Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Tell me about you and Third Brother...
After the Lantern Festival, the snowflakes at the bottom of the cliff became bigger and bigger.
The first thing Su Guanzhang did when he woke up every day was to shovel and sweep away the thick snow at the entrance of the cave to prevent the bamboo door from freezing and being unable to open.
Apart from the routine walk after meals to help digestion, the family rarely goes out.
Life will never be boring with a lively and noisy little baby around.
That day, the family was lying in bed taking a nap when they suddenly heard a dull sound of collapse outside, which lasted for half a quarter of an hour.
Su Guanzhang listened carefully. "It seems to be in the direction of the cabin. Perhaps it has been neglected for a long time and collapsed under the heavy snow."
Xuan Jinyu calmed her heartbeat, said "hmm", closed her eyes in his arms, and continued to sleep.
Su Guanzhang's heart was not as calm as his tone suggested. He just looked at his wife who quickly fell asleep and touched her face.
When he went to feed the ewes and lambs he kept in the pen at night, he made a detour to confirm that it was indeed the heavy snow that collapsed the cabin and there were no other traces. Only then did he feel completely relieved.
"The cabin lasted until you finished erecting the monument for your predecessors before it collapsed. I guess it was destined to be our destiny," Xuan Jinyu said with emotion.
Su Guanzhang lowered his head and kissed her eyes.
On the third day after the snow collapsed the cabin, the letter that Master Lin had left for Xuan Jinyu, as mentioned in Xuan Zhao's letter a month and a half ago, was finally delivered to the bottom of the cliff by the white falcon.
Also sent along was a letter he left for Su Guanzhang - this was something even Xuan Zhao didn't know.
After reading the letter, which was neither too thick nor too thin, Su Guanzhang was silent for a long time.
Until Xuan Jinyu's suppressed crying woke him up.
"Jinyu." He quickly pulled her into his arms. "If grandpa is still alive, he certainly wouldn't want you to be so sad for him," he consoled her.
Having said that, Xuan Jinyu still couldn't get rid of the sadness in her heart.
Bai Falcon tilted his head and looked at the two people hugging each other for a long time, then jumped onto Su Guanzhang's shoulder and put his little head close to Xuan Jinyu's hand.
Xuan Jinyu subconsciously reached out and rubbed its little head. After a while, she whispered, "Thank you!"
The white falcon thought everything was fine, so it flew to the fence of the small bamboo bed, buried its head in its wings, and watched over Sister Lan while she slept.
It was snowing heavily outside, but the mountain spring water was still flowing, and the gurgling sound perfectly covered up the slight sobbing sound.
After a long time, "What did grandpa say to you?" Xuan Jinyu asked with a hoarse voice and a heavy nasal tone.
Su Guanzhang bent down and kissed her forehead, whispering, "Grandfather said that he asked someone to bring me the evidence of the late emperor framing the late crown prince, killing his father to seize the throne, and the new emperor killing his father and his teacher."
Killing the master?
Isn’t the Dog Emperor’s teacher his grandfather?
Xuan Jinyu raised her head suddenly and almost hit Su Guanzhang's chin, but she ignored it.
The tears on her face were still wet, but her eyes seemed to be spitting fire, "Grandfather was murdered by the dog emperor?" This was the only thing she cared about.
She bit her lip and stared at Su Guanzhang closely, not wanting to miss any of his reactions.
Grandfather didn't die of illness? He was murdered?
Xuan Jinyu's mind was in a mess, with only a surge of anger gushing out from her heart, and she urgently needed to find an outlet to vent.
Su Guanzhang hugged her tightly with worry, "Yes, Jinyu. Please calm down first. He is the king of a country. We must plan slowly."
He gently pried open her lips and teeth with his hands to prevent her from biting him any further.
"Sheng Yu is the emperor, and the world fears the imperial power. Even if Da Sheng respects teachers as much as possible, it can't do anything to him." Su Guanzhang slowly stroked Xuan Jinyu's back, trying to make her breathing more steady.
Xuan Jinyu grabbed his collar and asked, "Will you avenge your grandfather?"
Her head and heart ached, tears kept falling from her eyes, and she could no longer tell which type of pain was causing it.
"I will." Su Guanzhang caressed her body tenderly as it trembled uncontrollably due to pain and grief. Seeing that it was not very effective, he hesitated for a moment, then took out the silver needles he kept close to his body and pierced several acupuncture points on her hand one by one.
Drops of blood appeared, Xuan Jinyu's hand trembled, and the falling teardrops deviated and sank into the intersecting hems of their clothes, leaving dark water marks.
Su Guanzhang observed her expression and saw that her breathing gradually calmed down. He put away the silver needle and wiped the blood clean.
"I will expose his deeds to the world."
He bent down slightly, looking at her at eye level, trying to align her unfocused gaze with his, "Jinyu, look at me,"
Su Guanzhang's voice was very calm, with a hint of chill in it. "Jinyu, we must first expose his crimes of patricide and regicide to the world, and then publicize his crime of teacher slaying. Only then can we remove him from that position and seek justice for my grandfather."
He reached out again and rubbed his wife's body.
After a while, Xuan Jinyu slowly calmed down under his comfort, her body stopped trembling, and her mind gradually cleared up from the chaotic dull pain.
Sadness and hatred still filled her heart. She instinctively raised her eyes to find his, and soon met his gentle gaze.
"Jinyu, both the previous emperor and the new emperor came to power illegitimately. They killed their father and the regicide. These crimes are enough to pull them down from the throne." Su Guanzhang said in a cold tone, but his hands were very gentle, slowly stroking her face.
Xuan Jinyu slowly exhaled and nodded.
Her emotions were in turmoil, and she leaned tiredly in his arms, letting him hold her tightly in his arms.
After an unknown amount of time, the white falcon woke up and glanced to see Lan Jie'er still sleeping soundly in the small bamboo bed. It turned its head to look at Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang.
The two of them still maintained the same sleeping posture. The white falcon did not disturb them. It flapped its wings and quickly flew out of the cave, passing a cool breeze beside them.
Xuan Jinyu's gaze followed the white falcon as it passed through the bamboo door and looked into the void.
"Can he pay with his life?" she asked softly.
Su Guanzhang tightened his arm around her shoulders.
Xuan Jinyu understood. "I understand." Her tone still carried a hint of fatigue. She looked up at him and said, "Third brother, do you know that he was the one who murdered our grandfather?"
Since her third brother had decided to seize the throne, he and Su Guanzhang had been planning for several months, and she never thought that they would fail.
Su Guanzhang shook his head, "Jinyu, I don't know." When the letter was delivered to him, the seal was still intact. Presumably, only the couple knew about it.
"Dad and Mom don't know either." Xuan Jinyu's voice was a little choked again. She remembered the letter her parents had written to her earlier.
They also thought that their grandfather passed away because of a relapse of an old illness caused by a cold and because his strength had not yet recovered.
After a good sleep, Sister Lan opened her eyes, gently waved her little hands, kicked her little feet, and stared at the seven-treasure exquisite Buddha pendant hanging on the small bamboo bed, without crying or making a fuss.
Xuan Jinyu took a deep breath and made her voice sound normal. "Tell me about your plan with Third Brother!"
Su Guanzhang also withdrew his gaze from the vacant Lan Jie'er and began to tell about the plans he and Xuan Wensheng had made over the past few months.
"Third brother had already obtained the letter given to him by the late Crown Prince's confidant a few years ago."
However, Xuan Wensheng had not yet thought of seizing the throne and only hid the letter. He had gone south to do business and had already made up his mind to be the third son of the Xuan family for the rest of his life.
He even knew what kind of reaction his face would cause in the capital, so he deliberately made himself a person who "could not be seen in public" and only existed in the mouths of the people.
"Third brother must take that position legitimately."
Xuan Wensheng was a posthumous child. Even the late former crown prince had never seen the birth of the crown princess's unborn child. The emperor at the time and the world even thought that the crown princess's unborn child died with her in the crown prince's mansion.
At that time, the former Crown Prince did not know whether the Crown Princess would give birth to the child, and the letters he left behind did not indicate the child's whereabouts.
The Xuan family's testimony alone is far from enough to convince the world.
But someone must have recognized Xuan Wensheng's face. "We need to get the royal family to recognize him," Su Guanzhang said.
He broke down the plan one by one without reservation and analyzed it to Xuan Jinyu.
"The evidence my grandfather left behind was given to another secret guard," Su Guanzhang said, stroking her shoulder. "I'll write a letter later and ask my third brother to give the evidence in the secret guard's hands to Bai Falcon to bring over."
Before his death, Master Lin only said that he would wait and see, and instructed the secret guards to make sure that the letters and evidence were delivered to Su Guanzhang.
Therefore, the secret guards only knew that the rumors in the capital that the cousin and her husband had fallen off a cliff and died were not true, but they did not know where they were.
He arrived in Huaizhao County two months ago, but when he saw the people sent by the Su family searching for them in the nearby mountains every day, he knew that the young couple had not been rescued back to the cliff, so he has been lingering there until now.
It was not until yesterday, after confirming that the people in the house had a special channel of communication with them at the bottom of the cliff, that they had no choice but to find Xuan Wensheng.
"Have the secret guards discovered the existence of Bai Falcon?" Xuan Jinyu asked worriedly.
The white falcon flies back and forth to the bottom of the cliff outside the mountain every day. If it can be noticed by the secret guards, will it also be noticed by others?
Su Guanzhang knew what she was thinking. "Don't worry. The white falcon is very alert and few people can detect it."
Moreover, the information communication channels in Huaizhao County have long been controlled by the Su family. Once someone discovers the existence of the white falcon and intends to harm it or leak the news, they will be stopped in advance by the secret guards.
"The Lin family's secret guards are our own people, so he was able to stay in Huaizhao County safely for two months."
Su Guanzhang said, "I think if he doesn't come to our house again, my father and my third brother will surely go looking for him."
Now that they knew that the last letter written by Master Lin before his death was in the hands of the secret guards, how could Xuan Wensheng and the Su family continue to endure it?
The first half month was because they were unaware, and the last month and a half was the longest period they could endure.
They knew that the secret guard would not hand over the letter until they saw him in person, but the situation was special now, so they must have spent a lot of effort to get the secret guard to hand over the letter to Bai Falcon.
"There is another secret guard outside, he is hiding very deeply."
Su Guanzhang speculated, "If the letter that grandpa gave you and me fell into the hands of others, that secret guard would not show up again and would leave Huaizhao County directly."
"I'm sure he'll wait for our handwritten reply before handing over the evidence my grandfather has been keeping for so many years."
Even the secret guard Xuan Wensheng was so cautious, he must not know his identity and was strictly following the orders given by Master Lin during his lifetime.
Xuan Jinyu nodded, and when she heard Lan Jie'er calling "Oh oh oh", she knew she was hungry, so she asked Su Guanzhang to pick her up.
She fed the child and touched her little head tenderly.
They shaved Lan Jie'er's hair after she was 100 days old. Now, a month later, the hair that has grown out is no longer prickly, but feels fluffy and very comfortable to touch.
"Why did Grandfather give you the evidence?" Xuan Jinyu straightened her clothes and suddenly thought of this question. "You have already guessed the identity of Third Brother. Did Grandfather give you the clue?"
Su Guanzhang's action of patting Lan Jie'er's burp remained unchanged. "The order of the relationships is wrong," he said.
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