Chapter 82: Reminiscences

Pei Jun didn't answer directly, he smiled slightly and asked Chu Xingshui, "What do you think about this?" ”

Chu Xingshui sat down, Sibi Xiaotong hurriedly poured him a cup of tea, and he took a sip of tea before he said leisurely: "Although I am just hearsay, I can also guess that this matter must be a dumb loss for Cui Yuan." ”

"How so?"

"It's very simple, the establishment of the Tianqi Battalion is like a knife stuck in his Cui Yuan's back, how can he give up, so I guess he will inevitably make a move recently, it is a coincidence, the person who died happens to be the backbone general of the Tianqi Battalion, doesn't Pei Xiang think that he died very strangely?"

Pei Jun remembered the conversation between Cui Yuan and Zhang Huan in the morning, and couldn't help but stroke his long beard and smiled: "It is worthy of being the book of the Criminal Department, and it is indeed a little more thorough than ordinary people to see the problem, not bad!" If I'm not mistaken, this person must have been killed by Zhang Huan, but the means are quite ingenious, poor old Cui, stealing chickens and losing a handful of rice. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Jun couldn't help but laugh.

"So what do we do next?" Chu Xingshui asked with a deep groan.

"You don't have to do anything, just watch them fight."

Pei Jun quickly glanced at Chu Xingshui, and when he saw that he wanted to stop talking, he smiled faintly and said, "Of course, if you want to pull Zhang Huan to our side, I have no objection." ”

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It was a summer night with fresh air and no wind, and the rising moon, as white as mercury, and few stars, were sparsely dotted in the blue sky, just like a few irregular jewels on the blue velvet evening dress worn by a noble lady.

In the east inner garden of Daming Palace, Zhang Huangao rode on a horse, his bowstring was gradually full, his eyes were condensed into a line, and the arrow was slightly shining in the moonlight.

'Whoosh! A wolf-toothed arrow shot out of his hand, swiftly slicing through the gray and white night, pinning a running vole to the ground.

"General, it's already the hundredth!" A soldier ran forward and picked up the vole with his sword, placing it with another pile of the same trophies.

Fifty steps away, Zhang Huan slowly put the wolf bow into the bow bag, he wiped his sweat, and smiled at the dozens of soldiers around him: "It's hard to catch mice for you these days." ”

A pro-soldier grinned and said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from the general, we have been famous for catching rats these days, and there have been good profits who specialize in selling live mice outside the gate, one penny a penny, and today's hundred voles were bought in the morning." ”

"And that kind of thing?"

Zhang Huan couldn't help laughing and said: "The general draws the bow at night, the general is shooting a tiger, but I am a shooting mouse, you have to be tighter, don't spread it out to make people laugh." ”

He had just taken two steps when a soldier on duty came running from a distance, "General, someone is looking for you outside the gate." ”

"Who is it?"

"There are soldiers to escort him, it seems to be an important minister, he doesn't have a name, he only says that he is your elder."

"Elders?" Zhang Huan groaned, could it be that the head of the family is here?

"Follow me, be vigilant." Zhang Huan ordered his subordinates, although he knew that Cui Yuan would not kill him, but Cui Qinggong could not guarantee that he would not do anything stupid.

At the gate, dozens of armored soldiers escorted a magnificent carriage and stopped quietly twenty paces away, while the hundred soldiers on duty at the gate all clutched the hilts of their swords and stared at the carriage vigilantly.

The sound of horses' hooves broke the quiet night, and the soldiers at the door immediately dodged a path, and Zhang Huan rushed out of the door surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers.

"Nephew, it's me!" The car door opened, revealing Chu Xingshui's delicate and pale face.

Seeing that it was Chu Xingshui, Zhang Huan hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and gave a salute and said, "Let Uncle Chu Shi wait for a long time!" ”

"I'm looking for you for something!"

Chu Xingshui smiled a little reluctantly, he hesitated for a moment and said to Zhang Huan: "It's inconvenient to talk here, can I go to your residence to talk in detail." ”

Zhang Huan nodded and smiled: "If Uncle Shi doesn't think I'm living in a humble house, then please come with me." ”

Zhang Huan currently lives in the East Inner Garden, there are many buildings in the East Inner Garden, which were originally a place for the emperor to play and rest, and now it is the line of the Tianqi Camp, and two of the rooms were specially packed up for him as dormitories.

After only a while, he came to Zhang Huan's residence, and the soldiers had already taken the lead to light the light, the room was not big, and it was very clean and tidy.

"Uncle Shi, please sit casually!"

Zhang Huan took off his armor, let go of his body for a long time, and sat down first, he saw that Chu Xingshui was speechless all the way, and he seemed a little worried, so he gave the two soldiers a look and ordered them to go out first.

Chu Xingshui sat down slowly, he pondered for a moment, and finally spoke: "Virtuous nephew, I have one thing I want you to ask one last time, I hope you can tell the truth." ”

"But what about the piece of jade?"

Chu Xingshui nodded silently, he looked at Zhang Huan deeply and said, "This matter is very important to me. ”

Zhang Huan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea slowly, he knew that Chu Xingshui was looking for him for the piece of jade, to be precise, for his mother's life experience, he had already vaguely guessed that his mother was really related to the Chu family.

The last time Zhang Huan didn't tell the truth, he didn't want people to disturb his mother, and now that his mother has been moved to a safe place by the head of the family, even he himself doesn't know where to hide?

Zhang Huan pondered for a long time before slowly nodding and saying, "Actually, you were right last time. ”

Although the answer had already been guessed, when it was suddenly revealed inadvertently, Chu Xingshui was still greatly impacted, the smile on his face gradually froze, he couldn't sit still anymore, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, sometimes walking to the window to look at the stars and sighing, sometimes sitting down and bowing his head in deep thought, his eyes were full of memories of the past.

Zhang Huan didn't speak, waiting for Chu Xingshui's mood to slowly calm down.

After a long time, Chu Xingshui finally calmed down, he glanced at Zhang Huan, and said in a low voice: "I want to tell you a story, are you willing to hear it?" ”

Zhang Huan nodded silently.

Chu Xingshui stood up again, slowly walked to the window with his hands in his hand, and he began to speak, his voice was low and a little hoarse, "More than twenty years ago, there was the eldest daughter of a big family, she was seventeen years old that year, she was born beautiful, known as the first beauty in the family, there are countless famous families who pursue her, her father and brother also love her very much, but they have always wanted to use her as the capital of marriage, and they have high expectations for her, just in the year when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, she returned to her hometown from Chang'an, but told her father and brother that she was pregnant, But no matter how much she asked, she never told who the man was, and when she was eight months pregnant and about to give birth, her father finally couldn't bear it anymore and kicked her out of the house, and she has not been heard from since. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Xingshui's voice trembled slightly, "For more than twenty years, her eldest brother has been looking for her, until a few months ago, he suddenly learned about his sister's news......

Chu Xingshui closed his eyes, he was so excited that he couldn't say a word anymore.

Zhang Huan also sat there dumbfounded, not moving, although he had already felt that his mother's background was unusual, but he never expected that his mother would be the eldest daughter of the Chu family.

After a while, Chu Xingshui took out an envelope from his arms, sighed softly and said, "At this time, her father's last words left for her before he died, I hope she can go back and take a look." ”

With that, he placed the envelope lightly on the windowsill and walked away.

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Chu Xingshui left, there was only Zhang Huan in the room, it was very quiet, he sat there upright, not moving, his thoughts returned to his childhood, in his memory his mother was very, very beautiful, but that's it, his father had never come to see their mother and son, he once resented his father's indifference and ruthlessness, but now he knew that Zhang Ruojun was not his father at all.

So who is your father? I should remember before the age of seven.....

Zhang Huan closed his eyes to trace the memories of his childhood, but there seemed to be a huge iron wall in front of him, blocking everything.

Zhang Huan had a splitting headache, and his thoughts returned to the present.

There is also Zhang Ruoho, he should know, otherwise he would not have quietly transferred his mother, if he did this, would his mother be in any danger?

Chu Xingshui already knew, he could only know the clues from that piece of jade, and that piece of jade had fallen into Cui Yuan's hands, since his mother had been famous, then Cui Yuan should also know.

Gradually, Zhang Huan began to speculate on a secret hidden behind the scenes, that is, his own life experience, which may be the fundamental reason why Zhang Ruoho wants to make him the heir of the head of the family, and the reason why Cui Yuan let him go, and the focus of all this is his father, who is he?

Zhang Huan walked to the window and picked up the letter left by Chu Xingshui, there was a line of words on the cover, 'My daughter Banglan personally opened' The pen is round, but the words are crooked between the lines, and it can be seen that the letter writer is exhausted.

Zhang Huan pondered for a while, then carefully took the letter into his arms and went out.

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