Chapter 18: The Old Man (6)

"Don't want to?" Hearing my words, he was too stunned to stay in place, he never thought that I would say such a thing, Zhize also raised his head and looked at me with a shocked face.

"This mountain has beautiful scenery, beautiful mountains and rivers, and it is a good place to read and talk about Taoism. I would like to leave it to the government to manage, and in the future, if any scholars, scholars, scholars, or hermits like the scenery here, please allow them to settle here freely. My father's life is convenient for others, and his spirit in heaven will agree with me to do so. Looking out the window, I said slowly. Since the ancients said that there was a shortcut to the south, then simply regard this place as a paradise for scholars.

"Miss can still have such a far-reaching insight after this catastrophe, Wang really admires, please rest assured, the government will do it, and will never let you down!"

Zhi Ze also praised my idea, and nodded at me with a smile. At this moment, my heart is surprisingly calm, telling myself that this is something that does not belong to me in the first place, I have no power to take it by force, and all I have to do is to make it have a good home.

"Let me go, let me in!" there was a commotion outside the window, and a hoarse female voice came into the car. Zhi Ze's brows furrowed, and he turned around and asked, "Who is making a noise here?"

Wang Taishou hurriedly got up and came to the car window, glanced out, muttered, "Why is it her again", and then turned around and reported: "Lord Qiqi, that's just a madman, it's not a day or two to make trouble here all day." ”

"Crazy?" Yuan Zhize raised his eyebrows: "How can a madman make trouble at this mountain gate every day?" I looked out nervously, and saw that near the mountain gate in front of me, several soldiers were forming a circle, holding sticks and scolding a person in the middle, the woman was in tattered clothes, and there was nowhere to escape under the beating of the stick, but she huddled on the ground with her head in her hands, but her mouth was still unforgiving, and she shouted in a hoarse voice to enter the mountain.

"On the 21st of last month, the day after the murder, the officials stopped a woman who was about to forcibly go up the mountain, claiming to be a descendant of the Feng Mansion. After bringing her back to the official mansion, she compared her name with the household register, and found that there was no such person, and the lower officials expected that this Diao people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to go up the mountain to steal property, so they beat her out with a stick. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Yuan Zhize suddenly became interested, suddenly stood up from his seat, and paced back and forth in the spacious carriage: "Maybe through her, you can get some clues..."

Wang Taishou saw through Yuan Zhize's thoughts at a glance, and said: "These things have already been considered by the officials, but the woman claimed that she went down the mountain to purchase fabrics the day before, because trivial matters delayed the trip, and she stayed in Chang'an on the day of the crime, and she didn't know anything else, and it was worthless to solve the case, so..."

"Why don't you go over and take a look, I'll know if it's from the villa. "I was filled with curiosity about the woman who was being beaten.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Zhize waved his hand and said: "Since there is no such person in the household register, then she is destined to be a liar, this kind of opportunistic person has seen a lot, it is not too early, we should also hurry." ”

"It's impossible, if it's a liar, how can you come here all day? Doesn't it explain the problem if you still come here knowing that you are going to be beaten?"

Seeing that I didn't give up, Wang Taishou smiled and said: "Miss, you are rare and strange, this kind of liar has seen a lot, this kind of person will not hesitate to take risks as long as there is a glimmer of hope, always have a fluke mentality, usually deceive people a lot, even he believes the nonsense he said, in the end, even he deceives himself." Miss, don't step forward, don't stain your and the prince's eyes. "Lord Taishou is merciful enough, if it had been someone else, she would have been locked up in a prison and tortured. Yuan Zhize seemed to be waiting a little impatiently, and eagerly wanted to get on the road as soon as possible.

However, this time, I was also determined to go over and see, how could these people know my psychology? Although my relatives and friends have already been killed, if I can find survivors, even if there is little hope, I will not hesitate to do so.

"Go over and see what happens. "At my repeated insistence, Yuan Zhize had no choice but to follow my temperament and motioned to the coachman to drive the carriage over to see the situation.

Seeing the prince's car coming, the soldiers who did it hurriedly put down the sticks in their hands and knelt down in a line. I came to the car and looked anxiously at the woman curled up in front of me.

The shabby clothes couldn't cover the scars all over her body, and the whole person shrunk into a ball on the ground, trembling slightly, it seemed that the beating just now made her suffer a lot. At this moment, her mouth no longer screamed as loudly as just now, only sobbing quietly. With her face pressed against the ground, I couldn't see her for who she was.

"Bold demon girl, you still don't salute when you see the prince!" Wang Taishou seemed to be unpleasant to her, and scolded angrily. The woman seemed to ignore his words, and lay there refusing to move. It seems that to see her true colors, I can only get out of the car myself.

Wang Taishou was about to have a seizure, I quickly pulled his shirt and whispered to him that I was going down to have a look, and when I saw that I was going to get out of the car, Zhize grabbed me and asked in a worried whisper: "Xiaoxiao, haven't you ever had amnesia?"

"No, it won't. I pretended to be relaxed and said, "Although I once had amnesia, I can tell from her appearance whether she is from the mountain villa or not." ”

"Okay, I'll go with you. Yuan Zhize hesitated for a moment, and then decided to go down with me to avoid any accidents.

The woman's body shook even more when I heard footsteps, and when I came to her, I hesitated, then lowered my head to help her up.

"Don't hit me! Please, don't hit me! I just want to go up and take a look, just a look..."I don't want my simple action but her reaction was extremely violent, her body swayed violently from side to side to get rid of my hand, I was taken aback, took a few steps back, and leaned on Yuan Zhize's body behind me.

"Xiaoxiao, are you okay, or..."Yuan Zhize hugged me and asked with concern. I waved my hand at him and walked over again. Intuitively, I decided that this woman should not be aggressive, that her actions were just for self-defense, and that she was not dangerous to others.

This time, I gently crouched in front of her, gently stroking her locks of filthy hair with my hands. She was like a frightened kitten, and at first she tried to dodge, but when she saw that I had no ill intentions, she became docile and stopped resisting.

Seeing that the time was ripe, I wasted no time in asking her, "Girl, may I ask who you are..."Before I could finish speaking, the woman who had been hiding and refusing to see anyone before suddenly sat up from the ground!

Her action was so unexpected that my head buzzed, and before I could react and see her face clearly, the woman grabbed me violently and cried out heartbreakingly, "Miss... Miss... I've finally found you... Woo..."

The foul smell from her body hit my nostrils and made me almost sick. Holding back his nausea, he asked, "You... Who the hell are you?"

"Miss, don't you know me?" the woman jerked from my shoulder and looked directly at me, and I took the opportunity to take a few steps back a little longer to bear the foul smell of hers.

She scrambled her messy hair back to the sides and wiped her dirty sleeve vigorously against her dusty face. But her efforts seemed to backfire, and the dust and her tears turned into a thin mud on her face. Seeing that I couldn't recognize who she was, the woman seemed to be anxious, crying and saying, "Miss... I'm Spring Rain, Spring Rain!"