Another half a month has passed, and there is still no news from Yin'er. The torment of waiting day by day, but with the heart that gradually cooled day by day, Xiao Tao fell completely ill. Lying in Qi Zhengxiu's tent, he didn't have any strength. I couldn't eat or sleep, and I was so thin that I was only a handful of bones. The only sentence every day is: "Is there any news of Yin'er?" ”

Qi Zhengxiu sent the team brought by Lin Renzhao back to Jinling in batches and gradually arranged it by Li Yu. In order to avoid Li Yu's suspicion, Qi Zhengxiu asked Li Yu for instructions every day, and only after getting approval did he take action. The last group is 5,000 soldiers, who will escort Lin Renzhao's coffin back to Nanchang Mansion.

It was a very windy day, and the rain was swept away by the strong wind, and the ground was blown all over the ground. Qi Zhengxiu had already gotten up early in the morning and rushed to Lin Renzhao's camp. Xiao Tao also struggled to sit up that day, changed into a white plain clothes, and regardless of his panting body when he moved, he ordered his subordinates to carry himself to the northwest city gate in a sedan chair. At that time, Lin Renzhao's coffin will leave the city from here and return to Nanchang Mansion.

Many people from Runzhou have arrived, Li Yu doesn't believe in Lin Renzhao, but the people don't believe that Lord Lin, who fought against the Song thieves, will rebel. Many people helped the old and the young, standing on both sides of the road together. Waiting to send Lord Lin on his last ride. Xiao Tao was also supported by his subordinates and stood in the crowd. The wind and rain drenched Xiao Tao's body, and the subordinate persuaded: "Girl, stay in the sedan chair first, and come out later." ”

Xiao Tao shook her head and stood stubbornly in place. She just wished that the wind and rain would be greater, and she would atone for the sins done by Zhao Guangyi, and her heart would be at peace, would God also forgive her Yin'er? Tsuchimi intestine technique.

At the end of the day, Lin Renzhao's funeral procession slowly walked over. Since Lam was convicted and died, the regulation is extremely simple. There were no banners, no drums, only silent soldiers escorting a black coffin. The coffin was still Qi Zhengxiu, who specially sent someone to find a good cypress wood to decorate the coffin. The soldiers wore white mourning clothes over their armor, and some wiped their eyes from time to time. Although they are all iron-clad men who have gone to the battlefield and spared their lives, they have been following Lin Renzhao to fight in the east and west, and their feelings have long exceeded words, otherwise Lin Renzhao would not have brought them with him to attack Huainan this time. But it ended up like this, and everyone sighed.

The people on both sides of the road knelt down one after another, and the sound of sobs and wind and rain mixed into a mourning. Xiao Tao also knelt down, the wind blew her face painfully, looking up at the gray sky, Xiao Tao had long been unable to distinguish between the rain and her own tears.

Qi Zheng stood on the city tower, looking at Lin Renzhao's coffin going farther and farther. He went out of the city and went southwest. Qi Zhengxiu picked up the wine jug beside him, poured three glasses of wine, and spilled it into the air. Death is not terrible, but not dying deservedly, dying unjustly, is the biggest tragedy in life.

Yin'er was still not heard from, and Qing Yuwei came back to report that they had found that some Song troops were also secretly looking for Yin'er's whereabouts. Qi Zhengxiu's heart sank, Zhao Guangyi was also looking for Yin'er, so many people have been looking for so long and still have no whereabouts, but it is really more auspicious.

Li Yu refused to wait any longer. Outside focus and inside sleep. The repeated provocations of the Song Dynasty and Li Hongji's hidden forces made him like a frightened bird. Although Lin Renzhao was given death. The soldiers did not mutiny, and Qi Zhengxiu did not move. Li Yu's hanging heart was a little more steady. Qi Zhengxiu kept telling him that it was because the child's whereabouts were unknown, and Xiao Tao was seriously ill and couldn't hurry. But it's been almost two months, and I haven't returned to Jinling. If Xiao Tao doesn't come back for a day, Li Yu can't be down-to-earth for a day. Li Yu sent an edict to Qi Zhengxiu, asking Qing Yuwei to escort Xiao Tao back to Beijing on the same day.

Qi Zhengxiu held Li Yu's hand, thought for a long time, and arrived at Xiao Tao's bedroom in the camp tent. Peach was leaning against the head of the bed coughing. Qi Zhengxiu strode over and patted Xiao Tao's back, frowning slightly: "Are you still coughing?" This Lang Zhongzi has eaten seven more servings, but it still doesn't get better. ”

Xiao Tao shook her head indifferently: "Take your time." Good or bad, that's it. ”

Qi Zhengxiu sighed softly and looked at Xiao Tao quietly. Since the child's accident and Lin Renzhao's death, Qi Zhengxiu's past clouds and breezes have quietly disappeared, and they have been replaced by gradually heavy hearts. It's not that I haven't experienced life and death, joys and sorrows. In the past, he was young and vigorous, and he always felt that the days were still long. Now there is really a kind of desperation at the end of the road, both myself and Datang. After a while, Qi Zhengxiu opened his mouth: "Your Majesty has come to the message." ”

Xiao Tao raised her eyes, Li Yu had already killed Lin Renzhao, what else was he going to do? was waiting for Qi Zhengxiu's next words, and suddenly Qing Yuwei's voice came from the door: "Lord Qi, Su Mo has something important to tell you." ”

Xiao Tao was also familiar with Sumo's voice, and couldn't help but say with a light in her eyes: "Let him come in, is there any news from Yin'er?" ”

Qi Zhengxiu said to the door, "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open, and Su Mo walked in, looked at Xiao Tao, and hesitated. Qi Zhengxiu stood up and prepared to go out and talk to Shumo. Xiao Tao grabbed Qi Zhengxiu's sleeve, looked at Shumo and asked eagerly, "Is it related to Yin'er?" ”

Shumo thought for a while and replied, "It's related, it's okay." ”

What does that mean? But Xiao Tao can't care so much, as long as she has even the slightest relationship with Yin'er, she has to know: "It's okay to be outspoken, even if there is only one word about Yin'er, I want to know." ”

Shumo looked at Qi Zhengxiu, Qi Zhengxiu nodded slightly, and Shumo replied: "Huanxi Village, washed in blood." "Huanxi Village is the most downstream of the water flow of Jiuquan Waterfall, next to the village on the border of Wuyue.

From the Tan water below the Jiuquan Waterfall, there is a canyon first, and then a paddy field, and there are no people. The only place where there are people is Huanxi Village below, and further down Huanxi Village is Wuyue. However, the water flowed through Huanxi Village and into the boundary of Wuyue, and it was divided into three strands, and because the soil contained a lot of sand and leaked very quickly, the water became shallow and narrow when it reached Wuyue, and it was impossible to wash away a child.

Therefore, the location that Qi Zhengxiu is looking for has always been the canyon paddy field and Huanxi Village. Since the canyon and paddy fields have been searched in a few days, the focus of the recent month has been around the village of Huanxi. Qi Zhengxiu even sent Qing Yuwei to inquire door to door, but no one saw a child. But now, Huanxi Village has been washed in blood. Qi Zhengxiu was stunned: "What's the matter?" ”

Shumo replied: "A while ago, we inquired in Huanxi Village to no avail, so we went up the water flow to the vicinity of the paddy field to have a look. After thinking about it for the past few days, I was still unwilling to return to Huanxi Village, and I saw that the men, women and children of the whole village were all washed in blood. It seems that the weapons used are knives and guns, and I am afraid that they are the Song army. They have also been sneaking around the village of Huanxi. It is estimated that he could not find it, and in a fit of rage, he killed the people. ”

Xiao Tao hadn't finished listening, and had already fainted again. Qi Zhengxiu hurriedly went to invite Lang Zhong again.

The night was quiet. The crackling of candle wicks in the room was clear to my ears. Qi Zhengxiu sat next to Xiao Tao, looking at this skinny woman with blank eyes, and he couldn't say what he felt in his heart. I can only hold her hand in the palm of my own hand so that I can give her a little warmth, even if it is only a little.

Xiao Tao slowly opened her mouth in a hoarse voice: "Send me back to Jinling tomorrow." "She can't stay here for a day. Huanxi Village was washed in blood, extinguishing the last bit of hope in her heart. Yin'er didn't find it, but she did a deeper sin. She didn't want to watch or hear any more about these things. She just wanted to go far.

Qi Zhengxiu was silent, but his hand holding Xiao Tao tighter. Ban Yan said: "When you go back, let Lang Zhong make the medicine into pills, and you take it on the road." ”

Xiao Tao coldly hooked the corners of her lips. Do I still need medicine? It's better to die early and accompany Yin'er.

Qi Zhengxiu squeezed Xiao Tao's hand hard, and his voice was deep: "Xiao Tao, although there is no Yin'er in Huanxi Village, maybe a passer-by picked up Yin'er and took it to another place." Over time, you can always find it. ”

"Will it?" Little Peach asked numbly, her eyes not moving. There were Qing Yuwei looking for it along the water stream that day, how could there be a passer-by who happened to pick up the child.

"Yes!" Qi Zhengxiu's voice was very steady, "Xiao Tao, take care of yourself, there is hope for everything." If you ruin your body, you'll be finished. As long as Yin'er can't be found for a day, we can't give up and can't plan for the worst. ”

Qi Zhengxiu's words hit Xiao Tao's heart hard. Don't you give up as long as you can't find it for a day? Little Peach's tears slipped down again.

After the summer and autumn solstice, Xiao Tao returned to Jinling for half a year, Li Yu sent the imperial doctor in the palace to treat Xiao Tao, and it took a few months to gradually recover. Li Yu specially allocated twenty Qingyuwei to Xiao Tao to look for Yin'er in various places, and Qi Zhengxiu was still looking for it in the area of Runzhou and Changzhou, but there was still no news.

Xiao Tao stayed in Zizhutai for a few months, and in late autumn and early winter, she returned to Huayuefang, cheered up and took care of Huayuefang's business again. She wants to make money to find Yin'er. At the end of each month, Huayuefang will give away 50 sets of children's clothes made of excellent materials. It's all boys' styles, and the size, the little peach is made by people compared to Yin'er's size. Clothes are given free of charge, but essential clothes must be brought to the child in person, adults cannot collect on behalf of the child, nor can they be collected repeatedly, and a child can only receive one set.

Xiao Tao plans to try this in Jinling first. After the boys in Jinling finished receiving their clothes, they went to Xuanzhou, Changzhou, and Shezhou - all the boundaries of the Tang Dynasty, and she had to go all over to see.

Qi Zheng Xiutuo stated that he sent 10,000 taels of silver to Xiao Tao. Although he knew that Xiao Tao's practice of looking for a needle in a haystack was just for psychological comfort, Yin'er had already encountered an accident. But if you don't give Xiao Tao hope, how can you let her live? But the saliva in the statement was dry, but Xiao Tao did not collect the cash.

stated that Qi Zhengxiu sent a letter to complain, and Qi Zhengxiu looked at the letter for a long time. She and him, after all, are still very far apart. machine