old friends return

It was the bloodstains washed away by the torrential rain, which had already dissipated on the flat ground, while several small ponds had gathered on the low-lying ground.

Liu Qingyan paused for a while, and looked at the mourning hall, which was supposed to be plain white. The mourning flag there was covered with someone's blood, and the wet blood trickled down to the ground.In the main hall, which was supposed to be solemn, at this time, apart from the bloody smell that could not be dispelled from the tip of the nose, it seemed that there was only this shocking blood in the eyes.

The rain hasn't stopped.

The sky is gray...

Liu Qingyan was looking for something among the dead bodies lying on the ground.

"One, two, three... Eleven, twelve, thirteen." A total of thirteen corpses.The bodies of all the servants of the Liu family are here.

But he did not see his parents alone.

Liu Qingyan staggered and looked at the coffin in the middle of the mourning hall.Grandma is still there?

His legs softened and he knelt down in front of his grandmother's coffin. He grabbed the edge of the coffin with his fingertips and stretched out his head to look. There was... still a peaceful and serene face.

What about father and mother?Oh... He probably understood that the corpse of his grandmother was placed here to attract him, and the corpses of his father and mother must have been disposed of long ago.

Who did this?As Mu Zhi said just now, Prime Minister Zuo came here with troops, and he had been an old enemy with his father for many years, so it is understandable... It's just that Prime Minister Zuo would do this.

Thoughts are a little messy.

Liu Qingyan simply leaned on the coffin, leaning on his elbows, and closed his eyes.The world is really impermanent, I never thought that my father and mother would not even wait until they became adults...

Cheng Muzhi stood aside, his face wet.Hot tears slid down together with the cold rain.He watched Liu Qingyan looking for the corpses of his parents, watching himself confirm whether his grandmother's body was still there, watching him kneel down in front of his grandmother's spirit as soon as his body softened...

But he can't do anything, can't do anything.

A deep sense of indifference seemed to be sternly announcing his inability to do anything about this matter.

I also imagined that after Ah Yan became an adult, all the obstacles along the way could be removed, so that he could spend less time in court, be an official with peace of mind, and do what he wanted to do...

Now it seems that it is really delusional.

You can't even protect him...

Yan Qi seemed to be slapping him in the face with this incident.Do you want to eliminate all the corrupt officials in the court by yourself?How can it be?

You see, such a good official as Liu Yinzhen left earlier than us bad guys, even if you know that we have done all kinds of bad things, what can you do...

Yes, what can't be done...

You only rely on what you think is a passion, but you have never been able to realize this ambition.

Regardless of the future, it's just that under the current situation, Cheng Muzhi finally realized what he can do, which is really nothing.

Fortunately, he has always been confident that everything is under control.

Cheng Muzhi didn't go forward to comfort Liu Qingyan, because he knew that Ah Yan didn't react too violently when he first heard the news, so nothing he said now would help.

I really hope that he can really cry like a child, which is better than the current calm like a pool of stagnant water.Sitting in front of the coffin, Liu Qingyan's originally chaotic brain seemed to wake up a little bit, and from the beginning to the end, he did not shed a single tear.

Heartless like an outsider.

In this matter, apart from the years of grievances between his father and Yan Qi, his status as a prodigy in Shengjing, his status as a companion to the prince, and his premature and overly obvious expression of his attitude and position also made Yan Qi One of the reasons for attacking the Liu family.

If he was here today, then there would be one more corpse here, right?He is still alive, but when he meets Mu Zhi again, has he already become an enemy?

It was a blessing that Mu Zhi was able to rescue himself today.After all, saving this life is the only way to avenge the Liu family. Yan Qi, Yan Qi, this matter... and Emperor Hengde who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong and listens to the words of treacherous ministers. These people, this revenge will inevitably happen in the future Repay you double.

The two had their own thoughts, one was sitting and the other was standing, and they spent most of the night like this.

The East Palace was not in a hurry. Gao Jin knew that his crown prince would sometimes not come back, so he would either go to find Mr. Liu, or go to play with Mr. Liu, so he was at ease, but today he didn't come back all night. return.Gao Jin became a little worried.

But what is the prince lost?So he didn't dare to say anything, he only sent a few trusted people to search around, and naturally he found the Liu Mansion, Gao Jin saw people surrounded there from a distance, and they were strangers, so he didn't dare to go forward for a while, thinking Let's look in the dark first and pay attention.

The rain continued all night, but the raindrops gradually became smaller, and the dark blue sky in the distance gradually shone with light, and it was almost dawn.

Cheng Muzhi stood outside, spending another half night with Liu Qingyan who was kneeling later.His clothes were wet and his body was freezing cold.

There was a clear rooster crowing in the distance.

Liu Qingyan got up, walked to Cheng Muzhi who was full of tears, tiptoed to wipe the tears off his face, and said softly with a slight smile in his voice: "Your Highness, it's obviously a matter of the minister's family, why not?" You shed more tears than Chen?"

Cheng Muzhi looked at him, with a smile on his face. His pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes may have become a little red and swollen because he didn't sleep all night, but they were still bright as usual, and his face was covered with rainwater. , can not see whether there are tears.

Cheng Muzhi's heart twitched violently, he hugged him into his arms with extreme self-blame, and said with a choked voice, "Ayan...I'm sorry, I failed to protect you...I failed to protect the Liu family... Knowing that Liu Shangshu was innocent and framed, but I can't do anything... Ah Yan, I'm sorry..." The voice was almost choked up so that I couldn't speak.

Liu Qingyan patted him on the back and comforted him with gentle words, "Your Highness, you have already protected me by rescuing my minister. Why should you blame yourself? How can you blame you for these things? Don't think too much, Your Highness." .”

He touched his clothes, but changed his address, "Mu Zhi..." It was an affectionate one, and Cheng Muzhi was a little dazed when he called his name so suddenly, but he didn't react, he just stared blankly In response, "Huh?"

"The clothes are all wet like this, and I'm not afraid of catching cold. It's dawn, and it's time to go up." Liu Qingyan tugged at his sleeve, "Go back, take a bath, and then go up, I guess it's too late to rest. .”

After being by Cheng Muzhi's side for so long, how could he not know what Cheng Muzhi thought about him?

Cheng Muzhi was only in a daze for a while, and he no longer knew what Ah Yan wanted to do now, but his intuition told him that something was wrong with Ah Yan.

Why... would he react like this?Cheng Muzhi calmed down his emotions, and asked him: "Ayan, I know everything you told me. There is still a while before the court. I will ask you, grandma..." Speaking of which, Pausing for a moment, it seemed that he couldn't bear to say those two words.