Different from the three members of the royal family comparing and smashing things, the reflections of the two children in Zhenbeihou's mansion were soft-spoken.
Under the warm sunshine of winter, Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo stood by the small frozen lake in the mansion, watching a few young men of the two of them smashing ice on the lake for summer use, and catching a few fish along the way.
Shen Zhuo said in a low voice: "Second brother, tell me, does that Su Wanniang know something?"
Shen Jian said: "She asked the elder sister to tell us to go to the prince when something happened, and she asked the elder sister to make those gestures, and she just got the crucial fragrant cake, which obviously guessed the prince's assassination of the third prince. "
Shen Zhuo continued to ask: "But second brother, don't you think about it, how could she let the little sister be caught by the fourth princess? It almost killed the little sister."
Shen Jian also frowned, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, this is a losing move. The fragrant cakes were prepared a few months ago, how could such a big mistake happen?"
Shen Zhuo looked around, and then said in a very low voice: "Second Brother, don't you think...she's just...the one in the middle?"
Shen Jian shivered, looked at Shen Zhuo with surprise in his eyes, then he shook his head and said: "Impossible!" Su Wanniang was the one in the middle, and the one behind - only Shen Wen!
Shen Zhuo whispered: "Why is it impossible? Only in this way can it be justified—little sister's fainting is just faking!"
Shen Jian looked at the lake for a long time, and said in a deep voice, "Then, that time in the palace..."
Shen Zhuo whispered, "It must be an act."
Shen Jian shook his head: "How dare she? How old is she?"
Shen Zhuo said: "That's why she dares! Because she is too young, no one would think so! But others don't know, so can we not doubt it? Think about it, the little girl is actually precocious. I know, she can read very early, but have you seen any difficult books she read? The books displayed at the little girl’s place are the simplest, like a child learning chess. I’ll go there these days I looked carefully at the Zangshu Pavilion. There was some dust on the margins of the unread books, but almost all the books there were touched. Who in our mansion can read so many books? Su Wanniang came from an official family, and followed her In the past few years, I have been loyal to her, and I must teach her how to behave in the world, but the little girl has never shown any cleverness on the surface, and she is still as stupid as before, don't you find it strange?"
Shen Jian stroked his chin, and said thoughtfully: "Then why is she hiding it?"
Shen Zhuo leaned into Shen Jian's ear and said: "First, she is afraid of showing her whereabouts, and there are too many eyeliners in our house. Second, she doesn't believe us."
Shen Jian narrowed his eyes: "I heard that when the elder brother was leaving, the younger sister went to see the elder brother alone..."
Shen Zhuo went on to say: "Then the eldest brother asked us to protect her, and said that he had something to ask Su Wanniang..."
Shen Jian nodded slightly and said, "I bet she told the truth to Big Brother!"
Shen Zhuo also nodded: "The eldest brother is on her side, and he still kept it from the rest of us..."
Shen Jian gritted his teeth in a rare way: "Especially me! Here he is the biggest one when he is gone! He actually kept it from me! I grew up with him, and I still remember the way he wore crotch pants!"
Shen Zhuo hurriedly said: "Don't be jealous, he must also remember your appearance. Think about it, why didn't he tell you?"
Shen Jian turned his head suddenly, Wang Zhi was walking over behind the empty space, Shen Jian had a usual smile on his face: "Wang Zhi, I'm a little cold now, go and get me a cloak."
Wang Zhi agreed, turned and left.
Watching Wang Zhi walk away, Shen Jian turned his head, his eyes were cold, and he said in a low voice, "Brother told me to recognize people with my eyes, even the people around me should be careful."
Shen Zhuo took a deep breath, stood shoulder to shoulder with Shen Jian, and whispered, "There is someone beside you."
Shen Jian didn't speak for a while, and then he whispered: "Brother doesn't want to catch him out, he wants to keep him for use."
The two were silent for a while, Shen Zhuo chuckled, and said comfortingly, "At least they definitely didn't tell the eldest sister."
Shen Jian said: "If the eldest sister doesn't get suspicious this time, it's better not to tell her. She is young and has a quick temper, so don't reveal her secrets..."
The two brothers looked at each other, and then laughed together—is this what others said about them? After being ridiculous, Shen Jian was still a little angrily: "The two of them, one big and one small, just play tricks among us!"
Shen Zhuo also nodded: "Little sister, we can't do anything. When we see big brother in the future, the two of us must join hands and beat him up!"
Shen Jian nodded, but then shook his head again: "How could it be the younger sister? I can't believe it anyway."
But Shen Zhuo nodded and said: "The more I think about it, the more she is! Think about it, she has been very obedient since she was a child, and she has never caused any trouble to others except crying. When she grows up, she doesn't have the vanity of ordinary girls at all. , Reserved, arrogant or something, this is not right! Abnormality must be demon... "
Shen Jian hurriedly said: "You have to be more careful, you can't say that in front of others. How much pains she has put into doing this, let's have a good talk with her, but don't expose her when others are around."
Shen Zhuo nodded and said: "Of course, there must be something deep in the elder brother's warning to us before he left. You see, this time, such a dangerous matter was resolved in this way. The crown prince did not lose money by stealing chickens, so he stumbled. It's really my little sister's scheme, how can I expose her? It's too late to cover her up."
Shen Jian pondered and said: "She is recuperating now, we have to find a good time to visit her."
Shen Wen didn't know that the two elder brothers were about to come to Xingshi to interrogate him, and he was still lying on the bed discussing with Su Wanniang who was sitting by the bed how he could sneak out to play quietly.
Shen Wen whispered: "After lying like this for a few days, my whole body is going to fall apart. I must go out for a walk at night."
Su Wanniang begged in a low voice: "My little ancestor! Just wait a few more days. The crown prince has just returned to the palace, so he must be thinking of ways to take revenge on you."
Shen Wen slowly shook his head and said: "This dumb loss, he must be sure. To get revenge, I have to wait until I grow up. The easiest way is to attack my marriage."
Su Wanniang clutched her chest nervously: "Can't you let me live a quiet life for two days? As soon as one thing is over, I have to worry about the next one?"
Shen Wen smiled and pulled Su Wanniang's arm: "Don't worry, he can't hurt me."
Su Wanniang asked, "How do you know?"
Shen Wen whispered: "Because I know him, but he doesn't know me."
Su Wanniang asked curiously, "What do you know about him?"
Shen Wen motioned to Su Wanniang, Su Wanniang leaned over, Shen Wen muttered, "I know his weakness, what he wants, what he is afraid of, and he can't lose."
Su Wanniang wanted to hear something more, but Shen Wen didn't say anything.
Su Wanniang straightened up, frowned and asked, "What's the use of knowing this?"
Shen Wen smiled and said: "If you know his weakness, you know how to use him. If you know what he wants, you know how to seduce him. If you know what he is afraid of, you know how to scare him. If you know he can't lose, you know how to make him lose." He made mistakes! These are enough to defeat him. And he," Shen Wen chuckled softly, "not only did he not know anything about me, but what he knew was still wrong! How could it count on me?"
Su Wanniang thought about it too, Shen Wen knew the weakness of the prince's narrow mindedness, so he took advantage of this mentality and sent Ji Wenzhao away. The other things must be reasonable, so I couldn't help covering my mouth with the back of my hand and laughing, finally I didn't worry about it.
That night, Shen Wen wore black night clothes, tied a piece of iron on his body, and climbed up to his courtyard wall lightly. Then, as usual, by familiarizing himself with the defense of Hou's mansion, he picked up a few undefended locations and flew Generally ran out of the Hou Mansion.
Shen Jian said he wanted to go to bed early, and turned off the lights when it got dark, but he moved a chair and sat by the half-covered window in the bedroom. If Shen Wen is really pretending to be sick as Shen Zhuo guessed, she will definitely come out to do activities at night! Shen Jian does not believe that healthy people can lie around doing nothing all day long. He is going to wait here every night from today.
After Shen Yi left, Shen Jian was the designer and executor of Hou Mansion's defense. He purposely left an empty spot above his courtyard so that he could observe the people coming to visit the Marquis' mansion at night in time. He stared at the courtyard wall for nearly two hours, and finally saw a black shadow, which was fleeting. If he hadn't looked at it intentionally, he would have thought it was an illusion.
Shen Jian recalled how Shen Wen wanted to buy Su Wanniang in the street, how he talked to the prince at the Lantern Festival, how he feigned death and made the old lady and Shen Xiang almost cry to death... This time, she closed her eyes and lay down, letting herself and Shen Zhuo be so happy. Worry! Let Shen Xiang cry for nothing again! This sister! How hateful! Shen Jian was furious, but he still waited for almost two hours, seeing that black shadow flashing past again, before he got up and really went to sleep.
Shen Wen ran to the side of the palace, the moat was frozen, it was much easier for her. Shen Wen put the iron bar on the ice and squatted lightly on it. Her lightness skill can now step on fallen leaves without making a sound. Now she squats lightly on the iron bars, and with a little exercise, she flies across the river like a phantom.
Shen Wen felt somewhat proud. She has seen those skiing and skating in the Olympic Games in later generations, isn't she just skating faster than anyone else? Now that I can slide so fast with an iron bar, it should be comparable to those champions, right? Shen Wen deeply lamented that he was born at the wrong time. When he was a ghost, he couldn't participate in the competition. Now he has the body and technology to participate in the competition, but there is no Olympic Games!
The end of the year is approaching, and the cold nights are long. In the palace, the cold wind blows through the high eaves of the palace, and the bells hanging below make sporadic and dull sounds.
Shen Wen climbed up the city wall like a gecko, crossed the city wall in the gap between patrol soldiers and eunuchs, and entered the palace. She ran to the East Palace according to the path that Eunuch Gu pointed out to her last time. As for why she ran to the East Palace for no reason, Shen Wen explained to herself that this kind of action stemmed from the balance of psychology: You placed someone beside me, It forced me to lie down and pretend to be dead during the day, but I really had to come out and move around, come to your place for a walk, to find a balance.
Maybe it's late at night, where the East Palace is located, only a few palaces have lights, it's far less lively than what she saw when she came last time. Shen Wen was on guard against the dark whistle, and jumped on the ridges and walls of the rooms very carefully, approaching the light. When she reached a high wall, she saw two eunuchs from a distance holding a lantern and leading a person over. In the dim light, she looked like a prince. Shen Wen hurriedly got down on the wall, waiting for them approach.
The prince's footsteps were heavy, and judging from his figure, he seemed to be a little hunchbacked. They walked over under Shen Wen's watchful eyes, and an eunuch greeted them in front of them, and said in a low voice: "The fourth princess has been waiting in the Nuan Pavilion for a long time, no matter how much she persuades her, she won't leave, and she must see Her Highness tonight."
The prince took a deep breath and said, "Let's go to the Nuan Pavilion."
Shen Wen waited for them to go far, then got up and chased them, until the prince entered a small room in a small courtyard, Shen Wen approached, walked silently on the courtyard wall, and rushed to the roof, Seeing eunuchs and maids guarding the front door of the house, he went to the back of the house. Seeing a window, he jumped under the window and squatted in the shadows.
The mournful cry of the fourth princess came from inside the room: "Brother! Why don't you let the emperor condemn her?!" Shen Wen knew that this "she" was none other than himself.
The prince's helpless voice: "Why doesn't Fourth Sister ask for it herself?"
The fourth princess wailed even louder: "I'm going! Father said that damned cripple said that I dragged that bitch first! Brother, you are the prince! You go and tell father! It was she who pulled him!" I am going out… "
Reminiscent of what happened when he spoke for the queen and his sister, the prince angrily shouted: "Shut up!"
The fourth princess was so frightened that she stopped her voice on the spot, and the prince continued: "What happened at that time, did you really forget?! You thought it was true if you said it 10,000 times?! Are you confused?!"
The fourth princess began to cry again: "But my face, my face! How can I get married in the future?!"
The prince sighed: "It's not easy to get married. You are the emperor's fourth princess. How can you worry about no one marrying you?"
The fourth princess continued to cry: "But I want a good family, good-looking ones, not low-class ones."
The prince smiled coldly: "That's not easy? Zhang Yunming, the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan, is a suave son in the capital. How about him?" Shen Wen could almost voice the prince: Aren't you close to the Marquis of Zhenbei? Run away with the third prince this time, then I will let you marry my disfigured and violent younger sister! Send you a restless family!
The fourth princess really stopped crying, and after moaning for a long time, she said shyly: "I've only turned thirteen, and I haven't reached the age yet, so what if he gets engaged before then?" It sounded like he agreed.
The prince said: "Tomorrow I will let people out: Mr. Zhang is the husband-in-law appointed by the fourth princess, and he will also send a message to the official media to see who dares to protect this match!"
The fourth princess seemed to smile: "Brother! You are so kind! The Pingyuanhou Mansion is said to be very luxurious..."
The prince also smiled: "Exactly, the long gown worn by Mr. Zhang that Eunuch Gu tore off this time is beautifully embroidered. The embroiderers in the palace saw it and said it couldn't match it. If you marry, it must be in Jinxiu Township." in, there will be no suffering."
The fourth princess said coyly: "Brother! I haven't married yet!"
The prince laughed: "It's only a matter of time! How dare Marquis Pingyuan hand over his military power and say 'no' to the princess? My sister doesn't have to worry. Now you can go back and have a good rest, right?"
The fourth princess said: "Thank you, brother!" She left happily and left with the maid.
The prince also let out a long breath, and said, "Go to Concubine You."
The eunuch on the side said hesitantly: "But, the princess..."
The prince's cold voice: "Let her wait!" After speaking, he walked out of the room.
Shen Wen also jumped onto the ridge of the roof. Seeing that the prince hadn't left the courtyard, there was a burst of crying, and a few women could be seen coming from the roof. The crown prince frowned, at the gate of the courtyard, a woman stumbled in, knelt down on the ground and cried, "His Royal Highness, please let Li Liangdi be the master, she just slipped a tire!"
The prince immediately widened his eyes, and said sharply, "Isn't it already four months?! The imperial doctor said that after three months, the fetus will be stable!"
He has been married for almost three years, and he has no children. This is another fatal weakness that can be attacked. It's not that he didn't work hard with the princess. In the first year of marriage, he often stayed in the courtyard of the princess, but after a year of no news, he invited the imperial doctor to see him. The imperial doctor told him privately that the princess's body is delicate and it is not easy to give birth. If she wants to conceive, she needs at least five years of recuperation. He couldn't wait like this, so he began to scatter leaves, hoping that at least he would have a bastard. But the concubines and concubines who were pregnant had miscarriages one after another. Who couldn't see the reason for this? Although the third prince is not married yet, if he does, he will have a son soon. In history, there are precedents for choosing his father as the prince because of his good grandson... I really should teach the princess a lesson... But Lu His support for himself is indispensable in the court...
The prince clenched his fists anxiously.
The woman cried and said: "The princess concubine asked my grandma to deliver the anti-fetal medicine today, and forced Li Liangdi to drink it. The baby just passed away! It's already formed!" The woman burst into tears.
The prince's breath became short of breath, and a faint voice sounded from the gate of the courtyard: "You girl, you can't talk so casually. I sent someone to give me medicine. It was the last time the imperial doctor came to see Li Liangdi and told me that the fetal image was not good. I Ask him to prescribe miscarriage-preventing medicine specifically for Li Liangdi, the prescription is there, and the dregs of the medicine are also there."
A slender woman with a delicate face was surrounded by several women and walked into the courtyard. Shen Wen knew that this should be the princess. She was born in a family of Lu's family. She has read poetry and books since she was a child. There are rumors that when this girl was born, her mother dreamed of a golden bird flying into her arms, so having this girl will bring great blessings to the sky. Shen Wen suspected that this was the momentum created by Lu Taifu. Who wouldn't think of a phoenix because of the big golden bird, and said that the Lu family would be a phoenix, so wouldn't the crown prince be the emperor? Who wouldn't do this trick
The maid who was kneeling on the ground continued to cry: "Li Liangdi has a little understanding of medicine, and just now the Crown Princess asked someone to bring a prescription, but Li Liangdi said that she didn't taste any of the medicines in the prescription."
The princess scolded: "Sophistry! Why didn't she say it when she drank it
The servant girl ignored the Crown Princess, and then cried to the Prince: "Your Highness, at that time some women forced Li Liangdi to drink the medicine..."
The princess interrupted: "She lied!"
The prince waved his hand: "Enough!"
The princess smiled: "His Royal Highness..."
The prince shouted again: "Enough!"
The smile on the princess's face froze, the prince let out a breath slowly, and said to the maid who was kneeling on the ground, "Go back."
The maid cried and got up, saluted and walked out of the yard.
After she left, the prince walked out of the courtyard without looking at the princess, and the princess said: "His Royal Highness..."
The prince said to the eunuch: "Hurry up? Don't let Concubine You wait." He left without looking back.
The princess's face was a little dark in the dim light of the lantern, she stood for a while, and then led the people away.
Shen Wen didn't want to listen to the erotic palace, she knew that no matter how much the prince struggled during this period, he would never have children. In the previous life, this was also one of the reasons why the prince felt very insecure. The third prince has been dragged by the empress and got married very late. Maybe at that time the prince was already ready to stop, and not long after the third prince got married, the prince rushed to kill him.
In the previous life, the Lu family supported the prince with all their strength, supported all the prince's suggestions in court affairs, and did not waver in the war and chaos. Probably in order to repay the support of the Lu family, after the prince moved to the south, he invited famous doctors to treat the concubine's illness, and only then did he have a son. When the crown prince ascended the throne, the crown princess would naturally become the queen. But soon, the only legitimate son died, and the queen was never pregnant again. Then, the concubines of Emperor Guangna, known in history as "dissolute", were born one after another, and the princes died one after another, and even Zhang Yunzheng managed to kill one. By the time the emperor died, the empress had long since been abolished, but the three surviving princes were only four or five years old. Naturally, they could not resist Bei Rong. The dynasty changed and was destroyed by Bei Rong.
Shen Wen didn't bother to investigate the privacy of the prince's backyard. This time he had gained something from entering the palace, so Shen Wen got up and ran outside the palace.
After leaving the imperial palace, it was already ugly time, and the capital was completely silent, except for occasional brightly lit places. On the way back to the mansion, Shen Wen saw a burning candle at a street corner and faint smoke, so he moved closer to have a look.
It turned out to be five or six food stalls lined up in a row. There are steaming pans, crackling frying sounds, and the faint aroma of food in the night wind.
On the dilapidated tables and chairs, there are watchmen or night watchmen, as well as government officials who watch the night in the capital.
After running for a long time, Shen Wen felt a little empty in his stomach. She has to sleep quietly as soon as she goes back, where can she get a hot meal? I thought in my heart that it would be nice to have a supper, but I didn't bring any money, and I was still a woman, so I was seen by others...
Shen Wen secretly sighed, just as he was about to turn around, a black shadow rushed towards him from the corner of his eye, and shouted softly: "Hey! You! Stop!..." The voice sounded like Zhang Yunming, but the figure who came here didn't look like it.
Shen Wenxin said: Still standing still? ! I can't listen to you!
She turned her head and ran wildly, this time she couldn't go back directly to the mansion, so she turned left and right in the capital for a long time, making sure to get rid of the black shadow, and then returned to Hou's mansion.
The next day, after noon, Shen Wen was still fast asleep. Anyway, she's going to stay in bed now, it doesn't matter how long she sleeps! She is simply beautiful.
When Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they were stopped by Su Wanniang with a serious expression: "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Miss is sleeping. She is not in good spirits and needs to sleep. Please come back after Miss wakes up."
Shen Jian nodded clearly: "She must be feeling very tired, right?"
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "Indeed."
Shen Jian looked at the blue shadows in Su Wanniang's eyes: "You must have been up most of the night, right? Thank you for your hard work."
Su Wanniang was shocked in her heart, but said calmly on the surface: "Thank you, Second Young Master, it is my duty to take care of Miss."
Shen Jian nodded silently, and said to Su Wanniang: "When your young lady wakes up, go to the library and call us, saying that we want to see her." He paused for a moment, and said as casually as possible: "Talk to her."
Su Wanniang was sure that there was something wrong this time, so she glanced at Shen Jian's face, Shen Jian stared fiercely into Su Wanniang's eyes, Su Wanniang lowered her eyes, and politely said: "I will tell Miss." The face was gently covered.
The two elder brothers walked towards the Library Pavilion, Shen Zhuo sighed and said: "Little sister can really sleep, she didn't wake up at this time."
Seeing that there was no one around, Shen Jian snorted coldly: "She left for almost two hours last night, running around on two legs, how can she not be tired?"
Shen Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, widened his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Is she so rampant?!"
Shen Jian said through his teeth: "She deceived us all! Do you still remember the voice that broke the assassin's voice at the prince's banquet?"
Shen Zhuo frowned and thought hard: "I can't think of it."
Shen Jian sighed: "You were too young at that time. When we went to buy pastries, we met Su Wanniang outside the shop. Now I recall her cry for help, that's the voice!"
Shen Zhuo was surprised: "What?! That was a few years ago?!"
Shen Jian said in a low voice: "Little sister was only seven years old at that time, and you were twelve years old."
This time Shen Zhuo shook his head: "Then Su Wanniang has been helping her all these years, yet she didn't confess to us, but instead relied on an outsider! She really looks down on us!"
Shen Jian clenched his fists: "This time, we must have a good talk with her!"
Shen Zhuo immediately said: "Yes!"
Shen Wen woke up from a sound sleep and stretched well. Su Wanniang immediately helped her wash up, and then served warm ginseng and red date soup. After Shen Wen drank it, she served a small bowl of round-grained rice, small pieces of braised venison, pickled perilla leaf sauce, and two dishes of green vegetables .
Shen Wen pulled Su Wanniang to eat together, Su Wanniang smiled and said: "I have already eaten, what time is it? Dinner is almost here."
Shen Wen was so hungry that he ate everything before serving tea with satisfaction.
Su Wanniang chatted a few more gossips with her, and then said in a low voice: "Second Young Master and Third Young Master are waiting in the Book Library Pavilion, tell them when you wake up, they want to come and talk to you."
Shen Wen frowned: "Talk? Talk about what?"
Su Wanniang arrived at the door, handed the dishes and trays to the little maid to send them away, and then came back and said in a low voice, "I think they suspect you. The second young master's words are inconsequential, as if he knew you went out last night."
Shen Wen pursed her lips, thought for a while, then waved to Su Wanniang and said, "Go and tell them that I am resting now, so I can't see them." Just as Su Wanniang was surprised, Shen Wen said in a lower voice: "You let them put I opened their purses before to see what's inside. If you believe me, at the end of the second watch tonight (11:00 p.m.), there is a Pozaojun Temple in the west of the city. Wait for me there, you can only go alone , no one can take it, and of course no one can tell."
Su Wanniang asked again: "Then why did you ask for an appointment in such a remote place? For the convenience of talking?"
Shen Wen sighed: "That's just one reason. The main reason is that once they find out that I have lied to them, they will definitely be angry! When they run there, their anger will disappear a lot. If they are still depressed, I will let them continue to chase me up After a few laps, when they get tired, they won't lose their temper with me."
Su Wanniang laughed, said nothing more, tidied up, and went to Zangshu Pavilion to see Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo passing on a message.
After dinner, Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo went back to rest respectively. But after dark, the two of them got together in a dark corner outside the mansion at the agreed time and place.
Shen Jian squatted down, and Shen Zhuo asked: "Shouldn't we go there quickly?"
Shen Jian snorted: "Why go so far? She just wants us to run more. Let's wait for her, grab her and find a place closer." Their qinggong is still far from perfect, running so fast Come on, don't get up tomorrow.
Shen Zhuo thought about the note in his purse, and said in a low voice: "Your, do you also say that elder brother will have a son within a year after marrying Mrs. Liu?"
Shen Jian nodded: "Exactly, that day was a flower fair, and elder brother only met Mrs. Liu later."
Shen Zhuo said in a low voice, "She's saying that she has the ability to see the future."
Shen Jian frowned tightly: "It's just a marriage..."
Shen Zhuo clicked his tongue: "One leaf knows autumn. Look at these years..."
Shen Jian pulled him, pointed with his finger, and saw a light black shadow jumping down from the wall of the Hou Mansion quickly, like a cloud of smoke, without a sound, Shen Zhuo was dumbfounded, and whispered: "Her qinggong is so good ?!"
The black figure heard it, looked towards them, then waved and ran away. Shen Zhuo was discouraged: "We can't catch her at all!"
Shen Jian also sighed, stood up and said, "Then let's follow her!"
The two of them ran after the figure. What they mainly practice is not light work, and they will soon be sweating profusely. The black figure ran and stopped, seeing that they were getting slower and slower, and then stopped beside an abandoned residential building, waiting for them to arrive.
When Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo arrived in front of Shen Wen, who was dressed in black with half of his face covered, they both bent down and panted, unable to put on airs of elder brothers.
Shen Jian finally raised his waist halfway, and said to Shen Wen: "You...haven't... apologized!"
Shen Wen changed his usual weak and cowardly tone, and asked calmly: "Apologize? Because I lied to you?"
Shen Zhuo also straightened his body: "That's right! Why didn't you tell us the truth?! We are so devoted to you for nothing!"
Shen Wen bent down and said, "Brother, please listen to me for the details, but if you don't believe me after listening, then I won't apologize."
Shen Jian said: "Wait a minute, let's look around!"
The three of them separated and looked carefully at the front, back, left, and right sides of the dilapidated residential building, and finally arrived at a ruined wall. Shen Wen whispered the dream he had told his elder brother: Beirong...Bianguan...The capital...
The two were silent for a long time, and Shen Wen waited quietly while listening to the movement around him.