a tall and loving image, but unfortunately the real situation is not the case." ”

"Yes, how can a person who can't even have a biological mother care about his wife and children?" Lu Li said lightly, his internal injuries still made him faintly painful at this moment, but Huo Ran Chenshu's past seemed to remind him of some dusty memories in his heart.

"Actually, I'm afraid there are more reasons than these, right?" Ye Cheng muttered.

Huo Ran nodded, and then said: "Ye Gongzi's guess shows that Hui Zhilan's heart is keenly observant. There is another, very important reason for this. ”

Ye Cheng smiled bitterly: "General Huo, there is anything to hide so far, it is better to say it all and see if I, Ye Cheng, guessed correctly." ”

Huo Ran sighed and said: "This matter is a long story, I also heard Ye Niangniang talk about it, and I only knew it." It turned out that Emperor Hongwu went north to attack Yuan, and Emperor Yuan Shun was defeated and took Helin, only hoping that the general Deliebo would be able to besiege Datong and turn the tide. At that time, it was also a coincidence, the first brave general of the Ming Dynasty often encountered a violent illness in the spring, and died without treatment, Li Wenzhong was ordered to be in danger, not to attack Taiyuan, but to immediately lead the team to raid Datong, just with the defenders in Datong City, the Yuan army of Derebo was sandwiched in the middle of a fierce attack, Delebo was captured, and then descended to Taizu, and the general Kong Xing was also defeated and killed, and the siege of Datong was relieved, and the last life-saving straw of Emperor Yuan Shun also fell, and Emperor Yuan Shun was angry and anxious, and it was a life. ”

"I see, but what does this have to do with Ye Niangniang?" Zhong Qing asked with a wink.

"Because Emperor Yuan Shun took refuge and Lin Shi has been living in a manor, and the owner of the village serves every day, very thoughtful and attentive, this owner is none other than Ye Niangniang's father, Ye Fengtian. Huo Ran said, and looked at Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng smiled bitterly: "Because my mother's father, that is, my grandfather Ye Fengtian, is a Yuan person, and he helped Emperor Yuan Shun, so my father Zhu Di will not have anything to do with such a family, otherwise he will give someone a handle, right?"

Huo Ran nodded and said: "Yes, after the death of Emperor Yuan Shun, Ye Fengtian moved his family east to Yandi for refuge, and he wanted to live this life incognito, but Zhu Di still found Ye Niangniang when he went on patrol, and he was overwhelmed by Ye Niangniang's beauty at that time, but Zhu Di is a cautious person after all, and he investigated and learned the details of Ye Niangniang's family afterwards. ”

"What happened to Ye Niangniang?" Zhong Qing couldn't wait to know the answer.

Huo Ran suddenly had a resentful expression on his face, his eyes revealing a raging rage, coupled with his terrifying, scarred face, which made Zhong Qing shiver in the night.

"Later...... Later, King Yan wanted to usurp the throne, began to raise warriors privately, and deliberately hoarded soldiers, horses, grain and grass, he knew that if he wanted to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he must be justified and could not give people the weakness of the handle. Although he arranged Ye Niangniang in the palace, it was just to be able to better control her" Huo Ran said at a critical juncture, and couldn't help but tremble, "Later, one night, I received a secret order, which was written by Zhu Di himself, asking me to set fire to Ye Niangniang and his one-year-old child late that night. ”

"What!" Zhong Qing couldn't help but cry out in surprise when he heard it, although he knew that Ye Cheng in front of him was the child back then, and now that he was here, he was naturally not burned to death, but when he heard that a father actually asked someone to set fire to his son and wife, it was still difficult to suppress the extreme surprise and anger in his heart.

Huo Ran seemed to be talking to himself at this time, and only listened to him continue: "Actually, I also know that when I was sent to Ye Niangniang, the protection was fake, and the surveillance was real. But after a year of contact, I found that Ye Niangniang treats people modestly and has a pure heart, and she is like a breeze in this smoky harem, and I can't do it anyway. But I didn't think that Zhu Di had a premonition, just in case, he privately arranged for ten dead soldiers to come at night, and saw that I had no intention of arson, so they set the palace on fire. ”

At this time, Huo Ran looked into the distance, and his eyes seemed to show the thrilling and tragic scene of that night. The three of them listened quietly, as if time had stood still at this moment.

Huo Mou thought that he would wait until dawn and persuade Ye Niangniang to leave the palace early to take refuge, but he never expected Zhu Di to send someone to set fire to it. When I arrived, the fire was already in the sky, and the entire palace was engulfed in flames, and I could still feel the suffocating heat even from a few feet away. I didn't have time to think about it at the time, so I jumped into the fire, and finally found Ye Niangniang curled up in a corner and the one-year-old baby he was holding tightly. ”

Of course, Ye Cheng knew that the baby was himself, and although he was standing here now, he was still very nervous when he heard Huo Ran's description.

At that time, Ye Niangniang looked at me with frightened eyes, and I can't forget those eyes in my life. Huo couldn't care about the courtesy of the monarch and the difference between men and women at that time, so he had to take his mother and rush out with the baby in his hand. But at the moment when I rushed out, a section of the collapsed beam fell down, igniting my clothes, and in an instant the fire burned along my trouser legs, and I ran hard and took a few steps to push the mother and the baby out of the fire, and I became a burning man......" Huo Ran said, as if he saw the fire again, the fire that made him what he is now.

The past is vivid, but it is unbearable to look back.

Ye Qiuxue and Ye Cheng were saved, but Huo Ran was almost burned to death.

"At that time, I only felt a sharp pain all over my body, and every inch of my skin seemed to be pulled and falling off piece by piece, but the instinct to survive made me rush out. I didn't see Ye Niangniang, and the pain gave me no time to think, but fortunately there was a man-made pond not far from the palace, and I ran away and plunged into it......," Huo Ran said.

At this time, Ye Chengzao had already burst into tears, and he tried his best to raise his head so that the tears would not roll down so quickly, but the trembling of his body could not be controlled no matter what.

Suddenly, Ye Cheng felt a warm hand holding his hand, he looked down and saw Zhong Qing staring at him, his eyes full of encouragement.

"How did you survive? Didn't you look for the mother and son again?" Lu Li asked.

"I jumped into the pond, but if I hadn't been healed in time, I would have died. But God has eyes, and Zhu Di's men found me. Zhu Di didn't see the wife and son he wanted to kill, but he only saw me, so he couldn't let me die, he wanted me to tell me what was going on. Huo Ran sneered.