Li Zhihe was shocked and sat on the spot, speechless for a while.

Li Zhihe's personal guard commander Deng Tai's eyes swirled on Yao Xishui and Li Zhihe's faces, and after carefully distinguishing them, he confirmed that there were some similarities, but it was difficult for him to believe that Li Zhihe and Yao Xishui were related by blood, and it was even more difficult to believe that they were still the children of the clan left over from the previous dynasty.

If Li Zhihe was a child of the former dynasty, who was Li Pu's general and Li Zhihe's biological father Deng Shiru before his death?

Besides, Deng Shiru died in battle, and when Li Zhihe succeeded to Li Pu's knees, he was already fifteen years old, and the previous dynasty had not yet collapsed at that time. Madame cloth such a chess, how deep do you have to go?

Besides, Li Zhihe has no memory of these past events and his own life experience, he should have been sent to Deng Shiru's home before he was three years old and raised as his own son, which was almost thirty years ago.

Thirty years ago, Zhaozong of the former dynasty had just died of illness, and Emperor Xizong had just succeeded to the throne, right?

What is the secret behind this?

"Madame said that based on the fetal mark alone, the eldest brother will most likely have doubts in his heart," Yao Xishui could see the huge shock and doubt in Li Zhihe and Deng Tai's hearts, and his beautiful cheeks locked the waves in his heart, and continued, "Deng Gong was actually a leader of the Shenling Division lurking in the Jianghuai Army back then, and this is a handwritten letter he left with his wife before his death, which talked about why the Shenling Division hid the eldest brother in his house before the previous dynasty was destroyed. When Deng Gong died in battle, the eldest brother was also fifteen years old, and I believe that he also kept Deng Gong's family letter in his hand, which he could take out and check his handwriting......"

Yao Xishui took a sandalwood box next to the piano table, opened it and took out a handwritten letter with mottled old traces and yellowed pages and handed it to Li Zhihe.

At the end of the previous dynasty, the two emperors of Zhaozong and Xizong died, which lasted more than 40 years, Zhaozong was young and determined to be new, and there were once signs of the revival of the previous dynasty, and the Shenling Division was secretly established by Zhaozong in the name of repairing the tomb.

Historical records record that Zhaozong died of illness in the palace, but in fact Zhaozong died at the behest of the Taizu of the Liang State.

Although after the death of Zhaozong, Emperor Xizong succeeded to the throne and continued the state of the previous dynasty for more than 12 years, Emperor Xizong had almost completely reduced to a puppet controlled by Liang Taizu, who was the king of Liang at that time, and was reduced to a tool in the hands of King Liang to command the princes of the world; At that time, the clans all became cattle raised by Liang Taizu, and almost all of them were under the supervision of Liang Taizu.

At that time, the Guanzhong and Heluo regions, as the foundation of the early stage, had already been beaten to pieces by the crowds.

The Shence Army, which was once regarded as a barrier by the clan of the previous dynasty, was forced by the Liang army to withdraw into Sichuan and Shu, but did not want to forge ahead, and no generals thought of recapturing Guanzhong and saving the imperial family, but fell into a chaotic situation of fighting for power and profit in Sichuan and Shu, and waited until Wang Jian won and occupied Sichuan and Shu, not to mention what the previous dynasty was.

When Zhaozong was killed, the Shenling Division had already realized that the fall of the previous dynasty was irretrievable, and Li Zhihe, as the youngest son of Zhaozong's grandson and Princess Lu, who had only been born for two years, was sent to the home of Deng Shiru, who was lurking in the Jianghuai army and was the commander of the battalion at the time.

In order to hide people's eyes, Deng Shiru's son Deng Tai, who was only three years old at the time, was sent to the secret base of the Shenling Division, and other orphans who were adopted by the Shenling Division underwent hard and cruel training since childhood......

After reading the handwriting left by Deng Shiru before his death, not to mention Li Zhihe, Deng Tai, his direct cronies behind him, also stood stunned on the spot, as if he was struck by lightning, how can it be hard to believe that Li Zhihe's "biological father" Deng Shiru will actually be his biological father, and he is not an orphan without father and mother?

Isn't that ridiculous?

Li Zhihe glanced back at Deng Tai with difficulty, in fact, some old people in the Xinchang Marquis Mansion and the Late Red Mansion often said that Deng Tai and his "biological father" were quite similar during his lifetime, and some people joked that Deng Tai was the evil seed left by his biological father who was looking for flowers and asking willows outside, but he didn't expect the truth to be so cruel and ridiculous.

"Deng Gong has made such a big sacrifice, and both father and son are close to the eldest brother's side, I believe that the eldest brother can understand what Deng Gong's last wish is." Yao Xishui said.

Li Zhihe intuitively felt that he was carrying the mountains, which made him almost out of breath, and after a while, he asked with difficulty: "You said that you are also a child of the early clan, I don't know which lineage you are from?" ”

"Eighteen years ago, Liang Taizu imprisoned King Lu, Cui Hao and other princes and ministers of the former dynasty to kill them in the White Horse Station, and then plundered the city, the Lu Palace, the night fire, the princess of Lu was humiliated and died, more than 300 children and slaves were burned in the fire, and the history said that 'the disaster of the White Horse Station'. What is not recorded in the history books is that there was a five-year-old baby girl who hid in the pit for five days and five nights that night, and finally escaped when the lady arrived," Yao Xishui said expressionlessly, "The eldest brother's mother is Princess Lu Rong, and my mother is King Lu's side concubine Yao......"

Li Zhihe's heart seemed to be stabbed by something at this moment, Yao Xishui is his half-sister?

It's hard to compare what a five-year-old girl experienced these painful life memories back then, and it's no wonder that when she was brought back by her wife, she practiced swordsmanship silently for several years.

"Husband, do you think that Xishui has been calling your eldest brother all these years, is it hypocritical?" Su Hongyu was also teary-eyed, and asked softly.

Li Zhihe raised his head and didn't let the tears in his eyes overflow, where could he have thought that there were such twists and turns behind all this, where did he know that Xishui, who was ten years younger than him, was carrying such a heavy burden on his body, but he was still hiding it from him for so many years?

"Big brother, at this time, you are willing to tell Xishui, did Deng Tai listen to what Han Qian said when he went to Xuzhou this time?" Yao Xishui asked.

Li Zhihe saw that Yao Xishui didn't believe that what he said before was the truth, thinking that he had concealed it before, and then further told the truth: "I asked Deng Tai to go to Xuzhou, hoping that Xuzhou could insist that I use troops against Yongzhou and solve the troubles in the south of Xingshangshu Province, so as to completely free up troops and clean up the situation on the northern front, but Deng Tai was blocked by Tiancheng in Qianyang and was driven back, and he really didn't see Han Qian." ”

"That doesn't make sense, does it?" Yao Xishui asked hesitantly.

When Li Zhihe saw Yao Xishui say this, he also knew that before Yao Xishui came over, his wife's reaction to him had already been expected, and it seemed that Xuzhou would definitely respond to his request.

After all, everyone has always thought that he was the adopted son of Xinchang Marquis Li Pu, and in the Xiangzhou military admonition initiated by him and Han Qian, an irreparable rift has formed between the two sides; This also caused that in the face of the suppression of the Shenling Division, his and Han Qian's positions must be the same.

Li Zhihe was full of puzzlement, why Han Qian refused!

"That's true." Deng Tai said at this time.

"Then what other anomalies are there in Qianyang?" Yao Xishui asked.

"Nope." Deng Tai shook his head and said.

"What does the eldest brother think Han Qian means by this?" Yao Xishui looked at Li Zhihe and asked.

Li Zhihe shook his head and said, "You also know that I think very highly of myself, but Han Qian's tricks and tricks should be among the three or five people in the world, and I don't think he can see through it - I guessed that he might sit and watch the situation break down and wait for the price to sell, but it is just a statement, and it is not true." ”

"Yes, even if he doesn't support the use of troops against Yongzhou at this time, there is no need not to see the people sent by the eldest brother." Yao Xishui pondered.

Deng Tai looked at Yao Xishui and asked: "Since the Governor and you are brothers and sisters, and they are orphans of the previous dynasty, why doesn't Madame support the Governor to Yongzhou, and divide the military power of the Governor at this time?" ”

"Madame said that Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, and Shen Yang are not so easy to fool, not to mention that there is also a Han Qian." Yao Xishui said.

In fact, this time, Shen Yang and Yang Yuanpu's attitude was too unfirm, and they directly chose to compromise, and Xuzhou also remained silent, and the plan to use troops in Yongzhou can be said to be completely bankrupt.

Li Zhihe was silent and did not say a word.

At this time, a military academy came over to pay tribute, and saw Li Zhihe and Deng Tai standing in the backyard pavilion with strange expressions, and was slightly stunned before he came forward and said: "There are several people in the army who deserted and absconded, and at this time they were caught by Cao Senjun, and Cao Senjun sent the last general over to ask the commander how to deal with it." Cao Senjun said that if he didn't deal with these soldiers harshly, I was afraid that the army's morale would be unstable! ”

"What's the matter, does the Shaozhou Army also have the generals of the Dragon Bird Army who absconded and returned to Jinling?" Yao Xishui asked.

"Yes." Li Zhihe nodded helplessly.

Although at the time of the Jinling Incident, the families of the main generals of the Longque Army in Jinling basically escaped successfully, and they were sent back to Yueyang in batches afterwards, and the generals' minds were quite stable, but there were still more than 40,000 people left in Jinling for the dependents of ordinary soldiers.

In Jinling, Chizhou, and Jiangzhou, all the way to Jiangzhou, were controlled by the soldiers and horses of Anning Palace, it was impossible for so many women, children, and children to be evacuated to the west of Ezhou across thousands of miles.

This group of women and children is almost the family of nearly a quarter of the elite soldiers of the Dragon Bird Army.

After the 7,000 elites who had been gathered in Jinling and Runzhou were severely damaged by Xinchang Marquis Li Pu who was used as bait by King Xin, the minds of the elite generals involved in the armies became extremely unstable.

This is also the fundamental reason why Emperor Tianyou combined the military system and the ministry system to implement the military government in various places, that is, to weaken the control of the generals over the soldiers.

In the past ten days, nearly 100 people in the garrisons around Jiufeng City, Wuzhiling, and Lion Ridge have absconded with armor, but many of them have been caught by the generals patrolling the camp; He believed that most of the Right Dragon Bird Army and Wuya Army stationed in Yueyang and Tanzhou also deserted and left the camp.

However, Li Zhihe has always been reluctant to deal with these people harshly.

This time, Li Zhihe also couldn't bear to be harsh on these family members who deserted and left the camp because they were worried about the safety of their families, and ordered the colonel who came to report the news: "Tell Cao to join the army, detain these people for the time being, don't embarrass them first, and deal with them after a while." ”

Yao Xishui knew that Li Zhihe was sometimes a little soft-minded, but she would not point fingers at this kind of thing, after all, the ability shown by Li Zhihe was much stronger than her, much stronger than Li Chong, Chai Jian, Zhou Yuan and others, and it was Li Zhihe who decisively chose to cooperate with Han Qian when he was in Xiangzhou to stop the fatal mistake they made at that time, so that they did not lose everything.

Today, I learned that my life experience was hiding such a shocking secret, and when the school left, Li Zhihe was also exhausted and tired, and when he stood up, he asked Hongyu to arrange for Xishui to rest in the side courtyard first, and he would talk about it until tomorrow, but he stood up, and a thought flashed through his mind, and asked Deng Tai: "Can someone in Xuzhou sneak to Hengzhou through Xuefeng Mountain and Shaozhou recently?" ”

"Nothing has been found yet. What's wrong? Deng Tai asked suspiciously.

"It's not that Han Qian doesn't see you, it's that others are not in Xuzhou!" Li Zhihe patted his thigh and said.

"How is it possible, he is not in Xuzhou, where did he go?" Yao Xishui asked in shock.

"He's gone to Jinling!" Li Zhihe said.

"How is that possible?" Yao Xishui's brain still couldn't turn around, and he didn't know why Li Zhihe's thoughts suddenly jumped to this point?

"There are nearly 100 generals in our army who fled from the army, and there are also a group of Zuo Si scouts and children in Xuzhou, and some parents stay in Jinling, how can no one abscond back to Jinling?" Li Zhihe asked rhetorically.

Yao Xishui understood why Li Zhihe had this guess at this time.

If someone in Xuzhou deserted and returned to Jinling and dispersed and absconded, it would certainly be impossible to take a boat to Jinling via Yuanshui and the Yangtze River - for individuals, it would be difficult to get a boat, and it would be difficult to hide their whereabouts if they got on the boat, and the road back to their hometown would become more tortuous.

It is a shortcut to cross Xuefeng Mountain, go to Hengzhou through Shaozhou, and then return to Jinling by land through Yuanzhou and Hongzhou.

Under Han Qian's training, the scouts and disciples of Zuo Si were extremely familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, and knew how to disperse back to Jinling.

Shaozhou was not aware of the scattered crossing, which in itself was an anomaly.

Either Han Qian controlled all the people who had a tendency to desert, or Han Qian concentrated on arranging for these people to sneak back to Jinling by boat; In this case, there is no need to go overland.

Combined with Han Qian's refusal to see the people sent by Li Zhihe at this time, it is indeed possible that Han Qian will personally take these people to Jinling at this time.

"What can he do when he goes to Jinling at this time?" Su Hongyu asked in confusion.

Yao Xishui was also persuaded by Li Zhihe's speculation, but deep down in his heart he was even more shocked and puzzled, as Su Hongyu asked, what was Han Qian doing in Jinling at this time?

Yao Xishui thought of a possibility, looked at Li Zhihe hesitantly, and asked, "Han Qian is going to Jinling to buy the hearts of those Longque Army generals who have families and dependents who stay in Jinling?" ”

"There is indeed this possibility, he was excluded from Yueyang by the concubine and his wife, and his influence on His Royal Highness King Tan was also weakened day by day, and he was unwilling to do so. If Hou Ye didn't dare to lead the remnants to stay in Runzhou to shelter more than 40,000 generals, Han Qian appeared in Runzhou at this time, even if he could only bring out 800 people in the end, all the generals who had a small family left in Runzhou would be grateful to him. When the time comes, the generals of the Dragon Bird Army will be dissatisfied with Hou Ye and call on Han Qian to go out of the mountain, which will naturally become his biggest support for returning to the core of Yueyang! "Deng Tai, as a core disciple cultivated by the Shenling Division, can be used by Li Zhihe as a direct confidant, and his knowledge will naturally not be worse than Yao Xishui, and the impression of Han Qian's deep Chengfu and good sword taking risks has long been deeply imprinted in his mind.

Li Zhihe didn't speak, but he didn't necessarily agree with Yao Xishui and Deng Tai's judgment in his heart.

Although his intuition told him that Han Qian must have gone to Jinling, although Yao Xishui and Deng Tai's speculation seemed to be very reasonable, he always felt that he still underestimated Han Qian's pattern.

After all, with the foundation of Xuzhou, Han Qian really wanted to return to the core of Yueyang, there were other ways, there was no need to use such risks, but he couldn't understand why Han Qian had to go to Jinling in person, and what could Han Qian do when he went to Jinling?

"Boss Han is for the country and the people, idealistic and sincere, but at this time, the Anning Palace is hyping up the things that Lord Han admonished the hungry people back then, in order to tarnish his name, even if there are many low-level generals in the Dragon Bird Army, there are misunderstandings, Han Qian is going to Jinling, or does it mean that his father is right?" Although Su Hongyu also felt that Han Qian went to Jinling because of the small family of the Dragon Bird Army who was stranded in Runzhou, her speculation about Han Qian's motives was different from Yao Xishui and Deng Tai.

"Epidemic Water Sparse" is from Han Daoxun's hand, and only a very limited number of people know about it at this time, but the vast majority of people who know about it will not publicize it, and they even have a tacit understanding to keep their mouths shut; In fact, since the victory of the war to cut the feudal domain, many people have worried that the political prestige of Han Daoxun and Han Qian's father and son is too high.

"I won't stay here overnight, so I'll rush back to Yueyang." Yao Xishui said.

"Cherish the water, don't leak Han Qian's whereabouts, you just assume that this incident has not happened; There is no need for us to be Han Qian's enemies! Seeing that Yao Xishui didn't want to stay overnight in Jiufeng City so late, Li Zhihe took the night to leave, looked up and said in shock.

"Although you and I are orphans of the clan, at this time, Mrs. is still in charge, and everything should be decided by Mrs.," Yao Xishui pointed to the suicide note left by Deng Shiru in Li Zhihe's hand and said, "And this letter has only been read by the four of us except for Mrs., even if it must be an enemy of Han Qian, it is me and Mrs., and it has nothing to do with the eldest brother - the eldest brother won't think of detaining me, right?" ”

Li Zhihe frowned painfully, there were too many things tonight that made him feel numb, so that he couldn't understand the changes and trends of the future situation at all.

Yao Xishui stood in the pavilion for a while, and when she saw that Li Zhihe was silent for a long time, she turned around and walked out of the pavilion.

She didn't know Han Qian's strength and trickery, but she was different from Li Zhihe, she saw hundreds of people in King Lu's Mansion die in the flames.

The scene of that year was engraved into the depths of her soul like an imprint.