Jiang Peirong's original name was Jiang Peilan. Her younger brother was named Jiang Congrong. She used one character from her brother's name to get the name Peirong.

"How have I ever lied to you? I have never given up looking for him all these years, but you just don't want to believe me."

Shen Ting did not lie to Jiang Peirong, but a long time had passed, and there were not many clues back then, so they did not dare to search on a large scale, and thus progress was slow.

"Forget it, you don't want to know, come here——"

Jiang Peirong put Yu'er in Qingshuang's arms and interrupted Shen Ting, "Qingshuang, you take care of Princess Jingning tonight."

Qing Shuang was spoiled by Shen Yangui, and she was not even afraid of the Regent, let alone Shen Ting. "Madam, you don't have to be afraid of him. The prince and princess are here to take care of everything!"

Shen Ting glared at Qingshuang. If it were any of his servants who dared to disregard His Majesty like this, he would have been dragged out and beaten with a military stick.

"It's okay, you can go out."

Not to mention that they were husband and wife before, so what if they weren’t?

Jiang Peirong is not one of those women who have the three obediences and four virtues engraved in their bones and live their lives holding the chastity arch in their arms.

There were no maids serving in the army. The soldier brought in hot water and food and then left. Shen Ting habitually pulled her hand and sat down. "Didn't you always say that you wanted to try the army's roasted lamb chops with strong liquor? This is what I specially ordered someone to prepare just now. Come and try it. Do you like it?"

That was many years ago.

It has been so long that Jiang Peirong has forgotten which year it was, and naturally she can no longer find the same feeling she had back then.

She dodged the hand, dressed herself, sat down calmly, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the chopped mutton, and said without looking away: "General, since you have news, you might as well tell me directly."

Shen Ting's hand was suspended in the air, looking quite disappointed. "It's been a year, are you still angry?"

Did he think he was being petty? Jiang Peirong said, "General Shen, let's get down to business."

Shen Ting was unhappy with her attitude, "You are so confident now only because of Yan'er, but don't forget that the Jiang family committed a heinous crime punishable by death and extermination of the entire clan!"

emboldened.

This word is used very well.

The honesty during their youthful love turned into endless pain in the years that followed.

It was because she had no one behind her, and there were murders and children, and she had weaknesses everywhere. She had no way to be confident, so she could only swallow her anger and let him lead her by the nose.

If he wants to go east, he will go east; if he wants to go west, he will go west.

During those years in the Shen family, he would come to favor her when he was happy and disappear without a trace when he was unhappy, and the love of their youth was also worn away.

A few days ago at the Yin County Villa, she mustered up the courage to talk to the prince about the affairs of the Jiang family. She wanted to take full responsibility, but the prince's words "she is not a member of the Mo family" really made her scared.

But later, Yan'er told herself privately that the prince's intention was not to disown her as the princess, but he never thought that Yan'er's marriage to him meant her commitment to the entire Mohist school.

The reason why the prince said "not a member of the Mo family" was because in his eyes, Yan'er was not the regent princess Mo Shen, nor was she the general's daughter Shen, but just herself.

He was angry at that time because Yan'er didn't believe him, that's all.

The couple had indeed talked frankly and told me together that it was the crime committed by the late emperor and that they would definitely overturn the case for the Jiang family after returning to the capital.

Now that her daughter has become her biggest supporter, Jiang Peirong is truly not afraid of anything.

"What does General Shen mean?" She swallowed the meat in her mouth, raised her head, and asked coldly, "Do you need me to do something before you speak?"

"What's your attitude? You have to understand that if the Regent knew about this, not only would Yan'er not be able to protect you, your precious daughter wouldn't even be able to protect herself!"

The Regent is different from you. Jiang Peirong said, "Shen Ting, you are always like this. When I first entered your Shen family, you were like this, and now you are still like this. You clearly want to save the relationship, but you are always unwilling to show your true feelings. You protect yourself first when you love someone, and you stab someone first when you keep them."

"I……"

"In fact, you are the one who lacks confidence, right? You never dare to let go and love." Jiang Peirong now felt a little pitiful for him. "If you want to talk about my brother's affairs, then tell me. If you really don't want to, I won't force you."

"I won't promise you anything just because I'm calm and make Yan'er feel embarrassed."

My daughter will do great things in the future, and any decision I make as a mother may affect her in the future. Jiang Peirong can't help her daughter, but she can't hold her back either.

Young couple become enemies in old age; this is the outcome he least wants to see, but it is also the result he had predicted many years ago.

Shen Ting saw her determination from her words and did not argue any further. He took down a brocade box from the shelf and took out a jade pendant from it.

Jiang Peirong recognized her immediately, tears welling up in her eyes.

"A jade pendant of calmness?"

When she and her brother left the Jiang family, she, who had better medical skills, got her father's golden needles and medical books, while her brother took their mother's jade pendant as a token of trust.

"Where did you find it?"

"I went to Lingzhou for an inspection last month. By chance, I saw it in a pawnshop. The owner said that the customer had deposited it and it couldn't be sold. I used some tricks."

Forced buying and selling.

"Then..." Jiang Peirong was so excited that she couldn't speak properly. "Is it, is it him?"

"I remember you said that Rong'er was injured when she was a child. The shopkeeper said that the customer was a man, about half a head shorter than me, with a small hole on his right ear and a scar on his neck."

Jiang Peirong's tears immediately rolled down when she heard this. "It's him, it's really him. Rong'er is not dead, he is not dead."

Shen Ting subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to hold her in his arms to comfort her. After thinking for a moment, he reached out to ask for the jade pendant.

"I have told the shopkeeper that if a customer comes to redeem it, he should send someone to find me. I guess he means that the redemption period will be in the next few days, so the jade pendant cannot be taken away for the time being."

Jiang Peirong nodded repeatedly, put the jade pendant back into his hands with both hands, and wiped her tears from the side of her face.

"Thank you."

The word "Tinglang" was swallowed back, and she did not deliberately add "General Shen".

After dinner, the two washed up separately.

Shen Ting ordered someone to bring a new set of sheets and quilt covers to replace the ones on the bed.

The soldiers all thought that their general had something to do tonight, and even the soldiers guarding the tent took two steps forward sensibly.

"I'll sleep on the couch."

This simple sentence already conveys deliberate distance.

Shen Ting still loved her, but he had to admit that Peirong was right, he would never love someone completely.

He will definitely leave himself enough room for retreat.

Love yourself before you love others.

After the lights went out, the tent was pitch black. They listened to each other's breathing. No one fell asleep and no one spoke.

The shadows of the torches were cast on the tent, coming and going.

In the woods leading to Lingzhou City, a fight has already begun with flashes of swords and sabers.

They originally sent people to steal the child from the main carriage while Poshan and the captain of the guards were concentrating on clearing the silt. When they saw the Regent and his wife coming back, they took the "child" away without even opening the lid to take a look.

They also used this as a bargaining chip to force the Regent and his wife to surrender.

The other side has more people, and if we fight head-on, there will always be casualties.

Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying immediately dropped their weapons and told their guards to leave. They would do anything as long as they didn't hurt the children.

Qi Rong's target was originally only the Regent. If he could capture the Regent and the beautiful princess alive without bloodshed, he would naturally not let his brothers die in vain.

Poshan, the captain of the guards and others abandoned their horses and carriages and left without hesitation. Mo Chengying was ridiculed by Qi Rong for this, who said that he was cruel and cold-blooded, so there was no loyal person around him.

The second and fourth in command came down the mountain personally, tied up Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying, and wanted to take them back to torture them.

"It's really hard to be rough with such a delicate flower."

The fourth boss used a hemp rope to tie Shen Yangui's wrist, and touched her hand in an unruly way, "My little beauty, tonight you will know what is tough? What is strong? What is a real man!"

Mo Chengying's hands had clearly been tied tightly behind his back, but the hemp rope suddenly loosened.

He broke the fourth in command's hand, and the fourth in command's arms were pinned behind his back, forcing him to kneel on one knee.

"You dare to touch my woman?"

The second in command behind him immediately drew his sword and wanted to chop Mo Chengying directly.

With a clang, the knife was half cut off.

Shen Yangui raised his leg high and stepped down, and with the force of gravity, the second in command failed to pull out his knife and fell to his knees.

With a thud, dust rose up.

"You dare to touch my man?"

Shen Yangui spoke only one word later than Mo Chengying, and their voices almost overlapped.

The two bosses knelt down almost at the same time.

Qifeng Village was not a village of fools at all. Being able to be in charge of a group of desperate criminals, the second and fourth in command could also be considered as important figures.

But now the second in command had failed easily and the fourth in command had even vomited blood. The surrounding bandits were holding knives and trembling, wanting to attack but not daring to.

Shen Yangui stepped on the tip of her toes and kicked, and the knife that fell on the ground easily came into her hand. She put the knife on the neck of the fourth boss and looked at Qi Rong, "I guess you are the first boss?"

"You want to kill someone, so there must be a reason, right? If you want money, we can give it to you. How much money is not a problem."

Qi Rong didn't expect that the person tied up by the second and fourth in command could escape right under everyone's noses. What was even more shocking was that the skills of the two were far beyond what he had expected.

Careless.

Fortunately, there was still a bargaining chip. Qi Rong, with his face covered with sackcloth, held the swaddling clothes high and said:

"Hehe, you want to buy peace with money? Dream on!"

Occasionally, a few torches lit up, making the surroundings seem even darker. Mo Chengying stalled for time and said:

"Perhaps there is some misunderstanding between you and me?"

"No misunderstanding! I want to kill you, the Mo family! Not just you, I want to kill the entire Mo royal family!"

Qi Rong had no intention of letting them know the truth, his tone was firm and he did not offer any more explanation.

Mo Chengying pressed the second in command's head and asked, "When traveling in the martial arts world, loyalty comes first. Does the first in command not care about the lives of your two brothers?"

"Life and death matter!"

Qi Rong did not intend to save the second and fourth in command. "My patience is limited. I will give you one more chance. Surrender, otherwise your daughter..."

Shen Yangui saw a blurry shadow of a knife floating by. The cliff was not very high. Estimating the time, Poshan and the others should be reaching the top soon. She looked at Mo Chengying.

"My husband, it's obvious that they are rebels and want to usurp the throne!"

Mo Chengying nodded, "Madam, what you said makes sense."

With a flash of cold light, Shen Yangui chopped off the fourth in command's head with a knife. At the same time, Mo Chengying twirled his hands.

Click.

The second in command's head turned a big circle, his eyes widened like cow eyes, and he disappeared.

"Oh, the hatred between Mohist school and you has increased again." There is no point in keeping worthless people.

Shen Yangui continued, "And now I am your enemy."

Mo Chengying touched Shen Yangui's head and said, "Don't be afraid, your husband is here."

Seeing these two people not taking him seriously at all, Qi Rong was so angry that his chest was about to explode, "Bitch! Do you believe it or not, I will strangle your daughter to death right now?"

Mo Chengying laughed, looking at him like a fool, "Since you want to kill me, don't you know that I am notorious? You are just a baby, and you want to threaten me? You really underestimate me!"

"Husband, I'm wrong."

Shen Yangui kindly corrected him: "That's not a baby, that's a baby's diaper."

She said aggrievedly: "The boss is really contemptuous. He threatened us with our daughter. What's the point of stealing my daughter's diapers?"

"Pee, diaper?"

Qi Rong stretched out his hand and pinched it: Soft!

When I opened it, it turned out to be a diaper.

Qi Rong hurriedly shook his hands off, but his body was still covered in dirt.

Mo Chengying said proudly: "My Jingning just pooped this afternoon, it's fresh~ Much cleaner than yours~"

"You are so stupid. What child wouldn't cry when held up like that by you?"

Qi Rong felt extremely humiliated and gave an order.

"withdraw!"

Following this sound, the knife-wielding bandits who were surrounding the group quickly retreated. Then a whistle blew, and the archers lying in ambush in the woods and the slingers on the cliff all showed up.

Crash.

Arrows flew like rain, bang, bang, bang, and nailed into the carriage and the mountain.

The horses neighed after being shot by arrows and tried to break free from the reins and escape, but there were too many feathers and arrows and they all fell down.

The knives in Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying's hands quickly spun to block, ding ding ding, and they almost became a flat surface shining with cold light.

The arrows almost grazed their bodies as they fell.

The two men used the sedan as a cover, but huge rocks rolled down from the mountain with a loud bang, forcing them to leave the cover of the sedan.

The opponent's arrows continued to fly.

Qi Rong stood in the shadows and said proudly, "Mo Chengying, you deserved your death today! If you want to blame someone, blame your father! Blame your birth into a royal family! Blame yourself for being so cruel and merciless!!!"

Mo Chengying listened to the sound and determined the position. He turned his wrist and several flying arrows turned around and shot accurately towards Qi Rong against the rain of arrows.

A sound of pain and a curse were faintly heard in the darkness.

Fires appeared in the forest, and the flying arrows turned into rockets, and were more dense than before.

The two men still have enough physical strength, but the knives in their hands are already at the limit. If they continue like this, they will become hedgehogs.

Mo Chengying stood in front of Shen Yangui, cursing Poshan for being a waste in his heart, and the waste came into play at this moment.

The people on the cliff stopped moving, and soon bodies fell from the top of the cliff.

Poshan and the captain of the guards killed the bandits and took their bows. They formed two rows on the top of the mountain and shot arrows towards the dense forest.

"Ah! Ugh!"

From time to time, bandits were shot by arrows.

Qi Rong ordered the torches to be extinguished, and at the same time a signal firework was launched into the sky.

The moon was at its zenith, and the forest was growing darker. Although Poshan and his men had the advantage of terrain, they suffered from the lack of light and could not accurately identify the location of the bandits in the forest.

There were still arrows flying towards Mo Chengying and Shen Yangui, but the density was greatly reduced.

Shen Yangui, who was protected behind him, found an opportunity, pulled Mo Chengying, and hid behind the sedan again.

The carriage had been ignited by rockets, and sparks were dotted on the ground. Mo Chengying saw something fall from Shen Yangui's waist - it was her golden needle.

That was the only relic of the Jiang family passed down from her maternal grandfather to her mother and given to her by her mother.

The third in command on the top of the mountain saw the signal for support, and half of the guards were assigned to deal with the bandits together with Poshan. With fewer arrows on the mountain, the ones in the forest became denser.

Mo Chengying let go of Shen Yangui's hand and leaned over to pick it up.

Just in time to welcome a new round of intensive archery.

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