good season

Zhao Shiqing said without hesitation: "May 2nd."

The reason why she remembered it so clearly was that from then on, this day became her birthday. Every May, she would come back from Baihe Mountain, one to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, and the other to celebrate her birthday.

Although she was a child, and the birthday celebration was just a banquet in Duanxiu Palace, she was very happy.
As soon as she said this, Zhao Shiqing realized that Xiao Zhen was actually pressing her shoulders!

"Get your paws off!"

Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly withdrew his hand and hid it behind his back.

Zhao Shiqing snorted coldly: "In the dead of night, a man and a woman alone, in the fields, making physical advances, what evil intentions do you have!"

As expected of Xiao Xiaosu’s brother, he is the one chosen to be beaten.

Xiao Zhen hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, no offense, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it."

Oh my God, in his two lifetimes, this is the first time that Xiao Zhen has been regarded as a lecher.

Zhao Shiqing sneered: "I hold a grudge. This matter is not over yet. I will remember it."

Xiao Zhen holds a grudge? What does that mean?
Zhao Shiqing snorted again and returned to the topic: "Tell me, what made you so excited?"

It's rare. Ever since she met Xiao Zhen, Xiao Zhen has been like a living dead. But just now, she clearly felt Xiao Zhen's excitement.

Xiao Zhen looked at her. The moonlight was like water, diluting the immaturity on Zhao Shiqing's face and adding a bit of gentleness. Another face emerged in Xiao Zhen's mind. It was a little girl with a blurred face, like a dirty rag doll, surrounded by a group of dogs.

dog?
Just as Xiao Zhen was thinking of the dog, he heard a cat's meow. Then, a cat came out from nowhere and jumped onto Zhao Shiqing's shoulder. It looked at Xiao Zhen provocatively, as if saying: Can you press this shoulder?

In an instant, Xiao Zhen thought of the crows flying all over the sky of the capital, and the little eagle just now. Zhao Shiqing seemed to be born with an unusual closeness to animals.

Just like the little girl ten years ago, besides being blind, she also had many scars on her body, but the only thing she had no scars from being bitten by a dog.

Those dogs weren't trying to hurt her, but to protect?

He paused and said to Zhao Shiqing, "On the fifth day of April ten years ago, I was on my way to Baifeng City, passing through Qinglu County. I saw a blind girl covered in wounds in the bamboo forest by the roadside. The girl was about four or five years old. There was a group of wild dogs around her at the time. My guards drove away the wild dogs and saved the little girl.

The little girl was injured, so we sent her to a doctor's home, left a medical fee, and asked the doctor to find her family for her."

At this point, Xiao Zhen let out a long sigh and said slowly: "If that girl is you, then I was not good at judging you and sent you into the fire pit. That doctor must not be a good person."

Zhao Shiqing was petrified. She opened her mouth and stared at Xiao Zhen in a daze. After a while, she finally found her voice: "You mean, ten years ago, you saved a little girl, and that little girl was me?"

Xiao Zhen nodded: "Combined with your speculation about your origins, I suspect that the little girl is you."

Zhao Shiqing looked straight at Xiao Zhen. If her gaze had penetrating power, she would have seen that Xiao Zhen's fake face was riddled with holes.

"Is it Qinglu County?" Zhao Shiqing asked.

Xiao Zhen nodded again: "Strictly speaking, it was a small road from Qinglu County to Baifeng City, not an official road. Because I took advantage of my parents' absence to sneak out, and time was limited, so I spent five taels of silver that day to find out that there was a shortcut to Baifeng City."

"Do you still remember that road?" Zhao Shiqing asked impatiently.

"I remember. Among my four guards now, two were among the followers who went to Baifeng City with me. Even if I can't remember something, they will remember it."

After all, he was only eight years old at the time. Although children have good memories, childhood memories will gradually fade away as they grow up.

The next moment, Xiao Zhen's sleeve was pulled. He looked down and saw a small white hand tightly grasping his sleeve.

"Get your paws off!"

Zhao Shiqing was startled and quickly retracted his hand.

Xiao Zhen: "I hold a grudge. This matter is not over yet. I will remember it."

Zhao Shiqing: So embarrassing.

But, as long as you are not embarrassed, then others will be embarrassed.

Zhao Shiqing had a big smile on her face and looked at Xiao Zhen as if he was looking at a living Buddha.

"Master Xiao, no, Master Zhen, fate brings us together, and we actually met in this small farmyard. This is fate!"

Xiao Zhen: "In the dead of night, a man and a woman were alone in the fields, making physical advances, with ulterior motives."

Zhao Shiqing smiled like a morning glory: "Master Zhen, I heard that Qinglu County is beautiful and rich, and the people are simple and honest. Master Zhen must want to go there for a tour. I am not talented, but I want to be your guide. What do you think?"

Xiao Zhen: No wonder Zhao Tinghan agreed to let her go out. With such a little sister at home, she will definitely laugh from morning to night, and will laugh herself sick even if she is healthy.

He suddenly thought of the princess and the prince consort. No wonder they always wanted a daughter. A daughter could make them laugh. A son...
Zhao Shiqing didn't know that Xiao Zhen was daydreaming. She didn't wait for Xiao Zhen's answer and said happily, "Master Zhen has agreed. Okay, we will go to Qinglu County tomorrow. It's a happy decision. We will set off tomorrow morning!"

Xiao Zhen: I clearly didn’t say anything.

But the little girl was so happy that he suddenly felt that it would be a very unpleasant thing to spoil her fun.

Forget it. Qinglu County was originally on his and Zhen Wuduo's itinerary anyway, so they might as well go there a few days in advance. Xiao Yue is in Luzhou City, so they can see him when they return from Qinglu County.

After returning from the vegetable garden, Zhao Shiqing was so excited that she couldn't sleep. She simply sat up and held Xiao Yao in her arms.

Was the little girl that Xiao Zhen picked up really her? He was so excited at the time that he didn't think about it carefully. Now that he thinks about it carefully, the more he imagines, the more she looks like her.

Qinglu County is one of the two counties with the most looms in Wu.

It matched her guess.

A blind girl with injuries on her body, about four or five years old.

It fits the way she looked when she was rescued by her father.

The most important thing is time. Xiao Zhen picked up the girl on April 5th, and his father rescued her on May 2nd. From Qinglu County to Liangdu, if you travel during the day and sleep at night without stopping, you can reach the destination in more than 20 days. The evil beggar admitted that he bought her outside the city three days ago.

Therefore, the timing is also consistent.

Now it seems that she is the little girl that Xiao Zhen picked up.

The next morning, Xiao Zhen saw Zhao Shiqing with dark circles under his eyes.

"Didn't you sleep all night?" Xiao Zhen asked.

"I can't sleep." Zhao Shiqing smiled brightly. Xiao Zhen was in a trance for a moment. So happy?

Xiao Zhen accompanied Zhen Wuduo to have breakfast and said, "I am going to Qinglu. If you don't want to go, just wait for me here. I will be back in about three or four days."

Zhen Wuduo was puzzled: "Didn't we agree to inquire about the news in Luzhou City first? Why do we suddenly have to go to Qinglu?"

Xiao Zhen: "Something happened." "What is it? Is it more important than your father and me?" Zhen Wuduo asked.

Xiao Zhen: "It has nothing to do with you, stop asking."

Zhen Wuduo suddenly thought of the smiling little girl he had just seen in the yard: "Are you going with Miss Zhao Er?"

Xiao Zhen: "I told you to stop asking."

Zhen Wuduo: "That's it, it turns out that you value women more than your father."

Xiao Zhen: "Don't talk nonsense, Miss Zhao is still young."

Zhen Wuduo: "She is not young anymore. She should get married in two or three years. Tell dad the truth. Do you like her?"

Before he could finish his words, Xiao Zhen had already stood up and left.

Zhen Wuduo cursed, "You stinky boy!"

But he was extremely curious and shouted, "Ada, Aer, hurry up and prepare the horses. I want to go with them, too."

He wanted to see how that brat got along with the little girl.

In the west wing, Zhao Shiqing said to Zhao Xingzhou, "I'm going to Qinglu first, so you don't have to go with me. I've rented a house in the city. If you don't have a place to stay, you can stay there first. I'll write a letter, and you can give it to my friends, and they will take you in."

When Zhao Xingzhou heard this, he immediately said, "I have never been to Qinglu, so I will go with you."

Zhao Shiqing shook her head: "Who knows if they will check for a pass over there? You don't have one, so you'd better not come with us. It would be bad if you end up getting in trouble and we can't get into the city. Anyway, you are not allowed to follow us!"

Zhao Shiqing had lived in Luzhou before, and Luzhou did not check the travel permits very strictly. If the provincial capital was like this, the county towns below would not be much stricter. Zhao Shiqing did not want to bring Zhao Xingzhou with her, not because of the travel permit, but because she wanted to get to Qinglu as soon as possible. Zhao Xingzhou's riding skills were too poor, and bringing him with her would only slow down her search for her relatives.

No matter what Zhao Xingzhou said, Zhao Shiqing refused to agree. In the end, Zhao Xingzhou could only watch the three people and the cat walk out of the village.

After leaving the village, Zhao Shiqing reunited with Xiao Zhen and unexpectedly discovered that Xiao Zhen's adoptive father was also following them.

"How good is your godfather's riding skills?" This is the question that Zhao Shiqing is most concerned about at the moment.

Xiao Zhen: “General.”

Zhao Shiqing was a little disappointed, but he was Xiao Zhen's adoptive father, not hers, and she couldn't refuse him as harshly as she did to Zhao Xingzhou.

But soon, Zhao Shiqing became happy again, and they set off on the road to Qinglu.

Xiao Zhen no longer remembers how to get there, but Jiang Ping and Cai An still remember it.

In the afternoon, they had already set foot on the shortcut from Qinglu to Baifeng City.

Zhao Shiqing pulled the reins and looked around. There were bamboo forests on both sides of the road. The shadows of the bamboos were like the sea. Even though it was late autumn, they were still green.

When the autumn wind blows, ripples appear on the green waves, the green mist floats, and the bamboo leaves rustle, like whispers echoing among the mountains and forests.

"Second Miss, have you remembered anything?" Ling Bo asked with concern.

Zhao Shiqing closed her eyes and let herself fall into darkness, but soon she opened her eyes again and shook her head at Ling Bo: "No."

Xiao Zhen looked over here, then retracted his gaze and said to Jiang Ping and Cai An, "Do you remember which bamboo forest it is?"

They both shook their heads: "Not yet, let's wait and see."

Zhen Wuduo had been watching them silently until this moment when he asked, "Why did the little girl want to find the bamboo forest?"

Xiao Zhen had no choice but to lower his voice and say, "She is looking for her biological parents."

Zhen Wuduo: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Oh, so this is my daughter. I should have thought of it earlier. Only Yuzhu and I can give birth to such a beautiful daughter."

As he said that, Zhen Wuduo urged his horse to go towards Zhao Shiqing. Xiao Zhen was quick to turn his horse around and block him: "Be more clear-headed. Look at how old you are and how old she is."

Zhen Wuduo: "How old is she?"

Xiao Zhen sighed: "Ten years ago, she was only four or five years old. How old do you think she is now?"

Zhen Wuduo suddenly felt as if his bones were pulled out, and he collapsed on the horse's back: "Oh, my daughter, where are you? Where are you?"

Suddenly, he sighed and said to Xiao Zhen, "Have you noticed that this little girl looks a lot like me?"

Xiao Zhen: “I didn’t see that.”

Zhen Wuduo: "Look at my eyes, then look at her eyes, aren't they the same?"

Xiao Zhen was annoyed: "You have triangular eyes, she doesn't."

"What triangle eyes? I have almond eyes. Almond eyes. Sigh, you won't understand even if I tell you. I had almond eyes when I was young, but then I got old and my eyelids got loose, so they became like this now. Don't disbelieve me. Even though that girl looks pretty now, she will have the same eyes as me when she gets old."

Xiao Zhen was too lazy to pay attention to him. Seeing Jiang Ping and Cai An walking towards a bamboo forest, he rode his horse to follow them.

Zhen Wuduo was helpless and muttered softly: "I was very handsome when I was young. People nicknamed me Little White Dragon. My eyes were black and bright, just like this little girl. I was so beautiful."

Xiao Zhen muttered as he walked, "Don't let Zhao Shiqing hear what Zhen Wuduo said, otherwise they will have a fight."

Zhao Shiqing was a little far away and didn't pay attention to what they were saying. She saw Xiao Zhen and the two guards coming out of a bamboo forest and then walking into another bamboo forest.

The group walked about another four or five miles, and Xiao Zhen and the other two rode their horses into a bamboo forest on the side of the road again. But soon, Xiao Zhen walked out of the bamboo forest without riding a horse. He waved at Zhao Shiqing from a distance.

Zhao Shiqing's eyes lit up and he urged his horse to gallop away.

When she got closer, she asked, "Is this the place?"

Xiao Zhen nodded: "This is the most similar."

Zhao Shiqing dismounted from the horse and walked in with Xiao Zhen.

Not far away, they saw Jiang Ping and Cai An standing next to a rock. Seeing them coming, Jiang Ping said, "Miss Zhao Er, I was the first one to rush into the bamboo forest. At that time, the little girl was next to this rock. There was a black dog lying on the rock, and there were several others next to the little girl. The little girl was crying."

Zhao Shiqing walked to the front of the stone and asked, "Are you sure it's here?"

Jiang Ping pointed to a crack on the stone and said, "When we rushed over with our knives, the dogs ran away. I wanted to scare them, so I chopped the stone with my knife. I almost hit the little girl, and Lao Cai complained about it."

Cai An smiled and said, "We were all teenagers of 16 or 17 years old at that time, full of vigor and energy, reckless and impulsive."

Jiang Ping also laughed: "Yes, when we returned to the capital that time, we were all deducted three months' salary."

That time, they did not stop Xiao Zhen, and ran to Wu with the young master. Princess Jiayi returned to the mansion and found that her son was missing, and she was furious. (End of this chapter)