Chapter 81: The Human Heart is Unpredictable
Qi Qi came to the granary in Gaoyan City, which was heavily guarded, and after a fierce battle, he met the manager of the granary. He obtained the account book of the grain in and out of the city, and found that the city did not get any input or export of the grain. It means that the classes above High Rock City have not sent food to High Rock City, and High Rock City has not given food to Qingshan Village for disaster relief.
The lord of the yamen in the city was full of empty words.
In other words, the class above High Rock City has the control over the grain. And the only one who can directly govern a large city like Goyan Castle is King Tianxuan, who is divided into Tianxuan Province as the king. In this way, there is another reason why this Tianxuan King let the people of the fiefdom suffer from famine.
But why did King Tianxuan do this, was it because the food was really used to fight, or he didn't want to save these people at all.
Qi Qi thought about this matter for two days, and he knew that it would be impossible for this matter to be resolved from King Tianxuan. King Tianxuan is a first-class prince, first, he can't see it, and second, if he sees it, he is not qualified to get anything from King Tianxuan's mouth. If the Heavenly Xuan King didn't want to tell him, he didn't have anything he could do. It was no longer possible for him to deal with the Yamen of Shuxing City and Gaoyan City by force like he did, because King Tianxuan and the soldiers under him were definitely not something he could fight with alone.
It seems that this matter can only be reported to the current emperor and let the emperor put pressure on King Tianxuan, so that it is possible to solve the many disasters in Tianxuan Province.
So, Qi Qi set off for Chang'an.
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"Whew... Ha... Call... Hah..."
In the silence and darkness of the mountain forest, there was only a rapid pant like drowning.
The voice came from the mouth of a man with a hunched back, and the faint moonlight from the sky shone on his face, revealing his face as pale as paper.
He was covered in blood, from different people, his own, from the bandits, and from the woman lying on the ground.
A woman's blood should be extraordinarily bright, just like a woman's bright appearance. Maybe a good-looking person has a different part of his body.
A woman in red was lying next to the man's feet, her clothes open, revealing a graceful carcass wrapped in a blood-red belly pocket, every part of the body was well-proportioned to the extreme, the lines and lengths, as if carefully designed, as if it were a masterpiece of God's painstaking efforts.
In another area at the man's feet, there were more than a dozen corpses lying quietly, they had a uniform sword wound on their bodies, the wound was explosive, the skin was open, and the blood was flowing like a gushing stream, flowing until now.
Their expressions maintained a unified horror, as if they had undergone some major change before they died.
"Qiqi... I got it... I saved you..."
The man with his back hunched said this, his voice like a voice squeezing out of his throat, hoarse, low, indistinct. The man staggered towards the woman with heavy steps.
The woman opened her mouth and screamed "uh-uh", as if someone had choked her throat, and there was a clear bloody hole in her chest, and beads of blood that shone in the moonlight kept flowing out of it, some flowing through her full chest and flowing to her navel, and some flowing in the other direction, covering her neck.
Her eyes were hollow, staring in a certain direction, and the loss of vitality in her body drained all her strength, so that she could only scream "uh-uh", unable to say a complete sentence.
As he walked, the man looked at the woman's appearance, his eyes full of pity. He couldn't wait to jump to the woman's side and pick her up, but the distance between his feet and the woman was only half a zhang, but it was as long as the earth and the sky, and he couldn't finish walking.
What a girl, because of him, he might die.
Why is he so useless?
He hated himself so much.
Burst!
One stumbled under his feet and fell.
"Qiqi..." The man called hard, although he used a lot of force, but the sound that came out was inaudible. But it seemed that the woman seemed to hear it, and her originally godless eyes crossed a brightness.
The man caught it, and hope welled up in his heart. But then that hope was dashed. He found that he couldn't even do it.
With a cry of "ahhh
The man gave up on his feet, and because of the sudden relaxation of his whole body, a heavy breath broke through his throat and spat out of his mouth, and he collapsed to the ground, every part of his body touching the ground.
He gasped for breath, and the woman next to him tried to turn her eyes to look at him.
After a long time, the man began to crawl. His hand grasped the stone on the ground, revealing beating tendons, like a living thing. With each step, the blood on his body rubbed against the stone face, leaving mottled marks.
Crawling is slow, but it's always closing the distance.
But when there was still a foot left, he stopped.
Because he has no more strength.
"Woo... Right... I'm sorry..."The man cried.
"Uh... Uhh The woman's hand hanging on her thigh was also trembling slightly, and her blood-stained index finger was slightly cocked, which was a sign of her trying her best to raise her hand, but unfortunately she could only do this.
Her lips trembled slightly, her mouth changed a few times, and a faint voice came from within.
The man seemed to understand.
The woman was saying, "No... Close... Department..."
The man was stunned for a moment, and then cried "woo".
"I'm sorry... It's true... I'm sorry..."
Although the man's whole face was huddled together and he was crying very movingly, the voice he made was extremely faint and thin, like the sound of a mouse.
Burst.
At this moment, the woman's head suddenly fell to one side and hit the ground.
The man was startled, and when he looked at it, he saw that the little star that was originally left in her eyes was also rapidly dimming, and soon disappeared, and there was nothing left.
He knew that she was, really dead.
After a brief moment of stunnedness, tears welled up from his eyes like a broken embankment, and he whimpered in his mouth and made a "whine" sound.
I'm sorry, really, I'm sorry.
This night, in the silent and dark mountain forest, a low whimper echoed in this deep mountain forest for a long time.
A man just fell in love with a woman, and before he could reveal his heart, the woman died.
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Three days later, Qi Qi quickly came to Chang'an City. He asked some passers-by in the city about the famine in Tianxuan Province, but he couldn't believe it, and no one knew about it. It seems that King Tianxuan has crushed the famine in the province to death. Perhaps those who wanted to report the famine to the imperial court died halfway because they exposed their thoughts. Maybe a few of them were lucky enough to come to Chang'an City alive, but they didn't know who to talk to about this matter and who to ask for help. Or maybe after saying it, no one believed it, or it was suppressed.
After all, the imperial court is a huge organization, and there are many unknown secrets in it, and he can't conclude what is intricate in this matter.
After he found an inn, the first thing he did was to hand over the famine in Qingshan Village and his encounters in Shuxing City and Gaoyan City to the imperial court in writing, in the hope that he could attract the attention of the imperial court and solve the famine in Tianxuan Province.
The recipient told him that it would be seven days before he could reply. He said it was okay and he could wait slowly.
In this way, he stayed at an inn in Chang'an City.
Originally, he planned to go to the Yunchuan Desert in Liexing Province to find a very positive place, but by mistake, he encountered a famine in Qingshan Village, and came to Chang'an City in a circle.
Thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but think of the girl in the pink skirt called Xuanniao, who was delicate and played the piano well. At the beginning, he also wanted to take her to the foot of Chang'an City to take root, after all, with her piano skills, it is not a problem to eat in this Chang'an City, and it is very likely that she can find a good way out and win a reputation of "Chang'an's No. 1 Piano Girl".
However, on the way to Chang'an City, just like he was going to Liexing Province before, he encountered a better choice and something he should do now.
Now that half a year has passed, how is Xuanniao's cultivation in the Qin Sect progressing? With her talent, it should be going well, right?
After eating in the inn, Qi Qi left the inn, planning to visit Chang'an City this night.
The streets of Chang'an City were wide, the widest he had ever seen in the city, with bluestone slabs on the ground and rubble buildings on both sides. He watched with great interest, from the South Street, where the inn was located, to North Street, from North Street to East Street, and finally to West Street.
There were many people on the streets, men, women and children. The overall level of clothing, food, housing and transportation of the people in Chang'an City is obviously higher than that of the cities he went to before.
Halfway down West Street, he suddenly saw a woman on the side of the road sobbing quietly, and her lost appearance was a little out of place with the lively crowd around her.
Qi Qi stepped forward and asked softly, "Girl, but what happened, why are you crying?"
The woman raised her head, revealing a crying cheek, and her delicate bottom was vaguely visible, "Woo, son, I can't pull the guests, so my aunt scolded me, saying that if I can't pull the guests tonight, I will sleep on the street." โ
Qi Qi looked up and saw that there was not a "Yichun Courtyard" behind the woman, it turned out to be a woman from the Qinglou. However, he didn't have any unusual opinions about these women, in the end, they were just poor people who had to make a living, and after the Xuanniao incident, he had more pity for this Qinglou woman.
Thinking of this, he took out a few taels of silver and handed them to the woman, "Girl, don't cry, these taels of silver should be worth the money you pulled several guests, with these money, it shouldn't be a problem to go back and explain to your aunt." โ
The woman wiped her tears and turned her sadness into joy, "Childe, thank you, you are such a good person." โ
"You don't have to thank me, it's just a gesture, since that's the case, then you go back quickly, this street is chaotic, you are a weak woman, be careful of getting hurt," Qi Qi said with a smile.
"No," the woman didn't want to.
"Well, why not? Isn't the money enough?" Qi Qi asked.
"The money is enough, but if I let my aunt know that I accepted the money but didn't accompany the guests, I would still be scolded," the woman pouted, looking at Qi Qi with a clear look in her eyes.
Qi Qi groaned, "Is that so... Then you can explain it to her, you have made money, and she will not be unable to get along with the money. โ
The woman grabbed Qi Qi's arm and shook it, "Oh, son, auntie, she is very rigid, if we accept the money, we must accompany the guests, you better go in with me." โ
"Is that so..."Qi Qi thought for a moment and said, "Okay then." โ
"Hee-hee, Childe, you're the best!" the woman smiled happily, took Qi Qi's hand and dragged it in.
Qi Qi blushed, although he didn't adapt to it, but he agreed to the woman, and let her pull it.
The passers-by around saw it and talked about it one by one.
"Tsk, he looks like an elegant scholar, but he is messing with a woman in a green building, it's really not good, and sure enough, there is no good thing in the scholar!"
When a man in white heard this, he immediately reluctant, "Why are you talking out of context like this? You just saw an example, how can you be beaten to death with a stick like this?"
"Ouch? Are you talking about me? Is there something wrong with what I said? This is the first time? The so-called elegant scholars who dress up like dogs every day and end up drilling into this green building are too many to count!"
"You, you're unreasonable!
One person interjected and said, "Oh, okay, it's okay, on the street, don't make any noise, go shopping, the fireworks are good tonight, why bother to be in a bad mood for a girl in a green house and a playboy?"
In the Yichun courtyard, the woman pulled Qi Qi to the wing room on the second floor.
Qi Qi was dressed in white, with an elegant temperament and a handsome face, and there was a quiet wind when he walked, so that the girls in Yichun Courtyard couldn't help but take a few more looks, and those men who were mixed with women and fed each other mouth-to-mouth saw Qi Qi, and there was a trace of jealousy in their eyes.
When she came to a wing room on the second floor called "Spring Goes to Autumn", the woman pressed Qi Qi to the bed and said, "Childe, you lie down well, I will serve you." โ
As he spoke, he unbuttoned the two buttons, vaguely revealing the pink obscene clothes inside.
Qi Qi hurriedly grabbed her, "Girl, no." โ
The woman looked at him in surprise, "Childe, didn't you and I say okay?"
Qi Qi said, "I promised you to come in, I don't want you to be scolded by your aunt, you and I stay in this room for a while, there is enough time, just go out again, your aunt can't see anything, we don't have to fake it." โ
When the woman heard this, she burst into tears, "Woo, Childe, are you disgusting me?"
Qi Qi couldn't cry or laugh, "I didn't mean that, it's just that I'm not used to doing those things with people casually." โ
The woman cried even more fiercely, "Childe, you just dislike me!"
Qi Qi raised his forehead and said, "Isn't this a good thing for you? In the eyes of you girls, aren't all the stinky men in your mouths who covet your body casually? Now you don't have to accompany the stinky man you hate, and you can take the money that you have to pick up several guests to earn for nothing, and there is no harm in all benefits, how can you not be willing?"
"Childe is different," the woman looked at Qi Qi with watery eyes, "Childe is a good man, I am willing to serve Childe, and I am willing to let Childe do anything on me." โ
"Alas, girl, don't say it, just sit still, I won't do that with you. โ
"Woo, Childe, you're disgusting with me, disgusted with me. โ
Qi Qi said helplessly, "If you want to say that, I can't help it." โ
"Since the prince is unwilling to let the concubine serve you, then the concubine might as well simply go to the aunt to receive the punishment, anyway, it will be a death horizontally and vertically, so it is better to make a break as soon as possible," he said, walking towards the door.
"Hey!" Qi Qi grabbed her, "What are you doing?"
"What I said is very clear, if you don't want to do it with me, then I will still be scolded by my aunt, since this is the case, then I might as well die early. โ
"Alas... Okay, come over and give me a beating on the back, so that your aunt won't say you didn't do anything, right?"
The woman thought for a moment and nodded, "That son, you, go to bed." โ
Qi Qi nodded, "Well, you just rub my shoulders and beat my back for me, you don't have to do the rest." โ
"Hmm," the woman replied softly, reaching out to take off Qi Qi's clothes.
"Alas!" Qi Qi grabbed the woman's hand, "Didn't you say that it would be good to rub it? Why do you take off your clothes again?"
The woman said, "If you don't take off your clothes, how can you apply essential oil to your son, so that the massage is comfortable." โ
"Is there anything else?" Qi Qi asked in surprise.
The woman nodded and said with a smile, "There have always been, it seems that Childe doesn't come often, and he doesn't even understand these." โ
Qi Qi nodded and said, "I really don't come often, if I hadn't seen you cry at the door tonight, I might never have stepped into this Yichun Courtyard for half a step in my life." โ
The woman asked, "Childe, do you hate us Qinglou women?"
Qi Qi shook his head, "I don't hate it, on the contrary, I sympathize with you." It's just that I can't just do that with a strange woman. โ
The woman smiled, "Childe can actually let go, it's very comfortable to do that kind of thing, as long as Childe does too much and gets used to it, he doesn't need to ask for a concubine in the future, Childe will take the initiative to find a concubine by himself, hehe." โ
Qi Qi smiled, "I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, I'm very pedantic, you can't persuade me." โ
The woman smiled lightly, "No one in this world can escape the law of true fragrance, so it's better not to be in a hurry to say it!"
"What your real fragrance doesn't work for me, since I have set such a benchmark for myself, I will continue to set it. โ
"Having said so much, that son, are you willing to let the concubine take off your coat?"
"If it's just a massage, that's fine, but if you do anything else, don't blame me for being angry and not giving you face. โ
The woman shook her head and said, "No, the son can rest assured, the concubine will only give you a massage, and without the permission of the son, the concubine will not cross the line by half a step." โ
Qi Qi nodded, "Well, that's good." I also think that if you don't do something, you will be scolded by your aunt, otherwise it will be absolutely impossible for you to take off my clothes. โ
The woman blushed and said, "Childe, don't say it, it looks like Childe's body is some kind of golden dragon body, and the concubine can't take it off." โ
Qi Qi sneered, "Hehe, I'll just say it casually, don't go to your heart." โ
The woman took off Qi Qi's clothes, smeared essential oil on his back, and then slowly massaged him.
Qi Qi's eyebrows and eyes quickly relaxed, "The girl's skills are really good, it's quite comfortable." โ
The woman smiled, "I pressed the back of the son and found that the flesh of the child's limbs was quite stiff, I think I have been running around a lot recently, and I haven't had time to stretch and stretch yet, right?"
"You're right, it's true. โ
"The son will lie down, and the concubine will continue to press you. โ
"Hmm. โ
Under the woman's plain hand smeared with essential oil, the stiff flesh on Qi Qi's back gradually stretched and became smooth, and the circles of essential oil spread out to every inch of Qi Qi's back under the woman's caresse.
Gradually, Qi Qi fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, suddenly there was a sound of "touch", Qi Qi opened his eyes, and found that the woman had left, he looked left and right, and found that his sword and clothes were gone, and he didn't care about almost nothing on his body, wrapped in a quilt and ran out.
I saw that the woman had just gone out of the door, and was trotting down the corridor, and when she turned around, she saw her.
The woman showed a panicked look, and her pace became faster, but after not running a few steps, Qi Qi blocked the place in front of her.
The woman was about to scream "ah", but Qi Qi quickly covered her mouth with his hand and snatched all his things back.
said angrily, "I pity the girl, I never thought that the girl would treat me like this, and I would really be disappointed!"
"I... I...."The woman was stumbling.
"Hmph!" Qi Qi quickly put on his shirt, checked that everything on his body was not missing, and left with his sleeves.
The movement here attracted the attention of the people around him, and after taking a few steps, several burly men stopped in front of him.
"Where are you going, this little brother?"
Qi Qi sneered, "What's the matter?
Several big men glanced at each other, spread their hands and said, "We didn't say anything, and we didn't do anything, little brother, don't button our hats indiscriminately." โ
"Then get out of the way!" Qi Qi scolded and walked forward.
However, at the moment when he just stepped forward, several big men shot at the same time.
It's a pity that the big man is faster than him, and with a slight amount of luck on his body, he hit forward, and broke through the barriers of several burly big men who completely overwhelmed him, and walked away.
"Why can't you get a guest and be scolded by your aunt? It's ridiculous, you actually take advantage of my compassion and calculate against me, and I don't know shame!"
When I walked outside the door, I heard an angry voice.