Chapter 181 Just Want to Find My Eldest Son
Duke Rong was silent for a long time, and the struggle in his eyes could be clearly seen.
For an eighty-year-old man, such questions may indeed be too cruel.
Wen Ling felt a little sorry for such an old man.
She added, "If you want to live like this until the end, it's okay. I can wait until you're gone, and then pray for the souls of all the people in the Rongguo Mansion. This way, even at the end, you can still be reunited in the underworld and get rid of this cycle."
Duke Rong smiled bitterly: "What's the difference between a life like this and deceiving yourself?"
Wen Ling thought that this was just deceiving oneself, living in this illusion, and dreaming a dream from which one would never wake up.
Until the moment you have to wake up.
Finally, Duke Rong made his final decision: "I want to end it all. Since it is fake, there is no need for it to exist. However, I have one last thing I want to ask Princess Chen for help.
I heard from Lingji that we have what you want in the Rongguo Mansion. As long as you can do me a favor, let alone just one thing, I can even give you the entire Rongguo Mansion! ”
Wen Ling shook her head: "I don't want so much from you. I only want one thing, which is the Bagua mirror hanging at the entrance of your Rongguo Mansion facing inwards."
Duke Rong agreed immediately: "Of course!"
Wen Ling: "Just tell me what you want my help for."
Duke Rong's expression became even more serious: "I... I don't think I have no relatives in this world. My eldest son left a letter and ran away from home, and he hasn't come back yet.
If what you said is true, my memory stopped at a certain day 20 years ago, and I have no memory of what happened afterwards.
Now twenty years have passed, and I wonder if my eldest son has ever come back? If he hadn't come back, why didn't he come back? So many years have passed. Is he still angry with me and unwilling to come back to see me?
Where is he now? Can you find where he is? I can take the initiative to go find him! ”
No matter in the past or now, Duke Rong's biggest concern is still his eldest son.
If he didn't find out the truth of what happened back then and didn't see his son again, he probably wouldn't be able to close his eyes forever.
After Duke Rong finished speaking, he looked at Wen Ling with a burning gaze full of hope, as if a drowning man had finally grasped the last straw.
Wen Ling did not agree immediately, but said conservatively: "I can't promise you right now, because I have to check the situation before I can know."
Duke Rong knew that Wen Ling had agreed to help, but she just couldn't give him any guarantees.
But he could also understand that no one could give a guarantee for such a thing.
Duke Rong immediately stood up from his seat and made the highest bow to Wen Ling, the junior: "I, Duke Rong, would like to thank Princess Chen in advance. Your kindness is so great that it is hard to express in words..."
Frightened, Wen Ling quickly held Duke Rong up and said, "Your Highness is my elder, you can't do this. I can't bear such a big gift. What's more, the matter has not been completed yet. When it is completed, we will both get what we need. Your Highness doesn't need to do this."
When Duke Rong was helped up by Wen Ling, he felt his eyes sore for some reason and almost shed tears, but he forced himself to hold them back.
After he was helped up, he asked, "I wonder what Princess Chen wants to know, and how to find out? Twenty years have passed since my eldest son's death, and I'm afraid it's hard to find people who knew about it back then."
Wen Ling shook her head: "I want to know the situation but rarely ask anyone for help. That's too much trouble. Just take me to the courtyard where the young master lived before, and then walk around the entire Duke's Mansion. Oh, and don't forget to visit some corners and nooks. Take me there."
Duke Rong did not raise any questions and agreed directly.
He walked with a cane, but very briskly, even faster than Wen Ling.
On the one hand, it can be seen that he is really anxious and wants to know the whereabouts of his eldest son and what happened that year. On the other hand, it can also be seen that the old man is in really good health.
After all, Duke Rong is a rare person who can live to be a hundred years old. This longevity does not mean a blessing, but that he can really live to be a hundred years old.
If this matter is resolved, he can still live a good life and have at least twenty years to live!
If he had not encountered such a misfortune, Duke Rong might have really become a legendary figure.
When Duke Rong took Wen Ling out of the house, he saw a room full of "people" standing outside the house.
They must have known that Duke Rong had discovered something was wrong with them, so they didn't even bother pretending. They all still had those wooden, expressionless faces.
Wen Ling thought that Duke Rong might be sad to see this scene, but he just glanced at them and made a gesture to invite them forward: "Please go this way first. Let's go to my eldest son's yard first. After we finish, we will go around and come back here. We can just finish the whole tour."
"Okay." Wen Ling had no objection. She signaled Lu Jian, who was guarding the door, to follow.
This time, Lu Jian was obedient. He didn't ask any extra questions and immediately pulled Tingyin to follow Wen Ling.
Just as they were about to walk out of the yard, the people in the yard moved.
They were just like the wooden men in the game Stallion. They would walk when Wen Ling and the others walked, and would stop moving when Wen Ling and the others turned around.
The scene was really weird. If ordinary people outside saw it, they would probably be scared.
It was just that with Wen Ling around, and seeing how calm she was, everyone felt like there was nothing to be afraid of.
Wen Ling was still chatting with Duke Rong on the way: "When does your memory stop now? Can you tell me what happened in the past half month?"
Duke Rong told it again, and it turned out that his memory stopped at the time when his eldest son ran away from home half a month after leaving a letter.
Later, he had no idea or memory of what happened, including his eldest son's wife and grandson having an accident outside, his second son drowning while boating in the lake, and his youngest daughter dying during childbirth.
And the entire Rongguo Mansion has been repeating this day according to his memory.
Wen Ling was silent for a while and then asked, "If I tell you that what happened next was cruel and unfortunate, would you still be willing to restore your memory?"
Duke Rong smiled, but his smile was very bitter: "How unfortunate could it be? It's just that all the family members have passed away. Otherwise, what is the courtyard behind it?"
Wen Ling felt that, uh, how should I put it, it actually made sense...
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