[Chapter 66 - Return to the Palace] are interlocking

I don't know if it's because of that pot of dog blood, the Xuanming Cold Iron really stopped. In order to prevent it from hurting people again, Nanmo went to the blacksmith shop in the town, planning to order an iron box to install it temporarily.

The blacksmith is a simple strong man, he usually makes some iron pots and shovels for the villagers, this is the first time he has received the business of the people in the rivers and lakes, and he is bold in his money, so he naturally does not dare to slack off, and the sledgehammer is clattering. Nan Mo Xie waited while eating melon seeds on the side, and after a short time, a large group of descendants surrounded him, all wanting to hear about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

"I can't just let me speak." Nanmo spat out the shell of the melon seeds and said, "I have to exchange the stories in this town." ”

"What story can there be in the town, it's nothing more than two families rolling up their sleeves and fighting." Hou Sheng said, "The biggest novelty is that a few days ago there was a homeless woman, holding a sick doll, looking at it but suffering a sin. ”

"Fortunately, Aunt Zhang in this city married from Shanxi when she was young, and she was a fellow villager with the two of them, so she kindly took them in." Another person said, "I asked a doctor to see a doctor again, and the little doll picked up a life." ”

"The stray mother and son, come from Jindi again?" Nan Mo Xie felt that it sounded familiar, so he said, "Where are the people, maybe take me to see it?" ”

The descendants were puzzled when they heard this, but they didn't look like they were joking, so they took him to Aunt Zhang's house in the town. After knocking on the door of the courtyard, I happened to see a woman drying clothes in the courtyard, it was the woman who Xiao Wu rescued from the tiger's mouth in the back mountain of Southwest Mansion that day.

"Master Nan?" The woman was a little surprised.

"It's really you." Nanmo asked, "It's not that you want to go to your relatives, why did you end up here?" ”

"I haven't been back for many years, and my relatives have long since disappeared." The woman said, "Later, I heard that Jiangnan was good for life, so I wanted to go over and take a look, but as soon as I arrived in this town, the child was sick, and I had to have an aunt to take it in, otherwise it would ......."

"I said earlier that I would let you stay in the Southwest Mansion, and you have to leave." Nanmo shook his head, "It just so happens that I'm going back this time, so it's better to go along." Otherwise, you, a woman, with a child, even if you go to Jiangnan, I'm afraid it won't be easy to live. ”

"Thank you, Master Nan." The woman bowed, her eyes slightly reddened.

Fortunately, the little doll's illness was not serious, and after taking medicine for a few days, the high fever subsided. Nanmo ordered the evil people to buy a carriage, pick up the mother and son, and continue to the southwest.

Doing a few more good deeds along the way can be regarded as accumulating blessings for the juniors.

At the end of summer, the weather gradually turned cooler, and Duan Yao sat at the table with a red nose, sneezing one after another.

Chu Yuan instructed the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine, and made him a few sets of thick new clothes, and the three meals a day were also warm and tonic, and no chili oil was allowed to be given. Although the bird faded out of his mouth, Duan Xiaowang was still quite moved, and it was better to be a sister-in-law in the end.

On the way back to Wangcheng, Xuantian and Duan Yao rode in the same carriage. Everyone in the court wondered in their hearts, they could still figure it out when they returned to the palace with Duan Xiaowangye, but the old man was said to have lived in the palace for more than ten years, and he was a poor man who had fallen here, so what would he do if he was taken back?

"Old Tao." Liu Dajiong said, "Do you think that what our emperor has done recently is becoming more and more incomprehensible?" ”

Tao Rende was worried, looking at Luan Jia in front of him and sighing.

The palace was as old as before, Duan Yao refused to live in the palace alone, so Chu Yuan gave him a quiet courtyard, close to the imperial dining room and close to the Tai Hospital.

"Your Majesty." The ministers of the court were very worried, and when the emperor was enjoying the scenery in the imperial garden and was in a good mood, they all stepped forward and invited, "The little prince of the Southwest Mansion is a master of poisoning, if you want to arrange a place to live, I am afraid that you must be as far away from these two places as possible." ”

Chu Yuan said into the distance: "Yao'er." ”

"Your Majesty." Duan Yao held a packet of peanut candy in her hand and ran over while eating.

Chu Yuan stretched out his hand.

Duan Yao gave him one.

The ministers watched as the emperor finished eating the peanut candy.

Chu Yuan asked coldly, "What else do you have to play?" ”

The ministers bowed and dispersed, for fear that they would be implicated and punished if it was too late.

Chu Yuan shook his head, sat back in the pavilion and continued to drink tea.

Duan Yao said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Trivial things can also be said as if the sky is about to fall." Chu Yuan said, "It's hard for them to be so shocked for decades." ”

Duan Yao said: "My brother often says that these people should be beaten up." ”

Chu Yuan smiled: "When he was in the southwest, he should have been talking about these things a lot. ”

"Today, Xuantian's predecessor's body is much better." Duan Yao said, "He asked me to ask the emperor when I would be able to meet the Chaoya people." ”

"In such a hurry?" Chu Yuan said, "I still want him to rest for a few more days." ”

"The seniors said that after ending this matter, I still want to go back to the Beixing Palace earlier and continue to guard Aunt Feng's mother-in-law." Duan Yao said.

Chu Yuan nodded: "Then it will be as the seniors wish, tonight." ”

Although the group of Chaoya people were under house arrest in the palace and could not go anywhere, they did not complain much, after all, compared to the previous life of exile, I don't know how many times better now. even thought that if he could stay in the palace for the rest of his life, it would be good to stretch out his hands and eat to open his mouth.

When it was time to finish eating, a guard suddenly came to spread the word, saying that it was summoned by the emperor, and everyone was a little uncertain in their hearts, and they didn't know what was going on. When I arrived at the imperial study, I saw that in addition to Chu Yuan, there was an old man sitting on the side, with his back to him and Duan Yao standing on the other side, the atmosphere was slightly dignified.

"Knock on the emperor." Everyone knelt down and bowed their heads, becoming more and more uneasy.

"When I first entered the palace, I had already heard a story about Chaoya Island." Chu Yuan said, "I want to hear it again now." ”

The group of people below were silent, and no one dared to speak first.

Chu Yuan said lightly: "If you don't want to talk about it, I have someone here who can speak for you." ”

The crowd grew more and more frightened.

Xuantian slowly turned around.

After seeing his face clearly, everyone's faces turned pale, and they trembled and didn't know what to say.

"Do seniors recognize these people?" Chu Yuan asked.

Xuantian nodded: "When I left the island more than ten years ago, most of them were only in their early twenties. ”

"The matter has come to this point, and I plan to tell Sù that it was the leader of the Northern Sect who brought the Nanyang people to the island and slaughtered the Chaoya people?" Chu Yuan's eyebrows furrowed.

"The emperor spares his life!" Everyone trembled, "We were confused for a while, and we were afraid that the emperor would be guilty after learning the truth, so we ...... Just now...... Please also ask the emperor to open up on the Internet. ”

"Confess after learning the truth?" Chu Yuan said, "Tell me, what is the truth?" ”

"Yes." The woman said, "When we first started dealing with the Northern faction, the Southern faction did form an alliance with the Nanyangs. However, with the annexation of the Northern Faction, the Nanyang people became more and more greedy and cruel, and the Chaoya clan was hidden in the world, but they would use big ships to pull in new Nanyangs, build houses on the island, and lay out institutions, and all the Chaoya people became their hard labor, and the slightest resistance would attract severe beatings. ”

"yes." Ah Si also said, "Chaoya Island is not what it used to be, now it is full of mechanisms, and the surrounding sea is also covered with whirlpool mist, and if you are not careful, you will be crushed and buried at the bottom of the sea." ”

"And instead of trying to defend against foreign enemies, you took the initiative to assist the Nanyang people in bullying your compatriots, and it was not until you realized that you were also in danger that you decided to leave the island, so you didn't dare to tell me the truth." Chu Yuan said, "But so? ”

The crowd was silent.

"Whose child is that baby?" Chu Yuan asked again.

"It's the child of the leader of the Nanyang people, and the mother is a Chaoya person, named Honggu." The woman said, "In order to have more chips, we risked our lives to steal him." ”

"Good." Chu Yuan nodded, "There is one more thing, but in this matter, you may not all know the truth." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what this sentence meant.

"Someone!" Chu Yuan said.

"In!" The Guards rushed in.

The whole body of the people below stiffened.

"Take these people down, put them in different houses, and give them pen and paper to write confessions." Chu Yuan said, "After an hour, put the paper away, if you dare to deceive in any way, you will not be forgiven." ”

"Yes!" The Imperial Guards stepped forward and dragged everyone up and walked outside. The woman hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what the people said is true, and there is really nothing to hide." ”

The corners of Chu Yuan's mouth raised slightly, but Quan Dang didn't hear it.

The Imperial Guards were vicious, locked people in the room, and locked them with a clatter.

There was silence and darkness all around, only the candle in front of the table flickered slightly, which made people's hearts more and more furious.

In the imperial study, Duan Yao said: "I guess I should be scared to death if I am scared." ”

"I don't have much patience with these people." Chu Yuan said, "Bullying the king is a capital crime, and the courage of the Chaoya people is not small. ”

Xuantian sighed and said, "But I didn't expect that Chaoya Island is so desolate, and there are foreign enemies who want to kill and rob it." ”

"The only advantage of Chaoya is that it is close enough to the Chu State, and there are many islands and reefs and fishing ports around." Chu Yuan said, "And the white fog around is vast and extremely hidden. ”

"That group of Nanyang people, will they want to be unfavorable to the Chu State?" Duan Yao frowned, "Nominally, I want gold and silver, but if I really want the wealth on the Golden Island, why do you want to kill all the Chaoya people who can be guides?" ”

"Possibly." Chu Yuan nodded, "But just a small island, even if it is filled with sky-shattering artillery, it will not pose a threat to Great Chu." ”

"So you have to let it go?" Duan Yao was tentative.

"Of course not." Chu Yuan said, "The surrounding area of the tide cliff is under the jurisdiction of Da Chu, and fishermen and merchant ships come and go, and it was silent before, but now it has been occupied by foreign people, how can it be allowed to pretend to be a ghost all the time." I will make arrangements for this, but before that, it is estimated that these tide cliff people in the palace can still perform a lot of good performances. ”