Hua Ling didn't speak, just quietly listening to Hua Luyao scolding. The candlelight in the cell was dim, and the wick flicked occasionally, reflecting on Hua Ling's pretty face, adding a sense of eerieness.
Hua Qiancheng was suddenly a little scared. He seemed to have never really understood the son who had been raising him for nearly twenty years.
Hua Luyao vented all her energy, and she fell into Yang's arms all of a sudden, staring at Hua Ling with only one pair of eyes.
After about a cup of tea, Hua Ling finally spoke, "Have you regretted these years?"
A trace of unwillingness flashed in Hua Qiancheng's eyes, but he didn't speak.
Hua Ling stood tall and tall in front of the prison door, she didn't make any sinister expression, let alone said any threatening words. But his aura at this time is so strong that it makes people frightened, and there is a feeling of being choked by death. Even Hua Luyao, who was still full of anger and cursing just now, couldn't help being afraid, and shrank into Yang's embrace with Hua Weiyi.
Seeing Hua Qiancheng's appearance, Hua Ling knew what he was thinking: "You must be regretting why you didn't kill me back then? No, you must be regretting why you didn't kill me back then!"
Hua Qiancheng's complexion suddenly changed, and there was a little surprise on his face.
"You want to ask me how I know?" Hua Ling snorted coldly, "What else do I not know? As early as the moment you murdered me, the father-son relationship between the two of us was broken. Both said' Tiger's poison does not eat its child', you are really cruel, I was just learning to walk, it was soft and tender, thanks to you, I can do it."
Hua Qian adhered to the principle of cutting weeds to get rid of the roots. After conspiring with Yang to murder Hua Ling's biological mother, he also wanted to kill Hua Ling. But she failed many times. After Yang married into the Duke's Mansion, on the one hand, she wanted to maintain her virtuous and virtuous image, and on the other hand, Hua Ling was getting bigger and bigger, so it was not easy to do it. If he couldn't be killed, he had to be disabled.
"Don't say that I was born to a woman you don't love," Hua Ling continued, "For your power and status, you married a woman who was the best choice for you at that time, but this Once a woman loses its use value, you will throw it away mercilessly. That's right, what is my mother just a woman? You colluded with King Nan and designed my grandfather's family for your own selfish desires. My grandfather was full of loyalty and loyalty. You are called a traitor by a treacherous villain like you."
The astonishment on Hua Qiancheng's face gradually deepened. He originally thought that no one would know about these things.
Hua Ling scratched back and forth on the railing between them: "You want to ask me how I know? You don't have to worry about it, I just want to tell you that I'm not as cruel and merciless as you, so don't try to make the whole The Hua family all got off their horses."
The matter of Hua Qiancheng and Yang's murder of Hua Ling's biological mother was instructed by Yan Shi to let King Mu find out, but he concealed the fact that Hua Qiancheng colluded with King Nan to frame Marshal Qin. Inheritance is a felony for punishing the nine clans. After much deliberation, Yan Shi decided to let the rest of the Hua family survive. After all, they didn't do it, and he didn't want to bleed too much.
"Okay, I've finished what I want to say." Hua Ling immediately took a step back, as if he was seeing a group of savage beasts, "This is the last time I will see you in this life. I won't go on the day of your execution."
Hua Ling brushed off his clothes and walked outside with a smile on his face. The more he walked, the faster he walked, the brighter the outside, and when he reached the door, he saw that person at a glance, as if all the light was shining on this person at this time. That person is his only salvation in this life.
Hua Ling quickly embraced him, kissed him on the forehead, and took his hand to go home with him.
Seven days later, it will be the execution day for the entire Kangle State Mansion, and Yan Shi will stay in the mansion to accompany Hua Ling on that day. The two of them leaned on each other in the pavilion, the sun was shining on their bodies, and Yan Shi half-closed his eyes, listening to Hua Ling read to him.
There were several drumbeats in the distance, and the last drumbeat became more and more rapid. As soon as the drumbeat fell, Hua Ling looked up at the sky, and it was three o'clock in the afternoon.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and when he lowered his head to read the book again, a tear fell on the book.
Mother, the baby is finally
You got revenge!
Hua Ling picked up the book and continued reading, then peeked at the person in front of her, her eyes were full of love.
after one day.
The master of the Shifang Gate walked into a dark secret room with a silver mask and a baggy clothes that could not be identified, holding a fire folder.
The secret room is very small and can only accommodate two adults. On the other side of the wall was a bed, on which lay a young man.
Maybe it was the sound of footsteps that woke him up, or maybe it was the dazzling candlelight that woke him up. In short, the man moved his eyes and woke up. This man is none other than Hua Xu, the second son of the former Duke of Kangle's mansion.
Hua Xu sat up and looked at the strange person in front of him.
"Brother?" he said subconsciously.
Hua Ling didn't hide it anymore, and took off the silver mask covering her face, revealing an unbelievably beautiful face.
"You already knew that, didn't you?" Hua Ling sat down on the edge of his bed.
"Yes, I knew it a long time ago." Hua Xu didn't have time to think about why he was here. He clearly remembered that he suddenly fell unconscious after drinking a sip of water the night before the execution, "I was five years old. , I overheard a father and mother quarreling once."
Children's memory is always very short, but this incident has always been branded in Hua Xu's heart. He and Hua Ling are only two years apart, even though Yang Shi didn't want the two brothers to get involved too much at that time, children always like to play with children. Kangle State Duke's Mansion has no servants of the right age to play with him, even if there are servants, they would not dare to let their children play with the master.
Hua Xu then pestered Hua Ling to play, and Yang Shi stopped her at first, but Hua Xu cried so much that she felt distressed, and then she thought about it, there are children on the left and right, so it's okay to play together. When Hua Xu grows up and no longer needs playmates, it's enough to separate them.
When Hua Xu was five years old, Hua Qiancheng found him a teacher. This teacher is knowledgeable and good-natured, and he always tells him things like benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.
Immediately afterwards, Hua Xu heard about the quarrel between Hua Qiancheng and Duke Kangle. He could hear clearly how his most respected and beloved mother used to speak in that smug tone that she wanted to raise Hua Ling into an ignorant waste. And how to use that threatening tone to tell his favorite father that his wife died, but the two of them did it alone, and no one should try to get rid of the other.
At that moment, Hua Xu only felt that the sky was falling apart, that he was the son of a sinner, and that it was his mother who made him lose her mother.
From then on, Hua Xu used his immature shoulders to protect Hua Ling in the mansion as much as possible.
When he grew older, Yang Shi said to him without any scruples, and would fight for the position of the son of the Duke's Mansion in the future.
Hua Xu felt a little disgusted when he heard all this, and he wanted to question his mother several times. You let me learn etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, filial piety, loyalty and trust, but how many dirty things have you done!
After Hua Xu finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the secret room. After a long time, Hua Ling said slowly, "I know you are a good reader and smart."
Hua Xu's mind is indeed clever, if he takes part in the imperial examination, he will have no problem getting into the top three. But he knew that if he became better, Yang would deal with Hua Ling more quickly and let him replace him. So, he pretended to be a dude, wandering the streets all day long, ignorant and incapable of learning.
"When you were in Xiaxi Village, you were the one who applied for the official right?" Hua Ling looked at him, and said firmly, "You also killed King Ding, and you told us on purpose that Huo Jia was going to be married."
"That's right." Hua Xu wanted to say that he did this to atone for his mother's sins, but he swallowed the words again, "I will leave before you leave the imperial city. The prince can get those excuses." Naturally, I can also get the list of Yuans. Knowing that you are going south, I went to inquire first. I had a little trouble in Xiaxi Village, so I arrived after you. But I am not idle, After asking around, although Xiaxi Village doesn't have much contact with the outside world, it still has some rumors. When I heard that the whole village was doing abduction business, I went to the government to report it."
"There is also King Ding, who needs to get rid of the roots. Although the emperor demoted him to a commoner and let him guard the imperial mausoleum, the blood of the royal family is flowing in his body. If the emperor recalls him one day... so I put him on the wheel in advance. I set up a barricade in front of that cliff. The horses will be frightened when they get there, and no one will be able to find out."
"There is also the matter of Princess Huojia, of course I told you on purpose."
Hua Xu talked about the things that had been accumulated in his heart for many years, and he felt refreshed all over his body.
"Thank you." Hua Ling said very sincerely. Although in the case of Xiaxi Village, they would have been safe and sound even without Hua Xu, and in the matter of Ding Wang, even without Hua Xu, he would have sent someone to kill him, but the matter of Princess Huojia, without Hua Xu, would be really thorny.
"Brother, you and I are brothers." Hua Xu seemed to feel a little inappropriate when he said this, "If you still think of me as a brother... My mother died, it would be a lie to say that I am not sad, but I also have a kind of relief, so It might be unfilial. In recent years, I have vaguely felt that you are not as simple as you seem on the surface, but I don't know how to describe this feeling. "
Hua Ling said, "I can let you go."
"Brother!" Hua Xu had tears in his eyes.
Hua Ling said again: "What you do in the future is up to you."
After speaking, he opened the door of the secret room and moved aside. Hua Xu kowtowed to him on the bed, took a deep look at him, and walked out.
After a long time, Hua Ling also walked outside. Suddenly, one person jumped out from one left and one right.
"Look at him," Hua Ling ordered, "If you have any wrongdoing, kill him!"
In view of the previous friendship and Princess Huojia's face, he can temporarily spare his life, but if he is restless in the future, don't blame him for being rude.