Crown Prince

Baoquan Town, Li Mansion.

"Master, that man is here again." The housekeeper Chen Zhuo hurried over from the front yard, bowed in Li Hengsheng's ear and said, "I have brought a lot of people with me, and it doesn't look good."

Li Hengsheng narrowed his eyes, and his handsome face with a bit of evil spirit revealed a bit of sarcasm: "Zheng Yingfeng really didn't give up... It's just that I, Li Hengsheng, am not a vegetarian. Extraordinary."

Chen Zhuo paused for a moment, and said lightly: "Although the Zheng family is rich and famous, this generation has declined, and it's all because of the meager sons and daughters." There is nothing to be afraid of.

Li Heng snorted, and glanced at the young boy who sat motionless under him.

"Master's term of office has expired now, and he will be promoted to Captain Qingche, a fourth-rank official—even if he is the head of the Zheng family, if he has no official position, he still has to salute when he sees the master." Chen Zhuo said: "Although the young master's family is It is the Zheng family, but now that it has been adopted by the master, the Zheng family definitely has no right to intervene."

Li Heng looked at the housekeeper with satisfaction, feeling much more at ease.Originally, he was a bachelor who fed the whole family by himself, but since he adopted Erlang six years ago, and Du Songhe was with him, he has added a lot of servants to the family, so he hired a housekeeper.Speaking of this housekeeper, he is actually very young, around thirty.Like Baoquan Township, Chen Family Village was wiped out by mountain bandits back then. He was also picked up from the dead by Li Hengsheng... Because he was literate and smart, Li Hengsheng asked him to take care of his family. , it's not considered prostitution, and the wages are calculated separately, but there is nothing wrong with it.

"father."

The little boy suddenly spoke, the sound quality was a little crisp, but very calm.

"Son, go and talk to him."

Li Hengsheng turned his head to look at his adopted son who was only nine years old, the original Wang Fengzhang, and now Li Hansheng.The child has studied with Songhe and practiced martial arts with him all these years. He is no longer the young girl of the Wang family who was frightened out of his soul by bandits.

"Zheng Yingfeng can be regarded as your real uncle, can you handle it?" He mocked, "Don't be easily abducted by someone else, but ask Weifu to be beaten and scolded by your little daddy instead."

After hearing these words, Li Hansheng raised his thick eyebrows similar to Wang Han's, but his demeanor was exactly like Li Hengsheng's.He stood up. Although he was young, he was considered tall among his peers, and he was not thin.

"Father, just watch!" He raised his voice a little, but his expression was still very calm: "When Baoquan Township was in trouble, I haven't seen the Zheng family come here to look for me for several years, so it can be seen that he doesn't have much brotherly affection for my mother. It is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Now that his only remaining bastard is dead, and seeing that I am promising, he only wants to take me back—but it is too late!"

"That's right!" A clear and elegant male voice came from the back hall, and a light-green scholar strode out, looked at Li Han with a smile and said, "As expected of my son... You must know that it is difficult to have the best of both worlds in this world. Just wanting to pick it up for nothing is wishful thinking!"

When Li Hansheng saw him, he showed a childish smile, with two dimples on his face.

"Little Daddy!"

Du Songhe touched the young boy's head with eyes full of love, and his voice turned judo: "You don't have to worry about the Zheng family. Although the Zheng family is a noble with five surnames, that is already in the past... What Steward Chen said is very reasonable. The most noble, but the children are so weak that they can't support the appearance." He smiled slightly and continued: "What's more, if we talk about the rich and powerful families of the world, they must be favored by the saints, and Jane counts only in the holy heart. Zi, Jueji Duke, my father and my family are hereditary honors, your grandfather is now a first-rank Duke, and your aunt is the lord of the first palace, you are much more noble than the son of Zheng Yingfeng's family... he If you want to admit it, you have to see if you have that blessing!"

He glanced at Li Heng's voice, seeing that he had been uneasy since just now, but smiled a little more: "It's a pity that your maternal ancestor's family is not very well-established, and the second elder died early. Even if your father helps, your father is now Just a mere fourth-rank official."

Li Heng was so angry that his veins were trembling, he slapped the table and shouted sharply: "What are you talking about! No one will spoil the child!" He held back, and blurted out: "My parents are his grandparents, and your family is Erlang's grandparents." Home!!"

"..." Li Hansheng silently rolled his eyes away.Seeing his two fathers looking at each other and sneering.The housekeeper backed away as if nothing had happened, preparing to slip away.

That's enough.

"Son, go and deal with that man." He said dryly, saluted, and followed the housekeeper out.

As soon as Erlang went out, Li Hengsheng watched the scholar walk over in a big way, and sat on his lap directly, circling his hands, his smile changed from elegant to provocative.

"Li Mutou, are you still angry?" Juniper pursed his lips to tease the still stiff man, and rubbed his buttocks skillfully: "Isn't this going to go back to Chang'an... If you want my parents to treat Erlang well, just be an adopted son Identity doesn’t work.”

Li Hengsheng's cheekbones gradually turned red, and he said in a low voice dissatisfied: "Erlang followed my surname, why did he become your illegitimate child again?"

Du Songhe sneered: "Why, it's only natural for me to be played with under your body every day? People are also deceived by you. It's so easy to have a son with your surname. If you go and lie to my parents, you won't do it." Agree?" He said that if he turned his face, he would turn his face, and regardless of the man's impulse to be provoked, he got up from his lap, pointed at him, and cursed: "You and I should make a clean break! Erlang, I will take you away - you go find your whore Give birth to a son for your Li family!!"

Although Li Hengsheng had always put on the airs of the head of the family, seeing that Juniper was really angry at this moment, he couldn't help softening.He hesitated for a while, pulled the scholar into his arms, and said in a low voice: "You... why are you so angry! I just didn't turn the corner... Besides, it is impossible for us to have children together, Erlang is You and my son, which is good for him, I...I also know clearly. "

He looked down at the person in his arms, and saw that the anger in Jun Songhe's clear eyes gradually faded, and his tightly pursed red lips relaxed a little, and he felt relieved.He said depressedly, didn't he say that the gods descended to earth, why is he so narrow-minded...

"Forget it, I don't care about you this time." Du Songhe snorted coldly, leaning against Li Hengsheng's arms.

Li Heng hurriedly coaxed him to have some tea, and after a long time, he suddenly remembered something: "That's right! Then Zheng Yingfeng knew that Hui Niang had given birth to two sons... What if he accidentally told Erlang that he missed the point? "

Du Songhe gave him a sideways look, and said with a sneer, "If your memory is as good as yours, I'm afraid Erlang would have been suspicious. What do you think I was doing just now?"

Li Heng was stunned for a moment, and quickly apologized with a smile to accompany him.

I started to feel depressed again in my heart, you little boy, let's see how the Lord loves you at night.

On the other side, Erlang followed the housekeeper to the gate of the front yard with a sullen face. From a distance, he saw a middle-aged man in a brocade robe standing with his hands behind his back, and beside him stood a row of house slaves, all of them were burly and fierce.

He squinted his eyes and looked around, the man had a beautiful beard, his facial features were six to seven points similar to Hui Niang, very handsome.

My heart couldn't help getting colder.

When Zheng Yingfeng heard footsteps coming from the door, he turned his head to see a young man followed by the butler of the Li Mansion, and couldn't help but get excited.The young boy was only about ten years old, his skin was slightly dark, his eyes, mouth and ears were very similar to his own, only his eyebrows were thick and black, and he looked very heroic.Although he is young, he has already shown a bit of a calm and calm style of everyone. This kind of demeanor alone is five points better than his peers.

"You... you are Erlang, right?" Zheng Yingfeng stepped forward and said in a hoarse voice, "I am your own uncle, and you visited him when you were born!"

Erlang looked at him with his arms crossed expressionlessly, and sneered secretly.

"I'm sorry, sir... I haven't heard my mother mention that I have an uncle." He said coldly, "My family used to be a poor hunter in the countryside. I have known my father since I was a child, and I haven’t even been to Baoquan Town a few times... Even if you say yes, both my parents passed away a few years ago, and there is no one to confront them.”

When Zheng Yingfeng heard this, he couldn't help scolding Wang Han Huiniang and Juniper He Liheng in his heart.He used to have a bunch of his own sons and concubines, but for some reason a few years ago, three of his four sons died, and even his only son began to suffer from serious and minor illnesses... He came to this kind of place to find his sister, just in case .In case he really lost his heirs, it would be better to adopt his own sister's son than to adopt someone with thin blood from the clan.

Later, his son started to improve again, and he began to hate his sister for running away from home and marrying a vulgar poor man to confuse her blood. Although he heard the bad news in Baoquan Township, he thought that since it was useless, he had no right to hear it...how could it be that last year The first son died suddenly, and the remaining second son also died not long after. He was sad for a long time, and then he remembered his sister's son, Erlang.

He sighed, and said, "You kid is blaming me... The reason I didn't come that year was because the child at home was seriously ill. Last year, after all... Sigh." He wiped the corners of his eyes, and said bitterly: "Don't you That Li Heng sound deceived you! Think about your parents, who have raised you for so many years, is it for you to be the son of another family?! Don’t you even recognize your ancestors?!"

Li Erlang got angry, but his face became more indifferent, and he said flatly: "Even if the ancestor is the ancestor of the Wang family, what has it to do with your Zheng family? Both my parents died. If my father didn't adopt me, and my younger father carefully taught me, I am now I’m afraid I was kidnapped to dig black coal, so I’ve reunited with my parents a long time ago!” He couldn’t help but sneer: “Now my natal family is the residence of the Duke of Chang’an, and my aunt is the favorite concubine of a saint. Don't recognize relatives indiscriminately, mess up bloodlines!"

Zheng Yingfeng's face turned red, and he scolded angrily: "You...! I didn't expect my sister's son to be such a person who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix!! Who is confusing the blood—if you insist on doing this, don't blame uncle for going to the capital to sue him. You are a big crime for pleading guilty to the country!"

Erlang stared at him in disbelief, this man is so shameless that he wants to harm his own nephew? !He flicked his sleeves and said sharply: "It's up to you! The butler sees off the guests!" After saying that, he turned around and entered the yard.

Walking all the way to the inner courtyard, the surroundings became quiet, but all kinds of things just now were still circling in the boy's mind.After so many years, even though he was young back then, he has already remembered things, his mother's voice and appearance, his father's generous chest... He doesn't remember much, the clearest thing is that night when he woke up alone, even if he cried loudly, he couldn't remember anything. No tender hands hugged him to comfort him.And… and—

Erlang smiled wryly.

If the world knew the truth about his identity, they would all scold him for killing himself.It's just that father and younger father raised and cared for him, and always considered him. They would never have children in this life, and only he could pass on the incense as a filial piety.Father had already told him that when he had a child in the future, the first one would be surnamed Wang, which could be regarded as an inheritance for their Wang family.

He must live a good life so that his mother and father will not be in vain to sacrifice their lives for him.