Xu Huai sat down with his hands trembling, holding on to the steps; Xu Wukun grabbed Xu Wuqi like crazy and asked him to produce more evidence.
Xu Wujiang's mind was also in a state of excitement. Standing there, he never imagined that his father-in-law, Su Laochang, was not the famine-eating people Xu Wuxuan, Xu Wiqi and others met on their way back home, but a scholar from eastern Zhejiang who came from a wealthy family.
In order to repay his kindness, he did not hesitate to sacrifice everything, but also secretly investigated the truth about Cai Qi and Xu Wuxuan's murder of Wang Xiaocheng with the imperial edict. The whole family lived in Tongbai Mountain incognito as a tenant farmer for more than ten years, just for the sake of better things.
Protect and take care of Wang Xiaocheng's orphan.
According to the news released to the public about the case of Wang Xiaocheng who was executed for resisting the imperial edict, Wang Xiaocheng had two sons who died in infancy. His wife, Zhou, and their youngest son, Wang Fan, had just come from Jingzhou to reunite with other military family members at that time - and in Wang Xiaocheng's case,
After Xiaocheng was executed, the Zhou family and their young son Wang Fan were killed in another accident on their way back home, and the few guards who guarded their journey were missing. The official believed that the case was a slave who killed his master and fled in fear of crime.
When Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Zhou Jing and others return home, they will of course discuss this matter.
In the early years, Xu Wujiang only listened to their resentful speculation that these were Cai Zheng's actions, but he did not expect that Xu Wuxuan and Xu Wiqi had long been worried that Cai Zheng would kill him. In order to ensure that Wang Xiaocheng's youngest son would have no worries, he used the plan of stealing the beam and exchanging pillars.
He came out and caused his only son to die at the hands of the Cai clan traitors.
He also couldn't imagine how Xu Wuxuan's wife, Mrs. Xuan, felt about pulling Xu Huai up all these years!
Liu Qiong'er's lips were slightly parted, and she didn't know what to say to comfort Xu Huai at this moment.
Who would have thought that there would be such twists and turns of love and hatred hidden in Tongbai Mountain, and who would have thought that Xu Wuxuan, Xu Wiqi, and Su Laochang would be so forbearing and pay so much for all this?
"This is the letter that Wu Xuan left before he died of serious injuries, and the blood letter that Mrs. Xuan left to stab our hearts before she died of illness. They can all prove Xu Huai's life experience..." Xu Wuqi took out a small piece of oil-soaked paper from his arms.
The package, the small package that had been kept close to me for many years, the secret that had been buried in my heart for more than ten years was revealed at this moment. I was so excited that I handed it to Liu Qiong'er, the only calm person in the hospital with trembling hands.
Liu Qiong'er carefully opened the oil-soaked paper. It took too long, and the blood letter and the letter inside were somewhat damaged and very fragile. She couldn't bear to read the letter and the content written on the blood letter. After looking at Xu Huai, she didn't know that he had
No need to take a look.
After a long time, Xu Huai took the blood letter and the letter, rewrapped them in oil-soaked paper, and kept them close to his body. He raised his face to prevent tears from falling from his eyes and said:
"I grew up in Tongbai Mountain for more than ten years. The people who raised me were the people of this mountain. The people who protected and loved me were my father, my mother and the Xu clan. From then on, there was only Xu Huai in this world, and I was just Xu Huai. Other things
There’s no need to mention it again.”
Xu Wujiang understood why Xu Wuqi said that if Xu Huai's life experience was exposed, he would make enemies of the world's ministers. He also understood why Xu Huai continued to conceal his life experience and did not even tell Wang Zhen.
The matter of correcting imperial edicts is not a secret at all among the officials in the court.
After Cai Qing corrected the imperial edict and killed Wang Xiaocheng, not only was he not punished by Ding Dian, he was promoted to the rank of privy envoy and became the representative of the main war faction in the dynasty.
Once Xu Huai's life experience is revealed to the world, isn't it obvious what the attitude of the officials will be?
Xu Wujiang has been struggling as a low-level military officer for many years, but he still understands the ways of using civility to control military force in the world much better than ordinary people. He also knows that after Xu Huai's life experience is revealed to the world, it is impossible to clear the grievances of his biological father Wang Xiaocheng.
On the contrary, they will be subject to closer surveillance, and the Xu family will inevitably be dragged into the water.
Yes, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty may not be so shameless as to directly yell at Xu Huai to kill him, but they will definitely be more happy to see Cai Qing pouring dirty water on Xu Huai's head, casually deducting charges, and then eradicating the roots again.
At that time, not only Xu Huai, but also those who are involved with Xu Huai will be regarded as a thorn in the side of the officials, and they will want to get rid of them.
If Wang Zhen did not draw a clear line with them, he would inevitably be attacked more crazily, and he would most likely be ruined, trampled on a few times, and die in a foreign land.
The only way to avoid making enemies on all sides is to never mention that unbearable past incident.
At this time, just Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others came to Tongbai Mountain to stir up trouble and waves. They were already trapped in the whirlpool and felt powerless to be destroyed at any time. They needed to use all their strength to cope with it.
And once Cai Gou found out that Xu Huai was Wang Xiaocheng's orphan, he temporarily let Wang Zhen go and directly listed Xu Huai and the Xu family as the first targets for execution. He used all resources and power to crush them, but they still escaped.
Is a catastrophe possible?
The world is never black and white.
"Uncle Wu Qi, please go back first. Don't call Xu Wufu or Xu Heng and the others will become suspicious - I have to calm down and think about many things." Xu Huai motioned Xu Wu Qi to go back first and don't stay here too long.
In order to prevent Xu Wufu and Xu Heng from being suspicious after being unable to find him for a long time.
"I specially asked Xu Wufu to live in the courtyard of Huaihua Lane nearby. I said it was so close that I could monitor your movements nearby, but it is also convenient for you to contact me. I can see the northwest corner of your side from the side courtyard where I live.
Bamboo bush, you shake the bamboo bush, I saw that as long as no one is watching, you can come over at any time." After Xu Wuqi said this, he climbed over the wall and left the courtyard.
"Uncle Seventeen, Uncle Wu Kun, I have to go back and think quietly for a while, you guys are busy first." Xu Huai was also a little confused, got up and walked to his residence here.
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There is still snow on the roof ridge, and the moonlight shines on it, and there is a shimmering light.
Xu Huai grabbed the oil-soaked paper bag and stood in front of the window, blankly looking at the scene in the courtyard.
He has been tormenting him for a long time with the countless forgotten strange memories when he regained his consciousness, as well as the memory fragments that have flashed back one after another in the past year.
It turned out not to be Xu Huai, but Wang Xiaocheng’s only son Wang Fan?
To be honest, Xu Huai did not have particularly deep feelings about the correctional edict case of that year.
However, in order to conceal this secret, in order to protect and take care of him, Su Laochang actually paid a price far beyond ordinary people's imagination, and could even be said to be a tragic price for his forbearance and forbearance, which he considered his father and Xu Wuqi. What could he do?
Indifferent, unmoved?
A crisis that could lead to death in one moment strikes, and such shocking secrets about his life experience are exposed. It is impossible for Xu Huai not to feel a strong impact in his heart.
However, after he regained his consciousness, he had a sharp thinking that was difficult to match at this age, and he also gained otherworldly experiences from most of the forgotten strange memories.
From time to time, a small memory would be triggered in his mind, forcing him to think about and analyze it all the time. Unknowingly, it also gave him an extraordinary ability to analyze chaotic and complicated situations.
"Xu Wuqi is trustworthy, but it's hard to imagine that they paid such a heavy price to hide your life experience!"
Liu Qiong'er opened the door and walked in, hugged Xu Huai's generous waist from behind, and said softly,
"We are really stupid when we think about it. In fact, many of the doubts have been seen a long time ago - Su Laochang is a farmer, but he can arrange many church affairs in an orderly manner. He had many disputes with us before, but now he wants to stop it
You took risks, or you mistakenly thought that we were using you as a fool. Xu Wukun and Xu Wujiang had not been particularly impressed by the strength of the Xu clan's soldiers before, but Xu Wuqi, as the chief instructor of Huolu Hall, his disciples practiced martial arts all over the country.
He was solely responsible for military training, how could he not be clear about it? Xu Wukun, Xu Wujiang and others used to only assist him or receive his guidance. When Xu Wukun and others were in the Jingsheng Army, their status was also low, and many things may not be clear to them.
But Xu Wuqi, as the deputy commander of Wang Xiaocheng's personal soldiers, should have learned the general martial arts and military canons from Wang Xiaocheng. How could he not have a clear understanding of the strength and weakness of the Xu clan's soldiers? In fact, we should have learned it after the battle of Huangqiaozhai
Think of this!"
"It's one thing to think about it, but who would have guessed that the secret behind it is so deep and tragic? We have all been stuck at this level before, unable to figure it out. No matter how many things are ahead, no matter how reasonable the speculations are.
, they will all be overthrown!" Xu Huai smiled bitterly, saying that he had not considered these doubts before, but he could not imagine that Xu Wuqi was hiding such a big secret, so he could only be forced to ignore it.
these doubts.
Liu Qiong'er said: "Are you thinking about revenge?"
"How to avenge this revenge?" Xu Huai sighed and said bitterly, "Does assassinating Cai Qing count as revenge? You and I know that this matter is far from simple. Back then, the imperial court wanted to negotiate peace with the Khitan people and sent an order to Jingsheng's army.
Withdraw south. Who was the person who delivered the edict at that time? Without this person’s cooperation or acquiescence, Cai Zheng would not have been able to deliver the false edict. If he really wanted to take revenge, should he include this person? The edict had been delivered more than ten years ago.
If the minister was still in the court at this time, his status would not be much different than that of Cai Ting. Even further, Cai Ting was pushed by any minister in the court to do this and pass on the decree.
The minister actually only served as a messenger at that time? This may be a key to Cai Ting's ability to escape responsibility later? Not to mention the enemies in the court, Cai Ting served as the governor of the Jingsheng Army at the time, that is, as the supervisor of the army.
Ping Shichen is not as powerful as he is today, and he doesn't have many direct descendants under his command. How can he easily kill the general just by cooperating with the person who passed the order? My biological father has already decided to resist the order and not withdraw his troops. Obviously
It's impossible for Cai Zheng to be frightened and arrested after receiving a fake edict, right? At that time, there were nearly 200 generals above the command level of the Jingsheng Army. How many of them were secretly bribed and colluded with Cai Zheng, and how many of them were with Mr. Lu? I
My father, Uncle Wu Qi and others were simply frightened by the false edict, or in other words, after Cai Ling held the false edict and bribed a few generals, he launched a mutiny to control my biological father. My biological father wanted to prevent the Jingsheng Army from splitting in front of the Khitan enemy.
To perish, we have to accept the false edict and execute him. How much inside information is there to dig out, and how many enemies who killed his father will be unearthed? How can we avenge this?"
Liu Qiong'er has been studying the court regulations with Xu Huai these days, so he can reasonably speculate on the many possibilities of correcting the imperial edict back then.
The two prerequisites mentioned by Xu Huai could not be circumvented by Cai Zheng at that time, which means that Xu Huai's most direct enemy who killed his father was definitely not Cai Zheng alone.
Over the years, Cai Qing has become more and more prosperous, and he has gradually risen from the position of military governor to the position of privy envoy. Are the people who conspired with Cai Qing back then already spread throughout the Western Army and the court?
Hearing what Xu Huai said, Liu Qiong'er understood better why Xu Wuqi delayed telling the truth until this moment; if he hadn't thought that Xu Huai's life was in imminent danger, he might have buried this hatred forever in his heart.
