I'm here to find my son

Before Li Xingzhi could come, the sycamore tree fell suddenly, dust visible to the naked eye was everywhere, and the loud noise shocked the two people present.

Bi Tao hurriedly stepped forward to support the princess, raised her hand to wipe off the dust all over her body, the princess covered her nose with a silk handkerchief, frowned and said, "What's going on?"

After she finished speaking, she looked in through the rectangular hole again: "I don't know if my grandson has been frightened, but the more she cries, the louder she is..."

Li Xingzhi came all the way with Xiao Zhen, who was not much fat, and climbed over the sycamore tree at the door.Seeing her son finally arrived, the princess hurriedly said: "Quick, open the door."

He kicked the door open, the princess was more eager than him, stuffed the handkerchief into the sleeve, and ran towards the crying.

Bi Tao was stunned at the back, the Crown Princess never liked to move, she didn't know that the Crown Princess could still walk like flying.

It wasn't too bright in the room, but the little thing wrapped in the quilt was still visible, the blood on his body had dried up and clotted into lumps.The limbs are like lotus joints, and they look stronger than ordinary newborns.

The crown princess opened the quilt, looked at the baby's lower body, and couldn't hide her joy: "It's a boy, okay, come over and have a look, it's a boy, how beautiful it is. Look at the facial features, and you It was really like when I was a child."

"..." Li Xingzhi leaned over and took a look. The child's face was dirty, with tears mixed with blood, so he couldn't tell who he looked like.He looked around, except for a pool of blood that seemed to seep into the floor, and broken blood-stained tiles, there was no trace of the second person.

Since Xiaozhen came in, she has been looking for a long time in this place where there is nowhere to hide. Li Xingzhi followed him to the outside of the yard: "Are you looking for him?"

Xiao Zhen nodded, and searched around the house: "How could it be impossible to miss, the door was sealed when we came..."

From Li Xingzhi's point of view, it is impossible to escape from here without anyone noticing.Even he himself would leave traces behind the broken door.

Besides, that brother just gave birth to a child, so it's not bad to be able to wait for them to come, so there's no way he can run.

"What's the matter with this tree?" Li Xingzhi asked Bitao who came out with the princess.

Bi Tao replied: "Your servant doesn't know either, just now my servant and the princess were watching at the entrance of the rectangular hole, and the tree fell down with a bang."

The child was still crying so much that the princess felt heartbroken when she heard it.

We can't let this child go home crying, otherwise, the whole government will know that the child's origin is unknown.Li Xingzhi went to the princess and took the child over: "Let me try."

The child was shaken by him a few times, and after a while, he really didn't cry much, but was still sobbing.

The princess said happily: "Sure enough, my father won't cry when he hugs me."

Li Xingzhi looked at Xiaozhen: "You are the one who always brings him meals? Have you ever talked to him? Does he behave differently?"

Xiao Zhen replied truthfully: "Yes, except for the days when I was sick and you sent me to the Marquis, I was responsible for his three meals. I said it... as I said, but in the next few months he would not eat it. I don’t like to talk to slaves very much, besides, he seems to be a foreigner and doesn’t understand our language, but he is not dumb and can learn to speak a few words.”

"An unusual behavior..." Xiao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Yes, he can sleep for four days and four nights in a single sleep. During these four days, no water enters, but he is still fine."

Li Xingzhi was silent after listening.

The slight bumps along the way made the baby in his arms sleepy, so he fell asleep while sucking his fingers.

Holding the child in his arms, he walked quickly through the mansion with ease, and finally entered Cheng Yaoying's bedroom through the side door.The lady's screams could be heard from outside, and Li Xingzhi praised in his heart that her acting was as real as it was.

Then he handed the child to Chunyan, Cheng Yaoying's close maid, and then slipped away through the side door.

Li Xingzhi walked to the door of the kitchen, and Fang Niang greeted him with a happy smile, and bowed to him: "Congratulations, Lord Hou, did your wife give birth?"

"Maybe." Li Xingzhi looked into the kitchen and asked, "Where's that kid here?"

"Are you talking about Xiao Zhen? He is lighting a fire in the kitchen now, Lord Hou is here to look for him?"

Li Xingzhi took out a few taels of silver from his purse and threw it to her. Since his wife in name gave birth to a son, he still had to do some superficial work, at least give a generous reward, and pretend that he was very happy.

"Well, call him out."

"Thank you, Lord Hou." Fangniang smiled brighter immediately, "Madam will surely give birth to a boy for Lord Hou smoothly, and he will be as good at both civil and military skills as Lord Hou in the future."

Li Xingzhi didn't bother to suppress the impatience in his eyes, Fang Niang glanced at him, she didn't dare to continue to flatter her, she hurriedly ran all the way in and called Xiao Zhen.

She grabbed Xiaozhen's arm, pulled him up, and called Fugui who was adding water to the water tank: "Fugui, come here and look at the firewood."

Then he lowered his head and said to Xiao Zhen with a sly voice: "Master Hou wants to find you, go and come back quickly, don't make the master wait impatiently."

Xiao Zhen hesitated for a moment, wiped her hands on her clothes, then ran up to Li Xingzhi, and said carefully, "Master Hou, are you looking for me?"

"Well, go to Yuanxi Pavilion and sit down."

The Yuanxi Pavilion is nearby, and there is a pond full of lotus flowers beside it, but because it is late autumn, the lotus flowers have somewhat withered, and they are not as spectacular as they bloomed in midsummer.

As soon as Master Hou was seated, someone from his servants brought refreshments, and by the way asked for a compliment: "Congratulations, Master Hou, Mrs. Cai gave birth to a fat boy just now, what a blessing."

Li Xingzhi casually tossed him a few taels of silver, then looked at Xiao Zhen, raised his eyebrows calmly, and pointed to the tea in front of Xiao Zhen with his five fingers together: "You're welcome, drink it."

"Thank you, Lord Hou." Xiao Zhen lowered her head slightly, took the teacup carefully, took a sip and put it back.

He didn't dare to look directly into his master's eyes, so he lowered his head halfway and asked carefully, "Master Hou, what's the matter with looking for a slave?"

Li Xingzhi put his hands on the stone table, smiled first, and tried to make himself look a little more approachable: "It's nothing serious, I just want to hear from you about that brother. You just said - this brother hasn't had a drop of water in four days , is this all right?"

"It's okay." Xiaozhen replied truthfully, "The servant was frightened at the first time, so he didn't dare to delay, so he invited his wife and Dr. Cheng, but Dr. Cheng gave him his pulse and said there was nothing abnormal."

What is this strange thing?

Li Xingzhi frowned, and said again: "A few days ago, when I delivered food to him, I found that the sycamore tree in front of the door had sprouted green shoots."

Xiao Zhen is quite smart, and she immediately recognized the strangeness in these words: "This slave has noticed it before, but the tree is indeed unusual. When the brother first came, the tree was already withered. When spring came, I didn’t see it sprouting. After a while...the sycamore tree sprouted new shoots like a dead tree in spring.”

"The slave felt a little strange, so he went to have a look, and found that the termite nests under the plane tree had all moved away, but there was no one left."

"really?"

Xiao Zhen: "Really, I saw it with my own eyes."

That being said...the sycamore tree at the door was dead and withered, and now the man disappeared, and the sycamore tree collapsed, how could there be such a coincidence in this world?

"Then what guesses do you have about his sudden disappearance?" Li Xingzhi was suspicious at this moment, but he had no way to start, so he had no choice but to question Xiao Zhen who was closest to the brother in front of him in a straightforward manner.

Xiao Zhen thought for a moment, then shook her head: "My servant doesn't know, when I brought him food yesterday, he was lying on the bed and sleeping as usual, and he couldn't wake up no matter how much he screamed, and he didn't have any special symptoms."

Li Xingzhi didn't have any clue, so he said casually, "Could it be a ghost?"

"Master Hou, don't scare this slave." Xiao Zhen had been with him for more than half a year, and she was very timid. When she heard Li Xingzhi say this, her hands began to sweat, "The slave touched his hand, it was warm, and it will not It's a ghost..."

Li Xingzhi smiled and deliberately frightened him and said, "How can you be sure that the ghost's hand is not warm? Maybe what you touched was just a handful of bones, and he used illusion to make you fascinated..."

After seeing the frightened expression on his face, Hou Ye, who likes to cheat, hooked the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.

Of course it can't be a ghost. First of all, Li Xingzhi himself didn't believe in this, and secondly, that night... the warm and soft jade was in his arms. Although he couldn't see the man's face clearly, the emotion was real.

And the white jade-like hand I saw a few days ago, if he is a ghost, then it should also be a beautiful ghost.

Although Xiaozhen didn't believe it, she was still a child after all, and she was still afraid for no reason. He said aggrievedly: "Master Hou, don't scare this servant. This servant is timid. I'm afraid it will be tonight..."

Fearing that she would not dare to get up at night, Xiao Zhen held back this cowardly words, fearing that she would be ashamed.

Li Xingzhi got up, originally thinking of rewarding this servant with a few taels of silver, but then he thought, this servant knows too much.

Li Xingzhi didn't know whether his tone was strict or not, and he wasn't sure if Cheng Yaoying meant to silence him, so he could only ask, "What's your name?"

"The slave's name is Xiao Zhen."

"He's a clever kid. He will go back and pack up his things later, and he will follow me from now on." Li Xingzhi said without haste.

Before Xiao Zhen could react, Li Xingzhi added another sentence: "Go to Mr. Song first, he will arrange a room for you."

Xiao Zhen immediately knelt down and gave a big gift to Lord Hou: "Thank... thank you Lord Hou, this slave will... definitely..."

For a moment he didn't know what to say.

Li Xingzhi raised his hand and said indifferently: "I don't want to hear these flattery words. I don't like to hear them. It's human effort. I'm not blind either. I can see with my eyes."

Xiao Zhen licked her head again, and didn't stand up until Li Xingzhi disappeared.He really couldn't restrain the ecstasy in his heart, he could finally leave that nightmare kitchen.

Following Lord Hou means that in the future, you only need to serve Lord Hou, and you don't have to worry about not having enough food or clothing.