Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1487: Legend of the Hidden Sea 7

Zhuang Zhixing's biological mother was the concubine of Marquis Pingjin. Cang Hai had known before that the Marquis' wife Jiang Xiang had let Zhuang Zhixing go his own way and even deliberately praised him to death. If Zhuang Zhifu was not too useless, it is possible that Zhuang Zhixing would never have the ambition to succeed in the Marquis Pingjin's mansion.

In particular, Zhuang Zhixing's biological mother was buried casually in a wild field on the outskirts of the city. Compared with the surrounding graves without tombstones, there was only one more stone tablet. If Cang Hai did not know the inside story, he would never have thought that Shen Wan, who came from a good family and became the concubine of the young master of Pingjin Marquis's Mansion, could not be buried in the Zhuang family's ancestral tomb, but could not even have a decent grave.

Zhuang Zhixing paid his respects and Zang Hai was about to kill Shen Wan with his crossbow when he was suddenly shocked to find that Shen Wan's grave was overgrown with a poisonous grass called Dulingnanxing, which was only found in Nanzhao, while the graves next to it did not have this poisonous grass!

Zang Hai decided to take the risk of using the death of Zhuang Zhixing's biological mother Shen Wan in exchange for Zhuang Zhixing keeping his identity secret. Even if Zhuang Zhixing's feelings for Shen Wan were deep enough, she might even cooperate with him to assassinate Zhuang Luyin!

Zang Hai deliberately revealed his whereabouts and was discovered by Zhuang Zhixing. Zhuang Zhixing saw that Zang Hai had a crossbow hidden in his sleeve and was immediately furious. He grabbed Zang Hai's neck. Zang Hai of course struggled hard, but it was a pity that he had not exercised at all in these years, and his strength was not as good as Zhuang Zhixing who was only interested in eating, drinking and having fun. He was soon pinched by Zhuang Zhixing to the point of rolling his eyes.

Zang Hai was no longer silent at this time, but struggled to say: "Your mother's grave is full of Dulingnan stars..."

"That is a highly poisonous substance that is only produced in Duling, Nanzhao..."

Zhuang Zhixing had originally fought back because he saw that Zang Hai wanted to kill him, but he had never expected that Zang Hai would actually say such a thing. Surprised, he naturally relaxed his grip unconsciously. His mind was a little confused, and he controlled Zang Hai, forcing him to ask, "What is Dulingnan Star? What is a highly poisonous substance? Explain clearly!"

Zang Hai pretended to turn his head with difficulty and looked in the direction of Shen Wan's grave. "Look for yourself. Even if you can't recognize what Dulingnanxing is, you should be able to tell that only your mother's grave has those pink and blue flowers growing on it."

Zhuang Zhixing stared blankly at his mother's grave. He looked around and found that only his mother's grave had a kind of pink and blue wild flower growing on it!

Zang Hai pushed Zhuang Zhixing aside, got up, dug up a plant of Solitary Lingnan Star from Shen Wan's grave and handed it to Zhuang Zhixing, saying, "If you don't believe me, just use this to test a random chicken, duck or goose. You will know if the chicken, duck or goose will be poisoned to death after eating this."

Zhuang Zhixing was willing to follow Zang Hai's advice, but still felt that Zang Hai was too dangerous for the Pingjin Marquis Mansion, so he still didn't want him to stay in the capital.

So Zhuang Zhixing picked another Lingnan Star and turned to Zang Hai and said, "I still say the same thing. Considering that you and I had a friendship when we were young, just leave the capital and I will just pretend that I have never met you."

How could Zang Hai possibly leave?

He said sternly, "I know you suspect that the Marquis's wife had done something to your mother, but you should also know that your mother is not a lowly concubine promoted by the Marquis's maids, whose body contract is in the hands of others. She is a good concubine from a good family. With your face, she can even be considered the second wife in the Marquis's mansion."

"Even if there is anything wrong with the Marquis' wife, if the Marquis is interested, he can still make her his wife."

"I remember that the Marquis only brought you, his son, with him when he went on the winter and summer expeditions. This shows that you held a high position in the Marquis' mind at that time. So if the Marquis's wife really wanted to poison such a concubine, and even used the extremely rare Dulingnan Star in the capital to cover it up, there must be more than just her means involved."

Zhuang Zhixing was very panicked and his mind was completely unclear. He just hurriedly left a sentence that Zang Hai's identity would be kept secret for the time being, and left here in a hurry.

The day of the grand sacrifice at the Marquis' Mansion was approaching, and Zhuang Zhixing had indeed secretly tested whether the Dulingnan Star was a poisonous substance. After discovering that this small flower could poison a cow to death, he had already believed most of Canghai's guess.

Jiang Xiang's plan was easily foiled by Du Lingnanxing released by Zhuang Zhixing. Even though she was sure that Zhuang Luyin would pass the mansion to Zhuang Zhifu's son, her grandson, she didn't dare to bet that Zhuang Luyin would seize the opportunity to prove that she poisoned Shen Wan and promote Zhuang Zhixing, the second son who was still alive.

After all, her grandson was nowhere to be seen, and Zhuang Zhixing was about to be married. In fact, if she hadn't deliberately suppressed him, Zhuang Zhixing would have married long ago.

But Zhuang Zhixing was able to do what he set his mind to do. Not only did he try to find out whether his mother's tragic death was related to Jiang Xiang, he also unraveled his childhood memories and discovered that his mother's death was even deliberately condoned by his own father Zhuang Luyin!

The two people who both wanted to avenge their loved ones successfully came together. Zang Hai decided to help Zhuang Zhixing change his previous dandy image in front of Zhuang Luyin first, so that he could also take advantage of the opportunity to get close to his second enemy, the eunuch Cao Jingxian of Duchengsi, and perhaps get the whereabouts of the third enemy from Cao Jingxian.

Of course, Zang Hai wanted to take this opportunity to leave a name in front of King Qinghe. After all, King Qinghe was too special. From the moment he heard the three words "King Qinghe", he inexplicably had an urge to try his best to get close to him.

The descendants of the powerful and wealthy in the capital would participate in the football competition every year. Those who performed well would not only receive rewards from the palace, but could even leave their names in front of the emperor.

This polo match was the idea of ​​Prince Qinghe. After she was crowned, she petitioned Emperor Zhenshun that the men in the capital were becoming more and more effeminate every year, which was really unacceptable. So she specially agreed to hold this polo match in autumn to give the young men in the capital a chance to show themselves. After all, no matter how powerful a family was, it was impossible to take care of every single child.

A few days later, Shen Mudan reported to Xiao Jinyue that Xiang Antu and the Eighth Young Master had agreed with Cang Hai to give Zhuang Luyin's second son Zhuang Zhixing a new look and help him win the football competition.

Xiao Jinyue was a little curious, "Zhuang Zhifu has been wasted for half a year, and Zhuang Zhixing has just realized that he should behave well?"

Shen Mudan had obviously investigated the inside story and immediately reported: "Originally, I didn't know why Zhuang Zhixing suddenly rose up, but after investigating, I found that Zhuang Zhixing had investigated the cause of his biological mother's death. I also investigated carefully and found that Zhuang Zhixing's biological mother, Shen Wan, was most likely killed by the Marquis of Pingjin with the consent of the Marquis' wife."

Xiao Jinyue frowned immediately.

Xiao Jinyue actually knew more about some of the inner court affairs of the Pingjin Marquis' Mansion than Zhuang Zhixing did before. For example, Shen Wan and Zhuang Luyin were childhood sweethearts. They had feelings for each other and were preparing to get married, but Shen Wan's family background was not good enough, so Zhuang Luyin was snatched away by Jiang Xiang, the daughter of the Shangshu.

Later, Zhuang Luyin was defeated in a battle against Dongxia. Jiang Xiang divorced Zhuang Luyin after giving birth to Zhuang Zhifu, and returned home with her son. It was Shen Wan who followed Zhuang Luyin to Dongxia, got married, and gave birth to Zhuang Zhixing.

However, although Zhuang Luyin returned with a great victory, he failed to bring back the Guixi that Emperor Zhenshun wanted most, so he acquiesced in Jiang Xiang's killing of Shen Wan, vacated the position of Marquis's wife, and welcomed Jiang Xiang and Zhuang Zhifu back to the Marquis' Mansion.

Zhuang Luyin even tacitly acknowledged that Jiang Xiang had ruined Shen Wan's reputation, and she was demoted to a concubine during her lifetime, and bore the dishonorable stigma until her death.