Chapter 151 Summer Flowers
Ming Huazhang looked at Han Jie, who was smiling calmly with a frank and sincere expression, as if he was really concerned about sharing the court's worries.
However, they both knew that they each served their own masters and would one day turn sword against sword. Ming Huazhang had an inexplicable feeling that that day would not be far away.
In his heart, Ming Huazhang was still grateful to the seniors who had introduced him and helped him grow, so he didn't want to say those unpleasant polite words. He asked calmly, "Where are they?"
"Rest in the base." Han Jie said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's just a routine questioning. After all, I discovered this seedling myself. No matter how crazy I am, I won't do anything to them. Go out, they should have asked enough questions. Next time you encounter this kind of thing, report it to Xuan Xiaowei first, don't rush forward on your own."
Ming Huazhang asked: "What about Liao Yushan?"
Han Jie raised his eyebrows, with a meaningful look in his eyes: "Of course I will deal with it according to the rules. As for the follow-up, you don't need to ask."
Ming Huazhang was silent. This was as it should be. No one in the world could escape alive after killing a king, not to mention that Liao Yushan was a traitor. Ming Huazhang was silent for a moment and said, "I want to see him."
Han Jie said: "This is against the rules."
"This is the last time we will see each other." Ming Huazhang looked at him quietly and said, "After all, we worked together, so I want to see him off."
Han Jie and Ming Huazhang looked at each other. They seemed to be talking about Liao Yushan, but also seemed to be talking about something else. Finally, Han Jie smiled and said, "You are still so sentimental. This is not a good thing. Forget it, I will open the back door for you again. It will take at most 15 minutes. Be careful with what you say and don't leave any room for gossip."
"Thank you." Ming Huazhang said, turned around without hesitation, and walked down the stairs. Han Jie stood on the stage, watching him walk through the white jade steps, into the bright sunlight, and gradually walk away.
Han Jie sighed lightly, turned his neck, put his hands behind his back, and walked lazily down another road.
After geese hunting all day, the goose pecked his eyes. He discovered Ming Huazhang and introduced him to Xuanxiaowei. Xie Jichuan, Ming Huashang and others also came into Han Jie's sight. But Han Jie did not expect that the only successor he had chosen for so many years would be a "traitorous thief".
At first, Han Jie did not suspect Ming Huazhang. He monitored Princess Taiping as usual and found out that Princess Taiping was investigating the rebellion case of Prince Zhang Huai seventeen years ago.
They all knew what Princess Taiping did in Xuanxiaowei, but the empress did not investigate further. Instead, she let Princess Taiping control some of the people and control the actions of the Li family. Otherwise, Han Jie would not have known that Zhang Liangdi was not in premature labor, but took labor-inducing drugs and gave birth to a baby boy in advance. Under the arrangement of Prince Zhang Huai, she left the East Palace and was sent to the outside world. The only people who entered and left the East Palace that day were Zhenguo Gong Ming Huaiyuan and Xie Shen, the head of the Xie family.
For the first time, Han Jie looked at his most admired junior with suspicion.
Once suspicions are raised about many things, all sorts of clues will pop up. The banquet of Princess Taiping, which Han Jie would not normally pay attention to, became evidence, and her private meeting with Ming Huazhang almost confirmed the fact.
Ming Huazhang is the son of Prince Zhang Huai. For so many years, the ministers have been making false plans under the Empress's nose, and countless people have participated. The Li family found out, but it seems that they have no intention of telling the Empress.
When the Queen asked Han Jie about the recent movements of the Li and Wu families, Han Jie hesitated for a moment and informed the Queen of his discovery.
This is his duty, regardless of right or wrong. Since the day he joined the Xuanxiao Guard, he was destined to be with darkness for the rest of his life. Standpoint is more important than morality.
As for whether the Queen's beating of Li Chongrun to death had anything to do with this incident, that was not Han Jie's business.
It was actually very simple to find Liao Yushan. When Han Jie realized that Ming Huazhang might be the son of Crown Prince Zhang Huai, he paid close attention to his every move and naturally noticed that Shuangbi was spreading false information. Han Jie checked and found that Zheng Weiqi and Liao Yushan had acted inappropriately and unnecessarily on several occasions. He dug deeper and realized that the two might have had second thoughts.
Since she knew that Liao Yushan was no longer trustworthy, all his actions became transparent. Liao Yushan came to report that the case had been solved, and repeatedly stated that Chang'an was now safe. The empress was an expert in seeing through people's hearts, so she pretended to continue her trip and enjoyment under Liao Yushan's guidance, and even left a day earlier.
The Queen did this on purpose. She deliberately disrupted Liao Yushan's arrangements, firstly for safety reasons, and secondly, to see how others would react.
When Princess Taiping came to check the list of prisoners to be expelled from the Heguan, Liao Yushan, at the instruction of the Empress, took the initiative to let Princess Taiping get the list. The next day, a substitute left the palace, and the Empress stayed in the palace, waiting for the outcome of this great adventure.
Unfortunately, even at the last moment, the King of Wei did not discover Liao Yushan's tricks, and followed Liao Yushan's inducement step by step, which was always stupid.
The Queen believed that the King of Wei was absolutely loyal and had no ulterior motives, but why would she be so stupid as to kill the loyalty of the entire dynasty?
Fortunately, not all the people in the court were fools, and there were still people who could detect abnormalities. However, the other party turned out to be Ming Huazhang and Ming Huashang.
One is a proven traitor to the party, and the other is a piece of trash whom they never took seriously.
Han Jie and the Queen were both shocked. Especially the Queen, who had expected that her children and grandchildren would hate her to the core but would have to please her. If there was a chance, they would definitely be happy to see her die. However, a person she believed was impossible came thousands of miles away to save her regardless of his own life.
However, when the Empress summoned Ming Huazhang, the young man showed extreme dissatisfaction and hatred. He scolded her in front of the Empress, saying that she was not a wise ruler, that she was foolish and abused her power, and that she was unfit to be a mother.
Han Jie didn't dare to comment whether the scolding was right or not, but he felt that the Queen was actually very happy to see this scene.
Blood is thicker than water after all. There are still people who love her, hate her, and plot against her not just because she is the queen.
In the end, there are people who uphold light and justice. No matter whether they are strong or weak, human wisdom and courage will never be extinguished.
Perhaps because he had stood in the darkness for too long, Han Jie was blinded by such sincere and determined light. He could no longer say such words or do such things, but he sincerely felt that it was great.
This world is broken and shabby, but there are always brave people who stand up and patch it up. He foresaw that his end would never be good, but he sincerely hoped that Ming Huazhang would not become the next him.
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After asking some questions, the supervisor politely asked Ming Huashang to leave. Ming Huashang then knew that he had made a contribution and that he would have no problem taking care of himself for the rest of his life.
Ming Huashang felt relieved instantly. She did not leave immediately, but asked Ming Huazhang.
The supervisor said, "They haven't finished their questioning yet. If you are in a hurry, I will go and urge them to finish their questioning."
Ming Huashang never thought that she would be called an adult someday. She said, "It's okay. I'll just wait here for a while. Go and do your own thing. Don't worry about me."
The monitor said some polite words and left. Ming Huashang waited in the room. After a while, there was a knock on the door. Ming Huashang subconsciously said, "Don't bother, I can do it myself..."
Ming Huashang looked up and saw the person coming. She was startled. The man was handsome and tall, with a complexion as white as ice. He stood at the door with a gentle and light smile: "Did I disturb you?"
Ming Huashang breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously walked towards him: "Of course not. Second brother, what did they ask you and why did they ask you for so long?"
Ming Huazhang did not mention that he had gone to the palace to see the empress. He simply said, "It's just some meaningless questions. Why don't you leave?"
"I'll wait for you to go home together." Ming Huashang blurted out, and then realized their identities and quickly made up for it, "I was afraid that they would embarrass you, so I wanted to wait for you."
Ming Huazhang looked at her hand that was about to get closer but suddenly retracted, and took the initiative to lean over and hold it, saying, "Thank you, Shangshang. But I have to meet someone else, please wait here for a while."
He didn't ask her to go first, and for the first time asked her to wait for him. Ming Huashang was so surprised that she said without thinking: "I'll go with you."
After she finished speaking, she realized that she had overstepped her bounds. Just as she was about to laugh it off, Ming Huazhang took her hand and walked out as if it was her duty: "Okay."
Ming Huashang stumbled and followed him. She felt like she was having a fever again, her mind was hazy, and she could barely walk properly. She struggled with her inner thoughts for a while, but couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Who are you going to see?"
"Liao Yushan."
Hearing this name, Ming Huachang's smile faded slightly. Ming Huazhang noticed her change of mood and immediately stopped, turned around and looked at her seriously: "If you don't want to go, forget it, I'll have someone take you out."
Ming Huashang was silent for a long time, then shook her head slowly but firmly: "It doesn't matter. I'm going to see him."
The place where Liao Yushan was imprisoned was similar to what Ming Huashang had imagined. His hands were handcuffed tightly and he stared blankly at the skylight. He heard footsteps and turned back without interest. When he saw that it was the two of them, he was obviously stunned.
Afterwards, he withdrew his emotions and became cold and indifferent. Ming Huazhang noticed that Ming Huachang's fingers had become cold, and it was obvious that she was not calm. He silently held Ming Huachang's hand tightly and asked, "Liao Yushan, you are the prefect of Jingzhao, but you have repeatedly committed murder and wrongly accused innocent people. Why did you do this?"
Liao Yushan was indifferent and had no intention of cooperating. Ming Huazhang changed the topic and asked, "Looking at the files you compiled a few years ago, it can be seen that you were not hopeless at the beginning. You used to investigate cases and handle affairs very seriously. How could you go from being a pursuer to a perpetrator? When you killed those old, weak, women and children, did you live with your conscience?"
"Conscience?" Liao Yushan repeated it in a low voice as if he had heard something strange, and raised his eyes to look at Ming Huazhang, "Do you believe in conscience? People with conscience cannot do this or that, and they give in step by step and suffer losses continuously, while people without conscience are getting more and more demanding, and they are getting better and better. Is this the result you want?"
Ming Huazhang said: "I know that such things exist in the world. We should find ways to punish evil and promote good, and protect fairness. However, you cannot indulge yourself in doing evil just because of the evil deeds of others."
Liao Yushan sneered, his expression very disdainful. Ming Huazhang was not angry, and asked calmly: "What's wrong? Do you think there is something wrong?"
"You say these things because you are lucky, just like Emperor Hui said why not eat meat." Liao Yushan said coldly and sharply, "You are the son of a noble family. You have family background and wealth since birth. No one bullies you, so you can say with great righteousness that you can't give up doing good deeds because of a small loss. However, a trivial loss to you is the whole world to others."
Ming Huazhang realized something and asked, "Are you referring to your daughter?"
"Don't mention her!" Liao Yushan suddenly exploded, his eyes red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You are not worthy!"
Ming Huazhang was suspicious of Liao Yushan because Ming Huachang was ill and could not leave. He looked up Liao Yushan's life and found a story about Liao Yushan and Yan Jingcheng.
In other words, it belongs to Liao Yushan and the Empress.
Eleven years ago, Liao Yushan had just started his career as an official, and the Empress had just declared herself the Emperor. The Empress needed a large number of manpower, and Liao Yushan also had a sincere ambition to show his talents and serve the country. Naturally, Liao Yushan joined the Xuanxiao Guard. Not long after, the Empress decided to move the capital to Luoyang and abandon Chang'an, where the Li Tang was too powerful. Liao Yushan was left in the old capital as the Empress's "eyes" to watch Chang'an for the Empress.
At that time, he hated evil and was upright and would report anything he thought was wrong. He firmly believed that good and evil were clearly distinguished, that there would be karma, and that evildoers would be punished.
In the second year of Tianshou, a spring plague swept Chang'an. Yan Jingcheng gave a large amount of money to the rich and powerful to drive up the price of medicine in Chang'an and make money from the people's hard-earned money. Liao Yushan naturally couldn't stand this. He immediately wrote a secret letter to Luoyang, asking the empress to quell the chaos, and at the same time made a firm statement to criticize the profiteers headed by Yan Jingcheng.
Liao Yushan never thought that the empress would abandon them, so he had no scruples when criticizing Yan Jingcheng, and even impeached the nobles behind Yan in several cases. Liao Yushan's behavior naturally offended many people, including his colleagues in Jingzhao Prefecture. The Jingzhao Yin at the time suppressed Liao Yushan, and his colleagues also mocked and openly made things difficult for him.
Liao Yushan could tolerate all of this, but he never expected that those people would deliberately tamper with his daughter's food and infect her with the plague.
Liao Yushan had a meager salary and no connections, so how could he afford the expensive medicinal herbs in Chang'an? He spent all his family fortune to treat his daughter's illness, but due to the lack of key medicinal herbs, the treatment had little effect.
Those people deliberately pushed him into the most desperate and desperate state, and then Yan Jingcheng appeared in front of him triumphantly and said that as long as Liao Yushan withdrew those impeachment memorials, he would give Liao Yushan medicinal herbs for free, and would take some money with him when he made money in the future.
Liao Yushan refused to go along with the evil and refused without hesitation. He sent secret letters to Luoyang again and again asking for help, but Luoyang seemed to be deaf and never responded.
Later, Liao Yushan learned that the nobles who "offered tribute" to Yan Jingcheng included the empress's children and nephews. The empress may have protected the children, or she may have felt that it was not worth it, or there may be more important things for her to deal with in the court. But in any case, she gave up Chang'an for her own rule.
I also gave up countless screws like Liao Yushan.
On the day Liao Yushan's daughter died, Chang'an was thundering and the spring rain was freezing cold. He held his daughter in his arms and knocked on the doors of clinics one after another, begging them to save his child. However, no one would waste money on a stranger, even if that person was a good person with a strong sense of justice.
When Liao Yushan went to Huichuntang, a time-honored restaurant in Chang'an, he was exhausted and fell heavily. He hurried to get up without paying attention to the accumulated water, fearing that he would hurt his daughter, but he touched his daughter's cold body.
She died, killed by her incompetent, naive, and self-righteous father.
Later, Liao Yushan witnessed many births, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, and separations. He found that he was not the only one who lost his loved ones and was powerless. Tragedy happened in every corner of this city.
He saw Yan Jingcheng becoming richer and richer, and even doing charity work in a high-profile manner, being called Yan the Great Good Man; he saw Song Yanbai's parents, two elderly people, kneeling at the feet of young officials, begging them again and again to investigate their son's death, but in the end they were kicked out of the inn for having exhausted all their clinging; he saw Qian Yi killing his master and marrying his master's wife, but crying deeply in front of his master's tombstone, and everyone praised him for his filial piety.
How terrible! When did the world become like this?
In the dead of night, Liao Yushan knelt in front of his daughter's tablet and thought about this question over and over again. Finally, he finally figured it out: it was because of the empress.
His daughter's death was caused by Yan Jingcheng, but if the empress had not condoned it, even without Yan Jingcheng, there would have been another profiteer. Yan Jingcheng was a murder weapon, but not the executioner.
Song Yanbai, Feng Zhanggui...so many unjust cases are due to this.
Ten years of drinking ice finally cools the blood.
In the first year of the Shengli era, the empress finally remembered Chang'an, which she had forgotten for ten years, and moved back to her old capital with great fanfare. By then, Liao Yushan had contracted tuberculosis after years of poverty and depression, and would not live long. However, he was unwilling to give up.
Why, why are the poor born to be trampled upon, why are the powerful sucking the blood of the people still praised by the world, why do honest people step backward step by step, but those who do evil do not have to pay any price?
Based on what, based on what, based on what?
Therefore, Liao Yushan carefully planned a revenge, with the empress at the center. Even though the empress gradually promoted the old Xuanxiaowei members to key positions after returning to Beijing, giving them real power, status and compensation, this recognition came too late.
However, although he had become Jingzhao Yin, he was just a figurehead in the heart of the empress, and there was no possibility for him to get close to the emperor, let alone assassinate him. So he defected to the King of Wei, hoping to get close to the empress through the King of Wei. In order to gain the trust of the King of Wei, he carefully read the files, picked out a bone-digging case, and personally presented a trap for the King of Wei to capture the two jades.
He didn't know who this title belonged to, and he actually had no grudges against this younger generation, but he didn't care. He needed the King of Wei's recommendation, and this person had offended the King of Wei before, that's all.
When investigating the bone digging case, Liao Yushan knew that Cen Hu was not the murderer at all, but an unjust case could not be solved. The government would not seek justice for the powerless victims, so it made no difference whether the murderer was real or fake. Anyway, Cen Hu was not a good person, so it was not unfair to kill him.
Liao Yushan didn't care who the real murderer was, nor did he care about being ruined if the truth was revealed. He just wanted to die.
However, his plan was ruined by a young man who had just entered the officialdom. Ming Huazhang was just like him back then, energetic and tireless. In order to solve the case, he read the files all night long, unwilling to miss any details, and yearning for the so-called justice.
If Liao Yushan had met Ming Huazhang ten years earlier, they would have become close friends; if he had met her five years earlier, he would have admired such a young person; but now, he only hates her.
Although his attempt to please the King of Wei failed, it was not without gain. He successfully gained the King of Wei's trust, and under his suggestion, the King of Wei increasingly sought his advice, and finally completely handed over the Lantern Tower to Liao Yushan.
Liao Yushan was well-read and proficient in gunpowder. The lantern he designed easily won over the King of Wei, who was very excited to use his lantern as a gift to the Empress. At this point, all the external conditions needed to assassinate the Empress were ready.
The next thing to consider was how to lure the empress out of the palace. This was not a problem before, because he had already hinted to the King of Wei and had him come forward to persuade the empress to go out of the palace for the Flower Festival. The unrest among the people would not affect the nobles' interest in playing, so Liao Yushan confidently pushed forward his plan. In addition to killing the empress, he also took away a few escaped fish.
Whether it was Chu Ji who watched someone die without rescuing him, or Yan Jingcheng who drove up the price of medicine, they should have died long ago. In his plan, he just executed a few scumbags. He committed the crime himself and solved it himself. He could just find a few suitable villains to be the "murderer" and turn the page. It wouldn't cause much trouble at all. Within three days, the deaths of these people would become a volume among the countless dust in the file room as usual.
The killing of Qian Yi and Chu Ji went smoothly as he expected, without any surprises. However, after Chu Ji's death, variables appeared.
Ming Huachang repeatedly rejected the murderer he found, and he failed to pin the crime on Liu. Instead, he uncovered the old cases of Song Yanbai and Chu Ji. Ming Huazhang issued notices throughout the city and asked the Yulin Army to intervene in the case. The situation gradually went beyond Liao Yushan's control.
Those young men were like the king of destruction, constantly poking holes in his plan, and Liao Yushan could only passively make up for it. Ming Huazhang and his men found Hei Hu, and when Liao Yushan went to the prison to find Ming Huazhang, Hei Hu accidentally saw his true face.
When Yan Jingcheng came to Liao Yushan's house to put pressure on him, he brought Heihu with him. Liao Yushan was afraid that Heihu would recognize him and expose him to Ming Huazhang, which would put Liao Yushan's plan in danger. Liao Yushan could only hint to the yamen runners to torture Heihu, and then tampered with Heihu's food and poisoned Heihu with sulfur powder. After that, he secretly guided them, and sure enough, everyone thought that Heihu died because the torture was too severe.
Although doing so would leave a fatal clue, it was better than being discovered.
The third person to die was Yan Jingcheng. Yan Jingcheng apparently still remembered the festival that year, and as soon as he received Liao Yushan's note, he rushed to keep the appointment, not daring to tell anyone.
Yan Jingcheng dared to humiliate Liao Yushan because he thought Liao Yushan was just a minor official and could not pose a threat to Yan Jingcheng. Unexpectedly, ten years later, Liao Yushan's luck suddenly exploded and he was promoted to Jingzhao Yin.
Yan Jingcheng hurried over to curry favor with him and tried to repair their relationship in the pavilion. Liao Yushan looked at his arrogant and respectful face and felt disgusted. He gave Yan Jingcheng a gold medal with the word "empty" engraved on it. Yan Jingcheng thought it was a hint and happily put it on his waist. Liao Yushan sneered secretly, lit the fuse, and found an excuse to leave.
Soon after Liao Yushan left, the Sun and Moon Pavilion exploded behind him. Liao Yushan sneered in his heart. It didn't matter if he had accumulated a fortune. A scum like Yan Jingcheng was only worthy of being turned into pieces of meat and left without a burial place.
Leaving a clue behind each person he killed was a plan he had already made. He wanted to tell these criminals in advance that he was coming to kill them, and they could do nothing about it.
But unexpectedly, Ming Huashang figured out his riddle and found the sun and the moon in the pavilion. Liao Yushan was afraid that they would notice the gold medal. The sun and the moon were above, and Yan Jingcheng's body was carrying "emptiness" below, which could easily be associated with the empress. Liao Yushan could only sneak into Yizhuang under the pretext of official business and took away the gold medal from Yan Jingcheng.
This undoubtedly ruined the perfection of his revenge plan, and Liao Yushan felt like something stuck in his throat, and was very uncomfortable. But what made Liao Yushan most uncomfortable was Ming Huashang's portrait.
He was horrified when he heard Ming Huashang describe the murderer. Every detail was true. She even said in front of everyone that the murderer had no children. This made Liao Yushan feel deeply offended and angry.
Who is she, and why does she think she understands him? Liao Yushan heard the conversation between Ming Huashang and Xie Jichuan, and she said sympathetically that the murderer was not a bad person, but had just gone astray.
Going astray, oh, what does it mean to go astray? He has no other way.
Liao Yushan was frustrated and angry, and his revenge plan was also greatly threatened. The case was delayed again and again, and things became more and more serious. If this continued, the Empress would not leave the palace for the Flower Festival, and all his arrangements would be in vain.
He didn't know when the next opportunity would come, and he might not live to see it.
Liao Yushan was restless, and when he saw Ming Huashang's maid near their home and heard her asking about his daughter's affairs, his sanity completely collapsed.
She thought she had insight into people's hearts and knew the murderer well, right? Well, he would show her the price of peeking into the darkness.
He killed the maid. Just like Yan Jingcheng many years ago, he taught his enemy a lesson by hurting the people close to him. He wanted to let Ming Huashang know that people just need to take care of themselves and not think that they are so powerful that they can save others from a high position.
Liao Yushan, wearing the clothes of Jingzhao Yin, easily summoned Zhaocai to a secluded alley. Zhaocai was completely unprepared for him and told him everything, so Liao Yushan easily stabbed her vitals and killed her with one blow.
The girl seemed to be in great pain, curled up on the ground, holding her abdomen, her throat choked by blood, and she could not cry out in pain. This was already expected by Liao Yushan, and he must have stabbed this place on purpose. Afterwards, Liao Yushan calmly cleaned up the scene, dealt with the bloody clothes, and prepared a scapegoat.
But he was unwilling to let his perfect revenge plan be tainted. If he hadn't known in advance, revenge would be meaningless. He couldn't help but hide the gold medal in the clothes of Zhaocai. Women have many accessories, and no one would doubt the brand. In this way, his plan would still be perfect.
He had been in Jingzhao Prefecture for eleven years and knew too well how the government handled cases. He had also been in contact with the grassroots for ten years and knew many strange people. These people lived in seclusion and were unpopular. If they were exposed as murderers, no one would object, and everyone would just think that was the way it was.
Yang Banmang was one of them. He led the clues to Yang Banmang and threw the murder weapon into Yang Banmang's house. Afterwards, he covered his face and spoke to Yang Banmang as a god, guiding Yang Banmang to admit that he was the one who did the explosion and murder. This couldn't be easier for a mentally ill lunatic.
As he wished, Ming Huashang fell ill and did not show up the next day. Without Ming Huashang's interference, he successfully guided everyone to find the real murderer and quickly closed the case.
Afterwards, he went to the palace to report that his bad luck seemed to have run out, and things were going better than he expected. The queen did not doubt the murderer's authenticity, and easily accepted the result, and was going to go out of the palace happily.
Events finally went back to the track planned by Liao Yushan, but Liao Yushan was not happy. You see, that's how the people in power are. Even if the outside world is in chaos and floods are raging, it still won't affect their interest in playing.
She deserves to die. Liao Yushan once again reaffirmed his belief.
The Flower Festival went surprisingly smoothly, and none of the situations he had anticipated occurred. Liao Yushan watched the Flower God Lantern approaching, and felt the long-lost peace.
He thought of the day his daughter died, which was also a spring day like this. After so many years, he, as a father, finally did something for his daughter.
Liao Yushan calmly waited for death to come, but at the last moment, the brother and sister appeared again and disrupted his plan without any explanation. Thinking of the scene at that time, Liao Yushan was so angry that his eyes turned red and he roared: "It's only one step away! Why, why do you want to go against me!"
Ming Huazhang heard what Liao Yushan said and looked at him silently with pity in his eyes. Liao Yushan was angered by such a look and said angrily: "You are born into a good family, with smooth sailing and no worries. Of course, you can be high and mighty and ignore the suffering of others. But I tell you, you are not doing it for justice at all, but to maintain your own status, but you call it justice. You are nothing but hyenas of those powerful people."
Liao Yushan was extreme and sharp-tongued, and seemed to know no wrong at all. Ming Huazhang was very disappointed. Why bother arguing with such a person? Just let him think what he thinks.
Ming Huazhang was about to leave when he heard Ming Huashang beside him suddenly speak up: "Let's put aside other things for now. You said that because we were born in the mansion, we have smooth sailing and don't know hardships. I don't dare to agree. You only see the pain you have experienced, but how do you know that those people you killed have experienced less suffering than you?"
Liao Yushan was stunned and was about to sneer, but was suppressed by Ming Huashang's cold face: "Please wait for me to finish. Because you are poor and your wife and children are separated, you think that the world is unfair and you might as well destroy everyone. However, there are many people in the world who live a harder life than you, but they are still optimistic and work hard to live. The woman you killed was called Zhaocai. When she was a child, she couldn't even eat enough. She was sold by her parents at the age of seven and became a slave in a wealthy family. Compared with her experience, your frustration in the government is nothing? She is not even worthy of entering the government."
"But she was still a happy and kind girl. She never complained and was always kind to those around her. She had no money or family of her own. She had never experienced love, marriage, or having children, and you killed her. Lord Liao, let me ask you, why did you kill her? Did she have a deep hatred for you?"
Liao Yushan was silent and speechless. Ming Huazhang silently held Ming Huashang's hand tightly. Ming Huashang held back the tears in her eyes and continued, "No. Lord Liao, in my opinion, you are a coward. You hurt the weaker people because you are not doing well, but you dare not change the world at all. There are indeed people in the world who live better than you, but there are also many people who are not as good as you. Those who want to live well despite the hardships, those who are in danger but still love life, what qualifications do you have to deprive them of their future?"
Liao Yushan pulled the corner of his mouth sarcastically, and said in a hoarse and dull voice: "Change the world?"
Obviously, he didn't believe it. Ming Huashang also knew that these words were too naive to say, and would only make people laugh like an ant trying to shake a tree. But Ming Huashang still said: "If the world is not good, go and change it. Destruction will not solve anything. If you can't change it, pass it on to your descendants, and pass it down from generation to generation. Yugong will eventually move the mountain."
Ming Huashang finished speaking, took one last look at Liao Yushan, and turned away. She had been seriously ill, and her eyes were gray and blue. She looked haggard and weak. But as she walked through the dark cell, she made people feel formidable for no reason, as if nothing in the world could defeat her.
Ming Huazhang stared at her back quietly, and then he turned around and glanced at Liao Yushan, who was completely stunned. Ming Huazhang actually had a lot of evidence to refute Liao Yushan, such as his hatred for the country and his family, and the experiences of Ming Huachang and Su Yuji, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was meaningless to say them out.
Life is your own, and only those who are willing to fight against fate will make it to the end. The process and result of the fight have nothing to do with anyone else.
Ming Huazhang said nothing to Liao Yushan in the end, but hurried to catch up with Ming Huachang. Although this road can only be walked alone, if there is another person to walk hand in hand, she will wake him up in time when he is hesitant, and he will stay by her side when she is in pain, the monster of fate does not seem so scary.
Ming Huazhang quickly caught up with Ming Huashang, and the two walked out of the dark cell together and stepped into the vast sunlight outside. Ming Huashang suddenly entered the light from the darkness, and her eyes were stinging. She stretched out her hand to block the sunlight, but refused to close her eyes.
Human beings' instinctive reactions are really interesting. When encountering darkness, the first reaction is to stay away, but when encountering light, the first reaction is to adjust and adapt in order to integrate as soon as possible.
Ming Huachang thought, being alive is such a sacred thing, it is worth it for a seed to sprout when it finds an opportunity, regardless of the cliffs, and it is worth it for birds and beasts to fight to the death for food.
Life is as bright as a summer flower, living towards death.
Therefore, she must live passionately and seriously, even if the evil in this world will never end, even if she will be avenged by darkness if she gets close to the abyss, even if what she gains and loses is completely unbalanced.
So what.
She is always the enemy of darkness. Even if she falls, there are still thousands of people holding fire behind her. Yugong moved the mountain. Even if we die, justice and light will never be extinguished.
Ming Huazhang stopped beside her, raised his hands to block the sunlight for her, and waited for her quietly. Tears welled up in Ming Huachang's eyes, and she saw Ming Huazhang at the end of the hazy light.
He smiled at her and said softly, "Let's go home."
Ming Huashang blinked and finally adjusted to the light. She wiped away the tears from her eyes, looked up and smiled, "Okay, let's go home."
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It was the second year of the Holy Calendar, and I had no idea what day it was in March. I never remember dates.
Just came back from the Pingnan Marquis Mansion. The tomboy was so fierce, but when the red book and iron certificate were delivered, she actually cried! Hahaha, she cried!
She had been struggling for so many years, and finally got what she wanted. Unlike me, I was born with a good fortune, and whatever I wanted came true.
In two days we will go to Prince Yong's Mansion to dine at Ming Huazhang's table. No, I should call him Li Huazhang now.
He was not the biological son of the Duke of Zhenguo, but the posthumous son of the Crown Prince Zhang Huai. The strange thing was that the saint did not investigate why, but only asked Ming Huazhang to move out of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and gave him the Prince of Yong's mansion. My father did not speak for a long time after hearing this, and then inexplicably said that this title was good. After waiting for so many years, the Crown Prince and His Highness Taiping finally got their wish.
I don't know what's so good about the title "Yong". It has so many strokes and it takes a long time to write it. But my father insisted that I get close to Ming Huazhang. Humph, he didn't tell me about such a big thing. He must not treat me as a brother! I don't want to continue to be brothers with him unless he treats me to a big meal.
There seemed to be something else, but I forgot. Never mind, that's it.
Jiang Ling, the most invincible general in the world, was written in Chang'an, my home.
——The fifth case, “The Sunset of the Empire” is finished.
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