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Chapter 21
"Old man, will you lead the way? Look at where we have gone, this is the wilderness." Xiaopang habitually stretched out his hand and pinched the old man's neck with precision. I have already used it very skillfully, without him, I am only familiar with it.

"Ahem, let go, it's absolutely right, the old man passed here last time." The old man struggled desperately, but fortunately Xiaopang has no strength now, otherwise he would have been strangled to death long ago.

"Master Zhang, stop." Zou Yi hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the two apart.

This is already the third day of their journey. After climbing a few mountains, Xiaopang found himself lost. When he was at a loss, the old man said that he had traveled all over the world and had never been anywhere. He knew the way to Gaoqiao City. Well, everyone saw that he was old, and he looked confident when he said this, so they let him go. In fact, he is a dead horse as a living horse doctor, there is no way.Then came the wilderness.

The more you walked in, the more gloomy it became, recalling subconsciously leaning against Li Bubai.

Xiaopang took the lead and walked in front, turning his head from time to time and telling the assassin Meimei: "Don't be afraid, sister, with Master Fatty here, all monsters and ghosts will die."

Aww~ Before the words fell, a wolf howled in the darkness.Xiaopang jumped directly on the body of the assassin Meimei.

"Come down!" said the assassin.

Only then did Xiaopang jump down resentfully.Walking and walking, a memorial archway appeared in front of it, and there were three big characters written on the archway, Zhuangyuanfang.It's a pity that it is so old that it is full of cobwebs and dust.

Passing through the Zhuangyuan Mansion, everyone stepped on a bluestone road, with tall buildings of blue bricks and large tiles on both sides of the road.But most of them have collapsed, leaving only ruins.

Reminiscing always felt that these scenes seemed familiar, while Li Bubai felt his head hurt a bit.

When the memories came back to him, Li Bubai and others beside him had disappeared, and he was standing in a strange room with a simple bed by the corner, and a red sandalwood shelf in his left hand.

The jade plate of the official kiln.Turning around, there is a dressing table that all the daughters of the boudoir have. On it is a bronze mirror with rhombic flowers in a brocade sleeve, a jewelry box with plum blossoms carved in red lacquer, a crown of phoenix and phoenix inlaid with precious mother-of-pearl, and a string of rare Inverted rosary.

There is a guzheng behind the door, and she can play a moving melody with her fingers.

"Miss, miss, congratulations, congratulations." A delicate-looking girl pushed the door and entered, her face was reddish, it was obvious that she was responsible for the noise of running in the corridor just now.

"Xiaohuan, I've told you many times, we girls need to know how to be reserved." Recalling said subconsciously.In fact, she also wondered why she would call out this woman's name.

"Understood, miss, why don't I set an example? By the way, miss, I have some good news for you. After listening to it, you may be less reserved than me." Xiaohuan stuck out her tongue.

Reminiscing sat down in front of the guzheng again, playing the strings lightly.

"Then I won't listen, lest I lose my manners like you."

"Oh, miss, you are really, well, well, let me tell you, Mr. Li, he has won the first prize."

That night, all the sisters in the brothel brought her all kinds of fine clothes and treasures to congratulate her, and even the mean mother personally came to the door and said many good things.Everyone thought that she would soon be the first lady.

But a month passed, and there was no news. Although the sisters in the building didn't say it clearly, they couldn't help making fun of her secretly, saying that she gave up the title of oiran and raised a heartless scholar.

Another month later, on a quiet morning, Hongying, who had been closed for many days, walked out of the brothel and walked alone on the stone bridge in the north of the city. This was the place where they met for the first time. No pedestrians.

Just yesterday, she finally received a letter from Mr. Li, and when she opened the envelope happily, what she saw were hurtful words.

"Northern geese have flown south, and I ask you when you will return. When you were on the stage for the title of the Golden List of Talented Scholars, I don't know if you still recognize the old acquaintances..." Hongying danced the last dance of her life on the stone bridge, and then threw herself into the river .

And in the death row in the capital, Li Mobai, the newly-promoted champion, was staring at the ants on the ground in a daze, turbulent in the middle, and he stood in the wrong line for the first time in the court hall. One day he was the new champion, and the next day he became a prisoner. Fortunately, before he went to prison, he had sent a letter to her, hoping that she would be safe for the rest of her life, as if we had never met.

"Li Zhuangyuan, Li Zhuangyuan." A guard walked to Li Mobai's cell.

"Is it time? It's so soon. I'll take care of you guys these days. I'll repay your kindness in the next life. Let's go." Li Mobai thought that the time of death had come, so he stood up and was about to go to the execution ground under the escort of the jailer.

"It's not that time, let's talk about it, I haven't eaten that meal yet"

"That's right, why did the elder jailer call me?"

"A woman named Xiaohuan asked me to bring you a message. She said that Miss died."

"Ah, what?"

"She is still waiting outside. Do you have anything to say to her? The old rule is ten copper coins for one word."

"No, it's not true, it's not true, Yinger..."

Have you heard?An actor died in the brothel, and a number one scholar went crazy in the capital.

(End of this chapter)