Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

In Yizhou City, in an ordinary house.

Zhu Chun and Zhu Qiu reported to Zhu Jingxing all the information they had found out in the past few days.

"The young lady drove the carriage herself and brought Luo Xingchen to Hexi Village."

"After arriving in Hexi Village, the young lady first rented a house, then bought land to build a house, and also bought 15 acres of land to plant wheat."

"The An Ruquan that the young lady mentioned is the son of An Luhai, the magistrate of Fuyuan County. He is a well-known playboy in Fuyuan County. He is notorious and bullies men and women.

He had seen Du Kongqing, one of the young lady's men, at the temple fair in Fuyuan - the Harvest Fair, and wanted to rob him.

But because they were located on Half Moon Lake at the time, An Ruquan's boat suddenly had an accident and the case was left unresolved.

However, Qian Dazhuang, a constable in Fuyuan County, later revealed the news that Du Kongqing was in Hexi Village to An Ruquan.

At that time, Princess Qingyi had just left, and An Ruquan was released from home by An Luhai to find Du Kongqing.

When An Ruquan arrived, he found that Du Kongqing's appearance was completely ruined, so he left.

On the way, An Ruquan had his leg broken by a masked man and is now recuperating in bed.

Zhu Chun mainly investigated the affairs of An Ruquan and Qian Dazhuang, while Zhu Qiu then reported on the interpersonal relationships around Luo Xiaoran.

"Master, the young lady's subordinate Du Kongqing, her father is Du Shimu."

"Du Shimu? The only son of Du Yannian, the former judge of the Left Court of the Imperial Medical Bureau?" Zhu Jingxing asked, putting down the teacup in his hand.

"Yes, young master!" Zhu Qiu replied.

"I heard that Du Yannian and his family were banished to the northern border because he angered Emperor Taizong. I didn't expect to meet his descendants here." Zhu Jingxing said with a sigh.

"Du Yannian and his wife died at the hands of the northern barbarians in their early years, and Du Shimu was also rumored to have died two years ago.

Now, only Du Kongqing and Kang Mingqiao are left in the Du family to depend on each other.

It was only a few months ago that the young lady came to Hexi Village and gave Du Kongqing a job, which saved the mother and daughter from starving to death." Zhu Qiu continued.

"Anything else? Tell us more about Shu'er." Zhu Jingxing picked up the teacup again.

“I heard from Hexi Village that the young lady’s cooking is delicious now.

She rarely goes out on weekdays and only interacts with a few fixed people."

"Those people?" Zhu Jingxing frowned slightly.

"Besides Du Kongqing, the only person the young lady has a close relationship with is Luo Xingchen's husband Sun Qingyuan.

It is said that Master Sun originally came from a wealthy family. He passed the entrance examination and became a scholar at an early age. Later, he went to study at Bailu Academy.

But for some unknown reason, his family fell into poverty and he dropped out of Bailu Academy. He spent his days selling calligraphy for a living in Fuyuan County.

Later, Sun Qingyuan was hired by the young lady as a teacher to teach Luo Xingchen.

Wang Changbo, the son of the richest man in Fuyuan County, has a close relationship with Sun Qingyuan, so he sometimes goes to the young lady's house for dinner. "

"there is none left?"

“It’s also a bit weird.

No matter how hard his subordinates searched, they could not find any information about Luo Xingchen, as if someone had deliberately erased his existence.

There is no information about the young lady before she came to Hexi Village.

Also, I learned from a boatman of the Wang family that it was the young lady who sank the boat that An Ruquan was on."

"Impossible! Miss doesn't know how to swim at all." Hearing Zhu Qiu's words, Zhu Chun exclaimed in disbelief.

Zhu Qiu didn't look at him, but continued to say to Zhu Jingxing: "Maybe the young lady has just learned it.

Young master, I said something that is beyond the scope of my words.

I have been with the young lady for many years and am quite familiar with her.

I always feel that although the young ladies nowadays still look like young ladies, their behavior, way of speaking, and even their eating habits are different from those of the old young ladies.”

As soon as Zhu Qiu finished speaking, Zhu Jingxing paused in stirring the teacup, and shot a sharp look at Zhu Qiu like an arrow:

"What do you want to say?"

"I just thought of the Queen Consort Yun, the mother of Prince Yan."

"presumptuous!"

"I admit my mistake!" Zhu Qiu quickly knelt on the ground, and Zhu Chun also knelt down with him.

……

After coming out of the house, Zhu Chun stared at Zhu Qiu up and down.

Finally, Zhu Qiu got impatient and asked with a cold face, "What are you doing?"

Zhu Chun shook his head. "Nothing. I just didn't expect you to have that idea."

"But that's a reasonable guess, isn't it?" Zhu Qiu asked back.

Zhu Chun nodded, "You are right.

Wasn't it that Taizong's former concubine Yun, the mother of Prince Yan, and the legitimate daughter of the Yun family, one of the five great families, was executed because of...?"

Zhu Chun did not dare to tell the reason why Concubine Yun was executed. This was the biggest taboo during Emperor Taizong's reign and also the biggest taboo since the founding of Daliang.

……

Ever since that day when Zhu Jingxing left with a group of doctors, he didn't come to visit again for several days.

However, Luo Xiaoran could vaguely feel that there were several pairs of eyes staring at her around her house. They should be Zhu Jingxing's people.

Luo Xiaoran stared at the sky in a daze. She was feeling very conflicted.

In the end, he continued to hold on and refused to admit that he was Zhu Jingshu.

But Zhu Jingxing had already confirmed from the small red mole on his neck that he was Zhu Jingshu, at least physically.

It would be better for him to confess to Zhu Jingxing that his sister had been killed by Lin Qianqian and he was just a ghost.

But she was not sure whether Zhu Jingxing would burn her to death as a demon.

Or she could pretend to be Zhu Jingshu and follow Zhu Jingxing back to Yizhou. As long as he didn't notice anything wrong, she would continue to "play" the role of Zhu Jingshu.

But she didn't have any memories of Zhu Jingshu, so her pretense would be full of loopholes.

If you think about it this way, each of the three paths is not the best choice.

Before Luo Xiaoran could think this through, a group of uninvited guests arrived at the door first.

"Who is Luo Xiaoran? Luo Xiaoran, come out quickly!"

There was a shrill shout from the yard, a voice that Luo Xiaoran was not familiar with.

When I went outside, I saw that Uncle Xiang was knocked to the ground by a tall and thin thug. The thug's foot was on Uncle Xiang's back, preventing him from getting up.

Luo Xiaoran immediately became angry, kicked the tall and thin thug away, and helped Uncle Xiang up:

"Uncle Xiang, are you okay?"

There were already two bruises on Uncle Xiang's face, and he groaned in pain:

“Miss, I’m fine, these people were just yelling and cursing outside.

I was just about to open the door to ask if there was any misunderstanding, but they just barged in.”

Luo Xiaoran helped Uncle Xiang aside, and then looked at the people in the yard:

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The tall and thin thug who was just kicked away by Luo Xiaoran came forward with a grin on his face. It seemed that he was the leader of this group of people:

"Are you Luo Xiaoran?

You sank our master's boat, causing our master to be imprisoned by the county magistrate for so long. What do you think we are here for?"