Chapter 66: An Old Woman of an Alien Race
Miss Xiaofeng looked at the morning light outside the window with her eyes, and said slowly: "When the slave family was young, my father also worked as a big official in Beijing, and his family background was also very good. ”
It's a pity that later my father made a mistake and was convicted and died, his home was raided, and all the old and young were killed. Since then, the family has been scattered, and there is no longer the warmth of the past. ”
Although they were young at that time, the slave family still clearly remembered the scene when the messengers and sergeants wearing red official uniforms broke into the house one by one like wolves and tigers, and took away all the old and young women and children in the house like lambs. ”
Hearing this, Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but feel a little surprised, it turned out that Miss Xiaofeng was also the queen of the defeated official family.
Thinking of the tragic situation when the government raided his house, even he felt a little frightened, but when he looked up, Miss Xiaofeng's face was calm as usual, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, as if she was telling someone else's story.
Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but ask: "Since the whole family has been connected, how did you escape, girl?"
Miss Xiaofeng sighed slightly and said: "The slave family was only a few years old back then, and she was the daughter of her father's concubine outside, and not many people knew about it, so she escaped the pursuit of the government. ”
"Fortunately, my father's loyal servant Uncle Ba at that time risked his life to send the slave family to a far place and handed it over to my adoptive mother, and he has since become a servant by my adoptive mother's side. ”
Xie Zhen nodded and sighed, the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty is extremely cruel, and the families of the convicted ministers have suffered from the incident, and the men are almost all mortal, and the female dependents, even if they are young children like Xiaofeng girl at that time, they will inevitably be assigned to be official slaves for the rest of their lives, living a miserable life.
It is a great risk to save Xiaofeng girl like Uncle Eighth back then. Once it is discovered, it will be sued to the government, which is also a disaster of extermination.
is willing to take such a risk, it seems that this eighth uncle, who is not amazing, is really a loyal servant who values love and righteousness.
Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but admire this eighth uncle in his heart.
He couldn't help asking, "I don't know who this adoptive mother of the girl is? ”
Miss Xiaofeng smiled faintly and said, "The adoptive mother of the slave family is actually just an ordinary person, she is just an ordinary village woman living in the frontier land, she knows a little about medical skills, and treats the surrounding villagers, that's all. ”
It's just that she and her father are also distant relatives, so she adopted the slave family. Speaking of which, she is also a good person, and she treats the slave family as her own, and has never had any discrimination, but it is a pity that good people do not live long, and a few years ago, she also contracted a serious illness and died. ”
"Oh!" Xie Zhenliang replied with regret, doctors don't treat themselves, many doctors can relieve the pain of others and prolong their lives, but unfortunately they can't escape the poisonous hands of the disease, it has always been like this.
Xiaofeng girl sighed faintly, and then said: "After the death of the adoptive mother, the slave family also left the frontier, because there is no other means of livelihood, fortunately, the family was good when she was young, and she also studied for a few years, and learned some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she could only enter the Qinglou, and she could barely survive with a good voice." ”
After listening to Miss Xiaofeng's story, Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in his heart.
I can't imagine that such a young woman has experienced such ups and downs in life, and now she has fallen into the dust and laughed in front of people, which can be said to have tasted the ups and downs of life.
But there was a faint hint of joy in his heart, because this confirmed that he tossed and turned, thinking about things all night, Xiaofeng girl is precisely because of such an experience, such an experience, she will have to fall into the dust, she is by no means the kind of ordinary Qinglou woman who is greedy for money, snobbish and frivolous vulgar powder.
At this time, Miss Xiaofeng suddenly looked at him and asked, "With such an identity as a slave, Gongzi Xie will not be disliked, and he will be ashamed of being together, right?"
Xie Zhenliang hurriedly shook his head: "How could it be?"
The girl is like a green lotus, out of the mud but not stained, still delicate and moving. Besides, how dare anyone be pretentious, and in front of the girl, he can only be ashamed of himself. ”
What he said was actually what he was talking about.
In normal times, he couldn't say that he would be killed if he was so numb.
But at this moment, facing Miss Xiaofeng, he blurted out without even thinking about it, and even he himself couldn't help but be taken aback.
However, although his words were sour and numb, they seemed to be quite useful in the ears of the girl's family, and Miss Xiaofeng smiled at him, and there was a little gratitude and appreciation in that smile.
Xie Zhenliang only felt that his heart was simply happy at this moment, and even the bones in his body were about to be crispy.
Miss Xiaofeng said a little delicately: "The slave family has never mentioned these past events to others, but somehow, today they actually told Gongzi Xie all about it." I don't know where Gongzi Xie is from, and how did he come to Xi'an City, where the plague is rampant and everyone avoids it?"
Xie Zhenliang didn't even think about it, and replied when he opened his mouth: "In the Xia Jingcheng clan, my father was a petty official in the imperial court, and the family was barely passable. It's just that my father has now been relegated to a remote place because he offended the emperor, and I don't know if he is in good health now?"
Thinking of his father Xie Jin, who was degraded in the state, Xie Zhenliang's face darkened.
Miss Xiaofeng asked faintly, "Hasn't Gongzi Xie seen Ling Zun for a long time?"
Xie Zhenliang nodded gloomily: "Yes, I haven't seen my father for a long time since I traveled around with a group of friends." ”
Miss Xiaofeng comforted: "Jiren has his own natural appearance, so don't worry too much about Gongzi Xie." ”
Immediately, she asked: "Since you are traveling all over the world, there are so many famous mountains and rivers that you don't go, how can you come to this Xi'an City?"
Xie Zhenliang replied: "This Xi'an city is not only an important town in the northwest, but also a famous ancient capital. Besides, in fact, we originally came to Xi'an City to have important things to do, who knew that we happened to encounter this epidemic. ”
Miss Xiaofeng couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, the important town in the northwest, the former ancient capital, I just don't know how many people will survive after this plague has passed, and can this place still be able to restore its former prosperity?"
Seeing that she was so pessimistic, Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but comfort her: "Girl, don't worry too much, this plague is not an unsolvable natural disaster. ”
Miss Xiaofeng looked shocked when she heard this, and asked, "What does Gongzi Xie mean by this?"
Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but say everything that Miss Cheng said about Gu poison or something.
Although he was not at the scene yesterday because he secretly followed Fan Jin, he did not hear all this that Miss Cheng and Ye Feng said with his own ears, but fortunately, there was a big speaker like Zhang Fatzi, who had already told Xie Zhenliang everything last night.
As long as there is a fat man, it is actually the same whether he is at the scene or not.
It's just that Xie Zhenliang can't be sure, can a weak woman like Miss Xiaofeng, who seems to have no experience in the rivers and lakes, understand something as profound as Gu poison?
Unexpectedly, after listening to him, Miss Xiaofeng blinked her eyes, thought for a while, and said, "So, as long as you find the person who casts the Gu poison, you can get the antidote and relieve the plague in this Xi'an city?"
Xie Zhenliang nodded vigorously, and couldn't help but feel sincere admiration for Miss Xiaofeng's intelligence and excellent comprehension.
Miss Xiaofeng thought about it and asked, "Now that brother of yours, Ye Gongzi, is looking for traces of the murderer in the city at the moment, and besides, the murderer is very likely to be a woman?"
Xie Zhenliang nodded desperately: "That's right, not only may it be a woman, but it is also likely to be an old woman, what is Lan Pozi." It is said that he is a Miao person from the southwest border, and he is still the master of the Five Poison Sect. ”
"Five Poison Gates?" Xiao Fenggu
The mother looked a little surprised, "This name sounds so scary, can that brother of yours handle it?"
Xie Zhenliang smiled with relief and said, "Don't worry, this brother in the next place, who is known as the smartest person in the world on the rivers and lakes, is by no means just a waste of fame." The key is that he is not only smart, but also really blessed with a great life, how many life and death difficulties he has encountered over the years, he has been able to turn the danger into a disaster and get through it safely, I believe that this time he will be able to live up to expectations and find that Lan Pozi!"
He said so confidently, Miss Xiaofeng's face gradually relaxed.
After thinking about it, she suddenly said thoughtfully: "An old woman, still a Miao person, could it be ......"
Xie Zhenliang's heart moved, and he asked, "What does the girl know?"
Miss Xiaofeng hesitated for a moment, and said while recalling: "The slave family heard the description of the son, and remembered that before January, it was indeed as if I had seen an old woman wearing a foreign costume on the street, she wore a lot of silver jewelry on her head, and wore a very fancy pleated skirt, which looked very conspicuous, so she was very impressed. ”
Xie Zhenliang couldn't help but be very interested when he heard this, and asked, "Then what happened later? Do you know where she went?"
Miss Xiaofeng shook her head and said, "I don't know this. It's just that there was another man walking with her at that time, but the slave family recognized it. ”
Xie Zhenliang only felt refreshed: "Who is it?"
Miss Xiaofeng replied, "That man is the shopkeeper of one of the largest inns in the city, and he has a black mole the size of a copper coin on his chin, which is very recognizable. ”
Xie Zhenliang blinked, a black mole the size of a copper coin, how did this sound so familiar?
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly woke up, by the way, he had indeed seen such a person!
In the inn in the Providence Building where they lived last night, the shopkeeper there had a black mole the size of a copper coin on his chin!
In this way, this shopkeeper must know the old woman dressed as an alien?
If that old woman is the master of the Five Poisons Sect, Mrs. Lan, then ......
His heart was suddenly shocked, if this is the case, the big thing is not good!
Ye Feng and the others all lived in that inn, and they didn't know anything about it.
They are in danger!
Xie Zhenliang only felt anxious, hurriedly stood up, and was about to say goodbye and leave.
He had to hurry back and tell them all this, so that they would be alert, the enemy, most likely, was hiding around him.
Seeing his anxious look, Miss Xiaofeng also stood up and asked with a worried face, "What, is something wrong?"
Xie Zhenliang smiled at her reluctantly and said, "It's okay, I just remembered that there is a sentence to hurry up and tell my brother." ”
He didn't tell the truth, he didn't want Miss Xiaofeng to worry too much.
But how could the clever little phoenix girl not see it?
She stretched out her slender jade hand, stroked Xie Zhenliang's shoulder, and said with concern: "Be careful!"
Xie Zhenliang only felt warm in his heart, if it was usual, he was afraid that he would cheer and jump up this time, but now he couldn't take care of it.
His brother is in danger!
He had to get there right away.
Therefore, Xie Zhenliang just nodded affectionately at Miss Xiaofeng, turned around and rushed out of the room.
On the way back to the inn, Xie Zhenliang ran desperately, and he even began to hate himself for why he didn't learn a little light from Zhang Fatzi.
Zhang Fatzi's light skills are so powerful, even if he only learns a little bit, he is much faster than running like now.
He only hoped that he could be faster, faster, and be able to warn Ye Feng before they had an accident.
Before you arrive, Ye Feng, you must not have an accident!