The short-lived ghost of the Xie family has lived a long life

Chapter 396 Choice
Because the light was against it, most of Yan Sanhe's face was hidden in the shadows, making his eyes appear extraordinarily bright.

Lu Shi condensed slightly, "I only say what I can say."

As soon as he finished speaking, a big hand held Yan Sanhe's arm and gently lifted her up.

While sitting firmly, she quickly pushed back the tears in her eyes, then turned her head and nodded to Xie Zhifei.

But he was still slow, and a little water stain in the corner of his eye fell into Xie Zhifei's eyes.

This girl is so soft-hearted!
"You said her inner demon is the sound of a gong."

Lu Shi spoke slowly.

"The Tang family was raided just when I was patrolling the streets as a high school girl. At that time, the Tang family's theater was singing "Single Sword Club".

Such a coincidence?
Yan Sanhe slowly took a deep breath.

She remembered that Xie Zhifei once said that when the top pick, the second pick, and the top pick were patrolling the streets, they would use gongs and drums to clear the way.

"So, the gong sound in her inner demon is not just a play gong?"

Lu Shi didn't seem to hear Yan Sanhe's voice and was talking to himself.

"Third-level street patrols have to cross the Jinshui Bridge. There is a shop near the Jinshui Bridge, which belongs to the Tang family. Looking down from the second floor, you can clearly see the grand scene of the street patrol.

We agreed that she would wait for me on the second floor of the shop and throw a flower into my arms as a proposal to marry me.

Forgot to mention, I am a person without roots. I originally planned to join the Tang family after winning the imperial examination.

I also joked, what if you miss?She said she was not afraid, she would prepare hundreds of flowers, and one of them would always hit me.She was nineteen that year and had been waiting for me for three years. "

When he was wearing a gold-flowered black gauze hat, a red robe, holding an imperial edict in his hand, riding on a high horse and looking up to the second floor, she was nowhere to be seen.

At that time, Lu Shi's heart skipped a beat.

"Later I asked the clerk in the shop, and he said that the eldest lady heard the sound of the gong in the distance and was extremely happy. However, at this moment, the secret guards of the Prince's Mansion came to send a message that the Jinyi Guards were raiding the house.

The clerk said that the eldest lady's face suddenly turned pale, her figure was shaky, and then she was forcefully dragged away by the forest wall. "

He spoke so vividly that a picture emerged in Yan Sanhe's mind involuntarily -

Tang Zhiwei returned home in fear and found that the royal guards had surrounded the Tang Mansion. At this moment, the excitement on the theater floor was still going on, and the gong was beating, unaware of the impending disaster.

"So, her inner demon is actually two gongs. One is a big gong, where her sweetheart is being cheered and embraced, and she reaches the pinnacle of life amidst the sound of gongs and drums."

Yan Sanhe: "One section is a small gong. The play on the stage has just started, but the scene belonging to the Tang family is about to end."

Lu Shi nodded, "Everyone in the world says that drama is like life, but they don't know that life is much more difficult than drama. After all, there are flowers and a full moon in drama."

I don’t know how much bitterness is hidden in a gentle word.

Yan Sanhe, Xie Zhifei, and Pei Xiao all fell silent.

They had just experienced this kind of house confiscation half a year ago.

The building collapsed. No matter how high, noble or prominent you were in the past, in the end you were just a piece of meat in the hands of others, ready to be bullied and slaughtered.

Little Master Pei sighed, "The boss must be very anxious when he finds out."

"It's more than just burning with anxiety, it's just that."

Lu Shi looked at the lantern outside the waterside pavilion, "It's a feeling that makes the sky and the sky not respond to each other, the earth and the earth don't work, and life is worse than death."

I have had a taste of this.

Little Master Pei sighed again, "What happened next, Mr. Boss?"

"Later, someone found me."

Yan Sanhe's heart moved, "Who is this person?"

Lu Shi seemed as if he hadn't heard anything, and his eyes gradually became blurred.

"He told me that all the witnesses and physical evidence in this case were there. It was an ironclad case and could not be overturned. He told me that my husband told him something in prison: mountains and rocks can bear heavy responsibilities. He also asked me if I would like to take another road. Lu, can you still keep the Tang family innocent?"

Not only Yan Sanhe was stunned, Xie Zhifei and Pei Xiao were also dumbfounded.

Is there someone hiding behind Lu Shi?

Xie Zhifei and Pei Xiao turned to look at Yan Sanhe: Who could this person be?
Who else could it be!Being able to detect case evidence within half a day, being able to reach into Jinyiwei's prison, looking at the world at that time, only one person could do it.

Yan Sanhe asked in fear: "Is he the person Tang Zhiwei rejected?"

Lu Shi nodded slightly.

He would always remember that day in the darkroom, it was very quiet and he could only hear his own breathing.

That kind of gasping sound was like the last few rapid gasps of a person on the verge of death.

After a long time, the man spoke.

“I don’t know who is behind the scenes, but things are never that simple.

As a prince, there are many things that I cannot do. Even if I cry out for him that he is wronged, the price of such a cry of injustice may be eternal damnation. "

Lu Shi looked at him and felt that all his clothes were wet with cold sweat.

"If the green mountains are there, the firewood remains. We must protect ourselves first before we can protect them. I won't force you, but think about it carefully and give me an answer before dawn."

That night was very dark, so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.

Lu Shi sat alone in a chair, motionless, like a real rock.

He seemed to have returned to that night in Liuhe County, huddled up in bed alone, his whole body cold, waiting for a gentle hand to touch his forehead and rescue him from the Palace of Hell.

But he knew in his heart that this hand would never be available again.

Lu Shi bent down and covered his face in his palms. Tears fell from his fingers and he couldn't stop them.

This was the last time in his life that he cried bitterly, for that girl, for this damn fate.

When the sky is slightly bright.

When Lu Shi walked out of the darkroom, he saw the prince standing under the tree.

Lu Shi walked forward and looked at him.

Overnight, his face seemed to have faded a lot, and his eyes were all bloodshot.

"I have one condition."

"You said."

"Don't let her suffer too much."

Lu Shi's eyes were a little red, "She is such a proud person and cannot afford to be humiliated."

The prince slowly closed his eyes, his voice trembling a little.

"Lu Shi, when I met her, she was only three years old. In 16 years, I watched her grow up little by little. She called me brother, and she always frowned when she saw me, and told me not to frown, saying You age quickly that way.”

Lu Shi didn't want to hear any more.

He licked his chapped lips and said three words:
"I am willing."

……

The prince is actually the first prince.

Yan Sanhe and the other three looked at each other in confusion. Many things that had been puzzling in the past were now clear to everyone.

Why didn't Lu Shi sign the blood letter and refuse to vindicate Tang Qiling?
Because he knew in advance that these trivial tricks would be of no use to the case.

Why did he survive the Tang Qiling incident unscathed and still be able to serve as a minor official in Yushitai?
Because the prince helped secretly.

Why is he not in the capital all year round?

Because he wants everyone to forget his relationship with the Tang family and pave the way for the Tang family's rehabilitation step by step in the future.

Why did you reject Chu Yanting's proposal and not be a guest at the night of the oiran in the late Tang Dynasty?
Because he wants to play the role of an ungrateful man and let everyone in the world see his ruthless side.

"Did Tang Zhiwei know about this?" Yan Sanhe asked.

(End of this chapter)