After eating hot pot, Chu Lingxuan accompanied Chen Afu to the silver shop to buy some jewelry and ornaments, and asked Luo Yuan to buy famous snacks and specialties from Beijing. They had basically bought everything they needed to go back home.
However, if Wang Liuzhi really has a relationship with Wang Cheng, he will not be able to return home on time on the 21st.
Chen Afu spent the whole night in anxious waiting.
The next morning, Chen Ahfu made many more egg tarts. This time she didn't use mangoes, as there were only a few left, and she was going to take them back to Tangyuan. She made thousand-layer puff pastry egg tarts with some raisins in them, a different flavor.
I did too much. In addition to my family, I sent 40 to the Queen Mother and 20 to the Rui Wang Mansion. However, I didn't give any to Li. Since she had already torn her face, Chen Afu was no longer polite to her. I was the master of the inner courtyard of the Marquis's Mansion, how could I let a partial person bully me.
After finishing, he started to pack up again. If Wang Liuzhi had nothing to do with Wang Cheng, he would leave the capital at noon tomorrow. He would stay overnight in Tong County and take a boat back to Dingzhou Prefecture the next morning.
Around 9:00 pm, the guards who went to get information came back. Not only did they come back, they also brought Wang Liuzhi with them. Chu Lingxuan asked them to come directly to Zhuxuan to report.
There was a screen in the hall. Chu Lingxuan was receiving the two men outside, while Chen Afu was hiding on the other side of the screen and peeking.
When Wang Liuzhi, wearing a soldier's uniform, came in with his personal guards, Chen Afu's tears flowed. She was sure that this person was her uncle Wang Cheng. Because he looked very much like Wang and Chen Alu. Although he had a short beard, his appearance could still be clearly seen. His eyes were small, a little double, his nose was very straight, his lips were a little thin, and his body was thin and small.
Wang Liuzhi didn't know why he came to the Marquis' Mansion to see General Chu, and he was extremely nervous. As soon as he came in, he wanted to kneel down to Chu Lingxuan, but Chu Huai, who was standing beside him, quickly supported him. Chu Huai had already heard about Wang Liuzhi's possible identity, but he didn't dare to let him kneel down.
Chu Lingxuan asked Wang Liuzhi to sit down and served tea. He said in a friendly manner, "Don't be nervous. One of my relatives thought you looked like her old friend and asked me to ask for help." He then asked, "What's your name? How old are you? Where is your hometown?"
Wang Liuzhi quickly stood up and clasped his fists. Chu Lingxuan asked him to sit down again and answer.
Wang Liuzhi said, "My name is Wang Cheng, I am 32 years old this year, and my hometown is Xiaoli Village, Yi'an County, Yongzhou Prefecture, Jibei Province. I was sold there, and because I was young, I have forgotten where my real hometown is. I only remember that my name is Wang Cheng, but my adoptive father named me Li Gousheng. Nineteen years ago, my dynasty went to war with the Western Regions, and I joined the army and went to the front line. My adoptive father's family treated me very badly, so as soon as I entered the barracks, I changed my name back to Wang Cheng..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard a woman sobbing from the other side of the screen.
Chu Lingxuan also became excited. There was no doubt that Wang Cheng was Ah Fu's uncle. He stood up and said, "Ah Fu, come out."
Chen Ahfu came out crying and said to Wang Liuzhi, who had already stood up and looked surprised, "Uncle, my mother's name is Wang Juanniang, and I am your niece Ahfu."
When Wang Cheng heard his sister's name, he burst into tears and choked up, "You are my sister's daughter? Oh my God, how could it be such a coincidence. My sister, my sister, was the best person to me when I was a child... I only remember three things from my childhood. My name is Wang Cheng, my sister's name is Wang Juanniang, and my sister called me Xiaodi... In order to remember my sister, she named my son Wang Xiaodi... I have always wanted to save more money to bring back to Xiaoli Village, ask my adoptive father's family about my life experience, and find my sister. But I am incompetent, and I haven't saved much until now..."
Wang Cheng cried as he spoke, and some of his words were unclear, but Chen Afu understood and cried even harder. Chu Lingxuan patted her back to comfort her.
The servants brought a basin, and the two men washed their faces and started chatting again.
Chen Afu told Wang about her recent situation. Wang Cheng heard that his sister was doing well, and when he saw that his niece had married the son of the Marquis, he burst into tears of joy.
Afterwards, Wang Cheng briefly talked about his life over the years.
Nineteen years ago, he joined the army. Although he was young, he had suffered a lot since childhood. He had done all kinds of work at a young age and had learned blacksmithing, which forged his flexible posture and quick reaction, so he was assigned to the scout camp.
Chen Afu knew that scouts were equivalent to reconnaissance soldiers or special forces in his previous life.
Wang Cheng was able to endure hardships and had no worries. He was a brave and fearless person and accumulated a lot of military merits. Two years later, he was sent to complete a particularly important mission. They knew that a prince of the enemy country was going to visit the front line to comfort the enemy troops, and they also knew the route and time he would take. The mission was to assassinate the prince.
Before he left, his superior, General Zhao, told him to work hard and he would promote him when he returned.
In fact, this was a death squad, with only fifty members in order not to attract the enemy's attention. Even if they managed to complete the mission at the risk of their lives, only a few would return to the camp alive.
Wang Cheng was still very happy. He thought that if he died, he would die, but if he could come back alive and get promoted, his adoptive father's family would not dare to mess with him, and he could ask where his original home was. If he returned home in glory, he could also help his sister. He knew that the life of a child bride was not easy.
They sneaked into the enemy's territory and ambushed in a forest where the prince had to pass. When the prince rode by, they shot arrows at the same time, piercing the prince like a sieve.
There were hundreds of people escorting the prince, but they were outnumbered and only a few escaped with injuries. Wang Cheng had half of his hand cut off and was injured in many places. He fainted when he ran back to the barracks.
When he woke up, General Zhao told him very embarrassedly that they had completed the mission very well. Marshal Ye was very happy and said that he would reward the people who came back. However, because his injuries were too severe and he was thought to be dead, his military achievements were taken by someone else. And that person was very powerful and they could not afford to offend him.
The man originally told General Zhao that Wang Cheng would be killed even if he was still alive. But General Zhao couldn't bear it, so he used his connections to get Wang Cheng to another military camp far away. Since Wang Cheng was already disabled, he was sent to feed the horses.
Wang Cheng was honest and knew that he could not afford to offend those officials, and he did not want to cause trouble for General Zhao, so he had to endure the matter and never mention it. Because he was willing to study hard and the horses he fed were strong and rarely sick, he stayed in the army. Even after the war, the superiors were reluctant to let him go home. Later, when the army changed its defense, he followed the army here.
He had always wanted to save some money to go back and ask about his life experience, so he didn't find a wife. It was nine years ago, when he was 23 years old, that he encountered Wu being molested.
He saved Wu, and Wu thanked him and boldly expressed her love for him. He saw that Wu was good at embroidery, which was very similar to his sister, and promised to marry her...
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