In a house with closed doors and windows, Hua Fu and Hua Yu sat on the floor. The father and son did not speak. They just buried their heads and drank hot soup, but their eyes were wandering, and it was obvious that their minds were not here.
a long time.
Hua Fucai stroked his beard and said:
"Yu'er, these words cannot be false."
"Are you really sure that young man is Si Nian?"
Hua Yu nodded seriously and said:
"Aweng, how could I lie about this kind of thing?"
"I went to the school in person today and observed it personally."
"Although his face has changed a lot since he was a child, the overall outline has not changed significantly. I have never forgotten it since I was a child. I have already remembered the face of the tenth prince in my mind. It is absolutely impossible to admit his mistake."
"He is Si Nian!"
"He didn't die back then!"
"and......"
"Aweng, you may not know."
"When I was investigating today, I accidentally found out something."
"This young man was previously a deceased person without household registration. Within this month, his household registration was first changed to a private slave status, and he was exempted from criminal labor. Then when the Guanzhong Dasuo was over, his household registration changed to a private slave.
Became a disciple."
"But in the household registration, his name is not Si Nian."
"Call Qin Luoheng instead!"
"Regarding his household registration, the information registered at Hucao and Tingwei's residence is very rudimentary, and many of his past experiences are blank. The reason for the change of household registration is also unclear."
"His household registration changed only because of one person."
"His Majesty."
"According to the officials of Hu Cao, the change of Qin Luoheng's household registration was an order issued by Tingwei's Mansion. The reason given by Tingwei's Mansion was very perfunctory, saying that Qin Luoheng had made meritorious service and won the title, but because he was a deceased person, his merits and demerits were outweighed.
, so only household registration will be given, and no rewards will be given."
"The specific reason for meritorious service is unknown."
"But according to the vague news from Hucao."
"The reason why Qin Luoheng received such preferential treatment is because he was present when His Majesty Lanchi was attacked and rescued His Majesty."
"So His Majesty granted permission to change his household registration."
Hua Yu paused for a moment.
Continued:
"There's more to youth than that."
"I went to Hucao specifically to inquire about Qin Luoheng's residence, and the result was somewhat surprising. Qin Luoheng's residence is not in Xianyang, nor in a village near Xianyang, but in Lishan Mountain."
"Lishan?" Hua Fu was surprised.
Hua Yu nodded.
"It's in Lishan."
"According to the household official Gu, when he applied for Qin Luoheng's household registration, he made a special trip to Shanglinyuan just to help him apply for a ticket to enter and exit Lishan. This also means that Qin Luoheng did not have any
The legal basis for entry and exit.”
"Lishan Mountain is the forbidden garden of the emperor."
"Illegal trespassers will be killed in the city."
"Qin Luoheng not only broke in illegally, but also settled there. What's even more bizarre is that His Majesty knew about it. Even if he saved the car and was able to obtain a household registration, Lishan is an important place for the royal family, so how can ordinary people settle there?
of?"
"As a result, not only did His Majesty not drive him away, but he also asked Shanglinyuan to issue a defense ticket for him, making the meaning self-evident."
"The First Emperor must have recognized Si Nian!"
Hua Fu frowned and said in a low voice: "There are so many similar people in the world. Si Nian passed away at the age of eight, and His Majesty announced it himself. If he had not died, how could His Majesty announce this bad news to the outside world? Since people die
If it is dead, how can it be resurrected?"
"Are there really ghosts and gods in the world?"
Hua Yu said:
"There are no ghosts or gods in the world."
"Aweng, do you still remember that ten years ago, after His Majesty announced that Si Nian was dead, he immediately purged the palace and killed thousands of eunuchs, forbidden soldiers, and maids related to Si Nian's incident."
"And the whole city is being chased."
Hua Fu's eyes suddenly widened and he said in a concentrated voice: "Back then, the State of Yan surrendered and presented the map of Dukang and the head of Fan Yuqi. At that time, there were only two people who entered Qin, one was Jing Ke and the other was Qin Wuyang, but the two of them were They all died in the palace."
"Dasuo in the city..."
Hua Fu was stunned.
He immediately realized something was wrong.
Then he stood up suddenly, his eyes filled with horror.
"wrong!"
"The two people who assassinated His Majesty are dead. There is no need to massacre the entire city."
"Furthermore, His Majesty said that Si Nian was killed in Xianyang Palace. Even if he had to deal with it, he should only deal with the imperial guards who were nearby at the time and the eunuchs and maids related to Si Nian. But that time, the entire palace was purged."
"Ye killed thousands of people!"
"Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have never engaged in such a big war. Even when you killed Lao Ai and Chang'an Lord, you only killed people close to them, and never implicated other unrelated people. There was something wrong with that purge."
"There must be other things happening in the palace!"
"Could it be..."
Hua Fu's voice trembled a little.
Hua Yu smiled bitterly and said:
"Aweng, we were all confused back then and didn't think much about it at all."
"At the time, we didn't think there was anything wrong with His Majesty's actions, but now that we think about it, we were actually so shocked by Si Nian's death that we lost our sense of proportion, which led us to ignore such an obvious anomaly."
"I'm really dizzy!"
Hua Fu sat down on the ground and murmured in a low voice: "Could it be that there was something hidden back then? In fact, Si Nian was not dead at all, he just disappeared!"
"This this......"
In the house.
There was no words for a long time.
...
The next day.
At dawn, Qin Luoheng got up.
After breakfast, he packed everything he needed and was ready to go down the mountain.
But this time there was one more person going down the mountain.
Bo Shu also wants to go down the mountain.
Bo Shu's health has not fully recovered, but she is worried about her family, so she wants to go home as soon as her health improves.
Guanzhong has been unblocked.
In the past two days, grain and grass have been delivered to Xianyang one after another. There will basically be no large-scale food shortages in the city. Bo Shu's family is also in a good situation, and he has someone to take care of him when he returns home. It is indeed better than him.
He agreed immediately.
He also prepared something for Bo Shu.
Some dry food.
Just in case.
After several large-scale migrations, Xianyang's population has reached nearly one million.
Although food is constantly being delivered from the city, the short-term food gap is still not small. If Bo Shu's family is short of food, these dry food can be used to provide relief.
Bo Shu therefore did not refuse.
But when she saw a piece of pine ink in the package, her face looked slightly strange.
Qin Luoheng smiled and said:
"When I was excerpting books yesterday, I accidentally noticed that you were staring at this ink from time to time. I happen to have a lot of this kind of pine ink, so I gave you a piece as a souvenir."
Hear the words.
Bo Shu's face turned red.
Where did she stare at Mo last night? She was clearly looking at Qin Luoheng. However, it was impossible to say these words directly. She bowed and said rather shyly:
"Thank you sir for the gift."
"The little girl will treasure it well."
Qin Luoheng frowned slightly.
He locked the door, carried two luggages, and went down the mountain with Bo Shu.
Half an hour later.
The two were separately on the streets of Changyang.