Chapter 35: Home (Part 3) Update
Chao Zhao shuddered violently.
He stopped talking and didn't even dare to mention the master-servant relationship he had with the young marquis since he was a child, in the hope of impressing the young marquis in the slightest.
In a panic, he saw Jin Jie standing in front of Liu Ziye and facing him.
Chaozhao did not have much impression of Jin Jie. He only vaguely remembered that this person entered the palace shortly after the prince's accident. But from the current situation, it is obvious that he has gained the trust of the young marquis.
Jin Jie was also unfamiliar with him, and when he met Chaozhao's gaze, he looked away coldly, just like the young marquis.
Chao Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Young Marquis, Chao Zhao would like to ask you, for the sake of my master's wife, can you please let me go this time? Chao Zhao doesn't dare to hope to stay in the Marquis' Mansion and stay by your side. I only ask that you, young Marquis, have mercy and let me go! I will never take a single needle or thread or penny from the Marquis' Mansion. After leaving the Marquis' Mansion, whether I live or die, Chao Zhao will accept it all! Is this acceptable to you, young Marquis?"
He thought that he had not really done anything that was detrimental to the palace or the marquis's palace. He was just afraid of death at that moment and did not live and die with the palace. This could not be considered a capital crime, right?
"If you, young marquis, are angry, I will let you beat and scold me without hesitation!"
Chaozhao is not the only one who has this idea.
Outside the room, the butler Liu Biao couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.
The reason why Xiying and Ahuan could only plead with Liu Ziye on Zhaozhao's behalf and let him see him was that they naturally felt that although Zhaozhao was no longer their fellow traveler, his crime did not deserve the death penalty.
Since the young marquis agreed to Xiying's request today and agreed to come see him, it means that the young marquis still cares about his personal guards and maids.
The four of them were maids and personal guards who grew up with Liu Ziye. All of them were disciples of Liu Ziye's wet nurse Xue Sanniang.
Among them, Ahuan is Xue Niang's biological daughter.
Now, after such an incident, Chaozhao is no longer their fellow apprentice, but perhaps, the young marquis can agree to Chaozhao's request and let Chaozhao leave the Marquisate. From then on, Xiguan is thousands of miles away, and Chaozhao will no longer have any connection with the Xiguan Marquisate.
"no."
However, everyone clearly heard Liu Ziye's firm refusal.
When the housekeeper Liu Biao heard this, his face changed slightly. Ah Huan and Xiying were also unexpectedly shocked. Only Jin Jie seemed to still be watching coldly.
Chaozhao seemed a little bit unbelievable. He stared at the unquestionable young marquis in front of him in amazement.
Ask: "Why?"
"Since you have betrayed me, I will never trust you again." Liu Ziye said.
"But, but, Chaozhao doesn't ask to follow the Marquis anymore, he only asks for a way out..."
Liu Ziye smiled upon hearing this: "As an old member of the Xiguan Palace and a personal guard of this Marquis, you have betrayed your master and disciple for many years. What else do you expect to live?"
Her words were ruthless and cold. Chao Zhao felt as if he was shot by a cold arrow and collapsed back in the chair.
After a moment, he suddenly laughed. "That's right, that's right. Little Prince, have you ever considered us human beings? Master Xue told us to treat the Xiguan Palace and this desolate Xiguan County as our home, and the young marquis as our most beloved and respected parent... But how could she have known that in the young marquis's eyes, we were nothing more than pets! I actually, actually hoped that you would remember our master-servant relationship! Haha, how ridiculous!"
Looking at the photo, he was already disheartened and turned to ask provocatively, "Since the young marquis doesn't intend to let me go, are you going to kill me, a lowly servant who betrayed my former master?"
Thinking of the death of Eunuch Liu, Chaozhao couldn't help but look at the sword hanging at Jin Jie's waist. He seemed to speak calmly and fearlessly, but when he saw the cold sword, his thigh muscles couldn't help but tremble.
In the next moment, will this sword chop off my neck?
As he was staring, Chao Zhao saw that the young marquis actually stretched out his arm, grasped the hilt of the sword, and slowly pulled it out.
The sound of friction between the sword and the scabbard scraped through everyone's heart.
Liu Biao, who had been waiting outside the room, couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
Outside the room, he shouted anxiously and complicatedly, "Young Marquis!"
Xiying had learned a lesson today, and Ah Huan hadn't expected the young marquis, who had been much more accommodating these days, to suddenly have murderous intentions towards Chaozhao. The two couldn't step forward to intervene like the butler had, so they could only kneel down in unison.
They were ready today to say goodbye to their former brothers.
But I never thought that I would have to face a death!
Liu Ziye, who had already pulled the entire sword out from Jin Ji's waist and was holding it in his hand to examine it, suddenly understood at this moment.
Why did she feel such uncontrollable disgust when Chao Zhao just said those words?
When Liu Ziye agreed to Xiying's request, she never thought that she would face such a situation after coming to this place.
Just now.
At the moment when Chao Zhao begged her to release him from the mansion, Liu Ziye clearly heard the mechanical prompt sound from the system in her mind -
"Ding—A crisis detrimental to the host's mission has been detected! Crisis severity rating: unknown."
Liu Ziye quickly realized that this might be the new function that emerged after the upgrade of the waste system - it could officially identify and warn of crises in advance.
However, the crisis rating given in the first prompt that pops up is unknown.
In other words, the system detected that Fang Chaozhao's departure from the Marquis' Mansion would create a crisis that would be detrimental to her mission, but it was unable to predict how serious this crisis would be, so it could only give an unknown level.
Liu Ziye also guessed the logic behind this.
In the original world, Chao Zhao must have betrayed the Xiguan Palace before her death and pleaded with Eunuch Liu for mercy, but Eunuch Liu showed no mercy and killed all of them. Therefore, Chao Zhao in the original world died on the day she traveled through time.
Now her time travel and her actions have changed the events of that day.
Most of the people in the Marquis' Mansion survived, and Chaozhao, as one of them, was imprisoned and survived until now.
However, because Chaozhao no longer has a reference in the original world line, he is now in a new situation. If he really leaves the Marquis' Mansion, it is unpredictable what kind of developments and changes will occur in the future.
Therefore, the system cannot be evaluated.
She was the only one who knew the risks of letting Chaozhao go.
Therefore, in the eyes of everyone at this moment, she looked like a cold young marquis who had no regard for old friendships.
She raised the sword in her hand and was about to extend it tentatively when Liu Biao knelt on the ground at the door of the cell with a thud: "Young Marquis..."
Liu Ziye's feeling of annoyance reached its peak.
You come to me and beg me to let him go, but do you know what price I will have to pay for letting him go?
You all claim this as your home, as loyal servants, and you all want to collectively admonish me based on our old friendship. But do you know that I myself have never had a home? There is no friendship between you and me at all, and your true master is long dead!
What about me?
Do you really want to kill the person in front of you just for this level of unknown risk?
The situation at this moment is completely different from the day when he traveled through time and killed Eunuch Liu.
She didn't have enough reason to convince herself to take such a living human life again. Even though she had cursed those who bullied and laughed at her in the darkest moments of her past life, she had used her own methods to inflict the revenge they deserved.
But, this is human life after all.
“Swish——”
There was a sound of swords rubbing against each other, and Liu Ziye put the sword back into its sheath.
"All the other imprisoned members of the palace will be expelled today and will never see each other again. But you..."
Liu Ziye looked at Chaozhao, who was frightened and sweating profusely.
"You can't."
After saying that, she turned coldly and walked out of the room that made her feel suffocated.
"Jin Jie, from now on, you will send someone to keep Chao Zhao under strict supervision. No one is allowed to see him without my permission."
In the end, Liu Ziye left this sentence and quickly left the row of cells.
The sunset is like waking up from a dream.
The ups and downs in this short life made him sweat profusely.
At this moment, he didn't bother to look at Ah Huan who was also a little limp. He stood up and chased after Liu Ziye.
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evening.
Du Hui and Hao Wenchang returned to the Marquis' Mansion and finally brought good news that refreshed Liu Ziye's spirits.
The first ice fishing machine jointly produced with Yucheng craftsmen, all parts have been manufactured and inspected!
She immediately decided not to hang around the Marquis' Mansion the next day. She wanted to inspect and check her results.
The roads inside Yucheng have been cleared and are now passable. The snow trails outside the city are also equipped with human-powered sleds and sail-saddle sleds for transportation.
It was with these sleds that Du Hui and others transported the disassembled parts of the fishing machines in batches to the shores of Qiansai Lake, where fishing and hunting are at their peak every winter.
When the Fu clan arrived at Qiansai Lake, it had been more than ten days since the heavy snow stopped.
Whether it is Qingcheng or the other thirteen towns in Xiguan County, many people who survived the disaster of their homes collapsing have been able to get a little respite.
And they realized that the next survival hurdle they faced was stove and food.
Qiansongling was covered in heavy snow, so it was impossible to go into the mountains to hunt.
In other wilderness areas, it is also difficult to find traces of living things.
The only place left for everyone to try is Qiansai Lake, which is rich in fish.
Du Hui, Fu Mingyi and others went to investigate first and found that people from other nearby towns and the Fuyu clan in Qingcheng had already formed their own teams and stationed on the surface of Qiansai Lake.
After a heavy snowfall not seen in decades, Qiansai Lake was completely hidden beneath the snow. At a glance, the entire landscape was devoid of any reference points, save for the shadowy branches of the black pine trees peeked out from the lake's northern shore. The early clear winter sun shone on the snow, casting tiny specks of shimmering light.
Liu Ziye looked around while sitting on the sled, not knowing where he was between heaven and earth.
On the original surface of Qiansai Lake, the first group of people who came to Qiansai Lake for winter hunting gathered in groups of three or two. In this vast world, they were not even a black dot.
A fishing team of more than 30 people from the Fuyu clan arrived today.
Each one was holding a shovel, sweating profusely as they dug the frozen snow from the lake surface bit by bit. Since the day before yesterday, more than 20 people had been working in shifts for two days and nights to dig out this flat area of snow, seven or eight feet square.
The frozen snow on the lake surface should no longer be melted by using coarse salt.
Moreover, in order to seize the initiative, dozens of people from the Fuyu clan were organized by Fuyu Changqing himself on the first day when the snow stopped, and waded through the snow to come to Qiansai Lake.
They could not carry anything more than the lightest shovels, pestles and fishing nets.
After arriving at Qiansai Lake and choosing the most ideal location, they began digging day and night.
During the entire process, they also had to be on duty in shifts to prevent other scattered Xiguan people from coveting their achievements and trying to grab the ready-made ones.
A moment later, the entire Fuyu fishing team cheered.
Fu Yugu said from the lower level: "Chief, we've hit the ice on the lake!"
Fu Yu Changqing couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face: "Okay. You guys take a break, and let the other group come back with the chisel."
They finally dug through the ice on the lake!
"OK!"
The team had dug several feet into the snow. After clearing the loose ends, they came to the snow wall and climbed up to the ground using the rope.
The ice on the lake must be more difficult to penetrate than frozen snow, but they also brought a chisel. Next, perhaps by working in shifts day and night, they really might be able to carve a cave in the lake ice that would allow a single person to dive into it within the next few days.
At this time, you must not be discouraged.
As long as they can dig out such an ice cave, the Fu Yu family will have a source of fish and food for this winter.
Fu Yu Changqing looked pleased with the progress of his people, but his heart was still tense.
Fu Yu Changqing knew very well how this heavy snow had overturned the cognition of most of the tribe members.
In such a climate, she could imagine how difficult winter hunting would be in Qiansai Lake this year.
Fuyu Changqing glanced at the other fishing teams in groups of three or four on the lake, as well as the Yucheng Fu clan members who had just arrived at the south bank of Qiansai Lake in a menacing manner.
Not only Fu Yu Changqing was anxious, but all the two cities and thirteen towns in Xiguan County were anxious this year.
The Fuyu clan was considered a large clan, and even in this predicament, they could still make some gains by constantly consuming their people in shifts. Fuyu Changqing could imagine that it would be difficult for the people in smaller clans and towns to obtain enough supplies to last the winter in such a situation.
However, the catch in an ice cave is limited after all. Once the entrance to the ice cave of the Fuyu clan is dug, they will have to send enough people to mark it with the Fuyu clan's logo throughout the winter, and take turns to be on duty day and night to prevent others from coming to poach.
This is a competition for survival. No one is omnipotent. We can only ensure the survival of our own people first.
As for other things, what the people of Xiguan have believed for hundreds of years is that life and death are determined by fate and everyone depends on their own ability.
She couldn't help but look at the disappearing shores of Qiansai Lake and the endless Xiguan land.
Qiansai Lake is vast, and its frozen output is enough to provide for the people within a thousand miles. However, to obtain its sustenance, you must first tame it. Otherwise, how can it open its arms and offer you sustenance?
At this time, the newly arrived fishing team of the Fu family of Yucheng on the south bank also dragged their fishing equipment and chose a place to settle on the lake.
It was only then that Fu Yu Changqing discovered that the young marquis of Xiguan had come with the Fu family fishing team!
After many days, especially after experiencing such an unprecedented snowstorm, Fuyu Changqing could no longer take his eyes off Xiguan Hou the moment he saw him.
In the snowy weather, the young Marquis of Xiguan wore a complete set of light blue outer coat with white velvet edges.
Even from a distance, one could see that the young marquis was tightly wrapped in fur gloves and boots, both warm and compact, covering his hands and feet. A hood pulled back from his head, revealing only his most striking face.
The distance between the two teams was too far. Since the young Marquis of Xiguan appeared, he seemed to have been looking at the snowfield all the time and had not glanced in the direction of Fuyu.
Fu Yu Changqing looked away temporarily.
Then, she discovered something even more confusing: the location where the Yucheng Fu family fishing fleet finally stopped.
They are all prominent families who have lived in Xiguan for generations. Even though Qiansai Lake seems hard to find under the heavy snow, they can rely on their experience and memory to accurately judge the location of each point in the original Qiansai Lake, its water depth, and the distribution of fish and aquatic plants under the lake.
The place chosen by the Fu fishing team was indeed the place where the fish were most concentrated and usually the fattest in Qiansai Lake.
But it is also the deepest and most difficult part of the lake to excavate.
Even though, he had heard Du Hui talk about their ice-chiseling fishing machine and copper net fishing device before, but Fu Shi could still have an easier choice, right?
In previous years, perhaps the Fuyu clan would have also seized this best location, but under the circumstances this year, this was obviously not a wise choice.
After a brief hesitation, Fu Yu Changqing took a crutch, stepped on the snow, and walked towards the Fu clan members, alternating between deep and shallow steps.
The distance of several hundred feet on the lake surface had already made Fu Yu Changqing sweat profusely.
"Fuyu Changqing of the Qingcheng Fuyu clan greets the young Marquis of Xiguan."
Fu Yu Changqing bowed solemnly.
Just before the heavy snow fell, she had never imagined that one day she would be so willing to salute this lawless young marquis.
Although Liu Ziye came, the snow on the lake was deep and difficult to walk on, so she stayed on her own sled.
Since she came out with Fu's fishing team today, Fu Zhen'er naturally came with them.
Of course Liu Ziye still remembered Fuyu Changqing.
She even clearly remembered when he brought his troops to her house and tried to force her to do the roof removal business, Fu Yu Changqing was so angry that he could not do anything but had to hold his nose and swallow his anger and cooperate with her.
It’s really different from the respectful look he has now!
She looked at the visitor in a good mood and said, "No need to be polite."
Fu Yu Changqing straightened up slightly: "Thank you, young marquis."
However, Fu Yu Changqing knew that even if she was unwilling in her heart at the moment, and even if it was difficult for her to digest Xiguan Hou's actions that day, she had to express her gratitude.
"Thanks to the young marquis' kindness, a month ago, we, the Fuyu clan of Qingcheng, mobilized everyone to renovate our houses with triangular-supported wooden beams and brick and tile structures. This allowed countless members of the clan to protect their homes during this heavy snowfall. As the head of the Fuyu clan, Changqing expresses his gratitude to the young marquis of Xiguan for saving our lives."
The snow on the lake was too deep to kneel down on the spot.
After Fu Yu Changqing finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the young Marquis of Xiguan again.
Liu Ziye had already received points of varying sizes from Qingcheng and the Thirteen Counties through the system settlement list.
She was not surprised by Fu Yu Changqing's change of attitude at this time. She waved her hand and said, "Okay, there's no need to talk about the past."
"However, if I need anything else in the future, Chief Buyeo must remember our friendship today and work together for a win-win situation!"
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