Chapter 30: Searching for Relatives

Zhao Qi arranged a place for Bai Zhong, and then quickly returned to the palace with Zhang Hanyingzheng and told Mrs. Huayang about his experience. Huayang was very emotional, and agreed to Zhao Qi to take Bai Qi's wife and children to live in Xianyang, and ordered his personal palace maid to help him buy a temporary foothold in Xianyang.

It is absolutely impossible for them to live in the palace, whether Lü Buwei's family is good or not, but Zhao Qi doesn't want to go, after all, Lü Buwei knows that he has a very good relationship with Bai Qi, but he has never told him the whereabouts of Bai Qi's wife and children, Zhao Qi still has a grudge against him, Bai Qi can be a relative, but Lü Buwei can only be an elder.

Originally, the Bai Qi family, who connived at Zhao Qi's fornication and was listed as a criminal minister by the previous king, should not have happened to Huayang, but he was greatly moved by Zhao Qi's grateful heart, so he acquiesced in what he did, and sent a sergeant to accompany Zhao Qi to pick up his stepmother and sister.

Zhao Qi turned over and rode out of the royal city with Hong Sanbao and the twenty horses sent to him by the queen, followed by the carriage that picked up the old lady. Bai Zhong also wanted to go over, but was stopped by Zhao Qi, his eyelids drooped, obviously he didn't sleep well last night, this can't make him tired anymore, this kind of mental head riding is fatigue driving, easy to have accidents. Tell him to fall asleep at the inn, and when he wakes up, he will go to see the temporary accommodation arranged by the Queen Mother. Bai Zhong was not pretentious, and arched his hand to express his gratitude.

It is very dangerous to ride a horse and run wild on the streets of Xianyang, there are people everywhere, but Zhao Qi can't care so much, he has no relatives in Daqin, although he has always called Zhao Ji A-Niang, it is only out of respect for her, and he does not really treat her as A-Niang. If it weren't for Bai Qi, he would definitely not have gotten to this point, maybe he would have been eaten by jackals and turned into excrement in the wilderness. Now how can Bai Qi's family not be excited?

Out of the gate of the outer city, they ran straight in the direction of Yiyi, the carriage couldn't catch up with the horsemen, and they were left far behind, but Zhao Qi was not worried that they couldn't find a place, after all, Bai Qi's name used to resound throughout Daqin, Zhao Qi didn't believe that these people would not know Bai Qi's home before.

It doesn't matter if he knows it or not, as long as he knows the approximate place, Changxing Town is such a big place, and he can find it quickly if he asks.

Zhao Qi thought a lot along the way, as a general of the same era, Zhao Qi didn't believe that Wang Jian would not know about Bai Qi's family, but after he drank wine and expressed his relationship with Bai Qi, he chose to keep silent, there must be something he didn't understand.

Wang Jian was silent, and Lu Buwei didn't plan to tell him, Meng Qi could still understand, after all, Zhao Qi hadn't told the old man about his situation with Bai Qi. Zhao Qi frowned, this matter must be related to King Zhaoxiang, otherwise he would not be secretive when he talked to Mrs. Huayang about Bai Qi, but the further reasons remain to be verified.

These doubts hidden in his heart did not affect Zhao Qi's speed in the slightest, the distance from Xianyang City to Changxing Town was only ten kilometers, and in less than half an hour, Zhao Qi and twenty guards had already appeared in the sight of the villagers who were farming nearby, and the place where the horse team passed was dusty, Zhao Qi didn't care about it, just accelerated his speed, and soon rushed into the town.

The villagers looked at their distant backs, wiped the beads of sweat from their foreheads, squinted for a moment, and then shook their heads and continued to wield the heavy hoe of the stone grinder.

There was a rampaging group of people on the streets of Changxing Town, and the shouting and scolding of "get out of the way, get out of the way" were endless, and the pedestrians who passed by competed to avoid it, and some wanted to return two words without opening their eyes, but they were covered by the young man next to them.

"Are you crazy? That's the palace guard, and the little boy in the lead designated that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, maybe it is the little lord at the head of the city, and you will shout if you don't want to die. The young man folded his hands and whispered in the black man's ear.

The black man who listened to the words broke out in a cold sweat, and closed his mouth knowingly, for fear that the guard in the golden armor would target him, so he quickly hid far away, and silently swore in his heart that he would not talk more if he didn't understand the situation in the future, otherwise he wouldn't know how his head would fall off.

The caravan passed quickly, and then the luxurious carriage appeared on the street under the exchange of four people, attracting everyone to speculate about who was sitting in the carriage, of course, few people guessed that there were no people in such a grand carriage.

"Take the master to Bai Zhong's house, and there will be a reward for the place!" Zhao Qi's style is very strong, he looks extremely strong under the influence of nobles, he didn't want to be so rude to civilians, but over time he found that such a simple and rude way of dealing with things in Daqin was the most efficient.

Liu Erdan was very puzzled, he just looked at the excitement, and he didn't know who was provoking whom, the young man with the tall head and the big horse pointed at him and asked him to lead the way, who would be happy? When the two silver ingots fell into his arms, he immediately burst into laughter, and when he answered the "okay" and planned to go to Bai Zhong's house, who knew that the young man actually thought him was slow, and ordered the nearest guard to drag him onto the horse, and only needed him to show the way.

I don't know what this gang is doing when they go to Bai Zhong's house, Bai Zhong is very self-conscious, and he has a good time on weekdays, although he is a little stingy, but his temperament is not bad, I hope he doesn't mess with this gang, if he offends this little boy, he can't help much, he probably guessed the identity of the little boy, most of them are the new little lord in the town, such a person can't afford to provoke, and now he is on the horse by his guards, and he can't report the news, for the sake of his head, it's better to guide the way obediently.

The cavalry stopped next to the dilapidated courtyard, Zhao Qi dismounted, tidied up his clothes, and asked Hong Sanbao how his image was?

Hong Sanbao was naturally a sycophant, and casually threw Liu Erdan on the horse aside, and gave a thumbs up and said: "The little young master is graceful, the jade tree is in the wind, and he runs all the way so neatly, so that Xiao's admiration is like a surging river, and it is like a red sun in nine days that can't touch it."

This sycophant was comfortable, Zhao Qi was happy in his heart, and he still kicked Hong Sanbao in the face and reprimanded him: "Hahaha, what you said is good, but it's a bit excessive, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, where did you learn these messy things, you will stay in the palace less in the future, what have you learned."

"Hey, hey." Hong Sanbao touched his head and smiled, and immediately returned to his skinless and faceless appearance, "I was taught by the eunuchs in the palace, and the little young master didn't like to listen to me, so I won't say it." ”

"I love to hear it, and I'll say it like this in the future." Zhao Qi laughed with his hands behind his back, then walked to the door with great strides, changed his humble expression, knocked on the gate of the courtyard, and could not leave a bad impression when he met the elders for the first time.

Liu Erdan looked at the two of them with disdain, he was very unaccustomed to their shameless behavior, he had goosebumps, and slandered him eight hundred times in his heart, and the silver ingots that fell from the sky made him not joke immediately, this generous young man looked really pleasing to the eye, and what the sycophant guard said was really good, people were really happy to see everything, and they left the alley beautifully, and even the stray dogs on the street corner who grabbed food looked so cute.

The gate that had been in disrepair for a long time "creaked" opened, and the six or seven-year-old girl timidly showed half of her head, and a woman's voice came from the courtyard: "Ling'er, is your brother back?"

The little girl ran away, and after a while, the old woman was hunched over and was supported by Xiao Ling'er to the door, and when she saw the luxurious young man in front of her and the guard wearing gold armor at the door, she showed a puzzled look, and asked: "The little boy is a noble person at a glance, I don't know why he came to the cold house?"

Zhao Qi felt very uncomfortable when he saw the old woman's face, this was the daughter of the former prime minister of the Qin State, but now she was wearing tattered coarse cloth clothes, her face was full of wrinkles, and her dark face was still full of stubbornness, he had raised two children alone over the years, and he had supported this family, and he didn't have to think about it to know how difficult it was.

This is a respectable woman, and it is also Zhao Qi's relative in Daqin, and immediately knelt on the ground without hesitation and kowtowed three times, the old woman was shocked, and hurriedly wanted to help this luxurious little boy.

Zhao Qi still knelt on the ground and couldn't get up, the corners of his eyes were already moistened with tears, and he said with a crying voice: "Zhao Qi has seen A-Niang, the kid is late, and you have suffered all these years."

The old woman's head was buzzing, two lines of old tears for a while, this strong woman collapsed instantly, the ravine-ravine face showed an ecstatic look, but the tears couldn't stop flowing down, she looked up to the sky and said: "Husband, our Bai family has been saved, you will recognize this person in your life!"

It took a long time for Wei Lan to come back to his senses and help Zhao Qi up from the ground, and he was afraid that his hands would stain Zhao Qi's robe, so he wanted to dodge, but Zhao Qi grabbed his hand and said: "Auntie, don't worry, the child is your relative, no matter what you become, the child will not dislike it."

"Good, good, good!" Old Madam Wei patted the back of Zhao Qi's hand and said three good words in succession, pulled Xiao Ling'er over, hooked her head and said, "Ling'er, quick, this is your brother, come and see your brother." ”

Bai Ling'er's big eyes turned around twice, still a little timid, but there was no lack of upbringing, and he saluted and said, "Ling'er has seen my brother."

Zhao Qi smiled very happily, he liked this little girl very much from the first time he saw Bai Ling'er, that kind of timid appearance was pitiful. took out the snack that had been prepared long ago from her arms and handed it to Ling'er, touching her dirty cheeks.

"Thank you, brother." Bai Ling'er is a child who knows the rules very well, Wei Lan is worthy of being from a big family, and he is very strict with his children, even if he lives in poverty, he does not forget his children's upbringing, maybe it is not a bad thing to be born in such a family?