Tibetan beads

Chapter 542
In the deep night, the palace lantern in the corner "snipped off", the little palace man on duty suddenly woke up, and hurriedly got up to cut off the burnt candle wick.

The surroundings are completely silent, and at night like this, it is inevitable that people will think of some weird stories, as if even the shadows hide unspeakable weirdness.

The little palace man looked left and right, and there were shadows everywhere, and the back of his neck felt a chill.

It should be fine, right?It's scary in the middle of the night...

She turned her eyes to the room, and it happened that there was a cough from inside, which calmed her down a little, and at the same time, she couldn't help feeling a little sympathy.

Duke Zhao is a hero, because he pacified the world, so there is peace today.It's a pity that good people have many hardships. Only when she transferred to the Bowen Museum did she know that the Duke of the country has a secret disease. Once he gets sick, he will suffer from unbearable headache and pain.

In fact, Grandpa Guo is really a good master. He doesn't kill people indiscriminately, doesn't lose his temper, even if he makes mistakes, as long as he has a correct attitude, he will give him a chance.The Xiaogong people sincerely hope that the Duke of the country can be cured and restored to health, but...

A figure suddenly appeared on the wall, and the little palace man almost cried out in fright.

A cold voice sounded in time: "Is the Duke in there?"

Xiao Gongren then looked up and saw a face he hadn't seen for a long time.

It's the second son!Haven't seen you for several months.Earlier, she heard rumors that the Second Young Master was expelled from the capital because he intended to misbehave with the Duke and the Shizi.But she knew it was a lie, the Duke would ask about the whereabouts of the Second Young Master every few days, so how could she not expect him to come back.

——But, aren’t there guards outside?Why did the second son come in and no one informed him?

The little palace man didn't have time to think about it, he just nodded hastily, and saw a few people following behind, guarding the door.

"My lord, go," she recognized the speaker, the distinguished general Xue, with a solemn expression and a loud voice, "We stay here, and if you don't speak, no one will come in!"

What is this for?Why does something seem wrong?Then the little palace man saw the second young master dodging into the inner room, and was about to shout out, but was held down by General Xue.

"Little girl, as long as you keep quiet, I'll keep you safe."

……

Yan Ling entered the inner room and quietly looked at her father on the bed.

In fact, he hadn't been alone with his father for a long time. In retrospect, all these changes began six years ago.His father was seriously injured on the battlefield, and news came from the family that his mother was infected with the plague and died.He rushed home and found out that there was something else behind his mother's death, and then he found out the mystery of his elder brother's life experience.

But at that time, the Duke Zhao's mansion was already in the hands of the eldest brother.He can only bear with it, slowly enrich his wings, and wait for the day to show his mother Zhaoxue.

Wait until today.

Zhao Guogong is a master after all, he woke up soon, and when he saw him, he was pleasantly surprised: "Xiao Er, you are back?"

There was no smile on Yan Ling's face. Soon, Duke Zhao noticed something strange about his body. Something seemed to be stained on his cuffs, and even his hands were rubbed a little.

A faint fishy smell came over, and Duke Zhao quickly understood that it was blood!

"Xiao Er, what did you do? Where did you get the blood?" Duke Zhao sat up and asked.

Yan Ling suddenly laughed, and replied, "It's brother's blood."

Duke Zhao's face froze, and he looked at him fixedly: "What did you do?"

"As you can see!" Yan Ling said, throwing the blood-stained prince's crown on the ground, and said calmly, "Brother is gone."

Duke Zhao looked at his second son in shock: "You..." Then he became angry, "How could you do such a thing? I know that your brothers have been at odds over the years, and the boss has indeed done something wrong, but he also It can't be... Ah Ling, brothers are like brothers, why is this! You originally have a deep friendship, how can you turn against each other for the sake of power?"

"Power?" Yanling sneered, "Father, is he still pretending to be stupid? I don't want to pretend anymore! You father and son, what do you think my mother and I are? Let my mother take care of you when you need it." Internal affairs, let me fight the world for Yan Cheng. When I am done, I will be poisoned to death with a bowl of medicine. First it was my mother, now it is my turn! Unfortunately, the people he sent are too useless to kill me."

Duke Zhao frowned: "He sent someone to kill you?"

"Why, do you want to pretend that you don't know, father?" Yanling's voice became colder. "It's not just this time. Since I took down Jiangbei, there have been twenty or thirty times when the poisoned assassins shot backside arrows. You Ask me why I don’t want a wife and don’t even want a girl, I’m afraid that if I want a girl, I have to guard against pillow knives!”

It took a while for Duke Zhao to come back to his senses, and he murmured: "So your brothers have already reached this point..."

Seeing him like this, Yan Ling mocked: "What are you doing with that expression? Don't say you don't know anything about it."

Duke Zhao was speechless, and remembered what he said earlier: "What do you say about your mother? What do you mean your mother first? What's going on?"

Mentioning this incident, Yan Ling's anger was really ignited: "What did you do, do you think I don't know? Adulterous with the concubine, gave birth to an adulterous son, and tricked my mother into using the adulterous son as the eldest son. I What did the mother do wrong, she worked so hard to raise the adulterous son, but she killed him, and you only indulged him to protect him. What do you think of my mother? What do you think of our mother and son?!"

Every word and every sentence was like a sharp arrow piercing Duke Zhao's heart, and he was beyond shocked.

"What did you say? Your mother didn't die of illness? She..."

"What's the reason?" Yan Ling sneered, "My mother has always been in good health, and there is no shortage of doctors and medicines at home. You actually believed him when he said that he was infected with the plague? Yes, you not only believed it, but also gave him the authority to let him He has a chance to erase any clues!"

Zhao Guogong was like a thunderbolt.He remembered that year, when he was ambushed on the battlefield and escaped death, and returned to Tongyang after saving his life, but he heard that his wife contracted the plague when she was resettling the victims, and the treatment was ineffective and unfortunately passed away.He suffered a severe blow and his injury recurred. In a haste, he temporarily handed over the seal to his eldest son, telling him to check it out...

"Impossible, how is this possible?!" Duke Zhao came to his senses after a while, "Ah Cheng, he knows his life experience? How did he know? That's not the case, he..."

"You still have to put on a show!" Yan Ling was furious, "He colluded with Concubine Liu Xian, poisoned my mother, and pushed me out everywhere. If it wasn't for your acquiescence, he would have done so many things?"

Yan Ling took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and still looked at him coldly: "Forget it, mother has been gone for so many years, what's the point of saying this? Brother has already paid for what he did, now it's your turn yes, father."

"A Ling!" Zhao Guogong asked him, "tell me clearly, what happened to your mother? She, she..."

"You still deny it?" Yanling sneered, and with the intention of making him understand, she turned to the outside and said, "Bring the things in."

"Yes, young master." It was Yanji who came in, holding a big box in his hand, which contained various receipts, documents and sundries.

He knelt in front of Duke Zhao, and took out the things one by one: "Master Zhuang, this is the testimony of Madam Zhuang, this is the account book of the pharmacy, and this is the record of Daming Temple..."

Duke Zhao picked up these things with trembling hands, and tears dripped down unknowingly: "Ayi..."

He was heartbroken, and said to his second son: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Your elder brother was indeed not born by your mother, but things are not what you think! If I had known..."

It's a pity that Yan Ling was unmoved: "Do you think that I will believe you? At the beginning, I also wanted to ask my father, but when I returned to Tongyang, what did I see? The entire Duke's Mansion fell to him In his hands, without your permission, would he, Yan Cheng, be able to do it?!"

Duke Zhao was stunned.He wanted to say that was not the case. At that time, his injury had relapsed and he had to temporarily transfer the authority, but thinking that he had never doubted Yan Cheng at all, this gave him the opportunity to erase the traces, so he couldn't say anything.

Forget it, the big mistake has already been made, and the damned are all dead, so what else can he argue?
It was his negligence, his failure to fulfill his responsibilities as a husband and father, and his wrong decision that led to today's bitter fruit.

Fortunately, he thought that the discord between the two sons was due to the obscurity of power, but it turned out that there were so many inside stories in it.

It was all his fault.

Under the sadness, his head was dizzy, and his head hurt.

"Can't tell? If that's the case, shouldn't you apologize in front of my mother?" He said, taking a step forward.

At this point, Zhao Guogong's hidden guard had no choice but to appear, and shouted: "Second Young Master, stop!"

Hearing the movement, Xuan Tiewei also rushed in: "Who dares to do anything to the young master?!"

The imperial guards outside noticed it, and quickly started a confrontation with Xue Yi and the others.

The leader of the dark guard was very anxious and asked: "Second son, you have hardened your wings. Are you going to disrespect your father? The world has just been pacified. Are you sure you want father and son to turn against each other and let outsiders benefit?"

Yan Ling was unmoved, what else did he care about now?In this world, everyone he cares about is dead, and it doesn't matter whether he lives or not.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, the leader could only shout to Xue Yi: "General Xue, do you really want to watch Second Young Master make a big mistake? Even if he wins today, he will be infamous in the history books!"

But Xue Yi replied calmly: "General Lu, I will do whatever the young master says. I don't care if you call him famous, so naturally I don't care."

Seeing that it was about to explode, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Everyone, slow down, and wait for the old man!"

Yan Ling frowned, and heard the sound of intensive fighting outside, and soon a slovenly old man stepped in under the escort of Qing Xuan.

"Why are you here?" He asked Qingxuan.

After burying Xu Yin, he also asked her what the plans of the three people around her were.Lao Yu and Chai Qi said they would guard the mausoleum for the third lady, and they will stay in Liangchuan from now on.Qingxuan said that he still has a master to take care of, and since the third lady is gone, he will go back to the master.

"This is your master?"

Qingxuan responded: "Second Young Master Yan, in fact, I was ordered by Master to stay with Miss Third."

These words sounded quite mysterious, Yan Ling looked at the old man.

The old man didn't seem to have seen so many swordsmen, and walked directly to Duke Zhao.The dark guard wanted to stop him, but he didn't know how he did it, so he flicked his sleeve away casually.

The old man stretched out his hand to press Duke Zhao's forehead, and mist came out of his palm.After a while, Duke Zhao took a breath and finally recovered.

He stared at the old Taoist in a daze: "Taoist..."

The old Taoist smiled: "The Duke of the country still recognizes the old Taoist? It's not easy, it's been eight years."

Duke Zhao looked sad.Eight years ago, Emperor You issued an imperial edict to conquer the Dongjiang River in the south, and the Yan family army was also included in the mobilization.On the way back, he saw that the Xu sisters were pitiful, so he took care of them.

This old man appeared at that time, begging for food from others in a sloppy manner, but no one else gave it to him, but the Xu sisters gave him a share.Because of this incident, he had a good impression of the Xu sisters, who knew that the old man came to him after eating, and said that he had made a fortune telling him that the Yan family would bring trouble to Xiao Qiang, and the turning point was on the Xu sisters.

At that time, his family was harmonious, how could he believe this.Later, the two sons became more and more hostile. Every time he thought of what the old man said, he felt a little regretful, why he didn't ask a few more questions at that time.

"The Taoist priest is really not a mortal. The imperial city is heavily guarded, but you seem to be in a land without people."

The old Taoist smiled and said: "Oh, don't think too much about it. The old Taoist was able to enter the imperial city because of my apprentice. He has the token given by your son..."

Duke Zhao: "..."

He cheered up: "What is the purpose of the Taoist priest coming here today?"

"Naturally, it is to resolve disputes."

Duke Zhao smiled wryly: "The big mistake has already been made, what's the point of resolving it? The dead will not come back, and those sins will not disappear."

"That's not necessarily the case." The old man smiled, "The dead may be resurrected, and those mistakes may have a chance to come back."

Duke Zhao was puzzled: "Is the Taoist priest joking?"

The old man looked at Yan Ling: "Second Master Yan, if there is really a chance to do it all over again, what price will you pay?"

Yan Ling said coldly: "The Taoist priest is Qingxuan's elder, I don't care about today's affairs, don't talk nonsense anymore!"

The old man sighed: "You young man, you are really stubborn. Since you don't even want your own life, what nonsense do you care about? Don't you want Miss Xu San to come back to life?"

Yan Ling didn't speak, but Zhao Guogong showed a little puzzled: "Miss Xu San? Who?"

"To be honest, the old Taoist is not here for you, but for Miss Xu San. There is a mystery in her body, and her fate should not be like this. Now she died young, and the way of heaven is also in chaos. The old Taoist was treated by her back then. Grace, so I came here to look for a glimmer of life, just to sort out the way of heaven."

The grace of a meal... Duke Zhao immediately thought of the Xu sisters, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"She... Xiao Er?"

Yan Ling's expression was numb, his heart was ashamed, and he couldn't listen to these words at all.

Qingxuan was in a hurry: "Second Master Yan, even if you don't believe my master, trust me for once! The third lady passed away, and my master calculated that the world will be in chaos for decades before he came up with this idea. You don't want to Did you live? Don’t want to give it a try?”

Duke Zhao asked for him: "Master, what is the solution?"

The old Taoist said: "Use your father and son's merits for saving the world in exchange for a chance to come back from heaven."

　I wonder if there is anything else I need to write, if not, then I will write an afterword.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)