sick man

In today's early court, the officials also looked at each other in blank dismay.There were a lot of people missing among them, because it was too sudden, and the vacant positions hadn't had time to be filled, and they were still left there empty.For the rest of them, their hearts were hanging in their throats, and no one knew whether they would be the next to disappear.

If you talk too much, you will lose, but be wise and protect yourself.

His Majesty the Emperor on the dragon chair has long since needed help. With more than 20 years of hard work and hard work, he has already sat firmly on the dragon chair.No one dared to question his decisions arbitrarily, including the will to rehabilitate the Su family.

Not only must he be rehabilitated, but the emperor must personally welcome back the tablet of the former queen.

Oh, this is simply a ridiculous joke!

The big treason case that shocked the whole country back then is still fresh in my memory. The former queen was secretly executed, and her relatives were exiled to the bitter cold borderlands, and they were never allowed to set foot in the imperial capital again.The Su family, who had contributed to the founding of the country and defended the country for the imperial court, had been famous for several generations, but it was like a shooting star in the sky, falling without a trace in the blink of an eye.

But now, the emperor didn't know what he had found out, and he actually wanted to pardon the Su family for collaborating with the enemy and treason.

Naturally, those ministers who managed to carve up the power of the Su family were not reconciled.One by one, they either wrote a letter, or gave a direct remonstrance, their words were fierce, and their righteousness was awe-inspiring, as if once the Su family turned over, the prosperous dynasty would be overthrown immediately.

The wise man kept his face still, didn't he see Su Jian's protégé, the prime minister of the current dynasty remained silent?Why bother to test the depths of the water?

Facts proved that they were right, those who couldn't hold back all got their unexpected tragic end, and the best results were also relegated to a county thousands of miles away from the imperial city.

It is easy to go, but difficult to come back.

I didn't look at the Su family. It has been in decline for more than 20 years. Even if His Majesty is willing to forgive him, he may not be able to help him.

Su Jian is old, Su Hongrui is dead, the Su family's ancestral house is deserted in the downtown area, and there are countless layers of cobwebs, so what is there to be afraid of?

Thinking about it this way, everyone is at ease.The emperor can do whatever he wants, there are many doubts about what happened back then, besides, who doesn't have some guilt in his heart and wants to atone for it?

It's just that the emperor was a little more anxious this time.

As soon as the decree was issued, he went to Su's house the next day.

What's even more strange is that the emperor was traveling in a micro-clothes, with only Eunuch Yuan with him.

The golden lacquer door plaques of Zhenyuan General's Mansion had long since peeled off and become mottled, and several seals were slanted across the vermilion gate that was also dusty and dim, sealing the past prosperity like a spell.

Li Chengyan approached hesitantly, and personally removed the seal he ordered to affix.

Due to the passage of time, those white seals have turned yellow and brittle, and they will shatter from the fingers with a little force.

Creak—creep—, with a long blunt sound, the door, which had been closed for 23 years, finally reopened.

So what?

Things are wrong.

Everything is different.

After 23 years of crazy growth, the grass and trees in the yard, which were carefully maintained, are almost covering the sky.Cobwebs are tangled and intertwined everywhere, and every house is dark and silent. Even snakes, rats and ants despise a house that has been left uninhabited for a long time.

"I remember that he lived in Wanjian Residence."

Pulling down the spider web above his head casually, Li Chengyan walked across the atrium and walked towards the backyard without waiting for Yuanxi to follow.

The mansion, which I hadn't been to a few times, became shockingly unfamiliar with the erosion of the years.

When the word "Wanjianju" suddenly appeared in front of him, Li Chengyan was timid.

"Chengyan...Your Majesty, I beg you, everything is my fault, let this child go, and when he is born, once he is born, I will immediately..."

How about right away?

People who have appeared in nightmares countless times, their faces have been blurred, only the tear stains on their faces are clear.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty!Empress...no, General Su...is having a difficult labor, the situation is very dangerous, do you think it is safe for the child or...

How did he answer then?

None.

No!return!

Tell them, both must be kept, the child and him... the child and him and I...

All lost.

Even in the dream, the regret rooted in his heart would not let him go, no matter how many times he yelled to come back, the palace servant who delivered the decree ignored him and passed him like an arrow.

"Your Majesty, won't you go in?"

Yuan Xi's feminine voice came suddenly, Li Chengyan's whole body shook, as if awakened from a dream, and his temples were soaked in cold sweat.

Of course I will go in.

Those things he missed must be made up one by one.

Let's start with his bedroom.

Creaking and creaking, the rotten door wood couldn't bear the rustling of sawdust and dust without using any force.

After the dust dispersed, the furnishings in the room gradually became clear.

Simple and clean, even a bit old-fashioned, the same as the owner's impression.There is nothing else in Su Hongrui's room except military books and swords.

There is only a celadon teapot and a teacup of the same color on the desk by the window.

It seems that this is just an ordinary day. The owner of the house is sitting by the window, reading a book and drinking tea.Suddenly feeling tired, he raised his sword and waved it in the courtyard, leaving behind the steaming tea in the cup.

Li Chengyan was bewitched by the scene he wove, he even really looked down into the cup, but only saw thick dust.

"I wonder if there is a portrait of him in the room?"

His eyes wandered aimlessly again, and Li Chengyan's eyes lit up when he touched the book jar full of scrolls in the corner of the wall.

But before he opened the scroll he picked up at random, Yuanxi hemmed and hawed,

"Your Majesty may have forgotten that as soon as General Su left, you ordered the destruction of everything related to him. Only the shell remained in this sword-holding house. I am afraid that these things are not what General Su is used to."

Ah, yeah.

Even though Su Hongrui was dead, he still felt that it was not enough to relieve his hatred.

Everything that Su Hongrui touched in the bedroom, he ordered people to burn it down, and no trace was allowed to remain.As for the things that held the sword in the house, he sent Yuan Xi to lead people to destroy them.

"Is there really nothing left?"

Li Chengyan picked up the books on the shelf without giving up, and opened them one by one. Although the pages were damp and sticky due to long-term neglect, they were clean without any annotations.

Su Hongrui reads books most carefully, and when he encounters something wonderful, he must comment on it.

Sure enough, these books were really not his.

"Yuan Xi didn't dare to disobey the order and didn't follow it. General Su's belongings have been destroyed. It's probably because old General Su was eager to think about his son, and couldn't bear to see the general's room empty, so he bought the same books and came back to fill it." Yuan Xi wrote this. guess.

Li Chengyan's hopes were all in vain, this room had long since lost the aura of Su Hongrui, no matter how carefully he searched, what could he find?

On the contrary, Yuanxi's words reminded him that the purpose of this trip had not been achieved, and he had not found Su Hongrui's memorial tablet.

"Your Majesty, will there really be? Old General Su dares to set up a memorial tablet for the general at home, he is not afraid..." Yuan Xi asked confidently.

This time Li Chengyan said confidently, "If there are so many taboos, he wouldn't be Su Jian. It can be seen from his careful reset of Wanjianju that he values ​​him a lot."

And how could he have the heart to let him become a lonely ghost with no one to enshrine, drifting in the world?

Since the two of them were not familiar with the General's Mansion, they searched for a while before finding the room where the tablet was enshrined.

The exile order for the Su family was issued suddenly in the middle of the night, and Li Chengyan emphasized that all items in the general's mansion, except the Su family's personal clothes, should not be taken away.So the memorial tablets in this room are still the same as they were many years ago, neatly and orderly.

Li Chengyan asked Yuanxi to open the window, and searched row by row by himself with the light coming in.

I went all the way to the last row, but I didn't find Su Hongrui's name.

"Where's his? Where's his tablet!"

Li Chengyan panicked, he grabbed Yuan Xi's shoulder and asked sharply.

Yuan Xi still shook him, lowered his head and said in panic,

"Your Majesty forgot, you ordered me to crush General Su's body to ashes. Old General Su couldn't find General Su's body, and couldn't build a tombstone for him..."

"I... I really let you put him... put him..."

Li Chengyan threw Kai Yuanxi away and walked out of the room in a daze.Then, he clutched his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood, and he fell down straight.