Rui Hegui

Chapter 23

After reading the letter, Bandit Chu couldn't help frowning, thought for a while, and said, "Miao Lao has been in Beijing for several years, but I didn't realize that he was the old Cao Gonggong."

"People in the palace?" Zhao Liangyue thought of the first time he met Miao Lao in front of Xuefang courtyard, under such a ferocious face, there was actually a reassuring and kind appearance.

"Eunuch Cao is an old man in the former empress's palace. After the former empress died, he disappeared. I didn't expect him to stay in Beijing all the time. Fangyuan is looking for someone.

Zhao Liangyue read the letter again, and said: "That assassin originally belonged to the Fan family army, Miao Lao should have kept in touch with him for many years, the key mentioned in the letter is to let Miao Lao quickly go to Xiangyuan City to get the token, if I guessed right that it must have something to do with the treason case back then."

The most important part of the big case back then was Han Ting, who was then the guard of Xiangyuan City. As an ordinary general, he and Wang Xian could wipe out Daxu's most elite troops at that time within a month, and there would definitely be many soldiers left behind. clues.And Eunuch Cao, as a person in the empress's palace, and then hibernated in Beijing for many years, must know the clues hidden in the big case back then.

"But for so many years, Eunuch Cao has never contacted our family." Bandit Chu sighed and said, "But it's true, Wang Han is now in power in Beijing, which is the largest faction. The self-protecting old fox headed by Shangshu Xiang Ming has two factions, one is led by Sima Xiaoli, who still has illusions about the puppet emperor, and the other is me and Xing Shuo, who are leading the treachery that has brought disaster to the country and the people. Eunuch Cao probably saw it I feel chilled, and feel that there is nowhere to cry for injustice.”

Zhao Liangyue looked at Chu Bandit and laughed at himself, and said: "Right and wrong are just in the hearts of the people, and it can't be explained forever."

Bandit Chu immediately smiled when he heard the words, and asked, "Did Xilin change his previous opinion of me?"

"Well, it's just temporary."

Chu bandit smiled with satisfaction, and asked people to serve the food and drink, saying: "I haven't eaten yet, let's come together and stay with me."

"It's just a meal, it's okay."

"What is a meal? I haven't eaten for a day. In the morning, Dali Temple was looking for trouble. In the afternoon, Han Wenyun was stabbed. You said that the old man would die sooner after being stabbed, but he didn't die in the end. Ke Jin came to trouble me."

Seeing the situation like this, Zhao Liangyue didn't say much. He sat down and poured wine for the two of them. Chu Bandit ate happily. Shang Shu couldn't even afford the food.

After a short break after the meal, Jing Mo came up and told the mother and daughter that there was nothing else they had asked, and Chu Bandit asked him to send the people away and settle down.

Next, Zhao Liangyue saw that there was nothing else going on, and got up to leave, but Bandit Chu stopped him suddenly.

Zhao Liangyue asked patiently: "Lord Chu, is there anything else you want to explain?"

Chu Bandit hesitated for a moment, and said: "I still want to ask something about the teacher... About Senior Wang Taboo, I know that he actually didn't die back then."

Zhao Liangyue saw that he had restrained himself from his usual rogue, and knew that if he didn't say anything today, he might not be able to get out of this door, so he turned his head and sat down. After a long silence, he told the past, from the Maozhou plague that saved his life and Youbai's life, to Later, the teacher was imprisoned by Zhao's family until death, but he was still powerless.

"Actually, thinking about it now, with the teacher's intelligence, it is impossible to be trapped in the Zhao Mansion." Zhao Liangyue clenched his fists, "It's just that he seems to have given up something, although his teachings to me are all about the common people in the world, about the century of society, He wants me to be the executor of his will, but I can feel the sadness he hides deep in his heart."

"Even later when I came to Kyoto, I knew the true identity of the teacher for the first time. One is a magnificent emperor, and the other is a prisoner who is accompanied by shackles. It is difficult for anyone to connect. Then I understood that the teacher gave up. What he cares about is himself, his blood is still attached to the country and the common people, but he acquiesces that he died 13 years ago."

"When the teacher passed away, he was with Plum Blossom and headed towards Kyoto. I think he wanted to come back here."

Chu Bandit was sitting opposite, listening to Zhao Liangyue talk about the 12 years of his invisible teacher, without saying a word the whole time, his shoulders slowly collapsed.

After Zhao Liangyue finished speaking, the two remained relatively silent.

The surrounding silence was terrifying, and occasionally the night wind whistled like weeping, as if mourning.

In the room, the dim light of the lamp shone on Chu Gui, stretching his shadow very long, like a solitary tree in the thousands of miles of wasteland.At this moment, Zhao Liangyue suddenly saw the teacher's appearance in Chu Biao, that kind of deep loneliness and helpless desolation.

"So what choice did you make back then? I want to hear the truth that is different from the rumors in Kyoto." Zhao Liangyue looked at Chu Bandit and asked.

Bandit Chu looked up at Zhao Liangyue, smiled wryly, and said, "No matter what choice I made back then, he has already suffered this injustice, so the truth is not important."

Zhao Liangyue wanted to ask something more, but Bandit Chu interrupted him directly, got up and asked Jing Mo to send him back.

Seeing this, Zhao Liangyue knew that bringing up the events of the past would only expose people's scars, so he had no choice but to give up, turned around and left with Jing Mo.

After seeing Zhao Liangyue leave, Bandit Chu asked someone to bring up wine, and drank it one by one. When Jing Mo came back, Bandit Chu was already drunk, and he insisted on Jing Mo and the others performing Wu Qinxi for him. Jing Mo couldn't persuade him, so he had to send Someone called Xing Shuo over.

"Oh! What's wrong with you? You see, the smell of alcohol in this room is really looking for trouble for me. The Dali Temple and the Ministry of War are staring at us now. You still have time to drink and entertain at this time? Bandit Chu, you It’s really possible! Today I insist on..."

Xing Shuo came in angrily, and when he saw Chu Bandit's distraught drunk look, he fell silent, walked over and forcibly snatched his flagon.

"Who doesn't have eyes?" Bandit Chu raised his head in dissatisfaction, and when he saw Xing Shuo, he said, "It's you again, every time you rush to give the sweetest oranges to junior sister, and then keep the sweetest oranges." Give me the sour, you bastard, wicked thing!"

"All right, all right, I'm a big bastard." Xing Shuo sighed, and asked his servants to cook sober soup, then turned around and asked, "You, are you thinking about the past again?"

Chu Bandit laughed at himself, and said, "What happened in the past? What happened in the past, I forgot."

"Then cheer up, does this look decent? How about I call all the people from the Ministry of Punishment over to see how embarrassed their boss is?"

"Call it." Chu bandit grinned loudly, "It was originally a mask, and I forgot about it after wearing it for a long time."

Xing Shuo patted Chu Bandit on the shoulder, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Old Wang, are you... gone?"

"Yes, he died in Maozhou, and died in depression. Only Xilin wore hemp and mourning."

Hearing this, Xing Shuo felt his heart suddenly empty, extremely uncomfortable, and some childhood memories flashed into his mind.

Inadvertently, Chu Bandit reached out to take the wine bottle next to him. Xing Shuo came to his senses and saw it. I owe you! It's all over now, I have to deal with all the messy things at the Ministry of Punishment and the Jinluan Guard."

At this time, the servants brought in the hangover soup, and Xing Shuo ordered the adults to drink it before feeding it to him, then strode out the door, thought for a while, and then ordered those young men from Bili Pavilion not to take the opportunity to go there Come on.

Jing Mo on the side asked puzzledly: "How can adults like those people who are painted and painted, whether they are male or female?"

Xing Shuo snorted and said, "Of course I know that except for a certain surnamed Zhao, other people can't be seen by your adults. I'm afraid that he will get angry and beat those ignorant people to death!"

Jing Mo suddenly realized, and hurriedly nodded.

"I'm really happy, I have to stay up all night again!" Xing Shuo walked out cursing.

"Yuan Cheng."

Yuan Cheng is Xing Shuo's epigraph, and Xing Shuo Lai has to pay attention to it, and his feet have already stepped on the threshold.

"Yuancheng!"

Bandit Chu yelled again, Xing Shuo turned his head impatiently, and asked, "What's the matter? You still want to scold me?"

Chu Bandit shook his head, supported the table with his hands to get up, and finally fell back on the chair because he was drunk, so he had to slowly raise his head towards Xing Shuo, his peach blossom eyes were not focused at all.

Bandit Chu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and asked Xing Shuo, "Do you think my mother will forgive me?"

Xing Shuo was startled, clenched his fists in his sleeves, and said, "Aunt Chen won't blame you."

Chu Bandit laughed, and said, "My mother and teacher will never forgive me, and they will leave with hatred for me until they die."

"Yunhong..."

"But I'm not afraid! But I'm not afraid, Yuan Cheng, everyone scolded me for being ungrateful, for being a sinner of Fan Jiajun, for saying that he was not worthy of being a teacher's student, and forcing his own mother to death, but I'm not afraid, as long as they pay the price, this is My purpose."

"Stop talking!" Xing Shuo interrupted Chu Bandit, "I know you really care. They will understand the truth 13 years ago."

Chu Bandit looked at Xing Shuo suspiciously, and after an unknown amount of time, he smiled and said, "Okay, then I believe you, and I'll wait for that day to come."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xing Shuo was about to say a few more words of comfort when Chu Gui fell down on the table and fell asleep immediately.

Xing Shuo: "..."

Jing Mo apologized and said with a smile: "My lord, he has not closed his eyes for several days because of the matter of Ningzhou."

Xing Shuo stepped forward and kicked Bandit Chu, sighed and said, "Forget it, it's not a day or two to work for free." After speaking, he turned and went downstairs.

The subordinates waited at the door for a long time, when they saw Xing Shuo coming out, they hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "My lord, are you going back to the residence directly now?"

Xing Shuo stopped and looked up, looking at the blurry waning moon in the middle of the sky, and suddenly asked his subordinates, "Do you think people like Chu Gui and I will have a good death?"

The subordinate was startled, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Xing Shuo: "I'm not going back home, I'm going directly to the Ministry of Punishment, their boss is getting drunk here, so maybe there's something going on there."

When Zhao Liangyue returned to the small courtyard, Youbai was begging Uncle Song to make him a midnight snack, and even brought Abai along to show off his cuteness.

"Your son came back so late, why don't you go out to look for it?" Zhao Liangyue felt very tired, and went into the courtyard gate and sat on the flower bed. When Ah Bai saw him coming back, he immediately jumped out of Youbai's arms and ran over.

"No, it's King Xingyan who sent the news that you and Master Chu went to eat flower wine."

"Eating flower wine? What a mess." Then remembering that Bi Li Pavilion is indeed a place to eat flower wine, or with a man, "..."

"Then where did you get your new clothes, young man? It looks very expensive."

"It's for nothing. Anyway, Chu Shangshu has plenty of money, so if you take it for nothing, you don't take it for nothing."

Yubai thought it made sense and nodded.

Uncle Song poured tea and handed it to Zhao Liangyue, and asked, "Young Master, do you want something to eat? The kitchen is ready."

Youbai immediately shouted: "Uncle Song, you are biased! Didn't you say there is no one?"

Zhao Liangyue smiled, raised Abai towards Youbai, and said, "Abai is partial too."

Youbai meowed a few times in response, and youbai pouted dissatisfiedly, then turned his grief and anger into strength, and went to help Uncle Song bring food to the table.

During the meal, Zhao Liangyue asked Youbai if he would tell Mr. Wei about Lu Ming, Youbai immediately smiled and said how likable he was, the senior household servant not only met him, but also let him stay in the mansion for dinner .

Zhao Liangyue smiled, and didn't tell Youbai that he had formed an alliance with Xuefangyuan and Wei Mansion, but he was a little surprised at Wei Xinglin's attitude towards Youbai. He probably liked children just like Mrs. Xiao.