Old Lady Mo was very tactful. Thinking that Mo Yunfeng and his wife hadn't seen each other for many years and must have a lot of intimate words to say, she pulled Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran to go a little further away.
After finding a suitable place to stand, Old Lady Mo wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked, "Jiuye, how did you find your third brother?"
Mo Jiuye told the whole story of how he found Mo Yunfeng from beginning to end.
For Old Lady Mo, the amount of information in Mo Jiuye's words was too much.
Her fourth son Mo Xiuyan died because of Nan Heng. Her third son Mo Yunfeng was controlled by Nan Heng and the national teacher of Nanjiang for four years.
Her eldest son Mo Junrui and second son Mo Jiacheng were not dead after all, but their whereabouts were currently unknown.
Also, Mo Jiuye killed Nan Heng and the national teacher of Nanjiang with his own hands...
As for the matter of the Empress bribing Granny Liu to make infertility potions for her sisters-in-law, Mo Jiuye decided to keep his opinions for the time being until He Zhiran helped his sisters-in-law get checked.
Fortunately, Old Lady Mo was a woman who had seen storms. Although she was shocked by the news, she accepted it very quickly.
She grabbed Mo Jiuye's sleeve, "Jiuye, your third brother chose to meet your mother here. Does this mean he doesn't intend to go northwest with us?"
Mo Jiuye nodded, "Third brother said that the fact that he is alive is not yet known to outsiders. He wants to take this opportunity to change his name and lay low to find out about eldest brother and second brother."
Old Lady Mo turned her head to look at Mo Yunfeng, with reluctant colors flowing in her eyes.
But she knew clearly in her heart that what Mo Yunfeng was doing was right.
Once they arrived in the northwest, it would be difficult for him to come out to find someone.
At this moment, Mo Yunfeng walked over with his wife.
"Mother, ninth brother should have told you, right? Your son is going out to find out about eldest brother and second brother."
"Well, your ninth brother just said it. You have to be careful when you are alone outside. Your mother is old now and can no longer endure the pain of losing her son."
As Old Lady Mo spoke, tears flowed unconsciously again.
Mo Yunfeng stepped forward and took Old Lady Mo's hand.
"Mother, don't worry. No matter what the result of this search is, your son will definitely be by your side next year for the New Year."
With Mo Yunfeng's guarantee, Old Lady Mo felt much more at ease.
"Okay, remember your family is waiting for you in the northwest."
After comforting his mother, Mo Yunfeng exhorted his wife a few more words before preparing to leave.
Seeing this, He Zhiran hurriedly took out a stack of silver bills from her space and handed them to him.
"Third brother will need money in many places when he is outside. Take these with you."
Mo Yunfeng was just thinking that the family didn't have any silver. They must have suffered a lot on the road. He was going to take the opportunity to get some silver from the Salt Gang to make up for the family.
Seeing so many silver bills taken out by his ninth brother and sister-in-law, Mo Yunfeng instinctively refused.
"Ninth brother and sister-in-law must not give me this. There are many people in the family and they need more money on the road. Third brother can figure it out by himself."
In Old Lady Mo's heart, the silver He Zhiran took out was all given by her parents before they left. It was already very thoughtful of them to feed their large family. So Old Lady Mo also helped Mo Yunfeng refuse.
"He Zhi, your third brother is a grown man. He won't starve to death outside. Take the silver back!"
At this moment, the third sister-in-law took out a purse and stuffed it into Mo Yunfeng's hand.
"Husband, if you don't want to use ninth brother and sister-in-law's silver, you can use mine, right?"
Mo Yunfeng still did not take it. He put the purse back into the third sister-in-law's hand.
"I will figure it out by myself. You guys keep the silver for emergencies."
Seeing that Mo Yunfeng insisted, the third sister-in-law could only take back the purse.
She exhorted him a few more words before reluctantly parting with her husband.
Mo Yunfeng quickly disappeared using his lightness skill.
The third sister-in-law's tears flowed uncontrolled again.
He Zhiran comforted her for a few sentences before everyone walked towards the camp.
On the way, Old Lady Mo told the third sister-in-law not to tell anyone else about today's events for the time being.
Although the Mo family didn't have any wicked people, still, too many people would inevitably leak something by accident.
Back at the camp, Old Lady Mo behaved as if nothing had happened at all, urging Mo Hanyue to get up and wash up.
Mo Chuhan saw them come back and anxiously pulled Mo Jiuye aside to ask.
Fortunately, at this time, the officials had just gotten up and there was still some time before departure.
He Zhiran, who had been sleepless all night, drilled into the tent to rest.
She had just begun to feel sleepy when she suddenly heard the sound of chaotic horse hoofs not far away.
The sound of horse hoofs grew louder and louder from afar, and soon stopped near the camp.
Everyone came out of the tents to see what was going on.
I saw a man in official clothes riding a horse, holding a portrait of Nan Heng in his hand.
"Have you seen Prince Heng?"
Peng Wang walked over first.
"Sir, we have never seen Prince Heng."
Seeing Peng Wang's perfunctory reply, the man immediately frowned.
"Look carefully. This is Prince Heng. You can't just gloss over it in one sentence."
Peng Wang was intimidated by the momentum of the man on horseback and broke out in a cold sweat.
But he didn't lie at all...
"Sir, I am just a petty eighth-rank official. How could I have the qualifications to see Prince Heng?"
The man on horseback thought it made sense. Prince Heng was not someone just anyone could see.
So after scanning the camp, he waved his hand behind him and left with a swoosh of people.
Peng Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead and led the people back to camp.
He didn't know what had happened. He immediately sent an official to find out the news.
It wasn’t for anything else. He was worried that something might have happened to Prince Heng here, and the pier would be blocked again.
It had to be said that Peng Wang was right.
The official who went out to investigate reported back:
Last night, the flower boat Prince Heng was riding caught fire, and Prince Heng's life and death was unknown.
Not only was the pier blocked, but the city gates were also closed. No one could enter or leave before Prince Heng was found.
Peng Wang was dumbfounded by this.
It would be fine if Prince Heng was found soon, but if he couldn't be found, wouldn't they have to stay here forever?
Thinking of this, Peng Wang's heart was extremely depressed.
He had been an escort official for so many years, and it was the first time things had gone so wrong. He could still accept natural disasters, but there was also man-made harm...
Helplessly, since things had come to this point, he could only admit his fate.
"Order to station the team on the spot until passage is possible."
This news didn't mean anything to He Zhiran. After all, she had plenty of silver. There was no difference in living anywhere.
But it was different for the Fang and Xie families.
After hurrying for so long, the twenty or so taels of silver they had were almost gone.
If they still couldn't reach the northwest soon, they would probably have to starve like the He family in the future.
He Zhiran did not notice the reactions of the Xie and Fang families. At this time, she was extremely sleepy.
Hearing that they didn't need to hurry anymore, she immediately drilled into the tent, intending to make up for her sleep.
Old Lady Mo knew that she and Mo Jiuye had done so much last night that she told the family not to disturb her.
