HBWnovel Chapter 236 The truth is often not what we expect
Chapter 236 The truth is often not what we expect
The streets of the imperial city were covered with white snow, with falling catkins, dots of frost and white snow.
Baili Haoxuan and Yan Zinuo were walking on the quiet and deserted streets of the imperial city. They walked side by side in silence.
"Just let Beitang Yuan go like this?" Yan Zinuo kept glancing at Baili Haoxuan along the way. He was hesitant to speak several times, but this time he finally mustered up the courage to ask.
Yan Zinuo didn't understand. Even if General Sima was wrongly accused, Beitang Yuan was actually a rebel. He shouldn't be let off easily. Even if the death penalty could be avoided, the living crime could not be forgiven.
And the last words of Baili Haoxuan were, "For this, you have to keep your life and go investigate." It was clearly that he spared Beitang Yuan's life and would not pursue the matter any further?
Baili Haoxuan did not answer Yan Zinuo's words and continued to walk quickly.
"Baili!"
"It was the late emperor who was the first to wrong the Sima family. The Sima family had 140 lives. We were the first to wrong them." Baili Haoxuan murmured. He was rarely gentle. In fact, he knew in his heart that he was wronged because of the Royal Sister Mo Lan.
Sister Mo Lan once praised the Sima family highly, and praised Sima Ruiyuan even more, saying that Sima Ruiyuan would be like General Sima when he grew up, a talent for a general or a minister. At that time, Sister Mo Lan said that if he ascended the throne in the future, he would definitely appoint Sima Ruiyuan as the general.
Who knew that not long after these words, the Sima family was accused of treason by the late emperor and the whole family was exterminated. At that time, Baili Molan firmly believed that General Sima was a traitor. At that time, Baili Molan also went to see the late emperor for this reason, but was turned away. The young Baili Haoxuan saw everything.
He has always believed in his sister Baili Molan, and secretly vowed that when he ascended the throne in the future, he would definitely uncover this injustice for the Sima family.
But when he ascended the throne, the Cangming Kingdom attacked and invaded their Xuanhuang, and Baili Molan died in the Cangming Kingdom, which made him forget about the matter.
Therefore, when Beitang Yuan started a rebellion, he had been secretly paying attention to him. When they fought head-on in Shangzhou, he also asked Beitang Yuan why he rebelled.
He saw a flash of hatred in Beitang Yuan's eyes.
He also felt that Beitang Yuan seemed to have a close relationship with the Sima family, so he suddenly thought of starting with Beitang Yuan.
As expected, he found out that Beitang Yuan was Sima Ruiyuan, the eldest son of General Sima, and that's how the current situation came about.
He won the battle without fighting, and he really fought beautifully!
There wasn't much he could do for the Sima family except clearing their name and preserving a bloodline for the Sima family.
One hundred and forty lives, in the end it was the Baili family who let down the Sima family.
"Baili, when did you become so soft-hearted?" Yan Zinuo teased Baili Haoxuan unintentionally. In fact, he also thought this was the best ending.
Killing a loyal and honest person by mistake is already a great crime, and letting Beitang Yuan go is the best outcome.
Baili Haoxuan glanced at Yan Zinuo and continued walking.
"Who is that person?" Yan Zinuo asked this question out of the blue. Since Baili Haoxuan could say such a thing, he must know who the person who framed General Sima was.
Baili Haoxuan pursed his lips and said nothing. He continued to ignore Yan Zinuo.
Yan Zinuo knew that it was futile to ask any more questions, so he began to ponder.
After General Sima was overthrown, who benefited the most? After much thought, it must be a military general. Who could be the military general? Him? ? ?
Yan Zinuo looked at Baili Haoxuan in surprise. Baili Haoxuan knew that he had guessed it and nodded slightly to confirm his answer.
I didn't expect he was such a person!
In the snow, Baili Haoxuan and Yan Zinuo walked towards the palace step by step. Baili Haoxuan and Yan Zinuo both knew that even if they recovered Beitangyuan, they would still be defeated.
The person behind him is the end point. Soon, there will be another tough battle. Beitang Yuan is an opponent that they know well, but they know nothing about the person behind him.
This is the real me in the light and the enemy in the dark.
In the wind and snow, there were three people, two of them were kneeling on the ground, and one was standing high up and glancing at them.
"Mom." Beitang Yuan held Madam Sima's hands, which were frozen red. She was wearing thin clothes and kneeling on the ground covered with snow. Her hands were so cold that they were red.
"Yuan'er." Madam Sima held Beitang Yuan with her hands, tears in her eyes. Even though she had been a nun for many years, her worldly desires were still there, and she kept thinking about her only child, Sima Ruiyuan.
"Mom." The separation of eighteen years was finally enough for them.
"Yuan'er." It's hard to let go. No matter how many times I call you, it can't make up for the gap of eighteen years.
Beitang Yuan helped Madam Sima up, and for a moment they were both disappointed. They didn't know where to go. Is there any place for them in this big world?
However, they all thought of the same place. The mother and son looked at each other and reached an agreement tacitly. Then they both walked away from the city gate.
"General Beitang, where are you going? We should go this way." The woman in black looked at Beitang Yuan walking in the opposite direction and reminded him, pointing in the direction of the city gate.
"You can go back. I am no longer a Beitang rebel." Beitang Yuan said calmly. He started a rebellion just to avenge the murder of his father and the extermination of his clan. Now that he knew that there was someone else who murdered his father, he vowed to find out.
Moreover, Baili Haoxuan promised to clear the Sima family's name, so that they could live openly. He was not Beitang Yuan, but Sima Ruiyuan.
His father must not like him becoming a rebel, because his father had been loyal to the emperor and patriotic for half his life, and he had made a mistake once and brought shame to his father. Therefore, he must stop at the brink and make up for his mistake.
"Are you going to abandon your army just like that?" The woman in black was indignant.
"Miss, please let Yuan'er go." Mrs. Sima knew that Beitang Yuan was in trouble, so she spoke up and acted like an ugly person.
"Beitang Yuan, I really misjudged you!" The black-clothed woman left this sentence and walked away without a trace on the snow. Anyway, they had already reached the gate of the imperial city, so it would be the same even if Beitang Yuan was not there.
"Mom, let's go." Beitang Yuan watched the woman in black leave and sighed. He was too willful at the time and betrayed without knowing anything clearly.
Now, I vaguely regret everything I did.
Beitang Yuan supported Madam Sima and walked towards that place step by step...