Chapter 108: Plot

Liang Xiuzhu was dragged to an unknown place.

"Let me go!"

Liang Xiuzhu reached out and fiercely knocked away Sun Shuo's hand that was grabbing his collar: "Why do you always interfere with me? Are you deliberately making things difficult for me?"

"Sun Shuo! I haven't offended you!"

After all these things that happened, Liang Xiuzhu was really annoyed. Sun Shuo was already worried about his mother's affairs, and he still tried to make things difficult for him.

He really couldn't figure out why. Even if he hated him, there was no need to go to this extent.

"I feel bad for you?" Sun Shuo was almost laughing out of anger: "Do you know what stupid things you have done?"

"You want to follow the army into Beijing, but with your physique, you'll probably die on the battlefield before you even get there. Even if you do get there, so what? You don't have any identity documents and you're coming from the northwest. Do you think you can get through safely? Can you use your brains a little more?"

If I hadn't stopped him every time, this man would probably have died before he got halfway. Not only is he not grateful, but he also feels like he's getting in the way?

Thinking of this, Sun Shuo really wanted to scold himself for meddling in other people's business.

After being scolded by him, Liang Xiuzhu felt aggrieved but didn't know what to say. Indeed, he had never considered what Sun Shuo said. He only wanted to get to Beijing as soon as possible, but when he came to his senses, he realized that he didn't even know where his mother was placed.

In an instant, the resentful mood that had just been there disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that he was speechless, Sun Shuo continued, "Also, you actually wanted to go find the princess today? Don't you know that the princess doesn't understand worldly affairs? No one in the mansion dared to mention the war in front of him for fear that he would think too much. And you still rushed into the muzzle of a gun."

"Now is the critical moment for the prince to enter the capital. If something goes wrong, the prince will not forgive you when he returns."

Upon hearing this, Liang Xiuzhu's face turned pale. He had not expected this.

"I... I just want to ask the princess... I haven't thought about these..." Liang Xiuzhu stepped back a few steps and leaned against the wall, looking fragile, with his head hung in frustration: "I just want to know the news about my mother, why is it so difficult..."

Sun Shuo crossed his arms and looked at his face. He suddenly remembered that night when he passed by Liang Xiuzhu's tent and saw him sitting alone in the tent with red eyes.

He didn't know why, but he somehow ended up doing something troublesome.

"Okay." Seeing that he had learned his lesson, Sun Shuo didn't want to blame him anymore.

She took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to him: "This is your mother's handwriting. Take a look."

Liang Xiuzhu suddenly looked up, first glanced at Sun Shuo and then at the envelope in his hand, his eyes full of disbelief.

His hands were shaking as he took and opened the envelope. Liang Xiuzhu read through it quickly, as if he was still in a dream.

In the letter, his mother said that the prince's men had taken her out of the mansion and returned her to a house on the outskirts of the capital. Although the capital was in turmoil, they were not affected. I hope he will return to Beijing soon.

A huge weight lifted off Liang Xiuzhu's heart, and he began to wonder: this handwriting was indeed his mother's, but why did Sun Shuo have it?

"This letter...where did you get it?" Holding the envelope, Liang Xiuzhu looked at the serious man in front of him.

"This is none of your business. Now that you know your mother is fine, just stay put and don't think of any more evil ideas to cause trouble for me."

After saying that, Sun Shuo left with his sword, leaving only his back.

As they walked, Sun Shuo was thinking about the fact that he would have to treat the secret agent to a drink when they arrived in the capital. He already felt the pain in his heart because that person was famous for being able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk and he only drank good wine.

He spent a lot of effort for this letter. After many twists and turns, he finally contacted the secret agent in the capital and asked him to inquire about the location of Liang Xiuzhu's mother.

Thinking about what he had just done, Liang Xiuzhu felt a little uncomfortable. After all, it was my own narrow-mindedness that wronged him.

But if he was asked to say anything to apologize, he really couldn't bring himself to say it. Watching Sun Shuo's back gradually walking away.

Liang Xiuzhu stroked the envelope in his hand and thought silently, well, Sun Shuo is not that annoying.

Song Huaixi had dinner together with everyone.

"Huaixi, I heard that you have been learning painting with Qionghuan recently? How are the results?" Song Zigen asked Song Huaixi with a smile at the dinner table.

Song Huaixi paused and said embarrassedly: "I'm a little stupid. My sister-in-law taught me for a long time, but I just couldn't learn it."

He can't even write properly, so drawing is very difficult for him.

"Hahaha, it's okay. Painting is not easy to learn. If Huaixi likes to take it slow, there will always be results." Seeing that he was discouraged, Song Zigen smiled and comforted him.

"Yes." Zhao Qionghuan also said: "I think Huaixi is very talented. Maybe he can learn it well if he studies slowly. At worst, it's good to just use it as a pastime."

After saying this, Song Huaixi became more confident. He likes reading picture books very much, so he has a natural interest in painting.

Everyone was chatting away, and Song Huaixi thought of what Liang Xiuzhu had said in the afternoon and asked, "Dad, is there going to be a war in the capital too?"

He knew what war was, but he didn't understand the changes in imperial power and the power struggles behind the war. In fact, he didn't quite understand why Zhao Fangye had to lead his troops to war.

All he knew was what he saw, and no one had explained to him in detail why he did so.

Everyone at the table was visibly stunned, and then Song Zigen asked, "Where did Huai Xi hear that?"

"Someone told me this afternoon."

Song Huaixi picked up some green vegetables and put them in his mouth. He chewed them carefully before continuing, "Is Zhao Fangye going to the capital to fight as well? It's too dangerous. Can he not go?"

No one knew how to answer, after all, the war in the capital was started by Zhao Fangye. The purpose is to change the dynasty. And changes of dynasties often require blood and tears.

What's more, they didn't want Song Huaixi to be exposed too much to the dark side of this world. There are some things that everyone knows tacitly and have never mentioned in front of Song Huaixi.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent.

"Don't worry, Huaixi." Zhao Qionghuan took the lead and said, "The prince is a general. He is usually only responsible for command and will not actually go to the battlefield. There will be no danger."

"Really?" Song Huaixi was skeptical.

"Really!" Zhao Qionghuan said with certainty.

However, she didn't expect that Zhao Fangye, who she said would not be in danger, was actually sitting in the tent with an arrow feather stuck in his shoulder.

The military camp was treating him. After breaking the arrow shaft, they used a sharp knife to dig out the arrow that was stuck in the flesh.

Zhao Fangye had sweat on his forehead but he didn't utter a word.

However, the other generals in the tent saw this scene and became emotional, pacing around the tent and cursing.

"These bastards! How dare they use dirty tricks!!"

Si Kou Lan Feng also lost his temper, which was rare: "How dare they!! They actually used the people as a shield to hinder the army's progress. It's simply despicable and shameless, and inhumane!!"

Zhao Fangye's army captured Shiyuan County. The imperial army fled everywhere, and Zhao Fangye's army marched northward.

When they captured Jiacheng, an outer city near the capital, the defending generals found that they could not withstand the attack.

They actually escorted all the civilians out of the city, shackled them and forced them to block the city gates to form a human wall to prevent Zhao Fangye's attack.

Not only that, he also ordered people to hide among the people and shoot arrows in an attempt to assassinate Zhao Fangye. Fortunately, Zhao Fangye reacted in time and prevented them from succeeding.