Chapter 777: The Heart of the Snake and Scorpion
(2-in-1)
Another point that made Lin Jue puzzled was: If the prince suspected that Lu Feiming and Concubine Rong had an adulterous affair, and even gave birth to children, even if he would not publicize the matter with the idea of not publicizing the ugliness of the family, his attitude towards Concubine Rong must be extremely cold. In fact, Concubine Rong's status after that has not been reduced, nor has she fallen out of favor. After Guo Chong ascended the throne, she also gave her the title of imperial concubine, which was a very honorable thing. Even for the sake of the Queen Mother's face, Guo Chong is unlikely to endure this shame. Changing places, that person can be so open-minded? This is obviously impersonal and illogical.
Concubine Rong deliberately led this matter to the crown prince, and in Lin Jue's opinion, it was obviously to hide something.
"Concubine Rong, as far as you can see, who did this? Doesn't it sound like the crown prince did it? Lin Jue asked in a deep voice.
Wei Yourong's eyes flickered, and he wiped his tears and said, "I...... I don't know, I don't know anything. How will I know who it is? Maybe...... Maybe it's him, I can't think of anyone else who would do it but him. Lu Feiming has no quarrel with anyone and no enemies, who would want to kill him? I really don't understand. β
Lin Jue frowned and said softly, "Concubine Rong, do you want to listen to my thoughts?" I think there's something else going on. β
Wei Yourong said in a bit of a panic: "What do you know? β
Lin Jue shook his head and said, "It's just a guess." Do you want to hear it? β
Wei Yourong said indispensably: "If you want to say it, just say it." You don't know what's going on, but you can't speculate. The imperial court has investigated for three years and has not found out who the murderer is, how can you guess it? β
Lin Jue looked at Concubine Rong's appearance, and was even more convinced that there was something strange about this matter. With the relationship between Wei Yourong and Lu Feiming, she should want to know the truth about Lu Feiming's death. However, her performance seemed to be unwilling to listen to Lin Jue mention this matter more, and wanted to bring it over vaguely. This increased Lin Jue's suspicions even more.
"It's about the cause of Daddy Green Dance's death, and I can't help but think about it. I think it's unlikely that the prince will kill Lu Feiming. If the crown prince reached the point of killing people, wouldn't it mean that he already knew the whole story. But how can the mother live in peace? And if the prince does it, it will be the wrath of thunder, and the grass will be eradicated. Mrs. Lu with Lu Wu and two younger children, how could she escape from the capital? Lin Jue said in a deep voice.
Wei Yourong panicked and shouted, "How do I know? You ask me, I ask who goes? I said, I'm just guessing. One can only suspect that he did it. As for the doubts you are talking about, how do I know why? β
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Why should Concubine Rong be excited, I just raised my suspicions, but I didn't want Niangniang to explain." In my opinion, the death of Lu Shilang ...... Suicide, I'm afraid. β
"What?" Midori screamed in surprise.
"Suicide? This one...... I do not know...... I don't know if it's or not. What do you think? Concubine Rong was also a little surprised, but there was some happiness in this surprise.
"You think, Lu Shilang has a deep love for Niangniang, and Niangniang is in a deep crisis, so go to Lu Shilang to find a way. But I couldn't think of a good way. In order to save his mother from the crisis, Lu Shilang may have only one way, and that is to cut off the possibility of the prince finding out the truth. If the prince finds him and forces him to tell the truth, he will probably be tortured and it will be difficult for him to resist. Only once you die, once you die, you will be buried in your heart forever. Although the prince was suspicious, he had no way to prove it, so he could only give up. The mother was saved. Lin Jue pinched his chin and said.
Concubine Rong and Green Dance were silent.
Lin Jue continued: "With Lu Shilang's infatuation with Concubine Rong, he can take a huge risk of taking a baby for his mother, and it is reasonable to sacrifice his life for his mother. He used his death to protect his mother's thoughtfulness. Niangniang thinks, isn't this very reasonable? β
Concubine Rong frowned and said, "I'...... I don't know, maybe...... You have a point. Lu Fei is clear that it is possible to do this, he ...... to me Sincerely, indeed. If it was a suicide, I couldn't disbelieve it entirely. But if that were the case, my conscience would be greatly troubled. He treated me like this, and the next life ...... I will repay him in the next life. β
Lin Jue laughed and said softly: "Niangniang approved my guess?" β
Concubine Rong smacked her lips and said: "I don't believe it, but your analysis is reasonable, I know Lu Feiming, he would indeed do such a thing, maybe it is really the case, and I don't know......"
"Niangniang is really able to talk along the pole. Then I asked Niangniang, if it was a suicide, why did Lu Shilang die tragically on the street with more than a dozen knives in his body? What about the fire in Lufu? He didn't have to think about burning his wife and children to death, did he? Where does the so-called reasonableness come from? Lin Jue sneered.
"This ......" Concubine Rong was speechless, and said angrily after a while: "You said that he committed suicide, and I didn't say that he committed suicide, but you came to ask me what I did?" I said, I don't know what's going on, what are you forcing me to do? β
Lin Jue sneered: "I'm just testing Niangniang." Unexpectedly, Niangniang immediately followed my words, and Niangniang didn't seem to be interested in the cause of Lu Shilang's death. Or rather, the mother gave me the feeling that she was hiding something. Concubine Rong, today's events have come to this point, why do you have to hide anything. It's better to tell them all, isn't it uncomfortable to hold those secrets in your heart? Say it. Midori and I won't get it out, we just want to know the truth of the matter. β
Concubine Rong scolded angrily: "What is this palace hiding? This palace has told you all about the situation, and this palace has nothing to hide. If you don't believe me, you can't do it. I've said everything I need to say. β
Lin Jue stretched out his hand to the sky and said softly: "Concubine Rong, there is a god three feet above your head." Lu Shilang is looking at you in the spirit of the sky. Have you been able to sleep peacefully at night for so many years? Don't you know what you've done yourself? β
Concubine Rong glanced up in panic, her eyes full of fear. Suddenly, he came to his senses and scolded: "Lin Jue, what are you talking nonsense? How dare you do this to me? I am the concubine Niangniang, and your actions today are enough to destroy the Nine Clans. β
Lin Jue sneered: "Exterminate the Nine Clans? Did you kill your daughter with you? You're ruthless. But I believe you do it, because your heart is ruthless. You can even kill Lu Shilang, who is very affectionate to you, what can't you do? β
"You say...... What the? Concubine Rong froze on the chair and stared at Lin Jue with her eyes. His eyes were full of surprise and annoyance.
"Childe...... You said...... What the? You just said it...... She was the one who killed ...... My daddy? Lu Wu looked up at Lin Jue blankly, her mind buzzing. Childe's words simply scared her silly, frightened.
"Green Dance, my good daughter, don't listen to his nonsense. He's crazy, this guy is talking nonsense, you don't believe him. Concubine Rong shouted.
"I wish I was talking nonsense, but I'm telling the truth. If you refuse to speak, I will speak for you. Lin Jue sighed and said in a low voice.
Concubine Rong looked at Lin Jue blankly, she felt that this Lin Jue was simply a monster, the secret she buried in her heart, no one knew, how could he know? How did he know?
Lin Jue began to narrate softly, Concubine Rong didn't listen to a word, her thoughts returned to the afternoon in the meditation room in the backyard of Zenguang Temple, the afternoon when she and Lu Feiming met.
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The meditation room was very quiet, and Lu Feiming's smile was as warm and handsome as many years ago. Concubine Rong and he sat there, just like when the two of them were in love, they often sat together. It's just that the mood has long been completely different.
Concubine Rong told Lu Feiming that the matter was about to be revealed, and begged Lu Feiming to think of a way. Lu Feiming's smile disappeared. He frowned, and sat there in silence, thinking of a dying old man.
"You help me figure it out, Lu Lang. I really can't think of a way, I'm afraid the prince will have to ask you about it soon, and then everything will be over. The child was born too much like you, and Concubine Mei and the others are also secretly looking for clues, and the matter will soon be revealed. Lu Lang, you help me, help me. Concubine Rong said these words to Lu Feiming.
Lu Feiming said: "Yourong, I don't know how to help you, this time I really have no way at all." But if there is a way, I will naturally help you. β
"Yes, there is a way. Lu Lang, there is a way, but I'm afraid you won't agree. When I came to you, I already had a solution. I'm afraid you won't. β
"What way, you say. But if I can do it, I will definitely do it, and I will definitely help you. β
"Lu Lang, the prince will go to you and force you to tell the truth, and then he will break me into pieces. So, you can't say it, you can't say it. β
"Don't worry, how can I say it, doesn't it hurt you and me to say it? I won't say. β
"No, you will say, you don't know the Prince's methods. No one can survive his methods of extorting confessions. No matter how strong a man is, he can't escape his methods. He will pull your teeth out one by one and break your fingers with a hammer. He will use a knife to cut through your flesh piece by piece. You can't stand it, I know you, you definitely can't stand it. β
ββ¦β¦ So what should I do? I really can't get through this, what should I do? You tell me. β
"Lu Lang, when things come to this point, only the dead will not speak. Will you die for me? When you die, he'll never be able to ask anything. I think about it, this is the only way. β
ββ¦β¦ Yourong, your heart is so ruthless, you actually want me to die. Can you bear to take my life? I really didn't expect it...... You're going to want me to die. β
"Lu Lang, it's not that I'm ruthless, I'm thinking about the overall situation. For your son, for my daughter, for me and my family, for your wife, son, and daughter. Originally, I could have died, but if I die, Guo Hao will be bullied by others without his mother, and he may not be able to save his life in the future. As long as I'm here, no one will dare to bully him. So I can't die, then you can only die. If you don't die for me, can you die for your son? When the matter was revealed, he and I were going to be torn to pieces. Think about it, isn't that reasonable? β
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"Lu Lang, I know it's difficult, but tell me, is there any other way now? Don't worry, I owe you in this life, and I will repay you in the next life. I swear, I will order your wife and children to take good care of you. I'm not going to let them suffer. If I have the slightest idea, how can I come to you? Lu Lang, if you think I owe you, you can have my body now, and you can have your regrets. We will be married for one day today, and you have fulfilled your wish back then. Good no good? β
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"Lu Lang, you say something, you don't want to be like this. You tell me, what the hell do you think. Don't you want to save me? Won't you save your son? Are you scared? β
ββ¦β¦ Yourong, it's time for me to go. I'm sorry, I can't promise you. I'm really crazy about you, and I'm willing to do anything for you. But I can't help you this time. It's not that I'm afraid of death, people are inherently dead, and I'm not afraid of death at all. If I had been afraid, I would not have promised you to do such a rebellious thing for you. But I can't die now. Because, I figured it out, you are like a dream to me, and I have been lost for a long time for this dream, and I have lost so much. You know what? My wife bore me another son and a daughter. With your Qingping, I have three children. As I sat in the back garden and watched them run around among the flowers, and watching them laugh, I knew how happy I was. And my wife, Ah Xiu, I married her, she bore me three children, and I gave her son to someone else, and she didn't blame me. She only took care of me wholeheartedly and worked for me. She also treats Qingping as her own. She never blamed me for doing so many unreasonable things for you. Do you know how sorry I feel for her? My life now is not my own, nor do I live for you, I am for Ah Xiu, for my three children. If I die, the children will have no father, and Ah Xiu will have no husband. My home will be gone, and in the future, Ah Xiu and the children will be living on the streets, and they will have to be sent to the fence. You say you take care of them, how do you take care of them? You won't even go to see them to avoid suspicion. So...... Yourong, this time, I can't help you. But I promise you, I will resign and leave the capital in a few days, and go as far as possible to live in the remote mountains. The prince will not be able to find me, and there will be no danger. β
ββ¦β¦ Lu Lang, you ......"
"Yourong, I have to go. On Ah Xiu's birthday today, I promised her to accompany her to eat longevity noodles. The kids are also waiting for me to go back, I have to go. In a few days, I will leave the capital, you can rest assured, I will never appear in the capital again, and there will be no more trouble. Treasure it,"
"Lu Lang!"
"Yourong, I'm sorry, I should go."
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"Concubine Rong, Concubine Rong."
Lin Jue's words pulled Wei Yourong back to reality from that afternoon. She snorted, looked at Lin Jue a little confused, and said, "What? β
Lin Jue frowned and looked at her, she said so many words, it seemed that she didn't hear a word,
"Concubine Rong, according to my analysis, do you admit that you killed Lu Shilang?" Lin Jue said coldly.
Wei Yourong was silent for a moment, then sighed lightly and said, "That's it, I'll tell you the truth." At this point, it doesn't make much sense for me to hide it. One of you is my daughter, the other is my son-in-law, my dearest person in the world, and I don't want to lie to you. I'll just tell you all about it. β
Lin Jue said softly: "Niangniang, let's listen." β
Wei Yourong glanced at Lu Wu, who was frowning, a hint of pity flashed in his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Lin Jue, who was staring at him, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, sighed lightly, and said quietly.
"It was Bengong who killed Lu Feiming. Lin Jue, you are very smart, you actually guessed it. β
"What? You...... Why did you kill my daddy? He loved you so much and did so much for you that you actually killed him. Why? Why is that? Midori exclaimed.
Wei Yourong sighed and said, "Green Wu, you don't understand, I can only kill him." I didn't want to, but I had no choice. The prince will soon go to him and ask him, and he will tell the whole truth about the prince's methods. In order to keep it a secret, he must die. That day, in the meditation room in the backyard of Zenguang Temple, I asked him to discuss how to deal with it, and I asked him if he would like to die for me once, and he refused. It was the first time in his life that he rejected me. He had never rejected me before. He said he had his life, he had a wife and children, and he had to live for them, and he couldn't live for me. He was still so bookish and naΓ―ve. He said that he would take his wife and children away from the capital and live in seclusion in the mountains. Then the prince would not be able to find him. Hehe, this world is the world of the Great Zhou, if the prince wants to find someone, he will find it even if he digs three feet into the ground. He thought he could get out of it. He was so naΓ―ve and naΓ―ve. I've always liked him like that, and it's funny. β
Lin Jue frowned and said, "Then you will kill him and kill him, your heart is indeed vicious enough." After all, he is the person you like, and he is also the person who treats you wholeheartedly. I'm afraid he is the only one in the world who thinks so much about you. β
The muscles on Wei Yourong's face twitched, and suddenly his expression became hideous, and he said in a deep voice: "He has changed his mind, he said that he will never do anything for me again." He said that his wife and children were the most important things he valued now, and that I was no longer the driving force for him to live. He's not the one who treats me wholeheartedly anymore. How dare he do that? How dare he betray me? He can't be like this, he is the person I Wei Yourong likes, he can only live for me and do everything for me. I will give him life, and he will live, and if I want him to die, he will die for me immediately. He actually rejected me, and he actually said to my face that the lady he loved, saying that he had nothing to do with me anymore. He...... It was he who betrayed me first. I can't take it...... Absolutely not! β
Lin Jue and Green Dance both looked at the excited and incoherent Wei Yourong in surprise. Suddenly, Lin Jue somewhat understood Wei Yourong's inner thoughts. I still underestimated the relationship between Wei Yourong and Lu Feiming. I felt that this was an unequal relationship before, Wei Yourong naturally took the initiative, while Lu Feiming was at a disadvantage. But that's about it. However, now, Lin Jue suddenly understood that the relationship between the two seemed to be an almost perverted sadomasochistic relationship. Wei Yourong didn't just take the initiative, she seemed to be an emotional slave to Lu Feiming. She is as high as a queen, and Lu Feiming accepts her orders unconditionally and does anything for her. Wei Yourong needs Lu Feiming to come and go as soon as he is called, and she can't allow Lu Feiming to resist in the slightest.
Lu Feiming must be in love with Wei Yourong, but this expression of love is completely in an unequal treatment, perverted and crazy. In other words, that's not love, that's freak. This can also explain why after the two failed to become husband and wife, Lu Feiming was still controlled by Wei Yourong, and even did something that was disagreeable in the world for her.
Is Wei Yourong's feelings for Lu Feiming love? Lin Jue felt that it was just a kind of hegemony. She regarded Lu Feiming as her slave and could take it away. If there is an element of love in this, this kind of love is also a kind of madness. From Wei Yourong's request, it can be seen how selfish and unreasonable she is, she even proposed to ask Lu Feiming to die for her, in her opinion, Lu Feiming should die for herself.
However, Lu Feiming has awakened, he has already woken up. He may have understood what he should cherish and who he should protect. So he refused. If not, he might really be willing to die for Wei Yourong. But he finally woke up. Wei Yourong attacked Lu Feiming, one was to protect himself, but more importantly, I am afraid that Lu Feiming's behavior was regarded as a betrayal of her. She couldn't stand that Lu Feiming was no longer enslaved by herself, so she wanted to punish Lu Feiming.
Lin Jue thought about these things, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body. People who don't have enough life experience may think that there is no such relationship in this world. But Lin Jue knew that there must be something, and it was reasonable. There is no need to prevaricate with the world's greatness, this is human nature. Human nature is complex, fickle, and elusive, and it is the most incomprehensible thing in the world. If people go crazy, they can really do anything.
"Then ...... And you killed him? Lin Jue said in a hoarse voice.
"Yes, I killed him. I secretly found someone to ambush him near his mansion, and that night he was killed by my men on his way home from the feast. It wasn't the people around me who killed people, nor the people from the Prince's Mansion, nor the people from my Wei family. It's a character I spent a lot of money on. They kill people and take money, they don't know that the people behind them are me, and I never know them. Therefore, the imperial court has only been able to find out the truth for three years. Wei Yourong said softly.
"Your heart is as poisonous as a snake and scorpion, you are so ruthless. Daddy, you killed me like that. Thou shalt be ...... There will be no good reward. Daddy really can't be blinded. Green Dance burst into tears and cried out angrily through gritted teeth. She had never been so angry in her life, and she had never cursed so viciously, but today, she was so angry that she almost fainted.
"Green Dance, I'm your mother, how can you say that about me? Lu Feiming is not your father, and he is innocent between me and him. Your father is the emperor today. Are you cursing me like that for an irrelevant person? Wei Yourong said mournfully.
"You're not my mother, I don't have such a vicious mother. My father is Lu Shilang, and I am not someone else's daughter. You're dead to this heart. Green Dance cried.
Midori Dance is really sad. If the previous stubbornness was shocked and resisted because he suddenly learned that he was the daughter of Concubine Rong, then at this moment, he felt pain for having such a ruthless and vicious mother. She actually killed her father, and she was her father's killer. Midori doesn't know what to do.