What if the child wants to trace their roots in the future?
Her mind raced, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck her: she remembered a murder case she had heard about when she returned to the capital with a merchant caravan years ago.
A scholar who failed the imperial examination was brutally murdered by bandits on his way home.
According to other travelers who were also robbed, the bandits originally had no intention of killing them; they only asked them to hand over their travel expenses.
The rest of them obediently paid up.
That scholar was an orphan; the money he spent to go to the capital for the exam was raised by his fellow villagers, who couldn't bear to give it to bandits.
Enraged, the bandits killed him.
The caravan members were filled with regret.
I think this person is too old-fashioned.
Even the money pooled together by the villagers is not as important as life.
Why act impulsively?
The time when that scholar was murdered was around the same time she became pregnant with Tianci. If she said that Tianci was that scholar's child, no one could refute it.
After all, it is said that the scholar was aloof and always kept to himself in the capital, without a single friend.
It wasn't right to make someone else a father unintentionally, but she secretly made up her mind that every Ghost Festival, she would make Tianci burn incense and kowtow to him.
So he replied to Bai Yanzhang, "He is from Xinzhou."
"what for?"
"Scholars".
"Died of illness?"
"Killed by a villain."
...
Qin Wenjun answered his questions carefully, occasionally glancing at Tianci's expression.
Seeing the child's tearful eyes, one knew he was grieving for his deceased father.
She took out a handkerchief, intending to wipe away his tears.
Tianci shook his head and wiped it with the back of his hand.
"Mom, this snack is too spicy. We won't come here next time."
She chuckled and said, "Okay, let's go to a different place next time."
After watching the mother and son leave, Bai Yanzhang rode back to Dali Temple.
He intended to immediately examine the man who had just been brought back, but by some strange twist of fate, he found the case file of the scholar from Xinzhou.
Although he vehemently denied it, he couldn't help but admit that he wanted to know what it was about this man that made Qin Wenjun willing to abandon everything and elope with him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the file, he saw an introduction that left him speechless.
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