Xiao Chengyi nodded: "Yes, I will ask my cousin to send you to the southern border first. After meeting General Mu, you will set off for Nanyue."
After a pause, he continued: "Cousin, he is the prince of Nanyue. When he arrives at Nanyue, he will take care of you, so you can just stay in peace."
When Shen Chi heard the words "Prince Nanyue", his face was startled. He was stunned for a moment and then looked at Xiao Chengyi and asked with some excitement: "Are you the orphan of Prince Chen?"
Xiao Chengyi nodded: "Exactly."
Shen Chi's eyes heated up, and he looked at Xiao Chengyi in front of him and said, "So it's you, so good, so good."
Xiao Chengyi heard the deep meaning in his words and asked suspiciously: "Could it be that you already knew about my existence?"
Everyone knew that the princess was buried in the fire, and the child in her belly also died, but Shen Chi seemed to know his existence.
Shen Chi said: "Not only do I know your existence, but I have also met your parents. Back then, I was just a down-and-out scholar. Because I was penniless and lived in Sanqing Temple, I made a living by chopping firewood every day.
I remember that day, I strayed into a deep mountain and encountered a wild beast. I thought I was going to die, but unexpectedly I was saved by someone, and that person was your father.
Back then, he took your pregnant mother with him and wanted to find a place for her to stay, so I took them to Sanqing Temple, which is a dilapidated Taoist temple hidden in the mountains.
After your mother was settled, your father left in a hurry. Before leaving, he entrusted your mother to my care and said he would pick her up soon.
I didn't know their identities at that time, I just thought they were in some kind of trouble. Later Yuan Hao forced Gong Lian and Han and Yan to kill Prince Chen.
After your mother learned the news, she had a fetal contraction and gave birth prematurely. After you were born, a man sneaked into the room without you noticing.
The man said that you were your mother's secret guard. Only then did I know your mother's identity. It turned out that she was the Crown Princess and the princess of Nanyue. The man wanted to take you mother and son away, but unexpectedly, Yuan Hao led someone to besiege you. Three Pure Views.
However, before your father left, he left a group of secret guards to resist Yuan Hao's people. However, Sanqing Temple was already surrounded by people at that time, but I have lived in the temple all year round and know where to hide people in the temple.
I took that man and you and hid in the secret room under the stone statue in the palace, while your mother stuffed a pillow into her belly to pretend she was not yet pregnant.
She poured kerosene on the hall, opened the door and let the secret guard Fang Yuanhao and others in, and then your mother lit a fire and burned herself to death in the hall in front of everyone."
Back then, he was hiding under the stone statue and saw the woman's decisive back through the small gap. He would never forget that scene.
Xiao Chengyi listened quietly to Shen Chi's story. The scene at that time appeared in his mind, and his heart was extremely painful. He blinked and asked calmly: "What happened next?"
Shen Chi sighed and said: "The fire was too strong. Although Yuan Hao had people put out the fire, he could not save your mother. Later, Yuan Hao had people collect your mother's bones and lead them away from Sanqing Temple. .
You were very well-behaved at that time. You had never cried since you hid under the stone statue. It was not until Yuan Hao and others left that you seemed to feel something and started to cry loudly.
Your mother's secret guard wanted to take you away, but the secret guards your father left behind did not agree. As a result, they both started fighting. When I chased after them, they were all gone, but I knew they Won't hurt you."
Xiao Chengyi thought of his adoptive father Xiao Ce who was rescued by his mother Xin Ruyi due to serious injury and amnesia. He thought that the injuries on his body were caused by the secret guards left behind by his father.
He narrowed his eyes and asked: "My father secretly sent my mother out of the capital and placed her in Sanqing Temple. How did Yuan Hao find her?"
Shen Chi looked at him and said: "It's Yan Qin. I was hiding under the stone statue and heard it very clearly. Your mother scolded Yan Qin for betraying your father. It was precisely because he betrayed the master and turned to Yuan Hao that you were killed. Both parents are dead.”
Xiao Chengyi's face darkened, and a strong murderous look flashed in his eyes: "It's him!"