Chapter 35: Situ Zizhao's Situation
Huayu slowly opened the gate of Wucheng City, and as soon as everyone was about to enter, they saw an old man standing in front of the newly opened city gate.
The old man looked like he was nearly 100 years old, his hair was all white, the distance between his eyebrows and eyes was farther than normal, he had a long mustache between his mouth and nostrils, and the beard on his chin was also quite long, and he looked at everyone in front of him with a slight hunchback.
"Who are you? Why do you come to my dock city? The old man spoke slowly, and he was also unhurried.
"I'm Nangong Huayu, the daughter of the city lord of Luocheng, and Steward Situ can help us inform you." The language of flowers said to the old man.
From the words of the flowers, I can't know who this old man is, his name is Situ Cheng is the oldest and only housekeeper in Wucheng, he has been in this Wucheng for more than two hundred years, and he has taken care of the generations of city lords in Wucheng in every way, and he has never looked down on any junior who has risen in Wucheng because of his seniority, but if it is an intruder, he will not hesitate to take his life, this old man is also one of the important reasons why Wucheng can stand in the south.
"It's a little girl with flowers, what are you doing in Dock City?" The old man was already unhurried.
"I want to fight against Yuecheng with the Wucheng Alliance, so I'll discuss it with Uncle Situ." Flower language said.
"The alliance against Yuecheng? All right. The old man said that, and he was ready to turn around and go to report.
At this time, a woman's voice came from a distance and said, "Who is Grandpa Situ here?" ”
"Oh, it's Zizhao, the person who came is the daughter of the fallen city, Sister Nangong. It's the two little girls who always came to play with you when I was a child. The old man also introduced this person in a tone that was neither fast nor slow.
"Flower language? Sakura falling? How did you guys get here? Come with me. As soon as Zizhao heard that it was the flower language and the cherry blossoms that had fallen, a slight smile finally appeared on his face that was still sad just now, and everyone heard the woman's voice saying let them in, and the old man also slowly moved away to make way for Zizhao who had just arrived, and everyone saw the figure and appearance of Zizhao clearly.
She is wearing a tattered gauze skirt, with very obvious traces of fighting, and the whole person is also weak, and there are some small injuries on her face that she was beaten, at a glance, this person is about the same age as the Nangong sisters, but she wants to be a good person, and the clothes are like a fair lady, that is, the clothes she wears and the external injuries that can be seen on her body are also distressing, but in the eyes of outsiders, there should be no trace of timidity and retreat caused by pain on the face of a little girl who is just a good age. Let people see that she has only incomparable firmness.
That's right, it is firm, Situ Zizhao has not lived a good life since his brother had an accident, his father has not lived a stable life since his father fell ill, and his brother's departure made his father bedridden, and it also gave people who have evil thoughts in this dock city have a chance to take advantage of, they only think that Situ Zizhao is a woman and does not know much martial arts, and it is easy to kill her, but they forget that the people who have evil thoughts about the position of the city lord in this dock city are far less than those who are in the center, and the most difficult thing to deal with is that there are two people who have been saved by Zizhao many times in the moment of life and death. One is this old man, that is, the most loyal housekeeper in Wucheng in the past hundred years, Situ Yuan, and the other is a young man who has the same talent as Zizhao's younger brother in Wucheng, Situ Xian, these two knew that those people were going to be wrong to Zizhao when the city lord was bedridden, so they also secretly paid attention to protection.
"Zizhao, what are you?" Hua Yu originally didn't believe Qingfeng's conjecture in the restaurant, but now seeing her good sister who has played since she was a child and now looks like this, she was also distressed for a while, and hurriedly ran to Zizhao to check the injury.
"Who did this?" Sakuraku also hurriedly ran over and asked about this.
"Alas~ Even if you know, what can you do, the current Wucheng is not as good as before, my younger brother died, my father fell ill again, I am a weak woman who does not know martial arts, I can maintain my current state in this Wucheng without dying, or rely on the secret protection of Grandpa Cheng and Brother Xian, otherwise I am afraid that I would have died on the spot." Zizhao sighed, and could hear the helplessness and sadness she said, but there was no fear on her face, and not even a drop of tears fell out.
"Then look at the current situation, you are in the dark and they are in the dark, and this state has been maintained for a few months, right?" Qingfeng said at this time.
Zizhao looked at the Qingfeng who was talking, and she would also be puzzled, because she could see that this Qingfeng who was dressed in a good way and the person next to him who was dressed very differently from him, and the delicate-looking girl were not from the south. As for Ouyang Ting, although they have seen it very little, Ouyang Ting is also the successor of Pingcheng no matter how she says it, and it is right to have an impression. But what she didn't expect was that in her eyes, no, no, no, not in her eyes, but in everyone's eyes, the so-called girl who was handsome was a man. It should be said that everyone will subconsciously think that Bai Xiaosheng is a girl at first sight.
"Who is this son?" Zizhao expressed her doubts, but got an introduction that made her almost not stand.
"He's my father-in-law." Sakura said at this time that Qingfeng's identity was his father-in-law, which made the originally petite and weak Zizhao stumble and almost didn't sit on the ground.
"You're a husband? When did you get married? Zizhao looked at Sakura with a surprised expression.
"Just three days ago, my father, my grandmother, and Grandpa Yin witnessed it for us." Sakura said flatly.
"Three days ago? In there? Falling into the city? Zizhao's face was at a loss, it should take at least seven days to walk from Luocheng to Wucheng, Sakuraku said that she got married three days ago, which can only mean that they are not married in Luocheng.
"No, we got married in the theater troupe in Pingcheng, and the person who looked like a girl over there was the most famous face-changing master in Pingcheng, and he matched us." Sakura Luo said, and pointed at Zizhao again, and Xiaobai said.
"Oh, I see." Zizhao said, looking at the face-changing master who said in a trance and said, "Wait, you said that person looks like a girl?" Could it be ... Zizhao Yinxian also heard that there was something in Sakura's words, and then asked unconvincedly.
"Huh? He's a boy! When we first met him, we were shocked. Sakuraki also knew that Zizhao and they had just met Xiaobai, and they regarded Xiaobai as a girl.
"Haha, you're still there, and you're really getting a lot of attention there." Bei Tang said with a smile and Xiaobai.
Xiaobai also looked at Beitang with a smile.
"Alas~ You don't notice that when the old man learned that you were a man, his face twitched, hahaha." Qingfeng laughed as he spoke.
Obviously, even if you think that the old man has lived for hundreds of years, the world is of course quite large, but he was also shocked by the truth of the little white man's body.
"As you said, they are in the shadows, we are in the shadows, and this state has lasted for many months, and I have escaped death several times during these months." Zizhao said, but he was not shocked by Qingfeng and Sakuraluo and the delicate-looking Xiaobai.
"I guess you've been investigating who did it for months, and you don't have a clue, right?" Qingfeng then said.
"You're right, I don't know who did it, and I did this to our eldest lady, alas~ old. I can't do anything like that. The old man said, also sighing.
"No, no, no, this person is in your dock city, I think you all know it, and then we will help you find out this person or these people." Qingfeng said with a confident look, as if he already knew who did it, which made Beitang and Xiaobai also in a trance, and both of them thought in their hearts Could it be that Qingfeng knew who it was? But soon they knew what they were thinking.
"Next, I need you to introduce me to all the veterans of your dock city as soon as possible." Qingfeng said, it was obvious that he had never been to the south, how could he know who the evil intentions of Wucheng were, and he also had to analyze it slowly.
"Okay, you guys go to the residence with me first, and it's not too late to settle down and make plans." Zizhao said calmly, and also led everyone to the guest room of Wucheng, and after arranging everyone's accommodation, he called everyone in in a larger guest room, instructed his subordinates to prepare food, and then began to introduce the veterans of Wucheng to Qingfeng one by one.
"In Wucheng, in addition to the grandfather you saw just now, there is also a veteran-level elder, he... Zizhao was about to say more when he was interrupted by Qingfeng.
"Wait, you just need to say that grandpa and your father are two generations, and the older ones who are still alive." Qingfeng said.
Zizhao nodded and said: "Okay, there are four older people left behind by my grandfather's generation and my father's generation, they are, Situ Shou, who is in charge of the treasury in Wucheng, and Situ Ping, who is in charge of military power in Wucheng, and Situ Qing, who is in charge of affairs in Wucheng, and the last one is the pavilion in charge of the exercises in Wucheng, and he is also the grandfather of his brother, Situ Gong. ”
"The military power of your dock city is not in the hands of the city lord? And isn't your butler the old man? Why isn't the old man in charge of big and small things? I don't really understand this treasury, why isn't it in charge of the city lord? Qingfeng raised a lot of questions, and Zizhao also answered them one by one.
"Originally, the army and property, that is, the treasury, were all in the hands of the city lords of the past dynasties, but now my father is sick and my brother died in the assassination of Yuecheng, so according to the regulations, these will be taken over by other people in charge, as for the big and small things, it's just because Grandpa Fall is old, we want him to have a good rest, so we changed one, that is, the next housekeeper and he is also the child of Grandpa Cheng's descendants."
Qingfeng nodded after listening to Zizhao's explanation and said: "So that's the case, because you are a girl who has no martial arts, and there is no majesty to talk about in this dock city, so you are in charge of the affairs on the dark side, but in the background you are just a false name, it seems that your situation is like being elevated by others and then slowly being exploited, oops, what a big game of chess, you say yes?" ”
Zizhao heard what Qingfeng meant, and also knew how dangerous the game of chess that Qingfeng said would be for their Wucheng. So I didn't dare to say anything more, just nodded.
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Oops, I didn't fall asleep until 7:30 this morning because I had insomnia last night, and I woke up naturally after less than three hours of sleep.
Alas~ sad me.
End of chapter.