Neither of them expected that Xu Qingyan actually knew the purpose of their trip.
After being startled, An Huajin and Shen Yuan glanced at each other. An Huajin let go of the horse's reins, turned around and asked Xu Qingyan, "Brother Qingyan, how did you know? Who told you?"
It seemed like yesterday that he didn't know. How could he know it overnight? What happened that night?
Xu Qingyan took out a letter from his arms and handed it to An Huajin, "Someone put a letter in my room."
An Huajin took the letter and opened it. The letter was very brief and only contained two sentences. The first sentence was "In the battle of Yuxueling eight years ago, Zhang Zaifu bribed Xu Jing to attack the An family's father and son, causing the An family to
The bones of father and son were buried on the battlefield. The second sentence was, Anhua Jin came to the Xu family in Qingzhou to do this. He signed the name and wrote three big characters, Zhang Chengze, without changing his name."
An Huajin took a deep breath. It turns out that Zhang Chengze also has someone in Qingzhou.
Since meeting Zhang Chengze in Fenggupo, An Huajin naturally knows that Zhang Chengze is not a simple person, he is smart, scheming, capable, and has means. Although he feels that he did not achieve his goal in Fenggupo, he may have another plan, but
Unexpectedly, he would take action so quickly, and his calculations would be so accurate. He reported the letter to Xu Qingyan last night.
Zhang Chengze's letter didn't even hide anyone's last name. It was obviously telling her that she should verify what he said.
An Huajin was silent for a while, and then lowered his voice to Xu Qingyan, "Brother Qingyan, I don't want you and me to lose all the friendship we had since we were young and have no contact with each other from now on. For the sake of my sister-in-law and Ning'er, I don't want to
That."
Xu Qingyan said in a deep voice, "Little sister, he and I don't have much of a father-son relationship, just go find him. Uncle An, Qichen, Qiyan can't die in vain, even if he is my father, if it is really what he did,
I can’t forgive him, let alone let it go.”
An Huajin was silent.
Shen Yuanzhi said from the side, "Little girl, since Brother Qingyan has said so, let's go! I also want to know what he did back then."
An Huajin nodded, "Okay."
Just leaving like this, she compromised for Xu Qingyan, Xu Qingling, and An Yining, but it didn't mean that her heart was really over. She understood what was most important to the An family and her now, but since Zhang Chengze interfered
After all, since Xu Qingyan knew about it and asked her to ask, then she would ask and settle the matter completely.
The three of them returned to the mansion and arrived at Xu Jing's yard.
After entering the courtyard gate, Xu Qingyan ordered, "Everyone serving in this courtyard should get out. No one is allowed to come in without my order."
An old slave who had been waiting closely for Xu Jing for a long time was startled, "Master Yan?"
"You also go out." Xu Qingyan ordered.
The old slave had never seen Xu Qingyan's expression as cold as ice before. He felt that something big must have happened. He glanced at the back room and lowered his voice and said, "Sir, I didn't sleep last night and didn't have breakfast this morning.
I didn’t take any medicine either..."
"Get out!" Xu Qingyan ordered.
The old slave stopped talking, bowed and walked out.
"Changming, guard this courtyard, no one is allowed in." Xu Qingyan ordered his close bodyguards.
"Yes, sir."
Changming led people to guard Xu Jing's yard.
Xu Qingyan glanced at An Huajin and Shen Yuan, then opened the curtain first and entered Xu Jing's room. After a moment, Xu Qingyan's voice came from the back room, as if something was left on Xu Jing's body, "Father, take a look for yourself
, are you worthy of me calling you father?"
Xu Jing opened his eyes and saw the letter that hit him. He was stunned for a moment. Then he looked at Xu Qingyan's face as cold as ice. He slowly reached out and picked up the letter that hit him. He unfolded it and saw the expression on his face.
He suddenly turned pale, and his hands began to tremble, and he could hardly hold the small letter.
Xu Qingyan saw his emotions clearly, closed his eyes, and said with a deep disappointment, "It seems that you are not worthy of me calling you father."
After finishing his words, he said to the outside, "Come in!"
An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi stretched out their hands to open the curtain and entered the back room.
What caught the eye was Xu Jing's trembling body and his bloodless face.
Shen Yuan took a step forward and asked angrily, "Uncle Xu, we have all called you uncle since childhood. I wanted to ask you yesterday, but the little girl said it for the sake of brother Qingyan and sister Qingling. Now
, let me ask you, what are you doing? Are you really obsessed with harming Uncle An and Qichen, brother Qiyan, just for your own personal relationship? How did you do it? Uncle An never treats you poorly.
."
The letter in Xu Jing's hand fell on the quilt with a "clack" sound. He suddenly covered his face, tears fell from the gaps between his covered skinny fingers, and he cried silently.
Xu Qingyan, An Huajin, and Shen Yuan all looked at him.
After a while, he suddenly burst into tears, his cry was sad and mournful.
Xu Qingyan said angrily, "My mother was obviously saved, but you deliberately delayed the doctor from rescuing her because your mother knew the dirty thoughts in your heart. You were afraid that your mother would make a fuss and be known by others, which would ruin your reputation for virtue? So?
, you deliberately let your mother collapse in a cold, do you think no one will know?"
Xu Jing let go of his face and suddenly started crying and laughing, "Yes, I have dirty thoughts. I have sorry for too many people. Do you know why I didn't want to live but didn't dare to die these past eight years? That's because, I
I'm afraid that after I die, I will see them underground and I won't be ashamed."
Xu Qingyan said angrily, "They will all go to heaven, but you will only go to hell."
Xu Jing seemed to have woken up from a big dream, and suddenly stopped crying or laughing, and murmured, "Yes, they are all good people, and they will all go to heaven. Only I, only I, will go to hell..."
Xu Qingyan said with red eyes, "I thought you were just dirty and cold-blooded towards your mother, but I didn't expect that you were not only dirty and dirty, but also inhumane."
Xu Jing's voice was hoarse, like a withered leaf in the wind, and his body kept shaking, "That year, I was obviously the first to meet her, but I was just a step too late, only to find that my good brother had already arrived.
When it comes to proposing a marriage, the Nanyang Prince’s Palace has a lot of troops and power, so naturally I can’t compete..."
"So, do you secretly hate Uncle An?" Xu Qingyan's voice became hoarse.
"On their wedding day, I was hungover all night. I wanted to forget her, but I couldn't. Later, when I saw them loving each other, I thought about running away, but he treated me as a good friend.
Brother, he often invited me to drink together. I thought that we would never be far away, so I struggled with jealousy and hatred day by day. Your mother's death was really not delayed by me on purpose. I was disturbed that day. When I came back to my senses,
It was already too late. I felt sorry for her. Later, this matter was known to you and you hated me. It was also known to the Zhang family’s hidden stake in Qingzhou. From then on, they took advantage of the opportunity and lobbied me, but I kept refusing.
But eight years ago, Zhang Zaifu's eldest son went to Qingzhou, accompanied by His Majesty's imperial guards, and said that His Majesty had a secret purpose. At that time, I had had enough. Since Your Majesty didn't tolerate him, then you can't blame me. So, I agreed.
Now, with me as the internal agent, he is not on guard against me. I want to know any military deployment plans, border defense plans, and battle plans, and everything is very easy for me. It goes so smoothly..."
Zhang Chengze turned away his face and said, "If you were not my father, I would kill you myself."
Xu Jing acted as if he didn't hear anything and continued, "Because it was so easy, I didn't have the slightest joy of revenge. I thought I wouldn't regret it. But in the end, after the battle of Yuxueling, I heard that the three of them buried their bones.
On the battlefield, I regret it, I really regret it..."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head and looked at An Huajin, "Little girl, please kill me! I should have died a long time ago."
Shen Yuan's anger, "Do you want her to kill you and dirty her hands?"
"Yes, I shouldn't have let her dirty her hands. I should have killed myself. I should have killed myself a long time ago..." Xu Jing murmured, and suddenly raised his hand to slash his Tianling Gai.
However, An Huajin took a step forward, blocked his hand with the back of his sword, and said in a cold tone, expressionlessly, "Uncle Xu, if you die like this, you will die in one fell swoop, but I don't agree." p>
Xu Jing raised his eyes and looked at her, "Little girl, do you still want me to continue living and suffer the condemnation of my conscience? Is it enough to suffer from illness?"
An Huajin said calmly, "At least, the whole world should know how His Majesty conspired with Zhang Zaifu back then and had a ruthless plan to kill loyal ministers and good generals. Therefore, if you want to die, you must tell the truth to the world with your own mouth."
Die."
Shen Yuanzhi nodded, "Yes, it's too cheap for you to die like this."
How can the emperor, who sits high on the dragon throne and only thinks of himself, deserve to enjoy the praises and praises of the people? Although he is not worthy now, he cannot let this old case be buried and no one will know what he has done.
Xu Qingyan said angrily, "The doctor I brought back will treat you. You have done what you should do before you die. You had better atone for the sins you have committed before you die."
Xu Jing woke up with a start. After a while, he nodded, "Okay."
