Lingzhi lifted the curtain of the car, and what she saw was a sea of people standing on both sides of the street.
They were men and women, young and old, officials and soldiers, as well as ordinary people, peddlers and porters...
Seeing Lingzhi, they all knelt down:
"May the Saint have a smooth journey to the capital! May you be blessed with good health and good fortune, and may blessings spread to the world!"
"May the Saint have a smooth journey to the capital! May you be blessed with good health and good fortune, and may blessings spread to the world!"
"May the Saint have a smooth journey to the capital! May you be blessed with good health and good fortune, and may blessings spread to the world!"
Lingzhi returned the greeting from the carriage: "You too, live a good life, be happy and healthy!!"
"Take care, everyone—"
"Farewell Saint!"
"Farewell Saint!"
"Farewell Saint!"
After bidding farewell to the cheering crowd, Lingzhi and his companions officially set out on the journey back to Beijing.
…
"My Lord, where are we going next?"
After leaving Wuyang, Su Shisan turned and asked Xiao Qingyun.
"Let's go straight to Xishan. To prevent the chaos from getting worse, we must go and investigate the situation quickly." Xiao Qingyun replied.
"Okay."
Su Shisan held the reins, glanced at the Lingzhi on the carriage, and smiled at Shen Yuchao who was standing behind him. "Let's go!"
The rocking carriage made Lingzhi drowsy.
In a daze, she had a dream.
In the dream, the candlelight flickered.
In a trance, she saw her sixteen-year-old self, holding up the hem of her intricately patterned skirt, running towards Xiao Qingyun without hesitation.
Xiao Qingyun smiled and opened his arms to her.
The eldest son Shen Yuchao and Su Shisan were standing behind him, but she couldn't see their expressions clearly.
While running, he stepped on empty air.
She screamed and suddenly woke up.
"Ganoderma lucidum?"
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
The carriage curtain was suddenly lifted, revealing the faces of Xiao Qingyun, Su Shisan and Shen Yuchao.
Hearing Lingzhi's scream, several people hurriedly got off their horses and came to check.
Lingzhi turned around and smiled at them: "I'm fine, I just accidentally fell asleep."
"I'm glad you're okay." Shen Yuchao smiled gently.
"After traveling for several days, I do feel a little tired."
Su Shisan put his hands behind his head and stretched his back.
Xiao Qingyun glanced at him, and then his eyes swept across the faint dark blue under Lingzhi's eyes. "Anyway, we are not far from Xishan now, why don't we find a place to rest tonight."
"That's great!"
Lingzhi became happy and said, "I see there's a village ahead. Why don't we stay there tonight?"
After sitting in a carriage for several days in a row, her bones were almost broken.
I can finally have a bed to sleep in tonight.
"Yeah, okay."
Several people got on their horses again and headed towards the village not far away.
"Erdan, you died so unjustly, wuwuwu... Mom and Dad miss you... wuwuwu..."
"Baby's father, where have you been? You left me and the baby and just left like that. How are we, an orphan and a widow, going to survive..."
“…”
As soon as Lingzhi, Xiao Qingyun and others arrived at the village entrance, they heard someone crying.
A dozen people wearing white gowns, white cloth strips tied on their heads, and mourning clothes were throwing paper money into the air.
Several other people were squatting on the ground, lighting fire to burn the paper money in the brazier.
There were paper money and ashes everywhere on the ground and in the sky.
The cry was heartbreaking and made the whole village cry.
Lingzhi couldn't help but frowned, "What's going on?"
Xiao Qingyun's face was solemn: "It's a funeral."
Su Shisan interjected: "It seems that there is more than one family."
Shen Yuchao was puzzled: "There's no fighting here, so why did so many people die for no reason?"
Although they felt it was strange, they had no idea what was going on.
The few of them walked in silence for a while and arrived at a farmer's house.
Su Shisan was the first to dismount and knock on the door.
After a series of "bang bang bang" sounds, a woman with a kind face opened the door.
The woman looked at the group of people standing at the door who looked quite impressive, and rubbed her eyes in surprise. "Who are you?"
Xiao Qingyun, who was standing beside Su Shisan, said, "Auntie, we are just passing through and need a place to stay. Could we stay here for one night?"
"This..." The woman hesitated.
Worried that the woman might be frightened, Lingzhi quickly got off the carriage, walked to the front and said softly, "Don't worry, ma'am, we are not bad people."
Seeing a weak girl in the team, and seeing that Xiao Qingyun and the others were indeed not dressed like bad people, the woman nodded and stepped aside.
"Please come in."
Lingzhi thanked them and went into the house with Xiao Qingyun, Su Shisan, Shen Yuchao and others.
The woman held a lamp and led the people behind her inside: "My home is just me and my son, and there are a few empty rooms. I hope you don't mind..."
Listening to the lady's nagging voice, Lingzhi took the lamp from her hand and thanked her: "We are already very satisfied to have a bed to sleep on. Thank you, ma'am."
Seeing Lingzhi's good appearance and polite manners, the woman looked at her with a softer look: "When you come here, it's like being at home. Don't be polite."
"Okay, Auntie, what's going on with those people at the village entrance?" Lingzhi asked the woman.
Xiao Qingyun, Su Shisan and Shen Yuchao all looked at the woman.
They had been holding it in all the way and wanted to know what had happened in the village.
"Well, this is a long story. As early as a year ago, strange things started happening frequently in our village. Young and middle-aged people who went out would often mysteriously disappear."
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