Chi Ge Lao looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and the sleepy Song Qiyun sitting in front of him, with a wry smile on his face.

"Your Highness, the Duke, and the General, no matter what urgent matters you have, you should have had breakfast, right? Looking at you like this, have you stayed up all night again?" He coughed twice, "At your age. Although I am young, I should take good care of my body, otherwise I will be worried when I get to my age."

"Thank you for your trouble. We will take good care of ourselves. We will be very healthy and ensure that we will live longer than you and your son."

Song Qiyun's tone was very rude. When he was in the palace last night, he had already seen the files sent to the palace by Xuanyuan Liang and Tantai Pingchuan. The two brothers worked all night and came to the same conclusion as Chen Cha. conclusion. Therefore, when he faced Mr. Chige again, his attitude was very tough and he did not save any face for Mr. Chige.

"What do you mean by this, Your Highness?"

Mr. Chige sensed Song Qiyun's faint anger and felt something was wrong. Although he had become an official long ago, he had once served as a lecturer in the palace and still had a good reputation. These royal family and high-ranking disciples still treated him with respect when they saw him, like Song Qiyun. He had almost never encountered someone who was so blatantly confronting him and especially disrespectful of him, so he felt very surprised and shocked. He looked at Song Qiyun with some confusion, wondering if this prince was at breakfast I ate something I couldn’t deal with.

"Today, I am here to interrogate you on behalf of Your Majesty, so I won't say any more polite nonsense." Song Qiyun showed a sarcastic smile towards Mr. Chi Ge, "I will ask you a question, and you will answer. If you lie... ..." He waved his hand behind him, and two shadow figures holding mace whips came to stand on both sides of Mr. Chige, "Don't blame me for not respecting Mr. Chige."

Mr. Chi Ge looked at the shadows on his left and right sides, and then at the mace whips in their hands. On the surface, he looked very well-behaved. He nodded to a few people, indicating that he would definitely tell everything he knew, but in his heart But he didn't take it seriously. To be honest, he really didn't believe that Song Qiyun dared to do something to him. If torture was really used, these children would not be able to bear the consequences.

Shen Cha could see what Chi Ge was thinking and raised his eyebrows at the two shadows. The two shadows received the general's instructions and swung the mace whip in their hands towards Chi Ge's back.

While he was still feeling complacent, he suddenly received several whiplashes on his back. The pain made Mr. Chige's eyes darken and he almost fainted. He never thought that the three children in front of him were not at all affectionate. , attack yourself directly.

"You...you..."

"Mr. Chi Ge, you have to recognize your identity now. You are no longer the dean of Taixue, you are just a prisoner." Shen Haolin looked at Mr. Chi Ge indifferently, "You should save your majesty. Bar! "

"By the way, I forgot to tell you that the Chi Mansion has been raided, and the homes of your favorite disciples have also been guarded by the Imperial Guards and patrol camps. They are already busy taking care of themselves and have no time to save you." Shen Cha said calmly. With a smile, "So, you should listen to us honestly, otherwise, we don't know what we will do to you."

"You... how can you be like this? It's too much!"

"It's very polite to treat you like this. Usually we give a hundred lashes to those who collude with foreigners or have ulterior motives."

"I...I didn't! When did I..."

Shen Cha stretched out his hand to interrupt Chige Lao's explanation and waved towards him.

"Whether you have colluded with foreigners or people with ulterior motives, you know it in your heart, and we also know it, so there is no need to quibble anymore."

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"It doesn't matter, you can think about it slowly, we are not in a hurry." Shen Cha waved his hand towards Shadow, "If you can't remember it, we don't mind using some means to help you recall it."

Chi Ge Lao wanted to continue to be tough, but when he saw the mocking smile on Shen Cha's face and the whips ready to move in the hands of the two shadow figures beside him, he opened his mouth several times and then closed it. After thinking for a long time, Then he sighed softly.

"What do you want to know? As long as I know something, I will tell you."

"Wouldn't it be better if it was like this? I have to get two whippings. Do you scholars like to be mean in your bones?" Song Qiyun snorted and saw Mei Lin, who was responsible for recording the confession, making a prepared gesture towards him. He tapped the table gently and said, "First question, Chi Hong is not your biological son. You picked him up outside, right?"

When Mr. Chi Ge heard Song Qiyun's words, he hesitated for a while and nodded slowly.

"That's right, he is not my biological son, he was saved by me unintentionally." He sighed deeply, "That winter, I was ordered by the emperor to accompany Lord Zhen of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. We visited the soldiers at the southwest border gate and met a group of robbers on the way back. With the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division here, it was easy to deal with the robbers. After killing all the robbers, we realized that this was not an ordinary incident. They are not robbers, but a group of human traffickers who abducted many children from Yancheng and sold them to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Is Chi Hong among them?"

"Yes!" Mr. Chige nodded lightly, "According to the accounts of this group of criminals, they brought a total of twenty-three children from Yancheng, seven of whom they abducted at the lantern festival, and the remaining sixteen They bought them from the parents of these children. But the weather was cold and the journey was long, so these children couldn't help but walk long distances, and only fifteen of the twenty-three children were left."

"It's already a lot." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin and Song Qiyun, "It's also because the place where Mr. Ge saved them is not far from Yancheng. Otherwise, the number should be much less than this."

"The general is right, Mr. Zhen also said the same at the time. Even so, the situation of these children is not particularly good. Most of them are born because they don't have enough to eat, don't wear warm clothes, and are beaten and scolded by traffickers. They were very seriously ill, and three or five children had high fevers that persisted. Although they were treated in time, some of the root causes of the disease still remained." Mr. Chige looked at the three people in front of him, "Some of them don't remember what happened before. There is one who can’t hear, and there are a few who can’t speak and don’t interact with others.” He sighed softly, “Xiao Hong just couldn’t remember the past things after he recovered from his illness, and he didn’t know himself. What's your name? I don't know if I have any relatives..." He looked at the three people in front of him and explained, "If you know your name, where your home is, and you are eager to go home, we will send people back. There are only a few children left who don't want to go home and can't remember their past affairs. Except for Xiao Hong, the others have been properly placed."

"Why except Chi Hong?"

"After he recovered, no one could get close to him except me, so I had no choice but to take him home."

"In this way, he becomes the youngest child of the Chi family." Song Qiyun nodded, changed the subject, and asked a key question, "You have actually known from this time that Chi Hong is actually Mrs. Teng... No,
Chapter completed!