Chapter 17: Return to Hudu
When he committed suicide that year, he left a skin empty, but he didn't expect her to come back and set up a grave for him. She had said that she had nothing to do with him, so what did the words on the tombstone mean? Husband, wife, is this a little consolation for his tragic death?
I didn't know what it was like, I stood in front of the grave for a long time, staring at the mottled tombstone, and couldn't come back to my senses for a long time.
I'm curious what happened after he died, and what happened to her.
He really wanted to see her, even if it was good to take a look at her grave, it was difficult to calm down at this moment, what happened at the beginning, he had to verify with his own eyes.
Summoned a gust of wind and flew to Hu Wuguo. After two hundred years, Hu Wuguo no longer exists, and the once prosperous country has long returned to the loess.
The former capital of Huwu has become a small city of Chu in a hundred years of vicissitudes, but the world is changeable, and the Chu State is dead, and now it is owned by the Qi State.
The white horse passes through the gap, the vicissitudes of change, and things are not resting, which makes people sigh, "If you want to talk and cry first." ”
He didn't shed tears, just walked on the streets of Hucheng and felt the atmosphere of the former capital of Hu Wuguo.
Back then, on this street, she wore a red wedding dress and married the man who was said to be some kind of prince. Now the street is still the same street, and there are a few old shops, which don't seem to be much different from two hundred years ago, just older, and a little older. Fallen into the hands of other countries and bullied, it has not developed much over the years.
Even if it is old, this is still her country, her city, and naturally has its own unique charm. Or maybe it's because of his love for the house and Wu, he thinks it's better than every place, the air is fresh, and even everyone who passes by is so cute with a smile.
Maybe you can consider building an annex here, and you can come and stay for ten days and a half when you have nothing to do. Just as he was thinking about the feasibility of this matter, suddenly a person ran on the long street, shouting as he ran: "Your Highness, Your Highness—"
He was inexplicable, and waited for the man to rush at him panting, only to suddenly realize that it was calling him.
He forgot that he still has an identity as the prince of the Qi Kingdom, the fourth highness, and the fourth son of the king of Qi.
How much did he envy the prince of Qi who married her back then, so that he would choose such an identity even if he joined herself? If he was her fiancé two hundred years ago, maybe not so many things would have happened later.
He laughed self-deprecatingly, but unfortunately this identity was two hundred years late.
The man approached, wiping his sweat nervously, "Your Highness, I can be regarded as looking for you, where have you been these days?"
Yan Xu frowned slightly, "Who are you?"
The man was stunned, "Your Highness, you have forgotten that I am Chang Xin, your guard." ”
"Oh. Only then did he remember that there was indeed such a person by his side. His ability to recognize people has never been very strong, and the longer he lives, the more people he sees, and the more he feels that every face looks the same.
He left the Qi Kingdom when he was ten years old, and was sent to Tianqing Mountain to practice immortal law with Yi Tianxing of Tianqing Palace, that Yi Tianxing except for his beautiful face, the rest were very mediocre, and his cultivation was only to the level of a sword immortal, and he was thousands of miles away from a real immortal. Of course, this is his idea, in the eyes of others, Yi Tianxing is definitely the most powerful immortal in the world.
During his ten years in Tianqingshan, he didn't know what he was doing, and he spent ten years in a blur. And now that he thinks about it, he doesn't even remember what his master's little white face looks like.
Chang Xin was still silently speaking, "Your Highness, you didn't say a word when you went down the mountain, we couldn't find you in Tianqing Mountain, and we looked for a lot of places, several groups of people were looking for it, and their legs were thin, I didn't expect you to be here." Saying that, he took a breath, "Your Highness, you haven't been home for ten years, the emperor and the queen are worried about you, this time call the little ones out, saying that you must take you back, you can go with me, the carriage is ready." ”
He stretched out his hand and pointed, and sure enough, a carriage was parked not far behind.
Yan Xu glanced at it, not interested, "I still have something to do, you can go back by yourself first." ”
"How can this be done, the queen mother has explained, you must let me bring you back. ”
He stopped in front, Yan Sha couldn't leave, he couldn't help frowning, he was really in no mood to talk nonsense with this person, he had never seen him so grinding before, but he hadn't seen him for a few years, but he was getting more and more annoying.
He has no interest in that Qi Palace, and he has no affection for the so-called father and mother, he just borrowed their son's skin to reincarnate, and he can't talk about any flesh and blood affection. But there are so many troubles and troubles in the world, and those two people keep saying that he is their most beloved son, and the ghost knows where they love him?
What's more, he really doesn't have time now, he wants to dig through the history of Hu Wuguo and find the truth of the past.
Turning around and walking back, I didn't pay attention to his call, and not far away was a teahouse, also a hundred years old, and the mottled plaque had been moth-eaten with small holes. Fortunately, the building has just been renovated, and the newly painted paint still has a slight pungent smell.
With years of experience in the mixed world, the more people there are, the easier it is to inquire about the news. This teahouse must have existed back then......
Seeing him enter the teahouse, Chang Xin called him no, so he could only follow behind, serving tea and pouring water, wiping the table and cleaning the stools.
Yan Xu sat down, and a story was being told in the teahouse, talking about the war between Hu Wuguo and Qi and Chen.
Most of the people in Hudu are old people from Hu Wuguo, who have lived here for generations, and they are more or less nostalgic. In the teahouse, a story of Hu Wuguo is often told, and Hu has produced several heroes, all of whom are talked about. A few years ago, when the state of Chu was in power, the king of Chu did not like to speak, and they still restrained themselves, but now that the state of Chu is destroyed, it is becoming more and more unscrupulous.
Today's story is the story of Qi Guo and Chen Guo attacking on a large scale, and the eldest princess of Hu Wu led an army to meet the enemy. The eloquence of the storyteller is excellent, speaking of the eldest princess, full of praise: "Our princess, is really amazing, when Hu Wuguo mutinied, she escaped from the palace and ate wild fruits outside, the queen was so ruthless to her, she sent assassins to assassinate her several times, and almost died, but as soon as she heard that the country was in trouble, she came back without saying a word, which is really admirable." ”
Yan Xu's heart moved, was she chased and killed, did she flee to the mountains and live in a thatched hut? But she didn't mention anything about this back then.
Chang Xin handed him a cup, but he didn't take it, just staring. The storyteller said: "Marriage with Qi State, that is a plan, Qi State wants to attack Hu Wuguo, the army will be sent, the princess appeared in danger, she took the initiative to ask for a marriage with the prince of Qi State, assassinated the King of Qi with the help of marriage, and later led Hu Wuguo soldiers to resist the joint army of Qi and Chen. If it weren't for our princess, Hu Wuguo would have died fifty years early. It's a pity that our queen emperor was not angry, and gave the great country to the Chu State, so that we people became slaves to the country. "It's embarrassing.