Su Yuan stroked the jade pendant in his hand and looked at Grandpa Su without blinking.

At this moment, he no longer looked gentle and kind. He had the momentum and edges of a superior: "Are you sure that your family sold another jade pendant back then?"

Old Master Su is highly respected in the village, but in front of the princes in the capital, he is just a commoner.

Cold sweat broke out uncontrollably.

He didn't know how to answer.

Su Yuan said sharply: "The jade pendant is not yours, you know it very well. I will ask you one last time, did you sell the other jade pendant back then?"

The one Su Xiaoxiao holds in her hand is the left pendant, and the one the old Su family sold is the right pendant.

When Qin Che returned to Beijing to reunite with the Qin family, he took the right pendant.

Su Yuan said coldly: "You know this is a gift from the emperor. Selling it privately is a capital crime!"

Mr. Su's legs softened and he staggered! Su Yuan said, "If you answer truthfully, I won't pursue the matter."

Old Master Su confessed: "I...I did sell it! My father and I sold it together..."

In front of a prince, Old Master Su had no power to resist at all.

Su Yuan continued: "Who did you sell it to?"

Mr. Su replied, "A businessman. I don't know who he is. My father went to talk to him. I was waiting outside. His accent didn't sound like a local. After that, we never saw him again. So if you insist on asking me who he is, I really can't answer."

When has Mr. Su ever been so humble? It really makes people feel relieved just by watching him.

Su Yuan asked again: "Where did you get the jade pendant you sold?"

The village head looked at Grandpa Su nervously. He had a vague idea in his heart but was unwilling to face it directly.

After all, this was the person he and the villagers had respected for thirty years...

Old Master Su secretly clenched his fists.

He began to regret his plans for today.

If he had known that he would meet a nobleman from the capital, he would never have gone to the Su family to commit suicide.

Old Master Su closed his eyes and said, "Yes, it fell from Su Cheng... He was still a kid, and he found half a rotten steamed bun from somewhere. He didn't even have two bites before it was snatched away by some disaster victims. His jade pendant... fell off at that time."

Su Yu Niang asked, "You saw it but didn't step forward to stop it?"

Mr. Su said, "With so many disaster victims, can we take care of them all?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "You picked up my father's things, but didn't return them to him. How is that different from stealing?"

Mr. Su's face turned blue and red.

It's too late to regret now. The reputation of the old Su family has been torn apart by this nobleman from the capital.

The high moral character and prestige he was so proud of were so vulnerable in the face of absolute power! He was just like the frog in the pond, admired by a group of small fish and shrimp for many years.

A falcon flew over the sky. With a flap of its wings, it could overturn the entire pond! He looked at Su Cheng again.

Su Cheng was stunned and completely at a loss.

Old Master Su thought of what the nobleman said again, this was a gift from the emperor.

If this was a gift from the Emperor, then who was Su Cheng, who possessed this gift from the Emperor? He seemed to have been... wrong all along.

He was wrong, and his father was wrong too.

They thought the child would not survive.

If they had known this would happen, they should have adopted Su Cheng——

Mr. Su's thoughts had never been so confused, and countless absurd ideas popped up in his mind.

But it's too late to say anything now.

"Zheng Guang, take the person down first."

"yes!"

Zheng Guang took the Su family away.

Su Yuan had something more important to verify in his mind. He turned to look at Su Cheng, whose features were exactly the same as his aunt's: "Where did you get your jade pendant?"

Su Cheng said openly: "Oh, I picked it up."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Su Yuan's eyes: "Where did you pick it up?"

Su Cheng said: "I don't remember, but I have had this jade pendant with me since I can remember."

This sentence made Su Yuan's eyes light up again: "Could it be... that you didn't pick it up?"

Su Cheng scratched his head: "Just now I heard you say that this thing has a very interesting origin. If I didn't pick it up, could it be mine? I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, I was a cattle herder when I was a child!"

Hearing that Su Cheng grew up herding cattle, Su Yuan felt a sudden pain in his heart for some reason: "Where are your parents?"

Su Cheng said: "I don't have any parents."

Su Yuan was stunned.

Su Xiaoxiao explained, "My father was stranded here during a famine thirty years ago. He can remember very little about his childhood. I actually suspected that this jade pendant belonged to my father, but you just said it was a gift from the emperor, so that shouldn't be the case."

No matter what, her father couldn't possibly be related to the royal family, right? Su Yuan hurriedly said, "It wasn't a gift from the emperor. I was just trying to scare that family."

Uh, so sinister?

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "So you just wanted to help us out?"

Of course, Su Yuan was not just trying to help the Su family out, but there were some things he couldn't say yet.

He looked at Su Cheng again, "May I ask, when is your birthday?"

…

ridge.

Wei Ting is helping Old Li plow the fields.

Old Li accidentally sprained his waist, and Wei Ting happened to be passing by and came over to help.

In fact, he didn't know how to plow the land, so it was his donkey that led Li's ox to plow the land.

You know what, the plow is pretty straight.

It was getting late at this time and there were no other villagers in the fields.

"grown ups!"

Yuchi Xiu used his Qinggong skills to come over.

Yuchi Xiu frowned: "Sir, I'm not here to plow the land!"

Wei Ting said calmly: "It is now."

Yuchi Xiu: “…”

"Sir, I have something to report!"

"You'd better be busy."

Wei Ting didn't want to hear about those butt-pain, chest-ache, and impure shit.

Yuchi Zheng said in a serious tone, "Of course it's business! Sir, your father-in-law has robbed someone again!"

Wei Ting: "What do you mean again?"

Yuchi Xiu automatically skipped the life-threatening question: "Sir, guess who he robbed this time? It turned out to be Su Yuan! Sir, you guessed it right! It was Su Yuan from the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion!"

Wei Ting paused.

Yuchi Xiu said: "Sir! Let me kill him!"

If Xiao Chonghua can't be killed, at least let him kill Su Yuan!

Otherwise life would be so boring!

He is a killer, a killer!

"Sir, should we kill him? If we don't, Su Yuan will see you and you'll be exposed! Xiao Chonghua found you but didn't make it public because he wanted to get rid of you secretly. But Su Yuan is different. He will go back to the capital to file a complaint!"

Wei Ting seemed to be thinking about something.

Yuchi Xiu persevered.

"Sir, do you need me to remind you that you should be practicing in the Huguo Dragon Temple in the capital?"

"Even though it's cultivation with hair, it's still cultivation!"

"Or should I call you sir, Monk Xuanxin? Master Xuanxin?"

…

After leaving Xiao Su's house, Su Yuan couldn't calm down for a long time.

Zheng Guang said, "Master, you just got sick. Let's go to the inn and rest for a night."

"No." Su Yuan adjusted his breathing and tried his best to make his voice sound less trembling. "Go back to the capital city!"

"But you——"

Zheng Guang wanted to say that since you had a narrow escape, you must be exhausted from the continuous journey.

But when he listened to the chaotic atmosphere in the car, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

He entered the palace at the age of thirteen and worked as a servant for the prince, a job he did for twenty years.

He knew the prince very well, and he would not be so emotional unless something serious happened.

The two returned to their ancestral home in the city overnight.

The carriage was pulled by top-quality war horses, and was faster than ordinary horse-drawn carriages. In the second half of the night, Su Mo heard the servants report that the master had returned.

Su Mo hurriedly put on his clothes and went to see his father.

"Father, you rushed back overnight, but did you find Doctor Fu?"

When Imperial Physician Fu faked his death and left the capital, even the Third Prince was kept in the dark. If it weren't for the relationship between Marquis Zhenbei and Master Huijue, he would probably not have been able to learn the real news about Imperial Physician Fu.

Su Yuan hadn't slept all night and his body was tired, but his eyes were bright and dazzling.

Su Yuan said: "As for Doctor Fu... I was a step too late, he has already passed away."

Su Mo said: "What? Then grandfather is..."

Su Yuan waved his hand and said, "Dr. Fu's son inherited his medical skills. Don't worry about your grandfather's illness. I have another urgent matter to tell you."

The last time my father was so serious was when he was getting married to the daughter of the Lin family.

"Father."

Su Yuan told his son about the jade pendant.

Su Mo was shocked: "Father means... Qin Che..."

Su Yuan said: "It's hard to say now."

This matter is too big.

It was so big that even Su Yuan himself couldn’t believe it.

If the jade pendant that Qin Che brought back for identification was really the one that the old Su family sold, then there would be something fishy going on.

To be fair, he didn't want to doubt Qin Che, but Su Cheng's eyebrows and eyes were too similar to his aunt's, and the little girl also had some of his aunt's shadow when she was young.

And when he was at Xiao Su's house, the vague feeling of closeness that rose in his heart -

"Su Cheng's birthday is also on the 29th day of the first lunar month..."

There are too many coincidences.

Su Mo asked suspiciously, "But if he was... why did he change his name to Su Cheng?"

Su Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. He doesn't remember much before the age of six. But Mo'er, the first time I saw that girl, I thought of my aunt. When I saw Su Cheng, I..."

Realizing that his words were too absolute, Su Yuan closed his eyes and calmed down.

Su Mo pondered and said, "Father, forgive me for being blunt, could there be something..."

Su Yuan said: "Are you referring to conspiracy?"

Su Mo did not deny: "This is a serious matter, father, we must be cautious."

This is not only a matter for the Su family, but also concerns the entire Qin family.

Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Your concerns are not without reason... So, you should send a pigeon to report this matter to your grandfather immediately."

Su Mo said, "Father, we don't need to investigate further. Let's tell grandfather after we have investigated?"

Su Yuan's attitude was firm: "Report to your grandfather first. If you want to investigate, you can also send someone to investigate."

Su Mo agreed: "I understand, father!"

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