The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

The moonlight was cold, silently passing through the window and shining into the room, making it even colder and quieter.

Xie Erye clenched his fists and looked at his son in front of him: "I can kill you right now."

Chen Su looked back without fear: "I have already given the token that father gave to my mother to Young Master Song. If I die, Young Master Song will be the first to suspect Dad. Now Dad is just abandoning his wife and children." , if father kills me, it's not just this crime."

"You..." Second Master Xie took a deep breath, "What exactly do you want?"

Chen Su looked at him word by word: "I have already said, I want to recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors."

Chen Su continued: "I can change my words, let my father be innocent, and preserve my good reputation. I can say that my father and my mother were just an accident. My mother didn't know that she was pregnant at the time. In the end, my mother took the baby alone. I was born and raised me alone without my father knowing about it, so the crime of 'abandoning my wife and son' does not reach my father."

"I can also tell Young Master Song that those bastards who beat me were the ones who admitted their mistake. They came to rob me, and they were not sent by my father to teach me a lesson. It wasn't my father who did it, of course, my father also did it." Way to prove your innocence, right?"

These words, he thought over and over again in his heart these days, speaking clearly and orderly, so calm that he didn't seem to be talking about his own affairs.

"I want to go back to Xie's family and enjoy everything Mr. Xie's should have."

Xie Erye left with a flick of his sleeves, leaving only one sentence: "I will give you an answer in a few days."

"Okay." Chen Su said lightly, "Daddy, go slowly."

He is confident that Master Xie will promise him.

Originally, Second Master Xie was unwilling to recognize him and wanted to send him away in order to preserve his good reputation.

Now that Chen Su is about to expose himself to the sun, he has to choose a method that minimizes the damage. Chen Su has already provided him with a method, and he will choose it.

Chen Su raised the corners of his lips, smiled silently, pulled the corner of the quilt, and got ready to sleep.

He lay down on his side, and suddenly saw the book that Song Jiao brought to him during the day lay on the bedside to relieve his boredom.

He reached for the scripture book, flipped a page, and covered his face.

Newly printed books have a faint scent of ink, which is the favorite smell of Chen Su who has never seen many books since he was a child.

If he had been born in Xie's family since childhood, if he had been born in Xie's family since childhood...

And so he fell asleep.

A few days later, that night, an eagle flew from the eastern state to the west, entered Fengxiang City, entered the imperial palace all the way, and finally stopped in front of the window of Xiaodong Palace.

At that time, Xie Chen was sitting at the table under the window, reviewing his homework, and observing his wife opposite.

The window of Song Jiao's room opposite is closed, and the lamp is also lit. The silhouette of Song Jiao sitting on the couch reading a book with a dog in his arms is cast on the window.

The exam is coming at the end of the year. Song Jiao is taking time to help him with his homework recently. He just left and assigned him a task - to read a hundred pages of books tonight.

Xie Chen made a more detailed study plan for himself. He decided that every time he read two pages of the book, he would reward himself with a glance at his wife.

Learning requires a combination of work and rest.

Xie Chen couldn't wait to turn over a page of the book, then raised his head to take a look at Song Jiao, suddenly a black figure stopped in front of him, and Xie Chen's face was almost slapped by something.

Xie Chen pressed against the chair, leaned back a bit, and couldn't help cursing: "I'll go."

On the window sill between the night and the candlelight, stood a mighty and majestic black eagle.This is the eagle that Mr. Xie sent someone to find when he went hunting last year. This year, he will give it to Xie Chen.

There is a small bamboo tube tied to the black eagle's feet, which is obviously an eagle specially used for messengers.

Xie Chen raised his hand to hit it, and then took off the bamboo tube.

At this time, the system in the opposite room was also a little excited.

He leaned on the window and looked out: "Mamao, that bastard is back."

Song Jiao pressed down the restless system and continued to read: "Don't mess with it, the one caught last time hasn't healed yet."

The system "hummed": "I'll go directly to possess this time, and then smooth its claws."

Song Jiao patted his head and comforted him: "It can't be like this, it often has to go out to deliver letters, what if it encounters danger outside and its claws can't be used?"

The system twitched and sat on the couch.

He slowed down for a while: "It seems something is wrong. I used to coax you. Why are you coaxing me now?"

Song Jiao read the last few pages of the book at a glance, then raised his chin at him, and said with a smile, "Because I grew up, you didn't grow up."

The system refused to accept: "I have grown up too."

Song Jiao put the book on the table: "It must be that the people sent by Brother Shen to Yunzhou and Fengzhou have sent letters back, let's go and have a look."

Song Jiao bent over to put on his shoes, and the system jumped off the bed: "Let's go."

Before the two of them had time to go out, there was a knock on the door of the temple.

"Here we come." Song Jiao dragged his shoes and went out to open the door. Outside the door was Xie Chen. Seeing that his face was not looking well, Song Jiao asked, "How is it?"

Xie Chen nodded: "It's true."

In fact, they should have expected that Chen Su would not tell a big lie for no reason, this matter can only be true.

But when this thing did become real, the teenage boy who seemed to be caught in the center of the storm would still feel at a loss.

Song Jiao calmed down and stepped aside: "Come in first, let's talk about it carefully."

"Ah."

Xie Chen walked into the room and closed the door behind his back.

Song Jiao hugged the system and sat down on the couch. Xie Chen didn't sit opposite him, but sat beside him.

"The situation is basically the same as what Chen Su said. His mother is the daughter of the Orion in Yunzhou, surnamed Chen. Yunzhou is where the first bandit camp was. You have never been there. Bandits often hunt on the nearby mountains. His mother When a child is born out of wedlock, no one knows whose child it is, and that child is indeed older than us."

"Later, when my grandfather rebelled, the bandit village moved to Liangzhou. At that time, my second uncle stayed behind to deal with the follow-up matters. When my second uncle left for Liangzhou, Mrs. Chen also took the child with her. I left and settled in Fengzhou, which is far away from Liangzhou City."

"People from Fengzhou have indeed seen her. The second uncle has been to Fengzhou twice. The first time was when they just settled down. The second uncle went to handle official business. Because it has been a long time, I can't find his whereabouts at that time. , but what Chen Su said is correct; the second time was the snow disaster last year, and the second uncle went to rescue the disaster. He was originally in charge of dispatching, but he went to check around Chen Su's house on purpose, and even sent someone to find Chen Su .”

"Second Uncle has been very cautious these years. Even if he sent money to Chen Su's family, it was on the public account. It was not easy to say that it was orphans and widows. The money was given by the court. But after the snowstorm, Chen Su did not see anyone alive or dead. Second Uncle I was a little anxious, and I showed my feet a little bit."

"Then..." Song Jiao said, "Second Uncle is true. Before he married Second Aunt, he had a girl and a son."

Xie Chen nodded: "Yes."

"How could he..." Song Jiao was so angry that he was incoherent, "How could he... He obviously already has a wife, why did he marry his second aunt? He..."

"Even if Second Aunt's natal family has fallen, she is still an official family and a scholarly family. How can a hunter's daughter..."

"Bastard!" Song Jiao slapped Xie Chen's thigh hard in anger.

Xie Chen: "Oh!"

"For 15 years, my second aunt was cheated by him for 15 years! That girl was also implicated by him for 15 years!"

Song Jiao wanted to pat him, but Xie Chen held his hand.

Xie Chen said: "But Chen Su is not that clean."

"what?"

"When he was beaten, he said that the second uncle sent someone to teach him a lesson, but it wasn't."

"That……"

"It was him." Xie Chen said, "Didn't I trip over a gangster with my foot and knock down two with a wheelbarrow?"

"En." Song Jiao met his gaze and added in a cooperative manner, "Brother Shen, you are really amazing."

Xie Chen was satisfied, and then he was willing to continue: "I asked them to bring those three people back, interrogated them, and recruited them quickly. It was a child who came to them with money and asked them to do things. They took the money Just work."

"Where's the kid?"

"I found it too. The child's description basically matches Chen Su's. The funniest thing is that Chen Su found this child near the Second Prince's Mansion."

"He used a trick of his own. When he was dying, he told me his life experience, and then..." Song Jiao paused, "He wanted to meet Grandpa Xie through me."

"It should be." Xie Chen raised his wolf's tail, "Fortunately, I have the foresight to tell you not to promise him anything."

"Yeah." Song Jiao nodded thoughtfully, and sighed, "He may have been forced to do nothing, so he came up with this trick. After all, the injury he suffered was real."

Xie Chen didn't speak.

Song Jiao hurriedly said again: "Brother Shen has reminded me, of course I will not be used by him."

Xie Chen said sternly: "It was originally caused by the second uncle. You'd better not get involved with his and Chen Su's affairs. The two of them are exactly the same, they are the biological father and son."

"What about the second aunt?"

"Didn't you already recognize Second Aunt as your godmother?" Xie Chen thought for a while, "If Second Aunt insists on reconciling with Second Uncle after knowing about this, Grandpa won't treat her badly, and neither will my mother." Yes, if she wants to be my mother's godsister, she should be able to stay, and we will support her in the future."

Song Jiao smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Shen, you didn't eat Second Aunt's snacks for nothing."

Xie Chen pursed the corners of his lips: "The main thing is that the second uncle did something wrong. It was a big mistake. A man should be responsible. How can he step on two boats?"

"Then now, we have to keep this matter a secret, so that Second Aunt will not know. Second Uncle will definitely not want this matter to be exposed, he will not say it, and Chen Su also promised me that he will delay this matter." Take it easy." Song Jiao clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and muttered, "Bless my second aunt healthy, and my little baby healthy."

He read it three times and opened his eyes: "However, we must first let Grandpa Xie know about this matter. If something happens again, the two of us will definitely not be able to handle it. We still have to tell Grandpa Xie."

"Ah."

Without further ado, the two of them immediately got off the couch, put on their outer clothes, and summoned the attendants to ask, knowing that His Majesty was in the palace, they were going to go there together.

Mr. Xie was reluctant to let his two grandsons stay too far away from him. Xiaodong Palace and the emperor's bedroom were very close, separated by a palace road.

When the two of them passed by, they saw that the door of the emperor's palace was closed tightly, and none of the windows were opened. Fan Kai, the closest guard of Mr. Xie's family, was standing outside the door, guarding the door. Seeing them coming, it was not as usual Step aside.

Fan Kaidao: "Your Highness, what a coincidence, just now the Second Prince came and was talking with His Majesty inside."

The two looked at each other, and both had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Song Jiao asked: "Did the second uncle come here alone?"

Fan Kai was a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, this..."

Song Jiao suddenly understood, raised his voice, and said in a firm tone, "Did Second Uncle bring a boy who is about our age?"

Fan Kai remained silent, and Song Jiao became even more sure.

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, this trick used by Xie Erye is desperate.

Since you can't solve Chen Su, then just admit it directly, admit Chen Su back, and say that it was a mistake made by yourself when you were young and ignorant. Later, you didn't know it at all. Anyway, you can say whatever you can to shirk responsibility, and just ask for thanks. The old master's forgiveness would be fine.

But Chen Su...Chen Su clearly promised him...

If you want to reach an agreement with the second master, just don't agree to him at the beginning, why now...

At this time, Second Master Xie's cries came from the hall, accompanied by the sound of "bang bang" kowtow: "My son is wrong, my son is wrong, my son is young, and he has been fascinated by ghosts."

Song Jiao turned to look at Fan Kai: "You send someone to the second prince's mansion, don't let the second aunt know about this, just tell the second aunt... just say, thank you grandpa for keeping the second uncle down to discuss matters, and the second uncle will stay at night In the palace."

"Yes." Fan Kai sighed secretly, the second master did this... Even the young Highness knew that he had to take care of the second wife, but the second master didn't even give such an order.

Song Jiao was responsible for attracting Fan Kai's attention, Xie Chen took advantage of Fan Kai's inattention, stepped forward and pushed open the palace door.

Candles were dimly lit in the hall, Master Xie was sitting on the central seat, Second Master Xie and Chen Su were kneeling on the ground, they turned their heads suddenly when they heard the movement.

Both of them were full of tears, as if they were carved out of the same mold.