She has mobilized all the resources she can, but no news has come back, whether it is the Bai family's power or Fengshadu's intelligence.

What's more, what makes her feel very strange is why no one comes to look for her mother after she has been away from home for decades? Even when her father was made a general of the country and was honored as the lintel of his family, no one came to ask even a single question.

Everyone knows that my mother came from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and was a lotus picker.

It wouldn't be surprising if someone followed the clues at that time.

But no, they found her after so many years after her death... Could it be that Bai Xianyu raised his head slightly and the wall made a soft sound, "Is it because they originally thought that my mother was dead and had no intention of looking for her, or did they find that my mother was dead?"

What secrets do you have personally?"

Regardless of whether the person who came to inquire about my mother was her relative or her enemy during her lifetime, the purpose may not be that simple.

After thinking about it, half an hour passed before I knew it.

Bai Xianyu was tired from sitting, and felt a little sleepy. She yawned lazily, then opened the quilt and lay down. The lights outside the room were also on. It seemed that there was no longer the cold atmosphere that comes with the imperial mausoleum. She

Close your eyes and breathe gradually and evenly.

The moon and stars are sparse tonight, and the dim starlight illuminates the nights of many sleepless people.

Bai Jingyuan and Bai Jinyan rode in a carriage and stopped at the inn before midnight.

Yin Sui led the carriage into the inn, Bai Jingyuan stopped Bai Jinyan, his face darkened, "Have you really made your decision?"

Bai Jinyan had a determined look on his face, "Well, you want to go to Kyoto even though you know it's a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, so why can't I go?"

"We did it knowing that we couldn't do it. Among us, you are the only one who can stay out of it. You didn't join the court as an official, and you don't have to be driven. I'm afraid that something will happen to us in Kyoto and you will be implicated. Now

The best way is to wait

Outside, didn't my sister arrange a retreat for you? Haven't you always wanted to live a happy life of traveling around mountains and rivers? She left so many things for you. Whether you want to go to Daqing or anywhere, it's more than enough. Why bother with us?

Come to take risks?"

In his memory, Bai Jinyan had never heard his third brother say so many words at once. He knew that according to his sister's arrangement, he could be free and happy no matter what the situation was in the future, but was he forced to watch them one by one?

Jump into the fire pit?

"Of course I know that if I follow your arrangements, I will definitely be free and happy. Even the emperor can't do anything to me. But without my brothers, without the Bai family, without Xiao Yu'er, I will never be happy for the rest of my life.

Get up!"

Bai Jinyan looked at Bai Jingyuan and begged word for word, "Third brother, you have already thrown me away once. I fell off the cliff in a hurry and almost died. The injury is not healed yet, so don't throw me away again."

I left it."

In front of Bai Jingyuan, he lifted up his trouser legs, and the scratches as big as his palm were shocking, "Third brother, there are a lot of bandits here. If you leave me here, I'm afraid the emperor won't take action against us. My own

His life is gone."

Bai Jingyuan frowned and looked at the injury for a long time before turning around and said, "That's it."

Bai Jinyan immediately beamed with joy, "Thank you, Third Brother. I will definitely listen to you when I return to Kyoto. Third Brother, if you ask me to go east, I will never go west. I don't believe it. We can't survive this disaster if we work together."

!”

Bai Jingyuan glanced at him and said softly: "Keep your voice down. Look at how frizzy you are. You are like the emperor's son when you open your mouth and shut up. Even though this place is still far away from Kyoto, you can't speak so openly."

In the past three years, they are not the only ones who have changed.

Emperor Wu Xuan's control over major aristocratic families became stronger and stronger, and he even blatantly inserted his people into the homes of important ministers. Everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak out. Now that they go back, there is no way he would not guard against them, so he can only play

Only when you do it realistically can you respond comprehensively.

"Yes, yes, haven't I been feeling aggrieved for too long? If it weren't for him, why would we have left our hometown?" Bai Jinyan complained at the end and changed the subject, "By the way, third brother, has there been any news about my sister recently?"

"She has left King Pingnan's territory and arrived in Kyoto. Now we should rest at Fengshadu. When we arrive in Kyoto, Yin Sui will take us to find her." Bai Jingyuan was silent for a moment, "Don't go if it's not necessary.

Look for her, otherwise I'm afraid it will bring her trouble."

"Um."

Bai Jinyan remembered something, "According to the original plan, the second brother will pick me up and leave. Now that the third brother and I are gone, the second brother has to ask someone to take a message."

"Then don't worry, my second brother is probably already in Kyoto now."

Bai Jinyan's eyes widened and she looked at him in disbelief, "Really?"

"This is the letter."

Bai Jinyan took it over and opened it and saw that it was the second brother's handwriting. He smiled, "Didn't you agree to pick me up? Why did the second brother arrive in Kyoto by himself first? He never thought about leaving alone."

ah."

Although Bai Jingyuan was worried, he was also a little touched. In the face of the Bai family's biggest crisis in decades, no one, whether it was the eldest brother, second brother, or fourth brother and sister, thought of escaping. They all stayed and prepared to fight side by side. If

My father and mother will be very happy if they are alive in heaven.

"So, third brother, are you not trying to drive me away at all?" Bai Jinyan reacted, and the smile on his face became even wider, as if what they were about to face was not a dragon's den, but a lively banquet, "

I would say that Third Brother may seem unkind on the surface, but in reality he is still intolerable."

Bai Jingyuan smiled slightly, he had received a letter from his second brother a long time ago. He would not leave Bai Jinyan here alone, but Kyoto was full of dangers, and he was afraid that if he followed him, he would accidentally lose his life. Since he wanted to go,

Then let him first have a long memory and not act impulsively.

"Kyoto is better than other places. The more familiar a person is in a place, the more likely he is to make mistakes. But this time, perhaps the mistakes we have made will be magnified, and there may be some unfounded charges. Jin Yan, you have to remember

, if something goes wrong, you must not go against your brother's wishes." He warned: "When we let you go, you must not hesitate or be disobedient."

Bai Jinyan felt how serious he was now from his tone, and immediately said seriously: "Well, I will do what I say."

"Don't be willful, I know you don't want to leave us to survive alone, but if it is true as my sister said, our Bai family is a thorn in the emperor's side that must be removed, then if we fail, you are our Bai family's only hope.

"

Bai Jinyan's heart sank, and he wanted to break the heavy atmosphere with a playful smile like before, but now he couldn't even squeeze out a smile, "I understand, third brother, don't look like you're going to explain your funeral, our Bai family

I will definitely get through it.”

Easier said than done.

Emperor Wu Xuan was the person who stood at the pinnacle of Da Kui's power. He was the king, and they were ministers. In the so-called righteousness, if the king wanted his ministers to die, they had to die. In the so-called friendship, the Bai family should be grateful to the late emperor and fulfill their duties to Emperor Wu Xuan.

There should be no disobedience in the slightest.

It seems that no matter what, he has ten thousand ways to easily trap them in unkindness and unrighteousness. Resistance is sin, justification is disobedience, and every step is extremely difficult.

No wonder... Xiao Yu'er had already reached out to Emperor Wu Xuan's harem. In the past few years, the emperor's heir has not been decided. Originally, Concubine An's son, the fifth prince, was the general trend, but Concubine An was overpowered by the sudden appearance of Concubine Xu.

On the other hand, the eighth prince, the son of Imperial Concubine Xu, also became the object of fawning among everyone in the court.

According to what he knew about his sister, the long-term undecided situation of the emperor's heir must have something to do with her.

She probably had the idea of ​​supporting the young emperor a long time ago, because Emperor Wu Xuan was unreliable in her eyes, so she had the idea of ​​finding a new emperor a long time ago.

It is not a conspiracy to usurp the throne, nor is it selfish desire. The root cause is that if you are sentimental, then I will be righteous. If you are ruthless, then I will not arrest you without mercy. If they are guilty, life and death are all based on the holy will. You can inflict crimes on them if you want.

I will never admit it.

In the last life, Emperor Wu Xuan had already succeeded once. In his eyes, loyal ministers and good generals were nothing more than stupid dogs, and he killed them wantonly. The eldest brother was too famous, so he couldn't find his fault, so he secretly plotted to murder him. The second brother repeatedly rescued people in trouble.

However, he was falsely accused of being a moth and had a bad reputation. He, Bai Jingyuan, dedicated his whole life to Da Kui, but he ended up being a collaborator and treason, and everyone reviled him. Even if he lives, he has to bear this unwarranted guilt for the rest of his life.

But in this life, it is still unclear who will win.

Thinking about it, this long-term planning was really difficult for her. Bai Jingyuan sighed slightly, but at the beginning, Xiao Yu'er probably didn't want to go to this last step, but what she had secretly planned was probably the final step.

Still have to come in handy.

"Third brother, don't be stunned. Go in and have a rest. I heard that Emperor Wu Xuan recently got a national advisor. He is very accurate in fortune-telling. He has calculated misfortunes in many places. We will inevitably meet him in the future. I don't know why.

It's not really that effective." Bai Jinyan thought deeply, if he was really so effective, what should he do if he saw what they were doing?

Bai Jingyuan was silent for a moment, "My sister has never mentioned anything about the National Preceptor, so she must not be an important player. We don't have to mess up our position and just keep everything as usual. Even if he has really deduced something, is it just based on his one-sided opinion?"

Can we be condemned just by using words?”

"That's right." Bai Jinyan was relieved and looked at the stars in twos and threes, but he was quite optimistic, "To tell you the truth, third brother, although the future is unclear, I always feel that we can't lose. I heard from the eldest brother that his father always taught him that

, to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, I wanted to ask at that time, what if the emperor is a foolish emperor? Is he loyal? What if his orders are harmful to the country and the people, and he still implements them? Isn’t that just helping the tyranny? "

Bai Jingyuan smiled, "You are the only one who dares to ask such a deviant question at such a young age."

"Isn't this a reasonable question for me?" Bai Jinyan laughed out loud, "Third brother is not a pedantic person. Third brother, let me ask you now, what would you do if it were you?"

"If you can remonstrate, you can remonstrate, but if you can't remonstrate..." He paused and said lightly: "After the allusion about helping Zhou to do harm, isn't there a King Wu who defeated Zhou?"

Bai Jinyan clicked his tongue a few times and laughed, "Third brother, didn't you just say that I was deviant and unruly? Look at what you said."

Bai Jingyuan said: "King Wu is so brave, I dare not compare myself to King Wu. What I want to express is that loyalty to the emperor is not necessarily right."

"Third brother, what you said is good!" The young man clapped his hands cooperatively and said with a smile: "Third brother, we are exposed late at night. Let's rest early and set off early. I haven't seen my sister in three years. I miss her so much.

"

Bai Jingyuan thought about it too, but he would just keep it in his heart, "Well, get some rest early."

…

At the same time, Bai Tanshen, who was withdrawing his troops and rushing towards Kyoto, suddenly received a secret letter in the middle of the night.

"General, a letter from the capital!"
To be continued...