Chapter 300: The Death of a Scholar
"Yes. "The scholar is weak and his eyes are empty.
"It's okay, drink a little boiling water and you'll be fine. Although Zhao Yuan comforted him with nothing to do, in fact, he already felt that this scholar was already terminally ill, and his elixir was in the Sumeru ring, so he had more than enough heart and not enough strength.
"I ...... I...... I'm sorry...... My family's ......."
Two lines of tears flowed from the scholar's godless eyes.
Under the scholar's intermittent narration, Zhao Yuan understood what happened.
It turned out that the scholar and Zhao Yuan had the same surname, the name was Wen, and they were from a large family.
Like many large families, Zhao Wen got married when he was fifteen years old, started a family, and had two sons and a daughter. When Zhao Wen was twenty years old, his parents were seriously ill and died, leaving behind a family fortune.
At this time, a vulgar but repeated story began to be played out among the people.
Without the restraint of his parents, Zhao Wen began to go in and out of the land of wind and snow unscrupulously, and became infatuated with a dusty woman. In order to stay with the dusty woman, Zhao Wen actually sold his family wealth, leaving a few acres of thin fields for his wife and children and disappeared without a trace.
Zhao Wen eloped with the Fengchen woman, originally planning to leave his hometown to go to Beijing to participate in next year's spring examination, because Zhao Wen is quite talented. Of course, Zhao Wen does not have much hope for the imperial examination, he has several sets of plans, if he fails the examination, he will spend some money to get a half-official position.
History is always strikingly similar, and most of these stories have the same tragic ending.
After a lingering night, when Zhao Wen woke up, the wind and dust woman had disappeared without a trace, taking all his money with him.
The disheartened Zhao Wen returned to his hometown without a face, and still went to Beijing alone to catch the exam.
In life, there are always many unsatisfactory, and under the emptiness of people and money, Zhao Wen, who is penniless, is seriously ill again and lives here......
......
When Zhao Wen finished speaking intermittently, he was already in tears.
In the face of this repeated tragic story, Zhao Yuan can only sigh, obviously, after separating from the dusty woman, Zhao Wen lived in constant self-blame and remorse, planted the root of the disease, to know that Zhao Wen is a tribute, in the Great Qin Empire, the tribute went to Beijing to catch the exam, basically without worrying about food and clothing, it is easy to find a rich businessman to fund, even if he is penniless on the way to the exam, just find a county seat, it is no problem to disturb the county master, and when he encounters a generous official or a rich man, he will also send some entanglements.
It seems that the main reason why this Zhao Wen has fallen like this is that after being abandoned by the dusty woman, he felt guilty and humble, and he was unwilling to contact the crowd, otherwise, he would definitely not sleep in the broken temple in the wilderness.
"Drink some boiling water, get some sleep and you'll be fine. Zhao Yuan handed the boiling water to Zhao Wen.
"Thank you. β
Zhao Wen took it and started it, drank it carefully, and drank a cup of hot boiling water, his pale face was a little more chΓ‘o red, and he regained a little vitality.
"Do you feel better? When the morning dawns, I will find some herbs to boil the juice, and after a little cultivation, there will be no trouble. β
"No need. Zhao Wen shook his head, "I know my own affairs, Brother Zhao, I have a reluctant request." β
"Say it. β
"We are both Zhao's, if there is a chance, I hope that Brother Zhao can bring a letter home and tell my mother-in-law, saying that I know that Lu is wrong, let her remarry as soon as possible, don't wait for me...... And also...... And also...... Hopefully she will be able to take our children well......"
"If I have the opportunity, I will convey it, but your illness is only a minor illness, and there will be no trouble after a short rest. Zhao Yuan felt a trace of sadness, but he couldn't, so he could only comfort him.
"Xie Lu, Brother Zhao. I think that although Brother Zhao is in rags, his speech is extraordinary, and he must not be an ordinary person. Zhao Wen sighed.
"You don't have to worry, I'll get you some herbs to drink tomorrow and you'll be fine. β
"Brother, I'm sleepy, let's rest for a while. Zhao Wen closed his eyes slightly, and the trace of chΓ‘o red on his face gradually faded.
"Let's have a bite to eat. β
"I can't eat it. Two more lines of tears flowed down Zhao Wen's cheeks. Apparently, he has not yet recovered from the shadow of remorse.
"Sleep. β
Looking at the tears on Zhao Wen's face, Zhao Yuan was inexplicably sad.
This night was extraordinarily long, and Zhao Wen coughed violently from time to time in his sleep, as if he wanted to cough out all his internal organs.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Zhao Yuan fell asleep in a daze.
The sun shines into the dilapidated temple, but instead of bringing life to the temple, the sun has a lifeless gloom.
The first time Zhao Yuan opened his eyes, it fell on Zhao Wen.
Zhao Wen was still leaning against the wall, with a peaceful expression.
"Brother Zhao, you wait, I'll get you some herbs......"
Zhao Yuan suddenly realized that something was wrong, because Zhao Wen was too quiet, eerily quiet, suffocatingly quiet, you must know that yesterday, Zhao Wen had been coughing all the time, even in his sleep, it was a heart-rending cough.
Zhao Yuan touched Zhao Wen's forehead, the originally hot forehead was already cold, and when he touched his nose and body again, he was no longer breathing, and his body became stiff.
"Perhaps, this is also a relief for you."
Zhao Yuan sighed, carried the already stiff corpse to the back of the temple, found a low recess, and put the corpse in.
Zhao Yuan didn't have the tools to dig the soil, so he had to find some gravel and clods and branches around to bury the corpse, just when he was buried, Zhao Yuan saw the bag on the corpse, his heart moved, and he hurriedly pulled the bag from the pit, rummaged for a while, and found out some of Zhao Wen's identity certificates and clothes.
"Brother Zhao, I'll borrow your things first, he will recover his magical powers, and he will definitely go to the house to thank you"
After burying the body, Zhao Yuan bowed to the low mound.
After burying Zhao Wen, Zhao Yuan found a creek to freshen up and changed into Zhao Wen's clothes.
Although Zhao Wen's figure is not as strong as Zhao Yuan, he is about the same height, and Zhao Yuan, who was already thin due to serious injuries, fits it well.
After washing up and changing into a scholarly robe, Zhao Yuan's fierce spirit disappeared immediately, and was replaced by elegance and a talented demeanor of a rich and wealthy man.
With the disguise of his identity, Zhao Yuan became bold and began to walk blatantly on the official road.
In the Great Qin Empire, the status of the tributes is extremely high, and Zhao Yuan took Zhao Wen's outfit, not only to eat mixed rice, but also to be unimpeded, without checking.
At this time, Zhao Yuan had temporarily stopped looking for the Red Heart Shenmu in the Honghuang area, and simply didn't do anything, going all the way to the stables, and by the way, he inquired about the progress of the Zhao family's tragedy. When he was fighting in Blackwater City, vaguely, Zhao Yuan had already realized that the tragedy of the Zhao family's destruction was by no means as simple as it seemed.
Zhao Yuan remembered that their family had invited a lot of bodyguards, many of whom were masters, and if they only relied on a wicked person like Hua Toutuo, if they wanted to kill the Zhao family, they would not believe it to anyone.
It's a pity that Gonggong Wu is dead, otherwise, some clues can be asked.
The most dangerous place is the safest place, at this time, people never dreamed that the villain who killed Wu Gonggong would dare to go to Didu alone, you must know that Zhao Yuan is now the one hundred and fifty-eighth on the list of heroes and villains.
Zhao Yuan assassinated King Zuo Xian in Heishui City, killed Lu Naluo, the wolf of the grassland, and ran thousands of miles to attack the prairie, all the way to conquer the city, like a bamboo, solved the dilemma of Heishui City, and killed the assassin slave Shan Yu, and built an immortal feat, which can be said to be famous in history, and he became a legend of the Great Qin Empire.
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