Tonight, the shepherd's mansion is heavily guarded, but they are all concentrated in the garden where the banquet is held, and there is not even a family member in the east corridor. As the wind passed through the corridor, the wind chimes rang slightly, and the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus came out, as if from a lifetime.
Duan Ling had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery. He hurried along the promenade. When he turned the corner, he almost bumped into someone, and found out that it was actually Lang Junxia!
The two met face to face, Lang Junxia didn't change his clothes, obviously he hurried back after leaving with Cai Yan. Duan Ling took a step back subconsciously. If Lang Junxia kills him at this time, everything will be in vain.
"What are you doing here?" Lang Junxia asked.
"Looking for something." Duan Ling replied.
Lang Junxia didn't fully know his plan and looked at Duan Ling silently.
Duan Ling asked back, "Why are you back?"
Lang Junxia replied: "Cai Yan realized that he was exposed. After discussing with Feng Duo on the carriage, he sent me over to try to eavesdrop on the conversation between the minister and the others after they left. Is Wu Du still in the garden?"
"Yeah." Duan Ling was silent for a moment, realizing that this was a good opportunity to spread false news, and said, "I'll teach you how to tell him later when you go back."
"Well." Lang Junxia looked at Duan Ling with a smile in his eyes.
The two stood face to face for a while, Duan Ling thought of Qian Qi, of that snowy night, of the bowl of wontons, and of the people who died in the Duan family later...
"Why did you kill Duan's family?" Duan Ling asked.
"I didn't kill Duan's family, aren't you still alive? Do you hate them?" Lang Junxia not only did not answer Duan Ling's question, but asked seriously.
"you… "
Maybe someone else asked, and Duan Ling would also tell him seriously, but only when Lang Junxia asked, he didn't want to answer this question.
"I know you won't hate them." Lang Junxia said, "You've always been like this. Even I can forgive you. You won't hate others."
"I haven't forgiven you yet." Duan Ling replied.
Lang Junxia looked at Duan Ling quietly.
"You don't forgive me, it proves that you will always remember me." Lang Junxia said, "This is also good."
Duan Ling replied: "Forget it, you taught me everything, I can't tell you."
At that moment, Duan Ling felt a sudden sadness in his heart. He really hoped that Lang Junxia could accompany him. He did not have the same longing love and fiery infatuation with Wu Du, but had an extraordinary admiration for him. Once, as long as he saw Lang Junxia, he would feel at ease and no longer lonely.
But those trusts have vanished, and they will never return.
It was only at this moment that Duan Ling gradually discovered that some things, as if they were born with them, were a person's nature. Only the person in front of him.
"I thought I didn't teach you anything." Lang Junxia said, "It seems that you haven't learned anything from me."
"It doesn't matter what you teach me." Duan Ling replied, "It doesn't matter what, love and hate don't matter, right or wrong doesn't matter, even now, it doesn't matter. In your heart, don't you really care about it?"
Lang Junxia said, "Aren't you here to find something? Are you not afraid of wasting time by standing and talking for so long?"
Duan Ling remembered his mission, sighed, and said, "Go and eavesdrop on you."
Duan Ling and Lang Junxia passed by, Duan Ling walked towards the bookstore east of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but Lang Junxia turned sideways and followed Duan Ling all the way through the corridor.
"Aren't you going to listen to what they have to say?" Duan Ling lowered his voice, but did not look back, walking in front of Lang Junxia.
"Not interested." Lang Junxia replied.
"Don't follow me." Duan Ling said.
Lang Junxia didn't answer, but just kept following behind Duan Ling, and Duan Ling didn't insist. In front of the bookstore, there is a fence under it.
"What are you looking for?" Lang Junxia asked.
Duan Ling didn't answer and turned over from the fence. Lang Junxia stepped on the railing and climbed to the second floor in two steps. The two of them looked west from the bookstore and saw bright lights in the garden.
"They are still talking." Duan Ling said, "I want to find a few letters as evidence."
"In the end, Lord Changliu took Qian Qi and escaped along one gate in Luoyan City." Wu Du added, "while Wang Shan and I, protecting Emperor Yelu Zongzhen of the Liao Dynasty, escaped along the other gate. Lord Changliu went back to In Jiangzhou, Wang Shan and Bu'er Chi Jinba are all in the alliance in the center of Xunshui, and they have agreed to decide whether to win or lose after three years."
In the garden, Wu Duyun calmly told how to go north with Duan Ling, go to the Black Valley to log wood, meet Changpin again, and then find Qian Qi all the way. It just concealed the process of Duan Ling's discovery of Qian Qi, and instead asked around, and learned his whereabouts from the mouths of the refugees.
This incident was so shocking that everyone did not react for a long time.
"Then why did you admit your mistake in the first place?" Xie You said solemnly.
"I was ordered by Zhao Kui to assassinate Wuluohoumu and find the whereabouts of the prince of Beiliang." Wu Du replied, "I found a child in the famous hall in Shangjing, carrying the Xianbei cakes that Wuluohoumu gave him. At that time, Xianbei had already lost the country, and only a few survivors knew how to make this pastry, and Wuluohoumu was one of them."
"So I took it for granted that the child was protected by him." Wu Du said, "I tried to test it, but Wuluohoumu actually disregarded his life and exchanged swords with me. After that, I often When I think of it, the only explanation for this is Wuluohoumu, who can even sacrifice himself. But after thinking about it, I don't think so, this is really a contradiction... "
Mu Kuangda replied: "It is precisely because of this that I have the idea of falsification. The words of Wu Du, all of you adults, and the deceased His Majesty, have heard many times."
Back then, Wu Du really repeated every detail of his assassination of the "Prince" and repeated it many times.
"In this way, we are back to the original problem." Su Clan said, "If this is false, where is the real prince?"
No one spoke, Wu Du glanced at Yao Fu. Yao Fu narrowed his eyes and shook his head very slightly, indicating that he should not say anything. Now is not the best time to add any more content.
Han Bin said, "After the First World War in Shangjing, the city was so chaotic that it was too late to save him several times. It was no longer possible to find his whereabouts."
Mu Kuangda said: "There may be only one - if you can find the real one, Wuluohoumu will not take the risk of the world and find a fake to pretend to be."
"And don't come to a conclusion so quickly." Su Clan said, "With such an old man's one-sided words, can you be sure that it is fake?"
Mu Kuangda replied: "In my heart, this Highness has never been true. It was His Majesty's order back then that the matter should not be mentioned again in the court and the public, and the doubts were suppressed. Now that the ban has passed away..."
Xie You said, "Shepherd minister, what do you mean by that?"
Mu Kuangda replied: "General Xie, I am a big Chen to govern the country. I have always been open to people's opinions, and I am not afraid of words. There is no precedent for literati discussing politics.
Wu Du said: "There are still many ways, I think we must first guess, what is the relationship between this highness and the real one, why did he come back with Wuluohoumu, and how did he learn about the late emperor? After all, According to Wuluohoumu's own account, he was not by the late emperor's side for nearly two years, but returned to the south. This point has been verified by your lords back then."
Lang Junxia was sent back to Xichuan by Li Jianhong. When Zhao Kui rebelled, everyone knew about it. In the past two years, the "Prince" has been by Li Jianhong's side. The things that happened in the day are well known, and this has also become a strong proof that it was true at the beginning.
After all, in the whole country, there were only three people who knew the swordsmanship of mountains and rivers—Li Jianhong, Li Yanqiu, and Wu Du. What Wu Du learned was not the sword, but the palm.
"Shanhe swordsmanship is useless if you just look at it and learn it." At this time, Yao Fu said, "I only know swordsmanship, but I don't know how to do it. The law was taught by the late emperor himself, because only when he taught it himself can he practice with the heart method. Since he learned the sword from the late emperor, it is not surprising that he has some understanding of the tone and temperament of the late emperor."
Although Yao Fu didn't express his position, he only expressed his doubts, but there were words in his words, and he led his thoughts to the identity of the prince, and vaguely revealed the meaning of doubt.
Wu Du nodded and said: "That's right, we might as well assume that the real prince had a good friend when he was studying in Mingtang, and this friend was inseparable from him, and even Wuluohoumu made his own cakes, and he also had a share. Later, I became His Highness’s sparring partner and practiced Mountain River Sword with him, and everything made sense.”
"This..." Su Clan didn't know how to answer for a while, and frowned, "This is too ridiculous! With this inference, why didn't you say it earlier?!"
Mu Kuangda replied: "When I haven't seen Qian Qi, I can't prove my true nature. You have all seen His Highness's reaction today. You can't answer what you ask. Presumably the real Highness back then didn't have the same relationship with the current Prince. It's good enough to talk about everything, remember what Wuluohoumu said when he asked about the prince's background that year?"
Xie You replied: "Uluohou Mu said that he took His Highness from Shangzi and went north all the way. On the way, he taught him to keep his mouth shut about the Duan family, so as not to attract conscientious people to speculate. His Highness also mentioned that he was too young at that time. I can't remember many things for a long time, but I only know that the princess died in childbirth, and I was waiting for my father at Duan's house."
"But after Wuluohou Mu took His Highness away, he killed all the members of the Duan family and set a fire." Mu Kuangda said, "How can this be explained? Back then, His Majesty even went to Shangzi Xunyang to ask the Duan family to come and identify them. In the end, he was persuaded by Scholar Su."
The Su Clan said angrily: "Ms. Mu, Shangzi is no longer in my realm, and even moving the tomb back then couldn't be done. I said that at the beginning, but..."
"I have a solution." A young voice said, it was actually Huang Jian on Mu Kuangda's side.
Previously, the five members of the cabinet, the general of Zhenguo, the commander of the Zhengbei Army, the marquis of Huaiyin, and the prime minister, had a conversation, but no one dared to interject in the field.
"Speak." Mu Kuangda motioned.
"I just heard it." Huang Jian was still a little nervous, and said, "If there is something wrong, please ask the captain of the school for advice."
"You said." Wu Du motioned.
Huang Jian said: "My method is simple and direct, and it can prove the identity of the prince, but it needs the assistance of a few people."