Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 146 Revisiting the old place

The old woman was half leaning against the cave wall. Before she died, after explaining her affairs, she took out a small thing from her arms and held it in her palm. It was a ring, black and shiny. It was indeed a treasure. She was right Yang Shucheng said:

"You continue."

How could Yang Shucheng refuse the dying request of a nearly centenarian man? He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in a row, "Dong dong dong...".

Then he stood up and took the ring with both hands.

The old woman said: "Boy, after you accept the ring, you must deliver the ring to Zhao Xiaolin and pass on my last words."

"Yes." Yang Shucheng said, "I will go to Hebei right now and give the ring to Zhao Xiaolin and Master Zhao."

The old woman smiled hard and said, "Don't rush to go now. I've told you a fortune. There is a happy event in your family waiting for you to go home. You can go to Hebei next spring."

Yang Shucheng was about to ask what the happy event was. Did my sister Yang Yan come back by herself?

He was about to open his mouth when he saw the old woman suddenly said with a fierce voice, "If you disobey me, the sky will strike like lightning, I, I..."

Yang Shucheng was about to swear, but he saw that the old woman had closed her eyes and could no longer open them.

Yang Shucheng still faced her body and said firmly: "Old lady, don't worry, I will definitely do it."

Yang Shucheng originally planned to ask the old woman to settle the matter between his sister and Zhang Xunmei. Now that the old woman is dead, it seems that he is really going to Jinshi Villa to find Zhao Xiaolin. It seems that all this is God's will.

The old woman is dead. Although she did something unexpected, she did not mean any harm to herself.

Yang Shucheng came outside the cave and was about to bury the old woman. When he escaped from the Saintess Cult, he took a sword with him. He dug a hole with his sword, which took him half an hour. He went into the cave again, picked up the old woman, buried her in the pit, and made a small grave.

He planted a small pine sapling next to the grave, picked up a few round white stones, and placed them in front of the grave as a mark of recognition in the future.

It seems that in life, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how prominent your status is, no matter how many gold and silver treasures, charming wives and concubines you have, you will all die, and when you die, you will become a tomb, never to be seen again. Nothing can be taken away, and it will be slowly forgotten.

Yang Shucheng stood in front of the new grave and felt sad for a long time.

The sun had risen above his head. Yang Shucheng listened to the old woman's last words, saying that there was a happy event at home and she was waiting for him to go home. It had been half a year since he had left home, and it was time to go home to bring peace to his family.

Yang Shucheng held the ring in his palm. He was afraid of losing it, so he quickly pulled off a piece of cloth from his body, wrapped the ring, and then carefully put it in his arms.

Yang Shucheng stood on the hillside and looked at the Saintess Cult. He saw five towering peaks in the northwest, surrounded by white clouds on the mountainside. These five peaks were like the petals of a big lotus, held up by white clouds, green and dripping. Among the lotus petals, the figure of the palace is vaguely visible.

Yang Shucheng walked down the hillside, lowered his head and walked west, but something was lingering in his mind, but he couldn't remember what it was?

After walking for a long time, Yang Shucheng remembered that he went to the Dabie Mountains to find Zhang Xunmei.

Yang Shucheng immediately turned back and headed east, thinking that when he found Zhang Xunmei, it would not be too late to rush home quickly.

Yang Shucheng made up his mind and immediately quickened his pace and ran towards Mingyue Gorge.

After running for a while, Yang Shucheng thought, I wonder if Zhang Xunmei is in Mingyue Gorge? It's been so long. If she escapes and waits for herself for so long, maybe she has already left.

Yang Shucheng thought that it would be better to walk eastward from the north of the mountain to Luoshan County and walk along the route that the two of them had taken before, which would also be a memory.

When Yang Shucheng thought of this, he jumped and ran north, ran out of the Dabie Mountains, came to the north of the mountain, followed the foothills, and headed east.

Along the way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, hungry for food and thirsty for water, and ran on the road for two days. At this time, I could only see a manor house hidden among the trees in front of me.

This is the Xiaoyao Villa of Xiaoyao King Muchang, also known as Xia Changchun. This reminds me of Miss Mulan. She originally had a wealthy family, but her family was ruined overnight. How could she, a weak woman, accept it for a while?

Miss Mulan is wandering alone in the rivers and lakes, homeless. I wonder if she has returned to the villa where she lived when she was a child?

Yang Shucheng begged for some food in a nearby village and waited until dark before arriving at Xiaoyao Villa.

Yang Shucheng had been here before and everything was familiar. He flew over the wall and jumped into the courtyard. There was a figure inside. Yang Shucheng flew up and jumped onto a big camphor tree.

I saw a patrol passing by.

Yang Shucheng waited for them to pass by, flew up to the house, went to the backyard, and looked inside. Although it was midnight, the guards and patrols inside were in order.

It turned out that Chen Jiagui led his family members from his old subordinates to kill Xia Changchun. After avenging his revenge, the "Taihang Weird Knight" Yan Min and his wife, who had been invited to help, and his apprentice, the "one-armed swordsman" Shang Anbei, left one after another. .

On Chen Jiagui's side, most people will leave and return to their hometown after seeing their revenge. Anyway, there is a lot of gold and silver in the villa, so Chen Jiagui will use most of it as Anjia's silver to let them return to their hometown.

There were more than two hundred people left. Seeing the chaos in the world, they were unwilling to go back.

Chen Jiagui was originally a general in the army. He organized more than two hundred people into an army and guarded it at Xiaoyao Villa in Xia Changchun. They practiced every day and prepared to do something in troubled times.

They first ransacked Prince Shen's mansion and robbed a lot of treasures, but Prince Shen had already received the news and escaped from Xinyang City, so they did not catch him.

Later, I went to attack Mingyue Village and felt that it was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so I could use it as my retreat. Unfortunately, Mingyue Village held on to the danger. Although Chen Jiagui's side had more men and horses than them, they had to attack for several days without success, so they had to give up.

Chen Jiagui led more than two hundred people back to the villa and ran the villa in an orderly manner. It was obvious to Yang Shucheng when he saw the situation of the villa tonight.

Yang Shucheng hid on the roof, hoping that Miss Mulan would appear, but after waiting for two hours, she was not seen.

Yang Shucheng ran out of the village courtyard, came to the back mountain, and walked to the place where he met Miss Mulan for the first time.

This is a canyon with a spring emerging from the ground and white mist floating on the water. At that time, he was pushed off the cliff by Chen Jiagui, and he met Miss Mulan and her maid to admire the wintersweet flowers.

Yang Shucheng was walking by the stream. The snow had not yet melted and the plum blossoms had fallen. The beautiful figure at that time never appeared, and there was still a wisp of fragrance in the trance.

Yang Shucheng sat on a stone bench by the stream. It was freezing cold. He had been sitting for a long time and his whole body was cold. But he had no intention of standing up and leaving. He hoped that Miss Mulan would come here.

At this time, the chickens in the villa were crowing all the time.

Yang Shucheng has been waiting here for half the night.

It was going to be dawn soon, so Yang Shucheng had no choice but to fly up the cliff, jump off the other side of the cliff, and walk out of the mountain from the trail.

When we walked out of the mountain, it was bright and bright, and there were already people walking on the road.

Yang Shucheng slowed down and walked forward.

We walked to a market town, had breakfast, and slowly walked out of the town. I asked around and found that Xinyang City was not far away.

It was not until late in the evening that I came to the south of Xinyang City, which was not far from Luoshan County. It was in that county that I met Zhang Xunmei for the first time. If I want to visit that city and follow the footsteps of the past, I will not enter Xinyang City.

After Yang Shucheng thought about it, he ran southeast for a while, about twenty miles away, and it was already dark that day.

Seeing a large village with more than a hundred households on the mountainside, Yang Shucheng found a house with neat houses and stayed overnight.

On the first night, Yang Shucheng thought that he would arrive in Luoshan County tomorrow, and he was too excited to sleep.

At this time, I heard people moving around in the house. Yang Shucheng sat cross-legged on the bed. It was quiet at night and the voices in the room could be heard clearly. He only heard the family walking into the main room and heard them murmuring:

"Buddha Mother, I'll bite my head for you."

Then I heard a "dong dong dong..." sound of kowtows. I guess this family is still very devout to the Buddha Mother.

After he kowtowed, he began to pray:

"Buddha Mother, I have kowtowed to you for several nights. Can you hear me?"

"Buddha Mother, I have no choice. I want to trouble you, old man. I have no other choice."

"Buddha Mother, I only bother you, old man. As long as you help my family, we will burn incense and worship you for the rest of our lives."

After all, they asked the Buddha Mother for help. Yang Shucheng listened in the next room for a long time and didn't know what they were asking the Buddha Mother for.

After listening for a while, I heard:

"Xiao Li was snatched away by the prince for three or four days. This child has a stubborn temper. I'm sure the prince will beat her. Mother Buddha, you must protect this child."

When Yang Shucheng heard them say: Prince, he thought that this place is only twenty miles away from Xinyang City. If this prince is not King Shen, who else could he be?