"Eighty percent of the people who are attached to the Eighth Prince are dead, and the rest are all shrimp soldiers and crab generals who are not in the climate, and they are also sent far away by the Empress Dowager Jia'an with various reasons, she is still cautious so far, how can a living child escape the rounds of inspection?" Song Zhi didn't follow Shen Baiyan's train of thought, but said.

Shen Baiyan nodded slowly and said, "It also makes sense." Listening to Ruohui, the prince's youngest son was betrayed by his subordinates and taken out directly. ”

A swift sword light solved the baby and the subordinate who gave up the child.

The cruel truth behind this Shen Baiyan didn't go on, but Song Zhi could guess it.

In the past, when Shen Baiyan and Song Ling stood together, they always felt that Shen Baiyan had a faint smell of ironware, while Song Ling only had the smell of plum blossom soap horn powder that was used in Song's laundry.

Later, the smell of the two of them gradually became similar, especially when they came back from outside late at night.

Shen Baiyan always bathed before entering the inner room, carefully avoiding Song Zhi. But after Song Zhi was caught at the door of the room twice, Shen Baiyan got used to it and no longer avoided her.

Song Zhi asked the maid to prepare bath water for him, and if she was in good spirits, she stayed aside and waited for him to finish washing, and the two hugged each other and fell asleep. There were also times when Song Zhi couldn't hold it and fell asleep first, and when he was halfway through his sleep, he was suddenly dragged into his arms.

The couple has a deep tacit understanding and a good relationship, even so, Shen Baiyan didn't dare to say that he would show all the dark side to Song Zhi, and Song Zhi was the same.

After Shen Baiyan said his guess, both of them were silent.

Song Zhizhi was silent because she thought of the baby's death.

And Shen Baiyan's silence was because he was thinking about the Eighth Prince's son.

When Song Ling came back at that time, she was a little depressed, and she could even be called depressed. He only said that the matter was dealt with, and mentioned a little about the baby.

The more he didn't want to mention it, it only meant that the child handled it cleanly.

"When I go back, I'll call that Chu Yinglan and ask for clarification." Song Zhi thought about it and felt that Chu Yinglan was the insider of this matter.

"She doesn't necessarily know." Shen Baiyan said as he picked up the wine jug, but found that the wine jug was empty, and the wine had already been drunk when Fang Cai was talking and thinking.

Meteor was blessed and said, "The slave went out to get another pot." ”

After the meteor left, Shen Baiyan said again: "Everyone in the world thinks that the eighth prince is greedy for beauty and has many concubines, but in fact, this is just one of the reasons. Another reason is that the eighth prince seems to have some difficulties in terms of heirs, so he recruits concubines and maids. Only two of the more than ten concubines gave birth to daughters, Chu Yinglan was pregnant and a boy, but the child did not survive. ”

Song Zhi never knew about these things, let alone that the Eighth Prince had two daughters, her lips pursed, knowing that she shouldn't ask, but she still asked, "Shen Ang's daughter, how is it now?" ”

She thought that she would always hear a definite answer, but Shen Baiyan said, "I don't know. ”

Seeing Song Zhi's surprised expression, Shen Baiyan explained: "The female dependents were originally taken into custody, but after Chu Yinglan was protected by Wang Li of Runan, the control of the female dependents was opened, and the Empress Dowager Jia'an took over. She once said that she would be lenient, after all, the female dependents were in the inner house, especially the two girls, one was four years old and the other was five years old, they were really ignorant. However, I have checked privately, and the two girls are now nowhere to be found. ”

"Why? Two young girls, you don't have to kill them all, right? Song Zhi was a little unconvinced, although she is now at odds with the Empress Dowager Jia'an, but the first impression that the Empress Dowager Jia'an gave her was always so gentle and kind.

Shen Baiyan opened his mouth, he had never liked to talk about the secrets and privacy of others, but the person in front of him was Song Zhi, and he could only say it.

"The Empress Dowager Jia'an is a few years old with Shen Ang, I heard that when she first entered the palace and was a beauty, she was teased by the drunken Eighth Prince, and the word flirting may be too simple. It can be said that it is obscene. Later, after the first emperor was poisoned, Shen Ang was rampant, and when he met the Empress Dowager Jia'an in front of the emperor, he always had to find a gap to mention this past that made him very proud, and stimulated the Empress Dowager Jia'an with words. ”

"There is such a thing, I can guess where Shen Ang's two daughters are now." Song Zhi sighed slightly, how can people comment on the results of the predecessors and the descendants?

Meteor sent the wine in, and when Song Zhi gave him a look, he went out obediently.

"Then I heard you say this, Shen Ang really doesn't have a son." Song Zhi came back to his senses and said.

Shen Baiyan took another sip of wine and said, "Yes." He had many mansions under his name, and many concubines did not live in the prince's mansion. The concubine who gave birth to a boy was a very cheap person, although he was happy in his heart, but he thought that if the concubine gave birth to a child in the future, he couldn't let this eldest son get in the way, so he didn't write it on the family tree, and he didn't tell outsiders. ”

In fact, Shen Baiyan was also in the melee that day, and heard that Zhou Jue came to report that there were still a few masters outside Shen Ang's mansion, and it was obviously time to fight against the water, but he didn't do his best, how could he not make Shen Baiyan suspicious?

In this way, the boy was found.

Speaking of which, who knows what that boy looks like? What are the marks on your body? Is the boy who was picked up by the next person really Shen Ang's son? Or maybe it's fishing in troubled waters?

Shen Baiyan didn't look at the little monk much, and asked Song Zhi again, "Do you think that little monk is similar to Shen Ang?" ”

"The facial features of a child of this age have not yet grown, and besides, this little monk's face is fleshy, if you say that it is similar, it is also somewhat similar. But I always felt that this was a preconceived idea, and I couldn't do it. Song Zhi shook his head and said.

"You have a point." Shen Baiyan took another shallow sip of wine.

Song Zhi was leaning on the table softly, suddenly straightened up, and said, "Then, could it be that the boy was raised in this Zhuangzi?" ”

Shen Baiyan flicked Song Zhi's forehead, and said helplessly: "The mansion he brought to raise his concubines is full of lewd and filthy things, such a black miasma, how could I bring you to that kind of place?" This place was originally Mo Shaolin's house, and the shadow wall in this house, the paintings on the carved beams and pillars were all carved by him. ”

Mo Shaolin is a first-class carving clay sculpture master thirty years ago, he has the blood of the Wu people, combining the culture of the Wu people with the painting skills of the Central Plains, although the carving style has a sense of magnificence, but in private he loves the treacherous ornamentation, is a strange yin owl, and is not sought after by the magnates of the capital.

But a bottle of clay sculpture angry eyes Bodhisattva is lifelike, unmatched, and was introduced to the first emperor, so he got this house.

The Eighth Prince obviously didn't take this house to heart, and let it be deserted, Song Zhi looked at this house very pleasing to the eye, although Shen Baiyan didn't say it, but Song Zhi knew that he must also like this house.

In his previous life, Shen Baiyan guarded the land of the Southwest Wu Clan, I don't know if it was forced by the situation, or if Shen Baiyan chose it himself?

Song Zhi thought of this layer and secretly squinted at Shen Baiyan.

Seeing that Shen Baiyan had finally drunk enough wine, he let Meteor in and removed the table of leftovers.

After the two of them were full of wine and food, they had already sent people out to investigate the little monk's affairs anyway.

Shen Baiyan and Song Zhi put this matter behind them quite easily, walked around the house, and began to evaluate Mo Shaolin's works. The lantern was lit early under the corridor and asked Song Zhi and Shen Baiyan to take a closer look.

"This shadow wall is carved with a legend of the Wu clan. The leaders of the Wu tribe are chosen by heaven, and every twenty years they put ten five-year-old children in urns, carry them deep into the mountains, and then seal the mountains. After half a year, the mountain will be opened, and if you survive, you will be the next leader, and you will be raised by the old leader for the next twenty years, and so on. ”

Shen Baiyan pointed to the few children who crawled out of the urn.

"How is this possible? How does a five-year-old child survive half a year in the mountains? It's too, too much......

Song Zhi wanted to say cruelty, but when he remembered what Shen Baiyan said, the word cruelty didn't fall on others, and what they did in the court was also cruel, so what did they have to say about the Wu people?

"I don't know if there is a hidden secret, but the leader of the Wu clan has been chosen this way for generations, and this will definitely not be wrong." Shen Baiyan said firmly.

Song Zhi held hands with him, and while walking slowly, he listened to Shen Baiyan speak.

Song Zhi turned his head to look at Shen Baiyan, and the dim candlelight softened his cold facial features a little, "Why are you so interested in the affairs of the Wu Clan." ”

"When I was young, my mother coaxed me to sleep and always told me stories about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, which I didn't think was interesting. Later, she changed the law to tell the stories in the history books, but she couldn't tell as much as Mr., and I didn't like to hear them. ”

When Song Zhi heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, "You are really picky. ’

Shen Baiyan didn't notice Song Zhi's disgusted look, and continued: "I really look forward to when my father comes to lull me to sleep, because he always says things I never know, most of them are stories about the Wu clan. ”

"How did he hear these stories?" Song Zhi suddenly felt strange, his footsteps were sluggish, and he found that the bricks and stones under his feet were abnormal, and he looked down and saw that there were some ornaments carved on the masonry.

Shen Baiyan took her by the hand carefully and continued: "My father was very capable when he was young, but he had no intention of taking the throne, and he was afraid that the first emperor would be jealous, so he simply went away and flew high, and only returned after the first emperor was stable. During those years, he had dealt with the Wu people and learned the witch language. Everyone in the world thinks that the Wu people are in the company of ghosts and poisonous insects, and their minds are ruthless and obedient, not my race. From my father's mouth, the Wu people are just different from us in appearance, culture, and customs. They are ugly and beautiful, good and evil, and it's not a big deal. That's probably why I've always been interested in the Wicans. ”

"I see." Song Zhi raised his head and smiled, "Then if we have a chance in the future, we will take the two of them to the land of the Wu Clan to have a look." ”

Song Zhi's words at this time were just jokes, how could he have thought of calling her a ......