Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 45 Breaking
Look carefully at the thin letter paper that has been dusty for a long time. The writing is mottled and the paper is wrinkled. This is the trace of tears.

There were only a few sentences in the letter, but Li Ying saw several obliterations and alterations, especially the sentence accusing the current emperor, and repeatedly changed four lines.

Li Ying could imagine Xiao Lian's mother hesitating when she picked up a pen under the candlelight.

At that time, she must have been in great pain. The person she loved the most passed away. She was a stranger in the capital alone and helpless, but there were wolves, tigers and leopards around her...

Li Ying even felt that his mother's insistence on giving birth to Xiao Lian was already a miracle in itself.

She was a member of the harem in her previous life. Although she had no contact with the emperor Xiao Chengping, she knew a thing or two about him.Although Xiao Chengping can't be called the first emperor through the ages, he didn't make any big mistakes when he was in power. Just like his name, he was very stable.

The only thing is lust, which may be understandable for an emperor, but Li Ying never imagined that he would be so mad that he would attack his pregnant sister-in-law!

Even Li Ying couldn't accept it, let alone Xiao Lian who regarded the emperor as his relative.

And this kind of trust and dependence on relatives was backlashed after Xiao Lian learned the truth, turning into a monstrous hatred.

After returning from the old woman's place, Xiao Lian shut himself in the room all the time. Li Ying tried to knock on his door to bring him some food, but he didn't respond.

Li Ying sighed, that's all, at this time he might want to be alone.

Until the next day, the door of Xiao Lian's room was opened unexpectedly. It was not that he figured it out, but that the person sent to investigate Cheng Hongyuan had news.

Xiao Lian's eyes were still bloodshot, obviously he hadn't slept all night, Li Ying watched from afar, feeling extremely distressed.

"My lord, look." Xiao Lian took a deed of sale, which recorded that a man named "Chen Da" was sold to a large family named Cheng in Nanhe City as a domestic servant.

"Who is this Chen Da?" Xiao Lian asked.

"Reporting to my lord, this Chen Dayuan is a down-and-out man from Nanhe City. He failed the exam for many years and was destitute. He made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings on the street. By chance, he entered the residence of Mr. Cheng."

"What's the relationship between him and Cheng Hongyuan?"

"This Chen Da is Cheng Hongyuan's father."

"Why is one surnamed Chen and the other Cheng?"

"My subordinates have inquired that Mr. Cheng is alone, without a wife and no children. Da Chen was so grateful that he changed his son's surname to Cheng, so that Mr. Cheng can be filial when he gets old."

"So, it's Mr. Cheng that we want to investigate?"

Xiao Lian thought of the "grandfather" that the prisoner muttered, could it be Mr. Cheng?

"The subordinate is stuck here, and I can't find out why."

Xiao Lian frowned: "Follow me to the magistrate's place."

Xiao Lian stepped out of the room and saw Li Ying standing not far away silently looking at him, but he quickly withdrew his eyes and left without saying a word to her.

Li Ying originally wanted to comfort him, but seeing Xiao Lian ignoring him, she also turned around and left lonely.

In fact, she understood his feelings very well.It's like when you were scolded by your parents when you were a child, when you were crying and crying and making ugly appearances, you happened to meet the person you admired, and your first reaction must be to hide, so as not to let him see your worst appearance.

Give him some time and he'll be fine.

When the county magistrate saw Xiao Lian who hadn't shown up for a long time, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "My lord, what's your order?"

"Magistrate Wang, you have been in Nanhe County for eight years."

"Yes, yes."

"Do you know that there is a family named Cheng in Nanhe County?"

"This... I'm afraid my subordinates can't remember clearly. Oh, by the way, if you don't look up the local chronicles of Nanhe County, you might gain something."

Soon someone moved all the local chronicles of Nanhe County over the years, which took up half of the study.

"My lord, with so many local chronicles, can we find the one named Cheng?"

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Xiao Lian plunged into the sea of ​​books, temporarily forgetting the boulder in his heart that weighed him down.

In the past few days, Xiao Lian changed the place where he shut himself up from the bedroom to the study, running errands day and night, it seemed the same as before, but Li Ying saw it, but felt more and more anxious.

It is normal for ordinary people to cry a lot after being hit, or to overeat, or to hold a sword with red eyes to kill the enemy.But pretending nothing happened is the scariest thing. It's hard to imagine what he will do when his emotions really explode.

Li Ying was worried and Gui was worried, but if she forcibly intervened, it would be counterproductive.Taking advantage of these few days, Li Ying took care of the deaf-mute old woman who was deliberately ignored by Xiao Lian and who had accompanied Xiao Lian's mother.

Even though the secret that the old woman spent half her life guarding was almost a blow to Xiao Lian that could destroy him, she was innocent. As one of the few old people his mother had in this world, this old woman deserved to be treated kindly.

Li Ying came to the door in person, and asked the old lady about her wish by gesturing and drawing.

Old people want very little.She didn't want to move, so Li Ying ordered someone to repair the hut from inside to outside, to ensure that the wind wouldn't blow and the rain wouldn't get in; Li Ying gave up the idea of ​​asking someone to serve her, but ordered three meals a day to be delivered to the old man's residence, and picked out a kind puppy to give to the old man.

Holding the puppy in his arms, the old man happily made a "uh uh ah ah" sound, which was to thank Li Ying.

Both the painting and the letter were properly put away by Li Ying.They have completed their mission and can no longer occupy the old man's bedside. From then on, the old man can be a relaxed person without secrets, and enjoy his old age peacefully with dogs by his side.

After Li Ying finished all this, Xiao Lian also had a harvest.

"My lord, look!" A subordinate excitedly waved a local chronicle and ran to Xiao Lian.

"What did you find?"

"Look at this passage. In the spring of the first year of Deqing, the new county magistrate Cheng Li personally led people to build the dam, which won the support of the people..."

"Cheng Li?" Xiao Lian murmured silently. He vaguely remembered the name, but he couldn't remember it.

"Read it again."

"The first year of Deqing..."

"Wait." Xiao Lian said silently: "The first year of Deqing..."

The first year of Deqing!Isn't it the year that the First Prince Xiao Chun was born? !

If Xiao Lian remembered correctly, the eldest prince's biological mother was surnamed Cheng!

Cheng Li, Cheng Li, is none other than Xiao Chun's maternal grandfather!
Xiao Lian quickly pieced together the whole picture in his mind: the old scholar who was funded by Xiao Chengping and finally won the gold list, that is, Cheng Li, married his only daughter Cheng to Xiao Chengping, and came to Nanhe alone. Served as county magistrate.

Unexpectedly, after her daughter married Xiao Chengping, who was not yet an emperor at that time, her beauty disappeared very quickly, leaving only one grandson Xiao Chun.

The daughter did not enjoy any glory and wealth with Xiao Chengping, and the only grandson was not valued by Xiao Chengping, which made Cheng Li, who was far away in Nanhe, feel sympathetic.

In order for Xiao Chun to gain a foothold in the imperial court, although this elderly grandfather could not call the wind and rain, he also gradually accumulated contacts in this small county town of Nanhe, such as Chen Da.

Like Chen Da, who was favored by Cheng Li, there was more than one person who was willing to put his brains to pieces for him. Xiao Lian suspected that the dead who transported plague patients to other counties were all trained by Cheng Li.

All his life, he just wanted to help his grandson thousands of miles away one day, even if it was just a little bit.

How inspiring is this thought.

It's a pity that the "young master" that the dead man said was not a good person at all.

Xiao Lian closed the dusty local chronicle with a snap, got up and said, "Go to the prison."

Xiao Lian's guess was quickly confirmed by the prisoner.When he said the names "Cheng Li" and "Xiao Chun" to the prisoner, the prisoner's guilty and longing reaction couldn't be faked.

He felt shameless to face Cheng Li in the ground, but also wanted Xiao Chun to save him.Oh, unfortunately, his wish will come true.

When Xiao Lian walked out of the prison, his face became more and more ugly.Originally, he had no deep friendship with Xiao Chun, but judging from Xiao Chun's previous actions, although he was not a genius, he could be regarded as a man of duty. Unexpectedly, he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Xiao Lian recalled the scene where Xiao Chun taught Buddhism to the common people, and couldn't help feeling a chill running down his back.Can those common people think that Xiao Chun, who stood in front of them and said "all living beings are suffering, only the Buddha saves everyone", is the one who disregards the lives of the people in the world and wants to spread the plague to all directions for his own selfishness?
In comparison, although Xiao Ling is vicious and domineering, at least his evil is clearly written on his face. On the contrary, it is Xiao Chun who is a hypocrite with duplicity and morality, who is the most terrifying.

Oh, Xiao Lian sneered, this royal family is really rotten to the bone!

Xiao Lian clenched his fists unconsciously, the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.

"The decree has arrived!"

Just when Xiao Lian sneered at the royal family, a group of people arrived at the door, and the leading eunuch who passed the decree shouted loudly: "Quicken the secret document at eight hundred li! Prince Zhong, come out and receive the decree!"

Xiao Lian walked out slowly.

"Oh, my lord, what time is this? You are still so calm and relaxed!" The eunuch had a dusty look on his face, obviously he came all the way from the capital without stopping.

"I'm afraid the capital city is about to change, my lord, please open it and have a look!"

Xiao Lian did not speak from the beginning to the end, he took the imperial decree and glanced at it.

Xiao Chengping was ill, and he was still seriously ill. He was afraid that Xiao Ling would make some moves, so he hurriedly called Xiao Lian back to help him stabilize the situation.

After Xiao Lian finished reading, he contemptuously threw the imperial decree into the brazier, and the bright yellow imperial decree was quickly swallowed up by the flames.

"My lord, what are you doing?!" The eunuch who delivered the decree was surprised: "This is an imperial decree!"

Xiao Lian sneered: "Some people are not worthy of being an emperor. What he says is farting."

"You, you, you..." The eunuch Chuanzhi pointed at Xiao Lian "you" for a long time, but couldn't say anything.No one expected that Prince Zhong, who had always been loyal to the emperor, would say such rebellious words, which really shocked a group of people's jaws.

While wiping the sword in his hand, Xiao Lian said, "Go back and tell Xiao Chengping that this king did not take his life with his own hands, it was the last kindness to him."

The eunuch who passed the decree seemed to have seen a ghost, and stood there motionless.

"Why, if I don't leave, I don't want your dog's life anymore?" Xiao Lian said, and put the sharp sword in his hand on the eunuch's neck.

The eunuch was so frightened that he pissed on his ass: "Let's go, I'll go!" As he said that, he ran away in a desperate manner, and almost tripped over the threshold when he went out.

Not to mention the eunuch passing the decree, even the subordinates who usually followed Xiao Lian heard Xiao Lian's words, and their hearts were pounding. What happened?The prince actually burned the imperial decree?Still insulting His Majesty?
The matter was quickly spread and spread to Li Ying's ears.

"What?! He really said that?" Li Ying asked Cao Wenxian in astonishment.

"Sister Ying, the entire county magistrate's office, no, the entire Nanhe County has spread, saying that brother-in-law is against him!"

"No, no, Xiao Lian won't rebel."

"Sister Ying, brother-in-law said those words himself, do you still believe that he won't rebel?"

"He won't, he just...has hated the emperor to the core, and wants to watch him fend for himself."

"Then what should we do? I heard that the emperor is critically ill and the capital is about to change."

Li Ying frowned.The emperor was critically ill, and Xiao Ling rebelled. This happened in the previous life, and it has not changed in this life. But why did the emperor's critical illness happen earlier? !
Li Ying eagerly looked for Xiao Lian's figure, and she wanted to ask him face to face.

Li Ying pushed open the bedroom door with a "squeak", and found that the person she was looking for was sitting calmly in front of the desk, with the portrait of his mother in his hand.

"Husband." Li Ying called out to him.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Lian put down the portrait in his hand, and he didn't seem surprised to see her coming. He raised his head and smiled, "You're here."

"Husband, why is the emperor suddenly seriously ill?"

Xiao Lian's smile disappeared, and he said lightly, "Perhaps, it's his retribution."

"Did you do something?" The more Li Ying thought about it, the more strange it became. The emperor was seriously ill in his previous life, two years earlier!
"Yingying, don't you think he deserved it?"

"Of course I think, but this is a matter that affects the whole body, and it cannot be done overnight."

"What if I want to?"

"Xiao Lian, what did you do?!"

"I didn't do anything. I just wrote to him and told him that I already knew the truth of what happened back then. From then on, I broke up with him, Xiao Chengping. I, Xiao Lian, swore that I would tell the world about his crimes, and I would do it for him." He erected a statue, making him a sinner who is reviled by all people, and after his death he will be thrown into hell, and he will never be reborn forever.”

Li Ying gasped, Xiao Lian spoke very plainly, but Li Ying could imagine how fierce words and vicious curses he used in his letter to the emperor!

The emperor was overwhelmed by Xiao Lian.

"It's ridiculous that Xiao Chengping actually thought that I would go back and help him because of his illness. It's just a dream!"

What Xiao Lian said was right, Xiao Chengping's ending up in this situation is his own fault, and he is not worthy of sympathy.

But once he falls, those ghosts and monsters in the capital will take the opportunity to set off a bloodbath, which will be a major event that will endanger the entire country.

She was lucky in her life, not to be trapped in the palace wall, far away from the place of evil.But her parents, brother, and aunt's family are still in the capital!
(End of this chapter)