Chapter 112 Grandma tells the past events
"Brother Qing, what did you want to ask Mrs. Wei just now?" On the way back, Fenghuang couldn't help but ask.
"Every once in a while, Mrs. Wei will ask Manager Fang to send a batch of food, money, and escort to Jingzhou in the Liang Kingdom. It says vaguely that she is doing business with an adult named 'Dongjun', but she always only pays the bills." , no revenue was received.”
"So Brother Qing suspects that this gentleman named 'Dong Jun' is actually the real owner of Xinghua Yanyu Building?"
Xiao Jinyu nodded.
"But Dongjun should be just a code name, who could this person be?" Phoenix asked curiously.
Xiao Jinyu suddenly began to think deeply: Judging from Mrs. Wei's reaction when she saw her today, she should know the previous owner of this dress, and the real owner of Xinghua Yanyu Building may be the "princess" in her mouth.
Princess? Liang Guo?
Xiao Jinyu seemed to have thought of something, she looked solemn and paused.
"Brother Qing, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing her expression was different, Fenghuang asked.
Xiao Jinyu just shook her head, said nothing happened, and continued walking towards Jianxi Hutong.
"Brother Qing, what else did you see from that account book, and what should we do next?"
Thinking that the plan was about to let King Shiheung get the retribution he deserved, Phoenix's excitement to give it a try began to burn again.
Seeing Phoenix's eyes full of joy and curiosity, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but smile again.
"Phoenix, do you know how to kill a wolf without suffering backlash from its claws or even hurting your own hand?"
Phoenix thought for a while and replied: "I think...it should be a borrowed knife to kill someone, right?"
Xiao Jinyu smiled again.
"Yes, Phoenix is very smart. If we need to borrow a sword, we need a handle, and King Shiheung's biggest handle lies with himself."
"Judging from the account books, he is suspected of forming a clique for personal gain and recruiting soldiers, and he also has contacts with eminent monks in Buddhist temples. Phoenix, do you know what to do?"
Phoenix nodded as if enlightened.
Xiao Jinyu said again: "Please help me find a person tomorrow!"
Phoenix looked at her.
"That's my uncle, Fan Yong from the Fan family in Shunyang!"
"good!"
…
When she returned to "Xiao House", she saw that the courtyard was full of people, with worried looks on their faces, as if they were waiting for her.
There were signs of extensive searches in the courtyard by officers and soldiers, and many tables had been damaged, but fortunately no one was injured.
"Girl, are you finally back?" Ling Ye was the first to speak.
After receiving the message from Phoenix last night, Ling Ye quickly took Xiao Yuan and a group of servants to hide in an underground secret room that had been arranged in advance in the backyard.
This is also the reason why Xiao Jinyu bought this house before. By arranging some mechanisms in the existing underground secret room, this secret room can be used as a defensible hiding place. This is also to prepare for emergencies.
I didn’t expect to use it so quickly!
Xiao Jinyu noticed that everyone's faces seemed unhappy, so she asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you?"
At this time, Mrs. Xiao Yuan suddenly walked out of the house. She walked straight to Xiao Jinyu, looked at Xiao Jinyu's face that was trying to be hidden by the curtain, and murmured to herself: "A Luan? You are my Ah Luan." Luan, right?"
As she said that, she suddenly hugged Xiao Jinyu tightly in her arms, crying as if she was extremely frightened, "Don't go to the palace. They have set a trap to harm you. Don't go... Ah Luan, my mother misses me so much." You, I miss you so much, why did you come back?”
Xiao Jinyu looked at Xiao Xian standing behind her and didn't know what to say for a moment. Should she comfort her by making mistakes, or should she tell her that she was actually her granddaughter?
But she couldn't help but think too much, Xiao Yuan had already opened her curtain, as if he wanted to touch her face, but when he saw her face clearly, his expression showed fear and uneasiness.
"You're not Aluan? Then who are you?"
"Who are you?"
Xiao Xian saw that she seemed to be excited again, and hurriedly asked Lin Nu to help Xiao Yuan into the room to rest.
"Ayu, today the Queen's decree came from the palace, saying that you should enter the palace to see the Queen tomorrow. When my mother heard the decree, she probably thought of the situation when your mother was ordered to enter the palace many years ago, so... she felt a little sick again. !”
"Queen?"
"Yes! Why does the queen suddenly want to see you? Could it be related to King Shixing?" Yuan Rujing also asked worriedly.
Xiao Jinyu nodded: "Probably!"
"What should we do? Sister, you managed to escape. Is it possible that the empress in this palace will still blame you for what happened to King Shixing?" Xiao Shiniang became even more frightened.
"It seems like I have to be blamed for this!"
Phoenix also lowered his head, blaming himself a little.
"It has nothing to do with you, Phoenix, you did a great job!"
Phoenix, who was praised, raised his head happily and heard Xiao Jinyu say again, "And I also want to go to the palace to meet you!"
Last time I got a dream through divination, but it was just a dream after all, and may not necessarily be the truth. Some things still have to go to the palace to ask "those people"!
"Don't worry, I have inquired about Queen Liu Jingyan's temperament. She is a virtuous and gentle person. She will not embarrass me. The one who really wants to embarrass me should be another..."
"But with the queen by my side, this person can't do anything to me!"
Speaking of this, Xiao Jinyu seemed to remember something and smiled secretly: Liu Jingyan, this aristocratic girl who believes in the way of Zhuang Lao and pays attention to water conservancy and all things without fighting, must have been her handkerchief in the past!
Now she has become Chen Xu’s queen...
At night, Xiao Xian couldn't sleep, so he simply put on his clothes and got up, and came to Xiao Jinyu's door. However, he raised his hand several times to knock on the door, but finally fell down.
Just when he turned around to leave, the door suddenly opened.
He stopped suddenly and looked back, and saw Xiao Jinyu standing in front of the door, dressed in fur clothes.
"Uncle Xian, does he have something to say to me?" she asked first.
Seeing Xiao Xian's hesitation, he said again, "It's cold in the night, come to the house and talk!"
Xiao Xian nodded and entered the door. After a long silence, he asked: "Ayu, will you go to Qi in the future?"
Xiao Jinyu did not deny it.
Xiao Xian's heart suddenly sank, and then he smiled bitterly.
"I should have thought of it earlier, Ayu, you are so talented that you will not succumb to a small Chen State. Moreover, my sister... your mother died in Northern Qi after all. She once served as Emperor Wenxuan of Qi State. A dedicated imperial physician and a third-grade Guanglu doctor, if she says that her death has nothing to do with the powerful people in Northern Qi, I won’t believe it!”
He said, looking at Xiao Jinyu with gentle and sad eyes.
"I don't know what you and your mother went through in Beiqi, but what Rujing said yesterday still makes my heartache. Therefore, selfishly speaking, Uncle Xian doesn't want you to go back to Qi.
Even if... your mother's death will always be a mystery, as long as you live, live safely and happily, that's enough for me! "
Xiao Jinyu felt the fear of losing from his eyes, and this feeling of being cherished made her heart warm and moved.
"Uncle Xian, I promise you that I will live well."
She assured with a smile.
"I will not go to Northern Qi for the time being. Before you officially become the head of the Xiao family..."
"And I still want to take back everything in the Xiao family for you. That is the foundation that my mother tried her best to preserve. It is her last wish!"
The next sentence made Xiao Xian's expression suddenly change.
…
While the two were talking, a gust of cool wind blew in from outside the door. Xiao Xian turned around and saw his mother, Xiao Yuan, standing in front of the door at some unknown time.
"You just said that Aluan is... dead? Died in the land of Northern Qi?"
She murmured, as if she couldn't believe it, but she burst into tears and blurred her eyes again.
"Mother--"
Xiao Xian hurriedly stepped forward and supported Xiao Yuan who seemed to be in unbearable pain and was holding her chest and shaking.
"Aluan, is she dead?"
"No, Aluan is so smart and capable...she is still so young...how could she die?"
"No, she won't die. I must have heard wrong...I heard wrong..."
Xiao Jinyu came to her and called softly: "Grandma!"
"Did you remember everything?"
She asked again cautiously.
The toxins have been eliminated long ago, unless you don’t want to think of it, don’t want to believe it, don’t want to admit it…
Mrs. Xiao Yuan burst into tears again, clutching her chest with both hands convulsively.
"I feel so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable...my Aluan...I didn't even see her for the last time..."
Seeing her devastated and miserable look, Xiao Xian felt even more painful:
"Mother——"
At this time, Mrs. Xiao Yuan raised her head and looked at Xiao Xian sadly.
"Xianlang, it was my mother who was incompetent, so she harmed your eldest sister and several brothers. It was her mother who was incompetent and failed to protect them..."
"You recognized me?"
Hearing that Mrs. Xiao Yuan finally called out his name, Xiao Xian felt a little happy and sadly comforted: "Auntie, we can't change those who have passed away, but we must cherish those who have survived. , isn’t it?”
With that said, he pointed at Xiao Jinyu again.
"This is Sister A's daughter, your granddaughter. She is the continuation of Sister A's life. She is back, which means Sister A is back!"
Only then did Xiao Yuan raise her head and look at Xiao Jinyu with tearful eyes.
This time, he did not mistake her for her father. Instead, he was stunned for a long time, and then murmured to himself with tears streaming down his face:
"A-Luan's daughter? She actually looks so much like him...A-Luan must have suffered a lot to protect you, right?"
"No wonder...no wonder she didn't take you back to the Chen Kingdom. You look so much like him, how could the Emperor of the Chen Kingdom let you go..."
"But with such an appearance, she would definitely not be able to live peacefully in the land of Northern Qi, so Aluan..."
"Did she sacrifice herself to protect you?"
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