Brother Wanfu

Chapter 68 Farewell
Xuzhou city.

There was no news for several days in a row, and no one was found after searching the entire Xuzhou territory.

Commander Huang of Xuzhou lost weight visibly to the naked eye. Huang Xian sneered repeatedly as he looked at him, teasing him that he had received the title of a third-rank commander in vain, but he didn't tell him that this Yueying was not the person the emperor wanted him to find.

Yueying was adopted by a maid who returned to her hometown, and she really looked like the person whom the imperial decree ordered him to look for in terms of age.

During the reign of Donggong, there was a son and a daughter, but unfortunately, Yang didn't live long, and both died when they were less than three years old. After that, the former prince had nothing to do with him.

It wasn't until half a year ago that someone discovered that a concubine had given birth to a concubine in a separate courtyard of the former prince.

At first I didn't believe it, after all, the concubine was pregnant, how could she hide in another courtyard, even there is no record in the palace?
The emperor personally sent him to investigate, and if he didn't want to, he really found some evidence, and found that there were quite a lot of festive decorations specially used for princesses' births in the warehouse of the other courtyard.

It's just that when the prince's other courtyard was discovered, all the servants who served him were sent away, and those who remained were people who didn't know what happened, and this matter has been hidden for more than ten years.

The emperor was shocked. He searched the area for a long time but did not find any news about his widow. He was restless every day and often woke up in the middle of the night.

That's why Shandong and other places were ordered to transport good wood and build hot spring palaces. Not only did Shandong and other places not follow suit, but they opposed the imperial court everywhere until they rebelled.
The emperor has been worried since he couldn't find anyone, and found out that the concubine of the crown prince is from Shandong, and often served by palace servants near his hometown, so he asked him to leave Beijing to look for it, to see if there would be any maids and guards who would secretly leave the former crown prince behind. The daughter was raised among the people.

But after searching for a long time, he found no news of the prince's widow, so he couldn't help but suspect that the so-called widow might have disappeared long ago. Otherwise, how could there be no news about it for so many years?

But the emperor is just uneasy, if he can find a similar woman with an ambiguous identity, he will be treated as the widow of the former prince and brought back to do business.

Of course, Huang Xian's thinking will only be carefully calculated when there is no one around.

Now that he saw that Yueying might not be found, he had to start thinking about finding another woman as a substitute.

He dismissed the people around him, and sat alone by the pond, thinking and muttering.

It's just that he was muttering what to do when someone behind him suddenly asked.

"Where will the father-in-law go to find the widow of the former prince?"

As soon as these words came out, Huang Xianhun was almost scared away.

Turning around, it turned out to be Commander Huang.

"You, what are you talking about? Who told you that I'm looking for the widow of the late prince?" Huang Xian thought he heard what he was muttering.

I don't want that Huang to command.

"Isn't it? There are rumors outside that the former prince has an orphan living among the people, and he seems to be an eighteen-year-old princess."

Huang Xian's eyes widened.

Only a few people in the palace knew about this matter, and the emperor ordered him to act in secret. What do you mean it is spread outside?
When did he ever reveal the matter? !

Huang Xian broke out in a cold sweat.

Commander Huang was a little confused.

"Elder-in-law still doesn't know? There were some rumors about this a few days ago, especially when we searched for people in the city, the rumors are even stronger."

"Anecdote? Where did the common people hear it?"

Commander Huang heard the words and pointed to the north.

"It seems to have come from Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Jinan and other places."

"Huh?" Huang Xian was in disbelief.

The emperor locked up the news so tightly that it was completely spread among the people?
Could it be that the princess is still alive and has revealed her whereabouts?Then why didn't he find out? !
Huang Xian was very frightened by the news. On the one hand, he was afraid that if Yueying really pretended to be a princess for business affairs, and the real princess came out from the people, the emperor might beat him to death. On the other hand, he was afraid that the news would spread. When it got to the emperor's ears, wouldn't the emperor suspect that he was not tight-lipped?
Thinking about it left and right, Huang Xian's forehead broke out in cold sweat, and he didn't even dare to stay any longer, so he immediately arranged for someone to deliver a letter to Beijing.

In any case, if he reports this matter to the emperor first, he may be able to escape!
He hastily arranged for people to enter the capital, and he couldn't help looking to the north.

Who sent such secret news?

What do you want?
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Qingzhou border.

Compared with other places, at least natural disasters and man-made disasters have not come here for the time being.

Bai Chen's injury has not completely healed, Qin Shen asked the doctor to take a serious look at him, the doctor said that the most important thing is to stabilize and heal the injury in such a hot summer, otherwise the longer it takes, the harder it will be to get better.

Hearing this, Qin Shen asked Bai Chen to stay in his farm for a while to recuperate.

Bai Chen had complied with his kindness. After all, he and Yueying were still wanted criminals. When he recovered from his injuries, he would find another place to go.

Shen Xiao secretly asked Bai Chen, "Uncle Bai, have you thought about where you want to go in the future?"

Bai Chen shook his head, "I originally wanted to join the Suzheng Army all the way north, from the court generals to the mountain rebels. It wasn't me who chose Bai, but the court forced me to go here."

When he said this, he paused, "But now."

"What does Uncle Bai think now?"

Bai Chen sighed, "It doesn't matter if you, or the brothers in the same robes of the Shen family army in the past, they are still serving in the court. If I become a traitor, wouldn't I want to meet you one day?"

He hasn't been able to make a decision yet, and Shen Xiao also fell silent in his dilemma.

The sweltering heat of the hot summer permeates it.

At this moment, Shen Xiao saw Qin Tian coming over, "A Xiao, someone has come here, is it your guard?"

Shen Xiao has a guard who has been helping her pass messages back and forth, and Bai Chen also knows this person.

"Didn't you send him back to your hometown, why did you find him here?"

Shen Xiao wasn't too sure, she went out of the yard and saw that it was indeed this person.

As soon as the guard saw that Shen Xiao and Bai Chen were there, he stepped forward and told him.

"Miss, General Bai, the government targeted the generals of the Shen family army when they couldn't catch anyone. General Yue and others were interrogated back and forth. Many generals clashed with the government and were punished. General Yue He was beaten thirty times, and the dignified five tiger generals were demoted to horse-feeding pawns! Now... dragging his wounded body to feed the horses!"

The voice fell to the ground, and there was a muffled thunder in the sky.

I don't know when layers of clouds covered the scorching sun and enveloped the earth. The wind gradually stopped, the clouds kept pressing down, and the air was stuffy and hard to breathe.

Bai Chen's finger bones crackled.

"After all, it was me who made them suffer!"

But someone laughed in a hoarse voice.

"Why did Uncle Bai say that?"

Bai Chen raised his head and looked at the little girl in front of him. On the face similar to her father and brother, there was an expression that her father and brother had never had before.

Great General Shen worked hard for the country and the people, and Young General Shen worked hard and conscientiously, but they all fell suddenly in places where they shouldn't have fallen.

The smashing Shen family army was quickly defeated. The people were not respected because of their brilliant achievements, but were ignored and suppressed. Up to now, even the five tiger generals have become prime ministers.

Bai Chen couldn't help looking at that little girl who was disliked by everyone.

"A Xiao, you."

"Uncle Bai,"

She suddenly called him.

"Should we change our way of life?"

Bai Chen looked at her and saw her wheat-colored tender face. The appearances of the two generals of the Shen family kept overlapping on her face, and then suddenly disappeared at a certain moment.

So far, he saw a brand new look on the face of the Shen family who had led hundreds of thousands of soldiers and won more than a hundred battles.

Bai Chen suddenly bowed and saluted.

"The last general, Bai Chen, is willing to follow the general!"

In the suffocating air under the oppression of the stratus clouds, the voice suddenly pushed away like a storm.

Standing aside, Qin Tian seemed to have waves in his heart riding the wind under the storm, forming a huge surge and hitting his heart.

She looked at Bai Chen, then at Shen Xiao, and for some reason, quietly clenched her fists.

It's just that when she turned around and walked away slowly, she saw Li Weizhen standing under a tree not far away.

Li Weizhen stood there for some time, Qin Tian looked over, saw him let out a long breath, turned around and said something to her with a smile.

"I may know how to spend the money I have earned in business over the years."

Qin Tian was slightly startled, he smiled and closed his eyes, and made a soft hand gesture to her.

"Shh, don't tell my dad."

Qin Tian looked at him, and nodded emphatically the next moment.

"I will keep the secret strictly for Brother Li."

The people who were supposed to stay here already had their destinations at night.

Both Shen Xiao and Bai Chen wanted to go back to the place where most of the Shen family's soldiers would be placed. Bai Chen wanted Yueying to stay, but Yueying insisted on following.

Qin Shen didn't say anything about it, but asked for the fastest horse and the sharpest sword.

Bai Chen glanced at him, vaguely understood, and stepped forward with a smile.

"I hope that the day when I see you again with the eldest son of Qin is the time to have a good time with wine and talk."

Qin Shen held the ceremony, "Qin will accompany you all night."

The two smiled at each other.

Qin Tian hadn't seen his brother's smile for a few days, so he couldn't help turning his head to take a look.

But then he asked Li Weizhen again.

"Mr. Li will not return to Qingzhou this time?"

Li Weizhen couldn't answer, "I also want to do business elsewhere, maybe someday it will be useful."

Qin Shen nodded slowly.

At this point, an encounter between the lives of several people is temporarily over.

Qin Shen and Qin Tian sent everyone away one by one, and when it got dark, there were only the two of them left here.

They walked back from the intersection of the town.

Qin Tian thought about Shen Xiao in his heart, and thought that she would finally leave to pursue the path she should take as a descendant of a famous general.

Before in Qingzhou, in the academy, her father and brother kept her out of the turmoil outside, but now it seems to be different, as if the torrent ends in front of her face, and everyone has their own destiny in the torrent.

The little girl looked up at the sky under the changing clouds.

Suddenly, bean-sized raindrops hit Qin Tian's forehead with a bang.

Then, a thunderstorm came in an instant.

"Ah!" Qin Tian quickly covered his head with his sleeve.

At this time, the young man next to her called her.

"Take shelter from the rain here."

Qin Tian hurriedly followed him to the shelter from the rain.

It's just that she covered her head with her sleeve and couldn't see the road clearly, so she followed his footsteps and ran behind, but she didn't expect his footsteps to stop suddenly at the next moment.

The little girl hit his head on the back.

Qin Tian didn't expect that she suddenly arched over like a calf, almost knocked down the tea stand sheltering from the rain, and scared the owner of the tea stand, "Earthquake?!"

Qin Shen: "."

Qin Tian: "."

Qin Shen cleared his throat and apologized.

In a blink of an eye, the instigator was covering his mouth and laughing.

He couldn't help but glance at her.

The little girl smiled even more happily.

It was raining heavily outside the tea shed, and the tea shed was crowded with people standing side by side.

Most of them were men sheltering from the rain here, Qin Shen took a corner and asked the little girl to stand in the corner while he stood in front of her.

"Brother?" She asked him suddenly, "Shall we go on the road tomorrow?"

Qin Shen looked over, the rain just now had wet the broken hair on her forehead, and the wet fine hair was clinging to her face that was flushed from the heat, just looking at it like this, it looked like the most precious mountain spring water was soaked. tea.

Qin Shen's gaze flew away at the touch of a button.

He said no, "I'll ask Wei You to take you back tomorrow."

"What about big brother?"

Qin Shen avoided her gaze.

"I'm leaving tonight."

　good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)