"My dad used to lock important things in drawers and tell our brothers not to move around," saw the strange and familiar things in the study, and the expressions of the two brothers were a little different.

"Do you have the key?" Yan Lian asked curiously.

"No," Beichen Ao shook his head and replied, "Since my father died, my mother has locked it here, if it weren't for Shi'er today, my mother wouldn't have said to open the door of the study," Beichen Ao sighed a little, always felt that there was some traction in the dark, not sooner or later, but after they went to Jiangnan and came back, they saw the map in the study.

If they hadn't gone to Jiangnan, even if they entered the study, they wouldn't know the meaning expressed on the map, and maybe they would have forgotten about it, and even if they went to Jiangnan later, they wouldn't know the key.

"Shi'er, go and see your grandmother and ask her if she has the key," Yan Lian directly handed over this task to Shi'er.

Shi'er pursed his lips and wanted to protest, because he really didn't want to deal with the old lady, but seeing that she was strict, he didn't mean to joke at all, so he had to turn around and leave the study helplessly and sadly.

It's clear that the person with merit is him, okay, how do you feel like he's done something bad and was caught, that feeling, it's very wrong!

Shi'er went to find the old lady very awkwardly, but she still didn't call grandma, but at least she opened her mouth to talk to the old lady, which is a good phenomenon.

The answer was no, saying that the old man took it with him when he went out, and when they came back with the body, they didn't have the keys on them, and they didn't even have the money bag, and they didn't know where they lost it.

"What if I don't have a key?" Yan Lian looked at the two Beichen brothers, thinking that she said that she was going to smash the old man's relics, would it make them feel unfilial!?

To be honest, she still doesn't have a sense of attachment to Beichen Mansion until now, and she always feels that she is a guest, so it is really difficult for her to have any respect for the old man.

If you want to find out the truth, you can only open the drawer, but this matter, you can't alarm the locksmith, the only way to solve it is to pry it open.

The two of them are not rigid and formal people, after discussing it, they let people get the tools, and Beichen Ao will do it, after all, he has the strength to do this.

Seeing that Beichen Ao opened the drawer without destroying it, Yan Lian laughed and teased on the side: "Beichen Ao, if you don't become the king of war one day, with your strength, we can open an iron shop, and we shouldn't starve our family to death!?" ”

When the two Beichen brothers heard this, they all pouted speechlessly, and they didn't have the heart to joke with her.

Joke, if you don't become a war king, you won't open an iron shop, is it in vain to be a businessman who has been proud of Beichen for so many years? Even if he doesn't use the Beichen family, he Beichen Proud wants to do business, and some of them have heads and channels.

If Yan Lian knew that she had a casual joke but was despised by the two brothers, she didn't know what she thought in her heart.

"Squeak ......," the drawer that had not been opened for many years made a piercing protest sound under Beichen's rude treatment, accompanied by the dust raised, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

In the drawer, there are a lot of things, some large and some small, as well as a few delicate jade pendants, because they have not seen the light for many years, but they are flashing with a ghostly light, which shows the preciousness of jade.

"I always thought that my father's most precious jade pendants had already been taken by my mother to give to the Xiang family," Beichenqing reached out and took out one of them, feeling the warmth and moistness in it, and said with some annoyance and regret.

Beichen Ao didn't answer, because he also thought so. Knowing that their mothers were only interested in helping their own mothers, and that they were strict with both of their brothers, and not at all like a mother, they were understandable to think so—and even for a while, they thought that it would be nice if it were not their father who died.

This kind of mentality is only understood by themselves, but no one dares to say it, which is a great rebellion.

"Don't make a flute, let's see if it's useful," knowing the complicated feelings of the two brothers for the old lady, they are their own mothers, but what they can do can't be respected. Even, there is still some disgust and hatred in my heart, but now I find that over the years, they have misunderstood their mothers, and they must be uncomfortable in their hearts.

They are not unfilial people, but because their mother's practices are really unacceptable to them, they will become more and more indifferent and alienated, and even Beichen Ao has been reluctant to go home for the New Year for several years.

However, when I saw that the old man's things were well preserved, and the old lady had not touched it at all, I believe that my heart was even more complicated.

Yan Lian didn't want to see this kind of sad and regretful feelings, so she changed the topic, lest they forget the real reason for opening the drawer.

Yan Lian's words made the two brothers come back to their senses, wiped the table quickly, and then took out the things in the drawer one by one, checked them carefully, and when they got to the end, they saw an extremely secret letter revealed, which was hidden at the bottom of the drawer, if you don't check it carefully, you really can't find it.

"What is this?" Beichenqing took it out suspiciously, checked it with his hand, and found that it was not very heavy, so he opened the envelope under Beichen's urging gaze.

What was written in the letter turned out to be about iron ore.

The three of them passed it to each other and looked at it, only to know that this iron mine was not discovered by the Yue family, nor was it discovered by the old man, but that the old man had saved a person before, and this person was appointed by the emperor to be an official in Jiangnan.

The old man accepted this favor, and it was not explained in the letter, but it was also seen that it was not easy for this old man to save people.

The old man knew that there was news of iron ore, so he asked people to carefully depict the terrain, so that after telling the emperor, he sent people to mine, the war between the Jin State and the Qin State was every year, and the consumption of weapons and the like was too great, and it was already a little irresistible.

The letter in the envelope was not for one day, but several times, so the last one was also explained.

The letter said that there were mysterious forces in Jiangnan, and they were also eyeing the iron mine, and asked the old man to send people to Jiangnan as much as possible, otherwise if it was too late, he would be the first to board.

The old man just knew the importance of the matter, so he wanted to tell the emperor, but unexpectedly, the emperor paid a private visit and encountered danger, but he just let the old man save him, and finally died before he had time to say anything about the iron mine, so this matter was concealed for so many years.

"The mysterious force that appeared in Jiangnan, is it the Yue family?" Yan Lian tilted her head, looked at the two of them and asked.

Beichen Qing and Beichen Ao glanced at each other, the two shook their heads together, and Beichen Ao explained: "The original Yue family should not be the strongest in the limelight,"

Should? Regarding Beichen Ao's answer, Yan Lian was a little dissatisfied.

"It's better to investigate this matter first," Yan Lian blinked her eyes and thought for a while, and explained: "At the beginning, you didn't take into officialdom, and some things may not be clear, so it's better to ask the old lady, maybe she knows something, "This old lady, she has really been dead for so many years, I really don't know if she is stupid or stupid."

The two brothers were not sure, so they could only agree with Yan Lian's method, and if they couldn't ask anything useful, they would ask those old guys, such as the ...... from Shangguan Mansion Or from other mansions, they must know something, as long as they are on their side, they will definitely be able to ask something.

The old lady was a little surprised when she found that they were asking herself about everything today, but she was more happy, because they hadn't talked to herself like this for a long time.

"The original family power ......," the old lady squinted her cloudy eyes, and fell into infinite memories...... Time passed bit by bit, and the old lady was silent, and no one dared to interrupt, and I didn't know if the old lady was really thinking about it, or she couldn't think of it.

"I remember that when your father had an accident, it seemed that Concubine Yue had just given birth to the prince...... No, it's not, it seems that Concubine Yue is only a prince, "As she gets older, the old lady's thoughts are a little blurred, but the main point is still clear - at the beginning, there was only one of the emperor's heirs.

"At that time, the Yue family became the most prosperous family in the capital because of Concubine Yue, but the Yue family had no one in charge, after all, a girl couldn't hold anything up," the old lady's answer was incomprehensible, but she could draw some clues from her words.

The Yue family was incapable at the beginning, and the family that climbed up because of their daughter could have much background.

If it's not the Yue family, who will it be? This is the confusion flashing in the eyes of the three of them, they are very puzzled, and they always feel that things are getting more and more complicated.

The news they got today made their mood fluctuate a little.

The study was opened, and Beichenqing thought about cleaning it well, tidying up things, and keeping it for later use when Shi'er occasionally entered the house - that was the old lady's meaning, and no one could refuse.

"Looking at so many familiar and unfamiliar things, I don't know what to say, I don't feel good in my heart," Beichenqing pulled out all the books and began to pat the dust on ......them.

"Later...... Be kind to your mother," Beichen Ao hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Looking at the two awkward brothers, Yan Lian pursed her lips, indicating that she had been defeated.

It's your own mother, and it's not an enemy, isn't it a very simple thing to forgive and apologize? So what to do awkwardly, the old lady doesn't know.

Yan Lian didn't want to embarrass them, so she cleaned in the corner on the side, just like Beichenqing, she took out her books and slapped them, and at the same time swept the dust and ...... on the bookshelves with a feather duster.

"What is this?" Randomly pulled out a book, and after a few taps, she found something that fell out of the book, Yan Lian squatted down curiously to pick it up, and muttered suspiciously.

"What's that?" Beichen Ao leaned over and asked curiously.

"I don't know," the paper in the book was folded in half, Yan Lian opened it curiously, and felt that the old man's bad taste was really strong, I don't know if there was this kind of paper in other books, if there was one in each book, they would be miserable, and they would have to die of exhaustion.

After looking at what was written on the paper, Yan Lian and Beichen Ao's faces changed greatly, Beichen Qing looked at it suspiciously, and when she saw the two of them staring at each other with wide eyes, she came over curiously to see what was written on the paper, but was quickly snatched by Beichen Ao, and then pretended to be calm and said, "Big brother, close the doors and windows!" ”

Close doors and windows? Beichenqing was stunned, Yan Lian is face was full of black lines, this room was full of dust, and she was going to be poisoned to death!?

Seeing that Beichen Ao was so strict, Beichen Qing didn't dare to delay, and directly reached out to open the doors and windows, and then, the three of them gathered on the desk, and their eyes fell on the stationery that Beichen Ao put on the table and spread out.

When Beichenqing saw what was written on it clearly, he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, afraid that he would scream in surprise and attract undue attention.

Beichenqing looked at Beichen Ao, his eyes flashed with fear and hesitation, and disbelief, and Beichen Ao also had the same expression.

What was written on the letter was nothing else, it turned out that the eldest prince and the second prince of the current saint did not die because of dystocia, but were killed by someone.

It turned out that the person who was saved by the old man and demoted to Jiangnan by the emperor was related to the fact that the concubine gave birth to twins and died in childbirth.

The person who came was the only one left in the family, so I was sincerely grateful to the old man, told the inside story, and asked the old man to avenge their family.

When the little prince and the second prince were born, they were alive, but in the end, it was rumored that they were stillborn, one death and three lives. It is normal for such things to happen in the palace, but the methods of the people who murdered them were too ruthless.

One death, three lives, how ruthless this is.

For the sake of power status, even innocent children are not spared.

What would happen if this matter was known to people outside? Beichen asked silently.

Who would believe it? Beichenqing smiled bitterly, feeling that the clues left by his father were simply torturing them. If they didn't know about it, they wouldn't have thought about it over there, but now that they know, their hearts are itching and uncomfortable, that is, there are secrets that can't be said, and they must be rotten in the stomach, which is extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing the eyebrows of the two brothers, Yan Lian knew that this matter could not be discussed here, and no one knew if there was a stall in Beichen Mansion in Beppu, so the two of them communicated in this way.

Seeing how skilled they are and believing in this method, the two of them often do it.

When they were planning with each other, Yan Lian folded the letter paper on the table in half and put it in her purse, smiled toothily, and said softly: "I found this, so it naturally belongs to me!" "This thing is in Beichen Mansion, it's not safe.

If it were known, it would be a catastrophe of extermination.

No one will admit it, they have no evidence, and so many years have passed, how can they investigate?

For Yan Lian's approach, neither of them objected, but for this study, they inexplicably disliked it, and found that the content they knew was shocking, and it would bring Beichen Mansion to the point of no return.

My father knew that he couldn't talk about these things, so he kept them hidden and didn't take them out.

Beichen Ao and Ying Yanlian didn't expect that they had tracked down so many things, and in the end, the old man had known for a long time, and even had been prepared to implement them, and finally ended up because of his death, I really didn't know what to say.

On the way back, Yan Lian and Beichen Ao didn't speak, Nan'er looked left and right, and when she saw that her parents were full of strictness, they didn't dare to speak, so they could only bite their fingers innocently, muttering in their hearts: Did I do anything wrong?

Shi'er also knew that her father and mother must have found something serious, because when she was cleaning the study, she was not allowed to enter, saying that the dust inside was too big, which was not good for him.

After coming out of the study, the father proposed to go back to the house, but the old lady did not agree, but the uncle and the father insisted, and the uncle even told the old lady that there would be important things to tell her, so that the old lady knew that something bigger had happened, so he had to agree with them to go back.

When leaving, the old lady kept holding Nan'er's hand, telling her that she must come again, and asked people to prepare a lot of gadgets for Nan'er .......

Back at the Battle King's Mansion, Yan Lian instructed Cheng Yun and Qiqiao to take the little masters to play, Shi'er went to the master's side to study, and the two went into the study and didn't even come out to eat dinner.

Shi'er was curious, what was her father and mother discussing? He didn't dare to lean over secretly, because as long as he leaned over, the hidden guard would appear, and when his father and mother knew about it, he would definitely be angry, so he had to endure it.

Yan Lian was unfamiliar with the previous things, so she asked with some doubts: "You say, who will be ruthless?" Concubine Yue? Queen, or someone else? "The emperor's woman gave birth to a child and was murdered, which must be blocking someone else's way. You can't be wrong about this, and you don't know who will do it.

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Beichen Ao's brows furrowed deeply, and he said softly: "We don't know much about the events of the year, but from the overall situation, except for the queen and Yue Guifei, I can't think of anyone else,"

It's just that even if you know that one of them did it, what can you do? Can this matter still be traced? If it was the queen who did it, and the emperor knew about it, they would be even more passive if it affected the little prince. If it was Concubine Yue, they would be very happy, but this matter has no evidence at all, it is not easy to investigate, and they are even more afraid that they have wronged people and become a sharp weapon for people with hearts, so it is even less worthwhile.

"Alas, I don't know how many innocent children have been killed in this matter," Yan Lian couldn't help but be afraid for a while when she remembered what Beichen Ao had done to her. If I really drank it that time, at this time, would I still have no regrets and never leave? Can she still be with Beichen Ao?

is because after giving birth to twins, the people of Qin did not kill them immediately after knowing that they were pregnant with twins, and they also began to pay attention to raising the fetus, and they would not eat and drink a lot, at least more than half of them were fine.