Three days later, the martial king Qin Zhen and the fourth princess Qin Luo returned to the court.

Near the post station in Xijing, when the last night of rest, everyone was staggered all night. When she woke up the next day, Zhou Qingqing only felt that her eyes were a little itchy, and the silk tied to her eyes was removed. Maybe it was because I had been in the dark for too long, and before I tried to open my eyes, I felt a tinge of blindness. She put her hand over her eyes, then slowly moved them away, and finally slowly opened them.

What fell in her eyes was Qin Zhen's smiling, angular and handsome face.

"How? Is there any discomfort? Although he was smiling, the tone of the question was still a little worried.

Zhou Qingqing shook his head and sat up. It was about the first sight of the light, and the things that came into my eyes were somewhat trance-like. Qin Zhen frowned lightly when he saw her, and said: "The doctor said that after opening your eyes, it will take a day or two to get used to it, if you can't see it clearly now, it should be a normal reaction." ”

Zhou Qingqing turned his head and glanced at him, and sneered: "It's okay." ”

Qin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and reached out and pinched her face: "That scared me with a frown just now." ”

Zhou Qingqing snorted, fought back unwillingly, and pinched him on the face.

Qin Zhen glared, restrained her hands, and the two rolled on the bed, pretending to shout: "The courage is getting bigger and bigger!" Even the king's face dared to pinch it! ”

Zhou Qingqing was not afraid of him now, and stared straight at him with a pair of big eyes that were still a little foggy.

Qin Zhen smiled slyly, and was about to cover it. Seeing that his lips were about to fall, there was a knock on the door outside, and Feng Xiao's voice came: "Lord Wang, breakfast has been prepared, should I come out to eat it or send it to your room." ”

Qin Zhen laughed sullenly and got up from Zhou Qingqing: "Let's come out immediately." ”

Zhou Qingqing blushed and made a fist gesture, and when he turned to look at her, he quickly put it away, pretending to arrange his scattered hair. Qin Zhen smiled: "Hurry up and wash up, we have to hurry today." ”

Zhou Qingqing was puzzled: "It's only half a day to go back to Xijing from here, why do you have to go in such a hurry?" ”

"Qin Luo will take people back, let's not go back to Xijing first."

"Where are you going if you don't go back to Xijing?" Zhou Qingqing was surprised.

Qin Zhen chuckled a chuckle and raised his eyebrows to look at her: "I'll take you to Shu to play." ”

Zhou Qingqing sneered: "Go to Shuzhong to check the matter, check the matter, say something to have fun!" The prince speaks better than he sings every time. ”

Qin Zhen laughed out loud: "You are wrong!" I must sing better than I speak, do you want to listen to it? I can sing you a song at any time. ”

"Don't!" Zhou Qingqing stood up with a grimace and changed his clothes and washed himself.

When I washed my face, I couldn't help but slander, I thought that marrying into Xiqin as a princess, even if she was not favored by the prince, she should always be a rich idler who could be a rich idler with fine clothes and food. I don't want her to have only been here for a few months, first she was taken to investigate the case in Xijing and almost became a live target, and then she was dragged to the eastern war camp and was blind for half a month. thought that she had finally won the battle and could go back to Xijing to enjoy a few good days, but the prince of Laoshizi was going to pull her to Shuzhong again.

Seeing her indignant look, Qin Zhen couldn't help but smile and said: "Although the people in Shuzhong have not had a good life in recent years, the scenery is beautiful, so you should just go to play." And Shuzhong is still your Southern Zhou territory, and you can be regarded as returning to your hometown. ”

This is also called back to the mother's house? Zhou Qingqing was speechless at his shamelessness, gave him a blank look, dropped the washkerchief in his hand, and said angrily: "Hungry, go eat." ”

Seeing her annoyed look, Qin Zhen felt more and more funny, but Zhou Qingqing just didn't hear it.

Qin Zhen took Feng Xiao, Zhou Qingqing brought Nie Jin, and after the four of them said goodbye to Qin Luo at the post station, they went south to Shuzhong.

The four of them hurried and arrived in Shuzhong two days later.

Although Shuzhong is still the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, because it is located at the junction of Qin and Zhou, in the past ten years, the Southern Zhou court has long regarded Shuzhong as an outcast. The county guards sent to garrison were the most excluded officials of the imperial court, and they were sent here, worrying all day about whether the Western Qin Iron Cavalry would suddenly attack, and whether Shuzhong would suffer a bloodbath again, and they couldn't stop worrying.

And it was not only the officials stationed there, but also the people in the city who were in constant fear. It was only about half a year after the Western Qin and Southern Zhou Discussions that the entire Shu was slightly rejuvenated.

However, the depression is still alive, and probably no one remembers the prosperity of this place back then.

At that time, the Luo clan was entrenched in Shu, because of the meritorious service of resisting the enemy, the Southern Zhou Dynasty court named the then patriarch Luo Jing as the king of Shu. Luo Jingqi is outstanding in martial arts, amazing and brilliant, and was once the first son of Shu. After the power grows, he often follows the orders of the imperial court to the left, almost supporting the army and standing on his own, which gradually attracted the dissatisfaction of the emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

And Western Qin learned of Luo Jing and the discord of the Southern Zhou court, and took the opportunity to wave his troops south. The Western Qin Iron Cavalry was 100,000, while Luo Jing only had 20,000 Shu troops in his hands. The army besieged the city, Luo Jing resisted for ten days and ten nights, did not wait for the imperial reinforcements that should have arrived a long time ago, and finally the Western Qin broke the city.

Although Luo Jing led the troops to resist to the death, and all the people in Shu were soldiers, how could the people with hoes and rakes be worthy of the well-trained elite soldiers of Western Qin.

The Luo clan was baptized in blood, and tens of thousands of people in the city were slaughtered, and women and children were not spared.

This is a group of people who entered Shuzhong City and heard the story told by the storyteller at the gate of the city. How much is true or false in this story, how much is it experienced, and how much is made up, people eighteen years later cannot tell the difference. And now the young people in Shuzhong probably don't feel the pain of empathy, and after listening to the storyteller, they frolicked and dispersed.

Zhou Qingqing sighed in embarrassment, and whispered to Qin Zhen: "Look at how many sins you Xiqin have done!" ”

She was originally joking, but Qin Zhen was a little rare and stern, and frowned: "My father's generation, obsessed with conquest and expansion, entered Xijing from the desert, and it was indeed stained with a lot of blood, and it is not surprising that the war was killed and injured by the expedition. However, exterminating the clan and slaughtering the city is indeed against the heavens. This is probably because my father and uncle did not live long. ”

Zhou Qingqing was stunned, and suddenly smiled again: "No wonder you don't like to fight, it turns out that you are afraid of a short life." ”

Qin Zhen didn't think much of her teasing, and said with a straight face: "Feng Xiao, let's go to the Luo family's cemetery to have a look." ”

Although the Luo clan was wiped out, the Western Qin was actually just a miserable victory, and the 100,000 army was only less than 40,000 in the end, and the vitality was greatly damaged.

In order to comply with the will of the people, the Southern Zhou Dynasty court named the Luo clan as heroic martyrs, established a cemetery for it, and all the Luo clan members were buried thickly. However, many Southern Zhou people outside Shuzhong did not think much of the Luo family, just as the team was attacked by the mountain bandits at that time, and the Yunyang County Shou called the mountain bandit leader Luo Changjing the remnants of the Luo family.

Zhou Qingqing didn't know much about Shuzhong eighteen years ago, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with calling it like this. But now it looks like they're just pitiful.

Feng Xiao said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, although the Luo clan is buried in the cemetery, it is inevitable that there are many people whose bones are left in the war back then. The people buried in this cemetery must be people with intact bones and confirmed identities. And there are more than 1,000 people buried in this cemetery, I'm afraid ......"

Qin Zhen said: "I just need to see which people around Luo Jing are sure to be buried in this cemetery, and those who are not buried here, although it may be because there are no bones, it is very likely that they are still alive." As for the other Luo people, I don't have to care, just like the two spies in the war camp, their identities are insignificant, so naturally they can't turn the tide. ”

Feng Xiao said: "What the prince said is true. ”

Zhou Qingqing said curiously: "Lord Wang, do you know who is around Luo Jing?" ”

Qin Zhen said: "There are three Luo Jing brothers, and there is another sister and a sister. Before the Luo clan was wiped out, my sister had married the Marquis of Dongting Boyuan, and she had been living in Dongting all these years, and she had never moved, and the three brothers each had three sons. ”

Zhou Qingqing was surprised, he didn't expect that he had already found out about the people and things eighteen years ago.

Luo's cemetery is in the western suburbs of central Shu, and the four of them have arrived, and it is nearly twilight. There is a hut at the entrance of the cemetery, and it may be that the mausoleum keeper lives there.

Qin Zhen walked in front, stood in front of the half-hidden door and called: "Is there anyone?"

There was no response from inside, he thought for a moment, stepped forward, stretched out his hand and was about to push the door, but the door suddenly opened from the inside, and an old man with a cane, dressed in black, and leaning down, walked out of it silently.

Not to mention that Zhou Qingqing took a step back in fright, even Qin Zhen's body stagnated slightly. After reacting, he clasped his hands into fists, bowed down and said, "Old man, let's come to the cemetery to worship, I don't know if there are any rules?" ”

The old man's cloudy eyes, covered by a layer of white mist, barely saw the pupils, and when he looked up, it was frightening. He sneered: "Strange! No one has come to see this cemetery for many years, so why is someone here today? Who are you? ”

Qin Zhen said: "We passed by Shuzhong, and when we heard that Luo Jing, the king of Shu, resisted the feat of Western Qin, we were in awe, so we made a special trip to pay respects. ”

When the old man heard this, he suddenly laughed, and two lines of tears flowed out of his gray eyes: "God has eyes, God has eyes!" I can't imagine that there are still people who remember the prince! He said and stretched out his hand to the cemetery, "There are no rules when people die, just go in and worship." ”

Qin Zhen bowed respectfully: "Thank you, old man." ”

Entering the cemetery, there are dense tombstones that can barely be seen, and in the twilight, it looks extremely eerie and terrifying. Zhou Qingqing had never seen this kind of scene, so he was inevitably a little scared, and unconsciously leaned towards Qin Zhen's side, and was grabbed by his hand and pulled directly into the crook of his arm.

After walking for a while, even Nie Jin, who was silent and had killed countless enemies, couldn't help but sigh: "Luo Jing, the king of Shu, is a generation of heroes, and the final fate is to be wiped out, which is really a trick to make people." ”

"Yes! Creation makes people. Feng Xiao agreed.

Zhou Qingqing heard that there seemed to be something wrong with his voice, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that his face was pale and his eyes were red, and he couldn't help asking, "General Feng, are you okay?" ”

Feng Xiao shook his head lightly: "It's just that seeing so many tombstones, imagining the scene of the Luo clan being wiped out eighteen years ago, it is inevitable that it will be a little shocking." ”

Qin Zhen chuckled: "Feng Xiao is this kind of character, he can't see murder and blood. ”

Zhou Qingqing glanced at Feng Xiao, whose red eyes were fading, and nodded.