Dingbeihou Mansion.
Shen Yanchuan reopened the file.
The battle at Tongtian Pass three years ago was full of doubts. After talking to Feng Zhang this time, he was even more convinced that there was something fishy in it.
He has already memorized this dossier, but to find out the truth, he has to peel off the cocoons, which is very difficult.
Suddenly, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he said towards the window: "Why, the door of Dingbeihou Mansion is not wide enough, and you have to climb in from the backyard?"
The next moment, the window was pushed open, and a handsome figure jumped in.
It was Xie Anbai who had just returned to Beijing.
He unfolded his fan with a "swish" sound, shook his head and said softly, "Your ears are too good, can't you let me win once?"
Shen Yanchuan closed the file, put it aside, and looked at him.
"All the money has been spent?"
Xie Anbai: "..."
He coughed hard and said: "How can I! Am I that kind of person? What is our relationship? We are brothers who live and die together! Can I trouble you just for a few taels of silver?"
Shen Yanchuan: "After you returned to Beijing, you haven't returned to Xie's house yet?"
Although it was a question, the tone was firm.
Xie Anbai suddenly had a headache: "What a joke! If I go back now, my father will let me kneel under the sun for two hours! Aren't you asking for death?"
His father was serious about trying to deal with him!
"It won't be too late to go back when it gets cooler in a few days and he's less grumpy."
Shen Yanchuan nodded: "The woodshed in Dingbeihou Mansion is still empty, and I can lend it to you."
Xie Anbai opened his eyes in disbelief: "Thanks to me running non-stop to deliver a message to you, you treat me like this?"
"Sending a message?" Shen Yanchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Didn't you just return to the capital? What message should you send me?"
"Doctor Ye!"
Xie Anbai put away the folding fan and leaned forward with a curious look on his face.
"I just saw her going to the Xu Mansion, and Xu Rongqing went out to greet her in person!"
Shen Yanchuan made a move.
Seeing his reaction, Xie Anbai couldn't help but feel a bit of schadenfreude: "How about it, did I send this letter in time?"
Shen Yanchuan said nothing, his eyes were lowered, and his emotions could not be seen.
Xie Anbai couldn't bear it any longer: "Hey, why didn't you react at all?"
He leaned back and said, "I've asked about everything. Dr. Ye's background is not ordinary at all. She is Ye Zheng's daughter!"
Speaking of this, Xie Anbai couldn't help but sigh: "Let me just say, when I saw her for the first time, I felt she looked familiar inexplicably. It turns out that I had actually met her three years ago!"
Shen Yanchuan raised his eyes: "After she entered the capital three years ago, she only stayed in the capital for a few months, and because of her frailty, she almost never left the gate of Ye Mansion. Have you - seen her?"
"Of course! How could I remember such a thing wrong!" Xie Anbai immediately sat up straight, "She hadn't been out much at that time, but I saw her on her first day in the capital!"
Xie Anbai touched his chin.
"It's a coincidence. That day happened to be the day when you left Beijing and returned to Huizhou. I said I would see you off, but I happened to meet Ye Xiting on the road. He was in a hurry to pick someone up outside the city gate. He only said that his family members were coming to Beijing. Well, I didn’t ask in detail. Later I found out that it was his mother and sister who came that day.”
A dark color flashed across Shen Yanchuan's eyes, and countless images flashed through his mind.
"...It turned out to be that day."
"Speaking of which, you should have met him outside the city at that time, but you just didn't see him."
It was an extremely ordinary day, and no one cared about the person passing by.
"I saw her from a distance at that time. At that time, I felt that she was very thin, as if she could be blown away by a gust of wind. I didn't expect that when I saw her again three years later, she seemed to be a completely different person. If it hadn't been for her again this time, If we meet her in Beijing, I probably won't be able to remember who she is." Xie Anbai said.
Three years is neither long nor short, but it is enough to change many things.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. How is your recovery?" Xie Anbai raised his chin, "I heard that during your return to Beijing, you were sick at home and posted a lot of posts."
Shen Yanchuan pressed his chest.
"Well, it seems like it's not completely healed yet."
Xie Anbai was very surprised: "Really? So your injuries are more serious than I expected! But isn't Dr. Ye's medical skills very good? I heard that she
Even the eldest princess was rescued, why haven't you recovered after so long? "
Xie Anbai looked at him: "How about asking her to come over and take a look at it for you?"
…
Xu Mansion, study.
Xu Fengchi took out a wooden box and handed it to Ye Chutang.
"What are placed here are some old things belonging to your parents and brother. Back then... the accident happened too suddenly. When I received the news and rushed there, it was already too late. I only found these."
Ye Chutang took it with both hands and opened the box.
Lying quietly inside was a seal, a pair of pearl earrings, and a jade plaque.
They were all personal belongings of my parents and brother at that time.
Ye Chutang stared at it for a long time, his long eyelashes casting a faint shadow on his eyelids.
At that time, in order to take Ayan Afeng and Xiaowu away safely, she made everyone think that they were completely dead and did not take anything on the carriage with them.
I never thought I would see these objects again one day.
She concentrated and held her breath, closed the box, bowed her knees seriously and said thank you: "Uncle Xu's thoughts will be engraved in the hearts of Ayan, Afeng, and Xiao Wu."
Xu Fengchi sighed and smiled bitterly:
"Actually, I didn't help you much. I couldn't keep most of their belongings. Ye Heng is solely responsible for the rest of the things. After all, I am an outsider. I am not a blood relative like him and your father, so many things are naturally irrelevant. Quan asked, but there were very few things that could be obtained. Even when they openly moved to your house later..."
Speaking of this incident, Xu Fengchi still felt very guilty.
Ye Chutang didn't seem to care, and smiled: "You have done a lot for us. What's more, you didn't know we were still alive at that time, right?"
She gently stroked the box. It clearly didn't contain a lot of things, but it weighed more than a thousand pounds.
She said calmly: "Even if we are blood relatives, it is common to turn against each other. Sometimes, the person who hurts the most is the person closest to you."
Xu Fengchi's heart moved: "Chu Tang, what you said...did you discover something?"
Ye Chutang's lips curved: "I'm not sure yet. I'll tell you when I get it clearer later. By the way, you said before that in the Tongzhou River Embankment embezzlement case, there was someone who was once my father's subordinate?"
Xu Fengchi looked serious: "That's right. I once suspected that he was related to the accident that happened to your parents."
Ye Chutang nodded: "I want to see him."
Xu Fengchi frowned: "I'm afraid this matter won't be that easy. He is currently in a prison and will be exiled soon."
"I want his testimony—"
Ye Chutang smiled slightly,
"Then there is a way to pry open his mouth."
