Chapter 095
Shen Jin didn't know what Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan talked about in the study. Although she knew in her heart that Chu Xiuming would probably leave soon after the New Year, this made Shen Jin cherish the days with Chu Xiuming even more. The family of three spent every day together lovingly.
Shen Xi and Zhao Jun did come back. Although the letter was useless, they brought a message. They wanted to catch up with Chu Xiuming, so they took a small road. Who knew they took a detour from Pengyu? However, Pengyu was close to the Yingwang Prince's Yancheng, which was the Yingwang Prince's territory, so they disguised themselves and chose a remote road to take. Who knew they would be discovered...
"Empty villages?" The speaker was Zhao Duan, his face full of strange colors, and he said in surprise, "How could this be? That area has had good weather and good harvests in recent years." Without major natural disasters or man-made disasters, it would be impossible for so many empty villages to appear at the same time.
Not only Zhao Duan, but everyone present had a bad look on their faces. Chu Xiuyuan asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
Shen Xi seemed to be two different people from when he came. Not only was he darker and thinner, but he was also in much better spirits. Zhao Jun stood silently beside Shen Xi. Chu Xiuming said, "Sit down first."
The two men sat down, and Manager Zhao poured water for them. They had just returned and had not had time to change their clothes. After taking a few sips of water, Chu Xiuming asked, "Tell me more about it."
"Yes." It was Shen Xi who spoke. "Because we were in a hurry to get back, we decided to take a detour from Pengyu. For safety reasons, we chose remote paths and even mountain roads, but when we got to..."
Everyone listened to Shen Xi's words in silence. Zhao Jun added something from time to time, mostly about the surrounding environment and terrain. Because they needed to replenish dry food, they did not force people to move. Sometimes they would find a village to buy and exchange dry food, or even sit down to eat a hot soup and rice.
And this time the Zhao family also sent people to lead the way with them. One of them had followed people to the mountains to collect mountain products, so they would not get lost.
If it weren't for this person leading the way, they would never have taken such a risk. However, when they found the first empty village, they were not too surprised. After all, most of the villages here are made up of a dozen or at most thirty households, and it is understandable that they have moved due to some things. However, when they encountered the second one, several people felt something was wrong. Even the person who led the way said that last year when they came to collect mountain products, there were still quite a few people here.
The nearest village here is nearly two days' walk from the city. The Zhao family comes here once a year to collect mountain products because there is a manager who came out of the mountains here. He knows that the mountain people here have a hard time. They work hard to get some mountain products, but often cannot sell them at a good price. So after talking to Zhao Ru, the manager comes here once a year to collect them, and the price he gives is very fair. Gradually, people from all the villages here like to leave their products here and wait for the Zhao family to come.
When they arrived at the second village, they checked carefully and found that there was no food in all the houses, but some people still had their clothes and other things. Some families seemed to have packed up their things and moved away, with their clothes still there, and they looked like they left in a hurry. A guard even found some hidden bloodstains... but no bodies were found.
This made Shen Xi and the others feel a little heavy-hearted, and they finally ventured to a village closer to the town. Nothing happened in the village this time, and they even inquired about the news of those empty villages. Most people didn't know until they arrived in the town. A waiter at a restaurant knew something. Their restaurant had always purchased mountain products from the people here, as well as some game hunted by hunters. The people who had been cooperating with them some time ago said that the government wanted to close the mountain and provide them with a resettlement place, not only arranging houses but also dividing up good farmland. Many people were tempted, but some people were unwilling to leave their original place, especially the hunters, who had no other means of making a living.
Later, when the delivery time had clearly arrived, the hunter did not show up. The manager of the restaurant grumbled about it for a few days, but did not take it seriously, thinking that he had moved away.
After Shen Xi and his friends heard the news, they did not stay in the town for long. After buying some dry food, they went into the mountains again. They also discovered a pattern, that is, the villages that were far away from human habitation and had little information were all deserted.
"Later we found a little boy in the mountains." Shen Xi said, "We have brought him back."
"Bring the person over." Chu Xiuming and the others felt heavy in their hearts at this moment. Manager Zhao and Chief Steward Wang looked at each other, and both had some guesses in their minds.
Soon someone brought the child over. The child looked only four or five years old, and looked at everyone with a tense face. Shen Xi stood up and took the child to sit beside him. He poured water for the child and said, "Don't be afraid, little tiger."
The boy called Little Tiger nodded, and Chu Xiuming couldn't help but ask in a much gentler voice, "Little Tiger, how old are you?"
"Seven years old." Little Tiger spoke clearly.
Chu Xiuming narrowed his eyes and asked, "Can you tell me what's going on?" He didn't ask anything in particular, thinking that Shen Xi and the others had already explained it on the way.
Xiao Huzi nodded and started talking. He didn't speak Mandarin and his accent was a bit strange, but it was not difficult to understand. However, it was a bit difficult to listen to.
In fact, what Xiao Huzi said was similar to what Shen Xi and the others had inquired about, but their village was not planning to move. After all, this was where their ancestors had lived for generations. But that day, when he finished helping his family with work and went out to play with a few other kids in the village, a group of people came from the village. Among them was the one who asked them to move away, saying that they would be given houses and good farmland.
At that time, he and a few friends were playing hide-and-seek. Little Tiger hid very well and far away because he knew his family would not leave. He had finally found such a secluded place. If everyone in the village went out, he would be exposed. So he continued to hide. But later, he found out that he didn’t know what the old village chief said. The leader suddenly took action. Little Tiger was so scared that he dared not move at all. The people following that person captured everyone in the village. They attacked anyone who dared to resist. They even killed the most powerful hunter in the village...
Those people took away all the food of the families, even the chickens, ducks, pigs and the like were not spared... Little Huzi watched helplessly as his relatives and friends were taken away.
Little Huzi didn't know anything more. Chu Xiuming spread out the map and found the mountain that Shen Xi and the others mentioned. Then, based on what Zhao Jun said, he found out the approximate locations of those villages. Finally, his eyes fell on the mountain range where he sent spies. Could it be that he guessed wrong, and that was not where the Prince of England hid his troops?
"Xiao Huzi, do you know that those who came here are all from Apocalypse?" Chu Xiuming looked at Xiao Huzi and asked.
Xiao Huzi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. By the way, they are quite tall and strong, and seem to be a head taller than the leader."
"Did you see what their weapons look like?" Chu Xiuming asked in a deep voice.
Xiao Huzi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know."
Chu Xiuming looked at Chu Xiuyuan. Chu Xiuyuan had someone bring in a few weapons. He asked about them one by one. Little Tiger shook his head and finally pointed at a knife hesitantly and said, "It's a bit like this one, but it's shorter than this one. However, I'm a bit far away and can't see it clearly."
Hearing what Xiao Huzi said, everyone present changed their expressions. Chu Xiuming, on the other hand, just nodded and gave Chu Xiuyuan a few instructions. Chu Xiuyuan asked someone to carry all the things out, and soon brought back a scimitar. When Xiao Huzi saw the scimitar, he screamed and said, "This is it, but it seems a little different..."
It was indeed the worst result. This scimitar was the most commonly used weapon among the barbarians. Because of the different tribes, some weapons were slightly different. The one Chu Xiuyuan took was a trophy, but this one was more gorgeous and not used by ordinary barbarians.
After asking a few more questions, Chu Xiuming had Xiao Huzi sent to the main courtyard and handed him over to Shen Jin for arrangements. At this time, the people in the conference room looked particularly worried, because they knew that the barbarians had already arrived in Tianqi. If Shen Xi and his team had not taken a detour this time, they might not have known this.
"Please ask General Lin and others to come over." Chu Xiuming said.
"Yes." Manager Zhao went out directly and sent someone to invite General Lin, General Wu and General Jin.
Zhao Duan frowned and said, "So, why did the Prince of England arrest these people? If it weren't for this coincidence, I'm afraid no one would have noticed that so many people were missing."
After all, those villages were isolated from the news. Even if some people knew, they would think like the waiter in the town that these mountain people had moved and were given good farmland and houses. And it didn't seem like the style of the barbarians, because those people usually burned, killed and looted when they entered the village. But according to what Shen Xi and the others said, it seemed more like they had a purpose and concealed it. Not only were the bloodstains cleaned up, but even the corpses were not left behind. The hunter mentioned by Xiao Huzi would not be the only one who resisted and was killed.
"In fact, we have overlooked one point." Chu Xiuming suddenly said, "Copper mines, iron mines and silver mines are all controlled by the imperial court." However, the border town also has its own, which are mined in secret. This is why they have never lacked weapons.
Manager Zhao thought for a moment and said, "Where did the weapons under the command of the Prince of England come from? In fact... we have been investigating who secretly sold weapons to the barbarians, but we have only investigated from the court. If it was the Prince of England..."
"Maybe they don't have enough manpower, or they discovered new ones." Zhao Duan said, "So they need people to mine, but they can't do it openly, so they chose this method."
"There is another possibility." Steward Wang thought for a moment and said, "There are no more people around Yancheng who can be brought in to mine, so the prince of England must take the risk of capturing people from the surrounding areas. At the beginning, he offered houses and good farmland, firstly to trick those people into going there voluntarily, and secondly to find a reason for these people to disappear."
Chu Xiuyuan clenched his fists. No one spoke for a while. Chu Xiuming was obviously thinking about something. After the three generals were invited, Manager Zhao told them the general situation. General Lin frowned and said, "Could it be that the flood..."
Chu Xiuming said, "If this is true, there is good news and bad news." He crossed his hands on the table and looked at everyone, waiting for them to stop discussing. "The good news is that the Prince of England may not have as many troops as we thought."
"Yes!" General Jin was delighted when he heard this, "Such an important place actually needs barbarians. I'm afraid it's because the prince of England doesn't have enough troops."
Chu Xiuyuan felt a chill in his heart and said, "If the weapons in the hands of those barbarians were more sufficient and sophisticated..."
The barbarians themselves are difficult to deal with. After all, they have stronger soldiers and horses, while Tianqi relies more on the advantage in weapons. If the barbarians have sufficient weapons... Chu Xiuming nodded. This was the bad news he wanted to tell.
Manager Zhao exhaled slowly, "At least this explains why the Crown Prince of Ying has not really fought against Emperor Cheng until now."
"I'm afraid it will be soon." Chu Xiuming said, "I'm afraid it's because the other party's demand has increased that they sent people to Pengyu to kidnap people."
Zhao Jun and Shen Xi were listening on the side. It was the first time that they realized so clearly their own shortcomings. These people had actually inferred so much from such a small piece of information they brought back. The little bit of arrogance they had left was also worn away.
"Then let's start early." Chu Xiuming looked at everyone and said, he originally wanted everyone to have a good New Year together, but now he is afraid that he can't wait any longer.
"Yes." Everyone said with a serious expression.
Chu Xiuming looked at Shen Xi and said, "Shen Xi, go meet Prince Rui and Princess Rui."
"Father and mother?" Shen Xi looked at Chu Xiuming with some confusion.
Chu Xiuming nodded. Shen Xi didn't know about Chu Xiuyuan's situation, and he wasn't ready to say it now. "Emperor Cheng wants to take action against them. The Queen Mother has sent a message. They are planning to escape from the capital through the secret passage. I have asked Kexianju to arrange people. You go..."
Shen Xi stood up and walked over to Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming pointed at the map and talked to him. He also arranged the personnel. Shen Xi said, "I understand."
Chu Xiuming waved his hand, and Shen Xi retreated. This was his first time going on a mission alone, so he was inevitably a little uneasy. Chu Xiuming also knew the importance of the will, so he said, "I will arrange for a military advisor to go with you."
Shen Xi heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Okay."
Chu Xiuming looked at General Lin again and said, "General Lin, you go take over Yucheng, Zhao Jun, you follow General Lin."
"Yes." General Lin and Zhao Jun stood up and responded respectfully.
Chu Xiuming continued, "Rearrange the guards in Yucheng so that they can be connected with the border town."
General Lin agreed. Chu Xiuming asked them to sit down and said, "General Jin and General Wu, you two should split up into two groups..."
General Jin and General Wu listened carefully. Chu Xiuming divided the areas between them and said, "There is another task. Find out where the British prince traded with the barbarians. If we can find that line, we will destroy it directly."
"Okay." General Jin and General Wu agreed one by one.
Manager Zhao looked at Chu Xiuming and said, "General, what kind of mine do you think that might be? What should we do?"
Chu Xiuming said, "In fact, we had speculated at the beginning why the place where the Prince of England started his rebellion was not Jiangnan. In the end, we guessed that Jiangnan was regarded as a money bag."
Zhao Duan took a breath and said, "Could it be a silver mine or a copper mine?"
"I think it's more likely to be iron ore," said General Wu.
Manager Wang nodded but said nothing.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Chu Xiuming wouldn't be sure. Now it was all speculation. Chu Xiuyuan said, "I think it's probably a silver mine or a copper mine."
"But if these are the cases, how could the Crown Prince of England allow the barbarians to get involved?" Chief Steward Wang retorted. After all, this was the money needed to start a rebellion.
"What we can be sure of now is that there is someone or something somewhere." Chu Xiuming interrupted their quarrel, "but it doesn't matter what it is."
"Yes, the important thing is what to do now." Manager Zhao said.
Zhao Duan frowned, and Chu Xiuming said, "No matter what it is, the Prince of England must value it very much. Under the current circumstances, those things can only be icing on the cake."
General Lin didn't speak until now, "General is right."
"What has the general decided to do?" asked Manager Zhao.
Chu Xiuming said, "The original plan was to set fire to the mountain."
Whether it is a silver mine or a copper mine, if it is discovered earlier, it should be dealt with as a priority. However, in the current situation, the most important thing for either side is food and grass. Chu Xiuyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that the British prince and the barbarians are using this mine to make a deal with the barbarians? Or is this the content of the preliminary transaction?"
Chu Xiuming nodded. In fact, he had also guessed, "In the early days, if it was a silver mine or a copper mine, it would naturally be very important. The Prince of England would definitely hide it very carefully. But in the current situation, for the Prince of England, this is no longer the most important thing."
War costs money, but nowadays it is not just a matter of money. Men, horses, and food are the top priorities. The barbarians will not have fun without benefits, especially during the time of the King of England. They have suffered great losses. Now they are willing to cooperate with the Prince of England, naturally because it is profitable.
If it is true as they guessed, that the Prince of England does not have enough men and horses, then in order to get the help of the barbarians, he has to abandon this piece of land. Moreover, they don't know how long it has been mined and how much is left.
"Actually..." Manager Zhao thought for a moment and said, "Capturing those mountain people may not just be for mining."
"Laborers!" General Jin said, "Because the British prince has reached a real agreement with the barbarians, the barbarians sent people to inspect the goods. Judging from their cooperation, the barbarians must be very satisfied and ready to take action, so the British prince needs to capture people to serve as laborers."
"Yeah." Chu Xiuming said, "Looking at it this way, some of our previous thoughts were wrong."
It doesn't make much sense to worry about what kind of mine that is now, but what is certain is that it is probably where the British Prince has the most wealth.
"Who are you going to send, General?" asked General Jin.
Chu Xiuming did not hide it this time, "I'll go."
"No, it's too dangerous." General Wu said, "General, I'll take the men with me."
"General, you shouldn't take risks." General Lin looked at Chu Xiuming and said in a deep voice. General Lin originally followed Chu Xiuming's father, so when he spoke, even Chu Xiuming had to think more.
Chu Xiuming was about to speak when he heard General Jin say, "I have a young general under my command who is suitable for this mission."
Chu Xiuyuan sat aside without saying anything, and Chu Xiuming said, "The Prince of England may have the third brother's posthumous child."
Only a few people knew about this matter. Even General Jin and his men knew about it for the first time. They were shocked. Chu Xiuming continued, "Prince Rui has the real will of the late emperor. He will bring his family to the border town in the near future."
After hearing these two pieces of news, everyone's faces darkened. Shen Xi swallowed his saliva. He suddenly remembered what Chu Xiuming said just now. It was the Empress Dowager who let his father go. That will... Could it be the Empress Dowager... But why did she come to the border town? Shen Xi looked at Chu Xiuming. That's right, the third brother-in-law has troops. If it can be proved that the will of Emperor Cheng was a fake, it would almost confirm what the Prince of Ying said. Emperor Cheng killed his father and brother. In addition to the blood of Emperor Cheng and the blood of the Prince of Ying, the blood of the previous emperor is only... his father's blood.
The Empress Dowager asked my father to bring the late emperor's will here... Thinking of that possibility, Shen Xi's heart started beating wildly.
Shen Xi took a sip of the somewhat cold tea and forced himself to calm down. The third brother-in-law would bring up these two things at this time. When Emperor Cheng knew that the Prince of Ying had the heir of the Chu family, he would definitely worry that the third brother-in-law would compromise with the Prince of Ying for this heir. In addition, since his father had escaped, Emperor Cheng would definitely think that the Chu family had the intention of establishing another. The Prince of Ying, Emperor Cheng and his father... a three-way confrontation? No, that's not it.
The more he thought about Shen Xi, the more confused he felt. Chu Xiuming said, "Xiuyuan, tell me."
"The Prince of Ying knows his own strengths and weaknesses, so he will definitely persuade Emperor Cheng to deal with the border town first. Compared with the Prince of Ying, Emperor Cheng is more wary of the border town." Because of what King Ying did in the 37th year of Yongjia, he made mortal enemies with many noble families and ministers. Emperor Cheng knew in his heart that they would never welcome the King of Ying's lineage to Beijing, and would fight to the death even if they met them. On the contrary, Chu Xiuming's side was exactly the opposite. The Chu family had an excellent reputation, and no matter whether it was under the banner of King Rui or his banner, the Chu family had every right to send troops. It was possible that before they attacked the city, some noble families and ministers in the capital would have already defected to them.
Therefore, it is natural for Emperor Cheng to choose to deal with the border town first and cooperate with the Prince of England. No other emperor might be able to do such a thing, but Emperor Cheng... can definitely do it.
Shen Xi also understood that if they were to become enemies with Emperor Cheng and the Prince of Ying at the same time, even the Chu family would not be able to bear it.
"Moreover, they can ignore the border, but we can't." Chu Xiuyuan said in a cold voice. In the final analysis, these people just knew that the Chu family would never abandon the people of Tianqi. It was said that Chu Xiuming was in charge of more than half of the military power of Tianqi, but not many of them could be mobilized.
Shen Xi suddenly felt ashamed of everyone present. If it weren't for his father, Border Town would not have reached such a dilemma.
"Emperor Cheng bullies the weak and fears the strong." Chu Xiuyuan's voice was filled with sarcasm. "If Emperor Cheng finds out that the Prince of England is not as strong as he appears, compared to the tough nut to crack in Border Town, he will definitely have to deal with the Prince of England first, even if he doesn't want to." Because Emperor Cheng wants to save face, sometimes he has the heart to steal but not the courage.
Shen Xi looked at Chu Xiuyuan who was talking to Kaikai. Actually, they had a pretty good relationship, but Shen Xi had never seen such a Chu Xiuyuan. He then looked at Chu Xiuming who was standing aside, and saw that Chu Xiuming was listening calmly, as if he was just listening to something ordinary, and there was no trace of his thoughts on his face.
"So, this operation can only succeed." Chu Xiuyuan took a deep breath and said, "And it's very dangerous. Whether it succeeds or fails, it's a life-or-death situation."
"Even so, the general cannot go." General Lin said, "Even if we fail, although the border town is in danger, we are not without a chance of fighting. We have encountered more dangerous situations than this before. But if something happens to the general, I am afraid that the border town will be difficult to protect, let alone any major events."
Manager Zhao also said, "General, General Lin is absolutely right."
Zhao Duan looked at Chu Xiuming and said, "General, please think twice before you act."
General Lin looked at the silent Chu Xiuming and said, "What's more, that child might be General Yao's posthumous child. Even if he is, he is not as important as the general. The Prince of Ying doesn't know what kind of person he will raise him to be." What he meant was to abandon the child, which directly denied Chu Xiuming's original intention to exchange the information about the mountain for the child.
Only General Lin would dare to say such words. Chu Xiuyuan's face changed, and then he looked at Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Uncle Lin is right." The word "Uncle Lin" made General Lin's eyes red.
General Lin said, "General, I know you value your family, but now that you have children, you should think more about yourself."
Chu Xiuyuan couldn't help but be moved when he heard this. In fact, what General Lin said was the truth. Although it sounded a bit inhumane, it was because he really cared about Chu Xiuming that he was willing to speak.
Chu Xiuming exhaled slowly and said, "According to what Uncle Lin said, who did you recommend, General Jin?"
General Jin also felt relieved. There were some things that General Lin could say but they could not. General Lin and General Chu were sworn brothers, and General Jin had watched the Chu brothers grow up. In addition to General Lin, there were three others, but unfortunately they had all died on the battlefield.
"That young general..." General Jin mentioned the person he recommended. "Why don't you call him over now so that the general can meet him?"
Chu Xiuming said, "Okay."
Because the matter was of great importance, everyone did not finish the discussion until daybreak. They also met the man recommended by General Jin. At first glance, he did not look like a soldier at all, but more like a scholar. He looked frail and looked more like a southerner. Chu Xiuming did not hide the danger of the matter and told him everything. After thinking about it seriously, the man nodded and agreed. He was not afraid of death, but afraid of failing to complete the task. His family had been people from the border town for generations, and his ancestors had even been the personal guards of the Chu family's ancestors, and later retired due to injuries.
Because it was already daybreak, Chu Xiuming did not go back to his room to rest, but went to the martial arts training ground to train. He knew that giving up the child was the best option. Is it really difficult to have both? If he could find out the whereabouts of the child first...
Chu Xiuming wiped his face and asked someone to prepare water to wash him. After changing his clothes, he went into the study, spread out a map and thought carefully. If he was the prince of England, where would he put the child... by his side? No, according to the hatred that the prince of England had for the Chu family, he would definitely not let the child live too well...
Shen Jin was woken up by Dongdong. After changing his diaper and drinking some milk, Dongdong went back to sleep. Shen Jin saw that Chu Xiuming had not come back yet. After asking the maid and learning that he was in the small study, she simply wrapped herself up and went to see Chu Xiuming.
Chu Xiuming recognized Shen Jin's footsteps, looked at Shen Jin, smiled and asked, "Why don't you sleep?" Even if Chu Xiuming was upset, he would not be willing to show it and let Shen Jin suffer any grievances.
"What's wrong with my husband?" Shen Jin walked over, touched the teapot, asked someone to change the tea, and then asked softly.
When they first got married, even if Chu Xiuming didn't say anything, Shen Jin could understand what he meant, not to mention that they have been together for so long now.
Chu Xiuming simply sat down, let Shen Jin sit on his lap, put his arm around his young lady, and slowly told her what happened in the meeting room today. Shen Jin did not interrupt, and only spoke after Chu Xiuming finished speaking, "No wonder we can't find out where the prince of England got the money from."
"Yeah." Chu Xiuming responded.
Shen Jin looked down at the hand that was around her waist, reached out and patted it gently, then looked at the map on the desk and said, "Husband, why don't I help you think about where the Prince of England would hide his people?"
In fact, Shen Jin knew that Chu Xiuming wanted to find out where the child was hidden first, not only because he wanted to rescue the child, but also to give those soldiers who were going to take risks more chances to survive. When the Prince of England thought that Chu Xiuming's attention was all focused on the child, he would inevitably neglect the mineral deposits, especially when the Prince of England was in poor health.
"Okay." Chu Xiuming had no intention of hiding anything. Shen Jin changed his position and nestled more comfortably in Chu Xiuming's arms. Chu Xiuming rested his chin on Shen Jin's shoulder and told Shen Jin what he had analyzed.
Shen Jin nodded, "I also think that since the Prince of England is so stingy, he would never be willing to raise that child into a talented person."
"Well, the Prince of England is in Yancheng now, so the child should be around Yancheng." Chu Xiuming said in a deep voice, "The Prince of England will not bring people with him, but he will not let people stay too far away from him, especially after sending Xue Qiao to the border town."
"That's right." Shen Jin said, "It's time to let Xue Qiao go back."
Chu Xiuming nodded, "I'll arrange it in the next few days. I won't show up."
"Then I'll go see her off." Shen Jin said, "And Princess Ruyang, it's time to send her back to the capital."
Chu Xiuming nodded. Shen Jin looked at the map, thought for a moment and said, "Could it be a charity home somewhere?"
The Salesian Home was built by the Tianqi Dynasty in various places to adopt abandoned newborns. There were also wet nurses there to feed the babies, and anyone without children could adopt one. The children there would not starve to death, but it would be impossible for them to get a good education and environment.
Shen Jin had only heard of such places but had never actually seen one. Although it was managed by the government, the situations in different places were different, and he didn't know how many of them were truly worthy of these three words.
Moreover, the best way to hide a child is to put him among a group of children. As long as the prince of England secretly gives some money and tells them not to adopt the child, it will be fine. Or, they can directly arrange people in the orphanage to secretly watch over the child. "The prince of England will definitely need some helpers. A child without a father or a mother like this..."
Before Shen Jin finished speaking, Chu Xiuming already knew what he meant. The character of the Prince of Ying was really capable of such a thing. To train spies and assassins, he was a good choice in terms of loyalty and other aspects. There was no need to worry about their betrayal. No wonder he spread the news about Emperor Cheng so quickly. The easiest places to spread news were restaurants, gambling houses, brothels, and brothels...
"Jiang Shu, Feng Qu." Chu Xiuming said in a deep voice.
Shen Jin was stunned for a moment before he understood what Chu Xiuming meant. These two places were indeed more likely. A baby who had just been born could not withstand long-distance bumps. "But wasn't there a flood in Jiangshu at that time..."
Chu Xiuming looked at these two places and was afraid that he only had one chance. There were the Prince of England's troops in these two places. As long as he moved one of them, it would alert the enemy. However, he could also divide his troops and act in these two places at the same time. In fact, it would be safer to investigate secretly, but there was no time.
There is no orphanage in Yancheng, because it was originally the fief of King Ying. After Emperor Cheng ascended the throne, although the main target was the Prince's lineage, Yancheng was also purged. Many soldiers in King Ying's army came from Yancheng. Emperor Cheng sent people to carefully clean up Yancheng. Not only that, but also the people of Yancheng whose relatives participated in King Ying's rebels were implicated, and some were arrested and killed. Many were also exiled, and the rest were mostly relocated and dispersed. Those orphans and widows were also arranged separately. However, because Emperor Cheng dealt with the Prince's people first, it gave King Ying's son time to hide many of his subordinates.
The Yancheng of today is definitely not as united as the Yancheng of the time when King Ying was alive. The Prince of Ying must have spent a lot of effort to restore Yancheng to some extent.
Shen Jin thought about it and was about to speak when Chu Xiuming covered his mouth. He seemed to know what Shen Jin was going to say, "This matter is my idea and decision." Chu Xiuming was unwilling to let Shen Jin bear all this. There was only one chance. Although people could be sent to these two places, or even more places, one place needed to be chosen as the main one. Such a choice should not be made by Shen Jin.
If he made the wrong choice, Chu Xiuming would naturally not blame Shen Jin, but Shen Jin would probably blame himself in his heart, "This is my responsibility."
Shen Jin moved his lips, feeling sour, bitter and warm in his heart.
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