Chapter 44 She is not dead
Cheng Mansion.
After being rejected by Shen Sui, Cheng Jingyi only cried for three days in her concubine's room, and then she started to make new plans.
She had to cheer up. Things were not settled yet. It was certainly not easy to live a good life. It was not easy to marry Shen Heng in her dream, and it was even more difficult to marry Shen Sui.
She couldn't help thinking, if only the Princess of Nanjiang hadn't died. If there hadn't been that fire, she could have married Shen Sui smoothly.
Anyway, she didn't want Shen Sui's heart, but only his power, status and money.
On this day, Cheng Jingyi came back from outside to take care of relationships. At the gate of Cheng Mansion, he saw a man dressed as a courier handing a letter to the guard. He didn't know who the letter was addressed to. When the guard was at a loss, Cheng Jingyi took the letter from his hand.
"You can't read the words, and you don't know who to give it to. Why don't you let me read it, so that you can get the job done."
Cheng Jingyi read the letter, and the more she read, the more she felt something was wrong. Her brows wrinkled. Qiu Kui, the maid beside her, asked, "Miss, is there anything wrong with this letter?"
"The letter said that my father has a lost daughter in the Mixian Mountain in Anle Town. If you don't send three thousand taels of silver to the foot of the mountain before the date written on this letter, I will kill her."
Qiu Kui was surprised and said, "The general's lost daughter? Don't the Cheng family have only two daughters, you and the eldest daughter? Which idiot wants to blackmail this? I don't know if he can find a more decent reason."
Cheng Jingyi turned the letter to the back, "There is also a painting here, and it is the 'daughter' in the painting."
The painter's painting skills are not very good, but the prominent facial features are not missing. That face should be good-looking, with a thin face, big eyes, and no moles. It is hard to recognize the person just by this, so the painter added accessories. There is a pair of hollowed-out earrings with crabapple flowers on the ears, and the word "silver" is marked next to it, representing silver. There is a round bell hanging around the neck, with a complex pattern on the bell, also made of silver.
The silver bell reminded Cheng Jingyi of someone.
When she went to find Shen Sui with a copy of the secret letter that day, his house was in a mess, and there was a silver bell with a red string wrapped around it on the ground.
It was almost exactly the same as the one in the painting.
Shen Sui, as a man, would not like these things. In addition, the patterns on the bell were exquisite and delicate, and there were some flowers and plants carved that Daliang did not have. Cheng Jingyi could almost confirm that it was something from the princess of Southern Xinjiang.
And Southern Xinjiang is also rich in silver products.
Could it be...
Cheng Jingyi was shocked as if struck by lightning, and quickly hid the letter!
"Miss, is there anything strange about this painting?"
"Don't tell anyone about this letter. Just pretend that it doesn't exist. There is no courier coming to the general's mansion today. Give some silver to the guards outside so that they can keep their mouths shut."
Qiu Kui said in embarrassment: "But Miss, where can you get so much silver? You have recently given out a lot of gifts to the nobles in the imperial capital to build good relations. If you want to give them to the guards, you will have to cut down on your own food and clothing expenses."
Cheng Jingyi didn't feel sorry at all. "Although I have lost a lot on the surface, these people may be my means of saving my life at a critical moment. You get ready. I will go to find the Third Prince in a few days."
"Ah? You are still looking for the Third Prince?! You came back covered in injuries last time. Have you forgotten?"
Cheng Jingyi smiled, "This time is different."
...
Shen Sui has seldom returned to Yuning Palace recently.
When he is in Yuning Palace, he always thinks of her. When he is under the tree, he thinks of her standing under the tree waiting for him; when he walks into the gate, he thinks of her wrapped in fox fur like a snowball in the wind and snow; in the palace, there are traces of him and her almost everywhere.
But she died a spring.
The ink drops slowly spread on the paper.
"Your Highness, the second Miss Cheng has something important to discuss with you."
Shen Sui came to his senses after being called from outside the door. He put down his brush, crumpled up the rice paper, and said hoarsely, "No."
"The second Miss Cheng said that if you don't see her today, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
Shen Sui sneered, "Isn't she afraid of death? I almost killed her last time, and she still dares to come?"
"The second Miss Cheng also said that it is related to... the Crown Princess."
Shen Sui said with some anger, "Does she really think that I won't kill her for General Cheng's sake, so she even dares to say such an excuse?"
"Let her go."
The servant who reported the news did not dare to say more, and hurried out to report.
After a while, Shen Sui felt a splitting headache. After rubbing his forehead, he stood up and said to the servant outside, "Let Cheng Jingyi in."
Cheng Jingyi did not leave, and came in a moment later. He expected that Shen Sui would not miss any news about Wu Chun, so he handed the letter to him.
Shen Sui only took a look at it twice, and his fingers began to tremble slightly. His voice was still cold to Cheng Jingyi, "Where did you receive the letter?"
Cheng Jingyi told the story.
Shen Sui gently put the letter on the table and closed his eyes, "Go out, if this is true, I guarantee that you will not die in the future."
Cheng Jingyi left.
Shen Sui read the letter over and over again, especially the painting. He stared at it intently, his eyes almost burning a hole in the ordinary paper. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team
His appearance was still very calm, except for the trembling eyes and fingers, it was difficult for people to detect that his heart was surging with huge waves. He ordered people: "Find someone to dig out the corpse of the prince's wife, and then find someone from Southern Xinjiang who knows the art of witchcraft... Tell that person that using the art of witchcraft in front of me does not violate the laws of Daliang."
"Go quickly. "
"Yes!"
At three o'clock in the morning, Chang An almost ran all over the imperial capital, and paid money to bribe soldiers who were checking the curfew. Shen Sui spent 100 taels of silver notes in one night and finally found the person from Southern Xinjiang in the imperial capital.
The man from southern Xinjiang settled in Daliang because of the marriage between southern Xinjiang and Daliang. Daliang implemented a law that those who settled in Daliang for more than four years from southern Xinjiang would pay one-ninth less tax in the future.
At that time, the eunuchs had just dug up the body. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you.
Shen Sui sat on the side, playing with a silver bell in his hand. The moonlight gilded his face with a silver edge, which made him look like a gentleman under the forest.
The servants didn't know what was wrong with Shen Sui again. He had just been buried not long ago, and now he had to be dug up again.
Chang An said to Jiu Lu, "Go and see if the corpse has any magic?"
Jiu Lu nodded, stepped forward to look at the corpse that had begun to rot, took out a small bottle from the package, poured a few drops of water on the corpse, and heard a hissing sound, a stream of white gas rose straight up, and then tiny red insects drilled out and squirmed on the corpse.
Shen Sui stood up, his expression unclear.
Jiulu said in the unskilled Daliang official language: "Third Prince... this corpse has been planted with a face-sculpting dragon, a kind of... dragon technique that can change the appearance of a dead person."
"Who in Southern Xinjiang knows this dragon? A noble? A commoner?"
Shen Sui's aura made Jiulu stutter even more. "This is very common. Once you learn it, you can use it. Because it is planted on a corpse, it doesn't have many uses, so few people know about it now."
Shen Sui flicked his sleeves, and Chang An gave Jiulu a banknote.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiulu withdrew.
Shen Sui suddenly overturned the chair next to him.
Everyone knelt on the ground in the backyard, and they were so nervous that they dared not breathe, fearing that they would be frozen into ice statues by the cold air around His Highness. Cold sweat broke out on their backs.
But after a while, Shen Sui actually laughed. He rarely smiled on weekdays, and now he looked very strange with his chest shaking while laughing. As he laughed, he pressed down the corners of his mouth, pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes almost shed tears.
She is still alive.
She is still alive!
Why? Why did she lie to him? Did she hate him so much? ! She would rather let him think she was dead than escape from him? Where is she going? Back to southern Xinjiang?
Shen Sui felt a wave of pain in his heart. Recalling the ten days he spent in the same room with an unknown corpse, he felt it was absurd and that he was too humble, as rotten as mud. She was a bright red spring flower, and he was just a lowly rotten mud.
Where is she now? In Anle Town?
That was a place where many Xiyou people were hiding.
Shen Sui ordered: "Report tomorrow that the Xiyou people have sneaked into Daliang and are causing chaos in Anle Town, Ningzhou. Please ask the emperor to send troops to suppress them."
It's best not to let him find her.
...
In another room, Wu Chun and Zheng Zhou escaped the pursuit of the Xiyou people and left Anle Town without any danger.
No longer daring to try to walk fast on the mountain road, Zheng Zhou had been to many places in his early years and knew the safe and fast routes. Wu Chun followed him and lost contact with the people arranged by Shen Heng.
Later, there were four more states to cross, which would take at least several months. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you.
Without money, the group had to stop from time to time to earn travel expenses.
If Zheng Zhou wanted to accept the reward, it would not be appropriate. If he walked far alone, who knew what troubles Wu Chun, a girl, would encounter.
Fortunately, Wu Chun knew medical skills and found a clinic to do odd jobs.
They passed by several clinics on the way, and they all thought Wu Chun was a noble lady from some family, how could she know medical skills, and their attitudes were extremely bad. Wu Chun was unwilling to be bullied, so she found a small clinic run by a female doctor to work.
There happened to be two empty rooms in the clinic, one for Zheng Zhou and one for Wuchun and two maids. Not many people came, so life was relatively leisurely, but the money earned was not much, so Wuchun planned to stay here for a month before leaving.
Huang Cui also saw Wuchun for the first time. He was delicate and tender, and it was obvious that he was not an ordinary citizen, but he had medical skills, and he didn't even have much money. He brought a man with him, but he was not her husband, nor did he look like her brother. Out of curiosity, she accepted Wuchun.
"It's not easy living in this world nowadays, and it's very chaotic outside. You'd better put a layer of yellow powder on your face and dot a few small moles before you go out." Huang Cui rolled up Wu Chun's sleeves and tied her hair with a headscarf. Then she took a look and praised, "The beautiful lady of Huichun Pavilion. The patients are cured after taking a look at you!"
Wu Chun felt embarrassed, "Madam Cui, stop teasing me."
Huang Cui looked at her and smiled, with a fierce look, "I think you also look like you have had a man, is that the one?"
She pointed at Zheng Zhou, who had just walked out of Huichun Pavilion to work as a rickshaw driver.
Wu Chun blushed, "What are you talking about, Madam Cui? He just sent me on a long journey. I have nothing to do with him."
Huang Cui grabbed a handful of melon seeds, "I knew it wasn't him. Then where is your man? Why did he let you go on a long journey alone? Did they have a fight? Or does he have someone else outside?"
Sometimes, the enthusiasm of others would make Wu Chun feel at a loss, and she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into, but Madam Cui treated her well, and she didn't want to lie, "I don't want to stay with him anymore, I want to go out for a walk."
"You are not from here, so he won't come to you. He is not afraid that something will happen to you. In my opinion, it is better not to have this man. Alas, the world is too chaotic. The price of salt is getting more and more expensive. There was a plague here a few years ago, and the court sent some rice soup. Many people died. The medicine in the Huichun Pavilion was almost out of stock." Huang Cui spit out the melon seed shells, "Let's not talk about it, let's get to work."
Wu Chun has lived in the palace for a long time and does not know the difficulties of the world. It seems that Shen Sui's rebellion and claiming to be emperor is actually the trend of the times.
At this time in the previous life, there was still more than a year before Shen Sui's palace coup.
So what about this life?
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