Chapter 147: A Teacher and a Friend
Cheng Yifan is not low in the position of secretary of the Ministry of War, if he has been staying in Yangzhou, sooner or later he will find out the clues.
After Bai Linxia knew his worries, he deliberately called himself sick, wanting to avoid Cheng Yifan's investigation.
In order to prevent her pretending to be sick from being seen through, Shen Qianchen directly gave her a pill.
After taking the pill, Bai Linxia's face was pale, his body was very weak, and he looked like he was sick.
The news of her 'illness' soon reached Cheng Yifan's ears, and he immediately came over with his entourage to visit.
"Mrs. Shen's condition is fierce, but take care of your body!" He originally thought that Bai Linxia was deliberately pretending to be sick.
However, after he saw Bai Linxia's appearance, he was sure that she was really sick.
"I've been too busy recently, neglected to take care of myself, and let Cheng Gongzi come to visit, it's all my fault!" Bai Linxia said pale and weak.
"We have long regarded Mrs. Shen as friends, you are sick, how can I not come to visit!" Cheng Yifan looked around and found that her husband was not there, and the doubts in his heart became deeper and deeper.
Subsequently, Bai Linxia asked Cheng Yifan to be brought to the front hall to greet him.
After all, there is a difference between men and women, although there are other subordinates in the room, but they still have to avoid suspicion......
"Where's your son-in-law?" After Cheng Yifan took a sip of the teacup, he asked the maid standing aside.
"Childe just came back a few days ago, and he's very busy now!" After the maid said a word, she retreated directly.
"His wife is sick, no matter how busy she is, she should come out to take care of her!" Cheng Yifan felt very strange.
I learned from other people's mouths that Bai Linxia and her father-in-law have always been in love, but this time he didn't show up for so long, things are too unusual.
Cheng Yifan had doubts about his identity, so he continued to ask several other maids.
They all answered very perfunctory, and they didn't even reveal anything about Shen Qianchen.
Shen Qianchen, who had been secretly staring at Cheng Yifan, saw him ask the maid about his news, and knew that he had become suspicious of his identity.
Cheng Yifan is a smart and wise person who has helped the current emperor solve a lot of troubles.
If he didn't show up, Cheng Yifan would guess that he was Jun Qianchen sooner or later.
In order to dispel his suspicions, Shen Qianchen decided to meet him.
As Bai Linxia's father-in-law, he has not appeared for so long, and a normal person will be suspicious.
In order to completely cut off his conjecture, Shen Qianchen went directly back to the room and dressed up in disguise, and then went to the front hall.
"Are you Shen Gongzi?" After Cheng Yifan saw him, he quickly guessed his identity.
Because he changed his appearance, the other party did not recognize his identity.
"Yes, Cheng Gongzi specially came to visit Neizi, I have been busy with pharmaceuticals all the time, and I don't mind Cheng Gongzi if I don't greet him well!" Shen Qianchen gave a gentle fist salute.
His style is too far from the Jun Qianchen he knows, and Cheng Yifan doesn't treat them as a person at all.
After seeing his appearance, Cheng Yifan was very disappointed, he thought that he would see the face like a fairy in his memory.
"Your wife is sick and you're only showing up now?" Cheng Yifan had doubts about the timing of his appearance.
A very loving couple, how could he hide at home after his wife fell ill and did not appear.
Could it be that his identity is not as simple as he imagined?
"Since I came back, I've been researching a prescription in the pharmacy, and I just found out that Xia Er is sick!" Shen Qianchen knew that he was a difficult character.
If he keeps avoiding it, it will make him more suspicious.
In desperation, he could only choose to face his former friend in this way.
"Mrs. Zun is a very special woman, take good care of her!" Although Cheng Yifan felt that things were a little strange, the person in front of him was indeed not what he was looking for.
"Thank you Cheng Gongzi for your care, I will definitely let Neiko get better as soon as possible!" Shen Qianchen dealt with him with ease.
Cheng Yifan never found his flaws, so he had to say goodbye.
Everything before was just his suspicion, but now that he had seen Bai Linxia's father-in-law with his own eyes, there was no need for him to continue to stay here.
After he left, Shen Qianchen quickly returned to the room.
After Bai Linxia saw him, he directly asked the maid in the room to go down.
"He's gone?" Bai Linxia sat up.
"Don't move, although you are not sick, but after taking that medicine, your body will be weak and weak!" Shen Qianchen quickly helped her lie down.
"No, if I keep lying down, my bones will be crispy!" Ever since she became Bai Linxia, she has been busy and has basically never rested.
Now that she was suddenly lying on the bed and doing nothing, Bai Linxia felt uncomfortable.
"Naturally, you have to do a full set of plays!" Shen Qianchen knew that she couldn't be idle, but she was not allowed to get out of bed and move around at any time.
The potion on her body lasted for twelve hours, and if she didn't take it any longer, she would be able to recover as before.
However, Shen Qianchen felt that Cheng Yifan would not give up.
Today, although he fooled the other party, he may not find the clues.
"What are you going to do?" Bai Linxia pretended to be sick and could only avoid it for a while, but not for a lifetime.
"He is not an ordinary person, it is impossible to stay in Yangzhou for too long!" Shen Qianchen felt that he would stay for a few more days, and he estimated that he should leave.
"That's good!" Bai Linxia hoped that he could leave as soon as possible, lest they would not be able to feel at ease all the time.
As Shen Qianchen expected, Cheng Yifan, who was the secretary of the military department, couldn't leave the capital of Qi for too long.
The military department also needs him to be in charge in person, and the fact that he came out to find Jun Qianchen this time was done in secret, and no one in the court knew about it.
So, he directly set his eyes on Bai Linxia and Shen Qianchen.
Cheng Yifan felt that the person he was looking for, even if he was not by Bai Linxia's side and his wife, they must know the whereabouts of that person.
A few days later, Cheng Yifan received a secret report that the people in the court who had been targeting him took action again.
In order to stabilize the situation of the Cheng family, he hurriedly rushed back to Qidu City with his own people.
After returning to his mansion, Cheng Yifan's son Cheng Wenxuan immediately rushed from his courtyard to his study.
"Father, did you find the Seventh Prince this time?" He is Cheng Yifan's sister-in-law, and he values him very much.
"No, but my father has already found some clues!" He sighed helplessly.
"What clues?" Cheng Wenxuan said excitedly.
"I found a clue to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince in Yangzhou, but as the secretary of the military department, I can't stay there for long!" He is a very human minister, but he also has his own helplessness, after all, accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger.
"What does Father mean?" Cheng Wenxuan guessed something from his eyes, his thoughts.
"My father plans to let you go to Yangzhou in person and continue to investigate the whereabouts of the Seven Princes!" Cheng Yifan didn't want to give up, and he finally found the clues.
He was worried that the other party would leave Yangzhou again, and it would be even more difficult for them to find him.
Jun Qianchen wanted to leave the palace and live an idle life, but as a prince, he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
"My son will pack his luggage and go to Yangzhou immediately!" Cheng Wenxuan and the Seven Princes were also teachers and friends, and when he was still in Qidu, he taught him a lot of things.
Cheng Wenxuan has always regarded him as half a master.
"You can't just go there!" Cheng Yifan knows his son's personality too well.
"My son understands!" The Seven Princes had the intention to hide and did not want to see them, if he went directly, the other party would definitely disappear and erase all clues.
The next day, Cheng Wenxuan disguised himself as an ordinary person and rode a fast horse to Yangzhou with a few retinues and secret guards.
He also wanted to find Jun Qianchen as soon as possible.
After arriving in Yangzhou, he immediately let his entourage and secret guards hide, and he disguised himself as a poor man and went to Bai Linxia's shop to work as a buddy......
After Shen Qianchen got the news that the military department Shangshu had returned to Qidu City, he did not relax.
He knows Cheng Yifan's personality very well, even if he is no longer in Yangzhou, he will definitely leave people to keep an eye on them.
Cheng Yifan was very suspicious, although they had tried their best to cover it up, they still let him see a flaw.
However, he had no evidence in his hand, so he had to return to Qidu City.
Shen Qianchen, just in case, did not immediately let Bai Linxia 'recover', but continued to stay at home and pretend to be sick.
As Bai Linxia's father-in-law, he helped deal with the affairs of her shop.
Shen Qianchen guessed correctly, the other party had indeed sent people to keep an eye on them, but what he didn't expect was that Cheng Yifan's son had already sneaked into the restaurant in disguise.
When he went to check the accounts, he accidentally ran into Cheng Wenxuan.
Cheng Wenxuan was busy serving food to the guests, and passed by Shen Qianchen directly.
As a result, when he delivered the dish to the guests, he immediately noticed that something was wrong.
The back of the man just now was very familiar, much like the person he was looking for.
However, his face was far from the man he knew.
At this time, Shen Qianchen still made a disguise, although the people in the shop had seen his true face, but Bai Linxia was prepared in advance.
She told the guys in the shop that Shen Qianchen had a slight injury on his face when he went out for a medical visit a few days ago, and he was still taking medicine.
Shen Qianchen deliberately dyed the smell of medicine on his body, and wiped the medicinal juice that can change his complexion on his face.
Therefore, although the guys in the shop saw that he seemed to be a different person, everyone was not suspicious.
Cheng Wenxuan found that he would come to the shop every day to check the accounts, confirm with the shopkeeper whether the vegetables were fresh, and personally check all the ingredients, he felt a little strange, so he privately inquired with other guys about Shen Qianchen.
When he learned that he was Bai Linxia's father-in-law, that is, his father, the person who doubted, Cheng Wenxuan decided to approach him with a different identity.
So, he left the shop and disguised himself as an ordinary businessman, pretending to cooperate with Shen Qianchen.
Shen Qianchen didn't know that Cheng Wenxuan was coming, so he met him in person in the restaurant.
When the two were ordering, Cheng Wenxuan deliberately asked Shen Qianchen to order.
In fact, the first time Shen Qianchen saw him, he recognized his identity.
A person's appearance can be disguised, but there is no way to change the eyes.
It has been a few years since he left Qidu City, and Cheng Wenxuan is still the same as before, not much has changed, but he has changed a lot.
In the past, Shen Qianchen treated people coldly and detachedly, and the whole person exuded an aura of not entering.
However, since he went to Peach Blossom Village to live in seclusion, his temperament has calmed down a lot, and the fatigue in his heart has also dissipated.
After meeting Bai Linxia, the ice in his heart melted little by little, and now he is more like a gentle and jade-like reader.
Shen Qianchen's temperament has changed a lot, and he has changed his appearance, although Cheng Wenxuan feels that he is very familiar, he can't recognize it......