Did you see us?
what's on your mind?
Jiang Jingjian really wanted to ask this, but looking at her, he was just puzzled in his heart: "Is it because of this decision? It doesn't seem like it. If Jiang Jingyuan was just dissatisfied with the decision, she would have said it directly. Why would she be so anxious..."
What are you thinking about...? Jiang Jingjian withdrew his gaze, his eyes darkening, and his heart unconsciously rose with irritability and resentment.
Is there anything else that makes Jiang Jingyuan unhappy?
Why not? Why why not? We are the closest people to each other, aren't we? Why not?
In the dim candlelight, the light golden figure sitting on the round stool beside the table suddenly stood up. Jiang Jingyuan said "let's go" a little uncomfortably and walked out of the hall.
There was no response from the depths of the palace, and Jiang Jingyuan seemed not to notice this. He hurriedly walked out of the palace door opened by the palace servants and blended into the night.
Inside the palace, beside the desk illuminated by the brightest orange-red light, the edges of the golden Five Emperors' Coins were emitting a bright white light.
Jiang Jingjian was sitting leaning against the back of the chair with his head slightly lowered, an unpredictable expression on his face.
…………
"She's here."
Three plain words appeared on the message board that turned into a jade plate.
"Shubao! My master said that Qin Gejue appeared in Xingcheng, Yuguo Road a few days ago!!!" Immediately afterwards, Hua Simiao also sent a line of words excitedly.
In the dim room with flickering candlelight, Jiang Jingyuan looked at the message card in his hand and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked out the window.
The night outside the window deepened, the dreamy blue reached its peak of beauty, then gradually turned gray and brightened up bit by bit.
Amidst the mist, the sky was a clear, hazy light gray-blue.
The clouds dissipated, the light grey of the sky gradually turned into a deep blue, and golden sunlight shone down. It was afternoon.
Someone was sent to report to Jiang Jingjian, and the girl in white instantly appeared from the mansion to the distant Yu Kingdom.
Standing on the bustling street, Jiang Jingyuan raised her eyes. The wind blowing from the side lifted her black hair, and the hem of her white dress floated like layers of thin clouds and smoke slowly swirling around.
Before she could make any move, a sharp and shrill cry suddenly exploded from not far ahead.
"Don't go over there, don't go over there! They want to kill us, how dare you go over there! Don't go over there, don't go over there—"
The pedestrians passing by on the street were suddenly frightened and trembled all over, dropping the things in their hands in twos and threes.
The eggs smashed into pools of orange, yellow, and clear, sticky liquid on the ground, and the round vegetables rolled over them, hitting people's feet with a "bang".
There were also delicate embroidered handkerchiefs floating down from the air into the shadows at the feet of the crowd...
The pedestrians on the street subconsciously bent down in a panic to pick it up, but their heads suddenly turned towards the direction where the voice came from.
The look they gave was not one of curiosity or surprise, but...
Dissatisfaction and disgust?
Jiang Jingyuan paused in his movement and wanted to turn around and walk in another direction without interest, but suddenly remembered something and stopped where he was.
"How dare you open the door! How dare you open the door! Aren't you afraid of retribution?!"
"Come out! Come out! Let your people come out! You have destroyed our family, how dare you open the door here!!!"
Three women stood in front of the gate of Baiwen Tower, shouting, sometimes banging on the wooden door, and sometimes pulling people who came forward to prevent them from entering or leaving.
Not far from them, two men stood by the wall with their backs slightly hunched, their eyes lowered, not looking at anyone else, with pipes in their mouths, and they just stood together in silence for a long time in the corner of the wall of Baiwen Tower.
A man walked forward with an impatient look on his face, but was immediately pulled back by a woman who screamed, "They've done so many murderous things, how dare you give them money?! Aren't you afraid they'll take your life?!"
"I just bought a talisman..." the man said with a grim expression.
"It's because of people like you who keep giving them money that they're so fearless!!!" another woman cried out with tears streaming down her face. "They said they'd tell us the truth before, but where is the truth now? Has it been fed to the dogs?!"
"How dare you trust them? Aren't you afraid they'll take your lives?!?"
The person who was pushed away had a distorted expression on his face for a moment. He didn't bother to say anything more and just walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
The three women surrounded the gate of Baiwen Tower again. They wanted to rush in, but were blocked outside by an invisible barrier. They could only cry and curse at the people inside.
The people in Baiwen Tower just stood there smiling and ignored everything.
Outside the Baiwen Building, most of the pedestrians were startled by their occasional screams and then continued to walk around as usual. Only a group of people who wanted to enter the Baiwen Building were blocked outside with gloomy faces and stood for several meters.
"Enough! If you want to make trouble, go to Baiwen Tower. Why are you blocking people from entering or leaving?!" Finally, one of them got tired of waiting and pointed at them and shouted angrily.
Unwilling to be outdone, several women also cried out with tears streaming down their faces: "Didn't you see Baiwenlou's attitude?! Look! Open your eyes and take a look! They don't care about our lives at all!!!"
"Are you still human?! You're actually still speaking for Baiwenlou!"
"Have you all forgotten what happened before?! It was Baiwenlou who said they wouldn't reopen until they gave the truth and an explanation, yet they reopened less than a month ago, and now, three years later, they still haven't given the truth or an explanation—
"You're not keeping your word. How can we believe that it wasn't Baiwenlou who harmed people?!!"
A woman, her hair disheveled from crying day and night, with no intention of combing it, screamed at the person who was speaking, "Say it! Say it, say it, say it—why can't we make a scene here?!
"Why why why why—why is it that only Baiwenlou gets to rob and kill people and remain unharmed, and we shouldn't make a fuss??? Why! Why why why why, tell me, tell me!!!"
"Why! Why why why do you have to do this to us——"
The furious man looked at the people rushing towards him, his scalp tingling, and he immediately lost his temper and shrank back into the crowd. Finally, he hid in the crowd and shouted at her unwillingly:
"What does that have to do with us?! You guys are determined to live or die, why should we give in to you?! We won't get involved in your grudges, so why are you trying to stop us?"
Suddenly, everyone in the crowd could no longer suppress their complaints. Their faces were filled with impatience and anger. They stepped forward and pushed the crazy woman back, saying dissatisfiedly:
"That's right! Life and death are so normal. It's been three years, what are you guys making such a fuss about?!"
"I can't even buy a talisman and a pill? What the hell does that have to do with me? I've been waiting here for an hour. Damn it, they've been blocking me here the whole time! Their people died long ago and now they won't let me buy talismans and pills. I'm going to die in two days too! Damn it!"
"You guys should be shouting and making a fuss. Just stand there and cry. Why are you blocking the door and not letting us in? How can we bring you back to life?"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't block the road! I'm telling you, we're all in a hurry to get the elixirs and talismans. If anyone can't wait, you'll be the ones who killed them! You'll be the ones who will be punished by God, and you'll go to hell as ghosts!"
"I'm so fed up with it. These people are making trouble here every day. A few people today, a few people tomorrow. They're making it so uneasy for everyone in the capital!"
"Where are the officers and soldiers? Where have they gone? Hurry up and arrest these people! They might be spies who want to harm Dayu!"
"Right, right, right. They've been dead for so many years, why are they making a fuss now? They must have some ulterior motive!"
The complaints, replies, and insults came like huge waves in the sea, hitting the three women at the door of Baiwen Tower with great force.
One of the women who was crying out of breath immediately raised her hands to cover her heart. She opened her mouth wide to gasp for breath, but the burning tears still unconsciously slid across the corners of her eyes and rolled down to the ground.
With a "thump," her entire emaciated figure fell powerlessly to the ground. Her red and swollen eyes closed in pain and weakness. She gasped for breath, her face gradually turning red, as if she was having trouble breathing...
"Auntie!"
The other two women were shocked and rushed towards her. "Don't worry, don't worry, don't fall! If you fall, who will remember our good daughter?"
A woman turned her head suddenly, her eyes searching frantically for a moment before finally spotting two increasingly hunched men standing in a corner by the wall. She shouted anxiously and angrily, "Why don't you two come over here! Lao Wang! And Lao Li, why don't you come over and help Auntie!"
The two men in the corner hunched their heads and smoked their pipes. Upon hearing this, they twisted their bodies anxiously and impatiently, as if they were giving a fussy and random explanation and then hurriedly refused.
"You two!"
The woman suddenly became furious, her whole body trembling with anger, but the most urgent thing she could do was turn around and comfort the weak woman in her arms.
Another woman cried heartbreakingly to the crowd, "Why didn't we?! Why haven't we looked for Baiwenlou in these three years?!"
She burst into tears and screamed, "We've been looking for Baiwenlou for three years, but they always just dismissed us with a few words or drove us away directly—Did you see us?! Did ...
"Only now! Only if we cry and make a fuss here will you see us!!!"
The voice was so mournful and sharp that it pierced the clouds and echoed between heaven and earth for a long time.
The group of people in front of Baiwen Tower who looked impatient suddenly fell silent in fear, and passers-by couldn't help but stop and look in this direction.
“Ha, hahahaha…hahahahahahahahahaha…”
The woman suddenly burst into laughter: "Look, look..."
She laughed so hard that she fell backwards, her hair disheveled and she looked crazy. Tears welled up in her eyes: "Look, look—"
She laughed loudly, her voice suddenly becoming extremely sharp:
"Only this way!! Only this way can you see us!!!"
Lost in the bustling crowd, I want an answer, I want to know why, but the sky doesn't respond, and people don't respond.
The mind has nowhere to rely on.
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