Chapter 111: The Truth About Innocent Extermination
Dongling Yuanhao was waiting for Zishui's explanation, but Zishui fell silent, as if thinking about what to say.
"Is the girl's silence because she has nothing to say or is it because she has nothing to say?" He broke the silence because he had no reason to wait for her!
Zishui sighed sarcastically:
"Rather than being unspeakable...it should be said that the reason I should use to convince the young master is probably that my life is in danger."
"For no reason, how could your life be in danger?" Dongling Yuanhao had more questions and curiosity!
"Master, do you know why I, a native of Dacheng, know so much about the meaning of the phoenix sculpture of the Xiahou Kingdom, and even own a royal object of the Xiahou Kingdom?"
Dongling Yuanhao was naturally curious, but he waited silently for Zishui to continue talking!
Zishui slightly adjusted the unbearable anger in her heart before continuing:
"Eight months ago, the imperial city of Dacheng Kingdom suddenly changed. The Ximen clan, which had been in power for hundreds of years, collapsed. At the same time, the Shang clan and the Xia clan also lost everything... I thought that Ximen's case would be implicated.
It’s very wide, but fortunately, the late emperor ordered to kill only the three families with the same surname as the first offenders, so many powerful families in the imperial city secretly feel relieved about this!”
"However, the Wen family, a great scholar's family in the Imperial City, was forcibly labeled as a close relative just because they were related by marriage to a merchant who was one of the first offenders. In this way, the Wen family, who had never fought against the world, was brutally exterminated...
"
When Zishui said this, her hands had clenched into fists unconsciously, and trembling hatred burst out in her eyes. Her hatred made Dongling Yuanhao's eyes flash slightly:
"The Wen family you are talking about is the envoys during the late emperor's time - the Wen family?"
"That's right!"
"You are related to the Wen family!" Dongling Yuanhao was almost certain of this possibility.
"I am the daughter of Wen Nanchuan ~ Wen Gurgling!"
Dongling Yuanhao was secretly shocked. Although the incident of Ximen's execution was handled quickly and simply, it was actually very involved at the time, and his close relatives who were related by blood were included in the list of executions.
However, the so-called close relatives refer to people with the same surname, and the Wen family should not be included in the execution list.
Zishui, also known as Wen Yin, seemed to have seen through Dongling Yuanhao's doubts, and she took the initiative to clarify:
"My eldest brother and the daughter of the Shang family agreed and got married. After that, they had three sons... When the Wen family was executed, the oldest of the three children was five years old and the youngest was only one year old. Our Wen family was executed
The reason for the killing was because my sister-in-law was born into the Shang family, and her three children were closely related to the Shang family, so they were maliciously characterized as consanguineous!"
"Malicious characterization?" Dongling Yuanhao's eyes, which had always been innocent and cynical, began to darken: "Are you trying to say that Wen Shi should not have been convicted again, but someone maliciously targeted Wen Shi?"
If he remembered correctly, Wen Yuyin's father Wen Nanchuan was once a famous envoy and the head of a famous Confucian family in the imperial city!
In the early days of the late emperor, Wen Nanchuan made many missions to the Xiahou Kingdom and some small border countries, and every time he returned, he could bring back results that satisfied the late emperor.
Therefore, Wen Nanchuan was greatly favored by the late emperor, and the Wen family was promoted to one of the top Confucian families in the imperial city.
Later, for some unknown reason, Wen Nanchuan insisted on resigning and living in seclusion at home, never to enter officialdom again.
Over time, Wennanchuan also faded out of the sight of the late emperor. However, the Wen family was originally a great Confucian family, so the Wen family's status in the imperial city remained high for a long time.
However, after Wen Nanchuan left the officialdom, the Wen family kept a low profile for many years, so Dongling Yuanhao was not very familiar with the Wen family. He only knew that there was such a great Confucian family!
It stands to reason that the Wen family, which has become aloof from the world, should not have any disputes with others when it fades away from officialdom. But why would anyone want to harm the Wen family so ruthlessly?
When Dongling Yuanhao was puzzled, Wen Gongyin gave him the answer:
"Young Master's guess is correct. Our Wen family was indeed destroyed due to malicious intent!"
Wen Gongyin's lips couldn't stop trembling, which showed how strong her hatred was!
"Who is that malicious person?"
"The eldest son of the Wu family ~ Wu Jiayi!"
"Wu Jiayi?"
Dongling Yuanhao raised his eyebrows in surprise. He knew Wu Jiayi because Wu Jiayi was the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army.
In terms of ability, Wu Jiayi is not bad, otherwise he would not be able to achieve the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army casually.
As for Wu Jiayi's character, Dongling Yuanhao didn't have much contact with him, so he couldn't judge it, but he couldn't imagine any reason why Wu Jiayi had to destroy the Wen family?
Wen Gongyin followed his doubts and continued:
"Wu Jiayi has been in love with my sister-in-law for many years. Due to family interests, my sister-in-law and Wu Jiayi almost got married. But my sister-in-law had no interest in him and only wanted to marry my eldest brother. Therefore, after a big quarrel with her family, the businessman's parents compromised and allowed her to marry
The person she wanted to marry. Wu Jiayi held a grudge because of this, but he never had the chance to retaliate against my eldest brother for taking away his love..."
After hearing this, Dongling Yuanhao seemed to be able to piece together a complete story. Therefore, he was not interested in listening anymore and just continued:
"Girl Yin Yin, although there are still many things I don't understand about your story. For example, since the Wen family was exterminated, why are you here? However, compared to this question, what I want to know now is that you are like this
What is the purpose of exposing your true identity in front of me and spending so much time telling me the story of your Wen family?"
"Master, do you think what I'm telling you is just a story?"
"Isn't it?" Dongling Yuanhao smiled lightly, as if something had nothing to do with him.
"No, it's not!" Wen gurgled in a tone filled with anger: "That's the outrage of both humans and gods, and it's the injustice of hundreds of innocent lives of all ages...Young master was born in glory, and you are high up. You have never experienced the pain of separation from your closest relatives.
I understand that you can't empathize with me, but please don't ignore the pain I've endured, and don't laugh so hard that you think it has nothing to do with you."
Dongling Yuanhao's originally smiling face froze due to Wen Gongyin's sharp and accusatory words, and then his only smile disappeared.
But he didn't feel guilty because of Wen Junyin's accusation, but because he felt Wen Junyin's real grief. Out of respect, he put away his smile that was not malicious but seemed "sarcastic" to Wen Junyin.
Clearing his throat with a slight cough, he went straight to the topic with a serious attitude:
"Miss Grunting, if my natural smile makes you feel uncomfortable, I apologize... However, whether you Wen family were wronged or innocent, does this have anything to do with me?"
He could feel that part of her anger was directed at him. He felt very baffled by this, but he seemed to have guessed something, but he chose to stand still!
"Does the young master really think that it has nothing to do with you? Or...has the Dongling clan, who leads Yangyang Dacheng, become so cold and heartless?"
Wen Yuyin seemed unwilling to talk any more nonsense, she revealed her purpose with one word!
Upon hearing the words "Donngling family", Dongling Yuanhao's eyes became more serious. He looked at Wen Gongyin and confirmed:
"You know my identity, so you specifically sought out me as a way to express your grievances?"
"That's right!"
"How did you know my identity?"
He never revealed his true identity when he went out among the people, and he did not think that Wen Jingyin knew who he was from the beginning. In other words, Wen Jingyin probably accidentally discovered his identity before targeting him.
Come.
"On the day when the prince stayed at Guanhua Building, I happened to pass by the prince's wing and heard the prince angrily reprimanding your entourage. I also heard you angrily mention that you wanted to trace the whereabouts of the master of Ping An... After that
Your entourage called out "Prince Hao", so I knew your identity. However, I didn't think so carefully at the time, and the prince left in a hurry, so I naturally had no way of planning."
"Actually, when I saw the prince again just now, I didn't have complete plans until the prince suddenly took out the safety buckle..." Wen Yin paused slightly, but there was no embarrassment at all: "I am not satisfied with the prince, I
I originally planned to rely on you with the safety buckle, because I guessed that the safety buckle in the prince's hand was left by the person who spent the night with you that day. It happened that I did have a safety buckle that looked exactly the same, but when I saw that the prince had
When the safety buckle I am wearing has an obvious symbol, if I insist that the safety buckle is mine, the prince will know that I have falsely identified the safety buckle as long as he checks it carefully."
Ordinary people cannot even use phoenix pictures. It is unusual for a folk woman to have an object with a phoenix picture. If it is a supreme phoenix picture, it will be even more suspicious.
Dongling Yuanhao was originally from the royal family, and he knew very well what the Phoenix Eagle meant. Therefore, Wen Gongyin changed his plan to pretend to be Ping'an Kou, and instead acted according to the opportunity and "be honest" with Dongling Yuanhao.
It can be said to be a risky bet for her!
She is the one who must die in the Ximen case, but she revealed everything in front of Dongling Yuanhao, which may directly lead to her death, because she is the one who deserves to die!
Dongling Yuanhao looked at Wen Gingeryin carefully, he held his chin and said without concealing:
"It was wise for you not to choose to pretend to be the owner of the safety buckle in the end. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would regard you as a superficial woman who wants to cling to me!"
"What about now, does the prince think I can get along with Shallow?"
"No match. But... you hate me, no, I should say you hate my brother, because you think it was my brother who caused your Wen family to be exterminated."
Wen Gongyin did not hide his cold smile:
"The Ximen case shocked the entire Dacheng. Although His Majesty showed mercy and only asked the first offender, the crime was still so implicated that His Majesty only cared about what he thought was the "first offender" to be brought to justice. He didn't care about the use of others below.
This incident forced the Wen family to be framed and exterminated... Your Majesty, you know, I, the Wen family, didn't even have the chance to cry out for injustice, because Wu Jiayi came to the door and only said that he wanted to kill the first culprit and the family together. Therefore, the Wen family, a well-known Confucian scholar...
…!”
Wen Yingyin was suddenly so sad that she clutched her heart tightly. She had to grit her teeth desperately to stop herself from crying loudly.
Who can understand the pain she feels at this moment? It is the painful memory of her surviving while her parents, brothers and clan members died innocently. She can still deeply feel the torment she endured the moment she learned that her family was destroyed.