After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

Chapter 117 Taboo

Although the Great Zhou has an emperor now, he is still young and does not rule the country personally. Except for the former Taifu Wang, the other ministers of state are still in office.

Previously, the power of these few ministers was evenly divided. Later, Prime Minister Ji and Imperial Censor Lu Liangcai became in-laws, and the Prince's Tutor and Right Prime Minister retired. Now, these few ministers have the greatest power in the court.

While the confrontation was still going on in the room, someone over there came up with a scroll in his hand and said, "Sir, we found Huang Yi's file."

At the same time, Hu Gongye also opened Huang Yi's roster. Since scholars were exempt from the food stipend, he was able to find the name list quickly.

He was a scholar in the seventh year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who passed the imperial examination at the age of fourteen. He was a man of talent and learning, but he escaped the disaster because he had been studying abroad after passing the imperial examination.

"He passed the imperial examination at the age of fourteen. He was indeed a man of talent. I never expected that he would be killed now."

"If you are so talented, you should study hard. Why give up your life for this? It's really a pity."

The only villain expressed his pity that Hu Gongye could do this but his subordinates could not. Before long, news came from outside that Prime Minister Ji was asking about the Zuiyue Tower.

"Okay, got it. Tell Xie Ping to stop investigating Zuiyue Tower."

An official standing nearby asked in confusion, "Sir, that person who belongs to my wife has been lurking in Zuiyue Tower for so long. Are you sure you don't want to investigate further?"

Hu Gongye said, "If Madam Qin had not gone to die, Zuiyue Tower could have been investigated, but now that she is dead, it means that she has already launched the Shangjing campaign. How could there be any problem with Prime Minister Ji's Zuiyue Tower? Could it be that he is always thinking about how to assassinate Xie Ping? So this cannot be investigated."

Someone comforted him, "Sir, this is a good opportunity after all. Zuiyue Tower is not Prime Minister Ji..."

"Forget about a brothel. Apart from making Prime Minister Ji angry and smashing a few cups, there is no greater significance. This little flesh wound can't hurt Bill at all. You should learn from that assassin."

"You should learn from that assassin."

The assassin, that one?

"The assassin who assassinated Lu Gongqing, as the saying goes, hit the snake at its weakest point. You see, there is no absolute kill. Isn't it better to kill it with one strike? If I have the chance, I would like to meet the assassin."

Some of the people sitting there were upset, "With the death of Huang Yi and Lady Qin, the clues to the assassin are even more cut off."

Hu Gongye said, "Don't worry. A natural assassin will not strike only once. She will appear again."

As soon as Hu Gongye's order arrived, Li Mengxian left Xie's house, leaving only Xie Ping in the house. Xie Ping came out of the house with a pale face and said, "We can't just let this matter go. There must be an explanation." She said angrily, "The real assassin has not been found yet."

Zhang Zhe said, "I remember the weapon used in the assassination and the wound. If she strikes again, I will definitely be able to recognize her."

Xie Ping paced in the house and said, "Are you sure they are from Yunxia Valley? These ungrateful people have already been tolerant enough towards them. What else do they want to do? Do they want to die? Then we can't indulge them. Come on, check all the people from Yunxia Valley. Don't let any of them go."

Upon hearing this order, the visitor hesitated and said, "Sir, are you sure you want to do this? If so, then everyone will pay more attention to Yunxia Valley, and the discussion will be..."

"What are you afraid of? Yunxia Valley itself is a place of sin. People born in this place are evil ghosts, and evil ghosts must be killed."

Evil ghost, such an assertion is a bit serious, but since it is the order of the adults, we have to do it, and no one in the house dares to refute it.

At this moment, a scream was suddenly heard, "Heng'er." Then she ran to the backyard.

But it was still a step too late. With a bang, the door on the other side was opened by Ren Cong from the inside and outside, and a chubby child rushed out, and the screams immediately filled the whole yard.

Li Minghui was shocked when he saw this in the cubicle. He saw a chubby little boy in the yard waving his hands and yelling something. "Sister, sister." He screamed loudly.

Li Minghui recognized him. He was the child from Xie Ping's family and the little boy he saw being led by Miss Xie a few days ago.

The boy was chubby and seemed to be thirteen years old, but looking at his face, he was probably only eleven or twelve years old. Xie Ping had a son and a daughter, and his son was probably less than thirteen years old now. Before Li Minghui was about to take a closer look, the boy ran away.

Xie Ping rushed to stop him despite his injured arm, but Zhang Zhe and others stood aside and did not move forward. However, perhaps because the children were strong, they managed to push Xie Ping away.

"Heng'er, Heng'er, don't run."

The boy yelled and ran outside. No one around him stepped forward to stop him until a voice called out "Heng'er". The screaming boy stopped for a moment, and then a girl came forward and grabbed his hand, and the boy gradually calmed down.

"Heng'er, my sister is here." The girl's voice was gentle and soft. The boy yelled at first, but the girl ignored his punches and accepted them all. She just kept saying "My sister is here, my sister is here."

Xie Ping couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Heng'er." He reached out and stroked the boy's shoulder. The boy, who had been quiet at first, started to yell again. Xie Ping felt helpless.

It wasn't until Xie Ping was a little further away from them that everything calmed down, and the girl hugged him tightly again.

"Alright, alright, Heng'er is fine now, let's go ride the pony."

"Little pony, little pony," the boy said as he returned to normal, as if the one who was barking wildly before was not him.

Xie Ping looked relieved but also a little sad. "Yin Yin."

"Dad, it's my fault. I didn't take good care of Heng'er and disturbed you."

Then he looked at Xie Ping and said, "Thank you for your injury."

Because Xie Ping wanted to hug Xie Heng before, he struggled with him and his injured arm was cracked.

The girl yelled for a doctor, and then after another commotion, the situation finally calmed down.

After things calmed down, the girl led the boy out. When they passed Li Minghui, perhaps because his gaze was too scorching, the girl raised her head and glanced in his direction. Only then did Li Minghui see clearly that there was a large scar on the girl's face.

The scar was twisted and stuck to the girl's face. She saw from the corner of her eye that he was dressed like a doctor, so she nodded to him and left.

Xie Ping said, "Just do as I say. I will explain to the Duke and the Queen Mother."

The nosy doctor looked at Li Minghui with some curiosity and came close to him and said, "Did you see the brother and sister?"

"Yes, I saw it. Miss Xie's face was burned that year."

Li Minghui was stunned. Such a quiet girl would have been so beautiful if she had not been burned. What a pity. "That young master..." The doctor pointed at his head. It was true that the young man was sick.

"I'm keeping this to myself."

"Yes." Li Minghui knew the seriousness of the matter, so he kept silent.

This sentence revealed a lot of information, and Li Minghui understood it immediately.

The boy's disease was difficult to cure, and the woman was disfigured. Xie Ping must have done too many evil things.

"What are you saying..."

"It's just a joke, it's just a joke, don't take it to heart, don't take it to heart." The doctor laughed.

"But it's strange, Mrs. Xie is in poor health and gave birth to a son and a daughter. The daughter has a scar on her face, and the son's brain is not very good. The same is true for Hu Gongye. He simply has no sons, only daughters."

"You said that your Yougui Pill is very good, but I don't know if it can help them give birth to another son."

After the doctor finished speaking, someone behind him coughed loudly. The doctor who was speaking was frightened and trembled. He realized that he had talked too much, so he winked at Li Minghui and walked away with a bowl of medicine.

Li Minghui never heard any more gossip. Later, he got on the carriage sent by Xie Ping and returned home before the door was locked.

"Someone came to search our house today." Chunqiao said with some uneasiness after Li Minghui came back.

Doctor Li did not hide what happened in the capital from Chunqiao, and sometimes even took the initiative to tell her, "To be a good doctor, you must know what is happening around you and understand the environment of the matter, because some illnesses are related to the environment and state of mind."

Chun Qiao heard this and asked, "What kind of place is Yunxia Valley? Why did they want to assassinate Xie Ping and even said that they are irreconcilable with them?"

"I can only answer one question for you. As for the last one, as the old saying goes, you can't tell me. You will know it later."

"Yunxia Valley is not a valley, but a place, or more precisely, a city."

"In September of the third year of the Third Century, the former Crown Prince and the two children of the Duke of England were buried here."

The former crown prince and the young marquis of the Duke's Mansion? So that's how it is. Chunqiao was suddenly a little horrified. These questions were not something she could ask.

The death of the former crown prince is a taboo in the Great Zhou.

You have to know that Chunqiao was still a child six or seven years ago. He only occasionally heard adults talking about it when he was growing up. At that time, he heard that the emperor was in trouble, the former crown prince and the Duke of England's two children were also in trouble, and the people of Daliang were eyeing them covetously. The whole Great Zhou was in chaos.

The royal family in the court wanted to prove that they were also from the royal family, and they were all fighting for power. Thanks to several ministers who regented the court, the government was stabilized, and at that time the little prince was also born.

Only in this way can the civil strife in the Great Zhou be stabilized.

The late emperor, the crown prince, and the young marquis are not people that ordinary people can discuss casually. It is said that they were wrathed by heaven when they passed through Yunxia Valley on their way back to the capital. This is what it means to be guilty and punished. Then it was rumored that the crown prince was the next heir to the throne and a true dragon, so how could he be punished by heaven? It must have been the people of Yunxia Valley who did evil and implicated the noble, so that place was called the source of evil spirits. That place is Yunxia Valley, which was originally just a small city mansion with probably less than 2 original residents.

Now, it's good, saying that people from Yunxia Valley came to assassinate Xie Ping, and also saying that they have a grudge against them. Does this mean that there are doubts about the death of the former crown prince? I dare not think about this idea, and I can't think about it.

"Master, it seems that Master Xie is also from Yunxia Valley."

"He, he wasn't really one. It is said that he was just a postmaster there, a very small official."

"Strictly speaking, not really. At that time, they received the news that the Crown Prince wanted to rest at the post station on the way back to the capital, so they just received them. Then, Lord Hu also cried out during the reception that the late emperor had passed away, and he became ill due to anger. At that time, Xie Ping got to know him, and then he received his favor, and then he was brought to the capital."

Chunqiao said "oh", and Li Minghui said, "Okay, you don't need to cut herbs today. It's cold, go back and rest first."

Chunqiao quickly responded, "Yes," and then walked a distance and came back and asked, "Master, was the fire in Yunxia Valley very big at that time?"

"At that time."

"This is where the fire started. The population of Yunxia Valley is about 2 people. Look carefully, this is it." A voice sounded in his ear, and at the same time, a hand pressed on his shoulder, asking him to move away. The hunter squatted down and dodged.

"Big brother, please move aside." said a man with a pair of people standing motionless beside him.

The man was pushed aside a little, and then the man with yellow teeth who was speaking began to introduce the topography of Yunxia Valley to the people behind him.

"You have come here for this trip. As a guide, I will definitely make the money you paid for it. Since everyone is curious, I will tell you again what happened in Yunxia Valley before."

"Look, the soil on the ground is all white fine sand. In fact, it is not sand, but the ashes of those who were burned at that time. Look at the soil on the ground, it is solid and dark red. In fact, it is the blood of tens of thousands of people at that time that soaked the land. Those who were punished by heaven all died in the fire when the dragon turned over."

On a shattered city gate, a door plaque was hung crookedly, "Yunxia Valley". Even the hunter behind him looked up.

After so many years, the city wall still retains the ruins of the fire. The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been relatively civilized since the founding of the dynasty. Ordinary writing or naming is not allowed to be written in large red characters. However, this place where the former crown prince died can be used, which in itself makes people feel very strange.

The font is calm and like the moon hanging, and its red color is like blood, which makes people cry when they see it.

Yunxia Valley, the font was written by the current Prime Minister Ji.

"So it was written by Prime Minister Ji. His writing skills are indeed extraordinary."

The people following behind were talking about it, looking a little excited.

"Many people think Yunxia Valley is a valley, but it is actually a small city. The reason why it has become like this now is probably related to that incident."

When that matter was made known, those curious merchants who had been talking in low voices became speechless, as if their mouths were sealed with cloth. However, some of them seemed to have discovered a secret and became very excited.

The man with yellow teeth who led the team said mysteriously, "Look at how big Yunxia Valley is."

Needless to say, although the wall beneath the characters is broken, one can still see the grand occasion of a few years ago.

"It's big, very big." The hunter replied on behalf of those people.

The people around, the traveling merchants, were somewhat disdainful. They had traveled far and wide and had seen everything, but they were really curious about the Yunxia Valley, which was said to be a place punished by heaven. So they paid someone to take them on a tour out of curiosity, which led to what they saw today.

Da Huangya put his hands behind his back and opened the folding fan in his hand with a rustling sound. He fanned himself in winter and said, "Please follow me." His appearance made people feel a little out of place.

Perhaps it was because he spoke more vividly, and once those secret things were spoken out, everyone followed suit.

The hunter who had been following behind him put the wild rabbits, chickens, ducks, etc. on his shoulders and followed.