"Okay, I will find out what happened as soon as possible. What Lin Jiu found out back then was only a small part. This matter must be closely related to the previous dynasty."
"What happened back then must have involved a lot of people, otherwise your parents..." Shen Mo paused, turned around and looked at Shen Li, and seeing that he looked calm, he continued: "We two brothers grew up together, no matter what happens, you are always my brother."
Shen Li patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "If one day you don't recognize me as your elder brother, I will go to court every day to impeach you. Hahahaha, the spit of those civil officials can drown you!"
Shen Mo imagined that kind of scene, shook his head quickly, and said jokingly: "Brother, I will definitely honor you well in the future!"
"Hahahaha! Ah Mo, are you scared now? It's okay, big brother will protect you."
Shen Mo took out a jade pendant from his arms and put it in his hand.
"I found this in my mother's cabinet. It has the word 'Chen' engraved on it. You must have worn it when you were young. I was too young at the time and probably didn't have anything on me to prove my identity. Brother, you help me cover up for two years. You'll be in the open and I'll be in the dark. Let me handle anything that's inconvenient for you to do."
"Okay, how about the manpower that Lin Jiu has gathered?"
"Almost. I mixed in with the refugees some time ago and have settled down in the village."
"That's good. I have to go back to Beijing to take up my post tomorrow. I will probably be recognized by the Shen family this time. Then the Shen family will send someone to explain to mother. You should stay at the academy and don't make mother angry. Although she is not our biological mother, she has taken care of us for so many years after all. It is not easy for her to be alone."
"Yes, I understand."
"Let's go home and have some rest. Riding a horse is really tiring!"
After Chen Li arranged everything, he was ready to leave the next day. Lin Wanwan arranged for someone to see him off and also prepared a lot of supplies and food, almost letting them go with him.
Before leaving, he felt a little lonely. How could he not be attracted by such a good girl? But what they were doing now was very dangerous, and they couldn't let her take the risk, so he could only suppress his thoughts.
After returning to the capital, he asked someone to put his things in the small courtyard he rented. He first went to see the orchids he raised and took care of them. Then he picked out some snacks and soaps and prepared to visit the Shen Mansion.
The old man at the gate of the Shen Mansion was stunned when he saw him, then reacted instantly and said with red eyes: "Little Master Shen, right? Please wait, I will report it right away!"
Shen Yu'an was handling some business in the study. When he heard that Shen Li had arrived, he immediately sent someone to tell his wife, and asked someone to prepare tea in the front hall, and then he went to greet him.
He was very happy when he saw Chen Li, and the servant beside him took the gift from his hand with great tact.
Chen Li bowed to him and said, "I pay my respects to Lord Shen Xiang! I made you unhappy not long ago, so I came here today to apologize to you."
Shen Yu'an stroked his beard and nodded. Suddenly, he paused and stared at the jade pendant on his waist. In an instant, he felt mixed emotions of sadness and joy.
"You, can you show me the jade pendant?"
Shen Li took the jade pendant off his waist and held it in front of him with both hands.
Shen Yu'an took it with a trembling hand, held it in front of his eyes, looked at the words engraved on it, and stroked it repeatedly.
He raised his sleeve to wipe the tears from his face, then pulled Chen Li into the front hall.
Bai Mingzhu had been waiting in the house for a long time. When Shen Yuan showed her the jade pendant in his hand, she finally couldn't help but burst into tears on the spot.
"Wow, wow, wow! My son! My Yan'er! Wow... Master! This is Yan'er's jade pendant! This is the gift you gave him when he came of age!"
Chen Li was also stunned. He originally thought that this jade pendant was something he wore when he was a child, but he never thought that it belonged to his father?
Shen Yu'an pulled him and asked, "Child, have you ever doubted your own life experience? You should have been very smart since you were young. Do you not remember anything from your childhood?"
Shen Li shook his head. He really didn't remember.
"I heard from my mother that he had a serious illness when he was young and almost died. After he recovered, he was like an idiot. It took more than a year for him to recover."
After hearing this, Bai Mingzhu stumbled forward and hugged him.
"Oh, my poor grandson! You've suffered so much... God has mercy on us! He will send you back to us!"
"Madam Guo, what do you mean by this?"
Shen Yu'an took the jade pendant and said to him, "The year my son and daughter-in-law died young, our six-year-old eldest grandson also disappeared. We searched for him for thirteen years. The moment we saw you, we were sure that you were the missing child of our Shen family! You look a lot like your mother, we wouldn't be mistaken, and this jade pendant is from me for your father. I carved the words on it myself, so there's no mistake!"
Chen Li stood there without saying anything. They just thought that he couldn't accept it for the time being.
"Child, if you don't believe it, we can go find your current adoptive parents and ask them and we'll know the answer!"
Chen Li smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry, sir. Please allow me to ask my mother later. If she tells me her life story, it won't be too late to trace my roots back to my ancestors."
Shen Yu'an called the manager and asked him to take people to bring Sun Zhenzhu to the capital, hoping to find out the truth as soon as possible.
Chen Li could only agree and said no more.
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