Ma Fuquan initially thought that there was an urgent matter at the county government office and that it was the two captains Guan and He who had come. Then he realized that if it were them, they would have gone to his house first to look for him. The sound of horse hooves should have come from the right mountain path, not from the front down the slope.
He was afraid that he was here to look for Jian Ning and Ding Youtian. He must have something urgent to tell her at this hour. He then instructed Ma Xiaomai, "Take your mother and your two younger brothers and go back first. Be careful when you walk, and don't let your mother fall."
"Don't fall, take the lantern." Ma Xiaomai shook the energy-saving lamp in her hand and took Tian's arm. "Then let's go back first."
Tian also held Ma Xiaomai affectionately, feeling very happy. Even after she gave birth to three children, Ma Fuquan had never been so considerate to her. This man had really become wise after coming back from the gates of hell, and he knew how to cherish them more and more.
"His father, please be careful when you walk back later, and don't fall." Tian walked a few steps and remembered, then turned around and shouted to Ma Fuquan.
This person knows what is good and what is bad, and the man cares about her, so she has to reciprocate.
"I know, don't worry."
Huo Jincheng glanced at Ma Fuquan. The first impression Ma Fuquan gave him was that he was a taciturn and rough man, but he didn't expect that he also had a delicate side and was very loving to his wife.
He curled his lips into a smile and turned his head to look down the hillside.
The people who came were Xiao Shi and two men from the Ding family. One was the second in command, and the other was Huo Ye. The three of them had come from the county town on horseback, all heavily armed and bundled up. Xiao Shi greeted Wei Dong and Huo Jincheng and said, "Young Master Yang is here too. He's behind, driving a carriage."
Huo Jincheng said "Oh" and glanced at Xiao Shi's right hand. "I'm here to welcome Jin Yu. You two go into the house first and warm up. Don't get frozen."
He guessed that since Xiao Shi had arrived by now, he would probably be able to hold a pen and might have already finished drawing a portrait of Nan Yangzi. He was so happy that his favorable impression of Jian Ning increased a little bit.
"Hey, it's you, little brother." Jian Ning asked Qiaofeng to take Da Niu and the other two to bed. She was about to put out the charcoal fire and go to the clinic to accompany Dabao when she saw Ma Fuquan and Wei Dong coming back with three people. She recognized Xiao Shi at a glance.
Xiao Shi was born with red lips and white teeth, making him very recognizable. When he saw Jian Ning, he knelt on one knee and said, "Thank you, Madam Jian, for your miraculous healing and saving my hand. I will never forget your kindness. If Madam Jian needs me in the future, I will do my best to help you!"
"Hurry up and get up. It's a doctor's duty to save the dying and heal the wounded. Besides, I collected the consultation fee. If you want to thank someone, thank Master Huo. He was the one who paid for the consultation." Jian Ning called him up. "Let me see how your hand is recovering."
Xiao Shi grinned and shook his right palm, "It's okay now, I'm fine now."
It was nearly a month faster than Jane Ning expected. She didn't know that Blind Liu had also seen Xiao Shi. She just thought that he was young and had lived a comfortable life in the Prince's Palace over the years. He had good nutrition and a good physical foundation, so naturally he recovered faster than ordinary people.
Huo Jincheng came in with Yang Jinyu, followed by Xiao Si.
Xiao Shi and the others went to Pu Ren Tang first. When Yang Jinyu heard that they were coming to Dingjia Village, he happened to have something to ask Jian Ning about Ding Gui's injury, so he took Xiao Si and got in the car and came together.
"Commander Huo." Xiao Shi saluted Huo Jincheng again. Huo Jincheng was a first-class guard in the Crown Prince's palace, commanding the guards there. He held a third-rank military rank. Xiao Shi saluted, pulled out a scroll from his bosom, bowed his head, and presented it to Huo Jincheng with both hands.
Huo Jincheng unrolled the scroll, and everyone gathered around. Jian Ning also peeked in curiously, only to hear Wei Dong say, "This is Prime Minister Nai Nan... This is how he looked over thirty years ago. Even if he were still alive, I'm afraid you wouldn't recognize him even if you saw him head-on with this portrait."
He sighed secretly and shook his head.
Jane Ning took a few glances and was about to look away, but then some nerve in her brain twitched and she turned her head to look at the portrait again.
Hey, she felt that the eyes of the person in the painting seemed familiar. The eyes were deep and wise, but also had a hint of wildness.
Where have you seen this before?
The people who flashed through her brain's memory bank were all familiar people from her previous life, such as leaders at all levels she had met in the army. She couldn't help but look at Ma Fuquan.
Their eyes met, and then there was a "ding" sound, and the system prompt sounded.
Jane Ning looked at the virtual electronic screen in the armory.
Ma Fuquan: [Blind Liu.]
Seeing the words "Blind Liu" (presumably a name), a flash of lightning struck her mind. Wasn't that Blind Liu? She fixed her eyes on the portrait again. Although the appearance was completely different, the wild and unruly look in his eyes was exactly the same.
Looking at the body proportions of the person in the painting, they are exactly the same as Blind Liu. If it was really Blind Liu, she couldn't believe that Blind Liu was so majestic when he was young.
She and Ma Fuquan thought at the same time, no wonder Blind Liu rarely met the Grand Tutor and Weidong, "Who is the person in this painting?"
Jane Ning asked deliberately.
Huo Jincheng glanced at Jian Ning and rolled up the portrait, saying, "He is the first and only prime minister of our dynasty, Nanyangzi. He is a fellow disciple of Feng Qingzi."
Ma Fuquan said, "I heard he's no longer alive. If he's gone, why are you looking for a dead person?"
Xiao Shi wanted to say something but stopped himself. He was recalling the portrait of Nan Yangzi and started to paint when he realized that the sorcerer who came to tell his fortune and give him medicine was his second uncle Nan Yangzi.
At one point he hesitated whether to hand the portrait over to Huo Jincheng. Before his death, his father told him that his second uncle Nan Yangzi was still alive, but his father didn't know where Nan Yangzi had gone, and he didn't let him avenge him. He just wanted him to live well and find his second uncle Nan Yangzi.
But as a son, how could he not avenge his father? He didn't know where to find his second uncle in the vast sea of people. To kill Feng Qingzi, Xiao Shi had no choice but to volunteer to enter the palace and become a eunuch. Feng Qingzi was now dead. The news came back from the Dingzihao who withdrew to the county that afternoon. They said he was killed by an enemy from the Xiuxian sect.
As far as Xiao Shi knew, there were very few cultivators in the Central Plains, and the only ones who could be called famous were his father's three brothers. Because his father's master passed away unexpectedly, his father vowed not to accept disciples privately without the master's permission, so even Xiao Shi had never learned the art of cultivating immortals.
Xiao Shi knew that the person who killed Feng Qingzi must be his second uncle Nanyangzi, and Nanyangzi knew that something had happened to him and could find him in Dingzihao. There was only one possibility, that his second uncle was with Huo Jincheng, in Dingjia Village.
After careful consideration, Xiao Shi decided to bring the portrait with him. He didn't have much time, and he had to rush back to the palace after completing his mission. Over the years, he had observed with a cold eye that the Crown Prince, under the guidance of the Empress, had become a tolerant and talented person. Allowing the ambitious Prince Yong to ascend to the throne would be detrimental to the people. He hoped that his Second Uncle could lend the Crown Prince a helping hand!
However, before meeting his second uncle and asking his second uncle's wishes, Xiao Shi decided not to tell Huo Jincheng that the person he was looking for was in Dingjia Village.
Jian Ning never dreamed that Blind Liu was once the prime minister of a country. It seemed that the emperor was getting rid of him. After escaping from death, he lived in seclusion in this remote place. I just don’t know how Huo Jincheng and others tracked him down here?
She figured she had to dissuade them from thinking Nanyangzi was still alive, so she took over Ma Fuquan's words and said, "Looking at the portrait, he's already over 30 years old. Maybe he's already dead."
"No! He is still alive and in Dazhou County." Wei Dong said with certainty.
"What's the basis?" Jane Ning asked.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
