"It always felt like something was going to happen."
After Shen Yushu finished speaking, she looked sad and lowered her head in dismay.
Li Changtian had never seen Shen Yushu like this before. In his impression, Shen Yushu had always been the heartless and enthusiastic Second Young Master Shen.
"I think my father and elder brother give me a strange feeling..." Shen Yushu sighed.
Li Changtian suddenly remembered that day, when he was hiding in a room full of iron cages filled with monkeys, he heard the conversation between the two.
One person said that he had developed a medicine that could make the human body infinitely stronger, but it would cause severe pain in the muscles and bones after the effect of the medicine wore off.
And that person called the other person Prince Shen.
Undoubtedly, this Lord Shen is Shen Chao.
Although Li Changtian didn't know if this incident had anything to do with Han Ya and Beidi people sneaking into Baidi City.
But what is certain is that Shen Chao must be plotting something.
"Your father..." Li Changtian said slowly.
Shen Yushu raised his head, his small face was wrinkled and bitter: "Huh?"
Li Changtian hesitated to speak, he thought for a while, and said: "You told me before that your father and your brother must be good people, you still think so now, right?"
"Yes." Shen Yushu nodded without hesitation.
"That's fine." Li Changtian patted Shen Yushu's shoulder, "Don't think too much."
"You're right!" Shen Yushu regained some energy.
The two went back to Tianque Mountain Villa together. Seeing Li Changtian walking towards the wooden trestle bridge, Shen Yushu couldn't help but widen his eyes: "What, why..."
"That's a long story, I'll tell you when I have a chance." Li Changtian waved goodbye to Shen Yushu, walked across the wooden trestle bridge, and walked to his own room.
He walked up to the attic and returned to the front of the house, suddenly stunned.
The guards at the doors and windows were gone.
Li Changtian suddenly realized something, walked quickly to the wing, and pushed open the door.
The room was empty.
Yan Shu is not there.
Li Changtian's eyes shrank suddenly, and in an instant, he quickly ran through all the possibilities in his mind, but all that remained was panic.
Li Changtian looked around, but there was no trace of fighting or struggling.
He suddenly thought of something, turned around and left the room, and ran quickly to the attic next to him.
Li Changtian rushed up to the third floor of the attic two steps at a time, and was stopped by the patrolling guards in black without any accident.
"Don't move! Who's here?" the guard shouted loudly.
Li Changtian took out Li Qiushui's token and held it up in front of the guards.
Several guards were taken aback for a moment, they hesitated for a moment, and they were still ready to move aside.
Li Changtian couldn't wait at all, he pushed aside the guards and hurried to the room where Yan Shu was imprisoned last time.
Li Changtian walked to the front of the house, and was about to open the door, when suddenly there was a shout in his ear: "Stop!"
A man dressed in black walked quickly, he stretched out his hand and pushed Li Changtian violently, and said angrily, "Get out."
Li Changtian stretched out his hand to get the token, but he heard the man say, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want with the token given to you by the princess, just be an honest fool and you don't do anything, you only know how to cause trouble all day long, get out."
Li Changtian paused, guessing that he was Ah Wu, so he raised his head and asked, "Is Yan Shu in?"
Ah Wu sneered: "So what if you're here, so what if you're not here?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Li Changtian suddenly stepped forward, grabbed his front collar, and pressed him hard against the wall.
Li Changtian was furious, his eyes were about to burst, he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "If you dare to torture him again..."
"Changtian! Let go of Ah Wu!" Suddenly someone shouted, interrupting Li Changtian's words.
Hearing the familiar voice, Li Changtian paused, let go of Ah Wu, and took a step back. His anger was still there, and he turned his head away from the person.
Li Qiushui strode between the two of them.
"Princess." Ah Wu cupped his fists and saluted.
Li Qiushui nodded, then looked at Li Changtian: "Changtian..."
Li Changtian glanced at Li Qiushui, bowed his head and did not respond, his eyes felt aggrieved.
"Changtian." Li Qiushui sighed helplessly, stretched out his hand to gently stroke Li Changtian's forehead hair, "Master Han is about to visit Baidi City in person, if Qin Jueming's adopted son is still in prison for you, what will Master Han ask?" I can't answer when I speak, don't worry, my sister promises you that no one will torture him, okay?"
Li Changtian also knew that things are up to others now, he didn't want to embarrass Li Qiushui, he nodded and said: "Understood, but I... can I see him now?"
"Go." Li Qiushui did not refuse Li Changtian's request.
Li Changtian hurriedly opened the door and walked into the room quickly.
Inside the house, Yan Shu was sitting on a pile of hay in the corner, his hands were tied behind his back with ropes, and his eyes were covered with a black cloth.
Seeing that he was clearly unharmed, Li Changtian couldn't help but let out a long breath.
Fortunately, Yan Shu was only tied and not tortured.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yan Shu, who was blindfolded, turned his head slightly, as if judging whether the person coming was an enemy or a friend.
Li Changtian walked up to him, squatted down, and stretched out his hand to remove the black cloth from Yan Shu's eyes.
Yan Shu frowned, and blinked unaccustomed to the light. He looked up and saw that it was Li Changtian, and his expression relaxed a little.
"Did they hit you? Were you injured?" Li Changtian asked anxiously.
"No." Yan Shu looked at Li Changtian and replied.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I..." Li Changtian rubbed his hair in distress.
"You don't need to apologize." Yan Shu interrupted him with a calm tone.
"I... I went out today, went to Baidi City, and bought you a string of candied haws..." Li Changtian took out the candied haws wrapped in oil paper, and said stammeringly, "It doesn't seem appropriate to give it to you now... Still, let’s wait until later.”
As Li Changtian said, he put away the candied haws and picked up the blindfolded black cloth: "It's good that you didn't get beaten. I'm so worried that my heart almost jumped out of my chest. I'll cover your eyes first, don't worry."
As for what to worry about, Li Changtian didn't say anything.
He picked up the black cloth, covered Yan Shu's eyes again, and walked out of the room.
Li Qiushui and A Wujie were waiting at the door.
Seeing Li Changtian walk out, Li Qiushui was afraid that Li Changtian was still angry, so he called out worriedly: "Changtian."
Li Changtian took out the candied haws he bought earlier and handed it to Li Qiushui.
Li Qiushui was taken aback for a moment, and after receiving it, he smiled and called Li Changtian affectionately: "Little fool, let's go back together, Ah Wu, I will leave this place to you."
"Yes." Ah Wu lowered his head, unable to see his expression clearly.
A long time after Li Qiushui and Li Changtian left together, Ah Wu was still standing there, gritting his teeth, grinding the back of his teeth until they creaked.
If you get closer to him, you will hear him mumbling like a trance in a trance.
"Why... why can he be your younger brother... why can't he be me, why..."
-
After parting with Li Qiushui, Li Changtian decided to see where the cave he discovered yesterday led to. He took the rope and went out quietly, and didn't come back until the dead of night.
After Li Changtian returned to the house, he closed the doors and windows tightly, took out the yellow wooden medicine box, and briefly treated the scratches on his body caused by the stone wall, then pulled out the wooden branches hidden before from under the bed, and started to make a torch.
In the dead of night, Li Changtian put away the prepared torches one by one, and let out a long breath.
Li Changtian was about to put out the candles and take a rest when suddenly he heard someone knocking on his window lightly, once and for all, without any hurry.
In the middle of the night, the sound was really weird.
Li Changtian turned his head to look, and saw a person shaking outside the window, and the shadows made Li Changtian startled.
The black figure knocked on the window a few times and turned away immediately.
Li Changtian hastily rushed over to open the window.
There was no one to be seen outside the window, but there was a hidden dart tied on the window sill, and a letter was tied to the dark dart.
Li Changtian took down the dark dart, closed the window tightly, walked to the table, held the dark dart in front of his eyes and observed it carefully.
This dark dart was about the size of a palm and as thick as a finger. Li Changtian untied the letter on the dark dart and opened it.
There was only one line written on the letter.
Three days later, Han Ya came to Baidi City in person, and held a banquet at Tianque Mountain Villa at night. Most of the guards were transferred away, so it was the right time.
Li Changtian slowly held the letter in his palm.
Undoubtedly, this person must be the one who asked Li Changtian to find the cave.
Although he didn't understand his identity, his position was very clear.
He hoped that Yan Shu could be rescued.
The question is who exactly is this person
Someone who knows the hidden cave in Tianque Mountain Villa and knows Han Ya's itinerary well...
Could it be...
Li Changtian is not clear about the power and interests among these people, and it is not easy to speculate too much.
He burned the letter, hid the dark dart, and lay on the bed after blowing out the candle, thinking about what else he should prepare to be sure.
-
Three days later, the sky was clear and a crane lined up above the clouds, and it was already the beginning of autumn.
Inside Baidi City, there was a lot of voices, bustling and bustling, and it was a bustling scene.
The shouts echoing in the streets and alleys are calling for 'Taiping' and 'Ankang', which is the world that the people most want to see.
Outside the city gate, a team that was different from merchants and tourists slowly stepped into Baidi City.
The guards accompanying that team all wore waist knives, soap boots, and official uniforms, all of them majestic and imposing, without squinting.
In the middle of the team was a dark lacquered carriage inlaid with gold patterns, and the people sitting in it were either rich or noble.
The magistrate had led his people to wait at the city gate early on, and kindly invited the owner of the carriage to the mansion.
But soon an attendant sent word that he declined the magistrate's invitation.
Afterwards, the team ignored the frequent attention of passers-by on the road and headed towards Tianque Villa.
But at this time, in Tianque Mountain Villa, Shen Yushu was about to go out to play, but Shen Qionglin pushed him back and shut him in the room.
"You can't hang around outside these few days, so don't leave the room." Shen Qionglin said.
"Okay, okay." Shen Yushu always listened to Shen Qionglin's words, although he was a little displeased, he still complied.
After agreeing, Shen Yushu hugged his arms in dissatisfaction, and asked: "But why can't you leave, brother, you have to tell me, right?"
Shen Qionglin hesitated for a while, and said: "The Regent Prince Han has come to Baidi City in person."
"Prince Regent? Who is he? Is he very powerful?" Shen Yushu was stunned.
"Well, in short, you stay well. If you need anything, call A Bing. I'll let him guard in front of the door." After Shen Qionglin finished speaking, she turned her head and wanted to leave.
"Brother." Shen Yushu called him suddenly, he hesitated for a while, and suddenly asked, "Were our family poor before, and daddy...isn't he a prince?"
Shen Qionglin was startled, and turned to look at him.
"Actually, I'm not as stupid as you think. I have a lot of things in my heart." Shen Yushu said, "Brother, tell me, I can't be the only one kept in the dark, right? No matter what your father is , I can accept it."
Shen Qionglin was silent for a while, then turned to look at Shen Yushu with a calm tone and calm eyes.
"That's right, dad is not Prince Shen."
"Father used to be General Pingbei of the imperial court. Fourteen years ago, he fought with General Hushi on the battlefield to resist foreign aggression!"
"What?!" Shen Yushu opened his mouth wide in shock, "Then why..."
"Because... Daddy and the others lost the war." Shen Qionglin lowered her eyes and clenched her hands into fists.
Fourteen years ago, the Beidi foreign cavalry invaded the country, and the emperor sent a general of hussars to lead the army.
Unexpectedly, he lost a battle and lost a city.
On the day the city was broken, the Beidi aliens ordered the massacre of the city.
All of a sudden, Beidi aliens set fire to looting in the city, the sky was filled with black smoke, the river was bloody red, corpses were piled up like a mountain, and screams were everywhere.
When the emperor heard the battle report, he lamented the innocent people and dared not send troops rashly. He decided to make peace with Beidi and sent the princess to make peace.
Shen Chao wrote many times to ask the emperor to send troops to go out again. Finally, because of the rebellious words of "marrying is the loss of the country", the emperor stripped him of his official uniform and ransacked his family's house.
That year, Shen Yushu was still in his infancy, while Shen Qionglin was eight years old, and he was already able to remember things.