Chapter 612: News of death
Chapter 612 News of Death
A few days later, in the early morning, it rained in Ningyang city.
The rain is subtle, but the chill is deep.
In the main courtyard of the Dingnan Palace, Princess Dingnan is doing morning classes in the Buddhist hall. The back figure, kneeling on the futon, is old but still upright. The green fragrance is lingering, and the sandalwood rosary that has been polished by the years is soft and gentle between her fingers. Slowly turning.
On rainy days, the line of sight was dim, and the door of the Buddhist hall was not completely closed. Sometimes a breeze blew across the threshold, blowing away the green smoke slowly rising from the incense burner.
"Snapped!"
At this time, the rosary in the hands of Princess Dingnan was scattered along with the wisps of incense mist.
The bead thread suddenly broke open for some reason, and the rosary beads lost their restraints, smashed and scattered on the ground.
Princess Dingnan, who was focusing on reciting the scriptures silently, was slightly surprised.
The two nurses beside knelt down and picked up the rosary.
Princess Dingnan was holding the pearl thread and the only two rosary beads in her hands, and she raised her head to look at the golden Buddha statue with a compassionate look above the divine case, and her heart gradually gave birth to a bad premonition.
"This bead thread should be changed..." The two mothers aligned the remaining 106 rosary beads and held them into the jade plate.
Princess Dingnan also put the two in her hand. When she was about to say something, she heard a girl enter the hall and whispered: "Old lady, the second master, the third master, and the fourth master are pleased to you. ."
Princess Dingnan nodded and raised a hand. The mother helped her up, and then worshipped the Buddha three times before she left the temple.
The three nephews and uncles waiting in the front hall salute the elderly.
"A Ling came just right, and my mother is about to send someone to find you." Princess Dingnan sat in the chair and looked at the handsome man in the hall with a willow and yellow gown.
"I don't know what mother has to order?" Wu Jingling's tone was respectful, with a smile that seemed to be the same as before, but the tired color under his eyes couldn't hide it.
"Your father, your elder brother and sister-in-law, and A Yuan, have you heard another letter recently? It is supposed to be the time to come back—" Princess Dingnan's tone contained a trace of unnoticeable anxiety.
While Wu Jingling heard this, his smile was stagnant, and his eyes dodged for a moment.
Wu Jingyi beside also looked at him: “Yes, brother, I didn’t say that my father had sent a letter to you before. The letter only said that he could return home in about seven or eight days at most?”
He is the younger brother of Wu Jingming, who was also born by Princess Dingnan.
Wu Ran who came with him also looked at his second uncle.
Since he learned that his grandfather, father, mother, and second brother are coming back together, he has been looking forward to it every day.
He does not have a clear and profound understanding of the next path in his home. He also knows that the situation in Ningyang is tense now, but as long as the family can be reunited, there is nothing left to be afraid of.
It is undoubtedly a very happy thing that my father, mother and second brother can leave the capital safely and return to Ningyang.
Under the gaze of several lines of sight, Wu Jingling had to smile reluctantly, and said: "I think it should be coming soon. Two days ago, his son had secretly left the city to meet him."
"Two days ago?" Princess Dingnan had faintly noticed that something was wrong, so she stared at Wu Jingling and asked: "You told your mother truthfully, your father and them...but what happened?"
As soon as this statement came out, Wu Jingyi and Wu Ran's attitude also immediately changed.
Looking at the second uncle beside him, Wu Ran slowly realized the strangeness-the second uncle's always white face actually had a light blue beard at this time, which is rarely seen!
Notice that the second uncle always loves beauty, and he is exquisite in everything on his body on weekdays. The degree of care is a model of not leaving young men alive. When did you allow yourself to have such a description?
Wu Jingyi also noticed this, but previously he only acquiesced to his second brother and stayed at the Hualou for the night. Only then will he be able to take care of it carefully in the future—
However, now I think about it carefully. Now that my father, eldest brother, and A Yuan are not at home, Ning Yang is in such a situation, and the people in the clan are panicked. The second brother is entangled in matters by the clan people all day long. Lack of skills.
In this gap, Wu Jingling had already picked up the corners of his robe and knelt down.
"The son is not doing well. Now...there is no news from the father and elder brother."
"No news yet? Second brother, what does this mean?" Wu Jingyi was surprised: "When I return, how can I lose the news?"
Princess Dingnan had a hunch about this. Hearing that, she slightly clenched the embroidered group blessing pattern on the edge of the cuff, and said calmly, "A Ling, you don't need to worry about me, just tell everything you know. !"
Wu Jingling responded with "Yes" and said, "...I received a letter from my father earlier that he knew that his father was about to arrive in Ningyang in the near future, so his son sent someone out of the city to meet him. However, someone responded early yesterday morning, but he didn't receive it. Father and the others, and... and found traces of carts and horses and fights in Longxi Mountain, and the corpse of a nearby corpse next to his father..."
"What?!" Wu Jingyi's expression tightened: "Father and eldest brother...could it be that they were attacked?"
The heart of Princess Dingnan also sank down, and calmly said: "If it is a court member, it must be a killer... can people search carefully in the mountains? Are there any other traces?"
In other words, something really happened to the lunch box, and someone should be...and someone should be found!
This is the most feared thing, and I have been so careful, can it still be avoided?
"I have almost turned over in the mountains, and I have never let go of any traces..." Wu Jingling's voice was already dumb: "It can be inferred from the movement of horses and horses, or..."
"Or how?!" Wu Jingyi asked urgently.
"Or... fell to the bottom of the cliff."
"..." Wu Jingyi's body was shaken.
—Falling off a cliff? !
"Impossible!" Wu Ran, who had been listening to the side, suddenly unable to make a sound because of being too shocked, suddenly said, with red eyes and shook his head: "With grandfather and second brother here, it is absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen. Happened!"—not to mention father!
"I don't believe it!" Tears swayed in the boy's eyes, struggling to refuse to fall: "I'm going to Longxi Mountain to find my grandfather, father, mother and second brother!"
said, turned around and ran out.
"Quickly, follow up, and take Azhang's attention!" Princess Dingnan quickly ordered her servants.
A nurse and two girls hurriedly chased after her.
"My son has sent extra manpower to search around the bottom of the cliff, but the scope is too large and the terrain is complicated, so I haven't gotten any money for a while..." Wu Jingling knelt there, slowly clenching his palms on his side, and raised his head to look towards Princess Dingnan: "Although the carriage and horses have fallen off the cliff, the father and the elder brothers may not necessarily be in the car. There is no news or the best news at this time-the son was thinking about this possibility, and he did not immediately inform him. Mother, for fear that my mother will be worried and sad about this, and will drag her body again, originally intending to have a clear result and then talk to her mother..."
Wu Jingyi hurriedly agreed and nodded, and said: "Yes, people may not be in the car! A Yuan is always the best at adapting, or it is unknown if he escaped!"
Princess Dingnan paled and nodded.
Naturally she would like to think so.
It’s the world, but it often doesn’t give people the best possible...
Still, prepare for the worst...
She slowly vomited the restlessness and stuffiness in her mouth and chest, tried her best to calm her mind, and confessed to Yaozi: "Help your second brother up first."
"This matter is due to my son's improper arrangements. If we can get enough staff to take care of it two days earlier, it might not be..." Wu Jingling tensed her body and insisted on not getting up. He bowed his head stubbornly with tears in his eyes. Smashed to the ground.
"I can't blame you." Princess Dingnan looked at him and said: "Your father's purpose of returning to the city on this trip was to avoid people's eyes and ears. They are all credible people. I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the wind and grass of the palace. If you move too much, you will expose their whereabouts-no one can do nothing foolproof, let's get up quickly, the rest , You still need to discuss countermeasures together with your brothers."
"Mother is right, the second brother doesn't need to blame himself too much, now trying to find his father is the most important thing." Wu Jingyi raised his hand and pulled him up.
However, at this time, a maid guarding outside the hall walked in.
After saluting, he said: "Wu Gui next to the second master is here, saying that there is something important to the second master, so that the maid will pass it through..."
Uncle Gui is an old man in the mansion. He has always been the most calm, but just looking at his face, it seems that something has happened...
"Wu Gui?" Princess Dingnan looked at Wu Jingling: "Is he responsible for this matter?"
Wu Jingling nodded: "Back to his mother, the son gave the matter of Longxi Mountain to the noble uncle—"
"Let people come in!" Princess Dingnan ordered immediately.
Come back at this time, or there may be progress or even results.
I hope God has eyes...
Princess Dingnan was extremely calm on the surface, but in the bottom of her heart she prayed all the time.
That is her husband, her parents, daughter-in-law, and her only grandson...Even if the overall situation is not mentioned, they are the most important people in her life.
While the Wu family failed to protect Zhenzhen back then, it was the most painful and painful thing in her heart. Now she can't protect A Yuan anymore!
Wu Gui quickly walked in.
Princess Dingnan looked at the person who saluted, and said: "I already know everything-is there the whereabouts of the prince and the others?"
"Back to the old lady, it should be...found it."
Wu Gui answered and knelt down.
This kneeling, the weight seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and it hit the hearts of Princess Dingnan.
"What is'should be'?" Wu Jingyi looked at Wu Gui steadily, his whole body tightened into a straight line: "Speak clearly—"
"The villain led people to search for a long time at the bottom of the cliff, and indeed found a fallen carriage and horse." Wu Gui's voice was dull, with a trace of uncontrollable tremor: "The carriage was smashed to pieces, and the corpses of the horses had been eaten by wild animals. …"
"Where are people?!" Wu Jingling got up from the chair, his red eyes didn't dare to blink: "It must be... no trace of the person was found, right?"
But saw Wu Gui knocking his head on the ground.
"I waited near the chariot and horse, and found several corpses... Those corpses were broken after falling from the cliff, and there were traces of being eaten by beasts and birds... But distinguished by general description and clothing, they are indeed similar. It is the prince, the descendants of the elders, and the wife of the elders..."
His voice gets deeper and lower as it goes backwards, which is almost impossible to hear.
There was a moment of dead silence in the hall.
"Even if it is like, it may not necessarily be!" Wu Jingling returned to his senses, almost saying in an evasive tone.
Wu Jingyi asked: "Can you bring it back?"
"All have been transported back, entered the house through the back door, and temporarily placed in the backyard..."
"Mother..." Wu Jingyi reluctantly raised his hand to salute, and said, "Son... I want to go and see."
"..." Princess Dingnan nodded gently.
"In addition to the corpse... I found some personal objects nearby and brought them back as many as possible." At this point, Wu Gui paused before asking: "I wonder if the old lady...will you look at it?"
"Take it, bring it all..." Princess Dingnan closed her eyes, her voice was very soft.
"Old lady..." The grandmother on the side held the old man's shoulders anxiously.
The stuff was quickly handed in by a maid.
In the black lacquer tray, a piece of white cloth holds some objects.
There is a sachet embroidered with bamboo, a girdle embroidered with auspicious clouds, a jade hairpin that has been broken into several pieces, and a jade pendant that is still completely stained with blood...
Princess Dingnan trembled and held the jade Pei in her hand.
Wu Jingling also looked over, startled and said to himself: "Father..."
This is my father’s jade pendant...
The jade pendant whose father never leaves!
"when!"
The jade pendant slipped from the hands of Princess Dingnan and hit the ground.
"Old lady!"
"Mother!"
"Please come here soon!"
Princess Dingnan is already suffering from old illnesses. Last year, she got better because of the prescription prescribed by Qiu doctor. Now she was greatly stimulated by this. Although she didn't shed a single tear, she didn't see the slightest loss of state, but she was completely locked in her heart. , It can't hold it in the end.
This faint, I fell ill.
While Wu Jingyi personally inspected the body, when he walked out of the room where the body was parked, his whole body seemed to be depressed.
Seeing his face like snow, his feet floating, his entourage hurriedly stepped forward to help.
"Three Masters..."
"I don't know..." Wu Jingyi shook his head and said with a loss of soul: "I don't know..."
The follower's eyes were sore, there was not much to say.
After Wu Jingyi left, the people guarding in the backyard did not have to talk in peace.
"Really the prince and the descendants..."
"It's already out of shape...you can see it roughly, it should be."
And the body of the coachman was also found, it is indeed the person next to the prince...
At the bottom of the same cliff, there can be no other people, and they happen to be matched by the number?
Then Wu Jingling and Wu Ran also arrived.
Although the two uncles and nephews have never asserted, under these premises, as long as it is not denied, it is equivalent to confirming.
This matter is destined to be concealed, and there is no reason to hide it at all.
The news spread quickly among the Wu clan, like one, no, one after another thunder—
Patriarch has an accident!
Shizi and Mrs. Shizi are also in trouble!
Even the grandson who has established prestige among the clan in recent years, has long been alone, and is regarded as the next paternal grandson by the clan directly by the clan...no more!
Losing the owner, son and grandson at the same time overnight, the shock brought by any family is unimaginable.
In just a few days of fermentation, the Wu clan has been enveloped in grief, anxiety and even panic.
But they know better than anyone, the current situation will never allow them to be immersed in grief...
At the moment, what is in front of them is a thorny and serious problem—
Goodnight everybody.
(Haha, before going to bed, I shared a little thing about cubs. Recently, the whole family knows that I love to eat durians. After dinner tonight, cubs need to make fragrant and fluttering milk tea. We don’t want him to drink it. Tell him: Your mother said you are too full to drink!
Because he has been looking forward to it for a long time, he always wanted to drink, so he was very angry with me, turned his head and pulled out a durian core from his snack box, crying and said to his dad: Then I don’t want to grow her durian tree!
Hahahahaha I burst out laughing directly, it turned out that he was hiding the durian core and wanted to plant a durian tree for me. At that time, I was moved and felt that the love and threats of the children were so cute. )
(End of this chapter)