Fragrance Returned

They thought Dong Ruyue was dead and would never be found. Without that jade pendant, revenge will be even more difficult.

Zhu Qian and others had no choice but to put revenge aside for the time being and concentrate on growing their own power.

For more than two decades, they went to sea and robbed without fear of death, accumulated a lot of wealth, and had more and more pirates and ships under their command.

Of course, what they robbed was not the people of Dali, but Japanese pirates and foreign pirates, as well as merchant ships. They also broke into Fusang, Malaysia, and even Folangji and other countries to rob things.

Pirates have caused unrest on the sea, affecting not only the interests of legitimate merchants, but also normal interactions between countries.

Today's emperor has great talents and great strategies, and vigorously develops the Lishui Army. While cracking down on pirates, they also offered favorable conditions to recruit capable bandit leaders who were not guilty of heinous crimes, including Zhu Qian and Qin Jin.

The favorable conditions include being granted an official position, regardless of past grievances, family property will not be confiscated, and ships can be operated legally...

Pirates are not like bandits. Bandits can only be recruited at the discretion of the court. The pirates had a way out. If the imperial court left and returned, their families or subordinates could flee overseas again. Moreover, the imperial court did not lack army generals, but it lacked good navy generals.

Therefore, the imperial court was much more polite to the pirates who were recruited.

Zhu Qian defected to the imperial court nine years ago. Qin Jin declined on the grounds of old age, and his son Qin Hai surrendered.

In the nine years since his return, Zhu Qian led the Lishui army to defeat Japanese pirates and Folangji pirates three times, and captured dozens of warships and several firearms. The warships and firearms belong to the imperial court, and the property on board is considered a harvest, and all the officers and soldiers participating in the war have a share.

Although Zhu Qian was just a guerrilla general, the court and superiors took him seriously, and the officers and soldiers were willing to follow him...

Mr. Lu and Sun Linfeng have a very good relationship with Zhu Qian. Sun Linfeng had met Zhu Fang. He accidentally saw Lilac when he went to Linshui County last year and felt that the two children looked very similar. After returning home, I accidentally told Zhu Qian that Ding Zhuang's wife was Xue Pingfu's illegitimate daughter.

Zhu Qian rekindled hope and quickly sent someone to verify.

Ding Xiang not only looks like Zhu Fang and Dong Ruyue, she also has a strange fragrance, which completely confirms that Ding Xiang is Dong Ruyue's granddaughter. Dong Ruyue did not die in the fire, but still got married and had children.

They analyzed that the Su family must have noticed something and chased them to Linshui County.

In order to protect Dong Ruyue, Xue Pingfu lit the fire, and in order to realize that he also died in the fire.

The real Dong Ruyue was raised in another place as Xue Pingfu's illegitimate daughter.

Mrs. Xue was afraid that the Su family would not give up, and that her children would be implicated. It was also possible that Xue Pingfu had told her something before he died. She pretended to regard Dong Ruyue as Xue Pingfu's real illegitimate daughter. She not only abused her, but also deliberately forced her to commit suicide by drowning herself in the river.

The old lady probably arranged for someone else to rescue Dong Ruyue as soon as she fell into the river, and then marry her off. Unexpectedly, Ding Zhuang accidentally hit him and saved the person first...

In this way, it is confirmed that Xue An is Xue Pingfu's illegitimate daughter, who was abused by her aunt and married to a poor and ugly country man.

This was a really good move. Dong Ruyue survived, got married and gave birth to two sons. It's a pity that I had bad luck and died unexpectedly at the hands of a country woman...

Ding Zhuang said, "I originally wanted to kowtow to Mr. Xue and Mrs. Xue in front of the Xue family's ancestral graves, but my nephew refused and asked me to burn more paper elsewhere. I won't kowtow to thank you until I bring down the Su family. I will go when I get home. Burn paper, burn a lot of paper, I'm sorry for the old lady, I scolded her for so many years."

Ding Xiang felt that she was not smart enough. Mrs. Xue, who had been scolding her for so long, turned out to be a good person.

She thought again of the head of the Xun family whom she had always despised.

Dong Rulan, who married into the Shen family, had only one sick son and no grandchildren. None of Dong Rujia's children survived after marrying into the Wang family. Dong Ruyi, who married into the Xun family, has two sons who are still alive and well and has four grandchildren.

Empress Dowager Su, who has ulterior motives, is suppressing her. Old witch Xun is working as an undercover agent. She is able to protect so many descendants of Dong Ruyi in such a difficult situation. The head of the Xun family is really powerful.

I don’t know whether it was Xun Qiandai’s father who was more powerful, or whether Xun Qiandai’s grandfather or grandmother was more powerful.

The granddaughter was replaced in the princess's mansion. If it is in the Xun family, it is unknown whether it can be implemented...

Her current mission is to be Dong Ruyue's granddaughter and follow Dong Yihe's cousin to eliminate the bad guys who harmed the Dong family.

As for fake Xunxiang, old witch Xun and her son and daughter-in-law, let’s talk about it after the most critical issues are resolved.

Ding Xiang asked again, "Why did the Su family want to destroy the Dong family? His ancestors were filial and loyal to Chu, but his daughter has become the Queen Mother of the Li Dynasty, the most noble woman in the Li Dynasty. Even after the Queen Mother died, she still had a noble concubine. , the grandson is also the prince.

"The descendants of the Dong family brought incense, and it was the Chu Dynasty that was destroyed. His grandson will become the emperor of the Li Dynasty. They should thank the Dong family. Could it be that they got the wrong person?"

Thinking of how his own Queen Mother and grandmother were surrounded and suppressed by the Queen Mother, Concubine Su, and the Crown Prince, it was so difficult and resourceful. And the biological mother was played around by the Queen Mother. When the old woman died, Princess Dongyang cried so sadly.

There is also the emperor, who is said to be wise, wise, talented and strategic. While vigorously developing the military, we use political and economic interactions to maintain friendly relations with neighboring countries. The people can recuperate, the economy is unprecedentedly prosperous, and the country is becoming stronger and stronger.

But he looks really bad at the people around him. Although it was the late emperor who destroyed the Dong family, he established the current crown prince, and his filial empress dowager and beloved concubine Su also had unknown motives.

Ding Zhao said, "The ones who framed the Dong family must be the Su family and the Wu family, yes. Especially the Queen Mother Su, I heard that she gave the late emperor many bad ideas. Why they did that is still unknown."

Ding Xiang asked, "That piece of jade will help find the cause?"

Ding Zhao shook his head, "Both my mother and cousin think that piece of jade is important, and it should be helpful. My cousin didn't say how specific it would be."

Ding Zhuang added, "I heard from my nephew that before the death of Queen Xiande, she specifically summoned Dong Shitao's ancestor into the palace and gave him this jade pendant. There should be something else to explain... After the ancestor returned, he quietly asked someone to make it. A jade outer mold, the jade pendant and the outer mold together form a pair.

"I will go home tomorrow. You continue to accompany your elder brother here, and Xiangxiang will go and accompany Mrs. Zhu. They heard that we are experimenting with high-quality iron tools and are very interested..."

Ding Zhuang openly took several military officers to visit the manufacturing house on the grounds that the manufacturing company had tested good ironware. Zhu Qian also went and handed him the jade pendant.

There was too much information received today, and Lilac's head was spinning rapidly.

Many connections have been made clear, but there are still a few unsolved mysteries that remain unclear.

One is of course the purpose of the Su family. Zhu Qian should have found clues over the years, but the Ding family are ordinary people and have just met each other, so he may not tell them.