"What we were talking about with the eldest son just now were all trivial family matters. Now let's get back to the topic and talk about Mr. Chige and the eldest son."
Walking next to Mei Lin, he saw that she had recorded all the conversations. Song Qiyun patted her on the shoulder and said thank you for your hard work. Then he walked to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha and exchanged a few words with them in a low voice. Taking the note from Shen Cha, he walked back to Chi Rui and waved the note in his hand in front of him.
"Does the eldest master still remember this?"
Chi Rui used the dim candlelight to squint his eyes and look at the note in front of him, and nodded gently.
"Back to your lord, remember, this is an anonymous report letter I wrote to the Minister of Dali Temple when I was twelve years old, accusing my father of having evil intentions. Unfortunately, less than half a day after this note was sent out, it was rejected by the Dali Temple. The officer personally delivered it to my father. After my father returned home, he did not give the note directly to me, but handed it to my mother and asked her to discipline me well." Chi Rui smiled bitterly, "My mother thinks this is My method of getting my father's attention and preventing my father from pampering my second brother too much was to give me a little lesson and punish me by copying the "Book of Filial Piety" twenty times. But as for the content on the note, whether it was father or mother, They didn’t take it to heart.”
"They...especially Mr. Chi Ge, don't they know that the eldest son already knows what he is doing?" Seeing Chi Rui nodding, Song Qiyun continued to ask, "How did the eldest son know that your father is colluding with outsiders and is disobedient?" Heartfelt?"
"Two months before I wrote this note, it happened to be my birthday. The whole government was busy celebrating my birthday, but my father was the only one who did not show up at the family banquet. My mother said that my father was busy with official duties, and maybe it was because of his busy schedule. I was busy in the study and forgot to invite him in person. I followed my mother's advice and went to the study to find my father. I never expected that I would stumble upon my father's big secret."
"He didn't notice you?"
"No." Chi Rui shook his head gently, "That's right, I didn't find my father in the study, but I bumped into him in the small garden at home sending someone out. When I saw them, I hid. .”
"Hide?" Song Qiyun and Bai Meng looked at each other, "The eldest son is in his own home, why should he hide?"
"There is no special reason. It's just that when I was young, I didn't like to interact with people outside. Moreover, I instinctively felt that the person sent out by my father should be a very difficult person to mess with. I hid in a In a corner where it was not easy to be found, I held my breath and was careful not to be discovered by them. When they passed by the corner where I was hiding, I saw the man wearing a black robe and a mask on his face. His appearance. But..." Chi Rui paused for a moment and recalled the scene at that time, "However, I remember that person's voice. It sounded very crisp, with a slight accent, but I couldn't tell who it was. Where. But judging from his voice, this man is not very old. He must be in his early twenties. His father treated him with great respect and submissiveness. He said..." He looked at Song Qiyun looked at Bai Meng again, "Your Majesty."
"Envoy? Where did the envoy come from?" Song Qiyun was puzzled, "However, since it is called an envoy, it should be sent by the mastermind behind the scenes."
"What the prince said is that my father obeyed his words, said what he said, and didn't say a word to refute. The groveling look was completely different from usual." Chi Rui sighed, "If the prince and the commander-in-chief see You will definitely be surprised."
"What did they say?"
"I only listened to the ending. The tightly wrapped man said that Mr. Chi just needs to do what the Lord wants, and he will definitely achieve what he wants. My father repeatedly said yes, saying that he would definitely follow the Lord's instructions and serve the Lord. Later, the man said, Mr. Chi, there is no need to be so polite. Everyone is gathered together for the same reason. There is no such thing as loyalty or disloyalty. They just help each other to achieve the same goal. He also said , although the current saint is benevolent, his ears are too soft and he listened to a lot of slander, which led to many disasters. This is not the fault of the current saint, but the responsibility of the officials standing in the court. What they have to do is, We just want to find out these people who are living in corpses and show their true colors to the current Holy Emperor." At this point, Chi Rui looked at Bai Meng and said, "Commander, could you please give me a cup of tea."
Bai Meng turned around and walked to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. While pouring tea for Chi Rui, he stared at Shen Cha writing quickly on the table. After reading, he winked at her to reassure her, I will definitely check it out clearly.
Because Bai Meng blocked Chi Rui's view, the eldest son had no idea what kind of exchange they had in this short period of time. After drinking the tea fed by the eldest commander himself, he thanked him and continued as before. narration.
"I came across this scene. I knew that my father had evil intentions, and I felt very uneasy. I didn't know what to do. I thought about it for two days and two nights, and decided to investigate clearly before drawing a conclusion. I still hugged him at the time. With a sense of luck, what if it wasn't what I thought, what if I misunderstood my father, so I decided to go to my father's study to investigate."
"What's the result of the investigation?"
"He just gave me a big slap in the mouth." Chi Rui sighed heavily, "Not only his father, but also his grandfather and great-grandfather were members of this mysterious organization. They joined it and worked for it for only one reason. , the person behind the scenes promised them that he would do his best to help them and avenge those prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River. The most important thing is..." His expression turned very bad, "My mother is also one of the insiders. .”
