"Dad, Mom, is there any festival today?" Feng Jiuyan asked puzzledly.
There were two large tables in the hall, filled with delicious food, many of which were her favorites.
Madam Feng gently touched Feng Jiuyan's face and said with a smile, "Of course it's a major festival, the day you return home, so we naturally have to celebrate it well."
Feng Jiuyan felt warm in her heart. Since the end of the world, her relatives had passed away one by one before her. It had been a long time since she had experienced such a lively life with someone who loved her, cared for her, and valued her.
"Come, Ah Yan, take a seat quickly." Madam Feng pulled Feng Jiuyan to sit down.
Feng Huaijin saw Uncle Zheng and waved to him, "Uncle Zheng, you and Xiaotao come over here and sit down."
Zheng Bo waved his hands quickly and stepped back. "No, no, no, I am a servant. How can I sit at the same table with the masters?"
Feng Huaijin walked up to Zheng Bo and said, "What do you mean by servant or not? We are a family and have experienced life and death together. Why do we still care about etiquette?"
As he spoke, Feng Huaijin stubbornly pulled Zheng Bo to the main table and forced him to sit down.
Seeing this, Zheng Bo was almost moved to tears. His eyes were red and he said tremblingly, "Thank you for your kindness, sir~"
Afterwards, Xiao Tao also sat next to Zheng Bo.
Also sitting at the main table were Zhang Chong, Zhang Xiaowu, the Song Chen siblings, and Yang Bo, who had escaped from the border with them. He was the cook of the Feng family and had watched Feng Jiuyan grow up since she was a child.
At another table sat the maids and servants of the mansion.
Feng Huaijin smiled, picked up an exquisite wine jug steadily with both hands, and slowly filled the wine glass in front of him with wine. Then, he held the wine glass in his right hand and slowly stood up, his expression was full of obvious joy, and the whole person seemed to be emitting a joyful glow.
Then, he was in high spirits and spoke loudly and passionately: "Today is a great day. It is the auspicious day when my precious daughter Feng Jiuyan returns home! Tonight, everyone present should eat and drink to their heart's content. Everyone must eat and drink well!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the somewhat stiff atmosphere in the front hall suddenly changed and became relaxed and lively.
Zhang Chong knew how to liven up the atmosphere. He also filled his glass with wine, stood up suddenly, and said to Feng Jiuyan, "Come on, this glass is for our eldest lady. Let her return home safely!"
"Cheers to the young lady!"
"Sister Jingfeng~"
......
Almost everyone in the room stood up at the same time, each holding their glass tightly in their hands, and then they all raised their glasses slowly towards Feng Jiuyan's direction.
Feng Jiuyan's cup was already filled with fragrant fruit wine. She had a bright smile on her fair face and said in a clear and loud voice, "Thank you, everyone. I'll drink this cup first as a sign of respect."
After saying that, she drank the fruit wine in the glass without hesitation, and then turned the glass upside down with a neat movement to indicate to everyone that she had finished the wine in the glass.
Her every movement, every expression, every gesture, carries a sense of freedom that makes people look at her sideways.
At this moment, everyone present suddenly burst into an extremely passionate applause. Someone shouted, "As expected of a young lady, she is so free and easy!"
Then someone else chimed in: "Okay!"
These waves of words and applause intertwined together, making the whole scene more warm and cheerful.
......
Feng Jiuyan's house was so lively and the mood was so cheerful, but some people became restless after Fu Yanci asked someone to spread the news.
In the capital, the Prince of Qi’s Palace.
"What did you say? Someone has already obtained evidence that I am involved in the trafficking of young girls and women, and now the evidence is being prepared to be sent to the capital?" The young man in a black brocade robe had an angry look on his face.
"Reply, report to the prince, yes, yes. According to the information obtained by the spies, they are almost in the capital. They are a father and son, an ugly monster and a middle-aged man. Their daughter was also kidnapped by our people and taken to a brothel, where she was tortured to death. The two of them threatened to go to the capital to file a complaint, to the emperor, and ask the emperor to make a decision for them.
We sent a large number of people out to search for the father and son, but they were nowhere to be found. Their whereabouts were erratic, and we spent a lot of time trying to find them. "
"Bang!" King Qi grabbed the white jade porcelain teacup on the table and threw it in front of the man in black who was kneeling on the ground in anger.
"You useless things! If you can't even find two powerless lowly people, what's the point of keeping you around?" The King of Qi was furious, with veins throbbing on his forehead.
With this crisp sound, the teacup instantly broke into pieces and shattered. The broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere, and one of the sharp fragments cut the black-clad man's face squarely.
At this moment, bright red blood quickly flowed out from the cut wound, like a winding thin snake, slowly crawling on the dark face of the man in black.
The man in black was silent, his face pale with fear, and he dared not utter a word.
"Where is Eunuch Cao? Where is he? Has he come back? Did he get the Black Feather Order?" The King of Qi got very angry, and then he remembered Eunuch Cao who had no news from him.
The man in black was silent for a while, with his head down, not daring to speak.
The King of Qi was very angry. He took a few quick steps and kicked the man in black in front of him to the ground.
"I'm asking you a question. Where is Eunuch Cao? Where is he? Did you succeed in getting the Black Feather Order? And Feng Huaijin, is he dead?"
The man in black struggled to get up from the ground, lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a series of words from his mouth, "My lord, I have been looking for Eunuch Cao for a long time, but there is no trace of him.
As for Feng Huaijin, just as Meng Liang said in the letter, he was indeed not dead. After Feng Huaijin changed his appearance, he hid beside his wife and children to protect them.
The night before he disappeared, Eunuch Cao told his subordinates that he would go to Meng Liang in the middle of the night to find a chance to hold Feng Huaijin's youngest son Feng Jiuli hostage and force Feng Huaijin to hand over the Black Feather Order. At that time, his subordinates wanted to go with him, but Eunuch Cao was worried that Feng Huaijin would notice something, so he only took a few brothers with strong martial arts skills.
But after that night, Eunuch Cao disappeared, and the exile team also disappeared. After investigation by his subordinates, it was confirmed that the exile team had entered Youzhou City.
The subordinates speculated that Eunuch Cao might have also been captured by Feng Huaijin and his men. Then, a few days later, it was reported that someone had obtained evidence of what the prince had done behind the scenes, and threatened to file a complaint with the emperor.
Therefore, I guess that this evidence may be related to Eunuch Cao!"
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