Chapter 486 He is not my father

Zhao Shen asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Yunshu looked around but didn't find anything unusual, so he turned back: "It seems like someone is looking at me."

She said to Zhao Shen suspiciously, "We haven't been targeted yet, have we?"

Zhao Shen listened to her and looked around: "That shouldn't be possible. No one here should know us."

The two of them walked around, and Ji Yunshu pretended to buy a basket of vegetables and meat, and then gave them all to Zhao Shen when he got back.

"Finally, I can eat fresh vegetables."

The weather has turned cooler and there aren't many fresh vegetables here.

Zhao Shen carried the basket into the kitchen helplessly.

Li Ping's eyes widened when he saw this, and he followed and said, "Leave this to my subordinates."

This gentleman is obviously a scholar. These people like to believe that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen.

Zhao Shen handled the ingredients skillfully, but he didn't refuse his help: "Then help me light the fire."

Cooking was not a problem for him. It was just some vegetables, and he could definitely cook them. But he had never lit a stove before, so he didn't know how to do it.

Li Ping saw Ji Yunshu looking at something in the yard, while Zhao Shen was busy cooking. He glanced at the couple with an indescribable look, and finally resigned himself to his fate and bent down to make a fire.

Zhao Shen moved quickly. By the time he had lit the fire, Zhao Shen had also prepared the vegetables and meat.

Seeing Zhao Shen's skillful movements, he believed that this seemingly weak scholar could really cook.

However, the look he gave Zhao Shen became more complicated.

This man looked like he was of a noble status, and he must have a host of servants around him. I don't know why he wanted to learn cooking.

Zhao Shen seemed to know what he was thinking. While cooking, he said, "I've been out alone a lot these past few years, so I learned how to cook. It's a very practical skill. No matter where I go, I'll never go hungry."

Li Ping said dryly, "Your Excellency is right."

The meal was ready soon and the three of them ate together.

Li Ping then went back to his own business.

Ji Yunshu returned to the house and was thinking about how to find out who the Mobei people were looking for.

Li Ping suddenly knocked on the door outside.

Ji Yunshu opened the door and asked, "Master Li, what can I do for you?"

Li Ping replied, "Just now, our people caught a little beggar outside. He seems to be following Lord Zhao and his wife. I wanted to tell you about it."

Ji Yunshu immediately thought of how she felt someone was staring at her when she was shopping outside in the morning, and she couldn't help but look at Zhao Shen.

Zhao Shen said in a deep voice: "Bring the person here."

Li Ping responded and went to pick up the person.

Ji Yunshu asked Zhao Shen, "Could it be that our whereabouts have been revealed so quickly? Are those assassins chasing us again?"

Because Li Ping was talking about a child, Ji Yunshu thought of the little girl who tried to assassinate her in Mobei.

But last time someone leaked their whereabouts, but this time, they were traveling alone and shouldn't have been found so quickly.

Zhao Shen also felt that they shouldn't have been discovered so quickly: "Let's talk about it after we see the person."

As he spoke, Li Ping brought the person in.

He was a dirty-looking little beggar, about ten years old, dressed in rags, and looked no different from the beggars on the street.

Li Ping brought the person over and then left.

Zhao Shen stared at the little beggar for a long while before asking, "Who are you?"

The other party did not answer his question, but stared at Ji Yunshu: "You are the general's daughter, right?"

Ji Yunshu was very surprised to be recognized like this.

Although she did not disguise herself this time, once she put on this coarse cloth dress, even her father would have to take a closer look before recognizing her.

Seeing the little beggar's eyes were dark and clear, revealing a bit of anticipation and eagerness, she nodded involuntarily.

Anyway, he is just a little beggar. If he is really a killer, there is no way he can leave here alive.

So it doesn't matter even if I know who she is.

Unexpectedly, the little beggar knelt down in front of Ji Yunshu, took out a seal from his sleeve and said, "I am Qian Rong's daughter, Qian Qian. I came here to tell you, Miss, that my father has never betrayed his country."

Ji Yunshu took a look at the seal in her hand and handed it to Zhao Shen. After Zhao Shen checked it carefully, he nodded to Ji Yunshu.

Ji Yunshu asked in shock, "How did you recognize me?"

Qian Qian said, "A few years ago, my father followed the general back to the capital to report on his work. He took me to the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion once, and I met you there."

Ji Yunshu racked his brains to retrieve the original owner's memory, and then he remembered that this seemed to be the case.

Ji Changlin would return to Beijing every now and then, and the generals under his command would also go to Beijing to report on their work.

When these people arrive in the capital, they basically go to the marquis' mansion.

Ji Yunshu would return home from the palace to receive the guests.

Although she couldn't remember whether Qian Qian was among those people, it was obvious that Qian Qian was only a few years old a few years ago. If a young girl like this came to her house, she must have been responsible for entertaining her.

"So the people from Mobei have been looking for you these days? What's going on? Your father..."

Qian Qian had already said that her father had not committed treason, and Ji Yunshu didn't know what to say for a moment.

In fact, deep down, she also hoped that Qian Rong had not committed treason, otherwise this incident would be a big blow to her father.

Qian Qian wiped away her tears and said, "The man in the General's Mansion now is not my father at all. I don't know when my father was replaced. He must have been murdered."

As she spoke, she started crying again.

Ji Yunshu didn't expect things to turn out like this.

Zhao Shen, on the other hand, seemed to have guessed something long ago and was calmer than her: "Do you have any evidence for what you said?"

Qian Qian stopped crying and choked up, "I know my father. He's grateful for the general's kindness and plans to serve his country with all his heart. He's devoted all these years to military affairs. Even after my mother passed away, he never remarried and hasn't had a woman by his side for many years. He's told me more than once that if he died in battle one day, don't be sad. If he's not afraid of death, how could he betray Daxia?"

Seeing that she was very emotional, Ji Yunshu handed her a handkerchief. After her crying stopped, he said, "Think carefully about what happened to your father before. When did it start?"

Qian Qian seemed to have thought it through long ago, and without much hesitation, she said, "My father and I weren't close. I was raised by my wet nurse in the backyard, and he was often busy with military affairs and didn't come home. We might not see each other for ten days or half a month, so I didn't realize anything was wrong until he opened the city gates and welcomed the people from Mobei in."

Having said this, she paused for a moment before continuing, "I knew very well that my father would never do such a thing, so when he returned home that day, I brought him a bowl of cheese and watched him eat it with my own eyes."

Ji Yunshu was puzzled: "Is there something wrong with this cheese?"

Qian Qian shook his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with the cheese. It's my father who has the problem. He can't eat milk, or he'll break out in a rash. Since this mansion never cooks food with milk, not many people know about it. But that day, that man ate a whole bowl of cheese and didn't have any reaction at all. So I knew he wasn't my father at all."