Chapter 137
Wei Haoxuan's brows tightened, of course he knew, but now how to tell his father, he tried to send his father to the north to investigate, but the result was that the Emperor of Wei didn't believe it at all, Wei Haoqi naturally believed him, but the matter that the ministers agreed on, even if he tried his best to turn the tide, it would be useless, so looking at so many concerts, he was so worried. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Mu Changqing still had a look of pity, and said: "What's so difficult about this, since the Emperor of Wei believes in the power of his country so much, and your words have already been said, and everything that should be done has been done, then let the Emperor of Wei experience the feeling of failure, then you can let go of the next things to do." Mu Changqing looked at him with an absent-minded expression, and naturally knew Wei Haoxuan's intentions, so he continued: "But...... If you want to change the mind of the emperor of Wei, there is one thing now, and it is not impossible. ”
Wei Haoxuan's frowning brows immediately stretched out and asked, "What's the way?" ”
Mu Changqing said lightly: "You can take out the gathering point of the fine work you destroyed before, as long as you make the Emperor of Wei believe that you are right, and the fine work is like a wolf and a tiger, it can spread everywhere in all corners of the Wei State, and the country that carefully cultivates them is the Northern Kingdom, think about it, does the Emperor of Wei still want to hit the stone with an egg?" ”
Wei Haoxuan naturally knew that the method Mu Changqing said was a good way, not only to prevent the people from being displaced and avoid the distress of war, but also to continue to cultivate the power of Wei, but if he said the things that were done in detail, then the State of Wei would definitely vigorously search for everything in detail, then Su Ruohan would be in danger, and if she fell into a dangerous situation, he would definitely not do it.
Mu Changqing seemed to see through his thoughts, and said: "The love of children will ruin you, I heard that you brought back a woman before, and she came from the north." ”
"She's not a fine worker!" Wei Haoxuan said it decisively, without thinking about it at all, but as soon as the words came out, everyone who listened to it knew how much he valued that woman, but now he couldn't talk back, after all, he seemed to have no secrets in front of Mu Changqing, and he would always reveal his true thoughts in three or two sentences.
When Mu Changqing heard him say this, he just smiled and said: "She is naturally not meticulous, otherwise, how can the second prince of your Wei State be safe and sound, not to mention, you killed her sister, but how did the second prince explain that her good sister died suddenly?" ”
Wei Haoxuan had a headache when he heard this, looked at him and said, "I never knew that I would fall into such a situation!" ”
"Pack up your heart for feelings, after all, now is not the time for children to be affectionate."
The autumn wind is blowing, and the yellow leaves have quietly fallen to the ground, and there is a depressed scene as far as the eye can see.
"But she's from the north, and everyone from the north deserves to die."
"What about me, I'm also from the North."
"Su Ruohan, don't be angry with this king, you know your status in this king's heart."
"Status? It's ridiculous, you like me, right? Do you value my looks? If that's the case, then I might as well tell you about it, you said that people from the north are all meticulous, do you remember where you and I met? ”
"Sue! If! Culvert! ”
"You're scared, aren't you? You're also afraid that I'll say it, right, you and I met in the north, Ruoxuan Pavilion, remember, that place, the place I always wanted to escape, the place where you rescued me from the tiger's mouth, I'm a northerner, I'm a fine worker! Do you hear me?! ”
Su Ruohan's mind was in a mess, she sat up suddenly, causing a burst of dizziness, just now she was dreaming, in the dream she and Wei Haoxuan had a fierce quarrel, but those words were in their ears, and those who knew that it was a fine work would be killed.
"She's dead."
Sister Su Yun is dead, so what about now? How should she?
"Miss Su, are you awake?"
At this time, a girl came in from the door, and when someone approached, she saw that she was Yu Yan, she was holding a bowl of soup and medicine, and then put down the tray and said: "Miss Su, do you know, the prince has been taking care of you these days, last time you were just sick, and you fainted because of the rush of fire, which frightened the prince, for fear that Miss Su would miss something." Yu Yan said to herself, the hand holding the medicine bowl immediately tested the temperature, felt still hot, put it down again, and continued: "Miss Su, you don't know yet, the prince has always respected the prince, and all things over the years have been the first of the prince, but the prince came back the day before yesterday, and the prince didn't go to greet him, you must also know how the prince treats you, the friendship of the prince, Miss Su, do you know a little." ”
Su Ruohan quietly said with a tear and said, "I'm tired, I'm going to rest." ”
Yu Yan looked at her very haggard face and said, "It's okay, Miss Su, you have just woken up, thinking that it was when your body was very weak, that Yu Yan retreated." ”
After Wei Haoxuan knew about Su Ruohan's awakening again, he was overjoyed and walked towards Su Ruohan's room quickly, but he stopped just turning the corridor, and since he talked to Mu Changqing a few days ago, he also began to calm down.
"Have you inquired carefully about that girl, what was her previous identity?"
"She's very kind, she can't be a bad person."
"No one is a bad person, it's just that the position and status are different, since you don't want to kill her, then let her go, and the fate after that will be completely different from you."
Wei Haoxuan stood at the end of the corridor, looking at the last room, but at this moment he couldn't move, only so close, only so close, but he couldn't walk towards her.
Yu Yan happened to push the door out at this time, explained to the girl and the guard at the door twice, and then walked in the direction of Wei Haoxuan, and finally stopped at a distance of three steps from him, and said, "Lord Wang." ”
She ...... How's it going? Wei Haoxuan's tone sounded very hurt, and now he could only rely on Yu Yan to convey all the news about Su Ruohan.
"Miss Su...... She is already fine, and I believe that in two days, she will be cured. Yu Yan replied lightly.
"Put ...... The men and guards who were guarding her have withdrawn. After Wei Haoxuan finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Yu Yan in place, Yu Yan was stunned for a while, obviously it was the prince who was afraid of Miss Su leaving, but now that all the guards have been withdrawn, could it be that the prince has figured out and wants to let Miss Su leave?
In fact, Yu Yan has been born and died several times with the prince over the years, and she can be regarded as understanding the temperament of the prince, since the prince came back with Miss Su, Yu Yan knew that the prince was different from others to her, but after all, the prince was a person who wanted to do great things, Miss Su's background would definitely trouble the identity and status of the prince, Su Yun's death a few days ago, she understood that the prince was the benevolence of a woman, and he could kill Su Yun, but for Su Ruohan, he couldn't, so ...... Since he couldn't do it, he chose to let her go, in fact, such a path was undoubtedly not the best result for Su Ruohan and the prince.
Yu Yan looked back at the room at the end of the corridor again, she thought for a moment before turning around and walking towards the door of the room, ordering all the servants and guards to evacuate.
At dusk, the sun was setting, and the crimson Wang Xia reflected the entire sky, filled with a large patch of red, as if it was soaked in blood.
Su Ruohan secretly came out of Wei Haoxuan's mansion three days ago, and said that she came out, she naturally believed that Wei Haoxuan was going to let her go, she had already clearly said that she was from the north, and she had the same identity as Su Yun, she thought he would kill her, but in the end she let her go.
Su Ruohan is already dressed as a man, and this men's dress is also Wei Haoxuan's, which she stole from Yu Yan, she walked all the way from the border of Wei with the migrating crowd in the direction of the north, the road is naturally very difficult, but she must go to the north, if the pearl in her hand can find him, it can be regarded as successfully entering the territory of the north, then she can avenge Bilian, after all, Bilian exchanged her life for her, and before Bilian died, she didn't dare to forget it for a moment.
"Miss, the fine work is also emotional, and we are also flesh and blood, so, Miss, please save poor people like us......"
Because it is from the border, there are mostly refugees here, because no one dares to take the official road at all, after all, there are also many robberies between the northern country and the Wei state, so it is the best choice to choose to take the rugged mountain road.
"The old body sees that you are red and white, presumably you are not a refugee accompanying you." An old woman in a blue robe talked to Su Ruohan, the old woman looked probably about sixty years old, but because of the border war, she had to abandon her home and choose to flee.
Su Ruohan glanced back at the old woman on the side, she was already tired and panting, the old woman's shoes had already worn out, revealing the socks inside the shoes, the socks could no longer see what color they were originally, just take a step, there would be a black liquid stained on the soil under the footprints, she suddenly realized, helped the old woman, and said, "Auntie, your feet are bleeding." ”
The black marks on the ground are undoubtedly blood, it can be seen that this old woman has walked an unknown number of roads, Su Ruohan held her hand and felt how much suffering the years had added to her, and she was able to give birth to such a touch, dry wrinkles, and in some places, because of the dry autumn weather, there was a crack, and the scars of the mouth looked thrilling, and there was a trace of sadness in her eyes.
The old woman smiled and shook her head, and said, "I am a hard-working person, in order to survive, I have to do this, but why did you flee?" ”
Su Ruohan lowered her head but helped the old woman out of the accompanying team, and helped her sit on a slightly higher mound of soil, untied her cloth bag, took out a pair of embroidered shoes from it, put them on the old woman, and said, "You don't know how far you have to go, how can you not have a good pair of shoes." ”
"You're a girl, it's not easy to come out." The old woman's words were very light, and only two people could hear them clearly, but Su Ruohan was startled, and then looked up at the old woman, her eyes full of doubts.
The old woman just smiled, her dry face was very warm, and she said: "Even if you are Qiao makeup, but the package is full of things for your daughter's family, such troubled times, I also understand, but in such a refugee, you have to protect yourself well to get to the place you want to go." ”
Su Ruohan nodded and said, "I'm going to the northern country." ”
The old woman was taken aback, and then said: "Then I hope you have a safe journey, the northern kingdom is meticulous, look at your appearance, even if it is a man's clothes, you must be not a vulgar thing, everything must be careful." ”
Su Ruohan nodded, then divided half of the bag of broken silver in the package and gave it to her, and said, "Old man, you take these silver coins, this road is far away, and there are many places to use the money, so you can accept it." ”
The old woman kept pushing, and finally accepted the money, and then parted ways with Su Ruohan, because the direction of this team was not to go to the north, but to the border of the neighboring countries close to the north.
I don't know how far I walked all the way, I saw a group of people escorting a group of prisoners, the reason why it is called prisoners, it is because all the people are tied up with iron chains, and strung together, and the woman on the carriage behind is covered in blood, it seems that she has been tortured very heavily, and from a distance, I can see that the woman's clothes in the carriage have been tattered, and it can be clearly seen that her skin is densely oblique with traces of whipping.
Su Ruohan originally didn't plan to pay attention to these people, but there was only one mountain road, so she had to face the team of people and horses.
The official seemed to dislike the prisoners for walking too slowly, and even whipped the prisoners in front of them, and the prisoners also let out a dull groan of pain, and it could be seen that they did not know how many beatings they had received along the way, so they could not even make a sound of moaning.
The official seemed to see Su Ruohan staring at them intently, with a hint of intimidation, and said, "Get out, be careful that even you will be beaten." After saying that, he pushed the prisoner in front of him.
Su Ruohan happened to walk by the carriage pulling the prisoner, and happened to meet the eyes of the woman in the carriage, it was a pair of eyes like autumn water, clear and bright, it seemed to be the warm sun in winter, but the woman said with her lips, "Help me!" She clearly saw her silent, like she called for help.
Although the woman in the cage has been imprisoned, her hands and feet are bound with iron chains thick as her arms.
But Su Ruohan's body had just passed through the group, but the woman in the cage looked back at her frequently, Su Ruohan couldn't ignore it even if she was hard-hearted, because the iron chain on the woman's neck was faintly red, because of the scars on her body, as long as she turned back, more blood would flow out of the wound, which must be very painful, but she still turned back frequently, like her for help.
Su Ruohan is now only one person, how can she rescue the woman in the cage, but she is like a woman in the cage with a smile, and then she saw the cage woman's eyes shining with tears.
Su Ruohan made up her mind that she must be saved, there happened to be a tea shed in front of her, she had passed by there before, and that tea shed was only taken care of by an old man and a six or seven-year-old girl, just for passers-by to drink tea and eat, and do a little business, if they could rest somewhere, it was obvious that that was the only way she could be rescued.
Chapeng is the only place to stop on this mountain road, where only an old man and a little grandson take care of it, and run some simple tea and steamed buns for passers-by, making some money by the way.
The old man felt sorry for his grandson, and he was afraid that his only grandson would suffer too much, so he only let him boil water and make tea in the small shed built in the back, and did not let him come to the front to take care of some work.
At this time, the old man added fire to the stove, and a steamer more than half a person high was placed on the stove, and the hot air coming out of it formed a white mist, and emitted bursts of fragrance.
Da Zhuang was boiling hot water behind the makeshift tea shed, and he saw his grandfather running over, with a smile, and said: "Quick, Da Zhuang, come to business, boil more boiling water, put the tea picked last year and put it inside, and a few officials and uncles will come to our house to rest." After saying that, he left like another gust of wind.
Da Zhuang looked at the son who was helping him make tea at this time, and said, "You really give me maltose?" His tone was very simple, and he could see that he was a very simple child.
Su Ruohan smiled faintly, then untied a cloth bag in his hand, threw it at him, and said, "There are ten maltose in here, is it enough?" ”
Da Zhuang was immediately happy when he heard it, and said, "Thank you, Childe." ”
"Have you seen me?"
Da Zhuang has also seen a lot of the market with his grandfather here, although he is a child with a big heart, but he is also a smart child, so he heard Da Zhuang say: "Don't worry, I have never seen you." With that, he opened the cloth bag, took out a milky white maltose inside, put it in his mouth, and showed a very satisfied state.
Su Ruohan put red leaves in a pot, and then shook it again, and after a total of ten teapots were put away, she handed them over and said, "It's time to serve them tea." ”
The old man took care of the passing officials in front, and added a few pieces of wood to the stove, and saw that the fire was even hotter, and the fragrance of steamed buns immediately wafted out. ”
Da Zhuang was holding the tea tray at this time, and he saw that the shed was already full of guards, and he couldn't see what position they were, but there were six horses outside the tea shed, and there was a prisoner in a wooden cage on top of the horse, and there were more than a dozen prisoners next to the wooden cage who were tied up with iron chains.
The old man urged and said, "Da Zhuang, hurry up, don't let the official wait for a long time." ”
Da Zhuang flinched a little at this time, after all, he was a child, and he had never seen such a formation.
The old man saw that Da Zhuang was a little stupid, and said angrily: "What are you waiting for, hurry up and bring the tea." Then I heard one of the officials say, "It's all right, bring the tea." When Da Zhuang heard this, he didn't go, he didn't leave, he was stunned in place, the old man saw such a formation and was happy that this child saw the official for the first time, and he was a little scared, he immediately went over, took the tea tray without saying a word, and then put it table by table, and turned around and took out the steamed buns in the steamer.
At this moment, all eyes stayed on Da Zhuang's body, looking at his chubby little face, but there seemed to be faint tears in his eyes, as if he was scaring the child.
Several officials no longer teased Da Zhuang, they all ate steamed buns with tea, for a while, they were very quiet, the old man was also smiling and counting a few copper plates, Da Zhuang was still stunned in place, and after a while, he saw several officials who were still happily eating steamed buns fell to the ground like soft noodles, and the old man didn't know what was going on, so he saw Da Zhuang cry out.
At this time, behind the tea shed, there was a man in a cyan robe, her eyes were like moonlight, shining coldly, and the old man looked at her and trembled: "Who are you?" ”
Just look at Su Ruohan suddenly threw over a money bag, the money bag made a sound of silver money colliding, and it can be seen that there is a lot of silver money inside: "Old man, you sell tea and snacks here, it is estimated that you will not be able to make this money in a few years, I advise you, hurry up and pack up your things, and run away while these officials are still unconscious." As soon as Su Ruohan's words fell, he saw the old man holding his little grandson and running away, of course, he hadn't forgotten to take the money bag.
Su Ruohan immediately took out a bunch of keys on one of the fainting officials, and then walked towards the outside of the tea shed, all the prisoners stared at Su Ruohan who was approaching step by step, and saw that she was very light and untied the prisoners who were held together one by one, but the last key opened the lock on the wooden cage, and the woman in the wooden cage was relieved, and quickly jumped off the carriage, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again, until blood oozed from her forehead.
Su Ruohan hurriedly helped her up and said, "I don't know if it's right or wrong to save you, but since I've done it, I won't regret it today, you can run away." ”
Seeing that the woman in prison uniform still didn't get up, her eyes were very resolute, and she said: "Miss, Luan Feng's life was saved by you, and Luan Feng is willing to follow Miss in the future." ”
Before Su Ruohan could react, she saw that the other dozen or so prisoners knelt on the ground one after another and said, "I am willing to follow Miss." ”
It seems that not only the old women before saw that they were women, but even they couldn't escape. Su Ruohan thought that she would go all the way to the north, although it was a little troublesome to take them with her, but after all, now that she was alone, it was a good choice to be with them, so she packed up a few people and went on the road together.
The group did not dare to delay a single moment, and went all the way to the north without stopping, until the next morning, when they chose to stop at a dilapidated Taoist temple.
Luan Feng unhurriedly instructed the others to take care of everything, and after a while, a few people lit a fire, it is not easy to have a fire to keep warm at this moment in the late autumn season, Su Ruohan has no money on her body at this time, and she is veritably stretched, but Luan Feng said to one of the women at this time: "Yaoxi, what do you have on the road?" ”
At this moment, the woman who was called Yaoxi came out of the ranks, but she put a cloth bag on the ground, which contained all kinds of eating utensils, and there were actually a few ingots of gold in it. On the way this day and night, Su Ruohan had to admit that they really had outstanding skills, because they had now changed their usual dress, and the scars on their faces and hands naturally could not be covered, but now they were no different from ordinary women, and I heard Luan Feng say that the ten of them grew up together since childhood, and they all have their own skills.
And the reputation of the gentleman on Yaoxi Liang is not worse than that of men, and she also has a way to steal, the elderly, women and children do not steal, the lonely and widowed old people do not steal, and the physically disabled do not steal, so although there is only one day, Yaoxi has already changed everyone's clothes.
Luan Feng looked at Su Ruohan and said, "Miss, we are willing to follow you, please don't say anything about letting me go anywhere at will." ”