Volume 1 Interrogation Chapter 44 The Missing Ming
Different from the rainy grassland, Chang'an is still cloudy at the moment.
Wen Zijian's dormitory.
The cucumber seedlings planted by Xu Yunshen before going out had already climbed the pole that had been erected in advance and bloomed small yellow flowers. Other vegetables are also growing well.
This naturally depends on the care of other people, and its natural growth is not enough. Usually Zhu Er is taking care of it, and Li Qingzhu will come from time to time, and help by the way. But what made her strange was that every time she came, Zhu Er would avoid him. This silly girl is a bit of an afterthought.
"Zhu Er, what about the ram and Chen Yu?" As soon as Xu Yunshen entered the door, he saw Zhu Er taking care of the vegetable seedlings he left behind, and he was a little happy and asked.
Zhu Er got up when he heard this, and said happily: "Brother Xu, you're back...... The ram went out last night and didn't return all night. I'll be back at noon, i.e. in a while. Chen Yu ...... "He thought of something, his dark little face was a little tangled, "Chen Yu has something to do, he often goes out during this time, and he doesn't say where to go." β
Xu Yunshen nodded and asked Yuzhongge to go back to the house first. I squatted on the edge of the vegetable field, looking at the tender green vegetable seedlings, full of life, and the more I looked, the happier I became.
"Eh, what about Ming, are you reading a book in the house?" Xu Yun said in a deep voice.
He ...... I'll talk about this when they come back, I'll find someone to call them. Zhu Er's face was black and red, and he seemed to be a little ashamed.
Xu Yunshen frowned, feeling that it was not so simple.
A moment later, Chen Yu, Ram Min, and Zhu Er sat at the stone table in the courtyard, while Xu Yunshen and Yu Zhongge stood aside.
"You mean, Ming, lost?" Xu Yunshen looked calm and said in a deep voice.
Several people bowed their heads in shame.
Chen Yu organized the language of the meeting and explained: "Brother Yunshen...... I'm sorry. I'm stupid, really. He raised his eyes with guilt, and continued: "I only knew that there were people who abducted and sold children in the poor countryside, but I didn't know that there were also people in Chang'an. I took him out on the street early in the morning, and suddenly someone called out to me, so I asked him to wait for me for a while. He is very obedient. When I came back from my errands, I called him not far away, but he didn't answer. When I got there, there was only one book left on the ground that he was reading, and there was no clarity for us. β
"He didn't go to other places to play, and he asked everywhere, and sure enough, no, I was in a hurry, and I sent someone to look for it, and I searched for it all day. found Tianxin Lake, only to get a change of clothes from the traffickers. Everyone said, oh no, he was abducted and sold by human traffickers, and then he looked for it, but only found the person who abducted and sold him. Ming has been taken away by an unknown number of hands......" He then had tears in his eyes, unable to speak, and looked extremely sad.
Xu Yunshen was unmoved, and said, "You said that you would take care of him." β
Chen Yu raised his head: "It's human traffickers......"
"But you didn't. Xu Yun said coldly.
Chen Yu lowered his head.
Ram Min reluctantly smiled and said, "Yun Shen, you see, Chen Yu didn't mean it, they are all evil human traffickers......"
"Then why let him be alone on the street with such a large flow of people?" it was Yu Zhongge who asked, and she also liked Ming, a very sensible and cute child.
Chen Yu didn't say anything about flowers for a while.
It's summer, the cicadas are hissing, and the sun is hanging over everyone's heads.
The others are okay, but Ram Min can't stand it a little. He wiped the sweat on his head, secretly glanced at Xu Yunshen, and when he saw that he was looking over, he hurriedly lowered his head.
Xu Yunshen sighed and said, "Forget it, let's go back to the house first, and I will discuss with Xiaoyu how to find it." β
Chen Yu lowered his head and walked out.
Zhu Er returned to the house.
Ram Min got up and patted Xu Yunshen on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Although my family is not very powerful, if I want to help, I can still mobilize some strength." β
Xu Yunshen nodded.
Inside the house.
"Yun Shen, there seems to be something wrong with Chen Yu. "Yuzhongge is lucky to clean up the dust in the house.
Xu Yunshen paced there, and nodded when he heard the words: "Originally, he was not like this, sometimes even if he was sad, he would not show such a look and say so much." Smart people are mistaken by cleverness, and it is too much to be so pretentious. There must be something hidden in it. Could it be ......" Xu Yunshen remembered what Luo Yibai said to him when he first picked up the Ming Dynasty: "This involves a game of multiple forces."
"Could it be that what is going on?" Yu Zhongge pointed to luck, and it was almost cleared in three or two clicks, sending the dust to the land outside.
"It may be that Ming's identity was revealed, detected by Chen Yu, and then hidden by him. Xu Yunshen made his own inference.
Yu Zhongge was curious and said, "What identity?" Yun Shen, you haven't mentioned it to me yet. β
"Ming seems to be ...... What kind of young master of the underground barbarian organization is it?" Xu Yunshen mobilized his few poor brain cells, desperately flipping through his memories, a little uncertain.
Yu Zhongge nodded thoughtfully, and said, "That's really possible, maybe he needs the help of the power of that organization, so 'coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes'." β
"No......" Xu Yunshen touched his head, "It seems that the organization has been destroyed, and there is only one young master left." β
"Then what is he trying to do? I still can't get along with you, I can't look down under this roof and don't look up. Yuzhong Song was puzzled, "And it's no good for you to be evil, Yunshen, you and I have the surface strength there." Alas, poor Ming...... has a tortuous life experience, and has to suffer so much. Thinking of this, her favorability towards Chen Yu was crazy to decrease by one, and even classified him as a villain.
If the two of them open their brains again, they would never have imagined that the always smart prince Chen Yu would do such a thing that harms others and is not beneficial to himself for very naΓ―ve reasons.
At this moment, Chen Yu had already run to his own private residence, poured a large cup of tea fiercely, and remembered Xu Yunshen's expression, and his heart was slightly happy.
After taking two sips, he was silent, a little stunned, and suddenly stood up and said, "Am I stupid? I actually allowed a child to be abducted and sold out of jealousy! I have read all the books of sages for more than ten years!" He was a little sad, "Is my essence ...... Is it just a villain?"
Jealous, he was jealous of Lu Juntao and Xu Yun, who had always been honest with him. Under the brewing of emotions, the devil in him took over, prompting him to make this choice involuntarily. At the moment he regretted it a little and wanted to make amends, but it was too late.
It's like returning to the peaceful time of the past, the leisurely daily life.
It's just that Xu Yunshen habitually opened the door of the side room, looked at the empty room, and then closed it silently.
A week has passed, and Xu Yunshen and Chen Yu have not said a word.
In the middle, Li Qingzhu heard that Xu Yunshen was back, so he came to him in a hurry. After touching it up and down a few times, after confirming that there were no arms or legs, he slightly praised his extraordinary ability, and the last battlefield could not affect him. Xu Yunshen didn't feel anything, and the sour eyes of Yuzhongge and Zhu Er's eyes were about to melt him.
The war was temporarily suspended, and at this moment, Cheng Tu's death had spread throughout the country, causing the whole country to regret.
The emperor issued a holy decree and held a ceremony on July 15 to see off the fallen soldiers.
Xu Yunshen made a rare trip to the Prince's Mansion.
When Prince Chen Yan heard that Xu Yunshen was visiting, he changed into a red embroidered gold brocade robe, and seemed to be in a good mood.
He sat down on the upper seat with a shelf and said, "Send him up." β
Waiting for Xu Yunshen to come up, he couldn't wait to speak first: "What's the matter with Brother Xu?"
"My child is lost, and I want to ask the prince to help me find it. You can rest assured that you will not be kept busy in vain. Xu Yunshen gave a long salute.
Chen Yan was a little displeased, and said, "Brother Xu, what are you talking about? You are my doorman, and I will definitely help you as much as I can." β
Is this prince with a not very good brain reliable! Xu Yunshen smiled gratefully.
"Wang Er. Chen Yan sent someone over, this person was the person who pulled the cart for Chen Yan when he met Xu Yunshen for the first time, and it seemed that he was a cronie.
"To. "There was a person coming in from outside the door, it was Wang Er.
"Brother Xu, tell him the child's appearance and signs carefully, so that he can find it. Chen Yan reluctantly smiled "gently", making a face paralyzed smile, which was really embarrassing for him.
Xu Yunshen nodded and said, "The child's name is Ming, he is eight years old, intelligent and spiritual, and his temperament is quiet......"
"Wait, the child's name is Ming?" Chen Yan interrupted, he remembered the bad news he had recently learned about the high-level meeting, "I heard that the Holy Son of the Barbarian Clan recently returned after being exiled in the Tang Dynasty, also called Ming, and his age is also ...... Almost. Could it be that Brother Xu, the child you brought with you is the Holy Son of the Barbarian Race?"
Xu Yunshen was also dumbfounded, and learned the news from outsiders for the first time. But it seems that at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he said that he was the Holy Son or something...... He patted his head and suddenly realized.
Chen Yanguan's surprised expression did not seem to be fake, and his heart might have been a coincidence, and he said with some disgrace at the moment: "If only I had known this news, I could have stopped it...... Brother Xu, don't get me wrong, it's also excellent to just let him practice hard in Datang and submit to us. β
Xu Yunshen nodded, and his mouth was quick for a while: "I thought so at the time." β
"Huh?" Chen Yan tilted his head.
Xu Yunshen "coughed" and explained: "I didn't know that he was the Holy Son at the time, but he was an ordinary barbarian, and I wanted to influence him, but I never thought it would be so big. β
Chen Yan now has some groundless trust in Xu Yunshen, and he didn't think much about it, and believed his words.
So the matter of finding the child came to an end.
Xu Yunshen confidently rubbed a meal at Chen Yan's place, after all, he was a guest of the prince's door.
Chen Yan didn't show an unhappy look, but instead asked his subordinates to serve a few more dishes, and asked him if he wanted to bring some back.
Is Xu Yunshen the kind of person who is greedy for food?
He is.
After all, I was hungry and scared.
"Xiaoyu, look, I brought you some snacks back, and there is news of Mingming. Xu Yunshen still had the slightly depressed mood he had before, and it seemed that going to the Prince's Mansion was the right choice.
The song in the jade came out.
When she heard this, she also cheered up slightly, and her whole person became brighter, adding a little more beauty.
After Xu Yunshen finished telling Yu Zhongge the news she had learned, she frowned slightly and said, "Holy Son, such a high position, will Xiao Ming be ...... Bullying?"
Xu Yunshen was stunned for a moment, touched his chin, and fell into deep thought: "Indeed, ......"
If you look at the experience of political struggle in the Tang Dynasty, such a child will only become a puppet if he is supported to the throne.
And the barbarians, without experience and history to deduce, do not know what the specific situation will be.