"I've seen Young Master Gu, I've seen Young Master Luo. Childe is very busy, can the two young masters come back later? Gu Shishi's voice came from the courtyard.

"Don't look for Brother Yan, you want to play with your sister." This is Qingyang's voice.

Qing Shu, who was crying vigorously, sniffed, teary eyes, and spoke in a nasal voice, "Go away." This is naturally Zhou Boyan.

In the courtyard, Qingyang and Luo Xiaorong were reluctant to leave, sister, sister shouted. made Gu Shi and the guards big, and they didn't dare to drive them away, so they could only block and not let them in.

Zhou Boyan had to let go of Qing Shu, and at the same time, he gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Qing Shu's eyes with his fingertips, and said in a low voice, "You sit for a while, wash your face and then go out." Then without waiting for Qing Shu to speak, he pressed Qing Shu to sit on the chair next to him, and beckoned Gu Shi in the courtyard to come in with a basin of washing water.

Qingyang heard Zhou Boyan's voice, "Brother Yan, can we go in?" "Uncle Housekeeper specially asked them to come and play with my sister. Uncle Housekeeper also said that his sister would be very happy to see them come and play.

How did he know that the housekeeper sent him and Luo Xiaorong over completely to make Zhou Boyan not mess with Qingshu.

Zhou Boyan looked at Qing Shu, whose eyes were red from crying, and then looked at the clothes he was wearing, "Wait a minute, my brother and sister are talking about things, and it will be fine right away." ”

Qing Shu didn't expose his lies.

Qingyang agreed, pulled Luo Xiaorong around the guard, and touched the scabbard of the knife hanging from the guard's waist from time to time.

Waiting for Gu Shishi to bring the washing water, Zhou Boyan did not let him enter the house, but took the washbasin at the door by himself, and told Gu Shishi to wait outside and bring the basin to Qingshu by himself.

After Qingshu washed his face, Zhou Boyan, who entered the inner room, changed his clothes and came out, and even his hair was combed.

With permission, Qingyang and Luo Xiaorong came in, and immediately surrounded Qing Shu, caring why Qing Shu was red-eyed.

Qing Shu lied, saying that there was something in his eyes, and his eyes hurt, and then he took a small hand and walked out.

After Zhou Boyan saw the three of them leave, he looked up at the clouds in the sky, "Please take the housekeeper." ”

After a short time, Gu Qiang arrived. Zhou Boyan pushed the letter forward, "I'm afraid I can't hide what happened back then." ”

Gu Qiang took the letter and gasped, "Childe, where did this come from?" "Whoever talks about the princess in vain, this is the emperor's decree, from the courtiers to the ordinary people, who dares to discuss? Not to mention the emperor, even the queen mother does not allow others to criticize the matter of the eldest princess. A few years ago, when the mother of the fourth prince and a court wife talked about the amazing and beautiful eldest princess, they said something that did not listen to them. When the Queen Mother heard this, she was furious, beat the noble concubine with a cane and demoted her to the last concubine, not to mention, and almost gave a cup of poisoned wine to the court wife. At that time, if it weren't for the fact that the young prince begged the queen mother for mercy, not to mention the court wife, even the mother concubine of the four princes who was demoted would not have survived.

Zhou Boyan said, "Ah Shu brought it just now." She asked me if I had any other siblings, and she asked me if what was written in the letter was true. This letter, looking at the paper and ink, I am afraid it was written a few years ago. Where did she get it, I'm afraid she won't tell me, only you can ask. He was a little annoyed with himself, he reacted too much just now, and he lost his mind, otherwise he wouldn't have made her cry.

Thinking of the fact that Qing Shu had let everyone stay with Gu Ye's clan today, Gu Qiang immediately understood. Although he was reluctant, he had to say, "No need to ask, Mrs. and Miss had a very unpleasant quarrel today, Miss drove out all the servants in the inner courtyard and stayed with Mrs. for half an hour, and then her face was very bad, and she came directly to Childe's side." I'm afraid it's just because of it that I quarreled. ”

Zhou Boyan was silent.

Gu Qiang sighed and said hesitantly, "This, who is the person who wrote the letter, I'm afraid only the lady herself knows." As an old slave, I'm afraid it's not easy to ask. ”

Zhou Boyan tapped on the table, "But Uncle Gu, this is a clue to find out the truth, a rare clue." In the past few years, he has been secretly investigating the events of the year, and he has obtained a few clues before and after, but he will always be one step late, and the people he finds are always killed.

Gu Qiang was embarrassed, "Childe, that's the general's wife." "Yes, no matter how out of tune the Gu Ye clan has been in the past few years, after all, it is their revered general who married the beloved lady who entered the door. How could he force it?

Zhou Boyan was also embarrassed, Gu Ye's family was not only the wife of his benefactor, but also the mother of the woman he was bent on marrying, which was not easy to do.

Gu Qiang thought about it again and again, and said, "The matter of the year should be told to the young lady, and after the young lady knows about it, she knows that the matter is important, and maybe she can ask something from the lady." ”

Zhou Boyan refused, "No." ”

"Why?"

Zhou Boyan whispered faintly, "I'm afraid she will hate me." ”

Gu Qiang was stunned, remembering the events of that year, and was speechless. To put it bluntly, he didn't want the young lady to get involved in the grievances of the year, but the world never came according to personal wishes. Just because you don't want to get involved, just because you don't want to get in trouble doesn't mean that others won't get in with you.

Zhou Boyan retracted the letter, "Forget it, when it doesn't save zài!" ”

Gu Qiang hesitated for a moment, "Childe is too worried, the general is voluntary, even if the young lady learns the truth, she will not resent Childe." ”

Zhou Boyan was silent.

Early in the morning of the second day, Qing Shu opened the people around him and passed Gu Qiang to the study to speak.

"How did my dad die?" Qing Shu asked calmly.

"The general sacrificed his life for the country and died in Qixia Pass in the western Xinjiang." Gu Qiang replied strictly.

"How the hell did my dad die?" Qing Shu's tone intensified, implying that she no longer believed in this set of statements.

Gu Qiang sighed, as if he was caught in a memory, and said, "Miss, the general did die in Qixia Pass in Western Xinjiang, and the old slave doesn't need to lie to Miss." At that time, the general was stationed at Qixia Pass. At that time, the frontier was relatively peaceful, there was no war for the time being, and there were only 5,000 soldiers stationed at Qixia Pass. Originally, the general was to be ordered back to Beijing, and the successor was a general surnamed Wu. Unexpectedly, when General Wu came with a military order and was handing over to the general, suddenly there was chaos on the border, and three unidentified groups of men and horses started a fight on the border. ”

"Soon, the spies reported that there were not only the troops of Xichang Kingdom in this battle, but also the army of my Da'an. And my Da'an's army is not fighting the enemy together, but killing each other. There was a disagreement between the general and the general Wu, with the general advocating sending troops and General Wu advocating not moving. The two insisted on their own words, and neither could convince the other. The general ordered troops to go into battle, but General Wu stopped him, and the soldiers below didn't know who to listen to. In the end, the general took his personal guards and some soldiers who were willing to listen to the general's dispatch to fight, and this time it was a blood-stained battlefield. The old slave had no ability and failed to protect the general. When he said this, he couldn't stop his feelings, and he choked up a little.

Qing Shu moistened the corners of his eyes, "Butler, each of you has one statement, I don't know who to believe." You sue me, who should I trust? ”

Gu Qiang saw the painful look on Qing Shu's expression, and made a decision in his heart. He went out to check outside, made sure that there was no one, and returned to the study, and lowered his voice cautiously, "Miss, the old slave will not hide it from Miss." But the young lady should promise the old slave, just listen to it and remember it in her heart, and never mention it to others. ”

Qingshu nodded solemnly.

"Again, miss, please don't resent him. Yan Gongzi went away with guilt and the pain of losing his father and mother, and I don't know how he survived all these years. Gu Qiang sighed.

Qing Shu was puzzled, what happened to Zhou Boyan's death of the general's father? Didn't you say that the general's father died for the eldest son's son?

Gu Qiang lowered his voice, "Miss, the general insisted on fighting at that time because of the three teams of men and horses who fought on the border, one was the personal soldiers of the eldest princess led by the big horse, one was the private soldiers of the Wu family, and the other was the royal guard of Xichang Kingdom. ”

Qing Shu was very shocked and speechless for a while. The eldest princess and the concubine, the prince of Xichang Kingdom, and the Wu clan who doesn't know what their identity is, one has more background than the other, and this kind of muddy water general father dares to go?

Gu Qiang said again, "The Wu family, that is, the former empress of my Da'an Dynasty, Empress Wu. ”

Qing Shu was stupid when he heard it. What's the situation? Could it be a war caused by a love triangle? A foreign prince is taken in by the eldest princess and the queen at the same time? She immediately scolded herself for thinking too outrageously and sounded serious.

"The Wu clan and the eldest princess have always been at odds, but for some reason the two fought on the border. The eldest princess's personal soldiers were less than 500 people, but the Wu family's private soldiers numbered nearly 3,000. At that time, for unknown reasons, the escort of the prince of Xichang crossed the border and rushed into the battle to help the eldest princess fight against the Wu clan's private soldiers. Even so, the imperial prince's escort team of Xichang Kingdom was only a thousand people, and the gap between the top half of the number made the eldest princess have no chance of winning. ”

"The general was friendly with the big horse, and when he learned that the big horse was in danger, he naturally sent troops to support. However, General Wu is the brother of the Wu family, so he naturally wants to try his best to stop the general. In order to send troops to save the big horse, the general did not hesitate to offend General Wu and had a big quarrel. General Wu ordered the general to be tied up and locked up, and the general overturned a few people at that time, and sent troops with nearly 2,000 soldiers who were willing to follow to support the big horse. ”

The general's intervention has reversed the disadvantage of the big horse's side, and the general protects the horse and the princess while persuading the Wu clan's private soldiers to stop. Unexpectedly, General Wu arrived with nearly 2,000 men to support Wu's private soldiers, causing heavy casualties on our side. In the blink of an eye, the big horse blocked an arrow for the eldest princess, fell down and never got up again. Yan Gongzi was still a teenager, and when he heard the mournful cry of the eldest princess, he grabbed the blood-stained sword and ran in the direction of the eldest princess and the colt without hesitation. A wave of arrows and feathers broke through the air, and I turned around to save Yan Gongzi, but the opponent was difficult to entangle, and I couldn't get out. ”

The general was blaming himself for not being able to protect the horse, and when he saw that the boy was in danger, he swung his gun and swept away some of the arrow feathers, and together with the eldest princess's personal soldiers, he protected the princess and the eldest princess. But the other party was bound to take the lives of the eldest princess and the eldest princess, and the battle became more and more intense. When I got to the general, the bloodied colt tried his last breath to entrust the boy to the general. The general responded, but Yan Gongzi refused to go, and during the pull, the general used his body to block an arrow for Yan Gongzi. Although it is not a fatal injury, it is not light. We escorted the general and the son to break through, and the eldest princess was escorted by her own soldiers and followed us to break through. ”

"Seeing that we were about to break through, we never thought that there was an ambush ahead, and we killed and injured many people. And the general used his body to block three arrows for Yan Gongzi. We just wanted to rush out as soon as possible and ask the general to see the wounds. At that time, Marshal Bu Da General Bu led his troops to arrive, and we were able to get out of trouble, but the general's injuries were too serious, and the military doctors could not do anything. Yan Gongzi blamed himself very much, holding the dead general and not letting go, and insisting that the doctor heal the general. ”

Afterwards, the emperor was furious, Empress Wu was deposed, and the Wu clan was punished by the nine clans. After that, the eldest princess disappeared, and the young princess left Beijing with his bags and disappeared. Only a few important ministers of the DPRK and China knew the inside story. Regarding the Wu clan being punished by the nine clans, the external saying is that the Wu clan rebelled, and the general was loyal to the country and was killed by the Wu clan. ”

Qing Shu's heart trembled when he heard this, "That, that son of a son refers to ......"

Gu Qiang sighed, "Miss, the eldest princess and the concubine have only one child, where did they come from?" According to the old slave's opinion, it must be the eldest princess's enemy who scolded the son of a sinner. ”

That's right, but "Since my father gave up his life to save him, why was he worried that I would hate him?" Qing Shu was puzzled by Zhou Boyan's reaction.

Gu Qiang was surprised, "Miss, don't you hate Yan Gongzi?" ”

Qing Shu was even more puzzled, "Why should I hate him?" ”

"The general died to protect him, and he still haunts him. He once said that it makes no sense for anyone in this world to hate him, only the young master and the young lady hate him, and it should be. He felt that he had caused the young master and young lady to lose their father, and he should be resented. ”

Qingshu is poor in words. If the original owner was there, he would probably resent him! As he himself said, because of him, her general father will die. As soon as the general's father died, their family had no happiness at all, and their lives were like that, without laughter, without mother's kindness and filial piety, they were almost unable to open the pot.

Could it be that she didn't personally feel the happiness of being loved by the general's father, so she didn't have any resentment in her heart, and she didn't mean to resent Zhou Boyan at all? Then, should she deliberately resent Zhou Boyan for a few days to prove that she is indeed the daughter of the general's father.