When that scene appeared in Lin Ye's mind, his heart felt as if he was being cut severely by a knife.
When the mother-in-law asked the Supreme Sage to send the child to Yunzhou, it was not to confirm the Supreme Sage's determination.
She just wanted to protect the child.
No one knows better than her how painful it is to lose a child, and no one is more willing to protect the child than she is.
Even if it's someone else's child.
When he thought of this, there was nothing else in Lin Ye's mind, only the kind face of his mother-in-law, looking at him with a smile.
Before she left, my mother-in-law said, I have adopted hundreds of children, and I have raised them all, but you are the only one. I adopted you so that you could come and die for me.
My mother-in-law also said, if I adopt hundreds of children, there will be hundreds of blessings. Then I don’t want them, and your brothers don’t want them either. I’ll give them all to you.
But what the mother-in-law believed, and she believed unswervingly, was that the blessing she wanted to give Lin Ye was to live peacefully and happily.
My mother-in-law also said, I don’t want you to carry such a heavy thing on your back, but I know you will definitely carry it, so if the blessing is useful, I will keep you safe.
My mother-in-law also said that they all call me Bodhisattva. I don’t know what a Bodhisattva can do, but I thought that keeping peace should be the least that a Bodhisattva can do.
So they call me Bodhisattva, just call me.
As a Bodhisattva, I will keep you safe.
Lin Ye sat there blankly, thinking about her mother-in-law's appearance, thinking about her mother-in-law's words, and thinking about every day of her three years living with her.
"General?"
I don't know how long it took, but Nie Lingshan called Lin Ye out of his deep thoughts with a gentle cry.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"General, you..."
Nie Lingshan handed over a handkerchief.
Only then did Lin Ye realize that he had two lines of clear tears hanging on his face.
"It's okay, I just miss her."
Lin Ye slowly exhaled, lowered his head and said, "Since I started serving as a soldier, started working as an official, and started busy with this and that, I miss her less and less."
Nie Lingshan said: "But mother-in-law, I should hope that this is the case."
He said: "Before I left Wuwei County to go to Geling City, my mother-in-law said... don't miss someone endlessly, especially a person who is about to die. It is useless. If you miss it, miss the living person. You spend all your time missing a dead person every day, and she doesn’t know it.”
Zhu Xiaozhu also lowered his head.
He said: "My mother-in-law also said that it is the most beautiful thing that people miss people, especially those who have passed away."
He looked at Lin Ye and said, "Look, are there any inconsistencies in what she said? That's because she said it's especially beautiful when people can still miss the deceased. It's because she misses General Liu and the four young men every day. General."
Nie Lingshan said: "But she doesn't want us to spend all our time missing her. She said, I miss them because they left before me. If I go again, it will be a late reunion. Since I am going for a reunion, you miss me." What to do? Even if you can miss me, I won't come back."
Lin Ye remained silent.
My mother-in-law always lived so wisely and thoroughly, so even the exact same pain felt more severe to her.
"General, is there anything else you want to know right now?"
In order to interrupt Lin Ye's thoughts, Shi Yicheng interrupted.
Lin Ye nodded and sat up straight.
He asked: "Besides the general, are there any other involvements between Wanxiangmen, Granny, and Your Majesty?"
"have."
Shi Yicheng said: "Actually, Her Royal Highness the Princess is a disciple of the Wanxiang Sect."
"Um?"
Lin Ye was slightly startled.
Shi Yicheng said: "She is the real eldest princess. The general should have some guesses, right?"
Lin Ye nodded again.
"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was not safe in Geling City at that time. General Liu Jigong said that the eldest princess could be sent to the Wanxiang Sect to practice. The general is the top disciple of the Wanxiang Sect and he knows the Wanxiang Sect best."
Regarding the woman in white, Lin Ye could finally confirm her true identity.
Lin Ye really thought for a while that the woman in white was his mother.
Now it seems that she should be his biological aunt.
"How much do you know about Yan Beisheng?"
"General, we actually don't know much about Yan Beisheng."
Nie Lingshan said: "I only know that Yan Beisheng and General Liu had the best relationship when they were in the sect. Yan Beisheng regarded General Liu as his brother. He had a simple and withdrawn personality. When he was in the sect, he did not want to be with others. Communicate more, but I have endless things to say with General Liu, because of his personality, other brothers and sisters have a normal relationship with him."
Lin Ye said: "That's why he was deceived by Tuoba Lie, and he didn't discuss it with Mr. Qian and the others before leaving the school."
Nie Lingshan said: "I also thought about this later. Probably... Mr. Qian didn't immediately avenge General Liu at that time, so Yan Beisheng even hated the people of Wanxiang Sect."
Lin Ye thought for a while and realized that this was indeed a possibility.
"besides......"
Lin Ye looked at Nie Lingshan. He wanted to ask, do you know who my mother is?
But he never said this sentence after all.
"General, what's wrong?"
Nie Lingshan asked.
Lin Ye shook his head: "It's okay, I just suddenly thought of something else, no... don't worry about it."
He thought for a while and asked a question that he had also wanted to know the answer to before.
"Mother-in-law and Your Majesty, did you know each other before?"
"Yes, my mother-in-law was... His Majesty's maid."
Lin Ye took a deep breath.
That's indeed the case.
If you put it this way, then your majesty may be the matchmaker between your mother-in-law and the general Liu Jigong.
Seeing that Lin Ye was silent, everyone stopped talking. The things they talked about now were enough for Lin Ye to digest for a while.
Next, they would quietly return to Geling City, and there would be plenty of time to continue chatting along the way.
So after Nie Lingshan and the others looked at each other, they stood up and left.
Lin Ye was the only one left in the room. He sat there and once again fell into deep memories.
That night, he sat there motionless, as if his soul had left his body, leaving his shell in place.
It wasn't until dawn that Lin Ye could faintly hear the crowing of roosters and then calm down. He thought too much that night, so he had a slight headache.
Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu arrived outside his door early. When Lin Ye opened the door, they both saluted at the same time, but Lin Ye stopped them.
"You are brothers, you can't always be so polite."
Lin Ye asked: "Has it been discussed how the team will move?"
Nie Lingshan and the others didn't actually get much rest last night. There were really a lot of things to discuss. Moreover, the four of them didn't meet often over the years. Shi Yicheng and Fu Cundong were together, and Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu were together. What happened on both sides? You can sit down and chat with each other for a long time.
"arranged."
Nie Lingshan said: "The two of us left together with the general. Shi Yicheng and Fu Cundong led the team and dispersed. A month later, everyone will meet again in Geling City."
Lin Ye nodded: "Okay, then let's go meet the other brothers."
Another day later, the team dispersed and set off towards Geling City. Lin Ye said goodbye to Shi Yicheng and others for the time being, and embarked on the return journey with Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu.
"About Tuoba Lie, my two brothers must have thought a lot about it in the past two days."
"Yes, I need you to remind me, so it's impossible not to think more about it."
"If Tuoba Lie really just wants to take advantage of the opportunity to escape, then he might still be in... Lone Bamboo?"
"No, with Tuoba Lie's character, if he is really not dead, he will leave immediately when he feels that no one is paying attention to him."
"Then where is he going?"
"I don't know, but if it were me, I would fly away. He has been operating in Yunzhou for so many years, especially in that ghost market in Yunzhou. The amount of money coming in and out is so much that it is impossible to count, because there is no clear account at all, and the government can't find out. Tuoba Lie has enough time to move enough gold and silver treasures away."
"Yeah, that's how I would do it if it were me."
Nie Lingshan suddenly said: "If Tuoba Lie knew from the beginning that he could not win, then why did he prepare for rebellion?"
"because......"
Zhu Xiaozhu tentatively replied: "He knows better that His Majesty will not let him go?"
All three fell silent.
Yes, of course Tuoba Lie knew very well that His Majesty would not let him go. Apart from other things, His Majesty would not let him go if he only mentioned the matter of betraying Liu Jigong.
"If he is still alive, he probably went to a place far away from Dayu."
"For example, the Western Regions, maybe even Lou Fan."
"Maybe he went to sea."
"At that time, Tuoba Lie secretly controlled the land and water transportation business in Yunzhou City, so it was impossible to find out where his money was transported."
Lin Ye listened to their discussion and interrupted: "There is no need for him to transport gold and silver treasures... If he wants to live somewhere other than Dayu, he only needs to transport goods there. "
"The goods are ordinary. Even if they are found, it is impossible to think deeply. These goods, such as tea, porcelain and brocade, are shipped directly to the customs and sold directly. You can hide wherever you want to do business..."
When he said this, Lin Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Actually, you can also check. If that's the case, just check where Yunzhou has taken a lot of goods over the years, but very little money has returned..."
Nie Lingshan said: "A large amount of goods have been transported, but the money cannot be returned. If these businesses do not pay the accounts, it will not be easy to investigate. Just say that they have caused thieves and disasters, so they have all been compensated."
Lin Ye said: "At least we can find out, which way the goods go often have trouble."
Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu looked at each other, then nodded at the same time: "That's true."
Lin Ye thought for a while and then wrote a letter and asked Nie Lingshan to arrange for someone to send it to Yunzhou to deliver it to Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Now the eldest brother Zhuang Jun, Jizhuang, and Lingshan Nu are all protecting the eldest princess in Yunzhou. Zhuang Junji knows very well what happened in Yunzhou, and if he is asked to investigate, he will definitely find out what the problem is.
If this matter is found out clearly, it may really prove that Tuoba Lie is still alive.
If he is really still alive, it proves one more thing... His Majesty spent twenty years planning to kill him, and he spent twenty years planning the golden cicada's escape.
Any conspiracy to rebel, any collusion between inside and outside, were all just done by Tuoba Lie to show others. He knew from the beginning that he was no match for the Emperor, so he had been planning how to escape unscathed from the beginning.
But this is not in line with Tuoba Lie's character.
If Tuoba Lie was not greedy for power, then why would he betray Liu Jigong?
There is also the Vientiane Gate.
If Lin Ye's biological aunt is from the Wanxiang Sect, then the people from the other Wanxiang Sect led by Hua Lianhua before should also know about it.
With Hua Lianhua's strength, wouldn't it be more direct to capture the eldest princess and threaten the emperor?
Hua Lianhua and Wang Luoshen were very close, but they didn't seem to do much to help Wang Luoshen?
So what exactly does Hua Lianhua want from Wang Luoshen? Do you just want to see Wang Luoshen destroyed with your own eyes?
Thinking of this, another light beam seemed to appear in Lin Ye's mind.
Vaguely, it seemed like something new had appeared in this beam of light.
In that beam of light, Lin Ye seemed to really see Tuoba Lie's face.
"We'll find out."
Lin Ye looked out the car window and said to himself, "It shouldn't be too far."
Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu looked at each other again, and then nodded heavily at the same time.
