That night, Daiyu welcomed Shuicheng as the hostess of the Lin family, and the banquet was very rich. In addition to Suzhou's famous dishes, there were also cuisines from Beijing, Sichuan and Guangzhou.After dinner, Daiyu arranged Shuicheng to live in the Jinxiu Pavilion where he used to study in the Lin Mansion. In this way, he avoided the trouble of finding another room, and made Shuicheng feel more cordial.After Xueyan waited for the maids to pack up all the things, Shui Cheng took out the letter written by Shui Jing to Daiyu from his bosom.Daiyu took it and opened it to take a closer look: Yu'er, my brother recently received a secret report that because King Zhongshun hated you for helping Concubine Yuan give birth and indirectly lost Concubine Li, he paid a lot of money to kill Concubine Li to go to Suzhou to avenge Concubine Li.Brother and sister are isolated and helpless. Although they have guards, they are weak after all.So I specially sent brother Cheng to secretly escort my sister back to Beijing in the name of suppressing the bandits and giving gifts...

After reading the secret letter, Daiyu pondered for a long time: "The emperor wants me to go back to Beijing for refuge?" Shui Cheng's face was very solemn: "Yes!" "When will we leave?" "Of course, the sooner the better!" Daiyu thought about it. After a while, "Okay! I went to Muqiuyuan the day after tomorrow, and I'm ready to leave!" Shui Cheng also lowered his head in silence when he heard this... Muqiuyuan is the resting place of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min.The area around the cemetery is full of emerald green, and the patches of pines and cypresses were planted by the prince's Shui Jing, Shui Cheng and Shui Rong, led by the three brothers and guards. The three words "Music Autumn Garden" were inscribed by Shui Jing and Shui Cheng's father, who was the emperor back then.The inscriptions on the tombstones of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were all written by the three brothers of the Shui family.Back then, the three brothers were entrusted to study in the Lin family, and Lin Ruhai and Jia Min treated the three brothers as if they were their own.Especially Jia Min, in the end, almost gave his life to save Shui Jing.So after that time, her health was not as good as before, otherwise, she would not have become weaker day by day after giving birth to Daiyu, and finally died of weakness and exhaustion.

Although Muqiu Garden is not a royal cemetery, its momentum and layout are far more majestic than the royal cemetery.Moreover, this cemetery was bestowed by the late emperor, in order to repay Lin Ruhai and his wife for their maintenance of Shui Jing.Even the soldiers guarding the cemetery were guarded by special personnel from the palace, and the general who led the team was Lin Ruhai's close friend, Qiu Shuihan, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army back then.That morning, Daiyu was wearing a plain white dress, and she only wore a few silver accessories as jewelry. She had no face and makeup, making her look even more elegant and refined.Zijuan Xueyan and others were also dressed in plain colors, and the guards all put on plain brocade robes, all with white belts around their waists, even Shui Cheng was also dressed in plain white robes, and his expression was very solemn.When he was in the Lin residence, Lin Ruhai and his wife treated him like their own son.His mother and concubine left early. Although the queen treated him well back then, the queen did not take care of him for a few more years.In the palace, he has experienced the harshness of the world, not to mention the bullying of other princes with family backgrounds. Although there is Shui Jing who always protects and takes care of him, Shui Jing is not much better than him.Until later when he entered Lin's residence, Jia Min's motherly love was like nectar in the spring breeze, soothing and nourishing his sad and sensitive heart, making him feel the warm and spring-like maternal love again.

A group of people slowly came to the vicinity of the cemetery, and the soldiers who had already guarded them immediately ran to report to Qiu Shuihan.Although the old general was no longer young, his body was still very healthy. When the soldiers went to him, he was practicing boxing in an open space in the cemetery. "What did you say? Xiao Yu'er and the young prince are here?!" Hearing the soldier's report, the old man could hardly believe his ears and was overjoyed.At that moment, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he ran towards the gate of the cemetery in a few steps. Before he ran far, he saw Daiyu's slender figure from a distance. The old man wants to die!" "Uncle General?!" Daiyu was also surprised and delighted. "Uncle General, why are you here?!" Daiyu had met Qiu Shuihan several times when she was a child. In her memory, Qiu Shuihan was handsome and unrestrained.She still remembered that every time Qiu Shuihan went to Lin's mansion, Lin Ruhai would definitely prepare delicious food and wine, and the two talked almost everything, neither drunk nor happy.Qiu Shuihan is a bachelor himself, but he loves Daiyu very much, treats her better than his own daughter, and pampers her extremely.Jia Min and Lin Ruhai were helpless every time they saw Qiu Shuihan hugging Xiao Daiyu with that comfortable and satisfying pampering.Every time they saw this, the husband and wife advised him to marry a wife he liked quickly so that he could have a child of his own soon.But Qiu Shuihan always had a face full of indifference: "What are you looking for for a wife? There is no reason to find someone to take care of it. It is enough to have Xiaoyu'er as a goddaughter!" Every time I hear Qiu Shuihan's answer like this, the husband and wife only have you Look at me, I look at you, all shook his head and sighed.From the moment her daughter was born, she was first loved by the three brothers of the Shui family, and now she has Qiu Shuihan...

"This is what the old general proposed to the emperor himself!" Shui Cheng laughed. "What?" Daiyu could hardly believe her ears. "Shortly after the master passed away, you returned to the capital with the members of the Jia family. The emperor ordered someone to guard the cemetery to ensure that the master and his wife would not be harassed by outsiders, and beware of anyone destroying the cemetery. When General Qiu heard about this, he went to ask his father on purpose. At that time, his father did not agree, but General Qiu actually handed over his official seal and resigned from his official position to make a request to his father. He was so angry that he almost went crazy, and finally he had to agree to his request, but he didn't accept his official seal and official uniform." Shui Cheng couldn't help laughing, remembering how his father's beard and eyes were blown by Qiu Shui's cold anger. "Uncle General..." Daiyu had mixed feelings. "My subordinate Qiu Shuihan, I have met the prince!" Qiu Shuihan has always distinguished between public and private. "The old general doesn't need to be so polite!" Shui Cheng also admired Qiu Shuihan. "I came here in a low-level suit this time, and I'm going back to Beijing with Yu'er in a few days." Shui Cheng looked at Dai Yu and said with a smile.

"Why so fast?" The old general looked at Daiyu with red eyes in surprise. "King Zhongshun sent a killer to Suzhou, intending to use Yu'er to blackmail brother Huang!" Shui Cheng was sad. "It's unreasonable! It's another good thing that King Zhongshun did!" Qiu Shui's eyes turned red with coldness. "King Zhongshun again...? Old General, how do you say that?" Shui Cheng was puzzled. "It's a long story. After the death of my subordinate Zi Ruhai, he has been guarding the Muqiu Garden until one day, a group of masked assassins disguised as tomb robbers came to make trouble. I brought soldiers and those people After a fierce battle, there were dozens of people in that gang, and they didn't look like ordinary quack killers, let alone grave robbers. We took out most of the twenty or so killers, captured two more, and the remaining One took advantage of the chaos and fled. I searched them and found that they all had badges on them, and my subordinates had seen the badges of Prince Zhongshun before..." Even if Qiu Shuihan didn't say anything, Shui Cheng could think of the rest. "This subordinate thinks, probably King Zhongshun would never have thought that the emperor would send his subordinates here!" "It's really dangerous..." Shui Cheng couldn't imagine the situation at that time.

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