Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 241: Seeing Dunhua Ancient City Again

Plans cannot keep up with the speed of change. Since we cannot stay in Fengping Town to rest, we have no choice but to head straight to Dunhua Ancient City.

At dusk, four people and four horses entered the ancient city of Dunhua.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan still found an inn in the outer city to rest. They still had a sense of awe when entering the inner city, hoping that there would be some sense of ceremony when entering the city. At least everyone would be clean and tidy, at least in the morning when the sun rises.

Everyone should be energetic, not exhausted at this moment.

What Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan didn't expect was that they actually met someone they knew here. Before the Ganjiang River flooded, the villagers in the twelve villages of Huaijiang Beach were evacuated urgently, and later they moved to the ancient city of Dunhuang because of the flood.

The inn where Qiao Lili and her group of four stayed had a waiter who was a villager from one of the villages in the former Huaijiang Beach, now Dawang Lake. Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan remembered him because he was the father of the gap-toothed and wind-prone kid.

When he saw Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt on the ground: "Greetings to the Crown Prince, greetings to the Crown Princess."

Qiao Peng was close by and quickly pulled him up. Fortunately, there was no one in the lobby of the inn at that time.

Qiao Lili was also very friendly when she saw him, and said, "Please stand up quickly. There is no need for such a big ceremony. We are traveling incognito this time, so please don't make any noise." The man was pulled up by Qiao Peng, and he was still a little at a loss.

Qiao Lili smiled and asked him, "Have your youngest son's front teeth grown out?" The man scratched his head embarrassedly, "It has grown out, it has grown out, thank you Crown Princess for your concern."

Then he led the way. The best rooms were on the third floor. The man picked the four rooms at the top for the four of them. He would later quietly tell the boss that if there were no special guests, the third floor should no longer be occupied.

Although he was the waiter of the inn, he still had some shares in the inn, so he had a say. The inn was opened by more than a dozen families in their village. The court exempted them from renting the store. The villagers did not know how to run a business, so they hired a boss to manage it for them.

Among the dozen or so families, some do odd jobs, some serve as waiters, some cook, some do laundry, and some clean. Each of them has his own job. Their lives are much better than when they first lived on the Huaijiang Beach. The children can all go to school.

This was something they could never have dreamed of when they were farming in the village.

The man trotted all the way to call people, boil water, heat water for bathing, and prepare dinner. He was busy and smiling, his mouth grinning from ear to ear. "Crown Princess, Crown Princess, she actually still remembers her little son, this boy is really lucky."

*

The next day, inner city, Dunhua ancient city.

As soon as they entered the ancient city of Dunhua, Qiao Lili held the jade pendant in her hand. From then on, she walked as if guided by something, and the footsteps of several people involuntarily moved towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The walls outside the City Lord's Mansion are still covered with moss and vines, full of greenery, as if this thousand-year-old building has been reborn again.

As soon as they reached the gate, before Qiao Lili could raise her hand to knock on it, the door opened without wind. The four of them looked at each other and walked in. The door of the City Lord's Mansion slowly closed after they entered.

Qiao Xuan and Qiao Peng, who had never been here before, looked up at this magnificent building made of white marble. The surface of the building was already mottled and dark due to wind erosion, which was the mark of a thousand years.

Qiao Lili's gaze fell on the pictures of ladies on the stone fence. The textures of the ladies' clothes had become blurred and their facial features could barely be distinguished. However, one of the ladies had clear facial features and smooth clothes, as if it was newly carved, especially the mark between her eyebrows, which was the mark of fire.

Qiao Lili clearly remembered that when she came here last time, her fingertips traced the flower ornament on the forehead of this lady. There seemed to be a slight connection at that time. She was as dim as the other lady statues. Why did this lady statue seem alive today?

Qiao Lili couldn't help but touch the flame between her eyebrows with her right index finger again. Unexpectedly, the flame mark was a sharp protrusion, which cut her finger. The blood on Qiao Lili's finger flowed out drop by drop, flowed onto the flame mark, and disappeared in an instant.

Qiao Lili was very suspicious. She took her hand away, but the blood still kept dripping. She quickly used the thumb and index finger of her left hand to pinch the wound on her right index finger, hoping to stop the bleeding. The small wound was bleeding profusely, and drops of blood seeped into the jade pendant held in the palm of her left hand.

At this moment, the four people suddenly felt the sunlight was extremely dazzling, and the scenery around them was spinning rapidly. The four people felt dizzy and fainted in the yard one after another.

*

It was unknown how long it had been, but when the four woke up again, the white building of the City Lord's Mansion was no longer in front of them. Instead, they came to a place where birds were singing and flowers were blooming.

"Lili."

"Ali."

"Daddy."

"Prince."

"Ajing."

"Brother."

The four of them greeted each other randomly. Fortunately, no one was injured, but where was this?

"Let's walk around. I feel like this place is familiar." Qiao Lili looked around. Where had she seen this scene before? Was it in a dream?

"Yes, in my dream, Daddy, I have been here in my dream." Qiao Lili said excitedly: "When I miss my mother, I dream that she is lying among the flowers in a place like this."

Qiao Xuan's eyes turned red: "Lili, are you telling the truth?"

"Yes, it's true. Let's look for it quickly."

Qiao Lili walked very fast. Although she didn't know which direction was the right one, she still wanted to find her mother as quickly as possible.

"Xier, Xier, where are you?" Qiao Xuan shouted loudly. It has been more than seven years since Wen Xi left. He misses her day and night. He wants to wait until the border is peaceful and his three children have started their own families. The day his old mother passes away will be the day he goes to accompany Xier.

Missing her is so painful that it is worse than death. But he cannot abandon his and Xier's child. Xier will blame him. He also cannot abandon his old mother. She is also Xier's mother. Xier will resent him. He has to grit his teeth and live and endure.

Now, with hope of finding Xier, he felt he couldn't wait any longer.

He shouted while running with big strides. Qiao Lili and Qiao Peng followed behind him, also running and shouting: "Mom, Mom~" "Mom, where are you?"

Their running and shouting scared a flock of birds, which circled over their heads for a while, as if observing them, and then lined up in a row and flew away in one direction.

"Follow them." Qiao Lili subconsciously felt that the direction the flock of birds was flying was the direction her mother was.