The Wan family cemetery is located halfway up the mountain. There are many trees outside the cemetery. Compared with the bare Liangzhou, spring is very obvious here. The trees in the mountains and forests have sprouted, and the wind is no longer bitingly cold, but much softer.
In the darkness, among the shadows, Wan Jinlan and Yu moved swiftly and silently down the mountain.
Yu Song asked, "Miss, are you going to try to get back to the capital?"
Wan Jinlan shook his head. "There are people guarding the cemetery, and there will definitely be a close watch outside the mansion."
As a secret guard, Yu Song had his own way of contacting the palace. He said, "How about I contact the palace?"
Wan Jinlan was about to speak when he saw a shadow flashing on the narrow path ahead in the darkness, and his heart moved slightly.
The shadow just now looked very much like Diandian.
Diandian is bigger than a wolf, with fluffy fur all over his body and thick leg joints, and looks extremely strong.
Wan Jinlan took a closer look and found that it was indeed a dot.
Diandian seemed to have sensed some movement. He stopped and looked around, sniffed lightly, then tilted his head back and let out a "wooo".
It sounded exactly like a wolf howling.
Diandian waited there for a long time but heard no movement. He shook his head in confusion and simply continued to stroll back.
The two followed it to a village a few miles away.
The Wan family's ancestral home is not here, but in a nearby town. The ancestral hall and cemetery are separate, and the ancestral hall is located in the mansion. Wan Jinlan has only been to Wei County once since he could remember, and he always worshipped his ancestors in the ancestral hall in the mansion.
The village is only a few miles away from the cemetery, very close.
Wan Jinlan watched Diandian crawl into a house through a dog hole.
The house here is just an ordinary farmyard.
Wan Jinlan walked around to the back of the house, tore open the window paper and looked inside.
The candlelight in the room was dim. A skinny old man in his outer robe was sitting at the table drinking tea. He was facing sideways towards her. Wan Jinlan couldn't see his entire face, but she felt that he looked familiar.
It was not until the man stood up and went back to the house, and turned his head to the side, that she recognized him. Who else could it be but Yu Qi?
A woman in plain clothes pushed open the door and walked into the main hall, which surprised Wan Jinlan even more.
She knew this woman. When she was in the southwest, she sold wontons on the south street of Yucheng. People on the street called her Aunt Niu. Aunt Niu's cooking skills were very good. Wan Jinlan even took her eldest brother Xiu Mu to eat wontons at her stall.
By the way, how come Yu Qi and Aunt Niu ended up living under the same roof?
Wan Jinlan watched the two of them enter the inner room together. The candles in the room went out, and her vision suddenly became dark.
Although the lights in the house were off, she could still hear the sound of a door being pushed open from the front. Although the sound was small, she still caught it.
He walked back to the front yard and cautiously climbed up the wall to look down.
There were only two people in the yard. Wan Jinlan took a while to adjust before he could see clearly who the people were.
After making sure there was no surveillance or ambush around, Wan Jinlan gestured to Yu Song to guard the big tree at the entrance of the yard, and he jumped off the wall.
A black shadow suddenly appeared in the yard. The hair on the belly of the shadow, which was lying on the ground, stood up when someone touched it. It rolled over and raised its ears, then barked fiercely at Wan Jinlan.
Wan Jinlan whistled, and Diandian shut up instantly. Then, she ran towards her excitedly, humming and wagging her tail.
Wan Qin'er was startled by the sudden appearance of the black shadow. Seeing Diandian's appearance, she asked tentatively, "Jinlan?"
Diandian kept biting her trouser leg, and Wan Jinlan dragged it closer to her aunt.
"Aunt, it's me. Why are you here?"
Yu Qi, who heard the noise in the house, came out and approached.
Wan Qin'er looked around, then grabbed Wan Jinlan's hand and went back into the house.
It was a small farmyard with the main hall as soon as the door entered. Her aunt took her into the room on the left. The furnishings in the room were simple and looked ordinary. However, when her aunt pressed the handkerchief hanging on the wall, a door that was wide enough for one person to enter slowly appeared on the wall.
Only after his aunt lit a candle in the dark could Wan Jinlan see clearly what was going on inside.
This is a very small room, with only a bed, two wooden cabinets, a wooden shelf, a table and a chair. It is crowded.
The walls are mottled, there are no windows, and it looks extremely small. The house must be quite old.
Wan Jinlan was now wearing a gray-white warrior uniform with padded shoulders. His skin was dark, with many freckles under his cheeks, and there was a purple-red birthmark on his right cheek.
As long as she doesn't speak, people who don't know her will just think of her as an "ugly girl".
Yu Qi was guarding outside the yard and didn't come in. Aunt Niu looked at Wan Jinlan for a long time but didn't recognize her, and was then sent out by her aunt.
After the door closed, Wan Jinlan sat beside the bed and looked at his aunt.
My aunt was wearing plain clothes, her black hair was fixed with a plain hairpin, she had no makeup on her face, and she looked much thinner.
"Aunt, was my father really poisoned to death by Second Aunt?" Wan Jinlan naturally still had expectations in her heart.
Yu Song said that there was a fire in the cold palace, but her aunt was fine. Now her aunt was sitting in front of her in good health. Did her father not die either?
Wan Jinlan didn't feel that his father's death was real at all.
She stared at her aunt expectantly, but she only lowered her head and her eyes instantly turned red.
Wan Jinlan's heart sank completely to the bottom.
"Your father was indeed poisoned by the bitch Lin. Your aunt is still suspicious. This matter has something to do with your aunt. I am sorry for your brother..." Wan Qin'er's eyes were red and her voice was choked. She burst into tears as she spoke.
Wan Jinlan started crying again. She couldn't even go to her father's grave to cry or burn incense for him.
"Why is my father's death related to my aunt? Is it Prince Su?" Wan Jinlan went straight to the point.
Wan Qin'er nodded and shook her head, wiping away her tears before saying, "I didn't know your second uncle was colluding with Prince Su. It was only after the news of your second uncle's death reached Kyoto that your father sent me a letter to tell me about it."
"After Prince Su brought Prince Guangling into the capital, I met Prince Su once on the palace road. We only exchanged a few words, but later rumors spread that I had a secret meeting with him in the palace."
"Although my aunt had a past with him when she was young, she only asked him for help once over the years for Anyang."
"A rumor suddenly spread in the capital, and your father traced it back to Prince Su's son, Xiao Nianshen. At that time, I had a hunch that his mother was involved."
Wan Jinlan asked, "Xiao Nian Shen's mother? Princess Pei of Su?"
Wan Qin'er nodded, her heart aching as she recalled the past. "Ms. Pei and I were close friends and knew about my past with Prince Su, but she eventually became his consort as she wished."
Wan Jinlan was puzzled: "How can my aunt be sure that it was her who did it?"
Wan Qin'er sighed and took out a handkerchief embroidered with green plums that looked incredibly old. "This is what I received after the Emperor banished me to the cold palace. I've kept it close to my body ever since. I embroidered this for Pei-sama the year she came of age."
Wan Jinlan finally figured out all the key points.
Pei had always been resentful towards her aunt. She knew very well that Prince Su was rebelling, but she was afraid that Prince Su was still thinking about her aunt, so she devised a vicious plan.
He informed his aunt of the cause of his uncle's death, and she poisoned his father in revenge. Finally, Pei cryptically reminded his aunt how his father died.
In this way, my father's life is between my aunt and Prince Su. No matter what happened between the two in the past, there will be no other possibility in the future.
Pei's position in Prince Su's mansion must have been extremely stable, and she knew many of Prince Su's secrets. That was why she quickly plotted to murder her father in the back house after her second uncle's death, and arrogantly told her aunt that she was involved.
Wan Jinlan clenched her fists. If this was true, she would not be able to get rid of the hatred in her heart unless she got rid of the Pei family.
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