Chapter 306: On the verge of breaking out
Southland
The Chen family received news sent back at full speed from Chang'an, saying that the letter had been delivered to the emperor and the imperial envoy and his entourage had already left Chang'an.
The few core members of the Chen family who knew about this were very excited and felt that the Chen family was about to make a contribution.
They thought that once this matter was settled, the emperor would definitely reward their Chen family.
However, they didn't know that the credit of their Chen family had been completely stolen by Xie Zhan.
At this time, Xie Zhan, who was at home, also received the secret letter.
Because of the rain, he has been coming to Chen's house every other day recently.
But when the Chen family received the news, they did not send anyone to inform him.
Thinking of this, Xie Zhan smiled slightly, but the smile was a little cold.
He closed his eyes and silently reviewed his entire plan in his mind. When he found that there were no omissions, he opened his eyes and slowly exhaled.
He knew that he could start the next step, which was another key point in the overall situation. All the preparations were ready.
That night, he stayed in the study and did not return to his room.
That night, Chen Jin, who was out and about, caught a glimpse of someone he knew. Seeing the man's fleeting profile and familiar figure, he was startled and immediately left his friends behind to follow him.
After confirming his guess, he immediately went back home and knocked on the door of his father's study.
The next day, the rain was still falling.
In the study of the Chen Mansion, Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu were discussing something inside.
Chen Jiaye asked with concern, "Are you sure it's Xue Guangxian?"
Chen Jiayu nodded. "We've sent someone to check, and it should be him. He's staying in the simple shelter at the foot of the Puxian Temple mountain, which is provided for pilgrims to rest."
Chen Jiaye murmured, "This is the place he would choose. It must be because he has returned."
Only recently did they find out that the reason Xue Guangxian was able to successfully escape the Chen family's pursuit three years ago was because Ji Wuyin secretly helped Xue Guangxian, allowing him to successfully leave the South.
Recently, he received a piece of gossip that Ji Wuyin had gone on a long journey some time ago, and the destination he went to was Liaodong County.
Therefore, Chen Jiaye guessed that Xue Guangxian was very likely to have returned, and he probably wanted to go back to the Li ethnic group gathering place to take a look.
"Brother, what should we do next?"
"Go meet him!"
"good."
Chen Jiaye looked at Chen Jiayu meaningfully and said, "Bring more people with you. Three years ago, he caused the Chen family huge losses. This time, we must make sure he can't escape."
"good!"
The two brothers looked at each other with intriguing eyes.
So the Chen family began to mobilize a large number of people, and the matter was put in charge by the eldest son Chen Yu.
Chen Jin had been keeping an eye on the movements in the main courtyard. Seeing his father mobilizing people, he hurried over to say that he wanted to go out with them too!
Chen Jiaye agreed without much thought. Young people should exercise more and fight more. Besides, he and his second uncle were watching them.
Mrs. Chen standing by was extremely worried. "It's been raining all day. Can't we go out another day?" Mrs. Chen was particularly nervous today. She didn't want her husband to go out.
"No." After saying that, Chen Jiaye left.
Three years had passed, and this was the first time Xue Guangxian had appeared in the South. He was probably passing through on his way back to the Li ethnic group's gathering place; he wouldn't stay in the South for long. If we didn't catch him this time, our chances of catching him next time would be slim.
Mrs. Chen watched the servant holding an umbrella for him as they quickly walked to the carriage and boarded.
Soon, a group of more than ten carriages began to move forward and gradually disappeared in the rain.
The rain is still falling with no sign of letting up.
The movement of Chen's manpower mobilization was a big deal to the insiders, but the rainy day concealed their movements and outsiders were unaware of it.
Only Xie Zhan quietly asked people to pay attention to the movements in the Chen Mansion. As soon as they left, Xie Zhan received the news.
Xie Zhan was not surprised at all that Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu were fooled.
First, the feud between the Chen family and Xue Guangxian is very deep-rooted; second, the Chen family is too greedy.
The Chen family is actually very secretive about Xue Guangxian, and a lot of information related to him is blocked.
He checked past information and found out that Xiao Zhuya Island was taken back by Xue Guangxian for the Chen family. At that time, Chen Jiaye actually had his eyes on another fertile land, but Xue Guangxian urged him to choose Xiao Zhuya Island.
Now that gold has been discovered on Xiaozhuya Island, Chen Jiaye and the others can't help but wonder if Xue Guangxian had already seen that there was a gold mine on Xiaozhuya Island, which is why he was so insistent on taking this small island. Does he have some special method for discovering gold mines?
Even if they don't think about it, he will lead them in this direction.
Xie Zhan believed that as long as they found out that Xue Guangxian had returned to the South, with new and old grudges and huge interests involved, it would be difficult for Chen Jiaye and others not to be tempted.
At this time, a servant came to report, "Chief, the young lady sent someone to ask if you are ready?"
Xie Zhan's expression was a little cold, "I'll be right there."
Chen Baozhu was very happy to see Xie Zhan. She looked up with a smile and asked, "Can we go out now?"
Xie Zhan advised her, "It's raining today, can we go to Puxian Temple another day?"
"No!" Chen Baozhu said, then realized her tone was too harsh, so she softened her tone and said, "Didn't we agree to go to Puxian Temple today? Today is a good day, and I'm going there to fulfill a vow. How can we change the date?"
Besides, it was just a little rain. Even if it rained knives from the sky, she would still go!
"You're pregnant, and it's easy to slip on rainy days."
Chen Baozhu is a stubborn person. When she gets stubborn, the more others forbid her to do something, the more she will do it.
Chen Baozhu shook her head stubbornly, "I just want to go today."
At the same time, perhaps because of her pregnancy, her emotions were particularly sensitive. When Zhao Yutan was pregnant, her husband had accompanied her to burn incense and pray for safety. Now that it was her turn to accompany her to Puxian Temple, he was reluctant to do so.
She felt aggrieved. "Husband, why don't we go today? The rain won't last forever. Maybe it will stop by the time we get there."
Xie Zhan looked helpless, "If you want to go, go ahead."
Lu family
In the rain, the servants of the Lu family prepared the carriage according to the instructions of the eldest lady Lu Fei, and the servants in charge of guarding the gatehouse quickly removed the threshold of the side door and then pushed the side door open.
There were servants standing outside the gate in the rain to stop passing pedestrians and carriages. It was obvious from their posture that someone from the Lu family was about to go out.
At this time, Lu Xihua happened to come back from outside, and his servant was about to call people aside so that they could let the carriage in.
But he was stopped by Lu Xihua, "Pull the carriage aside, let's wait a moment!"
It looked like there was no one else at home besides those people. He was very curious, who would go out at this time?
"Master, this is the carriage that the eldest lady uses privately." The eldest lady did not use her large carriage engraved with the family emblem.
Lu Xihua pouted, "This bitch!" Then he looked at the carriage gradually driving away, his eyes narrowed slightly. Lu Fei went out in the heavy rain? Could she be going to meet her lover secretly?
“Follow me!”
"Okay!"
Recently, Lu Xihua has been hating Lu Fei, his legitimate sister. If he had previously ignored Lu Fei, the legitimate eldest sister born to his legitimate mother, then the actions of this eldest sister recently really offended him.
Recently, she has been looking down on her father and finding fault with him, causing him to be blamed and scolded by his father.
Sometimes he could even feel his father's disappointment in him. In the final analysis, it was all caused by that bitch Lu Fei!
"Have you caught up?" Lu Fei asked.
"The eldest son is catching up."
The sky was clear in Liaodong County. Qin Sheng said goodbye to his family and his beloved wife, put on a small bag, stuffed a small sachet in his arms, and set off on a long journey.
Xue Xu: "Prepare the carriage."
Qin Sheng glanced at him and said, "Why prepare a carriage? Let's go by water!" He thought to himself, who would take a leisurely carriage when I'm going to the South with you?!
"I don't go by water."
Qin Sheng despised him. It was enough that he was so afraid of death.
"Don't worry, even if you encounter danger, I won't let you die."
Xue Xu looked at him suspiciously. Although he had always been lucky, a landlubber who fell into the water should have the same fate, right? His good luck would only make his death more beautiful, right?
At this time, they happened to pass by a lake with extremely deep water.
"Wait."
Qin Sheng looked around and found that there were few people around so early in the morning. Without saying a word, he put his bag aside, took off his clothes, jumped up, and dived into the water.
Xue Xu: ...
Not long after, Qin Sheng emerged from the bottom of the water, holding a turtle in his hand!
Xue Xu:!!!
"When did you learn to swim?" Wasn't this guy a landlubber before? Jealous, he also learned to swim, but unfortunately he couldn't learn it.
Qin Sheng said proudly, "How difficult is that?" He had perfected his swimming skills during his time fighting bandits in Fang County and An City. He knew a little about swimming before, but he also knew that swimming on the sea, in a canal, and in a small pond were different.
Xue Xu looked at the turtle that had shrunk into a ball in his hand. He even caught the turtle, so how deep had he dived?
"Okay, I'll listen to you this time and take the water route!"
This turtle is good, it has a good meaning. Turtles represent returning home, and they also represent longevity. It’s perfect.
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