In order to leave time for his wife and children to talk, Shi Junhe returned to the study alone after receiving the gifts.
When he saw Shi Qingxue pulling Wen Renchi in through the door, Shi Junhe's eyes fell on the place where the two touched, and his eyes widened instantly. He asked dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing?"
Shi Qingxue was yelled into confusion, "What's wrong?"
Wen Renchi understood it first, and calmly withdrew the hand held by Qingxue, taking a step back, "It's nothing."
"It's nothing." Shi Junhe also realized that he had overreacted and said the same thing.
"Really?" Shi Qingxue's suspicious eyes wandered around the two men, but she did not delve deeper.
She pushed Wen Renchi forward, and then straightforwardly recounted the conversation she had just had with Wen Renchi, without any disguise or even redundant rhetoric.
Then, she asked Shi Junhe: "Dad, what is going on? You have actually guessed this kind of thing, right?"
It is said that a son is better than his father, but how could Shi Qingxue not notice that Shi Junhe had become abnormal after returning from Qingluo Mountain? She clearly sent someone to Fancheng for help, but in the end the matter was resolved, but she did not send anyone to report the news. It was definitely not something that Shi Junhe could do, unless Shi Junhe guessed from the beginning that the distress letter was not delivered to the other party.
Shi Junhe did not deny it, but looked at Wen Renchi and frowned, "Have you told Qingxue?"
Wen Renchi nodded, but did not explain the fact that Qingxue couldn't lie when he faced him, which embarrassed him.
Shi Junhe did not ask further, but turned to look at Shi Qingxue and said lightly: "This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't worry about it."
The answer was exactly the same as Wen Renchi's, which almost made Shi Qingxue mad.
She snorted coldly and pointed at Shi Junhe angrily, "You, my father."
The slender fingers pointed at Wen Renchi again, "You, my big brother."
Taking a deep breath, "You have already reached the point where you are fighting to the death, and you still dare to tell me that it has nothing to do with me? Do you really want to wait until I lose one of you, or even lose both of you, before it has anything to do with me?" "
As she said that, the nightmare of Shi Junhe and Wen Renchi dying in the battle at Qingluo Mountain in her previous life once again invaded her mind. She couldn't hold it back, and tears as big as peas fell down freely.
Qingxue didn't want others to see her weakness, so she wiped away her tears roughly as soon as they fell. She only stared at her big round eyes, full of grievances.
Wen Renchi felt even more distressed, and quickly took Qingxue's hand, carefully wiped away the tears on her face, and coaxed softly: "You can say whatever you want, I didn't come here with you, We must clear up all the misunderstandings, right? Stop crying."
Even though the word 'misunderstanding' seemed to him just a delusion, he didn't mind keeping such extravagant hopes as long as he could coax Shi Qingxue.
Shi Qingxue stopped crying immediately and turned to look at Shi Junhe. The latter also raised his hands to beg for mercy, saying: "Okay, okay! Whatever you want to know, dad will tell you."
Only then did she feel satisfied, sniffed, and whispered, "I don't believe you, Daddy, would intentionally harm Uncle Wenren, so what happened in the war in front of Shi Liu Niang?"
The War of the Three Kingdoms sixteen years ago was a heroic war story for Shi Qingxue, but for Shi Junhe, it was the nightmare of his life.
The expression on Shi Junhe's face retreated, and after a stalemate for a long time, he spoke like a sigh: "The country of Mo has just overthrown the tyranny of the previous dynasty for more than 20 years. The country is in turmoil and needs to cultivate and recuperate, but the country of Liang covets our country's blockbusters. The wealthy land has been harassing our country's border for a long time under the pretext of attacking Zhao State. The late emperor knew the truth of death and coldness, and ordered Shi's army to go to the border of the Three Kingdoms to join Zhao State in resisting Liang State.
At that time, my father was ill and did not go on the expedition, so Abo and I led the troops to the border. The two-on-one battle went smoothly at first, but after the Liang State realized its weakness, it gave up on the Zhao State and instead plundered and killed the people on our border. The Zhao State thought it was safe and began to passively fight the enemy.
Once, the Shi family army led by Abo and I encountered a surprise attack from the Liang Kingdom. The troops were scattered, and the team we led had less than a thousand people left. We had to occupy an abandoned town to barely resist the enemy and seek a breakthrough. But the enemy troops are coming towards us and have been trapping us. If there are no reinforcements, our end will be to be trapped alive.
So after more than half a month, I discussed with Abo that one person should stay and defend, while the other person would lead a small group of people to break out and look for reinforcements, in order to find a chance of survival... "
Shi Qingxue listened very attentively to the story. When she saw Shi Junhe suddenly stopped talking, she became anxious again, "Dad, why didn't you say anything? How did you arrange it? Who will move the reinforcements and who will stay to defend the city? "
Shi Junhe glanced at Wen Renchi, smiled bitterly and asked, "What do you think?"
"Ah?" Are there any riddles
Shi Qingxue frowned. Seeing that Shi Junhe was really waiting for her answer, she had to think.
After a long while, he said hesitantly: "Dad, are you staying to defend the city?"
The two men who heard these words raised their eyebrows in surprise.
Shi Junhe was silent for a moment and asked doubtfully: "How did you guess that?"
Qingxue smiled and explained triumphantly: "Because on the surface, it seems that it is very dangerous whether you stay and defend or lead people to break out. But if you don't break it, you can't stand it. As long as you can escape, you have a chance of survival. It's better to break out... So Dad, you will definitely choose the more dangerous and embarrassing option."
Shi Junhe looked at Shi Qingxue's trusting and admiring eyes, and the heaviness in his heart was relieved a lot. Even when he met Wen Renchi's obviously distrustful eyes, he was not as uncomfortable as before. He only nodded calmly, "Yes, because most of them Everyone must stay and wait to die. If no one stays to calm people's hearts, even the Shi family army will not be able to wait for rescue, so I ordered Abo to have fifty elite soldiers to break out of the encirclement, while I stayed and continued to defend the wall with the soldiers. .”
"Really?" Wen Renchi couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Then why did the story come out that my father was trapped alive because you didn't rescue him in time?"
Yes, this seems a little different from the version of the story that has been circulated.
Shi Qingxue turned her eyes to her father, waiting for his explanation.
Shi Junhe turned away and looked out the window, and after a long while he said helplessly: "I'm not lying, I just don't know what went wrong. The Liang soldiers who were supposed to stay to encircle and suppress the main force of Shi's army actually dispatched most of their troops to chase Ah. Bo's team. Seeing this, I didn't want to sit still and wait for death. I happened to encounter another Zhao army with only the remaining defeated soldiers. So the two sides worked together to annihilate the Liang army and successfully broke through the encirclement... "
Wen Renchi's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and he coldly planned Shi Junhe's words, "But you didn't go to rescue my father immediately, and deliberately delayed the time to give Liang Jun an opportunity, which caused my father to be killed by the main force of Liang Jun." kill!"
Shi Junhe: "..." He opened his mouth, but he couldn't seem to think of what he could say
It is a fact that Wen Renbo died in battle, and it is also a fact that he was not rescued in time. As for those subjective factors, it is just a matter of opinion. "Big brother!" Seeing that Wen Renchi was about to run away again, Shi Qingxue quickly stopped him and changed the subject. "Didn't you say that you have evidence to prove your guess? What kind of evidence is it? Let's take a look at it, okay?"
On the one hand, Wen Renchi felt that the matter had been investigated clearly enough, and there was no need to explain anymore. On the other hand, he couldn't bear to make Qingxue unhappy, so he had to take out the letter written by Mo Shujun to Shi Junhe.
Spread it out and place it in front of the other two people.
The letter was addressed to Shi Junhe, and the handwriting was familiar to both of them. It belonged to Mo Shujun.
[My son, the Shi Family Army was founded by your father with great pains, and your father personally handed this army into your hands. I don’t ask you to carry forward the Shi Family Army, or at least not change the name. Now there are several major generals in the army who were not brought out by your father, and Wen Renbo is evenly matched with you in the army. This is not conducive to the stability of the Shi family army. I hope my son can consider this issue carefully and make a decision when necessary.]
After reading the contents of the letter, Shi Junhe and Shi Qingxue's expressions changed, especially Shi Junhe. He never thought that there would be such a drama more than ten years ago.
He met Wen Renchi's cold gaze and explained eagerly: "I have never seen this letter."
"I believe it." After Wen Renchi took out the letter, he kept staring at Shi Junhe, whose shock and confusion were undeniable.
But he didn't believe that Shi Junhe was innocent, "But can you deny that this letter was not given to you by Mo Shujun?"
Shi Junhe looked pale and said nothing, but Shi Qingxue did not deceive herself and said firmly: "This is definitely her handwriting, I will not admit it!"
"Qingxue!" Shi Junhe shouted, but he also knew that such a call would only show his weakness.
Shi Qingxue ignored him and turned to ask Wen Renchi: "Even if my grandmother intended to harm Uncle Wenren, she was far away in Kyoto at that time, and my father had not seen this letter, so it was impossible to do as she said. , everything is just a coincidence."
Wen Renchi: "Coincidence? I also hoped that this was just a coincidence, but... Qingxue, do you know where you got this letter from?"
Shi Qingxue blinked in confusion.
"The Third Highness's people got it by chance from He Jun, the steward of the Shifu."
At that time, He Jun was not completely the butler of the Shi family. His military status was Shi Lei's personal guard. After the war started, Shi Lei was worried about his son, so he arranged He Jun to stay with Shi Junhe to protect him.
"Impossible." Shi Jun and Tie Qing refused.
Wen Renchi just looked at him steadily and did not argue. In other words, there is no point in arguing.
The two reached an impasse again.
"Wait." Shi Qingxue interrupted the confrontation between the two, turned to Shi Junhe, and asked: "Dad, the story you told us just now is not finished yet! Keep talking!"
Shi Junhe looked at Qingxue with confusion, wondering why she was still struggling with what happened back then.
Shi Qingxue continued: "Since you don't want to say it, why don't you let me guess? I guess my father planned to support Uncle Wenren after joining the Zhao State's army, but the Zhao State's people did not Allowed, right?”
Shi Junhe said nothing, but his surprised expression already said: She was right.
Wen Renchi was also surprised: "Why? How on earth could this happen?"
Obviously he was sure that he had the truth, but Shi Qingxue's words always made him feel that there was something wrong with them. He couldn't even blame Shi Junhe with peace of mind. So what happened back then