After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Two days ago, after hearing that he was going to investigate the past, Prime Minister Lu rushed to the door and handed over all the information he had found to Zhou Xun.

When Zhou Xun opened the door, Prime Minister Lu was holding an umbrella and standing outside Zhou Mansion.He hunched over and kept hitting his knees with his fists, as if suffering from rheumatism from the rain.Zhou Xun looked over from a distance and saw a few white hairs on the top of his head.

Prime Minister Lu is also old.

In the past few months, like an old man who has done something wrong and doesn't know how to make it up, he has tried all kinds of clumsy ways to treat Zhou Xun well.He sent a lot of fish and crabs a few days ago, saying that Zhou Xun is busy recently and should pay attention to his health.The day before yesterday Zhou Xun looked at the account book at the Ministry of Accounts and saw that the curtains that were always leaking had been replaced. His servants said that Prime Minister Lu ordered someone to change them when he saw them last time.

It was clear that Zhou Xun had nothing to do with him.He said he wanted to repay the favor, and then he was ashamed of his prejudice.

He also took a talented bastard who was suppressed by his brothers as a student.

Zhou Xun has always felt indifferently that he has no relationship with Prime Minister Lu, and he is not moved by Prime Minister Lu's so-called compensation and guilt that only belongs to his hot head and is only immersed in his own stories.But at this moment, he thought, Prime Minister Lu was also getting old.

He thought of the emperor and said, I hope he likes himself a little bit more, I hope he likes this world a little bit more.

The story is indeed the story of Prime Minister Lu, but Prime Minister Lu is also old.He wasn't moved, and he didn't have the qualifications not to forgive the other party, but he thought that there are already many regrets in this world.It would be a good thing if this could make Prime Minister Lu happier.

If even one person could be happier, the world would be brighter.

When he left the Zhou Mansion, Prime Minister Lu was a little flattered.Zhou Xun didn't expect Prime Minister Lu to be so happy when he just invited Prime Minister Lu to a meal, and then asked him a few questions that he already knew.

Zhou Xun looked at his back and thought, it turns out that it is such a simple thing to make someone happy.

He thought... maybe he could really like this world a little more.

Several volumes of archives lay on the table, gathering dust.Sitting here, Zhou Xun unfolded those case files page by page. What he unfolded was not just the case files, not just the entanglements between the Lin family, the Zhou family and the Ye family, but also a woman's life.

The life of the woman who gave him life, the original reason for his birth, the source of all the pain, despair and self-loathing in the first ten years of his life, the original sin of all his accidents, and his unblessed life.

And now, with the blessing of another, he has the courage to face it.To face the shadows of the past and the enemies of today.It was also the first time for him to clear all the fog and get to know his mother, Prime Minister Lu Bai Yueguang, who is now the "general" of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the life of a woman named Lin Yan.

Only by knowing her well enough can he find her.

The Lin family in Jiangzhou is a scholarly family.The daughter of the Lin family, named Yan, is the apple of the eye of the entire Lin family.

Lin Jiale is kind and generous. He owns many rice shops and medicine shops in Jiangzhou City, and often donates to the common people.The head of the Lin family loves art very much, and he is eclectic. Because of his love for art, he has a wide range of friends—even too wide.In his eyes, the huqin of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the guqin of the Central Plains are equally elegant and exquisite instruments.He likes to make friends with anyone, no matter high or low, no matter from the Central Plains or from the border.

He believes that all people are good and is immersed in his own world.His world is wide and narrow.He who is broad can see the beauty of the beautiful scenery and dazzling murals in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he who is narrow is only blind in the world of art, and he is very insensitive to borders and countries.

In a peaceful world, he would be a very good artist.He is suitable to be a literati, a poet and a painter, but he is not suitable to be a family head.

therefore……

"The Lin family indeed took in the high-ranking official of the Northern Wei Dynasty who was living in Jingguo at that time, and hid him who was seriously injured."

That senior official has extremely high artistic attainments, but decades ago, he was also the owner of Liangfang, the largest spy agency in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Qin Liang.He was also the one who instigated Old Man Shen's brother Li Zhiwei back then.

And the person who seriously injured him was old man Shen.He has been chasing the truth for so many years.

Zhou Xun gasped for breath when he saw Old Man Shen's name.

It turned out that long ago, all the causes and conditions were already entangled with each other.Everything is not accidental, but predestined fate.

The head of the Lin family didn't know Qin Liang's identity. Although he knew that he was from the Northern Wei Dynasty, his mood of making friends blinded his eyes.After seeing Qin Liang's scars, he kindly took him in and saved his life.Of course, he also sent someone to investigate Qin Liang's identity, but the person who went to investigate was bribed by the Ye family who had always been at odds with the Lin family.

——Even when Qin Liang met the head of the Lin family, it was introduced by the Ye family.

The Ye family coveted the Lin family's property for a long time, and promised the Zhou family that they would marry the Zhou family and share this big piece of fat together.So it happened.

What Qin Zhizhou found from the Lin family was not only the items left behind by Qin Liang who had received the news of his escape in advance, but also the letters forged by the Ye family and having an affair with the Northern Wei Dynasty.Qin Zhizhou was only Zhizhou's deputy at that time, he was eager to gain the same political achievements and the approval of the two local families, and Lin Jiaqing was used to it, so he also imposed the heaviest punishment very quickly.

So everyone pushed the wall down, the big brothers of the Lin family knelt down and begged, and the doors of the families who had been favored by the Lin family in the past were closed.The ordinary people who had received the Lin family's porridge and medicine only said that they know people, know their faces, but don't know their hearts.

And his mother, Lin Yan, was also carried into Zhou's house by the sedan chair at this time.

Zhou Xun closed his eyes, he smelled the bloody smell back then, and the many more unbearable beginnings after that.

Some of the later case files were obtained by him from old man Shen, some by him from Jiangzhou, some were his memories, and some were the confessions of former Jiangzhou Zhou people. Already pieced together.

All, the real truth.

It turned out that his mother entered the Zhou Mansion not only because she was "dizzled by love", but also because she was desperate to enter the Zhou Mansion, using this as the last bargaining chip to avenge the Lin family.

And when he was conceived, Zhou's father had promised his mother that he would take her brother back to Jiangzhou City.At that time, his mother no longer loved his father, and only used this child as a bargaining chip in exchange for all this.It's a pity that his mother found out the truth later, and her brother died on the way back due to an accident—a pure accident, so...

She immediately drank the safflower and wanted to kill the child.

Then there was his birth, which was also bloody and used as a bargaining chip.Then, there was the childhood that was sometimes disgusted by the mother, and sometimes embraced—then——

It turned out that when he left Jiangzhou and went to Beijing for the first time, his mother had already met Qin Liang again.

Qin Liang felt ashamed of the Lin family, and still remembered that smart girl.After hearing about Zhou Cai's unimaginable relationship with the prince and even the emperor, he re-established a bond and connection with Lin Yan, who was full of hatred.

Lin Yan hated the vicious Zhou family, hated the white-eyed wolf people, hated the entire Jing country, hated the emperor and princes.

Then, he was framed and sent to the palace, where he heard that his mother, who had always been hot and cold towards him, kowtowed desperately for him, and was finally sent to another village.For this reason, he shed tears for a long time.

But the fact is that kowtowing, offending Zhou's mother, and being sent to another village are all for the "fake death" caused by the mountain torrent.

It was indeed a "fake death". She saw Zhou Cai's viciousness, so she decided to leave the Zhou mansion, so she directed this story and tried every means to convince Qin Liang.

And then, the "General" was born. Qin Liang was old and needed someone to stand up for him. That person had to be absolutely loyal to him, and there was no way he could have second thoughts, and Lin Yan was the best candidate.

They had planned many times to assassinate the emperor - because of their understanding of the stories between Zhou Cai and the emperor, however, they all failed unfortunately.But the good thing is that with the help of Lin Yan, the eyeliner in the capital of Jingguo, especially the often neglected women's circle, is getting deeper and deeper.

When Zhou Xun followed old man Shen to Duke Hu's mansion that day, the familiar embroidery on Princess Fukang's dress that he saw was embroidered by Lin Yan.At that time, she managed to lurk beside Princess Fukang—because of Qin Liang's fear of old man Shen, and Fukang was rumored to be old man Shen's first love.Sure enough, she got the news that old man Shen took over the Black Clothes Envoy again, but she didn't expect to meet Zhou Xun there.

—the child she thought was dead.

So all the stories about his mother finally surfaced. If Rong Haoyu's arrival did not cause changes, then this is really a wonderful revenge. The whole Jingguo is bound to be trampled by the iron cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty.And if it wasn't for Rong Haoyu's arrival, Zhou Xun survived.No one will be able to discover the true face of the "general".

This is a very wonderful story, but there is no him in the story.

From beginning to end, he was the one person who shouldn't be in that wonderful story.His birth was a disgrace, his death was meaningless - perhaps the only thing he did that deserved to be included in this story was when he picked up a knife and went mad after hearing of her "death" , To assassinate the emperor and bring the entire Zhou family to hell.

It's like a self-indulgent joke.

But Zhou Xun's expression was only indifferent, very calm.He heard the servants he sent to Jiangzhou come back and said: "My lord, now all the remnants of the Zhou family and the Ye family have been imprisoned, but those who participated in the incidents of the Lin family have all died of various accidents. Now only a few Only a few people are still alive."

"Who are there?"

"Mother Zhou, Zhou Cai, Zhou Wanwan, and the head of the Ye family. The head of the Ye family was also about to die. He escaped and was caught by us. Mother Zhou and Zhou Wanwan are now following King Kang of the Northern Wei Dynasty. And Zhou Cai, who was transported the day before yesterday come back."

"Okay, closely monitor the head of the Ye family and Zhou Cai."

"Yes."

The battle line of the Northern Wei Dynasty is retreating steadily, and now the remaining group of crazy spies, staying in the capital, will do anything to turn the war around, it is impossible to predict - Zhou Xun heard that last winter was very cold, and the Northern Wei Dynasty froze to death There are many cattle and horses. If they can't snatch everything from Jingguo to make them rich, it will be difficult for them to survive this winter.

In the case files, everything they organized, burned, and assassinated shocked him.There was no way he would let them continue to exist.

Zhou Xun left the room alone, he stood outside the royal study, listening to the voice of the emperor inside.

"...A lot of orphans? Let those orphans who are not cared for... build a nursery. The children of the soldiers who died should also be taken care of."

"..."

"...White phosphorus? No, no, it can't be used."

"..."

After everything was over, Zhou Xun walked into the imperial study.The emperor sat behind a chair, put a book on his head, and looked at the sky.

His expression was rather dazed, Zhou Xun sat beside him and held his hand.

"...I went to see it today." The emperor said blankly, "The wounded and disabled soldiers have returned to Beijing, and I saw them. That's how I know that human bones, human blood and flesh look like that." .”

It is impossible for him to say these words to outsiders. Anyone who hears such words will only regard him as crazy—because he should have been an ancient emperor.But in this era, only Zhou Xun can hold his hand and listen to his voice.

"I used to read those novels. In ancient times, when a traveler became an emperor, he would attack the city and conquer the territory and unify the territory. At that time, I also felt that it was absolutely necessary to conquer North Korea, defeat Japan, conquer Siberia, and unify Europe... So As soon as I came, I made all kinds of weapons and cannons, saying it was for self-protection, but I also had dreams of using them to conquer the world. But have you heard the screams of the wounded soldiers? At that moment I think they are all crying to me, because I am the emperor, I did not protect my people well..."

"This is a very normal thing, in our era." Zhou Xun held his hand, he looked at the emperor firmly, and said coldly, "It was the Northern Wei Dynasty who made the first move, even if the person on the throne is not you , but other people, this war will definitely happen. And your existence, at least let fewer people die."

"...No, that's not the case."

The emperor suddenly spoke in an extremely depressed voice.Zhou Xun had never heard him in such pain.

"Accompanying them came a group of prisoners of war—the group of prisoners of war were the soldiers who raped and looted in Yunzhou at the beginning, and their general—the personal guard of General Li, who killed more than 20 people, was also captured The cabinet selected the best person to make an example. Therefore, in front of all the soldiers, I should order them to be killed, and then put the general’s head in a box and send it to the Northern Wei Dynasty. They are enemies. Dying them should be a happy thing, but when I saw them die, I should have hated them, but looking back, I...I can't forget those eyes..."

"They deserve to die." Zhou Xun said, "If you... let me go."

"I know they deserve to die, but there is also white phosphorus, which can obviously threaten them to surrender in this way. I know it, just like they put the disease on Xizhou. I can send people to the cities of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and use those developed The bombs made of white phosphorus were thrown into their government buildings. I know the mechanism of action of those things, they will burn everything, and they will continue to burn when they touch people, until they are burned to the bone. It is absolute horror, I know that if I do this once, they will be so scared that they will surrender." The emperor's pupils narrowed slightly, and his speech speed became faster and faster, "There is such a thing in the valley, it can be done , but I can't help it, this kind of anti-human thing is like Pandora's box, and how can I guarantee that those who are burned to death by me are all bad people who are worthy of being killed, and killing them can stop all this What if there are civilians? I can only watch them continue to fight... But in those novels, film and television dramas, and history books, those people are so decisive, I..."

Zhou Xun looked at the emperor quietly. After a long time, he suddenly slapped the emperor hard!

The emperor opened his mouth, stuck it, and stared at him blankly.He seemed to wake up instantly.

Zhou Xun leaned over and hugged him.

"Do you think you are the savior? Idiot." Zhou Xun said in a low voice, "You have done enough, you have been very decisive. You did not surrender, you did not appease, you gave General Wan their best equipment, they They are all fighting. You are not the protagonist in any script, you are different from them, you are very..."

"Kindness, kindness. Do you think this is a very bad thing? No, you love your people, you love all the people, that's why you feel guilty for them. But if it's not like this..."

You are not you.

You won't have those heart-pounding, sparkling dreams.You let me see another era, and you will let more people see that era.

And you, it is impossible to create more miracles.

After a long time, he heard the emperor's voice: "You don't think I'm trash, do you?"

Zhou Xun shook his head.

"You will sympathize with them, and you will not regard human life as worthless—even if you have such terrifying power." Zhou Xun said, "You are more decisive and brave than those who killed. We are already winning, and we don't need those redundant something."

After a long time, the emperor said "hmm".

"I've made up my mind." The emperor said, "I came here to make this world a better place, so..."

He scratched his head again: "Although I don't have any idea yet, I will definitely find a way! Hey! But now..."

"Anyone who invades us will die! As for the city, as long as there are people there, just tear it down and rebuild it, just right! Change the sewers, and don't make Yunzhou smell like snail noodles!" The emperor became more energetic again, "Come on! "

Zhou Xun looked at him and smiled too. After a while, he said, "Does your face hurt?"

He used the back of his hand to touch the emperor's face, but the emperor became full of energy in an instant, grabbed his hand and said, "It hurts."

"Uh... I'll ask Imperial Physician He to come..." Zhou Xun was a little dumbfounded and felt guilty.

"It's okay, just let me call back." The emperor raised his eyebrows suddenly, "But I won't hit your face, but your butt."

Zhou Xun: ...

……

After leaving the imperial study room, he said to the man in black beside him, "Go and see the head of the Ye family and let him be our bait."

"Zhou Cai also returned to the capital the day before yesterday..."

Zhou Xun tilted his head, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Give him a chance to escape. Then, follow him."

"master!"

"Then pass the news to Kang Wang, and Kang Wang will find a way to ask someone to find Zhou Cai." Zhou Xun wrote lightly, "I want to thank him for being a wonderful person who only loves beauties and doesn't love mountains and rivers."

The man in black withdrew.

It wasn't until the man in black left that Old Man Shen's deputy, who had been following Zhou Xun, looked at Zhou Xun with a complicated expression: "Actually, I thought you wouldn't..."

"No what?"

"I didn't expect that you would be so...

…decisive. "

Zhou Xun was quiet for a while, he looked at the night sky, and said: "I really hate the Zhou family and Zhou Cai, but those ordinary people... they don't deserve to die. Jingguo is the place where all the people live. And I am currently , as long as you do this well, that’s enough.”

He looked at his palm.

"I just don't know, the patriarch of the Ye family, and Zhou Cai, who will she go to first?" He said softly.