Chapter 34 Beauty
Jin Sui’s guess was almost right. Grandpa Ling and the other two were indeed trapped, but their lives were not in danger.
They happened to be trapped in Jiang Nansheng's Huaizhou, which allowed Gu Changxiao to escape Commander Huo's pursuit.
When the plague spread throughout Luo City and Huaizhou City was under lockdown, Grandpa Ling and his two companions happened to be staying at a Taoist temple. Every day, they worked with the Taoist priests there to provide porridge and medicine to the victims.
At the same time, he inquired about Jinsui's news. What was funny was that Grandpa Ling had met Jiang Nansheng once and found that both of his hands were intact, but there was a scar on the palm of one of them.
When he came back, he complained to Jin'an: "The storyteller is just good at bragging. He even said that the King of Li chopped off one of General Jiang's hands, and it was just a cut."
Jin An admired and said: "That Li Wang is also very powerful! He came to Huaizhou alone to ask for someone."
When mentioning King Li, Jin'an couldn't help but think of his father. His father was implicated in the King Li case and died, but he did not hate King Li.
Because my mother said that this matter was not the fault of King Li, but the fault of the man surnamed Huang, because it was he who made my father take the blame.
Gu Changxiao discovered that whenever the grandfather and grandson mentioned King Li, they were in low spirits. He was startled at first. Could it be that the old Taoist priest had already realized that King Li was his grandson?
But he soon found that things were not that simple, so he deliberately asked, "Why is the Taoist priest so interested in the matter of the Li King?"
Grandpa Ling, who was old and wise, laughed and said, "Everyone in the world is interested in the affairs of the King of Li, and I am no exception!"
"Mr. Gu, we commoners are just interested. You seem to be very familiar with the affairs of the King of Li!"
Gu Changxiao didn't dare to ask any more questions for a moment, fearing that if he said a few more words, he wouldn't get anything out of him and instead let the Taoist priest figure out everything.
Just at this time, even though Huaizhou City was sealed, news of King Li selling treasures in Weizhou still spread.
What the people were discussing was that the Prince of Li was a dignified prince, yet he had fallen to the point where he had to sell his treasures!
Besides, what treasure is worth five thousand taels of silver?
Grandpa Ling soon discovered that Gu Changxiao was more concerned about this matter than anyone else. He was eager to find out what the King of Li had sold. He was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night. Those who didn't know would think that the King of Li was selling his treasure!
How could Gu Changxiao not be anxious? The young Taoist priest took his bronze token away. Looking at the young Taoist priest and his grandson, it didn't look like they had any treasures.
What if the young Taoist priest got carried away and sold his token? He wanted to break into Huaizhou City at night and chase Jinsui.
Fortunately, Grandpa Ling found out from the servants of the Jiang Mansion that what the King was selling was a mirror.
Grandpa Ling came back and shook his head, saying, "The big families in Yan are really rich. They spent five thousand taels of silver to buy a mirror! Is that Erlang Shen's magic mirror?"
A Taoist priest smiled and said, "Maybe it is a royal mirror, inlaid with gold and jade."
Grandpa Ling glanced at the disaster victims outside the Taoist temple. It was said that the disaster victims outside Luo City were crowded, all waiting for relief food and medicine to cure the plague from the court.
Seven out of ten households in the city hung white banners, and the other three were completely wiped out.
But these disasters seemed to have nothing to do with the powerful families. Even though King Li was exiled to the border, he still had treasures on him.
The young master of the Jin family in Weizhou, a not-so-big state among the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan, casually spent five thousand taels of silver to buy a mirror.
Alas, while the rich have wine and meat, there are people freezing to death on the streets!
When he learned that the treasure sold by the King of Li was a mirror, Gu Changxiao felt relieved. He then asked Grandpa Ling:
"I wonder if Taoist Ji has any treasures? If I don't have money, I can pawn them at a pawn shop."
Grandpa Ling was just about to say that Jinsui had nothing except his things.
But he suddenly thought that Jinsui could always "pick up" good things.
Thick floral blankets, fruits and vegetables I had never seen before, endless brown sugar cubes, and sweet water...
That child has long been different from others!
But he naturally couldn't tell Gu Changxiao about this, so he just shook his head and said:
"Sir, do you think we have any treasures? But the child is always smart, so he will definitely not starve."
At the same time, he was cautious. Every time Gu Changxiao heard news about the King of Li, he would ask about Jin Sui. He was very familiar with the King of Li. Could there be any connection between them? At the same time, Hao Duojin and the other five rushed out of Yandi overnight. Unfortunately, none of them were willing to enter Huaizhou. After all, their own prince had beaten Jiang Nansheng.
And the armor he was wearing was extorted from Huaizhou. If he stabbed it like this, wouldn't it be like asking Jiang Nansheng to beat him?
Hao Duojin suggested: "The prince said that her benefactor is near Luocheng, and Huaizhou City is also sealed. We don't need to stay here for long, let's go directly to Luocheng."
The other four all nodded in agreement, and carried out the action more thoroughly. They did not stay for long at all, but did not even linger for a moment.
Jin Sui and his party were rushing to Yanzhou, but because the cities along the way were under lockdown, they could not go into the city to make purchases. So Han Xing took people to the towns and villages they passed by to make purchases, so they had enough food and drink.
But Jin Sui clearly felt that the officials of Yanzhou City were not only trying to implement the policy of sealing off the city due to the plague, but also to stop her.
No, it should be said that it was to stop King Li and not let his troops enter the city.
Was it because she beat Jiang Nansheng, or because she sold treasures in Weizhou? Or was it because the states in Yandi just hated the prince Li Wang.
Han Xing concealed this as much as possible, not wanting to make her sad, and she pretended not to know and continued on her way calmly.
When we arrived at Yanzhou, it was already the end of May, the hottest time of the year.
Jinsui thought about how he had traveled through time in early March. It had been less than three months at most, but the experience was truly wonderful.
It was dinner time when they arrived at the outskirts of Yanzhou. Han Xing sent someone to Yanzhou City to deliver the news that King Li was coming.
While having people cook, wash horses and clean tools, Jinsui took Heihu and strolled slowly around.
She wanted to go to a high place to see if she could see Yanzhou City or even the scenery outside the Great Wall.
Hei Hu ate sour fruits picked from the wild and followed her on horseback. They did not walk far. They just walked through the woods and onto another path, and then they saw a lake coming into view.
There is a field of pure lotus, the lotus leaves are green, some of the lotus flowers are in bloom, and most of them are still buds.
Dragonflies are flying among the flowers, and frogs are occasionally jumping onto lotus leaves, bringing up a few drops of glistening dew.
The words 'The lotus leaves reaching the sky are endless and green, The lotus flowers reflecting the sun are exceptionally red' suddenly emerged in her mind.
The spring mountain scenery that I walked with Grandpa Ling was also extremely beautiful, but at that time we were only concerned about saving our lives, being chased by wolves and tigers, so we didn't have the leisure to enjoy the scenery.
Since traveling through time, only now has she begun to appreciate the ancient natural scenery.
With a snap, a lotus leaf was broken off. Black Tiger held it on his head and said with a smile, "Your Highness, do you prefer lotus pods or lotus roots? Let's come back in autumn to pick lotus pods and dig lotus roots."
"Hey, Your Majesty, did you see that there are loaches? I'll go call my brothers to catch some and stew them for dinner."
Jin Sui laughed. She was looking at the scenery, while Hei Hu was looking at the delicious food.
The horse he was leading had already leaned over and was chewing the lotus leaves above his head.
At this moment, a woman's bell-like laughter came from the lake. Jinsui took a few steps forward and saw that the lotus only occupied half of the lake, while the other half had a long corridor and a pavilion.
Two young girls rowed a small boat towards the lotus pond. One of them was a plump, round-faced girl who rowed very hard, with sweat all over her head and face.
The other one was wearing red, had a slim figure, a small face the size of a palm, a high nose bridge, and phoenix eyes. She was a rare beauty.
The beauty smiled sweetly, and reached for a lotus flower with her fan, and said to the round-faced girl, "Come closer, Baozhu, come closer."
As she was talking, she wanted to stand up and crochet. Jin Sui was shocked, thinking that the boat was so small that it would shake and capsize if she stood up.
He hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, don't move!"
It would have been better if she didn't shout. As soon as she shouted, the two girls looked over at once, and then two screams were heard, and the boat capsized.
The lake was quite deep. When the two men flipped over, their clothes rolled a few times in the water. After struggling and shouting a few times, they sank to the bottom of the lake.
Jin Sui threw off her shoes without saying a word and jumped into the lake to save them. She was an excellent swimmer and swam towards the two people in standard freestyle.
Heihu threw away the sour fruit in his hand, and without taking off his favorite new clothes, he also jumped into the water, but he swam like a dog, so his speed was not as fast as Jinsui.
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