auspicious time has come

Chapter 135 The Death of Qinghan
"That day I went hunting with my father in the mountains. When I turned back, I heard a faint sound of crying. I searched for it alone, and saw a child sitting in the grass wiping his tears—his body and face were injured, and his shoes were lost. He looked like two or three years old, and he was frightened again, and couldn't answer any questions."

"After my father arrived, he sent people to look around. They only found the carriage that fell off the cliff and bloodstains. Judging from the traces, someone had already taken the body away, so it was impossible to determine the identity of the child for a while."

"He has traveled a long way. He is weak and has not eaten for a long time. It is a fluke to survive in the deep mountains. My father and I brought him back to the residence. After ten days of inquiring, we brought him back together. The capital—"

"Maybe because of this encounter, he is very afraid of seeing people, and his health is not good, so he seldom goes out of the house, and he doesn't want to let too many people get close. He only gets closer to me and my parents... I teach He reads and writes, and he is a few years older than him, so he calls me elder brother."

There seems to be time passing in front of Xiao Mu's eyes: "Seven years passed in a flash, and as he grew up, his temperament became more and more cheerful. When he was ten years old, his father confirmed his identity through repeated inquiries and decided to send him back. Yan's family in Tingzhou."

Hengyu was stunned.

In this way, it coincides with the experience of Yan Min's childhood that Yin Hai mentioned that day...

When he was three years old, his parents died in an accident, and he disappeared for many years. He was able to return home when he was ten years old.

"He didn't want to go, and I didn't want to let him go at that time, so I begged my father to keep him, but my father said that he would always go home..." Xiao Mu's voice became slightly lower when he finished speaking: "Perhaps at that time, my father had already noticed the dark waves, and he was afraid that he would be implicated in the future, so he insisted on sending him back so unquestionably."

Heng Yu sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Back then his parents had an accident...was it a coincidence?"

"At that time, Yan's business name was not very eye-catching, and outsiders could not find out about these things." Thinking of Yan's eyes just now, Xiao Mu said: "Perhaps after he returned to Yan's house... he found something."

Heng Yu pondered and said: "I heard that when he first returned home, he was not valued by the clan..."

For a ten-year-old boy who does not have the support of his parents, who is not valued, or even not valued, to be able to do what he is today, the experience here will definitely not be easy.

"At that time, my father made up his mind and sent a letter to Yan's house. Before he left, I made a promise to him that we must stop the correspondence. If he was not doing well in Yan's house, after the situation in the house became clearer and more stable, I'll take him back—"

Xiao Mudao: "When my father sent someone to send him back to Tingzhou, he revealed his identity with the Yan family. The intention was that even if he was afraid of the name of Duke Shu, the Yan family would at least treat him kindly. In the first two years, the letter It can be seen that he is indeed living a peaceful and stable life. It's just that after two years, there is no way of knowing..."

Heng Yu was silent for a while.

Two years later, Duke Shu's mansion was ransacked and beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy——

Heng Yu didn't want to linger on this topic, so he asked further: "After that...haven't you thought about getting to know him?"

The expression in his words is very plain, but it can be heard that the childhood friendship between the two is extremely deep.

Xiao Mu looked at Jiang Mian again: "Later, I heard that he sat on the position of Patriarch of the Yan family, and everything was fine, so I didn't intend to disturb his peaceful and stable life now."

Once they recognize each other, it is equivalent to putting those heavy hatreds on each other.

After understanding his thoughts, Heng Yu thought of the repressed hatred in Yan Ming's eyes when he talked about the "injustice of the world" just now, and said: "It can be seen that he looks like this now, and his heart is not peaceful... He has such an extreme plan , I wonder if it has something to do with what happened to the Shi family?"

Although he was only ten years old when he left Shijia, he was still just a child, but the seven years when he grew up in Shijia must have had a far-reaching impact on Yan Min.

The little child Tonggang experienced the death of his parents, and was rescued by strangers and treated kindly. If you think about it, the meaning of this is beyond the words of gratitude.

He just jokingly said that his people were "not worth it". Perhaps in his heart, the Shi family was more like his family?
"Before I heard his words tonight, I didn't know he was thinking so much... In the past eight years, he has changed a lot."

"So, you just wanted to bring people back to reminisce about the old days—" Hearing this, Heng Yu really understood his mood when he spoke to persuade him just now.

"If he did all this for the sake of the Shi family, then I, as an elder brother, should also be responsible for his faults." Xiao Mu said, "It's just that he has a paranoid personality, and once his obsession takes root, it may not be easy to eradicate."

"If he knows that you are still alive, maybe there is a possibility of turning back." Heng Yu couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "It's a pity that he was too defensive, he had already planned his retreat, and missed this opportunity to reminisce..."

Then he said: "But his plan failed this time, and it is difficult for him alone to make waves. Presumably, there will be no big moves for the time being. When we meet next time, you might as well have a good talk."

Xiao Mu nodded.

Looking at his clear profile profile, Heng Yu felt that his thin figure, which had been thinned due to poisonous hair, vaguely overlapped with the old boy's appearance, so he couldn't help but feel a little touched.

Some old things have passed for many years, and the dead have gone away like dust and stars, but the living are trapped in the old things and cannot escape.

He was like this, Yan Ming was like this, and so was she.

And the real way to get out is never to rely on consolation and consolation. It has one and only one way to go—to find out the truth and comfort the souls of the dead, so as to comfort oneself.

In the eyes of others, this is an obsession, but the best way to get rid of it is to realize it.

Only when it is truly broken, can the living stop. Otherwise, if you let go of the nonsense, you will not be able to live with peace of mind for a day.

She believes that they will all go out.

A few sky lanterns floated from nowhere, and Heng Yu raised his head to watch them fly high and far away.

Xiao Mu watched quietly with her.

After a while, he said: "As for Mr. Qinghan, I had been speculating before, until you told me about the origin of the tattoos on those assassins—"

Heng Yu couldn't help turning her head to look at him.

"Eight years ago, an accident happened in my family. Although it can be called a disaster, there is a reason for the disaster. No matter who wrote it, but the tree is big and the merit is high, these are the reasons for the disaster." Xiao Mu said: "Mr. Qinghan is different. , he is upright and does not involve in party disputes, and he has resigned at that time, and has no conflict of interest with others...Why did he invite death?"

Heng Yu pursed her lips for a moment, and said: "My brother and I have thought about these things, and A Weng secretly has no enemies worth mentioning... What happened back then is indeed extremely strange."

And because the node of A Weng's accident was very similar to that of the Shi family's accident, she and her brother also thought about whether it might be related to the Shi family's disaster, but they couldn't confirm it.

What Xiao Mu said next seemed to confirm her conjecture: "When I regained Qianqiu City some time ago, I captured Xuanpu, the leader of the Khitan Xiwandan tribe, and the court used it to convict my father eight years ago. Among the physical evidence, there are letters and tokens written by this person to my father—according to this person's confession, some high-ranking people in the Dasheng Dynasty secretly found him and conspired with him to frame my father."

Heng Yu heard the key point, and hurriedly asked: "Does he not know the identity of the other party?"

Xiao Mu shook his head: "The other party acted very cautiously and did not reveal their identity. Xuanpu or the entire Khitan had enmity with my father on the battlefield. For them, if they can get rid of my father, this deal is worthwhile of."

Heng Yu followed his words and speculated deeply.

"Exchanging tokens and forging physical evidence needs to be done seamlessly, so there must be secret contacts between the people behind the scenes and Xuanpu..." Xiao Mu said: "I have asked people to verify that before Mr. Qinghan left for Beijing, Liucheng stayed for a few days—"

He only reached this point, but Heng Yu's eyes were already filled with waves: "Yes, Liu Cheng."

Liucheng is now under the rule of Yingzhou, located on the edge of the northern border, adjacent to Khitan——

If it was said that someone was secretly plotting to frame Duke Shu and had to communicate with the Khitan people in secret, then the place where the two sides met secretly was most likely in Liucheng!

and so……

"Mr. Qinghan probably noticed something suspicious back then, and was eager to report back to Beijing..." Xiao Mu made a guess and said, "It is precisely because of this that people silenced him halfway."

It is not easy to express these conjectures from his standpoint, but his words pointed to the point without any whitewashing or evasion.

Heng Yu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and said: "Before Ah Weng left for Beijing, he sent someone to send a letter back to Beijing in secret, and told the sender to do it as soon as possible..."

The death of her grandfather has been her biggest worry in these years. She has repeatedly thought about everything that happened before the accident, not daring to omit anything, including that letter.

"Now that I think about it... that letter may be just for reporting." She said belatedly.

No matter how anxious he was to rush back to Beijing, an old man with a child could never send a letter as fast as he could. If it was really about the life and death of Shi's family, Ah Weng must be extremely anxious.

Xiao Mu hurriedly asked: "Do you know who the letter was sent to?"

Heng Yu shook her head: "I don't know..."

At that time, she was very young. Eight or nine-year-old children would not inquire about every move of their elders in detail, especially her grandfather had a lot of friends and sent letters almost everywhere.

Xiao Mu said: "There are two possibilities in this case. One is that the letter was intercepted. Mr. Qinghan knew the secret of this matter was exposed, so he was silenced—"

As for the second possibility...

Hengyu's fingers were cold and said: "The Khitan people who conspired with him don't know the identity of the other party, so what Ah Weng can find out is bound to be limited. Maybe Ah Weng is afraid that Shi's home has been controlled and monitored, and the letter cannot be delivered. Out of security considerations, It can only be reported to others, and the person he believes in may be the mastermind behind the scenes..."

If so, then this person must be extremely trusted by Ah Weng.

And even if this possibility is just a conjecture, it still makes people feel chills from the deepest part of their hearts——

　good night everyone~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)