Master Zhao at the foot of Mount Qingcheng

When Lin Dingyang saw Zhao Xuan brought by Lin Chaoyu, he glanced at him calmly: "Zhao Xuan?"

Zhao Xuan sat opposite him: "Yes, I have met the Duke."

"I haven't seen you well the day Chaoyu got married." Lin Dingyang said, "You don't need to call the Duke so unfamiliar in the future. Your father and I are righteous brothers. It's good to call you uncle."

"Huh? Did Grandpa make a mistake?" Lin Wan sat beside Lin Dingyang, dangling her legs, and raised her chubby face, "Grandpa is my uncle's daddy, shouldn't my aunt be called your daddy too?" Why are you called Uncle?"

Lin Dingyang: "..."

Zhao Xuan: "..."

Lin Chaoyu sighed: "Yes, why?"

Lin Xiji secretly gave Lin Chaoyu a troublesome look, and Zhou Yuner stuffed his own daughter with a hemp ball—eat it, don't talk.

Lin Dingyang skipped this topic, and took the initiative to ask Zhao Xuan: "Is your mother okay?"

"Thank you for your concern, my mother is doing well."

"It's good. Your body is the most important thing." Lin Dingyang continued, "I thank you all for Chaoyu's safe return from Luoxia Mountain. I have heard about your father's matter. Let Chaoyu help solve it together."

Lin Chaoyu nodded: "It's natural."

Lin Guogong's aura is too strong, and when he sits there, the atmosphere will become serious. Except for Lin Wan who dares to chatter, everyone else will "eat without talking" and have a very dull meal.

Zhao Xuan picked up a vegetable leaf and thought blankly: What kind of evil did he have at that time, that he would allow Lin Chaoyu to come and eat this kind of Laoshizi New Year's Eve dinner?

Lin Chaoyu picked up a chicken leg for him, and lowered his voice: "Eat something casually to fill your belly, and I will take you to the street to eat something good later."

Even though the sound is low, it is still very noticeable at a quiet dinner table.

Lin Wan's eyes sparkled, and she was about to say that she wanted to go too, when she was stuffed with a ball again by her mother.

Zhou Yun'er said softly: "Tonight watch the New Year's Eve with mother."

After finally finishing the meal, someone from outside came to report that the third prince had arrived.

Lin Dingyang frowned, then excused himself by saying that he was tired and went back to his room to rest.

"The crown prince's downfall, I know that you two brothers are responsible for this matter." Lin Dingyang said seriously, "You two pay attention to propriety, the Lin family's way of being loyal to the emperor cannot be broken, let it be the rest of the dynasty, don't fall into Qinglin's reputation."

Now that the emperor is seriously ill, the government has been overthrown overnight, and the power in the court has been exchanged. It is no surprise that the third prince is the winner. At this time, Lin Dingyang, a former Qinglin, naturally wants to avoid suspicion.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, the current situation in the court has nothing to do with him.Now that Qinglin is Lin Chaoyu again, he doesn't need to participate in what their young people plan.

As soon as Lin Dingyang left, Zhao Xuan teased Lin Chaoyu: "The way to be loyal to the emperor? If your father knows what you have done, he may not be angry."

"So it's better not to tell the old man, but you also have a share." Lin Chaoyu said, "I deceived the emperor, but Xuan'er directly made His Majesty faint."

"Really? I didn't say anything." Zhao Xuan immediately blamed him, "It's all because of the prince. The emperor will faint because of his rebellion."

Lin Chaoyu had already practiced the ability of "whatever Zhao Xuan says is what he says", so he agreed without thinking at this moment: "Yes, it's all the prince's fault."

"Cough cough."

Lin Xiji coughed a few times, signaling that Yin Honghuan, the two who were whispering together, was coming.

As soon as Yin Honghuan entered the door, he signaled to the others that there was no need to salute: "I reckoned that you had already finished eating, so I came here rashly at this point, so I didn't disturb your rest."

Lin Chaoyu didn't give any face at all: "You interrupted me and Xuan'er to go shopping in the night market."

Yin Honghuan: "..."

"The snow has just stopped outside, the snow on the street hasn't been cleared, and the stalls haven't been set up yet, so it's better to stay in the mansion tonight." Yin Honghuan was very knowledgeable about current affairs, and said, "I'll make a long story short."

After finishing speaking, he ordered someone to bring up a few things, and gave him a book: "Here are all the details about Jue Kingdom that you asked Qinglinwei to let me check."

Seeing Lin Chaoyu taking over, Yin Honghuan said again: "The Jue Kingdom was originally a small tribe, and it has gradually grown in the past ten years, but they are very peaceful, and even have some business contacts with the border of the Great Yin. Their king, Amu There has been no news about Xi for more than a year, and it is said that he is ill. This time, the prince has a relationship with them, and this tribe has to be on guard."

"It's not only the border that needs to be guarded, but you also need to pay more attention to the court." Lin Chaoyu reminded the other party, "The crown prince was poisoned and died suddenly. I've found a doctor to look at it. It's a kind of poison. It takes three hours to get poisoned. Look at it." He was put down in advance, that is to say, whether he succeeds in rebelling or not, he will be dead. If he wants to replace him, it will not be enough to have those few people from Jueguo, but also people from the court. I will give You'd better clean up those lists of yours, the Qinglin Guard doesn't have that many people, and there are still a few fish that slip through the net, and you have to figure it out yourself."

Yin Honghuan frowned more and more, and finally sighed: "I really don't like this kind of complicated political affairs."

However, if there is no dispute, once the crown prince comes to power, he will be the first to do the surgery.In order to survive, as well as his wife, children and comrades, he had to fight.

Lin Xiji reminded at the right time: "Now that the prince is dead, I hope that the third prince can abide by our agreement by then."

"nature."

This agreement naturally refers to the abolition of Qinglinwei.

It should be said that the emperor's health is in good health, or the medical skills of the Tai Hospital are superb. Although the emperor fainted from anger, he is still in good condition after waking up, and it seems that he can survive for a while.Before Yin Honghuan completely ascended to that position, this Qinglin Guard still had to continue to exist.

This is exactly what Lin Chaoyu wanted. Now that the National Teacher's Mausoleum has not been found, and the Demon Cult has not yet been eradicated, it is easier to do things with the identity of Qinglin Guard.

"There is one more thing." Yin Honghuan took a picture scroll from the accompanying servants and handed it to Lin Chaoyu, "It has been hidden in the royal father's palace. I believe you have never seen the paintings left by the previous dynasty. Today, father The first thing the emperor did when he woke up was to order someone to burn it, and I kept it privately."

Lin Chaoyu did know the existence of such a painting, but he had never seen it. After all, he hadn't gone to the point of rummaging through the emperor's things in private.

At this time, the scroll was unfolded, and there was a man in the painting, dressed in white clothes, but the appearance of this man...

Everyone looked at Zhao Xuan at the same time: Like, it's too similar.

The person in the painting is already middle-aged, if he was younger, he might be [-]% similar to Zhao Xuan.Needless to say who this person is, it's no wonder that the emperor recognized Zhao Xuan as Zhao Sifan in a daze.

Lin Chaoyu was ordered to investigate the National Teacher's Mausoleum in secret. Lin Xiji and Yin Honghuan didn't know about it, but Yin Honghuan said: "I just saw that the person in the painting is too similar to Zhao Jiaozhu, so I brought it to you. It is said that this The person in the painting is..."

"Thank you, Third Prince." Lin Chaoyu interrupted him, "Is there anything I can tell Qing Linwei? If there is nothing else, Xuan'er and I will leave first, and the two of you can talk about the rest, it will be inconvenient for Xuan'er and I listen."

The implication is that there is something for Qinglinwei to help, but the matter of the portrait will not be mentioned here.

Lin Chaoyu took Zhao Xuan away, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he took the initiative to hand over the portrait to Zhao Xuan: "You handle it."

Zhao Xuan put the portrait away, and stroked it twice as if treating a treasure: "The elders in the church doted on me since I was a child, but most of them have no offspring, and they watched me grow up, treating me like a grandson. Come on, I am like a great-grandfather."

Zhao Xuan paused, then continued: "I have been curious about the appearance of my great-grandfather since I was a child. No one in the school is good at painting, and my great-grandfather never left a portrait, so I have never glimpsed his true face, but I often tell my elders I mentioned it, but there are not many opportunities, because with the passage of time, most of the people who followed him have passed away, and only Grandpa Chu, Grandpa Hei and Granny Ning are left in that generation. I have taught until now But I never gave up looking for his trace, but I wanted to keep him from being disturbed by other people, and to find the place where my great-grandfather died so as to comfort the spirits of the elders.”

It's been too long, too long. When Zhao Sifan passed away, they were just young people, and in the blink of an eye, they returned to their hometown.

Zhao Xuan: "I want to find and protect the Tomb of the National Teacher while they are still alive, without leaving any regrets."

During the conversation, the two had already strolled to the kitchen. Lin Chaoyu sneaked out a roast chicken, broke off a leg and gave it to him: "Then I will look for it. As I said, I will help you to find it all the time. I, Qinglin, have not reached The purpose is unscrupulous, seldom tell the truth to people, and rarely keep what you say, but what you say is an exception."

Without waiting for Zhao Xuan's reaction, or because he was afraid of Zhao Xuan's reaction, Lin Chaoyu immediately continued: "I'll warm up two jars of wine later, let's go to the roof to enjoy the snow scene."

……

Lin Wan clamored to watch the year, but she was still a child after all, and fell asleep after holding on for a while at midnight.Zhou Yun'er covered her with a quilt, and when she turned around, she saw Lin Xiji standing by the window looking out of the window, lost in thought. That was the direction where Lin Dingyang was, and the lights there were still on.

Zhou Yun'er stepped forward: "Sir, close the window, and be careful not to catch a cold."

Only then did Lin Xiji come back to his senses, closed the window gently, and sighed: "Yun'er, Qinglin is finally coming to an end here."

"The Lin family will be fine in the future."

"I hope so." Lin Xiji said softly, "Originally I was the Qinglin of this generation, but I was a precocious child and couldn't bear the torture. In order to get rid of Qinglin's fate, I abolished my martial arts, resulting in damaged tendons and falling into this body The root of the disease. I have never told anyone about this before, except for my father, the rest only think that I am born with defective tendons, weak and sickly."

Lin Xiji looked at Zhou Yun'er's surprised expression: "It was Chaoyu who took my place to come this far. I know how he got here when he was a child, so I have always felt ashamed of him."

Zhou Yun'er just stepped forward to hug him, comforted him silently, and put her face on Lin Xiji's chest: "Does Chaoyu know?"

"Maybe I don't know, maybe I know, there are very few things that can be hidden from him."

Zhao Xuan on the roof looked sideways at Lin Chaoyu who was drinking, with an expression that seemed not surprising.

Zhao Xuan: "When did you know?"

"It was very early... I can't remember clearly. He has been in poor health for the past few years and suffered a lot." Lin Chaoyu looked into the distance, "Look."

Zhao Xuan followed Lin Chaoyu's gaze and saw a group of children frolicking by with lanterns outside the originally deserted Duke's Mansion. Every household took a broom to sweep up the snow in front of the door. The warm light of the lantern hanging in front of the door illuminated a road, all of them With smoke and fire.

"Every year I just look at it like this. The scene of a happy family will never appear in the Duke's Mansion, but I, like my brother, hope that the younger generation can live this kind of life, and I hope that Ah Wan can happily watch the year every year. "Lin Chaoyu is rarely willing to open his heart and talk to others, "If every household can do this, Great Yin will not need Qinglinwei, nor will it need a second Zhao Sifan."

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