"Tell me, what's going on?" Wei Zijun sat down and looked at the three children in front of him who were still communicating with their eyes, so he asked directly.
Xiao An took a step forward hesitantly: "Mom, what's going on?"
Before they were sure of their mother's true thoughts about their father, Xiao An and the three of them actually did not want or dare to mention their father's affairs to their mother. Naturally, they had to hide this incident.
"Do you think I'm an old fool? I only give you one chance. It's up to you to decide whether to talk or not." Wei Zijun was not angry and said with a smile.
Seeing the smile on their mother's face, the three siblings actually felt a little panicked.
From the time they can remember until now, their mother has never hit them. However, this does not mean that because the three of them were born without a pitiful father, their mother will not hit or scold them if they do something wrong.
, but it was more severe than beating and scolding them.
When Xiao An was seven years old, because he couldn't eat the braised pork he liked, he got angry and pushed his rice bowl to the ground. Then, his mother led the three of them to a place outside the city where newly arrived refugees were resettled.
Let the three of them see what those people ate, where they lived, and what they were wearing.
That wasn't the end of the story. They left the three brothers and sisters there that day, without arranging where they would live, or leaving anyone to follow them. They just said they were too happy and didn't know the pain.
In the middle of winter, the three siblings were fine at first, but at night it was too cold. Ruyi sweetly called a refugee uncle, and they took him in and squeezed him into a shed for the night.
I wanted to enter the city early the next morning, but the soldiers guarding the city refused to let me in, saying it was my wife's order.
In this way, the three brothers and sisters lived and ate with the refugees outside the city for three days. During the day, they lined up with them to get porridge and dry food from the porridge shed, and at night they found a place to stay overnight.
On the first night, Xiaoan and Ruyi cried.
There was no point in crying. There was no one to comfort her, and she attracted crowds of refugee children.
On the fourth day, their mother ordered someone to pick them up. When they went back to ask Xiao An, they realized what they had done wrong.
From then on, Xiao An never picked out food, and Xiao Le stopped picking out clothes.
What the three siblings didn't know was that their mother had arranged for someone to disguise themselves as refugees to protect them nearby.
Also, over the years, my mother has governed several abandoned cities in three neighboring countries. Although she is a woman, the word "womanly benevolence" cannot be used for her.
For those who stayed on their own terms, she tried her best to let them have a house to live in and make a living. Even if they were penniless, they would have a place to take care of them when they got sick.
However, she also deals with those who do evil very harshly.
Those who commit petty theft will be asked first if they are caught if they want to stay here. If so, they will be punished with hard labor. Those who do not want to stay here will be deported and registered, and will not be allowed to enter the city again.
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For evil people with bad natures, such as those who bully men, dominate women, rape, humiliate, and plunder, and those who rob other people's finances and houses, if she knows about it, it will be a direct crime of death.
There are large prisons in the yamen of the city, but they are all empty, because she said that the evil people will not die, and they have to be guarded in the prison and have to control their food and drink. It is a waste of food and manpower, and the food should be reserved for the good people.
Therefore, in recent years, not only the people in these cities have been in awe of their mother, but also the three brothers and sisters.
Now, looking at their mother's smile, the three siblings looked at each other again.
"Okay, okay, mother wants to know. Just listen to what my son said. What else can I do? My son went there this time for two main purposes. One is to know that his military strength is very different from that of Gaoqiu.
Just wanted to see if I could help.
Another purpose is to see what kind of person he is." Xiao An didn't dare to argue anymore and quickly explained.
"Well, what happens next?" Wei Zijun also wanted to know anxiously, so he couldn't help but ask again.
"Mom, you are such a powerful person, but your eyes are not very good. How did you find such a person? After my son Shuai Bing helped him, he started to get in touch with him and thought he was quite good. My son couldn't help but want to recognize this person.
Dad, but he is fine, he..." Xiao An faced her mother, feeling really speechless.
After listening to this, Wei Zijun felt his mouth was a little dry, so he picked up the tea cup and was about to take a sip of tea: "What happened to him?" He asked impatiently before drinking.
"What's wrong with him? Mom, do you know that he called me little brother several times and I tolerated it without arguing with him. But later, he actually proposed to sworn brothers with your son and me." This time Xiao An said in one breath.
Out.
Poof, the tea that Wei Zijun had just taken into his mouth suddenly spurted out.
Ruyi hurried forward, pulled the handkerchief and helped her mother wipe it.
"Ahem, Xiao An, are you talking about Prince Ji He Zexu?" Wei Zijun stretched out his daughter's hand holding the handkerchief and asked in disbelief.
Xiao An nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's him."
Oh my god, Wei Zijun raised his hand to his forehead. He never expected that it would be like this.
No wonder Xiao An reacted like this when he came back.
There was a moment of silence in the study, and the three siblings looked at their mother who was holding her forehead.
After a while, Wei Zijun moved his hand away, adjusted his sitting posture, and looked at the expression on his face returning to normal: "What did he actually say at that time?"
Xiao An tilted his head and thought for a while: "Little brother, I feel like old friends with you at first sight. Otherwise, the two of us will become sworn brothers. Yes, that's what he said."
After hearing his son's words, Wei Zijun shook his head speechlessly, He Zexu is such a fool!
Xiao An is your biological son. Of course you feel closer to him. However, I have healed your eyes. Even if you have never seen my face, you have never seen your own from this child's face.
Where is the shadow?
This face shape, these eyebrows and eyes all look like yours!
However, it is understandable when we think about He Zexu not knowing the existence of the three children at all.
"Mother, do you want to hear the details?" Xiao An asked cautiously after seeing her mother distracted for a while.
Wei Zijun nodded. Although Lao Yu had been sending news about that person over the years, his son Xiaoan had close contact with that person himself.
Xiao An knew that her mother wanted to know about her father, so she told her mother exactly how she went to see her father, without any additions or changes.
Xiao Le and Ruyi were aside. After passing by the eldest brother, who had already told them once before, his attention was now focused on his mother's face. He wanted to judge from her expression and reaction what his mother's plans were for his father.
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After Xiao An finished speaking, he hesitated whether it was a good time to ask his mother directly, but he heard his mother say: "I want to be alone for a while, so you can go out first..."