Tang riddles

In the quiet corner of the cave, two figures leaned on each other.Chizuru's autobiography came to an end, and a sad and painful atmosphere enveloped the two of them.Neither of them spoke for a while.

Qianhe raised the water bag and took a sip of water. Shen Jin watched her suck the mouth of the bag he had just drunk, his heart beating very disorderly.She lowered her head to hide the heat on her face, and asked:

【and after? 】

"Later..." Qianhe sighed, and said, "I experienced the most painful four months in my life. I was on a sea ship, and the treatment conditions were poor. Brother Abe brought me on the ship and I was opposed by many people. But he always insisted on taking care of me personally. My eyes couldn’t be saved, and what’s worse, I was infected with wind evil, and I almost didn’t get over it. After finally getting better, there was a storm again, and the whole ship almost capsized. That day The journey was really bad. I was seasick day and night on the boat, and I vomited so much that there was no food in my belly. Without food, my body would have no nutrition, and the wound would be difficult to heal. At first, my eyes were the most painful It hurts, I finally gained weight, and it was my turn to feel itchy. I really thought of suicide several times, and I felt that I really had no hope. The future was dark, just like the scene in front of me. Guarding me, he whispered in my ear countless times: You can't die, have you forgotten what your adoptive mother told you before she died? She wants you to live well in Tang Dynasty. Your Yafu may not be dead yet, You still have someone who cares about you, what will he do if you die? I saved you, so what?"

At this point, Qianhe heard Shen Jin sobbing.She stopped talking, chuckled, raised her hand and patted her leg, saying:

"It's all in the past, and I carried it over." Qianhe found Shen Jin's hand, squeezed it tightly, and said, "When a person's life forces her to kill herself, but she carried it over. After that , all the suffering is nothing to her. Datang is really a magical country. I have never seen its legendary magnificent beauty with my eyes, but what I can feel is the heroic enthusiasm of the people here , helpful. Even if it's just strangers on the road, they are happy to help you.

Whether it's Chang'an, Luoyang, or other places, whether it's the bustling and vast cities, the rolling green hills, or the mighty rivers, none of them exist in Japan.Our ship entered the Yangtze River in Yangzhou and sailed all the way to Chang'an.After another two months along the way, they finally arrived in Chang'an.In the next two years, I actually followed Brother Abe in Honglu Temple, but I could only do odd jobs in the Japanese mission as a servant.While doing some rough work of washing clothes and fetching water, he followed Brother Abe to learn Datang Mandarin.He spends time almost every day teaching me to speak Mandarin. I can’t see others gesticulating or writing. I can only learn the language by listening and imitating, and the speed of learning is not fast.But he is very patient, he taught me, but also review it by himself.

Two years later, most of the members of the Dongying Mission will return to China. Brother Abe wants to stay alone, and I have almost learned Mandarin and my health is also recovering. I don’t want to rely on Brother Abe anymore, so I asked him Say goodbye, take a small amount of money, and go out on your own.The result... Hehe, I am really a little naive.Probably because the initial impression of Datang was so good that I overlooked that every place has its own ugly side.Later, I got a bit miserable and became a beggar. I almost died in Chang'an City during the cold disaster. Fortunately, the Yuanfu Lord of Jingzhaoyin Mansion of Chang'an City at that time opened a warehouse to release grain and donated to the victims of Chang'an. Put on a dry cotton jacket.I am very grateful to this great benefactor who has never met before, thinking, I should give myself a Chinese name, so I changed my surname to Yuan after Lord Yuanfu, and then thinking about it... this name does not seem to be very Chinese, haha.That year, I met my elder brother who was also degraded, and we became friends and started the business of bodyguards.If you get mixed up in the rivers and lakes, you can't help yourself.I have developed many skills after becoming an escort, such as listening to voices and debating positions, flying eaves lightly, driving, driving a boat, memorizing roads, etc. These are all necessary skills.But how can I not get my shoes wet when I often walk by the river? I still fell into it. Last year, the gang fought, my elder brother died, and I was injured. I knocked on the door of the Ci'en Temple for help.Later, I met San Niang.Later, I met Dalang and you again.

Zhongqin, tell me, isn't fate amazing?Except for Aminiang and Yafu, all the people who are kind to me, I don’t know what they look like, I can’t see them, I can only hear their voices.So for a long time, I can judge a person's good or evil from his voice.Datang is really beautiful in my mind, but I have never seen her magnificence; you are very beautiful in my heart, but I don’t know what you look like, why all the beautiful things in my life... I see them all I don't see...why..."

She finally couldn't stand the tears anymore. When she asked Shen Jin, she was actually asking God why God played with her like this.One gift after another was given to her, but one after another was cruelly taken away from her life.

Suddenly, the hand was lifted by the person beside him, and it covered a delicate-skinned cheek.Qianhe was stunned, and heard Shen Jin say:

【What you can see, you can see me. 】Speaking, she took Qianhe's hand, stroked her eyebrows, nose bridge, and stopped on her lips.

[How about it, am I beautiful? 】She asked with a smile, but Qianhe's palm was wet with her tears.

"Heh~" Qianhe smiled, "Beautiful, beautiful...more beautiful than imagined."

Shen Jin also put his hand on her cheek, and said:

【You are also beautiful. 】

She leaned forward and kissed Qianhe's lips deeply.Qianhe's body froze immediately, and after a while, her body trembled, her hands trembling uncontrollably, and she hugged Shen Jin's body.But she seemed to be restraining something, and finally pushed Shen Jin away gently.

"Zhongqin..."

[Don't talk...] Shen Jin interrupted her, with an angry tone, [Up to now, you still don't want to talk to me about why you got involved in this matter? 】

Qianhe smiled wryly: "Do you want me to talk, or do you want me to shut up?"

Shen Jin blushed, and said in embarrassment:

[Be serious! 】

Qianhe bent her lips, tidied up her conversation, and said:

"Didn't I just mention that after I came to Datang, I stayed in Honglu Temple for two years? During those two years, I actually communicated with my Yafu through letters. It was a friend who was asked by Brother Abe to find him after going back to China. I found Yafu and sent my handwritten letter back. Originally, I just wanted to try it out, but I found it in a short time. My Yafu was indeed not dead. After entering the Fujiwara Mansion, Fujiwara Yuhe took him in secretly, and he continued to guard Fujiwara Uhe as a secret guard and helped the emperor do things. After that, I communicated with Yafu through the caravan. It was very inconvenient for us to communicate, and we only received a letter every six months. In the second communication, Yafu said that he had already begun to investigate the mystery of my life experience. That is, why Bing Gao and Fujiwara Yuhe were arranged together. He said that he already had some clues, and the next communication should be and the results of the survey can be sent to me.

The third time I received a letter from Yafu, he said that he had found out that a secret organization was active among the nobles of Japan, and that the incident between Bing Gao and Fujiwara Yuhe back then was secretly arranged by them.They even calculated the date to maximize the possibility of pregnancy.As for their purpose of doing so, it is still unclear.He said that he would venture into this organization to continue the investigation, and he also said that he would definitely find a way to avenge Aminiang.Although Aminiang's death was caused by the Fujiwara family, in the final analysis, this secret organization is the culprit. Moreover, it was also this organization that created me and caused me to suffer so much. He said that he could not spare this organization. To break it.

I was very anxious, and I was afraid that something would happen to him, so I wrote back to him immediately.But after replying to the letter this time, nothing came to light. I waited for a long time and never received any letter from Yafu.Almost every month, I would go to the gate hall of Honglu Temple in Chang'an to inquire about the situation of incoming letters, but after so many years, my communication with Yafu was cut off.I wrote several more letters to Dongying, and later received a reply letter from Fujiwara Yuhe.He said that my father is fine, don't worry, it's just not convenient for him to reply, so I don't have to send letters like this in the future, there will be risks.It has been three years since the letter that was not answered.

For so many years since then, I have not communicated with Yafu again.He is my only relative in this world, but he also has his life, his choice, no matter how much I worry about it, there is nothing I can do.I can only silently pray for Yafu every day, praying for his safety. "

[How did you read the letter? ] Shen Jin couldn't help asking curiously.

"Oh, my father knew that I was blind in the first letter I wrote to him. Later, when he wrote to me, he would use melted wax as ink. The melted wax is very viscous and written on paper. It will dry up soon, and then the words will protrude and you can touch them. Otherwise, he wouldn't have written so many secrets in the letter. Otherwise, if I ask someone to read the letter to me, the reader will definitely know it. Later, when Fujiwara Uhe wrote to me, he also used melted wax." Chizuru explained.

"Uh, where did I go?" Interrupted by Shen Jinyi, Qianhe forgot what he just said.

[Puff Chi...] Shen Jin pursed his lips and smiled, [You said that you and your father cut off communication. 】

"Yes, what I didn't expect was that when we returned to Luoyang not long ago, my father suddenly appeared. He said that he had come to Tang country half a year ago and had been looking for me. He told me , he was ordered by the Emperor to pick me up and return to Dongying. Because the Emperor, my cousin, wanted to accept me as a concubine, and let me and Fujiwara Kokoko split the four rooms of Fujiwara. This is too absurd , I did not agree. Yafu said that he came here. Although the mission on the surface is here, in fact, he has already betrayed and came to find me to carry out a plan. He said that after years of hard work, he finally found a chance to avenge Aminiang .Maybe we can overthrow the Fujiwara clan in one fell swoop, and even that secret organization will also be overthrown."

【What's the meaning? 】 Shen Jin was puzzled.

"He said that he successfully infiltrated the secret organization eight years ago. Only then did he discover that this organization has infiltrated many surrounding countries, including Tang, Dongying, Goguryeo, Silla, Turks, Southern Baiyue, and Tubo. China, Tianzhu, the feudal vassals of the Western Regions, and even the distant Fufu Empire have also infiltrated. This organization stirs up troubles in various countries. To put it crudely, it is like a shit stick, disrupting government affairs, creating terror, and making themselves profitable. Even, they can provoke wars between countries in order to make huge profits. They are still bewitching ignorant people among the people, constantly absorbing believers, and growing their forces. They have already formed a huge and terrifying underground dark organization. This organization, Wearing the cloak of Nestorianism, they are actually a group of heretics. They tampered with the original teachings of Nestorianism, making this cult even more deceptive. Inside the cult, they recruited all kinds of strange people to work for them. The group of people I met in Jiangling was part of it."

Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something and said:

"By the way, Zhongqin, there is something I haven't told you. At the beginning, Sanniang and Dalang fell off the cliff of the hanging coffin. I stood guard on the cliff while Hutuo went to find the rope. At that time, I took a photo with a stranger. Face. He should be the chief culprit who killed Zhou Da’s family and caused Sanniang to fall off the cliff. He attacked me with a flying knife to test my kung fu, and then bewitched me, saying that if I still want to realize the Let me go to Honglu Temple and draw a sign of the cross on the lower right corner outside the door. That person is probably a cultist, but for some reason he seems to be very clear about my affairs. He actually knows that apart from traveling far away, I almost Every month, I go to Chang’an Honglu Temple to check the letters, otherwise he wouldn’t let me draw a sign outside the gate of Honglu Temple.”

[Why didn't you tell us about this? 】 Shen Jin frowned.

"I..." Qianhe was speechless.

【What vow did you make? ] Shen Jin sighed and asked.

"When I first came to Chang'an, the hatred was still deep. I thought that one day I would find an opportunity to avenge Aminiang and bring Yafu to live in Tang. I did swear and engraved the oath on a piece of paper. I hid the wooden board under my bed. It’s just that only I know about it, and I burned the wooden board before I left Honglu Temple.”

Shen Jin pondered for a moment and said: [That means, the murderer who caused my sister and sister-in-law to fall off the cliff must have seen your board and knew who you are.He should be someone who lived in Honglu Temple back then, his status was not high, he should be doing odd jobs in Honglu Temple just like you.People of a certain status will not walk into a servant's room, let alone search for something in your room and see the wooden board you hid under the bed. 】

Qianhe felt the cold hairs all over his body standing up, and his vest was cold.She didn't write that board in Chinese characters, but inscribed it with their Japanese phonetic symbols. It stands to reason that ordinary Tang people can't understand it at all.What is the background of that person?

"Could someone have told that man?" she asked.

Shen Jin said: [This possibility is not ruled out, but I think it is unlikely, unless the people behind this organization have been staring at you for a long time, and intend to collect your information, spread it inside the organization, and let some people in the organization know.This seems unrealistic. After all, you have lived in Datang for so many years, and they never came to trouble you. 】

Qianhe fell into deep thought, carefully recalling the people he had contacted in Honglu Temple back then.It's just that during that time, she lived in a muddle, and because she was blind at the beginning and her hearing had not been trained, it was really difficult for her to remember the people around her.The person who attacked her on the cliff had a very unique voice, hoarse and unpleasant, like sharpening scissors. She was sure that she had never heard this voice before, so she couldn't find this person in her memory.

Qianhe thought silently, Shen Jin hesitated for a moment, and asked:

【So, you did all these things because of your Yafu? 】

Qianhe was pulled back to reality from her thoughts, sighed deeply, and replied:

"This group of people kidnapped the prince, burned Hanjiacang, and even tried to assassinate His Majesty the Tang Emperor. They are all desperadoes. I have no choice but to work for them. But, I used Brother Abe, who helped me so much , but I avenged my kindness and brought him into injustice, I really feel like a bastard!" She clenched her fists in pain.Shen Jin stroked her arm comfortingly. After a long time, Qianhe calmed down, and then continued:

"Yafu went deep into this organization, but he didn't gain the trust of the top of the organization. He has been controlled by drugs, and he has to take the drugs on time every day to restrain the onset of toxicity. If he doesn't take the drugs for a day, he will die suddenly. I was taken by them. I have no choice but to do things for them. Yafu said that if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess, and you should do things according to their orders first, and wait for the opportunity."

【When? 】 Shen Jin asked.

"These people smuggled food and grass from Hanjiacang because the Goguryeo remnant party hiding in the Heshuo area had a deal with them. They smuggled food and grass to Goguryeo to reorganize the army, disintegrate Silla internally, and help Goguryeo defeat Silla to restore the country. Kill Tang Huang to avenge the country's destruction. I don't know what this secret organization can get from it. I was forced to join them. The first task they gave me was to escort the last batch of smuggled out The grain and grass came out of Luoyang City. Therefore, I know something inside. Yafu said that if Goguryeo can be restored, they will disclose the evidence that the Fujiwara clan colluded with Goguryeo and Baekje to sell salt, iron and slaves privately. At that time Well, the Fujiwara Clan will collapse naturally, and this is the opportunity for Yafu to wait for revenge. When the Fujiwara Clan collapses, Yafu will find an opportunity to leak the affairs of this organization, and he will kill two birds with one stone."

[Wait...] Shen Jin suddenly interrupted Qianhe's words, she seemed to have thought of something, [They want the prince...]

"what?"

[The real purpose of them doing these things for the remnants of Goguryeo is not to make a deal with Goguryeo, their original goal is the prince! 】Shen Jin said.

Chizuru was startled.

However, before Shen Jin could explain further, there was a sudden commotion in the cave, and two strong men strode towards them, shouting loudly:

"Get up! Let's go!"

The two were taken aback for a moment, and then Shen Jin was overjoyed: [Sister is here! 】

The author has something to say: These chapters have received a lot of foreshadowing, as a reminder, you can read Chapter 54: The description of the confrontation between Qianhe and the man in black, Chapter 91: The dialogue between Qianhe and Yafu reunion, Chapter 109 Chapter: The description of Chizuru's meeting with the black hand organization behind the scenes.Especially in Chapter 109, many people probably didn't pay attention. At that time, Qianzuru said, "I'm out of the city, everything is going well." This sentence refers to the smuggling of food and grass.