old grace

Xie Qinghe was really surprised when he received the news.

Chen Qi is Shangguan Shiyi's future skin, if Chen Qi dies, where will Shangguan Shiyi go?Don't dare to gamble on this matter.

He was eager to know Chen Qi's life and death, so there was no need to send someone to inquire and search. A battlefield spanning hundreds of miles, if a person fell into it, it would be like dripping water into the sea. next year.

The most convenient way is divination.

He looked at the encrypted letter written by his junior brother and couldn't laugh or cry.When the energy is exhausted, divination is inaccurate at this time.

Xie Qinghe's best choice is to eat as much meat as possible, sleep and rest as much as possible, recover energy as soon as possible, calculate Chen Qi's life and death, and send someone to rescue him.However, he believed with Chen Qi and his son that at the critical moment of Chen Qi's disappearance, he wanted to eat and sleep well, and he would not be able to explain it clearly in the future.Therefore, he could not eat big meals, lie down and rest, but also had to summon An Ying meaninglessly to express his anxiety without eating or sleeping.

——Now I don't know where Chen Qi is at all. Qingzhou's guards are relatively scarce, so it is unwise to go out of the city to search easily.

An Ying also knew that no effective measures could be taken to rescue Chen Qi at this time, the two sat in the general's mansion and stared blankly, just for the sake of formality and had to get together in a hurry.

Fortunately, within seven or eight hours, another news came, saying that Chen Qi suddenly appeared with the "broken soldiers" and beat up the pursuers.

An Ying hurriedly asked for details, and really wanted to know whether the previous "bad news" was Chen Qi's scheme, and the purpose was to achieve a "big victory" at this time.The result disappointed An Ying. There was no clever calculation or exhaustive calculation. The Tianjing River's defeat was a real defeat.

It's just that Chen Qi's ability to adapt to the situation is too strong. Seeing the situation is not good, he cut his tail to survive. After gathering a rout, he quickly counterattacked.

At this time, repelling the pursuers cut off the momentum of the Qin Ting King's pursuit of the victory, and it could not change the fact that the Chen family suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle.

Chen Qi was currently gathering remnants along the way, returning to Qingzhou all the way.In this battle, the vitality was severely damaged, and there was no force to attack the capital of the Qin court again for at least five years.Xie Qinghe no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered An Ying to go out of the city to meet her.

Two days later, Xie Qinghe picked up Chen Qi who had returned from a disastrous defeat outside Qingzhou City.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qi's complexion was fine, not very haggard, and he could still smile when he met the generals and counselors who came out to greet him.

After entering the city, Chen Qi handed over the general affairs to An Ying, and he went straight back to Ziyang Palace in the other palace.The main hall where Chen Qi lived has always been vacant, and has been tidied up by people, but it is very cold without a fire.Chen Qi went in and turned around, then turned around and went out directly into the side hall where Xie Qinghe slept, went straight to Xie Qinghe's bed in the inner hall, and lay down carelessly on it.

Xie Qinghe had no choice but to arrange for Bai Zhifeng and others to wait in the outer hall, and followed them into the door.

Chen Qi was already leaning on his bed, with his soft armor still on, his dirty boots on his mattress, and fell into a deep sleep.

Xie Qinghe's bed is not easy for people to sleep on, so Fu Chuan can use it at will.Seeing Chen Qi's whole body of wind and dust pressed on his mattress, and the tidy bed was instantly slept in a mess, Xie Qinghe was a little lucky, he thought deeply for a moment before picking up Chen Qi to take a bath and change clothes, or endured it silently, and finally Still choose to forget.

Xie Qinghe waited in the room for a while, Chen Qi had already started snoring, he went out to discuss with Bai Zhifeng, asking them to go back first.

After Chen Qi came back, he didn't talk very much. No one knew that he hadn't closed his eyes for several days and nights. It was hard to say when he would wake up after falling asleep. It was too hard for Bai Zhifeng and others to wait here.Before Bai Zhifeng could speak, Mao Shu had already found a comfortable position and leaned down, and asked the servants who served beside him to find him a small leather blanket, and closed his eyes while holding the stove.

Bai Zhifeng explained: "The master will wake up after a short nap." Then he said softly, "Fortunately, I haven't returned to Shuzhou yet."

Chen Qi didn't bring his advisers when he fought, so Bai Zhifeng and others could only sit in the rear.Qingzhou's newcomers are not suitable for long-term residence. Bai Zhifeng and others were supposed to be stationed in Shuzhou, so they went back and forth and delayed until now they met Chen Qi who had just returned from a big defeat, which saved the time for the two sides to travel and meet.

It is not so easy to pass information these days, and it is not so easy to know yourself and the enemy. Even if they send spies to each other, it will take time for the news to spread.

Bai Zhifeng wanted to know why Chen Qi was defeated, so he summoned Chen Qi's confidant guards and asked about the battle.

Who would have thought that the guards following Chen Qi at this moment couldn't explain why, they only said that they fought the same way as before, and were defeated when they fought, and they didn't know what happened...

Mao Shu asked, "What is the banner on the opposite side?"

The guard replied: "Looking at the armor and armor, it should be under the command of the Imperial Army of the Qin Dynasty. The banners are colorful, and they seem to be the generals who rebel against the generals, the generals who revitalize the power, and the generals who serve the country..." He said a lot, in order to face Chen Qi, Qin Ting indeed dispatched a large number of troops.

Fighting the king is a tough battle, and Qin Ting will definitely go out to defend the capital. The whole Chen family is fully prepared.

According to speculation before the war, Chen Qi and Shan Xugang were encircled by two soldiers, and it was not easy for Qin Ting to keep the capital. How could he have such a great ability to drive Chen Qi down the Tianjing River?Judging from what the guards said, the imperial guards of the Qin court neither sent surprise soldiers nor made surprise attacks. The two sides fought normally, and the Chen family was defeated.

What does this mean?A good fighter has no great achievements.

Has the strength of the Imperial Guards been underestimated?If the imperial guards of the Qin court were so strong, how could they tolerate the feudal lords at the same time, but they were willing to shrink and the king would never send troops to fight for rebellion?is it possible?Does it make sense?It doesn't make sense at all.

Bai Zhifeng was thoughtful, Mao Shu let out a hey, and moved uncomfortably on the couch.

Bai Zhifeng asked: "Is there any news about Qin Du's spies?"

His attendant clerk replied in a low voice: "I'm afraid it won't be that fast. The news has to go to Shuzhou first, and then to Qingzhou."

Xie Qinghe stayed in the general's mansion for nearly eight hours, but he couldn't close his eyes to rest. At this moment, Chen Qi fell asleep in the inner hall, and more than a dozen people in the east building of the outer hall talked and ate and drank crookedly. The place is quiet for a moment.

It gets dark early in winter, and at this moment the night is all together, and the stars in the sky are dim.

Xie Qinghe ordered Chen Li to send some fruit and vegetable snacks to Bai Zhifeng and the others, and stood alone outside the hall, looking up at the starry sky.

Chen Qi has been going smoothly these years, playing too smoothly.Shan Xugang didn't die, Zuo Quxi returned. In the past few years, not only did he not lose his strength, but he had an extra helper. Although he lost in Shuzhou, he didn't hurt his muscles and bones, and avoided the tragic defeat in shallow water in history.

When Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan dealt with Qin Ting's assassins in Xiangzhou, Fu Chuan punished Ziwei by destroying the army, so that the emperor's star glory was restrained, and Qin Ting's state was weakened.

Regardless of the actual strength of the troops or the astrological fortunes of the country, there shouldn't be any problems with Chen Qi's attack on the king.Now Xie Qinghe looked up at the stars again, and found that the Ziwei star, which symbolized Emperor Qin, was dark but not faint, surrounded by a very thin circle of brilliance.

That means that someone has extended Qin Ting's life.

Although this layer of protection is crumbling, it is still difficult for Qin Ting to get rid of the fate of premature death, but Qin Ting will not fall until the light circle disappears.

There is no spell that can achieve such a result, not even Xie Qinghe can continue the life of the dying dynasty.

This is destiny.

It is destiny that the Qin court will be overthrown in seven years, even if Chen Qi's wars in these years go smoothly, he will not be able to invade the capital before that.

Xie Qinghe walked around outside, his nose was a little red from the cold, and he went back to the house obediently.Those group of counselors had made the outer hall full of smoke, probably because they were afraid of disturbing Chen Qi who was sleeping in the inner hall, this group of people would make gestures with their hands and mouth when they quarreled, and beat them with their hands when they were in a hurry.

The few high-ranking generals who followed Chen Qi all scattered and never returned, and they couldn't make a replay of the battlefield, and Xie Qinghe didn't know what they were arguing about.

Xie Qinghe planned to go into the inner hall to squat for a while, and not long after he walked in, Chen Qi's snoring stopped suddenly, and he woke up suddenly.

"What kind of stink did you learn from your mother." Chen Qi got up and scolded Xie Qinghe first, "The bed smells so bad."

Xie Qinghe looked at the mattress on which he was sleeping so badly, and wanted to kick him out of bed.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qi looked back at his pillow again, stretched out his hand to pat it, and asked, "What is the headrest made of? I really enjoy it." He didn't hear his son's answer for a long time, so he remembered to see his son's face, " Hey, I'm not short-tempered."

Xie Qinghe brought up the hot soup on the brazier, replaced it with a porcelain cup and poured it with cold spring water, which was just the right temperature for the mouth: "Mr. Bai and the others are waiting outside for Father. Should Father sleep for a while, or take a bath and change clothes?" See you later?"

At first, Chen gulped and drank half of the glass of water. When he noticed the strangeness of the cup in his hand, he looked down at the pot-bellied porcelain cup by the candlelight, and asked, "Is this a cup fired in your porcelain kiln? It was shipped so soon." Have you come to Qingzhou?"

When Xiangzhou sent a letter, he brought some things from Mrs. Jiang and Fu Chuan, mainly pen, ink and paper, but not many.

Fu Chuan did not give Xie Qinghe such fragile, difficult to move and highly replaceable items as porcelain.Qingzhou is rich in lacquerware, the quality is very good, and the style is exquisite. Xie Qinghe mainly burns porcelain to make money, not because he has any obsession with porcelain, so there is no need to send it from thousands of miles away.

Xie Qinghe explained: "This is something newly fired by the Qingzhou kiln. The permafrost is difficult to dig out, so only a few dozen small pieces have been made. After the snow melts in spring, the Qingzhou government will take over the porcelain kiln and train the craftsmen to produce more kilns."

Chen Qi was not in a hurry to go out to find Bai Zhifeng and other counselors to review the battle, so he took the porcelain cup and chatted with his son: "You are in Qingzhou ignoring civil affairs, and then come to deal with secular affairs? - you are so capable, Even Shen Mata will not live?"

If these words hadn't come from the mouth of his own father and head of the family, someone else would definitely be beaten.

Xie Qinghe has a calm mind and doesn't care much about "Father's favor", and he can barely hear some concern from Chen Qi's belittling words. Maybe laughing at him while standing up for him.

However, Xie Qinghe didn't think there was anything wrong with Shen Yu: "I just know people well."

"Ploughing and fighting in troubled times, if you have soldiers, you will not be humiliated, if you have food, you will not be hungry. If you are not hungry, you will not be humiliated, and your family business will last forever. There is a general's mansion for military affairs in Qingzhou. Since Mr. Yingzi was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, he has managed it except for the bookstore. The first thing to do is spring plowing, and the food is what is being sought. The two are the most important, and the rest will have to retreat." Xie Qinghe said.

Chen Qi wanted to help his son but didn't know the pulse, he looked at Xie Qinghe with a half-smile, waiting for him to tell the origin of the porcelain.

"I got a few ancient recipes from Sangshan, and I want to try burning kilns and smelting iron."

However, Shen Mata curled his lips, saying he had no money.

Xie Qinghe didn't mention his experience of begging for money in front of Shen Yu: "The Qingzhou mansion helped the spring farming, and the general's mansion was too poor to eat vegetables. Looking around, I found that the old families in Qingzhou had buried a lot of money in the backyard. .”

"But that's 'people's fat and people's ointment'. My father has the lofty ambition to rule the world, and my son can't do anything wrong behind his back. Like Qin Ting, he robs his own subjects every day, causing public resentment. So, my son plans to burn the soil to sell money. Burn the soil There is no more cost-effective business than this in the world.” Xie Qinghe said.

Chen Qi took a few glances at the pot-bellied porcelain cup, and said, "It's so naive, it's really cute."

As he said that, he put down the cup, patted his feet that had been under the bed with his boots on, and hadn't slept warmly until now, and got up to go out.

Xie Qinghe could feel that Chen Qi's mood was not normal, and there was nothing weird about recalling the conversation between the two.With his knowledge and knowledge, he couldn't figure out Chen Qi's complicated intentions.I can only speculate, maybe it was because I was in a bad mood after the big defeat?

Chen Qi, Bai Zhifeng and others were discussing outside the door, Xie Qinghe didn't join in the fun, after changing the bedding, he went straight to bed.

——He is a nine-year-old child, it was time to go to bed before he heard the bad news, and he went to the general's mansion for eight hours, and he was too sleepy for a long time.He doesn't need to follow the resumption of the battlefield, and it's not his turn to march and fight.

When Xie Qinghe woke up, Chen Qi, Bai Zhifeng and others had already dispersed.

The servants serving Ziyang Palace all lowered their eyebrows and looked down, no one dared to make mistakes, and no one dared to smile.

The shadow of defeat hangs over the entire Qingzhou City, every day there are two or three groups of rout soldiers returning to the camp, An Ying is busy rectifying the remnants and taking charge of the defense, while Chen Qi eats, drinks and sleeps in the Ziyang Palace.

Xie Qinghe lived with him and always went to eat with him twice a day, Chen Qi didn't go out very much, but he was in good spirits and not depressed.

After a few days, the information from Qindu passed into Chen Qi's hands.

Both Bai Zhifeng and An Ying were invited to Ziyang Palace, Xie Qinghe was originally having dinner with Chen Qi, it was a coincidence.

"The king of Yancheng is not dead yet. Emperor Qin found him out of the death row and asked him to guard the city. There are only two of the five tigers left in his old Qin capital. After his reinstatement, he took over [-]% of the imperial army." General Chen Qi The bloody information was put on the case, "It's not wrong to lose."

Yancheng Wang Yanshu is the uncle of Emperor Qin. Before the death of Emperor Qin, he was ordered to supervise the country and assist the government. Emperor Qin abolished him when he grew up.

King Yancheng was imprisoned ten years ago, Emperor Qin neither let him go nor killed him, anyway he was locked up tightly.As early as eight or nine years ago, there have been rumors that Emperor Qin sent a villain to the prison to secretly assassinate King Yancheng, and it was kept secret in order to deceive the world.

After so many years, everyone believed that King Yancheng was really dead.

No one thought that not only did King Yancheng not die, he crawled out of the death row, and he was able to lead troops to fight!

Both Bai Zhifeng and An Ying were surprised.Emperor Qin was stupid and brutal, but also very cowardly and extreme. According to the thinking of the people in the world, he must kill King Yancheng after he was imprisoned, otherwise, how could he be able to sleep?No one would believe that King Yancheng was really alive.

An Ying couldn't help asking: "Is this news credible? Didn't they say earlier that they couldn't find the place where the king of Yancheng was detained, and that he might really be dead. Now they say that the king of Yancheng has come back to life?"

Chen Qi glared at him.

It is not easy to search for the prisoners locked up ten years ago from Qindu Prison. Qin Emperor pardoned Yancheng King and asked him to regain control of the imperial army to defeat the enemy. How could such a big matter be concealed?It was nothing more than the inconvenient transportation and the slow transmission of news during the war, which made Chen Qi confused.

In the final analysis, it was also because the Chen family had been developing near Xiangzhou all these years and had no chance to fight against the Yancheng King in its heyday, so that Chen Qi couldn't see the opponent's way when he was caught in the battle.The forces that often fight each other can know who the coach is just by looking at the atmosphere of the opponent's marching formation, and whether they want to fight sincerely or pretend to be a shot.

Xie Qinghe thought to himself, this is right.

In history, when the Chen family attacked the royal capital of Qin Ting, there was no such thing as King Yancheng at all.

Thinking about it, if it wasn't for Chen Qi's smooth fight and arriving in front of Qin Ting's lair seven years in advance, Qin Emperor would not be able to remember Yancheng King who was imprisoned.According to the normal timeline, King Yancheng would probably die in prison in the next few years. At that time, even if Emperor Qin wanted to rescue soldiers in a panic, it would be useless, and he would have died long ago.

Moreover, it has only been ten years since King Yancheng was imprisoned at this time, and his old army has not aged in the imperial army, and is still in the same year.In another seven years, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army may have changed. Even if King Yancheng is alive, he will not be able to command the completely unfamiliar Forbidden Army.

Chen Qi was also considered unlucky. He attacked the capital seven years in advance and met the King Yancheng who was still alive. This defeat was just now.

"King of Yancheng." Chen Qi read the title of Yan Mi, with a trace of murderous look in his eyes, "We must avenge this."

■

Chen Qi said he wanted revenge, but he didn't mean to raise troops to fight again.

Firstly, the battle damage was too serious, and the morale of the army was slackened, and secondly, the rations that had been prepared to attack the king's capital were almost exhausted.

Military rations are different from ordinary diets and need to be specially prepared for storage and portability.If you are stationed in the camp, you don't have to be so troublesome. The daily cook can also make some bean porridge and vegetable soup to satisfy your hunger.Chen Qi was more cautious in fighting, fighting steadily with one city and one village, and the supply line behind him was usually very stable, so the soldiers under his command usually carried rations for 20 to [-] days.

Military rations require a large number of logistics workers to produce, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is impossible to say that today the army rations will be distributed tomorrow.

Both Xie Qinghe and Chen Qi lived in Ziyang Palace, and Chen Qi liked to bring him by his side, so he had to push off a lot of personal affairs to deal with Chen Qi.

From Xie Qinghe's point of view, Chen Qi suffered a great loss at the hands of King Yancheng, but he was not afraid of King Yancheng.In the beginning of this battle of the capital, Chen Qi suffered a disastrous defeat, and then Chen Qi was able to pull up a team from the defeated army and fight back. King Yancheng—he was so proud that he was caught off guard by King Yancheng who was supposed to die in prison.

Now both the Chen family and the Qin court are seriously injured. Chen Qi taunted the king of Yancheng to Xie Qinghe in private: "If he could completely control the imperial army, he would have brought troops to Qingzhou. Now that he can't shrink back, it can be seen that the danger of the king's capital has been lifted. The emperor confiscated his military power again."

Xie Qinghe never expressed his opinion on the military affairs, he gave the medicine to Chen Qi, stared at Chen Qi and drank it down.

"This soup is too bitter to drink." Chen Qi complained to his son after drinking it.

Xie Qinghe handed the empty bowl to Xia Shang who was serving beside him, and asked, "Good medicine tastes bitter. Did Father sleep well at night?"

Chen Qi thought for a while and said, "I have slept soundly for the past two days. Is it because of this medicine?"

Xie Qinghe nodded.Returning from this big defeat, Chen Qi looked calm, probably suffering in his heart, saying that he was burning inside and his stomach was hot.Xie Qinghe felt his pulse for him, and it was quite uncomfortable to be able to make himself so angry that his spleen and stomach were out of harmony, and his heart and stomach were burning together.

After all, it is the skin that the master will use in the future. Xie Qinghe took care of it very carefully, but Chen Qi was moved by his son's filial piety.

"I originally planned to give you the iron mines in Shuangzhou." Chen Qi explained to his son, "wait for another two years."

That day, after hearing that Xie Qinghe was saving money by burning kilns and selling porcelain, Chen Qi decided to reward his son with the Shuangzhou Iron Mine.

He had already hinted to Xie Qinghe that he wanted his son to kneel down and lick him to please him.Ironware is hard currency these days, one of the most valuable things. Gold is soft and rotten and cannot be used as a weapon, but iron is. In many places, copper coins are not used in circulation, but iron coins.

When Chen Qi said that he would give Xie Qinghe the iron mine, he gave Xie Qinghe a money mine. Are you short of money?Knock it out by yourself, what kind of soil will you burn!

However, after the news that King Yancheng was not dead, Chen Qi changed his mind.

Xie Qinghe knew that Chen Qi was going to be an envoy to the capital of Qin, so Chen Qi didn't want to spend a lot of money to buy the treacherous ministers around Emperor Qin, who could be killed from behind the enemy, and Chen Qi didn't want to spend his life to fill it.The relationship between King Yancheng and Emperor Qin is not like that between Chen Qi, Zhan Xuanji, and Shan Xugang, and the divorce plan is likely to succeed.

It was impossible for Xie Qinghe to add to Chen Qi's cause of conquering the world, so he said respectfully: "My son already has a lot of money in his hand, but it's just a test of an ancient recipe, and the cost is not much." Dignity is about to crumble to pieces.

His son is so sensible and considerate, and his attitude is so obedient and gentle, Chen Qi feels at ease, and his beard is slightly upturned.

Xie Qinghe took the opportunity to ask for instructions: "My son is quite bored in Qingzhou, food, clothing and daily life are also very inconvenient. I would like to invite the brothers from the Zuo family and a few girls to come and accompany me."

He couldn't just say that he wanted to bring his junior brother.

At this time, the child mortality rate was very high. Children who grew up to teens were all born with a cold. Fu Chuan was too young, and he was Chen Ji's only son. pick up?There is no need to harm my children like this.

The brothers from the Zuo family were different. First, they were about the same age as Chen Cong. Second, they were Zuo Quxi's hostages in the Chen family. The hostages had no human rights.

As for Tim dating the girl from the Zuo family, it was to bring Mrs. Jiang along.It would be quite logical for Madam Jiang to bring Madam Chang and Junior Brother along.As long as there is a town house for the mistress, a family can bring children to raise them.

Chen Qi knew that his son had a good relationship with his nephew, but he didn't know the true relationship between Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan.

At this time, Xie Qinghe said that he wanted the Zuo family brothers and the Zuo family girl. Chen Qi pondered for a while, and said to Xie Qinghe: "You are old, and you should understand some human affairs. The Zuo family girl has been with you for a long time in Xiangzhou, maybe there is a childhood sweetheart. Love, but, son." He patted Xie Qinghe on the shoulder, "With your current status, the girl from the left family is no longer good enough for you. You have to be careful, wives and concubines are different, and I will choose for you as a father in the future. She's a noble girl, the girls from the Zuo family can socialize casually."

Xie Qinghe paused for a while before saying: "I obey."

■

Now Enzhou is also under the control of the Chen family, with Chen Ci stationed in the front, and Shuzhou Shan Xugang supporting and defending, Qingzhou is very safe.

Xie Qinghe moved his junior brother from Xiangzhou to Qingzhou, which involved the issue of letting Mrs. Jiang come with him.He originally thought it would be difficult to persuade Chen Qi, but he didn't know that Chen Qi had no objection, so he wrote a letter to Xiangzhou himself and sent his own guards to Xiangzhou to pick him up.

Mrs. Jiang dragging her family to Qingzhou is not as fast as Xie Qinghe's speeding up. Xie Qinghe is not in a hurry and does things step by step.

He mainly went to the iron smelting workshop to watch the craftsmen adjust the formula to cast new iron, and how to mix the various minerals to make a sharp weapon. Xie Qinghe had a clear idea, but this cannot be done overnight, and the craftsmen have to "try".I usually watch Yang Xi and the Hua brothers copy books.

Chen Qi was much busier. In addition to training the army, he also had to go to various places to appease his subordinates.

Fu Chuan wrote to say that he really wanted to put on his wings and fly over.However, Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Chang both have slow and considerate temperaments. Moving house is a big ostentation, with dozens of cars jammed with horses and horses, it is extremely difficult to walk.

Xie Qinghe couldn't help being funny.With Mrs. Jiang's stop-and-go pace, I'm afraid it will take more than half a year to reach Qingzhou.

At this moment, Qin Ting, who was very calm, sent an envoy to bring Xiang Lan's body back.

——This move is naturally repaired.

If it was for a demonstration, it would not be the whole body that was sent back, but Xiang Lan's head.

Xiang Lan was one of Chen Qi's confidantes. In Xie Qinghe's impression, he lived until Chen Qi ascended the throne, was named Xiaowuhou, and his grandson honored Chen Cong's daughter, Princess Yancheng.In this timeline, in order to cover Chen Qi's escape, he led a thousand soldiers to defend Chunfengyuan, and fought to the death with exhaustion.

Chen Qi rushed back from Shuzhou after hearing the news, and personally dressed up for Xiang Lan's funeral. It was rare for him to cry before the coffin.

Xiang Lan's eldest son and second son died in battle with Xiang Lan, and only the younger son Xiang Fei and his adopted daughter Xiang Fu lived in Xiangzhou with his wife Ji.Chen Qi announced the adoption of Xiang Fei and Xiang Fu on the spot, and sent people to Xiangzhou to bring Mrs. Ji and a pair of children to Qingzhou to raise them.

Mrs. Jiang, who was still moving slowly, had no choice but to leave her luggage and accompany her to Qingzhou first, in order to show her respect for Xiang Lan's orphan.

At the beginning of April, Mrs. Jiang and her party hurried to Qingzhou.

Xiang Lan's body hadn't been buried yet, and after Mrs. Ji arrived with her filial sons and daughters, she finished the funeral and was buried beside Nanshan Mountain in Qingzhou.Xiang Fei insisted on keeping filial piety for his father, and Chen Qi accompanied him to wipe away his tears, and said to Xiang Fei, "From now on, I will be your father."

Xiang Fu was only five years old and didn't know what death was, so he kept staring at Xie Qinghe who gave her sweets.

Xie Qinghe touched her head.

Mrs. Ji gave birth to three sons in a row, and wanted a daughter especially, so she adopted an orphan in the army and changed her name to Xiang Fu.

Neither she nor Xiang Lan could have imagined that within two years of adopting this child, her own child would become an orphan.Two of the three sons died, leaving only the youngest son who was too young to join the army.Fortunately, Mrs. Ji didn't have superstitious thoughts, and didn't anger Xiang Fu. Even if Xiang Fu didn't understand death and sorrow at all, he covered his nose in front of Xiang Lan's spirit and screamed, Mrs. Ji didn't blame and resent her, and still treated her Well looked after.

Too many people have died along the way.Xie Qinghe sighed.

Returning to the other palace from Xiang Lan's cemetery, Xie Qinghe felt better again when he saw the big black dog running out of the house.

The younger brother has also arrived.

Mrs. Jiang dragged her family and lived in Wangyue Palace not far away. Before Xie Qinghe could think of a way to get his junior brother to his side, Fu Chuan had already taken the initiative and ran to Chen Qi to please him, yelling sweetly one after another , hugged Chen Qi's arm and did not let go, took a nap in the main hall, got up and wanted to find Father.

Chen Qi prefers to kiss his son now, and he didn't lose interest in this nephew who is smart and good at shooting, so he asked Fu Chuan to live in the side hall.

There are four side halls of Ziyang Palace, which are divided into northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest. Xie Qinghe lives in the southeast row.What Chen Qi meant was to ask Fu Chuan to live in the other three side halls, and Fu Chuan didn't take his orders seriously. After asking someone to move the dormitory from Wangyue Palace, he moved into Xie Qinghe's side hall after a short stroll— —Even if he wanted to sleep in the main hall, Chen Qi would not drive him away, and there was no pressure to live in the senior brother's room.

After the big black dog ran out, as soon as Xie Qinghe looked up, he saw the little junior brother following him out: "Brother! Come quickly!"

Xie Qinghe didn't know why, so he stepped forward and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

Fu Chuan took his hand and led him in, only then did Xie Qinghe realize Mrs. Chang was sitting inside.

After he and Mrs. Chang had just sat down, Mrs. Chang said something surprising: "Sister is packing her luggage and is going to the capital."

Xie Qinghe was also taken aback, and immediately realized: "Is this Father's idea?"

Madam Chang's eyes were flushed, and she said softly: "She is also very determined, and I can't persuade her to do anything. This trip is too dangerous, and I must never go. I have thought about it, whether it is at the head of the house or in front of my sister, You have to come forward to persuade Xiao Langjun. I am afraid that others will not be able to persuade you."

Xie Qinghe stood up and said, "I'm going to see my mother."

Fu Chuan thought for a while, and ran out behind Xie Qinghe.

Xie Qinghe hurried two steps, and when he sensed the footsteps behind him, he stopped for a moment and took Fu Chuan's hand.

When she arrived at Wangyue Palace, Mrs. Jiang was packing many boxes and cages that had not been unpacked. At that time, Mrs. Jiang’s dowry maids were all dead. The servants serving in the other palace in Qingzhou were a bit chaotic.

The maid who opened the curtain announced the arrival of Mr. Xiao Lang, but there was no maid nearby to greet him, so Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan had no choice but to enter by themselves.

"I knew she was looking for you." Mrs. Jiang was counting the jewelry before the case, and put the jade token and pearl flower in her hand into the box. "You don't need to persuade me about this matter. I have to go to the capital."

Before Xie Qinghe could speak, Mrs. Jiang raised her head, looked into his eyes, and said, "The Jiang family insulted me so far!"

She is holding a grudge!

She remembered everything the Jiang family and Qin Ting had done to her back then, and never gave up their hatred.

She did escape as she wished, and with the support of her concubine, she was pardoned by her husband.But that's no reason for her to forget the past.It's not that she survived, she should forget the people who once harmed her and plotted against her.Even if those people are her parents and relatives.

"If you don't avenge this revenge, how can you be a human being?" Mrs. Jiang's attitude was very firm, "I thought that I would never have the opportunity to avenge myself in this life, but the current situation is like this. Your father wants me to do it, and I also have the heart to dig a grave. Why? Do you want to be in the backyard of your house and let your enemies be at ease? Don’t I know that the capital is dangerous? —— Even if you stab someone with a knife, you have to worry about being killed back. I can’t afford this risk, how can I get revenge!”

Xie Qinghe stepped forward and knelt down, saying: "My son understands my mother's intentions. It's just that my mother lives in Lanzhou and is not familiar with the situation in the capital, and Qingzhou can't send a large army to escort her to the capital. My mother is willing to go to danger for revenge. Don't you want to think about your son's situation in Qingzhou? If my mother has something unbearable to say, and my father marries a noble daughter again, how will my son live without his mother's protection?"

Mrs. Jiang was quite moved at first, but she rolled her eyes after hearing this, and said angrily: "If he marries ten or eight noble daughters, you will be the only one in this life, who would dare to bully you? !"

Seeing the big brother being bullied, Fu Chuan chimed in by the side: "That's what you said, what if you try to assassinate the big brother? Outsiders can't touch the big brother. If a bad person is married into the house and becomes the mistress, the big brother will kneel down every day and reward you." Don’t you dare to skip the refreshments? If you’re poisoned, it’ll be ruined!”

Mrs. Jiang's lips curled up at the words of the two brothers. Which noble lady is so stupid, isn't poisoning Chen Cong a suicide attack?

But Xie Qinghe knelt down in front of her, looking up at her, Madam Jiang couldn't bear it either.

Since she was a child, she took care of the children who grew up, and it was hard for her to grow up so healthy, well-proportioned, smart and filial. If she really died in the capital, would the woman Chen Qi remarry be willing to take care of him like her?Certainly not.No matter how much respect and respect the newly married stepmother had for her husband's only heir, she would not love and cherish her as much as she did.

After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Jiang's attitude became firm again.

She came out from behind the table and helped Xie Qinghe up: "Cong'er, do you know the taste of hatred?"

Xie Qinghe didn't really hate anyone, but he knew what hatred felt like.At the beginning of each demonic obsession, he will get all the memories and emotions of the demons. Many emotions are abnormal and distorted, and they also contain all kinds of reasonable and irrational hatred.

Xie Qinghe didn't persuade Mrs. Jiang to "forget it, it's all over", nor did he say "just use the grievance to repay the parents for their kindness".

He never felt that Mrs. Jiang's hatred was unnecessary, and he respected Mrs. Jiang's hatred.

He was just worried about Mrs. Jiang's safety.

"My son is willing to avenge my mother." Xie Qinghe did not promise easily, "Mum, my son will ruin the Jiang family and become a commoner."

"When your father conquers the whole world, will you ask for another edict to make their family fall?" Mrs. Jiang didn't look down on this kind of revenge at all, "Before this, this is the best way of revenge I can think of .Now, I don't think it's good enough."

"I want to personally persuade and buy the treacherous officials and villains in the capital. I want them to break the last mainstay of the Qin court with their eloquent tongue. To serve the emperor's parents and relatives, I want them to see with their own eyes how the imperial court he is loyal to will completely collapse bit by bit under the promise of my jewels and gold and the new court officials!"

"I want them to regret it."

"I want them to regret saving their daughter who threw herself into a well that day, I want them to regret marrying their daughter to Chen Shizi, and I want them to regret putting their daughter's attention away from their daughter while telling their daughter to live a good life. Spies...I want them to regret raising their daughters to be the gravediggers of the Great Qin Empire!"

Mrs. Jiang stared into Xie Qinghe's eyes and said, "Cong'er, I have to go. You can pray for my mother, and may my mother's wish come true."

There is no way to talk about it.If Chen Qi forces Mrs. Jiang to take risks, Xie Qinghe can find a way to persuade Chen Qi to change his mind, but if not, send Mrs. Jiang out of the city to hide. Now, without any coercion and coercion, Mrs. Jiang has expressed herself clearly and directly Xie Qinghe couldn't force Mrs. Jiang to obey his arrangement—his upbringing didn't allow him to do so.

After a moment of stalemate, Xie Qinghe asked: "How does Grandmother plan to go, and who is she bringing with her?"

"This matter is confidential, come in and tell me." Madam Jiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Fu Chuan was taken aback, did the elder brother give up on persuasion?

None of the maids and servants in Wangyue Palace were Mrs. Jiang's confidantes. Mrs. Jiang was wary of everyone. After bringing Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan into the door, she ordered a few servants to guard the doors and windows, not allowing anyone to approach.

At this time, Mrs. Jiang told Xie Qinghe in a soft voice: "Master Lang has already made arrangements. After I leave the city, I will go to Shuzhou first and pass through Dongzhou. Shan Xugang has brought out several big families in Dongzhou. It's not surprising that the female relatives who fled at home and went to the capital to join relatives and friends..."

"I have old friends in the capital, and I also have spies arranged by the Lord. As long as I can get in touch with Wang Guiren's family, the matter will be settled."

"Let's go with the servants, women and children at home first, and then replace them with the spies arranged by the Lord Lang when they are near Shuzhou. Don't worry about this."

Xie Qinghe frowned and asked: "This matter is not handled properly. After the Wangdu spies manage the route, mother