Wei Chenglin watched the mother and son gradually walk away. After a long time, he slowly turned around and looked in the direction where Wei Chengzhao was standing just now.
Apart from the vast white mist in the distance, how can there be any figure? Not to mention the so-called 'second uncle came to pick up second aunt' scene.
He couldn't tell if it was disappointment or something else.
"Brother Ming, did you see grandma just now?" After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but ask his son behind him in a low voice.
It is said that children have the cleanest eyes, and their mother loved Brother Ming a lot, maybe...
Seven-year-old Ming Geer blinked and blinked: "Grandma?"
Seeing him like this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Wei Chenglin's eyes, and he said in a low voice, 'It's nothing, let's go back'.
It wasn't until everything was calm that a somewhat hunched figure slowly walked out from behind the tall and strong tree. The man staggered to the front of the new grave, knelt down with a 'plop', and burst into tears.
"younger sister… "
Wei Chenglin, who went back and forth, had tears in his eyes, and looked at Jing Anbo crying at the grave from a distance, his throat choked several times.
The suicide of his cousin, Shen Huiran, completely broke the British government and the Jing'an mansion, and there was no communication for several years, and the gifts he sent to the Jing'an mansion during the holidays were all returned without exception.
Until now, looking at Jing Anbo, who is in pain, he understands that even if there is separation and estrangement, it is impossible to block the blood affection.
"Uncle..." He finally couldn't help but stepped forward.
Jing Anbo stopped crying, stood up abruptly and spat at him, gnashing his teeth and cursed: "Beast!!"
After cursing, he smiled miserably, pushed him away, and stumbled away.
A gentle breeze blows, rolling the ashes in front of the grave, drifting farther and farther away...
***
His biological mother passed away, and Wei Chenglin kept the rule. Three months later, the emperor decreed that he would recover from his love. Wei Chenglin returned to the court, and the ruling and opposition parties once again felt the importance of the British Duke today.
"Brother Ming explained all the articles taught by Mr. yesterday. Sister Xian was naughty and used some articles that he had never learned to test him..." Zhou Guanning straightened his clothes for him, and put the twins' Interesting facts in detail.
Wei Chenglin only said 'hmm', and had nothing else to say.
Zhou Wanning's hands stopped unconsciously, with a trace of bitterness on her face.
Since her mother-in-law passed away, she has been sensitive to the change in her husband's attitude. Although he used to be indifferent in front of others, he was the most gentle and patient in front of her and the children.
But now, no matter whether he is in front of people or behind people, he has become taciturn, and sometimes he would sit in a daze and lose his mind. In countless nights, when he woke up from his dream, his eyes were faintly gleaming with water. .
"Are you blaming me? If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have sent your mother to the family temple." Finally, she couldn't help asking in a low voice.
Wei Chenglin's footsteps paused for a moment, and he said bitterly: "Why do you blame me? I am the one who made the decision, and I am the one who implements it. If I want to blame it, I can only blame myself."
Zhou Guanning bit her lip tightly and looked at his receding back, speechless for a long time.
Wei Chenglin's footsteps became faster and faster, and at last he almost started to trot, as if eager to escape, until Zhimo came rushing towards him, and replied with an ugly face: "Master Guo, something happened to you on Tuesday!"
He stopped all of a sudden, and it took him a while to realize that this Tuesday son was referring to his uncle, who is now the second son of Zhou Mao, Minister of the Household Department, and his wife's second brother Zhou Zhuo.
"What's wrong with him?" He lowered his eyes and asked in a deep voice with no expression on his face.
"Accidentally rolled down the hillside, hit my head on the rocks downhill, and fell into a coma on the spot. I still haven't woken up, and my life and death are uncertain!"
"What?! What's wrong with my second brother? How did this happen?!" Zhou Guanning, who found that her husband had missed the jade pendant around his waist, chased after him. Hearing this, his expression changed drastically, and he asked anxiously.
Zhimo then reported the news he had just received to her.
Zhou Guanning swayed, almost unable to stand still, but it was Wei Chenglin who quickly supported her.
"Save my second brother, quickly find someone to save my second brother..." Zhou Wanning grabbed his hand and begged.
Wei Chenglin was silent.
Seeing that he was silent, Zhou Wanning became anxious and cried, "You save him, save him quickly, only you can save him..."
Wei Chenglin let her tug on his sleeve for a long time before he calmly said: "Awan, have you forgotten what I promised my mother back then?"
Zhou Guanning stopped crying, and looked at him with tears in his eyes: "But, but you also said back then, that, that was just an accident, and it wasn't the second brother..."
"I also said that I will not pursue it, but from now on, his life and death, good or bad, have nothing to do with me!"
"It's windy outside, and you're weak, go back!" Wei Chenglin bit by bit loosened her fingers that were holding onto his cuff, and said calmly.
Zhou Guanning watched helplessly as he pushed her away and strode away with Zhimo, her eyes full of disbelief.
So far after getting married, it was the first time for him to abandon himself and turn around and leave.
"What's going on? How could there be an accident when he rolled down the hillside and hit his head by such a coincidence?" Back in the study, Wei Chenglin asked with a frown.
"The word "accident" is just a prevarication by the local government. According to my subordinates' inference, Mr. Tuesday should have been deliberately pushed down." Zhimo said frankly.
Deliberately pushing it down... Wei Chenglin frowned even tighter.
"Did Zhou Zhuo offend anyone during his exile?"
"As far as my subordinates know, there is none." After a pause, Zhimo said again, "Besides, there are many people around him who Master Zhou secretly sent to protect him. Ordinary people would dare to offend him."
"To be able to get this out of the person sent by my father-in-law shows how deep this person is hiding." Wei Chenglin thought.
"Or it can also explain that this person hates Mr. Tuesday so much that he even managed to confuse those who were secretly protecting him. This kind of patience that does not give up until he achieves his goal is something very human." Zhi Mo expressed his opinion. .
Wei Chenglin nodded.
So, who did Zhou Zhuo offend? And what kind of person wants to put him to death at all costs
"Master Guo, do we need to send someone to investigate?" After an unknown amount of time, Zhi Mo finally asked cautiously.
After all, the prince on Tuesday is the eldest brother of the madam, so it is impossible for the madam to refuse to save her, and the Duke of the country has always loved his wife, so if he can push it away once, is it possible that he can push it away every time in the future
A hero has never been sad about a beauty, let alone a hero who has a soft spot for beauties.
"No need! It has nothing to do with us!" Wei Chenglin replied calmly.
Seeing his insistence, Zhimo stopped talking too much, and in all honesty, he didn't want the Duke of Guo to be troublesome. No matter what the reasons are, no matter how wrong, the fourth girl did indeed die at the hands of Mr. Tuesday. No one can deny this.
What's more, when the news from thousands of miles away reaches the capital, I don't know that it will be delayed for several months on the road, but I just want to track it down.
I don't know what tricks Zhou Mao used to obtain the acquiescence of Emperor Yuanyou, and brought Zhou Zhuo who had been exiled for thousands of miles back to Beijing. It's a pity that doctors came one after another, but Zhou Zhuo, who was seriously injured and comatose, could not be woken up.
And it was at this time that Emperor Yuanyou suddenly promoted Wang Cifu to the line of the cabinet, Wang Cifu's power increased greatly, and there was a faint tendency to suppress Zhou Shoufu. Zhou Shoufu was devastated by this, and the misfortune never came singly. It suddenly broke out in the palace that Empress Zhou had murdered the royal heirs, causing the concubines in the harem to have nothing to do for many years. Emperor Yuanyou Longyan was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. A lot of private things were found in the search.
Empress Zhou naturally shouted her grievances loudly, but Emperor Yuanyou didn't want to listen to her words at all, so he took her phoenix seal directly and put her under house arrest in the palace.
For a time, the Zhou Mansion, which used to be limited by the scenery and was full of horses and horses in front of the gate, suddenly became the object that the courtiers were afraid to avoid.
Zhou's first assistant in the court was struggling, and in the harem, the Empress Zhou called the heavens and the earth ineffective. Zhou Guanning, who had always been ignorant, also began to feel restless day and night.
Wei Chenglin had a faint guess, but he was not sure in his heart.
Something happened to her natal family, how could Zhou Wanning feel at ease, Wei Chenglin took her back to Zhou's mansion while she was resting for a bath this day.
Looking at Zhou Zhuo, who was skinny and skinny on the hospital bed, his eyes were a bit complicated.
When his younger sister Wei Yingzhi fell in a pool of blood, the scene of his mother hugging her sister's body in grief resurfaced in his mind again. He took a deep breath and didn't dare to think about it again.
The death of Ying'er became a hurdle in the mother's heart, and the hatred for Zhou's family and Zhou Zhuo gradually transferred to her daughter-in-law. Back then, he resisted his mother's pressure to spare Zhou Zhuo's life, but now, he still can't escape the cycle of cause and effect, and he would rather die than lie here.
"Answer me honestly, is Zhuoer's matter related to you?" Weng and his son-in-law sat in the study, Zhou Mao had a sullen face and sharp eyes, not letting go of every expression on his face, and suddenly asked.
It's not that he is suspicious, but the only person who can have this ability but harbors hatred for his second son is his son-in-law in front of him.
Wei Chenglin replied frankly: "It has nothing to do with me!"
He has a clear conscience, and naturally he doesn't like anyone.
Zhou Mao stared at him for a long time, and finally sighed: "After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, he clearly stated that Zhuo'er's hope of waking up in this life is slim..."
Speaking of this, his whole person seemed to have aged a few years in an instant.
"Perhaps, this is really retribution. He accidentally killed your sister back then, and now he has suffered the same accident. Although he is alive, he is still dead."
What happened back then almost caused the Wei and Zhou families to break up, and the daughter was almost abandoned by the mother-in-law and the son-in-law. Fortunately, the son-in-law wholeheartedly defended it, but despite this, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has also dropped to freezing point, and it is difficult to recover.
Hearing him mention his younger sister who died young, Wei Chenglin remained silent.
Zhou Mao also knew what he was thinking, so he changed the topic with concentration: "The assassin in the prison has been imprisoned for more than a year, can his identity be found out?"
Wei Chenglin shook his head: "That man is a tough man, his mouth is too tight, no matter how he asks, he will not say a word. However, His Majesty has a decree that torture is not allowed, which is really troublesome."
"That man has an inexplicable hatred for the royal family, maybe we can start to investigate carefully from here." Zhou Mao thought for a while and suggested.
"Someone has been sent to investigate, but it's just that they can't find out why for a while."
Weng and his son-in-law talked about business for a while, and naturally they inevitably mentioned the predicament faced by Zhou Shoufu and the crisis encountered by Queen Zhou in the palace. I don't care, and I am a little more convinced of the guess in my heart.
After bidding farewell to Zhou Mao and his wife and returning home, seeing Zhou Wanning's eyes were red, he sighed lowly, and was about to say something to comfort her, when she heard her pleading: "Is it okay if I go to the temple to ask for a peace talisman for my second brother? "
Wei Chenglin only hoped that she would relax a little bit, but why would she not, nodded in response, and told the driver to turn around and turn around.
The carriage drove to a quiet alley in the suburbs of Beijing. Suddenly, there was a gust of 'whoosh', and a sharp arrow shot into the carriage through the air, stabbing firmly into the wall of the carriage, scaring Zhou Guanning, who was almost shot, Huarong Pale, even Wei Chenglin was frightened into a cold sweat.
"There are assassins!!" The guards outside immediately surrounded the carriage firmly.
Wei Chenglin put his arm around Zhou Guanning and said a few words of comfort, and pulled out the sharp arrow on the wall of the car with the other hand. As soon as he touched the arrow, his expression changed again.
This is... the arrow used by the lieutenant generals.
Who is it? What kind of person wants to deal with himself? !
With a 'whoosh', there was another sound of sharp arrows piercing the air. Wei Chenglin was already prepared, and hugged Zhou Wanning sideways to avoid it, and the arrow pierced into the wall of the car again.
He jumped out of the car with a 'huh' amidst Zhou Guanning's exclamation, and sternly ordered the guards to protect his wife, looking around like a torch, intending to see where the hidden arrow came from.
There was another "whoosh", and an arrow was shot from the woods in the southeast direction. Wei Chenglin pulled out the long sword of a guard next to him, volleyed in the air, and threw a sentence of "Protect Madam", before flying towards the direction of the sharp arrow. go…
In the woods, a figure fled after hearing the wind.
How could Wei Chenglin let the other party go, luckily, he made another vertical leap, seeing that he was getting closer and closer, he suddenly thrust his sword towards the other party.
It was too late and then quickly, the man rolled suddenly, narrowly dodging his sword, and when he was about to swing the sword again, the man ran around like a nimble rabbit, but in an instant, unexpectedly The son left him behind.
Wei Chenglin was furious, how could he give up, and rushed towards his figure, vowing to take this person down in order to avenge his assassination today.
Behind him were two guards who rushed to help after hearing the sound.
He chased for quite a distance, always feeling that he was about to catch the opponent, but never let the opponent escape at the most critical moment, so several times, the man jumped several times, but he was no longer visible.
"Master Guo!" The guards who came to help also rushed to his side at this time.
Wei Chenglin's face was cold, and he felt like he was being teased.
He took a few deep breaths, and still wanted to chase him based on his memory. Suddenly, a scream came from the northwest, his face changed drastically, and he followed the sound and flew away with the two guards.
"Murong Tao?!" When he saw clearly the face of the blood-stained man in the trap, his whole body was like being struck by thunder.
In the trap, Murong Tao's legs were already twisted, but in an instant, the place where he lay was stained red with blood.
"Tao'er!!" Suddenly, a tall black figure passed by him, and he felt a blur in front of his eyes. When he looked again, he saw Murong Jue squatting beside the bloody Murong Tao, his eyes were red and his face was red. It became somewhat distorted because of fear and anger.
"Wei Chenglin, you are too deceitful!! The Murong family and the Wei family have sworn to be incompatible from now on!!" A moment later, Murong Jue rescued Murong Tao with the help of his guards. Gritting his teeth, he put down the words word by word.
Wei Chenglin wanted to explain, but the other party didn't listen to him at all, and left in a hurry with Murong Tao.
"Grandpa..." Zhimo, who chased after worryingly, also saw the scene just now, and called out worriedly.
Wei Chenglin pursed his lips tightly, and for a moment, sneered, "I, Wei Chenglin, have a clear conscience, and I don't care what other people think of me. Murong Tao is insidious and cunning, and he has a deep hatred for me. It's also true that he ended up like this. You deserve it!"
"But now, I'm afraid the Zhenbei Hou's Mansion has misunderstood..."
"It doesn't matter, ever since I ruined Murong Tao's martial arts, the two governments have enmity, whether I am present or not today, this pot of dirty water will still be poured on me." Wei Chenglin disagreed.
Ruining Murong Tao's martial arts is equivalent to cutting off his career as a general. How can the brothers Zhenbeihou and Murongjue, who have always regarded him as his heir, not hate themselves! But so what, if you want to blame them, blame them for giving birth to an unworthy son who coveted his wife.
Back then, he didn't take his dog's life, it was because of Zhenbeihou and Murongjue's face!
"But today's matter is quite strange. All of this seems to want our mansion and Zhenbeihou's mansion to confront each other." Zhimo was always worried.
Wei Chenglin's eyes were deep, and he had already thought of this level.
All kinds of things today seem to be directed at me.
Who is it that is plotting against him behind his back? Although he is not afraid of Zhenbeihou's Mansion, it doesn't mean that he will be willing to be a gun for others!
"Go back, go back and find out what's going on." He frowned.
Zhou Guanning in the carriage waited anxiously for him, and was relieved to see him return safely.
"What happened, do you know who it was just now?" She asked with concern.
"Murong Tao broke both of his legs." Wei Chenglin was immersed in his own thoughts, he didn't pay attention to her words for a while, and suddenly said.
Zhou Guanning didn't expect to get such an answer. He was startled, and his eyes widened: "Mu, Murong Tao broke both legs?"
Wei Chenglin didn't say anything more, his brows were furrowed, thinking about what happened recently.
Zhou Zhuo, who had been exiled for thousands of miles, "succumbed to an accident" and fell into a coma. His life and death were uncertain, and Murong Tao broke his leg. The Wei family and the Murong family officially turned against each other.
These piles are clearly designed by people behind their backs, so what can they do? Could it be that it was just to make the Wei family and the Murong family turn against each other
Back then because of Murong Tao's abduction of A Guan, the relationship between the Wei family and the Murong family had dropped to a freezing point, and now that it happened again, it was always a bit unnecessary.
He thought hard, but couldn't find a reasonable answer for a while.
It's just that neither he nor Murong Jue expected that after they left, a gray-clothed man walked out of a small cave somewhere in the woods.
The man looked at their leaving figure, then looked at Murong Tao's blood left in the trap, and a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He said that one day these people will be taught to pay the price in blood!
Everything was just as Zhimo worried, the Murong family of Zhenbei Hou's mansion and the Wei family of the British government officially turned against each other.
Wei Chenglin hated Murong Tao deeply, and even had a hard time liking Murong. He was not a soft persimmon who could be manipulated by others. Whether in the hall or in the barracks, they will not give in.
***
Somewhere in the dungeon.
The man sat on the ground numbly, a ray of sunlight came in through the tall panes, reflecting on his handsome face even though it was covered with dust.
There were footsteps coming and going in and out of the prison from time to time, but he didn't notice it. His expression was blank, as if nothing in the world could move him.
"What's the matter with this man, why hasn't anyone come to interrogate him?" A new jailer asked in confusion.
"Why didn't there be an interrogation? It's been almost a year since the interrogation and there is no answer, and the superiors don't allow torture. It's just wasting time."
"What did he do to get him arrested?"
"Assassinate King Cheng."
"Assassinate King Cheng? King Cheng has already been reduced to a prisoner. Why do you want to assassinate him? A prince who was once incomparably beautiful is now out of sight, and his only son is dead. I'm afraid his life would be worse than death. Why is there any need to assassinate him?" he?"
"Who knows, maybe this person has a sworn feud with King Cheng, and it is necessary to kill him to relieve his anger."
"It makes sense. By the way, I just saw the British Duke outside. I think he will come to interrogate the prisoner soon."
"Speaking of which, His Majesty also attaches great importance to the Duke of the State, and has issued a decree to seize the love and recover. It is rumored that the old lady of the Chief Assistant Mansion is about to die. Affection."
"Shhh, don't talk, be careful of misfortune coming out of your mouth!"
The two were talking excitedly, unaware that the pupils of the man in the prison who was so dumb that he didn't care about anything shrank suddenly, and the blood on his face faded in a flash.
she died? ! Mrs. Tai is dead? !
He trembled his lips, and for a moment, a sentence escaped from his throat that hadn't uttered for a long time.
"T-Tai Madam..."
Not anymore, his last trace of warmth in this world is gone...
"I, I want to see Wei Chenglin!"
"Hey, was he talking just now?" The guard guarding the gate was surprised, and asked his companion in disbelief.
After all, this person has never said a word since he came in.
"I want to see Wei Chenglin!" Although it was difficult, the voice was quite clear again.