Du was also a little surprised, but said nothing. His smile dispersed on his face, dispelling the vicissitudes of life and dust on his face. He was not flattered or retreating to salute, but reached out and patted Xue Qing on the shoulder.

Xue Qing hissed.

Du hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Is it a wound?"

Xue Qing smiled and said, "Yes, but it's okay."

Xue’s mother, who was standing beside her, hurried forward when she heard the word “sincere” and said, “Where is the injury? How is it?” She reached out to see.

Xue Qing held her hand and said, "The shoulder is not heavy, I have already applied medicine." She slightly lifted her clothes and let Xue's mother look at the wound cloth wrapped around her shoulders.

Xue's mother shed tears again.

Du Ku smiled and said, "Your Highness is really amazing if you only get hurt like this."

Everyone in the room came to their senses. Thinking of this, the peddler was surprised again and said, "Your Highness really killed those five people alone?"

Xue Qing did not answer, but looked at them and said, "Do you guys introduce yourself first..." and smiled bitterly, "I am very shocked at this moment."

I couldn't tell... the people in the room looked at her, but it was time to tell the specific things. The peddler and others looked at each other and looked at Du, and Du said, "It's a long story, but it's also simple. Do you know the death of the Empress and Emperor Baozhang?"

This is not a secret, and all citizens of the Great Zhou Dynasty should know it.

Xue Qing nodded, didn't ask questions, just waited quietly for him to continue.

".In June of the third year of Daping, Your Majesty died of serious injuries to Duke Tan of Qin..."

Xue Qing looked surprised. It turned out that this emperor was also killed... This Qin Tan Gong is really amazing.

"...Your Majesty has two personal guards, one is the Black Armored Guard affiliated with Duke Qin Tan, which is the people you killed today, and the other is us. Your Majesty gave him the name of the Five Pest Army."

Although his hair and beard were thick, he couldn't hide his arrogance when he said this name. Xue Qing looked at him, but the meaning of this name was not very good... Didn't the emperor humiliate them?

Du smiled slightly and said, "Qintan Gong governed the army strictly. At that time, there were many soldiers who made mistakes and wanted to be chopped or expelled, such as escaping and stealing, stealing and cheating in the army, and so on. His Majesty came forward to stop them and ordered me to form a single army, saying that I wanted to see what a person would do if a group of insects would be used, and whether it was also useful, so I was given the name Five Worms."

The peddler laughed and said, "I like little thieves. Thanks to Lord Du, I would have been reincarnated as soon as possible." After saying that, he greeted Xue Qing, "I have met Your Highness with a young man."

The woman selling fish smiled and said, "Kang Kang, you are so humble. You stole half of the armored weapons from the arsenal and let the blacksmith smash and melt it and sell it. It's really not a thief." After that, he also bowed to Xue Qing, "Your Highness, Nu Wu's surname, and his nickname is Miaomiao."

The peddler Kang Nian smiled dryly and said, "Nothing is there? It's exaggerated." He pointed to the blacksmith beside him, "This is a blacksmith, and I don't know what it is."

The blacksmith stood aside without saying a word and looked very honest... How could the general sells weapons privately? Xue Qing thought to himself, Xue's mother and this fish-selling woman Miaomiao... She looked at them.

The woman selling fish smiled Miaomiao: "Young Master Qingzi, I didn't lie to you. I am indeed a fish seller..."

The old man who picked up the feces laughed and said, "She sells fish, your mother cooks, and they open a black shop. I don't know how many passers-by have eaten, and they are brave enough to hit the black armored guards passing by..." He saluted like a peddler and others, "Old men are all like you."

Qi Soo, a strange name, Xue Qing said curiously: "And then I was caught?"

Maybe he was embarrassed to say this in front of the child he raised. Xue's mother raised her hand and covered her face and said, "Don't say it."

The old man Qi Suo gloated and said, "...No, he ran away and was caught by Lord Du. He said that a black armored guard could kill a hundred ordinary soldiers, and a soldier could kill a hundred enemy thieves, so he asked them to pay off their debts... I said Miaomiao, Ge Chuan, you two have not calculated how much you have to pay yet, right?"

Xue's mother covered her face and said without saying a word. Miaomiao said, "You are the one who picks up the dung and laugh at us. Why are you a soldier for your whole life? You have never killed an enemy thief. How proud you are."

Qi Soo laughed: "I'm stupid."

He has never killed an enemy thief in his life, but he is unscathed. That is so powerful that he can seek profit and avoid harm or escape. This is not stupid. Xue Qing looked at the old man and then glanced at the others, the Five Pest Army. This emperor is interesting.

Du also saw these subordinates, and a trace of past memories flashed in his eyes, but then he covered it and said, "At that time, we were in Xiliang by the Qin Tan Gong's tribe in Xiliang. When we realized that the situation was not good, we were already charged with the chaos of the army by Qin Tan Gong and could not get close to His Majesty. We could only try our best to save the Queen and Your Highness, but we were still one step late. When we arrived, the Huangsha Road Postmaster Song Yuan sprinkled the entire city with tinder oil. The fire inside was burning three thousand black armors outside the city. We fought to death and the Queen had already..." He stopped at this point.

Although it was not the first time that everyone in the room heard about it, it still seemed to be back to the time, with a sad expression.

Du looked at Xue Qing and then said, "Fortunately, your highness, you didn't catch a fire or faint at that time. You hid under the table and cried. I hugged you out and you didn't cry..."

Xue's mother wiped her tears and said, "But you were still scared. When Lord Du brought you to me, you fainted. You didn't remember anything when you woke up, but just cried. I could only say that I was your mother, so you hugged me tightly..." When she said this, she looked at the girl in front of her, took a deep breath and took a step back, leaned over and saluted, "Gechuan, I've seen Your Highness."

From then on, he was no longer a mother and daughter.

Xue Qing reached out and grabbed her arm, nodded, and said, "What?" He didn't answer the topic.

Ge Chuan wiped his tears and said, "... At that time, the people of Qin Tan Gong were chasing them very tightly. Lord Du wanted to lead them away, so he asked us to take you away. Later, Lord Du sent a message saying that he would go to Chang'an City, and I would bring you here. For safety, I decided to pretend to be a boy. So I came to the Guo family, discuss with Guo Huaichun and pretend to repay the kindness and marriage." He looked at Xue Qing and laughed in tears, "We discussed everything that Master Guo said in daily life. He respected and cared for His Highness very much, but to cover up his eyes and ears."

Xue Qing nodded.

Here he said: "The reason why you asked Your Highness to come to Chang'an City is because of the arrangement of the superior."

Xue Qing couldn't help laughing. Everyone in the room looked at her in confusion. She could still laugh at this time? And what's so funny?

Xue Qing coughed lightly and said, "So there are people above us."

Du said: "Qin Tan Gong covered the sky with one hand and hid the cause of His Majesty's death. He pushed the Queen and Your Highness your death to the sky thunder, but many people doubted that after I handed you over to Ge Chuan and others, in addition to luring and killing the black armored soldiers, he was also looking for help from the court."

Xue Qing said: "Then the current emperor is the son of the late emperor?"

Du said: "Of course not. The imperial concubine has never been pregnant. This was brought back by Duke Qin Tan from outside."

Xue Qing said: "Since that's the case, why don't you expose them directly? Tell the world that the Emperor Baozhang is still alive?"

Du said: "The fire was too big. Mr. Qin Tan said, Princess, you died in the thunder fire. He used another fake body to confuse the people of the world. The most important thing is that the queen was carrying the jade seal to Mount Tai. I rescued you at that time and did not find the jade seal, so I could not prove your identity."

Xue Qing reached out and stroked his face, saying, "As the emperor, I, the ministers in the court, wouldn't they not recognize me, right?"

Du said: "Your Highness was only five years old at that time and had been in the deep palace. And it was not meant to be the emperor who could inherit the throne..."

He is just a eldest princess, not regarded as the crown prince, so even if it is a princess, she will hide in the boudoir and cannot see anyone... Feudal thought kills people, Xue Qing shook her head.

"...I didn't ask the imperial teacher to enlighten me. All I knew about were some eunuchs and palace maids, and many of them were controlled by Qin Tan Gong." Du continued, "Although there were ministers in the court who met you, Princess, we didn't know who was Qin Tan Gong in the court, so we didn't dare to go rashly. Now you are grown up..." Looking at Xue Qing's face, hesitated a little.

Ge Chuan took over the conversation and said, "You are a girl who changes her life at an age. You are different from when you were a child. And you are not very similar to Your Majesty and the Queen. You can't convince everyone by looking alone."

Xue Qing said: "No wonder those people from Zong Zhou just cast a wide net."

Du said: "These eunuchs are quite familiar with His Highness." They would rather kill a thousand people by mistake and look for them. Those ministers would not be able to recognize the emperor by virtue of their appearance.

Even if you look similar, it is difficult to convince the public. Xue Qing understands this point. There are all kinds of stories about fake princesses in history. He nodded and said, "I understand, at this time, just by saying that I am the princess, no one will believe it. Then who is the one above us?"

Du shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Yes... Xue Qing looked at him, don't know? This is not very reliable.

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(Thanks to Sumiregusa for giving her 10,000 yuan in starting coins. Good Monday, Momo.)
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