"Who told you about this?"
"Friend." Shen Yushu replied.
"Friend? What kind of friend?" Shen Qionglin frowned, rather harshly.
"A new friend, you don't know him, I'll show you to meet next time, oh, bro, stop teasing me, is daddy really a prince?" Shen Yushu asked.
"En." Shen Qionglin nodded.
"Why didn't daddy mention it to me?" Shen Yushu was surprised.
"What is there to say? It's just a false name of a prince, so what if it is, so what if it's not?" Shen Qionglin's eyes were as sharp as a blade, and he snorted coldly.
"But the prince sounds very powerful!" Shen Yushu played with the sandalwood fan, but did not hear the strangeness in Shen Qionglin's tone.
Shen Qionglin glanced at Shen Yushu and didn't answer.
Shen Qionglin sent Shen Yushu back to the attic where he slept, the servant stepped forward obediently, lowered his head and called: "Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master."
Shen Qionglin nodded, as a response, and then urged Shen Yushu: "Go and rest quickly."
"No, I want to see the moon." Young Master Shen yelled.
"Then remember to put on more clothes, wait until the night wind blows and you will have a headache and cold, you will suffer!" Shen Qionglin said fiercely.
Shen Yushu knew that he had a knife mouth and a rotten heart, so he was not afraid of him at all: "I see, hey, brother, where are you going? You just left?"
"Well, let's go, go to bed earlier." Shen Qionglin reached out and pressed Shen Yushu's head.
Shen Qionglin hurried down the attic, refused to follow the attendants, and set out to walk outside Tianque Villa under the cover of night.
He walked out of Tianque Villa, took out the crow mask in his arms, covered half of his face, lowered his head and hurried to the wooden trestle bridge outside Tianque Villa.
The black-clothed guards by the bridge saw that he was wearing a mask and did not stop him.
Shen Qionglin walked quickly on the wooden trestle bridge, the iron cables of the bridge clanged slightly due to the slight shaking, and under the iron cables was an abyss.
Opposite the wooden trestle bridge is an extremely steep cliff, the attic pavilions are almost built on the mountain wall, surrounded by bottomless cliffs, the only place that can be accessed is the wooden trestle bridge.
It can be described as a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also a prison that is impenetrable.
Shen Qionglin crossed the wooden trestle bridge, climbed up the stone steps of the opposite cliff, and walked into the attic on the cliff.
There was no one in the attic, no furnishings and decorations, and it was extremely cold and empty.
Shen Qionglin walked up to the second floor of the attic, saw a wing room brightly lit, and went in.
There are a few simple mahogany chairs in the wing room, and the windows are closed so that the bright moon cannot shine in.
In the house, there are five people.
Shen Chao sat on one of the mahogany chairs, and was slowly drinking tea.
Facing Shen Chao was a burly alien from Beidi. He raised his feet without manners, with an arrogant and impatient expression.
In the shadow on the left side of the room, stood a thin man with a hunched back and a creepy smile on his face.
In the middle of the room, a woman in plain white brocade clothes sat on a chair. She covered her face with a veil, her eyes were full of worries, and she seemed to have a thousand things on her mind.
Behind her was a man with a black cloth covering his face and night clothes. He stood upright behind the woman, like a loyal guard.
When Shen Qionglin entered the room, the Beidi people were patting the armrest of the chair and questioning Shen Chao: "That Xu Yixian, did you find it?"
Shen Chao put down the teacup in his hand and shook his head.
"What a fucking piece of trash, even Baidi City like this can make people run away." The big man Beidi scolded.
"You!" Shen Qionglin was furious, and he put his hand on the saber at his waist.
"Qionglin." Shen Chao interrupted Shen Qionglin lightly, without getting angry at all, with a gentle and refined appearance.
The Beidi people snorted coldly, and swaggered out of the room.
"Did you find out the identity of the person who blocked our pursuit that day?" asked the man behind the plain white brocade-clothed woman.
Shen Chao nodded: "The Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yan Shu."
"Oh." The thin man hidden in the shadows said, his voice was sharp and harsh, "Qin Jueming's man? You won't find anything for him, will you?"
"A man from Qin Jueming?" The plain white brocade-clothed woman raised her head.
"Well, his adopted son." Shen Chao replied.
"In a few days, Mr. Han will come to Baidi City in person, so there must be no mistakes." The woman in plain brocade clothes said, "Be careful in everything."
"The Princess is right." Shen Chao nodded.
"But having said that, since he belongs to Qin Jueming, why didn't he be arrested and interrogated?" The thin and small man laughed fiercely.
The woman in plain brocade heard this, nodded slowly in agreement, and called the people around her: "A Wu..."
"Understood." The man in black nodded.
It was late, and after the discussion, everyone dispersed.
Shen Chao led Shen Qionglin to the direction of Tianque Mountain Villa. They had just descended the stone steps when they suddenly heard a painful scream and hiss from the attic. In the dead of night, such a sound came from the attic, which was quite penetrating.
Shen Qionglin looked up in fright, he was about to investigate, when Shen Chao suddenly said: "Qionglin, let's go."
"Father?" Shen Qionglin yelled, but did not insist, and followed Shen Chao to the wooden trestle bridge.
Shen Chao raised his head, looked at the Tianque Villa not far away under the vast night sky, and said to Shen Qionglin: "Qionglin, tell Yushu tomorrow to let him stay in the villa these days and don't go anywhere."
"Okay..." Shen Qionglin nodded slowly.
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The morning light is faint, and the rooster crows three times.
Li Changtian stretched his waist and sat up from the bed, turned his head to look at the bed on the other side, and said, "Yan Shu, good morning..."
When Li Changtian blurted out the word "morning", he was very angry, but after Li Changtian saw the empty bed, his voice gradually became softer.
"Ah..." Li Changtian scratched his head.
He had completely forgotten that Yan Shu changed rooms to sleep last night.
Li Changtian yawned, patted his cheeks to wake himself up, and then seriously made the bed, put on his clothes, and took a shower with hot water.
At this moment, the door of the room was knocked, Li Changtian stood up and opened the door, and saw Yan Shu standing outside the door.
"Are you sober?" Yan Shu glanced at Li Changtian, then immediately turned his head, and his eyes fell on the ground.
"Wake up, wake up." Li Changtian shouted repeatedly, "Very awake."
Yan Shu took out the money bag from his arms and handed it to Li Changtian.
It was an elegant and clean little purse, which contained heavy silver.
"Ah? Why did you give me the money?" Li Changtian took it with a confused expression, and looked up at Yan Shu.
"I'm going to check where Mr. Xu is and whether it's safe in the next few days." Yan Shu's eyes dodged and he didn't meet Li Changtian's eyes.
"Is that so, don't you check with Tianque Villa?" Li Changtian asked.
"Well, the enemy is dark and we are clear. If we continue to investigate Tianque Villa, we may startle the snake. It is more important to find Mr. Xu first." Yan Shu said.
"Oh!" Li Changtian suddenly realized, "It makes sense, it makes sense, so why are you giving me money?"
"I will go out early and return late, so I won't be able to eat with you. This is your food expenses for the past few days." Yan Shu said softly, "If you see something you like, you can buy it. If it is not enough, you can buy it. Get it from the parcel in my room."
After finishing speaking, Yan Shu hurriedly turned around to leave.
Li Changtian was confused and confused, he grabbed Yan Shu's arm and said, "Wait, don't rush away, are you going to investigate the case now? Find out where Master Xu is?"
The arm was suddenly grabbed by Li Changtian, Yan Shu froze all over, and nodded after a long time: "Yes."
"I'll go with you." Li Changtian said.
Yan Shu said, "I can do it alone, I don't need to take you with me."
Li Changtian was stunned.
Yan Shu wanted to pull his arm out of Li Changtian's hand, but Li Changtian suddenly exerted some strength and held him tightly.
Inexplicably, there was a trace of panic in Li Changtian's eyes, and he laughed dryly: "Then what, the strength of a large number of people is great, and everyone gathers firewood like a flame, so it will always be useful to take me with you."
"No need." Yan Shu intentionally avoided Li Changtian, "You have a good rest."
"I don't need to rest, I'm fine." Li Changtian said anxiously, "I'm healed from the injury now, I'm sober from the wine, and I'm in good spirits!"
"Li Changtian..." Yan Shu sighed, and said, "I will go to the outskirts of Baidi City, and the journey will only take an hour. If I take you with me, it will take half a day."
Li Changtian: "..."
"Then..." Li Changtian felt a lump in his throat, he calmed down, slowly let go of Yan Shu's arm, and then said, "Then is there anything I can do to help, you must come to me, I'm sure I can help to yours."
Yan Shu didn't answer, nodded and left quickly.
Li Changtian returned to the room with the money, he put the purse gently on the table, and then started to be dazed.
Just now Yan Shu showed a embarrassed and helpless expression.
Li Changtian was too familiar with that look.
When he was a child, Li Changtian saw this kind of expression on other people's faces almost every once in a while.
That was the look on grandma's face when paying tuition, textbooks, and other expenses.
That was the look on his face when he just moved to his aunt's house and lived in the utility room. One day his uncle subconsciously threw the sundries in and immediately apologized after realizing it.
"I'm sorry, Changtian, I'm used to throwing things away, so I didn't react."
That was the look on his face when he lived at his uncle's house, had a fever one day and was sickly lying on the bed, heard his uncle and aunt arguing outside, and when his aunt walked into the room after a while.
"You send Chang Tian to the hospital."
"No, I have to go to work. If I am late, my wages will be deducted."
"I have to go to work too. Chang Tian was born with such a serious illness, so he must find a way!"
Li Changtian was afraid and afraid that others would show such an expression.
He also hated himself for being like this.
He hated the self who continued to ask for money after his grandmother showed a reluctant expression.
He hated the self who left the clutter in his uncle's house with nowhere to put it.
He hated the self who made his aunt face the risk of deducting wages and had to ask for leave to send him to the hospital.
But now, he made Yan Shu show that look.
That helpless, reluctant look.
Li Changtian leaned his elbows against the table and put his hands on his head, feeling a little out of breath.
Li Changtian slumped for a while, feeling that he couldn't be depressed like this, so he slapped the table, got up, ran downstairs, and found the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, do you want a day job? Carrying water, carrying rice, chopping firewood, moving bricks, burning fire and repairing the stove, I can do it!!!"