Chang'an [Rebirth]

Chai Zheng observed the current situation.

Zhao Qian probably didn't know that it was Wu Hengluo who kidnapped him. It was purely selfish that he came to the door, but the timing was quite coincidental. If it wasn't for Chai Zheng's high vigilance, it was very likely that the two would bump into each other just after entering the door. up.

Zhao Qian went straight here after coming out of the restaurant, and he didn't even have time to change his shoes. When the parents of the two families were in a hurry, Zhao Qian could easily get away as long as he went back to the palace and arranged for someone to look for them.

No matter how he thinks about it, Chai Zheng feels that Zhao Qian is wicked, his niece is lost, and he only wants to tell the fortune.

I don't know what the purpose of the old man said these words is, he spits out the mouth of the oracle, if he can't figure out when and where he died at the hands of whom, he shouldn't go around to die in broad daylight.

Since the old man dared to take such a risk when the country was ruined and his family was ruined, it meant that Zhao Qian was not his terrible guest.

Zhao Qian was unpredictable at first, but at this time around the hood, he looked like a big girl who had never met a stranger, with a bit of unconfident attitude, he hesitated for a moment, "If sir is willing to give orders for me, of course I will I will save Mr.'s life."

The old man clapped his hands and smiled, "If you violate this statement, I can't guarantee how your fate will change."

For the old man, it is an established fact that a fortune teller cannot change his fate, but in the eyes of others, he is almost like a monster. A casual curse can make people anxious and seriously ill.

Since Zhao Qian firmly believed in these, he dared not act rashly.

He politely asked, "Sir, let's set up the offer."

The old man shook his head. He pointed to his only remaining eye, "I can see it, so I don't need to count it."

"You stumbled and stumbled in the first half of your life, and if you made a half-step wrong, you will never be able to recover. Afterwards, you will have decades of prosperity and wealth. It is a pity that your deep kindness has been exhausted and you will not end well."

The rain that had just stopped outside did not know when it continued, and the Earth Temple was falling like withered leaves in the vast river and mountains. Zhao Qian touched the jade ring on his waist and did not say a word for a long time.

Chai Zheng sneered in his heart, "It's time to kill."

If it wasn't for the old man to give himself a backhand, even if he didn't die at this time, he would probably be half disabled.

Seriously, it’s fine if a liar is in charge, what’s the benefit of hurting an effective fortune-teller?

After a long time, Zhao Qian laughed in a low voice, "Unable to end well? How can it be considered unacceptable? The country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, betrayed by others, or like you, who fell from under one person to over ten thousand people and fell to the bottom, fleeing like a dog in a hurry? "

"Sure enough, he is young and energetic, and Zhao Qian can still say such angry words at this time." Chai Zheng shook his head, "It's a pity that the old man doesn't like this."

Sure enough, Wu Hengluo said sincerely, "It's true that I won't end well."

"..." Zhao Qian tapped the soft cotton with a stick, and even gave himself an extra way of "not to die", making his whole person even more gloomy.

When he walked to the Earth Temple, the rain curtain happened to fall on his toes, the field was muddy, and some diluted blood was still oozing in the soil, Chai Zheng narrowed his eyes and pulled Ruan Linshuang back again.

Chai Zheng had a bad feeling that this level might not be so easy to pass.

"He is the current emperor." Ruan Linshuang said close to Chai Zheng's ear, her voice was very soft, and the rain was noisy, which did not attract any attention.

Upon hearing this, Chai Zheng didn't move, her body became tense, even more tense than rushing out to say to Zhao Qian, "Congratulations on your untimely death".

Ruan Linshuang continued, "You don't want to face him? Why?"

Chai Zheng didn't dare to neglect or neglect Ruan Linshuang because of his young age.

I have kept a person in my heart for more than ten years, even if there will often be surprises in the future, but at least I clearly understand how unpredictable her strength is.

When Ruan Linshuang was eight years old, he singled out three gentlemen in a private school. One of them lamented that "the younger generation is awesome", and since then he abandoned his pen and joined the army. Later, he became the steward of the Chai Zheng army, holding a cane every day to stop at the gate of the state government office. If you don't allocate money and food, you can just take the imperial decree and grab it directly, which can be regarded as a person.

Chai Zheng counted with his fingers in his heart. At the age of eight, he could turn a literary man into a bandit. If he was four years old, he would be discounted. He is also a role model for my generation.

She flinched, and was even more afraid to speak, fearing that Ruan Linshuang would grab her braids, and immediately concluded that this Chai Zheng was actually a wolf cub, whose pursuit of his wife was cut off overnight, and even her cause of rebellion Immediately packed up and ran away.

"I always feel that you and I are the same kind of people." Ruan Linshuang hesitated, "Even my father didn't give me such a feeling."

Chai Zheng suddenly felt a little sad, her little Ruan had been growing up so lonely, and she was evasive and died young.

"I have a reason." Chai Zheng choked out softly, she grabbed Ruan Linshuang's hand and pressed on her chest, vowing, "Trust me."

The child's heartbeat was fierce and gentle, and Ruan Linshuang's eyes filled with tears again, she sniffled, "I usually don't like to cry."

Chai Zheng thought, "I know."

On the day of Ruan Yuzhang's death, Chai Zheng rushed back to Chang'an all the way. Her little Ruan stood at the door of her house holding a memorial tablet, watching those indifferent dog officials coming in and out, but she didn't shed a single tear.

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Zhao Qian was in a trance for too long, but no one in the Earth Temple dared to interrupt him. Even the old man just found a piece of cloth on the bottom of the wooden box to cover the dead head, and then slowly put the The firewood was extinguished.

Wu Heng and Luo Anyi acted like a real old man.

Finally, before Wu Hengluo cleaned up the entire Earth Temple, Zhao Qian came back to his senses, and he said, "There should always be someone or something standing in between the wealth and glory and not having a good death."

A chill enveloped the Earth Temple, and Zhao Qian's voice drifted into the rain, allowing the chill to seep into everyone's pores.

He said, "I won't kill you, but if you choose to hide it, I will cut your tendons first, find all the things you care about in the world, crush them to death one by one in front of you, and then take you as a gift , and return it to King Keqin."

Zhao Qian smiled, "The high priest of Musang Kingdom, you should know that I have such abilities."

Chai Zheng's scalp was about to explode.

"I didn't intend to hide it from you." The old man made himself a comfortable cushion out of thatch on the ground, and he sat down slowly.

"From now on, everyone around you, your close ministers and favorites, your loved ones, they will become this person and this matter at any time, Your Majesty of the Dajing Dynasty, you see King Keqin Is it the end? High above you," the old man let out a long sigh of relief, "...lonely."

A thunderclap rolled down on the wilderness, and the white lightning flashed for a moment. Zhao Qian suddenly pulled out the long sword from the waist of the big man in black with his backhand.

Zhao Qian threw the sword into the pool of blood, wiped his hands, and said with a smile, "As you said, from now on, I will be alone."

He walked into the rain curtain alone, and the spirit of murder rose from the ground, and the root cause of the decline of the Dajing Dynasty was finally completely buried.

Chai Zheng looked at the piles of willows outside the Earth Temple, and thought, "It's a pity that these trees are not tall enough, otherwise another thunderstorm will strike Zhao Qian to death, and save me from having to queue up to kill him."

It's hard for his own father to die without knowing what he did wrong as a courtier... Zhao Qian wanted to get rid of him, but it was because of a word from the fortune teller.

Chai Zheng, who was belittled as a fortune teller in his heart, did not move for a long time, and he blinked his sore eyes until Zhao Qian's figure completely disappeared in the rain and fog.

Although this small earth temple was originally dilapidated, it was still a safe haven for boatmen and fishermen, but now it has been ruined into a grave for the dead, with corpses lying in it and blood stains everywhere.

Chai Zheng didn't know how to protect Ruan Linshuang, she threw away the broken porcelain in a panic, then tiptoed up her sleeves, trying to block Ruan Linshuang's gaze——

Although the officialdom and the court kill people like nothing, Ruan Linshuang will see these things sooner or later, but Chai Zheng still prays that it is not now, not the four-year-old Ruan Linshuang.

With Ruan Linshuang's temperament in the future, she would definitely tear off Chai Zheng's cuffs and look at the blood-stained world, but at this moment she just clenched her fists tightly and let the little girl in front of her block her eyes.

Chai Zheng's body is so small, and her clothes are only narrow, occupying only a corner of her eyes, and she can't protect Ruan Linshuang as she wished, but Ruan Linshuang didn't say anything. She embraced Chai Zheng with her arms and buried her face. On the baby's shoulders with the scent of milk.

Ruan Linshuang said, "Thank you."

The old man sighed, and dragged the two extra corpses in the earth temple to the corner, and then covered them with a thin layer of straw, so that passers-by could see them. After entering the mud brick wall, the smell will not go away. I am afraid that this earth temple will not be able to be used to keep out the wind and rain in the future.

As for the boatman... the old man waded through the water and found it not far from the temple.

When the rain stopped, the old man put him on the boat intact, and then took out two ingots of gold and hid them under the corpse. According to what he said, after the boatman died, his family would have a prosperous and healthy life——

After getting the two ingots of gold, the boatman's wife will open a shop selling cloth and spices in Chang'an City, and their son will be ranked second in the future.

After dealing with all this, the sky had just darkened, and an old man and two children were penniless on the outskirts of Chang'an City. Chai Zheng frowned and sized up the old man.

The high priest of Musang Kingdom is difficult to train. Every year, one hundred or eighty children are soaked in the medicine tank, and there are several rounds of elimination before the age of ten. In the end, there is only one left.

Of course, this unprecedented selection method does not hurt the body, and it also has the effect of strengthening the body, otherwise Musang Kingdom would have perished long ago.

The last single seedling is naturally extremely precious. In a country like Musang where religion and imperial power co-rule, the high priest is pampered, and he can cook a meal, asking him to beg all the way to meet the "master". Do not believe.

She suddenly felt that she was shouldering a heavy responsibility. After all this journey, maybe she was the backbone, and managed to reach the coastal area by selling miserably... It's just that the time is long, and she still wants to spend a few more years of loving each other with her parents.