Southland
The Chen family received news from Chang'an that the letter had been delivered to the emperor and that the imperial envoy and his party had left Chang'an.
Several core members of the Chen family who knew about this were very excited, thinking that the Chen family was about to make a contribution.
They felt that when this matter was settled, the emperor would definitely reward their Chen family.
Little did they know that the Chen family’s credit had been completely stolen by Xie Zhan.
Xie Zhan, who was at home at this time, also received the secret message.
Because of the rain, he has been visiting Chen Mansion every other day recently.
But when the Chen family received the news, they did not send anyone to inform him.
Thinking of this, Xie Zhan smiled slightly, but the smile was a bit cold.
He closed his eyes and silently reviewed his entire plan in his mind. When he found that there were no omissions, he opened his eyes and slowly exhaled.
He knows that he can start the next step, which is another key point of the overall situation. All the preparations are ready.
That night, he stayed in the study and did not return to his room.
That night, Chen Jin, who was hanging out outside, happened to catch a glimpse and saw an acquaintance. Seeing the man's fleeting profile and familiar figure, he was so excited that he immediately left his friends behind and followed him.
After confirming his guess, he immediately went home and knocked on the door of his father's study.
The next day, the rain was still pouring down.
In the study room of Chen Mansion, Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu were discussing things.
Chen Jiaye asked with concern, "Are you sure it's Xue Guangxian?"
Chen Jiayu nodded, "I sent someone to check it out, it should be him. He lived in a simple residence at the foot of Puxian Temple for pilgrims to rest."
Chen Jiaye murmured, "This is the place he would choose. He should be back."
Only recently did they learn that it was Ji Wuyin who helped Xue Guangxian in secret that allowed him to successfully escape from the Southland three years ago.
And he recently received rumors that Ji Wuyin had taken a long trip a few days ago, and the place he went to was Liaodong County.
Therefore, Chen Jiaye guessed that Xue Guangxian was probably back, and he probably wanted to go back to the gathering place of the Li clan to take a look.
"Brother, what should we do next?"
"Go meet him!"
"good."
Chen Jiaye looked at Chen Jiayu and said meaningfully, "Bring more people with you. Three years ago, he caused huge losses to the Chen family. We must make sure that he cannot escape this time."
"good!"
The two brothers looked at each other with intriguing eyes.
So the Chen family began to mobilize a large number of manpower, and the eldest son Chen Yu was responsible for this matter.
Chen Jin had been paying attention to the movements in the main courtyard. When he saw his father mobilizing manpower, he quickly ran over to express that he would follow him out!
Chen Jiaye agreed without much thought. Young people should exercise more and beat more. Besides, he and his second uncle were still watching.
Mrs. Chen on the side was extremely worried, "It's been raining today, can't we go out another day?" Mrs. Chen was particularly panicked today, and she didn't want her husband to go out.
"No." After saying that, Chen Jiaye left.
In three years, Xue Guangxian appeared in Nandi for the first time. He was probably taking a road back to the gathering place of the Li tribe. He would not stay in Nandi for too long. This time we discovered his whereabouts. If we don't catch him, our chances next time will be slim.
Mrs. Chen watched the servants holding an umbrella for him. They quickly came to the carriage and boarded it.
Not long after, a group of more than ten carriages began to drive forward, gradually disappearing into the rain.
The rain is still falling and shows no sign of letting up.
The movement of Chen Mansion's manpower was very loud internally, but on rainy days, their movement was covered up, making it unknown to outsiders.
Xie Zhan was the only one who silently paid attention to what was going on in Chen's house. As soon as they went out, it didn't take long for Xie Zhan to receive the news.
Xie Zhan was not surprised at all that Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu were fooled.
First of all, the grievances between the Chen family and Xue Guangxian are deeply involved; secondly, the Chen family is too greedy.
The Chen family is actually very secretive about Xue Guangxian, and a lot of information related to it is sealed.
He checked the past information and found out that Xue Guangxian tore Xiaozhuya Island back for the Chen family. At that time, Chen Jiaye was actually interested in another fertile land, and it was Xue Guangxian who strongly urged him to choose Xiaozhuya Island.
Now that a gold mine has been discovered on Xiaozhuya Island, Chen Jiaye and others will inevitably wonder whether Xue Guangxian has long seen that there is a gold mine on Xiaozhuya Island, so he insisted on this small island in the first place. Does he have any special way to discover gold mines?
Even if they don't think much about it, he will lead them in this direction.
Xie Zhan believed that as long as they discovered that Xue Guangxian had returned to the Southland, it would be difficult for Chen Jiaye and others not to be tempted by old and new grudges, as well as the huge interests involved.
At this time, a servant came to report, "Patriarch, the young lady sent someone to ask, are you ready?"
The look on Xie Zhan's face was a little cold, "I'll be there right away."
Chen Baozhu was very happy to see Xie Zhan. She held out her pregnant belly and asked with a smile on her face, "Can we go out?"
Xie Zhan advised her, "It's raining today. Can we go to Puxian Temple another day?"
"No!" After Chen Baozhu finished speaking, he realized that his tone was too strong, so he said softly, "Didn't we agree to go to Puxian Temple today? It's a good day today, and I'm going to fulfill my wish. How can I Rescheduled?”
What's more, it's just a little rain. Even if there is a knife from the sky, she will go!
"You are pregnant and may slip easily when it rains."
Chen Baozhu is a stubborn person. If she becomes stubborn, the more others don't let her do something, the more she will do it.
Chen Baozhu shook his head stubbornly, "I just want to go today."
At the same time, maybe because of her pregnancy, she is particularly emotionally sensitive. When Zhao Yutan was pregnant, her husband even accompanied her to offer incense to pray for peace. Now it was her turn to accompany her to Puxian Temple, but she was pushed back.
She felt aggrieved in her heart, "Husband, let's go today? It shouldn't rain all the time. Maybe it will stop after we arrive?"
Xie Zhan looked helpless, "You can go if you want."
Lu family
In the rain, the servants of the Lu family prepared the carriage according to the instructions of the eldest lady Lu Fei, and the boys in charge of guarding the concierge quickly removed the side door sill and then pushed the side door open.
There were servants standing outside the gate in the rain to intercept passing pedestrians and carriages. From this posture, it was obvious that someone from the Lu family was going out.
At this time, Lu Xihua happened to be coming back from outside, and his accompanying boy was about to call people aside so that they could go in with the carriage.
But he was stopped by Lu Xihua, "The carriage pulls over, let's wait!"
With this going-out attitude, except for those few, there was no one else at home. He was curious, who would go out at this time?
"Young Master, this is the carriage that the eldest lady uses privately." The eldest lady did not use her large carriage with the family emblem engraved on it.
Lu Xihua snorted, "This bitch!" Then he looked at the carriage that was gradually driving away, his eyes narrowed slightly, Lu Fei still went out on a rainy day? Isn't it a private meeting with your lover?
"Follow up!"
"Okay!"
Recently, Lu Xihua hated Lu Fei, his sister-in-law, with a passion. If he just ignored Lu Fei, the eldest sister born from his aunt's mother-in-law, recently, what this eldest sister did recently really offended him.
Recently, she has been giving him eye drops in front of her father and often picking on his faults, causing him to be blamed and scolded by his father recently.
Sometimes he could even feel his father's disappointment in him. After all, it was all caused by Lu Fei, a bitch!
"Are you following?" Lu Fei asked.
"The eldest son is following."
The sky was clear and clear here in Liaodong County. Qin Sheng said goodbye to his family and his wife, took a small baggage on his shoulders, stuffed a small bag of tips in his arms, and went on a long trip.
Xue Xu: "Prepare the carriage."
Qin Sheng glanced at him, "Why don't you prepare a carriage? Take the waterway!" He thought to himself, if you are going to the south with you, who would take a leisurely carriage there? !
"I don't go by water."
Qin Sheng despised him and feared that he would die like this. That was enough.
"Don't worry, even if you are in danger, I won't let you hang your hair."
Xue Xu looked at him suspiciously. Although he had always been lucky, there should only be one end for a landlubber who fell into the water, right? He's lucky, so it can only make his death look more beautiful, right?
At this time, they happened to pass by a lake with extremely deep water.
"Wait."
Qin Sheng looked around and found that there were not many people around him early in the morning. Without saying a word, he put the bag aside, took off his clothes, jumped up, and plunged directly into the water.
Xue Xu:......
Not long after, Qin Sheng emerged from the bottom of the water, holding a turtle in his hand!
Xue Xu:! ! !
"When did you learn to swim?" Wasn't this guy a landlubber before? Jealousy, he also learned to swim, but unfortunately he couldn't learn it.
Qin Sheng said proudly, "What's so difficult about this?" He had perfected this swimming while he was fighting bandits in Fang County and An City. He knew a little bit of water before, but he also knew that the sea was different from canals and small pools.
Xue Xu looked at the turtle that had shrunk into a ball in his hand. He even caught the turtle. How deep did he dive?
"Okay, I'll listen to you this time and take the water route!"
This turtle is good, it has a good meaning, the turtle leads to return, and at the same time, the turtle also symbolizes longevity, so it’s appropriate.
