Through a layer of curtains, Yan Xu took a bath, and Yue Qianqiu was sentry outside, exchanging various messages about what was happening these days with each other by the way. Of course, as a master, Yan Xu not only demanded that Yue Qianqiu speak first, but also repeatedly warned that he was not allowed to whitewash the peace, and that he had to tell him no matter what happened.

So, Yue Qianqiu didn't use the Spring and Autumn penmanship, what did he say, basically it was called a secret story about everything, except for the secret story that the emperor and the eldest princess of Dongyang went to see Xiao Qingqing.

Although he had roughly heard about some of the things that happened in Jinling City before, at this time, Yue Qianqiu came one by one in chronological order, and Yan Xu still had a thrilling feeling in his ears. However, compared to Pei Xu's downfall, Xuanwu Ze's robbery, and an inexplicable assassin who appeared from Xiao Fat Man and Xiao Jingxian, what he was most angry about was that Yue Qianqiu was attacked in the Jin Palace, and the assassin last night.

He slapped the edge of the bathtub and said angrily: "Xiao Jingxian gave you an explanation, the Pei family also fell, and the Pei family who harmed you didn't end well, but last night's incident was so quietly over?" ”

"According to Grandpa, Uncle Ying personally went to investigate, and there will always be results." Yue Qianqiu's words blocked Yan Xu's complaints, and then he coughed heavily, "Master, I'm done with this, you should tell me what I'm doing these days, right?" After walking for so long, you didn't even bring back the letter, and you don't take my apprentice seriously! ”

As soon as the words fell, Yue Qianqiu heard Yan Xu exclaim. He was slightly distracted, and then he noticed someone approaching, and quickly looked at the door. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the door curtain to be gently raised, and immediately after, the eldest princess of Dongyang lowered her head and entered the house casually. Before he could speak, Yan Xu took the lead.

"Mother, don't I have news back almost every ten years? You didn't even tell Chiaki? ”

Seeing Yue Qianqiu looking at herself in surprise, the eldest princess of Dongyang was silent for a moment, and then said lightly: "I suppressed the news you sent back at the beginning. Jinling is eventful, I don't want Qianqiu's impulse to be no less than your kid rushed out when he saw the letter, and then your master and apprentice made a big fuss, and there was no way to end it. ”

For such a reason, Yan Xu was suddenly dumbfounded, but Yue Qianqiu raised his eyebrows suspiciously. He seems to be an impulsive person, no matter who the enemy is, he will not give up easily, and he will be scared when he catches someone, but those who know him know that he is simply a persimmon picking soft pinch, picking on the enemy of his own backer, and never making enemies indiscriminately. In this case, what is the eldest princess of Dongyang worried about him?

Could it be that Yan Xu discovered that he couldn't help it no matter what, and he would definitely make a big fuss? And, what is the initial news...... Could it be that the later news is that something went wrong?

The eldest princess of Dongyang naturally didn't ignore Yue Qianqiu's gaze staring at her, and after smiling, she continued: "But then I didn't receive the news you sent back, and I didn't even know that you were on your way back. I haven't received your flying pigeon message for at least twenty days, so I've been strictly ordering the Martial Arts Division and the Chief Arrest Division of the Criminal Department to inquire about your whereabouts. ”

This time, I only heard the sound of water, and Yan Xu couldn't suppress the shock in his heart, and stood up directly from the bathtub. Immediately after, Yue Qianqiu could clearly hear people rubbing their heads behind, changing their clothes, and then they casually wore a robe on the outside of the middle coat, tied a belt indiscriminately, and Yan Xu, who was pulling his shoes, appeared in front of them.

"Mother, you haven't heard from me? I always release pigeons at the emergency contact points you told me, so when you inquire about my whereabouts, they don't hear back from you? ”

Instinctively asked these two words, and seeing that the eldest princess of Dongyang did not answer, Yan Xu suddenly understood that his mother was afraid that he was unwilling to expose the very secret contact points to Wu Desi and the Chief Capture Division.

He took a deep breath and turned back to the topic: "I just said to Qianqiu that according to the clues you gave, I found the last residence and grave of the former empress of Beiyan. Although it was not easy to dig up the grave and open the coffin, I found something in the cabin. ”

He paused, and then said word by word: "Among them, there are more than a dozen letters. I have seen that the handwriting of seven or eight of the letters is definitely that of the emperor's uncle, and I can recognize them when they turn to ashes. As for the three letters that were not sent in time, they were in the handwriting of another person. The man's calligraphy was so strong and powerful that I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, but I carefully studied the content and determined that it was written by a woman, and it was probably the late queen of Beiyan. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xu found that the eldest princess of Dongyang was as heavy as water, and Yue Qianqiu also showed a very subtle expression. He could tell at a glance that the two of them were not surprised by this, but as if they had known about it for a long time. He almost asked what was going on, but he finally settled down and decided to make his discovery clear first.

Of course, these correspondence did not involve the personal affairs of men and women, nor did they reveal each other's identities. The emperor's uncle probably complained that he was being controlled by all kinds of people in the name of his good, so that he couldn't move, and the woman's letter lamented how difficult the world is, how difficult it is for women to do things, and there are too few people who understand. Anyway, both of them are complaining to each other and comforting each other at the same time. In addition to these letters, there are several codexes. ”

These codex mainly involve use, espionage, division, etc., talking about how to divide and win over under the weak, gradually erect a mountain, establish power, and even have an analysis of the rise of the Northern Yan Emperor, which is doing well, where there are omissions, how to make up for corrections, and so on. It was also because of this article that I boldly judged that it was the Empress of Beiyanxian. ”

Yan Xu didn't dare to say that after seeing the letters exchanged between the emperor's uncle and people, he boldly thought of the identity of the other person—after all, he followed the clues provided by his mother all the way to the past—however, at this moment, he was already talking, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Moreover, I found several letters from her to her own children. ”

Almost as soon as the words fell, he saw Yue Qianqiu and the eldest princess of Dongyang asking in unison, "What about the letter?" ”

Yan Xu pointed to the pile of clothes he had taken off before, and saw Yue Qianqiu sneaking in front of him, squatting down and reaching out, there was an extra oiled paper bag in his hand, and then he simply sat on the ground, untied the belt and layers of oiled paper, carefully pulled out the letters, and unfolded them.

When Yan Xu found that his mother was also staring at these things intently, the original doubts in his heart couldn't help but turn into conviction.

He swallowed lightly, looked at the eldest princess of Dongyang very uneasily and asked, "Mother, can't that little fat man be ......?"

Although the eldest princess of Dongyang didn't speak, he caught a glimpse of Yue Qianqiu's hand reading the letter and shook slightly, and he realized that he had guessed. He stretched out his hand and patted his forehead with palpitations and said, "No wonder I was intercepted and killed on the way back, it turned out to be for this!" I had no choice but to go separately with Ah Yuan Aning. I took the original, and A-Ning recited the original text of these letters, so that no matter which way came first, the news could be delivered. ”

At this moment, the eldest princess of Dongyang could no longer stand. She strode to the door, pulled up the curtain, and shouted to Sang Zi, who was standing at the foot of the steps: "Pass the order, Wu Desi and the Chief Arrest Department of the Criminal Department will put down everything else for me, and concentrate all efforts to search for the whereabouts of Liu Fangyuan and Dai Zhanning and his party!" Within three days, I want a clear result! ”

Faced with his mother's very strong reaction, even Yan Xu's face changed: "Ah Yuan and Ah Ning haven't come back yet?" You know, they took a short road, I took a long road, and I took the pursuers around the boss in a circle halfway through! ”

Finding that Liu Fangyuan and Dai Zhanning would be in danger, Yue Qianqiu subconsciously wanted to jump up, but thinking that his little strength couldn't help at all at this moment, it would be good if he didn't add to the chaos, he just slammed the ground hard, and his eyes were still firmly glued to the letter.

It was only in a matter of a few moments that he had roughly finished the letters. One of the letters clearly gave the nails that the former queen of Beiyan had planted in Beiyan before leaving, including the high-level officials who were more expensive than princes more than ten years ago, as well as the feudal officials who once held one side, and the capable generals who were solid at the grassroots level.

Thanks to the things he had made up for before he went to Beiyan, he recognized a lot of names that he had memorized, and compared them with the list of emperors purged by the Northern Yan Emperor that he knew, he couldn't help but groan in his heart.

Regardless of whether these people are alive or not, and whether they are still in important positions, at least these people have nothing to do with the Great Purge of Northern Yan that he experienced before. And according to this point of view, these secret sons are likely to stay at their posts for more than ten years, standing tall in the court as absolute loyal ministers of the Northern Yan Emperor.

Moreover, he saw the name of Beiyan Zuoxiang from it!

In addition to this list, these letters are the guilt, self-blame, regret, and grievances of motherhood. From the perspective of Yue Qianqiu, there is no doubt that there is only one clear central meaning.

My mother is not long in life, lest I leave you in the wolf den of the Northern Yan Tiger and be devoured by the wolves with a deep background, so I can only take you away from my hometown and come to Dawu, and do my best to entrust you to the most reliable person in the world, so that you can study and reason, learn martial arts and wisdom, and return to China in the future to seize everything that should belong to you......

Although the most reliable person in the world did not refer to it, but those letters exchanged with the emperor of the current dynasty probably explain everything, who else is not entrusting his son to the emperor? As for how to entrust it, it goes without saying, Ying Xiaopang's existence is ironclad evidence.

However, how did the eldest princess of Dongyang give Yan Xu the clues? Are the contents of these letters true?

With these questions, Yue Qianqiu, who had roughly read the letters, wrapped them in oil paper again, got up with one swoop, and saw that the eldest princess of Dongyang had put down the curtain and went straight out, but she didn't even have time to read the letters that Yan Xu desperately brought back, so she quickly ran to Yan Xu's side.

Before he could speak, Yan Xu said with a face full of self-reproach: "It's all me, I only thought that the division of troops could lead away that group of people, but I didn't expect that Ah Yuan and A Ning would be in danger...... Damn, if they really have three longs and two shorts, how can I be worthy of Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Dai? ”

Yue Qianqiu was also very worried, at this time, he had already decided that Xiao Qingqing was making trouble, and immediately forced himself not to bother with the fact that Liu Fangyuan and Dai Zhanning had disappeared so far.

"Master, Xiao Qingqing met the emperor not long ago, and she has already pierced that layer of window paper."

Yan Xu had already guessed some, but when he heard that Xiao Qingqing exposed it to the emperor, he still had a numb scalp. After staring at the little apprentice for a while, he couldn't help but cover his forehead and said, "Our two masters have made a lot of bold ideas at the beginning, but who knows that now one has really come true...... But none of us thought that the emperor's uncle would have a leg with that person! ”

He suddenly lowered his hand, his eyes widened, stared at Yue Qianqiu and asked, "What is the emperor's attitude?" ”

Originally, he was shocked and angry, but when he saw Xiao Qingqing again, the emperor clearly told Xiao Qingqing that he didn't care. And in the past half a month, he has not revealed any flaws at all, what was Ying Xiaopang like before, and what is still the way he is now! ”

Yan Xu breathed a sigh of relief. In his imagination, it was best to cover this matter, after all, just looking at the letter, he couldn't be completely sure whether the little fat man was the son of his emperor's uncle or the son of Emperor Beiyan. What's more, just as he thought when he made a bold guess, when an infant was sent to the palace like that, would it be dropped?

For example, isn't his precious apprentice's background a mystery? It's not impossible!

As long as the emperor's uncle is calm and not crazy, there is still room for many things...... Speaking of which, it is to blame that Emperor Beiyan has too many sons, so that although the queen had a son, she was the youngest at that time, and her body couldn't hold it anymore! It's all to blame...... blamed his emperor uncle for not being able to give birth to a son for a long time! It's good now, it's a mess, and it's a big trouble!

For a while, Yan Xu only felt that the joy of being a father again faded a lot. He thought about it and suddenly walked out quickly, but found that his mother, the eldest princess Dongyang, did not leave, but stood in the courtyard in a daze. He stepped forward with some hesitation, said that it was cold outside, and pulled his mother back into the main room. As soon as he entered the house, he heard a sigh.

"Ah Xu, your father died early, you were disobedient when you were a child, and when you grew up, you left your family alone for the revival of Xuandao Hall, at that time, I once felt that I was even more lonely than your emperor's uncle, it was really boring."

Hearing this, not only Yan Xu was startled, but Yue Qianqiu who came out was also taken aback. And the next moment, the words spoken by the eldest princess of Dongyang made Yan Xu want to burrow into the cracks in the ground.

"Everyone knows that I am the most trusted sister of the emperor today, even when the queen mother was alive, it was very good for me, a daughter who was not her own, but life in the world, after all, is not lived alone, if even my son doesn't want me, then what's the point of me living in the world? No matter how much glory and wealth you have, can you compare to your son by your side? ”

"Mother, I was ignorant back then......"

Yan Xu was ashamed and ashamed, and subconsciously wanted to kneel down and admit his mistake, but he was suddenly grabbed by someone on his arm, he turned his head to look, only to see that Yue Qianqiu didn't know when he came over, and shook his head lightly at him, obviously preventing him from opening his mouth to admit his mistake and apologize. He was a little confused at first, but when the eldest princess of Dongyang continued, he suddenly realized.

"And that's when someone found me. That person said, although I am a woman, but as a princess of Dawu, with golden branches and jade leaves, what is the use of just recommending a few scholars who know a little bit of literature to the imperial brother? Although they can inspire words, can they guide the country and dominate the world? In addition to being able to write a good article, how can they really be better than a woman like me? ”

"I'm not one of those women who can only rely on her husband and son to survive, and my son can't leave Jinling, so I'm worried about what danger will happen to him? Since there are no other worries, why not do what only I can do for the royal brother? ”

"At that time, I was already in high spirits, but I was just counting one day at a time, and hearing this was like grasping a life-saving straw, and I really cheered up. Later, I learned that that person's head drink was not simply good, because she was also the woman who once stood at the top of this world. ”