The queen must start from the head

Chapter 85

"Next, take out the Lu Ci document..."

"Okay, let's go into the city."

At the entrance to the east gate of the imperial city of Northern Qi, Mu Lian stuffed the guide in her hand into her sleeve. She glanced back at the long line outside the city waiting to enter the city, and then walked slowly in the imperial city. hang out.

I still remember the first time she came to the imperial city, when she was still stepping on the afterglow of the setting sun, rushing to the city before the city gate closed.After entering the city, she was busy completing the tasks issued by the system for a few days, and she racked her brains every day to find a way to win the name of the Wushuang faction.

Later, she opened a Sancai Bookstore.Later, the monarch sent someone to seal up her bookstore. In order to protect the bookstore, she chose to stand up and fight.When the Supreme Emperor Li Gang appeared on the stage, the two fought and even acted together.Afterwards, the monarch issued an edict the next day, granting Sancai Bookstore the title of "No. [-] Bookstore in the World", and also gave her a secret edict allowing her to participate in the autumn test.

Then, she left the imperial city, returned to the sect, and prepared to go to Zhennan City to take the exam.

But she never thought that not long after, she unexpectedly ran into Qiu Qianxue with Guangming and Dahei in Zhennan City.

Qiu Qianxue told her that because the benefits brought by Sancai Bookstore were so enviable, after she left the imperial capital, many forces secretly prepared to swallow this piece of fat.

However, when Tianhai City encountered the sky fire and burned the city, the launch of the plan to destroy Mu became the fuse to arouse the greed of these people.

Soon, with the help of many behind-the-scenes gangsters, Sancai Bookstore was first completely robbed by Wu Mu, the daughter of Marquis Wukong, and even He Ping, who was in charge of guarding the store, was also taken away. So far, no one has been released. come out.

Then Bi Ying, the prime minister of the current dynasty, publicly declared that Yan Sancai Bookstore earned ill-gotten gains, which stigmatized the bookstore, and advocated distributing those "ill-gotten gains" to major bookstores in the city.With the endorsement of this Northern Qi literati leader, no one cares about the decline of Sancai Bookstore.

While recalling what Qiu Qianxue told her at that time, Mu Lian secretly reflected.Thinking about it now, she was still not cautious enough, not careful enough.At that time, she overestimated the safety of Sancai Bookstore, and underestimated the greed of some people in the imperial city.The safest way is to take everything in the bookstore with He Ping and the others, instead of staying in the dangerous place of the imperial city.

Before she left, she gave He Ping a life-saving object, and that object has not been triggered until now, so He Ping's life should be safe.

Wu Mu, Bi Ying, Lin Family, Xiu Nu Fang, Bai Ye Lou, Ming Yue Lou...

Mu Lian counted all the people and organizations with which she had a problem with her fingers one by one, and found that her ten fingers were no longer enough.

She looked up at the blue sky above the imperial city, and sighed softly, there are a lot of enemies in this place!
It was mid-morning at the moment, and the small streets and alleys of the imperial city were full of people coming and going, and it was a busy scene.

Mu Lian quickly passed through the crowd and soon came to Shuyuan Street.

It has been a while since Sancai Bookstore was ransacked by Wu Mu's people. When Mu Lian came to the door of the bookstore, the door of the bookstore was still half open, and there was no one inside.

A few idlers who were squatting on the street corner basking in the sun saw Mu Lian walking directly towards the bookstore, and they stood up vigorously.Then when they saw the tall woman stepping into the bookstore and closing the door, these idlers couldn't stand still, and immediately dispersed in all directions, anxious to spread the news that someone had entered the Sancai Bookstore.

In the bookstore, the rows of empty bookshelves were covered with thick layers of dust.The embroidery paintings that used to hang on the walls of the store are also gone.

Mu Lian raised her left hand, and the holy power swelled from her sleeve, and with a big wave of her hand, all the dust in the room was washed away.From the front house to the backyard, the weeds in the yard are already half the height of a person, and in the bedroom, there are even more cobwebs.

Mu Lian didn't bother, and directly used the holy power to clean up the yard and the bedroom.

After finishing these things, she took out a square object the size of a palm, pinched a few formulas, and liberated Nanny Rong, Qiu Qianxue, Guangming and Dahei from the folding space.

After the three people and one dog landed, they felt a little uncomfortable and stood for a while before they recovered.

Dahei was the quickest to adapt, sniffing his nose, he quickly recognized that this was his former home, and immediately wagged his tail cheerfully and began to have fun in the yard.

"This is us, back to the imperial city?" Qiu Qianxue looked around, and she recognized that this was Sancai Bookstore.

"That's right, we may have to stay here temporarily for a while." Mu Lian said, looking at Nanny Rong and Guangming, "Mommy, let Guangming take you to get acquainted first. The environment of the imperial city. Then we need to buy a piece of land or a hill in the city where we can relocate the sect. There are quite a few bank notes, if not enough, you can ask me for more."

Guang Ming nodded and said, "That's right, Big Brother He handed over all the banknotes earned in the bookstore to me for safekeeping."

Mu Lian then gave the storage bag she had picked up from the Sky Eagle Sage to Nanny Rong, letting her use it to store the things she bought.You must know that the sects that are stored in the folding space now have no supplies from Luohuang Mountain and the surrounding towns, so she has to buy a lot of food and clothing for everyone from outside, after all, these things cannot be created out of thin air.

Nanny Rong understood what Mu Lian meant, and after taking the storage bag from the latter, she walked around the bookstore for a while, and then let Guangming lead her out.

"Qianxue, do you want to go out for a stroll?"

Mu Lian knew that the Chou family was also one of the imperial family. Looking at Qianxue's temperament and behavior, she guessed that the relationship between her and the family might be complicated, but she had never inquired about these things. If Qianxue was willing to tell her, she would naturally know. that day.

Qiu Qianxue's pretty face showed some complicated emotions. In fact, from the day she left the imperial capital to look for Mu Lian in Zhennan City, she never thought of returning to the imperial city.

"Qiu Qianxue! How long are you going to be stubborn? Wouldn't it be good to go back to the Qiu family and continue to be your eldest lady? Why do you insist on getting along with the head of the family? Could it be that your mother is dead, so it's wrong for him to marry my mother? What's wrong with him?"

In the alley that day, the words that her nominal sister uttered angrily have always lingered in her heart like a fog, and it has not been able to dissipate until now.

"Master Mu, I want to tell you a story.

Once upon a time there was a man who married a woman whom he swore to love for the rest of his life.

The woman believed him and married him.

After they got married, they loved each other very much and soon had a daughter.

Once, that man was plotted against by his enemy, and was poisoned by an extremely insidious poison. This kind of poison cannot be eliminated, so it can only be transferred urgently.But a person who can be used as a transfer carrier of Gu poison needs to have a very special physique, and that woman has this physique..."

Qiu Qianxue spoke very calmly, and there was no sadness on her face.

Mu Lian remained silent, she thought she could already guess what would happen next.

"When that woman knew that only she could save her husband, she took the initiative to stand up and became the carrier. You must know that she is just an ordinary person. When the poison enters her body and eats her internal organs At that time, no one could imagine how painful she was. Later, the man’s family found a lot of precious medicines to suppress the poison in the woman’s body, and comforted her by saying that this disease would always be cured. But from From the day when the Gu poison was transferred, that woman who used to love to laugh and walk around never left her sick bed."

"And what that woman looks forward to the most every day is that her busy husband can find time to visit her. She enjoys such boring days year after year.

She had always naively thought that his husband still loved her as always.Until one day, that man came to her bedside and told her personally that he was going to marry another wife just because - the wife of the head of his enemy's family couldn't be a sick woman. "

As Qiu Qianxue said, she turned her body sideways, and Mu Lian also turned her head to the other side, not looking at the other's red eyes.

"Qianxue, it's fine, don't say any more."

"The woman who knew that she was about to be abandoned begged the man desperately not to leave her, but the man left without looking back. That night, the woman endured great pain, got off the sick bed, and reborn herself After tidying up her feet, she changed into the phoenix coronet and Xiapei she wore when she got married, and then - swallowed gold and committed suicide."

"Tell me, why can't he do what the man promised the woman? Why can't he do it?"

Two lines of clear tears flowed silently down Qiu Qianxue's cheeks.

If he could do it, her mother would still be able to deceive herself and others, and continue to live with that meager and humble hope every day, so why... But that man, even perfunctory her, was unwilling to continue. .

"It's crazy when you love it, and it's like a shoe when you abandon it. If this is the case, I will kill all the heartless people in the world, why not?" She said, subconsciously grasping the scabbard around her waist with her right hand , exuding an icy chilling sword intent all over his body.

After hearing this, Mu Lian sighed softly, "You treat me like a rock, and my concubine like a pampas grass. The pampas grass is as tough as silk, so how do you know if the rock can't move? If you ask why love is a thing in the world, you can make people agree with each other, but there are also those Husband and wife, birds, fly separately when disaster is imminent. Human heart and human nature are so hard to fathom. Qianxue, resentment can't cover your eyes, but you are willing to be blinded by it. If you can let go of the resentment in your heart completely, then look back The couple in the story may be able to find the answer."

Qiu Qianxue wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeve, loosened the scabbard slightly with her right hand, cleared her throat and said, "I just talked too much, I made you laugh. I haven't practiced sword today, I won't go out later .”

"That's fine. There are some places that are just right for a person to visit." Mu Lian nodded and explained a few words about the situation in the bookstore to Qiu Qianxue.With her here to watch over me, I feel safe going out on my own.

As for the big black dog lying under the wall, lazily basking in the sun, let it go.

(End of this chapter)