Chapter 89: "Mother's Family"

"Fourth Young Master?" Chen Ren looked surprised at these two "freaks." "Are you from the Liang Mansion?"
Taking advantage of the night to rest, Chen Ren approached these two burly men who seemed to have some issues, but he unexpectedly received news that he had never even thought of!
It's surprising that the Liang Royal Family would come looking for me. I don't think I've ever been an important figure to them.
The big man with nine fingers shook his head and said, "We are General Gongsun's men!"
"General Gong Sun?"
"It's your uncle." Another big man chuckled, "He's the best hero in Liangzhou!"
"I have an uncle?!" Chen Ren had never heard of having an uncle before, besides occasional correspondence through letters, he had never even seen him!
“Naturally...This is our waist badge," a big man with nine fingers handed Chen Ren a badge.
He looked at it over and over again, as if it was made of purple bronze, with four big characters engraved on it: Liangzhou Flying Edge. Below the big characters, there was a line of small characters: Vanguard Camp, Scout Team, Lai San."
"My uncle asked you to take me back?" he asked after handing back the waist card.
Lai Laosan nodded quickly, "Yes, after a ground dragon flip, all our secret plans in the capital were destroyed! Liu Ada, who was assigned to be by your side, also disappeared, which made General Gongsun extremely anxious! But at that time, General Gongsun was fighting the barbarians in the north, so we had to ride mythical beasts to come to the capital to find you."
"Xian beasts?" Chen Ren looked around, "Those two horses?"
"Of course not, they are the general's mounts, a giant eagle that can fly 2,000 miles per day! It has already gone back. I'm sure the general has killed all those unruly bearded men and will probably come as well."
Listening to Lai Laosan's explanation, Chen Ren's heart suddenly turned anxious: "Liu Ada is the secret pawn of the Wang Mansion in the capital?"
"Not the Wang Mansion's, but the General's. Specifically to protect you!"
Chen Ren frowned: "What is the difference between a general and a royal residence?"
"The general is the successor of the powerful families in the Western Liang region. They have tens of thousands of clan members and numerous followers. Even the skilled soldiers in the army respect and obey the general. There is no need for the arrangement of a royal residence!"
Lai Laosan pounds his chest, his face full of pride: "Although I am a soldier of Feifeng Cavalry, I am also a retainer of the general! I'm not here by order of the royal court, but by the general's order, specifically to protect the Fourth Young Master!"
So, you mean his maternal family is actually a powerful family in Liangzhou? Then why is he remembered as a bastard in his original memory?
"How is the situation in Liangzhou?"
"Except for the sudden restlessness of the barbarians, everything else is normal. It is said that the condition of the young lady's illness has also improved. The Lord wants to promote the general, but the general refused, so the Lord got angry and demoted the general to a miscellaneous general, but he still retains the command of the Feifeng Cavalry..."
Chen Renting listened, feeling confused, and quickly waved his hand to interrupt Lai Laosan: "Are you saying that there was no incident of the Earth Dragon flipping over in Liangzhou?"
Lai Laosan scratched his head, looking puzzled: "That's right, there wasn't."
Chen Ren nodded and scratched his chin in contemplation.
The Wang Mansion seemed completely different from what he had imagined, and especially the Liangzhou region! A powerful family with over ten thousand clan members and numerous retainers, and yet they had such prestige in the military. This indicated that Liangzhou was not an easy place to deal with! And why was he, the fourth young master of such a prominent family, sent to the imperial capital as a hostage? It should be noted that anyone sent to the capital as a hostage basically meant being completely abandoned by the Wang Mansion! Why did such a powerful family not react? And why was his past self completely ignorant of all this?!
My identity as the fourth son of the Liang King doesn't seem as simple as I originally thought!
"By what means did you make contact with General Gongsun?" he asked again.
"The Qianli Chuangun Fu is a kind of Daoist spiritual treasure. It was requested by the general from the Supreme Master of Quanzhen Sect." Lai Laosan took out a small square box from his pocket and carefully opened it, giving Chen Ren a quick glance before quickly putting it back in his pocket.
He only saw that it was a jade card, and couldn't see anything else clearly!
"Can I have a direct conversation with the general?"
"How could anyone have such incredible power." Lai San scratched his head. "I can only write some simple secret codes, then light up this jade card. The general will be able to understand on his end."
"Oh~" Chen Ren suddenly realized and it made sense.
"How were you planning to take me back originally?"
"Naturally, we were going to enter Liangzhou from Yongzhou brazenly!" Lai San directly said, "That Lord of Yongzhou is a coward! He wouldn't dare to stop Young Master!"
"I was also planning to return to Liangzhou," Chen Ren said after thinking for a while. "I was initially worried about which way to take, but now that the two of you know the way, let's just go like this."
“少爷是发了善心，想救这些百姓？”一直沉默的另一个大汉突然开口。
“不知如何称呼？”
“少爷叫俺赖老二就行。”大汉笑了笑：“俺和老三是兄弟。”
Oh~" Chen Ren looked at the two of them in surprise, not understanding why the seemingly dull Old San was actually the leader among the two.
"Old San is adept in the art of finding people. Within a hundred miles, there is nothing he can't locate!" Lai Lao Er laughed and said, "Otherwise, even if we have illustrations, we wouldn't be able to find Young Master!"
"So..." Chen Ren also smiled: "You just asked me if we should save these common people?"
Lai Lao Er nodded: "If Young Master wants to save these common people, we will have to seek help from the King of Yongzhou. When we came, Third Brother and I saw it clearly from the sky. Most of the eastern part of Yongzhou, just like the imperial capital, has been affected by the upheaval of the earth dragon. Although it is not as severe as Yuzhou, it is still not light! There are over ten thousand people here, and more people will join along the way. Just the issue of food alone is a thorny problem!"
Chen Ren nodded and said, "I also think so. However, the population of Liangzhou Dayan has always been small. Now that Liangzhou has not suffered from disasters, these people can settle down and enrich the border. This is not a bad thing for Liangzhou. But we also need to do what we can. If we cannot help, then so be it. But if we can lend a helping hand..."
"The small one doesn't dare." Lai Er laughed, "Young master is kind-hearted, just like the second wife."
The second wife is probably the mother he hasn't seen much of.
"Master, don't worry. Although the power of our Gong Sun family is far inferior to that of the Liang Wangfu, it is not difficult to borrow some grain from the King of Yongzhou. Once we meet with the general, we can let the general handle the matter with him!"
“好！”陈仁点了点头：“那就辛苦二位，与我那舅舅联络，看咱们是在哪里汇合！”
“还是一事。”赖老三话锋一转：“少爷，这里有不少朝廷的军丁，他们有的是城卫军，有的小的也看不出来路，但一看便知是了不得的精锐，那个领头的将军，修为恐怕不下五品！少爷可知这些人的来历？”
Chen Ren shook his head: "I don't know, but I only care about the people."
Those people don't need him to take care of, the princess will figure out a solution herself!