Liu Yan is studying the latest edition of the Hanzhong geographical atlas sent by Pang Tong. As Deng Ai further traced the route of Zhang Lu's escape to the north, the passage between Hanzhong and Xiliang slowly became clear.

Although this path is very hidden and full of dangers, there is finally a way in front of you.

Liu Yan's idea is that if she knows how others get in, she will be able to go out along the route opened up by the enemy in the future.

It's just that this route has already been touched several times by the Cao family's people on the opposite side, and the checkpoints and ambushes that should be set up have also been set up.

Therefore, Liu Yan repeatedly told him to be cautious and not to be in a hurry. Fortunately, Deng Ai has always handled things steadily, and Pang Tong is behind him to restrain him, although things are going very slowly, they are still safe.

Looking at the picture, the fingers dipped in tea were making random gestures on the case, and Leng Buding's ears came, "Your Highness Qiqi, Lord Xu asks to see." Voice.

"Ask him to come in. Liu Yan put away the things on the table, brushed the table with her big sleeves, and the water stains were wiped off. At that time, Xu Shu's car was passing through the gate and coming here.

This is one of the privileges of the three marquis, on weekdays, unless there is an urgent military situation, only the three marquis can walk in the princess's mansion, even if Pang Tong Jiang Wan is in the audience, without permission, he has to stop at the gate and dismount and walk in.

Chengdu Princess's Mansion is rebuilt and expanded on the basis of the old house of the original Yizhou Mu. The original house has been very rich and spacious, and now it assumes the dual functions of the princess's mansion and the Hou mansion, and it is necessary to travel by car to enter and exit.

So even if she knew that Xu Shu was coming, Liu Yan still had time to calmly clean up a few cases, change her clothes, and sit upright to adjust her mood by the way.

When the two of them really sat down, the difference between the monarch and the minister was already a world apart.

"Teacher, is it important that you suddenly ask to see you?"

“…… His Royal Highness cares about the military affairs in Hanzhong, and his subordinates come for this. ”

"Mrs. Tai's new death, you should focus on family affairs, although the military affairs in Hanzhong are urgent, but now they are in a hurry. ”

"Mother is in the ground for peace, and her subordinates have nothing to worry about, but His Highness worries about the military every day, and his subordinates are worried about ......"

"Teacher......" Liu Yan finally interrupted him: "You and I are master and apprentice, how many years?"

"Your Highness, it's been seventeen years. Xu Shu bowed his head.

"In the past seventeen years, the disciple has never seen you so hesitant, what is it that has alienated you and me so far?"

“……”

"On that day, Mrs. Tai was dying, and she clearly wanted to see me, if it wasn't for the princess's doctor who came to report her worries a few days earlier, I would definitely not be able to catch up with ......"

“……”

"Teacher, I was wrong again...... But I'm correcting it...... Later...... No, there must be no future......" Liu Yan remembered the scene on the day of Aunt Xu's death, and she was very sad.

“…… His Royal Highness ...... "Faced with the apprentice's questioning, Xu Shu was speechless.

Before her mother died, she really wanted to see her, but she was persuaded by him, but she didn't think about it, but she came uninvited, and fulfilled her mother's wish

As for why he refused his mother's request, it was because he knew his mother too well, and his mother's heart was on him, and he must have been the most worried about him when he was about to leave. What do you want to say to the princess? Do you want to take care of the teacher and send the teacher to her death?

After his death, even if his mother didn't say anything, it was expected that the two apprentices would do their best. Speaking out at this time is nothing but sadness. Liu Yan is an apprentice, but she is still the boss on the surface, and she was entrusted to her by her mother openly, and Xu Shu couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart.

Of course, this is only one reason, the deeper reason is that he doesn't want Liu Yan to promise anything because of his mother's entrustment, he knows that no matter what his mother says, she will agree, and even if his mother doesn't have to say anything, she will automatically promise many things.

Ever since he knew that Liu Yan had developed a love for him, Xu Shu paid special attention to keeping a distance from her, both in words and attitude. Unexpectedly, his mother's death erased the distance he had managed to keep alive. Therefore, he is even more reluctant to say anything that will cause misunderstanding.

As he grew older, the sense of vicissitudes in Xu Shu's heart increased day by day. Coupled with all these years of hard work, the green silk mixed with white hair in the blink of an eye, all of which made Xu Shu panic.

A 20-year-old boy can't give birth to a 10-year-old girl, but it's normal for a 30-year-old father to have a 10-year-old daughter. The apprentice grew up in a loveless environment, and it is reasonable to have a father-love complex.

After so many years, Xu Shu has finally turned a corner. He is just a life-saving straw that Liu Yan grabbed in despair. Because he finally caught it, he was more afraid of losing, so he always wondered if there was a more reliable way to tie himself to his side.

If he could have thought of this layer back then, prescribed the right medicine, alleviated her inner fears, gave her enough space and freedom, and created opportunities for her to contact teenagers of the same age, maybe he wouldn't have been so anxious now.

Hey, back then, there was only Sun Shao by her side, and Huang Xu didn't know where she was. I would "educate" her because of her frequent contact with Sun Shao, it was really a dog to eat emotional intelligence.

The parents of modern older leftover girls somewhat understand Xu Shu's current mood. When my daughter was young, she was fireproof, anti-theft, and male-proof, and when she was a little older, she put her studies first, and she was not allowed to fall in love without graduating from college.

Well, the girl is in her twenties as soon as she graduates, and she will be twenty-five or six after a little work for a year or two, and it's over, the creature like a boyfriend has never appeared, and I haven't even thought about it!

So, when Mom and Dad began to recite the mantra called "Does there be a boyfriend?", to be honest, most girls disdain it in their hearts. Because in the past 20 years of life, I have lived a very nourishing life!

The topic is a bit far, in short, Xu Shu is very depressed now, aggressive, and when he asks him, he has a hard time arguing. However, no matter how much chagrin he felt in his heart, he couldn't afford to blame Liu Yan, so he just kept silent.

Fortunately, Liu Yan quickly adjusted after being sad, her face sank, and her voice was cold: "It is filial piety to worry about your mother, and the teacher is in the filial piety period, so let the military affairs go for the time being." Don't say three or five months, that's one or two years, and Shu can afford to wait for you!"

After Liu Yan said this, she got up and brushed her sleeves away. Xu Shu, who was left with a dead heart, sat on the ground in a daze. After a while, two maids came in from outside the door and saluted him: "My lord, the car is ready, please go back." ”

Xu Shu left gloomily and returned home for a long time. I didn't think that the next day, the chamberlain of the princess's mansion came to the door, saying that it was an order from His Royal Highness to send a set of clothes to the military advisor.

Xu Shu looked at the clothes in his hand and suddenly felt blessed to his heart, and he would not rashly start the second battle of Lujiang, because he thought too much.

Because she said, let alone three or five months, even a year or two Shu can afford to wait for him. And this outfit is not a compensation, but a reminder that it is filial piety. Accepting this dress is equivalent to being ordered to be suspended from work for reflection. Hey, Ding Worry is Ding Worry, it's time to change your mind.

The mother's funeral is not reported, and His Royal Highness is trapped in injustice, which is a mistake.

It is a mistake to be self-righteous, to try to interfere with it.

is a very popular minister, one person is below ten thousand people, and he does not want to lead by example, but is stubborn, which attracts a lot of discussion and vacillation between the government and the opposition. This is a mistake.

His Royal Highness obviously had no intention of fighting again, she asked about the war, but it was just that the sudden change in the situation was imminent, but Shu did not have enough capital to deal with it. I have been wrong again and again these days, and I really can't stay at my post anymore.

In fact, Liu Yan gave him clothes, which was one of Xu's mother's last words, and the teacher's clothes for the four seasons were all prepared by the disciples. It's just that this first set of clothes is just used to keep filial piety.

Time slipped away quickly, Xu Shu adjusted his mood, kept filial piety with peace of mind, and after being silent for a while, things came.

One evening, he had just finished dinner and was about to add incense to his mother, when a report came in to say that Her Royal Highness the princess had something important to summon.

The incense in Xu Shu's hand fell to the ground, his heart was beating wildly, and he obviously said that he would not be a guest if he didn't go to work during the worry at home, but it didn't take long for the accident to happen?

Hurried to the princess's mansion, almost ran into the study, but the scene in front of him made him a little trance.

Liu Yan was holding a swaddling baby in her arms and was patting, Pang Tong was kneeling by the wall, and there was a cradle beside him.

Xu Shu looked stupid, this, what is the situation? What happened to him during this time at home? Pang Tong's wife gave birth to a second child? She gave birth to her, what do you do to give it to her apprentice? Do you want to give it a name? You don't have to call me if you ask for a name? I am worried!

Xu Shu appeared in the hall stupidly, his mind was spinning around.

When Liu Yan saw him coming, she raised her hand and beckoned: "The teacher is here, come and see, I have a son, I have an heir." ”

Xu Shu only felt a buzz in his head: "What, what? heir?"

"Well, teacher, he is my heir, come and see, who does he look like?" Liu Yan held the child in a comfortable mood, and the inheritance problem that had been plaguing her all along, because of the appearance of this child, it became non-existent.

This child was brought by Pang Tong, and he didn't bring it today, but from the princess's mansion a month ago, and he came with him with only one sentence: This is your son.

Pang Tong said that this child is from Yecheng, Cao Zhi's mansion, but he is not Cao Zhi's son.

And that's all that can be determined now. Because, in order to send this child to the Chengdu Princess Mansion safely, countless dark lines died along the way. The dark line that was originally planted on Cao Zhi's mansion, the foreign manager, lost his life in this matter.

However, Liu Yan and Pang Tong both have the same thought in their hearts, this child, with a 99% chance, is the son of the emperor and the emperor.

Only this time, Emperor Xian was smart, and there was no trace on the child's body to prove where he came from. We only know that he is from Yecheng Cao Mansion.

His parents are unknown, his birth date is unknown, his place of birth is unknown, and there is only a vague and unknown exhortation along the way.

The Dark Lines only knew that he was from Yecheng. If you want to go to Chengdu, he is very important, so important that he would rather lose his life than lose him.

All this can only make Liu Yan more convinced that he is the child of Emperor Xian.

Therefore, a month ago, when the child first came, she decided to take him in, raise him, and be her heir in the future.

The day he was born was the day she saw him for the first time, and the hour was the hour when they first met. In other words, the moment he saw her, he was reborn once.

Today, the reason why Liu Yan brought Pang Tong here again and called Xu Shu, who was worrying about Ding, was because this little baby was "full moon", and she wanted to give him a name, and officially announced to the two military advisors that he was her heir.

Xu Shu listened to Pang Tong's explanation with a confused face, and was still full of doubts in his heart, what if this is a "parallel import"? He is not Cao Zhi's child does not mean that he really does not have the surname Cao, in case this is a poisonous plan on the other side, let's make the surname Cao the heir, what should we do?

The phrase, "This is your son." "It's like nonsense, no one knows who owns the copyright. How can such a child of unknown origin be the heir of the Shu Kingdom, and how can he take on the heavy responsibility of reviving the Han family in the future?

However, just because he thought of this, Xu Shu dispelled the idea of admonishment. This kid came at the right time.

No matter whose child he turned out to be, when he entered the princess's mansion, he was the one Liu Yan needed.

Therefore, Xu Shu silently looked at the sleeping child in his apprentice's arms, the little one, who seemed to be less than a year old. But if you think about it carefully, even if he went to Yecheng just after he was born and sent it to Chengdu non-stop, no matter how fast it is, it will take a year.

Therefore, his actual age must be more than a year old or even two years old. For some reason, he looks so small.

It's just that the disciple said that he was "full moon" today, which was talking nonsense with his eyes open. Therefore, Xu Shu looked at it again and again, and sighed: "This child, it's better to hide it for a while and raise it well." ”

"That's natural, it's not yet time for him to come forward, now ......" Liu Yan lowered her head, approached the little baby, felt his breathing fall weakly on her face, and smiled slightly: "You grow up quickly, and your mother will send all the world to you." ”

Seeing her like this, Xu Shu couldn't bear it, and opened his mouth to interrupt: "Have you thought about what name to give Your Royal Highness?"

"No, didn't I bring you two to discuss? Liu Yan raised her eyes to look at Pang Tong, who had been pretending to be transparent: "Senior brother, you gave him a chance to be reborn, and you can name him." ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Pang Tong was so frightened that he fell to the ground: "Your Royal Highness has a noble status, and the future is even more limitless." How dare subordinates trespass. ”

"Senior brother is serious, he is just a milk doll, what can he see now? To pick up my burden, he must first bear the hardships I have suffered, he is not here to enjoy the blessings!" Liu Yan snorted lightly: "Suffering his mind, straining his muscles and bones, starving his body and skin, and emptying his body, all of them are indispensable!"

"Your Highness...... What His Highness said is true!" Pang Tong silently lit a piece of wax for the little doll in his heart.

"Yan'er, she is your son, of course you should name him. Xu Shu couldn't see the disciple show a sad look: "You give him a name, so that he can be justified." ”