Omi had to sit up

Chen Shu turned his head in astonishment, only to see that the cold snow melted on Zhen's cold face at this time, like an ice spring under the warm sun with a rising temperature.

"I..." Hearing Xie Zhen's question, Chen Shu froze for an instant. He opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know how to reply. In the end, the words turned into respectful words in his mouth.

"The emperor is the son of heaven, so I naturally care about the emperor." Chen Shu said.

Xie Zhen: "..."

The scorching sun was burning on the top of his head in the sun, Xie Zhen suppressed his smile, and seeing Chen Shu's solemn expression with lowered eyebrows towards him, he finally slowed down his eyes and looked at the road ahead.

The road ahead is blurred by the sun, and with the chirping of cicadas approaching summer, it looks even hotter and distorted.

Chen Shu silently followed Xie Zhen for a few more steps, but with insights from the corner of his eyes, Zhen suddenly raised his head to look at the distant sky, and said in a low voice: "Lin Chenshu, do you think the emperor's position is very important?"

"?" What question is the emperor asking him?

Chen Shu was taken aback. He never expected that Xie Zhen would ask such a question at this time.Xie Zhen's attitude towards him is subtle, so how should he answer?

For him, Chen Shu, Xie Zhen's throne is of course important. After all, Chang Ming pulled him here from another world to protect Xie Zhen and secure his throne.

But if Xie Zhen himself...

Chen Shu thought quickly in his mind, but he heard Xie Zhen next to him curl up his lips and laugh.

——What is he laughing at?Chen Shu was taken aback, and looked back at Xie Zhen, but he heard that Xie Zhen's face was calm. He passed through a tree shade, and the sky was mostly blocked by broad leaves. He looked away and said in a low voice: "The rumors in the world are not wrong. Qin Shuanghan's mother is Qin Shuanghan. Compared with the orthodox bloodline of the royal family, I am insignificant in the Xie family tree. Two years ago, Shougan even planned to support the distant relatives of the clan as emperors to control the court. If I don't take out Xuanlong Jue , Qi Yanchu will not promote me to my current position."

"..." Chen Shu had heard many versions of Xie Zhen's story outside, but this time he actually got it from Xie Zhen himself.

It's just that Xie Zhen's city mansion has always been hidden very deeply, and Chen Shu seldom explored it. He didn't expect Xie Zhen to tell him personally at this time.

"The first emperor once promised Qin Shuanghan that as long as he got the key of Tianxingzang, he would marry her as a matchmaker, but later he married Fang Shouqian's younger sister in order to consolidate the throne. Qin Shuanghan broke with the first emperor a long time ago, just because he was greedy for the last friendship. After knowing that he was pregnant with a child , did not abort me.”

The clues involved in the Liang Mansion case have now been confirmed to be related to Fang Shouqian and the late Emperor, and Xie Zhen told him clearly about the past 20 years ago.

Chen Shu was shocked when he heard that, and looked sideways at Xie Zhen, but Jian Zhen's expression was indifferent, as if the matter of the late emperor had nothing to do with him.

More importantly, Xie Zhen directly referred to his mother as Qin Shuanghan.

"Qin Shuanghan regretted it after giving birth to me. When she raised me until I was four years old, she finally took me to Hanshan. She wanted to ask Jian Chenxue what she did wrong, but when she walked to the inscription on Hanshan, she suddenly I figured it all out." Xie Zhen said slowly.

After nearly 20 years, Xie Zhen still remembered the cold mountain wind and snow that day, and the collapsed woman finally couldn't help raising her hand and fanning his face aside.

There was no pain, but at that time, he vaguely saw the scene in front of him and heard the voice in his ear.

"What the hell are you looking at, you fool?!" A woman's resentful voice came from beside her ear, "I'm your mother, can't you take a look at me?"

Liuzhi responded for the first time, he froze for a moment, then slowly looked at the woman.

Seeing his eyes, the woman suddenly went crazy again, she reached out and grabbed his neck: "No, no, you are not my son, you are a monster, you are a monster that ran out of Tianxingzang!"

He opened his mouth, but his breath was firmly blocked, and the only thing he could see was the chaotic wind and snow in the sky.

His vision gradually blurred, and just when he thought everything was about to end, the woman suddenly let go of her hand, looked at the child in front of him who was not struggling, raised her hand to gently brush his face, and her voice was melodious.

"But what did I, Qin Shuanghan, do wrong? Should I not have met Jie Fenghou, or should I have listened to him and went to Tianxingzang, or... as early as I knew there was a fool like you, I shouldn't have gave birth to you?"

The woman sobbed, but what answered her was only the wind and snow on the cold mountain and the vast snow scene.

On the snow scene, there is only a stone tablet, a thread of red rope, a thin bundle, and a child sitting in the snow looking blankly at her.

In the chaotic world, the common people are humble dogs, and the oaths are wiped out. How can there be eternity between sweet words.

The woman finally closed her eyes and turned around in despair.

"I, Qin Shuanghan, was smart all my life, and I was confused for a while. If I have time to go back and forth, I will never trust Jie Fenghou again, and go to that damn Tianxingzang again."

There was already ruthlessness in her eyes, and she jumped down the cliff without looking back.

The mountain wind was bitter, mixed with wind and snow, and there was the sound of something falling down the mountain.

However, the sound was quickly overshadowed by the whistling wind, and the mountain wind quickly swept across the snowy fields, leaving him breathing the thin air and staring blankly into the distance.

There was obviously nothing there, what the hell was he waiting for.

……

The scenery changed that year, and the cold mountain wind and snow were gone. At this time, the scorching sun was shining brightly. Xie Zhen looked sideways, but saw a man standing shoulder to shoulder with him.

He was wearing ordinary clothes, Yuandai's eyes were clear under his eyebrows, his eyes were like stars, Zeng Canyi smiled at himself.

But that's not about him, it's about who he is.

"Whether it is the Xie family or the Qin family, it is not important to me. I don't need to do anything for them. It is my selfishness to enter the court." He heard his own voice, "Lin Chenshu, in front of you , I hope I am Xie Zhen."

"..." Chen Shu paused.

This time he understood what Xie Zhen was talking about. Xie Zhen told him about his life experience and said that he didn't want him to treat him like a monarch and a minister.

Chen Shu was silent.He frowned, and looked down at the shadow under the shade of the tree.This shade was cool for a while, but it was always sunny outside, he said slowly: "Young Master Qin, I was the one who talked too much earlier."

Qin Shuanghan hated Qin Zhi for embarrassing her, but the late emperor never cared about this child. Xie Zhen's birth really had nothing to do with the Xie family, nor did it seem to have anything to do with the Qin family.

He was, and really shouldn't be, an emperor.

Chen Shu found out that he shouldn't have told Xie Zhen about those past events.

But now, how would he respond to Xie Zhen.

"Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin, I have to thank you for coming out to investigate the case with me." As Chen Shu said, he quickened his pace and walked in front, reached out and took out the directory in his hand, and said as he walked: "...Although Qin Master treats me well, but I, Chen Shu, have selfish motives in everything I do... I hope Master Qin will know."

Sure enough, according to Xie Zhen's statement, he no longer called the emperor, but there was a faint meaning in his words that was more unfamiliar than the way of monarch and minister.

Xie Zhen walked behind and said slowly after a while: "I understand."

"..." Obviously it was the response he wanted, but Chen Shu still paused.

Xie Zhen had already walked up, looked at the list in Chen Shu's hand and said, "The front should be the residence of the original imperial doctor, let's go."

"...Okay." Chen Shu lowered his eyes and closed the ledger, nodded.

The two soon came to the address registered by the Ministry of Officials. The address was located in the eastern suburbs of the capital, not far from the Lin Mansion, but far from the neighbors, so it was a remote house.Chen Shu and Xie Zhen knocked on the door, but what they saw was a woman in her 40s.

The middle-aged woman was taking a nap, and when she saw someone knocking on the door, she went out impatiently. She wanted to scold someone who was disturbing her dreams in this hot weather, but when she opened the door, she saw two men standing in front of her.Of these two men, one is handsome and the other is handsome. The taller man is handsome and impeccable, and he is a man who makes people shine, while the slightly shorter man has a handsome appearance and a handsome temperament, and he has an indescribable romantic charm. , the two men appeared together, they were so eye-catching, this made most of her drowsiness disappear in an instant, and even her bad attitude when she just left the house became much better.

Chen Shu saw that the middle-aged woman was kind and friendly, and she always glanced at Xie Zhen from time to time, she was silent for a moment, and quickly asked about the imperial doctor.

When the middle-aged woman heard that she came to inquire about the original head of the household, although she was surprised, she still told what happened in the yard before, saying that after the imperial doctor died, five members of his family followed him Men jumped into wells to die, and no one survived.

"Hey, the place where this family jumped is the well in front. No one knew about it at first, and the body was not found until someone went to fetch water the next day. Hey, this woman didn't find a good place to die for her love. One jump, that well will be useless, who would drink the water that has soaked the dead!" The middle-aged woman said, fanning the wind with her hands, but saw the two men in front of her who were clearly in the hot weather. But there was no sweat, and he looked very refreshed.

She couldn't help being a little envious, and opened the house a bit: "Would you like to come in and sit down? This house was lived in by the doctor who was an official, but because it is unlucky to die, the title deed is very cheap. My husband and I I thought it was worth it, so I bought it and lived here.”

The house changed hands, and many clues are gone.Chen Shu and Xie Zhen glanced at each other, but neither chose to go in. Only Chen Shu opened the book again, crossed out the imperial doctor's name, and then went to the address of the second dead official.

Xie Zhen walked with Chen Shu all the way.

The two of them quickly visited most of the names on the book.Most of the names and addresses in this book have changed owners. After visiting, I found out that the whole family has passed away. It is exactly the same as the way the cook of the Liang Mansion handled it. It is definitely Fang Shouqian's handwriting.

The remaining part of the address has been abandoned until now, and it is full of dust.

Fang Shouqian's hands and feet are very clean, and these people have passed away for a long time, Xie Zhen and Chen Shu did not find any clues, so they went to the address of the head of the kitchen during the reign of the late emperor.

The address of the dining room manager is not in the capital city, but in a town on the outskirts of the capital city.When Chen Shu and Xie Zhen arrived, they saw a relatively spacious courtyard on the address.The yard was overgrown with weeds, as if it had been abandoned for a long time, and it did not seem to be inhabited.

However, Chen Shu was blessed with martial arts skills and his six senses were very sensitive, yet he heard the faint breathing of someone in the room.

He was a little surprised, and raised his eyes to look at Jie Zhen, but he also frowned, obviously finding someone inside.

This place was quite different from the deserted addresses they had explored before.

Chen Shu and Xie Zhen looked at each other, pushed open the courtyard door that was about to fall, and walked towards the low house in the courtyard.

As he got closer, the movement in the room became more obvious. Chen Shu heard two people inside, one of them was breathing weakly, the other was twisting the cloth, and there was the sound of dripping water coming from inside.

Soon the sound of water stopped.

"Who?!" A vigilant voice came from inside the room.

Chen Shu's eyes were fixed, and he quickly looked at Xie Zhen.

Xie Zhen's eyes also changed, and he quickly pressed the hilt of the sword beside him.

Both of them had heard this voice, it was between the period of voice change between teenagers and youths, and not long ago, both of them had dealt with this person.

——This is the voice of Tou Du Sheng!

The two looked at each other, and Chen Shu saw Zhen Qijian, and stood in front of Xie Zhen first.

"I'm coming!" Chen Shu stopped Xie Zhen behind him.

Xie Zhen was about to say something, but Chen Shu kicked open the courtyard door first.

Chen Shu looked thin, but he slammed the door unambiguously. The door collapsed in an instant, and a thick black smoke shot out from the door, rushing toward the intruders.

Seeing that it was the poisonous mist coming towards him, Chen Shu heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He swallowed his whole body and swept it away with his sleeves. The blue and white figure has disappeared from the window, leaving only a back.

Tou Dusheng ran so fast!

Chen Shu hurriedly looked back at the room, only to realize that Zhen had followed into the room.There is a water basin in this room, and a cloth towel is floating on the water basin, and the water on it is rippling, which is obviously the water that has just been tortured and beaten.

And there was the sound of someone breathing in the room.

Chen Shu and Xie Zhen looked at the sound of breathing at the same time, and saw a person on the bed of the room with a pale complexion, eyes closed, and weak breath. It turned out to be Lu Qi who disappeared after chasing and killing Tu Dusheng!