The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Bai Yu wrote a public announcement to clarify the matter, had several hundred copies copied, and posted it at the city gates of every state and county in the world, and every government office had to send people to patiently explain the truth to the people who didn't know the truth.There are those who believe and those who don't, and the responses are mixed.

He also heard that the people who stopped the sedan chair to sue were all old people and women, not a single young man. When they came to Baiyu, they either cried or kept begging, and they didn't ask Chou Yinmao for a long time.

Bai Yu got annoyed and waved them away.

Quan Changshi put down his pen and said: "Prime Minister, if there is another conspiracy behind this matter, most of these people are also pawns in it, and you will not get anything out of them if you ask them."

"Go and find out their details." Bai Yu said, "What kind of old and weak women and children seem to be pitiful, but are the old and weak women and children not bad? The family members of the deceased didn't even have any young adults. I don't believe there are any." Such a coincidence."

Standing behind Baiyu, Wei Shiba suddenly asked Quan Changshi, "Lord Changshi, what is the prime minister's duty?"

Quan Changshi took a look at Bai Yu and said, "Prime Minister appoints officials and recommends talents; takes examinations, dismisses officials, punishes and rewards local officials; takes charge of laws, orders, and related criminal and prison affairs, etc."

Wei Shiba clapped his hands and said, "That's right! The prime minister is now investigating these cases, isn't it an overkill? Isn't there a saying called cooking chicken, right?"

Quan Changshi: "...Niu Ding Cooking Chicken."

"There's another word that says "killing chickens and killing bulls and knives", and that's what it means!" Wei Shiba was a little proud - he started to read and write a while ago, and it was all taught by his wife at home.He thought about it and started to mutter again, "Hey, why are these words so difficult for cows and chickens?"

Bai Yu's originally irritable mood was relieved a little by his gag.He patted Wei Shiba back, and said with a smile, "Shut up."

According to Bai Yu's request, Quan Changshi quickly arranged for people to go out to investigate the details of these so-called "family members".On the other side, Yan Jun also brought Princess Chunyi back to Da Zhou.

"Did father get any clues?" Yan Xun asked impatiently.

Yan Jun sighed and said, "It's a pity that I don't have any valuable clues."

Yan Xun's look of anticipation suddenly dimmed, and he looked very depressed.

"Why, you can't find out about this matter, and it has such a big impact on you? Is Liang Wang still ignoring you?" Yan Jun looked at him with a half-smile.

"Father asked knowingly." Yan Xun frowned impatiently.

Yan Jun just smiled and said nothing.

Yan Xun vaguely sensed something, looked at Yan Jun a few times, and immediately became angry, "Father, are you lying to me?"

Yan Jun laughed a few times, and then said: "It's rare to see you so depressed. You really complied with the saying, 'If you order tofu in brine, one thing will drop one thing'."

Yan Xun looked at Yan Jun silently, waiting for him to laugh enough.

Yan Jun laughed again for a long time, then cleared his throat, and said seriously: "I went to see Wusun Ru. After Ye Zhiyan left home, it's not like he never went back."

*

Wearing coarse linen clothes, Wusun knelt obsequiously in front of Baiyu.Her hands have become extremely rough due to long-term hard work, the joints are as thick as a man's hands, the skin is wrinkled, there are many cracks, and the nails are dirty.Not to mention that the face that was originally beautiful has been aging at an accelerated rate, the eyes are cloudy and the lips are pale, and there is no trace of the graceful beauty of the past.

Bai Yu looked at her without any fluctuations in her heart, without a trace of sympathy.

"Just tell me whatever you ask me." Bai Yu said coldly.

Wusun nodded numbly.

When he and Yuchi Yuanhe mentioned the picture of Gongyang, Bai Yu mentioned Ye Zhiyan's life experience.At that time, Yuchi Yuanhe asked him if he had asked Ye Zhiyan's mother. Bai Yu wanted to say no, but for some reason, he lied subconsciously, telling Yuchi Yuanhe that the Wusun family didn't know anything—in fact, since Wusun After Sun was sent to Shangjing, he never saw her again.

"Has Ye Zhiyan never returned after leaving home?"

Wusun said: "He came back quietly once, but...he didn't tell me that he didn't want to see me. I only found out later."

"How did you find out?"

"Ye Zhiyan's concubine younger brother, Ye Zhiwen."

"Then Ye Zhiyan came home to see him?"

Mrs. Wusun nodded, "They have a very good relationship. Ye Zhiwen's biological mother died when she gave birth to him, and I raised Ye Zhiwen. Although they are not the same mother, they are not much different."

Bai Yu immediately asked, "What did he say to Ye Zhiwen?"

Mrs. Wusun shook her head and said, "I don't know. Ye Zhiwen just told me that Zhiyan came back, they met once, and refused to say anything else. Speaking of it, I am really sad as a mother. I don't want to see me in my life, and my raised son hides everything from me."

"That's what you deserve." Bai Yu gave her a pertinent evaluation, "This is the only time he's been home?"

"Yes."

"When exactly?"

Wusun said: "It's been more than three years since he left home, less than four years."

"Then do you know where he was before he went to my master?"

Wusun showed a helpless and distressed expression, "He is performing in the Qingguan Hall."

Bai Yu was not very surprised by this, the dozen or so musical instruments that Ye Zhiyan knew were obviously not for self-entertainment.

"Where is the Qingguan Hall?" Bai Yu asked.

"Weiyan."

Bai Yu thought for a while, and said, "Is there a way for him to know Gong Yang Tu? That is Uncle Wei Yan Guo."

The Wusun family was obviously surprised, "Uncle Weiyan? Probably not, anyone with that status can get acquainted with anyone anywhere."

Bai Yu had no other questions and got up to leave.

Wusun suddenly grabbed the hem of his clothes, "Your Highness, is my son still alive? Can I see him?"

"No." Bai Yu lowered his eyes coldly, with a vengeful smile on the corner of his mouth, "Don't worry, he doesn't remember your mother. He thinks he is the king of Liang, so he regards himself as my concubine's concubine." son."

Wusun took a breath, and two lines of tears fell down suddenly.

*

"...After the fall of the Ye family, it was not as good as before. The concubines were no longer the young masters. They had to go out to make a living and support the family." Yan Jun said, "That Ye Zhiwen, he later became a carpenter. I gave him some money and brought him back in the name of hiring him as a helper."

"Has father asked him anything?" Yan Xun asked.

"Not yet, so as not to startle the snake, I'm afraid he won't come back with me." Yan Jun took a sip of tea confidently, and said to Yan Xun, "Now you can ask him."

Bai Yu and Ye Zhiyan, both cousins, have outstanding looks that people will never forget, but contrary to Yan Xun's expectations, Ye Zhiyan's concubine brother Ye Zhiwen looks like he picked it up.

He was as tall as Yan Xun, as strong as a bull, and even had to walk sideways when he walked through a relatively narrow door.With two mung bean eyes and a bulbous nose, he was so dark that he had to look for him with a lantern at night.

Yan Xun couldn't accept it for a while, and wondered for several times that Yan Jun had found the wrong person, whether he brought back the blacksmith from Ye Zhiwen's family.

It's no wonder that he judges people by their appearance, but with Ye Zhiyan in front of them, they don't look like a family no matter what.

What's more, the name Ye Zhiwen still sounds so delicate.

"I, I look like my grandfather." Ye Zhiwen said with a smile.

He looked very simple and honest, Yan Xun quickly put away his surprised expression, and apologized to Ye Zhiwen.

Ye Zhiwen shook his head and said, "It's okay, General, I know I'm ugly, not like my brother."

elder brother……

When Yan Xunlue thought about Ye Zhiyan's appearance, Ye Zhiwen clearly had the face of Ye Zhiyan's second uncle.

He wanted to laugh a little, but quickly held back, and said calmly: "Well, I just want to ask you, what did Ye Zhiyan tell you when he came home?"

Ye Zhiwen's eyebrows twitched quickly, he raised his eyes to glance at Yan Xun, quickly moved his eyes away, and pursed his lips.

This look means that you know something but don't want to say it.Yan Xun tried his best to be as pleasant as possible and said: "Don't be suspicious, I don't mean to be unfavorable to your brother. On the contrary, he and I are also considered family members."

"Oh?" Ye Zhiwen looked at Yan Xun in surprise.

Yan Xun said seriously, "I married Ye Zhiyan's cousin, King Liang, you should have heard of it, right?"

Ye Zhiwen: "..."

Yan Xun smiled, and continued: "The current situation is like this. Ye Zhiyan has encountered a little trouble. There is a person with ulterior motives around him who is using him to do some conspiracy. Maybe we can find some breakthroughs from Ye Zhiyan and destroy it. Is it not good to help him while conspiring?"

"But..." Ye Zhiwen was still hesitant, "My brother said that back then, you must never tell anyone about this. I didn't even tell my parents."

"You listened to him very much." Yan Xundao, "In other words, he did tell you a big thing at that time, right?"

Ye Zhiwen opened his mouth, consciously saying too much and making mistakes, so he simply fell silent.

"you……"

Just as Yan Xun was about to speak, a guard came in from the door and said, "General, His Royal Highness Liang Wang sent a letter."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Xun jumped up immediately, took the letter in the guard's hand and went out to open it.

He excitedly took out the letter paper and unfolded it. On a big piece of paper, there were only four words neatly written in the center:

Just your quick hands?

Yan Xun read those four characters over and over several times, and felt that the whole letter paper seemed to be permeated with the sandalwood from Bai Yu's body. The four characters were written vigorously and powerfully through the back of the paper, yet they were so gentle and lingering, as if there was some anger in the writing. , but that long swipe reveals a trace of lingering yearning, wanting to say it, and wanting to say it...

"So how did he know that Ye Zhiwen was with me?" Yan Xun asked Yan Jun later.

Yan Jun said: "Of course I told him. I sent someone to deliver the letter on the way back."

Yan Xun thought about it carefully, and then asked: "Then can I understand that my father agrees with me and..."

"That's a matter of the next life." Yan Jun couldn't hide the killing intent in his eyes, "Don't push your nose, I just hope this matter can be resolved as soon as possible."

Yan Xun shrugged and went out to the palace.