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Chanyi and Xiao Qing were still talking, so they heard the little maid say: "The old lady and the lady have returned home, please come over." β
Chanyi was stunned, they had just come back from the palace, what was the matter with calling themselves over at this time?
She took Xiao Qing's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Qing will also go to Fushoutang with me, grandmother and mother may not have seen you for a long time." β
Xiao Qing nodded embarrassedly.
When they arrived at Fushoutang, Mrs. Xia twisted a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, and the expression on her face sank, not knowing what she was thinking.
Chanyi and Xiao Qing stepped forward to salute, and listened to Mrs. Xia say to Xie: "Yingxue, you are ready to prepare for Ming'er, let's go back to Xinyang." β
Chanyi's eyes widened, and she replied to Xinyang, before the New Year passed, why did she suddenly say that she wanted to return to the clan?
ββ¦β¦ Grandmother, is something going on? Isn't it too much of a rush under the first moon?"
Old Madam Xia's face didn't look very good, she glanced at Chan Yi and found that Xiao Qing was also there, so a slight smile appeared on her face, "You kid, you have a good relationship with Wanwan." β
Xiao Qing smiled shyly.
Old Madam Xia took out a red seal from her sleeve and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "Let's go buy some fat powder and play with it." β
Xiao Qing hurriedly excused himself, "I'm so old, why am I embarrassed to ask you for New Year's money?"
Old Madam Xia stuffed the seal red into her hand, "Since you call me grandmother with Wanwan, you can accept it." β
Xiao Qing didn't want to excuse himself, nodded with a smile and thanked him, and listened to Mrs. Xia's voice with a heavy heart.
"Sister Qing is also here, I guess you won't hide it from General Xiao when you go back, I'll tell you a message first, Brother Pei was robbed on the way to the northwest with the third prince, and now I don't know if I live or die......"
As soon as Mrs. Xia said something halfway, Xiao Qing was stunned, and glanced at Chanyi, who couldn't believe it.
Did you have this in your previous life? Haven't you heard of it, hasn't Chu Shaoyuan always been smooth sailing in his previous life? Why is this life like a Tang monk learning scriptures, and he has to go through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties before he has ......
"Did you say who kidnapped him?"
Old Madam Xia sighed, "It is said that the three princes who were robbed by the Tartars, I don't know what the reason is, but it will not be a good thing, the movement in the court is big, we had better avoid the limelight, and it is best to come back after this while." β
Chan Yi faintly felt that it would not be so simple, the Tartar was ambushed outside the pass at this time, but he sent a small team of men and horses into the pass to rob the three princes, isn't the Tartar doing this with a brain disease? What is the use of robbing Chu Shaoyuan? If you want to rob the prince, it should be the crown prince.
Chanyi still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Mrs. Xia, she waved her hand and said finally: "You go back and pack up, let's go back to the clan in the next few days." β
Grandmother made a decision, Chan Yi had no choice but to nod silently and follow Xiao Qing out of Fushoutang.
Walking on the cobblestone road in front of Fushoutang, Xiao Qing was silent for a long time, reached out and shook Chanyi's hand, and said softly: "Don't worry about this matter, I'll go back and ask my father about the specific situation, let's think about it again." β
Chanyi's footsteps were fast, and she said as she walked: "I always think that this matter is not so simple, if you get any news, you must notify me first, and I can prepare in advance." β
The voices of the two were very soft, and when they arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate, they almost dispersed, Xiao Qing climbed into the carriage and said softly: "Wanzhao, if things change, you must persuade Old Madam Xia not to return to Xinyang, Chu Shaoyuan can have an accident on the road, and your group must be even more unsafe." β
Chan Yi knew this, looked back at her with firm eyes, nodded at her, and Xiao Qing's carriage drove quickly back to Xiao's mansion.
After getting out of the carriage, Xiao Qing raised her feet and walked to the study, she knew her father's habits best, but whenever there was anything, she would definitely discuss with the staff in the study, she was so old, her father never raised her as a girl, although the head of the family or the government would not discuss with her carefully, but she would not avoid her, otherwise she would not be allowed to go to Sichuan Gui with her eldest brother.
Xiao Rui was sitting behind the desk in the study at this time, holding a secret letter from Yanzhou in his hand, and his brows were furrowed.
There is a small servant guarding two meters in front of the door of the study, this is Xiao Rui's rule, but whenever he is in the study to deal with business, he is not allowed to approach.
When the little servant saw Xiao Qing, he hurriedly saluted and said softly: "The master is alone in the study, and he just called Mr. Min, so I think there will be something to discuss with Mr. Min." β
Xiao Qing nodded, knowing that the little guy was suing herself, and Daddy still had something to do, she waved her hand to let the little guy retreat, and knocked lightly on the door of the study, "Daddy, are you in there?"
When Xiao Rui heard that it was his daughter, he raised his voice and said, "Come in." β
Xiao Qing pushed the door in, and hurriedly asked, "Daddy, I heard that the second brother and the third prince ......."
"Close the door!" Xiao Rui lowered his voice, and there was unconcealed displeasure in his tone.
Xiao Qing hurriedly closed the door, walked next to Xiao Rui, and saw Xiao Rui smash a pen holder on the table straight at her, Xiao Qing was so frightened that he hurriedly caught it, and complained in a complaining tone, "Daddy, what's wrong with you?"
"You are sixteen years old this year, why are you still like a three-year-old doll, not calm at all, you will talk about something when you encounter something, you and your eldest brother have also been in Sichuan and Guizhou for two years, why haven't you honed your temperament!"
Xiao Qing was reprimanded by his father like this, it was simply wronged, "Daddy, something happened to the family, how can you make me calm?" The second brother's skills, not to mention the best of the best, are also the top names in Yan Yunwei, he was taught by you, he has a few catties and a few taels, you should know better than me, with him protecting the third prince, the third prince can still be robbed, the second brother must be more than lucky, there is such a big thing in the family, I am anxious like an ant on the hot pot......"
"Okay," Xiao Rui interrupted her, "It's not easy, just look at this." β
Xiao Qing took the letterhead in Xiao Rui's hand and looked at it with ten lines, his eyes widening and widening, "This, how can it be ......?"
She looked up at Xiao Rui, "So, shouldn't they have been robbed?"
Xiao Rui's brows furrowed, his eyes swept over the letterhead, he had read it no less than three times, he had fought with Tartar back then, and naturally knew that Tartar was not as dull and ignorant as the Yan people thought, judging from the insidious and cunning Cheng DΓΉ of those people, how could he choose to do it in a place like Songxi Town, I was afraid that he would choose a more deserted post station, and then replace all the people in the post station with their people, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong before he started.
This matter is strange everywhere, the third prince's current situation is afraid that it is very dangerous, he raised his eyes to look at his daughter, and asked in a deep voice irrelevant words: "Qing'er, my father has always raised you as a boy, do you know why?"
The corners of Xiao Qing's mouth twitched, and he slandered in his heart, the eldest brother and the second brother are both boys, I am a daughter in the house, and my mother went early, you want to take me to the girl's road, but the two brothers take me to play all day long, and the grandmother and grandfather in the house are not healthy, so you have to take me as a boy.
Xiao Rui didn't pay attention to the expression on her face, and asked himself: " There are many generals in Dayan, especially the ancestors who have made high achievements in the world, but there are only a few families that can prosper forever, and there are many heirs in the family of those nobles, often one has an accident and a few others can make up, but your grandfather gave birth to me and your aunt in our family, when I went on an expedition, I met the Khan King of the Tartars, and besieged me in the Red Cloud Mountain, and there were rumors in the court that I took refuge in the Tartars, and your aunt's mother-in-law forced your aunt to death, and when I came back victorious, the truth was revealed, even if I later let the family pay for your aunt's life, but your aunt never came backAt that time, I thought that my children should have good martial arts, at least in such an emergency, to be able to protect themselves. β
Xiao Qing didn't expect such a thing to happen in the family, she only then understood the reason why her father had allowed her to mess around with her two brothers over the years, it turned out that her father had such a heavy past hidden in his heart, and it was no wonder that every time she saw her practicing martial arts with her two brothers, even stealing his wine, going to the house and going to the tree, it was only a slight punishment, and she also taught her martial arts in person.
She gradually had an idea in her heart, and looked at Xiao Rui with bright eyes, "Daddy, this letterhead says that the second brother met an ambush in Songxi Town, and the second brother's blade was robbed before he could take it, which means that the second brother must have been seriously injured or controlled by others, otherwise how could he abandon his blade, I want to go along Songxi Town to find the second brother." β
Xiao Rui looked at his daughter's bright eyes and shook his head slightly, "You don't even know who robbed them, where are you going to find them?
Xiao Qing was a little speechless when asked, and thought about it, "If it is said that they were robbed by the Tartars, then I will chase them in the northwest direction, if it is really the people robbed by the Tartars, then I will definitely be able to catch up." β
I'm afraid it's not the Tartars, it's some other people with sinister intentions, in this way, their situation will be dangerous, but if it's not the people of the Tartars, what will others do if they kidnap the three princes?
Thinking like this, there was a gentle knock on the door of the study, "Is the male man available?"
It was the voice of the staff member Min Hanqing, and Xiao Rui hurriedly said: "Here, Mr. Min, please come in." β
Min Hanqing pushed the door in, Xiao Rui called the little maid to serve tea, and then discussed with him, Min Hanqing looked at the content on the letterhead, raised his eyes to look at Xiao Rui, and said softly: "The letterhead has been written very clearly, and the injuries on the accompanying guards can explain a qiΔ, which should be two groups of people......"
[Today is Double Eleven, Xiaoyi bought a bunch of things during the day, and the update was a little late (>_