"sorry."
"You've been so good to me, I can't hurt you."
"They're right, I'm a disaster."
"May you two live a long and healthy life."
"Thank you... Thank you for taking care of me these past few days..."
"goodbye."
After saying this, she didn't dare to look the old farmer and his wife in the eye again. She stood up and ran away without looking back.
"flower--"
The old peasant woman wanted to catch up, but the old farmer grabbed her tightly.
"Don't go."
"She looks like she has made up her mind. We can't stop her."
"Let her go. She never belonged to us in the first place."
The old peasant woman said: "But that child, it's obvious that he has suffered enough!"
"There's not a single good spot on her body. What other girl would have so many scars?"
"And don't you see, old man? No matter who she was in the past, these days she is indeed a good child who is down-to-earth and willing to learn everything."
Old farmer: “So what?”
"Can't you see, old woman?"
"She wanted to protect us."
The old couple hugged each other and cried sadly, and could only let Liu Qingzhu leave completely.
It was as if she had never been there in the past few days, without leaving any trace.
Liu Qingzhu followed the exile team from a distance.
He was soon discovered by the police.
She was pulled out and pushed to the ground.
"What do you want to do?"
"Oh wow, it really is you."
"Could it be that you really want to follow them and leave for the bitter cold north?"
Liu Qingzhu said pitifully, "Sir, I'm here to follow my family."
"Please be so kind as to let me take care of them."
After saying that, she stood up and walked to Li Chaojing, supporting him.
Seeing her coming, Li Chaoan immediately left Li Chaojing behind and moved away.
The appearance of Qu and Liu Qingzhu brought a lot of relief to the brothers Li Chaohuai and Li Chaoan, so they naturally agreed with Liu Qingzhu's staying.
However, the two officers were unwilling to do so.
They wanted to capture Liu Qingzhu on their way back and take him to the Fourth Prince's Mansion to claim the reward.
If I bring her along, and she dies of illness on the way, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?
Seeing their hesitation, Li Kechuan said calmly, "Don't worry, gentlemen. Her life is worthless."
"You can play however you want."
"As long as we keep her alive and use her as a lowly slave, we, the officials, can have a comfortable journey."
"Is that so, Pearl?"
Li Kechuan's gloomy gaze fell on Liu Qingzhu.
After not seeing her for several months, she was completely worn out.
Where is there any trace of her former charm as the eldest daughter of a general?
Not only was she covered in dust and dirt, but her skin was also rough and cracked like a village woman.
His hands were dark and thin, like dead vine branches, which was disgusting.
His eyes were lifeless.
As dull as a dead person.
However, even so, she can't escape and live a comfortable life!
Everything I have now is caused by her.
They should be tied together forever in this life!
…
There was a sudden rainstorm in Jinling City.
Over a dozen unidentified corpses floated up in the Qinhuai River overnight.
After verification by the coroner and the Dali Temple, it was discovered that they were all from Da Chu.
Although Daliang and Da Chu have been trading normally over the years, these people are not ordinary people from Da Chu.
Not only did they all possess martial arts skills, but they were also not in complete form.
They look more like the eunuch guards of the East Factory of the Great Chu.
But why would the guards of Da Chu come to Daliang?
The body was also found floating in the river within the imperial city.
The people all thought of Princess Qinyu who had been missing for several days.
Suddenly someone said, "Are these all Princess Qinyu's people?"
"Hush—that's no nonsense. To speak ill of the princesses of the two countries is a capital offense punishable by death!"
"Tsk! To put it nicely, she's the princess of two countries, but who doesn't know she's just a raft being pushed back and forth between the two countries?"
"That's right. I heard that if we can't find Princess Qinyu, the Great Chu will have an excuse to attack us!"
"Does our Daliang Kingdom still fear them? Since fifty years ago, the Great Chu Kingdom has never won a single battle against our Daliang Kingdom!"
"Do they dare?"
"The Pei family doesn't have any generals now."
"Isn't there also a Prince Pei? I heard he's also working in the Ministry of War."
"But I heard he didn't achieve any military merit during his years at the border. That's why he came back dejected and sought a job."
"No matter what, the Pei family can never be worse than ordinary people."
As they were discussing, someone started arguing.
They quarreled and finally started fighting.
He was a supporter of Princess Qinyu, and fought a desperate battle with the diehards of the Pei family.
In the end, a life was lost.
After receiving the report, the government quickly issued an order: From now on, people are prohibited from gathering to discuss state affairs.
Anyone who violates this rule will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane!
Those who report meritorious deeds will be rewarded with five strings of cash.
Fifty strokes of the cane?
The woman was beaten to death immediately.
Men can also lose half their lives.
Who dares to talk nonsense?
However, on the first day, hundreds of people disobeyed the order and were caught in the streets and tortured.
The whole of Jinling was filled with wailing.
On the second day, those who disobeyed the order suddenly surrendered, with only dozens of people left.
On the third day, only a few people were caught.
Day 4…
Day 5…
Soon, no one in the entire Jinling Imperial City dared to discuss state affairs casually.
Even the ministers dared not speak nonsense behind closed doors at home.
Amidst the public panic, news suddenly emerged from the Lotus Sect, which had been silent for a while.
The leader of the Lotus Sect actually openly sent a letter to the imperial palace.
The letter clearly read:
The Lotus God comes to the world, and the Lotus Lord is the Lord of the world.
The Lord of the World will dominate the world for thousands of years!
This letter was not dared to be delivered to Emperor Yan.
Because it fell directly into the hands of the crown prince who is now the regent.
After seeing the handwriting on the letter in his hand, the prince was so angry that he tore the letter into pieces.
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