Chapter 18: Affair
There is an oil lamp in the middle of the closed carriage, which can just illuminate the interior.
Zhou Yunshu sat on the left seat, opposite Fang Huiwen, and in the middle was a young man.
"So, it was Wei Zhong who brought you out of Tongcheng."
The boy glanced at Fang Huiwen and nodded.
Fang Huiwen said, "I didn't expect to run into Xu Jie in the motorcade. When I first saw him, I thought I was dazzled."
Feng Xujie is the eldest son of her biological sister, and her biological sister married into the Feng family in Yangzhou.
The Feng family is a famous family in Yangzhou, and they are most famous for their shipbuilding industry. It can be said that two-thirds of the ships in the Great Zhou Dynasty were made by the Feng family.
The Feng family was also one of the most luxurious and wealthy families in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The words "rich enough to rival a country" seemed to be specially created for the Feng family.
So in this context, Zhou Yunshu really didn't understand why Feng Xujie had fallen to the point of being wanted.
You know, the aristocratic families of this era can almost be said to be indestructible. Some of the aristocratic families that lasted longer even outlived the Zhou Dynasty.
So Feng Xujie was wanted, and Zhou Yunshu guessed that it was the result of internal strife within their Feng family.
"We won't ask about your affairs," Zhou Yunshu said to Feng Xujie, "but you've seen our current situation. We'll drop you off at the next city and give you some money to find a way back to Yangzhou."
"I'm not going back!" Feng Xujie said.
At first, he didn't recognize the boy in front of him who looked older than him, but after taking a closer look, he guessed Zhou Yunshu's identity.
"Princess, I can't go back."
"Don't call me princess."
Feng Xujie pursed his lips, clenched his fists, and looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was dressed as a man, and said, "My father died of poisoning. If I am found, I will not have a good end."
Seeing that Zhou Yunshu was indifferent, Feng Xujie gritted his teeth and told her everything.
"My mother was falsely accused by Feng Kewen of having an affair." He gritted his teeth, tears streaming down his face unconsciously, his voice filled with pain, as if he had returned to that day of immense humiliation.
"They caught me and held me on the ground, unable to move. I could only watch helplessly as my mother was put into the pig cage by those beasts."
Fang Huiwen couldn't help crying out loud. That was her elder sister who had watched her grow up since she was a child, and she was tortured to death like this.
His mouth was bitten and the smell of blood filled Feng Xujie's mouth, but he seemed not to notice.
"After I was imprisoned, I took great pains to escape from the Feng family by hiding in Dao Yexiang's car. I finally made it to Tongcheng."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Feng Xujie, who had indeed become darker, thinner, and more disheveled, and asked, "Did Cao Zhengxing come to Tongcheng to look for you?"
"I don't know." Feng Xujie said honestly, "But Feng Kewen temporarily took over as the head of the Feng family after my father's death, and he did have Cao Zhengxing's support."
Cao Zhengxing happened to be in Feng's mansion when something happened to their family. The servants said that when Cao Zhengxing came, he only brought guards with him, but when he left, he pulled dozens of carriages, all of which were filled with gifts from Feng Kewen to Cao Zhengxing.
Of course, this was also his clear announcement to everyone that he appointed Kewen as the head of the family after getting a clear pass from Eunuch Cao, who was second only to the emperor.
Zhou Yunshu thought about the situation at the city gate before. Although there were many more officers and soldiers, there were indeed no people from Cao Zhengxing. Could it be that he had other reasons for coming to Tongcheng?
Zhou Yunshu was thinking about it when Feng Xujie continued, "Brother Wang..."
He thought that Zhou Yunshu didn't like others calling her Princess, so he changed his words in time.
"I heard from my aunt that you are going to Haizhou, and I want to go with you."
Seeing Zhou Yunshu looking at him, Fang Huiwen explained, "Sanlang, I heard Xu Jie say he was going to Haizhou, and I thought it was a coincidence, so..."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, indicating that she did not mean to blame her.
"What are you doing in Haizhou?"
"The Feng family's fleet has helm stations in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Haizhou and other places. The helm station in Haizhou is where my father's confidant is located. I want to go to Haizhou to find him."
Feng Xujie looked at Zhou Yunshu nervously. From the previous conversations, he also realized that the one who had the final say in his aunt's family was the Princess Wei who had asked to be divorced.
As long as she agrees, he can stay.
Zhou Yunshu's heart moved when she heard Feng Xujie say that the Feng family had a base in Haizhou.
She actually knew a little about why her grandmother went to Haizhou.
Although Haizhou is not stable, it is close to the sea and the forces in Haizhou are mixed. There is no powerful family like the Feng family that directly dominates the entire state.
In addition, Haizhou is downstream of Nanzhou. Although they do not go to Nanzhou, it is not far to Nanzhou by boat, and they can go directly to the capital of Nanzhou through Hengjiang River.
Another point Zhou Yunshu guessed was that one could take a boat from Haizhou and avoid the land route to Cangzhou, which is the closest to the northern border.
If her suspicions were true, then her grandmother's plan was truly a win-win situation.
And Feng Xujie is here...
Zhou Yunshu looked at Feng Xujie, who looked nervous, and said, "You can stay."
Feng Xujie and Fang Huiwen both showed joy on their faces.
Zhou Yunshu hadn't finished speaking yet, "But you have to listen to me."
"Okay, I'll listen!"
Feng Xujie fled from Yangzhou to Tongcheng for too long.
In fact, his first choice was not Haizhou. His first choice was his third uncle who stayed in the capital. Otherwise, if he chose Haizhou, he could just go south from Yangzhou and there would be no need to go so far north and take a detour.
It was just a pity that his third uncle, who he thought had the best relationship with his father, actually wanted to trick the sect leader's order, the shipbuilding drawings and the location of the secret chamber out of his hands in order to please Cao Zhengxing.
If he hadn't experienced so much during this period and his vigilance hadn't increased, he might not have escaped from the capital alive.
Fortunately, God was kind to him. When he was desperate, he met Wei Zhong, and in Wei Zhong's team he saw his aunt who was said to have been confiscated and exiled.
His aunt had changed so much that if he hadn't called him twice, he wouldn't have believed that the unremarkable woman in front of him was actually his pampered aunt.
In this year of natural disasters and man-made disasters, it was almost impossible for him to get to Haizhou by himself, especially since someone was chasing him. So the moment he saw his aunt, it was like he had seen a life-saving straw.
When his excited heart gradually calmed down, Feng Xujie finally understood why he happened to meet Wei Zhong in Tongcheng.
Feng Xujie watched Zhou Yunshu walk out of the carriage, and followed his aunt out of the carriage.
No one noticed that there was an extra person in the Zhou family except the Du Laozhuang family who lived closest to them. Originally, the people in Dujia Village were not that familiar with Zhou Yunshu's family.
Not long after Feng Xujie sat down, Wei Zhong came over with a bundle.
Wei Zhong first greeted Zhou Yunshu, then handed the bag to Feng Xujie.
Feng Xujie glanced at Zhou Yunshu, who was sitting opposite him taking care of Xixi's meal, and then looked at Wei Zhong who had returned to his seat.
So, does Zhou Yunshu know Wei Zhong’s true identity?
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