When will Shizi find out that he is a substitute?

Suddenly, the news of King Rui's sudden death came.

——It would be a long story to talk about this matter in detail. It has to be traced back to Prince Rui’s Mansion being blown up by Yelu Xinglian. Lian privately allocated 700 taels of silver to buy a house.

Not long after Cheng Lian took away a huge sum of money, Fang Xiaocheng suddenly asked for a debt from Prince Rui's mansion. King Rui was so angry that he slapped his face swollen to pretend to be fat, and asked Aunt Lan, who was in charge of the account, to hold tight and pay back the money.As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.No matter how bad Rui Wang's mansion is, it can be made together, and this time it can handle it.

But misfortunes never come singly, not long after, Prince Rui's Mansion was blown up for no reason!The Shuntian Mansion and Bingma Division jointly investigated and pointed the finger at Yelu Xinglian, so Prince Rui's Mansion had no choice but to admit that it was unlucky...

The palace is going to be rebuilt, here and there, there is a lot of expenses.For Prince Rui, who has just paid back the money, the current situation can almost be described as "one penny kills a hero".

Aunt Lan was worried about this, and King Rui, who had always been indifferent, asked to look at the account book.In fact, he had good intentions, and felt sorry for his concubine's hard work, so he ignored the other party's excuses and snatched it with pride.

From this point of view, something is extremely wrong.

Even if the 5 taels of the Hou's Mansion is returned, ah, even if Prince Rui's Mansion is to be rebuilt, ah, even if Cheng Jin stole his grandmother and mother's dowry, ah, is there nothing else left in Prince Rui's Mansion?How did you owe so much debt?Is this an account that a dignified prince's mansion can have? !

As soon as King Rui's questioning words came out, Aunt Lan looked for life and death, saying that he was suspicious of her!

The times are difficult, King Rui is impatient and tender, being annoyed by her, he really suspects that she has transferred money to his natal family.But there is no proof, Aunt Lan refuses to admit her life and death, and her beloved son Cheng Lian is trying to deal with it, King Rui can only hold his breath to admit it, and walk away.

Not long after, the depressed King Rui got a young and charming Jieyu flower.He simply hung out with it and didn't go home.Now, it is said that Ma Feng died in this outer room.

The messing around in Prince Rui's mansion has always been a hot topic among people in the capital for a long time.But no one expected that among so many breeders, he was the only one who developed the horse-breeding style.It really echoes the old saying: Once a person gets unlucky, drinking cold water will stuff his teeth!Others said that this was the retribution of King Rui for abolishing his son and establishing his concubine.

Prince Rui's Mansion has been built, but it is still being cleaned, and the masters did not come back.After King Rui's death, he probably had to come back to organize the funeral. The two houses were separated by a wall, and Cheng Jin would hear about it sooner or later.When Fang Xiaocheng thought about it, he didn't intend to hide it from him anymore, he just planned to go to the next door to have a look, and then tell Cheng Jin after he figured it out.

But before Fang Xiaocheng went out, the servants said that Cheng Lian had come to report the funeral, and they wanted to invite Cheng Jin to go back and preside over the overall situation.

No matter what grievances and enmities there were in the past, now that his father died, Cheng Lian took the initiative to invite him, if he refused, Cheng Jin would be punished with tongues.Fang Xiaocheng can only let Cheng Lian in.

Cheng Lian came in wearing sackcloth and filial piety, his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was haggard. He really looked like a dutiful son.When he saw Fang Xiaocheng, he choked up and asked: "Brother Xiaocheng, does my elder brother know the sad news about my father?"

Fang Xiaocheng said indifferently: "The king of the county lives in secluded places and rarely hears about foreign affairs. This Marquis also just learned the news, so I haven't told him yet."

Cheng Lian cried, "Please tell me quickly. Father Wang is indispensable before his death."

"...Naturally." Fang Xiaocheng could only say so, "Please sit down, Ben Hou will invite him now."

Cheng Lian watched Fang Xiaocheng leave sadly, lowered his head, wiped his tears, but where no one saw, gloomy resentment flashed in his eyes.

……

Cheng Jin was stunned for a while when he heard it.After a while, he got up and walked out in silence.

Fang Xiaocheng quickly stopped him: "Wait a minute, I have a few words to tell you."

Cheng Jin turned her head, tears glistening in her eyes.

——Although, he and King Rui are such a pair of father and son who are worse than each other, although he now doubts that he is not his biological father, although... But it is the father he recognized today. A long time ago, he also There was a feeling of admiration.Now that person is dead...

When a person dies, he cannot live again.Death means the end forever.

But people are going to die after all.This one dies today, that one dies tomorrow, and they all die in the end.No matter what the serious quarrel was about the day before yesterday, to the dead, it is more meaningless than a speck of dust in this world.

Everything is empty, and everyone is a bubble phantom.Maybe, it’s just a dream of gods and Buddhas. After waking up from the dream, it’s all gone, the laughter is gone, the pain is gone, the love is gone, the hatred is gone, the sweetness is gone, and the bitterness is gone.

It is impossible to only want the good and not the bad.It's better not to have any.Achievement, fame, profit, desire, these mundane things, only the lay people in the mundane world will pursue them obsessively.If you get it, Fan Jinzhong will give it a go; if you can't get it, you'll scratch your head.So they can never be free.

Cheng Jin didn't know how he came up with these inexplicable insights, he couldn't figure it out, and couldn't forget it.

Fang Xiaocheng saw Cheng Jin's staring eyes as if he had lost his soul, he was startled and suspicious, held his cold hand tightly, and said softly: "A Jin, if you are afraid or don't want to go, then don't go, I will find a way Handle."

Cheng Jin was dragged back from the fugue by Fang Xiaocheng's fiery hand, and slowly shook his head.

Fang Xiaocheng looked at him carefully and asked, "Do you want to go?"

"I don't know if I want to go or not," Cheng Jin said with downcast eyes, "I don't know where I can go. Maybe, I should go to become a monk."

"..." Fang Xiaocheng asked inexplicably, "Why do you want to become a monk again?"

After waiting for a while, seeing that Cheng Jin didn't speak, Fang Xiaocheng tried hard to understand: "You mean... you want to keep your filial piety for King Rui?"

Although he didn't understand why Cheng Jin suddenly felt filial to King Rui, it wasn't a bad thing, if Cheng Jin wanted to do it, he could do it, and treat it as a quiet practice.

Cheng Jin let out a long sigh, shook his head again, looked up at Fang Xiaocheng, and said, "It wasn't me just now."

"Who is that?" Fang Xiaocheng was very confused.

"It doesn't matter who you are, maybe you, me, Chuntao, Ah Yan, everyone is one person." Cheng Jin said quietly, "They are all idiots."

"..."

Fang Xiaocheng frowned slightly, remembering that he had heard people say "colliding with evil spirits" and other sinister things, and even suspected that Cheng Jin was struck by the evil spirit brought about by King Rui's corpse.

Although Fang Xiaocheng really didn't believe those things... But he was afraid of Cheng Jin's behavior for no reason, so he lowered his head, looked at his fingertips, hesitated a few times, bit them hard, squeezed out blood, and wiped it between Cheng Jin's eyebrows.

——In his memory, he heard this method from the old man, and he did it when he said he was bewitched.

Cheng Jin was stunned for a moment, and finally came back to his senses, and met Fang Xiaocheng's eyes: "...What are you doing?"

Fang Xiao looked into his eyes worriedly: "A Jin...do you know who you are?"

Cheng Jin raised his hand and wiped his forehead, frowning, wiped it on Fang Xiaocheng's clothes, and said with disgust: "It's so disgusting, why are you crazy?"

Fang Xiaocheng persistently asked: "Tell me, who are you?"

"I'm your grandfather!" Cheng Jin said angrily.

Seeing him back to normal, Fang Xiaocheng felt relieved: "Just now you said something like a dream, I thought... that's all, it's nothing, as long as you're fine."

Cheng Jin gave him a white look.

But being interrupted by him like this, the inexplicable sadness just now faded away, and my heart was no longer empty, like returning to the lively world from the vast snowy wasteland.

Fang Xiaocheng was terrified just now, if he didn’t believe it, he could only believe it for now, secretly said: Actually, it also makes sense, where there are dead people, it doesn’t matter whether there are real ghosts or not, at least it’s scary.Ah Jin is timid, and she will be frightened even if she is not scared.

He insisted: "A Jin, you have a weak relationship with his father and son, so it's fine if you don't go. Let's just say that you are too sad to get up."

Cheng Jin was surprised: "Why did you say such a thing today?"

If others said it, Cheng Jin would not be so surprised.

Fang Xiaocheng made up his mind, the more he thought about it, the more he felt right.

To put it bluntly, if a person dies and the lamp goes out, there is naturally no need to worship; if there is a spirit, King Rui treated Cheng Jin so harshly during his lifetime, and it may not be that he will pay more attention to him after death.No need to go no matter what.

"He died suddenly, I feel strange, I'm afraid there's something wrong with it. The situation is unstable now, if you go out, you're afraid that there will be too many people watching, and you will inevitably miss it. A negligence will let people take advantage of the loopholes." Fang Xiaocheng analyzed in this way .

Cheng Jin nodded lazily: "I don't want to think about these things, I'll just listen to you."

Fang Xiaocheng replied: "Okay." He paused, and said tentatively, "If you want to, set up an incense table in the Marquis's mansion and worship far away. In fact, no matter where you worship, it's just your wish."

Cheng Jin hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head: "When he was alive, he didn't want to see me, and I didn't respect him. Now that he's dead, should I pretend to be a show for you? Forget it. There are many magnanimous people, hypocrisy There are many people, and I am none of them."

Fang Xiaocheng answered casually, "Then who are you?"

Cheng Jin said lightly: "I hope I am your stranger."

"..." I should have known it was unnecessary to ask this sentence!

With a complicated heart in his heart, Fang Xiaocheng went back to the front hall, rejecting Cheng Lian: "Ah Jin's old injury has not healed, and when she first heard the bad news, she was sad for a while, and it passed away."

Cheng Lian sighed helplessly: "I won't believe this. There is no outsider, so I'll just say it straight. I know he has grudges against his father, but now it's just for the sake of appearance, and he should show up. He has always been willful and ignorant, you But I can't do this. There is no father in the world, not to mention that he is dead, you indulge him like this, but you will cause him to be stabbed in the back."

What Cheng Lian said was actually reasonable, but Fang Xiaocheng also had his own reasons.He said decisively, "No need to say much."

Cheng Lian's heart sank, and his cheeks twitched a few times.

It has been more than half a year since the "marriage" and Cheng Jin was strictly hidden in the Hou Mansion by Fang Xiaocheng, and Cheng Lian tried his best to not see her.He even thought about climbing the wall, but the bottom of the Hou's wall was guarded for twelve hours, and not even a fly could fly in.I heard that even the emperor and the dowager summoned Cheng Jin later, Fang Xiaocheng refused to let him go.

Cheng Lian could only kill the old man who was no longer useful, this was the only way to force Cheng Jin out.

Once Cheng Jin leaves the Marquis Mansion, no matter how closely Fang Xiaocheng's people keep an eye on him, if there are always mistakes, he will have a chance to take Cheng Jin away.

He will hide Cheng Jin in a place where no one can find him, let Fang Xiaocheng, the emperor, Yelu Xinglian, whoever he loves, for whatever reason he loves, go dog bite dog, and die together!No one would stand in his way, and no one could harm Cheng Jin.