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My father is still alive?

"You …" Wang Shangshu was surprised by her question, "Situ, what nonsense are you spouting?"

But he quickly responded, "Situ, what secret agreement between this official and the Xiao Shang Shu, where did you hear it from?"

Xiao Ruyue laughed, she already understood what was going on, "Seems like, this official has guessed right."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You've guessed correctly." "Situ, I don't know where you found out that the Xiao family had dealings with our Wang family, nor do I know why you had such a strange thought. What I want to tell you is that young people need to keep their feet on the ground and do what they should do. Don't believe those empty words, it won't do you any good."

Wang Shangshu had never been a talkative person, but today he was in a hurry to give a long speech.

One could imagine that her guess was not wrong.

Xiao Ruyue wanted to ask further, but looking at Wang Shangshu's attitude, he would not let go so easily.

Xiao Ruyue was naturally a smart person, she knew what kind of person Wang Shangshu was, and she also knew that no matter how hard she asked, she wouldn't be able to get anything out of them.

Therefore, she didn't say anymore, exchanged a few words of greeting, and took her leave.

Wang Yingyue still couldn't bear to part with her parents and brother, but how could she dare to disobey when the Empress said that she would return to the palace?

There were two carriages at the door. Wang Yingyue and the Lotus Incense got onto one of the carriages, Qing Qing was in charge of driving the carriage, Xiao Ruyue and Qing Qing was in charge of driving the carriage.

The two cars left one after the other.

Not long after Xiao Ruyue and the other two carriages left, Wang Shangshu ordered the palanquin to be prepared, and they went straight to the Gui Lin Tea House in the city.

What he did not know was that there was a carriage waiting at the corner. It was waiting for him to prepare the carriage and leave, so it would follow him from afar.

There was a private room on the second floor of the Julin Tea House. Du Ziheng specially reserved a room for him. At this moment, the one who accompanied him was his respected master, the middle-aged man who was refined and refined.

He was dressed in a green and gray cloth robe and had a towel on his head. He had a different aura to the others. Even ordinary people could tell that he was not ordinary.

"Mentor, the Duke of Wei has been gone for a long time, and His Majesty has also entrusted the general with the heavy responsibility of resisting the Tartar. The situation in the imperial court is currently very complicated, and the future is even more complicated. If King Wei still doesn't show up, then we won't be able to do anything to him. "

His benefactor took a sip of tea, but smiled and shook his head, "Your words are belittling the current emperor. He is not a mediocre person who would allow himself to be trampled upon. "

Du Ziheng recalled the time when the Lord had a stern face and was expressionless. A chill ran down his back, and he laughed: "His Majesty is indeed not that kind of person."

His Majesty was obviously a man of great talent, that kind of imposing manner was imposing and mighty without anger, and when Du Ziheng thought of the scene of him together with Situ, his heart became a little flustered.

Situ obviously didn't think much of a man as outstanding as his highness. However, Situ Bu Fan didn't say anything to him. In the end, he was the one who made up his mind. It was also good to give up on this idea.

"Ziheng, I want to search for it in the Han Forest Academy. Have you found anything about the life of the late Emperor's Second Prince?" Just as Du Ziheng was in a daze, his teacher opposite of him spoke.

Du Ziheng let out a "ya" sound, regained his senses and quickly replied: "Yes, yes." As he spoke, he took out two pages that he copied from the royal family's ancient records.

The middle-aged man nodded and took the two pages from him to read.

It mentioned that the Second Prince was born with a mother, and it also said that the Second Prince loved to practice martial arts when he was young. Later on, he acknowledged an expert as his master, then traveled the world with his master, and from then on, his whereabouts were unknown.

There was no more.

"Is that all?"

Du Ziheng replied, "Yes, master. The student searched through the Han Lin Yuan's library for a long time, but only a few words were recorded by the Second Prince. Even the last time the students took advantage of the time when they entered the palace to search through the library, they did not find much. I don't know why, but even the royal family's internal history is only a few strokes away. "

His teacher fell into deep thought. A glint flashed through his eyes before he left, his meaning unclear.

Du Ziheng couldn't understand his expression, but he felt a little scared, "Benefactor … …"

He had known his teacher for eight years. Apart from his gloomy and unfriendly master at the beginning, it had been very rare for him to do so in all these years.

Suddenly, the door to the private room was pushed open from the outside.

"Wenshansu!"

The refined middle-aged Wenshansu and Du Ziheng, who were sitting in the private room, looked over in the direction of the voice. It was the Wang Shangshu coming at once.

The Gui Lin Tea House was a place that they had discussed with each other, it was not surprising that the Wang Shangshu would come looking for them, but for them to be so anxious and not have a clear indication of it, it was extremely puzzling.

"Wenshansu, I have something to discuss with you." Without waiting for Wenshansu to speak, Wang Shangshu spoke first.

Hearing that, Wenshansu paused, and glanced at Du Ziheng. Du Ziheng understood his master's intentions, he saluted the two elders and left respectfully.

"Brother Wang, why are you in such a hurry?" Wenshansu poured a cup of tea for him, neither too fast nor too slow.

Wang Shangshu drank his mouthful of wine and panted heavily, "Do you know any members of the Liu Prefecture's Situ Family?"

The Wenshansu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "I only heard the rumors, I don't know any of them. Brother Wang is talking about the one you think highly of, the one with the most outstanding talent, the youth named Situ Wu? "

"Exactly. "When that fellow was complaining about his illness, he suddenly came to me today and asked me if there was any secret agreement with the Minister of Rites, the Xiao Clan, to call out his name. I'm afraid the person who has come is not friendly." When Wang Shangshu said these words, his expression was solemn.

The Wenshansu was silent.

"Back then, you two were attacked halfway home. Sister-in-law unfortunately lost her life, elder brother …" As he was speaking, he suddenly met the Wenshansu's gaze and knew that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly changed his words, "Elder brother, even though you survived, you had no choice but to stay hidden for many years to avoid your enemies. Some families are unable to return, so they changed their identities and hid in the Huaiyang. After all these years of wandering and interviewing, one reason is to seek revenge, two reason is to find the mastermind behind all of this, how could it be so easily discovered by someone who has nothing to do with it? "

"Didn't you say that the flower seeker is a rare genius?" The Wenshansu acted as if he did not hear the Wang Shangshu's speech and asked his own question.

Hearing his question, the Wang Shangshu hesitated, "That's right, Situ isn't that kind of person usually. He is not afraid of power and is very stubborn. He dared to directly face that old man surnamed Qiu at such a young age, yet was able to easily avoid his blade and escape unscathed.

As he spoke, he fell into deep thought.

The Wenshansu let out a long sigh, "There is no wall in this world that doesn't let the wind pass through. That youth is as you said, definitely not a character as pure as white paper. On the contrary, that youngster's shrewdness must be extremely deep, and it just depends on whether he wants to use it in the right places or in the wrong places. "

Wang Shangshu emphasized the point. If he had to believe that Situ had ulterior motives, even if he was beaten to death, he would not believe it.

After so many years, his eyes could be considered to have read countless people. That little fellow Situ was so pure when he smiled, and his eyes were even cleaner when he closed his daughter's home.

Thinking about this, Wang Shangshu began to fight with himself.

They didn't know how shocked Xiao Ruyue, who was standing next to a wall and had heard the conversation, was.

After exiting the Wang Family, Wang Yingyue went back to the palace in the carriage, but she did not return to the palace. Instead, she waited for Wang Shangshu to leave home and instructed him to follow her.

Xiao Ruyue originally wanted to give it a try, but who would have thought that the Wang Shangshu would really lose his patience and rush out.

They followed him all the way to the Julin Tea House and entered the next room.

Autumn Ci and Shen Liang lost their inner force to her, so she heard the conversation next door.

These words were probably incomprehensible to Shen Liang, but every single word from Wang Shangshu struck her heart.

The couple returned home to be killed, one dead and one alive, the lucky survivors who had changed their identities and hid their identities could not leave their homes. Adding to the words they had said previously, all of this meant that the Wenshansu was her father, her own father, Xiao Hanwen!

The Wenshansu was a famous scholar. Yin Lin had said before that the people of the Huaiyang respected this mister the most. Du Ziheng was the teacher and the great scholar.

How … How is this possible?

Daddy didn't die? However, because of something, she had to hide her name and leave this place. He clearly knew that the one who harmed him was Yuwen Chenglian, then who was the mastermind he was looking for painstakingly?

Unknowingly, Xiao Ruyue's face was covered in tears.

She had thought that her grandmother and Jing Yu were the only two close relatives she had in this world. She hadn't thought that her father would still be alive!

What kind of surprise was this?

"Empress, what's wrong?" Seeing that she was crying, Lu Yi took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears in panic. However, Xiao Ruyue opened his tear-lock, unable to stop it.

Du Ziheng was originally guarding the door, but seeing that there was quite a bit of movement next door, he became curious and came over to take a look, but he did not expect that the moment he touched the door, a cold blade was placed on his neck.

"What a man, hold on!" Du Ziheng's legs went soft, and he almost kneeled down. But he was a scholar after all, so he held onto the door tightly and did not let his legs weaken.

Only now did Shen Liang see that the person was Du Ziheng Du from Han Lin Academy, the top scholar who was on the same ranking as his princess. He snorted and sheathed his sword.

Du Ziheng's legs went weak, but luckily he was able to hold on to the door. He looked in and saw Xiao Ruyue, "Situ! "Why are you here?"

This shout undoubtedly alarmed Wenshansu and Wang Shangshu who were separated by a wall.

Wang Shangshu opened the door first and followed closely behind. Du Ziheng watched in a daze as they walked over.

Xiao Ruyue was caught off guard, and immediately saw Wenshansu.

His appearance had changed, but the look in his eyes hadn't changed in the slightest. There was also that gentle, refined, and refined feeling. It really hadn't changed at all.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop his tears.

She ran over, looking at Wenshansu, she wanted to say something.