In the end, Chen Duohai was so drunk that he was helped back to the room by Xiang to rest, but Chen Li came out to help clean up.
Chen Ping had been busy toasting everyone just now, and now he noticed his cousin Chen Li.
Chen Ping felt that Chen Li's double-flowered embroidery looked quite familiar, and it seemed to be the essence of his mother's craftsmanship.
"My cousin, this embroidery is so beautiful. Did you do it yourself?"
"Do you think it looks good too?" Chen Li picked up the bowls and chopsticks from the side and said with a smile: "Anyway, aunt said, this is a great deal!"
Chen Li smiled and her eyes were crooked, looking much more cheerful and generous than before.
Chen Ping laughed loudly and said: "Since my mother said so, it must be no problem. Otherwise, if my cousin goes to the state capital after the year, I will ask Tian Ling to find a shop for you, and you can show off your talents to your heart's content."
The two were talking when suddenly a timid voice sounded from behind.
"Um, Chen..."
The voice sounded familiar to Chen Ping, and he couldn't help but be startled when he looked back.
"What are you doing?" Chen Ping said sternly as the visitor turned out to be the Zhou family, "You are still the same, just call me nephew."
Zhou looked at him with a stern look, looking a little stooped, and her hair was mostly white, "Nephew? OK. I just came here to ask if you have any news about Chen Jun?"
When a war broke out on the border, Chen Jun decisively joined the army and went to the border.
Now that the war has ended, there is no news about Chen Jun.
Zhou knew that Chen Ping had a wide network of contacts and was familiar with Li Feng.
So I wanted to ask Chen Ping directly when he came back, but there were too many people just now and I didn't want to disturb everyone's interest, so I ran over to him after the banquet was over.
"Nephew Ping, you don't know, I haven't heard from him for more than four years! My heart feels like it's been stabbed with a knife!"
Zhou's past domineering demeanor has long since disappeared over time, and now she is crying and her old demeanor is visible to the naked eye.
When Chen Li saw this, she tightened her grip on the bowls and chopsticks, and her eyes were a little moist.
"My brother sent letters home a few years ago, but since four years ago... there has been no news from him."
In fact, in the past few years, many people in the village have been discussing whether Chen Jun died on the border.
In such a dangerous place, I heard that hundreds of people were killed and injured every day.
"Don't worry, I think brother Jun has been blessed since he was a child, and good people have their destiny." At this moment, Xiang hurriedly came out and helped Zhou.
In the past few years, Mrs. Zhou has become more and more depressed and uneasy. Mrs. Xiang is soft-hearted and with Chen Li walking in the middle, the relationship with her is getting better and better.
Seeing Mrs. Zhou crying for her son at this moment is really pitiful to the hearts of parents all over the world. How can Mr. Xiang not feel sad?
"Ping'er, if you have any news about your cousin, please tell me quickly." Xiang blinked at Chen Ping and hinted anxiously.
Even if it's false news, it can still calm her mind.
Chen Ping understood and indeed had news, "Don't worry, my cousin should be safe."
"How should I say it?" Zhou looked at him in surprise with tears in her eyes.
"A few years ago, I asked Li Feng to inquire and he said that my cousin performed well on the battlefield and was transferred to another place."
"Really?"
Zhou grabbed Chen Ping's arm and said, "Good nephew, don't lie to me!"
"How could it be? My mother said that lucky people have their own destiny. And why would my nephew lie to you?"
After all, it was Juren who said this, and Mrs. Zhou's eyes lit up a bit, "If that's true, that's fine, but why didn't he send a letter back to the family? It's okay to just pass it on. The whole family is hanging here.
Heart, I... my tears have almost dried up for him!"
As she talked, tears flowed down uncontrollably, and she beat her chest hard, crying until she was out of breath.
Thinking back to the Zhou family's domineering appearance in the past, and comparing it with today's vicissitudes, Chen Ping couldn't help but feel emotional.
He quickly said: "You don't know that the country is far away and the roads are rugged, so many messages are difficult to reach. My cousin must be thinking of you too, but it's just not easy to send messages."
"If I had known, I shouldn't have allowed him to join the army, my son..."
Mrs. Zhou cried for a long time until Chen Duoguang came back to pick her up after seeing off the foreign guests.
Before Chen Duoguang left, he glanced at Chen Ping, hesitant and wanted to say something.
Chen Ping understood this and solemnly promised: "Uncle, every word I said is true and there is absolutely no falsehood."
"That's good, that's good." Chen Duoguang looked at him gratefully before helping Zhou to leave.
Chen Li sighed worriedly and continued to pack her things.
Xiang took Chen Ping back to the room and said, "My sister-in-law used to be so majestic, but now she looks like this. It's really sad to see her."
"Mom, don't be sad. There is no good news about my cousin, and there is no bad news anyway, right?" Chen Ping comforted, "Besides, I have been asking for news about him, so don't worry."
Xiang nodded when he heard this, then suddenly grabbed Chen Ping's hand and said,
"My son, I don't ask for anything else, I just want you to be safe! Whatever you do is good, but you must not do anything dangerous."
The mother was worried when her son traveled thousands of miles, and Mrs. Xiang was also worried, deeply afraid that one day she would end up like Mr. Zhou.
Chen Ping couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he thought about investigating that organization, but he definitely couldn't tell his parents about this matter, otherwise it would only increase their worries, so he had to coax him kindly, "Don't worry, mother, I will act cautiously.
Will not take risks easily
"I am a sensible person, otherwise I would have cried my eyes out for my mother." Xiang stood up happily, the butterflies embroidered on the silk on her shoulders came to life in the sunset, "You are tired today, mother, please tidy up.
I’ll bring you hot water soon.”
"Mom, I'll do it myself." Chen Ping rolled up his sleeves and was about to go out.
"How can that be done? Your hands need to be used for reading and writing." Xiang quickly stopped and said.
"How can a son be so valuable? No matter what he does, I am just my mother's son!" Chen Ping winked at his mother and pretended to be innocent: "Why, my mother thinks I can't even boil water now.
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Xiang knew clearly that Chen Ping was cheating, but she was still made to laugh and cry. She couldn't help but raise her hand and poke the bridge of his nose.
Chen Ping has grown taller now, and Xiang has to raise his chin to speak.
"My son can do anything! Okay, I'll let you do it by yourself today, and my mother will make you a hangover soup later."
"Hey, thank you, mother!"
Since returning home, Chen Ping feels a lot more relaxed.
Although there are wrinkles on the corners of Xiang's eyebrows and white hair on Chen Duohai's head, his energy is much better than before.
As long as they are around, Chen Ping feels very at ease.
This innocent heart is not afraid of getting lost on the treacherous road in the future.
In the next few days, the Chen family also had constant banquets, and the guests were like water.
The two aunts who married next door also returned to Nanxi Village, and many people from the next village also came here.
After three or four days, I finally calmed down. Thinking that the test in February was just around the corner, and the time for Chen Ping to leave was getting closer and closer, the Chen family finally closed the door and thanked guests.
On this day, Chen Ping came to the mountain where he had been grazing cattle.
Lao Huang followed with heavy steps, just like he had followed the seven or eight-year-old Chen Ping, but his eyes now had a bit more age and tenderness carved by the growth rings.
"A general dies in a hundred battles, but a strong man lives in ten years."
The snow had not completely melted, so Chen Ping found a dry stone to sit on, raised his hand and touched Lao Huang's horns, and said with a wry smile: "Tell me, is my cousin really okay?"
There has been no news about Chen Jun for so many years, and even Chen Ping dare not make false claims.
Of course Lao Huang didn't understand. He looked at the grown-up boy in front of him and let out a moo.
"After all these years, you are the only one who remains the same as before."
Magistrate Wang, teachers, Huating Academy, all this is like a dream, ten years have passed by in a flash.
But this dream eventually turned into a nightmare, weighing heavily on his head, often making him feel suffocated.
"Did you know?"
Chen Ping leaned against a dead tree trunk and murmured: "I thought the most shocking thing I had seen in my previous life was an earthquake and landslide. I never thought that one day I would be involved in the conspiracy of power."
The Salt and Iron Case, the Kowloon Hall, and the imperial examination were not what he originally wanted to do.
He just got involved involuntarily. For the sake of the teacher and the righteousness in his heart, he would not give up and could not give up.
"My mother is worried that I am in danger, and I don't even know how to answer. Lao Huang, sometimes I really feel that I am unfilial."
But if you turn a blind eye to some things, your conscience will feel bad.
Lao Huang nudged Chen Ping's legs with his nose, and seemed to understand.
"In order to find out the truth, I am in danger myself. Brother Zhao, Qingxuan, and Chongwen also have knives hanging on their heads. There are also Teacher Zhao, Senior Brother Cheng, Senior Brother Xie... the entire Kowloon
Tang, even the Su family siblings and Luo Li, so many people have been involved in this muddy water."
In order to investigate the case, Jiulongtang put himself in danger, and Luo Li even entered the enemy camp alone.
In order to investigate the case, He Qingxuan was supposed to have a bright future, and Ye Chongwen could also find another career, but now they are both in danger of overthrowing!
In order to investigate the case, even his parents... may be implicated by him.
But now that he knew that that group of people had killed so many people, and that the country was in danger because of these moths, Chen Ping became even more unable to let go.
"Moo."
Lao Huang groaned, seeming to be aware of his worries, and responded gently.
"Haha, I understand." Chen Ping smiled and cheered up, "But don't worry, the more this happens, the less I will give up."
Lao Huang tilted his head and looked at Chen Ping doubtfully.
"Kowloon Hall is a moving weapon. As long as it is finally formed, its tentacles will reach farther." Chen Ping murmured to himself, spitting out his thoughts, "If it doesn't work in one year, then two years, two years
If it doesn’t work in one year, then three years!”
"Pixiu got the news quickly this time, and he managed to escape by chance. So the only way to catch these people is to be faster than them!"
"I have to blow the wind to a place where the sun cannot shine. Only in this way... can I protect everyone, find out the truth, and bring those heartless beasts to justice!"
Chen Ping sat on the mountain for a long time and rambled on about many things that he had never told anyone.
The depression in my heart was finally let out at this moment.
Chen Ping knew that just as Tang Hao suggested, luck would not always be on his side.
Therefore, he needs to be more prepared to deal with changes in the current situation in the future.
"Let's go!"
Chen Ping stood up suddenly and looked up at the north.
"...it's time to leave."
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