Traitor

Chapter 202 Strange Mother
Ever since Princess Fengyang made a fuss, there has been chaos in the capital, and everyone in the world knows that Princess Fengyang is a hot-blooded family, and marrying into Shangshu's mansion in the future will definitely torture the sickly Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites to death.

Zhao Wuyou also knew the news of Mu Yao's nonsense, and he vaguely understood Mu Yao's thoughts in his heart.Although this girl looks crazy and doesn't have much wisdom, she also understands the truth that great wisdom is like foolishness.If you don't want Xiao Rong to see deepness and thoughtfulness, you think telling Xiao Rong you has another function and value.

The use value of this unruly princess is naturally unruly and noisy.

You have enough ability to make trouble, if you marry into this Shangshu's mansion in the future, you will definitely be able to make trouble in the prime minister's mansion, which is beneficial and harmless to Xiao Rong.Even the alliance wants to see the partners jumping around, not happy with the family.

But since then, everything has suddenly calmed down.

There was no movement in Shangshu's mansion, and the mansion of Prince Qi You also became calm, and even Dongchang also followed Ansheng.Inside the capital city, there is a strange atmosphere, which seems to be full of wind and rain.

During this period of time, Mu Baili did not come again, Zhao Wuyou thought about it, probably something big happened in the court.This guy is full of bad ideas, full of ghost ideas, and guesses that this time he will have another idea of ​​Huanglan.After all, Daye and Huanglan are in a stalemate right now.

Huanglan has repeatedly violated our frontiers, this battle will be fought sooner or later, so the imperial court has to make preparations early.

As the admiral of the East Factory, but also concerned about the military power of the imperial court, he was naturally unwilling to miss such a good opportunity.

In the imperial court, whoever controls the military power can speak with his fists.

That's why Zhao Wuyou didn't let Suxi go to Dongchang again, as she often walks by the river without getting her shoes wet, if someone accidentally discovers the clues, something serious will happen.Since Mu Baili isn't free, she doesn't have to bother.

Zhao Wuyou stood in the yard, neatly dressed, although he still looked pale and a little tired, but his overall spirit seemed to be much better, even the light in his eyes was bright.Not everyone can understand the feeling of having survived the wind and rain and seeing the sun again.

How wonderful it is to be born again.

"My lord, the medicine!" Suxi handed over the medicine.

Zhao Wuyou nodded and drank the soup in one gulp.

Wen Gu stepped forward and handed her a jujube to relieve her pain, "This medicine can make you appear sick as usual, and make you weak in a short period of time, so as not to teach the Prime Minister to see the clues."

"I know." Zhao Wuyou coughed twice, looking at Wen Gu with a pale complexion, "You follow along, I don't want to trust anyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion anymore. As for medical skills, I trust you."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Wuyou hurried out the door.

Wen Gu was taken aback for a moment, then stared at Suxi in disbelief.

Su Xi smiled, "Why are you still standing there? If it weren't for you during this time, the young master would have suffered so much. The young master's trust in you is the result of your own hard work."

Taking a deep breath, Wen Gu seemed to be rubbing his hands together, not knowing how to express his joy for a moment, he just laughed twice, and hurriedly followed Zhao Wuyou's footsteps.

All the betrothal gifts that should be given have been sent, and all the necessary preparations have been made, except for one thing, that is the head of the prime minister's house.Today is a good day for the Zhao family's father and daughter to go to Yun'an Temple to meet Yang Jinzhi, the wife of the prime minister.

Tomorrow is the big wedding.

The carriage drove out of the capital, with Zhao Song's carriage in front and Zhao Wuyou's carriage behind.The road was bumpy, but Wen Gu's medicine was indeed very effective. When he reached the foot of the mountain, Zhao Wuyou's face was as pale as paper, his whole body was extremely weak, and he was on the verge of collapse.

"Father!" Zhao Wuyou breathed slightly, "Please go up the mountain first, I want to rest for a while."

Zhao Song stared at Zhao Wuyou with fixed eyebrows, and finally nodded, "Hurry up, don't delay too long, or you will miss the time to go back. Father, let your mother make some preparations, and wait until you arrive. Let’s go down the mountain and go back to the city together.”

Zhao Wuyou lowered his eyes, and sat powerlessly on the side of the road, looking as if he would die at any moment.

Seeing the team from the Prime Minister's Mansion leaving quickly, Wen Gu hurried forward, "Can you still hold on?" He looked around and said in a low voice, "This medicine will last for a day, if you really can't take it, you can Tell me. I have an antidote on me, I can take it with you quickly, and the antidote will be cured in half an hour and you will return to normal."

"I can't bear this little bit of suffering, so isn't the pain I suffered before was in vain?" Zhao Wuyou's lips were gray and his eyes were dark, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me."

Then he sighed softly, looking at the wonderful sky, "I still want to stand under the sun and enjoy the feeling of the spring breeze to the fullest."

Zhao Song went to Yun'an Temple first, and received a notice earlier that father and son came together, but now Yang Jinzhi didn't see Zhao Wuyou's trace, so he went to the door and looked outside, "Why didn't you see Wuyou?" ?”

Hearing this, Zhao Song walked into the meditation room with a sullen face.

Huiling signaled to Yang Jinzhi, Yang Jinzhi nodded, turned back to the room, and closed the door carefully.Her mental state is still not very good, her body is getting worse and worse, and even her temples are getting more and more white hair.

"What's wrong with you?" Yang Jinzhi asked in a low voice.

Zhao Song sat down, concentrated his mind and looked at his wife in front of him, "It's nothing, just sit down and talk."

Yang Jinzhi sighed softly, her eyes still fell on the door from time to time, how could Zhao Song not know what she meant.It's just that he didn't expect Yang Jinzhi's obsession to be so deep, and her affection for Zhao Wuyou to reach such a level.

"Wuyou is not feeling well, rest at the foot of the mountain, and I will come up to pick you up later, you don't have to worry about her, she will be fine." Zhao Song said very calmly, but the coldness in the words was obvious.

"That's good." Yang Jinzhi whispered to himself.

Zhao Song poured two glasses of water by himself, pushed a cup in front of Yang Jinzhi, then slowly got up and stood by the window, "Follow me back to Xiangfu this time, if you really want to stay, you don't have to go back to Yun'an Temple .”

The hand holding the cup trembled slightly.Yang Jinzhi's eyes suddenly became a little moist, but he still smiled and shook his head, "No need, Yun'an Temple is very good, and the evening drum and morning bell can make people's heart completely peaceful, and it's not comfortable to go back to the capital."

"Is it because you are not used to the capital, or to me?" He turned his back to her.

Yang Jinzhi smiled wryly, "You and I have been husband and wife for decades, why are you so divided? You always like to think simple things very complicated, when will you let yourself relax? Brother Song, I'm tired, I'm really tired. Tired, very tired. Do you know how tortured I am every time I face Wuyou? You can be hard-hearted, but I can't. I am a woman and a mother."

"Forget it, there's no need to say that again. What's the point of saying this now?" Zhao Song still turned his back to her, "Jinzhi, many things have already happened, and it's useless for you to worry about it. You might as well let it go!"

"How can I let it go? If I can let it go, will I still guard Yun'an Temple for so many years?" Yang Jin's eyes filled with tears, "Things have indeed happened, and it is irreparable, but the doom in my heart will never pass. Brother Song, I won't stop you, you are my husband, my God, and I know it's not easy for you these years."

"I know how difficult it is for you to step up to the top of today's officials step by step. But brother Song, I really don't care about the glory and wealth you got by stepping on other people's bones. Then It's a sin, it's a sin. If you really have a little bit of conscience in your heart, and have such a little bit of remnant thoughts about me, you can let it go!"

"No matter what she has or who she is, the daughter who has raised her for so many years has done a lot of things for you, and she has paid off everything that should be paid back. The grace of nurturing is not to be used. You will be like this sooner or later. It will be punished!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Song yelled, "Are you crazy?"

Yang Jinzhi straightened up, then smiled coldly, "Yes, I am crazy. But Zhao Song, do you dare to say that you are not crazy? You actually asked Wuyou to marry the princess, so you are not afraid of the death of Wuyou's daughter. Will people find out? Deceiving the emperor and making love to court, that is a serious crime against the nine clans."

"This is my own business and has nothing to do with you." Zhao Song finally walked to her side, "She will come up later, as a mother, I hope that what you give is blessing, not madness."

"Are you warning me?" Yang Jinzhi sneered, "Zhao Song, Zhao Song, it has been more than 20 years. Is your heart made of stone? It should be warmed up even if it is a stone. Where did Wuyou feel sorry for you? What did she do? I listen to you, be controlled by you, and be instructed by you to compete with those courtiers for power. Isn't that enough?"

"Where are you sorry for me?" Zhao Song let out a long breath, "What do you think she is sorry for me? Because of her, I don't even want my own son, and my daughter is dead. What do you think I can do? Two lives for one Dog, isn't that enough?"

Yang Jinzhi suddenly grabbed Zhao Song's arm, "She's not a dog, she's a human, a living person! How could you do this? How could you do this!"

"Jinzhi, I don't want to quarrel with you. If you really want to drag the matter so far, then don't blame me for doing something. Don't regret it when the time comes." Zhao Song withdrew his hand, I almost want to go out.

Yang Jinzhi fell to his knees with a thud, with a look of panic, "Brother Song, I, I just said it casually, you, don't take it seriously. I won't tell Wuyou, I won't say anything, what do I say? I won’t say anything. Brother Song——you let her go, I will listen to you.”

Zhao Song turned around suddenly, looking at Yang Jinzhi in front of him with dark eyes, and there was something wrong with his expression.

When he walked up to Yang Jinzhi and lifted Yang Jinzhi up, Zhao Song hurriedly said, "Get up first, why did you and I do this before. I don't want to make things too extreme, but you should also understand my thoughts, I don't want to Killing, but sometimes it’s unavoidable.”

Yang Jinzhi wept, "Stop killing evil, you will be rewarded in the end! When we lose our daughters and children, there will be retribution in the end."

"Stop talking nonsense, if there really is retribution, after so many years, it should have been retribution long ago." Zhao Song took a deep breath, raised his hand to wipe away the tears on Yang Jinzhi's face, "The so-called retribution is caused by people's hearts, I don't regret myself For the things I have done, I am not afraid of any retribution. Wuyou is coming soon, just smile and don't make her worry."

Yang Jinzhi looked at Zhao Song in a daze, his eyes were so strange, as if he was looking at a stranger.Some mistakes, one mistake is a lifetime, but you have no chance to change it.

When Zhao Wuyou came, Yang Jinzhi and Zhao Song sat safely in the room and waited for her.

"Mother!" Zhao Wuyou looked at his mother with a smile, and then frowned slightly, "Mother's complexion is not very good, has she not taken her medicine obediently recently? Is it because I have finished eating the hawthorn, and I will ask Yunzheng to send it to you another day." Click here."

"No." Yang Jinzhi smiled, "Mother just waited too anxiously for you."

Zhao Wuyou lowered her head and smiled, but the corner of her eye fell on Zhao Song. There are some things that needn't be said, she knows it well.Holding his mother's cool hand, Zhao Wuyou said with a smile, "Mother, don't worry, I'm fine."

Yang Jinzhi reached out to caress her daughter's pale face, "It seems to be thinner again."

"Every time I come here, my mother always says that." Zhao Wuyou smiled, "Is it true that every mother who hasn't seen her daughter for a long time always starts like this, always thinking that her child is not fat in vain, that is, Thin?"

Yang Jinzhi was amused by her, "When did you become fat for nothing?"

"So I'm not thin, but it's not good for mother to lose weight." Zhao Wuyou sighed softly, "Mother, father and I are here to pick you up today, would you like to go back with us? Wuyou wants to get married Yes, mother should be happy."

But Yang Jinzhi couldn't be happier, and turned his head to look at Zhao Song.

Zhao Song let out a long breath, "It's good for you to talk, I'll wait for you outside." After saying that, Gu Zi walked out of the room without looking back at the two of them.

It wasn't until Zhao Song left that Zhao Wuyou stepped forward and hugged his mother lightly, "Mother, why are you unhappy? Wuyou's current identity is the Minister of Rites, a young man, and he should have married. Otherwise, we This identity is bound to be exposed.”

"If my mother's Hehuan gets married well in the future, then my mother should be happy. But Hehuan is going to marry a wife, how can you make my mother happy? Knowing that it is a fire pit, you have to watch your daughter jump into it How can you let my mother bear it?" Yang Jinzhi choked up, "He Huan, mother doesn't want to see you get married at all, mother only wants to see you marry in a beautiful way in her lifetime."

"Mother only hopes that one day, Hehuan will be the most beautiful newlywed, instead of some majestic Shang Shulang. At that time, mother will comb Hehuan's hair and make you the most beautiful wedding dress."

Zhao Wuyou's eyes turned red, "Mother, don't talk about these things." After all, these things are impossible to come true, so there is no need to think too much, it is useless to think too much.

But Yang Jinzhi didn't seem to give up, but continued to hold Zhao Wuyou's hand, rambling as if he couldn't finish it.The mother's thoughts are naturally on her children. In Yang Jinzhi's eyes, Zhao Wuyou is just her daughter, a daughter who has been tortured.

"Mother?" Zhao Wuyou called softly in time, "Are you okay?"

Realizing that he had said too much, Yang Jinzhi immediately came back to his senses, his complexion was strangely pale, "Is, is something wrong with me again? He Huan, mother is sick again?"

Zhao Wuyou replied with a smile, "Mother is always the best in my daughter's heart."

Hearing this, Yang Jinzhi smiled like a child.

"Mother, you don't have to say anything, Hehuan knows it all in her heart. My daughter has grown up, so let me handle many things by myself! Mother, don't worry about me, I'm fine, and I'll live a good life forever."

Yang Jinzhi nodded repeatedly, and held Zhao Wuyou's hand tightly.In the hearts of parents, children will always be children, but they don't know that children will grow up, and one day they will become parents.

The parents, on the other hand, are getting old.

Two become one, and then nothing.

Leading Yang Jinzhi out of the meditation room and out of Yun'an Temple, Zhao Wuyou noticed that Yang Jinzhi's expression was a little strange.It is about too many years that she has not stepped out of the gate of Yun'an Temple. She seems a little hesitant and at a loss for everything in the outside world.

"Mother, don't worry." Zhao Wuyou sent Yang Jin to the carriage with a smile.

Yang Jinzhi nodded and got into Zhao Song's carriage.

After coughing twice, Zhao Wuyou returned to his car.

Wen Gu came in quietly, "What do you think?"

Zhao Wuyou leaned wearily against the wall of the car, his brows slightly closed, his face pale as paper, "I'm used to it, so what can I do? As long as Wuxiang's poison doesn't injure me, I won't be afraid of anything."

"Can you still hold it?" Wen Gu asked again.

Zhao Wuyou nodded, "I'm fine, don't worry."

Only then did Wen Gu get out of the carriage with a sigh of relief, and followed the carriage.

As the prime minister's wife, Yang Jinzhi naturally had to go to the prime minister's mansion when he returned to the capital, it was impossible to go back to the minister's mansion with Zhao Wuyou.Standing at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yang Jinzhi stared at the plaque at the gate of the mansion for a long, long time.

"Mother, let's go in!" Zhao Wuyou called in a low voice, and walked into the mansion with Yang Jinzhi by his arm.

Zhao Song didn't say a word and kept walking in front.Having not been back for more than ten years, Yang Jinzhi is unfamiliar with everything in the Prime Minister's Mansion.The people in this mansion did not know how many batches they had changed for a long time, so everyone was somewhat curious about the rumored wife of the prime minister's mansion.

But curiosity is curiosity, and there is still respect that should be given.

"Mother, are you tired!" Zhao Wuyou helped Yang Jinzhi into the courtyard, "This is Mother's yard earlier, Dad has never been touched by anyone, and has always kept the state before Mother left."

"I can't even remember what I looked like before I left." Yang Jinzhi sighed lightly, raised her eyes and looked around, everything here was already so unfamiliar that people couldn't get used to it, not as familiar as her meditation room.

Zhao Song took a deep breath, "You two are chatting, I still have to leave for a while. Stay for dinner at night, and spend time with your mother to let her get used to it."

Zhao Wuyou nodded and saluted, "Yes!"

But in her heart, she felt vaguely that it was definitely not a good thing to stay in front of her father for too long. After all, she was quitting medicine now, which meant that if she did not take medicine for a long time, her father would be suspicious.

But now, she really has no reason to refuse to accompany her mother.

Zhao Song left, Zhao Wuyou sat down with Yang Jinzhi, just like in Yun'an Temple, gently resting his head on his mother's leg, "Mother, you are finally back."

"Mother would rather not come back." Yang Jinzhi sighed softly, brushing her daughter's pale face gently with her fingertips, "There are too many tragic memories here, some things you don't want to face but you have to face. Hehuan, mother doesn't like it here , I don’t like such a cold place.”

"Then I'll tell my father to let my mother stay at my place for one night. It's a pity that it's not spring, and the pear blossom has already been defeated, otherwise my mother will definitely like my pear garden very much." Zhao Wuyou said with a smile.

Liyuan?

pear blossom?

Yang Jinzhi seemed to have thought of something, his eyes were a little sluggish, "Mother doesn't actually like pear blossoms at all, such whiteness, once stained with blood, it will become a nightmare."

"What is mother talking about?" Zhao Wuyou was puzzled.

After thinking about it, Yang Jinzhi put the jade pendant on Zhao Wuyou's neck again, "Hehuan, mother has nothing to give you, only this thing is yours, you must put it away carefully. Don’t lose it, you know?”

"Didn't Mother say that this is a safety talisman?" Zhao Wuyou frowned, "Mother, keep it for yourself!"

"Mother gave it to you, and it's yours." Yang Jinzhi looked at her meaningfully, "Remember, don't let your father see it, and don't show it to others easily. Although this is a safe talisman, if you don't handle it carefully, It can easily become a death talisman. Mother is tired and has no way to keep it, so I can only return it to you, and you have to walk the next road by yourself."

"Mother, why are you acting weird?" Zhao Wuyou didn't understand, what's wrong with Mother?
Yang Jinzhi's eyes were red, "Mother is nothing strange, mother just, just feels tired and old, and can no longer protect her daughter, so--mother believes that Hehuan will protect herself by herself." Her rough cheeks were pressed against her daughter's forehead, "No matter what you do in the future, don't worry about me, just do whatever you want!"

"Mother?" Zhao Wuyou's heart was suffocated, as if something was moving in his heart, with a slight pain.

"Mother will say it again for the last time, mother is old, this is an unchangeable fact. Do you know why you are called Hehuan?" Yang Jinzhi asked with a smile.

Zhao Wuyou shook his head.

Yang Jinzhi said in a low voice, "Because someone told me that it is difficult for her to see family reunion in this life, so this reunion has become her regret in this life. She hopes that all people can have a good time and avoid the pain of parting and death." bitter."

Hearing this, Zhao Wuyou frowned and looked at Yang Jinzhi, "Mother, what are you trying to say? What's wrong with you?" She thought, maybe her mother fell ill again, and was about to call Wen Gu, but Yang Jinzhi grabbed her .

With a sigh, Yang Jinzhi took out the wooden box.In order to investigate the matter of the red rope earlier, Zhao Wuyou opened this box, but she didn't expect her mother to think of this at this moment, and she was a little dazed at the moment.

"Mother?" Zhao Wuyou was about to stop, "You are tired, you should take a good rest, Dad will be back soon."

"So I want to explain everything that needs to be explained before your father comes back and before your mother is still sober." Yang Jinzhi didn't seem to be joking, "The things in this box are all things from your childhood. Some have been lost, but some have been picked up by my mother and carefully preserved."

It can be seen that Yang Jinzhi is also hesitating, but the reason for her hesitation is not much, it is more of a kind of nostalgia, a kind of affection that cannot be let go.She looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes, from crying out for food to her tall figure at this moment, which can be described as looking up.

"Mother, my daughter has grown up." Zhao Wuyou pursed her lips, "Let me solve some things myself!" How could Zhao Wuyou not understand what was in this box? What about the red string?

Zhao Wuyou wanted to stop her mother from opening the box, but it was a pity—her mother was also stubborn, otherwise she wouldn't have been stubborn in Yun'an Temple for so many years and refused to step out of the gate.

When the box was opened, a pair of tiger-toed shoes appeared in Yang Jinzhi's sight, "These are things you wore when you were young. I made them stitch by stitch. There were originally two pairs, but your brother lost them later, so That pair was also thrown into the brazier by your father and burned. The only things left here are your belongings."

Yang Jinzhi seemed to be looking for something, Zhao Wuyou had already guessed what she was looking for, but just stood aside without saying a word.

"Where are the things?" Yang Jin was stunned, "Why are there no more? Who came to my place?" The next moment, she was startled, and then slowly turned around to stare at Zhao Wuyou who didn't say a word.

Zhao Wuyou's eyes couldn't be avoided, and the corners of his lips curled up in a helpless arc, "Mother is looking for the red rope?"

Yang Jinzhi trembled slightly, she opened her mouth, stared at Zhao Wuyou but didn't dare to speak.

"I took that rope away." Zhao Wuyou explained, "When I was in Pinglin City, I found such a rope in the hands of a barbarian from northern Xinjiang with a dumbbell hanging from his head. I was curious for a while... Mother said , I have one too."

She paused, "I don't know what it is, I just thought it was an ordinary object, so I took it away."

"What about the rope?" Yang Jinzhi stared at her intently.

Zhao Wuyou pursed his lips, "I lost it."

She didn't dare to tell Yang Jinzhi too much, and she didn't dare to tell her mother that the rope was used by him to test Wen Gu.If Yang Jinzhi knew that there was a barbarian by his side, he didn't know how he would feel.

"Lost it?" Yang Jinzhi's face was pale, and he sat on the stool with a slightly dejected look, his expression was sluggish, "If you lose it, just throw it away. It's not a very important thing in the first place. It's okay to lose it!"

"Mother?" Zhao Wuyou hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

"It's nothing to do with you, it's probably the end of fate." Yang Jinzhi sighed, and said incomprehensible words, "Some shouldn't come, some shouldn't go, it really is not in the slightest."

"Mother, are you tired!" Zhao Wuyou looked at his mother's pale face worriedly, "Take a good rest!"

Yang Jinzhi smiled wryly, "I've had enough rest in this life, I probably won't be able to wake up if I rest again, but I still want to see Hehuan marry happily." She looked at Zhao Wuyou with a smile, "Hehuan, you Tell mother the truth, do you have a way to avoid this marriage?"

Zhao Wuyou replied with a smile, "Mother, don't worry, He Huan knows it well."

Yang Jinzhi opened his mouth, but didn't say anything more after all.But Zhao Wuyou ignored his mother's hand, and was holding on to the wooden box so hard that he almost bled.

Because there was a sudden incident at court, Zhao Wuyou ate this meal with Yang Jinzhi, coaxed his mother to sleep, Zhao Wuyou hurried back to Shangshu Mansion before Zhao Song came back.

Looking at the bright red wedding dress in the candlelight, she actually had the illusion that it was as bright as blood, and felt inexplicably terrified.That kind of wordless fear continued to spread to the limbs and bones, making people feel extremely uneasy.

(End of this chapter)