Shen Muxi and Bo Yunxiu came out together, they were all in the backyard, and the things were dug out under the maple trees on the edge of the rockery.
"Mother, it's a jar!" Shen Zhi was ecstatic, "It's a treasure!"
Seeing this, Shen Muxi's face was reddish, and he immediately stepped forward and quickly stopped everyone, "Don't move, this is my thing!"
Everyone looked at each other, but seeing Shen Zhi and Bo Yu, they squatted down quietly, quickly pried off the lid of the altar, and poured out all the contents with their joint efforts.
"You!" Shen Muxi's face was hot.
Bo Yunxiu took a step forward with his long legs, and he had already come to the front, and he was messing around with the two little ones, squatting there and playing with the gadgets on the ground.
There are rattle drums and embroidered handkerchiefs, all of which my daughter's family played with when they were young. They have accumulated so many bits and pieces, and they are all hidden in this jar and buried under the maple tree here.
"What is this?" Bo Yunxiu was holding a sachet, looking back at Shen Muxi with a troubled face, "Wild duck? Xiyan?"
Shen Zhi looked carefully, "It seems to be morning glory and dogtail grass!"
"What!" Shen Muxi quickly snatched it back, "This is the first time I have embroidered as a female worker. Where is the duck? It is clearly a mandarin duck! Also, open your eyes to see clearly, it is obviously lotus and lotus leaves. , How did it become morning glory and dog's tail grass? I really don't know what to do!"
Bo Yunxiu raised her eyebrows, did she embroider it?
Mallard
mandarin duck! !
Thinking about it, when he was with her, he never saw her take a needle and thread. Fortunately, he didn't. The mandarin ducks can embroider the feeling of wild ducks. If they embroider dragons and phoenixes in the future, they will probably be Become a legless centipede and a rooster
That's all, just think about it!
Shen Zhi blinked, "Mother embroidered it before?"
"Mother is much better now. Didn't mother make all the clothes when you were young?" Shen Muxi's face was burning hot, and he glanced at A Luo and Chunxiu who were snickering beside him, "Who is born to mess around like this? Let alone me I didn’t have a mother since I was a child, so naturally no one taught me.”
Xia Wenqing was walking into the corridor, when she heard this, her brows furrowed slightly.
"Hey, mother, what is this? It's so beautiful!" Shen Zhi held a jade pendant with joy on his face, "Mother, is this also something you played with when you were young? Can you give it to Zhi'er?"
"Hey, this jade pendant is so weird." Bo Yu was puzzled, "What kind of material is it? It doesn't look like suet white jade. It looks shiny and smooth, but it's very light. It shouldn't be jade..."
"What is that?" Shen Zhi was puzzled, and weighed it in his hand, "It's really light."
The two children held the jade pendant and pointed it at the bright place, they said in unison, "Wow, it's so beautiful inside!"
Bo Yunxiu snatched it away abruptly, frowning, imitating the appearance of the two children, and shining it on a bright place, only to see some bright red veins inside, like blood.
This is not a jade pendant, but a domino representing the identity of the Longevity Gate.
"Chunxiu, Ah Luo!" Shen Muxi also realized that something was wrong, "Take the two children to play in the front yard!"
"Okay!" Chunxiu and A Luo immediately led the two children away.
In this way, Xia Wenqing walked over quickly, "What are you doing?"
"Where did this thing come from?" Bo Yunxiu spread out his palms.
Shen Muxi immediately picked it up, "The domino? I don't know, it's not mine, I didn't put it in. Brother, did you put it in? Or was it Dad..."
"What are you talking nonsense about? It's just a jade pendant!" Xia Wenqing's complexion was slightly disturbed, and she looked at the dominoes in her hand with a guilty conscience, "The Xia family has a lot of these things. Back then, my father was a bachelor, so..."
"So why are you guilty?" Bo Yunxiu interjected.
Xia Wenqing pursed his lips, he was just a frail scholar, he had always been aloof from the world, how could he lie, after saying a few words like this, his palms were already sweating, and when he was hit by Bao Yunxiu, his complexion completely changed, "I , How can I have a guilty conscience?"
"Brother, every time you tell a lie, your palms will sweat." Shen Muxi sighed softly, "Who gave me this thing?"
"I don't know!" Xia Wenqing turned around and left.
"Ha, I don't know if there are any more, I'll look for it." Said, Shen Muxi squatted down, picking up piles of small objects again.
"Don't look for it!" Xia Wenqing was a little panicked, and hurriedly stopped Shen Muxi, "You hid everything here yourself. Don't you know what it is? It's just one piece, only this one ,there is none left!"
Bo Yunxiu said "Oh", "Just one piece!"
Xia Wenqing froze on the spot for an instant, unable to speak again.
"Brother, are you still not going to tell the truth?" Shen Muxi sighed softly, "How did this thing come from? Bo Yunxiu, do you think this thing looks familiar? One eye, the flower of the nether world, a pentagram... By the way, isn’t the painting on the wall in Yong’an Teahouse very similar to this one? Brother, why don’t you compare??”
"The status symbol of the Longevity Gate." Bo Yunxiu stood with his hands behind his back, "Harboring the criminals of the Changshengmen, the grievances that the Xia family suffered for many years before don't seem to be considered grievances, and I'm afraid it will be confirmed!"
Hearing this, Xia Wenqing was naturally anxious, "My lord, although this thing is my father..."
"Huh?" Shen Muxi and Bo Yunxiu stared at Xia Wenqing together.
The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, what does this mean now, obviously there is no need to say anything more.
"You two, join hands to deceive me!" Xia Wenqing was a little frustrated, "You two...too much!"
"Brother, I am a member of the Xia family. When the Xia family was wronged, I didn't do my best. Today I will definitely investigate to the end. If you can't tell the truth, I have no choice but to investigate by myself. As for what can be found out, although It's unknown, but paper can't hold fire!" Shen Muxi has always been stubborn, if he made up his mind, he would definitely fight to the end.
At the beginning, she was able to leave Xia's house by feigning death, but she wanted to stay with Bo Yunxiu, and then she feigned death to leave Bo Yunxiu. The resolute way of leaving is a testament to her strength.
Xia Wenqing's face was gloomy, but she was really afraid of her.
"Forget it, you follow!" Xia Wenqing turned around and left, "Do you still remember the aunt who lived in the mansion when we were young?"
Aunt
Shen Muxi shook his head, "I don't have any impression."
Xia Wenqing stopped in her tracks, and glanced at her with some hesitation, "You really don't remember?"
In fact, Bo Yunxiu never heard Shen Muxi mention any aunts, only heard that Xia Li'an's wife died because of dystocia, and Xia Li'an didn't get married after that, so naturally he didn't know about any aunts.
Xia Li'an kept his body clean all his life, never contaminated with these things, even to the point where he really didn't drink a drop of alcohol.
It stands to reason that such an elder cannot have any miscellaneous women hiding in the backyard. If there is really a good woman, marry it back. After all, Xia Li'an's wife has passed away, so it is understandable to find a woman to take care of the house.
"What aunt?" Shen Muxi thought for a long time, but there was only a vague shadow in his mind, "Is it a beautiful woman?"
"You really don't remember!" Xia Wenqing sighed softly, and led the two of them into the courtyard.
This was originally the yard of his father Xia Li'an. After Mrs. Xia passed away, Xia Li'an still lived there, and the flowers and plants in the yard were still the same as before.
Naturally, Bo Yunxiu would not tell the two brothers and sisters that the flowers and plants in the yard died several times, but in the end they were all replaced by him. The current flowers and plants are no longer the original flowers and plants, but... the species are the same! "I've only met this aunt a few times, but you were young at the time, so it's understandable that you can't remember." Xia Wenqing limped in and pointed to the flowers and plants in the yard, "Do you still remember these things?" ?"
"It was trampled on in the past, and I was hung up and beaten by my father." Shen Muxi panicked with embarrassment, especially Bao Yunxiu who followed beside him.
Xia Wenqing smiled, "How can Dad be willing to part with what Mother left behind? My lord, this way please!"
Bo Yunxiu gave her a meaningful look, and walked forward.
"Father's things were almost searched, and the study was turned upside down. Everything that should be taken away was taken away, so there are not many left. I counted a batch two days ago, and this will be counted. It's over." Xia Wenqing entered the study, took out a painting from the painting jar, "Look at this!"
Bao Yunxiu reached out to take it first, but Shen Muxi was lost, so he could only follow him, watching him open the scroll.
It's a woman in the picture, but...
Frowning sharply, Bao Yunxiu squinted at the two brothers and sisters, "Is this the aunt you mentioned?"
"It's her!" Xia Wenqing was very sure, "Father keeps it all the time, and I don't usually take it out very often. I just glanced at it accidentally. Father said that this aunt is kind to our family, that's why she did this." Keep it carefully."
"Grace?" Bo Yunxiu looked at the two thoughtfully, "What kind of kindness?"
Xia Wenqing thought for a while, "It seems to be a life-saving grace. Dad said, one life for another."
"You don't know how to be human?" Shen Muxi asked.
Bo Yunxiu nodded, "I really know each other!"
Shen Muxi was stunned, "People from Liwangfu?"
"No, it's from Guanju Palace!" Bao Yunxiu sighed softly, and handed the scroll to her, "After my concubine passed away, she took care of me for a while, but then disappeared for some reason!"
"Missing, that means not seeing people alive or dead?" Shen Muxi looked at the woman on the scroll, and there were some vague shadows in her mind, like but not quite like, after all, she really couldn't remember.
Bo Yunxiu nodded, "Yes! I remember everyone called her Aunt Han back then."
She became the maid in charge of Guanju Palace at a young age, which shows that Concubine Nan Gui attached great importance to her.
"Aunt Han, why did you disappear? What happened?" Shen Muxi hurriedly asked, "Does Aunt Han have any acquaintances in Dongdu? Where is she from?"
"The palace servants of Guanju Palace have always been selected by the emperor himself, and the palace records are all handed over to special personnel for safekeeping by the emperor. After the death of the mother and concubine, these files were all burned by the emperor, so you want to find this person. Knowing her life and whereabouts, I'm afraid it's hard to reach the sky!" Bao Yunxiu said it very bluntly, and he didn't quite understand why his father did this.
It wasn't until later that he hid Xia Wenxi in the backyard that he knew what his weakness was!
Since it is a weakness, it should be hidden at all costs, the tighter the better.
The emperor often said that if he could hide his kindness and love at the beginning, maybe the beloved would not have left so early, and if everything is too exhausted, the fate will inevitably be exhausted early.
Bo Yunxiu firmly remembered this sentence, and then used it on Xia Wenxi without hesitation.
"Why do the people in Guanju Palace have anything to do with my father? Why is there a life-saving grace? What is the purpose of her visit to the Xia family?" Shen Muxi's mind was full of question marks, "Is it entrusted by your mother and concubine?"
How did Bao Yunxiu know that the things of the previous generation had already been diluted with them, leaving only unclear questions.
"Brother, how did you get the grace to save your life?" Shen Muxi asked.
Xia Wenqing thought for a while, "It seems to be because of you!"
"Me?" Shen Muxi's eyes widened, "Saved me?"
She really doesn't remember it happening.
"I don't know the details!" Xia Wenqing pulled the corners of her lips, "It's not like you don't know about Dad's temperament. !"
This is true.
Xia Li'an has always acted according to the rules. In the entire Xia family, he is the only girl who does not follow the rules. She either climbs the wall or makes troubles. What's more, she simply pretends to be dead and runs away with Bo Yunxiu!
Fortunately, my father didn't know that his daughter was still alive until his death, otherwise he would be even more sad.
"I'll investigate this matter!" Bo Yunxiu took the scroll in her hand, "Tell me about the origin of the dominoes!"
Xia Wenqing was taken aback, it's over, this didn't get out of the way, why did Bo Yunxiu bring the topic back...
"Brother, what's the matter with the dominoes?" Shen Muxi was so preoccupied with thinking about his aunt that he almost forgot the business.
Xia Wenqing laughed dryly, she was so clever that she was dodged by Bao Yunxiu, this person was really... difficult to deal with, "Of course it was a gift from this aunt, and it was said to be a souvenir for you to play with, I don't know where Dad put it afterwards! If it didn't just fall out of the jar, I wouldn't know, but Dad hid in your jar."
Bo Yunxiu looked at Shen Muxi thoughtfully, with complicated eyes, "Who else knew when you buried the jar?"
"No one knows!" Shen Muxi shook his head, "At that time, I was obsessed with ghosts, thinking..."
Thinking of cheating death, being with him.
"So only I know about this. As for father..." Shen Muxi was also surprised, "Maybe I saw it secretly? This maple tree was not big in the past, but now it is as tall as a canopy."
"I've observed it, and it doesn't look like someone has pried it open recently. It should have been opened after you buried it and put the dominoes in!" Bo Yunxiu narrowed her eyes, "The wise girl is Mo Ruofu!"
Eyelashes raised in amazement, Shen Muxi's face turned pale immediately, "What did you say?"
Bo Yunxiu sighed and walked out the door.
Xia Wenqing was a little taken aback, "What do you mean?"
"Father already knew that I was going to leave, so I deliberately left this domino to me." Shen Muxi's nose was sour, "Father actually expected it, and also knew that only I know this position. If I come back in the future, I will open this jar..."
Xia Wenqing was surprised, "That is to say, father already knew that you were cheating on death, and deliberately pretended that you were dead, so he didn't go looking for you!"
"Father should have sensed the threat of the former prince at that time, so when I faked my death, I simply pushed the boat along and regarded me as dead!" Everyone in the Xia family counts as alive.
Only by running out can we survive.
Bo Yunxiu was waiting outside. When Xia Wenqing came out, the two of them exchanged glances, and Xia Wenqing strode away.
"I know some things will be hard for you to accept for a while." Bao Yunxiu bowed slightly, "Shen Muxi, it's been seven years, isn't it too late for you to be sad now? Instead of being entangled in it, it's better Cheer up, first give your father an innocence and prove his innocence!"
"My father won't conspire to rebel, that's a crime he wants to commit!" She straightened her neck, her face livid.
"Do you want to know what happened that year?" He asked.
Shen Muxi nodded without hesitation.
He still bent over, didn't speak, just stared at her.
The two of them just stared at each other like two clay sculptures and wood carvings.
"Discuss something with you!" He looked at her solemnly, his tone was as if he was discussing the world's major affairs, extremely well-mannered, slightly serious, "Always be ready to show your trust in me and your sincerity!"
Shen Muxi was stunned for a moment, trust is easy to say, she believes it, but it's just sincerity... His complexion is slightly dark, he is a shameless person, "Taking advantage of others' danger is not what a gentleman does!"
"A gentleman should have the world...and you in mind!" He looked at her very seriously.
She didn't speak, just gouged him out with her eyes.
"Forget it, you're the only one in my heart!" He thought, speaking so clearly and sincerely, she could understand it, right? In Bo Yunchong's words, if you don't want to be too anxious, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you should take it step by step.
Shen Muxi's temper is so strong, Bo Yunxiu has monitored him, but she doesn't count all the questions she didn't answer directly. It's as if she asked him whether to marry or not, but in fact, she just said so casually. If she didn't completely untie this dead knot in her heart, if she broke out in the future, she would be in a dilemma after all.
Bo Yunxiu was terrified, what if this girl turned her head and ran away again... The world is so big, he has to find the year of the monkey to find it
After seven years of torment, he has had enough!
Seeing his cautious appearance, Shen Muxi's brows became more and more tight. Looking around, but fortunately no one was there, she stood on tiptoe and smacked his lips, then took a quick step back, "Can we say it?"
"Very good!" Bo Yunxiu straightened up, "Let's follow!"
Shen Muxi followed by his side, pricking up his ears to hear him mention the Xia family's case.
"Shortly after you entered the Li Palace, something happened to the Xia family. Your father was accused of treason, and something that cursed the late emperor was found in the Xia family's courtyard." Bo Yunxiu said, "It's a wooden man. The birth date of the late emperor was engraved on it, and the late emperor was ill at that time, so once this thing came out, the Xia family would be doomed."
Speaking of this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and slowly bent down to look at her, "Shen Muxi, that thing has been burned, but the original Huiying graphics are still there, do you want to see it?"
Shen Muxi stared at him fiercely, took a quiet step forward, and then touched his lips.
The person who received the reward stood up straight, with the corners of his lips curled up slightly, as if trying to hold back a smile, but he had to put on a sullen face, pretending to be serious, "At that time, the first emperor was very ill, and the queen and the crown prince Bo Yunlie were in charge of the overall affairs of the court. , in the name of the crown prince supervising the country, wantonly eradicating dissidents."
"My father has always acted righteously and uprightly, how could he conspire against him? Those people also believe it!" She said with a cold face.
"Believe it or not is one thing. At that time, Bo Yunlie controlled the imperial guards in the Eastern Capital, the guards inside and outside the palace, and the military power of the patrolling envoys. That is to say, at that time, everyone in the Eastern Capital was It's the meat of the fish, let it be slaughtered." Bo Yunxiu walked with his hands behind his back, recalling the fight back then, he still gnashes his teeth with hatred.
Shen Muxi's heart sank slightly, did the "everyone" in Bo Yunxiu's mouth include himself
"Whoever Bo Yunlie wants to die, he must die. The so-called crime is just a name!" There was a dark stream of light in the gloomy eyes, and if it condensed, water could turn into ice, "After your father was arrested and imprisoned, There are also many officials who have begged for mercy and thought of a way, but in the end? The implicated company, the reprimanded reprimand, all of them have no good results, just like in the past when they hated winning and were involved in a wide range."
"I saw your father for the last time in prison. He didn't want to live, but I hope I can keep your brother Xia Wenqing." Bo Yunxiu paused, "So I sneaked into the royal father's bedroom and begged the royal father before he died. The last imperial decree, pardon your brother's death penalty."
Shen Muxi was startled suddenly, "The last one?"
"I went out of the palace on the front foot, and on the back foot...the news came that my father had passed away." Bao Yunxiu smiled wryly.
Now that I think about it, I was really reckless back then, too confident, too young and energetic. What he asked for should not be the imperial decree of pardon, but the imperial decree of abolishing the prince, so... there will be no later fight.
"You... regicide?" Shen Muxi subconsciously rolled his throat, "The crime of regicide?"
"Yeah!" He nodded.
The crime of killing the king is enough to destroy him forever.
"But I still couldn't keep Xia Wenqing. Although Bo Yunlie let go of his life, he broke his leg halfway, making him..." Bo Yunxiu thought, after all, he didn't want to be the emperor, so he was very happy The throne is really not that coveted.
So much so... that he could beg his father to abolish the crown prince, but he gave up because of his own selfishness. A single thought made him and her stand together again after seven full years.
"I don't blame you!" Shen Muxi sighed, "The exchange condition is to supervise and kill my father? Right?"
Bo Yunxiu opened his mouth, thinking that he was wronged, although it was indeed a condition of exchange, but... after all, he was his father-in-law, "I am the one who failed you!"
When the sound fell, he suddenly leaned forward, and with lightning speed, in her stunned and stunned expression, he instantly ran over her lips, "I'll pay you!"
Shen Muxi blinked her bright eyes, her eye sockets were slightly red.
"Too heavy?" He was taken aback, a little panicked.
She was silent.
"Too light?" He hurriedly held her face in his hands, lowered his head and kissed her eyes, "Don't be sad, it's all over, isn't it?"
"I haven't experienced what you said." She choked up.
Bo Yunxiu felt relieved, "Fortunately, you haven't experienced it. If you are exiled, you will be the one with a broken leg. I will go crazy!"
She raised her head to look at him with red eyes, and forcefully forced the tears back into her eyes, "What happened next?"
"Later I went to prison, and the fourth child took the blame for me, and I came out, but he..." Bo Yunxiu straightened her body, gently took her into her arms, and looked at the dark night, like a very The man in the prison couldn't see the light of day, "I knew I was going to die, but I was afraid that I would die. What would you do if you were alone in the palace? That's why I was selfish for a while."
"After I came out, the fourth child left a bloody book in the prison, and hung himself from the beam with his belt!" He pressed her hard into his arms.
Shen Muxi was short of breath, but he hugged him tightly, unable to see his expression at the moment, "Bo Yunxiu!"
"I am here!"
"Bo Yunxiu!" she shouted again, "The painting in your study..."
"What painting?" He didn't understand.
She finally looked up at him, in the hazy night, against his unparalleled handsome face, she showed a bit of coquettish color, "You hang a painting of Wei Xian'er on the easel in the study!"
Bo Yunxiu was stunned for a moment before saying, "The fourth child entrusted me to take care of his women and children, and I don't know who Wei Xian'er is. If I don't ask him to come to Huiying to see more, how will I know him then? Women in this world are all born about the same Apart from you, how can I tell who is who?"
Shen Muxi frowned, "That's all?"
"What do you think?" he asked back.
Shen Muxi, "..."
"Your portrait has been hanging there all the time, that is, I had to find Wei Xian'er for a few days, so I hung her image for a few days." Bo Yunxiu was very puzzled, "Why, what's the problem?"
Shen Muxi gritted her teeth, really...
Bo Yunxiu could feel the person in his arms, as if he was angry? !
He told the truth, is it still wrong? !
Ho, woman!
"You..." Shen Muxi stomped his feet, "You casually hang portraits of women in your study, what's your problem?"
Bo Yunxiu didn't think there was a problem, "The study is important, no one else can enter except you, so what's the matter?"
What's the matter? !
Shen Muxi gritted her back molars, "Didn't you hang on to show me?"
The sound fell, Shen Muxi pushed him away, and ran away quickly.
Bo Yunxiu was confused, he didn't mean that! !
He can swear that the painting is really just hanging for a look, so as not to find the wrong person in time! ! !
"So, jealous?"