Not long after Bai Xue left, Xiao Heng came over with a child beside him.
This child looks about seven or eight years old, about the same age as Xiao Shitou, but he is even younger than Xiao Shitou. Although Xiao Shitou is timid, he has no problem talking and chatting with others. But this child is different. He looks at you but only smiles foolishly without any other reaction.
With just one glance, Su Yao recognized that this child was the one Xiao Heng picked up along the way.
She couldn't tell what she felt in her heart, so she sighed softly and touched his head. Seeing him hurriedly dodging towards Xiao Heng, she asked softly, "Is he the child you picked up on the road a few days ago?"
Xiao Heng hummed and said calmly: "I plan to take him back to Beijing with me."
Su Yao was a little surprised. After all, she thought Xiao Heng was planning to settle all these children in Yunnan. After all, taking them back would involve too many things and relationships.
However, she did not act too surprised. Seeing that the child was very obedient and dependent on Xiao Heng, she could understand Xiao Heng's persistence. Xiao Heng was raised by Song Xiangyu since he was a child. Although Song Xiangyu treated him very well, Madam Song and Song Zhibin were not close to Xiao Heng and were even harsh to him.
In essence, Xiao Heng has always been a very insecure and soft-hearted person.
This child might have made Xiao Heng feel sympathetic towards his own kind.
She didn't say anything else, just asked Xiao Heng: "What's his name?"
"It's called Huigen." Xiao Heng said briefly, with a complicated expression: "The host master said that although he is different from normal people, he is much purer than normal people. Therefore, he has Huigen, so he was named Huigen."
Su Yao raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect it to be this name, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was natural and should be so. After all, normal people want too many things and have too many and complicated thoughts. It is not wrong to say that only people like Huigen have Huigen.
Seeing that Huigen almost followed Xiao Heng closely, she took out the snacks that she had prepared to coax Niu Niu and handed them to Huigen. Huigen clearly wanted to eat them, but he still tilted his head to look at Xiao Heng first.
After hearing Xiao Heng say it was okay to eat, Huigen reached out to take it and started eating. Then Xiao Heng waved his hand and sent him to play aside.
Su Yao looked at his back and asked Xiao Heng, "Take Huigen back to the capital, but what about the other children? Miss Bai came here just now and told me her plan. What did you decide?"
Xiao Heng glanced at her and asked instead of answering: "What do you think?"
Su Yao had nothing to hide, so he said bluntly: "If it were me, I would not agree. It's not that I doubt the sincerity and intentions of the Miao Village, but we have seen those children and have lived with them. They all hate the Miao people very much, and this hatred cannot be changed overnight. Leaving them to the Heihua Miao Village is not a good thing."
This was also what Xiao Heng meant. He rubbed his brows. There was nothing he couldn't say, so he simply nodded in agreement: "This is also what I meant, but I can't say this to her on the spot, so I plan to send someone to give her a message tomorrow. But there is one more thing I want to come and discuss with you."
Su Yao had guessed it a little bit. When he heard Xiao Heng say this, he felt something in his heart, so he looked up at him and said, "Are you talking about... about that Master Liu?"
Master Liu, who had been severely scolded by Su Yao before, became very cooperative after hearing what Bai Bao said, and even made a lot of new muskets.
Not only that, he didn't want to die either, he just asked to see Su Yao again.
It’s just that Su Yao came to Yongchang Prefecture because of Su Rong’s matter, so he hasn’t had the chance to meet him yet.
However, Liao Jingxu should have also told Xiao Heng about this matter, so Xiao Heng brought it up now.
Sure enough, Xiao Heng hummed, and his expression became a little complicated when he mentioned this matter. It is very likely that Master Liu is also a member of the Zheng family like the fake A'long.
But unlike Aaron, he definitely has more conscience than Aaron.
So, this guy is still worth meeting.
He narrowed his eyes. "Those people are omnipresent. Most of the troubles we encountered along the way were caused by them. I think they will cause more trouble in the future. Especially now that I am considered a prominent figure in the eyes of some people with ulterior motives, they must be getting anxious."
The original plan was to let the royal family fight among themselves, and it would be best if no one survived.
But who knew that things would be different when it came to Prince Zhuang. Suddenly a man named Xiao Heng showed up. He was different from the second prince and the third prince. Prince Zhuang, that good-for-nothing, was no match for him at all.
Even those people were unable to use the same tactics of sowing discord on Xiao Heng as before, because unlike other princes, Xiao Heng was born at the best time. He was raised by the Song family, which was the maternal family of Emperor Yuanfeng. Emperor Yuanfeng would not suspect him even if he suspected someone else of having bad intentions.
But Xiao Heng is the orphan of the late crown prince, the only bloodline left by the late crown prince.
Those people couldn't persuade Xiao Heng to do anything, nor could they influence Xiao Heng, and they finally became anxious.
This can be seen from the widespread assassinations and large-scale intimidation and bribery of officials after arriving in Yunnan.
This also means that now that Xiao Heng has successfully quelled the rebellion, the resentment in these people's hearts will be even greater, and they will not sit idly by and watch Xiao Heng succeed.
It's okay as long as Emperor Yuanfeng is here now, but once Xiao Heng comes to power, the first thing he will do will be to weaken the power of the aristocratic families and crack down on those aristocratic families that collude with pirates. That day will be the beginning of the destruction of countless families in the southeast.
But this is what they deserve. If you do something wrong, you always have to pay the price. This is how things are in this world.
Su Yao felt even more disgusted with those people. Hearing this, he curled his lips coldly: "Yes, now that you have recovered Yunnan in such a short time, you have really made tremendous military achievements. It also means that you have completely established a firm foothold in the army. After all, which of these soldiers who followed you to fight Yunnan did not go through life and death with you? When they return to Beijing to be rewarded for their merits, they will go to the armies in various places and will also be your helpers in the future. Those people are most aware of this. Now, they should be as anxious as ants on a hot pot."
There was no need to say much between Xiao Heng and her, because they both understood each other after just a few words. This time was no exception. Xiao Heng smiled and looked at her gently: "Then let's go back to Dali Prefecture first."