Getting rid of doubts

Author: Sigui Beihong

Getting rid of doubts

The city of Tokyo fell into a deep silence. The news of the sudden death of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty quickly spread throughout the city, and will spread to every corner of the Song Dynasty in the near future. Liao Kingdom, Xixia, Goryeo, Japan, and Annan

Everyone will also know about it and send envoys to express their condolences.

As a result, all businesses in Tokyo are silent. The roofs and tiles are empty, and the wine in teahouses is sizzling.

There were only a few tables of diners up and down the Fan Tower, silently sipping Song Wu's fish soup. The brothel singers were no longer around them. The Ming Tower was still closed to welcome guests. Although the eldest daughter of the Mo family came back to life, she just happened to

I didn't dare to celebrate during the "national mourning". The two stone Suan Ni statues in front of the Minglou gate were still glaring and roaring, and the firecracker confetti had already been swept away by servants.

Mo Yunxiao sat blankly on the couch, staring blankly at the displays in the bedroom.

She looked around and saw that facing the bed was a mahogany dressing table with a clear and bright bronze mirror inlaid on it, giving off a shining light.

Under the bronze mirror, there are three rather exquisite small drawers, embroidered with colorful cloud patterns. On both sides of the drawer, there are two rows of small wooden rails that close the dressing table in a hug. These small wooden rails are slender and short. If you look carefully,

You can also observe that there are patterns carved on it such as dragons and phoenixes showing auspiciousness, and hundreds of birds facing the phoenix.

I don’t know what kind of ingenious craftsmen can make such fine carvings on such a small wooden railing.

Diagonally above the right side of the dressing table is a hanging window. It is the season when the wind is blowing, so the hanging window is tightly closed. On the other side of the bed is a sandalwood clothes hanger. Mo Yunxiao looked around and saw this

The clothes hanger is about two meters high. The copper hooks on it can be used to hang clothes. There is a round copper ring inlaid at the waist, and a wash basin is placed on it.

Next to the basin, there is a small copper stove. The stove is square in shape and has ventilation holes on it to output heat from the holes. The base also has a stretchable tray to facilitate the replacement of charcoal.

Mo Yunxiao looked around the room and smiled bitterly, thinking to himself: "Oh, Mo Yunxiao, Mo Yunxiao, I didn't expect that you fell into the water and passed through the water, and you were still called Mo Yunxiao.

It's just that this Mo Yunxiao is not that Mo Yunxiao. I am a young and promising female painter. I will hold my first solo exhibition next month. But what kind of person is this Mo Yunxiao? What does it mean?

'I would rather touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao'? And why do some people call her 'Female Yama'?"

At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open with a "squeak". Mo Yunxiao raised his eyes and saw Huan'er slowly walking towards him with a sad face.

Her eye sockets were sunken, with tears in her eyes, her nose was slightly red, and her teeth were gently biting her bright red lips.

Mo Yunxiao was a little nervous when he saw her walking towards him. He didn't know what to say for a moment and could only look at her with bright eyes.

"Big...big girl!" Huan'er choked out a cry, and then threw herself on Mo Yunxiao's bedside, sobbing loudly. Mo Yunxiao was suddenly startled, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

Huan'er cried and said: "Big girl! You are finally alive! You are finally alive! God has eyes!"

"I...hehe, yes, I'm alive." Mo Yunxiao smiled bitterly, then gently stroked Huan'er's temples, then took her arm to help her up, patted the bedside and said

: "Sit down."

Huan'er was stunned, and waved her hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, no. I don't dare to sit with a girl."

"Oh, it's okay." Mo Yunxiao pulled her over. She said "Oh," she lost weight and had to sit on the edge of the bed.

Mo Yunxiao looked around and then whispered: "Your name is Huan'er, right? Are you my personal maid?"

Huan'er looked suspicious and muttered: "Servant?"

Mo Yunxiao rolled her eyes and then changed her words: "Is it a maid, a maid, or an envoy?"

Huan'er then nodded and said, "Yes. Huan'er is a girl who you personally bought from Ren Yazi."

After she finished speaking, she tilted her head and looked at Mo Yunxiao carefully, and asked, "Miss, the day before yesterday you said you knew who pushed you into the lake. I don't know if you were just telling Mistress 2 or you knew for sure.

Where is that person?"

"Oh, how could I..." Mo Yunxiao suddenly became alert mid-sentence and muttered: "No one in this family knows where they came from. Listening to what they said yesterday, it seems that only this Huan'er is accompanying Mo

Yun Xiao went swimming in the lake. Then she might be the murderer?"

Thinking of this, her muscles tensed up, she squinted her eyes, and said coldly: "Huan'er! Don't pretend to be stupid. The person who pushed me into the lake didn't know about it. Don't you know about it too?"

Huan'er's almond-shaped eyes widened and she said in surprise: "Big girl, why can't I understand what you are saying?"

Mo Yunxiao leaned forward, looked at Huan'er and said, "You and I were the only ones who went to swim in the lake at that time. The second and third girls have alibi evidence. Now you are the most suspect!"

"Ah! Big girl!" Huan'er immediately turned over and knelt down, crying and defending: "The big girl is Huan'er's savior, and she is a golden bodhisattva who can never repay her in her lifetime. The big girl fell into the water and fell unconscious, and Huan'er didn't even think about it.

He tried his best to criticize the second girl and the second grandma. Although Huan'er is reckless, his heart to protect the Lord is as clear as the sun and the moon! I hope the eldest girl will learn from it!"

"Humph! You're still quibbling!" Mo Yunxiao slapped the edge of the bed hard, making a muffled "bang" sound, which caused severe pain in her palms, and she couldn't help but throw her hands away.

Huan'er had no choice but to lie on the ground, not daring to raise her head. She didn't see such an awkward and funny scene.

"Big girl!" Huan'er cried even more sadly. She shed tears, raised her head and looked at Mo Yunxiao, and said: "In this Mo's house, which is as cold as an ice cellar, in this heartless world, Huan'er

I only take the girl as my caretaker. But now, the girl has also become suspicious of Huan'er. I wonder, where in the world is there any place for Huan'er? How can there be room for Huan'er's innocent body?"

When she said this, her eyes were filled with tears. The tears shone in the sunlight. She showed a pale smile and said: "Big girl, Huan'er can only repay the girl's kindness by dying and making a clear decision!"

"

As she spoke, she shook her head and hit a corner of the charcoal stove on the right. This charcoal stove was made of metal and the corners were sharp. She would definitely die if she hit it like this.

Mo Yunxiao was also taken aback and shouted: "No!" Then he jumped up and grabbed Huan'er's collar tightly. But Huan'er was determined to die and only heard a "shoo!"

, the clothes were torn, and Huan'er also hit the mahogany dressing table behind him because of his misalignment.

There was a muffled "dong" sound, and the bronze mirror on the dressing table only trembled, but Huan'er fell to the ground and looked at Mo Yunxiao in surprise.

Mo Yunxiao also lost her center of gravity because she pounced too hard. She screamed "Ah!", fell down from the bed, rolled over twice, and rolled to Huan'er's feet.

"Ouch! This is going to kill me." Mo Yunxiao stood up slowly while holding on to his waist, rubbing it constantly.

Huan'er looked at her and suddenly stood up and hugged Mo Yunxiao's legs tightly. Mo Yunxiao stumbled and was almost pulled by her again.

"Girl! Girl! Huan'er has no intention of harming girls, please be careful!" she said while crying.

"Okay, okay." Mo Yunxiao helped her up, wiped the tears on her face with her own hands, and said, "I know it's not you. The reason why I say this is..." She paused deliberately and looked

Looking in the direction of the door and the hanging window, he continued: "It's because the partition wall has ears."

"Oh?" Huan'er also instinctively looked sideways, but before she could turn her head, Mo Yunxiao held her face back again and whispered, "Stay with me to continue this play."

Huan'er woke up as if from a dream, nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, Huan'er will do whatever the girl says."

Mo Yunxiao nodded with satisfaction, walked back to the bed, put on her shoes, and sat down again, looking like an official interrogating a case.

She said with a smile: "You just said that I was your savior, so tell me how I saved you!"

Huan'er tugged at the torn clothes and explained sadly: "Seven years ago, the official family...oh no, now it's time to call him the first emperor. The first emperor changed his tune at the beginning of his administration and restored Wang Xianggong's new law.

The Su family brothers and a group of old party members were exiled or demoted and scattered all over the country. My father once worked as a swordsman and penman in Lantai, but because he had taken care of Su Dongpo who was imprisoned, it was also the time to settle accounts after the fall, so he also ended up confiscating his family and assassinating his wife. We

The Chu Yuanwai outside the city had coveted Huan'er for a long time, so when he got this opportunity, he opened up a way to buy Huan'er. At this moment, it was the girl who spent three times the money to buy Huan'er, and then she saved Huan'er's current status.

Innocent body. So, eldest lady, if this isn’t a life-saving grace to the little one, what is it?”

In the end, she couldn't restrain the pain in her heart, covered her face with her hands and cried "woo woo woo".

Mo Yunxiao muttered: "Wang Anshi's reform has far-reaching influence."

Then she raised her head again and asked Huan'er: "You were originally a girl from an official family, but you were reduced to a maid due to this drastic change. Don't you hate it after all these years?"

Huan'er shed tears and showed a ferocious smile: "I hate! I hate the official family! I hate the court of the Song Dynasty. I also hate Yuanwai Chu and Mr. Wang! But..." She sighed, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "After all, I am

A weak woman is extremely lucky to be alive. She cannot save her family, Yan Jiasi, nor Cheng Yu."

Mo Yunxiao's eyes lit up and asked: "Cheng Yu?"

Huan'er smiled helplessly: "Chengyu, Huan'er's cousin. Our two families are close friends and have already made an engagement. However, their family was also affected by my family. The whole family was assigned to Fujian Road and will never be able to return to their hometown.

"

Mo Yunxiao was stunned for a moment and murmured: "But it's really cruel."

Huan'er wiped away her tears with both hands and smiled bitterly: "Yes, it's really cruel. My father is a young servant, so if he is affected by this, he will be an assassin at most. But the second mistress and her family are very sad. Her father was once attacked by the king.

With the support of Xianggong, he became the transfer envoy between Zhejiang and Zhejiang. But later Shenzong died, and the first emperor came to the throne at a young age and was unable to manage the country, so Empress Dowager Gao dropped her curtain. However, Empress Dowager Gao was loyal to the old party and recalled Xianggong Sima to the court.

, and also included many people from the New Party. Among them are the Second Grandma’s father and brother.”

"Ah!" Mo Yunxiao was shocked, looked around, and then asked in a low voice: "Then she was also sold to the Mo family by someone else?"

Huan'er snorted coldly, shook her head and said: "Empress Dowager Gao was quite lenient. She only dismissed her father and brother from office, but did not exile her. It was the second mistress who had given up on her old and sick father and her brother who gave up on himself. She had long wanted to climb a high tree. It happened to be the time when our family was growing up.

The prince went to Xichuan to pick tea leaves and met her. She cleverly catered to her and won the prince's favor, so he bought her back and made her his concubine."

Mo Yunxiao nodded and murmured: "Looking at her charming face, I can guess it."

"It's just retribution." Huan'er smiled contemptuously and said, "It just so happened that Li Xian'e, the second mistress's personal maid, also imitated her and showed off a little bit of coquettishness in front of the old man, so she got the job of collecting the house.

Third Grandma, outsiders have never known the details of this matter, not even the Song siblings who are friends with our family. But there is no one in the Mo family who doesn’t know about it. It’s just..."

Huan'er paused and sighed: "Good people don't live long. The eldest girl's mother, the head matron of the Mo family, died due to dystocia."

Mo Yunxiao bit her lips and nodded thoughtfully: "So that's it. I know for sure whether their surname is Jiang or Wang."

Seeing that she was in a state of trance, Huan'er took a step forward and asked in a low voice: "Miss, are the people outside still there?"

"Ah? Oh!" Mo Yunxiao finally realized and said hurriedly: "They should all have left, but we will continue to perform more often in the future."
Chapter completed!