Xia Chengxuan took the envelope from Du Chong, took out the letter and looked at it. There were only eleven words written on it: Blood feud must be avenged.
Blood revenge must be avenged...
"Mother, why are you doing this?"
At this moment, Xia Chengxuan felt that his heart had died. Suddenly there was a "pop" and he fell to his knees again, kowtowing to his mother's body. Xiangtou kowtowed harder and harder, as if he was going to kill himself.
He has never been so hurt, hated, regretful, scared, confused...
He kept kowtowing to vent his pain, his hatred, his regret, his fear, his confusion...
He loves his mother, his sister, himself, the Mei family, especially Mei Yuanchen...
He hates Xia Muyan, he hates Zhang Suiguang, he hates himself, and he even hates his own mother...
He regretted it so much that he regretted it to death.
"I killed my mother!"
If he had known that his mother would threaten him with death, he would not have refused his mother's request last night. In this way, I may hate my mother for the rest of my life, but at least she can live.
"If it's difficult to have both sides, what else can I do?" Xia Chengxuan thought desperately, "If I have to choose between my father's hatred, my mother's life, and the life of the Mei family, how else can I choose?"
Du Chong and Xia Chengyi saw that he was going crazy, so they rushed over and stopped him.
"Brother, don't do this!" Seeing that his brother was hugging him just now and saying that he wanted to protect himself, but now he seemed to collapse suddenly, Xia Chengyi suppressed his grief and asked: "Brother, what did mother write? "
She knew that her brother kowtowed violently after reading the letter left by his mother.
Xia Chengxuan glanced at his sister, crying even more quickly, but he didn't know how to answer her, so he just shook his head desperately.
Xia Chengyi took the letter directly from his hand and saw only these eleven words on the paper: Blood feud is irreconcilable and must be avenged.
"What's so weird about this line of writing?" she couldn't help but wonder. In her opinion, her father was killed by a traitor, and she naturally had to find ways to avenge this revenge. The mother was so heartbroken that she committed suicide because she couldn't bear it. She was worried that her brother would not be fully committed to revenge, so she left this letter to warn him.
However, why did my brother kowtow so madly when he saw this letter?
At this moment, Xia Chengxuan's forehead was bleeding with blood, and the old wounds had not healed yet new ones had appeared, making his appearance even more terrifying.
Xia Chengyi was about to wipe away the blood stains on him, but saw him suddenly stand up.
"Brother, where are you going?" Xia Chengyi held his hand and asked anxiously.
Now that her parents are dead, it is her brother who is closest to her.
Feeling his wrist being pulled, Xia Chengxuan suddenly came back to his senses, turned around and said to his sister: "Yiyi, I'm fine, don't worry. I'm going to Xuanguo Duke's Mansion to tell my grandparents in person about my mother's death. I Let Zi Teng, Linglong and the others accompany you first. I will come back as soon as the matter is over."
After saying that, he gently pulled her hand away and walked out. When passing through the hall, he deliberately stopped and told the little girls Ziteng, Linglong and others: "You should stay with the princess closely and don't leave even an inch."
... ...
"Your Majesty, where are you going?" Lu Jianxing asked, choking with sobs.
"Lingchengzhai in the north of the city." Xia Chengxuan replied.
The chariot driver looked troubled upon hearing this, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I am familiar with the small area in the north of the city, but I have never heard of where Lingcheng Zhai is."
"It's actually a secret place?" Xia Chengxuan couldn't help but panic, and then thought, "No, since Zhang Suiguang mentioned this place, he obviously wasn't worried that I couldn't find it. Huh, he is so well-informed, I'm afraid the palace has been surrounded by people. His spy. If I leave the house, they will always lead me there, right?"
After figuring this out, he no longer worried and just said, "Just leave the house and head to the north of the city."
Although the chariot driver felt that this was a bit confusing, he did not dare to say anything and drove his horse out of the house, heading north.
Sure enough, when the cavalry arrived at Lizi Street, two men in black rode up to them. One of them, a man with a mustache, held his hand to Lu Jianxing and asked, "But is the cavalry at Prince Jaw's Mansion?"
"Who are you?" Lu Jianxing asked in a cold voice with a wary look on his face.
The man with the mustache bowed slightly and replied softly: "The Lord is waiting for the Crown Prince at Lingcheng Zhai. Please come with me."
It turned out that Zhang Suiguang knew that the palace was afraid that Ling Chengzhai would not be found for a while, so he sent people to follow him all the way and asked the two people to wait here in advance.
Lu Jianxing was just guarding the hundred men and did not dare to make any independent decisions. He drove his horse close to the carriage where Xia Chengxuan was and asked softly: "Your Majesty, we don't have many people with us, should we go with them? Be careful of fraud."
"Follow them." This was the only sentence that came from inside.
Although Lu Jianxing vaguely felt that the other party was definitely not a kind person, he did not dare to disobey the young master's order, so he had to order the chariot team to follow them. Secretly reminding the accompanying guards to be careful along the way.
Xia Muchao and Ran Jingru passed away one after another, and Xia Chengxuan naturally became the master of the Jaw Palace. And what these personal guards have to do is to protect him at all costs. Those who can become the personal guards of Prince Jaw's Mansion are naturally absolutely loyal. Many of them, perhaps their fathers had served as personal guards of the Xia Mu Dynasty.
To go to Lingchengzhai, you have to go through a trail of more than ten miles. The axle of the palace's unicorn chariot was nearly eight feet long, and the path was only six feet wide, making it impassable, so Xia Chengxuan had to get off the chariot and get on.
After riding for about a quarter of an hour, we saw a dense forest. The mustachioed man said "Wait a moment" to Lu Jianxing, then rode quickly into the dense forest and disappeared instantly.
“Hum oh~~~Hum oh~~~~”
After several strange "bird calls", the man with the mustache finally came out of the dense forest, walked to Lu Jianxing, and said respectfully: "The host has been waiting for a long time, please come in!"
After entering the dense forest, the man with a mustache led everyone into a secret passage. The secret passage is about three feet high and nearly two feet wide, allowing people and horses to pass through without any hindrance.
At the end of the secret passage is a large yard, covering more than a hundred acres.
"Your Majesty, the Lord has been waiting inside for a long time." A young man with thin lips, thick eyebrows and a plump nose pointed to a hut outside the courtyard and called Xia Chengxuan softly.
Seeing Lu Jianxing and other guards following him closely, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that what I'm talking to you about shouldn't be heard by everyone."
Xia Chengxuan nodded and said to the people behind him: "You guys wait here, don't follow me."
The accompanying guards had no choice but to watch him go away, all of them uneasy.
"I just hope that this 'hidden master' will not have any evil thoughts towards the prince..." Lu Jianxing thought anxiously.
When Xia Chengxuan arrived at the hut, Zhang Suiguang was busy with his sleeves rolled up. Upon closer inspection, he was actually making wine.
"Oh, Prince Chengxuan, please wait a moment and let me clean my hands." Seeing Xia Chengxuan enter the hut, Zhang Suiguang turned around and said with a smile. After saying that, he put down the things in his hands, walked to the stove, lowered his body, washed his hands and wiped them in a wooden bucket.
"I can help you bring down Xia Muyan, and I am willing to help you ascend to the throne of God, but after you succeed, you must help me achieve dominance in the world!" Zhang Suiguang sat down cross-legged and said directly.
