Chapter 338 Father and husband fall into the water, who to save first
Ming Yuanlang looked at his daughter beside his bed. Her eyes were bright and beautiful, but they were no longer full of pure light like when she was a girl.
She was obviously a woman, and women were said to be as soft as water, but his daughter's eyes hid fierce flames, like flying fire that would eventually burn up this dark world.
Just like her mother back then, she was exactly the same - she seemed weak, but she had a hidden sword in her heart.
He reached out and caressed Ming Lanruo's head: "Whatever you want to do, just do it. Father will always be behind you."
Ming Lanruo was stunned and looked at her father in disbelief: "Father... you... why? Aren't you afraid? This is treason, and it is to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan!"
Because she was so shocked, she was a little incoherent.
She thought that it would take a long time to convince her father, and she was even prepared for his father to beat and scold her.
But now, her father, who has always been upright, would support her without hesitation - plotting rebellion?
Ming Yuanlang saw his daughter looking at him stupidly, and said calmly: "Confucianism believes in the way of heaven. If the king is unkind, capable people and lofty ideals will overthrow the weak king. This is also the way of heaven. Otherwise, how could King Zhou of Shang be overthrown?
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Ming Lanruo felt much relieved when she looked at her father.
So, she told Ming Yuanlang how Grandma Wang and the others found her, as well as some important things that happened in the capital and Northeast Xinjiang during the six months since Ming Yuanlang was away.
Ming Yuanlang listened intently, with a complex look on his face.
His little daughter turned out to have experienced so much before she grew up today.
Ming Lanruo looked at him steadily and said sincerely: "Father, thank you for being willing to let go of your past principles and choose to stand with me."
Ming Yuanlang pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Actually, Chunhe, Jingming and their adoptive father Guan Yuecheng, now the chief instructor of the 800,000-strong border army, was also born in the Red Blood Legion. He was the original leader of the exclusive assassin group of the Red Blood Legion.
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Ming Lanruo was stunned: "Wha...what? I always thought that Uncle Guan was your dead friend, so I helped you train the people around me to protect me."
If Uncle Guan was the exclusive assassin leader of the Red Blood Legion back then, then Yueniang... She remembered what Yueniang said before she died. Yueniang was the deputy leader of the assassin group!
Ming Yuanlang said calmly: "Even those who were in the Red Blood Legion back then, few knew what the leader of the Red Blood Legion's exclusive assassin group looked like."
"Many people think that the leader died long ago to protect your grandfather. In fact, your Uncle Guan has been lurking in his army from the beginning and has not exposed himself."
Ming Lanruo shook her head: "But Hongting—Sister Hong knows about Uncle Guan's existence!"
Ming Yuanlang raised his eyebrows slightly and chuckled: "Because this Hongting had an unusual relationship with Guan Yuecheng back then, it is estimated that even the Song and Tang Dynasties did not know Guan Yuecheng's true identity."
Ming Lanruo rubbed her eyebrows: "The relationship between the elders... is a bit complicated. I won't ask more questions. I just want to ask you. In fact, you have always been disobedient to our Majesty, right?"
To put it bluntly, she wondered if her father had long been dissatisfied with the emperor?
If her father was really so loyal to His Majesty, how could he have been secretly in contact with the leader of the Red Blood Assassins, knowing that getting involved with the Xiao family and Red Blood would lead to death.
Moreover, she remembered that Uncle Guan, the chief instructor of the frontier army, had only been appointed in the past ten years.
Every year, Uncle Guan is busy patrolling the border areas, training soldiers in various defense areas in martial arts.
Not only did his father secretly have close contacts with an assassin leader who had a deep hatred for the emperor, but he also secretly supported him to become the commander-in-chief of the 800,000-strong border army.
Although the chief instructor in this army is only a sixth grade.
The soldiers trained by Guan Yuecheng are of the same lineage... They respect and revere Guan Yuecheng as a master no less than they do their superiors, the generals.
It was this time that many lower-level soldiers and officers in Yunzhou, Youzhou, and Suzhou were Guan Yuecheng's disciples.
With Guan Yuecheng's current prestige and connections, it would not be difficult to incite a border rebellion.
Moreover, it was obvious that her father had many secret contacts with the Red Blood Legion in his early years.
This doesn't look like something a person loyal to Emperor Ming could do.
Ming Yuanlang said calmly and simply: "Yes!"
Minglanruo was stunned: "..."
Do you always want to admit so simply that you have long had the intention to rebel? In the court, you shouted all kinds of loyal and patriotic slogans and articles the loudest!
The whole world praises your loyalty, your integrity, your character...are they all fake?
Ming Yuanlang continued calmly: "How can this be considered false? Confucius said - if you are worthy of loyalty, you should be loyal; if you are not worthy of loyalty, you should be loyal."
Ming Lanruo was silent for a while and muttered: "It seems like I haven't had a day..."
Suddenly I find that my serious father is the old fox who hides the deepest secrets. What should I do?
Now think about it, in her last life, her father broke up with her, wasn't it because she wanted to be a rebellious minister?
But because...she supported Shangguan Hongye?
Ming Lanruo couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at her father, who was still handsome.
"Dad, you...you seem to have never disclosed this information to me before, why are you telling me now?"
Ming Yuanlang suddenly and rudely knocked her on the forehead with his hand, speaking in a meaningful and disgusting way——
"Because you have finally grown up and are no longer the girl who is so willful and can't see the human heart at all that I have spent so much effort teaching you in vain."
"Boom!" Ming Yuanlang's blow was not too light.
Ming Lanruo couldn't help but stretched out her hand to rub her aching forehead, but she understood what her father meant.
She coughed in embarrassment: "Father... I used to be reckless and willful."
It was the stupidest thing she had ever done to betray her father and family for the son of an enemy who didn't love her and only wanted to use her.
Therefore, my father was afraid that he hated her so much that he would break up with her like that in his previous life.
"Fortunately, it was in time. You didn't use your intelligence and what I taught you in the wrong place, and you didn't make a big mistake." Ming Yuanlang smiled, and then reached out to knock on his daughter's forehead.
He never asked his daughter to avenge her mother, he only hoped that his daughter would be happy, but neither of the emperor's two sons was a good match.
However, my daughter fought to the death for a mere King of Qin and even broke up with him. Fortunately, over the years, my daughter finally matured and grew up.
She did not let down her mother and family.
She wanted to break the sky, and as a father, he would do everything he could to help her break the sky!
Ming Lanruo looked into her father's gentle and smiling eyes, but her whole body trembled slightly and her eyes turned red. No, she had made a big mistake.
In her previous life, her intelligence destroyed everyone who cared about her. It would be better for her to be a fool from the beginning, and the destructive power would not be so great.
Fortunately, in this life, she finally has the chance to turn the tide and start over.
This is a gift from God and the blessing of her deceased relatives!
She slowly stretched out her hand to hold Ming Yuanlang's hand, and said firmly but gently -
"Don't worry, I will protect my mother, grandpa, and uncle everything they value, and I will also protect everything in our Ming family."
Ming Yuanlang looked at her and sighed deeply: "You are actually very much like your mother. It is said that the two concubines in the capital back then - Wen Jian Guanyin taught the world, and Wu Jian saw the bright moon shining on the world."
"But that's just because your mother's body is really unable to practice martial arts. But she is the only daughter of the Xiao family and has to study literature. But how can she really only be as sad as a scholar?"
He paused and smiled softly and complicatedly: "Her heart is tough and deep. Since you have decided to choose this path, you will know what kind of person your mother is in the future, and your father will also help you."
Ming Lanruo became excited. Her father represents the Ming family and he is willing to help, which means that many civil servants and influence in the court can be brought to her use!
Their chances of winning are greatly increased!
Ming Yuanlang asked again: "By the way, do you know that Qiu Yueniang, who is as famous as your mother and sees the bright moon shining on the world? You have to call her Aunt Qiu. She is different from those beasts like General Gu. You can't
Be patient with her."
She paused and then said hesitantly: "You just woke up, there are some things I haven't told you yet, Aunt Qiu... As the deputy leader of the Red Blood Legion's exclusive assassin group, she has... died in the line of duty."
Ming Lanruo briefly recounted what happened in Gujiazhai a few days ago.
Ming Yuanlang felt sad and happy at the same time, and finally let out a long sigh.
"It's hard to believe that she, with such a fiery personality, has been able to endure it for twenty years. She saw you coming and knew that there was a successor to the Red Blood, so she cleared the Gujiazhai for you without any regrets and went to find her.
The young man Xiao Guanyun is gone."
Ming Lanruo listened to Ming Yuanlang slowly talk about what happened that year.
It turns out that Mr. Gu was able to marry Yueniang because he used tricks to taint Yueniang while she was drunk and grieving for her uncle Guanyun.
He also lied to her that as long as she was willing to give birth to children for him properly, she would definitely avenge the Xiao family and Uncle Guanyun.
For this purpose, Yueniang has been patiently surviving, but as time goes by, Master Gu not only fails to fulfill his promise, but also becomes cruel and cold.
He did not allow Yueniang to educate a pair of children in the Xiao family's way, and directly took the pair of children away by force and gave them to his concubine. She was not allowed to educate them personally, and only allowed them to meet occasionally.
Even in this rare meeting, a pair of children did not get close to this mother who always liked to talk big truths.
After all, their father taught them to do whatever they want. As long as they feel comfortable, they can treat everything like pigs and dogs, and they can be superior to others.
Mother wanted to constrain them to be benevolent, righteous, and courteous people, which of course made them uncomfortable.
It was not until the two children were in their teens that they had already become selfish, cruel, cruel, with their hands full of blood, so they were not restricted from visiting their mother. But what's the use?
Yueniang could only watch helplessly as her children were raised as beasts, as the Red Blood Army turned into Gu Jiajun and Gu Jia Zhai, and as they massacred opponents.
She was unable to compete head-on, so in order to protect the wandering Red Blood members, she became the leader of the lurkers.
"After all, she is not cruel enough. If she had killed the Gu family earlier, she might not have caused the Gu family village to harm Northeast China for so long." Ming Yuanlang sighed.
Ming Lanruo said softly: "Maybe it's because she still harbors illusions. After all, no matter how bad Gu Bijun, Gu Wenyuan and others are, they are still her own flesh and blood."
Ming Yuanlang nodded and asked: "How did she suddenly make up her mind to eradicate the roots this time? You are too young and don't know that these old things were told to you by Sister Hong in the Song and Tang Dynasties?"
Ming Lanruo shook her head: "It's not me, it's Cang Qiao. He went to see Yueniang."
Ming Yuanlang narrowed his eyes and suddenly sneered: "It turns out it's your little uncle. No wonder, he has a deep mind and can talk life and death with his mouth. He is also ruthless and ruthless. It's not surprising that Yueniang can make such a decision."
Ming Lanruo felt something was wrong. Cang Qiao said that his father didn't like him because the emperor didn't like courtiers to have open contacts with people from Dongchang.
But looking at it now, my father really doesn't like Cang Qiao very much.
She looked at Ming Yuanlang and probed calmly: "Dad, uncle, he... is actually trying to reduce unnecessary casualties."
"Haha, why did you suddenly speak up for him? Don't you hate him very much, and he used the emperor to imprison you for five years!" Ming Yuanlang looked at his daughter and raised his eyebrows.
Ming Lanruo coughed lightly and put in a good word for Cang Qiao: "I just cooperated with him recently and discovered that the governor is actually not a bad person. He has been protecting me."
Ming Yuanlang didn't take it seriously and sneered: "Your uncle has never been an economical person. He was able to fool your mother into including him in the Xiao family tree, and he was also able to get away with it in His Majesty's hands."
The water rises."
He held Ming Lanruo's hand and said sincerely: "No one knows what Cang Qiao is thinking. Stay away from people with ulterior motives. I always feel that this person has bad intentions."
Ming Lanruo listened to Ming Yuanlang's long words, and her heart skipped a beat. It was over——
Not only did she not stay away from that man, she even distanced herself. Your grandchildren are all his children!
If dad knew about this, wouldn't it mean that Cang Qiao would be directly accused of having "bad intentions"?
Is it possible that she will have to play out the drama of her father and her husband falling into the water again in this life, who should be saved first?
"Yes." Ming Lanruo could only agree reluctantly.
Her father had just escaped from danger and promised to fully support her. She didn't want to disobey him, so she had better hide her relationship with Cang Qiao temporarily.
Ming Lanruo cheered up and said: "Father, this afternoon, Song Tang, Sister Hong and others will bring people into the village. I will arrange for them to serve you. You can talk to them about some things."
Ming Yuanlang's thoughts were taken away. He didn't talk about Cang Qiao anymore, but smiled melancholy: "Okay, I haven't seen many of them for many years."
Ming Lanruo held his hand: "Father, your body is not well yet. How about this? You stay in the Northeast and tell the capital that you are seriously injured and on the verge of death and have fallen into a coma?"
Ming Yuanlang knew what she meant and raised his eyebrows: "This is a good way to reassure Emperor Ming, but as for King Qin..."
Ming Lanruo smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Dad, King Qin has promised to conceal the news for me."
Seeing Ming Yuanlang frowning, she immediately added: "He and I are just exchanging interests, nothing else."
She had actually told Ming Yuanlang about her relationship with King Qin just now, but she was just afraid that Ming Yuanlang wouldn't believe her and she no longer liked King Qin.
Ming Yuanlang looked at her and smiled: "Dad, I believe Ruoruo is a smart person. If you say no, there will be no."
Ming Lanruo bent down and rested her head on his knees: "Just trust me, dad!"
Ming Yuanlang lovingly touched her bun: "You are already a big girl, and you are still acting like a spoiled child. I don't know which good boy will be suitable for you in the future. Dad will definitely keep a close eye on you."
Ming Lanruo was silent: "...Oh."
Dad's tone sounds like that of the Queen Mother.
Just, check...
I'm afraid it's too late now. Let "Daddy the Queen Mother" beat "Concubine Qiao" violently. I wonder if she can vent her anger?
Although I may have to feel aggrieved by "Concubine Qiao".