Chapter 105 Do you know how I spent the past four years?

"I remember you died here, too."

"Thank you for reminding me."

Xie Yan paused but did not turn around. His face looked cold and indifferent, just like the biting cold wind in winter sweeping across the dead branches covered with thick white snow, and the accumulated snow fell down with a hint of chill that made people's hearts palpitate.

"You have a poisonous tongue anyway. If a bug, a wild boar, or a wolf comes out to look for food, you can poison them to death."

Lu Mingchao blinked and thought for a moment.

It seems that Xie Yan and Shu Yuan have old acquaintances with a grudge.

"I was the one who burned all the portraits and letters about you in the palace!"

Behind him, Shu Yuan slapped the ground anxiously. The dust stirred up and made him cough. He continued, "If you abandon me and don't care about me, the late emperor will be angry if he knows about it."

"If I take you back, Huaiqian will be angry." Xie Yan said seriously.

Shu Yuan opened his eyes wide and yelled, "Huai Qian?"

"Is it Heng'er?"

There was an irrepressible urgency and joy in the voice.

Before Xie Yan could answer, Shu Yuan said to himself, "It must be Heng'er. When the late emperor was free, he had already thought of a courtesy name for Heng'er and was just waiting for Heng'er to grow up and be crowned."

"This matter must have been mentioned in the letter the late emperor sent you."

"It's great that Heng'er is still alive."

As he spoke, Shu Yuan began to choke up.

Xie Yan sighed, and finally turned around and carried Shu Yuan, who was crying miserably, on his back. "We, the Xie family, really owe you."

"In the past, my aunt hated you deeply, but she could do nothing about it."

"Today, you can actually find my trace in this remote place."

"Don't tell me this is an unexpected surprise."

Shu Yuan wiped away tears and said, "It's not that you Xie family owe me, it's that you Xie family are open-minded and loyal. The Empress Dowager sympathizes with the late emperor, and you respect the late emperor, so you are more tolerant of me. I know everything."

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows. "It's amazing that Supervisor Shu can still speak human language."

"Let's stop talking about the scene and get to the point."

"Then I'll tell you for real." Shu Yuan lowered his eyelids and spoke each word with pause, "I can mobilize a group of the late emperor's hidden guards."

"The previous emperor passed away suddenly, and the new emperor ascended the throne, and the Xie family suffered a bloodbath. At that time, you were in the northern border and had not yet returned to the capital, and most people in the world did not know of your existence. Based on this speculation, the possibility of your survival is very high."

"So, after I faked my own death and escaped in the name of being buried alive, I have been looking for you ever since."

"Four years, Xie Yan. I have been hiding and looking for you for four years."

"Do you know how I have been spending the past four years?"

"I am just a notorious eunuch who flatters his master. I am not capable of doing this. But you are different. You are from the Xie family."

"Some things can only be done right if you do them."

Xie Yan's heart sank. The deep hatred that had been suppressed within him was like a windy sea, with surging waves, one higher than the other, as if to drag him into an eternal nightmare.

Lu Mingchao was quick to notice Xie Yan's change of mood, and reached out to gently pull Xie Yan's sleeve. "A Yan, don't be impatient, take your time, there is plenty of time."

Xie Yan took a deep breath, nodded at Lu Mingchao, and a very faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Shu Yuan, you don't need to provoke me."

"You were once a disciple of the headmaster of Baopu Academy, and you were once famous all over the world. You entered the palace with only your body, not your talent or your brain."

"Don't be a eunuch for too long and forget your glory in the debate arena of Baopu Academy where you always won the debate with scholars."

"If I am not sure of victory, I will not risk revenge."

"Revenge for the dead is important, but the safety of the living is more important."

"Shu Yuan, if you ever plan to instigate me to take revenge, please think more about Huai Qian. Huai Qian is your cousin's only blood."

Shu Yuan on Xie Yan's back fell silent.

Lu Mingchao frowned, silently extracting useful information.

Principal Yu of Baopu Academy is a great scholar with many students all over the world. He is a saint in the hearts of scholars in Daqian. He is highly respected and admired.

Year after year, thousands of scholars wanted to become Yu Shanzhang's disciples, but could only leave in despair.

All of Master Yu's disciples passed the imperial examinations and became Jinshi.

Master Yu once said that his disciples might choose not to enter the official career, but they must not fail the imperial examination.

Unexpectedly, Shu Yuan, the eunuch who was in charge of writing for the late emperor, had such an outstanding background.

She was short-sighted.

However, didn’t Shu Yuan’s purification and entry into the palace make Yu Shanchang angry to death?

Xie Yan suddenly stopped and put Shu Yuan aside. "Ming Dynasty, axe."

Shu Yuan: "I hope you won't kill anyone to silence them!"

Hearing this, Lu Mingchao took out an axe from the space supermarket and handed it to Xie Yan.

In Shu Yuan's eyes, it looked like there was an axe hidden in Lu Mingchao's thick cloak.

Carry an axe with you!

Shu Yuan's eyelids twitched. "Ms. Lu, are you so wild now?"

"You weren't like this before."

In his memory, the daughter of the Yongning Marquis's mansion was cute and lively, yet gentle and generous. She was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, rules and etiquette at a young age, and was a top-notch existence among the ladies of the same age in Shangjing City.

The only thing that caused people to criticize her was that at an age when she was ignorant of love, she was obsessed with Gu Huai and forced a marriage contract on herself.

The late emperor once said with a smile that although Gu Huai appeared to be very cold and aloof on the surface, he would eventually be controlled by Miss Lu's fiery temper.

At that time, Lu Mingchao and Gu Huai were still young.

Who would have thought that Miss Lu from the Yongning Marquis's Mansion would end up getting married to Silang who was raised by the Xie family in the northern border.

Lu Mingchao smiled and said, "The past is the past. Now I am a savage. Is there a problem?"

Shu Yuan touched his nose in dismay and turned his gaze towards Xie Yan. "What are you doing cutting birch wood?"

"Bow." Xie Yan's calm tone was tinged with a faint smile. "Ming Chao likes archery. If you want to learn, I will teach you."

Shu Yuan frowned slightly.

Xie Shilang would not indulge in the ordinary days of having a wife, children and a warm bed, right?

Lu Mingchao really disliked Shu Yuan's look, so he picked up a small wooden stick and poked the wound on Shu Yuan's arm. Listening to Shu Yuan's painful breathing, he felt refreshed.

"Eunuch Shu, please don't make trouble, or I will poison you and bury you under the tree."

"Don't let Xie Yan regret saving you."

"Whoever makes Xie Yan unhappy, I will make him unhappy."

"I have guards!" Shu Yuan said aggrievedly.

Lu Mingchao poked Shu Yuan all over with the stick and took out a token. "Okay, you're gone now."

"I will open a shop under my name in a while, and I need manpower urgently. The guards under your command are used to fighting and killing, so they are definitely not capable of doing brain work like managing the account. But they can do odd jobs like looking after the shop and doing hard labor."

"Brothers have been following you through wind and rain for four years. It's time to stop and rest."

"If the string is too tight, it will break."

Shu Yuan was not convinced and retorted, "If a person rests for too long, he will become useless."

Lu Mingchao: "Oh, not bad, it's quite rhyming."

He made your father cry.