Traitor and Concubine Quan

Ruan Xixi touched the copper lion at the door, looked up at the faded gold lacquered characters at the door of Lin's house, slowly, her eyes were covered with mist, and her nose was sore.

Lin Pin watched her standing motionless at the door, and sighed, "Let's go in and have a look."

So the two left the carriage behind, and hand in hand stepped up the polished and smooth steps in front of the Lin Mansion Steps. When they arrived at the door, an old butler was already standing there respectfully.A group of maids and servants lined up in two rows to welcome the returning master.

Ruan Xixi was very respectful when she saw them, with no expression on her face, each of them was as serious as a cold stone sculpture.Seeing the old housekeeper again, his face was deeply wrinkled, his hair was gray, his eyes were narrowed into a narrow slit, and he was looking down at the ground, with a dignified and serious attitude.

Lin Pin said, "The people in my house don't take a lot of glances or listen to a word without my order, otherwise they will have their tongues cut out and their eyes gouged out."

A look of surprise flashed across Ruan Xixi's eyes. She had heard that some officials in the capital used vicious methods to train their subordinates, but she never thought that Lin Pin would do the same, and the methods were more vicious and ruthless than those people.

Lin Pin led her straight to the backyard, and Ruan Xixi saw behind layers of rockery, there seemed to be a corner door locked with iron chains in the southwest.Then he asked Lin Pin, "Why is it locked there?"

Lin Pin let go of her hand, and walked silently to the corner door. He seemed to hesitate for a moment when reaching out to touch the iron lock, and then gently pulled it open.It turned out that the iron lock was just a cover, and it was not really locked.Lin Pin stood in front of the corner door without saying a word for a long time, Ruan Xixi looked at her thin back, always felt that there was an unknown secret hidden in the deepest part of the person in front of her, and this secret was about to be revealed.

Lin Pin slowly turned around to face Ruan Xixi, the moment she raised her head, Ruan Xixi felt a little scared.She frowned and said, "Lin Huhu, I don't want to know everything about you. If you don't want to say something, I can never ask."

Lin Pin's eyes were lost and he said, "Xixi, why have you been looking at the plaque of the Lin Mansion at the door for so long?" She smiled bitterly, "Have you been here before, do you think this place is very familiar?"

Ruan Xixi's eyes lit up suddenly, and she said in surprise, "Lin Huhu, your surname is Lin, don't you—"

Lin Pin smiled wryly, with his hands behind his back, and stepped into the dilapidated courtyard behind the dusty corner gate.

"Come in with me." She turned around to invite Ruan Xixi from the corner door.

Ruan Xixi pursed her lower lip, but followed her into the courtyard.

For a moment, she was overwhelmed by the scenery in the yard.But I saw that the lotus leaves in the yard were about to unfold, the flower buds were about to bloom, the water surface of the pond was quiet and clear, and there was a locust tree beside it, but it was not high.There is a stone table and four stone stools under the locust tree.

Memories emerged from Ruan Xixi's mind in an instant like a flood of beasts. One by one, the past events appeared in front of her eyes, as clear and clear as if they happened yesterday.

Ruan Xixi held her head in her hands, she felt a little dizzy.Someone kept calling her by her ears.

"Little girl, that fat man has gone back to file a complaint. Let's go hide and wait until my father and your father calm down before coming out."

"Lin Yao, why are you so naughty?"

"I don't care, you are also involved in this matter, you must listen to me now, otherwise we both will suffer!"

"I...I want to go back and apologize to my father and admit my mistakes. Even if my father punishes me, I will be willing!"

"Why are you so stubborn?!"

"No, you are the one who is obsessed with obsession, you have to admit that you have done something wrong!"

"Xixi——" This voice is different from the voices in my mind. The voices in my mind floated from far away, faint, childish and stubborn.And this voice, right in front of my eyes——

Ruan Xixi slowly opened her eyes, and saw Lin Yao's childish and stubborn face dangling in front of her.

"Lin... Yao..." Ruan Xixi reached out to touch her, but she touched a cold face.The blurry little face in front of my eyes gradually became refined and mature, the round chin turned into a sharp jaw, and the small round face with memory turned into the cool oval face now.

"Over the years, the furnishings outside Lin's mansion have changed. I renovated all the places where I can remember, but this backyard pond is the only one left..." Lin Pin's eyes gradually became sore, "Because I have left many, many good memories here. It is said that when my mother was pregnant with me, she would often sit here under an old pagoda tree and bask in the sun and read a book..."

Lin Pin choked with sobs, stepped forward to touch the apparently young pagoda tree, looked up at the dense branches and said, "Later, my mother hanged herself to death on that tree, and my father cut down that tree. And this one, I promised a friend to plant it later..." She raised her head with a smile, but her eyes were full of tears, "I don't know if the friend who asked me to plant the tree still remembers it ?”

Ruan Xixi wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, clenching her fists and said tremblingly, "Lin Yao...you are Uncle Lin's daughter, my friend when I was young...that mischievous, clever..."

She didn't continue talking, but took a few steps forward quickly, and when she reached Lin Pin, she spread her arms and hugged her on tiptoe.

"Why did you hide it from me for so long... Should I call you Lin Pin or Lin Yao now?" She choked up and asked several times.

Lin Pin's eyes were also red, and he hugged her harder than her, "When I first saw you, I didn't know it was you. Later, when you paid homage to Uncle Yuan, I realized it was you. My current Identity, I dare not let you know that it is me, I am afraid that you will complain, I am afraid that you will be disappointed..."

Ruan Xixi separated from her, looked into Lin Pin's eyes and said, "So, you recognized me a long time ago?"

Lin Pin nodded hesitantly, "Yes."

Ruan Xixi was thoughtful, "No wonder, I think your attitude seems to have changed a lot from before..."

Lin Pin lowered his head and put his forehead against Ruan Xixi's, wrapped his hands around her slender waist, and said softly, "Then you know that I am the daughter of the famous Prime Minister Lin, will your attitude change?"

She was extremely anxious at the moment. She once hid in the closet with her father and listened to the sound of searches approaching step by step. The suffocation and despair seemed to stimulate her heart to beat faster until it jumped out of her chest until she arrived. until death.Waiting for Ruan Xixi's answer at this moment is more worried and fearful than before.

Ruan Xixi lowered her eyes, blinked her thick feather-like eyelashes lightly, and said softly, "I only regret that you told me this, not that I discovered it myself. Lin Yao, if you don't tell me , will I always only regard you as Lin Pin? If you are only Lin Pin, I am afraid that I will be entangled in my heart..."

Lin Pin caressed her face, and used his fingertips to dance on her delicate face, "Father has been an upright and upright official all his life. My alias is Lin Pin. I don't want people to know that I am actually his daughter. This will ruin my father's life." reputation."

"Why did you become the traitor Lin Pin?" Ruan Xixi suddenly raised her head and looked directly into her eyes.

Lin Pin's eyes were worried, filled with deep self-blame, but also sharp, as if he was swearing to others, "This world is forcing me to become Lin Pin and a traitor step by step. I am still Lin Yao, and I must have died long ago. No, Lin Yao is indeed dead, and now I am Lin Pin, the traitorous official you speak of!"

When she became more and more excited, Ruan Xixi leaned gently on her chest, hugged her waist, and said very softly, "I can understand you."

Lin Pin was taken aback.

She thought about the consequences of being honest with Ruan Xixi, and guessed that she might be furious, blaming herself for not avenging her father, but instead helping the tyrant to become a traitorous minister who did all kinds of evil.I also guessed that she would just walk away, frustrated with herself, and never see each other again.The best result is that two people can occasionally sit together to reminisce about the past, but there will be a knot in each other's hearts, and it is impossible to continue to be entangled.

However, Ruan Xixi said that she could understand herself.

Lin Pin was a little skeptical at this moment, wishing her, even if she didn't explain anything, could she understand what she did?Can this woman in my arms really understand the deepest thoughts in my heart?

"Xixi, you..."

"Lin Fox," she smiled, and she was so glamorous, "I'm still used to calling you that... Do you know why I kept my name anonymous? In fact, that was also my father's last wish. It was his insistence that I should not think about revenge. Don't blindly die, he hopes that I can be happy and live an ordinary life..."

"Actually, I really wanted revenge at the beginning. I even went to the brothel Chuguan in Mochun Mansion to study dancing. I wanted to pretend to be a dancer and enter the palace to assassinate, but no one dared to accept me. You know, at that time Uncle Gu had already found me, he was the one who was secretly protecting me..."

"Later, the emperor died, and my enemy died before I even took action. How ridiculous is this? After being ridiculous, I felt that it was God's will. My father and God didn't want me to embark on the journey of revenge." If there is no way, then I simply accept all this calmly and live in Mochun Mansion safely..."

Even if she didn't say anything, Lin Pin could still guess seven or eight points.Ruan Xixi's story is indeed similar to her own, but people who encountered the same situation made two completely different choices and embarked on two completely different paths. This may be due to fate, but more due to personality.

Lin Pin stroked Ruan Xixi's hair, and sighed, "The Emperor and I have known each other for about the same time as you. He was already a friend of mine when he was the Crown Prince..."