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King Jin called "Nian Qing" twice in succession, but failed to make the other party stop. In desperation, he hurriedly ordered a group of guards to follow quickly to protect him.Unexpectedly, not long after the guards had chased them out, they came back one after another with their heads drooping: "This subordinate is incompetent, I really can't catch up with Mr. Shen's mount, please forgive me, my lord."

Ever since Shangyuanye was kidnapped after he didn't think well, King Jin has been worried, even in Jinyang City's own territory, he can't be completely relieved.Now that little hozen has disappeared without a trace, how could he not be in a hurry?Immediately pulled the princess over and asked: "Sister, what is the origin of the man named Chen Liudao? Have you sent someone to investigate carefully?"

The concubine pursed her lips apologetically: "This...he just said that he was an old acquaintance of Nian Qing, and he came all the way to see Nian Qing. Hearing that Mr. Hu said that Nian Qing was not in the mansion, he left only a piece of letterhead and left. I was also deeply afraid that someone would be unfavorable to Nian Qing, so I planned to send someone to follow him, but after thinking about it, if he is really a friend of Nian Qing, it would be too rude to investigate him with suspicion, so I also Let it go."

"Oh... it's my sister who is thoughtful... my sister is thoughtful..." King Jin agreed with the princess, but in his heart he complained that the princess didn't investigate the other party's details clearly.Compared with "losing someone", losing some courtesy is nothing.Seeing that the inquiry was fruitless, he had no choice but to scatter the guards around to look for it. If the princess hadn't stopped him, he would have almost transferred all the three guards of King Jin who were stationed outside the city into the city.

He was indeed a little tired from the exhaustion of traveling and traveling in the past few days, and he felt relaxed when he returned to his familiar environment.On the arhat couch in the study room lay the tiger skin hunted by Shen Si, King Jin half leaned on it, thinking of the vigorous and heroic posture of Shen Si when he shot the arrow at the tiger that day, and the little things that have gradually become intimate with Shen Si over the past few months , and thinking about where to start to investigate the real culprit who framed Shen Si, unknowingly, waves of drowsiness struck, and he fell asleep in a daze.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, King Jin opened his eyes, sat up abruptly, and asked loudly to the outside: "What time is it?"

The night attendant outside the door replied softly: "Go back to your lord, it's almost Haishi."

King Jin put on his clothes and got off the bed: "Go and see if Mr. Shen is back."

After a short while, the servant came back from a trot and reported: "My lord, Mr. Shen has not returned since he left the mansion at night, and there is no news about the guard who went to look for it."

King Jin was so angry that he raised his hand and smashed the two glazed cups on the table, cursing in a low voice: "Idiot!"

Pushing open the door, there were already kneeling on the ground outside.Seeing that the face of King Jin was covered with dark clouds and bottomless, everyone said that they were doomed. Fortunately, one of the more energetic attendants bravely said: "My lord, the villain deserves death. When I pour tea for Mr. Shen tonight , accidentally scanned the letterhead in the young master's hand, the villain definitely didn't intend to peep, but..."

King Jin waved his hand impatiently: "Forgive your innocence, but tell me what you see!"

"Yes, yes," the attendant replied tremblingly, "I saw the word 'Xing' on the paper, and the word 'Inn' underneath..."

King Jin immediately ordered: "Come here, go and search all the inns with 'Xing' in their names!"

With the clue of the inn, it will be much easier to find someone.Soon the guards reported that someone who looked like Mr. Shen had been in and out of the Xingsheng Inn in the west of the city.King Jin immediately ordered someone to change clothes and prepare a car, and went to find it himself.

The owner of the inn never expected that his inconspicuous shop would welcome the prince, so he knelt at the bottom of the steps in front of the door to greet him, and kowtowed since the carriage of King Jin appeared at the street.King Jin got out of the car, and the guards who came to inquire first led the way: "Mr. Shen is in the guest room at the end of the second floor. The guest who booked the room is named Chen. The subordinates dare not disturb you without authorization, so they don't know what's inside the room. situation."

Jin Wangfeng raised his eyes slightly, and glanced up at the guest room that the guard had mentioned. The room was dimly lit, but the curtains were tightly covered, as if he was afraid that people would see the interior.He took two steps thoughtfully, and then stopped at the top of the stairs. He hesitated for a long time, as if he was worried about something, but finally he made up his mind and walked up quickly.

Coming in front of the door, Jin Wang stood with his hands behind his back and did not look sideways, while the guards around him bowed and knocked on the door with great eyes: "Young Master Shen, Young Master, the prince is here."

There seemed to be someone whispering something inside, but they didn't come to open the door for a long time.Now King Jin couldn't hold back any longer, raised his foot and kicked the door open, calling out in a deep voice, "Shen Nianqing!"

The door was wide open, revealing a pensive and stunned face inside, he was standing in front of the door, his hands still in the posture of going to open the door.By the erratic candlelight, King Jin noticed that his temple hair was disheveled, his face was pale, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes that hadn't dried up.King Jin was startled by such an abnormal contemplation. All the suspicions, complaints, annoyance, and displeasure before he opened the door were all thrown away. What happened? Don't worry, everything is up to me."

Looking at him pensively, he turned his gaze to the guard at the door. King Jin waved his hands knowingly: "Everyone go out, and no one comes in without my order."

After the guards closed the door, Shen Si murmured in a hoarse voice: "Shou Zhi..." He pointed back at the man with a square face who stood silently at the table from the beginning to the end, and said, "This is Chen Liudao Brother Chen, I escaped from Gu Mingzhang that day, and I was able to escape thanks to his generous rescue. At that time, the two of us met by chance and said goodbye in a hurry. We didn’t talk about our family background in detail, so we only referred to each other as 'sixth brother'. I also His full name was not known until today."

Chen Liudao stood upright, and his expression was neither humble nor overbearing. Seeing King Jin looking at him, he just raised his hands and clasped his fists: "My servant, Chen Liudao, has met King Jin."

Hearing that Chen Liudao was the savior of meditation, Jin Wang immediately put on a three-pointed smile, and didn't even take the other party's disrespectful attitude to heart. He went forward and gave a deep salute: "It was Nian Qing's life-saving benefactor." Benefactor, Wei Lu has been negligent, please stay at the mansion for a few days later, let Wei Lu do his best as a landlord, and treat Brother Chen well."

Chen Liudao never expected that the high-ranking King Jin would be so polite to him, and he was a little at a loss: "This... people in the mountains and fields don't understand etiquette, so please forgive me. It's just that I was entrusted by others to come here. Those who take care of the third son are really flawless in taking care of others."

Following Chen Liudao's gaze, King Jin discovered that there was actually another person lying on the bed, because he was so thin that he could hardly see the ups and downs when sleeping under the quilt.Seeing King Jin watching, Shen Si walked slowly to the bed and sat down, touched the man's cheek and said softly: "Shou Zhi, come and meet him, this man...is my third brother."

"You mean..." King Jin widened his eyes, fearing that he might have misheard, "The third elder brother of your direct relative? The third son Shen Zhi? Hasn't he already..."

"It's a long story," Chen Liudao explained: "On that day, Shuai Shen committed suicide, and the Shen family's army went out of the city to accept the surrender. Gu Mingzhang didn't find the third son, so he ordered people to go into the city to search. They found someone in the city, and then started to fight. The third son was hit by arrows several times, and his arm was broken, and finally passed out due to his injuries. Gu Mingzhang's subordinates thought he was dead, so they threw him to the body mover. The person in charge of moving the body was He is my good friend from the same village, he admired the character and demeanor of the father and son of the Shen family as much as I did. Seeing that the third son was still alive, he found a shaved corpse of the same height, short, fat and thin to replace the third son, and then secretly took his place. People hid in the pile of corpses and pulled them out."

King Jin just heard it and felt sad in his heart, and then looked at the thought, the boy turned to face the wall, his face was buried in the shadow, probably because he didn't want others to see him crying.If the guess is correct, the reason why he procrastinated and refused to open the door just now was because he was afraid that people would find out that he had cried.

Chen Liudao sighed, and then said: "My friend had nowhere to go after he escaped with the third son, so he wanted to settle down in a small town not far from home, and I happened to live nearby temporarily, so I met Yes. The third son was seriously injured, and he was in a coma for a long time. The doctor said that a broken arm would not be a hindrance, but the arrows pierced too deeply and hurt the heart and lungs. No matter how difficult it is to recover, even if he is alive, it will only last for a month. The third son knows that his life is not long, but he is calm, but after learning the news that Mr. Shen is in Jinyuan, he wholeheartedly wants to come to see his younger brother. I guess, he is afraid of leaving regrets, so Even knowing that the long journey would make him sicker, I made up my mind to send him here."

King Jin walked lightly to the side of the bed, and carefully looked at the sleeping man. There was indeed a shadow of contemplation in the eyes of the other party, which was more angular than contemplation. If it wasn't for being so thin and gray, It should be the same elegant demeanor.

Seeing Shen Si standing by the wall and refusing to turn around, King Jin went over and rubbed his hair: "Don't be afraid, Nian Qing, it depends on human effort, there is no certainty. There are famous doctors in my Jinyuan world, panacea, as long as Do your best, if you don't believe it, you won't be able to save your brother's life."

Shen Si knew that King Jin was comforting himself, so he reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth: "I'll leave it to you to find a doctor. I want to spend more time with Brother San during this time." Looking at the missing piece under the quilt, he sternly Frowning, "Third brother is the most powerful archer in the Shen family army. He broke an arm, how can he shoot arrows in the future..." After speaking, more sorrow and sorrow surged in his heart, and even the "later" was gone. What arrows did you shoot...

Just as he was sighing, he suddenly saw a slight movement in the quilt, Shen Si rushed to the bed, leaned over anxiously and asked: "Brother San, are you awake? Look at me, I'm Xiao Wu!"

For a long time, Shen Zhi tried to move his eyeballs under his eyelids, and finally opened them to look at Shen Si, shaking his lips and calling out: "Xiao Wu... has grown taller again..."

Shen Si grabbed his brother's only remaining hand and pressed it against his forehead, almost choked with sobs: "I'm sorry, I hurt you, I'm sorry for the third brother, and I'm sorry for the eldest brother, second brother and father."

Shen Zhi blinked his eyes slowly, with a slight smile in his eyes, he tapped Shen Si's forehead with two fingers, because he really didn't have the strength, the tap was so light that he almost didn't feel it.If this is the case, it is enough to comfort and meditate.

From childhood to adulthood, no matter how much trouble he caused, his brothers never criticized him too much.Getting annoyed, it was just a ring of fingers and a chisel on the forehead.The brothers are all martial arts practitioners, and their hands are extremely strong. If you hit them hard, it will turn into a big shiny red envelope. It takes a long time to rub your palms desperately to reduce the swelling.When he was young, he thought it was a kind of punishment, but when he grew up, he realized how much love and pampering was hidden in it.So gradually, he also developed the same habit.

Seeing his younger brother's eyes fixed on the corner of the wall without moving, Shen Zhi knew that the kid was distracted again.He propped himself up on the bed with one arm and tried to sit up, but nearly fell over because he couldn't keep his balance.Seeing this, Shen Si wanted to help, but was pulled aside calmly by King Jin.King Jin had experienced Shen Xiaowu's level of caring for others. Even a strong and healthy person couldn't bear it, let alone the crippled third brother of the Shen family.

Chen Liudao also wanted to help, but seeing King Jin carefully helped him up and put a pillow on his back, his gestures and strength were well controlled, so he retreated knowingly.

Shen Zhi looked at King Jin for a while, and asked with a smile: "This should be the thousand-year-old King Jin, right? Forgive Shen Zhi for not being able to stand up to pay respects."

King Jin quickly waved his hands: "It's okay, it's okay, we're all from our own family, so why bother to be polite."

Hearing the words "my family", Shen Zhi glanced at his younger brother with a smile that was not a smile.At first, he didn't feel anything wrong when he thought about it, but after being stared at by his brother for a long time, he blushed and explained bluntly: "Yes, King Jin is my adoptive father, we... are all from our own family... ..."

Shen Zhi looked at his younger brother up and down, sighed silently, and nodded at King Jin and said: "The prince is a thousand years old, it's getting late, thank you for coming to visit in person, Shen Zhi is seriously ill, and he will not be far away." When Wang answered, he turned to Chen Liudao and said, "Brother Chen, you have been busy all day, go back to your room early and rest."

King Jin could understand that it was the older brother who wanted to talk to the younger brother alone.Although he was worried that Shensi would take care of the patients alone, but he couldn't stop him, so he had to say a few polite words and obediently exit the door.It was already midnight, and I was too lazy to go back and forth, so I immediately ordered someone to pay for the whole inn, and slept in the room opposite the third brother of the Shen family.

After Chen Liudao also took his leave and went to bed, Shen Zhi pulled his younger brother to sit by the bed, coughed lightly for a while, and asked straight to the point: "Xiao Wu, I heard from Brother Chen that it was the one who rescued you and Auntie from Gu Mingzhang's hands." A man named Feng Zhuosheng? Where is he now?"

The pensive expression was gloomy: "Brother Feng... he is no longer here. I made an appointment with him to meet him at the earth temple in the mountain, and wait for the people sent by the guard to come to meet him, but when I arrived, he had already been killed. The person who killed him was holding this kind of token."

Shen Si took out the bronze plaque that was always with her from her arms, held it up in front of her brother, and shook it in front of her brother. Seeing that the other party also looked blank, she put it away again with a little disappointment.

Shen Zhi held his younger brother's hand: "Auntie and brother-in-law... Are they gone too?"

Contemplative eyes dodged: "No, their husband and wife are very good, some time ago..."

Shen Zhi slapped him weakly on the back of his hand: "Stop making it up, you don't make it up again. Can't I see it? If they are doing well, you must have told me about it a long time ago, why would you wait for me?" Ask yourself." After coughing a few times, he said after deliberation, "I also met some old friends along the way, I heard...it turns out that the secret of the defense of Yifu Guards was leaked by Feng Zhuosheng, Master Feng Of course...even the matter of Huo Duan has something to do with him..."

Seeing that Shen Si kept his head down and kept silent, he let out a breath slowly: "It seems that you already knew... Now that you know, why do you still have to fight with that fellow Jin Wang?"

Shen Si tightly pursed the corners of his mouth: "The guard...he didn't intend to murder Dad...he really did it unintentionally, besides, I also..."

"Shut up!" Shen Zhi raised his voice a little, "You are really a good son of father and a good brother of us! Now that father, elder brother, and second brother can no longer teach you, I will replace them I’ll teach you a lesson! Get the whip if you don’t kneel down for me!”

I was at a loss when I was thinking for a while, I wanted to argue a few words, but I was afraid of getting angry with my brother, so I quickly knelt down in front of the bed, turned around and looked around, I couldn't find any whips in this ordinary small guest room, so I had no choice but to use my sword with both hands Raised it in front of the third brother: "There is no whip, or you can whip it with the scabbard, it is the same."

There was no movement for a long time, and he looked up suspiciously, only to see Shen Zhi was looking at him with a smile: "Little Wu, why haven't you made any progress after being out alone for so long? Silly boy, I can't tell that I'm scaring you Is it? The third brother has a handicapped body and hands, so I can't touch you."

Shen Si stood up, blinked his eyes and looked at the third brother for a while, and retorted with some grievances: "Only you always think I'm stupid. When I go out, others will praise me for being smart and witty."

Just as he was talking, he didn't expect the third brother to grab him between his legs lightly, as if he was teasing that little kid in crotch pants from before.He jumped back again and again in fright: "You! The boss is not small!"

The third brother laughed heartily: "Hey, the boss is not young, he obviously won't grow up. You always look so stupid, what should you do in the future..." He laughed and coughed, his chest hurt unbearably, and he closed his eyes and endured the pain. Enduring it, he smiled softly, "Xiao Wu, the third brother won't be able to accompany you anymore...but what should I do..."