Shengpingle

Chapter 161 Wen Chu's Whereabouts

When he asked Luo Xiyao for the first time, Mrs. Luo never imagined that her granddaughter, who never lied, would deliberately conceal him.

Zheng Hedi didn't do anything special at that time, so he didn't have any doubts.

But for the sake of caution, he quickly settled on Luo Xiyao's marriage.

But now, what Hua Pingle can figure out, he, the chief assistant of the two dynasties who assisted Emperor Xianxiao and Ding to create a prosperous Zhongxing Dynasty, and also assisted Emperor Zhenghe to take over the throne in a stable way, can naturally also figure it out.

He knows more information than Hua Pingle, and thinks more clearly, and he has already locked in the fact that there was a problem with Luo Xiyao's meeting with Emperor Zhenghe.

Moreover, before that, Luo Xiyao had just met that woman Wang Miaoer.

But last time, he didn't hear anything wrong.

He was sure that there was a problem that time, but he didn't hear the problem from Luo Xiyao's words.

Then there is only one explanation - the granddaughter he raised with one hand lied to him!

Or, at least concealed!
After Luo Xiyao finished speaking, Old Madam Luo was silent for a long time. This capable and famous minister who has gone through two dynasties actually knew very well that there was no room for him to object after the imperial decree was issued.

After losing his first disciple, female disciple, son and daughter-in-law, he was about to lose his only granddaughter...

Old Madam Luo's long silence made Luo Xiyao a little uneasy. She carefully looked at Old Madam Luo's expression, and then at the comatose Old Madam Luo. The expression on her face gradually changed from uneasiness to aggrieved and faint anger .

"What are grandpa and grandma worried about? Since I have agreed to marry, it is the same to marry anyone."

In her opinion, as long as she is not married to Su Xianyu, it is the same to marry anyone. There is no difference between marrying the emperor and marrying Xinke Jinshilang.

At least after entering the palace, she doesn't have to leave the capital, and she can still see Su Xianyu occasionally, and she can keep her promise to him, continue to make friends with Miss Hua Er, and persuade her.

Looking at the innocent and ignorant face of her granddaughter, Mrs. Luo almost had the urge to cry.

He pityed that she lost her parents since she was a child, indulged her and pampered her all the time, and raised her to be so withdrawn and weird, ignorant of worldly affairs!
I thought she was just a girl, even if he died, there would always be Xianyu and A Li, no matter what, they could keep her safe forever, but unexpectedly, it would hurt her!

"Yaoyao, tell your grandfather what happened that day again."

Luo Xiyao pursed her lips, "I've said it before."

The old lady Luo's eyes were full of sadness, "but my grandfather wants to hear the truth, and there is no truth to hide."

Luo Xiyao gritted her teeth, and on her clear and beautiful face came the stubborn look that Old Madam Luo was all too familiar with, "I don't understand what grandfather means."

If it was Ah Jie at this time, he would have already kicked him!

For some reason, Old Madam Luo suddenly remembered Huo Jie, the first apprentice who was given to him by Emperor Xian Xiaoding.

If Ah Jie was still there, it would definitely be able to coax Yaoyao to tell the truth in less time.

No, if Ah Jie was still around, he would definitely come to tease Yaoyao from time to time, and take her out to enjoy the flowers and have fun.

He wouldn't tell her to stay on her own all day long, sit on the sidelines and watch the sky, and develop such a withdrawn and self-contained temperament!

His Yaoyao will marry someone early, maybe she will marry A Jie's child.

With Ah Jie's temperament, he definitely wouldn't mind his daughter-in-law being three or four years older than his son.

At this time, maybe he even hugged his great-grandson, so how could there be today's disaster?
Luo Xiyao bit her lip and stared stubbornly at Old Madam Luo, waiting for him to lose her temper.

However, what she saw was a cloudy tear slipping from the old man's dim eyes, leaving an ugly and funny mark along his wrinkled cheeks.

Luo Xiyao was stunned, only to feel that the tears hit her heart hard like magma, which made her cover her face and burst into tears, "What else do you want? What else do you want?
I have already promised to get married, and I have promised not to think about Su Shangshu anymore!

I just want to keep a painting that he copied?can't you?What exactly do you want? "

Old Madam Luo sank into the abyss of pain of memories, her reaction was a little slow, and she couldn't understand what she was saying for a while.

Envy?painting?Why did it involve the paintings that Xianyu had copied?
The blood is connected to the heart, and the old lady Luo who was in a coma seemed to hear Luo Xiyao's cry, and suddenly sat up.

Her eyes were obviously not focused yet, but tears kept pouring out, she groped to catch Luo Xiyao, "Yaoyao? What's wrong with Yaoyao? Don't cry, don't cry, grandma is here, grandma is here".

Luo Xiyao rushed forward and held her groping hands, crying bitterly.

The grandparents and grandchildren cried together, Old Madam Luo watched numbly, and realized clearly like never before that he was old and couldn't protect them...

After Mrs. Luo's grandfather and grandson calmed down, Luo Xiyao ordered her servant girl to fetch the painting that Wang Miaoer had given her, and after being questioned by Mrs. Luo, she told about Bu Yao and drew it.

After Wang Miaoer gave her the bud, she found an excuse to take it back, so she could only draw it for Master Luo and his wife.

As soon as the step was drawn, Mrs. Luo and Mrs. Fu immediately recognized it, and Qiqi's expression changed.

"It's the Empress Dowager's favorite Bu Yao, no wonder no wonder!"

Mrs. Luo muttered to herself, Mrs. Luo was so angry that she cried again, "Wang Miaoer, that poisonous woman! We have no grudges against her, why did she harm us like this? Why!"

Luo Xiyao was still confused, "Grandfather, grandmother, what are you talking about?"

Mrs. Luo ignored her and grabbed old Mrs. Luo's sleeve, "Write to Xianyu quickly and ask him to come back immediately! Come back immediately!

Yaoyao cannot enter the palace!That poisonous woman will kill Yaoyao sooner or later!

It wasn't enough that the poisonous woman killed A Yu, now she came to kill us Yaoyao!Yaoyao cannot enter the palace! "

Old Mrs. Luo shouted sharply, "What are you talking about?"

"I just want to say! My Yaoyao is almost gone! I'm still afraid of what they are doing!
Isn't he just thinking of killing us all?

Then go ahead and kill!What is it to spoil our Yaoyao!What is he! "

Mrs. Luo's eyes were hot from Mrs. Luo's yelling, so she collected herself to avoid losing her composure in front of her old wife and granddaughter, took Mrs. Luo's hand to comfort her and patted her, "Okay, we still have Xianyu, and Xianyu, I will write to Xianyu right now..."

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Thousands of miles away in the land of Fuguang, when Wen Chu woke up, he found himself exposed to the sun, with the blue sky above his head, and the sound of waves lapping on the beach.

His mind was groggy, and it took him a while to remember the scene before he fainted, and he sat up abruptly.

In a hurry, he moved a little more violently, but another wave of dizziness hit him, he hurriedly supported his head with his hands, and waited for the dizziness to pass before he slowly got up.

There was no one around, only lush island plants could be seen, and the sun seemed to be hanging above his head, radiating heat with all its strength.

His mouth was dry, his whole body was weak, and he felt that he was going to collapse. He managed to walk about ten feet before falling forward with a plop.

"Ah! He's awake!"

"Go and tell the boss!"

"Come here, come here!"

The voices of children chirping came from all directions, and after a while, they saw black-skinned monkey-like children sliding down from the tree trunks, or jumping off the branches, and gathered around him, staring at him with black eyes. He looked at it subconsciously, as if he was looking at some rare animal.

Even if it was a group of children, Wen Chu didn't want to be rude in front of them, so he stood up with all his strength, bent over and raised his hands, and said in a hoarse voice, "Excuse me, where is this?"

"Yeah, he's saluting us!"

"What is he saying?"

"Do you want to eat fruit? His mouth is cracked and bleeding!"

The children chattered with a strong Hokkien accent.

Wen Chuben is a smart and intelligent person. Although he has not been in Fuguang for a long time, he already understands the local people's language and can speak a few words, but these children can't understand his official language.

A little girl grabbed one of the fruits in her skirt and brought it to him.

Her movements were timid, and her big eyes looked at him curiously and with some fear.

Wen Chu was thirsty and hungry, and couldn't care less, so he bent over and raised his hand, took the fruit and ate it.

Xu Shi was too thirsty and hungry, he only felt that the unknown fruit was incredibly sweet and delicious, so he ate it after a few mouthfuls.

The little girl handed him the second one, and after a while, Wen Chu swept away the fruit in her skirt.

Only then did Wen Chu feel that the hunger and thirst in his throat had eased a little. He took out the handkerchief and wiped his hands and mouth, touched his sleeves, and found that the purse was still there, so he took out a silver peanut from it and handed it to the little girl. He laughed, "Thank you."

He spoke Hokkien dialect, but the little girl didn't answer, she took a few steps back and said timidly, "I can't take it."

Wen Chu looked at her, and suddenly thought of Qian Lingyue.

He knew that he was probably caught in the bandit's den, and these were the children of the bandits.

Just like Qian Lingyue back then, when he was caught in the bandit's den, he became a bandit's child——

Wen Chu's expression became more gentle, "It's okay, I have to pay for eating your fruit, otherwise my mother will punish me when she goes back."

The little girl hesitated a bit, but took Yinhuasheng with his gentle and encouraging smile, and immediately hid behind her companion.

"Hey - this senior official is really different!"

Wen Chu raised his head, and saw a middle-aged man leaning against a big tree with his arms folded, looking at him with raised eyebrows playfully.

The man is no longer young, at least he is about forty, but his complexion is as fair as jade, and his face is like a good woman.

Lian Yanqing——

A name suddenly popped into Wen Chu's mind.

When he left Beijing, Emperor Zhenghe specially summoned him and told him to find out whether Nian Yu was involved with Yan Qing when he followed Su Xianyu to persuade the rebels to surrender.

He didn't dare to ignore it, and whenever he had free time, he went to the vicinity of the former Lian's mansion, and even went to the abandoned Lian's mansion several times.

But no matter how much he investigates, the result is the same.

Everyone agrees that Lian Yanqing was born with visions and had six toes, so he was sent to a nunnery to be raised.

It must be extremely beautiful to be able to pretend to be a girl and raise her until she is 17 years old without being discovered.

Will he look like this when he grows up?

At the age of forty, she still looks like a good woman, which is amazing at first sight?
The palm print of the year is the same, and so is the man in front of him.

Wen Chu laughed at himself when he thought of this, he was really tossed by the emperor's "secret order", and when he met a better-looking man, he thought of him as Lian Yanqing.

He brushed the folds of his clothes, got up and saluted, "My Majesty Wen Chu, may I ask your Excellency Gao's name."

The man sneered again, "So it's Master Wen, I just don't know why Master Wen is so polite to me, a bandit?"

Wen Chu sternly said, "Husband's rites are the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the behavior of the people.

No matter how you are, as long as Wen can move his hands and feet, he doesn't want to be rude in front of others."

"Tsk, Mr. Wen's book is so good, be careful, I regret that I don't want you to exchange gold, silver and food, and keep you here as a teacher for the children!"

Wen Chu's eyes moved slightly, and he saluted again, "Please tell me the details."

"Go and play by yourself!"

The man chased away a group of children like monkeys, grabbed the arm of the little girl who was eating Wen Chuguo, and bared her teeth, "Little black egg, if you eat this, you will wait for your grandmother to break it open." Pick out your belly for you!"

Only then did Wen Chu realize that the little girl wanted to stuff the silver peanuts he gave her into her mouth, and hurriedly said, "That one can't be eaten."

The little girl looked at the man, then at Wen Chu, and burst into tears.

The man threw her to an older child impatiently, turned around and left, "Master Wen, do as you please, when the person who redeems you comes, get out!"

Wen Chu originally thought that even if these bandits didn't imprison him, they would at least make someone watch him, but he didn't expect that the man who asked him to "look at himself" was really what he wanted.

After the group of children ran away, he walked in the direction the man left.

He met a lot of people along the way, but those people only looked at him curiously, and then continued with the work at hand.

Wen Chu soon discovered that this island should be the den of those bandits, most of them were old people, children and women, and young people were rarely seen there.

If I think about it, I either went out to do errands and didn't return, or I have another place to live.

The island is not big, and he got around it in an afternoon.

The few fruits he ate had been used up long ago, but he encountered many delicious-looking fruits along the way.

But he dare not try it lightly, who knows which ones are poisonous and which ones are edible?

Seeing that the sun had sunk to the sea level, Wen Chu was thinking about where to spend the night and ask for something to eat, when he saw a woman in plain clothes walking towards him with a little girl who gave him fruit to eat.

The woman walked up to him unhurriedly, saluted and said, "Master Wen, the child is not sensible, but only a few fruits, how can I accept your money?"

Although the woman speaks with a strong southern Hokkien accent, she speaks authentic Mandarin, and her manner of saluting shows that she is well-bred.

Especially in a situation like this.

Wen Chu hurriedly leaned over to return the salute, "This lady is serious, please be careful, please don't take it to heart."

"I don't dare to be a wife. My maiden name is Lian. Everyone calls me Lian's sister-in-law, so Master Wen also calls me Lian's sister-in-law."

Following the words, the woman brushed the broken hair on her sideburns, smiled and raised her head.

Wen Chu's pupils shrank sharply, it was a face at least five points similar to Lian Xiqing's!

Although she is getting older, there are more or less deep or shallow wrinkles around the corners of her eyes and lips, but she can still clearly see the similarity between her eyebrows and facial features and Lian Xiqing.

Her maiden name is Lian, and she is similar to Lian Xiqing——

She is from Fuzhou Lianjia!

She has a child and obviously has a husband's family. Even if her husband passes away, she should still use her husband's surname.

But she called herself by her natal family's surname, which obviously abandoned her husband's family, just like Lian Xiqing who killed her husband in public!
Lian's sister-in-law didn't notice his abnormality, and resolutely handed back the silver peanuts to him, and said with a smile, "Miss Wen hasn't had dinner yet, has he? Please come with me."

Wen Chu unconsciously followed her footsteps. Sister-in-law Lian must be Lian Xiqing's sister or aunt. Could it be that the man before was really Lian Yanqing?
"Where is Mr. Wen from? How did he come to Siqiao Mountain?"

　Haha, do you still remember that the heroine Nian Yutuo gave Lian's double-headed dragon jade pendant to the head of Liantian Village in Siqiao Mountain?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)