Tang riddles
Chapter 221
It was not until I was in my 20s that I finally understood a truth.If a person you are quite familiar with does something that confuses you and is not like what she would do at all, what you should consider is not to define her nature, but to speculate why she did it. And the difficulties hidden behind it.This is the most basic trust between people.People don't change easily, and a huge change in a short period of time must mean that there are special reasons.
My old father, lying on the sickbed, told me word by word what happened to Qin Lian just after he was seriously injured ten years ago.He was afraid that his weak tongue would not be able to explain things clearly, and he had to confirm that I understood every sentence before continuing.He said, and I repeat, this long conversation lasted almost all night, until my father breathed his last.
He said: "Son, do you know how much the master's affection for the lady has reached? How can you misunderstand that she betrayed the lady. In order to protect the lady, she sacrificed the rest of her life for the sake of her life. Our Yin and Yi clans are the flesh of swords. Once the secret of the bloodline is exposed, we will become the target of public criticism. In the past, the old master had reached an agreement with Zetian Shengren. , Obtain folk information. In exchange, Zetian Shengren opened up business routes for us and expanded the business scope of Qianyumen. In just five years before and after the birth of the master, the number of our Changfengtang branches has increased by more than ten times , The trade route also expanded to the Western Regions and the sea. Qian Yumen even came into contact with the Fushi Empire in the far west during the early years of Emperor Wu's reign, and saw some novel things that we have never seen or heard before.
Although the relationship between Qianyumen and Yanling Shen Sect is strictly kept secret, many people still know that Changfengtang is the property of Yanling Shenshi, and Changfengtang is inextricably linked with Qianyumen.Therefore, in the eyes of the sage Zetian, the Shen family of Yanling is the object of her close attention.
As the new head of the Shen family, she has her own ambitions.She is amazingly talented, and she doesn't want to bury her talents, and she never hopes to just be a wealthy and peaceful person.She hopes to display her talents and serve her country.However, she didn't want Emperor Wu to look at her differently because of her family, the Yanling Shen family.She is a daughter, even though the queen is in power, there are very few female officials.It's not easy for a female stream to enter the court.Perhaps it was because she foresaw that she would be involuntary after she disguised herself as a man, and she was afraid that her family would be implicated if something happened, so she hid her identity as the current head of the Shen family in Yanling, changed her old surname—Yin, and went south to Huzhou. Then went to Chang'an.
However, it is gold that always shines, no matter how hard it is to cover it up, it can't cover up its own sharpness.What's more, the master's temperament is not the kind of person who is good at hiding the front. She is upright and upright, and she acts upright.So when the master first entered Chang'an, he didn't deliberately cover up the light on his body.But her uprightness will inevitably lead to disaster.Chang'an is a land of right and wrong, and such a sharp-edged person cannot be tolerated..."
When he said this, the old father had tears in his eyes.
"The sage of Zetian...is not exactly the sage of Zetian in her mind, and Princess Taiping... is someone who must never be provoked. After the accident of the lady, the master invited me and my little aunt (that is, the mother-in-law) to the study room for a secret talk She asked us to keep the content of the conversation absolutely confidential and not to be leaked. There are many things that only my little aunt and I know.
Son, I think you still remember that you were fainted after entering the palace on Emperor Wu's [-]th birthday. "
I nodded, I will never forget this event.
"It was that night that Master lost her body after being dazed by Princess Taiping. It was also that night that Taiping knew the secret of Master and has since then held Master's handle." The old father said intermittently and with difficulty, " You may be wondering, even if you know the identity of the master's daughter, how can Taiping know about the Luanhuang bloodline? Although the master is married and has a child, how can the child be identified as the master's own? But Taiping will not Being deceived, even if the owner does not admit that the child is his own, how can Taiping believe this statement easily. It is unimaginable for a woman to disguise herself as a man and marry a wife. If she can still have a child with her wife, it is simply a fantasy But if all this is true, it will be such a surprise, she believes that the master is absolutely extraordinary, and there must be a big secret hidden in him.
After that night with Taiping, the master denied that Akashi was his own child, but this was equivalent to polluting his wife's innocence.If Chishi is not the master's child, then the woman conceived and gave birth to a daughter, wouldn't it be other men's work?Calculate the time from the child's pregnancy to birth, or what happened after the wife and the master got married.Although Princess Taiping didn't understand Qin Lian, she believed in her master's vision, how could she fall in love with a woman who was easygoing.Therefore, Taiping did not believe that Akashi was not his own.
After thinking for a long time, the owner finally took the initiative to find Taiping and admitted that the child was his own.She would rather expose the secrets of blood than tarnish the innocence of the lady.Moreover, she knew that Taiping had doubts in her heart, and she would not dispel them easily. Instead of such a stalemate, causing Taiping to do something uncontrollable, it is better to seize the initiative and suppress the situation first.However, peace is by no means easy.She said that she was willing to keep a secret for the master, on the condition that the master would have a tryst with her and be her shadow face.The master is caught in a dilemma. It is already an extremely bad situation for Taiping to know the secret of the bloodline. She must not let more people know.And asking her to betray her wife and have a relationship with someone else...she can't do it no matter what.Fortunately, Taiping was not aggressive, she only said that she was willing to wait, and when the master could think it over clearly, it would not be too late to agree.Taiping obviously has enough confidence, the master can't last long.The more important the Luanhuang bloodline is, the less room for the master to make a choice.She firmly believes that no matter what, the master will come to her. "
The old father panted twice in pain and was silent for a long time before continuing:
"The match between a gentleman and a villain...is always the end of a gentleman's defeat. The master has no choice but to betray the lady physically...promise to be the shadow face of Taiping. This relationship did not last long, the master and Taiping There was no second derailment either. Under such circumstances, something happened to the lady.
After the incident, the owner's first thought was to do something in Taiping.But then she felt something was wrong, Taiping didn't seem to need to do this.She has already got what she wanted, and she should not make any further moves in a short time. After all, she still has another worry. She is affectionate to her master, and she never wants to harm her and make her master hate herself. It doesn't make sense to take it away.What she wants is to slowly wear down the master's will, and finally make the master empathize with each other. This is her goal.Her self-esteem does not allow her to do such insidious things.Facts have proved that she was not the one who did this, and Taiping was very surprised at what happened to his wife.
The owner of the teahouse checked carefully. Although there were no witnesses, the owner finally found clues.The owner of the teahouse had changed hands before the incident of the lady. The owner of the teahouse was not there at the time of the incident, saying that he had gone south to buy tea, and only the shopkeeper was there.After careful investigation, the owner discovered that the owner of the teahouse was inextricably linked with the Wu family.And the order he got was sent from the palace.According to the descriptions of the residents near the teahouse, most of the people in the teahouse that day seemed to be muscular men with kung fu skills. Although they were dressed in ordinary clothes, they were obviously not ordinary people.And these people all left quickly after the incident, and were never seen in this area again.The master thinks that the identities of these people are actually people from the Crane Mansion.And the person who ordered to attack Qin Lian was the Sage Zetian at that time.
The master doesn't know why the sage Zetian attacked the lady?Is it simply to pave the way for a new love affair with my beloved little daughter, or is there another reason.She didn't dare to take it lightly. Has her identity as the Patriarch of the Shen family in Yanling been exposed?Could it be that the sage Zetian planned to use all of Asuka's best bows and began to target Qianyumen?Attacking the lady is a signal to test her?The purpose is to find out the implicated relationship between Shen Shi and Qian Yumen?There are many things to consider and many concerns for the owner.In the end she made her decision, no matter what the reason was, her opponent was Zetian Shengren, the supreme venerable who wanted Qin Lian to die, then Qin Lian would definitely die.That being the case, following Zetian's will, she wanted Qin Lian to feign death, which was the only way to protect her.
And my little aunt and I were the ones who created the illusion of Qin Lian's death.I gave the lady Guixi Pill, which minimized the blood flow and heartbeat in her body, and her breathing was almost inaudible.The little aunt put on deadly makeup for the lady. The lady's face was severely burned and she was covered with bandages. There was no need for a picture, but some makeup was painted on the back of her exposed hands.The main task of the little aunt was to ensure that the extensive burns on her body would not worsen after the lady was placed in the coffin and buried in the ground. For this reason, the little aunt stayed up all night to make a plaster and applied a thick layer on the whole body of the lady.
You were waiting outside the house that day, and my little aunt and I were doing these things in the house.Later, the master went out to announce the death of the lady, so we carried out the funeral as quickly as possible and buried the lady.
The Guixi Pill can last for a short time, but five days later, when the lady was inactive, I gave it to her again. On the night of the third day after her burial, the master ordered me and my little aunt to take the lady out of the grave secretly. rescued.
Afterwards, the lady was secretly transferred out of Chang'an City, and the little aunt and Xiao Yuan were responsible for escorting her, and sent her all the way to Qin Zhen, who was an official in other places. "
My father said this, but he stopped talking, and I asked about what happened after that.Father thought for a long time before saying:
"After that... Qin Zhen fell out with the master, and he hid the lady in the cellar, and he forcibly left the accompanying little aunt and Xiao Yuan to take care of the lady. We have no way of knowing the news of the lady during that time. Only Knowing that Qin Zhen was transferred frequently and transferred many times, he quietly took his wife with him, trying his best to hide it from outsiders. Until he returned to Chang'an a year later and became an official in the Imperial Academy, his little aunt and Xiao Yuan did not come back with him, but He brought back a sad news...the lady has disappeared."
"What do you mean by missing?" I was shocked.
"Just half a year before he returned to Beijing, my wife was robbed by a group of unidentified people with extremely strong martial arts. Qin Zhen didn't know where she was taken. He also suffered a knife wound in his heart because of it. On the other side, he almost died, and he barely recovered after recuperating for several months. The little aunt and Xiao Yuan went to find a wife, and there was a huge crowd, and they lost contact with Qin Zhen. As an official, Qin Zhen couldn't help himself. He can't leave the jurisdiction at will, and if he moves around at will, it will also arouse suspicion. He has been under the supervision of Taiping and Zetian Shengren all the time, so he can only entrust this matter to her. Since then, Qianyumen has been in the Desperately looking for the whereabouts of the lady, but her whereabouts are still unknown. The master is exhausted because of this, and even vomits blood and heartbreak. My son, the master is only in her thirties, but she... has no time to live... "
Hearing this, I couldn't help the tip of my nose sore, it was actually tears.I didn't expect that I would still have such feelings for Yin Yu. I thought that ten years would be enough for me to wear away my admiration and love for her.
I kept reminding myself that although she was really pitiful, she still betrayed her in the end.Otherwise, where did the child she and Taiping come from?I know that my father has always had a firm heart of loyalty to Yin Yu, so I didn't want to contradict my old father when he was dying, so I didn't mention this issue.In the end, my father held my hand, handed me the handed down handed down letter from the Yi family, and told me to do my best to assist Yin Yu and not to dwell on the past.She told me that everything Yin Yu did was full of helplessness, not out of her original intention.But hearing what he said in my ears, it made me feel even more that my father was trying to excuse her.
After my father passed away, I had no intention of staying in Chang'an for a long time, thinking about finding out the whereabouts of my wife as soon as possible.At least I want to find my wife and bring her back to Chang'an.The sage Zetian is gone, Taiping and Yin Yu have been "husband and wife" for ten years now, and it is time for the lady to come back and make a break.If the lady is willing to forgive Yin Yu, maybe I will abandon the past and return to her side.I handed the letter to my sister for safekeeping and told her I would be back.Then he left Chang'an in a hurry.
In the next few years, I first served in the army while inquiring about the whereabouts of Qin Lian, Grandma Zu and Xiao Yuan.I experienced countless ups and downs and tribulations. I was once retired from the army, and with my small savings, I traveled around in poverty.Not long after I left Chang'an, I got a shocking news that Princess Taiping's mansion suffered a massacre, thousands of people died, and the princess mansion was completely burned down by a fire.And Yin Yu... also passed away tragically, in a strange manner, and his corpse disappeared after death.It took me months to accept this fact.I wanted to go back to Chang'an several times, but in the end I still didn't make it.
Finally, the hard work paid off, 13 years later, I met Bai Liuniang in Youzhou, and then met the clan mother-in-law whom I hadn't seen for many years.At that time, Bai Liuniang had become the adopted daughter of the clan mother-in-law.From them, I learned a strange and shocking news.
Not long after the lady was taken away, they found her.The gangsters who robbed the lady were driven away by a group of Taoist priests, and the lady was rescued. It happened that the mother-in-law and Xiao Yuan caught up with the Taoist priests, and learned that the Taoist priests were the Taoist priests of Qingyun Temple on the Dalianhua Mountain in the northwest.Afterwards, the group of Taoist priests proposed that they take the lady to Lianhua Mountain for treatment, maybe they could cure the lady.So Granny Clan followed along with Xiao Yuan.
I asked them why they didn't contact Qin Zhen or Qianyumen, but Grandma Zu expressed her thoughts.She said that she didn't trust Yin Yu and Qian Yumen, nor Qin Zhen, she just wanted the lady to be cured and accompany her to live in seclusion.This is also the wife's wish.Neither Qin Zhen nor Yin Yu could escape from the vortex of the struggle, and neither of them wanted to continue to knowingly commit crimes after suffering such a big loss.And Xiao Yuan, who has always been loyal to Qin Lian, naturally has no objection.
The idea was good. For the next ten years, they have been accompanying the lady on the Lianhua Mountain for treatment. The lady has regained consciousness and can even move around in a wheelchair, and has a certain ability to take care of herself.Until she learned that something happened to Princess Taiping's mansion in Chang'an, the lady couldn't let go of her daughter Chishi after all. She knew that Chishi was severely burned, and worried, she begged her mother-in-law to go to Chishi and change her face. Having an image of a normal person allows her to live a normal life.
The mother-in-law couldn't stand the lady's entreaties, so she went down the Lianhua Mountain alone, leaving Xiaoyuan to accompany the lady.She rushed to Jinling's old house, and changed the appearance of Chishi and Taiping's child, Qinnu, according to the wife's request.But when she returned to Lianhua Mountain, she was shocked to find that the lady had disappeared, and even Xiao Yuan had disappeared.However, the Qingyun temple was empty, the gate was closed, and not a single Taoist priest was left behind.
She secretly thought that it was not good, the lady was probably taken away by the gangsters again, and those gangsters back then were still wicked.She was so anxious that she inquired about the whereabouts of the lady like a fly without a head.But where can such a reclusive person be found in the vast desert?In desperation, the mother-in-law once thought of committing suicide.She felt that if the lady could never be found again, there was no need for her to live.
But later, she cheered up and started to investigate from the group who took the lady away.Slowly, a huge cult organization hidden in the dark was gradually investigated by her. She used her miraculous disguise skills to go deep into the cult's interior and gradually get in touch with the upper core of the cult.Finally, not long before I met her Youzhou, she was sure that the lady is the saint of the cult.Ana Yi, who had pestered Yin Yu for a long time, was also in the cult.
And my arrival is even more powerful for her. She speculates that the lady may be hidden in the desert. She hopes that I can join her and go to the desert to find the whereabouts of the lady.Naturally, I would not refuse, so we acted decisively.
It's just that I didn't expect that the more I went into the cult, the more I was able to perceive the complexity of the events back then.It's not just about the entanglement of love and hate, it may also involve other more dirty and hidden conspiracies.
The author has something to say: there is one more chapter to end the first generation.
Chapter Two Hundred and Twelve (First Generation)
The three years after I reunited with my mother-in-law were about the most contradictory three years in my life.In the past three years, I have been full of hope and energy all the time, but at the same time I feel fear and powerlessness, and even want to shrink back.
As our internal response, Bai Liuniang gave us great help.At that time, although she joined the cult with the Xiao family brothers, she had not yet been sent to Youzhou to serve as Pope.The reason why the clan mother-in-law met her was because she once lived temporarily in Liangzhou where the Lanling Xiao family was located.Because she ran out of money, she set up a stall to practice medicine. Because of her amazing medical skills, she was invited into Xiao's mansion to detoxify Xiao Kai.At that time, Xiao Kai had been controlled by heart poison for many years, and Xiao Song and Bai Liuniang had already joined the cult.The mother-in-law of the clan deliberately approached them precisely because she knew their identities as members of the cult.Later, the mother-in-law of the clan saw that Bai Liuniang was a trustworthy person and intended to break away from the Xiao brothers, so she formed an alliance with her.
At that time, Bai Liuniang had already been given the duty of tasting human blood and distinguishing the characteristics of blood because of her keen sense of taste.The smell of human blood seems to be a kind of astringent smell to ordinary people, and there is no difference.But in her mouth, she could taste a slight difference.Different flavors of blood often represent people with different physiques.A large number of people can thus be blood-sorted.At that time, Bai Liuniang would spend three days every ten days to go to Xiao's house in the countryside to sample blood.It has been used as a blood bank transfer station of the cult.The Xiao family sends a large number of blood donors to the cult every year.The preliminary sorting starts from Bai Liuniang's side.She has memorized the taste of a certain blood. As long as she tastes blood similar to this taste, she will pick out the blood number and mark it. The blood provider represented by this number will be selected to enter the next link.
Bai Liuniang was very curious about the whereabouts of these blood providers, but that was beyond her concern.The behavior style of a cult is like a long chain with no end in sight.Each link of the chain is independent of each other and has a dedicated person to do it.The buckle is also independent, and it is only responsible for delivering messages or transporting goods.The information between these links and links is completely out of touch with each other and does not interfere with each other.There are also external monitors who supervise the operation of each link to ensure that the previous link and the next link will not be too close.Thus forming a highly confidential, highly efficient organization.
But even so, it still can't stop some curious people, such as Bai Liuniang.She noticed that those blood providers selected by her were likely to be collectively transported into the depths of the desert.She guessed that it was likely to be the location of the legendary cult head altar, and maybe the saint was there.
After talking with her mother-in-law, she learned of Qin Lian's tragic past, and immediately felt extremely sympathetic.She hoped to help Qin Lian, and she also hoped to help her mother-in-law.The two hit it off very well.Seeing that she was an orphan and helpless, the mother-in-law adopted her as a foster daughter.Bai Liuniang wants to get rid of the entanglement and control of the Xiao family brothers as soon as possible, and get rid of the cult, but it is not easy.She is alone, really helpless, her only hope can only be pinned on her mother-in-law.I hope to find the main altar, use the identity of the Holy Maiden Qin Lian to target the Pope, stir up internal strife within the church, and weaken the power of the cult.If the power of the Great Pope can be really eliminated, the foundation of the cult can be uprooted and the building will be overturned.In this way, she was relieved.
After all, it was not her original wish to taste blood, after so many years, she was tired of it.Drinking human blood like this all the time is not good for her body. She has already developed a strange dependence, and if she doesn't drink human blood, she will feel uncomfortable all over.She knew that this was sick and wrong, and she also realized that she might be sick, so Bai Liuniang actually had another purpose in helping her mother-in-law, which was to obtain the blood pill that was rumored to be made by the Zongtan to cure all diseases. Heal yourself of your thirst and break free from the shackles of a cult.
When the lady disappeared, she disappeared from Lianhua Mountain.Combined with the clues provided by Bai Liuniang, my mother-in-law and I decided to start with Qingyun Temple on Lianhua Mountain, and then go deep into the desert.
After the mother-in-law of the clan left Qingyun temple, she never came back.Unexpectedly, a few years later, it will flourish again here.The power of Shangqing Dao in the Central Plains moved in, and listed Qingyun Temple here as a Taoist temple.Here, it is no longer the Qingyun Temple in the Western Regions.We searched for a long time, and only got one clue, that is, this Qingyun Temple was once bought, and the original Taoist priests were all driven away.That was more than 20 years ago.Among the Taoist priests who were expelled back then, some entered Shangqing Dao to practice again, so the Taoist sect always knew that the Qingyun Temple on Dalianhua Mountain had changed hands.It was only after more than ten years that someone came to check it out, only to find that Qingyun Temple was abandoned, and there was no trace of the owner who bought it.This news was also confirmed by the monks in the Dalianhuashan Temple not far away.And the monks obviously don't know why Qingyun Temple was empty. There were still people living here more than 20 years ago, but the door was closed overnight.
The mother-in-law of the clan speculated that the group of Taoist priests might have been with the group of cultists who tried to rob the lady.They are fake Taoist priests, they tricked Qin Lian to Lianhua Mountain, and tricked her mother-in-law and Xiao Yuan to live here for ten years.The mother-in-law of the clan recalled that when they were on the mountain, the group of Taoist priests had been treating Qin Lian. The mother-in-law of the clan was not very clear about the medicine they used, but she only knew that it was effective, so she was relieved.In retrospect, it may have been premeditated.
And the only thing I wonder is, assuming that the Taoist priests are really fake Taoist priests, why do they act like this?If they really want to rob the lady, they should make a decisive decision, and if they fail, they should run away quickly.Performed such a trick with the robbers, tricked the wife, mother-in-law and others to the mountain, and lived together for ten years.During the period, he also treated the lady, what is this for?This is so unreasonable.I always feel that the mother-in-law of the clan may have gone into the cult to find a wife for these years and has become a demon, and her spirit is a little abnormal.Always suspicious, it is difficult to develop trust in other people.Those Taoist priests should have really saved the lady with good intentions, but the cult found her where she was, and the lady was taken away. It is also unclear where the Taoist priests went after that.There was no trace of a fight in the temple, how they left without a sound is probably going to be an unsolvable mystery.
After we descended from Lianhua Mountain, we searched and searched in the desert for nearly a year, and we can't count how much we have suffered.Finally, let us discover some clues.We observed that a camel caravan often came and went near the ancient city of Loulan, and sometimes disappeared for half a day inexplicably, and then reappeared out of thin air.We concluded that the place where the camel caravan disappeared must be strange.So we found the right opportunity, followed the camel caravan, and finally discovered that there was a secret passage into the underground in the stone forest formed by the ruins of the old capital of Loulan.This camel team is to transport some prisoners into this secret passage.There are many traps in the secret passage and heavily guarded by soldiers. It is impossible for me and my mother-in-law to break through.At that time, Bai Liuniang had already been transferred to Youzhou to take care of the cult's blood supply field in Youzhou, so she could not accompany us.It was not very convenient for us to communicate with each other. After we found this entrance, we wrote to Bai Liuniang and received her reply two months later. She said that there must be the main altar of the cult.
My mother-in-law and I started to plan our actions.I have traveled all these years and learned some skills.Back then in the army, I learned some geomantic skills from an old soldier, so I was better at observing the direction of the earth's veins.I identified a hidden weak point, prepared tools, and together with my mother-in-law, began to dig a tunnel into the ground from the side.It took us another half a year to finally get through.
Then we broke through one by one, using stealth and assassination methods, and finally cleaned up all the people in the underground main altar bit by bit, and snatched half a map of the maze from them, finally cracked the second half of the maze, and arrived at the In the nine-storey pavilion, I saw Qin Lian who was thinking about it day and night, and Xiao Yuan who disappeared with Qin Lian.
When I saw my wife again, I really didn't know how to describe my mood.I just feel that all the hardships I have endured in looking for her over the years are all worth it. She is so lonely and fragile, haggard and distressing.But she is so strong and forbearing, tenaciously surviving, like a seedling buried in the soil, always looking forward to the day when it will break out of the ground.
The mother-in-law said that she looked younger than she looked more than ten years ago.Of course, there is also the reason why the clan mother-in-law changed her face back then, but it is more because she is in the dark in this underground world, as if the flow of time on her body has slowed down.We later found out that she was also forced to take a blood pill for a long time, which was said to be a pill refined from the blood essence of Luanhuang's blood, and this blood pill also had the effect of maintaining youth.It's just that the side effects are serious. Her health is very poor, her binocular vision is blurred, she can't see light, and her skin is pale and fragile.
There is absolutely no way for us to take her out who is so weak, the wind, sand and scorching sun from the outside world will immediately take her life.What shocked us even more was that although Xiao Yuan had been by her side all the time, this loyal maid had her tongue cut off and was unable to speak. , only reacted to the words of the lady.The poor maid has been reserved the ability to do housework, but she doesn't seem to understand anything except housework.
We racked our brains in this underground world, but in the end there was nothing we could do.The only thing worth mentioning is that I found the corpse of an unidentified old Taoist in the passage behind the gate on the ninth floor of the nine-story pavilion, and beside him lay a strange weapon, a long-handled triangular blade.I kept this knife close at hand for use.
The lady didn't really want to go out, but her only wish was to see her daughter.But my mother-in-law and I had a serious disagreement with her.Mother-in-law Zu knew that her time was numbered, so we thought of using real Luanhuang blood marrow to cure her disease.It was rumored that the blood marrow of Luanhuang was divided into three parts.One was quietly taken away by Anna Yi, one was swallowed by the Pope, and the whereabouts of the other is unknown.
The mother-in-law of the clan wanted to find the missing Luanhuang blood marrow, although it was Yin Yu's blood marrow, she didn't care much.And I know we don't have so much time to continue, I must get the blood marrow as soon as possible, and the clearest goal is Yin Yu's daughter——Yin Ziji.
I don't want to take Yin Ziji's life, but in comparison, maybe a lady is more important to me.In the beginning, I acted with the decisive idea that I must kill Yin Ziji.I later found myself greatly relieved when I learned that the blood marrow could be withdrawn without harming my life.
Since then, I have been running around outside, planning to guide Yin Ziji to take the bait step by step according to the meticulous plan I wove with my mother-in-law.At first, the mother-in-law stayed by my wife's side for a period of time. Later, because I was alone and weak, I couldn't do many things by myself, so she had to go out of the mountain.She first dressed up as Mrs. Yan and sneaked into the Qianyu Gate, then concealed Mrs. Yan's escape, and then ambushed the blue robin in Luoyang City. Li Daitao stumbled into Yin Ziji and Yin Ziyin's side.The mother-in-law of the family wanted to kill Yin Ziyin, the evil breed, but she still couldn't do it.Not to kill, not because Yin Ziyin is innocent, but because if Yin Ziyin dies, it will bring great harm to Yin Ziji.After all, she didn't want to hurt Yin Ziji, she was the wife's child.She had tried to drive a wedge between the sisters, but it turned out to be futile.
The project entered its final stage after Yin Ziji and Zhang Ruohan's child was born.It's just that I probably should have expected that our plan would still fail.What could be the end of wishful thinking?We've all pushed ourselves into a corner and cornered ourselves.
Perhaps the mother-in-law of the family has long planned to let the lady go, but she is not reconciled, she wants a peace of mind.She made a gamble and wanted Yin Ziji to choose between his wife and daughter.But in the end it didn't work either.If Zhang Ruohan and Xiao Huang'er really had to choose one, Yin Ziji's answer might really be unpredictable.The mother-in-law of the clan placed the bet on her wife because she hoped that Yin Yu could completely abandon his blood and protect his wife.And the lady chose to bet on her child because she had already accepted Yin Yu's choice.She herself would rather sacrifice herself to save innocent blood.The final result is self-evident. In order to keep the child, Sima Chengzhen was chosen to sacrifice.It's not a fair bet, but it's a reassuring one.The mother-in-law finally let go of her obsession and let the lady go.And she killed Bai Liuniang and herself, just to protect the lady's secret.And Xiao Yuan also took away the three-edged bayonet I left on the ninth floor, and escorted the lady out of the underground world where they had lived for nearly 20 years.
Right now, I have only one wish.I hope my wife can live and live well.Maybe in the future, we can meet Yin Ziji and recognize each other as mother and daughter.
I hope that for the rest of her life, the haze will be swept away and the rain will pass.In this way, I will die without regret.
My old father, lying on the sickbed, told me word by word what happened to Qin Lian just after he was seriously injured ten years ago.He was afraid that his weak tongue would not be able to explain things clearly, and he had to confirm that I understood every sentence before continuing.He said, and I repeat, this long conversation lasted almost all night, until my father breathed his last.
He said: "Son, do you know how much the master's affection for the lady has reached? How can you misunderstand that she betrayed the lady. In order to protect the lady, she sacrificed the rest of her life for the sake of her life. Our Yin and Yi clans are the flesh of swords. Once the secret of the bloodline is exposed, we will become the target of public criticism. In the past, the old master had reached an agreement with Zetian Shengren. , Obtain folk information. In exchange, Zetian Shengren opened up business routes for us and expanded the business scope of Qianyumen. In just five years before and after the birth of the master, the number of our Changfengtang branches has increased by more than ten times , The trade route also expanded to the Western Regions and the sea. Qian Yumen even came into contact with the Fushi Empire in the far west during the early years of Emperor Wu's reign, and saw some novel things that we have never seen or heard before.
Although the relationship between Qianyumen and Yanling Shen Sect is strictly kept secret, many people still know that Changfengtang is the property of Yanling Shenshi, and Changfengtang is inextricably linked with Qianyumen.Therefore, in the eyes of the sage Zetian, the Shen family of Yanling is the object of her close attention.
As the new head of the Shen family, she has her own ambitions.She is amazingly talented, and she doesn't want to bury her talents, and she never hopes to just be a wealthy and peaceful person.She hopes to display her talents and serve her country.However, she didn't want Emperor Wu to look at her differently because of her family, the Yanling Shen family.She is a daughter, even though the queen is in power, there are very few female officials.It's not easy for a female stream to enter the court.Perhaps it was because she foresaw that she would be involuntary after she disguised herself as a man, and she was afraid that her family would be implicated if something happened, so she hid her identity as the current head of the Shen family in Yanling, changed her old surname—Yin, and went south to Huzhou. Then went to Chang'an.
However, it is gold that always shines, no matter how hard it is to cover it up, it can't cover up its own sharpness.What's more, the master's temperament is not the kind of person who is good at hiding the front. She is upright and upright, and she acts upright.So when the master first entered Chang'an, he didn't deliberately cover up the light on his body.But her uprightness will inevitably lead to disaster.Chang'an is a land of right and wrong, and such a sharp-edged person cannot be tolerated..."
When he said this, the old father had tears in his eyes.
"The sage of Zetian...is not exactly the sage of Zetian in her mind, and Princess Taiping... is someone who must never be provoked. After the accident of the lady, the master invited me and my little aunt (that is, the mother-in-law) to the study room for a secret talk She asked us to keep the content of the conversation absolutely confidential and not to be leaked. There are many things that only my little aunt and I know.
Son, I think you still remember that you were fainted after entering the palace on Emperor Wu's [-]th birthday. "
I nodded, I will never forget this event.
"It was that night that Master lost her body after being dazed by Princess Taiping. It was also that night that Taiping knew the secret of Master and has since then held Master's handle." The old father said intermittently and with difficulty, " You may be wondering, even if you know the identity of the master's daughter, how can Taiping know about the Luanhuang bloodline? Although the master is married and has a child, how can the child be identified as the master's own? But Taiping will not Being deceived, even if the owner does not admit that the child is his own, how can Taiping believe this statement easily. It is unimaginable for a woman to disguise herself as a man and marry a wife. If she can still have a child with her wife, it is simply a fantasy But if all this is true, it will be such a surprise, she believes that the master is absolutely extraordinary, and there must be a big secret hidden in him.
After that night with Taiping, the master denied that Akashi was his own child, but this was equivalent to polluting his wife's innocence.If Chishi is not the master's child, then the woman conceived and gave birth to a daughter, wouldn't it be other men's work?Calculate the time from the child's pregnancy to birth, or what happened after the wife and the master got married.Although Princess Taiping didn't understand Qin Lian, she believed in her master's vision, how could she fall in love with a woman who was easygoing.Therefore, Taiping did not believe that Akashi was not his own.
After thinking for a long time, the owner finally took the initiative to find Taiping and admitted that the child was his own.She would rather expose the secrets of blood than tarnish the innocence of the lady.Moreover, she knew that Taiping had doubts in her heart, and she would not dispel them easily. Instead of such a stalemate, causing Taiping to do something uncontrollable, it is better to seize the initiative and suppress the situation first.However, peace is by no means easy.She said that she was willing to keep a secret for the master, on the condition that the master would have a tryst with her and be her shadow face.The master is caught in a dilemma. It is already an extremely bad situation for Taiping to know the secret of the bloodline. She must not let more people know.And asking her to betray her wife and have a relationship with someone else...she can't do it no matter what.Fortunately, Taiping was not aggressive, she only said that she was willing to wait, and when the master could think it over clearly, it would not be too late to agree.Taiping obviously has enough confidence, the master can't last long.The more important the Luanhuang bloodline is, the less room for the master to make a choice.She firmly believes that no matter what, the master will come to her. "
The old father panted twice in pain and was silent for a long time before continuing:
"The match between a gentleman and a villain...is always the end of a gentleman's defeat. The master has no choice but to betray the lady physically...promise to be the shadow face of Taiping. This relationship did not last long, the master and Taiping There was no second derailment either. Under such circumstances, something happened to the lady.
After the incident, the owner's first thought was to do something in Taiping.But then she felt something was wrong, Taiping didn't seem to need to do this.She has already got what she wanted, and she should not make any further moves in a short time. After all, she still has another worry. She is affectionate to her master, and she never wants to harm her and make her master hate herself. It doesn't make sense to take it away.What she wants is to slowly wear down the master's will, and finally make the master empathize with each other. This is her goal.Her self-esteem does not allow her to do such insidious things.Facts have proved that she was not the one who did this, and Taiping was very surprised at what happened to his wife.
The owner of the teahouse checked carefully. Although there were no witnesses, the owner finally found clues.The owner of the teahouse had changed hands before the incident of the lady. The owner of the teahouse was not there at the time of the incident, saying that he had gone south to buy tea, and only the shopkeeper was there.After careful investigation, the owner discovered that the owner of the teahouse was inextricably linked with the Wu family.And the order he got was sent from the palace.According to the descriptions of the residents near the teahouse, most of the people in the teahouse that day seemed to be muscular men with kung fu skills. Although they were dressed in ordinary clothes, they were obviously not ordinary people.And these people all left quickly after the incident, and were never seen in this area again.The master thinks that the identities of these people are actually people from the Crane Mansion.And the person who ordered to attack Qin Lian was the Sage Zetian at that time.
The master doesn't know why the sage Zetian attacked the lady?Is it simply to pave the way for a new love affair with my beloved little daughter, or is there another reason.She didn't dare to take it lightly. Has her identity as the Patriarch of the Shen family in Yanling been exposed?Could it be that the sage Zetian planned to use all of Asuka's best bows and began to target Qianyumen?Attacking the lady is a signal to test her?The purpose is to find out the implicated relationship between Shen Shi and Qian Yumen?There are many things to consider and many concerns for the owner.In the end she made her decision, no matter what the reason was, her opponent was Zetian Shengren, the supreme venerable who wanted Qin Lian to die, then Qin Lian would definitely die.That being the case, following Zetian's will, she wanted Qin Lian to feign death, which was the only way to protect her.
And my little aunt and I were the ones who created the illusion of Qin Lian's death.I gave the lady Guixi Pill, which minimized the blood flow and heartbeat in her body, and her breathing was almost inaudible.The little aunt put on deadly makeup for the lady. The lady's face was severely burned and she was covered with bandages. There was no need for a picture, but some makeup was painted on the back of her exposed hands.The main task of the little aunt was to ensure that the extensive burns on her body would not worsen after the lady was placed in the coffin and buried in the ground. For this reason, the little aunt stayed up all night to make a plaster and applied a thick layer on the whole body of the lady.
You were waiting outside the house that day, and my little aunt and I were doing these things in the house.Later, the master went out to announce the death of the lady, so we carried out the funeral as quickly as possible and buried the lady.
The Guixi Pill can last for a short time, but five days later, when the lady was inactive, I gave it to her again. On the night of the third day after her burial, the master ordered me and my little aunt to take the lady out of the grave secretly. rescued.
Afterwards, the lady was secretly transferred out of Chang'an City, and the little aunt and Xiao Yuan were responsible for escorting her, and sent her all the way to Qin Zhen, who was an official in other places. "
My father said this, but he stopped talking, and I asked about what happened after that.Father thought for a long time before saying:
"After that... Qin Zhen fell out with the master, and he hid the lady in the cellar, and he forcibly left the accompanying little aunt and Xiao Yuan to take care of the lady. We have no way of knowing the news of the lady during that time. Only Knowing that Qin Zhen was transferred frequently and transferred many times, he quietly took his wife with him, trying his best to hide it from outsiders. Until he returned to Chang'an a year later and became an official in the Imperial Academy, his little aunt and Xiao Yuan did not come back with him, but He brought back a sad news...the lady has disappeared."
"What do you mean by missing?" I was shocked.
"Just half a year before he returned to Beijing, my wife was robbed by a group of unidentified people with extremely strong martial arts. Qin Zhen didn't know where she was taken. He also suffered a knife wound in his heart because of it. On the other side, he almost died, and he barely recovered after recuperating for several months. The little aunt and Xiao Yuan went to find a wife, and there was a huge crowd, and they lost contact with Qin Zhen. As an official, Qin Zhen couldn't help himself. He can't leave the jurisdiction at will, and if he moves around at will, it will also arouse suspicion. He has been under the supervision of Taiping and Zetian Shengren all the time, so he can only entrust this matter to her. Since then, Qianyumen has been in the Desperately looking for the whereabouts of the lady, but her whereabouts are still unknown. The master is exhausted because of this, and even vomits blood and heartbreak. My son, the master is only in her thirties, but she... has no time to live... "
Hearing this, I couldn't help the tip of my nose sore, it was actually tears.I didn't expect that I would still have such feelings for Yin Yu. I thought that ten years would be enough for me to wear away my admiration and love for her.
I kept reminding myself that although she was really pitiful, she still betrayed her in the end.Otherwise, where did the child she and Taiping come from?I know that my father has always had a firm heart of loyalty to Yin Yu, so I didn't want to contradict my old father when he was dying, so I didn't mention this issue.In the end, my father held my hand, handed me the handed down handed down letter from the Yi family, and told me to do my best to assist Yin Yu and not to dwell on the past.She told me that everything Yin Yu did was full of helplessness, not out of her original intention.But hearing what he said in my ears, it made me feel even more that my father was trying to excuse her.
After my father passed away, I had no intention of staying in Chang'an for a long time, thinking about finding out the whereabouts of my wife as soon as possible.At least I want to find my wife and bring her back to Chang'an.The sage Zetian is gone, Taiping and Yin Yu have been "husband and wife" for ten years now, and it is time for the lady to come back and make a break.If the lady is willing to forgive Yin Yu, maybe I will abandon the past and return to her side.I handed the letter to my sister for safekeeping and told her I would be back.Then he left Chang'an in a hurry.
In the next few years, I first served in the army while inquiring about the whereabouts of Qin Lian, Grandma Zu and Xiao Yuan.I experienced countless ups and downs and tribulations. I was once retired from the army, and with my small savings, I traveled around in poverty.Not long after I left Chang'an, I got a shocking news that Princess Taiping's mansion suffered a massacre, thousands of people died, and the princess mansion was completely burned down by a fire.And Yin Yu... also passed away tragically, in a strange manner, and his corpse disappeared after death.It took me months to accept this fact.I wanted to go back to Chang'an several times, but in the end I still didn't make it.
Finally, the hard work paid off, 13 years later, I met Bai Liuniang in Youzhou, and then met the clan mother-in-law whom I hadn't seen for many years.At that time, Bai Liuniang had become the adopted daughter of the clan mother-in-law.From them, I learned a strange and shocking news.
Not long after the lady was taken away, they found her.The gangsters who robbed the lady were driven away by a group of Taoist priests, and the lady was rescued. It happened that the mother-in-law and Xiao Yuan caught up with the Taoist priests, and learned that the Taoist priests were the Taoist priests of Qingyun Temple on the Dalianhua Mountain in the northwest.Afterwards, the group of Taoist priests proposed that they take the lady to Lianhua Mountain for treatment, maybe they could cure the lady.So Granny Clan followed along with Xiao Yuan.
I asked them why they didn't contact Qin Zhen or Qianyumen, but Grandma Zu expressed her thoughts.She said that she didn't trust Yin Yu and Qian Yumen, nor Qin Zhen, she just wanted the lady to be cured and accompany her to live in seclusion.This is also the wife's wish.Neither Qin Zhen nor Yin Yu could escape from the vortex of the struggle, and neither of them wanted to continue to knowingly commit crimes after suffering such a big loss.And Xiao Yuan, who has always been loyal to Qin Lian, naturally has no objection.
The idea was good. For the next ten years, they have been accompanying the lady on the Lianhua Mountain for treatment. The lady has regained consciousness and can even move around in a wheelchair, and has a certain ability to take care of herself.Until she learned that something happened to Princess Taiping's mansion in Chang'an, the lady couldn't let go of her daughter Chishi after all. She knew that Chishi was severely burned, and worried, she begged her mother-in-law to go to Chishi and change her face. Having an image of a normal person allows her to live a normal life.
The mother-in-law couldn't stand the lady's entreaties, so she went down the Lianhua Mountain alone, leaving Xiaoyuan to accompany the lady.She rushed to Jinling's old house, and changed the appearance of Chishi and Taiping's child, Qinnu, according to the wife's request.But when she returned to Lianhua Mountain, she was shocked to find that the lady had disappeared, and even Xiao Yuan had disappeared.However, the Qingyun temple was empty, the gate was closed, and not a single Taoist priest was left behind.
She secretly thought that it was not good, the lady was probably taken away by the gangsters again, and those gangsters back then were still wicked.She was so anxious that she inquired about the whereabouts of the lady like a fly without a head.But where can such a reclusive person be found in the vast desert?In desperation, the mother-in-law once thought of committing suicide.She felt that if the lady could never be found again, there was no need for her to live.
But later, she cheered up and started to investigate from the group who took the lady away.Slowly, a huge cult organization hidden in the dark was gradually investigated by her. She used her miraculous disguise skills to go deep into the cult's interior and gradually get in touch with the upper core of the cult.Finally, not long before I met her Youzhou, she was sure that the lady is the saint of the cult.Ana Yi, who had pestered Yin Yu for a long time, was also in the cult.
And my arrival is even more powerful for her. She speculates that the lady may be hidden in the desert. She hopes that I can join her and go to the desert to find the whereabouts of the lady.Naturally, I would not refuse, so we acted decisively.
It's just that I didn't expect that the more I went into the cult, the more I was able to perceive the complexity of the events back then.It's not just about the entanglement of love and hate, it may also involve other more dirty and hidden conspiracies.
The author has something to say: there is one more chapter to end the first generation.
Chapter Two Hundred and Twelve (First Generation)
The three years after I reunited with my mother-in-law were about the most contradictory three years in my life.In the past three years, I have been full of hope and energy all the time, but at the same time I feel fear and powerlessness, and even want to shrink back.
As our internal response, Bai Liuniang gave us great help.At that time, although she joined the cult with the Xiao family brothers, she had not yet been sent to Youzhou to serve as Pope.The reason why the clan mother-in-law met her was because she once lived temporarily in Liangzhou where the Lanling Xiao family was located.Because she ran out of money, she set up a stall to practice medicine. Because of her amazing medical skills, she was invited into Xiao's mansion to detoxify Xiao Kai.At that time, Xiao Kai had been controlled by heart poison for many years, and Xiao Song and Bai Liuniang had already joined the cult.The mother-in-law of the clan deliberately approached them precisely because she knew their identities as members of the cult.Later, the mother-in-law of the clan saw that Bai Liuniang was a trustworthy person and intended to break away from the Xiao brothers, so she formed an alliance with her.
At that time, Bai Liuniang had already been given the duty of tasting human blood and distinguishing the characteristics of blood because of her keen sense of taste.The smell of human blood seems to be a kind of astringent smell to ordinary people, and there is no difference.But in her mouth, she could taste a slight difference.Different flavors of blood often represent people with different physiques.A large number of people can thus be blood-sorted.At that time, Bai Liuniang would spend three days every ten days to go to Xiao's house in the countryside to sample blood.It has been used as a blood bank transfer station of the cult.The Xiao family sends a large number of blood donors to the cult every year.The preliminary sorting starts from Bai Liuniang's side.She has memorized the taste of a certain blood. As long as she tastes blood similar to this taste, she will pick out the blood number and mark it. The blood provider represented by this number will be selected to enter the next link.
Bai Liuniang was very curious about the whereabouts of these blood providers, but that was beyond her concern.The behavior style of a cult is like a long chain with no end in sight.Each link of the chain is independent of each other and has a dedicated person to do it.The buckle is also independent, and it is only responsible for delivering messages or transporting goods.The information between these links and links is completely out of touch with each other and does not interfere with each other.There are also external monitors who supervise the operation of each link to ensure that the previous link and the next link will not be too close.Thus forming a highly confidential, highly efficient organization.
But even so, it still can't stop some curious people, such as Bai Liuniang.She noticed that those blood providers selected by her were likely to be collectively transported into the depths of the desert.She guessed that it was likely to be the location of the legendary cult head altar, and maybe the saint was there.
After talking with her mother-in-law, she learned of Qin Lian's tragic past, and immediately felt extremely sympathetic.She hoped to help Qin Lian, and she also hoped to help her mother-in-law.The two hit it off very well.Seeing that she was an orphan and helpless, the mother-in-law adopted her as a foster daughter.Bai Liuniang wants to get rid of the entanglement and control of the Xiao family brothers as soon as possible, and get rid of the cult, but it is not easy.She is alone, really helpless, her only hope can only be pinned on her mother-in-law.I hope to find the main altar, use the identity of the Holy Maiden Qin Lian to target the Pope, stir up internal strife within the church, and weaken the power of the cult.If the power of the Great Pope can be really eliminated, the foundation of the cult can be uprooted and the building will be overturned.In this way, she was relieved.
After all, it was not her original wish to taste blood, after so many years, she was tired of it.Drinking human blood like this all the time is not good for her body. She has already developed a strange dependence, and if she doesn't drink human blood, she will feel uncomfortable all over.She knew that this was sick and wrong, and she also realized that she might be sick, so Bai Liuniang actually had another purpose in helping her mother-in-law, which was to obtain the blood pill that was rumored to be made by the Zongtan to cure all diseases. Heal yourself of your thirst and break free from the shackles of a cult.
When the lady disappeared, she disappeared from Lianhua Mountain.Combined with the clues provided by Bai Liuniang, my mother-in-law and I decided to start with Qingyun Temple on Lianhua Mountain, and then go deep into the desert.
After the mother-in-law of the clan left Qingyun temple, she never came back.Unexpectedly, a few years later, it will flourish again here.The power of Shangqing Dao in the Central Plains moved in, and listed Qingyun Temple here as a Taoist temple.Here, it is no longer the Qingyun Temple in the Western Regions.We searched for a long time, and only got one clue, that is, this Qingyun Temple was once bought, and the original Taoist priests were all driven away.That was more than 20 years ago.Among the Taoist priests who were expelled back then, some entered Shangqing Dao to practice again, so the Taoist sect always knew that the Qingyun Temple on Dalianhua Mountain had changed hands.It was only after more than ten years that someone came to check it out, only to find that Qingyun Temple was abandoned, and there was no trace of the owner who bought it.This news was also confirmed by the monks in the Dalianhuashan Temple not far away.And the monks obviously don't know why Qingyun Temple was empty. There were still people living here more than 20 years ago, but the door was closed overnight.
The mother-in-law of the clan speculated that the group of Taoist priests might have been with the group of cultists who tried to rob the lady.They are fake Taoist priests, they tricked Qin Lian to Lianhua Mountain, and tricked her mother-in-law and Xiao Yuan to live here for ten years.The mother-in-law of the clan recalled that when they were on the mountain, the group of Taoist priests had been treating Qin Lian. The mother-in-law of the clan was not very clear about the medicine they used, but she only knew that it was effective, so she was relieved.In retrospect, it may have been premeditated.
And the only thing I wonder is, assuming that the Taoist priests are really fake Taoist priests, why do they act like this?If they really want to rob the lady, they should make a decisive decision, and if they fail, they should run away quickly.Performed such a trick with the robbers, tricked the wife, mother-in-law and others to the mountain, and lived together for ten years.During the period, he also treated the lady, what is this for?This is so unreasonable.I always feel that the mother-in-law of the clan may have gone into the cult to find a wife for these years and has become a demon, and her spirit is a little abnormal.Always suspicious, it is difficult to develop trust in other people.Those Taoist priests should have really saved the lady with good intentions, but the cult found her where she was, and the lady was taken away. It is also unclear where the Taoist priests went after that.There was no trace of a fight in the temple, how they left without a sound is probably going to be an unsolvable mystery.
After we descended from Lianhua Mountain, we searched and searched in the desert for nearly a year, and we can't count how much we have suffered.Finally, let us discover some clues.We observed that a camel caravan often came and went near the ancient city of Loulan, and sometimes disappeared for half a day inexplicably, and then reappeared out of thin air.We concluded that the place where the camel caravan disappeared must be strange.So we found the right opportunity, followed the camel caravan, and finally discovered that there was a secret passage into the underground in the stone forest formed by the ruins of the old capital of Loulan.This camel team is to transport some prisoners into this secret passage.There are many traps in the secret passage and heavily guarded by soldiers. It is impossible for me and my mother-in-law to break through.At that time, Bai Liuniang had already been transferred to Youzhou to take care of the cult's blood supply field in Youzhou, so she could not accompany us.It was not very convenient for us to communicate with each other. After we found this entrance, we wrote to Bai Liuniang and received her reply two months later. She said that there must be the main altar of the cult.
My mother-in-law and I started to plan our actions.I have traveled all these years and learned some skills.Back then in the army, I learned some geomantic skills from an old soldier, so I was better at observing the direction of the earth's veins.I identified a hidden weak point, prepared tools, and together with my mother-in-law, began to dig a tunnel into the ground from the side.It took us another half a year to finally get through.
Then we broke through one by one, using stealth and assassination methods, and finally cleaned up all the people in the underground main altar bit by bit, and snatched half a map of the maze from them, finally cracked the second half of the maze, and arrived at the In the nine-storey pavilion, I saw Qin Lian who was thinking about it day and night, and Xiao Yuan who disappeared with Qin Lian.
When I saw my wife again, I really didn't know how to describe my mood.I just feel that all the hardships I have endured in looking for her over the years are all worth it. She is so lonely and fragile, haggard and distressing.But she is so strong and forbearing, tenaciously surviving, like a seedling buried in the soil, always looking forward to the day when it will break out of the ground.
The mother-in-law said that she looked younger than she looked more than ten years ago.Of course, there is also the reason why the clan mother-in-law changed her face back then, but it is more because she is in the dark in this underground world, as if the flow of time on her body has slowed down.We later found out that she was also forced to take a blood pill for a long time, which was said to be a pill refined from the blood essence of Luanhuang's blood, and this blood pill also had the effect of maintaining youth.It's just that the side effects are serious. Her health is very poor, her binocular vision is blurred, she can't see light, and her skin is pale and fragile.
There is absolutely no way for us to take her out who is so weak, the wind, sand and scorching sun from the outside world will immediately take her life.What shocked us even more was that although Xiao Yuan had been by her side all the time, this loyal maid had her tongue cut off and was unable to speak. , only reacted to the words of the lady.The poor maid has been reserved the ability to do housework, but she doesn't seem to understand anything except housework.
We racked our brains in this underground world, but in the end there was nothing we could do.The only thing worth mentioning is that I found the corpse of an unidentified old Taoist in the passage behind the gate on the ninth floor of the nine-story pavilion, and beside him lay a strange weapon, a long-handled triangular blade.I kept this knife close at hand for use.
The lady didn't really want to go out, but her only wish was to see her daughter.But my mother-in-law and I had a serious disagreement with her.Mother-in-law Zu knew that her time was numbered, so we thought of using real Luanhuang blood marrow to cure her disease.It was rumored that the blood marrow of Luanhuang was divided into three parts.One was quietly taken away by Anna Yi, one was swallowed by the Pope, and the whereabouts of the other is unknown.
The mother-in-law of the clan wanted to find the missing Luanhuang blood marrow, although it was Yin Yu's blood marrow, she didn't care much.And I know we don't have so much time to continue, I must get the blood marrow as soon as possible, and the clearest goal is Yin Yu's daughter——Yin Ziji.
I don't want to take Yin Ziji's life, but in comparison, maybe a lady is more important to me.In the beginning, I acted with the decisive idea that I must kill Yin Ziji.I later found myself greatly relieved when I learned that the blood marrow could be withdrawn without harming my life.
Since then, I have been running around outside, planning to guide Yin Ziji to take the bait step by step according to the meticulous plan I wove with my mother-in-law.At first, the mother-in-law stayed by my wife's side for a period of time. Later, because I was alone and weak, I couldn't do many things by myself, so she had to go out of the mountain.She first dressed up as Mrs. Yan and sneaked into the Qianyu Gate, then concealed Mrs. Yan's escape, and then ambushed the blue robin in Luoyang City. Li Daitao stumbled into Yin Ziji and Yin Ziyin's side.The mother-in-law of the family wanted to kill Yin Ziyin, the evil breed, but she still couldn't do it.Not to kill, not because Yin Ziyin is innocent, but because if Yin Ziyin dies, it will bring great harm to Yin Ziji.After all, she didn't want to hurt Yin Ziji, she was the wife's child.She had tried to drive a wedge between the sisters, but it turned out to be futile.
The project entered its final stage after Yin Ziji and Zhang Ruohan's child was born.It's just that I probably should have expected that our plan would still fail.What could be the end of wishful thinking?We've all pushed ourselves into a corner and cornered ourselves.
Perhaps the mother-in-law of the family has long planned to let the lady go, but she is not reconciled, she wants a peace of mind.She made a gamble and wanted Yin Ziji to choose between his wife and daughter.But in the end it didn't work either.If Zhang Ruohan and Xiao Huang'er really had to choose one, Yin Ziji's answer might really be unpredictable.The mother-in-law of the clan placed the bet on her wife because she hoped that Yin Yu could completely abandon his blood and protect his wife.And the lady chose to bet on her child because she had already accepted Yin Yu's choice.She herself would rather sacrifice herself to save innocent blood.The final result is self-evident. In order to keep the child, Sima Chengzhen was chosen to sacrifice.It's not a fair bet, but it's a reassuring one.The mother-in-law finally let go of her obsession and let the lady go.And she killed Bai Liuniang and herself, just to protect the lady's secret.And Xiao Yuan also took away the three-edged bayonet I left on the ninth floor, and escorted the lady out of the underground world where they had lived for nearly 20 years.
Right now, I have only one wish.I hope my wife can live and live well.Maybe in the future, we can meet Yin Ziji and recognize each other as mother and daughter.
I hope that for the rest of her life, the haze will be swept away and the rain will pass.In this way, I will die without regret.
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