Chapter 97
Chapter 97
It's a pity that the truth is not as simple as imagined. The guards sent by the emperor to search sent back the news half a month later that there was no corpse of the queen mother at the bottom of the cliff, only a pile of messy bones and some clothes fragments.
It is suspected that the queen mother has been eaten by the evil birds in this cliff, and the whole body has not been left.
The guards transported the remaining pieces of clothing and bones back to Shangjing, along with the accompanying maids and eunuchs.
When the Ninth Prince received the news, the Imperial Palace had already held the funeral for the Empress Dowager. Although the battle at the front was not tense, it could not be relaxed.
The Ninth Prince looked at the letter and suddenly fell silent. The letter was from Boss Luo, and at the same time there was news from Duanmu's family.
The letter said: It has been found out that Master Duanmu and his wife both hanged themselves before Duanmu Rui left for Beijing. Mr. Duanmu handled the funeral and kept a low profile. Young Master Duanmu and his son did this.
As for how the two elders learned about the son's situation, the subordinates are still investigating.
Ninth Prince was concentrating on discussing the next day's surprise attack with the lieutenant general, when he heard two things suddenly, he was stunned for a while.
"General..." Hu Ya pushed him beside him, and the Ninth Prince woke up like a dream.
"What's the matter?" He suppressed his disturbed thoughts, put aside those thoughts, and focused entirely on the war.
"Tomorrow's plan, is it delayed?" Hu Ya found that the Ninth Prince was unconsciously trying to figure out the dagger in his hand, but his eyes were always dull. He couldn't help guessing the content of the letter.
"Why the delay?" Ninth Prince frowned and looked at Hu Ya.
"Yes! The general knows his mistake!" Hu Ya closed his mouth, but he saw that the Ninth Prince changed his attitude just now, instead of getting angry, he was more majestic. His aura was extremely low, and no one around him dared to speak loudly, for fear Which sentence was wrong, and the Ninth Prince got angry with an excuse.
The Ninth Prince also felt the silence of the people, and his disturbed mood became even more unhappy. He asked a few people, "Why are you silent? Everyone has to give their opinions on the final arrangement!"
Several lieutenants nearby looked at each other, decided to ignore the anger of the Ninth Prince, and continued to discuss the final deployment details.
The Empress Dowager's funeral shocked Shangjing and affected Liucheng, but it only affected Liucheng, which is a hundred miles away.
Although the official roads in Liucheng and Shangjing are not very prosperous, there are several merchants in the city who are closely connected with Shangjing.
Among them, Kuaifu is the most closely connected.
Therefore, if there are merchants in the middle or purchasers from Shangjing who come to Liucheng, they will bring the most authentic news to Liucheng.
Kuai Fei, son of the Kuai family, got the news and went to Duanmu's house one afternoon.
Kuai Fei brought Duanmu Rui some nutritional supplements for his body. At this time, Duanmu Rui found that the abdomen of Mr. Kuai's family also bulged.
"How embarrassing..." Duanmu Rui looked at the many supplements in front of him, and there was really no reason to accept them.
But Mr. Kuai said, "I'm the only Omega at home. I can't finish eating so many things, so I came to ask you for help. Don't worry, these are all given by the boss in Shangjing. The things are much better than those in Liucheng. I'm worried that Mr. Duanmu is used to the food from Shangjing, and won't be used to the food from our Liucheng."
Duanmu Rui quickly took those things, thanked them, and pretended to be casual and asked if anything happened in Shangjing.
Mr. Kuai immediately leaned over and whispered to him about the Empress Dowager, but Duanmu Rui was suddenly worried, "If the Empress Dowager encounters misfortune, what will happen to the children around her?"
"Child?" Mr. Kuai didn't know, "The child next to the queen mother? Of course it's the concubine's business..."
"Concubine..." Duanmu Rui didn't know what to do, the concubine really took care of her...can it work?He said before that he can rest assured that he can put it next to the Ninth Prince, but once the Ninth Prince is in the hands of the Empress Dowager, Duanmu Rui has already started to worry. Does the young master have any acquaintances in Beijing? Can you help me bring the letter in?"
Mr. Kuai was very happy to help him, "Of course there are acquaintances. My family has contacts with several merchants in Shangjing, and they are all familiar. I wonder who Mr. Duanmu wants to send the letter to?"
Duanmu Rui thought for a while, "Or Boss Fang of the Fang Mansion, or Mr. Su Sisu, the left servant of the household department."
Mr. Kuai thought for a while, "Boss Fang is very famous in Shangjing, aren't you officially the accountant of Fangfu? I didn't expect you to be old friends with Zuo Shilang of the household department. It's really surprising. If you want to contact the household department, the merchant may It's difficult, but it's no problem at all to send the letterhead to Fangfu."
Duanmu Rui hurriedly thanked him.
Therefore, during the days when the palace was filled with sorrow, Duanmu Rui was not sad, he was just worried.
On the second day, he wrote a letter, sealed it, and delivered it to Kuai's mansion in person.
Mr. Kuai accepted the letter, "If there is no accident in the past few days, there should be a merchant coming to collect uncut jade. I can take this opportunity to hand over your letter to him. This merchant is considered reliable, so please rest assured."
Duanmu Rui thanked him wholeheartedly and left Kuai Mansion.
Two days later, Boss Luo came to Kuai Mansion, and Kuai Fei took the opportunity to seal the letter with wax, stamped it with Kuai Mansion's stamp, and handed it to Boss Luo, who came to collect uncut jade, and asked him to deliver the letter to Fang Mansion. .
Boss Luo was very happy to go next, chose the uncut jade, and set off back to Shangjing the next day.
After arriving in Shangjing, Boss Luo handed over the letter to the guards of the Fang Mansion and waited at the door. After a while, the guards came out to deliver a message, "Boss Luo, please leave your address. I will have to ask Boss Luo to send another message in a few days."
Boss Luo thought about it, "I'll come back in a few days."
The guard thanked him, and Boss Luo took the opportunity to ask, "Master Duanmu of Duanmu Mansion, did he come to Fang Mansion a few years ago?"
The guard thought about it, "Yes, I have been here. The couple came over early that morning, but they left after a while."
Boss Luo took the opportunity to ask a few more words before leaving, and agreed with the guard to come back to get the letter five days later.
In the past few days, Boss Luo has been non-stop looking for the matter of the two elders of the Duanmu family. Passing through the market between Fangfu and Duanmu, he has learned from a vendor that the two elders sat on the side stone steps for a day.
On the fifth day, Boss Luo took the opportunity to ask Boss Fang for some information while he was going to pick up the reply letter.
Boss Fang was a little surprised, "What is your relationship with the Kuai Mansion?"
Boss Luo hurriedly said, "There are uncut jades in Kuai's mansion, and I go to collect them regularly."
Boss Fang was thoughtful, "Who gave you the letter?"
"Young Master of the Kuai Mansion, Kuai Fei."
"Oh..." Boss Fang squinted his eyes, basically knowing what he knew, so Boss Luo asked him what happened to Master Duanmu and his wife that day, and told him honestly.
On the way to deliver the letter, Boss Luo was still thinking about why Boss Fang didn't run the jade business since he was familiar with the Kuai Mansion.
So when he sent the reply letter to Mr. Kuai, he asked, "I have never heard that Mr. Fang is familiar with Boss Fang. I don't know if Boss Fang wants to get involved in the jade industry."
Mr. Kuai smiled, "No, it's not that I know him well, but a friend of mine. This letter was delivered for my friend. I'm really sorry to trouble Boss Luo."
Boss Luo also went back politely, and took the opportunity to inquire about useful news from Fangfu, so the letter was delivered at the right time.
That night, Duanmu Rui got the message back.
But the content still made him feel uneasy. Boss Fang said in the letter that although the queen mother was not there, Zhenzhen had been brought by the emperor's side. Every day the emperor reviewed the memorials, and the eunuch accompanied Zhenzhen to play next to each other. There is also the prince, no one in the palace bullies Zhenzhen, Zhenzhen has been established as the crown prince, Mr. Duanmu doesn't have to worry.
Duanmurui saw the end, and also saw news that he didn't really want to see. Boss Fang's letter said at the end, the ninth brother came back to look for you at the end of the year, and then hurried back to the battlefield. The battle was not going well.
Duanmu Rui folded the letter and put it in the closet, pressing it on the bottom layer.
As long as Zhenzhen is not following some messy concubine, I hope Zhenzhen will not forget him. If we can meet again, we must recognize him.
As for the Ninth Prince... the war is not going well, as long as he doesn't die.
Duanmu Rui touched his stomach, and spent a cold winter at home.
By the vernal equinox, Duanmurui was six months pregnant, and the twins caused her belly to swell, making it look like she was eight months pregnant with Zhenzhen.
On weekdays, Duanmu Rui suffered from backache and leg pain after standing for a long time, and stomach discomfort when sitting, so he had to lie on his side to relieve the weight on his stomach.
But even so, he still hides in the yard and circles as long as he can, and rests when he is tired, and continues to circle when he has enough rest.
The doctor told me before that twins are prone to dystocia, so you must keep active and not get tired.
Whenever his back hurts from the pressure of his stomach, he keeps thinking of his parents, and Xiaoyan.
Now the servants never say a word, most ask him what he wants to eat and what he needs every day, other than that, he never asks too much, so Duanmu Rui hardly talks with anyone every day, occasionally seeing Kuai Fei, It took half a day to catch him.
If Xiaoyan was around, Duanmurui would not feel lonely just because of his daily chatter. If both his parents were there, what would such a hard life be? , if that person is there...if that person is there, it's just that the daily meals will not be so monotonous.
...Alone is absolutely fine.
Duanmu Rui was basking in the warm afternoon sun, feeling a little drowsy, couldn't help but fell asleep on the recliner in the yard, until a small wind woke him up, he rubbed his nose and opened his eyes, only to realize that although it was afternoon , but the weather turned cold soon, and he woke up from the cold.
He quickly rubbed his arms and supported the armrests to get up. After returning to the house, he put on a robe to warm himself up. The servant was not at home, so he was probably out shopping.
He sniffed, thinking he couldn't be so careless next time.
This kind of life is really enough, I lived a good life with my parents in my previous life, why did I have to have that unlucky car accident, why did I have to have such a painful big belly!And not once, but twice, the cow coaxed that there were two more in his stomach.
The most amazing thing is that he can accept this reality!
If a person has a big belly all by himself, he would definitely look down on him in his previous life, but what happened!
Being kicked twice by Bengbeng alone, Duanmu Rui immediately stopped his negative thoughts, the two little guys must have sensed his irritability and kicked him as a warning.
Duanmurui kept touching his stomach, and said to the little tuanzi to himself, "Don't think about it, daddy will definitely not think so in the future, if daddy thinks again in the future, you will kick daddy's belly to death!"
After his stomach calmed down, Duanmu Rui put on his robe and ran to the kitchen to scoop up a bowl of hot soup to drink. The only advantage of this servant is that he likes to make soup, and he can make delicious soup with simple ingredients.
After drinking the soup, his body became much warmer. Duanmu Rui found Boss Fang's letter again, and read the contents back and forth. every move...
And the Ninth Prince who was in the camp was also lying on the camp bed discussing the deployment of the next station with his deputy.
In the raid a few days ago, the elite army led by the Ninth Prince almost won. If the Ninth Prince hadn't lost his mind at the last moment, the head of the enemy general would have already been in the hands of the Ninth Prince.
It was the last shot. For some reason, the Ninth Prince suddenly saw the lonely shadow of Duanmu Rui, and was wounded by the enemy when he missed it. The wound was so deep that the bones on his chest could be seen.
At this time, the Ninth Prince could only rest in bed, and it was not easy to save his life, let alone move flexibly.
Fortunately, the deputies are all brave, and the enemy army has also been seriously injured by this raid. Will they act for a while.
But even if he was lying down, every time the Ninth Prince moved his limbs, the wound would draw blood.
According to the last news that Duanmu Rui's parents had died, it had been two months. Boss Luo had not sent any letters in the past two months.
In the battle where the Ninth Prince was seriously injured, Duanmu Rui's shadow suddenly appeared, and he secretly felt that something was wrong, let alone something happened.
The things that have been deliberately forgotten suddenly flooded out, only stronger than the flood, the Ninth Prince felt a little unstoppable, and every time there was no one in the tent, he began to fall into missing.
It seems that since the time when he was drunk at the end of the year, he has been out of control. Even if he doesn't drink normally, he can't completely erase Duanmu Rui from his mind, and the result of not erasing it is that the burn will get deeper and deeper.
Invisibly, the burn got deeper and deeper, until one day I saw blood, and then I could understand the pain.
Ninth Prince seems to be in this predicament, thinking about that person makes him feel uncomfortable, not thinking about it makes him feel even more uncomfortable.
I thought I could forcibly stop paying attention by relying on willpower, but the result was that I almost died.
The Ninth Prince lay on the camp bed and sighed deeply. Just as he wanted a pot of hot wine, he continued to discuss how to use tricks, let the Western feudal kingdoms collude with Nanyang, and then stir up conflicts and disputes, so as to catch them all in one go. Come in.
"General!" As soon as Hu Ya came in, the Ninth Prince saw the secret letter in his hand.
"Bring me to see." This time he didn't ask Hu Yanian, took it by himself, tore off the seal, and checked the signature first out of habit, it turned out to be Boss Luo!
"Retire first, I'll call you if I have something to do." The Ninth Prince told everyone to retreat, and he was the only one left in the tent. Then he opened the letter, his heartbeat accelerated, and he began to read word by word.
Boss Luo's secret letter was extremely simple, except for Duanmu Rui's matter.
This second letter, two months apart, really made the Ninth Prince's heart tremble and his hands tremble.
The letter said that Master Duanmu and his wife did not know about the exchange of sons when they came out of Fangfu, but when they were resting in the market, they met a man chatting with them, and finally the two elders returned home, dismissed others, and hanged themselves.
And that person has been found out, it was one of the five people who robbed the road halfway on the day Mr. Duanmu left for Shangjing. According to the interrogation, this person has confessed that he had talked with the second elder that day, and exaggerated according to Mr. Xiaojue's instructions. Shizi really did things to the point of making them extremely guilty.
This person has been captured, waiting for the Ninth Prince to order his execution!
A simple single page, like a lightning strike in the heart of the Ninth Prince, was torn in half, and it was even more painful than when the Queen Mother passed away.
He thought of the cold room, the bone-chilling bed and bedding, without a trace of life, and it was impossible to imagine how Duanmu Rui drove the frightened horse alone in the end.
Everything was completely unexpected for him.
The original intention of exchanging the two elders with truth was not to make them feel guilty, let alone hang the two elders on the beam, and even never thought that they would be killed. Everything was not the original intention, but it caused such great harm to Rui'er.
Why did he come to this point? The Ninth Prince couldn't imagine how Duanmu Rui lived alone, whether he was healthy and safe now.
If the time calculation is correct, he will give birth in three months, and there is no one around him, how will he deal with it alone!
The Ninth Prince often fell into deep remorse. He never caught him in time, never gave him a stable life, and even couldn't help him get rid of the hidden dangers around him. Even if he returned Zhenzhen to him, how could he take care of him alone? .
Such a him, even if he sees Rui'er, how can he have the face to face it!
I can't let go of everything, but I can't walk.
Continue to wait for the news from Boss Luo. One month later, there is still no new confidential letter.
The Ninth Prince finally couldn't bear it, and privately sent someone to send the memorial to the palace.
The emperor read the memorial and yelled at the absurdity, although he did not announce it in the court, but he did bring the anger back to the palace for two days, and finally the emperor wrote back to the Ninth Prince, reminding you to catch him, but you didn't listen , Now that the man is gone, you have to search the whole country, such a waste of money and material resources, it is better to focus on the battlefield, if the army returns, maybe he will come to you again.
The Ninth Prince sent an urgent letter to the emperor again. I can't wait for that moment. I know that person will not come back once he leaves. He is very hard-hearted. He just searched for the Omega produced according to that month. The task is not difficult, please the emperor. , if this can be complied with, I will guarantee victory on the battlefield!
The letter went back and forth a few times, and another month passed. Seeing that there was still one month before the birth month mentioned in the Ninth Prince's letter, the emperor was soft-hearted, and finally issued this order secretly.
Cities, counties, and towns across the country will report in detail the situation of Omega who gave birth to twins within six months, including family composition and source of livelihood.
The information was conveyed at different speeds, the season had already entered the summer solstice, and it was less than ten days before the emperor issued an order, and Liucheng had just received this order.
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