The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

Weeping and begging for mercy in front of the two juniors like this, Second Master Xie certainly felt that he couldn't hold back his face.

And Chen Su clearly promised Song Jiao that he would come back after a while, but now, he appeared in front of Mr. Xie, and he was very guilty in front of Song Jiao.

The father and son both had tears on their faces, but their expressions were frozen, and they didn't know how to react.

Mr. Xie was sitting on the main seat, where the candlelight could not reach, his expression was gloomy, with an indistinct expression.

Xie Chen looked up and looked back, and called out, "Grandpa."

Song Jiao pursed the corners of her lips, and called out, "Grandpa, brother Shen and I have something to tell you."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Second Uncle and Chen Su, indicating that this matter was related to them.

Mr. Xie was silent for a while, and then he stood up while leaning on the armrest: "Okay." He glanced at Second Master Xie and Chen Su, and said loudly, "Fan Kai."

Fan Kai came in from the door, bowed his head and cupped his fists: "Your Majesty."

Mr. Xie's voice suddenly became a bit vicissitudes: "Take the little one down to tidy up and wash your face." He glanced at Second Master Xie: "The old one continues to kneel."

He turned to Xie Chen and Song Jiao: "You two follow me to the back."

"Yes."

Old Master Xie walked in front, Xie Chen and Song Jiao followed behind, both unconsciously holding each other's hands tightly.

None of them had ever seen Mr. Xie look like this, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.

The old bandit Xie had been upright all his life, and tried his best to maintain the harmonious family. He didn't know when a breach appeared, and it exploded in an instant.

The brigand's straightforward heart made him wonder, how could such a thing happen in his own family?

Mr. Xie sat down on the couch, looked up at the two children, pretended to be relaxed and said, "What's wrong with you two? Are you fighting again? Come and sit down."

Song Jiao sat down beside him, and said softly, "Grandpa, what did Second Uncle tell you? About Chen Su?"

"That is to say, a few days before he married your second aunt, he went hunting and accidentally made a mistake. Later, the Orion woman didn't tell him about it, and she raised the child by herself. It was snowing a while ago, and the Orion woman took the Tell the child about the child's life experience and let him come to find relatives."

Mr. Xie still knew everything about Song Jiao, but he didn't know whether it was to convince him or himself, he added: "He only found out about this a few days ago. She was pregnant, and he was very scared, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he came to confess to me."

Mr. Xie took a look at him: "Okay, grandpa knows this matter well, and grandpa will arrange it. You all go back and rest quickly, you have to go to school tomorrow, don't you?"

"Grandpa." Song Jiao looked at him seriously, and said word by word, "Second Uncle is lying."

Master Xie's lips trembled, he should have noticed something vaguely, but he didn't want to investigate further.

But young people are straightforward and don't know how to "take care of the overall situation" and "maintain harmony", so they must tell the truth they know.

"Second Uncle knew that Chen Su was his child, and Chen Su also knew that Second Uncle was his father. They negotiated many times before they finally came to find Grandpa."

Song Jiao started to talk about his encounter with Chen Su in the music workshop last winter, including what Xie Chen found out tonight, and told the whole story.

The two father and son crying miserably outside are really a father and son, but not an innocent father and son.

At the beginning, Xie Erye seemed to want to hide the matter, and he kept it hidden for 15 years, until the matter was about to be exposed, but he pretended that he did not know and did not know.

The same is true for Chen Su. Originally, his mother was the one who was delayed. In order to help the living father shirk responsibility, he could push everything to the dead mother.

Song Jiao was very organized, and after he finished talking, Mr. Xie fell into a long silence.

Song Jiao and Xie Chen looked at each other, and they suddenly understood.

Today's Xie family is the heavenly family.

The second uncle is the second prince, representing the face of the Tian family.

Over the years, the second uncle has handled affairs impartially, and has been loved and loved by the people. Mr. Xie is also paying more and more attention to him.

Now Xie Erye has lost his personal morality, and there are only two victims, one is the Orion woman, and the other is the second aunt.

But these two people together are no more important than the second uncle.

I want to thank the old master for being ruthless. It is basically impossible to dispose of his son for the sake of a woman and daughter-in-law whom he has never seen before.

Mr. Xie was annoyed, and what was even more annoyed was that Second Master Xie lied to him for 15 years.

Song Jiao stood up from Mr. Xie's side, and stood with Xie Chen.

"grandfather?"

After a long time, Mr. Xie said: "You two, what do you think about this matter?"

Song Jiao thought for a while and said, "Grandpa, the most important thing right now is Second Aunt. We can't let Second Aunt know about this for the time being. After a while, Second Aunt will give birth to the child, and then I will hand over the matter to her." decision."

"Well, what about your second uncle and Chen Su?"

Song Jiao wanted to say more, but was held back by Xie Chen.

"Grandpa, the second uncle does everything without leaking. He can hide such things from grandpa for 15 years. Until just now in front of grandpa, he was still crying bitterly and pretending to repent. , and other bigger things, did you also hide something from grandpa?"

Master Xie raised his head, his sharp eyes fell on the palace door behind him.

Second Master Xie was still kneeling behind.

There is a lack of personal morality, and it can be explained here at Mr. Xie's family. If there are other things, it will be hard to say.

It was the first time he discovered that his son had a side that he never knew.

Master Xie pinched the soft pillow on the armrest, made up his mind, and said to the two teenagers: "Okay, Grandpa knows it all, and will come up with a result that will satisfy you all. You go back first."

The two of them had no other reason to stay, so they could only leave.

When he was about to go out, Mr. Xie suddenly called out to Song Jiao: "Maomao."

Song Jiao turned her head: "Thank you, Grandpa."

Mr. Xie pursed the corners of his lips, he should be very embarrassed to say: "Don't tell your grandfather about this, he has worked hard enough recently, but this kind of thing happened again in our own family."

Song Jiao nodded: "I know, I won't tell grandpa."

Master Xie waved his hands at them: "Well, let's go."

They went out from the main entrance in a dignified manner. When they went out, Second Master Xie was still kneeling outside, deliberately avoiding their gaze, kowtowing almost lying on the ground.

At this time, Chen Su, who had cleaned up, was also brought back.

When they passed by, Chen Su tugged at Song Jiao's sleeve, and explained in a low voice: "Young master, I didn't do it on purpose, I can't help it."

Xie Chen helped him pull back his sleeves, the two of them went out without speaking.

Before leaving, Song Jiao also ordered Fan Kai to send someone to pay attention to the movements of the second aunt in the second prince's mansion, so that she should not notice.

The next moment, the sound of a weapon falling on a flesh wound came from the hall, and Mr. Xie was full of anger: "I didn't know that we had someone like you who can sing big plays in our family."

Then Chen Su stepped forward to intercede: "Grandpa, don't blame father, my mother didn't tell father what happened at that time, and father only found out a few days ago..."

Until now, he is still lying.

Master Xie sternly said: "You also kneel down to me. If you are unfaithful and unfilial, your mother is dead. You still have the nerve to pour dirty water on her."

Old Master Xie was almost heartbroken: "A nest of bad bamboo shoots, a nest of bastards! Why did you bastards come out of Xie's family?"

Xie Chen and Song Jiao who were outside the door looked at each other and left quickly.

The two returned to Xiaodong Palace, closed the door and talked.

Xie Chen said: "You almost made Grandpa angry just now."

Song Jiao was puzzled: "Ah? What's wrong?"

"You said that you left the matter to the second aunt, and grandpa is a little unhappy." Xie Chen had to expose the truth, "Grandpa only values ​​us two, he doesn't value the second aunt that much."

Song Jiao was a little frustrated, and nodded: "Yes, I see."

"It's different now. Grandpa is the emperor. These things didn't happen in the bandit village anymore. He wants to worry about the dignity of the royal family, and he also needs to stabilize the hearts of the people." Xie Chen said, "Grandpa is enough to give us face, but This matter will be resolved in our family, and that’s it. If it spreads out, it will be discussed by the people, and if the Qing Kingdom takes the opportunity to create momentum, the current situation is complicated, and Grandpa will not be able to handle it.”

Song Jiao just said, "I know."

That night, the two slept together.

Blowing out the candles, lying together, neither of them speaking, a strange and heavy feeling weighed down on them.

The two of them have been laughing and joking all the way for many years, until now, they finally realized a little helplessness of adults, and they saw it from the most admired Mr. Xie.

They suddenly discovered that growing up doesn't mean doing whatever they want, on the contrary, they have more scruples.

Mr. Xie is getting old, and they are really starting to grow up.

The two were silent for a long time, and finally Xie Chen spoke in the dark: "Maomao, don't be sad."

Song Jiao responded in a low voice: "Yes, I know."

"It will get better and better in the future. Now it's just the beginning, and many things haven't been perfected." Xie Chen turned over, put his arms on his side, and looked down at him, "I will be the emperor in the future, and it will be better .”

In the darkness, Song Jiao saw his eyes, nodded, and said firmly, "I know."

The two held each other's hand and said nothing else.

Just for a moment, the heart is determined to connect with each other for thousands of years.

Early the next morning, the two of them had to get up and go to Lantai to study.

When going out, Song Jiao went to the emperor's palace to ask. Fan Kai said, "The second prince and Chen Su didn't leave the palace all night. Your Majesty went to bed in the middle of the night. He just went to court early."

Song Jiao was relieved, and Fan Kai told him in a low voice: "Second Master usually looks gentle, who knew that such a big thing would come up behind his back? Your Majesty even read the memorial for a long time last night, thinking that some things were confused in the past Maybe I was fooled by the second master, so I just remembered it now. According to His Majesty last night, it seemed that he wanted to make a random fief for the second master and this child, and send them to the fief."

Although it was only a moderate punishment, it seemed that it was all that Mr. Xie could do.

Song Jiao nodded: "I see, thank you Uncle Fan."

"Your Majesty's heart is still towards the two highnesses. The second master has been hiding deeply for so many years, and Chen Su followed him with a lot of scheming. The two highnesses are young, and the prince follows his majesty. He has a straight mind. If he really wants to be tricked by the second master and Chen Su, it may be too late." It's hard to deal with, it's better to send it away."

Fan Kai has been by Mr. Xie's side for more than ten years, and this is the first time he talks so much.

"Your Majesty is most afraid of rivalry between brothers, and you can't be cruel. It's good if you can send them away." Fan Kai comforted him, "With Your Majesty in charge, Second Master and Chen Su can't turn the world over."

Song Jiao asked again: "Is Second Aunt okay?"

"No problem, the second princess was not disturbed."

"That's good, then I'll go to Lantai first."

"Your Highness, walk slowly."

The two of them walked in the corridor, Song Jiao breathed a sigh of relief: "This can be considered a good ending, Second Aunt definitely doesn't have to go to fief the land."

The two of them got up early, and it was still early when they arrived at Lantai.

Wen Zhi also arrived early. He was studying alone when he heard footsteps and didn't raise his head: "Are you here?"

"Yes." Song Jiao said, "Now we have to study hard."

Wen Zhi smiled, but still didn't look up: "I don't believe it."

Song Jiao pulled Xie Chen to sit down, took out a book, opened a page, and put it in front of him: "Hurry up, you promised me last night."

Xie Chen felt dizzy when he saw this thing: "I promise you..."

"You promised me that you will be a good emperor in the future, the necessary homework to be a good emperor."

Xie Chen lowered the corners of his mouth and began to read.

Not long after, others came one after another.

"Yo, brother Shen is rare."

Xie Chen said lightly: "Go, don't bother me with my studies."

"I'll go!" The friends exclaimed, "Brother Shen has changed his sex."

"What do you know? It must be the credit of Mao Mao and..."

"And what?"

"And..." The friends raised their eyebrows, "I'm in love with that!"

The friends were very tacit and started booing at the same time.

Staying with friends, even Wen Zhi, who is always serious, couldn't help but curl his lips.

He quickly frowned, wait a minute, I can't laugh, I've completely lost my study buddy.

After the martial arts class in the afternoon, Song Jiao and Xie Chen led the horses and wanted to send them back to the stables.

On the way back, they heard that Grandpa Xie got very angry in the early court today. He reprimanded those officials who had been friends with the second master in the past, and started to turn over old accounts. Sure enough, there were many things that were wrong. thing.

The court did not leave until noon, and in the afternoon, several ministers were so hungry that they almost fainted, so Grandpa Xie let them go.

His Majesty suddenly liquidated the Second Prince, and the ministers in the court all speculated about what offended the Sacred Heart, but there were different opinions, and no one guessed right.

At night, the second master still stayed in the palace, because Mr. Xie didn't grasp his strength yesterday, and hit him with a heavy hand, the second master didn't dare to go back to the house, so he could only recuperate in the palace.

Of course, Chen Su also lived with him in the palace temporarily. He wanted to study with Xie Shen Songjiao and the others, but was rejected by Mr. Xie.

Mrs. Xie also heard about him from her husband, and immediately thought that the second lady was alone in the mansion.

Afraid that she would think about it alone, Mrs. Xie moved there overnight, ate and lived with her, and didn't talk about anything about the second master. She only said that she was about to give birth and came here by herself so that she could take care of her.

After a few days like this, even though she was as dull as the second lady, she could sense something was wrong.

Song Jiao and Xie Chen arrived at Lantai early in the morning, and their friends hadn't arrived yet. When they were studying, they stayed in the second prince's mansion, and the maid in charge of taking care of the second lady rushed over.

"Your Highness, it's not good, it's not good, the second princess is gone..."

The two put down the books in their hands at the same time, got up and stepped forward.

"Speak slowly."

Xie Chen's calm tone calmed her down. She calmed down and continued: "The servants were on vigil last night. After finishing the night, they went to sleep when the servants who served during the day came in. Did the servants sleep? After a while, I heard the noise outside, and I went out to ask, only to find out that the Second Princess is missing, the Crown Princess has already told His Majesty and the Crown Prince about this, and she is ordering people to look for it in the mansion and the palace."

Mrs. Xie would definitely not tell these two children about such things.

Song Jiao suddenly said: "I know."

He dragged Xie Chen out and ran out, suddenly remembered something, looked back at Wen Zhi, and hurriedly said: "Zhi Duoxing, ask us for a leave."

They all knew that Second Master Xie was recuperating in a palace, but they hadn't visited it.

The second madam must be because she hasn't seen the second master for a while, and because she heard some rumors, she was stopped by Mrs. Xie and the maids around her, not letting her pursue it. She thought that something happened to the second master, and she couldn't rest assured , came out to find someone.

When the two rushed to the palace where Second Master Xie was recuperating, Mrs. Xie was already there.

She also guessed it, and brought someone to look for it. She thought that the second wife was fine, so she was guarding outside.

Mrs. Xie raised a finger at the two children and said "shh".

In the room, Second Master Xie was lying on the couch, only wearing a middle coat, with blue marks on his back from being beaten with a stick by Mr. Xie.

The second lady was sitting on the side of the couch, she couldn't hold back her tears, she wiped her tears and complained: "What's going on? Don't you always please your father? Why are you so cruel this time? You What did you do wrong? You won't admit your mistake to him? Really, alas, you're still hiding it from me..."

Second Master Xie looked at her face and was suddenly filled with emotion.

To be honest, this lady is not very smart, and sometimes she is always stupid, but all these years, her father is eccentric and her elder brother is careless, she is the only one who treats herself wholeheartedly, and being stupid is also for herself.

Second Master Xie suddenly felt a little regretful, if he had understood earlier...

The second lady stretched out her hand and pressed the wound on his back. Second Master Xie came back to his senses, and still lied without changing his face: "It's nothing, it was the snow disaster last year, and there was a sum of money that I couldn't figure out. Dad was angry, so he hit me twice." .I didn’t dare to go home because I was afraid you would worry.”

Mrs. Xie outside the door heaved a sigh of relief, he had a conscience and knew to keep the matter secret.

Only the second lady said again: "Isn't it just a sum of money? I'll just make it up for you. Your father is really... ah, you don't go home. Do you know how worried I am these days? I let them clean up After a while, let's go home to recuperate, and I'll talk to Dad, anyway, I'm pregnant now, and he won't let go."

Second Master Xie paused, then lowered his tone: "Don't worry...don't cry."

As he said that, the second lady was about to come out, Madam Xie thought about it, but she just let the maids stay and serve, and took the two children to the side hall by herself.

In such a situation, the second lady would not like to let them see it.

Mrs. Xie entered the side hall with Xie Chen and Song Jiao, closed the door, and spoke in a low voice.

"Did the two of you already know?"

The two lowered their heads and admitted: "Yes."

Song Jiao said: "We don't want Second Aunt to be angry, we are afraid that she will hurt her body, so we want to hide it from him for a while."

"Yeah." Mrs. Xie nodded, "It's fair to say that the second brother Xie has a conscience and knows to hide it first. If he dared to tell the truth just now, I would be the first to go in and kill him."

The second lady was already ordering the maids to pack things outside, and Madam Xie said to them again: "Are you two going to class? Go out through the back door, so that no one will bump into you."

"it is good."

Just as the two were about to leave, suddenly, there was a loud bang outside.

The two suddenly felt something was wrong, turned around and walked back, Madam Xie was one step ahead of them, rushed out of the gate of the side hall, and stopped in front of the gate of the main hall.

I saw Chen Su standing in front of the door, with an overturned copper basin at his feet, flooding the ground, and he was still muttering: "Father?"

The second lady stood in the hall with a dazed expression on her face.Second Master Xie's face was pale, and he had already sat up from the couch.

There is no need to say more about what happened in such a scene.

Madam Xie was furious immediately, she reacted faster than Second Master Xie, and knocked Chen Su to the ground with one punch.

Mrs. Xie grabbed his collar, lifted him from the ground, gagged his mouth three times, then turned to the second lady and said: "Sister and sister, it's okay, just a little eunuch who lost his mind."

But the second lady has already heard it.

She still stood there in a daze, as stiff as if made of wood.

She turned her head to look at Second Master Xie, with a firm tone: "It's because of this, it's because of this that Dad hit you."

Second Master Xie didn't dare to admit it, he thought to himself, it would be fine if Chen Su was killed early in the morning.

He only dared to call out the second wife's name in a low voice: "Hui Jing..."

After a few ticks, Second Master Xie suddenly changed his face and stepped forward to help her.

Then, the second wife fell back and sat on the ground, Second Master Xie rushed forward to help her, and called her name again, but she couldn't hear anything.

A mess of black clouds.

The door of the palace was wide open, and the palace servants entered with clear water and came out with bloody water.

Mrs. Xie accompanied the second wife inside, screaming endlessly. The second wife held Mrs. Xie's hand tightly, just shouting: "Sister-in-law! I'm so scared, I'm afraid!"

Second Master Xie knelt on the side, hugging his head, lying on the ground, trembling, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xie Chen and Song Jiao were kicked out, and they also stood outside.

Not long after, Mr. Xie and Da Dang also came over.

"Where are those two bastards?"

Song Jiao didn't dare to say it, Xie Chen said: "Second Uncle is inside, Chen Su has already been tied up by my mother."

It seems that just overnight, the big family maintained by Mr. Xie just broke up and fell apart.

Not long after, there was no shouting in the hall, and the midwife was probably asking. The outsiders didn't hear what she asked, but they only heard Second Master Xie shouting like crazy: "Bao Da, Bao Huijing!"

Mr. Xie didn't say a word, so he acquiesced.

Only then did Song Jiao know that the second aunt's name was Huijing, but the names of the second aunt and her were antonyms at all.

She's not too bright, and she's not too quiet.

Not long after, the crazy Second Master Xie was kicked out by Mrs. Xie.

He snatched the sword from his elder brother, without saying a word, his eyes were bloodshot, and walked towards the place where Chen Su was being held.