Zhaohua's love

Chapter 13 3 Exploring Jiangning's Truth

It was still the Qingfeng Inn, and the innkeepers were already very familiar with Zhan and Ding, and when they saw them enter the door, they rushed to welcome them. "Hey, two guest officers, are you here with friends? Or are you staying in a hotel?"

Zhan Zhao nodded. "Four upper rooms."

"Okay! The four follow me." The man responded graciously, and walked forward respectfully to lead the way.

"Gentlemen, your room is next to the two girls'." Xiaoer led the four of them to the room, handed over a few taels of silver with a smile on his face, and went downstairs to greet other guests.

"Miss Qiao, Yuehua, you go back and rest for a while, and then we will go downstairs to have lunch." Zhan Zhao arranged.

"Thank you, Master Zhan. Yuli will come as soon as she rests." Qiao Yuli bowed gracefully, acting like a lady.Ding Yuehua originally wanted to turn around and leave after saying yes, but when she saw that she was very polite, she suddenly felt that her hands and feet were awkward, and she was struggling when she caught a glimpse of Bai Yutang's suppressed smile and the expression "Look at me and then look at you" in his eyes , Feeling embarrassed, he gave Bai Yutang a hard look, with a warning all over his face, Bai Yutang laughed dryly, turned his face away, and didn't dare to laugh again.Ding Yuehua secretly raised his eyes to look at Zhan Zhao, and saw that he was looking at him with a smile in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, thinking that he was also laughing at him, his face became hot, and he gritted his teeth, imitating Qiao Yuli's appearance just now. He said in a low voice, "Thank you, Hero Zhan, Yuehua will come after a while." But that gaze wished to burn a few holes in Zhan Zhao's body.Convinced, Ding Yuehua pretended to be graceful and turned around to leave. As soon as he turned around, he resented Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao in his mouth.Who knows that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are about to suffer internal injuries behind their backs.

In the exhibition room. "Cat, you've had a lot of peach blossoms recently." Bai Yutang said in a sour tone.

"How do you say that?" Zhan Zhao was slightly puzzled.

"Look, along the way, Miss Ren Qiao cared about you so much. Every time she talked to you, her voice was as soft as if she was trapped in a pile of cotton. Zhan Daxia, Zhan Daxia, I admire you That's right." Bai Yutang teased.

"Brother Bai misunderstood, Miss Qiao always speaks like this, and besides, she already has someone in mind, so don't make this kind of joke again." Zhan Zhao said helplessly.

"Hmph, but her sweetheart is dead. You are alive. Let me tell you, don't pretend to be a good person. If you bully Miss Yuehua, I want you to look good!" Bai Yutang said viciously.

Speaking of Ding Yuehua, Zhan Zhao remembered the moment he left outside the door just now, and felt that Ding Yuehua was a little strange. In the past, Mrs. Ding and the eldest brother of the Ding family often said that she didn't look like a girl, but she never cared about it. I don't know what happened this time. Happens to get entangled with these.Hearing what Bai Yutang said, Zhan Zhao thought that his thoughts might be noticed by others, and unconsciously explained: "Yuehua is so kind, how could I bully her?" A gentle look.

Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized that this stinky cat and Yuehua were in love with each other.He had never seen Zhan Zhao like this before, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart: Ask what love is in this world.

Suddenly, Bai Yutang seemed to remember something, lowered his voice and approached Zhan Zhao and said, "Cat, do you think Qiao Yuli is very strange?"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback: "Brother Bai, why did you say that?"

"When we were on the road, Yuehua wanted to get close to her, so she said she wanted to live in a room with her, but she refused to agree with her life and death. She said a lot of reasons, and it was obvious at a glance that she was making excuses. Also, she She once said that she can't ride a horse, and now she just learned some fur, but when a dog suddenly jumped out from the side of the road, her reaction was not like that of a beginner. Moreover, I always feel that her gestures are a bit weird, It's like she's hiding something, anyway, I just think something's wrong with her!"

Zhan Zhao was a little silent after hearing this, obviously, he had noticed all that Bai Yutang said.For a while, I didn't know how to answer.

"Brother Bai thinks, why is Miss Qiao doing this?"

"Could it be that she thinks that you killed her fiancé, and she came to seek revenge from you?" Bai Yutang guessed.

"Ah?" Zhan Zhaowan didn't expect the reason Bai Yutang mentioned. "But just now, didn't Brother Bai still say that she cares about me so much?"

"That's right, she made you fall in love with her first, and then killed you, isn't it more cruel than killing you directly, and she doesn't know martial arts, so it's easier to charm you first." Bai Yutang said The appearance of swearing.

Zhan Zhao was deeply impressed by Bai Yutang's rich imagination and reasoning ability, and was speechless.

After lunch, Zhan Zhao said that he would go to see Mr. Feng Wenfeng first, after all the coffin was opened in someone else's jurisdiction, so he had to inform.

Feng Wen naturally didn't dare to disobey, and promised the four of them to open the coffin tomorrow.

Standing in front of Lord Lin's tomb again, Zhan Zhao suddenly felt a thousand emotions in his heart.A generation of good ministers died inexplicably, and was disturbed many times because of this, and they couldn't live in peace after death. It was sorrow or sorrow, helplessness, and desolation.

Everyone knelt down to the tombstone, and Zhan Zhao said, "Master Lin, it's really helpless for this junior to disturb you again. I hope Lord Lin will forgive you."

"Brother Zhan, Mr. Lin has a spirit in the sky, he definitely hopes the truth will come to light, so don't be sad." Ding Yuehua persuaded.

Zhan Zhao nodded.Standing up, he raised his hand to signal the servants behind him: "....open the coffin..."

A handful of loess was shoveled out, and the dark coffin was revealed again.When the heavy coffin lid was opened, it was still Master Lin's strange complexion like a stranger.Zhan and Ding already knew about it, but Bai Yutang and Qiao Yuli exclaimed in amazement.

"How come, like this..." Qiao Yuli's voice was a little frightened.

"I'm afraid they used something strange. I remember hearing that there is a secret medicine in Western Xia. If the dead use it, their corpses will not rot, and if the living use it, they will keep their youthful appearance forever." Bai Yutang interjected from the side.

"Xixia?" Zhan Zhao pondered, all the blames were pointed at Xixia. What is the secret that made so many people die for it?If it's really a war, it's just a matter of going to Beijing to ask for a play, so why bother?

Just as he couldn't figure it out, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the wilderness.The white flag in the cemetery swayed strangely with the strong wind, and the surrounding loess was also swept up into the air.

Ding Yuehua couldn't help but hugged her arms tightly, and tremblingly said: "Why is the wind so weird and eerie?" It would be better if she didn't say anything, because in this way, the group of people felt creepy.

Zhan Zhao has never believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, but Mr. Bao has a dream pillow and can judge the underworld, so he can't help but not believe it.Hearing these words again at this time, my heart was a little fluctuated.

The wind howled, playing a dirge over the cemetery.The sobs sounded like they were pouring out to the world the grief of unrewarding ambitions and hard-to-fulfill wishes.And everyone, following the ups and downs of the singing, explored the dusty story and felt the loyalty buried by time.

In some dim scenes, Zhan Zhao searched for other figures.Ding Yuehua had already fallen beside the tomb, but luckily he grabbed hold of the tombstone to stabilize his body.Angrily, Bai Yutang drew out his sword and stuck it on the ground to support himself, but he was still blown by the wind and was thrown into a mess.He also vaguely saw Qiao Yuli fall to the ground as if she had been drained of strength, with her mouth open and her hands covering her ears, as if she was enduring unspeakable pain.He wanted to go over to help her up, but the wind and sand became bigger and bigger, and he got farther and farther away from her, and her expression became more and more excited. The strong wind made her roll on the ground, but she refused to grab the white flag. pole.The magistrate's yamen servants were also blown to pieces, crumbling in the strong wind.

Just as everyone fell into despair, the gust of wind suddenly stopped.Several people were in a mess again, and some yamen servants actually fell from mid-air.

A group of people crawled up with lingering fear, rearranged their clothes a little bit, their disfigured faces were really weird.

Ding Yuehua looked at Bai Yutang whose white clothes had changed to gray, and couldn't help laughing: "I never imagined that a white mouse would turn into a black mouse one day."

Bai Yutang gritted his teeth angrily, and kicked the loess under his feet viciously.

Qiao Yuli stood up tremblingly, her eyes were red, the clothes on her body were torn in several places, she was very embarrassed.Ding Yuehua wanted to go forward to take care of him, but when she remembered her inexplicable behavior towards Zhan Zhao along the way, she stopped in her tracks.

Everyone was still unable to recover from the catastrophe just now. Just as they were thinking of breathing a sigh of relief, another thunderstorm exploded on the ground, followed by heavy rain pouring down.

"Oh, it was dirty just now, but now it's clean." Ding Yuehua laughed at himself.He straightened his long hair that was dripping with sewage.

Zhan Zhaozheng was helpless in the heavy rain, and suddenly remembered that Master Lin's coffin was still exposed, so he hurried to close it.

"Wait!" Qiao Yuli's uncharacteristically cold voice recalled behind her.

Zhan Zhao's suspicion suddenly rose, but he looked back at her in puzzlement.

"Wait and see." Qiao Yuli didn't explain, but just ordered it as a matter of course.Yes, it was an order. The aura of dominance she possessed at the moment she spoke was not something that a simple Xiaojiabiyu could possess, and I am afraid that the princess of the royal family could not compare with it.

Zhan Zhao was extremely suspicious in his heart, but his face remained calm.Such a woman whose identity and background are no longer simple, what she said may not be unreasonable.

Surprisingly, Master Lin's body gradually faded its rosiness in the torrential rain, and slowly turned into a pale ashes.The brocade quilt that had been re-covered by Zhan Zhao last time was blown away by the strong wind, and the clothes on his body showed signs of decay.After a while, Master Lin's skin on the outside also turned green and black.

"Take off his clothes." Qiao Yuli said again.

Without any hesitation, Zhan Zhao leaned over and gently unbuttoned his drenched clothes.Showing off the white underclothes.

"Unlock it all." Ding Yuehua and Bai Yutang were stunned by Qiao Yuli's speech and behavior.

"Unlock them all?" Zhan Zhao really couldn't figure out what she was going to do.Anyway, she is also an unmarried woman, although in front of her is a corpse that has been dead for a long time, she should avoid it.

"Yuehua, turn your back, don't turn around." Zhan Zhao warned Ding Yuehua warmly.Bai Yutang belatedly stood in front of Ding Yuehua.

As the clothes were gradually untied, Mr. Lin's body became darker and darker.However, what is puzzling is that only the thigh of the right leg did not turn black, but showed a hideous scar in the heavy rain again and again.

Scars gradually became clear.It was a mark cut by a dagger, in a square shape, as if someone had deliberately cut off this piece of meat.

Zhan Zhao wondered, who hurt Master Lin in this secret and hard-to-touch place?Could it be himself?

Slowly, the flesh at that place gradually swelled up, and even the scar showed signs of breaking open.The three of them watched with horror, and their hearts became more and more uneasy.

"There's something inside!" Qiao Yuli's near-certain exclamation was even more shocking.

"It seems that there really is." Bai Yutang said.Ding Yuehua who was behind him didn't know what they saw, and eagerly wanted to turn around, but Bai Yutang turned around and held him firmly.

"For now, the only way is to turn over this layer of flesh..." Qiao Yuli said.

"Lord Lin, Zhan Zhao, you have offended me." Zhan Zhao pulled out the dagger he was wearing and stabbed it hesitantly, feeling horrified in his heart.

"Ah! Really!" Bai Yutang exclaimed again.Ding Yuehua couldn't hold back her curiosity anymore and turned around abruptly.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao immediately covered it with his clothes.

Only then did everyone see clearly the boxy paper bag in Zhan Zhao's hand, which was slightly smaller than the scar on Master Lin's body. It was wrapped in kraft paper. There was no trace of blood on it, and it exuded a strange fragrance.

"Quickly open it and see what it is!" Ding Yuehua urged.

The paper package was slowly opened, revealing a thick stack of letterheads and two memorials.Opening one of the memorials, the vigorous brushwork comes into view.Words and sentences are sincere and full of loyalty.

"...This minister risked his life to write a letter, and weeping before the table, Wang Sheng will strictly investigate and take precautions early to protect my great achievements in the Song Dynasty. This is a memorial written by Master Lin to the emperor, reminding the emperor that Xixia has changed. There are traitors." Zhan Zhao said in a heavy voice.

Opening those letterheads again, there are impressive names, several of which are actually familiar to Zhan Zhao.The last piece of letter paper seemed to be a map, Zhan Zhao thought for a while, presumably this was the map those people talked about.It's just densely packed, but I don't know where the paintings are.

The rain gradually stopped, Zhan Zhao carefully wrapped these up again and put them in his arms.Is this what Mr. Lin desperately saved?Is this what those people worked so hard to get?Is this the truth about the deaths of Zhuang Yufeng and Lin Ziyong?

Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, is it Master Lin? It was windy and rainy, and he would rather let his body be hard to save after death than guard these things, just because they are related to the safety of the country.Was it Zhuang Yufeng who let them find these things, and would rather bear the charge of absconding than see Lin Ziyong again at all costs, just because they are related to the stability of the country.Zhan Zhao didn't know how to relieve his heavy heart, for a long time, nothing but a sigh.

Bai Yutang remained silent, with a serious expression on his face.Ding Yuehua was silent, with tears in his eyes.Qiao Yuli looked dazed, as if suffering from a serious illness, and said to herself: "Is this what you want to keep even if you die? Can you really be desperate for it? Why, why..." As he spoke, two lines of tears fell silently.She laughed at herself, as if she already knew the answer.

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