HLnovel Chapter 273 Shen Ci's Background
Chapter 273 Shen Ci's Background
"He is it! Shen Yi, today is the day you die! A Yuan, today I will kill this unfaithful man to avenge you!"
The old woman suddenly broke free from the middle-aged man, picked up a pair of scissors from the basket and stabbed at Feng Jiuqing.
Feng Jiuqing dodged sideways and knocked the old woman unconscious with a single blow of his hand.
"Mom! What did you do to my mom!"
The middle-aged man snatched the old woman away and asked Feng Jiuqing loudly.
Feng Jiuqing took a deep breath and said softly: "Just let her sleep for a while, it will be fine."
"really?"
The middle-aged man was so angry that he lost his mind for a moment. When he came to his senses, he remembered that it was his mother who wanted to kill the person first.
"Well, I won't leave for a while. If you need anything, you can come to me. By the way, my name is Shen Qing. How should I address you, brother?"
"Zhang Mai, your last name is Shen too? Are you really not someone sent by Uncle Shen?"
Feng Jiuqing shook his head: "No."
"But you really look like Uncle Shen." The middle-aged man sighed.
"Really? I have some questions that I would like to ask you to answer. Could you please help me?"
"Come with me!"
Feng Jiuqing helped Zhang Mai send the old woman back home. He also saw Zhang Mai's wife and several children, who looked pale and thin. The few thatched huts could barely shelter them from the wind and rain. There was only a table in the house, and the only chair was also given to Feng Jiuqing.
Feng Jiuqing politely declined. The chair looked shaky and he was afraid that if someone broke it, the house would be left with nothing.
Feng Jiuqing waved to the guards behind him, and the guards quickly brought a lot of rice, flour and some snacks. These were what Feng Jiuqing had originally planned to use to find out the situation at Ahe's home.
"You can't do that! Young master, please take it back!" Madam Zhang quickly refused.
Feng Jiuqing handed the candies to the children. The children looked at their mother and did not dare to take them, so Feng Jiuqing put them on the table beside them.
"These are what Shen Ci asked me to bring to you. He wanted to thank you for taking care of him. If you don't accept them, I, Hu Qiu, will not be able to give my due responsibility." Feng Jiuqing frowned and said in embarrassment.
"But this is too much. Why is that kid so polite?"
Feng Jiuqing smiled and persuaded them a few more times, and they finally accepted it.
"Is Aci okay?" Madam Zhang looked at Feng Jiuqing and asked softly.
"Very good, don't worry." Feng Jiuqing glanced at Zhang Mai and asked: "Can you tell me about Uncle Shen now?"
Zhang Mai nodded: "Of course, Brother Shen is Ah Ci's friend and has helped us a lot. Since you want to know, I'll tell you."
"But, weren't you sent by Uncle Shen? You look so much like him, especially those eyes."
Feng Jiuqing blinked, took off his disguise, and asked softly: "Now, do you still look like him?"
Zhang Mai bumped into the wall and pointed at Feng Jiuqing, unable to speak for a long time.
"Uncle Shen! No, you're too young! Uncle Shen shouldn't be young at all! Are you Uncle Shen's son?"
Feng Jiuqing's heart sank, and he shook his head: "Neither, but I think I know who the Uncle Shen you are talking about is. If I'm not mistaken, he should be my uncle Shen Yi."
"uncle?"
"Well, my grandmother said that my great uncle and I are very similar. Judging from your expression and the age of Uncle Shen, I can infer that he should be my great uncle."
"Uncle Shen said that he was an official. Since he is your uncle, why didn't he come to take Aunt Shen and the others back home for all these years? Is it really because Aunt Yuan is from the village and he is afraid of losing face?" Zhang Mai's face turned red with anger, and he looked at Feng Jiuqing with a very unfriendly look.
Feng Jiuqing shook his head again: "No! He died more than forty years ago. Perhaps you should have heard of him, the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, the Jade-faced General Shen Yi. Although I don't know what happened back then, I guess all this was probably because he didn't have time to take them back."
The name of the Duke of Zhenguo was well-known to the people of Liangcheng. If it were not for the Duke of Zhenguo guarding the border over the past few decades, they would have probably become victims of the Western Yan army long ago.
Although the Duke of Zhenguo usually lives in Lucheng, Lucheng is not far from Liangcheng, only a few dozen miles away.
Jade-faced General, Zhang Mai grew up listening to his stories when she was a child. She never expected that Uncle Shen was actually the Jade-faced General! No wonder Uncle Shen had a face like a god.
Feng Jiuqing was also shocked. He originally thought that Ah He's resemblance to him was just a coincidence, but he didn't expect that Ah He was actually his nephew. He was inexplicably a generation older than him, which made him panic.
"Where is Shen Ci's father? Brother, do you know where he is? After all, he is my cousin. I want to go meet him."
Zhang Mai's face darkened again: "That wicked and heartless thing died a long time ago! Not long after Ah Ci left, that bastard died!"
"Aunt Yuan doted on Shen Jiangyuan too much, causing Shen Jiangyuan to be uneducated all day long. Only his face resembles Uncle Shen. After he got married, he relied on his wife and Aunt Yuan to run the household."
"Within two years, the wife died of exhaustion. Shen Jiangyuan simply abandoned his mother and son and went to work as a son-in-law in a wealthy family. Poor Ah Ci had to take care of both his grandmother and his younger brother."
"Fortunately, God has mercy on us. That bastard fell to his death while walking on the road!"
After hearing what Zhang Mai said, Feng Jiuqing gave up the idea of going to see him. A man who could abandon both his mother and his son was really unworthy.
But he had to think about how to compensate Ah He. The child had a hard life since childhood, had been resold more than a dozen times, and now had become his substitute.
If he had known this earlier, he would never have put Ah He in such a dangerous situation!
"Brother, do you know where Shen Ci's brother has gone?" Feng Jiuqing asked softly, suppressing the distress in his heart.
"You mean Ah Heng? Ah Ci originally left Ah Heng at my house, but when Ah Heng was ten years old, he insisted on going to find Ah Ci. One day when we were out farming, Ah Heng ran away. We searched for him for a long time but couldn't find him."
"I am sorry to Aci!" Zhang Mai lowered his head.
Did he run away or was he kidnapped? Feng Jiuqing suspected the latter and could only send more people to continue the investigation.
In the past, he just wanted to complete the deal with Ah He, but now, he must find Shen Heng back!
"I will find Shen Heng and will not disturb you any more. Goodbye."
Feng Jiuqing put on his disguise and stood alone in front of the ruins of Shen Ci's house for a long time. He said softly, "Find someone to restore this place to its original appearance, bring the tablets of Aunt Yuan and Sister-in-law, and prepare to enter the capital."