Hengnan is windy
Chapter 1 When I arrived at the barracks, I saw the soldiers who stayed behind rushing around in a h
A young boy named "Wanzhu".The youngest son of the Beitu patriarch, it is said that his mother is not only a princess, but also a fierce general of the Beitu army camp.
About ten years old, his physique is taller than the children here, but he should not be considered strong among the Beitu people.
It's the unique fortitude of the northern Tu people in his eyebrows that makes him a bit different here.
At this time, Chen Ning led a cleaning maid over, and after the floor was tidied up, someone brought food over.
Wan Zhu looked at Chen Ning, then at Huo Ling, as if asking "Can I eat it?".
Chen Ning pushed the porridge bowl closer and said, "Eat."
Then the candle started to make the porridge, but he completely ignored the spoon and chopsticks next to him, and started to plan the porridge with his hands.
"Hey." Huo Ling was startled, and hurriedly took the candle aside.
He also stayed in Beitu, and he didn't see this way of eating.So it's not surprising what happened to the mess just now.
"Eat with a spoon." Huo Ling felt helpless, "have pity on my golden vegetable porridge."
2 "Amnesia?"
Situ Hengnan recuperated for a few days before hearing Chen Ning's report.
"Maybe it's because of the backlash from the puppet technique." Huo Ling sat aside with his head propped up, and yawned lazily.
"Then it shouldn't be backlashing all the time, right?" Situ Hengnan sat on the edge of the bed, "But why wasn't Jiang Luo there at that time?"
Huo Feng thought for a while, and said: "If it's a backlash, it should be only for a while, but the time is hard to determine. Jiang Luo is missing, and it's hard to know the reason. Could it be, is this a trap?"
"Hey, Xiaofeng, I'm thinking too much. I see, maybe it's because of a temporary incident, or I just need to buy some necessities, or if I'm short of money, I need to find a way to get money to live on. Even if the military adviser thinks highly of this child, It's impossible to be by your side all the time." Huo Ling put his arm around Huo Feng's shoulder and patted him to comfort him.
Situ Hengnan saw that Huo Ling was able to get close to Huo Feng naturally, and felt a little sour in his heart, but he restrained his rationality.
"It was almost Haishi, what would he do when he went out? If he was really forced to make a living, then the person he went to find was a key person, or maybe..." Huo Feng thought.When Huo Ling heard this, he didn't answer, and fell into deep thought.
"Maybe the military adviser is still in touch with the unknown 'master'." Chen Ning said, "If you think about it this way, does Beitu still have a chance to breathe?"
"I will let Chenyu beware of the people in the court. In addition, I will not send this orphan of Beitu to prison for the time being."
Situ Hengnan made a decision, Chen Ning naturally said nothing, and Huo Feng and Huo Ling had no other opinions.
So Wanzhu followed Situ Hengnan back to the General's Mansion.
When Situ Hengnan returned home, he didn't say anything, and not many people noticed that he had a child with him, and what he saw was taken away by his phrase "the son of a warrior".
Wanzhu was temporarily placed in a side courtyard, and Situ Hengnan arranged for several people to follow him.
Situ Hengnan wasn't sure if someone would come to take this boy away, but he felt in his heart that he should gradually reveal the truth.
In the next few days, he occasionally went to see the boy, just with a guilty heart.
It was a long time before the young boy looked at him squarely and said in a daze, "My name is Wan Zhu."
He confides this guilt to Huo Feng, looking at the finely broken tea leaves at the bottom of the teacup, he seems to be confessing: "His mother's head was taken off by me."
Huo Feng didn't respond for a while, waiting for Situ Hengnan to continue talking.
Situ Hengnan raised his head, looked at the gray-blue sky, and seemed to be muttering to himself: "Although there are many women in Beitu who know some kung fu, there are hardly any female generals in the barracks. It is also because she severely injured several of our generals, In anger, he directly took the head."
"During the war, the battle between life and death is the most important thing, and you don't have to regret it." Huo Feng said, "Qi Yan is a wife and mother, and you are also a son and a general. If you feel pity for her, you will It will bring disaster to our army. If she finds an opportunity to take advantage of, she will not show mercy to you."
Situ Hengnan didn't speak.
"It's just Situ, it's all over, and you don't have to think about it." Huo Feng's peaceful voice brought some comfort, and Situ Hengnan also diverted his attention from thinking about these troubles.
It was already dark when he returned home, and Situ Hengnan was going to visit the side courtyard.
What he didn't expect was that Wan Zhu seemed to be waiting at the door for a long time.
"Master." A few people who were following him saluted.
Situ Hengnan made a gesture, and they accepted the gift.
"This, this." Only then did Situ Hengnan notice that Wan Zhu was holding a box in his hand.Lan Zhu held the box and wanted to hand it to him.
It was a dark silver and vermilion wooden box covered with mud and dust.Situ Hengnan took a closer look and felt that it should be a woman's jewelry box, but it was slightly rusted.
He took it, but he didn't open it for a moment, he just asked the candle: "What is this?"
"Yes, it's a treasure." Wan Zhu replied, rubbing his hands together.
"Treasure?" Situ Hengnan weighed the box.The box is very light, maybe it's just an empty box.
One of the people watching took a step forward with a sword in hand and said, "Young master, at this time he turned out from the backyard."
"Backyard? Which backyard?" Situ Hengnan asked.
The man replied, "It is there."
He pointed to a courtyard near the side courtyard, which was once inhabited by people.
Lives... is the father's concubine Ling Niang.
"Is it the courtyard where Lingniang lived?" Situ Hengnan called out this actually very unfamiliar name.
"Yes." The person who answered put down his hand and replied with some difficulty.
Situ Hengnan opened the box and found a smaller box inside.
Inside the smaller box, there is a smaller box with the same outer pattern.
Inside this box is a piece of paper full of words.
Situ Hengnan only briefly browsed the contents, then carefully put away the box, convinced for a moment that Ling Niang's death
Really something else.
☆, Aya Niang
1 Everyone in Situ's mansion knew that General Situ had a concubine, who was brought by the old lady in the second year after the general's wife gave birth to Xing'er, named Ling Niang.Although it was brought by the old lady, Ling Niang was not from a low family background. It is said that she is the distant niece of a certain fifth-rank official.
Ling Niang was born handsome, and she was dressed in plain clothes when she came.At that time, Situ Hengnan was only four years old, and he didn't have a deep memory of the newcomer. He just thought that one day, there was a lively celebration in the house, but his mother didn't smile very well.
On that day, Situ Hengnan ran to his mother's house with Cuju in his arms, and saw his mother caressing a hairpin inlaid with a lotus, and after a while, he put on his own bun, and then he began to braid his hair in front of the bronze mirror. Leng.
"Mother." Situ Hengnan happily put down the Cuju and walked to his mother.
"Heng'er." The general's wife was startled, and hurriedly removed Bu Yao from her bun.
"Having messed around with the kids outside again?"
The general's wife smiled softly, and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe some stains on Situ Hengnan's face.
"Mother, why don't you use this?" Situ Hengnan pointed to the delicate flower that was inconspicuous at first glance, but elegant and special upon closer inspection.
The general's wife seemed to be smiling wryly, she didn't answer anything for a moment, she just put away the things.
"Does mother think it's not good-looking? Heng'er will bring mother some good-looking ones back in the future." Situ Hengnan watched Bu Yao being put away and put it in a drawer, and solemnly promised his mother.
The general's wife suddenly broke into a wry smile, rubbed his head and said softly that Xing'er was asleep, and then walked him to the Wo sink to wash her hands.
Situ Hengnan washed his hands, but saw that his mother's expression was still not good.
"Is mother uncomfortable or unhappy?" Situ Hengnan asked with his head raised.
The general's wife shook her head and said, "Mother is not uncomfortable, nor is she unhappy."
Situ Hengnan really believed it, so he talked about the interesting story of playing Cuju with the children outside.The general's wife listened carefully, and at night watching Situ Hengnan sleeping peacefully, she was a little absent-minded alone stroking the beams and pillars.
There were faint footsteps approaching, and the general's wife raised her eyes and saw that it was Steward Lu. Although she was disappointed for a while, she still laughed and asked, "Are all the etiquette and customs proper?"
Butler Lu agreed softly.Neither of them said anything.
"Madam is not happy." Steward Lu did not ask, but stated.
The general's wife did not deny it.
"I'm busy today, and I heard people say Madam didn't take her medicine on time." Steward Lu frowned.
"You don't have to worry about these things, I know that even if you are in good health, there is nothing you can do..." Speaking of this, the general's wife frowned and suppressed tears.
"Ma'am, don't be sad."
Steward Lu looked at the general's wife very worriedly, moved his lips, but didn't say much.
"I'm going to see Xing'er." The general's wife turned sideways and returned to the room, "Qian Jun, you should also rest earlier."
In the second year after Ling Niang came to the mansion, she suddenly disappeared one day.
Until a few days later, someone found her body in East Lake.
This matter soon caught the ears of people around the mile, but because the General's Mansion deliberately suppressed this matter, no one dared to mention it again.Ling Niang's parental identity is not prominent, but her uncle must give an explanation.At the beginning, they couldn't find anything, and in the end, the General's Mansion could only say that Ling Niang was in poor health, contracted wind disease, and died unfortunately.
"Mr. Qian, you still can't find anything?" The body was found nearly half a decade ago, and the general's mansion still doesn't know why Ling Niang threw herself into the lake.
Or in other words, by whom.
Butler Lu shook his head and said, "Since she was pregnant, Ling Niang seems to be in a trance often, maybe..."
The general's wife sighed.
Ling Niang had a happy relationship four months ago, although the general's wife felt a little sad, but it was a good thing for the general's mansion to have a newcomer.
Now that Ling Niang threw herself into the lake and died miserably, even with one dead body and two lives, the general's wife couldn't help but sigh.
"By the way, Mr. Qian, is there something wrong with the anti-fetal medicine?" The general's wife suddenly remembered this, and asked eagerly, "Have you read it carefully?"
"Ma'am, I've read these too. There is nothing wrong with the anti-fetal medicine. So far, there are no clues. I can only conclude that Ling Niang... threw herself into the lake." Steward Lu also sighed.
"I threw myself into the lake..." The general's wife staggered a few steps, "How could this be... I also heard that some pregnant women are easily depressed, but it's not like..."
"Ma'am, don't be too sad. Ling Niang is the general's concubine. I will make arrangements for her funeral and bury her well." Steward Lu sincerely comforted her.
Ling Niang was indeed buried generously, but for a period of time after that, there was always a strange atmosphere in General Zhen Guo's residence.
But year after year, everyone gradually forgot about that miserable Ling Niang.
☆, secret
1 "Don't mention this to anyone, just pretend you didn't see anything." Situ Hengnan closed the three-layer box, "Also, clean up the soil that was turned over in the backyard."
"Yes." The two leaders replied, and they were ready to go to the backyard to clean up.
"Wait." Situ Hengnan thought of something again, "I'll go and see."
The rest of the attendants who had been watching continued to look at Wanzhu, and Situ Hengnan followed them to the courtyard where Ling Niang lived.
This courtyard is the largest other courtyard of the General's Mansion before the reconstruction.It was also after Lingniang's death that the old lady asked someone to do a special method to remove the bad luck and save Lingniang.This courtyard was not included in the scope of reconstruction, but it was not abandoned either. It was roughly kept as it was, with only one or two rooms containing some sundries.There are also people who come here regularly to remove some weeds, so although the courtyard is deserted, it is not deserted.
"Master, this is the place that was overturned by that young master."
The attendant pointed to a place by the wall, because he didn't know the real identity of Lanzhu, so he called him "Little Master".Because of being overturned, there was a depression in this land, and soil was scattered around it.
"Fill."
Situ Hengnan glanced at it, then said absent-mindedly.
If the content of the letter is true, he also knows the person who put Ling Niang to death indirectly.
He couldn't believe that it would be someone from the mansion, and someone he regarded as his family.
There was some depression in his heart, and he didn't even know whether he should pursue it or not.
Situ Hengnan sat in the study, in a daze for a moment, he didn't even notice his mother who stepped into the study.
"Mother?" A bowl of steaming soup was placed on the table, and he looked up to see the general's wife.
"What is Heng'er thinking? So preoccupied." The general's wife smiled gently.
"It's nothing." Situ Hengnan held up the soup and took a sniff, "Mother made lotus root pork ribs soup by herself."
"Eat quickly." The general's wife sat down beside her.
After eating two mouthfuls, Situ Hengnan's gaze focused on the profile of the general's wife.
The general's wife picked up an ancient book and flipped through it. Although she was no longer young, her facial features were still pretty and correct. Naturally, her figure was no longer graceful, but her temperament was appropriate, giving her an elegant appearance.If it weren't for a little bit of wind and frost on her temples, how could anyone believe that she was nearly fifty years old.
"At that time, my father married a concubine, was my mother very unhappy?" Situ Hengnan put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked.
The general's wife paused her hand, then stroked the writing and closed the ancient book.
"Heng'er, although mother is a general's wife, she was just an ordinary woman from beginning to end. I waited for your father for six years. When the girl was ignorant, we promised each other for the rest of my life. Six years of youth were wasted in a wait. Regret, but he will not belong to me alone." The general's wife's face flashed sorrow, "Ling Niang was arranged by your grandmother. Since ancient times, there are three unfilial acts, and the greatest is to have no descendants. After giving birth to Xing'er, mother My health is not good. There is a concubine who spreads branches and leaves for Situ's family, so I shouldn't have any complaints. Your father is also guilty, but in the end I am too selfish. The two years of estrangement between us are only caused by me. Selfish." The general's wife sighed, "When Ling Niang was happy, I also went to pray for her. But I didn't expect that she accidentally threw herself into the lake."
"Mother, I said too much." The general's wife wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "If I hadn't been so selfish, maybe I could have given her more care, so she wouldn't be depressed and overwhelmed."
"Mother, don't blame yourself." Situ Hengnan came over and held the general's wife's hand, "Maybe she is not blessed."
"Anyway, it's my fault." The general's wife shook her head lightly, and patted Situ Hengnan's hand, "However, why did you suddenly ask about Ling Niang?"
"Heng'er suddenly thought of it, so he just said it, Heng'er shouldn't mention it." Situ Hengnan replied.
The general's wife still smiled slightly, and said: "Say what you want to say, if you cover it up, it's not like you, let alone to your mother."
"Nowadays, Xing'er is no longer at the house, so it's inevitable that I feel a little lonely sometimes." The general's wife sighed, "Mother doesn't want to force you about your affairs, let alone disturb you. You have already reached the crown, and mother has no choice. Ability to interfere. Mother only wants you to be safe and happy."
Situ Hengnan listened quietly, looking at the soft light in the general's wife's eyes, his heart was filled with warmth.
"Mother, is it true tolerance to forgive someone who has made a mistake?" Situ Hengnan let go of his mother's hand, euphemistically eliciting the question in his heart.
"The tolerance in my mother's opinion brings the power to influence. Tolerance is to influence others and call back conscience, rather than just giving in and conniving at mistakes." The general's wife replied, "It's not that someone has hurt others, so we have to learn from him." Ask for it back."
"Heng'er knows." Situ Hengnan responded, making a decision in his heart.
2 Some rare clues were presented to Chen Yu, but Situ Hengnan didn't feel like he had made any progress.
Because of the person he and Huo Feng suspected, Chen Yu had also suspected him for a long time.
"Since you know everything, you still haven't come to a conclusion after all these years?" Situ Hengnan was a little puzzled.
"Because there is no evidence." Chen Yu supported his forehead, "Also, I seem to have told you that my every move attracts attention."
"But now that I think about it, it's worth noting that you investigate."
Because Chen Yu has gradually approved some memorials and dealt with some government affairs recently, the smile on his face has faded, and the rest is deep and tired.
Situ Hengnan thought it was a bit more serious for him to do this, but seeing how tired he looked, he also held back his teasing.
"This is the information I got from the household department under an excuse." As soon as Chen Yu finished speaking, Ruoxuan handed over a file.
Spreading out the file, Situ Hengnan presented the household registration information of several households in a northern county.
One of them is the literature.
"This household registration is fake." Chen Yu said firmly, "But it only proves that he wants to make his official career smoother, so he abandoned his original background in an ordinary state and county, and used this household registration to enter the imperial court more easily. City to participate in the imperial examination."
"However, if the attacker is related to the document, then his identity may not be as simple as I thought." Chen Yu flattened the dossier, "You should have the impression that the scholar of literature only speaks the official dialect of the Central Plains from the beginning to the end. spoke the local dialect."
"I haven't had a deep conversation with him, so I don't know if he speaks any local dialect."
"Won't you meet people from your hometown?"
"I don't know."
"I arranged for someone from that place to enter the school, and the news from that person said that the Bachelor of Arts seemed to know nothing about this place, and every time he just vaguely passed it naturally."
"You also arranged for someone to come to the school?" Situ Hengnan suspected that he had submitted the documents, but he didn't expect Chen Yu to be so fast.
"Yes." Chen Yu replied, "In order to make progress faster."
"Don't worry, the truth will come to light." Situ Hengnan responded.Although he was not completely sure in his heart, these clues always led them to the direction of the core.
"By the way, what happened to the orphan of Beitu?" Chen Yu suddenly remembered the news about the orphan of Beitu that he had learned before, and asked.
"Nothing special, it seems to be in a state of amnesia." Situ Hengnan shook his head.
"That's it, I'll leave it to you to watch." Chen Yu yawned, "That's all for now, Mr. Situ, please step back."
"Yes, His Royal Highness."
Situ Hengnan deliberately emphasized the words His Royal Highness, and left the East Palace.
3. When we returned to the General's Mansion, the sky was already darkened by dusk, and it was a little dark, quietly planning the gray blue and silence of the night.
When he went to the side courtyard to see the candle, he found that the eyes of the candle were no longer so pure, there were restlessness, fear, and deep anger hidden.
"Mixing Xing, take your life!" Wan Zhu found a dagger from nowhere, and rushed up, as if returning to the state of that night.
Situ Hengnan was surprised for a moment, but soon realized that he remembered everything.
But what he was curious about was the title "Destroyer Star".
That's what the northern natives called him when he played against each other.He didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that this was what they called the enemy army.
But later he gradually felt that this title was aimed at him alone.
"What do you mean by destroying the star?" Situ Hengnan didn't deal with Wan Zhu much, and directly hit his wrist and snatched the weapon.The rest of the attendants who were watching also drew their half-inch swords one after another, waiting for orders.
Wan Zhu said something he didn't understand, but Situ Hengnan's hand became a little harder, and there was a painful expression on Wan Zhu's face.
"just kill me!"
Wan Zhu's childish face revealed a kind of determination.
"If you don't tell me the meaning of the word Mie Xing, I will keep your life forever, and let you, as an orphan of Beitu, submit to the imperial court openly." The candle was unable to move under Situ Hengnan's strength. Hearing this, looked at him even more angrily.
"Mixing Xing..." Wanzhu murmured, "Mixing Xing means annihilating a star, and annihilating Beitu also destroys the disaster star of the world."
"Hahahaha, you will destroy the world too, Miexing."
Lan Zhu laughed.
When Situ Hengnan heard this, he frowned, but he didn't take it seriously, and still didn't relax his grip.
"Where did you say that?" Situ Hengnan asked.
"You have let my clan die, my mother died, and my father died too. What the military adviser said is not wrong."
Situ Hengnan let go of the candle, and the attendant had already prepared the rope and quickly tied the candle.
"Military division..." Situ Hengnan muttered to himself.
☆, prophecy
1 After searching through the historical records of Situ Hengnan in the library of the General's Mansion, he found out about the incident on the border 22 years ago.Situ Hengnan's father, General Situ, originally quelled the war in the north, but in the year he was born, the northern border to the outer city was plagued by drought, and even a lot of mobs appeared, which caused quite a lot of disputes.The imperial court sent a large number of people to relieve the disaster, and it took almost two years to restore peace to this place.
But yesterday, Wanzhu not only put forward the words of "destroying the star", but also mentioned this matter.
Naturally, the words of a child who hated him were not enough for him to believe.
But after hearing Wan Zhu's words, Situ Hengnan remembered an experience he went to Puning Temple when he was very young.
He only remembered that his mother begged for a peace talisman, but the peace talisman was not red, but blue.
Said it was a safety talisman, but he had only seen that thing in Puning Temple, and never touched it afterwards.
What is the use of a peace talisman that is not worn on the body?
There are only a few words about Niangqin and Master Jingzhai of Puning Temple in his memory, and his impression of this is nothing more than that.
Moreover, this is just a memory fragment that comes to mind for a while.
"Young Master, Young Master!" A soldier's voice came over, interrupting his thinking.
"What's wrong?" Situ Hengnan got up.
"Someone is coming to rob that young master!" The mansion soldier gasped, "It's already started!"
Situ Hengnan didn't hesitate, and immediately stepped to the side courtyard, but there was a mess here, several people were overturned to the ground, and the sound of horseshoes went away, and he immediately followed.
However, after traveling for a while, before reaching the outer city, they encountered the team they were originally following.
"Master, we are lost." The leader of the government soldiers slightly lowered their heads, "There was only one person on the other side, but they injured the people we were watching in the side courtyard, and some of our team."
Situ Hengnan sized him up, and the man in charge was the one with the shallowest scars, only a bloody wound on his left and right arms, and the others were not so optimistic, they were basically clutching their chests and panting heavily.
"Alone?" Situ Hengnan couldn't help feeling suspicious.Although the government soldiers had only undergone basic training, they all had some skills after all. Moreover, having a large number of people was a big advantage. They were injured so far by one person.
"Yes, young master." The leader of the government soldiers was a little ashamed, "That man is very skilled, and he can use hidden weapons, and he can shoot quickly. The purpose is very obvious, that is, to take that young master away."
"Master, these are some hidden weapons we picked up."
Another pursuer handed over some hidden weapons stained with blood.
Situ Hengnan took a closer look, he was no stranger to these hidden weapons.
After receiving the hidden weapon wrapped in white cloth, Situ Hengnan said: "I was negligent about this matter. You should go back to your home to recuperate."
2 "What? Someone came to your house openly and robbed the orphan of Beitu?"
Hearing this, Huo Ling couldn't help but slapped the table and stood up.
"Is that the military adviser?" Huo Feng naturally didn't react so much, and patted Huo Ling's arm lightly, motioning him to calm down.
"I'm not sure. This person is very skilled, and he successfully took him away before the soldiers notified me."
Situ Hengnan replied, taking out those hidden weapons at the same time.
Huo Feng wasn't surprised when he saw it. At the same time, he looked at Huo Ling and said, "It's the group we studied."
Huo Ling nodded, and took out a small stack of blueprints from his pocket, which recorded scattered weapons of different shapes, to be precise, hidden weapons.
"Are you studying these?" Situ Hengnan took a blueprint and found that it corresponded to the one currently spread out on the table.
"Well, my cousin and I spent a long time researching these hidden weapons, and they also have mechanisms." Huo Feng picked out several other blueprints and matched them with the hidden weapons on the table.
"Naturally, it's not surprising that the northerners rescued the orphans." Huo Ling took a closer look at the hidden weapon.
"They will not be able to escape from the imperial city easily. As long as they are in the imperial city, it will not be easy to hide." Huo Feng analyzed objectively, "It's just..."
"It's just that they had a good chance to escape, so why did they insist on staying in the imperial city?" Situ Hengnan continued, "Zixin, are you thinking about this?"
"Hmm." Huo Feng nodded, "Did he hide unexpectedly, or did he cause some disturbance?"
"Looking at it now, of course it's the latter." Huo Ling waved his hand, "Hengnan boy, although the land of Beitu has been taken over by the imperial court, they don't seem to give up."
"Northern Tu people still have the power to fight us."
Huo Feng frowned, even Huo Ling's face was not at ease.
"Someone in the court is their internal response." Situ Hengnan said, "It's just that there is one more thing that I find strange."
"What's the matter?" Huo Feng asked.
Situ Hengnan thought for a moment, then said, "Mie Xing said."
When Huo Feng heard this, his pupils dilated slightly, but he calmed down quickly.
"Hey, I just said that this kid will know this prophecy sooner or later." Huo Ling patted Huo Feng on the shoulder.
"Did you all know about Mie Xing?" Situ Hengnan continued to ask.
"Before I was in Beitu, firstly, I investigated the formation and collected information about the opponent's weapons, and secondly, it was about the prophecy of the destruction of the stars."
Huo Feng paused for a while, and then elaborated: "The Northern Tu people are good at witchcraft, and prophecy is naturally part of it. This legend of destroying stars was obtained by divination by a royal wizard 23 years ago. This prophecy, said The most important thing is that a child is about to be born, which will bring disaster to the Beitu clan, and then cause chaos in the world. When this child is about to be born, a star in the sky will also disappear, and the local people call it "" Extinguisher'. Not long after this child was born, a severe drought occurred in the north, and a place in the north was nearly starving and dying, and even a cat appeared. It took almost two years for the disaster relief personnel of the imperial court to make this place stable. come down."
Huo Feng looked into Situ Hengnan's eyes, and came to a conclusion with some difficulty: "This child is you, Situ. So in the spring hunting case back then, their target may not have been the eldest prince or the seventh prince's Chenyu, but you."
Situ Hengnan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "A prophecy? There was indeed a drought and a catastrophe in the north when I was born, but this shows that I will give Did Beitu bring disaster? I never believed it."
"Situ, it's been 11 years, maybe you don't have much memory." Huo Feng recalled what happened a long time ago, "That day, you and Chen Yu exchanged bows and arrows, right?"
Staring at Huo Fengshui's clear pupils, Situ Hengnan also remembered the day of spring hunting a long time ago, when he made a bet with Chen Yu, and even changed bows and arrows to fight for the outcome.
That longbow, the eye-catching snow-silver longbow.
"He gave it to me."
Situ Hengnan stopped smiling and clenched his fists.
3 "I know, I'm already an outcast." With his back to the door, Lu Kui opened a closet in front of him. There were two tablets on the upper floor. In front of the tablets was a small stove with three unburned pieces inserted. All the fragrance.
Lu Kui seemed to be talking to himself, but in fact he knew that there was someone listening not far away.
Lu Kui withdrew the three sticks of incense and lit three sticks of incense again.
"Oh, actually, you don't have to be in such a hurry to kill me. I know that my time is running out. But when it comes to turning your face and denying others, you are really more vicious than anyone else. Just now I helped you regain your highness. Lu Kui said expressionlessly, "You still like to use poison. You poisoned the fleeing chief of the Northern Earth tribe and the people you hate. But you still use poison on me because you want to hear more from me." talk?"
Lu Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
But suddenly there were footsteps not far away.The person who had been hiding in the dark left quietly.
Lu Yu was not in a hurry, as if he had expected this moment long ago.
At this moment, Situ Hengnan, Huo Feng, and Huo Ling all came here.
He concentrated, worshiped the tablet in front of him, and then turned around.
"Uncle Lu."
Situ Hengnan has called for many years, but this time it is extremely heavy.
"Heng'er has a few things I want to ask you."
"If you want to ask anything, just ask."
"One is, why did you force Ling Niang to death?"
Lu Kui originally had a cold face, but when he heard this, he laughed instead, and said: "Ling Niang threw herself into the lake, Master Heng."
"She left a box in her yard, and there was a piece of paper in it. You often threatened her after she became pregnant, saying that she would not let her child be born smoothly, and if the child was born, you would not It will give her and the baby a day of peace."
There was silence all around.
What broke the silence was a gentle voice, but with some fear: "Qian Jun, is this true?"
At some point, General Situ and his wife entered this courtyard.
That question came from the general's wife.
"You threatened Ling Niang? Why did you do this?"
General Situ also frowned upon hearing this.
Steward Lu, who had a calm face, was a little moved the moment he saw the general's wife.
"Yes." Lu Yu sneered, "She threatened Madam's status and made Madam unhappy every day, so she should die."
Situ Hengnan clenched and loosened his fist, and said, "You gave Heng'er the snow-silver longbow back then."
"That's right. That longbow is an important symbol. Who would have thought that you would have exchanged longbows with the present prince, which led to confusion in the target, and finally caused the eldest prince to almost die, and made most of the clans in the southwest into scapegoats."
When he said that, he really shocked everyone.
Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng were only skeptical at first, and they didn't even expect him to admit it so decisively.
"Are you the plotter of Spring Hunting back then? You still want to harm Heng'er?" General Situ's voice suppressed his anger.
"You have been hiding it for so many years? Lingniang's death is because of me? Why did you have anything to do with the matter of Spring Hunting?" The general's wife still did not accept this fact, "These are all true? You want Heng'er die?"
"Jiang Yun, if he doesn't understand, you don't understand." Lu Kui recalled the small characters of the general's wife, and laughed wantonly, "You gave birth to Xing'er, and your health has been in poor health. I wake up every morning and evening. I personally watched the medicinal soup boiled before handing it to you. You still want to give him more children, but your body can no longer support it. The old lady found out about this and hurriedly found a concubine for him .What do they think of you? Just a tool to pass incense!"
Lu Kui roared out the last sentence, then calmed down again, and laughed a few times: "He has you, how can he have other women? Jiang Yun, how can I not be satisfied with you in this life, how can I not be satisfied... ..."
"Jiang Yun, you must hate me for trying to put Situ Hengnan to death, and I still have regrets in my heart. I lied to myself, I lied to myself, I joined Beitu for the sake of fame and fortune, and for the sake of power. But After all, I lied to myself, I am jealous of the person who can get you." Lu Kui pointed at General Situ angrily, his fingertips trembling, and there were tears in his eyes.
"Situ Shuo, I have always wanted to compete formally with you. But in this world, there is no fair duel. I come from a declining clan, and you are the queen of meritorious officials. I studied hard for many years before entering the highest school. But in the end, no one can understand my ambition. I can only start from a small official step by step. I didn't feel anything at the time. But one day, I met Jiang Yun, but she is going to marry you. I Willing to be the housekeeper of the general's mansion, watching Jiang Yun give birth to children, every day is safe. I have never had any cold illness. Situ Shuo, your pity for me at that time was really touching!"
"From the moment I was born, I was doomed to have too many things that I couldn't get, and I couldn't think about it. If this is the case, why can't I be free and follow people who really appreciate me?"
Blood was overflowing from the corner of Lu Kui's mouth, but he
About ten years old, his physique is taller than the children here, but he should not be considered strong among the Beitu people.
It's the unique fortitude of the northern Tu people in his eyebrows that makes him a bit different here.
At this time, Chen Ning led a cleaning maid over, and after the floor was tidied up, someone brought food over.
Wan Zhu looked at Chen Ning, then at Huo Ling, as if asking "Can I eat it?".
Chen Ning pushed the porridge bowl closer and said, "Eat."
Then the candle started to make the porridge, but he completely ignored the spoon and chopsticks next to him, and started to plan the porridge with his hands.
"Hey." Huo Ling was startled, and hurriedly took the candle aside.
He also stayed in Beitu, and he didn't see this way of eating.So it's not surprising what happened to the mess just now.
"Eat with a spoon." Huo Ling felt helpless, "have pity on my golden vegetable porridge."
2 "Amnesia?"
Situ Hengnan recuperated for a few days before hearing Chen Ning's report.
"Maybe it's because of the backlash from the puppet technique." Huo Ling sat aside with his head propped up, and yawned lazily.
"Then it shouldn't be backlashing all the time, right?" Situ Hengnan sat on the edge of the bed, "But why wasn't Jiang Luo there at that time?"
Huo Feng thought for a while, and said: "If it's a backlash, it should be only for a while, but the time is hard to determine. Jiang Luo is missing, and it's hard to know the reason. Could it be, is this a trap?"
"Hey, Xiaofeng, I'm thinking too much. I see, maybe it's because of a temporary incident, or I just need to buy some necessities, or if I'm short of money, I need to find a way to get money to live on. Even if the military adviser thinks highly of this child, It's impossible to be by your side all the time." Huo Ling put his arm around Huo Feng's shoulder and patted him to comfort him.
Situ Hengnan saw that Huo Ling was able to get close to Huo Feng naturally, and felt a little sour in his heart, but he restrained his rationality.
"It was almost Haishi, what would he do when he went out? If he was really forced to make a living, then the person he went to find was a key person, or maybe..." Huo Feng thought.When Huo Ling heard this, he didn't answer, and fell into deep thought.
"Maybe the military adviser is still in touch with the unknown 'master'." Chen Ning said, "If you think about it this way, does Beitu still have a chance to breathe?"
"I will let Chenyu beware of the people in the court. In addition, I will not send this orphan of Beitu to prison for the time being."
Situ Hengnan made a decision, Chen Ning naturally said nothing, and Huo Feng and Huo Ling had no other opinions.
So Wanzhu followed Situ Hengnan back to the General's Mansion.
When Situ Hengnan returned home, he didn't say anything, and not many people noticed that he had a child with him, and what he saw was taken away by his phrase "the son of a warrior".
Wanzhu was temporarily placed in a side courtyard, and Situ Hengnan arranged for several people to follow him.
Situ Hengnan wasn't sure if someone would come to take this boy away, but he felt in his heart that he should gradually reveal the truth.
In the next few days, he occasionally went to see the boy, just with a guilty heart.
It was a long time before the young boy looked at him squarely and said in a daze, "My name is Wan Zhu."
He confides this guilt to Huo Feng, looking at the finely broken tea leaves at the bottom of the teacup, he seems to be confessing: "His mother's head was taken off by me."
Huo Feng didn't respond for a while, waiting for Situ Hengnan to continue talking.
Situ Hengnan raised his head, looked at the gray-blue sky, and seemed to be muttering to himself: "Although there are many women in Beitu who know some kung fu, there are hardly any female generals in the barracks. It is also because she severely injured several of our generals, In anger, he directly took the head."
"During the war, the battle between life and death is the most important thing, and you don't have to regret it." Huo Feng said, "Qi Yan is a wife and mother, and you are also a son and a general. If you feel pity for her, you will It will bring disaster to our army. If she finds an opportunity to take advantage of, she will not show mercy to you."
Situ Hengnan didn't speak.
"It's just Situ, it's all over, and you don't have to think about it." Huo Feng's peaceful voice brought some comfort, and Situ Hengnan also diverted his attention from thinking about these troubles.
It was already dark when he returned home, and Situ Hengnan was going to visit the side courtyard.
What he didn't expect was that Wan Zhu seemed to be waiting at the door for a long time.
"Master." A few people who were following him saluted.
Situ Hengnan made a gesture, and they accepted the gift.
"This, this." Only then did Situ Hengnan notice that Wan Zhu was holding a box in his hand.Lan Zhu held the box and wanted to hand it to him.
It was a dark silver and vermilion wooden box covered with mud and dust.Situ Hengnan took a closer look and felt that it should be a woman's jewelry box, but it was slightly rusted.
He took it, but he didn't open it for a moment, he just asked the candle: "What is this?"
"Yes, it's a treasure." Wan Zhu replied, rubbing his hands together.
"Treasure?" Situ Hengnan weighed the box.The box is very light, maybe it's just an empty box.
One of the people watching took a step forward with a sword in hand and said, "Young master, at this time he turned out from the backyard."
"Backyard? Which backyard?" Situ Hengnan asked.
The man replied, "It is there."
He pointed to a courtyard near the side courtyard, which was once inhabited by people.
Lives... is the father's concubine Ling Niang.
"Is it the courtyard where Lingniang lived?" Situ Hengnan called out this actually very unfamiliar name.
"Yes." The person who answered put down his hand and replied with some difficulty.
Situ Hengnan opened the box and found a smaller box inside.
Inside the smaller box, there is a smaller box with the same outer pattern.
Inside this box is a piece of paper full of words.
Situ Hengnan only briefly browsed the contents, then carefully put away the box, convinced for a moment that Ling Niang's death
Really something else.
☆, Aya Niang
1 Everyone in Situ's mansion knew that General Situ had a concubine, who was brought by the old lady in the second year after the general's wife gave birth to Xing'er, named Ling Niang.Although it was brought by the old lady, Ling Niang was not from a low family background. It is said that she is the distant niece of a certain fifth-rank official.
Ling Niang was born handsome, and she was dressed in plain clothes when she came.At that time, Situ Hengnan was only four years old, and he didn't have a deep memory of the newcomer. He just thought that one day, there was a lively celebration in the house, but his mother didn't smile very well.
On that day, Situ Hengnan ran to his mother's house with Cuju in his arms, and saw his mother caressing a hairpin inlaid with a lotus, and after a while, he put on his own bun, and then he began to braid his hair in front of the bronze mirror. Leng.
"Mother." Situ Hengnan happily put down the Cuju and walked to his mother.
"Heng'er." The general's wife was startled, and hurriedly removed Bu Yao from her bun.
"Having messed around with the kids outside again?"
The general's wife smiled softly, and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe some stains on Situ Hengnan's face.
"Mother, why don't you use this?" Situ Hengnan pointed to the delicate flower that was inconspicuous at first glance, but elegant and special upon closer inspection.
The general's wife seemed to be smiling wryly, she didn't answer anything for a moment, she just put away the things.
"Does mother think it's not good-looking? Heng'er will bring mother some good-looking ones back in the future." Situ Hengnan watched Bu Yao being put away and put it in a drawer, and solemnly promised his mother.
The general's wife suddenly broke into a wry smile, rubbed his head and said softly that Xing'er was asleep, and then walked him to the Wo sink to wash her hands.
Situ Hengnan washed his hands, but saw that his mother's expression was still not good.
"Is mother uncomfortable or unhappy?" Situ Hengnan asked with his head raised.
The general's wife shook her head and said, "Mother is not uncomfortable, nor is she unhappy."
Situ Hengnan really believed it, so he talked about the interesting story of playing Cuju with the children outside.The general's wife listened carefully, and at night watching Situ Hengnan sleeping peacefully, she was a little absent-minded alone stroking the beams and pillars.
There were faint footsteps approaching, and the general's wife raised her eyes and saw that it was Steward Lu. Although she was disappointed for a while, she still laughed and asked, "Are all the etiquette and customs proper?"
Butler Lu agreed softly.Neither of them said anything.
"Madam is not happy." Steward Lu did not ask, but stated.
The general's wife did not deny it.
"I'm busy today, and I heard people say Madam didn't take her medicine on time." Steward Lu frowned.
"You don't have to worry about these things, I know that even if you are in good health, there is nothing you can do..." Speaking of this, the general's wife frowned and suppressed tears.
"Ma'am, don't be sad."
Steward Lu looked at the general's wife very worriedly, moved his lips, but didn't say much.
"I'm going to see Xing'er." The general's wife turned sideways and returned to the room, "Qian Jun, you should also rest earlier."
In the second year after Ling Niang came to the mansion, she suddenly disappeared one day.
Until a few days later, someone found her body in East Lake.
This matter soon caught the ears of people around the mile, but because the General's Mansion deliberately suppressed this matter, no one dared to mention it again.Ling Niang's parental identity is not prominent, but her uncle must give an explanation.At the beginning, they couldn't find anything, and in the end, the General's Mansion could only say that Ling Niang was in poor health, contracted wind disease, and died unfortunately.
"Mr. Qian, you still can't find anything?" The body was found nearly half a decade ago, and the general's mansion still doesn't know why Ling Niang threw herself into the lake.
Or in other words, by whom.
Butler Lu shook his head and said, "Since she was pregnant, Ling Niang seems to be in a trance often, maybe..."
The general's wife sighed.
Ling Niang had a happy relationship four months ago, although the general's wife felt a little sad, but it was a good thing for the general's mansion to have a newcomer.
Now that Ling Niang threw herself into the lake and died miserably, even with one dead body and two lives, the general's wife couldn't help but sigh.
"By the way, Mr. Qian, is there something wrong with the anti-fetal medicine?" The general's wife suddenly remembered this, and asked eagerly, "Have you read it carefully?"
"Ma'am, I've read these too. There is nothing wrong with the anti-fetal medicine. So far, there are no clues. I can only conclude that Ling Niang... threw herself into the lake." Steward Lu also sighed.
"I threw myself into the lake..." The general's wife staggered a few steps, "How could this be... I also heard that some pregnant women are easily depressed, but it's not like..."
"Ma'am, don't be too sad. Ling Niang is the general's concubine. I will make arrangements for her funeral and bury her well." Steward Lu sincerely comforted her.
Ling Niang was indeed buried generously, but for a period of time after that, there was always a strange atmosphere in General Zhen Guo's residence.
But year after year, everyone gradually forgot about that miserable Ling Niang.
☆, secret
1 "Don't mention this to anyone, just pretend you didn't see anything." Situ Hengnan closed the three-layer box, "Also, clean up the soil that was turned over in the backyard."
"Yes." The two leaders replied, and they were ready to go to the backyard to clean up.
"Wait." Situ Hengnan thought of something again, "I'll go and see."
The rest of the attendants who had been watching continued to look at Wanzhu, and Situ Hengnan followed them to the courtyard where Ling Niang lived.
This courtyard is the largest other courtyard of the General's Mansion before the reconstruction.It was also after Lingniang's death that the old lady asked someone to do a special method to remove the bad luck and save Lingniang.This courtyard was not included in the scope of reconstruction, but it was not abandoned either. It was roughly kept as it was, with only one or two rooms containing some sundries.There are also people who come here regularly to remove some weeds, so although the courtyard is deserted, it is not deserted.
"Master, this is the place that was overturned by that young master."
The attendant pointed to a place by the wall, because he didn't know the real identity of Lanzhu, so he called him "Little Master".Because of being overturned, there was a depression in this land, and soil was scattered around it.
"Fill."
Situ Hengnan glanced at it, then said absent-mindedly.
If the content of the letter is true, he also knows the person who put Ling Niang to death indirectly.
He couldn't believe that it would be someone from the mansion, and someone he regarded as his family.
There was some depression in his heart, and he didn't even know whether he should pursue it or not.
Situ Hengnan sat in the study, in a daze for a moment, he didn't even notice his mother who stepped into the study.
"Mother?" A bowl of steaming soup was placed on the table, and he looked up to see the general's wife.
"What is Heng'er thinking? So preoccupied." The general's wife smiled gently.
"It's nothing." Situ Hengnan held up the soup and took a sniff, "Mother made lotus root pork ribs soup by herself."
"Eat quickly." The general's wife sat down beside her.
After eating two mouthfuls, Situ Hengnan's gaze focused on the profile of the general's wife.
The general's wife picked up an ancient book and flipped through it. Although she was no longer young, her facial features were still pretty and correct. Naturally, her figure was no longer graceful, but her temperament was appropriate, giving her an elegant appearance.If it weren't for a little bit of wind and frost on her temples, how could anyone believe that she was nearly fifty years old.
"At that time, my father married a concubine, was my mother very unhappy?" Situ Hengnan put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked.
The general's wife paused her hand, then stroked the writing and closed the ancient book.
"Heng'er, although mother is a general's wife, she was just an ordinary woman from beginning to end. I waited for your father for six years. When the girl was ignorant, we promised each other for the rest of my life. Six years of youth were wasted in a wait. Regret, but he will not belong to me alone." The general's wife's face flashed sorrow, "Ling Niang was arranged by your grandmother. Since ancient times, there are three unfilial acts, and the greatest is to have no descendants. After giving birth to Xing'er, mother My health is not good. There is a concubine who spreads branches and leaves for Situ's family, so I shouldn't have any complaints. Your father is also guilty, but in the end I am too selfish. The two years of estrangement between us are only caused by me. Selfish." The general's wife sighed, "When Ling Niang was happy, I also went to pray for her. But I didn't expect that she accidentally threw herself into the lake."
"Mother, I said too much." The general's wife wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "If I hadn't been so selfish, maybe I could have given her more care, so she wouldn't be depressed and overwhelmed."
"Mother, don't blame yourself." Situ Hengnan came over and held the general's wife's hand, "Maybe she is not blessed."
"Anyway, it's my fault." The general's wife shook her head lightly, and patted Situ Hengnan's hand, "However, why did you suddenly ask about Ling Niang?"
"Heng'er suddenly thought of it, so he just said it, Heng'er shouldn't mention it." Situ Hengnan replied.
The general's wife still smiled slightly, and said: "Say what you want to say, if you cover it up, it's not like you, let alone to your mother."
"Nowadays, Xing'er is no longer at the house, so it's inevitable that I feel a little lonely sometimes." The general's wife sighed, "Mother doesn't want to force you about your affairs, let alone disturb you. You have already reached the crown, and mother has no choice. Ability to interfere. Mother only wants you to be safe and happy."
Situ Hengnan listened quietly, looking at the soft light in the general's wife's eyes, his heart was filled with warmth.
"Mother, is it true tolerance to forgive someone who has made a mistake?" Situ Hengnan let go of his mother's hand, euphemistically eliciting the question in his heart.
"The tolerance in my mother's opinion brings the power to influence. Tolerance is to influence others and call back conscience, rather than just giving in and conniving at mistakes." The general's wife replied, "It's not that someone has hurt others, so we have to learn from him." Ask for it back."
"Heng'er knows." Situ Hengnan responded, making a decision in his heart.
2 Some rare clues were presented to Chen Yu, but Situ Hengnan didn't feel like he had made any progress.
Because of the person he and Huo Feng suspected, Chen Yu had also suspected him for a long time.
"Since you know everything, you still haven't come to a conclusion after all these years?" Situ Hengnan was a little puzzled.
"Because there is no evidence." Chen Yu supported his forehead, "Also, I seem to have told you that my every move attracts attention."
"But now that I think about it, it's worth noting that you investigate."
Because Chen Yu has gradually approved some memorials and dealt with some government affairs recently, the smile on his face has faded, and the rest is deep and tired.
Situ Hengnan thought it was a bit more serious for him to do this, but seeing how tired he looked, he also held back his teasing.
"This is the information I got from the household department under an excuse." As soon as Chen Yu finished speaking, Ruoxuan handed over a file.
Spreading out the file, Situ Hengnan presented the household registration information of several households in a northern county.
One of them is the literature.
"This household registration is fake." Chen Yu said firmly, "But it only proves that he wants to make his official career smoother, so he abandoned his original background in an ordinary state and county, and used this household registration to enter the imperial court more easily. City to participate in the imperial examination."
"However, if the attacker is related to the document, then his identity may not be as simple as I thought." Chen Yu flattened the dossier, "You should have the impression that the scholar of literature only speaks the official dialect of the Central Plains from the beginning to the end. spoke the local dialect."
"I haven't had a deep conversation with him, so I don't know if he speaks any local dialect."
"Won't you meet people from your hometown?"
"I don't know."
"I arranged for someone from that place to enter the school, and the news from that person said that the Bachelor of Arts seemed to know nothing about this place, and every time he just vaguely passed it naturally."
"You also arranged for someone to come to the school?" Situ Hengnan suspected that he had submitted the documents, but he didn't expect Chen Yu to be so fast.
"Yes." Chen Yu replied, "In order to make progress faster."
"Don't worry, the truth will come to light." Situ Hengnan responded.Although he was not completely sure in his heart, these clues always led them to the direction of the core.
"By the way, what happened to the orphan of Beitu?" Chen Yu suddenly remembered the news about the orphan of Beitu that he had learned before, and asked.
"Nothing special, it seems to be in a state of amnesia." Situ Hengnan shook his head.
"That's it, I'll leave it to you to watch." Chen Yu yawned, "That's all for now, Mr. Situ, please step back."
"Yes, His Royal Highness."
Situ Hengnan deliberately emphasized the words His Royal Highness, and left the East Palace.
3. When we returned to the General's Mansion, the sky was already darkened by dusk, and it was a little dark, quietly planning the gray blue and silence of the night.
When he went to the side courtyard to see the candle, he found that the eyes of the candle were no longer so pure, there were restlessness, fear, and deep anger hidden.
"Mixing Xing, take your life!" Wan Zhu found a dagger from nowhere, and rushed up, as if returning to the state of that night.
Situ Hengnan was surprised for a moment, but soon realized that he remembered everything.
But what he was curious about was the title "Destroyer Star".
That's what the northern natives called him when he played against each other.He didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that this was what they called the enemy army.
But later he gradually felt that this title was aimed at him alone.
"What do you mean by destroying the star?" Situ Hengnan didn't deal with Wan Zhu much, and directly hit his wrist and snatched the weapon.The rest of the attendants who were watching also drew their half-inch swords one after another, waiting for orders.
Wan Zhu said something he didn't understand, but Situ Hengnan's hand became a little harder, and there was a painful expression on Wan Zhu's face.
"just kill me!"
Wan Zhu's childish face revealed a kind of determination.
"If you don't tell me the meaning of the word Mie Xing, I will keep your life forever, and let you, as an orphan of Beitu, submit to the imperial court openly." The candle was unable to move under Situ Hengnan's strength. Hearing this, looked at him even more angrily.
"Mixing Xing..." Wanzhu murmured, "Mixing Xing means annihilating a star, and annihilating Beitu also destroys the disaster star of the world."
"Hahahaha, you will destroy the world too, Miexing."
Lan Zhu laughed.
When Situ Hengnan heard this, he frowned, but he didn't take it seriously, and still didn't relax his grip.
"Where did you say that?" Situ Hengnan asked.
"You have let my clan die, my mother died, and my father died too. What the military adviser said is not wrong."
Situ Hengnan let go of the candle, and the attendant had already prepared the rope and quickly tied the candle.
"Military division..." Situ Hengnan muttered to himself.
☆, prophecy
1 After searching through the historical records of Situ Hengnan in the library of the General's Mansion, he found out about the incident on the border 22 years ago.Situ Hengnan's father, General Situ, originally quelled the war in the north, but in the year he was born, the northern border to the outer city was plagued by drought, and even a lot of mobs appeared, which caused quite a lot of disputes.The imperial court sent a large number of people to relieve the disaster, and it took almost two years to restore peace to this place.
But yesterday, Wanzhu not only put forward the words of "destroying the star", but also mentioned this matter.
Naturally, the words of a child who hated him were not enough for him to believe.
But after hearing Wan Zhu's words, Situ Hengnan remembered an experience he went to Puning Temple when he was very young.
He only remembered that his mother begged for a peace talisman, but the peace talisman was not red, but blue.
Said it was a safety talisman, but he had only seen that thing in Puning Temple, and never touched it afterwards.
What is the use of a peace talisman that is not worn on the body?
There are only a few words about Niangqin and Master Jingzhai of Puning Temple in his memory, and his impression of this is nothing more than that.
Moreover, this is just a memory fragment that comes to mind for a while.
"Young Master, Young Master!" A soldier's voice came over, interrupting his thinking.
"What's wrong?" Situ Hengnan got up.
"Someone is coming to rob that young master!" The mansion soldier gasped, "It's already started!"
Situ Hengnan didn't hesitate, and immediately stepped to the side courtyard, but there was a mess here, several people were overturned to the ground, and the sound of horseshoes went away, and he immediately followed.
However, after traveling for a while, before reaching the outer city, they encountered the team they were originally following.
"Master, we are lost." The leader of the government soldiers slightly lowered their heads, "There was only one person on the other side, but they injured the people we were watching in the side courtyard, and some of our team."
Situ Hengnan sized him up, and the man in charge was the one with the shallowest scars, only a bloody wound on his left and right arms, and the others were not so optimistic, they were basically clutching their chests and panting heavily.
"Alone?" Situ Hengnan couldn't help feeling suspicious.Although the government soldiers had only undergone basic training, they all had some skills after all. Moreover, having a large number of people was a big advantage. They were injured so far by one person.
"Yes, young master." The leader of the government soldiers was a little ashamed, "That man is very skilled, and he can use hidden weapons, and he can shoot quickly. The purpose is very obvious, that is, to take that young master away."
"Master, these are some hidden weapons we picked up."
Another pursuer handed over some hidden weapons stained with blood.
Situ Hengnan took a closer look, he was no stranger to these hidden weapons.
After receiving the hidden weapon wrapped in white cloth, Situ Hengnan said: "I was negligent about this matter. You should go back to your home to recuperate."
2 "What? Someone came to your house openly and robbed the orphan of Beitu?"
Hearing this, Huo Ling couldn't help but slapped the table and stood up.
"Is that the military adviser?" Huo Feng naturally didn't react so much, and patted Huo Ling's arm lightly, motioning him to calm down.
"I'm not sure. This person is very skilled, and he successfully took him away before the soldiers notified me."
Situ Hengnan replied, taking out those hidden weapons at the same time.
Huo Feng wasn't surprised when he saw it. At the same time, he looked at Huo Ling and said, "It's the group we studied."
Huo Ling nodded, and took out a small stack of blueprints from his pocket, which recorded scattered weapons of different shapes, to be precise, hidden weapons.
"Are you studying these?" Situ Hengnan took a blueprint and found that it corresponded to the one currently spread out on the table.
"Well, my cousin and I spent a long time researching these hidden weapons, and they also have mechanisms." Huo Feng picked out several other blueprints and matched them with the hidden weapons on the table.
"Naturally, it's not surprising that the northerners rescued the orphans." Huo Ling took a closer look at the hidden weapon.
"They will not be able to escape from the imperial city easily. As long as they are in the imperial city, it will not be easy to hide." Huo Feng analyzed objectively, "It's just..."
"It's just that they had a good chance to escape, so why did they insist on staying in the imperial city?" Situ Hengnan continued, "Zixin, are you thinking about this?"
"Hmm." Huo Feng nodded, "Did he hide unexpectedly, or did he cause some disturbance?"
"Looking at it now, of course it's the latter." Huo Ling waved his hand, "Hengnan boy, although the land of Beitu has been taken over by the imperial court, they don't seem to give up."
"Northern Tu people still have the power to fight us."
Huo Feng frowned, even Huo Ling's face was not at ease.
"Someone in the court is their internal response." Situ Hengnan said, "It's just that there is one more thing that I find strange."
"What's the matter?" Huo Feng asked.
Situ Hengnan thought for a moment, then said, "Mie Xing said."
When Huo Feng heard this, his pupils dilated slightly, but he calmed down quickly.
"Hey, I just said that this kid will know this prophecy sooner or later." Huo Ling patted Huo Feng on the shoulder.
"Did you all know about Mie Xing?" Situ Hengnan continued to ask.
"Before I was in Beitu, firstly, I investigated the formation and collected information about the opponent's weapons, and secondly, it was about the prophecy of the destruction of the stars."
Huo Feng paused for a while, and then elaborated: "The Northern Tu people are good at witchcraft, and prophecy is naturally part of it. This legend of destroying stars was obtained by divination by a royal wizard 23 years ago. This prophecy, said The most important thing is that a child is about to be born, which will bring disaster to the Beitu clan, and then cause chaos in the world. When this child is about to be born, a star in the sky will also disappear, and the local people call it "" Extinguisher'. Not long after this child was born, a severe drought occurred in the north, and a place in the north was nearly starving and dying, and even a cat appeared. It took almost two years for the disaster relief personnel of the imperial court to make this place stable. come down."
Huo Feng looked into Situ Hengnan's eyes, and came to a conclusion with some difficulty: "This child is you, Situ. So in the spring hunting case back then, their target may not have been the eldest prince or the seventh prince's Chenyu, but you."
Situ Hengnan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "A prophecy? There was indeed a drought and a catastrophe in the north when I was born, but this shows that I will give Did Beitu bring disaster? I never believed it."
"Situ, it's been 11 years, maybe you don't have much memory." Huo Feng recalled what happened a long time ago, "That day, you and Chen Yu exchanged bows and arrows, right?"
Staring at Huo Fengshui's clear pupils, Situ Hengnan also remembered the day of spring hunting a long time ago, when he made a bet with Chen Yu, and even changed bows and arrows to fight for the outcome.
That longbow, the eye-catching snow-silver longbow.
"He gave it to me."
Situ Hengnan stopped smiling and clenched his fists.
3 "I know, I'm already an outcast." With his back to the door, Lu Kui opened a closet in front of him. There were two tablets on the upper floor. In front of the tablets was a small stove with three unburned pieces inserted. All the fragrance.
Lu Kui seemed to be talking to himself, but in fact he knew that there was someone listening not far away.
Lu Kui withdrew the three sticks of incense and lit three sticks of incense again.
"Oh, actually, you don't have to be in such a hurry to kill me. I know that my time is running out. But when it comes to turning your face and denying others, you are really more vicious than anyone else. Just now I helped you regain your highness. Lu Kui said expressionlessly, "You still like to use poison. You poisoned the fleeing chief of the Northern Earth tribe and the people you hate. But you still use poison on me because you want to hear more from me." talk?"
Lu Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
But suddenly there were footsteps not far away.The person who had been hiding in the dark left quietly.
Lu Yu was not in a hurry, as if he had expected this moment long ago.
At this moment, Situ Hengnan, Huo Feng, and Huo Ling all came here.
He concentrated, worshiped the tablet in front of him, and then turned around.
"Uncle Lu."
Situ Hengnan has called for many years, but this time it is extremely heavy.
"Heng'er has a few things I want to ask you."
"If you want to ask anything, just ask."
"One is, why did you force Ling Niang to death?"
Lu Kui originally had a cold face, but when he heard this, he laughed instead, and said: "Ling Niang threw herself into the lake, Master Heng."
"She left a box in her yard, and there was a piece of paper in it. You often threatened her after she became pregnant, saying that she would not let her child be born smoothly, and if the child was born, you would not It will give her and the baby a day of peace."
There was silence all around.
What broke the silence was a gentle voice, but with some fear: "Qian Jun, is this true?"
At some point, General Situ and his wife entered this courtyard.
That question came from the general's wife.
"You threatened Ling Niang? Why did you do this?"
General Situ also frowned upon hearing this.
Steward Lu, who had a calm face, was a little moved the moment he saw the general's wife.
"Yes." Lu Yu sneered, "She threatened Madam's status and made Madam unhappy every day, so she should die."
Situ Hengnan clenched and loosened his fist, and said, "You gave Heng'er the snow-silver longbow back then."
"That's right. That longbow is an important symbol. Who would have thought that you would have exchanged longbows with the present prince, which led to confusion in the target, and finally caused the eldest prince to almost die, and made most of the clans in the southwest into scapegoats."
When he said that, he really shocked everyone.
Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng were only skeptical at first, and they didn't even expect him to admit it so decisively.
"Are you the plotter of Spring Hunting back then? You still want to harm Heng'er?" General Situ's voice suppressed his anger.
"You have been hiding it for so many years? Lingniang's death is because of me? Why did you have anything to do with the matter of Spring Hunting?" The general's wife still did not accept this fact, "These are all true? You want Heng'er die?"
"Jiang Yun, if he doesn't understand, you don't understand." Lu Kui recalled the small characters of the general's wife, and laughed wantonly, "You gave birth to Xing'er, and your health has been in poor health. I wake up every morning and evening. I personally watched the medicinal soup boiled before handing it to you. You still want to give him more children, but your body can no longer support it. The old lady found out about this and hurriedly found a concubine for him .What do they think of you? Just a tool to pass incense!"
Lu Kui roared out the last sentence, then calmed down again, and laughed a few times: "He has you, how can he have other women? Jiang Yun, how can I not be satisfied with you in this life, how can I not be satisfied... ..."
"Jiang Yun, you must hate me for trying to put Situ Hengnan to death, and I still have regrets in my heart. I lied to myself, I lied to myself, I joined Beitu for the sake of fame and fortune, and for the sake of power. But After all, I lied to myself, I am jealous of the person who can get you." Lu Kui pointed at General Situ angrily, his fingertips trembling, and there were tears in his eyes.
"Situ Shuo, I have always wanted to compete formally with you. But in this world, there is no fair duel. I come from a declining clan, and you are the queen of meritorious officials. I studied hard for many years before entering the highest school. But in the end, no one can understand my ambition. I can only start from a small official step by step. I didn't feel anything at the time. But one day, I met Jiang Yun, but she is going to marry you. I Willing to be the housekeeper of the general's mansion, watching Jiang Yun give birth to children, every day is safe. I have never had any cold illness. Situ Shuo, your pity for me at that time was really touching!"
"From the moment I was born, I was doomed to have too many things that I couldn't get, and I couldn't think about it. If this is the case, why can't I be free and follow people who really appreciate me?"
Blood was overflowing from the corner of Lu Kui's mouth, but he
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