The day the TaiFu was buried was also the day the first spring rain fell. It was drizzling the entire day and the air was gloomy.
My eyes were red and swollen from crying. Since the day the TaiFu died, as long as I thought of it, tears would start falling. Wu Min Jun has been silent the entire time, he knows me very well and did not say 'don't cry' or any useless words like that.
With the death of the TaiFu, the officials and common people cried, it was a state of national mourning, the behavior of the common people actually surpassed the mourning they had for the death of the last Emperor.
On the day of the funeral, there was no expression on Wu Min Jun's face, but I felt that I could see some emotion underneath his calm exterior.
It was really helpless to note that, Wu Min Jun and I, when our own fathers died, I did not feel much. Wu Min Jun was even more indifferent, but with the TaiFu's death, I have been in a depressed state.
Wu Min Jun picked up some dirt and placed it on the TaiFu's tomb saying: "At the time, TaiFu looked very angry, actually I was very happy..."
I covertly covered my eyes with my sleeves, I dare not cry in front of the people.
On the way back, I took a ride in the carriage with Wu Min Jun. Seeing the hands of Wu Min Jun was still stained with dirt, I then remembered the wet soil was where TaiFu was buried, I started crying again, Wu Min Jun did not say anything and gently kissed my tears.
I looked at him. He raised his hands and explained: "There is mud on my hands." I rushed into his arms and burst into tears.
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After the death of the TaiFu, we must choose a new TaiFu, there were several good candidates, one, in particular, Wu Min Jun was interested in is He Chen, he was 50 years old, not too old and has been very diligent in Court. I did not have the mood to think about this thing, so I just went along with Wu Min Jun's instructions and made him the new TaiFu. He Chen did not really have any notable characteristics, his most notable feature was that he had a mole above one eyebrow.
I have never seen him up close before until after the death of the TaiFu. When I saw him, I felt the mole on his face was really impressive, it was a beautiful cinnabar mole...Since the TaiFu died, there were a lot of things to settle so Wu Min Jun and I were very busy. After about half a month, I finally had time to sit down and talk properly with Wu Min Jun.
I told him what the TaiFu told me at that time, that is, to tell him how to be a good ruler, and about how the TaiFu was hoping to see Xi unify the four kingdoms.
In the end, after telling him what the TaiFu said, I asked him about what it was all about.
In the awkward words of TaiFu, what was the so-called "previous matter"?
However, although I asked, I didn't expect Wu Min Jun to tell me.
I have had the opportunity to know many times before, and I have asked Wu Min Jun, but Wu Min Jun would always change the topic, including that time in the secret room. This time too, he would also have no reason to tell me.
But to my surprise, Wu Min Jun thought for a moment, and then spoke: "TaiFu thought too much, I have never blamed him, on the contrary, I am very grateful to him."
I said: "Oh ..."
Wu Min Jun: "Weren't you curious before as to how I got those scars? And why I know about the secret room... In fact, before I was ten years old, I couldn't even walk outside in the first place, and I used to live there. "
I had never thought of this possibility, my eyes widened: "You used to live there...?"
No wonder he was so familiar with that place, he used to live there and did not end up insane...
Wu Min Jun: "As for the scars, it was as the TaiFu said 'my brother' caused them...."
Wu Min Jun thought for a while and said: "He was called Wu Min Jun."
I became even more confused: "You two are both called Wu Min Jun? Was the late emperor bad at naming?"
Wu Min Jun smiled and said: "Not so, but there is and can only be one Wu Min Jun in this world."
I was puzzled: "Oh... continue."
"The late emperor... my royal father, when he was a prince, there were seven brothers who tried their best to compete for the throne. In the end, he had to kill all of his other brothers... Of course, one or two of them were killed by others. My royal father then made up his mind, that for peace in the palace, the prince can only be born by the Empress. I only have sisters, because if others gave birth to boys... they were directly killed upon birth."
I took a deep breath: "For the so-called 'Cause of righteousness', to do such a heartless thing .... "
Wu Min Jun continued: "Um, perhaps because of this, the unexpected happened when my royal mother finally got pregnant but then gave birth to twins, my brother was born a little earlier than me, my royal father had wanted to kill me, but finally decided to conceal my existence, so if my brother has any accidents, he could be replaced with me. So my brother and I were taught by the tutor and a martial arts master. Only my father, the teachers and two attendants knew about my existence. As for my royal mother, she died at childbirth...probably giving birth to two children was too hard..."
"...later when my brother discovered my existence, he thought me to be a great threat. So one day when the martial arts master came to teach me, my brother came along. Although the martial arts master skills were strong, he did not have a strong heart, thinking that my brother will be the emperor in the future, he not only helped him to come but also helped him to come up with punishments for me, of course, he dare not do it himself, only when I struggled too much would he assist. My father also knew what was happening but he did not stop it, it was only when my brother wanted to use 'cropped ears' to deal with me, that my father stopped him, because if one of my ears was gone and my brother did not have the same injury, how can I be considered a suitable substitute for him?"
Wu Min Jun's tone was indifferent, even a storyteller's tone will sound more frustrated than him. I listened and carefully breathed, somewhere in my heart seemed to be twisting in pain.
"When I was ten years old, I killed him. Wu Min Jun died and I became Wu Min Jun. Because I was so thin and hurt, my royal father announced that I was sick and needed a lot of rest. For one month, every day I was nurtured with precious ginseng and other precious supplements and eventually became the same as my brother. Later, I killed the martial master who taught me martial arts using the skills he taught me. As for the tutor, he did not come too often... it was the TaiFu, TaiFu treated me best, at least he understood me better than anyone at that time."
It turns out the original Wu Min Jun was the older brother and was killed by the second Wu Min Jun.
I was not surprised at all, and even secretly rejoiced.
Wu Min Jun: "The story is over."
I thought, how can this be a story? If possible, I would rather it had been a completely fake story.
I couldn't help but reach out and touch the left ear. Although the scar was not very obvious, once you touch it, you can still feel the area was different from the surrounding skin. Wu Min Jun pulled my hand down and said: "What is this face?... It's been so long, it's nothing."
I feel a little moisture in my eyes, and I quickly put on a pretense: "You were treated like this when you were young, no wonder you grew up with this degree of perversion, it's really a pity."
Wu Min Jun laughed: "Well, that's right."
I looked at Wu Min Jun and felt a little uncomfortable. Wu Min Jun looked at me then closed his eyes and pouted his lips: "One kiss?"
"..." Although I knew he was doing this deliberately, I still felt that it was a bit sloppy method.
I thought about it and finally kissed him on his cheek.