. Mountain is a river
It will be dawn.
Lu Zhe stuffed a stack of paper in his hand into his arms and walked out of the study. The cool morning mist blew over his face.
He didn't sleep all night, but Lu Zhe was not sleepy at this moment. After giving a few words to his subordinates, he left the palace and headed straight for the Rong family.
Lu Zhe entered the Rong family with a familiarity. He originally planned to go directly to Guanlan Courtyard to find Su Mo and Yuanqiu, but first met Rong Yuancheng who was about to go out to the palace to go to court.
"Hey! Yuancheng, come here, I have something to tell you!" Lu Zhe suddenly thought of something, reached out and pulled Rong Yuancheng into the path next to him, and walked straight to the front pavilion.
Rong Yuancheng waved his hand and signaled the secret guard to avoid it. He thought Lu Zhe should have interrogated Ling Xiao and Ji Shu what news they got.
As soon as he sat down, Rong Yuancheng frowned, "Did they tell Rong Hao's uncle's wife how she died? Can't you tell my mother and Jin Bao cousin, you want me to hide it and deceive them?"
This is what Rong Yuancheng realized that Lu Zhe wanted to say, and it is inevitable that he would think so. The vicious words that Ji Shu shouted when he was taken away yesterday, and Rong Yuancheng could not forget. Rong Lan, who had woken up at this time in the past, still had no movement today, and Rong Yuancheng didn't want to disturb her, knowing that she must be in a bad state.
Regarding the matter of "If Ji Qian died in a very miserable time, should she tell the truth to Rong Lan and Feng Jinbao?" Rong Yuancheng and You Wu also discussed it before going to bed last night, but did not reach an agreement. Rong Yuancheng believed that no matter the truth, the family could not have deception before. But You Wu, who was about to be a mother, felt that if Ji Qian had a spirit in the sky, she would definitely hope that Feng Jinbao would live a happy and happy life, so it would be better not to say it.
For a moment, Rong Yuancheng also raised his heart slightly, and he was a little worried about what Lu Zhe would say next.
Lu Zhe sighed, "You guessed it."
Rong Yuancheng's face darkened, "Can you guarantee that what you have heard is the truth?"
Lu Zhe nodded, "Of course, maybe I can't beat Su Mo in my life just by martial arts, but for this kind of thing, you shouldn't doubt me."
Rong Yuancheng shook his head, "I don't doubt you, but... you tell me, no matter what the truth is, just say it, whether you want to lie to my mother, we will discuss with my sister and brother-in-law later."
"I'm afraid I've forgotten something, so I've recorded my confession." Lu Zhe took out a stack of paper from his arms and placed it in front of Rong Yuancheng.
Rong Yuancheng frowned, "You're as for..."
Regarding Lu Zhe's performance and conversations with the moment, Rong Yuancheng subconsciously believed that Ji Qian was really tragic, and she had to hide it from Rong Lan and Feng Jinbao, otherwise they would not be able to bear it.
Therefore, when Rong Yuancheng saw the "confession" brought out by Lu Zhe, he was speechless. Why did he still write down that kind of thing?
"As for what my cousin and brother-in-law told me, I naturally have to be cautious. You can take a look first." Lu Zhe said seriously.
Rong Yuancheng picked up the stack of paper, took a look, and was stunned.
After reading from beginning to end, I used it for a while. The things recorded on the paper are fragmented but related information, including the places where Ji Qian and Ji Shu sisters and Ling Xiao have been to adulthood, how tall Ji Qian likes, what color she likes, what books she likes to read, what food she likes to eat, whether she can cook, what are her voice characteristics, what are her martial arts moves she is good at, her appearance is somewhat similar to Ji Shu, and what are her facial features...
On the last piece of paper is a portrait. But to be honest, the painter is very average, and it looks a bit similar to Ji Shu when you look closely.
Rong Yuancheng frowned and looked at Lu Zhe, "What do these mean?"
"What do you think?" Lu Zhe asked back.
Rong Yuancheng's expression moved, "Can't that aunt still have the possibility of living? The confessions you recorded were to find her?"
Lu Zhe nodded and shook his head, "It's just possible. Ling Xiao said everything he should explain in order to prevent Ji Shu from being Ling Chi. Back then, he and Ji Shu split into two groups, and he went to chase Rong Hao and Ji Shu solved Ji Qian. In the end, Ji Shu forced Ji Qian to jump off the Broken Soul Ridge, but there was a river under the cliff on that side. The river was very fast and the possibility of survival was slim, but they did not find Ji Qian's body back then."
"Then you may be alive!" Rong Yuancheng looked happy.
Lu Zhe sighed slightly, "I also hope that Feng Jinbao's biological mother will live, but don't be happy too early. If she dies, she doesn't know where the body has been drifting to. Now she can only be sure that she has the possibility of living, but the possibility is not great. And even if she is alive, after so many years, where can she go to find a needle in a haystack. So, this matter really needs to be hidden from Aunt Rong and Feng Jinbao. Unless you really find someone, it would be better to let them think that the person is gone."
The poison of hope will erode people's spirit. If you don't show it in a short time, if you are trapped by an unrealized hope over the years, the consequences are so-called, and it is better to have a short pain than long pain.
Rong Yuancheng fell into deep thought, "If my aunt was alive, had past memories and had freedom of movement, she knew that her mother was here, but she never showed up."
Lu Zhe hummed lightly, "Isn't this normal? She didn't know Aunt Rong at all. If she thought her husband and son died tragically, she would be heartbroken when she was alive, what would she do when she came to find Aunt Rong? Besides, two years ago, Aunt Rong's situation in Dongming Kingdom was not very good. At that time, most people thought that Aunt Rong was living under someone else's roof in Dongming Kingdom."
"Yes..." Rong Yuancheng was thinking, not thinking that if Ji Qian was alive, she should take the initiative to come to Rong Lan. "Even if you found these clues, finding someone who has been missing for more than 20 years is still looking for a needle in a haystack. I just thought of a way. If my aunt is alive, she will definitely be able to lure her out."
Lu Zhe's eyes froze, "You mean, use Feng Jinbao?"
Rong Yuancheng nodded, "That's right. Ling Xiao and Ji Shu both solved it, and the Ximen family is not afraid. Jin Bao's cousin has returned to the Rong family now, so he should also let him recognize his ancestors."
Lu Zhe blurted out, "He really recognizes his ancestors and returns to his hometown, he is Ji..."
Seeing that Rong Yuancheng had a bad gaze, Lu Zhe coughed lightly, "I have no other meaning. Then again, are you planning to tell the world that Feng Jinbao is Rong Hao's son? Now everyone is staring at the Dongming Royal Family. Such a big story has spread. As long as you are not a secluded person in the deep mountains and forests and do not go out, you should know. As long as Ji Qian knows, she will definitely come here!"
"That's right. I just told my mother and cousin Jinbao that Ling Xiao and Ji Shu knew they would die without saying anything, and everyone was already crazy. When I went to court today, I issued an edict to appoint cousin Jinbao as the king and restore his real name Rong Yu'an." Rong Yuancheng said seriously.
Lu Zhe nodded, "But, should we spread the news of the Rong family's son change? Otherwise, outsiders will have many speculations about the origin of Rong Yu'an."
Rong Yuancheng shook his head, "No need to say that. Outsiders only need to know that the relatives we recognized by our Rong family cannot be fake. As for the twists and turns, they cannot be explained clearly in a few words. But for my aunt, as long as she knows that her son may be alive, right here, even if she doesn't know what's going on, she will definitely come."
"It makes sense, so do it. For Aunt Rong and Feng Jinbao, I just hope that the world will know the name Rong Yuan and know that Rong Hao will always be the Rong family, and they will not think too much." Lu Zhe said.
Rong Yuancheng frowned and looked at Lu Zhe. Lu Zhe looked inexplicably. He raised his hand and touched his face, "Is there anything dirty on my face? What are you looking at?"
Rong Yuancheng stood up, "Suddenly I feel that you are getting kinder." He began to consider the feelings of the people around him, rather than his own interests, and Lu Zhe really changed.
Lu Zhe coughed lightly, "I always feel that you are mocking me. I don't care if I am kind or not. I am dealing with this time. Of course I hope the result will be good."
"I hope too." Rong Yuancheng finished speaking, then turned around and left the pavilion, strode away.
Lu Zhe went to Guanlan Academy and told Su Mo and Yuanqiu about his gains last night and Rong Yuancheng's next plan.
"Just follow what you discussed with Acheng." Yuan Qiu said. The current result is not bad, at least there is no evidence that Ji Qian must be dead. It is not easy to find someone, but as long as she is alive, she will definitely come to know that Feng Jinbao is here.
Yuan Qiu reminded that this matter should not be known to more people. It is not a deception, but just an uncertain situation, so you should not talk nonsense.
"Then can Ling Xiao and Ji Shu be killed?" Lu Zhe asked.
Yuan Qiu thought for a while and said, "Card it and let them survive. Anyway, they are already useless people, and life is better than death. If my aunt is still alive and reunited with Jin Bao cousin, she will naturally let Ling Xiao and Ji Shu see it with her own eyes, so that they can also be 'happy'."
Lu Zhe sneered, "Very good! I found that cousin you are getting worse and worse, but I like it."
Rong Yuancheng said that Lu Zhe was getting kinder, but Lu Zhe said that Yuan Qiu was not kind, and it was the truth.
"Get out." Su Mo's tone was cold.
Lu Zhe left with a smile, and before leaving, he said, asking Yuan Qiu to prepare poison for him as soon as possible, the more the better, and said that he would choose whatever he wanted.
On that day, Rong Yuancheng suddenly issued an edict and conferred the third prince of the Eastern Ming Kingdom, which surprised all the civil and military officials.
The people who were canonized surprised them even more.
Who is Rong Hao? Older people may have heard of it, but most young people have never heard of it. Because Rong Hao was just adopted by the Rong family of the Western Liao Dynasty, and the younger generation of the Rong family is the most famous.
However, that doesn't matter. Now that the Rong family holds the imperial power of the Dongming Kingdom. Rong Yuancheng wants to appoint a prince. If he is happy, no one dares to say anything, let alone the person who was enthroned is Rong Lan's nephew.
Rong Yu'an, no one can hear this name. Rong Yuancheng did not ask Feng Jinbao to enter the palace, nor did he explicitly say that Rong Yu'an was Feng Jinbao, the third son of the Feng family, a wealthy businessman in Western Liao, because his purpose was not to give Feng Jinbao the throne, but to let the name Rong Yu'an spread all over the world.
When Rong Yuancheng came home from court, he was told that Rong Lan and Feng Jinbao were both in the ancestral hall.
Rong Yuancheng didn't bother them either. There was nothing wrong with releasing some emotions. Maybe Ji Qian was alive, but Rong Hao was really dead.
When lunch comes, the whole family gets together. Rong Lan and Feng Jinbao look a little tired, and there is nothing unusual. They even smile when they see the cute child.
It was not until the evening that Rong Lan met Lu Zhe. She didn't know that Lu Zhe had been here early this morning.
Without Rong Lan asking, Lu Zhe said that he didn't ask any useful information. Ji Shu was talking nonsense, which was completely incompatible with Ling Xiao's words. They knew that they were dead, but they all started to pretend to be crazy.
When Rong Lan heard this, her eyes were dim and she didn't ask anything. She only said that Lu Zhe had worked hard recently, so she had time to spend time with Jun Lingxin and his son, and she had no intention of seeing Ling Xiao and Ji Shu again.
When Lu Zhe saw Feng Jinbao, he also said so, and Feng Jinbao did not ask questions either.
From Lu Zhe, Feng Jinbao learned that he had been named King today, and Rong Yuancheng did not mention it. But at this point, Feng Jinbao certainly did not reject it. He had accepted the name Rong Yu'an and did not think that this was a betrayal of his adoptive father and mother. Because at the beginning of the matter, the Feng family adopted him in order to repay the kindness of the Rong family and accept Xie Yin's instructions. He will never forget the relatives of the Feng family, but now he has truly recognized his identity as the Rong family, and recognized Rong Hao and Ji Qian, two biological parents who have never seen each other and can never meet again.
Feng Jinbao felt that he was walking on the street now, and the people who talked about the new king of Dongming Kingdom should not know that it was him, but Rong Hao would know that if he had a spirit in the sky. He was forced to leave the Rong family that he cared about the most, but was forced to face the so-called life experience he hated. But when he had a son, his son still had his surname Rong, and he must have longed to return to the home he had been dreaming about during his lifetime.
Lu Zhe had already thought about how to explain if Rong Lan and Feng Jinbao asked, but unexpectedly, they seemed to be open-minded.
When Lu Zhe saw Yuan Qiu again, he couldn't help but express his doubts, "Why didn't they ask a few more questions? It made me feel like I was thinking too much."
Yuan Qiu sighed, "They will all suspect that you didn't tell the truth, and think that the truth is cruel. My mother doesn't ask, it's not that she is escaping, it's that she doesn't want my cousin to know. My cousin doesn't ask, it's that she doesn't want my mother to know."
Lu Zhe looked shocked, "This...but it is not what they thought."
"Today, the name Rong Yu'an has been spread. Amo issued an order, which will make the news spread faster. Now we can only do this and we can't say anything more. As for the final result, we can only leave it to fate." Yuan Qiu said.
Lu Zhe sighed, "Don't think about them for the time being. If there is an unexpected joy one day, it would be great. By the way, Ximen Cong asked when he could compete with his brother-in-law? However, he changed his conditions and did not ask his brother-in-law to kowtow to his old pervert father if he lost. If he won, we would let him free unconditionally, and we would guarantee that we would not be in trouble for him in the future. If he lost, he would take all the masters of the Ximen family to loyal to the Rong family. He originally thought he was stupid, but now he seems very good. I said that he would let him lose and see the gate for the Rong family. If he really lost, he would get the great opportunity to come out of the mountain and be prosperous in the future. So I insisted that the conditions could not be changed."
"Let's go tomorrow." Su Mo said, "It's the time to use people, so the conditions should be as he said."
"Anyway, he can't win, so I'll decide tomorrow." Lu Zhe nodded, suddenly remembered, and asked, "There is no news from Xie Jingci? Could something be wrong, right?"
Chapter completed!