Lin Wanwan pushed through the clouds of scattered memories and explored them inch by inch, finally finding some clues.
I remember that Ziyu came to her at first and said that his benefactor had been suffering from illness for a long time. He could only rely on medicine to suppress the old diseases in his body for many years, and his body was getting weaker and weaker. He hoped to use Feihua Pavilion's intelligence network to help him find "Yinghuocao" 's whereabouts.
She knew at that time that the benefactor Ziyu mentioned was Su Jin.
Later, because of the spy incident, she thought it was a trap set by Su Jin and deliberately asked Ziyu to act in a show so that she could relax her vigilance and use herself to lure out the two secret spies hiding in Nanling and annihilate them. But looking back now, Ziyu's expression at that time was solemn and sincere, and it didn't seem like he was lying.
Later on the island in the middle of the lake, during an argument with herself, Su Jin spit out a large mouthful of blood without warning and almost fainted to the ground. She looked very weak. She thought he had suffered internal injuries at the time, and asked him when he was injured, but in the end she was fooled by his jokes. Now that she thinks about it, it was more like he was covering up something.
After that night, Su Jin disappeared for nearly a month. She had heard Luo Huaizhou mention that Su Jin had gone back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but this was fine to deceive Luo Huaizhou, but it could not deceive her at all. At that time, she only thought that Su Jin was avoiding her on purpose, and what happened on the Mid-Autumn Night made her disheartened, so she didn't go into details.
Later, on the day she met Hua Yanzhi, she always felt that something was wrong with Su Jin. He seemed to have a violent energy hidden in him, and he wanted to kill Hua Yanzhi in the street regardless of the consequences. Later, he even I want to kill Sun Wanning in the palm of my hand. At that time, she faintly noticed that Su Jin seemed to be unable to control the murderous desire in her heart.
When she stopped Su Jin, she accidentally found some small holes on his wrists, which looked like marks left after being pricked by silver needles. Although she had doubts in her heart, she had no doubts under the circumstances. To dwell on it. Later, with the execution of Jiang Huailang and the robbery of Nie Shu, a series of events that shook the foundation of Nanling, she neglected this matter. It was not until today that she gradually remembered it.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanwan's heart trembled, as if something hit her heart hard. After a brief tremor, an unspeakable anxiety and uneasiness quietly rose from the depths of her heart.
She couldn't help but recall Ziyu's words that almost blurted out last night -
"Since Miss Lin knows all this, how can she not know what kind of person the master is? Why do you need to say those heart-wrenching words today? Do you know that the master -"
The sentence stopped abruptly at this point, and Ziyu's expression was already sullen at that time. It was obvious that he blurted out the words when he was emotionally excited, but then he seemed to realize something and immediately kept his mouth shut. Although Lin Wanwan didn't know what Ziyu wanted to say, she knew that it must be related to Su Jin, and it was definitely not a trivial matter. Otherwise, with Ziyu's calm and reserved temperament, how could he have almost made a mistake?
All these signs seem to support Ziyu's original statement. Could it be that Su Jin is really suffering from a chronic illness? But she has been inquiring about Su Jin for these years, and has never heard that Su Jin had any serious illness or serious injuries. So why is he suffering from serious illness and difficult to recover?
Lin Wanwan's eyebrows were furrowed, her eyes filled with doubt, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
Suddenly, her eyes narrowed and she seemed to catch something.
Could it be...
In a daze, Lin Wanwan recalled the conversation she overheard between her uncle and aunt five years ago——
"That child Su Jin is quite pitiful. Now he is helpless and has no relatives around him, but he still has to bear the burden and support the whole country alone. Although King Yong failed to raise the army, but those who are hiding in the palace The remnants of the party inside still took action, and I don’t know if he is still okay now.”
"Madam, please relax, that boy has more eyes than a lotus pod. Unless he deliberately exposes his flaws, it would be extremely difficult to plot against him. In the past two years since he returned, he has allowed King Yong to gain power. It seems that He was showing weakness, but in fact he had already laid out the plan secretly, just waiting for King Yong to take the bait. Once King Yong turned around, he would be able to legitimately get rid of this serious trouble. This time, if this kid hadn't deliberately let him go, he would be assassinated by King Yong's remnants of his party. The news, given the rigor of Dongchen Ange, even Feihua Pavilion may not be able to detect this matter so easily."
"The master is saying that the assassination by King Yong and his gang was false news deliberately released by Xiao Jin? Why did he do this?"
"This boy is just a fox who has become a spirit through cultivation. After King Yong's defeat, he seemed to accept those who were willing to surrender under King Yong, but in fact, he had no intention of letting them go. He could not govern. After two years, the foundation has not yet been solidified. At this time, everyone in the court is focused on handling this matter. If he lets these rebels go, he will appear to be too lenient. I am afraid that he will not be able to establish his authority, let alone warn those in the court who are ambitious. A vigorous minister. But if he uses iron and blood to clear out those who surrendered, he will be criticized as violent and willful, and it will be difficult to convince the public. So as long as he releases the news that he was assassinated by the remnants of the Yong Wang, no matter what the facts are, He can use this as an excuse to completely eliminate the remaining members of the mediocre king. In this way, he will not suffer criticism, but can also achieve the purpose of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, thus shocking the ministers and making the government and the public understand that anyone who is disloyal will be punished. He will leave no grass behind."
Now that I think about it, it is very likely that Su Jin was really assassinated by King Yong's remnants and was seriously injured. The old disease in his body should have come from that time.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanwan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and there seemed to be several undercurrents surging deep in her eyes, lingering and lingering, constantly pulling on her heartstrings.
Only now did she understand that the assassination by King Yong's remnant party was not a staged act staged by Su Jin in order to hibernate in Nanling. All of this really happened.
At that time, Dongchen had just experienced the rebellion of King Yong, and Su Jin had finally stabilized the situation. Once the news of his serious injury spread, Dongchen would be in turmoil again, and would most likely be in danger of internal and external troubles. territory.
That's why Su Jin kept her serious injury a secret. The world only knew that his appearance was destroyed, but they never knew the danger behind it, let alone that his life was hanging by a thread. She even used prejudice to speculate on Su Jin's hidden methods and motives.
I still remember that she had made a wish to Su Jin, saying that she wanted him to become a prosperous king. Although he did not agree at the time, he has been doing his best to do this over the years, and he has achieved it.
Lin Wanwan suddenly closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and the waves in her heart kept rising, and finally turned into a moistening drizzle, washing away her previous prejudice and ignorance.
She didn't dare to think about how much Su Jin had shouldered the mission and responsibility alone. How much had Yu Yu endured silently behind his back during these years of traveling alone, and how much had he shouldered on his own, so that the Dongchen Kingdom became the Haiyan Heqing it is today?
