When Ding Jiabao, who was transporting the tender bud valley to Jinyang City, came back, the three-day period agreed by Qingshu and the black and white second guard had just arrived. Qingshu asked the housekeeper to hand over the matter to Ding Jiabao, and then took the maid, the housekeeper and the housekeeper to the general's tomb again.

Qingshu asked the housekeeper and the family to stay at the bottom of the slope, and only took Xiaojuan up. Same as last time, Xiaojuan guards the bevel. And Qingshu stood in front of the general's tomb and asked the black and white guards to come out to meet.

Du Zhongxia and Luo San, who were hiding behind the general's tomb, listened to it, walked from behind the stone tomb to the stone tomb as ordered, knelt down on one knee to greet Qing Shu, and said in unison:

"Subordinate Du Zhongxia is willing to follow the young lady and the young master, but from now on, with the dispatch of the young lady and the young master, he will never give up."

"Subordinate Luo Sanluo Jiuqing is willing to follow the young lady and the young master, but from now on, with the dispatch of the young lady and the young master, he will never give up."

Although they guessed this outcome, when they said their choice in person, Qing Shu was still surprised. "You have to think about it, there is no room for you to regret it in the future."

Du Zhongxia, "The subordinates don't regret it." ”

Luo San, "My subordinates don't regret it." ”

Qing Shu stared at them for a moment, then asked with a deep groan, "What do the others say?" ”

Luo San replied, "Hu Si and the other eight people have the same intentions as their subordinates, and they all expressed their willingness to follow the young lady and the young master, and they will never give up. ”

After hearing this, Qing Shu asked them to get up, then took out three folded notes from his sleeve, slowly opened one of them, and pointed at Du Zhongxia and Luo San with the words, "Answer this question first." ”

I saw that the note read: Who took Hao back then?

When Du Zhongxia and Luo San saw each other, their faces changed greatly, and no one spoke.

Qing Shu was not in a hurry, put away the note, pinched it between his fingers and waited for them to answer.

After a long time, Du Zhongxia spoke, "It's Chu Nanfeng, the eldest son of the former Chu Xiang who was destroyed." It stands to reason that Chu Nanfeng had already been beheaded, but for some reason, he didn't die, he suddenly brought a group of dead soldiers to appear and took away Young Master Hao. ”

Luo San took it, "He took the people, but he was not the mastermind." The subordinates were bent on recovering the young master, and they didn't have the energy to investigate the matter thoroughly. Therefore, the subordinates do not know who is behind this scene. ”

Qing Shu frowned and took out the second note to show them.

I saw that it was written: Who wants to take Hao's life?

This question was answered by Luo San, "It is the manipulator behind the scenes." The subordinates found out that although Young Master Hao was taken away by Chu Nanfeng, Chu Nanfeng seemed to have betrayed the manipulator behind the scenes, and tried his best to protect Young Master Hao and flee to other countries. In the end, we rescued Young Master Hao, Chu Nanfeng has been chasing and killing us, but in the last battle, he defected, killed all his companions, and said to us to take care, threw down his long sword and walked away. As we crossed the river, he stood at the crossing and watched us leave. Since then, no one has pursued us, and no suspicious person has appeared around us. Even so, they did not dare to take it lightly, and kept carefully tossing and turning between the three kingdoms until they were sure that they were safe and sound.

Qing Shu took out the last note. I saw that it was written: Who knows your mission? Does the Holy One know?

Du Zhongxia lowered his voice and replied, "One night a few days before the accident, General Shengshang entered the palace. The general did not return to the palace after leaving the palace, but left Beijing overnight and went to the royal palace outside the city to stand by. A few days later, Zhou's nurse came out with the infant baby and handed it to the general. The general didn't say anything, and hurriedly prepared to return to Beijing with the swaddling clothes, but on the way, he was robbed of the infant toddler, and only the swaddling baby was left in his hand. ”

Luo San added, "As far as my subordinates know, the people who picked up the infant children outside the royal palace that day were in addition to the general and two lieutenants. None of them were spared, and the toddlers in the hands of all three people were taken away. The general's arms were found to be the main ones, and they did not die, and the other two toddlers were taken away and let people fall to death on the spot. ”

Qing Shu was frightened when he heard it, but he also understood that the general's father and the other two lieutenants had been ordered to embrace Hao. The three people picked up the three babies separately, originally to confuse the public, but they didn't want all three to be taken away, and the other two fake Hao were killed on the spot, only the real Hao was not killed on the spot.

Who is behind this? Hao was born, and he knew how to distinguish the real Hao, which means that he must be a member of the royal family, and he is a person who is very close to the eldest princess, and he is still a person with great powers.

There is also a possibility, that is, the emperor ostensibly wanted to save Hao, but secretly made another arrangement and took Hao away. The person who should have been beheaded was not beheaded, who in the whole world has such great ability! Who can keep death row inmates alive? If you think about it carefully, there are not many people, and the first one who can do this is the emperor himself.

Qing Shu sighed secretly, the whole world is not the king's land, whether Hao is dead or alive, she doesn't count. She wanted to hide Hao, but it was simply impossible. All she could do was to obey the last wish of the general's father, take Hao back to take care of her, and then take a step by step, waiting for the emperor's fate, and waiting for the day when she knelt in front of the south gate of the palace. This is also a helpless thing, she does not have the power to change this situation.

She took out the fire fold and burned the three notes in her hand to ashes with a blank face, allowing the ashes to drift away in the wind. After putting away the fire fold, she spoke, "Today is Madame's first seven, do you have a way to rush to Dexian County before midnight tonight and take care of Mrs. Wu?" ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo San glanced at each other and said in unison, "But according to Miss's orders." "It means it can be done.

"That's good." Qing Shu said, took out a letter, and handed it forward, "Do things beautifully, don't lose my father's face." ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo Sanqi stretched out their hands, grabbed the corner of the letter and took it, "Yes." ”

Qing Shu said, "When you come back after finishing your errands, the two of you will return home generously with Hao, and I will arrange the rest." ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo San, "Yes, Miss." ”

Qingshu, "Hu Sike is here today?" ”

Luo San, "Today he stayed to take care of Young Master Hao and didn't come." ”

Qing Shu, "Go back and tell Sù Hu Si and the others, so that they can be less restless." When I've got it right, I'll summon them home at a suitable opportunity. ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo San, "Yes, Miss." ”

Qing Shu looked at him and asked, "Can Gu Qiang recognize you?" ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo San replied, "Yes." ”

Qing Shu asked again, "Does he know about your missing mission?" ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo San replied, "I don't know." ”

Qing Shu beckoned in Xiao Juan's direction.

When Xiao Juan saw it, she hurriedly walked over and looked at Du Zhongxia and Luo San curiously.

Qing Shu instructed her, "Go and pass the word to the butler and ask him to bring the silver up." ”

Xiaojuan agreed and hurried to give the order.

Gu Qiang got the letter and took the fifty taels of silver that Qing Shu gave him before going out and went uphill. When he approached and saw the looks of Du Zhongxia and Luo San, he was shocked to drop the burden of silver in his hand, "You, you ......"

Du Zhongxia just nodded at Gu Qiang and didn't say anything.

Luo San smiled and greeted, "Brother Qiang, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed!" ”

Gu Qiang was so excited that he couldn't say coherent words, "You, you ...... Alive......"

Qing Shu said from the side, "Okay, butler, calm down, give them the silver first." If there is anything to say, it's not too late to wait until they return from their mission! ”

Gu Qiang finally regained his ability to speak normally, and looked at Qing Shu suspiciously, "Task? ”

A little coldness shot out of Qing Shu's eyes, "You know, I'm not the kind of person who can't fight back or scold, and I will always fight back." What's more, what happened this time was not a simple grudge like beating and scolding, but a revenge for killing my mother, how could I do nothing! ”

Gu Qiang looked at Du Zhongxia and Luo San, and then at Qing Shu, he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only bend down and pick up the burden that had fallen to the ground, hit the dust on the top, and hand it over to Luo San's hands.

Luo San wanted to excuse himself.

Qing Shu looked at Du Zhongxia and Luo San, "Take it, you have more money on hand, and you can do things easily." Go ahead! You still have to go back and settle Young Master Hao, time is urgent, and you can't delay. ”

Du Zhongxia and Luo San naturally understood, so they said goodbye to Qing Shu and the housekeeper and left in a hurry.

After enduring all the way and returning to the mansion, Gu Qiang asked Qing Shu a little eagerly, "Miss, they, when did they come back?" They disappeared when the general was alive, and they have not been heard from for many years, and they don't want to suddenly appear now, and the old slave is worried, and he always feels that something is wrong? ”

At this time, Qing Shu believed the words of Du Luo and the others, and it turned out that Gu Qiang really didn't know their mission. However, she didn't dare to tell Gu Qiang the truth, so she made up a statement between a lie and the truth, "They suddenly appeared in front of the general's tomb after the death of his wife, took my father's secret letter, and claimed to be my father's guard." They said that many years ago, after my father told them to go out to look for their deceased, he ordered them not to come back if they could not find anyone. They searched for someone according to the clues given by my father, and this search lasted for many years, and when they found someone back, they learned that my father had been gone for many years. The two of them hesitated, and finally took my father's son Hao to live in the countryside, and then they felt that this was not the way to go, so they took the letter from my father to see me. ”

Hearing this, Gu Qiang had already believed most of it. Because the general he knew was such a person. Be sincere to your brothers and subordinates and will do your best to take care of them.

Qing Shu noticed Gu Qiang's expression, and while secretly breathing a sigh of relief, he said, "I was very surprised at the time, and I wasn't surprised. I was surprised because I didn't expect my dad to have such two guards. I'm not surprised, because my mother confessed before she died, saying that my father promised to take care of the descendants of an old man, and because I didn't know whether the deceased would be followed by a man or a woman, my father said that if it was a boy, it would be a righteous son, and if it was a girl, it would be a righteous daughter. My father sent two personal guards out to look for someone, but the guards sent out have not heard from me for many years, and my mother has never mentioned this matter. It wasn't until the end that my mother told me. ”

Qing Shu sighed when he said this, "My mother has repeatedly told me that if there is a guard who comes back with a child the size of Xiaoyang in the future, and the guard housekeeper who comes back recognizes it, I must take this child in and raise him according to my father's wishes." I didn't dare to believe the two men I saw in front of the general's tomb that day, so I made an appointment to meet today, and specially invited the housekeeper to go. I don't want anything else but to ask the housekeeper to help me recognize people. You know them, which means that what they say is true, and it just confirms my mother's words. ”

Gu Qiang is fully convinced now, "I see." However, miss, you are too careless, since you saw these two people last time you went to the general's tomb, and you are not sure whether what they said is true or false, why didn't you call someone to protect them at that time? Besides, if you had told the old slave earlier, the old slave would have gone up early today to recognize people. ”

Qing Shu was afraid of being nagged, so he quickly admitted his mistake, "It's probably because I've been too tired lately, and my brain can't turn around, so I didn't think about it so much." Steward, I know that I am wrong, and I will be more careful in the future to never make such a mistake again. ”

The housekeeper waved his hand, "Miss, you are indeed too tired lately, hurry back and rest." ”

Qing Shu was able to get out and obediently went back to the inner courtyard. She felt very sorry for the butler for hiding part of the truth, but she also knew that she had to.

Speaking of the black and white two guards, after reading the letter given by Qing Shu, they quickly rushed back to the town, told Hu Si what Qing Shu said, and told Hu Si to take care of Hao, immediately got two horses, and set off for Dexian.

They hurried all the way non-stop, and finally arrived outside the county seat of Dexian County before the hour. They tied the horse to the forest, sneaked under the county city wall, took out the tools they brought, threw out the triangular hook, and pulled the end of the hook in their hands, to make sure that the hook was secure, Du Zhongxia, who was dressed in black, quickly climbed up along the rope, to make sure it was safe, he gently shook the hook three times, and conveyed the message to Luo San, who was standing below.