Night ship

[-]. Compensation

There was a roar in Tao Xue'an's ears, as if he couldn't hear anything for a long time.

Surrounded by tens of thousands of people, he walked to the highest point of the palace step by step. Thousands of eyes were watching him, suspicious of him, and relying on him.

But it's not looking at him.

He finds it ridiculous and ridiculous, he knows that Dachao Chujun, Shan Mingchen is not Tao Xuean.

The ceremonial officer recited the slow and complicated etiquette. He sat there bored, trying to find a lone star among thousands of eyes, but he couldn't find it, so forget it.

There seems to be wind in my ears, and the wind blows from the south wall.

——In the fifth year of Tianshu, Emperor Jinglong passed away, Prince Li Chen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and the young emperor reigned for ten years without achieving anything. Later generations also called it "ten years of Yongdi".

After a long time, Tao Xue'an often recalled the ten years of being trapped in the palace, and often thought it was a dream, and this dream began with that big ship.

"I am a descendant of the Nanhuai Xu family. You should have heard of the Nanhuai Xu family." The monk said.

Emperor Kaiyuan was born recklessly. It is said that he stayed in Nanhuai for a while when he was down and down. At that time, there was no Xu family in Nanhuai, just a grass-stage theater troupe. Entrusted to the descendants of the youngest son, Emperor Kaiyuan became prosperous later, and grateful for this kindness, he personally bestowed the surname Xu on 28 orphans in the opera troupe. Over the past few hundred years, these descendants of the surname Xu have traveled all over the country, with high-ranking officials, traffickers, and pawns. omnipresent.

The Xu family in Nanhuai is actually not a surname, nor a family, but an identity. The monk told him, "The Xu family in Nanhuai will serve the Lord of the East Palace for generations. My father's surname is Xu, and my mother's family name is Xu." My surname is Xu, so my surname is also Xu."

"The Xu family in Nanhuai was born to protect the East Palace. The East Palace is in danger, and the Xu family must come out. It was also that year that I received the incident in Songyang."

"So, the Songyang case was done by the East Palace, but it's not right..." At that time, Emperor Jinglong had been in power for 16 years, but nothing came out. Where did the Lord of the East Palace come from?

Hui Chan shook his head but nodded again, "Of course it's not the prince, but it's related to the prince. You don't think it's strange. The first emperor reigned for 16 years, and there were dozens of concubines in the harem. How could they accomplish nothing... Exactly that one day In [-], concubine Yao, who was favored by the late emperor, suddenly became pregnant, and all this would have gone smoothly, if Mrs. Songyang hadn't entered the palace."

"Mrs. Songyang is Concubine Yao's biological younger sister. She later married the third son of the Subei Hou family. She was also two months pregnant at that time."

"So Concubine Yao was not pregnant at the time, and she wanted Mrs. Songyang's child, Li Daitao, to be stiff? His Majesty found out, which led to the massacre of Mrs. Songyang's family." Tao Xuean said with reddened eyes.

"The death of Mrs. Songyang's family back then was due to various factors. Not only was it related to Concubine Yao's affairs, but also because the old Hou Ye was instigated by the strict party and rebelled against him. Think about it, Concubine Yao Being favored, how can the late emperor tolerate this kind of thing? It's not surprising that Concubine Yao can do anything, but more than a dozen concubines have nothing to do..."

"So everything was arranged by the late emperor?"

Hui Chan was silent, and suddenly said, "His Royal Highness asked me to tell you what happened back then. Now that Da Chao has internal and external troubles, and the strict party castrates dogs, he needs time to reorganize the rivers and mountains. This is a letter from His Royal Highness. You can read it later. , decide to stay or leave, we all respect you." After finishing speaking, she was about to leave.

"By the way, Xiao'an, your brother asked me to tell you a secret." Hui Chan suddenly turned his head, and he said, "Back then in Songyang... your mother once gave you two small characters, and your name was..."

Tao Xuean shook her head, "It's not important, really. I'm Tao Xuean, I know."

Hui Chan looked at the young man's red eyes, and wanted to say something more, but in the end he couldn't say anything. What happened back then was a last resort, and he was worthy of heaven and earth, but he owed the young man in front of him...how could he have the face to persuade him? He stayed—he hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't tell the young man that his surname was Xu.

After Tao Xuean finished reading the letter, it took him a long time to come back to his senses. The monk in plain robes was silent, as quiet as a Buddha statue. , lightly said, "Why are you still here? Waiting for me to ask you to come down for dinner?"

"..."

"I... Xiao'an..." He smiled wryly, "I owe someone a debt, and I have to pay it back after all. Tao Xue'an, you know what I'm waiting for."

"I'm waiting for you to kill me."

The monk stood on the air vent, and the wind blew his robes up. Tao Xuean felt that some of his memories seemed to come back. His hands were warm and thick. He once held an innocent and restless child. The child looked at him obsessively, only feeling This elder brother is good-looking, but he doesn't know that the boy in front of him is a bloodthirsty Buddha.

"If you knew that I killed your parents back then, would you still go with me?"

Tao Xue shook his head, with a difficult tone, he said, "Brother Bald, at that time you were my life-saving straw, if I couldn't grasp it, I would die."

"So there is no Tao Xue'an in this world." He smiled wryly, "But it is still impossible for me to forgive you."

The corner of the monk's mouth was full of bitterness, but this was the best way out he could think of. Just like more than ten years ago, he ran across the vast snowfield day and night with his little disaster star on his back. The person above, he never had nowhere to go.