The baby delivered to the door became the emperor
Chapter 82 Confession
Wang Qian was hidden in the dark, and his legs and feet were not good, so no one cared.
After Xinyang left the Ministry of Punishment, he went to the Beiya Army to inspect.
After King Ping came back, the situation in the court changed again. The Su family had no leader, just like flying headless flies. King Ping started to recruit courtiers. lavish.
A banquet was held every few days, and it was overwhelming, which greatly changed the atmosphere in Luoyang City. Even the six kings who stayed behind closed doors went there a few times. Lin Ran got a post and asked people to refuse it.
Neither elder brother nor uncle is a fuel-efficient lamp.
When entering November, King Ping moved out of the palace and set up a mansion to live in.After a simple cleaning, Prince Ping's mansion was still livable, and many courtiers gave gifts to celebrate.
Unlike others, King Ping accepted the gift list as if it were a bottomless pit. The Lin family gave a pot of evergreen tree, but it was unknown what species it was, and it was hard to tell whether it was common or rare.
Only Lin Ran knew that it was dug up everywhere in the backyard, and whether it could be kept alive was another matter.
King Ping was not very good-looking, and when it came to accepting bribes, Emperor Ming mostly turned a blind eye and didn't care too much.She herself is not in good health, and the censor does not dare to attend at will.
Lin Ran just didn't do what he wanted. If you want a gift, she will give you an evergreen tree. There are no treasures.
After more than two months of investigating the Chengmenlou case, it was finally cleared up. The evidence of the crime was conclusive, and the Su family could not escape. The Su family might be demoted or killed.
On the day when the corpse was transported out of the dungeon, Lin Ran went to see the corpse wrapped in white cloth from a distance. The afterglow of the setting sun hit it, making it faintly orange. She followed along, and the jailer sent the corpse to the carriage. , Most of them were sent to the Su Family Ancestral Hall.
She followed the carriage out of Luoyang City, there were a lot fewer people on the official road, and the common people didn't like to go out in winter, and the sharp wind hurt their faces, like a knife cut.
The carriage moved very fast, presumably to hurry back before the city gate closed, the coachman swung his whip quickly, she found a bow and arrow in the saddle bag, and shot it towards the top of the carriage.
A gust of wind blew off the withered and yellow leaves. The coachman was frightened by the sudden arrow and saw a man in black appearing out of nowhere. He was so scared that he abandoned the car and ran away.
Shouting for help while running, the shoes all ran away.
The man in black didn't kill people, he just led the carriage into the forest full of dead leaves, poured some kerosene, and set the carriage on fire.
Luo Qing had no tomb, no stele, no mausoleum. How could Su Changlan have one? It was only after a fire. Besides, it was ten miles away from the city, and there was no water source around. The whole forest was on fire, and no one would come to rescue him.
She too will be dead.
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Once the Su family was destroyed, there was great hope for the recovery of the Chen family. Mu Neng and the others felt happy and gathered together for several days to drink.
The first battle in the south of the Yangtze River has been delayed until now. After Xinjin lost several cities, it was hopeless to recover. The Emperor Ming changed his general before the battle.
Xinyang failed to apply for a job, and no longer struggled with it. Anxin trained her Beiya army in Luoyang City. Princess and relatives.
The last marriage was 15 years ago. It is said that the new king is more tyrannical than his father, and has killed many concubines.
Lin Ran was making Laba porridge, rolling up her cuffs and counting the red beans. She wanted to pick plump red beans so that they would have a good taste after cooking. Mu Liang was making shortbread.
When he heard the news, Lin Ran sat on the wooden bench, recalling what happened 15 years ago when Xinyang forced Ah Liang to marry him, "If he refuses to marry him, will the surprise attack on this little country lead us to invade the country?"
"It is rumored that the little ruler is even more vicious. If His Majesty refuses, the border will be unstable." Mu Liang kneaded the dough with her slender fingers, and Lin Ran leaned over to take the dough from her hand, "I'll knead it for you."
With a bang, he smashed the dough onto the chopping board, rolled up his cuffs to knead, and said while kneading, "I'm stronger than you, so I'll knead it from now on."
When she was guilty, the tips of her ears were red, and Mu Liang saw it at a glance, "Are you afraid that I will remember what happened back then?"
"No, Ah Liang is so generous, I've forgotten it a long time ago." Lin Ran smiled obediently, her thoughts were a little messed up, she didn't want Xinjin to be so messed up.Emperor Ming lost his decisiveness in doing things in recent years, sometimes he was stupefied and sometimes sober, just like the Jiangnan incident before him, sending troops from Xinyang was the best solution, so he chose Wei Xun.
Mu Liang didn't break her mind, chose a place to sit down at will, and said seriously: "It's not a big deal for the Turks to get married. There are no relatives and daughters under your Majesty's knees who have not left the court. Naturally, they will be selected from the princesses. Changle and Xinyang each have a daughter. There are many residences of Prince Ping. A concubine, there is no shortage of people."
"Do you think His Highness Xinyang will send Lin Xiang away?" Lin Ran guessed.
"I don't know. She thinks that Lin Fang is kind to you, so she will naturally treat his daughter kindly, but Lin Xiang is not kind, so she just doesn't know what she thinks." Mu Liang rubbed his sore wrist, thinking of the tower assassination The mastermind behind the case sighed slightly. That person has never shown up so far, making people feel uneasy all the time.
Lin Ran was already proficient at lighting a fire and would not set fire to the kitchen anymore. After the two of them cooked the Laba porridge, it was dusk.
When he took the porridge and went to the flower hall, he didn't want any visitors, so Qiao Xiu brought his daughter to visit.
The sudden guest startled Mu Liang, she and Lin Ran looked at each other, Lin Ran felt helpless, Prince Ping and her were incompatible, but this side concubine came to pay respects openly, not knowing what An was thinking.
The maid led Qiao Xiu in, and behind her was a girl in a red cloak, with black hair, pearls in her ears, sparkling eyes, and a heroic look that Qiao Xiu did not have.
Qiao Xiu was still weak, holding the stove in his hand, and took off his cloak when he went in. The girl stood behind her, "I'm here to bother you."
It is indeed a nuisance.Lin Ran was embarrassed to say so, and ordered someone to cook tea and serve some snacks, and said, "My wife and I just made porridge, do you want to try it?"
"Make porridge?" Qiao Xiu frowned, and Lin Ran explained, "Did you forget Laba today?"
Qiao Xiu suddenly realized, "Then I was too confused, I will trouble Patriarch Lin."
Lin Ran got up to serve a bowl of porridge, and handed it to her. Qiao Xiu stretched out her hands, slender and pale, and looked old, which did not match her age.She stepped back, "Madam, do you want to try?"
"She doesn't need it, she never liked these things." Qiao Xiu refused, looking at the Laba porridge in the bowl for a long time without saying a word, wondering what she was thinking.
Qiao Xiu always gives people a sense of oppression, like being in the deep darkness, unable to see the light, and unable to see the five fingers.Every time Lin Ran saw her, she would feel flustered unconsciously. Could it be that Qiao Xiu hasn't forgotten Luo Qing for more than ten years?
Xinyang couldn't let it go, it was because there was a beautiful past between the two of them, after all, it was a husband and wife relationship, the love was deep-rooted, and why did Qiao Xiu suffer so much?
The word love really makes people forget about food and drink?
She didn't understand that look, she subconsciously turned to look at Mu Liang, and held her hand unconsciously, maybe she would never feel Qiao Xiu's pain in her whole life.
With just one movement, Mu Liang understood what she was thinking, and when she saw a man with a broken body, she didn't feel a sigh, she was just suffering.
Qiao Xiu took a sip of porridge, the aroma of glutinous rice touched the taste buds, and the sweetness of candied dates lingered on the tip of the tongue for a long time. Maybe the tip of the tongue became numb after drinking too much medicine, and the food and drink lost the taste of ordinary people, but the Laba porridge tasted sweet.
She sighed: "The porridge is very sweet."
"Lin Ran likes sweets, so I put more candied dates, ordinary people will find it uncomfortable." Mu Liang explained, thinking of Qiao Xiu's body, he persuaded: "If the side concubine doesn't like it, just change to a bowl."
"Shang Ke, do you want to try?" Qiao Xiu turned around and looked at his daughter beside him.
Chen Wanci turned sideways and refused, "I don't like sweets."
"It's up to you." Qiao Xiu didn't force her, she raised her head and saw the beautiful scenery outside, and said to her: "I heard that the princess's mansion is beautiful, do you want to go and see it?"
"Mother just chase me away, I'll wait for you outside the gate of the house." Chen Wanci bowed to Mu Liang and retreated respectfully.
Qiao Xiu smiled apologetically at Mu Liang: "I spoiled you, Princess, please forgive me."
"Ling Ai's true temperament is not much." Mu Liang realized that she had something to say, so she also pushed back the maid and closed the door.
Qiao Xiu pressed his lips and coughed a few times, the sickness dissipated a bit, Lin Ran suddenly realized what he was going to say, trembled unconsciously, Mu Liang patted her hand through the sleeve, Qiao Xiu was not a villain.
"I have Sister Luo's last letter here. It must have been sent before Duke Luo died in battle. Her letter only mentioned the baby in her womb." Qiao Xiu took the letter out of her cuff and handed it to Lin Ran.
Luo Qing's handwriting is rarely preserved in the world, and they were all burned with her. Lin Ran does not distinguish between the truth and the false, but there is only one thing in this letter that she knows, that is: Ah Yi named the child Xiaoguai, wishing the surname lo.
Xinyang actually let the child's surname be Luo... Lin Ran was shocked, no wonder Dad clamored to let the little girl be named Mu, she continued to look down, it was nothing more than a lively child, and when it was born, it must be a naughty child, not really what Ah Yi thought , well-behaved and obedient.
She was watching, and Qiao Xiu said, "I heard Patriarch Lin also called Xiaoguai."
Since Lin Ran entered Beijing 15 years ago, she has called herself Xiaoguai, and her articulate words are clear. Anyone who has met her knows that it is not a secret that she calls Xiaoguai, and what Qiao Xiu said is not a secret anymore.
But the one who can connect the two is the second person.
Xinyang also relied on this to force himself to believe what was happening before him. What Qiao Xiu said today also alerted Mu Liang, "What do you mean by side concubine? There are countless people with the same name. This is a bit too much."
"It's not uncommon to have the same name, but it's rare to have a similar appearance. Princess, don't worry, I have no malicious intentions. His Royal Highness Prince Ping found out the identity of Patriarch Lin earlier this year. He wanted to use this matter to control Chen Zhiyi when he came back." Qiao Xiu was honest, her eyes were clear, and she always looked at Lin Ran with vicissitudes.
Su Changlan didn't find out until his death. King Ping was thousands of miles away. How did he find out? Lin Ran didn't quite believe this sentence, and asked instead, "What evidence is there?"
"Ah Wan overheard it. His Royal Highness Ping Wang found out that after the Luo family closed the mansion many years ago, the concubine who was kicked out of the Luo family went back and stayed in the mansion for three full days. Later, the Luo family was on fire and the Ninth Prince arrived. It was a mess at that time, and the bastard took the opportunity to leave the mansion with the cart. Later, someone saw the bastard carrying a baby out of the cart after leaving the city..."
Qiao Xiu was panting heavily, struggling to speak, Lin Ran hurriedly poured tea for her, "Speak slowly, side concubine."
"You are more caring than your mother." Qiao Xiu said with emotion, there was only one person in Luo Qing's eyes back then, and that was Chen Zhiyi, and the lives and deaths of others had nothing to do with her.
After thinking about it for a while, she smiled, and then said: "Shortly afterwards, when he returned to the Lin family, the dead Mrs. Lin gave birth to a daughter, but Mrs. Lin was suffering from an old disease, so where did the child come from?"
"Maybe it was born in the concubine's house of the old family." Mu Liang argued.
"Really?" Qiao Xiu smiled generously, leaning on the couch, touching the warm hand stove with her fingertips, "If so, it's fine, but someone saw Lin Si leaving with the child with his own eyes, and then contacted Patriarch Lin. Good looks, isn’t that enough? Everyone in the Lin Mansion praises the little Patriarch’s intelligence, he can walk and learn to speak at [-] months, and the little boy can speak clearly. He is blessed by the ancestors of the Lin family, but if you think about it deeply, The little Patriarch's birthday is not in the summer, so he was more than one year old when he went to Luoyang that year, probably fifteen months old."
Lin Ran didn't know these old things, so he didn't try to refute them. Mu Liang was a little displeased, and said: "Children talk sooner or later, and they walk too. There is no rule that you can't walk in October."
"What the princess said is true, so His Royal Highness Ping Wang did not use this as evidence to find the old man of the Lin family. She saw with her own eyes that the steward Lin Si brought the child into the mansion. After a few days, Mrs. Lin gave birth. It's an ironclad proof." Qiao Xiu didn't hide anything, the corners of her pale lips moved, and she couldn't bear to see Lin Ran's appearance, "Patriarch Lin, you know those old people are in the hands of Prince Ping."
This is the evidence of King Ping.
King Ping found out the secret that Su Changlan couldn't find out, and this is his trump card for returning to Beijing with great confidence. Controlling this secret is equivalent to controlling Xinyang.
Not only does he get Xinyang, but he also gets the wealth of the Lin family, killing two birds with one stone.
Lin Ran fell silent, the sorrow in Qiao Xiu's eyes deepened, and he said sadly: "The main thing for the Lin family is to make preparations early."
"Since the concubine knows Princess Luo so well, she might as well make a guess. What will she do when this matter falls on her?" Lin Ran looked directly into Qiao Xiu's eyes, without any fear or hesitation, and let Qiao Xiu Unconsciously admired, "You are very similar to her, she will pierce the layer of window paper by herself, catching others by surprise."
Luo Qing does not act in the way of ordinary people. She will climb over the wall when others walk through the door.
Others like to take the big road, but she chooses to take the small path.
"The side concubine came to remind me today. I am very grateful. You have an order tomorrow, and Lin Ran will try my best to do it." Lin Ran did not deny it anymore, but was somewhat grateful to Qiao Xiu.
She was calm, not shocked, not blindly denying, Qiao Xiu understood that Lin Ran knew about her life experience a long time ago, and she just couldn't bear it.
In front of Lin Ran, she smiled desolately: "It doesn't matter if Chen Zhiyi denies it, but this matter needs to be made clear in front of Emperor Ming."
"Your words are contradictory. Since you want to make it public, you have to admit it. There is no reason not to deny it." Lin Ran didn't want to argue with her, but Xinyang and her were related by blood after all, how could they watch others humiliate her.
"Do you think she is worthy of your recognition? Sister Luo rushed thousands of miles to save her from danger, and what did she do afterwards? Are those cities so important? Can the cities be recovered, and will there be a second life?" Qiao Xiu Excited, abnormal blushes spread across his thin cheeks, and the emotion in his eyes was obvious.
Lin Ran was too frightened by her to answer any more, so she nodded quickly and said, "It's not worth it, it's not worth it, don't be angry."
Mu Liang approached and gently stroked her back to make her breathe easier, "The side concubine came here at the risk, I am grateful to both of you, it's getting late, you should go back to the house earlier, don't let His Royal Highness Ping Wang find out about you!" whereabouts."
It was dark outside, and it was dark earlier in winter, and it was still early, but the weather was bad, and it was difficult to walk when it was dark.
Qiao Xiu stopped coughing, stood up on the couch, and said seriously: "Prince Ping has gone to the palace, I just want sister Luo to have a piece of soul card, so that I won't be a lonely ghost again, and I won't be reborn."
She came out while King Ping was going to see His Majesty.
Qiao Xiu's words were firm, and she didn't expect Lin Ran and Mu Liang to be grateful. She glanced at Lin Ran, her emotions were extremely complicated, and she took a deep breath. She went out and held the maid's hand, and staggered away.
Lin Ran felt that the way she looked at him was very strange, as if looking at a dead person, he touched his own face and asked Ah Liang: "Am I similar to Princess Luo?"
"When I met Princess Luo, she was six or seven years older than you. You two are just a little bit alike. After a while, when you grow apart, maybe you won't look alike anymore." Mu Liang comforted her, I also comforted myself, and was a little scared, what should I do if I grow more and more like him.
Lin Ran was still touching his face, if it wasn't for this face, probably no one would have cared, Qiao Xiu came here to tell the secret today, if King Ping can't get the power of Xinyang, he will definitely not let it go.
"Ah Liang, don't worry about these things, drink the porridge, or it will be cold." She asked someone to fetch new bowls and chopsticks, pulled Mu Liang to sit down together, and served her a bowl of porridge diligently.
Mu Liang didn't care about King Ping's return to Beijing at first, but now that he thinks about it, the hidden danger he brought is bigger than that of the Su family.
Laba porridge was delicious and glutinous, with candied dates added, Lin Ran ate two bowls, when he put down the bowls and chopsticks, Mu Neng walked over quickly, saw the Laba porridge on the food table, touched his stomach: "Give me a bowl. "
"Why did Dad come here at this time, but what happened?" Lin Ran was worried, and ordered the maid to fetch the bowls and chopsticks, and gave up his seat for him.
Mu Liang's face was full of wind and frost, and he was exhausted. After sitting down, he said: "I had a few words with the princess, so I can avoid the limelight."
"Why are you arguing?" Mu Liang frowned, the relationship between the two became more and more discordant, and now they have reached the point where they are hiding from the residence?
"For the sake of several hundred taels of silver, the restaurant went to the mansion to ask for money. When she found out about it, she quarreled a little. Lin Ran asked someone to settle the bill when she was free. "Mu Neng didn't care at all, and it's not a big deal to avoid the limelight.
Compared to the bad things in the court, it was nothing serious, he took a sip of the Laba porridge, it was so sweet, he said impatiently: "Is there any wine?"
He stretched out his hand and grabbed Lin Ran's arm. Lin Ran's movements were extremely quick, and he moved behind Mu Liang. What Dad did was really absurd. Why did the wine shop owe so much money? I don't blame the princess for being angry.
Mu Liang ignored him, "Father's debt, you should pay it by yourself. Last month, you owed hundreds of taels in the Lin's restaurant and haven't settled it. Why did you go to a nearby restaurant, so you can do less business. "
"Don't drink, what do you want you two to do, small things are not good things, find me a yard, send some food and wine, I will drink alone." Mu Neng stared twice, stood up and was about to go out, taking advantage of Lin Ran Without paying attention, he grabbed her wrist and went out together.
"Lonely in the long night, you have two drinks with me, and Ah Liang will rest first."
Lin Ran followed his advice and struggled to break free: "Father, I don't drink, and Ah Liang will get angry when I drink."
"I told you to drink, but she didn't dare. You have to have a backbone, and you can't always be controlled by her. Do you know your backbone? If she can't say one thing, you will be one. You have to learn to say two. It's not like you can't stand up and are afraid of her Why, like me, the concubine's ears hurt from the noise, so I came out to avoid the limelight..."
Mu Neng dragged her down the corridor, not forgetting to preach the truth, which made Mu Liang frown.
Lin Ran didn't dare to go along with it, Dad always kept Ah Liang's words in mind.He doesn't listen to Wang Hao's words, but he listens to Ah Liang's very much.
For the marriage back then, if Ah Liang didn't nod his head and agree, Father would definitely not agree, at most he would keep her as an adopted daughter.
It's nice to say now, when Ah Liang gets angry, she will be cowardly.
The two of them dragged their feet to the guest courtyard of the princess's mansion, and Mu Liang had to ask someone to go to the palace to check the situation and make up for the missing money.The royal family's expenditure is now relying on the meager salary, which is indeed not enough to spend in the wine shop.
The steward who was dispatched came back after the curfew, and asked the matter very clearly. The restaurant was indeed keeping accounts. Lin Ran had left a message that the prince's account was going to the Princess's Mansion. How did he know that the restaurant went to the wrong door to ask for the account? The princess was furious.
The Ninth Prince felt guilty, and after a few quarrels, he took refuge in the Malay princess's mansion, probably waiting for Lin Ran to settle the bill before going back.
He pestered Lin Ran to have a good time drinking, he didn't take this matter to heart at all, Mu Liang dared to drink with the two of them, Lin Ran couldn't fight an old alcoholic, after the steward retired, she went to the guest house Bring people back.
At that time, Lin Ran was slightly drunk, and he repeated what Mu Neng had just said, "Daddy said you were not his own."
She leaned against Mu Liang, her face was flushed, her skin was extremely hot in winter, Mu Liang was infected by her, and she also felt a little warm, and said angrily, "He picked it up."
"He said he picked it up from the pile of dead people."
"He should say he picked it up from the grave."
"What's the difference between a graveyard and a dead man's pile?"
"Ghosts are born in graves, and living people are in dead people's piles."
Lin Ran tilted his head, feeling stupid after being drunk, and touched his ears, his dark eyes were drenched: "Ah Liang, ghosts are born with ghosts, so you are not afraid of beautiful ghosts, I still want to give birth to ghosts." Yours, don't divorce, don't divorce your wife."
"No reconciliation, no divorce?" Mu Liang paused, and was stopped by her strange words, "What did daddy tell you?"
"Father said that he wants to divorce his wife and divorce. He will give the palace to the princess and let her stay alone. He will live on the street. Let her... so why not... say she deserves it."
It was originally about the matter with the princess. Mu Liang was frightened by her. He pushed her hand away and grabbed the little earlobe she was protecting: "If you want to make peace, I don't want your princess mansion. You are at the door." Kneel outside and plan for three days, and I will agree."
Her hands were cold, and it was comfortable to touch. Lin Ran rubbed her arms in enjoyment, and offered his ears to her hands like a sacrificial sacrifice: "Touch again, touch again."
Mu Liang took her own hand and touched it, "Touch it yourself, I'll take a bath first."
"What is bathing?" Lin Ran didn't understand. Seeing that he was about to run away, he hugged him and staggered forward.
Mu Liang was afraid that she might fall, so he hurriedly protected her head. The two of them fell to the ground together. She was in pain, and Lin Ran enjoyed it very much. He pressed her body, explored the corners of her cold lips, and quickly kissed her. up.
The servant girl who wanted to help the two of them back up in fright when she saw this fragrant scene, not to disturb the good affairs of the Patriarch.
Mu Liang was angry and ashamed, bit the corner of her lip, biting her so painfully that the little drunk was willing to let go of her.
The little drunk touched his mouth, licked it, and said with a sad face: "It seems to be broken, bleeding."
The maid waited for the two to separate before she went to help Lin Ran stand up. Mu Liang stood up by herself, her eyes were dim, and the corners of her lips were red. She touched it with her hand, and it was really bleeding.
Lin Ran began to cry aggrievedly, and pushed away the maidservant's hand, "I'll go find Father."
Mu Liang stopped her, feeling amused: "What are you looking for?"
"You bullied me, he said he made the decision." Lin Ran staggered two steps, couldn't tell the direction, walked to his own room in a daze, and saved Mu Liang from coaxing him.
Back in the house, Lin Ran collapsed and fell asleep, forgetting to complain, a few drops of blood oozed from the corner of his lips, which seemed to be solidified.
Mu Liang sighed, asked someone to bring water, and changed her pajamas. After a lot of work, she was sweating all over, and the corners of her lips seemed to be swollen. She reached out and touched it, regretting that she had bitten hard. There was a lot of trouble.
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After Xinyang left the Ministry of Punishment, he went to the Beiya Army to inspect.
After King Ping came back, the situation in the court changed again. The Su family had no leader, just like flying headless flies. King Ping started to recruit courtiers. lavish.
A banquet was held every few days, and it was overwhelming, which greatly changed the atmosphere in Luoyang City. Even the six kings who stayed behind closed doors went there a few times. Lin Ran got a post and asked people to refuse it.
Neither elder brother nor uncle is a fuel-efficient lamp.
When entering November, King Ping moved out of the palace and set up a mansion to live in.After a simple cleaning, Prince Ping's mansion was still livable, and many courtiers gave gifts to celebrate.
Unlike others, King Ping accepted the gift list as if it were a bottomless pit. The Lin family gave a pot of evergreen tree, but it was unknown what species it was, and it was hard to tell whether it was common or rare.
Only Lin Ran knew that it was dug up everywhere in the backyard, and whether it could be kept alive was another matter.
King Ping was not very good-looking, and when it came to accepting bribes, Emperor Ming mostly turned a blind eye and didn't care too much.She herself is not in good health, and the censor does not dare to attend at will.
Lin Ran just didn't do what he wanted. If you want a gift, she will give you an evergreen tree. There are no treasures.
After more than two months of investigating the Chengmenlou case, it was finally cleared up. The evidence of the crime was conclusive, and the Su family could not escape. The Su family might be demoted or killed.
On the day when the corpse was transported out of the dungeon, Lin Ran went to see the corpse wrapped in white cloth from a distance. The afterglow of the setting sun hit it, making it faintly orange. She followed along, and the jailer sent the corpse to the carriage. , Most of them were sent to the Su Family Ancestral Hall.
She followed the carriage out of Luoyang City, there were a lot fewer people on the official road, and the common people didn't like to go out in winter, and the sharp wind hurt their faces, like a knife cut.
The carriage moved very fast, presumably to hurry back before the city gate closed, the coachman swung his whip quickly, she found a bow and arrow in the saddle bag, and shot it towards the top of the carriage.
A gust of wind blew off the withered and yellow leaves. The coachman was frightened by the sudden arrow and saw a man in black appearing out of nowhere. He was so scared that he abandoned the car and ran away.
Shouting for help while running, the shoes all ran away.
The man in black didn't kill people, he just led the carriage into the forest full of dead leaves, poured some kerosene, and set the carriage on fire.
Luo Qing had no tomb, no stele, no mausoleum. How could Su Changlan have one? It was only after a fire. Besides, it was ten miles away from the city, and there was no water source around. The whole forest was on fire, and no one would come to rescue him.
She too will be dead.
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Once the Su family was destroyed, there was great hope for the recovery of the Chen family. Mu Neng and the others felt happy and gathered together for several days to drink.
The first battle in the south of the Yangtze River has been delayed until now. After Xinjin lost several cities, it was hopeless to recover. The Emperor Ming changed his general before the battle.
Xinyang failed to apply for a job, and no longer struggled with it. Anxin trained her Beiya army in Luoyang City. Princess and relatives.
The last marriage was 15 years ago. It is said that the new king is more tyrannical than his father, and has killed many concubines.
Lin Ran was making Laba porridge, rolling up her cuffs and counting the red beans. She wanted to pick plump red beans so that they would have a good taste after cooking. Mu Liang was making shortbread.
When he heard the news, Lin Ran sat on the wooden bench, recalling what happened 15 years ago when Xinyang forced Ah Liang to marry him, "If he refuses to marry him, will the surprise attack on this little country lead us to invade the country?"
"It is rumored that the little ruler is even more vicious. If His Majesty refuses, the border will be unstable." Mu Liang kneaded the dough with her slender fingers, and Lin Ran leaned over to take the dough from her hand, "I'll knead it for you."
With a bang, he smashed the dough onto the chopping board, rolled up his cuffs to knead, and said while kneading, "I'm stronger than you, so I'll knead it from now on."
When she was guilty, the tips of her ears were red, and Mu Liang saw it at a glance, "Are you afraid that I will remember what happened back then?"
"No, Ah Liang is so generous, I've forgotten it a long time ago." Lin Ran smiled obediently, her thoughts were a little messed up, she didn't want Xinjin to be so messed up.Emperor Ming lost his decisiveness in doing things in recent years, sometimes he was stupefied and sometimes sober, just like the Jiangnan incident before him, sending troops from Xinyang was the best solution, so he chose Wei Xun.
Mu Liang didn't break her mind, chose a place to sit down at will, and said seriously: "It's not a big deal for the Turks to get married. There are no relatives and daughters under your Majesty's knees who have not left the court. Naturally, they will be selected from the princesses. Changle and Xinyang each have a daughter. There are many residences of Prince Ping. A concubine, there is no shortage of people."
"Do you think His Highness Xinyang will send Lin Xiang away?" Lin Ran guessed.
"I don't know. She thinks that Lin Fang is kind to you, so she will naturally treat his daughter kindly, but Lin Xiang is not kind, so she just doesn't know what she thinks." Mu Liang rubbed his sore wrist, thinking of the tower assassination The mastermind behind the case sighed slightly. That person has never shown up so far, making people feel uneasy all the time.
Lin Ran was already proficient at lighting a fire and would not set fire to the kitchen anymore. After the two of them cooked the Laba porridge, it was dusk.
When he took the porridge and went to the flower hall, he didn't want any visitors, so Qiao Xiu brought his daughter to visit.
The sudden guest startled Mu Liang, she and Lin Ran looked at each other, Lin Ran felt helpless, Prince Ping and her were incompatible, but this side concubine came to pay respects openly, not knowing what An was thinking.
The maid led Qiao Xiu in, and behind her was a girl in a red cloak, with black hair, pearls in her ears, sparkling eyes, and a heroic look that Qiao Xiu did not have.
Qiao Xiu was still weak, holding the stove in his hand, and took off his cloak when he went in. The girl stood behind her, "I'm here to bother you."
It is indeed a nuisance.Lin Ran was embarrassed to say so, and ordered someone to cook tea and serve some snacks, and said, "My wife and I just made porridge, do you want to try it?"
"Make porridge?" Qiao Xiu frowned, and Lin Ran explained, "Did you forget Laba today?"
Qiao Xiu suddenly realized, "Then I was too confused, I will trouble Patriarch Lin."
Lin Ran got up to serve a bowl of porridge, and handed it to her. Qiao Xiu stretched out her hands, slender and pale, and looked old, which did not match her age.She stepped back, "Madam, do you want to try?"
"She doesn't need it, she never liked these things." Qiao Xiu refused, looking at the Laba porridge in the bowl for a long time without saying a word, wondering what she was thinking.
Qiao Xiu always gives people a sense of oppression, like being in the deep darkness, unable to see the light, and unable to see the five fingers.Every time Lin Ran saw her, she would feel flustered unconsciously. Could it be that Qiao Xiu hasn't forgotten Luo Qing for more than ten years?
Xinyang couldn't let it go, it was because there was a beautiful past between the two of them, after all, it was a husband and wife relationship, the love was deep-rooted, and why did Qiao Xiu suffer so much?
The word love really makes people forget about food and drink?
She didn't understand that look, she subconsciously turned to look at Mu Liang, and held her hand unconsciously, maybe she would never feel Qiao Xiu's pain in her whole life.
With just one movement, Mu Liang understood what she was thinking, and when she saw a man with a broken body, she didn't feel a sigh, she was just suffering.
Qiao Xiu took a sip of porridge, the aroma of glutinous rice touched the taste buds, and the sweetness of candied dates lingered on the tip of the tongue for a long time. Maybe the tip of the tongue became numb after drinking too much medicine, and the food and drink lost the taste of ordinary people, but the Laba porridge tasted sweet.
She sighed: "The porridge is very sweet."
"Lin Ran likes sweets, so I put more candied dates, ordinary people will find it uncomfortable." Mu Liang explained, thinking of Qiao Xiu's body, he persuaded: "If the side concubine doesn't like it, just change to a bowl."
"Shang Ke, do you want to try?" Qiao Xiu turned around and looked at his daughter beside him.
Chen Wanci turned sideways and refused, "I don't like sweets."
"It's up to you." Qiao Xiu didn't force her, she raised her head and saw the beautiful scenery outside, and said to her: "I heard that the princess's mansion is beautiful, do you want to go and see it?"
"Mother just chase me away, I'll wait for you outside the gate of the house." Chen Wanci bowed to Mu Liang and retreated respectfully.
Qiao Xiu smiled apologetically at Mu Liang: "I spoiled you, Princess, please forgive me."
"Ling Ai's true temperament is not much." Mu Liang realized that she had something to say, so she also pushed back the maid and closed the door.
Qiao Xiu pressed his lips and coughed a few times, the sickness dissipated a bit, Lin Ran suddenly realized what he was going to say, trembled unconsciously, Mu Liang patted her hand through the sleeve, Qiao Xiu was not a villain.
"I have Sister Luo's last letter here. It must have been sent before Duke Luo died in battle. Her letter only mentioned the baby in her womb." Qiao Xiu took the letter out of her cuff and handed it to Lin Ran.
Luo Qing's handwriting is rarely preserved in the world, and they were all burned with her. Lin Ran does not distinguish between the truth and the false, but there is only one thing in this letter that she knows, that is: Ah Yi named the child Xiaoguai, wishing the surname lo.
Xinyang actually let the child's surname be Luo... Lin Ran was shocked, no wonder Dad clamored to let the little girl be named Mu, she continued to look down, it was nothing more than a lively child, and when it was born, it must be a naughty child, not really what Ah Yi thought , well-behaved and obedient.
She was watching, and Qiao Xiu said, "I heard Patriarch Lin also called Xiaoguai."
Since Lin Ran entered Beijing 15 years ago, she has called herself Xiaoguai, and her articulate words are clear. Anyone who has met her knows that it is not a secret that she calls Xiaoguai, and what Qiao Xiu said is not a secret anymore.
But the one who can connect the two is the second person.
Xinyang also relied on this to force himself to believe what was happening before him. What Qiao Xiu said today also alerted Mu Liang, "What do you mean by side concubine? There are countless people with the same name. This is a bit too much."
"It's not uncommon to have the same name, but it's rare to have a similar appearance. Princess, don't worry, I have no malicious intentions. His Royal Highness Prince Ping found out the identity of Patriarch Lin earlier this year. He wanted to use this matter to control Chen Zhiyi when he came back." Qiao Xiu was honest, her eyes were clear, and she always looked at Lin Ran with vicissitudes.
Su Changlan didn't find out until his death. King Ping was thousands of miles away. How did he find out? Lin Ran didn't quite believe this sentence, and asked instead, "What evidence is there?"
"Ah Wan overheard it. His Royal Highness Ping Wang found out that after the Luo family closed the mansion many years ago, the concubine who was kicked out of the Luo family went back and stayed in the mansion for three full days. Later, the Luo family was on fire and the Ninth Prince arrived. It was a mess at that time, and the bastard took the opportunity to leave the mansion with the cart. Later, someone saw the bastard carrying a baby out of the cart after leaving the city..."
Qiao Xiu was panting heavily, struggling to speak, Lin Ran hurriedly poured tea for her, "Speak slowly, side concubine."
"You are more caring than your mother." Qiao Xiu said with emotion, there was only one person in Luo Qing's eyes back then, and that was Chen Zhiyi, and the lives and deaths of others had nothing to do with her.
After thinking about it for a while, she smiled, and then said: "Shortly afterwards, when he returned to the Lin family, the dead Mrs. Lin gave birth to a daughter, but Mrs. Lin was suffering from an old disease, so where did the child come from?"
"Maybe it was born in the concubine's house of the old family." Mu Liang argued.
"Really?" Qiao Xiu smiled generously, leaning on the couch, touching the warm hand stove with her fingertips, "If so, it's fine, but someone saw Lin Si leaving with the child with his own eyes, and then contacted Patriarch Lin. Good looks, isn’t that enough? Everyone in the Lin Mansion praises the little Patriarch’s intelligence, he can walk and learn to speak at [-] months, and the little boy can speak clearly. He is blessed by the ancestors of the Lin family, but if you think about it deeply, The little Patriarch's birthday is not in the summer, so he was more than one year old when he went to Luoyang that year, probably fifteen months old."
Lin Ran didn't know these old things, so he didn't try to refute them. Mu Liang was a little displeased, and said: "Children talk sooner or later, and they walk too. There is no rule that you can't walk in October."
"What the princess said is true, so His Royal Highness Ping Wang did not use this as evidence to find the old man of the Lin family. She saw with her own eyes that the steward Lin Si brought the child into the mansion. After a few days, Mrs. Lin gave birth. It's an ironclad proof." Qiao Xiu didn't hide anything, the corners of her pale lips moved, and she couldn't bear to see Lin Ran's appearance, "Patriarch Lin, you know those old people are in the hands of Prince Ping."
This is the evidence of King Ping.
King Ping found out the secret that Su Changlan couldn't find out, and this is his trump card for returning to Beijing with great confidence. Controlling this secret is equivalent to controlling Xinyang.
Not only does he get Xinyang, but he also gets the wealth of the Lin family, killing two birds with one stone.
Lin Ran fell silent, the sorrow in Qiao Xiu's eyes deepened, and he said sadly: "The main thing for the Lin family is to make preparations early."
"Since the concubine knows Princess Luo so well, she might as well make a guess. What will she do when this matter falls on her?" Lin Ran looked directly into Qiao Xiu's eyes, without any fear or hesitation, and let Qiao Xiu Unconsciously admired, "You are very similar to her, she will pierce the layer of window paper by herself, catching others by surprise."
Luo Qing does not act in the way of ordinary people. She will climb over the wall when others walk through the door.
Others like to take the big road, but she chooses to take the small path.
"The side concubine came to remind me today. I am very grateful. You have an order tomorrow, and Lin Ran will try my best to do it." Lin Ran did not deny it anymore, but was somewhat grateful to Qiao Xiu.
She was calm, not shocked, not blindly denying, Qiao Xiu understood that Lin Ran knew about her life experience a long time ago, and she just couldn't bear it.
In front of Lin Ran, she smiled desolately: "It doesn't matter if Chen Zhiyi denies it, but this matter needs to be made clear in front of Emperor Ming."
"Your words are contradictory. Since you want to make it public, you have to admit it. There is no reason not to deny it." Lin Ran didn't want to argue with her, but Xinyang and her were related by blood after all, how could they watch others humiliate her.
"Do you think she is worthy of your recognition? Sister Luo rushed thousands of miles to save her from danger, and what did she do afterwards? Are those cities so important? Can the cities be recovered, and will there be a second life?" Qiao Xiu Excited, abnormal blushes spread across his thin cheeks, and the emotion in his eyes was obvious.
Lin Ran was too frightened by her to answer any more, so she nodded quickly and said, "It's not worth it, it's not worth it, don't be angry."
Mu Liang approached and gently stroked her back to make her breathe easier, "The side concubine came here at the risk, I am grateful to both of you, it's getting late, you should go back to the house earlier, don't let His Royal Highness Ping Wang find out about you!" whereabouts."
It was dark outside, and it was dark earlier in winter, and it was still early, but the weather was bad, and it was difficult to walk when it was dark.
Qiao Xiu stopped coughing, stood up on the couch, and said seriously: "Prince Ping has gone to the palace, I just want sister Luo to have a piece of soul card, so that I won't be a lonely ghost again, and I won't be reborn."
She came out while King Ping was going to see His Majesty.
Qiao Xiu's words were firm, and she didn't expect Lin Ran and Mu Liang to be grateful. She glanced at Lin Ran, her emotions were extremely complicated, and she took a deep breath. She went out and held the maid's hand, and staggered away.
Lin Ran felt that the way she looked at him was very strange, as if looking at a dead person, he touched his own face and asked Ah Liang: "Am I similar to Princess Luo?"
"When I met Princess Luo, she was six or seven years older than you. You two are just a little bit alike. After a while, when you grow apart, maybe you won't look alike anymore." Mu Liang comforted her, I also comforted myself, and was a little scared, what should I do if I grow more and more like him.
Lin Ran was still touching his face, if it wasn't for this face, probably no one would have cared, Qiao Xiu came here to tell the secret today, if King Ping can't get the power of Xinyang, he will definitely not let it go.
"Ah Liang, don't worry about these things, drink the porridge, or it will be cold." She asked someone to fetch new bowls and chopsticks, pulled Mu Liang to sit down together, and served her a bowl of porridge diligently.
Mu Liang didn't care about King Ping's return to Beijing at first, but now that he thinks about it, the hidden danger he brought is bigger than that of the Su family.
Laba porridge was delicious and glutinous, with candied dates added, Lin Ran ate two bowls, when he put down the bowls and chopsticks, Mu Neng walked over quickly, saw the Laba porridge on the food table, touched his stomach: "Give me a bowl. "
"Why did Dad come here at this time, but what happened?" Lin Ran was worried, and ordered the maid to fetch the bowls and chopsticks, and gave up his seat for him.
Mu Liang's face was full of wind and frost, and he was exhausted. After sitting down, he said: "I had a few words with the princess, so I can avoid the limelight."
"Why are you arguing?" Mu Liang frowned, the relationship between the two became more and more discordant, and now they have reached the point where they are hiding from the residence?
"For the sake of several hundred taels of silver, the restaurant went to the mansion to ask for money. When she found out about it, she quarreled a little. Lin Ran asked someone to settle the bill when she was free. "Mu Neng didn't care at all, and it's not a big deal to avoid the limelight.
Compared to the bad things in the court, it was nothing serious, he took a sip of the Laba porridge, it was so sweet, he said impatiently: "Is there any wine?"
He stretched out his hand and grabbed Lin Ran's arm. Lin Ran's movements were extremely quick, and he moved behind Mu Liang. What Dad did was really absurd. Why did the wine shop owe so much money? I don't blame the princess for being angry.
Mu Liang ignored him, "Father's debt, you should pay it by yourself. Last month, you owed hundreds of taels in the Lin's restaurant and haven't settled it. Why did you go to a nearby restaurant, so you can do less business. "
"Don't drink, what do you want you two to do, small things are not good things, find me a yard, send some food and wine, I will drink alone." Mu Neng stared twice, stood up and was about to go out, taking advantage of Lin Ran Without paying attention, he grabbed her wrist and went out together.
"Lonely in the long night, you have two drinks with me, and Ah Liang will rest first."
Lin Ran followed his advice and struggled to break free: "Father, I don't drink, and Ah Liang will get angry when I drink."
"I told you to drink, but she didn't dare. You have to have a backbone, and you can't always be controlled by her. Do you know your backbone? If she can't say one thing, you will be one. You have to learn to say two. It's not like you can't stand up and are afraid of her Why, like me, the concubine's ears hurt from the noise, so I came out to avoid the limelight..."
Mu Neng dragged her down the corridor, not forgetting to preach the truth, which made Mu Liang frown.
Lin Ran didn't dare to go along with it, Dad always kept Ah Liang's words in mind.He doesn't listen to Wang Hao's words, but he listens to Ah Liang's very much.
For the marriage back then, if Ah Liang didn't nod his head and agree, Father would definitely not agree, at most he would keep her as an adopted daughter.
It's nice to say now, when Ah Liang gets angry, she will be cowardly.
The two of them dragged their feet to the guest courtyard of the princess's mansion, and Mu Liang had to ask someone to go to the palace to check the situation and make up for the missing money.The royal family's expenditure is now relying on the meager salary, which is indeed not enough to spend in the wine shop.
The steward who was dispatched came back after the curfew, and asked the matter very clearly. The restaurant was indeed keeping accounts. Lin Ran had left a message that the prince's account was going to the Princess's Mansion. How did he know that the restaurant went to the wrong door to ask for the account? The princess was furious.
The Ninth Prince felt guilty, and after a few quarrels, he took refuge in the Malay princess's mansion, probably waiting for Lin Ran to settle the bill before going back.
He pestered Lin Ran to have a good time drinking, he didn't take this matter to heart at all, Mu Liang dared to drink with the two of them, Lin Ran couldn't fight an old alcoholic, after the steward retired, she went to the guest house Bring people back.
At that time, Lin Ran was slightly drunk, and he repeated what Mu Neng had just said, "Daddy said you were not his own."
She leaned against Mu Liang, her face was flushed, her skin was extremely hot in winter, Mu Liang was infected by her, and she also felt a little warm, and said angrily, "He picked it up."
"He said he picked it up from the pile of dead people."
"He should say he picked it up from the grave."
"What's the difference between a graveyard and a dead man's pile?"
"Ghosts are born in graves, and living people are in dead people's piles."
Lin Ran tilted his head, feeling stupid after being drunk, and touched his ears, his dark eyes were drenched: "Ah Liang, ghosts are born with ghosts, so you are not afraid of beautiful ghosts, I still want to give birth to ghosts." Yours, don't divorce, don't divorce your wife."
"No reconciliation, no divorce?" Mu Liang paused, and was stopped by her strange words, "What did daddy tell you?"
"Father said that he wants to divorce his wife and divorce. He will give the palace to the princess and let her stay alone. He will live on the street. Let her... so why not... say she deserves it."
It was originally about the matter with the princess. Mu Liang was frightened by her. He pushed her hand away and grabbed the little earlobe she was protecting: "If you want to make peace, I don't want your princess mansion. You are at the door." Kneel outside and plan for three days, and I will agree."
Her hands were cold, and it was comfortable to touch. Lin Ran rubbed her arms in enjoyment, and offered his ears to her hands like a sacrificial sacrifice: "Touch again, touch again."
Mu Liang took her own hand and touched it, "Touch it yourself, I'll take a bath first."
"What is bathing?" Lin Ran didn't understand. Seeing that he was about to run away, he hugged him and staggered forward.
Mu Liang was afraid that she might fall, so he hurriedly protected her head. The two of them fell to the ground together. She was in pain, and Lin Ran enjoyed it very much. He pressed her body, explored the corners of her cold lips, and quickly kissed her. up.
The servant girl who wanted to help the two of them back up in fright when she saw this fragrant scene, not to disturb the good affairs of the Patriarch.
Mu Liang was angry and ashamed, bit the corner of her lip, biting her so painfully that the little drunk was willing to let go of her.
The little drunk touched his mouth, licked it, and said with a sad face: "It seems to be broken, bleeding."
The maid waited for the two to separate before she went to help Lin Ran stand up. Mu Liang stood up by herself, her eyes were dim, and the corners of her lips were red. She touched it with her hand, and it was really bleeding.
Lin Ran began to cry aggrievedly, and pushed away the maidservant's hand, "I'll go find Father."
Mu Liang stopped her, feeling amused: "What are you looking for?"
"You bullied me, he said he made the decision." Lin Ran staggered two steps, couldn't tell the direction, walked to his own room in a daze, and saved Mu Liang from coaxing him.
Back in the house, Lin Ran collapsed and fell asleep, forgetting to complain, a few drops of blood oozed from the corner of his lips, which seemed to be solidified.
Mu Liang sighed, asked someone to bring water, and changed her pajamas. After a lot of work, she was sweating all over, and the corners of her lips seemed to be swollen. She reached out and touched it, regretting that she had bitten hard. There was a lot of trouble.
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