Chapter 91: Collaboration Again (Two Chapters in One)
This was Zhao Shiqing's eighth night living here. She thought she might never know what her parents and grandma looked like.
After all, when she was first able to see them with her own eyes, they had been reduced to dry bones.
As ordinary people, there were no portraits passed down to future generations, so Zhao Shiqing relied entirely on his imagination to determine what they looked like.
However, on the first night after she carried the banner to send her parents and grandma up the mountain, she was caught off guard and saw them in her dream.
The father is handsome, the mother is beautiful, and the grandmother is kind. They sit together and chat and laugh happily...
When the first ray of morning light shone into the room, Zhao Shiqing opened his eyes and everything in his dream came to mind vividly. Zhao Shiqing raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a big smile.
It was early winter, and the mornings in Wu were damp and cold. Zhao Shiqing walked out of the house, and Ling Bo put a hood on her. Under the plain hood, her young face with red lips and white teeth was full of energy.
Zhen Wuduo was practicing the Five Animal Exercises in the yard, while Xiao Zhen stood beside him expressionlessly with a fake face.
Zhao Shiqing greeted them with a smile and went to swing. Since she moved here, she has been swinging on the swing a few times every day. At first, she hoped to remember some past events, but later it became a habit.
She is no longer the little girl who could only sit on the swing and be pushed by others. Now, she stands on the swing, uses her legs to swing it high into the sky, again and again, like a dancing elf, drawing arcs in the air.
The last time, she jumped directly off the swing and somersaulted in the air, which made Zhen Wuduo worried: "Be careful, oh, be careful."
Zhao Shiqing showed off a little and felt even better.
She walked up to Xiao Zhen and said, "I've been busy these days and haven't had a chance to thank you. Thank you for fixing the swing and thank you for stopping me that day."
The second thank you, Zhao Shiqing, was referring to Xiao Zhen's timely action when the corpse was dug up that day.
Xiao Zhen nodded and then fell silent.
Zhen Wuduo glared angrily, then smiled at Zhao Shiqing: "My dear granddaughter, your uncle has a problem with his brain. You don't have to pay attention to him."
Xiao Zhen......
Zhao Shiqing......
Before Xiao Zhen got angry, Zhao Shiqing quickly changed the subject.
"Grandpa, I've been too busy these past few days and haven't really talked to you about this. That day in the bamboo forest, I remembered the scene when I was captured, but I couldn't see anyone. I only remembered the feeling at that time.
Also, I heard from Ling Bo that you determined that Doctor Yang was the imperial physician?"
Zhen Wuduo pointed inside the house and said, "Let's go have breakfast and talk while we eat."
There is no rule in the pirate family that you cannot talk while eating or sleeping, so the grandfather and grandson talked while eating.
“That Doctor Yang came from the capital. Before he died, he was going back to the capital, saying that he was going to treat an important person. In addition, he had offended someone in the capital, so he left the capital and traveled around with his grandson.
All these signs indicate that he was an imperial physician before he left the capital.
When he was rescued by your father, he told Chen Lizheng his name: Yang Bingyi.
At this point, Zhen Wuduo looked at Xiao Zhen, who shook his head: "I haven't heard of this person."
Zhen Wuduo snorted coldly, "It's normal that you haven't heard of it. Back then, you were just a little kid of seven or eight. What could you know? Besides, if I'm not mistaken, this Yang Bingyi is either his pseudonym or his courtesy name."
Xiao Zhen had discovered long ago that when the old man only had a bunch of real and fake sons, he liked his godson no matter how he looked at him.
But ever since the old man recognized his granddaughter, he couldn't stand Xiao Zhen at all.
Others have stepfathers when they have a stepmother, but now there is no stepmother, and Zhen Wuduo looks like Xiao Zhen’s stepfather no matter how you look at it.
Forget it, considering that it was pitiful enough for the old man to send his son to his death, he didn't care.
As long as the old man is happy.
But Zhen Wuduo obviously didn't want to let Xiao Zhen go easily. Although he disliked this godson now, he still had to use him when the time came.
"Come, let's continue talking about Doctor Yang, no, Imperial Physician Yang."
Zhen Wuduo said this, looked at Zhao Shiqing, and his voice was so gentle that Xiao Zhen couldn't bear to look directly at him: "My dear granddaughter, tell me, what other clues can you find from this doctor Yang?"
Zhao Shiqing thought for a moment, "My parents searched for famous doctors for my eyes, but to no avail. However, this Imperial Doctor Yang cured me.
Grandpa, I was still blind when I first entered the palace. There were also imperial physicians in the palace. My father asked Imperial Physician Han to treat me. After examining me, Imperial Physician Han said that my eyes could still be cured and that the treatment was not difficult.
It was for this reason that my father thought that my biological parents were poor and unable to treat me, which led to my eyesight being damaged.
And just as Doctor Han said, he just gave me the most common medicine and my eyes were cured.
I hadn't thought too much about this for many years, but when I came to Zhuxitang and heard many legends about my family, I became certain that it was Doctor Yang who cured my eyes. Originally, the medicine bag could have been removed in two or three days, but something happened at home. That night, when I was abducted, the medicine bag on my eyes was knocked off. After that, I was transferred from Wu to Liang, and the treatment was interrupted. In fact, my eyes had already healed by then, but in the eyes of others, I was still a little blind. It was not until I entered the palace that Doctor Han treated me again. Originally, it would have taken two or three days to cure, but because of the delay, I didn't see the light until more than ten days later.
Every doctor has his or her own specialty, and this is especially true for the imperial physicians who can enter the Imperial Hospital. Therefore, this Imperial Physician Yang should be best at treating eye diseases."
Zhen Wuduo nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad, there is also such a saying in the village. This Doctor Yang is too arrogant and dismissive of common minor illnesses.
This man had offended people in the capital, and he remained so in Zhuxitang. He didn't treat common diseases. Firstly, this was his personality, and secondly, he was only interested in eye diseases. He found the diseases he wasn't interested in boring even to look at.
Zhao Shiqing looked at Xiao Zhen again: "Master Zhen, ten years ago, was there a prominent figure in the capital who suffered from eye disease?"
Xiao Zhen was startled at first, then he slowly said, "Yes."
"Who is it?" Zhao Shiqing became interested. Let's see. The environment has a huge impact on people. Xiao Zhen is only three years older than her, but one of them is in the capital and the other is in the mountains.
Ten years ago, she was a child, and Xiao Zhen was also a child, but she didn't know what Xiao Zhen knew.
Xiao Zhen didn't know that Zhao Shiqing was comparing him to himself.
He said, "Emperor Xiaokang."
Zhao Shiqing hurriedly asked, "Who is Emperor Xiaokang?"
Forgive her, she really doesn't know.
Zhen Wuduo quickly tried to defend his beloved granddaughter: "Can't you explain it clearly? Qingqing was only four or five years old at the time, and she was undergoing eye treatment."
Xiao Zhen had no choice but to explain again: "It's the former crown prince."
Zhao Shiqing was stunned. Okay, she remembered now. The current emperor seemed to have posthumously honored the late crown prince as emperor. As for which emperor it was, she was not interested and did not remember it.
Xiao Zhen looked at her and thought to himself, although you don’t even know about Emperor Xiaokang, you have the ability to make the current emperor think that he is going to be punished by heaven.
Zhao Shiqing was a curious child. She said to Xiao Zhen very sincerely, "I know that after the death of the former crown prince, the retired emperor passed the throne to the current emperor and went to Changshou Palace to cultivate immortality. But I didn't know until today that the former crown prince had an eye disease. But didn't he die of a sudden heart attack after drinking? Just like my father, I have never heard of him suffering from eye disease in Liangdi. Can you tell me more about it?"
Xiao Zhen blocked the news that Prince Xian had suffered from eye disease and hid in a Taoist temple to recuperate. However, the imperial doctors were helpless. Later, the news still spread, but it was not long before it was blocked again by the Jinyiwei. In addition, Prince Xian passed away not long after, so no one mentioned his eye disease again.
Zhao Shiqing's eyes lit up: "Doctor Yang was once the imperial physician, so his expertise in eye diseases was no secret in the Imperial Hospital. When the former crown prince suffered from an eye disease, he remembered him and sent someone to invite him to the capital to treat him.
I was on the swing and thought about what my grandma had said to me. She said that Doctor Yang would not leave until I had removed the medicine from my eyes. So, Doctor Yang had already decided to go to the capital to treat the prince's eyes, but he died before he was about to leave?
At this point, Zhao Shiqing looked at Zhen Wuduo and said, "Grandpa, those bad guys don't really want to kill the Shi family, but Doctor Yang!
Someone did not want the former crown prince to cure his eye disease, so he sent someone to kill Doctor Yang.
Doctor Yang lived in our house, so everyone in our family was silenced.
It's not our Shi family that implicates Imperial Doctor Yang, but Imperial Doctor Yang that implicates our Shi family."
Zhen Wuduo sighed: "After all, Doctor Yang cured your eyes, so there is no need to complain about him."
Zhao Shiqing: "But my father saved Doctor Yang's grandson before him. Their lives were saved by my father. He treated my eyes as a way of repaying his kindness. It is a fact that the three of us Shi family died because of him.
I would rather be blind than let them live!"
Zhao Shiqing was already in tears. Why? The person who saved others would be implicated? Doctor Yang's grandson was still alive, but the Shi family was nearly wiped out. Wipe out the whole family!
Of course, she is still alive, but the reason she can survive until now is not because those bad people are kind-hearted and let her go, but because she met a noble dog and a noble person.
In all of this, their family is the most innocent.
Zhao Shiqing suddenly looked at Xiao Zhen: "Is that Emperor Xiaokang your uncle?"
Xiao Zhen did not deny it: "Emperor Xiaokang and my mother have the same father and mother, but he and the current emperor have the same father but different mothers."
Zhao Shiqing: "After Emperor Xiaokang died, the retired emperor passed the throne to the current emperor. So the current emperor is the beneficiary of this incident, and the instigator who killed my parents is also the current emperor, right?"
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Fortunately, Zhao Shiqing was facing the former great pirate Zhen Wuduo and the reborn Xiao Zhen, otherwise her words just now would be enough to scare people to death on the spot.
Zhao Shiqing didn't care whether it would scare people to death or not. She only wanted to see who would benefit if Emperor Xiaokang became blind.
Of course it is the current, former second prince.
Zhao Shiqing's fists clenched loudly. Who was the real culprit behind his father's murder? Everyone knew the truth, but in the end, only a few small fry were dealt with.
For the sake of the eldest brother's throne and the land of Liang, everyone can only endure it. If the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects must die, even if it is in such a shameful way.
But what about the Shi family?
The Shi family is just an ordinary family, living their own small life in the countryside far away from the capital.
Why is it that when gods fight, the Shi family is the one that is wiped out?
Why?
At this moment, a pair of chopsticks knocked over: "My dear granddaughter, do you want to rebel? What will happen after the rebellion? You will resist the imperial court to the end with your fervent blood, and even sacrifice the last sap of the Shi family?"
How could Zhao Shiqing not know such a simple truth?
What's more, she has the Liang Palace behind her. If she rebels, it is equivalent to the Liang Palace rebelling. This is no longer a small fight of ordinary people. The current emperor has finally got the handle on the Liang Palace. From now on, the Liang Wang lineage will be nailed to the pillar of shame and become traitors. The court will openly send troops to Liang and eventually reduce the power of the vassal state!
Zhao Shiqing slammed the table and said, "If the open approach doesn't work, let's try the covert approach."
Xiao Zhen, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly raised his head and said, "We can cooperate again. Our last cooperation was very successful."
Zhao Shiqing was stunned. He lowered his voice and pointed to the sky: "Isn't that your uncle?"
Xiao Zhen sneered: "Do you know why I faked my death?"
Zhao Shiqing shook her head. She really didn't know.
Xiao Zhen: "Because he wanted to kill me, and he did it, I narrowly escaped death. In order to save my own life, I had no choice but to fake my own death and escape."
What else did Zhao Shiqing not understand? The eldest princess and her husband were also on that person's death list that day, but they were saved by her by accident and did not die.
Zhao Shiqing could see that the man was really cruel. He killed people on a family basis with the purpose of wiping out the entire clan.
For the Shi family, who were small-time people, all of them died quietly.
For a big figure like the Princess, the Princess and her husband were killed in Zither Villa in Liangdi, while Xiao Zhen was killed in the capital. As a concubine's son, Xiao Yue was as humble as dust and was not even included in the extermination of his entire family.
No, Xiao Yue was most likely not missed, he might have been hiding.
Zhao Shiqing recalled that when she came to the capital, she couldn't find Xiao Yue. When she first met Xiao Yue, he was in disguise and living in Mr. Bai's house.
As if guessing what Zhao Shiqing was thinking, Xiao Zhen said, "I was lucky enough to survive. After waking up, I asked Da Zhuang to go to the capital to inform Xiao Yue. Before that person could take action, Xiao Yue went into hiding. Later, my parents returned to the capital in a high-profile manner and left Liangdi. They lost their usefulness and became safe. But since I'm dead, I can't appear for the time being. So I asked you to help take Xiao Yue away."
Zhao Shiqing finally understood everything. She suddenly stretched out her hand towards Xiao Zhen: "Okay, let's work together!"
Xiao Zhen was stunned at first, then he stretched out his hand, but his hand only touched Zhao Shiqing's fingertips before he retracted it.
"cooperate!"
Zhen Wuduo watched the interaction between the two young people, but rarely said anything, as if he was thinking about something.
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