A blood moon has only been in the sky for more than half an hour, but it has caused a lot of sadness.
That night, many people were tossing and turning and had difficulty falling asleep.
Qianru noticed that Shangguan Yuan had quietly left the tent, so she put on her clothes and followed.
Most of the soldiers were resting, except Liu Ang and An Tai, who were nestling next to the fire.
As soon as Shangguan Yuan approached, Liu Ang mentioned the old case of Gucheng, and then took out the dagger that belonged to Shangguan Liu.
An Tai sighed continuously when he saw it and refused to mention the old things again, but he couldn't bear Shangguan Yuan's plea, so he had to tell everything.
That night was also a blood moon night.
An Tai was drinking in front of the moon in the yard, expressing his sorrow about the war and the people's desperation.
Suddenly, a police officer came to report that a tragic murder had occurred in Yijia Village outside Dongcheng City.
An Tai hurried forward, but as soon as he arrived at Yijia Village, he saw fires and thick smoke billowing in the city.
At that time, the situation was in turmoil, and bandits often invaded the people. There was no army stationed in Daoxian County, only a few scattered officers, which could not help at all.
Therefore, Antai spent its own money to recruit a group of local warriors to maintain local security. There were more than 100 people who guarded the area day and night.
Nine out of ten of the Xiangyong who were on duty that night followed him out of the city because of the Yi family's murder.
Who would have thought of the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
He hurriedly rode back to the city, just in time to see the gangsters committing murder and then fled.
There are no city walls in Daoxian, and the enemy has horses, so they try to escape while covering each other.
At this time, a country hero shot a horse in the head, and a gangster fell off.
He shouted loudly and led the village warriors to capture him.
I almost caught one, but I was hit by a thrown dagger and almost died. The criminal also ran away.
"Although the gangsters all have their faces covered, you can tell from their shouts and body shapes that most of them are women. They wear the same style of riding boots, and the saddles are exactly the same. They are well-trained and not unique.
The purpose is to make money."
At that time, An Tai was just a fledgling county magistrate. He had little knowledge and could not make any conclusions.
The matter was so important that he could only write a letter about everything he saw and send it to Fan Mang.
"Alas!" An Tai sighed, "The most wrong thing I have ever done in my life is nothing more than this. Fan Mang died because of this, and the previous dynasty was unable to recover due to the tragic defeat of Gucheng. And I, a sinner, have now been punished!
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"What exactly did you write in the letter to Fan Mang?" Liu Ang asked.
"More than twenty years later, An cannot remember the content of the letter. Now that I think about it, it was probably because of one sentence."
That day when he was helped back to the Houya, a local yong brought a teenage boy, saying he was a survivor of the Yi family's murder.
He was very anxious at the time, grabbed the child and asked, "Have you seen the murderer?"
The boy nodded without hesitation, "I have seen one of the bad guys, and I know who she is. She is a female general, and her surname is Liu." The dagger he pulled out also had the word "Liu" engraved on it, so he spelled it out.
With the last of my strength, I wrote down what the child said.
After waking up from the coma, he wanted to find the child and ask again, but he couldn't find him.
"You are so confused! When two armies are fighting, the most taboo thing is to disturb the morale of the army. You have read so many sages' books in vain, you are a mediocre person!"
An Tai was so embarrassed and angry that he wanted to grab the dagger and kill it, but was stopped by Shangguan Yuan.
"More than twenty years have passed. It won't help you to die. It's better to keep your life and do something useful for the people."
How could a teenage country boy know a female general named Liu?
People in Yijia Village said that the family that was killed was an honest farmer who had never left Daoxian County in their lives and had never made enemies with anyone.
After An Tai realized something was wrong, he sent people to search for the child.
Unexpectedly, before the person was found, Daoxian County was occupied.
He felt depressed and returned to his hometown in Gongjiang to recuperate.
When Qianru listened to An Tai's old stories, she couldn't help but think of Yi Zhonglun.
Calculating his age, he is exactly the same as the kid named Yi who appeared in Daoxian County back then. Moreover, at the foot of Xiaogushan Mountain, his deductions were as if they were seen with his own eyes.
Could he be the same kid back then?
She came forward and told Shangguan Yuan what she had in mind.
Shangguan Yuan was a little suspicious. Although both of them were named Yi, Yi Zhonglun's intelligence was well-known in both the government and the public. It was not unusual for him to deduce this through investigation.
Antai also thought it was impossible.
At that time, Yijia Village was not wealthy. Most of the villagers were white-collar workers. They did not even have enough to eat. How could they have spare money for their children to study? How could Yi Zhonglun achieve a talent like Yi Zhonglun if he could not read or write?
All this can only show that the child back then was very suspicious, and the two murders were probably deliberately planned by someone.
Everyone was agitated for a while, but there was no progress at all. It was an unwarranted example of Yi Zhonglun's intelligence.
But, who is planning it?
Liu Ang said that it must be Shangguan Liu.
Because of the unique "Liu" character on the dagger.
Seeing Shangguan Yuan's extremely painful appearance, Qianru couldn't bear it and moved closer to comfort him.
At this time, An Tai hesitated and said: "Originally, you have become husband and wife, and the two families have become in-laws. There is something I don't want to mention. But when we talk about this tonight, I don't seem to be unhappy."
An Tai said that more than a year ago, on the night when Meng Qiaoyi was assassinated, another person appeared.
That night, Luo Yang hid him in a gambling house in the town.
However, after he left, the old woman who was close to Shangguan Liu came in to look for him.
He had only met that person during a blind date between two families and did not remember his name.
As soon as she saw him, she pulled him out.
Because of his sensitive status, he couldn't make it public, so he had to follow her.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at a remote place, she showed her fierceness and punched and kicked him.
In order to save his life, he had no choice but to take out a dagger and resist.
At that time, the fire at the inn was in full swing.
The old woman was surprised when she saw his dagger and said viciously: "So it's you."
Then he punched and kicked twice and grabbed the dagger to kill him.
At the critical moment, a gambler attacked the old woman from behind, knocked her unconscious with a stick, and then extorted all the money from him.
This was all the result of Luo Yang taking him to hide in a gambling house.
Although he relied on begging for a period of time after that, he finally saved his life.
"Why did she say something like that when she saw the dagger, and she was so angry that she immediately wanted to kill someone, unless she was the gangster who was almost caught by me back then." An Tai sighed: "This is really in line with the old saying, there is no hatred.
In-laws, alas!"
After Shangguan Yuan heard this, he felt as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue, and Liu Ang said some bad things about Shangguan Liu.
He was completely stunned. He didn't say a word on the way back to Beijing. He didn't eat or sleep. He wiped his gun whenever he stopped.
How can a son kill his own mother?
Looking at Shangguan Yuan's increasingly sunken and scarlet eyes, Qianru couldn't help but feel heartbroken, but no matter what she tried to persuade, Shangguan Yuan didn't respond.
So stubborn!
She had no choice but to endure it with him, to endure it first, and to keep out of sight.