Chapter 177 The Boy Who Left Home
Guessing his father's last wish wrongly, which led to all these things happening, is what Qin Sixian fears most and what he cannot face the most in his heart.
"Father...Father has spent most of his time in Furong County in recent years. He even specially built the Shen family's ancestral home.
He was a son-in-law who lived with his mother, and he treated her with respect all his life.
But he kept talking about the saying "fallen leaves return to their roots". I asked him many times if he wanted to go back to Furong County, but he just smiled and said nothing.
I thought that although my father was a son-in-law, he was still thinking about the Shen family in his heart. He didn't dare to say much because he was afraid that my mother would be unhappy.
Then I thought, since we are father and son, I have fulfilled his wish, and my mother also agrees."
But how could he have imagined that this would be the result.
There was a pleading look in his eyes, "Miss, can you help me ask if... if I misunderstood what he meant and that's why he got angry.
It was my idea to send him to Furong County. If he gets angry, he can punish me..."
Why, why did you let my third brother die?
Qin Sixian was in great pain.
If he was the one who stayed behind to keep watch last night, perhaps he would have been the one who died.
The third brother died for him.
If his father's resentment was caused by him, then...
Qin Sixian closed his eyes.
He was the one who killed my third brother.
Wei Qingyan couldn't ask.
The information she could get was the picture of Shen Changshan’s resentment.
A young man of fifteen or sixteen was being dragged along by a young woman who was a few years older than him and was running wildly.
The boy kept looking back at something.
The little woman pulled him and coaxed him, "Hurry up and leave. If they catch up with us, we won't survive. I promise you, I'll come back with you when we have the chance."
After hearing this, the young man stopped in his tracks. He broke free from the woman's hand, faced the way he came, knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Then he stood up and said firmly, "If you come back, they will definitely kill you. No, never again. Let's go!"
The last word seemed to be squeezed out from his throat. He pulled the woman's hand hard and continued to run forward.
When passing through an alley, he pulled out a vine covered with osmanthus flowers and stuffed it into the package on his back.
This is the picture of Shen Changshan’s obsession.
Shen Changshan once worked in the Imperial College, so Wei Qingyan naturally met this old gentleman.
The boy in the picture had facial features similar to Shen Changshan in her memory, and she guessed that the boy was Shen Changshan.
But, who is that woman?
Where did they leave from?
Where does the boy want to go back to?
Wei Qingyan didn't know, so he asked Qin Sixian those questions.
But Qin Sixian was filled with guilt over his brother's death. "He said the fallen leaves return to their roots. Is that the north?"
"No." Wei Qingyan shook his head. "Do you remember when your father's coffin started to look strange?"
How could Qin Sixian not remember, "It's only been half a day since we left the capital..."
Wei Qingyan saw that he looked haggard, and probably hadn't slept much in the past few days, so his mind was in a turmoil, so he continued, "Just after passing the intersection, the coffin couldn't be lifted.
This shows that Shen Changshan is resentful and believes that you have taken the wrong path.
Beidi and Furong County, where the Shen family had lived in the past, shared the same road at that intersection.
Therefore, he is not going to the Northland, nor to Furong County."
"But, but the Shen family has been from Furong County for generations. My father was born here and then grew up in the north with my grandfather. I've never heard him say that he has been to other places.
It's neither of those places, where else does he want to go back to?"
Wei Qingyan had a vague guess in his mind.
But it was late at night, and Qin Sixian saw that the situation was not good, so he said, "Let's go back to the Shen residence first. I want to meet the people in your Shen family's old house at dawn tomorrow."
Qin Sixian was anxious.
There were three choices previously: the capital, Furong County, and the north.
If my father wanted to stay in the capital, the coffin could not be carried out of the city gate, so the capital was ruled out first.
He previously suspected that he had guessed wrong and could still send his father to the north.
But now the North is not the place his father wants to go. How can he please his father?
"Brother, you heard what Miss Chang said just now. The Qin family will be fine for the time being. You need to rest first. Only after you have rested well can you think calmly.
Besides, Prince Rong and Miss Chang have been running all the way here and are tired. They need to rest too. Let's listen to Miss Chang and think about it tomorrow, okay?"
Gong Minglou almost used the tone of coaxing a child to coax his brother-in-law.
The Imperial College's chief academic officer, who usually behaves calmly, was speaking incoherently today, which shows that he was hit hard and was very tired.
No matter how anxious Qin Sixian was, he couldn't let those who came to help them with good intentions suffer.
I had no choice but to agree.
Just as he was about to ask Gong Minglou to take everyone back to the Shen residence, he stayed behind to guard the coffin.
No matter how much I hated him, I still felt uneasy about leaving my father here alone.
Shi Yu winked at the secret guard beside him.
The secret guard quietly walked behind Qin Sixian, tapped him on the back a few times, caught the falling man, and carried him on his shoulders.
Gong Minglou was stunned for a moment, then reacted and hurried to the front to lead the way.
Shi Yu ordered two secret guards to guard Shen Changshan's coffin, held Wei Qingyan's hand, and followed Gong Minglou.
Although he still didn’t know what the picture of Shen Changshan’s resentment was, he felt that this resentment was not so easy to resolve after listening to it.
Xiao Yan said that he would meet the Shen family again tomorrow, and he must want to get clues from them.
Qin Sixian, the person involved, should keep a clear head so as to provide useful clues to Xiao Yan.
Sunken House.
A man in a long gown was pacing back and forth at the door of the house.
He is the second son of Shen Changshan.
Shen Changshan was a son-in-law who lived with his wife's wife's family. His eldest son and other children took his wife's surname Qin, and only his second son took his surname Shen.
His name is Shen Siyuan, and he is considered to be the inheritor of the Shen family.
After receiving the message from his servant, Chen Siyuan wanted to go to the mountain to see the situation in person.
But he was afraid that Gong Minglou meant for him not to disturb them for the time being, so he was hesitating at the door of Shen's house.
Then Gong Minglou came over with a group of people.
The second he saw the big brother on the back of the secret guard, his expression changed drastically, "What happened to big brother?"
His voice was filled with tears.
My third brother was on guard last night, but he's gone.
Big Brother is on guard tonight...
"Brother is fine, he just fell asleep." Gong Minglou spoke quickly, pulled the man aside, and told him that Wei Qingyan and others had come to resolve the grudge, as well as what had just happened on the mountain.
Shen Siyuan bowed to Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan with gratitude, and wanted to personally take Shi Yu and the others to resettle them.
Shi Yu said, "Just let the butler lead the way."
There was a funeral at home, so Shen Siyuan didn't bother to be polite with him and instructed the housekeeper to take them to the place where the deceased was buried.
He then pulled Gong Minglou aside to ask about the situation in the capital. Gong Minglou answered all his questions and sighed, "I'll go see my third brother, you should go and have some rest too.
I'm afraid Miss Chang will question us tomorrow morning, so everyone needs to get some rest so their brains can function better."
It would not be an exaggeration to say that his father's resentment was unraveling, and now what his father-in-law did, Gong Minglou sighed secretly again.
A man who was born in Furong County, grew up in the north, came to the capital at the age of seventeen and never left since then, his persistent return to his roots was not one of these three places.
Where could that be?
He can't be thinking about other people's roots, right?
Gong Minglou's eyes suddenly widened.
Could it be that the father-in-law is not the father-in-law at all, or in other words, the father-in-law is not the child of the Shen family back then?
He subconsciously wanted to find Wei Qingyan.
But thinking that it was already late at night, what he could think of, Miss Chang and Prince Rong might not have thought of, so he suppressed his emotions and followed Shen Si to the place where Mr. Qin Sanye's body was temporarily placed.
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