As night fell, Huo Linfeng drove the carriage out the door, towards the direction of the river. Rong Luoyun was sitting in the car, holding a bag of oiled paper and a few cut candles.
Shaking all the way to the riverside, it may be slightly cold, and the surroundings are quite deserted. "Wow!" Huo Linfeng stopped the carriage, got into the carriage and lit the lantern, frowning in worry. He said: "If you don't let the servant girl help you, you have to break it yourself."
Rong Luoyun bowed his head and folded the paper: "Personally fold the heart, or my parents will scold me in the sky."
Huo Linfeng muttered: "Your brother won't scold you?"
Rong Luoyun also murmured: "The three-year-old is still swearing at others, so you're flattering him." His tone was meaningless, but his eyes flashed with melancholy. After folding a small boat, he bossed and said: "What are you doing while resting, help me fold it."
Huo Linfeng asked: "Didn't other people's folding hurt your sincerity?" He picked up a piece of paper and folded it in half clumsily. Rong Luoyun was speechless for a long while, and then said dreamily, "You are the son-in-law... how can you be someone else."
Huo son-in-law was flustered after hearing this, it was a folded boat, but it was folded into a paper crane in a daze.
The two were like this, preparing while talking, and finally folded thirty boats in Choushi. Walking slowly along the river, Huo Linfeng held the lamp, Rong Luoyun hugged the cloth pocket, and found a place to put the boat.
Sitting on the ground, he lit three of them in one breath.
Rong Luoyun clasped his hands together, his pupils reflected the candlelight, making them moist. "Father, mother, little brother." He called out, and at the same time bowed his hands and put the boat into the water.
Swaying, the boat drifted far down the current.
Rong Luoyun was overjoyed: "This is the soul-blessing lamp, and it can take away what I said." He laughed, "My sister and I have grown up safely, and we have a very good relationship. scold me."
"My life is fate. I was rescued by my benefactor in that catastrophe, and then I met my master after a few months of suffering. The master treated me very well, but recently he beat me, and blamed me for not being serious about my practice."
"I also made friends with a group of Jianghu brothers, one of whom is named Lu Zhun. Brother, if you were still alive, you would be as old as him now."
"There is a ginkgo tree in my garden. Whenever I see it, I think of my childhood in the mansion. My mother is playing the piano under the tree, my father is reading at the side, and my sister is lovingly smearing Danko."
A cold wind blew across the river, Rong Luoyun trembled, and immediately complained to his relatives.
"Are there four seasons of cloudiness in the sky? It's been raining in the mortal world these days, wet and cold. Fortunately, I've been used to it for many years in the south of the Yangtze River." After a short pause, he became hesitant, "... I don't know how the weather in Saibei is, I'll go and see later .”
Huo Linfeng smiled lowly, and pointed back at himself.
Rong Luoyun said: "Father, I remember you once said that among all the officials in the court, you only admire Huo Zhao, Marquis of Dingbei." , Appreciate, and become confidantes. Step by step through life and death, advance and retreat together, and now develop into... Duanxiu."
Huo Linfeng almost fell into the river! Covering Rong Luoyun's mouth, he gritted his teeth and said, "Be filial and let uncle and aunt rest in heaven, okay?"
Rong Luoyun nodded, but what he said was equal to the water that was poured out, and it was hard to recover. He changed the topic: "Anyway, I have enough food, warm clothes, and I am very strong. I am eight feet tall. I like to study and set up battles on weekdays, punish rape and eliminate evil, and I don't have any bad habits."
As soon as the Duanxiu words came out, he started to run the boat with his mouth full.
"Father, mother, younger brother, my sister and I have kept our names incognito. We dare not set up a monument to sacrifice for seventeen years. Don't be angry." He suppressed his smile, and his tone gradually became sonorous, "When the big revenge is avenged, I will bring Chen Ruoyin's head to worship. You guys, do what you say."
"Bless us." Rong Luoyun said, letting go of the last boat.
The surface of the river is dotted with stars, and dozens of wishing soul lamps float into the distance. The scenery is quite spectacular. Rong Luoyun stood up and waved vigorously towards the light, the moisture in his eyes finally condensed into tears.
He hugged Huo Linfeng and wailed silently in the dark.
Parents and brothers, blood feud, accumulated every inch of the usual depression, how happy it is to announce it now. He was tearful and rubbed Huo Linfeng's shoulder indiscriminately.
The boat is getting farther and farther away, as if drifting to the horizon, bordering and merging with the stars in the night sky. Rong Luoyun cried bitterly just now, he had cried enough, and now he grinned again.
He glanced at Chaomulou: "I'll go tell my sister."
Huo Linfeng asked: "Will you be scolded if you don't call her when you put the lamp on?"
Rong Luoyun thought about it, then let's talk about it another day.
The two drove back to the General's Mansion, except for the patrolling guards, everyone in the mansion had already rested. Back in the main garden, the servants still had beds and pillows, but Butler Du sat cross-legged at the entrance of the hall.
Hearing footsteps, Du Zheng woke up and followed the two masters into the bedroom. After supper was prepared and the bed was made, he rolled up his sleeves to boil water and asked, "Who will take a bath first?"
Huo Linfeng said: "Together."
Rong Luoyun was startled: "Stop talking nonsense!"
Huo Linfeng asked back: "You told your parents that you broke your sleeves with me, and take a bath together to celebrate."
It's okay if you don't mention it, but if you mention it, you feel a little nervous, Rong Luoyun is afraid that your parents will dream of you at night. Although he was uneasy, he had a good appetite, so he ate two bowls of shrimp soup with drooping eyebrows.
After the water was boiled, Huo Linfeng pushed him into the small room to take a bath, took off each other's clothes, and sat down in the bucket flesh-to-blood. He grabbed the edge of the barrel, stared at the picture of riding and shooting on the screen, and counted the number of beasts in it.
Behind him is the most ferocious one, rubbing soap on him.
Wiping from shoulders to the back of the waist, the callused fingertips burrowed into his waist.
Rong Luoyun went limp, and pressed his lips against his arm in silence, but sporadic humming escaped from his nasal cavity. In the dense water vapor, he couldn't see the tiger in the painting clearly, and he couldn't hear the tiger calling him when the water sounded.
He had cried by the river, and now he cried again, endlessly.
Looking back slowly, he looked at Huo Linfeng pitifully, trying to win some sympathy. The beast turned a blind eye, only caring about the violent storm of the day before school, and then leaned over to kiss him.
Rong Luoyun couldn't hold on to the rim of the barrel, and gradually fell, and was caught when he was about to fall into the water. He leaned against Huo Linfeng's chest, his pupils were dilated, and he lost consciousness little by little.
This bathing lasted until midnight, and a bucket of water was spilled seven or eight times.
Huo Linfeng hugged Luoyun and went back to the bedroom, got on the bed and settled down, and put a piece of mint on the other side. Not long after, Rong Luoyun woke up and looked at the curtain in confusion.
"How do you feel?"
Rong Luoyun took a deep breath: "It's so cold, you made me go from summer to winter..."
Huo Linfeng sneered: "Then I have to take another tonic." He bent down and took the mint in his mouth. Rong Luoyun greeted him with his neck raised, thinking that he wanted to kiss him, so he had no choice but to be respectful rather than obedient.
So lingering on the bed, I fell asleep slowly.
Huo Linfeng stroked Rong Luoyun's back, and when his breathing was even, he gently laid him flat. After getting up and leaving the couch, he put on his clothes and walked out of the room, and went to the study alone.
In the middle of the desk case was Shen Zhou's reply letter, which arrived in the evening.
Huo Linfeng sat alone in the chair and opened the envelope after a moment of silence. Looking down at the words, ignoring everything, just grabbing Shen Zhou's reply. He asked last time why he misses the Rong brothers and sisters because he loves Miss Duanyu.
The letter replied—General Mo Xiao, I once had an old friend of Qingmei, who was somewhat similar to Miss Duanyu. However, the fate of a beautiful woman is poor, so I can only act like a villain and borrow others' entrustment to comfort me.
Huo Linfeng frowned after reading, staring at the void without saying a word.
Shen Wenwen and Tang Zhen are close friends, and Shen Zhou's childhood friend and beautiful woman are unlucky, most likely refers to Tang Zhen's daughter. Rong Duanyu was similar to him, plus Rong Luoyun, and his younger brother who died, happened to be three children.
It was rumored that when Tang Zhen's children died, the youngest was only three years old.
In terms of time, it was exactly seventeen years ago.
First, he was framed by Chen Ruoyin and his family was slaughtered. Rong Luoyun's father had the same experience as Tang Zhen.
Then there is the strange technique, which was not taught by the master, so far it is vague. And by a thousand coincidences, the ordered formation is exactly the same as in "Nie Jing", exactly the same.
The piles are counted in detail, and the pieces overlap, which can be traced at all.
Huo Linfeng rolled his Adam's apple, as if swallowing a mouthful of thick bitter water. He was extremely unwilling and could only come to one conclusion, that is, Tang Zhen's sons and daughters were still alive.
Rong Luoyun and Rong Duanyu.
A pair of sons and daughters of rich gold, one has fallen into prostitution, and the other has wandered in the grass.
Huo Linfeng suddenly slumped in the chair, and his thoughts were smoothed out, and they became entangled in an instant. Stuffing his chest and strangling his throat, as if he wanted to make the Huo family pay for his life at this very moment seventeen years later!
... Huo Zhao killed Tang Zhen.
The only thing he couldn't figure out was that his father killed Tang Zhen, why Rong Luoyun didn't know it at all? At first, based on this, he thought that Rong Luoyun had nothing to do with Tang Zhen, but after everything was confirmed, he realized that Rong Luoyun didn't know at all!
It was a secret case involving the prince, and the crime involved was treason.
The people in the court who knew the events of the year and had been in contact with Rong Luoyun absolutely knew the ins and outs. Therefore, the only possibility is that the person deliberately concealed it.
Deliberately concealing part of the truth, why
Why did Rong Luoyun deliberately not let Rong Luoyun know where Tang Zhen died and by whom? !
Huo Linfeng sat withered until dawn, only to be revived when he heard the sweeping outside. He got up and walked outside, and the crumpled letter fell to the ground. Walking out of the study and back to the bedroom, my legs seemed to be filled with lead.
As if hearing his footsteps, the figure behind the gauze moved slightly.
Rong Luoyun leaned on the pillow, moved and opened his eyes. It was empty and cold beside him, he sat up hesitantly, but saw Huo Linfeng standing in the room. He asked, "Why are you standing there?"
Huo Linfeng replied, "I thought about something."
Rong Luoyun lifted the gauze curtain: "What's the matter?"
Everything seemed to slow down, Huo Linfeng slowly clenched his fists, walked slowly to the bedside, and slowly started to build. Finally, he said hoarsely: "I was wondering, who is the person in the court who contacted you."
Rong Luoyun's expression changed slightly, and he wanted to turn away, but the other party looked too serious.
Huo Linfeng said: "The other party can find you, which means that he knows your identity. If you cooperate with the other party, it means that he will not endanger the lives of you and your sister. You have a relationship and trust."
"In addition, you have a common enemy, Chen Ruoyin. Chen Ruoyin's murder of your father is a deep hatred for you, and it is also a heavy blow to him. The biggest basis for your trust is to sympathize with each other. the goal of."
"But you said that you are not minions, you each take what you need. 'Each take' means that the things you need are different, so besides dealing with Chen Ruoyin, he has other purposes."
"The imperial court will always form cliques for selfish purposes. When Chen Ruoyin falls, his clique will form new ones. So that person's target is not the officials, but the prince supported by Chen Ruoyin."
After speaking in one breath, Huo Linfeng stretched out his hand, leaned over and held the other party.
"I once caught your carrier pigeon, and the note said 'Tiger is not cured', and the tiger refers to me. If I guessed correctly, since I was transferred, that person has instructed you many times how to deal with me."
Rong Luoyun said anxiously: "No, I don't want to deal with you!"
Right in his arms, Huo Linfeng said: "Then I guessed right, if you don't deal with me, you must be trying to draw me into an alliance."
Rong Luoyun was startled, and nodded helplessly.
Huo Linfeng finally figured it out. The other party concealed the truth about Huo Zhao's murder of Tang Zhen because they wanted to win over the Huo family from the beginning. Rong Luoyun is the left arm, and the Huo family is the right arm. The other party wants everyone, so there must be no enmity between the left and the right.
He asked, "It's the third prince, right?"
After a pause, he trembled: "Your father... is Tai Fu Tang Zhen."
Rong Luoyun rushed forward, hugged Huo Linfeng like a straw, and buried his head in Huo Linfeng's waist. He has been hiding it all the time, but after finally meeting someone who is close to him, he can't help but confide in a little bit.
Exposed, everything is exposed.
He explained: "It's not that I don't trust you, but I'm a descendant of the guilty minister, and I was the one who deserved to die. The third prince wanted to win you over, but I ignored it and didn't agree."
He raised his face and said earnestly: "Because I like you, I don't want to implicate you."
But he was afraid that the other party would be implicated, so he said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
Huo Linfeng lowered his eyes and smiled wryly: "The one who should say I'm sorry is me."