Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 145 Linger's Relatives

The couple discussed how to get some news before these envoys left in the past few days. Before Shao Ziyu contacted his father-in-law to meet these envoys, the people from the Xiyue tribe had already asked the emperor to find a tribe member for them.

The two envoys of the Xiyue tribe implored the Feng'an Dynasty to find their long-lost clansmen for them. This matter turned a corner and went to the Ministry of Punishment. Shao Ziyu offered to take over this matter. After meeting with his father-in-law Lin Wenxi, the arrangement was arranged the next day. In order to meet with the people who attacked the moon tribe.

It was the two envoys, a man and a woman, whom I met in the palace that day. After sitting down, Shao Ziyu asked them, "Please also tell us something about the lost clansmen, so that we can look for them."

The female messenger said, "The one who got lost is my aunt. She followed my father to the border 14 years ago. After being separated, she has not been found for so many years."

Those who can come as messengers are not ordinary people in the tribe. Shao Ziyu glanced at Ah Jiu who was recording aside, "May I ask, what is your aunt's name?"

"Her name is Moyi." The female messenger paused, "We don't have a last name."

Ling'er's mother said that she was called Xi Yi, and Yue Wangye said that Ling'er's mother was called Rui Niang, and here she said she wanted Mo Yi, and the word Yi on Yuegouyu could at least prove her identity.

"With all due respect, your aunt should have a high status in your clan, right?" It's not that there is no record of intermarriage between the two clans at the border. Ordinary clansmen have searched for more than ten years. to seek help directly from them.

The two envoys glanced at each other, and Shao Ziyu smiled and said, "Looking for someone is like finding a needle in a haystack. They got separated 14 years ago. You haven't found them for so many years. It will be even more difficult for us. If your information is not enough , that is even more difficult."

The male messenger said, "Moyi is the saint of our clan."

Shao Ziyu has only seen in the classics that there are saintesses in many small countries and ethnic groups on the border. The saints are equivalent to the core figures of an ethnic group, and there are also many small tribal countries with such figures as Wu Zhu. Shao Ziyu was slightly stunned For a moment, looking at them, "Please explain in detail, I don't know very well."

The people of Xiyue clan say more than they say, and they say less and less. The development is the same as that of a small border country, but they still maintain the previous traditions. Moyi was selected as a saint by some heavenly traces in the clan when she was born. Her status is very noble, she is the granddaughter of the patriarch, so the whole Xiyue clan is very happy to see this noble princess as their hope.

At the age of five, Moyi officially became a saint. She should do the annual sacrifice, pray for the protection of the tribe, and spend half a year sitting in the palace built by the Xiyue tribe for the saint.

For the whole clan, it is a very sacred existence, but for the young Moyi, it is not a very happy thing. When others are playing, she is preparing to become a saint. Childhood was very happy, she could only stand in the palace of the virgin and watch the children of the clan play, she could not get in touch with them.

Life is like this day after day, and she finally feels bored. The last few saintesses were selected as saintesses at least in the test when they were 13 years old, but she was selected by the heavens as soon as she was born. , she believes in miracles, but she hates staying here.

She wants to get out.

The smart Moyi knows how to negotiate terms with her father, and also knows how to beg her brother to take her out for a walk. At the age of 15, and there are still more than three months before the clan sacrifice in May, she finally begged her father who was the patriarch at the time. With the consent of the elder brother, he left the tribe and went to the Feng'an Dynasty with his brother.

It was supposed to be half a month, but Moyi insisted on staying for another half month, and finally, when she was about to go back, she disappeared directly.

Shao Ziyu listened, then the next thing was consistent with what Prince Yue said. Prince Yue met such a special woman of unknown origin, and after falling in love, he took her to the Palace of Prince Yue. Finally, Moyi fled with Liujia pregnant. He died of illness in the temple of his daughter.

Shao Ziyu also remembered that the Xiyue tribe should be monogamous, and even the patriarch of the tribe cannot take concubines like them here. Because of the gods they worship, they want to maintain loyalty to their spouses. How can Xi Yi accept the prince of Yue? So he tentatively asked, "Saint, can we get married?"

"Of course not!" Shao Ziyu's words seemed to touch their sacred and inviolable point, and the male messenger's face was sullen, "The saint is the most holy symbol, she can't get married, let alone have children, she must keep the purest heart to go and signs of the heavens to communicate our will."

Shao Ziyu suddenly felt that this matter was a bit tricky, "Then there is something special about this saint that can represent her identity, so we can find it conveniently."

The female messenger took out a piece of parchment, and then took out a brocade box and placed it next to the parchment. When she opened the box, it was the Moon Gouyu that Shao Ziyu had imitated, and the painting on the parchment was also Yuegouyu. .

"This is the jade pendant that our people bought in your pawn shop in Yanzhou City, but it is not what we are looking for. It looks the same, but the jade is different. You don't have our jade here." The male messenger said word by word. , obviously still angry at Shao Ziyu's offensive words just now.

When asked here, it has been confirmed that Xi Yi is Mo Yi, the side concubine Rui Niang of Prince Yue.

The reason why Shao Ziyu finds it difficult is because he thinks that it is very likely that when Prince Yue met Mo Yi, he concealed the fact that he was married and that there were not only concubines but also concubines in the mansion.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for a saintess in the clan to compromise the incomparably holy things in her heart like this.

If this is the case, can the two people in front of him know the truth of the matter?

"It's been 14 years, and it's very likely that your saint is gone." Shao Ziyu paused and didn't continue, "It's also possible that she married someone from here and settled down here. If so, what are you going to do?" Do it, don't be angry, I didn't mean to offend you, I want to tell you about all kinds of possibilities, after all, so long has passed."

"Since Yue Gouyu appeared in the pawnshop, it is still an imitation. We believe that the saint is not dead. If she is married, it depends on what kind of person the other party is." Marrying several wives is not allowed in our place."

"We can only marry one wife. There are concubines in the rest of the house. They are just concubines, not wives." Shao Ziyu corrected her, but the female messenger showed a look of disgust, "The same, you treat your wives Disloyal."

"If this is the case, we will take the saint and her child away."

"If she doesn't want to go."

"Then she can only die." The seemingly weak woman took out a dagger from her body with a swipe and put it directly in front of Shao Ziyu, saying sonorously, "If she is willing to share a man with others, then she is not worthy of being ours." She has violated many rules, so she can only die, and if her husband is willing, he can die with her, so that we can take her back to the tribe for burial, otherwise, she will never be able to go back."

"And what about her child?"

"Her child will be brought back by us."

"If you don't go back with you, you will die, right?" Shao Ziyu took her words, and the female messenger gave him a strange look, "Why did you kill her child? The child is innocent and if you don't want to go back, then stay it's here."

Just because Moyi is a saint, if she is an ordinary clansman, intermarriage with people here will not have such a result. Even if she married a concubine later, the clan only agreed with her husband's approach and put her away. She was expelled from the tribe, but Moyi was different. Contacting men and giving birth to children were all unforgivable crimes. No wonder she couldn't return home after she escaped from the Yue Palace.

Shao Ziyu would not say that their method of execution was cruel. This is the belief of others. He asked them a lot of questions. It was already afternoon when he left the guild hall. When he walked to the door, the female messenger chased him out. There was no resoluteness when he said those words just now, but he looked at Shao Ziyu sincerely, "Master Shao, my father has been looking for my aunt for many years, and he has forgiven her long ago. As long as we know that she is still alive and can see her, we I am satisfied, father and grandfather both know that she was unhappy in the past, I hope Master Shao will not have any concerns about what I just said." Shao Ziyu nodded, and went to the Yue Palace again, and stayed there after seeing her The prince of Yue.

The man who stayed for nearly a month has been trying to get close to his child, trying to get closer to her.

Shao Ziyu also asked him straightforwardly, "Prince Yue, when you met Rui Niang, did you hide the fact that you were married?"

After a long time, Prince Yue nodded, "I was attracted by her the first time we met. She told me that there is only one husband and one wife in her family, and there is no third person. It is impossible to have so many people like us here." concubine, so her husband must also be like this."

"So you lied to her." Shao Ziyu looked at him and said directly.

"Master Shao, I did not intend to deceive her."

"Of course you won't deceive her forever, because if you bring her back to the Yue Palace, she will know that you still have a concubine and a concubine." There is a bit of rebellion in the book, full of yearning and yearning for emotions, the people in Xiyue tribe are very enthusiastic, and they follow their way of treating the person they like, which is more direct and simple than theirs, because they know that choosing is If you choose, you won't change it, and you don't have to worry about it, so he is very sure that during the two months when Prince Yue took Rui Niang to inspect the fief, the two must have become husband and wife.

Otherwise, in the end Rui Niang would not stay in the Yue Palace after knowing everything.

Prince Yue was silent, Shao Ziyu didn't know whether to criticize or teach, Moyi had already passed away.

In fact, more Shao Ziyu felt helpless. During the five years with Ling'er in the daughter's temple and the five years of being dependent on her uncle, this simple and innocent girl should have how much remorse and determination in her heart to not tell If there is any truth about her child, she is not allowed to go back to the Yue Palace, and she is not allowed to tell her her identity.

She has always kept the jade pendant that can represent her identity, and finally gave Ling'er a warning that she could not sell it no matter what. The big reason was the nostalgia for the tribe she left, but she dared not go back.

Shao Ziyu didn't know what kind of mood she had in those five years, she didn't leave anything behind, and he didn't want to tell Yue Wang Lord Rui Niang's real identity, but he needed to ask Linger to see if she would like to meet her mother's family.

Shao Ziyu didn't stop, he went to Languo Duke's mansion immediately after leaving Yuewang's mansion, the sky was already dark at this time, if this messenger hadn't appeared, Shao Ziyu would never have guessed that Rui Niang was not from Feng'an Dynasty at all.

After the little uncle heard this, he just let out a long sigh, "It turns out that, before she passed away, she asked me to bury her ashes in a place closest to the border, facing south, because she wanted to go home. "

"The ashes are still there now."

"Of course it is. I buried her under the big tree on the top of the mountain and set up a tombstone. I will go to worship every year." The little uncle took Ling'er who was crying into tears beside him into his arms, and patted her gently. Her back, "Cry out loud if you want to cry, it's okay, Grandpa is with you."

"Mother keeps saying that she misses home. I don't even know where her home is, and I can't even take her home. Grandpa, let's take Mother back and bring her home, okay?"

"Okay, let's take your mother back and send her home." The uncle hugged her and comforted her softly, "Little Ling'er also has relatives."

"Grandpa is my relative." Ling'er hurriedly emphasized that she was afraid that her uncle would let her go again.

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't want to leave, stay here." The uncle comforted her, and waited for her to calm down before Shao Ziyu asked for her opinion, "Do you want to see your mother's relatives?"

Ling'er nodded, "Mother wants to go home, Mother still misses them, I want to see them."

Shao Ziyu arranged for the envoy to meet Ling'er, and my uncle accompanied her from the beginning to the end. After seven days, the envoy was going back to the tribe, and my uncle accompanied Ling'er. They had to go to Yanzhou to dig out Moyi's ashes first.

Shao Ziyu asked Ah Jiu to accompany him, and the Lan family sent a lot of people. The uncle was getting old, and they had to go to Yanzhou by water. Of course, Prince Yue, who was always paying attention to Ling'er, knew about such news.

But what has been lost has already been lost more than ten years ago. He was destined not to bring his daughter back when he lost Rui Niang. Ling'er has always refused to recognize him. She is as stubborn as Rui Niang. He shouldn't have met her, shouldn't have such an unforgettable memory in his life, shouldn't have brought her back to Yue Palace, shouldn't have failed to see that she wasn't happy.

It was his deceit that broke her wings, and bound her to Yue Wangfu for another year. He has been selfish once, how can he be selfish again, so he can't go out and beg the emperor, put pressure on himself daughter, he can't take out the status of prince, because he doesn't have the qualifications.

So when my uncle and the others set off for Yanzhou City, within a few days, Prince Yue also left Luodu City. Shao Ziyu didn't go to see him off, but the people he sent reported that Prince Yue's carriage returned to Yanzhou quickly, and it would be faster than the waterway. Arrived in Yanzhou a few days earlier, perhaps, he just wanted to say goodbye
(End of this chapter)