Chapter 259: Identity Exposed
Qinghe Cui's family, the wife of the head of the family took a trip to save her relatives and brought back a strange little boy? This matter soon spread throughout the Cui family. Some people say that this is a relative of the wife of the head of the family, some people say that it is a beggar who was picked up halfway, in short, everyone is speculating. It's just because Mrs. specially instructed that you should treat this child well.
Be kind? If you don't state your identity, how can we treat it well? Is it a child's gift, or is it ordinary care? The people were puzzled.
If it's a son, you throw it to us and put him in the pile of people to do rough work?
If it's a strange little beggar, then the most we can do is take care of it when we eat, and it's all over if we don't bully him.
"Hey, Xiao Li, what do you have to do with your wife? Why did she go out of her way to take care of you? The chef of the kitchen asked curiously.
Li Chengqian shook his head, "I fainted on the side of the road hungry, but my wife kindly saved me." I heard that I was homeless, so I was taken in to do chores in the kitchen. ”
Oh...... Let's see, or am I guessing correctly, how can he be a young master? It's just a beggar who picked it up halfway.
Li Chengqian didn't care either, he hadn't heard anything unpleasant in Jinxiu Building for so many days? What kind of hardship have you not suffered?
"Little Lizi, where are you?" A beautiful girl's voice came outside, and Cui Ning'er, the pearl of the Cui family, in the prime of her life, came over.
Li Chengqian felt a headache, this sister was too terrible, when she was with her, she was always bullied, if it wasn't for avoiding her, she wouldn't have chosen to come to this kitchen to do chores, at the beginning Mrs. Cui gave several options.
"Miss, Xiao Lizi is in the kitchen, here!"
Cui Ning'er walked in with a smile, picked up Li Chengqian and left, "Let's go, my mother asked me to take you to read a book together." ”
"I'm not going...... I'm a subordinate, and I'm going to stay in the kitchen. Li Chengqian broke free.
"What do you do? Where will you work as a son-in-law? I'm afraid you'll be restrained if you live here, just make a show, and follow me to read a book. Otherwise, your family will come to you in the future, and we will say that our family has abused you. Cui Ning'er pulled people away without question.
On the way, he also complained: "Obviously, my mother asked you to be a scholar for my brother, so you have to choose a kitchen helper." Did you do it on purpose? Deliberately avoiding me? ”
No, absolutely nothing......
The guys in the kitchen behind him were stunned, what was going on? The eldest lady seems to be uncommon to this kid. And what do you say, Brother Gongzi? Where's the son? Who's from? Why did Brother Childe choose to help in the kitchen? Is it cheap?
Idiot, didn't you hear what the eldest lady said? That kid deliberately chose to come to the kitchen to do rough work in order to avoid the eldest lady......
So, the eldest lady has a crush on this kid? But this kid doesn't want to?
A rumor gradually spread, and the patriarch of the Cui family also knew that there was such a boy, so he sent someone to find out.
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Ten days later, Xiao Rui in Luoyang City took a piece of information and pondered deeply, then looked down at the map, and finally suddenly realized: "This kid must have gone to Hebei, and then went to Shanxi through Weize Pass, and returned to Chang'an through Taiyuan." ”
Li Junxian was puzzled: "Childe, found it?" ”
"No, I guessed it." Xiao Rui seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, picked up the teacup and drank tea calmly.
"Guessed? Isn't that a bit sloppy? Finding someone still needs a trace. The end will be more supportive of the little boy's statement that he has entered the mountain. Li Junxian disagreed.
Xiao Rui waved his finger, "No, he has entered the mountain once, and he knows that the wilderness is even more dead, and he will not take the mountain road for the second time." ”
"Then how do you conclude that he went to Hebei? And the later route can also be guessed? Li Junxian questioned.
Xiao Rui smiled, "Think about it from another perspective, at that time, he had pursuers behind him." Jinxiulou has been beaten and angry for many days, of course he knows that Jinxiulou is powerful. So he was smart and chose to flee in a carriage to the northeast. Because I couldn't trust the driver, I got out of the car and went on the road alone. ”
"But at such a young age, how fast can he walk? What would happen to you if it were you? ”
Li Junxian patted his chest and said: "Of course, it's to rob, cough cough, buy a fast horse." ”
"But in the wilderness, how can there be fast horses? He was only eleven years old, and he was not necessarily a good horseman. So there is only one way, to hitchhike, to catch the carriage of the passers-by. ”
Li Junxian's eyes lit up, "No wonder, no wonder I visited all over the place, but there was no trace of it." I'll let someone investigate the carriage from Luoyang to Hebei that day. ”
"Wait! Don't need to be that much trouble? Xiao Rui stopped him.
Li Junxian smiled bitterly: "Childe, you can guess which carriage it will be." ”
Xiao Rui pointed to the information on the table, "It's not guessed, it's calculated." ”
"At that time, the chauffeur pretended to be the guard, and soon after the return, he met the pursuers, and the two sides fought, and finally the secret guard chased after him, which took less than an hour in total. How many carriages can pass in one hour? There are records of visits to nearby post stations. If I'm not mistaken, he should have been riding in the carriage of the Qinghe Cui clan. ”
"Qinghe Cui's clan?" Li Junxian picked up the post station record that day, "However, at the same time period, there are still several caravans ......."
Xiao Rui took a sip of tea and asked rhetorically, "If you were sold by a caravan once, do you still dare to trust those mercenary caravans?" ”
Forehead...... Li Junxian was speechless.
"With the power of the imperial court, these merchants dare not hide our investigation, only the Qinghe Cui family, a big family that does not take the imperial court in their eyes, will perfunctory our visit."
"Lao Gao, send more people to the Cui clan in Qinghe to investigate secretly. If there is no accident, it will be in Qinghe County. ”
The waiter nodded heavily, and said with wet eyes: "Alas, after waiting for many days, there is finally a result. Master, you are tired, if it weren't for you, the old slave would really have no life to go back this time. ”
"Okay, you and I are grasshoppers on a rope. From the moment I entered Luoyang City, this matter was stained, and I was responsible for the blame, and I wouldn't kill you. Let's get on the errands. Go out to experience, is it to catch or escape, which is not an experience? That's a good thing, too. This kid was able to evade the tracking of us and Jinxiulou, and he has already grown his skills. ”
"By the way, remember to send someone to squat at Weize Pass, in case he gets out of Hebei and goes to Shanxi, he will definitely go to Weize Pass."
The chamberlain Lao Gao solemnly gave a military salute and bowed down.
Li Junxian stared at Xiao Rui for a long time, "Childe, aren't you really an immortal?" But these things you have done are more accurate than the world's first god calculating the volcano Yuan Tiangang, as if everything can be predicted. ”
Xiao Rui pointed to the mountain of information on the table: "You look at it, it's just a cocoon-free analysis." There are also things that I can't calculate, for example, Yuan Laodao deliberately left Laojunguan in order to avoid me, saying that he went to the mountains to visit friends, and I can't figure out where he went. ”
Ahem...... How can such things be compared?
On the side of Qinghe Cui's family, the eldest lady Cui Ning'er takes Li Chengqian to study in the study every day, although Li Chengqian is a kitchen handyman, but his daily work is no different from the eldest lady's companion reading boy. And with the daily contact, the two became more and more familiar, and a trace of inexplicable feelings gradually emerged. Maybe Li Chengqian doesn't understand it yet, but Cui Ning'er knows that she likes to be with this stupid younger brother.
Voiceover: Li Chengqian: Lonely is the prince, do you dare to say that you are lonely and stupid?
In the study of the head of the Cui family in Qinghe, Cui Ning'er's father and the current head of the Cui family, Cui Shouzhen, listened to the secret report of the visitor, and said with an ugly face: "So, Xiao Lizi is the turtle slave Xiaomuzi who escaped from Luoyang Jinxiulou?" His real identity is actually Li Chengqian, the prince of the Tang Dynasty? The splendid building is yours, what do you Zheng and Lu families say? ”
The person who came said with a smile: "Our host said that if he is allowed to return to Chang'an safely, then all of us in Jinxiulou will die, and even the family behind him will be implicated." Please see the friendship of the Cui family, and don't send people back to Chang'an. Whether it's sent back to Luoyang, or exiled outside, it's okay. We'll take care of the rest. Guarantee not to implicate Qinghe Cui. ”
Cui Shouzhen said coldly: "Hehe, a good guarantee not to be implicated." Since people entered my Qinghe County, they have nothing to do with me. You are trying to drag us into the water, and the crime of murdering the prince is not small. It's really calculating. ”
The visitor smiled, "We don't mean that. The owner said that the Zheng and Lu families are tied together, and they don't dare to calculate you. ”
It's almost a threat, it's despicable.
Cui Shouzhen sighed and said: "That's it, this child was kindly saved by the insider, maybe it was the will of God, and the Qinghe Cui family was involved by chance." I'll have someone send him away, but I won't tell you the exact time and route, and whether he's dead or alive doesn't matter to us. Tell the people behind you, you are so self-conscious, the current emperor even dares to kill his own brothers. ”
"Thank you to the Cui family, I will definitely convey it below."