Liang Ming was the most silent one. He felt that he was too stupid and was easily taken advantage of by others, which brought harm to his family. He even didn't know who was the mastermind behind the scenes. He was not sure whether the people from the Three Departments did not investigate seriously, or whether the person behind the scenes was so powerful that he could conceal everything. So no matter whether his family members beat or scolded him, he endured it silently.
—So he never thought that the involvement was not that serious, and he never doubted Li Ruoshui.
When the others "abandoned" Liang Ming, he fell to the ground alone. Because of the shackles, he was half-fallen on the ground, which was uncomfortable to watch. However, Liang Ming did not move, and there was a dead look in his eyes.
"Cousin Ming," Li Ruoshui walked up carefully and helped him up, "Cousin Ming, don't be like this, it's not your fault..." Her eyes were always filled with tears, and now they were even more obvious. Anyone could see that her eyes were filled with heartache. "Really, don't blame yourself..."
She had prepared a lot of candidates for her "harem", and these cousins who were very good to her were naturally no exception. Liang Ming was obviously the first one, or in other words, among all people, she was most satisfied with Liang Ming, because Liang Ming was absolutely obedient to her and trusted her absolutely. However, apart from this point, Li Ruoshui was not so satisfied with other aspects. However, nothing is perfect, and having someone who dotes on her unconditionally is better than nothing.
It's a pity that he's useless. Not to mention whether he can come back alive, even if he comes back, without the power and background of the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion, what can he use to pamper her? Just a few words? Haha, that's called flattery, and she, Li Ruoshui, has never lacked it.
Liang Ming has completely lost his value to her, but her character cannot be changed, right? Even if she is just pretending, she has to pretend until the last moment, right? Anyway, it is probably the last time. For her, it doesn't matter if it is something that she can do easily.
Of course, maybe Li Ruoshui is just used to flirting. Even if it is a dying person, before the person dies, she wants to leave the deepest impression in the other person's heart and occupy the most special position. - She can abandon him at any time, but others must remember her for the rest of their lives.
Liang Ming pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a forced smile. How could it not be his fault? It was him, it was because of him, that the whole family was harmed. The guilt and self-blame in his heart seemed to drown him. The torment made him feel like he was suffocating all the time.
However, facing the persuasion of his beloved girl, his guilt and self-blame did not diminish, but he was also extremely moved. It was as if everyone had abandoned him, but there was still one person willing to stand by him. He wanted to keep her forever, but unfortunately, he couldn't. His mother told him that she would marry Ruoshui back to be his wife, and they would wait until she reached the age of 15 to discuss the marriage. But now he couldn't even attend her coming-of-age ceremony, and it was only one or two days away.
He knew that he would never come back. Everything else was what he deserved. He didn't mind dying for it. But for her, his beloved girl, he suddenly grabbed her hand, with a bit of madness and expectation in his eyes. "Cousin, if nothing happened in our family, we would have arranged the marriage after you came of age. You would officially marry me next year, right?"
Li Ruoshui was somewhat surprised, and wanted to say, you are just a lazy toad wanting to eat swan meat, you are too beautiful to die. Yes, that's right, Liang Ming is one of her alternatives, her mother also mentioned it to her, but Liang Ming is far from qualified to be her husband.
Her husband, at least, must be good-looking, talented in both civil and military affairs, love her dearly, and surpass all others in every aspect. If not one in a million, at least one in a million. Probably because she knew that she couldn't find such a perfect one, she wanted to combine the best of everyone. In Li Ruoshui's eyes, Liang Ming's appearance was only barely acceptable, and his talent was nothing. In her eyes, he was just a reckless man. How could she marry such a man? He was unworthy!
Of course, Li Ruoshui would definitely not say this out loud. She just looked at Liang Ming with tearful eyes, and then said "hmm" shyly.
It's just fooling fools, it's impossible anyway. He looks so pitiful, and it's the last time we see each other, so just treat it as charity.
However, Liang Ming smiled, like a child who got the candy he wanted most. After his wish was fulfilled, he was very pure and happy. "That's enough. That's enough." Even if they couldn't get what they wanted, at least they understood each other, right
Li Ruoshui would not know how big a hole she had dug for herself at this moment, enough to make her regret for the rest of her life. If she could start over, she would not change anything else, except when dealing with Liang Ming...
The others were still looking at each other in tears and speechless, but the officer in charge of escorting them was a little impatient, "Let's go, let's go..." However, considering that there were people who should not be provoked to escort them, they did not do anything excessive, but the impatience was clearly shown on their faces.
The others were also sensible. After all, it was not too much for the escorts to hold the lives of these prisoners in their hands along the way. For the sake of their families, even though these officers were nothing in their eyes, they dared not offend them. On the contrary, they spoke to them in a nice way, gave them enough silver, and took care of them on the road.
Even if some of the things were done by the Duke of Xiangguo, he seemed to be the sinner who brought trouble to the entire family. However, no matter how violent the people had been before, they did not dare to act presumptuously in front of him now. It could only be said that he had accumulated great power in the past and no one dared to disobey him.
Even though this former Duke of Xiangguo was once a military general, he did not have any hidden injuries on his body when he was young, and he looked much healthier and younger than his peers. However, his age was there after all, and he had been pampered for years, so he could not withstand the torture. As a result, he looked no longer as vigorous as before. He was hunched over, and his eyes looked cloudy. In addition, the injuries after the torture were not treated, which triggered other symptoms. His face was abnormally flushed, and his lips were cracked and chapped. Facing his family, he did not say a word from beginning to end.
Although he had a glorious and respectable life, he ended up losing his integrity in his later years.
No matter how much you drag your feet, you still have to say goodbye.
Seeing the people walking further and further away, the two old ladies couldn't stand it anymore and they fainted.
Naturally, it caused a chaos again. However, among the people in shackles in front, only one person turned back in panic. He was the eldest son of the old lady. Before the accident, he was a deputy governor of the Central Army from the first rank. He was also one of the biggest beneficiaries of the massacre of civilians a few years ago. If nothing happened, he would have been a governor of the first rank sooner or later. However, his turning back did not have any effect, but instead attracted the ruthless shoving of the officials.
Everyone else had a numb look on their faces, dragging their feet forward towards an unknown future.
We said goodbye at the ten-mile long pavilion, and finally the song ended and the people dispersed, and there was no one left.
I don’t know how long it had been, but from the depths of the woods on the other side of the pavilion came the sound of horse hooves, one after another, very softly, as if with a unique rhythm, accompanied by the sound of wheel wheels turning.
Gradually, an inconspicuous carriage became clearer and stopped next to the pavilion.
A person suddenly jumped down from a leafy tree nearby. From this position, he seemed to have watched the entire "farewell" before. It was either the imperial guard Jin Wenjie or someone else.
Young Master Jin was also born into a prominent family. He was now a sword-bearing guard in front of the emperor and spent most of his time in the palace. When it was his turn to take a break, he liked to get close to Wei Tingyu. There was no way, because he had discovered such an interesting person like Wei Tingyu. Following him and watching him secretly stabbing people in the back, he just wanted to move a chair and get a plate of melon seeds. After all, the scenes performed here were more exciting than those in the theater.
Jin Wenjie quickly opened the carriage curtain, with a depressed look on his face, he leaned on the window sill, looking at the elegant and noble Wei Shizi in the carriage like a dead fish, "Did you do this on purpose?"
Wei Tingyu didn't even look at him.
"Oh my, I'm going blind. The most beautiful woman in our Qi Dynasty, the most talented woman in the history, I'm not saying, she's even better than the girls in the building. Last time she was in the City God Temple with Prince Cheng, it was so hot, and now she's in love with her cousin and I promised her my life, and it seems that she has a 'close relationship' with your sister-in-law's ex-fiance. So, how many did she hook up with? Are you sure she's a lady from a noble family, not someone who just left the building?" Jin Wenjie said in a depressed tone, "If this continues, I won't be able to officially marry those talented men and women."
Wei Tingyu then gave Jin Wenjie a straight look, but there was a warning in his eyes, "It's normal for any industry to have two bad guys."
Jin Wenjie nodded half a beat late, "Yes, yes, yes, who says it's not." Speaking of which, in terms of talent, Prince Wei's brother-in-law is now the number one person in the imperial city. It's also because he is a nerd and not ostentatious. Otherwise, how could he be famous only in the imperial city? He spends the whole day immersed in books, so naturally there must be nothing wrong with him.
Having said that, in front of Prince Wei, no matter who you slander, you cannot slander his Yue family.
Jin Wenjie sighed in his heart. This guy with a black heart and lungs, the only soft spot he had was probably his wife. What a pity, short-lived wretch, he didn't even dare to recognize her even when she was right under his nose.
"This life is over, go and reincarnate as soon as possible, choose a good family in all aspects, choose a good wife, and raise her by your side from childhood. Although you have done many things in this life that make people hate you, in the end, those people were not clean themselves, and it is not against heaven and earth, so you should not be a short-lived ghost in your next life, so you should cherish it."
Jin Wenjie couldn't help but shrink his neck when Wei Tingyu gave him a cold look.
"Hehe, I was just kidding. For a devoted person like you, your wish must come true in the next life and you and your current sister-in-law must be together as a couple." He hurriedly tried to smooth it over. With his cruel and ruthless heart, Jin Wenjie was worried that he would be cheated in the future.
Wei Tingyu retracted his gaze. He had no interest in knowing what Li Ruoshui had said or done to Liang Ming. Although Li Ruoshui was not the culprit in the downfall of the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion, he was also the fuse. So, how could an "innocent person" be allowed to take the blame without knowing it? "Wen Xin, pass the message down. Find a way to tell Liang Ming that the script was written by Li Ruoshui."
"Yes." The inconspicuous driver in front responded.
Jin Wenjie smacked his lips. "So, it's not unfair to say that you are black-hearted. They are a pair of 'lovers' after all. Don't you feel guilty for stabbing them like this? But looking at that 'life and death' scene, you know everything. Maybe their hearts are closer. But, this person has been exiled to the mine. It doesn't seem to make much sense for you to do this."
"When a person has a reason to live, perhaps even the laws of life and death can be broken."
Jin Wenjie understood that this was to stimulate Liang Ming to live. What did Li Ruoshui do to make this black-hearted guy want to deal with her? If you say it's not serious, taking such a big detour, even if it's not deliberate, it can be regarded as a bit of thought, but if it's serious, this black-hearted guy didn't kill Li Ruoshui directly.
If you think about it carefully, it is very easy to "kill" Li Ruoshui. Just based on the fact that she is a playboy, if it is revealed, she will have no chance of survival. Not to mention other people, her father and her grandfather will definitely not let her live.
Jin Wenjie wanted to gossip to the end, but seeing that Master Wei's face was not very good, he thought, well, he also had reasons to live, but he could not break the fate of life and death, so he was naturally gloomy. Then, as for Liang Ming who might break the fate...
To be honest, if Liang Ming survives, can he live a good life? When he knows everything, maybe he might as well die.
The girl that I hold dearest in my heart has harmed my entire family. That feeling...
However, Jin Wenjie vaguely felt that something seemed to be wrong since he met the Prince Wei today, but he couldn't put his finger on it specifically. However, one thing was almost certain, that is, he was in a bad mood.
Prince Wei's mood wasn't actually bad, he just felt restless and uneasy.
There are still two days left before the day Xuan'er asked him to meet. In fact, he only realized it afterwards. May 15th is the third anniversary of Xue Tingyu's death, and May 18th three years ago was the day he and Xuan'er consummated their marriage.
What made Wei Tingyu even more uneasy was that the place Xuan'er chose to meet was where they had lived for seven years.
So, the more I think about it, the more I feel that Xuan'er might not just be suspicious.
When Wei Tingyu faced other things, he remained calm even if the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked. But now, the closer the time gets, the more anxious he becomes.
If he didn't do something to distract himself, he was afraid he wouldn't even be able to keep up appearances.