Heaven

Walking on the mountain path still covered with morning dew, Ji Kongqing was thinking about the news he got from Yang Banwen last night.

Most of the eunuchs and court ladies who served the first emperor of Jing Kingdom, Ji Zhihuang, were buried with him after he died of illness, and the remaining eunuchs with positions also died in accidents in a fire not long after.However, it is said that when the corpses were counted in the fire scene, one was missing. There is also news that Ji Xi has been secretly looking for an eunuch who had escaped from the palace since then.

Since he was a person who couldn't even find the emperor, Tingfenglou's eyeliner was naturally helpless for a while.Although this clue was basically broken, Yang Banwen found out the other person Ji Kongqing was looking for.

The mother-in-law Yunxiang who served the princess Ji Zhixiao back then was released by the son-in-law Qin Yu shortly after the princess died of illness to take care of her old age.It is said that she died of illness at home shortly after leaving the Qin residence, but Yang Banwen's men sent to investigate reported that they secretly dug up Rue Xiang's tomb, only to find that it turned out to be an empty tomb.

"Her daughter-in-law will quietly go to a thatched hut on the back mountain to deliver some food every once in a while. She said that she is a relative who fled from her natal family, but judging by her age and the time she appeared, she should be very It might be Rue."

Ji Kongqing thought back to Yang Banwen's words, although the impression of this old nanny in his memory was somewhat blurred, he still vaguely remembered that she had a very good relationship with her mother.However, was she really not responsible for her bizarre abduction many years ago?Afterwards, he repeatedly recalled that she was supposed to be by his side that night, but for some reason, two little maids whom he didn't know were suddenly replaced.

"Young master, this is the place." The boy who led the way looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, his clothes were a little ragged, there were a few scars on his face, but his eyes were shining brightly, he looked like a very smart person.

He pointed to the hut in the distance and pouted at Ji Kongqing: "I followed that little daughter-in-law to see her here last time, and then an old woman welcomed her in. I wanted to take a closer look, but I somehow caught their attention, the old woman was very fierce, chasing me with an iron crutch and beating me. I was afraid that I would miss Mr. Yang's affairs, so I didn't dare to argue with her, so I just told a lie and ran away. Look, my lord, there is still a red mark here!"

"The beating was indeed serious." Ji Kongqing checked the red marks on his forehead, took out a silver ingot from his pocket and handed it to the boy.

The young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand and refused: "No, no, Mr. Yang has already given it. We also have rules when we are on the road. It is absolutely impossible to charge twice for one job. Otherwise, how can I pay it back next time?" Still have the face to see Mr. Yang?"

"Accept it!" Ji Kongqing smiled, "His share is for you to find out information, mine is different, it's for your recovery, go buy some delicious supplements."

The young man only felt a trance in front of his eyes, and put the money into his arms in a dizzy state.

my mother!How can there be a man with such a beautiful smile in the world!Even his silver seems to be a bit better than others...

He didn't know that although Ji Kongqing didn't know how to disguise his appearance, in order to avoid being recognized by others, he had used the makeup method he learned from Wu Shuang to try his best to conceal his outstanding appearance.

Ji Kongqing told the boy to go back alone, and walked towards the hut alone.

Unsurprisingly, he found black silk threads for exploration in the bushes on both sides and inconspicuous places on the road.This is a commonly used method in the palace. People hiding in the secret sentry can judge whether someone has broken in by the vibration of the silk thread.It's just that in the palace, it is generally necessary to cooperate with various organs, which is not so simple.

Ji Kongqing casually touched Heisi on the road, he didn't need to hide his behavior, but he needed to tell the news of his arrival to the people in the house to lower her guard.

Ji Kongqing didn't knock on the door, but pushed open the wooden door directly.

He deduced from the weight of the door that this was no ordinary thatched hut, and the seemingly dilapidated wooden door was actually very strong.

"who?"

A black iron crutch suddenly lay across Ji Kongqing's neck.

"Sister Yunxiang, don't you remember me?" Ji Kongqing intentionally showed a little surprise, "I'm Xiaohan."

"Xiaohan?...Xiaohan! You, you, you... who are you?!"

Rue Xiang's appearance has changed a lot. When Ji Kongqing was at home, she was only in her thirties, and nearly 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye.She seems to be aging very quickly, and has become a gray-haired old woman with wrinkles on her face and cloudy eyes.

With a "bang", the crutch in Rue Xiang's hand fell to the ground.

"Are you really Xiaohan? For so many years, I thought you must... must have been... God bless, the blood of the princess is still alive!"

Rue Xiang carefully looked at the young man in front of her, except that his complexion was a bit dark and his face was somewhat sickly, almost exactly the same as Ji Zhixiao!

"Sister Yunxiang!" Ji Kongqing hugged the old lady very excitedly.To say that he did have some doubts about her before, but suddenly seeing one of the few witnesses of his good childhood memories, he still couldn't help feeling a little agitated.

"Good boy, good boy." Rue Xiang stroked Ji Kongqing's hair, and said in a crying voice, "You...how did you find this place?"

"I was abducted by a group of human traffickers at the Lantern Festival, and later sold to the State of Wei. Fortunately, the person who bought me was a kind-hearted businessman. Because the old couple had no children in their middle age, they wanted to buy one. The child went back to take care of the elderly. I wanted to find a chance to come back, but the Weiyue war broke out and my way back was blocked for a while. Later, my adoptive father was sick and sick for many years, and I needed to take care of him sooner or later. The adoptive father passed away the year before last, and I took over his business , very busy. It was not until recently that I finally took the opportunity of receiving the goods and came back here.

When I found the Xiangfu, I found out that my mother... oh...has passed away long ago, and my father has also been married for a long time.Recently, it's the prime minister's wife's birthday, and my younger sister is going to marry into the palace again, so ordinary people can't get close to her at all, not to mention my identity... a bit embarrassing...

My poor mother, why did she go so early! "

When Rue Xiang heard Ji Kongqing talk about the princess, thinking of the child she had watched and raised since childhood, her eyes were red and tears kept falling.

"I wanted to meet my father through nanny, but after asking for a long time, I was told that there was no such person in the prime minister's mansion. I remembered that nanny had mentioned that my family lived in the west of the city, and I finally found this place. I don't know if nanny and Is there any way to contact my father, since things have changed, I have nothing else to ask for, I just want to see him again as an old man, and see if there is anything I can do to be filial."

"It's absolutely impossible!" Yun Xiang couldn't help but turn pale in shock when she heard Ji Kongqing's last request, "Xiao Han, you haven't revealed your identity to anyone yet, have you?"

Ji Kongqing nodded in doubt: "I couldn't make up my mind for a while, so I haven't asked my father, nor have I revealed my identity to anyone."

"That's good, that's good, you must not let the son-in-law know that you are still alive and have returned." Ruo Xiang hurriedly urged.

Ji Kongqing asked with a confused face: "Why? Could there be some misunderstanding between the mother and the father?"

Rue Xiang couldn't help being startled, with a sad look on her face.She was silent for a while and finally gritted her teeth and said, "I was going to take this secret into the coffin. But... oh... that's fine, I don't have to be condemned by my conscience day and night, and I will see you in the future." Even the princess can ask for her forgiveness..."

"Nurse Yunxiang?" Ji Kongqing asked in surprise.

"Xiao Han, listen carefully. It wasn't an accident that you got lost back then." After saying these words, Rue Xiang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.After so many years, she was finally able to tell the parties her reasons. Even if she couldn't alleviate her sins, it really let her let go of some burdens in her heart.

"how come?"

Rue Xiang sighed and continued: "I didn't know at the beginning... That evening, my son-in-law suddenly ordered me to let two girls who were born in front of me take you to see the lantern. Although the princess often reminded me, she and I must have One stays by your side, but I... damn it! I was so dazzled by a few bounties that I followed the son-in-law to see the manor he gave me for retirement that day!

When I returned to the mansion, I heard that the young master had disappeared.The princess had no master, so she sent out all the family and servants in the whole house, and searched everywhere but couldn't find anyone.My heart skipped a beat, and I secretly went to find the son-in-law, but he took my grandson's life as a threat, making me insist that the young master ran too fast and rushed into the crowd, and I followed behind to chase After a long time, I couldn't find it.Only then did I realize that all of this was planned by the son-in-law a long time ago. "

"How could it be?" Ji Kongqing was full of disbelief, "As the saying goes, tiger poison doesn't eat its offspring, father... how could he?"

Yun Xiang smiled wryly, "If you were his son, he wouldn't, but..."

Ji Kongqing interrupted: "How could I not be my mother's son? I have the imprint of heaven and man on my body!"

"Things are bad because of the seal of heaven and man..." Yunxiang took a breath, and finally decided to tell the secret in her heart, "The princess is a heaven and man of the four seals. When you were just born, you couldn't see it clearly. When you grow up a little ... Sigh... Do you know how many engravings you have on your back?"

"This... I have tattoos on my back since I was a child... I have never seen how many engravings there are... Could it be that there is something wrong?" Ji Kongqing said.

Yun Xiang let out a long sigh: "There are nine engravings on your back..."

"Impossible! If one parent is not a descendant of heaven and man, it is absolutely impossible for the number of engravings to exceed the other! Unless... Could it be that I... my father is also a descendant of heaven and man?" Ji Kongqing looked a little dazed.

"That's right, your biological father is also a descendant of heaven and man." Rue Xiang nodded and said, "Originally, the engraving inheritance of the descendants of two descendants of heaven and man is very unstable. But even your biological father has surpassed... oh...what God's will! God's will!"

"Heavenly beings above the Four Seals must not be unknown people, who is my father?" Ji Kongqing asked eagerly.

"He...he is the late emperor, the princess's biological brother." Yun Xiang finally revealed the truth after a moment's pause.

Ji Kongqing seemed very shocked, shook his head and said: "You said my father is an uncle? I am them... How could it be? How could it be like this?"

"Such unethical things are not uncommon in Jinghuang Palace. According to secrets in the palace, since the first Emperor Jing abandoned the monarch and became king himself, the blood of his descendants has been cursed, and every one of them will fall in love with their closest relatives People. Therefore, in the palace, brothers and sisters, and father and son rebellion happened frequently. It is not easy to have offspring among the descendants of heaven and man, and it is almost impossible to conceive if the blood is close, so the princes who have never married or never married It is not uncommon to see princesses in Jing country. But, I don’t know why the princess is pregnant, and she still wants to give birth to this child..."

"So uncle...the emperor married his mother?"

"The princess concealed it so well that even I didn't notice what was going on between him and His Majesty at first. She also took drugs that can cause delayed labor, so that you were born at the right time. Who knows that the engraving on your body is finally exposed After everything, the princess tattooed a pattern on your back as soon as she found out, and begged me not to tell this secret.

It's a pity...we are all so stupid!

The son-in-law became a general before he was 30 years old, how can he be a person who can deceive at will?No wonder he acted a little wrong on the day you were born. It's ridiculous that I thought he was too surprised for a while!Isn't what he was holding in his hand that day was his new golden seal of General of the Five Armies?Hmph, he knew that it was not time to turn against the princess, so he had no choice but to endure it.

Later, His Majesty bestowed the surname on the title, and made the son-in-law the prime minister, and the son-in-law naturally accepted it with pleasure.Hey... I found out that the furnishings in his study were all fragile the next day, but I still didn't expect that he had already harbored a grudge at that time.Poor Your Majesty still feels that he owes a lot to this courtier, and hopes that he can take care of your mother and child with all his heart, so he has been reused again and again..."

"Then what happened later? Father...why did he deliberately...send me away?"

"In the beginning, I just thought that the son-in-law was resentful, and he would take you away to get revenge on the princess. I was threatened by him, and there was nothing I could do to see the princess haggard day by day. Later, after the princess left, I accidentally found out that the son-in-law Grandpa was going to attack me, so he used his tricks and asked to go home to take care of me, and feigned death to escape.

I didn't know until a few years ago that kidnapping you was just the first step in his plan! "

"What did you say?!" Ji Kongqing seemed to be very surprised and his eyes widened.

Rue Xiang picked up the crutch from the ground and said, "Xiao Han, follow me to meet someone."