After all, who lost whom: broken glass

Chapter 22 Cause of Death (2)
Rong Yu nodded slowly, and said, "But I don't know when Prince Ping discovered this?"

Liu Luo didn't answer her directly, but said: "I opened my mother's coffin when my father was buried." Sorrow and terror overwhelmed him.

In the Daewoo dynasty, filial piety was the most important thing, and the dead were respected most, and he opened his mother's coffin with his own hands. On the night of his father's death, a person, with the wind and rain like darkness, hit him on the face like a sword and wind and frost.

He knew he had to be like this, his father told him not to ask about the previous generation, but he was under the shadow of his mother, and everyone looked at him strangely—not that he wanted to know, but that he had to know.

Must know.

The coffin was opened with a bang, and the mother lay in it with a lifelike expression.There was such a complex expression on her face, like happiness, but also like sadness, and there were a lot of guilt, I don't know if it was for him or his father.

Rong Yu's heart was pounding when she heard it, she didn't know why Liu Luo told her such a confidential matter, this thoughtful young man seemed to be on guard against her at all times, but also seemed to be defenseless against her, his attitude was genuine. Teach her to figure it out.

Liu Luo ignored Lin Lang's bewildered eyes, and continued: "My father traveled all over Qianshan and found a pair of golden nanmu coffins, which can keep my mother's body from decaying for a hundred years, so when I opened the coffin, my mother looked as if she was alive. , even the wounds are exactly the same as when she died. I checked the wounds, and besides the poison of Zhongming Yuexin, she has six scars on her body. These six scars are on the hands, feet, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, each with only one knife , the blood at the stab wounds was like frost. Because none of the stab wounds was fatal, my mother was still alive when she received these six stab wounds that day."

Liu Luo raised his head slightly to look at the clouds in the sky, the sun was about to set, and the sun was shining at its peak at this time, Rong Yu only felt that his eyes were shining with light, because the light was so dazzling that people couldn't see the expression in his eyes.

——What kind of pain is it when a person's five internal organs are injured, and what kind of pain is a person with five internal organs injured if he is still burdened with a strange poison?

——Whose face flashed in that woman's eyes at that moment, was it Prince Pingliu or the Son of Heaven?

Liu Luo said: "Have you heard of Qishang?"

Rong Yu shook his head.Liu Luodao: "At first I didn't know, but after I searched all over the books, I found it in an unofficial history of Jianghu. Seven wounds is a form of martial arts competition in Jianghu, but it is rarely used, because this form of competition... loses Although one side is fierce, the winner is mostly defeated. Its rules are: both sides use weapons on themselves, hands, feet, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, heart, seven organs, four limbs, one side hurts one The other side must be wounded, otherwise it will be a loss. Because this kind of fighting method is too cruel, if it is not a deep hatred, no one is willing to raise it lightly."

Rong Yu's face was gloomy, and said: "Princess Pingliu... How could Princess Pingliu..."

Liu Luo sighed: "I don't know. My father never took another concubine in his life, but he never mentioned my mother, and no one was allowed to mention it, so I always inquired about my mother's life from Cuihu Residence. Arrived. So... I don't know who my mother has such a deep hatred with, and I have to gamble seven wounds."

Hearing what he said, Rong Yu knew that he must have eyes and ears in Cuihu, but he didn't know how many things he had heard.There are nearly a hundred people in Cuihuju, and it is not easy to conduct a thorough investigation. She then thought again: Others in Cuihuju have too many eyes and ears. Lose?
——Whether she will survive to return to the palace is a question, and it is meaningless to think so far.

Liu Luo said: "I saw that the blood on the wound was like frost, so it must not be an ordinary weapon. Later, I found it in Bai Xiaosheng's weapon list. The name of this kind of knife is Ice Blade - Ice Blade. Niangniang, you have been carrying it with you all the time, are you trying to assassinate me?"

When he asked the last sentence gloomyly, Rong Yu felt a chill in his heart, the ice blade was indeed on her body all the time, but she was not a strong woman, and she never thought of using it.He said in a deep voice: "Why does Prince Ping say such things, Rong Yu is ordered to kill King Ping today, is he still ordered to escape a hundred miles away?"

With a sarcasm on her face, Liu Luo said: "Your Majesty is a smart person." After a short pause, he continued: "He must have given you this knife."

Rong Yu knew that he was referring to Xin Yu, but he couldn't explain it. Many masters of Cuihuju were destroyed by this sword, and Liu Luo could easily find out.

Liu Luo said: "He really likes you, he even gave you the ice blade that never leaves his body."

Rong Yu smiled wryly, who knows how Xin Yu said to her somberly on the morning when the Empress died: "Rong'er, turn your face and show me", how he pushed the pillow up and walked away. , How did Eunuch Xu force him to come forward and say, "Your Majesty, don't make it difficult for your slaves"... Who knows?

Liu Luo chuckled, and said solemnly: "This knife...is stained with my mother's blood."

Rong Yu couldn't deny it, and asked: "In the bet of seven injuries, Princess Pingliu only injured six places, which is not fatal. Could it be Mingyuexin who is the fatal injury?"

Liu Luo said: "You guessed right—who else can force her to be desperate and willing to suffer from the poison of the bright moon heart—except him." When he said this, there was no change on his face, but there were bloodshot eyes—too much hatred At the extreme, that's the look.

Rong Yu sneered when he heard the words, "How do you know it wasn't the empress who poisoned you? Even you said that Mingyue Xin is a unique family of the Liu family." She said this was not groundless. With Xin Yu's deep love for Lin Lang, the empress Liu Wei It is perfectly normal to kill her—she is a daughter of a famous family, how can she endure a luthier over herself, occupying her husband's heart day and night?For this alone, she already had enough reasons to put her to death.

If at that time Lin Lang had an appointment with the enemies of the Tang Sect to compete in revenge, and Liu Wei had learned about it, and secretly secretly Ming Yue Xin, Lin Lang had discovered that he had a strange poison in his body during the martial arts competition, because Ming Yue Xin is a unique poison, although Lin Lang has the ability to detoxify, but he has no time , and her strength was weakened due to poisoning, she had no choice but to gamble with others for seven injuries.

Qishang failed to kill her, Ming Yuexin killed her.She died at the hands of Liu Wei, so King Pingliu refused to forgive Liu Wei for life.

Because Liu Wei could not get his brother's forgiveness, he was depressed after his brother's death, and finally poisoned himself in the same way.

It should be said that this inference is very reasonable, the only unreasonable point is that the empress that Rong Yu met in Lanling Palace was indifferent to Xin Yu's absolute absence from Lanling Palace.Or because she was utterly hopeless?The love that was like moths to a flame when she was young faded day by day in the following decades. She couldn't fight Lin Lang—who could fight a dead man?In her grief, she saw her husband drift away, and finally refused to look back.

What kind of person is Liu Luo, Rong Yu's voice has just fallen, he has already deduced what she thinks, why doesn't he know that the queen is suspected of killing his mother, even his father is so suspicious, the mother is the dead of King Ning, the Liu family and Duan The family is fighting for the world together, if she has a heart for the Liu family, it is perfectly reasonable for her to kill Lin Lang...

But he knew it was definitely not her, definitely not.

The first time Liu Luo saw Empress Liu Wei was on a winter night, the sky was dark and the wind was very cold.

Father is fine, cooking tea in Ning Yu Pavilion.My father loves to drink, but on this day every year, he loves to cook tea.He didn't know until a long time later that this day was the anniversary of his mother's death. He had imagined his mother cooking tea in plain clothes for countless times, and she was so beautiful, but later learned from other people that his mother, like his father, loved drinking more.

Her mother is not a lady from a famous family, she is a woman from the rivers and lakes, more like Yanzhao Elegy, sometimes sighing about Yi Shui and You Han.

He was sitting next to his father reading a book, but he couldn't remember what book it was. At that time, he just felt a gust of cold wind blowing in, and then he saw the woman who came in, all in white, with a face like frost——even such an indifferent expression still made him People think it is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

She cannot be described as peerless, but stunning.

An ancient book says: There are beauties in the north who are peerless and independent.Wouldn't you rather know the allure of the city and the allure of the country?No matter how rare a beautiful woman is.When I was studying, I thought it was exaggerated by the singer, but when I saw this girl, I realized that there is indeed such a kind of person in the world, who can make the city fall with a smile, and the country with a smile, who is a beauty and a disaster.

He was still young at that time, but he was also intimidated by her beauty, so he stood there blankly and forgot to ask her how to break into Ning Yu Pavilion without being notified.

Father was still cooking tea, holding the teapot in his hand, pouring it steadily into the cup without even looking at her.

But the woman came forward and asked: "Why don't you drink?" Her voice was like spring water thawing, and icicles fell on the ground, tinkling like a piano, but it was tingly and cold, so that people could not get close to it.

Only then did the father look up at her, and then turned to him and said, "Luoer, call me aunt."

Liu Luo's jaw almost dropped in shock, he had never been out of the palace, so he didn't know that he had such a stunning aunt, so he called out happily: "Aunt!"

The woman smiled slightly, and in an instant the whole room lit up like a bright pearl, shining brilliantly.She stretched out her hand to stroke his hair and said, "Luoer, be good." Her fingers were as long as onion jade, and there was a cool fragrance emanating faintly, which was neither blue nor musk, but it was more natural.Liu Luo was so shocked that she couldn't speak, she just stared blankly at her and thought: Why is there such a good-looking person?

But I heard my father say: "It's inconvenient for you to go out of the palace, so you don't have to come back often."

Liu Wei gathered her clothes and sat down, stretched out her hand to pour herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and then said: "Lin Lang asked me to come and see you every year today, since I have promised her, I can't break my promise."

Father drank tea silently, one cup after another, like drinking wine, there was a hint of drunkenness between his brows and eyes, he said: "You have been here before, you have seen me, and you have seen Luo Er, you should go back."

Liu Wei said dejectedly: "I came to see you to see if you are doing well, and your appearance has taught me how to be at ease. Brother, there is nothing in this world that can fetter you anymore, you want power over the world , or the Jianghu, as long as you think about it, there is something in the world that you can't get at your fingertips—why are you still unhappy?"

Liu Luo saw that her expression was always extremely cold, but the concern in this passage was beyond words. She seemed to want to see her father's smile very much, but in the end she was disappointed.The father only drank a big mouthful of tea, and sighed: "Ah Wei, I understand what you mean. You are self-conscious and think too much, don't tire yourself out. You know my temper very well, and you can be happy for a while. day, I will surely have a happy day."

My father said, "If I can be happy for a day, I will be happy for a day." His words were flat, neither happy nor unhappy, but my aunt's face was miserable, and she finally hid her face and left.

It took many years for Liu Luo to understand that when it comes to love, his father has his own reasons—it’s not that he doesn’t want to be happy, but all the joys and sorrows can’t be shared with him without anyone he loves. It's doubled. Alcoholic wine can only intoxicate people, but they can't be intoxicated in the end.

Even though he can easily obtain everything that the world envies, but without her by his side, what is there to be happy about?
Every year on this day, my aunt would go out of the palace to see him and his father. He was always by his father's side every year at this time, seeing her stunning beauty, and sadly asking his elder brother again and again: "Brother, why can't you be happy?"

Later, his father brought him into the palace, but he didn't enter the Lanling Palace. He was crowned king, and his aunt didn't come to see him. She just sent a letter from her confidant and said: "When I was alive, don't enter the Lanling Palace." The aunt was indifferent, and then discovered the secret of Cuihuju. At that moment, it was like a thunderbolt. He had countless reasons why he wanted to ask his father, but his father only smiled lightly: "Don't ask about the affairs of the previous generation."

Then, time passed by like a fleeting moment, his father died, his aunt passed away, and he was the only one left in the vigorous Liu family.He only clearly remembered that when he met his aunt for the first time, she said in person that she was entrusted by his mother to visit his father and him every year on this day—since the mother can trust their father and son to her, it can be seen that they are very close She is her brother's wife, and she is her husband's sister. They are related by blood and share weal and woe. What reason does he have to question her?

If she really killed her mother, how could she treat him like her own child all these years—isn't she afraid of raising a tiger?
Mingyuexin is the exclusive family of the Liu family. It is passed on to daughters but not sons, and not to grandsons. It is said that the Liu family's sons-in-law make good use of Mingyuexin.

Therefore Liu Luo said decisively: "Definitely not." Then he said: "Although Mingyuexin is the most poisonous in the world, but with Aunt Zhu by her side, even if the poison is as poisonous as the red peacock gall on the top of a crane, it will not kill my mother. If it is My aunt's Mingyuexin, my mother must not be willing to suffer death, as long as she doesn't ask for death, Aunt Zhu will have a way to save her."

Therefore, it must not be the aunt who poisoned him, so the one who poisoned him must be the current emperor, because his mother is his dead soldier, and life and death are just chess in his hands.

Zhu Ying is really not easy!Rong Yu's heart was shocked, but he said in his mouth: "If she hits the heart of the bright moon first, and then goes to the appointment of the seven wounds, and the poison attacks the heart, even the reincarnated Hua Tuo will not be able to save her."

Liu Luo said stubbornly: "As long as she doesn't ask for death, Aunt Zhu will definitely be able to save her."

Hearing what he said so decisively, Rong Yu couldn't help believing it, and thought: If Lin Lang was really forced to death by Xin Yu, then Liu Luo would never let him go... Thinking of this, blurted out Said: "So you want to kill him?" Her voice trembled - at this moment she understood why the palace reacted so nonchalantly about her disappearance.

What was more serious than what happened to the beloved concubine could only be what happened to the emperor—what happened to Xin Yu?

Liu Luo said: "I said that I would not kill him, let alone kill him at this juncture. If the empress is concerned, it will be chaotic. I am not in the capital at the moment. Once Long Yu dies, the successor will be King Qin or King Rui. Not only will I not get a spoonful of the soup, but I will also be killed, such a stupid thing, do you think I will do it?"

Rong Yu was silent, and asked for a long time: "Is he injured?"

Liu Luo said: "Your Majesty has a good eye, it was the people from Yunshao Mansion who assassinated her."

"Xiaoman?" Rong Yu remembered what Su Xinyue said before leaving, "Mother, be careful about Xiaoman"—it turned out that Su Xinyue felt inappropriate when Xiaoman performed a green waist that day, not because she first After learning from Zhezhi, she learned from Luyao. What she learned was not pure, but because she had a murderous look in her dance.

Naturally, Rong Yu couldn't hear the melody. Su Xinyue thought that Xiaoman was trying to harm Rong Yu, but she didn't think that the one she really wanted to assassinate was the emperor.

Liu Luo said: "Your Majesty is well informed."

Rong Yu was puzzled and said: "The Yunshao mansion is managed by Concubine Jin, so why would someone infiltrate and assassinate——The person behind it, is King Rui or King Qin?"

Liu Luo said with a smile: "I heard about this at the beginning, and it was my mother's reaction, but this time we all guessed wrong, there is no one behind her. Xiaoman was trained by Concubine Jin herself, and she is as close as a sister. Concubine Jin is not favored. I also told her about the grievance. Later, at the emperor's family banquet, King Qin heard that Concubine Jin was good at dancing, and when he was half drunk, he asked the emperor to summon Concubine Jin to dance. I guess he was not really drunk, but he used this excuse to test the emperor's bottom line , and the current one who endured so much that he really summoned Concubine Jin, King Qin pretended to be crazy and molested Concubine Jin with wine, and then the trouble became so outrageous that the emperor reprimanded Concubine Jin for being impolite and told her to go ahead. Concubine Jin I have never been insulted like this in my life, so I thought about my life and death, and Xiaoman knew about it, so I did this - I guess if the empress was there at that time, she would have assassinated her as well."

Rong Yu didn't want to have such twists and turns behind him, he thought that the little man was loyal, and Concubine Jin was frustrated, so there was no need to ask about the ending—it was probably just that, Xin Yu was not a soft-hearted person.She let out a long sigh and said, "Last time King Ping asked me what I really want, and today I have the courage to ask King Ping, since you don't want the emperor's life, then what do you want?"

Liu Luo stood up, raised his head, and said loudly: "In the 15th year of Emperor Yao of the Qing Dynasty, the King of Qin besieged the capital and sealed it off inside and outside. Eighteen of them escaped from the city after a narrow escape, and mobilized teachers from all over the country to relieve the emperor's difficulties. At the celebration banquet, the general Han Qi congratulated each other with wine and said, "King Yi's achievements are extremely high, and there is nothing to reward. It's better than a hundred years later." It is said that it is located in the Liu family. 'Emperor Yao of the Qing Dynasty threw a cup and promised."

Rong Yu listened to his sonorous words, compared with what the Empress Dowager said earlier, he knew it was true.Yi Wang Liu Yi took advantage of the opportunity of dispatching troops to make a private covenant with Han Qi. Han Qi's coveted support was to stand outside the capital and follow the example of King Qi to force Emperor Qing Yao to submit.Emperor Qing Yao rejected the wolves at the front door and attracted the tiger at the back door, and in desperation threw a cup to promise, but postponed the time until a hundred years later... When Xin Yu succeeded to the throne a hundred years later, there might be countless storms and storms. .

But once Emperor Qing Yao uttered a word, it will not be erased even for thousands of years.

Rong Yu's heart is clear, the young man in front of him has great ambitions, he wants to bring up the old matter again - but with Xin Yu around, can he be allowed to bring it up!
Liu Luo said: "I just want to get back what my Liu family deserves."

——It was also his father's last wish. He had guessed countless times what his father had entrusted to him.His father never told him, he only taught him culture and martial arts in silence, and he was not allowed to intervene in his mother's affairs, but when he was dying, he finally handed over the roster to him. The reason why the Son of Heaven cannot move.

Rong Yu didn't know what to do, he just wanted to say: The world will be in peace for a long time, and everyone will take the Duan family as their true destiny.No matter what, King Rui and King Qin are still the sons of the late emperor. It is justifiable. It is still possible for your Liu family to seize power, but it is wishful thinking to want to occupy the position of Andian.

So he looked up and sneered three times, expressing his contempt.

Liu Luo asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Rong Yu said: "I laugh that the prince is so ambitious, but because of Rong Yu he coaxed him away from the capital."

Liu Luo raised her eyebrows and smiled, "You really think so?"

(End of this chapter)