Qin Jie suddenly raised her hand, pressed her index finger against Su Huaian's last tooth on the lower left, and said with a smile, "Does it still hurt?"
Although the dental disease is small, it hinders eating and sleeping. Su Huai'an had only grown his teeth when he was weak, but he tossed him a lot, not only kept him closed for three days, but also almost reached the level of "my sister came to decoct medicine and a maid came to help".
The eldest brother raised his cheeks and frowned in pain, while the younger sister poked with her fingers, smiling as if something big happened.
Su Huaian waved her hand, took a half step back, and whispered, "This is impossible..."
Qin Xue said, "Brother, you really don't recognize me?"
Su Huaian stared into her eyes and said, "In the twenty-eighth year of Yongchang, my grandmother came to Beijing. What did she give you?"
"A pair of jade pendants, I will share with you." Qin Xue looked up at him and said, "Brother, you remembered wrongly, my grandmother has been in Yongchang for twenty-nine years."
Su Huaian couldn't help clenching his left hand into a fist, "What about the jade pendant?"
"Broken..." Qin Xue said, "On the day of the marriage."
But said the day of the marriage—
Xiao Yu went on an expedition and made military exploits, which made Long Xin very happy. The late emperor asked him what reward he wanted.
Xun Shi, the He family had already come to the door to say their marriage, but Su Jingbei still accepted the marriage.
When her father-in-law read the imperial decree, her heart was trembling, and the moment she got up to receive the decree, the jade pendant around her waist fell to the ground, and with a "dang", it broke into two halves...
Qin Xue said again: "I said it was an ominous omen, you must say that every year is safe."
Such whispers, apart from the two of them, no third person in the world would know.
Su Huaian frowned and said, "How is this possible..."
"What else do you want to ask? Let's all ask together."
Su Huai'an looked at her in disbelief, "Are you really... A Ling?"
Qin Jie felt sore at the tip of her nose when he shouted, her eyes flashed with light, she endured it, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
This grievance looks the same as before.
Su Huaian's eyes softened immediately.
He took a step forward, clasped her head against his chest, his palms trembled slightly, and said softly, "I... I'm not dreaming."
Qin Jie gave him a punch secretly and said with a weeping voice, "Su Jingming, how dare you deny me..."
This punch was too real, Su Huaian suddenly laughed, and he patted her on the back, "Don't be angry, brother is wrong, okay?"
"A Ling, what the hell is going on with you?" He was sure that Su Ling didn't have the same mask as him, but this face didn't match his age.
In the end, they were brothers and sisters who grew up together. After speaking for less than half an hour, Su Huaian completely believed that the person in front of him was Su Ling, even if she said something bizarre, he still believed it.
Qin Jie took the leather mask of the person beside him, weighed it, and said, "I've already explained it, so what about you, where did this thing come from? I don't think it's a mask that you can usually see."
Su Huaian looked at her, his eyes darkened.
There were some things he really didn't know how to say to her.
After thinking for a while, Su Huaian said, "This mask is different from the ones you've seen before. This man's leather mask is a secret technique of Ge Yunshan's Xiling Sect, and few people know it. Its material is special and hard to find, and it is insoluble in water and fire , you can't see any flaws when you put it on."
Qin Jie nodded and said, "No wonder I just saw you, I didn't recognize it at all, and the voice doesn't look like it."
Su Huaian said, "Voice changing is just a simple ventriloquist, and many actors can do it."
Qin Jie took the mask and gestured to her face. Su Huaian grabbed her wrist, "Don't touch it, only alum sand can remove it."
Qin Yu quickly put it down.
Looking at his increasingly ugly face, she couldn't help but be stunned, "Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"
Su Huaian tentatively said, "Do you still remember what happened in the 28th year of Yongchang?"
In the twenty-eighth year of Yongchang, Su Ling was nine years old and Su Huaian was twelve years old.
Although they are still young, none of them will forget the events of that year.
Qin Jie nodded and said, "Of course I remember that A-Niang left that autumn..."
Hearing her mention her mother, Su Huai'an's Adam's apple moved slightly, and the conversation changed, "At the beginning of that year, the Qi army came to attack, and my father led the troops on an expedition, do you still remember?"
Qin Jie thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Remember... I remember that my father came back from a victory and got so many rewards that the storeroom couldn't hold it."
At the time of Xun, there was a word in the whole capital of the capital - the government of Zhenguo was the backbone of Da Zhou.
Su Huaian didn't speak for a long time.
When Su Jingbei was mentioned, Qin Jie's expression couldn't help but become solemn.
Qin Jie held the human leather mask and said uneasy, "Why did you suddenly mention this?"
Su Huaian held her hand and said, "A Ling, the military exploits of the Duke Zhenguo mansion were fake, and the Su family's treason was also fake."
With the word treason, Qin Xue's breathing immediately became rapid.
Su Huai'an said word by word: "The Su family has been loyal and righteous from generation to generation. There has never been a rebel or a thief. Su Jingbei, the general of the country, died in battle eleven years ago, and died for the country."
"The one who won the victory and returned to court that year was not him, but the emperor of Qi, Tantai Yi."
"The subsequent recruitment and training, the battle of the Three Kingdoms, and the 60,000 lives were all planned for a long time."
Qin Jie didn't seem to understand a word, "Brother, what are you talking about?"
"It's my brother who didn't protect you well. He recognized the thief as his father for eleven years, and you lost your life." Qin Xie didn't know that the four words of the empress's death almost cost Su Huaian's life.
As soon as the voice fell, Qin Xue seemed to have lost her soul and could not stand still.
She raised her hand to hold her mouth, and the human-leather mask fell to the ground.
Qin Jie looked down, and there was a "boom" in her head.
The moment she bent down to pick up the mask, the answer was about to come out, and she said in a trembling voice: "Is it possible... that Qi Kingdom's imperial teacher is also using this?"
Su Huaian nodded, "Yes."
Qin Jie shook her head again and denied herself: "Impossible, no matter how powerful this mask is, it's just a mask. Dad is eight feet tall and has a strong martial arts. How can this be imitated?"
"A-Ling, that Qi Kingdom's imperial teacher is not an ordinary person. He is cunning and cunning. He also has a kung fu." Su Huaian paused and continued: "He didn't set his sights on the Su family first, and he made this plan first. According to his own five senses and physique, he chose the Su family."
"But how can you deceive everyone! You and I are only young, but how many friends do Daddy have around him, as well as A-Niang, A-Niang and Daddy have a deep relationship..." When it came to this, Qin Jie suddenly couldn't go on. , the lips trembled faintly, and the legs became weak.
In the spring of the twenty-eighth year of Yongchang, "Su Jingbei" triumphed, and in the autumn of the same year, Mrs. Zhenguo died of heart disease.
The past reappeared before her eyes—
It was a rainy day with lightning and thunder. Su Jingbei was training outside and did not return to the house. Nine-year-old Su Ling was uneasy, so she ran from the warm pavilion to her mother's Shulan Hall.
That day, Mrs. Zhenguo slept very early, and the maids outside the hospital seemed to be quieter than usual. Su Ling didn't care, opened the door and walked out. There was water on the ground, and she stumbled a bit.
Then he got into the bed, put his arms around Mrs. Zhenguo's arm and fell asleep.
It wasn't until dawn the next day, when the smell of corpse rotting into her nose, and seeing her mother's face turning purple, she realized that something was wrong.
She was so frightened that she screamed and ran around the town hall, calling people everywhere, and finally Su Huaian hugged her.
The corpse was hard, so the doctor could only shake his head.
At noon, Zuo Zuo examined the body, bowed his head and said regretfully, "Ma'am, this is a sudden heart attack... I also ask the Grandpa to mourn."
Su Jingbei knelt in front of the bed and burst into tears. The whole day was like crazy...
Afterwards, it was a long period of downfall.
When his thoughts returned, Qin Xue gasped heavily, raised her eyes to look at Su Huaian and said, "If A-Niang was killed by him, why would he always speak to A-Niang's portrait, why would he always ask why? Why? "
Su Huai'an tightened his jaw and said, "Tantai Yi is very conceited. He has been able to get along with A-Niang for half a year, and he has already figured out everyone in the Su family. The reason why he is motivated to kill..."
Su Huaian couldn't say the rest of the words when he reached his lips.
He didn't say it, but Qin Jie understood...
"It turned out that he was not asking why A-Niang wanted to leave him alone, but why A-Niang recognized him."
Qin Yue's figure flickered, and Su Huaian quickly supported her.
He was afraid that she wouldn't be able to accept it. He didn't want to mention his mother's death, but he couldn't hide it from her.
"I couldn't figure it out until I died. Why did my father rebel? Now I can make it clear." Qin Xun's eyes were reddish and her lips were white, "60,000 soldiers died in battle, and the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was raided and his title was seized, so he stayed behind. That note is not for you to leave Beijing. He knows you will not leave, and he also knows that you will be the future minister of Dazhou. And I still have the emperor's only child in my stomach..."
After saying that, Qin Jie's eyes were faintly black, and her thin white fingers tightly pinched the edge of the table.
Eleven years, from start to finish, were all calculations.
Su Huaian hugged her like he did when he was a child, and whispered, "A Ling, it's all over, brother is back..."
Su Huaian said, "Don't think too much, you were only nine years old back then, it's all my fault."
Qin Jie buried her head in his neck, her voice getting weaker, "But you are only three years older than me."
"Eldest brother, like my father, do you know?" Su Huaian patted her on the shoulder and said, "Otherwise, you would still cry like a child?"
"Tell me about the past three years." Qin Xue suddenly thought of something, and said nervously: "When you were in prison, Xue Xiangyang will definitely punish you, leaving you hurt? Don't hide it from me."
"It's been a long time. When His Majesty sent me away from the capital, he left a doctor for me." Su Huai'an would never tell her that he would only take care of his injuries for a whole year. If Lu Ze came a few days later, Xue Xiangyang should burn the words "rebel" on his face.
But this is no one's fault, even if the Su family has no rebels, it still lies with the Su family.
Qin Jie asked again, "What about later?"
The two brothers and sisters never had any taboos when they spoke. When Qin Xie asked, Su Huaian replied, "I have no clue after leaving Beijing. I searched everywhere. First I checked Su Jingbei's traces, and then I went to find out the cause of my mother's death."
"I went to Xiling to teach, and then I approached Daqi..."
As the night fell, the man in the study frowned and dropped the pen. He couldn't sit still anymore. He wanted to know how the two people who cherished his words like gold on weekdays could talk for two full hours. .