Xia Feng was a scholar, and Yu Liang was a middle-aged man in his forties. The two of them chased the man to Hu Lin, west of the village. If it weren't for the brothers in the mountain stronghold waiting in Hu Lin, Wei Sinian would have really escaped.
Wei Sinian was like an enraged little beast, tearing and hitting the man who was holding him down, and he looked quite ferocious with his teeth bared.
Yu Liang was afraid that he would run away again, so he didn't let anyone let him go.
"We are not bad people. Our boss has a history with your father, so he asked me to come look for him. If your father is willing, he can go back with us."
Wei Sinian was tired from struggling and gasped, "My father has been missing for more than a year. I don't know where he is."
"Where's your mother?"
Wei Sinian didn't say anything for a long time. His eyes were surprisingly bright on his dark face, and hatred flashed in them.
"I don't have a mother!"
Several people looked at each other.
Yu Liang looked at him and thought of his children at home. He couldn't help but feel soft-hearted and stroked his head. "If you have nowhere to go, come back with me."
Although Wei Sinian remained wary of everyone after the incident, he was sharp-minded and could sense that the middle-aged man in front of him truly felt sorry for him.
Wei Sinian shrank his exposed toes awkwardly and said with his head down, "My father is missing. I really don't know where he is. My mother remarried and now has another child."
Yu Liang sighed, "Because your mother has another child, she doesn't want you anymore?"
Wei Sinian raised his head and glared, "I don't want her anymore! I want to come back and wait for my father to show up!"
Xia Feng felt that this boy was a stubborn wolf. "We will look for your father. You should come with us first. You are so young. Don't freeze to death outside. If you don't freeze to death, you will starve to death."
Wei Sinian remained silent, neither refusing nor responding.
After a while, he asked hopefully, "Will you really find my father?"
Yu Liang handed him the pancake and said, "It's true that you will look for it, but whether you can find it or not is not certain. But if you have our help, the chances of you finding your father will be greater."
Seeing the vigilance in Wei Sinian's eyes, Xia Feng knocked on his head and said, "Do you think your father, an exiled man, has anything worth targeting?"
Wei Sinian opened his eyes wide. They actually knew all about their family?
Since his family was implicated and sentenced to exile in Liangzhou, where yellow earth was all around, his mother, unable to bear the poverty, married someone else.
His mother took him away with her, but in that family, he was treated as a humble servant. The eldest lady asked him to feed the horses and clean the stables every day. When his mother saw this, she told him to just bear with it.
He was unwilling to endure it.
If he were in Xiliu Village, his father would never have asked him to apologize after being bullied by other children in the village. His father would have sought justice for him. Even if the family was poor, his father would not have assigned him dirty, smelly, and endless chores.
Half a month later, he secretly ran back to Xiliu Village, but his father was gone.
He asked everyone in the village, but no one knew where he had gone.
He went to other villages and towns in the surrounding area and found that there were also missing people in other villages.
Unfortunately, with his own abilities, he couldn't find out where his father had gone.
Wei Sinian clenched his fists. He was determined to find his father.
In this way, Wei Sinian followed Xia Feng, Yu Liang and others to the road leading to Qingyuan County.
On the Mangshan side, Xiao Minghuan was attacked from both sides by horse bandits and county soldiers. Finally, he was protected by nearly a hundred imperial guards and fled in defeat, hiding in the mountains.
At the State Shepherd's Mansion.
The mansion is deep. Compared with the buildings in the Central Plains, the houses in Liangzhou have thick walls and deep courtyards, with one door after another. Although they have the architectural features of the Central Plains, they are extremely rough and lack the magnificence of Kyoto or the beauty and elegance of Jiangnan.
The candlelight covered with exquisite glass shades made the room bright. Although the cold wind was howling outside, the room was warm as spring because of the wall of fire.
A man in a purple embroidered robe with an imposing appearance sat at the head of the hall. After reading the words on the note, although there were some doubts in his eyes, those doubts turned into joy when things turned out better than he expected. In the end, he shouted "good" three times, obviously very happy.
Bai, who was standing aside with her head lowered and her face submissive, rubbed her belly and asked cautiously, "Master, is there anything you are happy about?"
Li Yanfeng raised the corner of his lips, "Big brother is going to be in trouble, what do you say?"
Mrs. Bai frowned, not understanding the second young master. The eldest young master was obviously a brother from the same mother and was very kind to him, but he wanted to bring misfortune to the eldest young master.
Li Yanfeng pinched Bai's chin and said, "Take good care of your pregnancy and give me a son. I will take you as my concubine."
Seeing the joy in Bai's eyes, Li Yanfeng smiled with satisfaction.
Bai smiled softly and said, "Since I have followed you, young master, I only hope that you will be well. Only when you are well can I be well."
"Bring me the cloak."
The maid went to get the cloak, and Bai stood up and asked, "Master, are you going out?"
Li Yanfeng hummed, "Something big has happened in Qingyuan County. I have to report it to my father so that I can help my elder brother."
After reading Gao's letter, Li Yanfeng naturally had doubts in his heart.
Because the iron mine in Mangshan was given to his eldest brother by his father, he was jealous of the silver his eldest brother earned from the iron mine every year.
The imperial court's delivery of military supplies was exactly what he wanted.
Qingyuan County is his eldest brother's territory. Deputy Captain Gao is nominally his eldest brother's man, but in reality he is his man.
He knew that Deputy Captain Gao had a group of horse bandits, who often presented him with gifts. Deputy Captain Gao would secretly send him a large sum of silver every few days.
These horse bandits have been wreaking havoc on the village for many years, and it is time for them to pay the price for their past crimes.
What Li Yanfeng never expected was that this group of horse bandits were actually smart. They did not get involved themselves, but instead dragged his eldest brother's men into the water!
He originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that military supplies were looted in Qingyuan County to implicate his eldest brother's men. If the military pay was lost, the Third Prince would definitely not give up, and Qingyuan County would definitely be turned upside down.
He did all this with only one purpose, to bring bad luck to his elder brother. If he couldn't manage his subordinates well, what could he accomplish?
As legitimate sons, why should he always be inferior to his elder brother just because he is the eldest? His father even looks up to Li Yue, but he still looks down on him.
If it were in the past, it would be fine, but Prince Su started a rebellion!
Their Li family has been doing business in Liangzhou for generations. His father worked hard and made great contributions in defending Liangzhou. Why can't he be independent?
If my father had no other thoughts, why would he bother hiding the Mangshan Iron Mine?
If he was always the second son of the Li family, he might have accepted it.
Inside the mountain stronghold, Doctor Li came into the house carrying a wooden tray with his mouth and nose covered by a scarf.
Lying on the stone bed in the house was a middle-aged man with a gaunt face, sunken eye sockets and an untidy beard.
This person is Wei Xian.
It was a coincidence that when Wan Jinlan and Xiao Feng were riding back to the camp at night, they met a group of weak and dark-skinned men on the road, with anklets hanging on their feet.
The two men returned to the village, drove out in a carriage, and carried the people back.
This group of people were in serious physical condition, with pale faces and thin bodies, and whip marks on their bodies. Wei Xian was one of them.
The fact that they were able to escape from the mine was because they were holding on to their last breath.
Xiao Feng was sharp-eyed and recognized him.
After two days of recuperation, Wei Xian's health seemed to have improved, but he was still listless and unwilling to speak.
"He's back, he's back, Wei Sinian has been brought back."
Wan Jinlan's joyful voice entered the room, and the gloomy Wei Xian suddenly sat up straight.
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