A letter made Bai Shanshan lose two close relatives.

Her father died on the battlefield, and her mother was seriously ill and left her.

The night is cold, the moon is cold, and the heart is as quiet as stagnant water. Bai Shanshan held the torch in her right hand, the flames were raging, the firelight illuminated her expressionless face, she looked at the simple but warm and comfortable house in front of her, looking at the home that carried too much happiness, the tears fell so silently, she had no strength to sob.

It was here that her mother taught her to read and write, and it was here that she handed her martial arts and swordsmanship in this courtyard! Lost them!

The letter in her left hand fell to the ground, crumpled, and rolled up with the wind, and entered the house, sweeping the desolation of the land, and the corners of her skirt moved with it.

The flames in his eyes protruded, and with a bang, under the encouragement of the night breeze, the flames soared into the sky, and Bai Shanshan closed her eyes.

Until now, she can't believe that in just three days, she has lost everything!

The fire lit up the dark night, and in the light of the fire, she knelt in front of the low grave, wiped away all her tears, and kowtowed three times.

"Mother, you asked me to burn here, Shanshan has already listened to your words.

I know you're missing my dad and you're going to look for him, I know you're not leaving! Still looking at me, I'm afraid that I can't do it alone, it doesn't matter, Shanshan has grown up, what you asked me to do, I will definitely do it, I will set off to return to Beijing now, Dad's matter, I will definitely find out!

It's a good place, no one bothers you, and I'll be back with you when I find out the truth. ”

Loss and pain are a good way to make a person grow, and Bai Shanshan is such an example.

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In order to make it easier, she disguised herself as a man, entered the capital under the pseudonym Bai San, and stayed at the Yuelai Inn.

The inn is also a good place to ask about things.

On this morning, the inn was already full of people, people who came to eat, people who came to talk, people who came to rest, all kinds of people.

As soon as she sat down, the little second brother enthusiastically came over and poured her a cup of hot water, pulled the towel on her shoulder, pulled it to her hand and wiped the table, with a smile on her face, and then a big white tooth, what they do is to keep smiling, they are unhappy, they make the guests unhappy, and the job bowl will not be saved.

Bai Shanshan looked at him smiling, and her mood was also a little soothed, but her face was still gloomy.

She was wearing a light blue dress, her hair stood up high, her eyes were clear, her eyebrows were clear, and she was an independent son.

"Little second brother, let me ask you something."

When the shopkeeper saw Bai Shanshan's bright eyes, he smiled even more, he looked so handsome!

"Guest officer, don't worry! I ran around the capital when I was a child, and I didn't do any work! Haven't heard anything about it! ”

Bai Shanshan smiled.

"Have you ever heard of General Bai?"

Bai Shanshan asked such a question as soon as she came up, and she really stopped the shopkeeper, with a look of hesitation on her face.

Bai Shanshan raised her glass and took a sip of water, raised her eyebrows, and asked funny, "What's the matter, isn't the little second brother known to know everything?" ”

The shopkeeper scratched his head, "This guest officer, it's not that I don't say it, it's that I don't dare to say it!" ”

"Why not?"

The shopkeeper looked around and no one was watching, leaned in slightly, and whispered, "This is a big crime to lose your head!" Don't say I dare not say it, I don't think you can ask, let someone with a heart hear it, we all have to die! ”

"Why? Can't General Bai be mentioned in the capital? He is a good minister stationed at the border and loyal to the monarch and patriotic! ”

The shopkeeper looked at her strangely and asked, "Bai Gongzi is a foreigner!" ”

Bai Shanshan nodded, "Oh, that's the case, I came to the capital to look for relatives, I just arrived yesterday, and I am not very familiar with it." ”

As soon as the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately turned on the chatter mode, "It's no wonder, you are from out of town, and you don't know what happened in our capital!" ”

It's not that she doesn't know because she is new to Beijing, but because their mother and son have been living in seclusion, how can they know what is happening outside.

Bai Shanshan asked him what was going on in the capital.

The shopkeeper originally thought that he knew a lot and was quite happy, but he couldn't speak at this time, but looking at Bai Shanshan's dress, he didn't look like a bad person, and he was quite kind, the most important thing was that everyone was eating and chatting at this time, and he was also idle, ruthless, so he talked to her.

"Bai Gongzi, don't you know, if you want to say that when you mentioned General Bai before, it was still a matter of giving the number of thumbs up, but now, it is a big crime to lose your head!"

The more Bai Shanshan listened, the more confused she became, her father had always been loyal and patriotic, so why couldn't he mention it.

"Ten days ago, this world belonged to the Chu family, and at this time, it has become the Ye family's father and son!"

The voice of the shopkeeper is as low as it is, for fear that if someone hears it, he will die without a place to be buried.

"What do you mean?"

"Tsk, don't you understand this? The sky in the capital has changed, and the monarch has changed! ”

Bai Shanshan couldn't help but be shocked in her heart, the monarch had changed! How so!

"This is something that everyone in the capital knows! However, we are all ordinary people, how can we speak! The one who comes out can only end up with the storyteller in front of the city gate! ”

She never expected that the first thing she did when she entered Beijing was not to hear about her father, but to change the dynasty!

I didn't expect such a big thing to happen in the capital, and the dynasty changed. Although she has not seen the previous monarch, but I heard her father say that he is a good monarch who loves the people like a son and knows people well.

What my father said could never be wrong.

"Little second brother, do you know ......?"

Bai Shanshan still wanted to inquire about some more things, but she didn't know that a loud voice appeared behind her, and she directly called the shopkeeper away, it turned out that the wine was gone, and she wanted him to change the pot.

The shopkeeper hurriedly went down to refill the wine, Bai Shanshan didn't care too much, turned around, and thought about asking the shopkeeper about some things in the capital.

"O little brother! I advise you, I advise you not to meddle! The capital is no longer the capital it used to be, it doesn't matter if you don't hold back your mouth, your life is your own, don't harm others......"

Bai Shanshan picked up the teacup for a while, turned around, and only saw a drunk person, this person was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and there was stubble on his face, very decadent, with a few side dishes in front of him, and several wine jugs were poured, which was not a drop left, so he asked the shopkeeper to change it, this wine was big, she smelled it as soon as she turned around, and couldn't help frowning.

"You're talking to me?"

"Yes! It's not you! The face was full of redness, the voice of this person was high and low, and from time to time he had to fake a few hiccups, if it weren't for sitting, he would have fallen to the ground a long time ago.

Bai Shanshan couldn't say anything when she saw him like this, you know, talking to a drunk person is the most troublesome.

So she sincerely apologized, for what she just said, because of herself, she almost affected the shopkeeper.

When the man saw her apologize, he burped again when he got drunk, and Bai Shanshan stopped looking at him and turned around.

After a while, he heard a bang, and the drunk was lying on the table, and in the end, the shopkeeper helped him down.

After she finished eating, she put the wine money on the table, and specially put an extra piece of broken silver, which was regarded as a thank you to the little second brother.

Listen to the words of the little second brother, and end up with the storyteller at the city gate?

She wanted to see what happened!

Shanshan left the capital when she was seven years old, and the capital was still warm at that time. That is her impression of the capital, walking on the street, full of hawkers' shouting, stepping on the bluestone slab, a street, the aroma of steamed buns, the aroma of fried shrimp, and the aroma of sugar shortbread, all kinds of aromas mixed together, will always make her stop in front of each stall for a while, at this time the mother will smile and pull her away, scaring her that if she eats too much, it will become a big stone, and when the time comes, it will be heavy and big, and she can't move! She would be so frightened that she followed her mother.

But she will also have a time when she refuses to leave anything, for example, when she meets a sugar gourd seller, although her mother said that if she eats too much, her teeth will fall out, so it will not look good, but she will still cry and shout and pull her mother's sleeve and buy her a bunch, now that I think about it, the sugar gourd is sweet, and the feeling at that time is also sweet.

Now that she passed through the street again, she could still smell the familiar smell, but it was mixed with a different feeling, no longer so pure, and she couldn't return to that warmth.

At least, she won't cry and shout for sugar gourds anymore.

The little brother who sells sugar shortbread is happily doing business, and the person who bought their sugar shortbread is also satisfied with leaving, she looks at such a warm picture, and her mood is also better, and she will be infected a little bit when she sees the warm smiles of others. It's just that when she turned her head and saw a big and a small holding hands to buy sugar gourds, her heart was even more touched.

The little girl happily ate the sugar gourd, and when she saw Shanshan, who was looking at them in a daze, her bright little mouth was covered by the sugar gourd and said, "Mother~ Look, there is a big brother who has been staring at us!" ”

The adults looked at the little girl's outstretched hand, and sure enough, someone looked at them, saw the desolation in her eyes, knew that she was recalling something unhappy, stroked the child's head, squatted down, and said in her ear. "Big brother wants to eat sugar gourd, but he can't eat it, so he's unhappy, is Xiaoya willing to share her sugar gourd with big brother?"

The little girl looked at Shanshan and nodded, "Xiaoya is willing." ”

"Then you go and ask the big brother, okay?"

"Good~"

Xiaoya is holding a sugar gourd in one hand, and her eyes are pure and flawless, which is a unique innocence of their age.

Suddenly, an abrupt voice sounded, and all I could hear was a sudden commotion in the streets.

"Thief! Stop! Catch him! He's a thief! ”