Xia Feng, Yu Liang and others returned with Wei Sinian, exhausted.
When Wan Jinlan heard the two say that he was Wei Xian's child, he simply brought him directly into Wei Xian's room.
Wei Sinian didn't expect that when he followed a few people into the bandit's lair, he would actually meet his biological father whom he hadn't seen for more than a year.
"father?"
When Wei Sinian saw the unshaven man sitting up on the bed who looked like a fifty-year-old man, his tone of voice when he called him "Dad" turned into questioning.
His father doesn't look like this, does he?
Wei Sinian's eyes were full of questions, until Wei Xian called out "Sinian", Wei Sinian roared and pounced on him.
Wan Jinlan, Xia Feng and others went out.
Yu Liang and Xia Feng finished reporting on the trip to Xiliu Village, and a table of food was prepared in the kitchen, so the group had a good meal.
Wan Jinlan was about to go back into the house when a stone suddenly fell from the wall in front of him.
When she was alert, two men in black fell from the roof. Judging from their light and graceful movements, they were undoubtedly secret guards.
Wan Jinlan thought of something and looked happy.
"Yu Song, An Xi?"
"master."
Wan Jinlan turned around and went to the study, and the two followed her in.
Before being exiled, his father had to deal with the issue of his second uncle, which was related to the safety of the entire government. Yu Song, who was originally assigned to her, was also sent to the southwest. An Xi went to Xuzhou to investigate the whereabouts of his brother and has not returned for a long time.
On her way of exile, she would leave marks at intervals along the road. No one except the two of them should know the symbols of the marks.
Xiao Feng has been paying attention to the follow-up of Mangshan recently. He went out this morning and has not returned yet.
The main reason is that they have too few people available and no source of information, so they have to keep an eye on everything themselves.
Wan Jinlan helped Yu Song and An Xi up and asked, "Have you dealt with Second Uncle's affairs? Is everything alright at home?"
Yu Song hesitated to speak, and his expression gave Wan Jinlan a bad feeling.
"Something happened? Tell me!"
Yu Song said, "The Duke was poisoned to death in his mansion."
Wan Jinlan's head was buzzing and his legs were weak. "What did you say? My father or grandfather?"
Yu Song simply finished speaking in one go: "It's not the old Duke, it's the Duke. The one who poisoned is the Second Madam, and she's avenging the Second Master."
"How did Second Aunt know the cause of Second Uncle's death?" Wan Jinlan thought of Wan Qiuyu, but she still wanted to borrow the power of the mansion, so how could she do something like destroying the city wall?
"When did all this happen? Tell me in detail what happened in Kyoto after I was exiled."
Yu Song said, "The Duke originally wrote to his old subordinates in the southwest, asking General Wang to cooperate with us to lure out the Second Master and his confidants, so that they would die in the banditry. He also destroyed all the correspondence between the Second Master and Prince Su, and dealt with the concubine, Xie Lao San, and the others."
Wan Jinlan regained some strength and thought that since the matter was handled so cleanly, it should be foolproof. So how did Second Aunt Lin know about it?
Yu Song continued, "After Prince Su captured Prince Guangling, he took him to the capital. Rumors arose in the capital, saying Prince Su and Concubine Wan had an affair, that the two had secretly met in the palace, and that Concubine Wan had been banished to the cold palace. After Prince Su fled the capital, he rebelled, claiming that Your Majesty was not the legitimate son of the late emperor, that his bloodline was not legitimate, and that he was unworthy of the throne."
Wan Jinlan was confused.
She recalled the hairpin her aunt had asked her to give to Anyang when the marriage crisis threatened. Not long after, Tuoba Zong, the third prince of the Northern Rong, was captured, and the crisis in Anyang was instantly resolved.
"How is my aunt?"
"A fire broke out in the cold palace." Seeing Wan Jinlan's pale face, Yu Song said, "Master, don't worry. Concubine Wan should be fine. Before leaving Beijing, the old master said that if he finds you, he will tell you that Concubine Wan is fine."
"What about Princess Anyang?"
Yu Song said, "The Empress Dowager has passed away, and the princess's marriage to Master Zhou has been postponed for a year. Although the princess's situation in the palace is not as good as before, it should be fine."
Wan Jinlan could not accept the fact that his father was poisoned to death by his second aunt.
"How did Lin know this?"
The rumors about her aunt and Prince Su came out of nowhere, and the first person she suspected was Wan Qiuyu.
But if she really did it, what was she trying to achieve? What good would it bring to her and Xiao Minghuan?
Yu Song said, "Before the Duke got into trouble, I checked the source of the rumors in the capital and found that it was vaguely related to Prince Su's son, Xiao Nianshen."
"Did he leave Kyoto with Prince Su?"
Yu Song nodded. "When the palace investigated the Second Madam, they learned from the maid who had been serving her that the Second Madam had received a letter and learned the truth about the Second Master's death, which was why she poisoned the Master out of anger."
Wan Jinlan now suspects three people in his mind: Prince Su, Xiao Nianshen, and Wan Qiuyu.
The reason why Prince Su and Xiao Nian Shen were separated was because Xiao Nian Shen was suspected of spreading rumors about his own father, which showed that there was a subtle discord between the father and son.
When Xiao Nianshen's sickly appearance appeared in her mind, she suddenly felt that something was wrong with this person.
Before Yu Song finished speaking, he saw Wan Jinlan looking dazed, so he slowed down and took out two letters from his lapel.
Wan Jinlan opened them and saw that one letter was from her grandfather and the other was from her mother.
Her mother's earnest advice made her cry. Thinking of her father's death, Wan Jinlan felt a knot in her heart.
My grandfather's letter contained a simple list of names with quite a few names. There were eight people in the southwest, one in the northern border, and only two people from Liangzhou.
Yu Song said, "The old master said that the people above are his former subordinates. They have been with him for a long time, and their loyalty remains to be seen. You need to consider and examine them yourself. Whether you want to surrender to them or recruit them for your own use is up to you."
Then, he took out another 50,000 taels of silver note and said, "This is what Madam asked me to bring to you."
Her mother didn't even know whether she was still alive, so she gave the silver and money to Yu Song. Wan Jinlan wiped away her tears.
After a while, he looked at An Xi, "How are my brother and sister-in-law?"
An Xi said, "The Third Young Master is now in Liangzhou."
Wan Jinlan lost his voice, "What?"
"When I went to the place where the Third Young Master took office to look for him, he and his wife had already been captured by Prince Guangling's men and were about to be sent to Youzhou. I teamed up with other secret guards from the mansion to rescue them, but I got separated from them during the pursuit. I followed them and discovered that the Third Young Master had entered Liangzhou with a large number of refugees in order to find his wife. Jinquan County was recruiting soldiers, and the Third Young Master was forced to join the army with other refugees, serving as the lowest-ranking barber."
Barber soldiers were the so-called vanguard soldiers, always charging to the front on the battlefield. Of course, if they earned military merit and survived, they would become veterans and could gradually rise through the ranks based on their military achievements. This presupposed that their superiors were not greedy for credit.
"After reuniting with the Third Young Master, he ordered his subordinates to return to Kyoto to report to the government. Then, yesterday, I happened to run into Yu Song, and today I finally found where the master was."
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