李严的话提醒了李长朔，他听出了李严话语中的别有深意，送走了李严后，他没有急着回府，而是回了漕帮。

The night was dark, the river was gusting, and the waves were lapping against the side of the boat, and the boat was slightly swaying.

Li Changshuo stood on the deck and raised his head slightly, but found that the moonlight tonight was exceptionally cold, and even the stars in the sky were also extremely cold.

He retracted his gaze, looked at the heart of the river, and silently counted the days when Li Yan left.

His people have already figured out that Li Yan came down along the state capital, and he has to stay for a while in all the counties below, counting the time, he has not been in Zhao County for a long time.

In fact, it stands to reason that this kind of sub-assessment of officials is not Li Yan's business, this is originally an idle job, but if any Beijing official is ordered to go to the county and county, it is very necessary, and he has to scavenge a lot of oil and water.

After all, if the people below want to rise, they have to curry favor with the people who are evaluated.

But according to the reliable information he inquired, Li Yan was the least likely to be enthusiastic about this matter, and the only explanation was that His Majesty intended to support him to leave the army, and he took advantage of the situation.

The Li family has been a general for generations, and has made great contributions to Daqing since he came, pacifying southern Xinjiang and resisting foreign invaders.

Although Li Changshuo didn't know what kind of mood Li Yan was in inspecting the counties one by one, he was sure of one thing, the current emperor must regard Li Yan as a thorn in the flesh, and it would be difficult for him to sit firmly on the high throne.

"Hall Master, our people have already found out clearly, when General Li disappeared, it happened to meet the Emperor Limanmen, and it happened to be the same day."

Li Changshuo twisted his eyebrows, the handkerchief on his body was exactly the same as the one on Lin Vanilla's body, which showed that his life experience was inseparable from Li Yan.

And Li Yan and Li left the king······

"What is the matter of leaving the king and destroying the full door?" Frowning, he couldn't help but ask.

Unexpectedly, he remembered some of the remaining memories in his mind, those memories seemed to have happened when he was very young, intermittent and incomplete, but the sky was full of firelight, hoarse shouts of killing, and the scene of people fleeing in a panic under the knife was very clear.

He suddenly gasped, could it be that he had something to do with the king?

"It is said that he offended the horse bandits, and from the top and bottom of the king's mansion, more than 100 people all died under the knife of the horse bandits, because it was the Lantern Festival, and the only son was taken out to visit the lanterns, so he escaped."

Li Changshuo gasped, but he has always been steady, joy and anger never hung on his face, plus the night was dark, and the people behind him did not see his changes clearly, only said respectfully: "It is said that the king and General Li Yan have a great friendship, at the beginning on the battlefield, the king of Li disregarded life and death, and was stabbed three times before General Li was rescued from the sea of fire. ”

Li Changshuo withdrew his gaze from the distance, and calmly said to the person behind him: "Perhaps, there will be a chance that his words will come true one day?" ”

No matter how bold the horse bandit is, he will not put his hand on the body of the prince of the current dynasty, unless there is someone more powerful than the prince behind him!

Li Changshuo smiled coldly, if he really has something to do with the king, then the person behind it should be careful!

The attendant who was standing with his hands down glanced at Li Changshuo strangely, although he didn't understand the meaning of Li Changshuo's words, but he couldn't be clearer, their hall master has his own opinions, he said this, naturally there is a reason for him to say this.

On the second day, Li Changshuo sent Jinpa to Li Yan's official post, and sure enough, after a short time, Li Yan rode his horse and ran towards the land temple on the outskirts of the city according to the instructions in the letter.

Li Changshuo had already stood still in the temple, he listened to the footsteps approaching, slowly turned around, and looked towards Li Yan.

Li Yan obviously didn't expect that the person who asked him out was actually Li Changshuo, and the whole person was stunned and forgot his words.

"Back then, I was picked up by my mother on the way to escape, if it wasn't for the person named Li Wu, my mother would have lost her life." He said lightly, as if he were talking about something inconsequential.

But after Li Yan heard this, his whole eyes were almost cracked.

Li Wu's name, he is very familiar with it, it is his personal guard, at the beginning, it was he who pointed to Li Wu to escort Xiao Shizi away, but later, he had no news, and there was no news.

Li Yan was saddened by the persecution he had encountered, that is, he swore more and more that he must leave the only bloodline of the king, even if he was exiled to Linjia Village, he was on his head, and he forgot many things, he delayed for a while, and after he remembered it, he didn't care about his wife and daughter anymore, and directly devoted himself to checking the whereabouts of Xiao Shizi!

It's just that after ten years of life and death, Li Wu has never appeared again, the only bloodline away from the king, and the little prince from the palace has no news!

He spent all his efforts looking for Xiao Shizi, but he traveled all over the country, and there was no news, and now looking at Li Changshuo in front of him, his eyes were split, and he asked him in a trembling voice: "You, you!" ”

It's just that for a long time, I didn't see him hold back a word.

This kind of Li Yan has never been seen by Li Changshuo, and the people he selected have always been very good, but now looking at Li Yan like this, Li Changshuo is more and more sure of his guess.

"My mother said that the man named Li Wu entrusted me to him, and then, in order to save us from an accident, my mother took me around and fled, and finally arrived at this place, and my mother also gave me the surname Li in order to commemorate the person named Li Wu."

Li Yan only felt that his mind was blank, and then looked at the young man in front of him, only to feel that his lips were red and his teeth were white, and the heroism between his eyebrows was somewhat similar to that of Liwang.

He was overjoyed for a while, and secretly annoyed, never thinking that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, whom he was trying his best to find, had been active in front of him many years ago.

Rao was pleasantly surprised, and he still asked him calmly: "This veil?" ”

"My mother said that this veil was hidden on my body, and she thought that it must be related to my life, so she carefully kept it for me."

Li Changshuo said lightly, but he could see clearly that Li Yan's face was full of emotion, even if his complexion was dark, at this moment, he was also dyed with a trace of blush because of ecstasy.

"You, you really are!" Li Yan still has half of the majesty of the past, and now he looks at Li Changshuo, as if he saw his old friend leaving the king's side, and he was excited.

"At the beginning, if I hadn't found out that this handkerchief was half the same as vanilla, I wouldn't have found you." I would never have thought of launching an investigation from Li Yan and carefully examining my life experience.

"Yes, this handkerchief belongs to your mother, that is, to the princess, and when I asked Li Wu to send you away, I personally put it on your heart." Li Yan explained, as if he had thought of something again, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull his shirt.

Li Changshuo frowned, he was cold, and he didn't like others to be so close to him, so he subconsciously wanted to walk away, but he heard Li Yan say: "I still remember that at that time, there was a cinnabar birthmark on the heart of the prince. ”

The meaning in these words is very obvious, if he also has the exact same cinnabar birthmark on his heart, then he Li Changshuo is the prince he is looking for!

Li Changshuo no longer hindered him, he picked out his own clothes, and when he saw it, there was really a bright cinnabar birthmark on his heart!

The corners of Li Yan's mouth opened slightly, and he looked at Li Changshuo again with an excited and cordial gaze.

He stretched out his hand, patted Li Changshuo's shoulder violently, and said in a trembling voice: "If your father knows that you are still alive, under Jiuquan, he will definitely be blind!" ”

And he, Li Yan, has found his legacy, and if he goes to Jiuquan in the future, he will also have the face to catch up with his old friends.

However, this short reunion did not last long, and before Li Yan carefully asked Li Changshuo about the big and small things that had happened over the years, he heard Li Changshuo ask coldly: "So, the palace was destroyed, is it really because of horse bandits?" ”

When he asked, his eyes never moved away from Li Yan, and a trace of darkness flashed in Li Yan's eyes, and the whole person had already regained his calm.

"It stands to reason that you still have to call me Uncle Shi, since our uncle and nephew have just met, don't mention these words for the time being, and I will definitely tell you the truth later."

Who else can make Li Yan so evasive, except for the person in the high position!

"The general doesn't know what the Holy Lord means by sending you to inspect, since you are friendly with the king of Li, and he is jealous, I am afraid that the road ahead will not be smooth."

Li Changshuo's faint words were like a sharp sword, slamming straight into Li Yan's heart.

Li Yan knows these problems better than anyone else, but as a human minister, he does not dare to have two hearts, even if that person has a loss of virtue, he will always be the saint of today.

Surprised, he looked at the son in front of him again, he was the orphan of the king, and he looked like that person in his gestures, when his deep eyes glanced at him, Li Yan already understood, what he wanted to hide, he knew everything!

Looking at Li Changshuo's inconspicuous appearance on weekdays, Li Yan couldn't help but look sideways, and he didn't dare to despise him anymore.

"Nephew, please rest assured, I didn't protect your father at the beginning, and in the future, I will protect you to the death!" What he said was categorical, and the seriousness of his words, Li Changshuo would not doubt it.

It's just that Li Changshuo still frowned: "Even if I recognize you, my future road will not be easy, it is better to sail against the current and fight to the death, so as to avenge this sea of blood for my relatives." ”

Li Yan met Li Changshuo's resolute eyes, and the whole person was stunned.

Revenge for the departed king?

He never thought about it, he thought more about finding the orphan of his old friend, and then, protecting him for the rest of his life!

Li Changshuo knew that Li Yan had no backbone, and many things had to be carefully considered by him, so he walked outside the temple.

When he arrived at the temple gate, he paused, looked back at Li Yan, and smiled lightly: "Father-in-law, didn't forget about my marriage with Vanilla, it is best to have my father-in-law to testify." ”