Chapter 9: The Jade Thief

I'm reflecting, or feeling sorry for myself.

I can say in a high-sounding manner that it is completely in line with justice and justice to bring to justice the criminal gangs that endanger society and the people, but I cannot deceive my conscience, not for the sake of justice and justice, let alone for the society and the people, I am only doing this for myself and for the freedom I dream of.

I was wrong from the beginning, I shouldn't have betrayed my first sister, even though she was not a good person, although I was so eager to be free, I shouldn't have betrayed her, I could have sought a better solution, instead of sending my first sister and more people to the execution ground, fantasizing about paving my own path to freedom through their deaths.

They deserve to be judged, but not by my hand.

If I didn't join that organization, if I just wanted to be my concubine, if,,

If the motive is wrong, the result is wrong.

So now, I'm being punished! Not only did I not get the freedom I dreamed of, but I also lost the opportunity to see Xiao Jian, and I had a hunch that this was just the beginning of the punishment!

Jump out of the bondage of 2,000 years and jump into the trap of 2,000 years ago. Which era is more pathetic to me?

My heart seems to have been drifting in no direction, floating and sinking in the deepest part of my soul, in the boundless loneliness, in the faint fear, and I don't know where the end is.

I don't know if the world after I left, for Concubine Xiang's car accident and disappearance, did it cause the media to stir up, and now, does anyone still remember me!

"Xiao Jian, will you miss me? Will you wait for me? Do you know that you are the only force that supports me!"

I hid alone in the bed and whimpered, and I cried for the first time since I came to another era.

Wei Qing and I both guessed the fact that although we didn't know who the other party was, they only took a gun, which showed that there was only one reason ——— use it for research.

If they can develop this weapon in the same way, they will no longer need me as a person, and it will be up to them to keep or kill at that time.

Naturally, they can't make it, they naturally won't let me go, and my only way out is Hetian Jade!

Therefore, "until the last moment, never sacrifice lightly, and until the last moment, never give up hope." "There is still time, even if Guo Xie is really secretly doing ghosts, there is still time to think of another way, Liu Dan, you must do it!!

You'll do it!!

At five o'clock the next morning (fortunately, I had my watch with me when I crossed, so I didn't have to listen to the drums of the Han Dynasty) before dawn, and the students of Xiao Liu Pavilion were kicked out of the bed by me.

He was carrying an oil lamp to my right, and I was holding a panda eye, with a straight body, a straight expression, and a serious gaze, and shouted to a group of yawning apprentices with a military command: "Take me as the standard, arrange them to the left in order of height, and immediately line ————up!"

But those eighteen people obviously still didn't understand what I was saying, and immediately messed up, and then looked at me with a terrifying expression and gloomy eyes, so frightened that the sleepy insects didn't know where they flew, and finally found their position, but they didn't stand up, and they looked loose.

I turned to the front of the line to look at Wei Qing and ordered, "Jian Yue is out of line!"

Wei Qing was a military general after all, and he responded with a "yes", acted quickly, and stood in front of me in high spirits.

I announced, "Starting today, Jian Yue is your senior brother, responsible for managing you and delivering my orders. If you have any problems in the future, you can contact him and report them to me. Jian Yue returned to the column. ”

Wei Qing replied "yes" again, ran back to the line, and took him under my door, I want to give him a good show of the majesty of Mr., and when I see Xiao Jianhao, I will boast to him: The famous general of the Han Dynasty is my apprentice, how majestic! I promise to envy him, haha...... (Joy in Suffering)

With a straight face, I said to them solemnly, "From now on, we will line up in this order." Today is the first day, and we are not familiar with my practice method and are not used to it, so I will first understand some necessary passwords, and then I will use the password as the standard, and I must not slack off. Do you understand?"

Everyone didn't care if he understood or not, and replied in unison: "Understood." ”

"First password, all assemble!"

I explained to them the general military commands in order, for example:

Stand up! Take a break! Take me! Take your place! Look to the right (left)! Look forward! Count! Turn back! Close in! Spread out! Walk in unison! Stand still! Walk in steps! Run forward! Get out of the queue! Disband on the spot......

At the same time, according to the instructions, explain and show them the corresponding actions one by one, and let them figure out the meaning within two hours

In the next day, in addition to eating and going to the toilet, all the time was spent on password and formation drills. Perhaps the surprise was too numb, and none of the eighteen apprentices expressed surprise at the way I trained them, and obediently listened to my instructions.

I accompanied them to do movements, accompanied them to practice, my face was as cold as ice and my heart was as hard as iron, and I reprimanded those who made mistakes lightly and punished them with corporal punishment, until I was as sweaty and wet as them, until I was as exhausted as them, and the fire burning in my heart slowly went out.

Guo Xie didn't come today, I'm waiting for tomorrow.

I'm in a bad mood, Zhao Min has already seen it, and I specially prepared a few fine side dishes for dinner for me, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to sleep and eat since I came to this ghost era, and I ruined her mind in vain.

In the evening, when everything was silent, the apprentices were tossed to death by me, and they went to bed early after eating. I sat alone on the carved railing in front of the bedroom, staring blankly at the starry sky, thinking strongly about Xiao Jian and everything in the 21st century.

Wei Qing walked over, he didn't get tired and lay down, and he was still very energetic when he came in.

This kid has potential.

He stood beside me and silently accompanied me. I suddenly asked him, "Are you married?" ”

He was stunned, and he didn't digest the word very much.

I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled, and the loneliness of the people who crossed can be seen here: often chickens and ducks talk, poor communication.

I explained, "I mean you're married." ”

Wei Qing let out an "um" and lowered his head. Boy, it's not a shame to know that you are irritable.

And I said, "Do you like her? I mean your wife?"

Wei Qing thought for a long time, and didn't nod or shake his head. I feel sad for that wife in my heart, not to mention that I can't get my husband's love, I don't even have the opportunity to accompany him to old age, and I died at a young age. After the death of Wei's wife, Wei Qing married his original owner, Princess Pingyang, and the two of them loved each other for a lifetime.

What Wei Qing loves in his heart should be the princess who is noble and kind to him.

I thought of Xiao Jian, who was difficult to meet, and a sadness welled up in my heart, and said, "Whether you like her or not, treat her well while she is alive." When she left, she left without regrets. ”

Wei Qing asked, "Sir, doesn't he have a beloved?"

I sighed and stood up, raised my hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm tired today, let's sleep." Then he walked into the bedroom.

Xiao Jian is the sweetness in my heart, and the pain in my heart, and these two feelings, I just want to enjoy them alone.

The next day, I went out to exercise at five o'clock as usual, practiced the queue for half an hour, and then let Wei Qing lead the team and run around Chang'an City.

Today is the deadline for Guo Jie's promise, and my heart has settled down.

Everyone had breakfast together, and without waiting for Guo Xie to wait for two tolerances, he took a picture with the appearance of "flying and catching" to find Xiao Liu Pavilion and asked us if we had seen this thing.

Wei Qing was beside me, when he saw that thing, he couldn't help but glance at me, of course I denied it, tried my best to quibble, and even coaxed and deceived to send away two tolerances, Wei Qing quietly asked me: "Is that thing a flying catch, how high can it climb?"

I gave him a blank look and said, "You can climb as high as you want." ”

I was secretly a little irritable in my heart, the flying grab was made of stainless steel, and at this time there were no steel products at all, so in order to avoid trouble, I had to find a way to get it back.

As soon as I thought of this, a sense of powerlessness suddenly rose in my heart, it turned out that I had already exposed so many secrets to others, and I was afraid that there would be more and more troubles.

After about twenty minutes, Guo Jie's housekeeper Guo Chu hurriedly walked over and nodded to me at the gate of the courtyard.

The place where Guo Xie met was an ironsmith's shop, and when the blacksmith saw the two of us, he was silent and just looked back.

There were two rooms in the backyard, and Guo Chu and I walked into one of them and saw Guo Xie sitting on a straw mat, and two of his men kneeling on the side drinking wine and eating meat. In the center of the seat, a man knelt on the ground in rags and flowers.

In the Han Dynasty, from the emperor to the commoners, they used mats for sitting, lying and living, which were generally made of pampas grass and rush grass, and some were made of bamboo. "Sit on the ground" comes from this, and you can't wear shoes when you spread the mat, so the rules of South Korea, Japan and other countries when you enter the door and take off your shoes are actually from our ancestors. "Keiju" means to sit with your legs stretched out forward, which is an rude sitting posture. (The eunuchs also have a "couch", which is a kind of seat that is lighter than the bed.) )

When I first arrived in Chang'an, I lived in Guo Jie's apartment for a day, and then moved to Xiao Liu Pavilion, and I also used the "couch" as a seat, which was convenient and did not need to take off my shoes. (But you still have to take off your shoes when sitting on the "couch")

Seeing me come in, Guo Xie stood up and said with a smile: "Brother, come and see, this person is the person you are looking for?"

Saying that, I ordered the man to look up, and when I looked at his face, I was very excited, and sure enough, it was the person described by Uncle Zhao. Looking at his twenties, although his clothes were tattered, he was very delicate, and he stared at me with a stubborn expression.

I couldn't wait to ask, "Where is my Hetian jade?"

He snorted, turned his head and didn't speak.

Guo Xie said coldly on the side: "Come on, reward him with a few more whips." ”

Only then did I realize that there were blood stains on his clothes that could not be covered, and there were blood stains on the exposed skin, which were obviously traces of whipping.

I hurriedly raised my hand to stop Guo Xie and said to him gently: "As long as you tell me the truth, I will definitely let you go." ”

He looked at me, skeptical.

I walked up behind him, untied the rope for him, and reassured: "Believe me, I have a good relationship with this Mr. Guo, and he will give me this face." Brother Guo, do you say?"

Guo Xie nodded according to my request and said, "As long as you tell the whereabouts of Hetian Yu, I will not embarrass you." ”

He hung his head, thought for a moment, and said in a dumb voice, "Yes, I stole the jade ......," and I was overjoyed, and he continued, "But I have already sold it." My smile froze on my face.

"You...... Sold to whom?" My voice trembled slightly.

"It's a girl. He said, "After I got it, I went back to Chang'an, and I met her in a wine shop, and when she saw that I liked the jade ring in my hand very much, she begged me to sell it to her, and I saw that the price was good, so I sold it." ”

I closed my eyes, and the answer was expected, so I took out the pen and cloth I had prepared in advance, put a wooden board on it, fixed it with iron nails, and asked, "Do you remember her appearance?"

He said: "She is very good-looking, with curved eyebrows, round eyes, a small mouth, long hair, not tall but extremely well-proportioned, in short, very good-looking." ”

It seems that he was very impressed with the girl, and eighty percent of them saw that they were beautiful, so he sold her things in a daze.

I asked in detail, and he couldn't tell the characteristics of the girl except for repeating things like "curved eyebrows and round ...... eyes", and women with this kind of appearance were all over the street. So I went to great lengths (I'm not familiar with using a brush) to paint one after another, different sizes, but he kept shaking his head and saying "no". I was so angry that I threw the brush on the ground and pointed at him angrily, "You, you ......" speechless.

Guo Xie persuaded me a few words and said: "Brother doesn't have to be impatient, if you can trust your brother, find this woman's business, and bear it for your brother!"

I think he's been waiting to say that for a long time.

I tried to calm myself down, and then asked the thief again, "If you were to see that girl again, would you recognize her?"

He nodded affirmatively and said, "Naturally." ”

I thought about it for a while and said to Guo Jie: "Sir, I want to take this person back to Xiao Liu Pavilion for the time being, and then ask him in detail to see if I can ask any clues." In addition, Mr. Lao has to help with this matter, and Liu Dan thanks Mr. Saying that, according to the rules of the Han Dynasty, he bowed deeply.

Guo Xie hurriedly helped me up and said, "Why should my brother see outside, I will do my best for my brother's nature, and I will find Hetian Yu for my brother." ”

The young man who had been kneeling on the ground cried out: "You just said that you would let me go, but now you regret it? ”

I suppressed my anger and said to him: "I said that if you let you go, I will let you go, but before I find that girl, I first wronged you to live in my pavilion temporarily." Don't worry, I won't imprison your freedom, and I can pay for you to do some chores in my museum. In fact, this is also good for you, you don't have to worry about eating and living with me, at least you don't have to steal anymore, as the saying goes, people go to high places and water flows to low places, do you really want to be a thief all your life, live a day of worry? If you are unlucky, once you miss, what is waiting for you, have you thought about it?"

I myself am a thief, and the tension before the crime and the fear after the crime have been accumulated in my heart for a long time, coupled with a serious sense of guilt, that kind of life is simply hell on earth, people are the same, I believe this feeling this stinky boy will also have.

He was so speechless by what I said.

I slowed down and said, "Come with me, don't do any more rat stealing and dog stealing, that way doesn't work." ”

He hung his head and was silent.

I knew that he would not escape, so I asked Guo to send him to Xiao Liu Pavilion.

I think clearly, if he is not a simple thief and has other weirdness, then he will not escape, and if he is just a thief, he will not escape, because even if he escapes from Xiao Liu Pavilion, he will not be able to escape from Guo Jie's palm, so I am very relieved.

Hope was disappointed as expected, I felt uncomfortable, and I had a conversation with Guo Xie in a strong spirit, and asked about the process of finding the thief, (from Guo Jie's mouth, I knew that his name was Ji Li) His words did not leak, I couldn't find any flaws, and I took my leave after shooting again.

Things have come to this point, and sure enough, they are moving in an unpredictable direction.

Did someone deliberately arrange this thief? Did that girl really exist? If so, what would be her identity? Why did she buy Yuhuan so coincidentally in the first place? Was her appearance also intentional? Is Guo Xie related to this matter?

A long list of questions was like a mess, and my mind was chaotic, and my head was as big as a fight, so I walked in chaos on the street like a wisp of wandering spirit. Suddenly smiled bitterly, I don't belong to this era, but I'm just a wisp of wandering soul.

Thinking about coming to Chang'an for so long, it seems that I have never gone shopping once, so I simply floated all the way along the lively street market from east to west, and experienced a strong meditation in the simple and solemn Han fashion.

What you think, what you want, only Xiao Jian is alone. If he is by his side at this moment, let alone traveling through the Han Dynasty, even if he returns to the Ice Age, what does it matter. I want to go back because at the end of time, there is a figure engraved in the depths of my soul, with a promise that once gave me a sentence of "I will wait for you to come back".

Without warning, a sharp pain suddenly emanated from the heart, quickly spread to the limbs, every inch of skin, every nerve, there was a pain like a needle piercing, I couldn't help but let out a low cry, hugged my body and squatted down, cold sweat came out of my bun, ran down my cheeks, and flowed onto the bluestone ground.

After a while, the pain gradually disappeared, and I kept panting, raising my hand to wipe the sweat from my face, and then I realized that at some point there was a small child squatting in front of me, staring at me with big watery eyes and fluttering eyelashes.

As soon as I touched the child's face, my newly awakened mind exploded with a "buzz". His ears were as deaf as he could no longer hear, and his eyes could no longer take his eyes off him as if they were locked.

This face...... This face?!

It's clearly him! It's clearly him...... Xiao Jian!!

Although the years have passed, I will never forget the photos he used to show me as a child, and I will never forget his smiling, angel-like pure and transparent face!

And now, in front of my eyes, in the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago, I once again saw Xiao Jian from my childhood, exactly the same Xiao Jian!!

The little Xiao Jian opened his mouth to speak to me, I didn't hear anything, I just felt that the "buzzing" sound was constantly expanding, I shook my head hard, I wanted to listen to him, I wanted to know what he said, I looked at his mouth blankly, and then the scene in front of me was blurred......

When my consciousness regained, my vision regained, and my hearing also recovered, I found that I was still squatting on the ground, and the scene around me had not changed, except that Xiao Jian was gone.

I got up and hurriedly turned to look for him, running from one end of the street to the other, and back from the other end of the street, I shouted, I called his name out loud, I ignored the astonished eyes of the people, I ignored their pointing at me, I shouted with all my might, but no, there was no sign of him, as if he had never appeared, he was gone.

I stood in the street, my face pale and trembling, and for a moment I wondered if I was hallucinating because of my excessive thoughts.

I don't know how long it took, I finally calmed down, smiled bitterly, and slowly walked towards Xiao Liu's Pavilion, my place of refuge.