Chapter Fifty-Seven, The Lost Nation
Qinghe County is in a drastic transformation, and only did not touch the peach forest by the Qingshui River, it is said that the county order had been to it once, and after coming back, it was ordered that everyone should not touch the peach forest, as for the reason, the county order did not say, and people are speculating that the old man who lives there is afraid that there is something big!
"Old man, the wine is put down for you, I'll go first!" The owner of the winery in the county, dressed in coarse cloth, respectfully put down his wine and left here! The owner of this winery is the person who took over the Beacon Winery, and in the days when Beacon is away, he has been keeping his promise and regularly sending wine to Taolin!
After the owner of the winery left, the old man opened the wine, sniffed it and said, "It's still not as good as the craftsmanship of that kid in the beacon fire!"
Since Liancheng and Beacon left one after another, the old man has lived here alone, and someone has sent him off regularly for food and drink, and he is not worried! It's just that every night, the old man will always be alone in the peach forest, talking to the sachet hanging on a peach tree!
The old man got up after drinking and was about to go back to the house, when suddenly, he saw a person in the distance! He hadn't been here for a long time, and the old man was curious about what this man was doing, so he sat down again and waited!
The person who came was a middle-aged man, dressed plainly, with an ordinary appearance, and when he saw the old man, he knelt down abruptly and said, "Zigong has seen the great arithmetic!"
The chief arithmetic, I haven't heard these three words for many years, since this person knows his identity, it must be an old minister of Shu! The old man's expression was calm, he let the visitor get up, and asked, "Whose subordinate are you, and what are you looking for me?"
"Great Arithmetic, the Lord of the Ink Pavilion, Jiang Yun is here, please go to Yedu!" After Zigong finished speaking, the old man said in a trance: "Jiang Yun is still alive!"
"The Great Arithmetic, not only the Lord of Jiang Yun Pavilion, but also the ten important ministers of my Shu Kingdom, including General Li, are all dormant in Yedu, and after all these years of cultivation, we also have a certain amount of power, this time Jiang Yun Pavilion Lord learned that you are still alive, and specially ordered me to come, I must invite you to Yedu, with your help, we can expect to restore the country!" After Zigong finished speaking excitedly, he waited for the old man to agree!
"It seems that Jiang Yun has seen Liancheng!" The old man said! "Yes, Jiang Yun Pavilion Master has seen the little princess, but he didn't confess to her!" Zigong replied!
"Even if she understands the matter, you go back and tell Jiang Yun that I won't go to Yedu!" The old man directly rejected Zigong!
After the old man's words were finished, Zigong looked at him in surprise and said, "Grand Arithmetic, Jiang Yun Pavilion Master told me that I must invite you back, how can you explain if you let me go back!"
Looking at Zigong, the old man said to him: "You go back and tell Jiang Yun to let her take good care of Liancheng and forget about Shu, there is no Shu in this world!"
"Great Arithmetic, how can you do this!" Zigong couldn't believe that this was what the Great Arithmetic said! As an important minister of the Shu Kingdom, he actually said that the Shu Kingdom is no longer there!
"The change of dynasty is the trend of the times, and it cannot be reversed by human beings, Jiang Yun I understand their thoughts, but I understand even more that the restoration of the country is destined to be a flash in the pan, you go back and tell Jiang Yun what I said, she won't blame you, I am just an ordinary old man now, not a great arithmetic of Shu Kingdom, if Jiang Yun still recognizes me as a person, please ask her to take care of Liancheng!" After the old man's words were finished, Zigong's face was cloudy, and he said to the old man: "Grand Calculator, forgive me for being disrespectful, Jiang Yun Pavilion Master also asked me to bring you a word!"
"You say!" The old man looked at Zigong!
"Jiang Ping, don't forget who gave you the surname Jiang!" What Zigong said was exactly what the Lord of the Ink Pavilion had given him, and it was also the last step that the Lord of the Ink Pavilion said!
"Jiang Ping, don't forget who gave you the surname Jiang!" This sentence rang in the old man's mind like a bell! Of course, he will not forget this matter, the new king of Shu ascended the throne, in front of the civil and military officials, the people of the world, personally gave him the surname Jiang, and divided him as an outsider, divided the royal family, and ranked below the new king, above the hundred officials, such kindness, how could he forget!
The old man, that is, Jiang Ping, closed his eyes and shed two tears!
After a long time, he opened his eyes, looked at Zigong and said, "Go back, it's still the same sentence, if Jiang Yun still recognizes me as a person and asks her to take care of Liancheng, don't treat her in Shu Kingdom!"
"Great Arithmetic!" Zigong said heavily!
"Let's go back! You still have a long way to go, and you don't have to bury your life for a lost Shu Kingdom! After the old man finished speaking, he returned to the house, no matter how Zigong asked, he didn't respond!
And Zigong waited outside the house for a while, knowing that this matter could not be changed, so he bowed to the house and left! He had to hurry back and tell the Lord of the Ink Pavilion about this!
And after Zigong left, the door opened! The old man, that is, Jiang Ping, walked out, he went straight into the peach forest, stood in front of the peach tree with the sachet on it, looked at the sachet, and muttered to himself: "It's really better to be a person than the sky, I wanted to let Liancheng get out of the trajectory of this fate, but I didn't expect that she still met those surviving old people!" Ay! I hope Jiang Yun can listen to my words and let Liancheng not participate in it, so that your last wish can also come true! After the old man Jiang Ping finished speaking, he looked at the sachet, and the sachet shook gently, as if he was responding!
And in the Yedu Chu Ge Mansion, Lian Cheng went back to the house and Chu Ge said that he was not feeling well, so he went back to the room alone, and Chu Ge also knew that she was in a bad mood, so she calmed down alone!
As soon as Lian Cheng walked to the door of the house, Xiao Cui was already standing there, her eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously just cried!
"Sister Lian, they said that Xiaoju is dead! Is it true? "Looking at Xiaocui asking herself, Liancheng didn't know how to answer!" Sister Lian, I know! Xiao Cui looked at Liancheng's expression and had already guessed that she didn't cry at Liancheng, but silently opened the door and invited Liancheng into the house!
"You get out!" Liancheng was a little tired, and when he came back, he lay on the bed! And Xiaocui lit incense for her, closed the door and left!
Liancheng, who was lying on the bed, was stunned, and kept thinking about Tang Guo's words in his mind, "Little maid, let the Nine Emperors of the Dynasty find the murderer!" "It's really her whimsical, the people of this Yedu, or the people of the world, she doesn't understand at all!
The next day, the county lord came to the mansion to find Liancheng! After a night in Liancheng, it seems that calm has returned to the surface!
"Liancheng, don't be sad, I have sent someone to investigate this matter, see who wants to assassinate you, find that person, I will definitely not let him go!" The county lord clenched his fist and said!
"Xianxian County Lord, I have already figured it out, you don't have to worry about me, as for who the murderer is, I believe the four princes will definitely find out!" Liancheng said with a smile! "That's good, then let's go eat, Brother Jiu asked the kitchen to prepare a very hearty meal!" As he spoke, he took Liancheng to the front hall to find Chu Ge!
Chu Ge was already waiting for the two of them, after all, they were both women, and the county lord of Xianxian must have something to say to Liancheng, and Chu Ge was relieved to see Liancheng and the county lord of Xianxian coming over with a smile!
This meal was very comfortable, and the three of them talked and laughed, forgetting yesterday's events in the back of their minds!
After eating, someone asked to see Chu Ge, and Chu Ge left first, while the county lord stayed for a while and left! Liancheng, who was about to return to the house, was suddenly stopped by Steward Li!
To tell the truth, since I first came to Tang Guo and met with Steward Li, Liancheng has never seen her again, but I didn't expect to meet her again today, and it was Steward Li who took the initiative to find her!
"Liancheng girl, let's go over there and talk!" Liancheng followed Steward Li and walked to the bottom of the pavilion in the mansion! The pavilion is surrounded by water and rockeries, which is relatively empty, and I am not afraid of being overheard!
"Steward Li, what are you looking for me!" Liancheng asked! After she finished speaking, Steward Li took a rag from her clothes and handed it to her!
"What is this?" Liancheng recognized it, this was a fragment of Xiao Ju's clothes!
"I personally went to the city guard to ask someone to get it, as the acting steward of the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion, I can still get some light, Liancheng girl, find a place to bury the corner of this clothes, it can be regarded as a place for Xiaoju to live!" Steward Liz said!
"What about Xiao Ju's body, is it still in the city guard?" Liancheng looked at Li's steward!
"How could the city guard take in the corpse, they had already sent someone to incinerate the corpse!" Steward Li's words are very plain! "That's right!" Liancheng's eyes are a little red!
"Liancheng girl, the servant girl has the life of the servant, you don't have to be like this at all, Xiaoju can have a master like you, her life is worth it, you know, most handmaidens live in pain all their lives, and it is worth it if she lives happily for a while!" Steward Li seems to have always been very open to this kind of thing!
"I see!" Liancheng nodded, and asked Steward Li again, "Can you go out of the city with me and bury the corner of Xiaoju's clothes!" ”
"You don't have to go out of town!" Steward Lili spoke! "There are always some sparsely populated places in the city, just find a place to bury it, Xiaoju likes Yedu, let her be buried in Yedu City!"
Listening to Steward Li's words, Liancheng nodded! Subsequently, she went out of the house with Steward Li, accompanied by Xiaocui!
The three of them went out of the house and walked a little to the east of the city, and in an abandoned wasteland, Steward Li dug a small pit, buried the corner of Xiaoju's clothes, and then stepped on the place, leaving no trace!
"When people are gone, don't leave a trace, so that others won't bother her!" The place chosen by Steward Li has been uninhabited in recent years, and it is considered clean! "Goodbye, Xiaoju!" Liancheng thought in his heart, and Xiaocui couldn't help crying!
"Let's go!" We're going to be suspicious if we're here for a long time! Steward Li said, and left with the two of them! And as soon as the three of them reached the main street, they were confronted by a carriage with a huge iron cage on it, and three ragged women were locked in it!
Obviously, this is another slave who was caught from nowhere, and the direction of the carriage is the East Kiln!