But Yao the shopkeeper didn’t notice him either, and was busy saluting Song Wangyue, “Miss Song.”
“Master Yao has worked hard ……”
Before he could finish his words, he was grabbed by Doctor Yao who scurried over in three or two steps, his eyes staring straight at Master Yao.
He thought, and raised his hand to wipe it.
“Second brother!”
An old but somewhat familiar shout.
Boss Yao’s raised hand stalled in the air.
There was only one person who called out to his second brother, his elder brother who had been away from home for many years and had not been heard from.
But this man in front of him was clearly not.
“You, you are ……”
Dr. Yao pulled the mask off his face.
Looking at the face that had appeared in his dreams for an unknown number of times, tears spurted out of Yao’s eyes.
Big brother was alive!
He was not dreaming!
Big Brother was really standing in front of him.
“Big brother!”
“It’s me, it’s me ……”
Dr. Yao choked back a sob, seeming to cry or laugh, “Old age.”
When he left home, his second brother was only twenty years old, and now he already had grey hair at his temples.
Song Wan Yue had indeed wanted to see Doctor Yao in tears just now, but now she couldn’t watch any more, so she gave Song Si and Song San a wink and the three of them quietly withdrew from the courtyard.
Song Si was still in a state of shock, he had always thought that Dr Yao was a loner, but it turned out that he had a family.
He was about to ask Song Wan Yue if she had known that Master Yao and Doctor Yao were brothers. A clattering of horses’ hooves came.
The three of them looked over at the same time.
The man on the horse was Sheriff Zhang.
When he reached the three of them, he stopped his horse and rolled down, “Miss Song, we have found Liu Ying’s family.”
It was Liu Ying’s house that had been found, not Liu Ying.
Song Wan Yue frowned slightly, “Liu Ying ran away?”
“He wasn’t at home, his wife said that when the men from the Five Cities Military Division knocked on the door, Liu Ying hadn’t long left.”
“Do you know where he went?”
Sheriff Zhang shook his head, “They all said they didn’t know.”
Song Wan Yue thought of the attendant beside the Third Prince, who had not left since he had gone to the palace to testify.
“There should be someone in his residence who was the Third Prince’s original attendant, go and find the person and ask him properly, maybe he will know, if he doesn’t know ……”
Song Wan Yue paused for a moment, “Tell your lord to strengthen his guard, Liu Ying is likely to doggedly jump to the wall and do something even crazier.”
Sheriff Zhang’s heart jumped, “I’m on my way.”
“There is no need to be polite to that man, if he does not speak, take him straight back and use torture.”
“Thank you for reminding me, Miss.”
Sheriff Zhang rolled onto his horse, turned it around and flew away.
“Big brother, you and sister-in-law go to the Ding Guo Gong residence for a few days, and come back when Liu Ying is caught; Song San, you stay here with the men.”
Song Si knew that Liu Ying was no ordinary person, and if he was really hiding in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to make a move on them, he and Xiao Yao would be the first targets. Nodding his head, “We’ll go over there.”
“Song San, take your men and escort them over, and mention my name if you come across any patrols on the way.”
“Yes.”
“Yue’er, you be careful too.”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
Watching the two leave, she turned around and went back to the courtyard to close the gate.
The two brothers, Dafu Yao, had already gone back inside. She moved a stool and sat in the courtyard.
Hu Yong had brought his men to guard the Xu family’s side, there were two shifts during the day and two shifts at night, the man on guard at night was now sleeping in the back of the house, if Liu Ying took advantage of this time to come to the door, those people might not be able to react immediately, Song San had brought his men to guard here the brothers of Dafu Yao would be much safer.
But a quarter of an hour later, another rush of hoof beats came and stopped at the door, followed by a knock on the door, “Little girl, it’s me!”
Song Wangyue stood up and quickly walked over to open the door.
Song Yin had gone to the Duke of Ding’s residence for something, and should have heard about Liu Ying from his elder brother’s mouth, before hurrying back.
When the door opened and he saw her looking at him with a smile on her face, Song Yin’s uneasy heart calmed down.
When Song Si got off the carriage, he happened to be coming out of the Ding Guo Gong’s residence and came back immediately after hearing Song Si’s words.
Liu Ying was the commander of the feathered forest army, so his martial arts skills were not low, and the little girl might not have a chance against him.
Song Wangyue pointed towards the house, “Boss Yao is here, the two brothers are crying with a headache.”
Song Yin lost his smile.
It was true that brothers who hadn’t seen each other for years were excited, hugging and crying was not necessarily the case.
“You said that?”
He was referring to the visit to the palace to treat the Emperor’s illness.
Song Wan Yue nodded, “Ten thousand taels of gold, Master’s eyes were round when he heard about it.”
Imagining that look on Doctor Yao’s face, Song Yin couldn’t help but smile again, stroking her head and saying, “Duke Zhen had someone send a message to Grandfather, saying that I should come over.”
Song Wan Yue was surprised, “The Duke of Zhen Guo? Sending a message to grandfather? Is it possible that General Shen has told him your true identity?”
“I think so, you should accompany me over there.”
“Good.”
When Song San brought his men over, Song Wan Yue instructed her and went with Song Yin to Zhen Guo Gong’s residence.
The main street was empty, no one was there, and the two shared a ride, walking not too fast, not too slow, all the way to the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion.
The gates of the Duke of Zhen’s residence were closed.
Before the two dismounted, the butler who had been waiting inside the gate for a long time heard the commotion and asked the watchman to open the gate, he came out and saluted the two of them, “Miss Song and Prince Song, His Highness has been waiting for you for a long time.”
The two of them handed the reins to the watchman and followed the butler into the gate, which closed behind them.
The steward led the two outside the Duke of Zhen’s study and reported, “Master, Duke Song and Miss Song have arrived.”
“Come in.”
The butler went forward and personally opened the door to the study, inviting the two inside, closing the door behind him and guarding the door.
Inside the study were the Duke of Zhen and Shen Lin, the grandfather and grandson.
Shen Lin bowed to the two men, and Duke Zhen’s gaze fell straight on Song Yin’s face.
He had received a letter from Shen Yan yesterday, and after reading it, he was so shocked that he almost jumped out of his skin, Song Yin was actually the son of King Qin!
He thought of when the emperor had asked him to call Song Yin over for dinner when he first returned. At that time, he had thought that the emperor wanted to pull Song Yin into his inner circle and reuse him, but it turned out that the emperor was testing Song Yin’s identity.
It was fortunate that he felt that something was wrong and thought of asking Ya’er to come over and pull Song Yin away, otherwise, he would have been a sinner for the ages.
The letter from Shen Yan not only said that Song Yin was the son of King Qin, but also told him what the emperor had done back then.
The rumours in the capital the other day turned out to be true, the emperor had really defiled King Qin’s concubine.
There were so many beauties in the world, and the emperor had a harem of 3,000 beauties, how could he look at a woman who had just given birth? He was trying to get rid of the invincible King Qin, whose reputation in the army was so high that it posed a threat to him.
But has it ever occurred to His Majesty that if King Qin had wanted to fight for the throne, he would have done so back then after he had put down the chaos in the palace and ordered his people to kill him outside.
When he thought of how King Qin, a man of great talent and with a martial arts strategy that few others could match, had been calculated by the emperor to suffer the punishment of being boned, the Duke of Zhen wanted to rush to the emperor and scold him, what qualifications did such a man have to be on the dragon chair!