Everyone sighed and talked about it. Someone said loudly: "I heard that the princess of the Qi Kingdom was the most famous dancing girl in Fanjing of the Chen Kingdom before she went to the Song Kingdom to assassinate her, maybe someone in the Chen Kingdom knows who the biological father of the girl is!" ”

The storyteller shook his head and said, "The battle of Chen and Song is devastating!" Between Chen and Song, there is already a feud, the border between Chen and Song is solid, I am afraid that for more than 100 years, Chen and Song will no longer trade with each other. The little princess of the Song Kingdom may never go to the Chen Kingdom for the rest of her life. If she doesn't go to Chen Guo, how can she know her life experience? ”

Another good deed person proposed: "Old man, you just said that after the princess of the Qi Kingdom knew that she was pregnant, she fled all the way from the White Jade Palace to Chushui. Could it be that her old lover is in the state of Chu, not in the state of Chen? ”

The storyteller nodded, "Maybe, maybe not." Chen Guofanjing, people from all over the world are mixed, so whether the princess of Qi is from Chen or Chu, who knows? Maybe it's still Zhao and Shu, maybe it's not enough! There may also be the old people of Qi and the old people of the country! ”

Everyone discussed again, and someone said: "I heard that the princess of the Qi Kingdom had a marriage contract with Jiang Ji, the prince of the Wei Kingdom, when she was young, but the prince of the Wei Kingdom had already been killed by the army of the Song State......

Someone laughed and said: "What princess of Qi Kingdom, it's just a prostitute of Chen Guofanjing!" I'm afraid she doesn't know whose child it is! Hahaha......"

After everyone laughed bitterly, some people gradually got up and dispersed, and in the end, only the old man who told the story and Liu Shu sat face to face.

The old man looked at the little girl in front of him kindly and said, "You are the girl doll they fished up from the Jade River when they collected their fishing nets in the evening, right?" ”

Liu Shu nodded.

The old man said, "The cotton clothes on your body are mine, so you should put them on first!" ”

Liu Shu nodded again.

"Look at your young age, you are well dressed. Which family of Song Kingdom are you? When the ship docks tomorrow, I will go ashore and ask someone to send you home. ”

Liu Shu pursed his lips and didn't speak, just looked at the old man with blank eyes.

"Are you hungry? Come with me, I'll cook you a bowl of ginger syrup first to ward off the cold. ”

Liu Shu nodded, slowly stood up from his frozen body, and followed the old man back to the cabin.

While boiling water and cutting ginger, the old man said: "You don't have to be afraid, this is the merchant ship of the Zhuge family of Chu State, and the ships are full of people who came from Chu State to Song State to do small business, dragging their families with their mouths, and after doing business, they will share the boat and return to Chu State." I was the storyteller they had hired, so that the water would not be boring. ”

Liu Shu stood by the fire, warmed up a little, and finally asked, "Grandpa, is the story you just told true?" ”

The old man waved his hand and smiled: "True and false, false and true, I am not King Song Huai, how do I know if these things are true or false?" I'm just a storyteller, and I'll say whatever you like to hear! What, female doll, you are in the Song Kingdom, have you heard of another version? ”

Liu Shu shook his head.

The old man continued: "Actually, the good thing about this story is that it can have many, many different versions. In the state of Chu, we said this version, and the people who listened to the book liked to listen to it the most, and they talked back and forth. If it is in Chen Guo, it can be said to be another version! You Song Kingdom, there must be different versions. Who is called the princess of the Qi Kingdom, not only was she beautiful and talented when she was born, but after her death, she had a lot of suspense and regrets! When we tell stories, we are grateful to these people who lived amazingly when they were alive, and they died in a confusing way, so that we have stories to make up, stories to make up, and people to tell us money. In our mouths, the truth is never important, what matters is how to tell it brilliantly, so that the listener wants to know a truth. ”

Liu Shu looked at the old man stunned. At least in this story, the truth is very important to her.

The old man handed her the boiled ginger syrup, and gave her a steamed bun and a few bites of pickles. "You doll, you still have to go home early. Look at how you dress, you don't look like the daughter of an ordinary family. You were born into a wealthy family, and you don't know the sufferings of the people, so it's better not to know. Look at the princess of Qi Kingdom, after the destruction of Qi Kingdom, she went to the people, what was the result, didn't she lose her footing and become a thousand years of hatred? Female doll, you can't fall into the same situation as the princess of the Qi Kingdom, no matter how much you try to make a living, you can't go to the place of sound and lust in the flower street and willow lane, otherwise for a lifetime, even after death, you will be teased like today. ”

Liu Shu asked puzzledly: "What is 'Flower Street Willow Lane'?" Is it a place where a lot of flowers are grown? ”

The old man put down the steamed bun in his hand and solemnly explained: "It's not a place where a lot of flowers are planted, but a place where men exchange money for women!" You little doll, didn't anyone in the family teach you this? Grandpa told you that a little girl like you must be careful, you can't be sold to that kind of place by black-hearted people, otherwise your life will be ruined! A woman in that kind of place is even more inferior than a slave in hard labor! Therefore, the princess of Qi Kingdom, although she was once a princess of the dead country who was remembered by people, but once she had a little relationship with Huajie Willow Lane, she was ruined and spurned. The princess is like this, let alone you, the little doll of the rich and noble family! ”

Liu Shu bowed his head and was silent. It turned out that Xiao Niangniang had such a bad reputation outside the White Jade Palace, and it turned out that her so-called princess identity was actually from such a background. She no longer deserves to call the princess of Chu "mother", nor does she deserve to call His Royal Highness of Song "brother". She wants to go to Chen Guo and find the "Flower Street Willow Lane" where Xiao Niangniang was, maybe there are people there who know who her biological father is.

The enthusiastic old man continued to ask, "Girl, don't you run away from home in a moment of anger! It's far more dangerous out there than you think. If you drown today, tomorrow you may have some calamity! It's better to go home early and live the life of a rich lady! Where is your home, tomorrow the ship docks, I will personally go ashore and send you back. ”

Liu Shu shook his head and said, "Grandpa, I don't have a home, it's my family who threw me into the water." If I go back, she won't let me go. Where is your ship heading? I'll go with you. ”

The old man looked at Liu Shu dumbfounded: "You little girl, you learned to tell stories so quickly?" How could your family possibly throw you in the water? ”

At this time, Liu Shu, who was warm all over his body, ate a full meal, suddenly sighed naughtily, and learned from the old man's storytelling, and also said in a subdued and frustrated manner: "Anyway, I have a half-brother at home, my brother is smart and studious, and he is very favored, but I am always clumsy and troublesome. My mother was ostracized at home, and my father was gone, so the elders in the family didn't like me very much, saying that I was a scourge and a scourge, and they always found fault with me and punished me, and finally found an opportunity and threw me into the water. Grandpa, this time it's my fate, you saved me from the water, otherwise I don't know how I died. Please take me away, the farther away the better, I really can't go back. ”

The old man sighed and said, "Our ship is heading for Chu. You have thought about it, now it is easy for you to go to Chu with us, after all, this is the merchant ship of the Zhuge family, and if you want to return to the Song Kingdom in the future, you will need customs clearance documents. You little girl doll, where can you get the customs clearance paperwork? ”

Liu Shu said indifferently: "Since you said that the Zhuge family's merchant ship is easy to clear customs, when I want to return to the Song Kingdom, wouldn't it be okay to jump on the Zhuge family's merchant ship?" ”

The old man was helpless: "Whatever you want!" Look at you little girl doll, not very old, not a small idea! This ship arrived at the Linjiang River of Chu State seven days later, which was the capital of Chu State. Tomorrow is the last stop in the Song Kingdom, if you don't get off the boat, you will really have to go to the Chu Kingdom with us. ”