Fragrance Returned

After more than half a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Zhu raised her head and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

The man turned around and sat between Zhu Qian and Mrs. Zhu. Mrs. Zhu held his arm and was reluctant to let go.

The man is in his twenties, with a strong build. His skin is as dark and dry as Qin Hai's, and there are shallow wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

At first glance, it seems that the sun has been in the sun for a long time and the sea water has soaked too much.

The facial features are very handsome, with double eyelids, a high nose bridge, and thin lips with sharp edges. A smile with neat white teeth and two shallow dimples.

Even in her dream, Ding Xiang's first reaction was to guess that this man was Mrs. Zhu's brother.

I don’t know what he said, but Mrs. Zhu’s eyes filled with tears again, and Zhu Qian patted his shoulder.

They didn't move around, and what Ding Xiang saw was the faces of the three of them.

After watching it for a long time, Ding Xiang felt that the first word he spoke to Mrs. Zhu seemed to be saying "mother". The first word he spoke to Zhu Qian was like "Dad".

How can it be!

Looking at them for a longer time, it feels like they are a family of three. Moreover, his double eyelids look like Zhu Qian. Zhu Zhan has a double eye, and Mrs. Zhu has a double eye.

Could it be that he is their son?

He looks a few years older than Zhu Zhan, so he should be his elder brother.

Zhu Qian said a few more words, and the man stood up, knelt down, and kowtowed to Zhu Qian and his wife.

The scene in front of her suddenly disappeared, and Lilac woke up automatically.

Ding Xiang sat up and pushed Feifei aside who was sleeping soundly.

She hugged her legs, put her chin on her knees, and thought about the faces of the three people for a long time.

She felt that the man was most likely the son of Zhu Qian and Mrs. Zhu.

Zhu Qian and Mrs. Zhu said that they have only one son, Zhu Zhan, who is 21 years old this year. There was only one daughter, who died when she was three years old.

Ding Xiang heard Zhu Qian and his wife talk about some of their past.

After Aunt Wei came to Ding's house, she also talked about some past events when she was at Zhu's house.

It wasn't Ding Xiang who asked, but she took the initiative to say it.

The fact that she can tell it means that the information is not confidential. To be more precise, Zhu Qianqian asked her to work as a slave for Ding Xiang, which shows that she doesn't know what needs to be kept secret.

Adding up all the information, it turns out that Zhu Qian's family used to live on an island called Shijiao Island, which was the closest to Hu County in the Li Dynasty.

The island is not large and can only grow some fruits and rice. At its peak, there were nearly 2,000 people on the island. The men worked as pirates, smugglers, and fishers, while the women farmed and took care of their children at home...

Later, Zhu Qian was recruited by Sun Yumu's eldest son, and he led some people to surrender to Dali.

There are still some people and big boats left on the rocky island. The men no longer become pirates, but engage in normal business, fishing, or smuggling.

I don't know if he is a pirate privately or not.

However, Zhu Qian once revealed that if he encounters danger and cannot stay in Dali, he can flee overseas, and Ding Xiang will be the first to evacuate.

If he escapes again, it is unlikely that he will escape to Shijiao Island, which is already known to the Da Li people. Then Zhu Qian must have a more secret place, which is his last trump card. It is a top secret and must be guarded by the people he trusts most.

It's possible that the person guarding the island is that person.

He put a biological son on the island because he wanted to live there after the Su family was completely wiped out?

It's not like that. The daughter-in-law that Zhu Qian and his wife helped Zhu Zhanxiang fell in love with was Mi Hongmian. Not to mention whether Mi Hongmian was willing to escape to the deserted island, even her delicate body couldn't bear it.

What's more, if Mi Hongmian goes missing, the Mi family will definitely go to war and attract more forces to find them.

Moreover, judging from Zhu Zhan's actions, he was trained according to the standards of Dali nobles.

And that man, at first glance, is a man born for the sea.

There is also Brother Hong. The daughter-in-law Mr. Qin fell in love with is Ding Zhen, which means that Brother Hong will stay in Dali permanently.

Then there is another possibility. Zhu Zhan made two preparations.

The eldest son stayed overseas, and that branch multiplied and multiplied there. The younger son stayed in Dali, and this branch lived in Dali forever.

Modern civilizations in previous generations were sometimes powerless in the face of natural disasters, let alone this era. If something unexpected happens to the eldest son, there will also be one for the younger son.

If the younger son's branch suffers the same disaster as the previous two times, there will also be the eldest son's branch.

As the guards of the Dong family, the Qin family will also be divided into two groups. The third son of the Qin family has never shown up. Is he with that person?

Considering the two massacres of the Dong family, it was not impossible for Zhu Qian to make this arrangement.

If this is the case, Zhu Qian's scheming is deeper than Ding Xiang thought before. He started planning this more than 20 years ago, and even many people around him kept it a secret.

In this way, they will eventually give up one of their two sons and face the separation of their family ties.

People with blood feuds are too tired to live.

I don’t know where that island is, and I don’t know how many years passed before this son secretly came to Dali to meet his parents, which is why Mrs. Zhu cried so sadly.

Ding Xiang let out a sigh of relief after thinking about it.

My own life experience is bizarre and tortuous enough, but compared to their family, it really pales into insignificance.

Zhu Qian hated the late emperor.

This is why the Dali Dynasty is now unprecedentedly prosperous and powerful, and the emperor's own grandfather is a wise king. Otherwise, according to Zhu Qian's ability and hatred for the Dali Dynasty, it would not be possible to lead people to rebel.

Fortunately, Zhu Qian didn't have this idea. She has the blood of the Gao family and the blood of the Dong family. If the two families were to confront each other, she would not be happy with either side.

Ding Xiang picked up the small jacket beside the bed and put it on, then went to the ground to find pen, ink, paper and inkstone to draw a portrait of the man.

You must remember him, it may be useful in the future.

Suddenly, Lilac saw a piece of blue and golden flesh squirming next to the big basin containing the little fairy, and it was also carrying a heavy shell.

Her eyes suddenly bulged, and the little fairy actually crawled out on her own!

How much effort it takes.

She walked over and picked up the little fairy.

The little fairy's flesh squirmed like a gorgeous flower tightly attached to Lilac's hand, with its shell still hanging in the air.

The squirming mollusk made Ding Xiang feel a little uncomfortable, but seeing it raising its head and extending and contracting its big mouth as if smiling at her, Ding Xiang was no longer afraid.

Everything is spiritual, let alone this beautiful fairy snail.

It must have been attracted by the aroma and crawled out of the big basin.

My own fragrance is really powerful and charming.

Ding Xiang's lips curled up, and the little fairy played with it for a while before putting it into the basin. It took a little effort to peel it off my hands.

Ding Xiang sat down at the table, ground the ink, and drew the man with a quill.

She suddenly realized that this man looked a bit like Gu Moumou, a star in his previous life.

Suddenly firecrackers went off outside, and people's cheers could be faintly heard. Not only Ding Lichun and his brothers, but also people from other families.

Firecrackers exploded in every yard, deafening.

It’s time to celebrate the New Year.

Time has come to the twenty-seventh year of Qingguan.