The two returned to the Dragon King Temple. Murong Jie packed his bags, but he didn't know where to go.
Suddenly, there was no goal.
He walked out of the front hall of the Dragon King Temple, looked at the familiar face of the Dragon King statue, and slowly knelt down.
Praying to gods and Buddhas was the most despicable thing in his life. He never thought that one day he would kneel in front of a Buddha statue and pray for Buddha's blessing.
He no longer had any other options.
"You have received so much incense from the world, please show me a way. If you can find Zi'an, I will come to burn incense and pay tribute on the first and fifteenth day of every month."
He kowtowed devoutly, recalling that when Zi'an first entered the palace to pay homage to the Queen, he knelt through the palace gate and kowtowed until his head was bleeding.
The Queen said that it was to kowtow to the Bodhisattva and pray for her mother's health.
Zi'an came in kneeling, but it was of no use, the Bodhisattva did not bless her.
His heart was as cold as gray, and he stood up.
Outside the door, the sound of horse hooves was heard.
Soon, a figure came in like a whirlwind, "Brother Murong, it took me a long time to find you. Fortunately, someone saw you coming towards the Dragon King Temple."
The person who came was Gao Fengtian.
Before Murong Jie entered Bei'an County, he sent people to find him to help look for it.
Seeing Gao Fengtian, Murong Jie sighed softly, "Brother Gao, you made a wasted trip. The person has been found, not this one."
Gao Fengtian looked dusty, but his eyes sparkled. "What's the point of running? If you hadn't sent someone to look for me, I wouldn't have found you. I'm sending people to look for you everywhere. The emperor has issued an order that no matter where you are, we must find you and take you to Fengzhou."
"Your Majesty? You mean Qin Zhou? Why do you want me to go to Fengzhou?" Murong Jie was slightly stunned.
Gao Fengtian looked at him steadily and took a deep breath, "I found the princess."
Murong Jie looked back at him steadily, his lips trembling, "What did you say?"
"I have found the princess, but there are some circumstances, so the emperor asked you to go quickly."
Murong Jie quickly rushed out the door, "Let's go!"
Boss Dao also heard it from inside and chased out, "Wait for me!"
He didn't know how many horses were worn out along the way. During the ten-day journey, Murong Jie was unwilling to rest. He bought steamed buns on the way and ate them when he was hungry and drank stream and river water when he was thirsty. It would take at least half a month to get to Fengzhou, but he and Dao Boss Gao Fengtian and others arrived there in ten days.
When Qin Zhou arrived at the inn, he saw Murong Jie, a man with dark skin, dirty and smelly.
This incident turned a noble prince who looked like a jade sculpture into a homeless man.
"Someone, help the prince bathe." Qin Zhou suppressed the sadness in his heart and turned around to give the order.
"No, where is Zi'an? Take me to see Zi'an first." Murong Jie's voice was very hoarse. For ten days, he hardly said a word and just concentrated on his journey.
"No, you will scare her if you are like this. Besides, I will explain some things to you after you take a shower." Qin Zhou said solemnly.
Murong Jie's heart sank, "She's alive? Is she?"
"Yes, alive and well." Qin Zhou said.
Murong Jie breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine, as long as she's alive, I have nothing to be afraid of."
Qin Zhou had shed tears so many times in his life that he could count them on one hand. But after hearing Murong Jie's words, he couldn't control his tears.
That was also the sentence from the deepest part of her heart. As long as Zi'an was alive, she had nothing to be afraid of.
Murong Jie obediently went down to take a bath, shaved his beard, and changed into clean and refreshing clothes.
The late autumn wind has already started, but Fengzhou is located in the tropics and the temperature has not dropped yet. However, it is much cooler than before.
He sat quietly in the chair and listened to Qin Zhou explain Zi'an's situation.
After listening, he asked, "Chu Jing said that she gave birth to twins?"
"Yes, but Chu Jing's words cannot be trusted." Qin Zhou said.
Murong Jie thought of the beautiful girl, "No, it's possible. I met a little girl in Bei'an, she was over two years old and looked exactly like Zi'an."
Qin Zhou was stunned. "Really? Exactly like Zi'an? Hu Tou is very similar to you. If they are twins, shouldn't they be similar? How come one looks like the mother and the other looks like the father?"
"Some twins are not alike." Rouyao said.
"If what Chu Jing said is true, the little girl you saw is very likely your daughter. Chu Jing said a child was taken away by a wolf, but it is very likely that he threw the child away to deliberately provoke Zi'an, and the child was blessed by God and was rescued and raised by a good person."
Murong Jie thought of the little girl and felt excited. Not long ago, he was in deep despair, but now, he had so much.
He had been in despair for too long and was a little afraid to think deeply. He was very terrified because everything happened too suddenly. He knelt in front of the statue of the Dragon King and kowtowed a few times, and the sky changed.
Qin Zhou was much calmer than him. He turned around and said to Gao Fengtian, "Fengtian, go investigate and see if the child is the biological child of that woman."
"Okay, I'll go check it out myself." Gao Fengtian was a man of action. He would do what he said immediately and left without even waiting to see Zi'an.
After Gao Fengtian left, Murong Jie looked at Qin Zhou, his dark eyes gleaming, "We should go meet Zi'an."
Qin Zhou hummed and warned: "You must control yourself, don't irritate her, and don't scare her. She doesn't remember you."
"I know." He can control himself, he definitely can.
In order not to scare Zi'an, Qin Zhou didn't let too many people follow. Only she and Rouyao took Murong Jie over. Even Boss Dao was not allowed to follow, for fear that he would be reckless!
Baoyuan Hall was as crowded as usual, but during the day, Doctor A Yu did not sit in the hall. She was mostly in the house serving her "father" Chu Jing.
The first person Murong Jie saw was Hu Tou playing sepak takraw in the yard. He was biting the last candied haws in his mouth, and the corners of his mouth were all red. When he saw someone coming in, he turned around with the sepak takraw in his arms. Seeing that it was Qin Zhou and Rou Yao, he grinned, "Mother, Auntie!"
There was still one person he hadn't seen before, so he turned his head to look at Murong Jie with a curious look.
Murong Jie held his breath and stared at Hu Tou. Is this his son? This is his son! This is his son!
"Tiger head!" Qin Zhou picked him up and asked with a smile, "Where's mother?"
Although Hu Tou called Qin Zhou "A Niang", he knew that his A Niang was still the A Niang in the inner room.
Then he pointed and said, "Mother is inside."
Qin Zhou looked over and saw Chu Jing's room.
She didn't want Murong Jie to see Chu Jing for the time being, for fear that he would be unable to resist and kill Chu Jing.
So, she smiled and said to Hutou: "Hutou was very good today and didn't sneak out to play. I will buy you something delicious later, but now call A Niang out and tell her someone is looking for her."
When Hu Tou heard that there was something delicious to eat, he twisted his body and came down and ran in like a whirlwind.
Murong looked at the door with a dejected look, and Rouyao felt very sad.
I couldn't help but remind him, "Cousin, calm down."
Murong Jie took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, "Okay, okay!" However, the ending of his voice was still trembling.
(End of this chapter)