Chapter 253 I already knew his identity
"What are you crying for in the middle of the night? Come in now!"
Candles were lit inside the room, and Li Meng stood at the door with her hands on her hips.
Erhu wagged his tail and rubbed against her feet.
"Wife... my elder brother is gone."
"I know, come in and speak!"
There was a knife on the table inside the room.
The handle is as black as ink, with silver inlay patterns on the surface. The blade is wide and heavy, over three feet long, exuding a sense of weight and menacing power, highlighting its extraordinary status.
Silver Embroidered Knife.
His father was too old to lift it, yet he made the little boy practice with it all day long... a silver embroidered knife.
The rust on its body has long since disappeared. If it were drawn, you would see its silver blade, which is dazzling and extremely sharp.
When swung, it weaves a shimmering silver net.
Xiao Zhang's eyes showed panic.
"Where did you find this? Put it away quickly. This knife has killed many wild beasts and has a strong murderous aura. Don't let it harm the baby in your belly."
Xiao Zhang wanted to put the knife away, but Li Meng stopped him.
She picked up the knife and pulled it out.
The blade rubbed against the scabbard, producing a burst of sparks and a clanging sound.
"Hey, be careful, be careful, don't cut your stomach..." Little Zhang waved his hands, his face turning pale with fright.
Li Meng examined the knife, the gleam of its blade reflecting on her face.
"You secretly polished the knife so brightly, did you think I didn't know?"
"It's a really good knife; it would be a shame not to use it."
"Wife, what do you mean?"
Xiao Zhang vaguely guessed what Li Meng meant. He both hoped she would continue and was afraid she would say it. His heart was pounding, he was in a state of turmoil, and his mind was a complete mess.
“You should go with your older brother,” Li Meng said.
"No, I can't leave you."
“You’re not of much use staying by my side. You can’t take away my pain, give birth to my child, or breastfeed me.”
This time, Xiao Zhang reacted quickly, "But I can cook for you, do your laundry, massage your back, and hug you at night so you won't be scared."
Why are you making it sound like I'm not very useful?
The last sentence clearly expresses dissatisfaction.
Li Meng then leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder.
She said softly, "It's not that you're useless, it's that you're too important. You're the man I'll rely on for the rest of my life, and the father of my child. How could you not be important?"
But I know that you must be very important to my elder brother, which is why Young Master Gu always comes to see you.
He teaches you to ride horses and practices with you; you enjoy being with them.
My brother is destined for great things, and you are capable too. I don't want you to spend your whole life stuck here, cooking and doing laundry for me, a woman. I can do all those things myself.
I don't think your father-in-law taught you all those skills just so you could do this.
Li Meng said a lot.
It's just a period of time, not a lifetime.
She waited here for him to come back.
Once he has fulfilled his brotherly duty and returned, he will stay by her side and not go anywhere else.
Xiao Zhang had already started crying while holding her.
I was incredibly conflicted.
"But it's very dangerous, what if I don't make it back..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Meng snapped.
"You have to come back, crawl back if you have to, otherwise I'll never speak to you again in this life, and I'll never see you again in the next!"
"Come back, I will definitely come back."
The couple embraced, speaking intermittently and sobbing until dawn.
Of course, it was Xiao Zhang who was sobbing, and Li Meng was just offering words of comfort.
Early in the morning, Xiao Zhang got up, made breakfast, fed the two dogs, and then left home.
Li Meng then got up, sat on the bed, and began to wipe away her tears.
How could she selfishly keep Zhang Lin?
These days, she could tell he was distracted. When Gu Chengzhou came to see him, his eyes were much brighter than when he was sitting outside the workshop.
He was incredibly talented; he shouldn't have stayed in this remote mountain village, living an unknown and quiet life until his death.
...
As soon as Xiao Zhang ran out of the village, he saw a man and a woman and two horses by the roadside.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Gu asked me to wait for you here."
"Hmph, how did he know I would go with him?"
"Brother Gu doesn't know, he just told me to wait two days."
Gu Chengzhou couldn't possibly guess all of his thoughts!
Xiao Zhang felt a little better.
"Are you the person Gu Chengzhou found for me? What's your name?" he asked the girl.
"This servant is Xiaoling."
"What 'servant'? That sounds awful! You're coming home with me. From now on, you'll cook for my wife, do laundry... oh, and you'll also work with her in the workshop. It doesn't matter how much you do, the main thing is to take good care of her..."
Xiao Zhang talked the whole way, and Xiao Ling said she remembered it all.
When they got home, Li Meng was packing Xiao Zhang's clothes, and Xiao Ling quickly went to help.
Xiao Zhang went to Li Laogua's house and then to Lu Qingqing's place, and arranged everything.
When they got home, Li Meng had already packed everything up.
Food, drink, and clothing.
Xiao Zhang stared blankly at Li Meng.
"If only you could shrink, I could put you in my pocket and take you with me."
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go, I need to go to the workshop."
Li Meng also brought herself some biscuits and a water bottle, as she gets hungry easily during her pregnancy.
Then, steeling myself, I went to the workshop first.
Xiao Ling followed closely behind.
Xiao Zhang walked around the house again, filled the water tank with water, and chopped firewood in one corner.
There's really nothing else to do.
He kicked Erhu.
"You're eating so well at my house, all shiny and greasy, you better keep a close eye on my house, or I'll skin you alive when I get back!"
Erhu let out a "woof".
"Consider it a yes!"
Xiao Zhang didn't tell anyone, but he actually knew his older brother's identity.
He knew it when Gu Chengzhou said that his elder brother was his father's apprentice.
When I was a child, my father once drank alcohol and went to the back mountain alone.
It was getting late, and he was worried, so he went to look for his father. He heard his father sobbing and saying:
“I was once the Crown Prince’s tutor, and was respected by all. How did I end up like this…”
My father is the Crown Prince's tutor and my elder brother's tutor.
Then I thought about my older brother's demeanor and mysterious aura.
It's not hard to guess that he is the Crown Prince who, according to rumors, died on his way to exile!
My father's body was damaged by someone, and he couldn't even lift a knife. He was unwilling to accept his death, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
And the eldest brother...
Such a good person was almost killed by someone, and people spread such terrible rumors about him. Those people deserve to die!
Whether for his father's sake or for his elder brother's, he could no longer stay peacefully in this village.
The only person I feel bad about is my wife; she's just gotten pregnant...
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