Save the tragic villain in progress!

Dossiers are like settled dust. Once it is a foregone conclusion, no one will try to restart it to change anything.

Mei Fengchen led Chu Xinian upstairs. The wooden stairs were in disrepair for a long time and made creaking noises, which were already overwhelmed.He wiped away the dust in the air with his sleeve, and seemed to sigh: "It's been a long time since anyone came here, and they are all ancient documents."

After he finished speaking, he searched among the rows of bookshelves arranged in different categories, and finally pointed to a corner and said: "All the murder cases in the capital that cannot be found out over the years are all here, you can read it if you want. No one cares about these things. The old man will make it easier for you, and if you encounter any difficulties in the investigation in the future, you are not allowed to refuse."

The latter sentence is a bit of a joke.

Chu Xinian saluted and thanked: "I will not dare to resign. How about this, the adults will do the autopsy below, and the juniors will read the files on it. If you encounter any unsolved problems, just ask."

Mei Fengchen smiled and nodded again and again, his usually serious and rigid face softened a bit: "Alright, this old man has exactly that intention."

In this way, one of them was doing the autopsy downstairs, and the other was searching for files upstairs.

What the Xie family committed back then was the crime of treason, so the file will definitely not be put together with those unsolved cases.Chu Xinian glanced across the rows of bookshelves, and finally settled on a row of red-sealed files. Inside was a roll of kraft paper with a faded "Thank you" written on the spine.

Chu Xinian was silent for a moment.He slowly pulled out the volume of papers that had been covered in dust for a long time, feeling inexplicably heavy.In the half-light and half-darkness, the dust also flew up.

He blew off the accumulated dust on it, took out the scattered papers inside, and found that the execution results of the Xie family were written on it, with a few strokes, concise and to the point.

[Rebel Minister Xie Bi, returned to Beijing from the northwest to return to his life, stupid day and night, hidden wolf ambitions, and later led the army into the palace, intending to rebel, was captured and killed in front of the Wuji Palace...]

[The emperor has an order, and Xie's lineage is exhausted.However, his wife Wang, his only son Xie Lanting, and hundreds of family members fled out of Beijing to the countryside, vowing not to plead guilty, and beheaded on the spot...]

[Collateral descendants, all males who reach eighteenth will be assigned to Mobei, and females who are eighteenth will be reduced to slavery, and will not be pardoned for three generations...]

Just looking at the file, there were no loopholes, but Chu Xinian frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.He stared at those few lines for a long time, and finally found two words that were inexplicably familiar.

His first wife Wang's...only son Xie Lanting...

Lanting...?

Lanting...?

Chu Xinian's pupils shrank slightly, and he subconsciously covered the jade pendant around his neck, as if he had suddenly realized something. Isn't the word "Lanting" the inscription on the jade pendant that Xie Jingyuan gave him?

Could it be that Xie Jingyuan's real identity is actually...

When this idea suddenly appeared in Chu Xinian's mind, it made him feel a little ridiculous.But if you think about it carefully, if it is true, then all unreasonable things will have a reasonable explanation.

Why did Xie Jingyuan rebel?Why does Xie Jingyuan hate the emperor so much?Why is Xie Jingyuan's appearance ruined?Why is it that Xie Jingyuan is clearly a collateral child, but knows the secrets of his early years in detail?

All of this is because of his identity——

He is not Xie Jingyuan at all, but Xie Lanting, the son of the Xie family.

General Xie Bi was guarding the northwest, and he never returned to Beijing for several years.Xie Lanting was also born in the northwest, so few people have seen him.Prince Wei practiced martial arts under the command of General Xie Bi, and had met several times.

After the northwest rebellion was over, General Xie Bi led his family back to Beijing to report on his duties.In less than a day, for some reason, he suddenly led troops into the palace from Tai'an Gate, and was arrested and killed in front of the palace for treason.

Mrs. Xie heard the news and fled with her only son and several hundred generals, but was still caught up by the forbidden army and beheaded to the field.

Xie's family was in full swing in those days, and it is difficult to describe its prosperity with the sound of bells and tripods.It collapsed overnight, only the following offshoots survived.

Mrs. Xie did not know what kind of method she had thought of back then, so she struggled to save the life of her only son, allowing him to live in the world as a "collateral son Xie Jingyuan".

He figured out all the tricks at once, but Chu Xinian couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.He lowered his head and stared at the thin piece of paper in his hand, as if trying to see through the truth about the rise and fall of the Xie family, and...

And what Xie Jingyuan experienced back then...

It was not until Mei Fengchen's voice came from downstairs that he woke up: "Young Master Chu, this autopsy technique is really mysterious and mysterious. If you dare to ask why people who drowned before death would have white foam gushing out of their mouths and noses, the old man knows It does not know why.”

Chu Xinian took the time to put the file away, put it back in place, calmed down his mind, and explained to him in plain words: "People who drowned in life must struggle to choke on the water, and the water flows into the trachea and throat, which naturally forms a White foam."

"And if a dead person is thrown into the lake, he will not struggle or breathe, so there will be little white foam on the mouth and nose."

Mei Fengchen nodded: "So that's the case. If Mr. Chu didn't explain the confusion, I'm afraid I would be deceived by them."

Chu Xinian walked down the stairs slowly, his eyes fell on the body of the woman who had been soaked so swollen and turned white, he unexpectedly remembered the Xie family's implicated case, and asked thoughtfully: "Master Mei, what should I do?" There are thousands of files on the shelf, and there are thousands of human lives, among them, are there many unjust cases? Are there many murder cases?"

Mei Fengchen glanced at him: "There are as many unjust cases as there are human lives. This side of the attic can't hold it, neither can the Department of Mirrors, and the entire Great Yan may not hold it."

Chu Xinian didn't expect Mei Fengchen to answer like this: "I thought my lord would think that the sky in Yan Dynasty is bright and the water is clear, and there has never been any case of injustice."

"The sky is bright and the water is clear?"

Mei Fengchen suddenly chuckled when he heard the words, and shook his head again and again: "When the water is clear, there will be no fish. There is no clean place in this world. Although the old man claims to wash away the grievances of the world, the old man can't do anything about the files you just read. Why talk about anything else."

Chu Xinian always felt that he meant something, but he was not sure for a while.Until Mei Fengchen took off the coarse cloth coat of the autopsy, he sighed to himself: "The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. This has been the case since ancient times. If the old man had not obtained His Majesty's permission , Do you think that the Department of Der Spiegel can arrest the powerful with impunity, of course it is impossible."

Their power comes from the emperor, and their backer is also the emperor.If one day the power is taken back, Mei Fengchen is just an ordinary old man.

Chu Xinian didn't want to delve into the meaning of Mei Fengchen's words, because it would make him feel that he had been found out about peeking at the file.But he was sure that Mei Fengchen had never noticed his actions.

He smiled, and could only pretend that he didn't know anything: "Your Excellency is a rare direct minister, and you can't rub sand in your eyes."

"You are wrong, the old man is not," Mei Fengchen stood with his hands behind his back, and said earnestly, "I can't rub the sand in my eyes, and I want to be a direct minister, but I have rubbed too much sand in my eyes over the years. After all, it is just an idea. There are still many unjust cases in this world that have not been cleared up. This old man knows it well, but he is unable to bring it up, so he can only leave it to the younger generation."

"My lord is still young and energetic, so why make such sad words."

Chu Xinian slowly took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, which recorded some autopsy techniques of later generations.He lightly placed it on the low table next to him, causing the candle to flicker twice: "I have bothered you for a long time today, and I feel really sorry for this junior. I will give this thing to you, and I hope you will never let it go."

Mei Fengchen was startled when he heard the words, picked up the paper and flipped through a few pages, before he could ask aloud, when he raised his eyes, he saw that Chu Xinian had turned and left.

At that time, Xie Jingyuan was checking the news from the prince in the palace.Before King Jin returned to Beijing, Emperor Yan intended to hand over the military power in Xie Jingyuan's hands to him.But since the bandits in Shuofang were pacified, King Jin became more and more famous in the army, but there was no movement on Emperor Yan's side.

Obviously, Emperor Yan had grown jealous of King Jin, which was undoubtedly a good thing for the crown prince and Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan sorted out the secret letter slowly, threw it into the stove and burned it.I thought to myself that King Jin and Concubine Mei went to Tianfeng Mountain to pay respects to the Buddha in modest clothes today, and I don't know if Xuan Yeping, the magic stick that Chu Xinian fooled, is useful. After all, King Jin is not a fool, how could he be deceived so easily.

But Chu Xinian has never done anything wrong, Xie Jingyuan has to believe it if he doesn't believe it.

After lunch, Xie Jingyuan collapsed on the couch where Chu Xinian usually reads, and picked out a few books he often read.Only then did I realize that Chu Xinian read the book very seriously, with annotations on every line and every page, and the words had something to say, and I don't know how it was passed on to the outside world as idiots.

Xie Jingyuan turned a page of the book and was looking at it when a shadow suddenly fell in front of him, and Chu Xinian's familiar voice sounded in his ears: "Why do you have time to read today?"

Xie Jingyuan had discovered him a long time ago. Hearing this, he threw the book aside: "Why, are you finally willing to come back?"

Chu Xinian picked up the book and put it neatly on the bookshelf, then leaned over and kissed Xie Jingyuan, leaned on his side and whispered: "Well, I came back after chatting with Master Mei for a few words."

Xie Jingyuan was a little itchy from his kiss, and turned his head slightly: "Are you sure you didn't do an autopsy?"

Chu Xinian smiled, and showed him a hand: "Of course not, otherwise how can I hug the general."

Xie Jingyuan thought to himself that Chu Xinian was serious, and he often said obscene things on weekdays, but he still enjoyed it quite a bit.He hooked Chu Xinian's neck, then slowly tightened it, and pressed the most secret and untouchable injury on his right cheek to him, then lazily rubbed: "Chu Xinian..."

Like a beast with sharp claws, it is quiet and tame.

This action made Chu Xinian's heart suddenly soften.He gently pecked and kissed Xie Jingyuan's face, then kissed the other's cold lips, pried open his teeth, stuck the tip of his tongue, and began to invade this familiar territory.

Xie Jingyuan followed Chu Xinian's strength and lay down.He entangled the other person's body tightly, and kissed back again and again, which was completely different from when we first met.

I still remember that when Chu Xi entered the mansion at the beginning of the year, Concubine Mei Gui sent a nanny to watch their intercourse, Xie Jingyuan felt humiliated and had a sinister expression.But now the mood is different, and the feeling is naturally different.

He even hoped that Chu Xinian would be closer to him, more intimate...

I don't know if Chu Xinian heard Xie Jingyuan's inner thoughts, he suddenly picked him up from the couch and walked into the inner room.

Xie Jingyuan glanced at the bright sky outside the window, leaned against Chu Xinian's shoulder, and asked with pursed lips, "It's sunny, what do you want to do?"

Chu Xinian leaned over and put him on the bed, looking down at Xie Jingyuan.Except for the slightly red and swollen lower lip, she still looks like an immortal.Breathing lingeringly, the cold breath of the skirt gradually became ambiguous: "What does the general think I want to do?"

Xie Jingyuan lay under him, his heart beating wildly.Just as he was about to say something, he saw Chu Xinian's slender fingertips suddenly twitch lightly, and he untied his belt.

"Chu Xinian—"

Xie Jingyuan's voice was inexplicably tense, thinking that Chu Xinian had gone crazy for no reason.It should be at night to do this kind of thing. In broad daylight, they would just play around in the room. If someone came to report something later, wouldn't they all listen to it.

"Don't worry, general," Chu Xinian seemed to know what he was thinking, and gently kissed his eyebrows one by one, "I just want to see you..."

I want to hold each other without barriers, even if I don't do anything.

Xie Jingyuan snorted: "What's so interesting about me?"

Chu Xinian smiled lowly, stripped him of all his clothes, and rolled into the bed together: "The general is naturally pretty everywhere."

The moment the clothes fell to the ground, they stuck together tightly.Xie Jingyuan didn't know why, but felt a little embarrassed.He leaned against Chu Xinian's chest, saw his jade pendant falling in front of his eyes, and habitually reached out to touch it.

Sensing his movements, Chu Xinian lowered his eyes and said, "I went to the Department of Mirrors today..."

Xie Jingyuan hummed: "I know."

Chu Xinian said again: "I looked through the file from that year, it's about the Xie family."

Xie Jingyuan froze when he heard this, and didn't move for a long time.After a while, he raised his eyes to look at Chu Xinian, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say, unconsciously clenched his fingertips.

Chu Xinian hugged him even tighter, and the piece of jade was hidden among them, soaked in body heat, almost merging with flesh and blood, and said in a low voice, "Will the general blame me?"

Xie Jingyuan was silent for a moment, and then smiled meaninglessly: "It's your fault, you can find out by yourself, so I don't have to waste my time."

He was neither annoyed nor angry, and his expression was as calm as if it was just an insignificant matter.

Chu Xinian: "But there is still one thing I don't know."

"Ask," Xie Jingyuan stared down at the jade pendant around his neck, "I'll tell you what you want to know..."

For some reason, Chu Xinian always felt that Xie Jingyuan was filled with deep despair, and after a long silence, he finally uttered a sentence: "...Did the Xie family really commit a rebellion back then?"

Xie Jingyuan couldn't help laughing suddenly when he heard the words, the kind he couldn't stop laughing, as if he heard some big joke.He lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly. It took a long time before he stopped smiling and said out of breath: "You know how prosperous my Xie family was in the army back then. The Wan Yan army is under his command. If you really want to rebel, do you think the [-] forbidden troops in the capital can stop it? The world has already changed hands."

He clenched Chu Xinian's shoulders, and lowered his head to cover his red eyes: "I only hate my father for being so stupid. He only knows how to arrange troops, but he doesn't understand the treacherous and unpredictable court, and the unpredictable heart of the emperor. Deceived to the palace with a letter of rescue, and never came back."

General Xie Bi guarded the northwest for several years, loved soldiers like sons, and his prestige in the army was unmatched.At that time, Qin Daoyan was the general of the right guard, and he was also a military general with him. He was jealous in his heart, and repeatedly spoke to Emperor Yan in private, saying that he had the intention of rebellion.

Just as the rebellion in the northwest was over, Emperor Yan called Xie Bi back to Beijing.However, before he could enter the palace for an audience in the future, he suddenly received a secret letter from the queen, saying that Zhou Wenchen, the commander of the imperial army, intended to rebel and put Emperor Yan under house arrest, and asked him to quickly bring troops into the palace to rescue him.

In the early years, General Xie Bi was often excluded in the court because of his upright temper. Fortunately, the empress was virtuous and virtuous, and offered her help several times.He received the queen's secret letter, and without thinking about it, he immediately dispatched troops and prepared to enter the palace with Qin Daoyan to rescue him.

However, no one knew that this was just a drama played by the emperor and Qin Daoyan, including the queen, who were kept in the dark.

Xie Bi was coaxed by Qin Daoyan to enter the palace through Tai'an Gate, but he didn't know that an ambush had already been laid there.The forbidden army ambushed at the top of the wall, and all arrows were fired, directly beheading Xiebi in front of the palace, and punished for the crime of treason.

Xie Jingyuan brought up the old events, and the words were squeezed out from between his teeth: "Emperor Yan has always been suspicious. He not only suspected that the Xie family was planning to rebel, but also suspected that my father had an affair with the queen..."

"After my father died, he strangled the queen himself, said that she died of a sudden illness, and ordered that Xie's family be implicated."

"The crown prince witnessed all this with his own eyes outside the palace, and immediately left the palace to send a message to my mother, telling us to leave the capital and flee for our lives. However, as soon as we fled to the outskirts of Beijing, we were caught up by the forbidden army..."

Xie Jingyuan paused at this point, as if something was blocked in his throat, it was difficult to utter a single word.After a long time, he said: "The general who led the troops to pursue was favored by my father, saying that he could save my life, so my mother scratched my face with her own hands, and asked me to pretend to be a collateral child of the Xie family. Never show my true face in front of people."

After he finished speaking, he touched the uneven scars on his right face, and smiled at Chu Xinian with red eyes: "These scars were drawn by her own hands with a hairpin. She cried while scratching, and made me stay away from the capital." , don’t come back again, don’t be an official, don’t enter the dynasty..."

"I didn't dare to hide, and I didn't dare to push her away. I just remember the pain on my face was like gouging out flesh. In the end, I didn't feel anything..."

"Later my mother also died. She killed herself with a long sword and was buried in the suburbs together with those generals..."

Xie Jingyuan let out a breath slowly: "I grew up in the Northwest since I was a child, and I have never been in Beijing. The only people who have seen me are my father's cronies. When there was a rebellion, those people almost died. Later, their appearance was destroyed, and no one recognized me. I went out. I joined the army, all the way to today.”

When he said these words, he still unconsciously covered his face tightly with his hands, as if he felt the heart-piercing pain back then.

Xie Jingyuan is the son of a great general, with a handsome appearance and proficiency in all six arts.After entering Beijing, he could have been the son of the most noble family in the capital.It fell to the ground overnight and was stained with dust and mud, but in the end it became the ghost-faced Yama that everyone can't avoid.

His scenery that belonged to Xie Lanting has long been destroyed.Whether it was appearance, name, or identity, they all disappeared with the sudden collapse of the Xie family.

The crown prince called him Xie Jingyuan, and others also called him Xie Jingyuan.

Except for the jade pendant, no one remembered that he was Xie Lanting.

Including himself almost forgot.

The air fell into silence at some point, and even the chirping of cicadas outside the window stopped.Chu Xinian moved his lips, wanting to say something, but felt that any words were powerless.

Although he wrote the story, it turned out that he might not understand it.

"Qin Daoyan,"

"Zhou Wenchen,"

and also,

"Emperor Yan..."

Chu Xinian slowly traced Xie Jingyuan's facial features with his fingertips, extremely gentle, and then whispered in his ear: "Listen to me, the general, and I will understand."

"In the future when the general kills the enemy, I will accompany the general to kill them together."

"Whoever the general wants to get rid of, I will help the general get rid of them."