The Dragon from Hell

Gongsun Miao took the old man with him, and the group went directly to the inn Qin Feng mentioned, and first opened two rooms in the inn.

Because the sword-testing furnace was opened today, many cultivators and warriors in the city wanted to try their luck in the sword-testing mountain, so the inns in the entire Wangshen City were full, and it was good to find two rooms at this time.

Originally on the way, Gongsun Miao patted his chest and said that he didn't have to worry about accommodation, and he could just live in the Zhenguogong Mansion, but now it seems that it's not possible.

Gongsun Miao ordered the dishes and sent them directly to the room of the inn. After sitting down, he hesitated for a long time before asking: "Grandpa Li, can you tell me what happened during the years I was away?"

On the way here, Qin Feng and others learned that the old man was once Gongsun Miao's close friend and also the housekeeper of the Zhenguogong Mansion.

Those who can be housekeepers in a place like the Duke's Mansion are extraordinary in both ability and background.

But now the old man has fallen to cleaning the door of the Duke's Mansion, and even a servant can boss him around. It is impossible to say that nothing happened in the meantime.

Butler Li did not answer immediately, but sighed deeply, looking at Gongsun Miao in front of him, hesitating to speak: "My son, the past is over. I am relieved to see you grow up safely. I have finally done my best to my wife..."

When mentioning my wife, Gongsun Miao's expression changed and asked: "Is my mother okay..."

Butler Li was completely silent now. The longer he was silent, the more nervous Gongsun Miao became.

Qin Feng frowned, always feeling that there was something wrong.

Sure enough, before Li Guanjia opened his mouth, he was already in tears. When he opened his mouth, he choked up: "Madam, she passed away five years ago..."

"What!"

Gongsun Miao stood up from his seat with a look of disbelief: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Li Guanjia wiped his tears and shook his head: "I don't believe it either, but since you went up the mountain, Madam has been sick for many years. Five years ago, she finally couldn't stand it and died..."

Gongsun Miao was even more excited. He pinched the edge of the table, and the veins on the back of his hand popped out: "My mother is sick, why don't I know anything? Why didn't anyone tell me that she died!"

Gongsun Miao almost roared out the last sentence. It seems that he didn't know the news of his mother's death from beginning to end.

Qin Feng hugged his arms and fell into deep thought when he looked at Li Guanjia's sad expression: On the way, Gongsun Miao said that his mother was the princess of Dongli Kingdom and had a noble status. The marriage with the Gongsun family was considered a sign of great importance by the royal family. Gongsun Miao's mother had only one son, and she doted on him since he was a child.

In Gongsun Miao's memory, his family was a typical family with a strict father and a kind mother. Even when he went up the mountain, Gongsun Miao's mother cried so hard that she almost fainted, and she wanted to follow him up the mountain several times.

It was human nature to change the crown prince, and not informing Gongsun Miao was also because she was afraid that he would think too much.

But he was not even informed of such a big thing as his mother's death. It's hard not to think too much about it...

While Qin Feng was thinking, the old housekeeper spoke again: "Prince, it's not that we don't want to inform you, but you are in the immortal gate, the land of immortals, where can ordinary people like us go? At that time, not only the old slave, but also the old subordinates of the lady tried their best to contact you, wanting you to come back to see the lady for the last time, but in the end all these messages fell into the sea..."

"Where is my father?" Gongsun Miao blurted out: "You can't contact him, and my father can't be contacted either? I don't believe that even my father can't send a message!"

When Gongsun Miao went up the mountain, it was the Duke of Zhenguo who took the initiative to contact the Wuxiang Sect, and then sent him up the mountain.

Originally, he just went up the mountain to take refuge, but later Gongsun Miao awakened his spirit bones, and then he became a formal disciple of the Wuxiang Sect.

In theory, as long as the Duke of Zhenguo is willing, he can contact the sect at will.

But Steward Li shook his head when he heard this: "The Duke also tried to pass the message to you at that time, but he also couldn't pass the message to the Immortal Sect. In the end..."

He choked and tried to calm himself down: "In the end, Madam still couldn't wait for you to come back."

When Gongsun Miao heard this, his eyes were red.

He shook his head repeatedly and took several steps back: "No, no, this is impossible!"

"My father has always been in contact with the sect. How could he lose contact at the critical moment?"

"And, and why did my mother suddenly fall ill? Has there been no way to cure her in the past five years?"

"What the hell is going on!"

Seeing Gongsun Miao collapse, Donggong Ya hurriedly got upHe leaned over to comfort her: "Gongsun, calm down first. No matter what, let's ask clearly after we go back."

Nan Hexuan rarely spoke: "Yes, what's going on? We still have to go back to the Duke's Mansion to ask clearly."

What made Gongsun Miao most difficult to accept was that his mother, whom he hadn't seen for ten years, had actually died a long time ago, and he couldn't even see her for the last time.

We'll know what happened after we go back.

Qin Feng looked at Gongsun Miao's collapse and crying but didn't say anything. He frowned slightly, turned his head and asked Li Guanjia: "I remember that the Duke's Mansion only has Gongsun Miao as a legitimate son."

Li Guanjia looked at the young man in front of him, understood what he wanted to ask, and sighed: "When the lady was still there, the Duke's Mansion did have only one legitimate son."

"Then who did we see at the door today?"

To be called a prince, one must first be a legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion.

But Gongsun Miao's mother gave birth to only one son, and after he left, the Duke's wife fell ill.

The one they saw just now should not be the one born by the Duke's wife.

Steward Li sighed when he heard this: "The one you saw just now was originally a bastard."

It turned out that after the Duke's wife passed away, the Duke's Mansion suddenly lost its mistress. The Duke was too sad and unwilling to remarry.

In the end, it was the Lord who said that the Duke's Mansion could not be left vacant all the time. Gongsun Miao went up the mountain to practice, and someone had to inherit the title.

In desperation, the Duke's Mansion simply promoted the concubine Zhang and made the original bastard Gongsun Hao the prince.

"So that's it..." Qin Feng nodded when he heard this, and then his eyes fell on Steward Li: "What about you? As far as I know, you should have been the steward of the Duke's Mansion. Why are you now..."

Steward Li sighed again when he heard this: "This old servant is incompetent and failed to take good care of the lady. The master was furious because of the death of the lady. Not only me, but all the people who took care of the lady at the beginning are no longer in their original positions..."