Chapter 85 The truth of that year
Wen Ling opened the letter. Xiaohui and Xiaocong stood on her left and right, reading the letter together.
On the yellowed letter paper, one can see sharp and powerful handwriting. One can also tell from the slightly sloppy strokes that the person who wrote the letter was a little anxious at the time.
This was the letter that Huo Lei left for Yang Qingwan before he left.
The content of the letter was that Huo Lei received a secret report from the court overnight. The content of the secret report could not be revealed and no one could know about it, not even the closest people.
He had to lead his team to the northern border overnight, and could not even return to the capital, so he had to rush there directly with his confidants.
In the letter, he confessed to Yang Qingwan that he was the eldest son of the mighty general's mansion in the capital, and asked Yang Qingwan to take the wooden hairpin and the letter as a token of trust and go directly to the capital to find his mother.
It is hard to get outside, so it can be used as a keepsake.
He also asked Yang Qingwan to wait for him in the capital, and when he came back, he would marry her in a formal ceremony in a sedan chair carried by eight people. He would give Yang Qingwan everything he had.
After reading the letter, Xiao Hui asked anxiously: "How is this possible? Was there such a letter back then? Was this letter really left for my mother? Why didn't my mother receive it?!"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Huo's face darkened: "This is the misunderstanding that happened that year."
"At that time, your mother happened to be ill. She had a cold and a high fever. Lei'er took care of her until she finished taking the medicine. It was only after your mother took the medicine and fell asleep that Lei'er received the secret report from the capital.
Lei'er probably wanted to wake up your mother at that time, but I don't know whether he didn't wake her up or he was reluctant to wake her up, so he chose to leave a letter.
As a result, the letter was first discovered by Lei'er's friend who was entrusted to take care of your mother. The friend's surname was Miao, and he turned out to be a fake man disguised as a man.
Miss Miao has long been secretly in love with Lei'er. She becomes jealous after reading the letter Lei'er left behind.
So she hid the letter and took away the five hundred taels of silver that Lei'er left for your mother.
When your mother wakes up, lie to her and say Lei'er suddenly left without saying goodbye. ”
Xiaohui and Xiaocong were stunned when they heard this, and even Wen Ling felt that this reversal was too unexpected.
Xiao Hui couldn't help but ask: "How did you find out after so many years?"
Madam Huo sneered: "This is really all due to her greed. She took the initiative to do it.
I sent my confidant to Dongzhou to investigate what happened back then. In order not to alert the enemy, I deliberately asked someone to say that I heard someone say that someone saw Lei Er having a night of romance in Dongzhou back then.
I specially sent someone to find out if Lei'er had any bloodline that was lost outside.
Then Miss Miao jumped out with a letter, saying that Wanniang in the letter was her. She had wanted to come to Beijing to look for the Huo family, but her father disagreed, saying that Huo Lei was a liar.
Later she found out that she was pregnant, so she had no choice but to listen to her father and find someone to marry locally.
Not only did she take out the letter, she also took out a fake wooden hairpin, trying to use her child born to someone else to pass it off as Lei'er's child.
But what she didn't know was that the wood used to carve the hairpin Lei'er gave her was not ordinary wood, but a hundred-year-old ebony that could ward off evil spirits. It was the trophy his father won when he won his first battle. Each of the three brothers had a small hairpin.
It's not something that can be faked by an ordinary piece of wood. That's why when I saw this wooden hairpin, I knew you must be related to Huo Lei.
If she hadn't suddenly appeared like this, the people I sent out would not have been able to follow the clues and find out the truth so quickly. ”
So that's what it is. Xiaohui and Xiaocong suddenly realized. No wonder Mrs. Huo agreed to meet them as soon as she saw the wooden hairpin and was so anxious. It turned out that it was not an ordinary piece of wood.
No one expected that the truth back then would be like this. Because of the urgent secret report from the court and because of Miss Miao's selfishness, Huo Lei went to the border and never returned. The two of them were forever.
It also led to Yang Qingwan's tragic life, and she was looking for Huo Lei until her death.
Mrs. Huo saw that Xiao Hui and Xiao Cong were silent for a long time and thought they didn't believe it, so she added anxiously: "If you don't believe it, I can ask someone to bring Miss Miao here."
Xiao Hui shook her head: "No, we believe it. Even if this kind of thing is fake, it's hard to make it up..."
Even a storybook wouldn't dare to write like this.
But even if we knew the truth of what happened back then, all that was left was regret.
Xiaohui and Xiaocong have been hating their biological father since they were old enough to understand. They feel that it was their father's irresponsibility that caused their mother to become like this.
But who knew that their parents were not at fault, and they were both victims...
Madam Huo also took out two letters: "These two letters actually mentioned your mother. Lei'er asked in the letter whether there was a woman from Dongzhou who brought a wooden hairpin to the general's mansion. If so, he asked me to stay and treat her with courtesy.
It’s just that the letter did not mention your mother’s specific name. I think Lei’er was also worried that if your mother did not choose to come and mentioned her specific name, it would affect the girl’s reputation. ”
So even until the end, Huo Lei was still considering things for Yang Qingwan.
Xiaohui and Xiaocong's eyes were red, but they tried hard not to cry.
After explaining what happened that year, Mrs. Huo asked carefully: "So, children, do you still hate your father? Are you willing to forgive him and return to the general's mansion?"
Xiaohui and Xiaocong lowered their heads and nodded subconsciously.
Wen Ling was not surprised. These two children had suffered too much since childhood, and their days of wandering outside were not easy. They must have longed for a home.
Xiao Hui suddenly raised her head and said, "I have one last request, I hope Grandma Huo can agree to it."
Mrs. Huo said, "Child, go ahead."
Xiaohui clenched her fists, as if she had made a great decision: "I want my mother and father to be buried together. They missed each other because of regret when they were alive, and I don't want them to be separated after death!"
Xiao Cong also nodded vigorously: "After all, finding my father is my mother's lifelong wish!"
This request was actually quite abrupt, as it was not an easy matter to move graves for a wealthy family.
So Xiaohui and Xiaocong were very nervous.
Madam Huo only hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "Sure, no problem. After the tomb is moved and the burial is completed, Yang Qingwan will be the legitimate wife of our Huo family, and your two children will be the legitimate children of the Huo family."
This time it was Xiaohui and Xiaocong's turn to be stunned. They didn't expect that Mrs. Huo would agree so readily.
Mrs. Huo was still smiling: "My three sons didn't get married and have children, so they went to the border and never came back. This way, it can be considered that the eldest son got married!"
She said this with a smile, but it sounded extremely sad.
Xiaohui and Xiaocong both cried and threw themselves into Mrs. Huo's arms. The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren hugged each other. This was their real reunion. They all cried with red eyes.
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