Chapter Ninety-Six: Diversion
After getting on the boat, Qin Mu and Xiaoqing were divided into a room, the boat was too small and the occupants were limited, but fortunately, there was a lot of space in each room.
"Brother Qin, I'm a little uncomfortable..."Xiao Qing said with a blue face.
Qin Mu hurriedly checked, "You're seasick, Xiaoqing." ”
He opened the window to let in some air, and sat her up against the bed.
"I'm fine, I'm just nauseous and want to throw up..."
"Xiaoqing, if you look at that now, just watch it quietly." Qin Mu pointed to the deer head on the wall, "You imagine yourself in the mountains and forests, with birds singing and flowers everywhere..."
There is no too good solution to seasickness but to be quiet and overcome this feeling of vertigo.
Qin Mu brought another basin of water and wiped her face.
"Xiaoqing, it's okay, it's fine after getting used to it, it's going to be there in two days, soon." Qin Mu comforted.
Xiaoqing nodded slightly, "Well, vomit..."
Xiaoqing vomited directly, Qin Mu subconsciously took a step back, and then took a towel to take care of her.
"I'm sorry... Brother Qin..."
"It's okay, it's a good thing to vomit, I'll change my clothes later..."
"I'm tired, or... You can help me..."
"What are you talking about, you are still a yellow flower girl, and I am also married, we can't do this."
"Can you change it for me... Brother Qin..."Xiao Qing pleaded.
"Good, good."
It's not that Qin Mu avoids suspicion, it's just that he always feels weird when he changes his coat.
Qin Mu brought a new skirt, only to find that Xiaoqing looked very thin on the outside, and she was very well-proportioned and not fat in all aspects.
The Tang Dynasty regarded fat as beauty, to be precise, rich and beautiful
Until Xiaoqing fell asleep, Qin Mu slept on the floor next to his bed.
Two days later, the ship stopped near the coastal port.
Hearing that he would continue to take the boat, Qin Mu directly refused, in the past two days, Xiaoqing vomited after eating a little, and the boat would not last at all if he sat for a few more days.
At Qin Mu's strong request, they could only take a carriage to hurry.
Quan Youcai and Li Zhiyu were a little displeased, they could have arrived two days earlier by boat, but now they have to make a detour to catch the carriage and beware of the thieves on the mountain.
"What are so many of us afraid of?"
Quan Youcai replied: "These are all veterans of the battlefield who can fight ten against one, but I'm afraid that I will miss the time to go to Luoyang, I heard that you can choose a guest room to live in if you go early, and if there is no room at that time, we will sleep on the street." ”
"Don't worry, there is definitely a place to live."
Qin Mu prepared a secret property in Luoyang, just waiting for emergency use, and besides, Luoyang knows so many people, it is still easy to find a place to settle.
"Next, let's go to Qizhou first, and then west, it is Diqiu, if you hurry up, it will take five days, and if you slow down, it will take a week." Quan Youcai explained.
Qin Mu recalled his experience of being tied up, at that time, it only took about a week to get from Luoyang to Silla, and he changed horses halfway to such a short time.
This shows that this trip is not tight at all and there are about ten days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, these two people are deliberately complaining.
The carriage traveled for two days and came to Qizhou, where they heard that there was an epidemic on the Diqiu side, so they could only go south and take a detour.
Only then did Qin Mu remember that the route of Li Chong's rebellion some time ago happened to be the place they passed, and it was inevitable that an epidemic would occur after the war.
Zhang Guangfu slaughtered thousands of households, at least thousands of people died, and Qin Mu understood what human life is like grass mustard.
After walking for a few more days, Qin Mu only felt that his vision was getting wider and wider, and when he entered a town, a raging fire suddenly burned in the sky, and the carriage stopped before the fire.
Qin Mu lifted the curtain and glanced at it, and a group of bad people slowly leaned over not far away.
A few people looked at their costumes and asked, "Where are you from?" ”
Jeon Youcai explained: "We are from Silla and are on our way to Luoyang to see the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”
"Oh?" One trick from the bad guys, "bring them all back to the yamen." ”
The people of the envoy group were momentarily dumbfounded.
"Hey, you're not legal, are you?" Qin Mu asked.
"Recently, there was a group of arsonists pretending to be outsiders, burning all the way from Huizhou Mansion to here, and besides, with Master Di here, you have your own conclusion whether you are innocent or not."
"Di Renjie?"
The bad guy reprimanded, "Master Di's name is what you can call?" Take it all away! ”
Qin Mu smiled, "Okay, let's go." ”
The group was escorted to the local yamen.
Qin Mu saw Di Renjie again.
Di Renjie just asked a few words and looked at Qin Mu suspiciously.
"Are you really from Silla?"
Quan Youcai took out the customs clearance butterfly text and handed it over, "There is the seal of the saint on it, as well as the seal of my king." ”
Di Renjie flipped it over, closed it and gave it back to Quan Youcai, "Then why is this one pretending?" ”
Everyone looked at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu was calm, "My disguise really can't escape Lord Di's fiery eyes. I just want to prove my innocence in front of Master Di. ”
Master Di smiled and let the others leave.
After the others left, Qin Mu tore off his fake beard and wiped off the black pot ash on his face.
"Master Di, I haven't seen you for a long time, but are you okay?" Qin Mu saluted.
Master Di pointed at Qin Mu and thought back, "You are... You're the one at the White Horse Temple, right? ”
"Well, Master Di has a good memory."
Di Renjie walked back and forth around Qin Mu and looked at Qin Mu suspiciously, "Why are you dressed like this?" Also, you were originally a merchant in Luoyang, why did you become an envoy of Silla? ”
Qin Mu smiled embarrassedly, "The story is full of twists and turns, and I can't help myself now." ”
Qin Mu then explained how he was imprisoned and how he was taken captive to Silla, as well as his current situation.
Di Renjie's face was full of shock after hearing this, "You kid is a fugitive now?" ”
"Then dare to ask Master Di, what crime have I committed? It's just that I want to add to the crime, I'm just a ninth-rate businessman. Qin Mu said helplessly.
Di Renjie laughed, "Qin Mu, you are not just a businessman, you are an extremely ambitious person, you set the White Horse Temple on fire last time, right?" ”
Qin Mu lowered his head in embarrassment like a child who made a mistake, "Then Xue Huaiyi imprisoned the women of the good family for his own fun, and I was forced to make this decision, you also know that with my ability, I can't pull Xue Huaiyi's big Buddha." ”
"Xue Huaiyi, hum!" Di Renjie mentioned that he was very displeased, "This person is a moth of the country, and something big will happen sooner or later." ”
"Master Di analyzed." Qin Mu echoed.
"Are you really just going to Luoyang to pay tribute this time?" Di Renjie asked.
"Master Di, I'm really just like this, my wife and friends are all in the hands of Park Yuxing, what do you say I can do?"
"Well, this Mid-Autumn Festival is not simple..."Di Renjie sighed.
"Master Di is going to Luoyang to participate in the holy ceremony soon, right?"
Di Renjie nodded, "That's true, it's just that the task has not been completed yet, and it may be a little late." ”
"Oh, I heard that bad guy say someone set the fire on purpose?"
"The queen of heaven ordered me to deal with the obscene shrine of the Jiangnan generation, which involves the interests of some people, so it is a little tricky."
Di Renjie, the governor of Jiangnan Province and the winter official waiter, burned more than 1,700 of them with Wu and Chu Duo ancestral halls, leaving only Xia Yu, Wu Taibo, Ji Zha, and Wu Yuan's four ancestral halls.
This move also reduced the burden of the people, and at the same time broke many feudal superstitions.
"Is it convenient for Master Di to tell me about the situation? I can help you break it down. ”
Di Renjie pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, this arsonist and I go against the grain, I burn the obscene ancestral hall, he burns the other reserved ancestral halls, every time the murder is before dawn, I heard the villagers say that these people are riding horses and wearing black cloth, and the most important thing is that they all say that the arsonist has no head." ”
"No heads?"
The first thing Qin Mu thought of was the Headless Horseman.
"Could it be that I am mistaken, this man can still see without a head?"
"I don't know about this, we can only crouch at the door of each ancestral hall when we catch this person, and we happened to meet you today."
Qin Mu thought about it and analyzed: "This person is so arrogant that he actually let others see his face, which shows that he is deliberately spreading that he has no head to cause panic among the people, and even wants to retreat from the imperial court and not be nosy." ”
"Well, you're right, but the more he does it, the more I'm going to arrest him."
"The ultimate beneficiary of the whole thing is the one behind the scenes, has Master Di ever started from this aspect?"
"The beneficiaries are those local tyrants and squires, but how can they convince the public if they don't catch the current situation?"
"Then why did this squatting fail?"
Di Renjie turned his back on his hand, "The group of bad people who squatted in the point had already taken a look at him, but when they saw that the man was headless and timid, he let him escape, and they also fought each other, saying that cutting off his head was almost as hard as pig iron, and that the person was an evil ghost, and some said that it was a fairy." ”
"If you want me to say that this is pretending to be a ghost, what if Master Di doesn't dislike Qin Mou and is willing to help you catch this person?"
"Oh?" Di Renjie looked at Qin Mu unexpectedly, "Is this true?" ”
"Seriously." Qin Mu said confidently, "It's just Master Di who makes up a reason for me to stay here for two days." ”
"That's fine, if you can catch this person, you'll be doing me a great favor."
"Hehe, Master Di is serious, Qin Mou never believes in evil, only believes that man will win the sky."
"A good man will win the day."
After the two chatted for a few words, Di Renjie ordered their envoy group to be grounded.
Of course, Qin Mu and Xiaoqing can move freely.
In the evening, Qin Mu followed the bad people to an ancestral hall that had not been burned.
Since this place was safe in this place, they concluded that this man would surely come tonight.
The long night was long, Qin Mu was a little sleepy, and crawled in the haystack and slept for a while.
The group of bad people were in good spirits, because they knew that if they caught this person, not only would they not be punished, but they would also have a reward.
As dawn approached, a tall black shadow slowly approached.
The bad guy squatted in the ditch and didn't find the man.
It wasn't until the flames broke out that they cried out.
"Brothers, go on, catch him!"
Qin Mu woke up suddenly, only to see a group of people rushing towards the ancestral hall.
A man in black with a spear on a black horse is waiting.