Chapter 78 The Little Blind Girl Ten Years Ago (Two Chapters Combined into One)
After not seeing her for a few months, the little girl seemed to have lost some weight, and her eyes looked bigger and her face smaller.
Xiao Zhen changed his appearance and accompanied Zhen Wuduo again. When he saw Zhao Shiqing, his first thought was to pretend not to know her. But the next moment, he found that Zhao Shiqing's eyes fell on Dazhuang. Xiao Zhen sighed and thought it was his negligence.
Da Zhuang grew up in the mountains since he was a child. No one knew him in the capital, and the same was true in Wu. But who would have thought that he would meet Zhao Shiqing in Wu? Zhao Shiqing had seen Da Zhuang and knew that Da Zhuang was his man.
While Xiao Zhen was still hesitating, Zhao Shiqing had already waved at him: "Sir, you look so familiar. I bet we've met before."
Xiao Zhen nodded: "Miss Zhao Er, I hope you are well."
Zhao Shiqing bowed to him and said, "Master Zhen is even more elegant than before."
It is definitely better than staying in the capital. Being able to come to Wu from the capital, if he still looks half-dead, he would probably die before leaving the capital.
Zhen Wuduo looked at Zhao Shiqing, then at Xiao Zhen, narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Erza, who is this girl? What is your relationship with her? How did you two know each other?"
Xiao Zhen......
"She is the daughter of the former King of Liang and the younger sister of the current King of Liang. We are just acquaintances."
Although he was wearing a human skin mask, Zhen Wuduo could still feel Haodaer's gloomy expression. He quickly swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and muttered softly: "It's more than just an acquaintance, she even bowed to you..."
Xiao Zhen glared at him, and Zhen Wuduo decisively shut up.
Although he was silent, Zhen Wuduo still caught Zhao Shiqing's attention: "Master Zhen, whose old man is this? He looks really wealthy."
Zhen Wuduo smiled and said, "Young lady, you have good taste. Not bad, not bad. My last name is Zhen too. I am his father."
Zhen Wuduo had already introduced himself, so Xiao Zhen had no choice but to introduce him: "This is my father."
Zhao Shiqing's eyes widened like bells. Had she heard correctly? This fat old man was Xiao Zhen's father? As expected, being fat ruined everything, even the handsome uncle Xiao Zhen couldn't escape.
No, this definitely can't be Prince Consort Xiao. Prince Consort Xiao is about the same height as Xiao Zhen, but this fat old man is a whole head shorter than Xiao Zhen.
So, in order to pretend to be Master Zhen, Xiao Zhen found himself a cheap father?
Interesting, really interesting. Xiao Zhen did what she didn't do.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shiqing subconsciously turned to look at Zhao Xingzhou, only to see that Zhao Xingzhou had come over at some point, and together with Xiao Yao, he was looking around curiously.
Xiao Zhen happened to look over and saw Zhao Xingzhou. He was slightly startled. This old man looked familiar.
Is he from Prince Liang’s Mansion?
Came to Beijing with Zhao Shiqing?
However, before Xiao Zhen had time to think deeply, his thoughts were interrupted by Zhao Shiqing: "Master Zhen, are you preparing to enter the city, or are you just leaving the city?"
Xiao Zhen: "I was going to the city, but I missed it despite rushing so hard. Fortunately, I can stay here. How about you guys?"
"We too!" Zhao Shiqing thought of Chen Guanyue and said with a smile, "What a coincidence! My friend's brother is also in Luzhou right now. Let's go into the city together tomorrow, and I'll introduce you to each other then."
A hint of joy flashed in Xiao Zhen's eyes. It turned out that Xiao Yue was also in Luzhou.
At this time, the landlord's son cleaned up the east wing and invited them in. Zhao Shiqing then realized that there were not only three of them, but more than a dozen people.
She closed the window and continued eating.
Zhao Xingzhou's voice came from his ears: "Those two people just now, it's obvious that they are not father and son."
"Can you tell?" Zhao Shiqing asked.
Zhao Xingzhou shook his head and said, "They don't look like father and son at all."
Zhao Shiqing curled her lips: "That's it? I thought you were really good at fortune-telling. The fortune-tellers on the street are much better than you."
Zhao Xingzhou: "I cultivate Taoism only for immortality. How can that street charlatan be compared with me?"
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After dinner, Xiao Zhen was inevitably grilled by Zhen Wuduo again: "Let me tell you, when looking for a woman, it's best not to look for a woman from the royal family. She's dull and boring. Even if she's beautiful, it's useless. She's just a wooden beauty. Boring."
Xiao Zhen glanced at him and said, "Just look at that Miss Zhao Er you just saw. Is she dull and boring? Is she a wooden beauty?"
Zhen Wuduo recalled that although they had only met briefly, the little girl had bright eyes and white teeth, and her gaze was bright and lively. She looked lively and cheerful.
"She's still young. In two or three years, when she's old enough to get married, she'll definitely be what I call a wooden beauty, always talking in the same old rules and etiquette, never speaking loudly, never smiling, and she'll be incredibly boring."
Xiao Zhen: "At your age, you're still gossiping about a young girl behind her back. That's disrespectful of your age."
Zhen Wuduo: "It's because I'm so old that I can say that. If it were you, you'd be a pervert."
Xiao Zhen didn't bother to pay attention to him. He stood up and was about to leave. Zhen Wuduo stopped him and said, "Where are you going?"
"Go sleep next door."
Zhen Wuduo: "This room is so spacious, can't you sleep with your old father?"
Xiao Zhen: "Let Dazhuang accompany you. I'm not used to sleeping on the same bed with others."
Zhen Wuduo: "I wonder if you'll still dare to say that after you get married!"
Xiao Zhen returned to the next room and was about to go to bed when he suddenly heard a puffing sound coming from outside the window. He pressed the hilt of the sword vigilantly, but the next moment, he knew what it was.
The wings of a big bird.
Zhao Shiqing’s eagle?
Xiao Zhen came to the window and opened it. The eagle flapped its wings and flew up, hovering in the air.
Xiao Zhen jumped out of the window. When the eagle saw him coming out, it flew forward, as if it was leading him.
Xiao Zhen followed the eagle and jumped out of the wall of his aunt's house.
When he moved in at night, he observed the terrain here. Outside the wall of the aunt's house were two vegetable plots separated by a fence. At the other end of the vegetable plot was another family's house. One of the two vegetable plots belonged to the aunt's house, and the other belonged to that family.
At this time, there was a man squatting beside the aunt's vegetable garden, and the eagle landed on the man's shoulder.
The man's face couldn't be seen clearly in the dark, but Xiao Zhen could guess who it was.
Zhao Shiqing.
"Miss Zhao Er, let the eagle lead me here. Is there something wrong?" Xiao Zhen said in a cold voice.
Zhao Shiqing chuckled: "It's okay, I'm just curious about why Master Zhen is here. If I don't get an answer, I won't be able to sleep at night, so I asked Master Zhen to find out the truth."
Xiao really wanted to say, "Do I have to tell you just because you ask me? Who do you think you are?"
But when the words came to his lips, they turned into: "I accompanied my adoptive father to Wudi. He wanted to find his lost daughter."
Looking for a lost daughter?
Zhao Shiqing's eyes suddenly lit up: "He lost his daughter? When did she lose her? Was it ten years ago? Where did she lose her? In Wu or Liang?"
Xiao Zhen was stunned. Why was Miss Zhao so excited?
"It wasn't ten years ago, it was thirty-four years ago. At that time, there was a flood in Wu, and my adoptive father and mother were separated. My adoptive mother was pregnant. Later, my adoptive father found out that my adoptive mother gave birth to a daughter while fleeing. Later, my adoptive mother unfortunately passed away, and their daughter was taken away by a passing couple."
After Xiao Zhen finished speaking, he heard a muffled "Oh", which was faintly revealing a sense of disappointment.
"Miss Zhao, do you know someone who is looking for her parents?" Xiao Zhen asked.
Zhao Shiqing let out a sigh that was unbecoming of her age. "Yes, I know someone. She's currently searching for her biological parents, but they're definitely not the ones you're looking for. Thirty-four years ago, she wasn't even born yet."
A light bulb went off in Xiao Zhen's mind, and he remembered that Zhao Shiqing was not the biological daughter of the former King Liang, but an adopted daughter. Could it be that the person she was looking for her biological parents was herself?
"May I ask why Miss Zhao Er came to Wu? Are you here to look for your relatives?"
Zhao Shiqing nodded. "Yes, I'm here to look for my relatives as well. When Master Zhen was looking for your father's relatives, he also asked if there was anyone who lost their daughter ten years ago."
Xiao Zhen looked at Zhao Shiqing and felt strange. It was no secret that Zhao Shiqing was not her biological daughter. Why didn't she look for her relatives before, but suddenly wanted to do so now?
Moreover, she should still be in mourning period, and the Prince Liang's Mansion is in troubled times. Shouldn't she stay in the palace?
Also, after they settled in tonight, Jiang Ping asked the landlord and found out that Zhao Shiqing was a group of four people. Besides her, there was only a maid, a servant, and an old man.
Prince Liang’s Mansion didn’t even send any guards to follow her?
Unless the old man and the servant are both top masters.
"Do your family members know that you left the palace?" Xiao Zhen couldn't help but suspect that Zhao Shiqing had sneaked out.
We are all children, and we have all experienced things like running away.
"Of course not. I was kicked out of the house by Concubine Liang. She no longer recognizes me as her daughter, and I don't recognize her either. My father also knows about this." Zhao Shiqing would not hide the secret for Nie. She wanted everyone to know that she was kicked out by her vicious adoptive mother.
Xiao Zhen was stunned. Zhao Shiqing should be credited with the main contribution to Zhao Tinghan's smooth return to Liang and succession to the throne. Could it be that the Liang Palace was going to demolish the bridge after crossing it?
"Didn't Prince Liang and the eldest princess stop it?" Xiao Zhen asked.
Zhao Shiqing: "It was Concubine Liang who severed ties with me, not my brother and sister. They all knew I came to Wudi and supported me."
Xiao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. This little girl was not stupid and did not break off all her relationships.
"Where are your guards? I didn't see them." Xiao Zhen said.
Zhao Shiqing: "I deliberately didn't take them with me. They were still sleeping when I left."
Xiao Zhen didn't know what to say anymore, so he just asked, "Why don't you take them with you?"
Zhao Shiqing: "I'm here to look for my biological parents. They are from the Liang Palace. Don't you understand?"
Xiao Zhen: I really don’t understand.
Forget it, every family has a few troublesome children. Compared with him and Xiao Yue, Zhao Shiqing is already a good child.
"Are you sure you are from Wu?" Xiao Zhen asked.
Zhao Shiqing shook her head. "Actually, I don't know where I'm from, but I'm not from Liangdi. Back then, my father and I were rescued together with several other children. Like me, they all had disabilities. My father searched for our relatives in Liangdi, and he found them all, except me. That's when my father decided to raise me..."
"All the other children have found their relatives, but you haven't?" Xiao Zhen became interested. Before this, he only knew that Zhao Shiqing was an adopted daughter and didn't know there were so many things involved.
Zhao Shiqing sighed again. "Although they have found their relatives, it's the same as if they haven't. They were sold by their relatives. They have disabilities, so even their relatives consider them a burden. So, instead of handing them over to those so-called relatives, father gave them to trusted people to adopt. They are all living well."
Xiao Zhen frowned and asked, "Are you saying that you all have disabilities?"
Zhao Shiqing nodded. "Yes, Father saved us from a vicious beggar who specialized in cutting up living things. We are all disabled children."
"You said you are also disabled?" Xiao Zhen couldn't help but look Zhao Shiqing up and down. The little girl who was raised in pampering didn't look like she had a disability no matter how you looked at it.
"Yes, I was blind before." Zhao Shiqing said.
"Blind? What about now? Are your eyes healed?" Xiao Zhen looked at Zhao Shiqing in disbelief. Even in the dark night, he could see the twinkling stars in those bright eyes.
"I'm cured. After I settled down in the palace, my father asked the palace's imperial physician, Han, to treat me. In just over twenty days, I was cured."
Xiao Zhen was stunned again, thinking: "I didn't expect that there are so many hidden talents in the Liang Palace, and there is even a traditional Chinese medicine expert who is good at treating eye diseases."
He thought of Emperor Xiaokang.
Although he was still a child at that time, he knew that Emperor Xiaokang suffered from eye disease. He searched for famous doctors and even mobilized all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital, but in the end he was unable to cure Emperor Xiaokang's eyes.
The imperial physician at the Liang Palace was surnamed Han, and the Han family held a significant position within the Imperial Hospital. Although this imperial physician was far away in the Liang Palace, were the Han family members in the capital completely unaware of his abilities? Or were they deliberately concealing them?
If this is the case, then the Han family needs to investigate thoroughly.
"Is this Imperial Physician Han still in Prince Liang's Mansion?" Xiao Zhen asked.
Zhao Shiqing didn't know why he was interested in Doctor Han, so she quickly said, "Yes, Doctor Han is always in the palace."
"Since you were rescued by the late King of Liang in Liang, and the other children are also from Liang, why did you think of coming to Wu to look for your relatives?" Xiao Zhen was still puzzled.
Zhao Shiqing felt that there was no need to hide this, so she told the truth: "First of all, I and the other children were all bought by that evil beggar, but there is a difference. The other children were sold to human traffickers by their own relatives, and the human traffickers sold them to that evil beggar, but I was bought by that evil beggar from a kidnapper from another place. That kidnapper specializes in buying and selling disabled children. He is the most hateful. Unfortunately, he has long since escaped and no one knows where he is, so he has never been caught.
The reason why I came to Wu was that when I saw the cloth from Wu in the capital, I suddenly felt something in my heart, and the sound of weaving on the loom echoed in my mind.
Before that, I had never seen a loom, let alone heard the sound of weaving.
Wu produces cloth, so I came to Wu."
Xiao Zhen's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and suddenly something familiar flashed through his mind, which he could not catch.
He asked, "How old were you when you were rescued by the former King of Liang?"
Zhao Shiqing said, "That was ten years ago. I was about five or six. I don't know my exact age, but the little princess was five. I was about the same age as her and we looked a bit similar, so I assumed I was five as well."
"Since you are already five or six years old, don't you know where you come from?" Zhao Shiqing is obviously a very smart girl.
Zhao Shiqing pointed at her head and said, "I was given a lot of drugs. Although I didn't become a fool, I lost my memory. I don't remember anything before I came to Prince Liang's Mansion. Besides being blind, I also had many injuries on my body, including broken ribs. I looked so pitiful."
Blind girl, many injuries, ten years ago, Wudi, little girl?
Xiao Zhen suddenly reached out and pressed Zhao Shiqing's shoulder: "What month was it when you were rescued by the former King Liang?"
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