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Chapter 233 Rose Cake Has the Scent of Osmanthus
Huang Shuo followed the man out of the county town, and then walked for nearly an hour before arriving at a small mountain village.
Huang Shuo saw the man walk into a yard and quickly jumped onto the roof to take a closer look.
He saw the man talking and laughing with two young men of similar age, and they sounded like three brothers.
Later, they prepared dinner. The man said he wanted to go up the mountain to hunt some game to eat with wine in the evening, and then left home.
Huang Shuo continued to follow the man to a secluded place halfway up the mountain where there was no one around. Huang Shuo appeared and blocked the man's way.
"Please wait a moment, little brother. I have something to ask you."
The man looked at Huang Shuo with a stern expression and great vigilance.
"I wonder what this brother wants to see me about?"
Huang Shuo smiled at the man, stared at his face, and asked in a casual tone.
"Little brother, do you know the reputation of Wuwei Escort Agency?"
The man immediately replied with three words.
"do not know."
Huang Shuo saw the man's expression change slightly, and the man answered without even thinking, "I don't know."
How could you not know?
The Great Xia Kingdom had been closed to the outside world for many years, and the royal caravans under the Ministry of Revenue had always been guarded by the Wuwei Escort Agency.
For seven years, they had only taken one official road. The Nanxi County was near the Yitiantian where Wang Sheng was killed. It was impossible for the local people in Nanxi not to know about the Wuwei Escort Agency.
If the man answered "I know", Huang Shuo would not be suspicious. But if the man answered "I don't know", he must have something to hide!
After the man finished speaking, he immediately walked past Huang Shuo and continued walking up the mountain.
Huang Shuo flew in front of the man again and bowed to him.
"I see that you have quite good Qinggong skills. Not long ago, you saved a pregnant woman and prevented a tragedy from happening. I really admire you. I wonder who your master is?"
The man's footsteps suddenly stopped, a fierce cold light flashed in his eyes, and without answering, he sneered at Huang Shuo.
Huang Shuo was still wondering what the man's sneer at him meant.
Then he saw a stream of black blood flowing from the corner of the man's mouth, and the man fell to the ground.
Huang Shuo hurried forward to check and reached out to feel the man's breath, but he was already dead.
Huang Shuo said this and picked up the wine bowl and drank it all.
Zhao Xuan was stunned. What a quick and easy death! Her father hadn't gotten anything out of her. What a waste of time!
Huang Shuo continued.
"I was really shocked at the time. I had never encountered anything like this before and I didn't know what to do for a moment.
However, I met an old man who was farming at the entrance of the village, and found out that these three brothers were not born from the same mother, but were three orphans.
I had no choice but to return to Liyang immediately to discuss this matter with your Uncle Guo, but I received an order from your master asking me to catch up with the delegation as soon as possible to protect you and Xiaowu."
Zhao Xuan connected the whole thing together in one go.
It turned out that her father was investigating the Flame Organization's looting of a caravan at the time. No wonder she hadn't seen Huang Shuo for many days before the delegation set off.
Zhao Xuan thought for a moment and asked Huang Shuo.
"Dad, when you return to Liyang and tell Uncle Guo about this, what will he say?"
"Your Uncle Guo said he suspected that man was someone's assassin."
Huang Shuo pursed his lips tightly, as if suppressing the pain in his heart. After a while, he sighed, looked at the dark night outside the window, and continued speaking.
"Then something happened to the mission, so I had to take you with me and hide my identity. I didn't pursue the matter any further, and the Flame Organization seemed to have vanished from sight and never appeared again."
Huang Shuo turned and looked at Zhao Xuan.
"Xuan'er, do you still remember your uncle Wang Sheng?"
"I remember, of course I remember! He was Master's good friend and he often played with me when I was little!"
"Your Uncle Wang was killed by the Flame Organization while escorting a caravan! Your master wants to find the murderer as soon as possible and avenge your Uncle Wang."
Huang Shuo sighed repeatedly when he said this.
"I still haven't completed the task your master entrusted to me."
Zhao Xuan walked up to Huang Shuo and hugged him gently.
"Dad, when I return from Yue Kingdom this time, let's continue investigating together. Since these three brothers are all orphans, there should be some clues to follow!"
Huang Shuo felt greatly relieved upon hearing this.
"Okay, okay! Dad will wait for you to come back and check it out together!"
Gu Zhanghua waited for Zhao Xuan's return in Prince Xian's mansion, reading some books and writing some articles. Without Zhao Xuan's laughter, the mansion felt a bit deserted.
That day, Gu Zhanghua went to the palace to pay his respects to his mother. Luluo led him into the Qilan Palace, where he saw his father and his mother sitting at the table.
His father looked worried, but his mother looked very happy and placed a plate of cakes in front of his father.
As soon as Gu Li saw Gu Zhanghua, he waved hurriedly.
"Xiao Wu, come here, come and see how good your mother is at fooling people!"
Gu Zhanghua smiled and bowed to the two of them, then stood up and walked to the table.
There was a plate of pastries on the table, sprinkled with a few rose petals.
There were a few rose petals floating on the tea in front of Gu Li.
Gu Zhanghua didn't understand what it meant for a moment?
Xiao Aiyue pulled Gu Zhanghua to sit beside her.
"You come and judge for yourself. Your father blames me for interfering in your affairs and has punished me by making me work in the back garden. The back garden is full of roses. It would be a shame to dig it up, don't you think?"
Huh? That's what happened? Roses are my precious treasure. Father's punishment is really severe. It seems he must have been very angry with me at the time!
Gu Zhanghua lowered his head and pretended to cough twice, not daring to speak to his mother.
Xiao Aiyue doesn't necessarily have to get a response from her son, she is not afraid of being punished by His Majesty!
She bathes in rose petals every day. Who gets the benefit of her fragrant body?!
Xiao Aiyue glanced at Gu Li, what a hypocrite! !
Xiao Aiyue complained bitterly in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything nonsense in front of her son.
"Mom thought about it and thought, rose petals can be used to make rose desserts and make rose tea. What's the difference between growing roses and growing vegetables?
Isn't growing vegetables the same as farming? I didn't go against your father's will, right?"
Gu Zhanghua held his forehead with his hand. His mother was really good at doing things perfunctorily. She was actually disobeying the emperor's order in order to keep the rose. No wonder his father was unhappy.
Gu Zhanghua picked up a piece of cake and tasted it, and was immediately even more speechless.
A pure fragrance of osmanthus cake!
It turned out that my mother had simply put a few rose petals on the prepared osmanthus cake and presented it to my father like a treasure, calling it rose cake.
Gu Zhanghua now wanted to say a few good words for his mother, but he didn't know how to put it together.
He silently put the remaining osmanthus cake into the plate and looked at his mother seriously.
"Mother, I really want to support you, but you can't fool anyone but my father. I can't bear to see this. Can you at least make a plate of rose cake?"
Gu Li immediately felt refreshed. He was so happy that his son was on his side that he didn't intend to argue with Xiao Aiyue.
"Xiao Wu has said everything I needed to say. This ends here. You can continue to grow your roses. Remember to make a plate of real rose cake later."
He doesn't care, but Xiao Aiyue still feels aggrieved!
She directly put the blame on Gu Li for causing her to do things perfunctorily.
She held Gu Zhanghua's hand and shed bitter tears.
"Xiaowu, this is all your father's fault! He didn't tell me in advance and conducted a surprise inspection. I only had time to do this. I've racked my brains and now my head still hurts!"