Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

Leng Youran.......

"Hehe..." Leng Youran laughed awkwardly.

Plenty of food?

Is this a grain-producing country that is starving its people to death?

Leng Youran really couldn't agree with such behavior.

The enemies were already at their doorstep, but they were still starving them to death with food. Had the generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty reached this point?

As I was thinking about it, I realized something was wrong!

"Dad, Second Uncle, I heard that Tianze's father is not..."

When Leng Chengye and Leng Chengdong heard her mention Li Tianze's father, the expressions on their faces suddenly changed.

Yes, he is the only one who is different.

"Well, General Li did die in battle. He was the only person in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who was against internal consumption of the enemy. He believed that any invader must be punished no matter how far away he was, but..." Leng Chengye paused here.

"It's just that there are many people who think differently from him."

Leng Youran understood what was going on after hearing this. "So General Li was assassinated by his own people?"

Leng Chengye and Leng Chengdong nodded at the same time. "This matter is not a secret, but that person suddenly disappeared, and there is no way to verify it."

"What is your name?"

Leng Chengye was stunned, "Ran'er, what do you want to do?"

Leng Youran's tone unconsciously turned colder, "I don't want to know anything else, I just want to know who it is."

Li Tianze is hers now no matter what. Since he is her enemy, he is also her enemy. Even though Li Tianze has never told her about this, she can't pretend it didn't happen now that she knows it.

Leng Youran herself didn't realize that she now regarded Li Tianze as very important.

"That man's name is Chu Zhaolin."

"Chu?" For some reason, Leng Youran felt that this surname was not simple.

She had heard of Chu Weian and Queen Mother Chu before. They both had the surname Chu, and neither of them were good people.

"Could it be that Chu Zhaolin is also from the Empress Dowager Chu's family?" he asked tentatively.

Leng Chengye and Leng Chengdong looked at her in surprise. They didn't expect Leng Youran to figure out the man's identity so quickly.

"Isn't it?" Leng Youran saw them like this and thought he had guessed wrong.

Leng Chengye shook his head slightly, "You guessed right. Although Chu Zhaolin is not the Chu family's biological son, he did grow up in the Chu family. Even the surname Chu is used by the Chu family."

Leng Youran heard his answer and thought quickly in her mind.

One by one.

Suddenly, a line appeared between the things that I couldn't figure out, connecting all the things that I hadn't figured out before.

"Dad, Second Uncle, so, is Zhao Mingyao's desire to kill Lijia also because of that person named Chu Zhaolin?"

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On the way back, Leng Youran was thinking about what Leng Chengye and the others had said.

When Chu Zhaolin was young, he and Queen Dowager Chu were childhood sweethearts. If the late emperor, who was then the crown prince, had not mistakenly favored Queen Dowager Chu after drinking, Queen Dowager Chu would have married Chu Zhaolin.

Later, after Queen Dowager Chu entered the palace, Chu Zhaolin disappeared in the capital. When he reappeared, he was already a deputy general at the border.

Afterwards, Chu Zhaolin and Li Tianze's father led their troops to fight against the invaders from the south. What could have been a safe battle ended up with General Li being killed by the enemy because of his reckless advance.

At that time, the old emperor went against the majority opinion and saved the Duke of Li's Mansion. After sending people to investigate, he learned that there was a traitor in the army, but the whereabouts of the rebel were unknown and there was no way to verify it.

That year, General Li was framed and died, the old emperor was seriously ill, and her soul went to another world.

Things that seem to have no connection at all seem to be strung together into one line.

After returning to the room, Leng Youran saw that You Xian had already returned. Seeing her worried face, he was puzzled.

"Ran'er, are you worried again?"

"Master." Leng Youran responded somewhat listlessly.

"Let's go and talk after we enter the space." You Xian couldn't help but feel worried when he saw her like this. He didn't know what this girl had discovered.

The two returned to the space, and Leng Youran helped him sit on the sofa in the living room before saying, "Master, I discovered something tonight. I know there are many things that Master is not convenient for you to tell me, but I just can't figure it out."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Leng Youran repeated what Leng Chengye and Leng Chengdong had said to her that night, adding her own perspective. "Master, why did all this happen eleven years ago? I always feel like there's a big hand behind this. If Zhao Mingyao killed the Li family because of Empress Dowager Chu, that makes sense, but why did our Leng family become a thorn in his side as well? Is it just because of our close relationship with the late emperor?"

"If that were the case, they could have just banished us to the north and left us alone, never giving us any hope of returning to the capital. But they attacked us many times during our exile. It seems like they wanted to kill us. What kind of hatred or grudge did they have to force us to die?"

Leng Youran spoke out all his guesses in one breath.

You Xian just looked at her with burning eyes.

Leng Youran saw that he didn't speak for a long time. When she looked up at him, she found that he was staring at her.

Leng Youran thought there was something dirty on his face, so he casually wiped it with his hands a few times, "Master, is there something dirty on my face?"

You Xian laughed when he heard this.

He shook his head slightly, "No, it's very clean." Not only the face, but also the heart.

"Then why is Master looking at me like this?"

"Master didn't look at you, he was just thinking about what you said. I have to say you are a thoughtful girl."

Leng Youran straightened up and waited for his next words.

After waiting for a long time, You Xian didn't say anything.

Finally, he suddenly said, "Okay, go to bed early. Didn't I hear that you still want to run a factory? Don't think about so many things. Your head is not big to begin with. What if your brain capacity is not enough?" After throwing down these words, he stood up, patted his butt and left without paying any attention to Leng Youran who was waiting for the next words.

Leng Youran held her chin with both hands, and her head moved along with his back. She didn't wait for You Xian to say another word until the door of his room was slammed shut.

Hey.....

Leng Youran had no choice but to get up, and imitating You Xian's behavior just now, he also patted his butt and walked towards his room.

Before going to bed, Leng Youran thought about the look You Xian had just given her, and always felt that there was a deeper meaning in it.

But she could never figure out what that deeper meaning meant.

I turned over and continued thinking, and fell asleep while thinking.

You Xian downstairs has recovered well now. Perhaps it is because this space once belonged to him. As long as he enters the space, his senses are particularly sensitive. For example, if Leng Youran upstairs is asleep, he can sense it as long as he calms down.

Noticing that the little girl had fallen asleep, he slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were filled with indescribable emotions.

After a long time, he closed his eyes again.