Chapter 281 Nightmare
Luo Qinghan and Xiao Xixi sat down in the tea room.
Mei Guangtao originally wanted to accompany them, but there were too many things to do in Jingzhao Prefecture.
He hadn't even sat down yet when three officials came running in to look for him.
Luo Qinghan said, "Go and do your own thing. There's no need to stay here with me. I'll have someone summon you if I need anything."
Mei Guangtao bowed and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. I will be back soon."
He ran out in a hurry.
Xiao Xixi looked at his hurriedly leaving back and said with emotion: "This gentleman is really hardworking."
Luo Qinghan said calmly, "Shenyang is the capital of the country. Many dignitaries and noble families gather here. Any small matter can lead to a lot of complicated relationships. As the prefect of this place, Mei Guangtao naturally has to worry more."
Then he asked about Zhu Quankun.
"Did you notice anything unusual about Zhu Quankun just now?"
Xiao Xixi answered truthfully: "From his facial features, he is greedy and selfish by nature, and has done many immoral things. He has founded a sect similar to the Dusheng Sect in other places before, using brainwashing to make believers believe in his words, and then defrauding believers of their money. If he fails to defraud money, he will resort to kidnapping and extortion."
This answer was within Luo Qinghan's expectations.
Looking at Zhu Quankun's calm and composed look, it is obviously not the first time he has done such a deceptive thing. He has already made all the preparations and is not afraid of being investigated at all.
Xiao Xixi thought, if this happened in modern society, Zhu Quankun would definitely be a pyramid scheme leader.
Luo Qinghan said: "The most urgent task now is to find Lin as soon as possible. The longer we delay, the more dangerous she will be."
"I will do the calculation for Lin once more."
Without waiting for Luo Qinghan to refuse, Xiao Xixi closed her eyes and began to calculate silently in her mind.
After a while, she opened her eyes, her face was a little pale, and she spoke weakly.
"Lin's in the city."
Luo Qinghan asked her to lean on him and asked, "Where is the city?"
"Ten miles east, Willow Alley."
Luo Qinghan immediately remembered that Zhu Quankun had a house in Liuye Alley in the east of the city, and he might have hidden the person in that yard!
Just yesterday, Zhu Quankun's three houses had been searched several times by the government, but nothing was found. Everyone thought that there was nothing in the three houses, but they did not expect that Lin was hiding in one of the houses.
Luo Qinghan immediately called Shang Kui and asked him to take two hundred Yulin Guards to search the house in Liuye Alley.
He warned: "You must check carefully and not miss any clues."
"I obey your command!"
Shang Kui gathered his men and set off in a hurry.
Xiao Xixi was very tired. She leaned on the prince and fell asleep unknowingly.
She had a dream.
In her dream, she seemed to have returned to her childhood.
That was the first day she traveled to this world, and also the day Xue gave birth to her.
At first she couldn't open her eyes and could only hear someone crying beside her.
Later, she struggled to open her eyes.
She thought the first person she saw would be her parents, but what she actually saw was the face of a Taoist priest.
The Taoist said, "This woman is born with bad luck. She is a star of misfortune. She has brought misfortune to her father, mother, brothers and sisters. Your son died because of her. If the general and his wife want to keep their family safe, send her away immediately!"
This was the first sentence she heard when she came into this world.
Every word was filled with cold malice.
She was stunned for a moment.
She wanted to say that she was not doomed and that her brother's death had nothing to do with her.
Unfortunately, she was too young to speak and could only cry loudly.
The Taoist's words made Xue completely collapse.
She pounced on Xiao Xixi, pinched Xiao Xixi's neck, and questioned her over and over again.
"Why did you kill your brother?!"
"Why did you give birth to it?!"
"Why wasn't you the one who died?!"
Xiao Xixi was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe.
She instinctively wanted to struggle, her hands waving wildly.
“Hehehe! Hehehe!”
Luo Qinghan's voice penetrated the layers of fog and entered her mind, waking her up from her nightmare in an instant.
Xiao Xixi suddenly opened her eyes and met Luo Qinghan's dark eyes.
Luo Qinghan hugged her, frowned and asked: "Did you have a nightmare?"
She was sleeping soundly just now, but suddenly she began to struggle constantly, like a drowning person, unable to breathe normally.
It took Xiao Xixi a long time to come back to her senses from that terrible nightmare.
She exhaled slowly and said softly, "Yeah."
Luo Qinghan looked at her little face which was even paler than before, and felt a little uneasy.
"What did you dream about?"
Xiao Xixi recalled her experience in the dream and was still frightened: "I dreamed of some things from my childhood. I also saw Zhu Quankun in my dream. He was much younger then than he is now."
At the end, she even smiled.
Luo Qinghan was surprised: "Do you still remember him?"
He thought she had forgotten about this person long ago.
After all, sixteen years have passed. Xiao Xixi was just born sixteen years ago, so she should not be able to remember Zhu Quankun's face.
Xiao Xixi: "I didn't quite remember it at first, but when I saw him in the court just now, I remembered it all at once."
Luo Qinghan held her hand and found that her hand was very cold.
He poured a cup of hot tea and asked her to hold it so that she could warm herself up.
Xiao Xixi took a sip of tea and felt a little better.
She found that the prince was looking at her with a worried look.
"Your Highness, don't worry about me. The past is over. I have lived a good life over the years. Even if I had some resentment in the past, I have let it go now."
Speaking of this, Xiao Xixi couldn't help but mutter.
"Is it because the food doesn't smell good enough? Or is it because the bed isn't comfortable enough? Why do you have to dwell on blaming others? I'm not that stupid. I have a great life, so I should enjoy it. As for the bad things in the past, I'll just let them go as far as they can!"
Luo Qinghan looked at her quietly.
Some things are easy to say but difficult to do.
Not everyone can take on and let go, it requires great courage and determination.
I didn't expect that Xiao Xixi, a seemingly silly woman, is actually more open-minded than most people.
She will not dwell on what she has lost, she will just try to live every day to the fullest.
…
Shang Kui led the Yulin Guards to search the house from top to bottom and found the unconscious Lin in the cellar. They also dug up some unexpected things in the yard.
They took these things together with Lin back to Jingzhao Prefecture.
(End of this chapter)
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