"I can easily guess your identity from the poison you administered and the method you used, but the talented and strange people in the imperial capital are like crucian carp crossing the river. No one knows whether they will guess your identity from these methods. So don’t do this next time, if you want to find me, just come directly.”
Liu Xin said in a deep voice.
Everything he saw and heard in the imperial capital these days overturned his inherent view of the imperial court.
The imperial court is still the imperial court, it is the master of this country, and the power it contains cannot be matched by ordinary Jianghu forces.
Xuesheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "I also know that this approach is more risky, but people must be killed. At that time, it was too late to think about other things. Being able to think of you was the best I could do at that time."
Liu Xin asked: "Since it was you who killed them, they must have their own way of killing them, but I still want to know why you killed them? Especially the person you killed in memory, he was a well-connected person , he is physically weak, and it’s not even possible to tell that he has practiced martial arts.”
Liu Liyi said angrily: "This guy is the most hateful, and it's because of him that we came all the way from the south to the north, just to kill him!"
Seeing his sister gritting her teeth like this, Liu Xin became even more curious.
Xuesheng began to tell Liu Xin this story:
"A beloved man travels far away and does not know when he will return. What night will it be and what night will it be? He has no love for him and travels thousands of miles away, searching and searching and searching. He splashes ink, writes flowers, dances his sleeves and flutters colorful butterflies. Meeting each other on a stranger's road, beautiful scenery, names on the gold medal list, not recognizing the old people, deserted, deserted~"
When Song Xiangyun finished singing on the stage, there was thunderous applause and cheers resounded throughout Goulan.
This was Song Xiangyun's twelfth city on tour. Although she did not find the person she was looking for, her fame spread all over the world and she became a famous actress in Zhejiang. Many stages competed to invite Lady Song, but she stubbornly followed her own plan and continued performing in one city after another.
Backstage, Song Xiangyun sat at the table in a daze. He had already obtained the list of local officials that the troupe owner had provided, but the person she was looking for was not on it.
Thinking back to 16 years ago, Song Xiangyun couldn't help but have a smile on her face, which was difficult to appear on her face outside the scene. Her co-stars could not help but shake their heads and let out a long sigh when they saw this.
It was a summer solstice. On that day, the God of Heaven suddenly showed his power, and a heavy rain hit instantly. Song Xiangyun, who was buying rouge on the street, had no way to escape, so he found a nearby tea shop and hid in it.
It was also because of this heavy rain that she met her soulmate.
Lian Jiawen is a scholar in Tulu Village, Qingshui County, Ningguo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. Three generations of his family have been studying. His grandfather was once the chief bookkeeper of the county.
It's a pity that in Lian Jiawen's father's generation, after studying all his life and almost ruining the family business, he still didn't even get admitted as a scholar. His grandfather was so angry that he had a stroke, and his father was scolded by the old man and ran away from home because of his anger. His mother took care of his grandfather and had to take care of him.
Therefore, his generation lived in poverty. After he was admitted as a scholar, his grandfather smiled up to the sky and died laughing on the spot.
Originally, the family had lost a mouth and life should be better, but because Lian Jiawen often traveled with his classmates and participated in poetry gatherings and banquets, the family was even more stressed. His mother worked day and night to ensure a good future for her son, but she still couldn't keep up with Lian Jiawen's money-spending speed.
On this day, after attending the cocktail party, Lian Jiawen felt thirsty while walking on the road, so he entered a tea shop. Because the weather was not too hot yet, the business of the tea shop was not very good. He originally planned to leave after drinking a pot of tea, but unexpectedly a heavy rain suddenly started, leaving him in the tea shop.
And a graceful figure suddenly appeared in the rain curtain, and a flash of red broke the gray curtain, and also broke Lian Jiawen's heart.
Although Song Xiangyun was already running very fast, the rain was really too heavy, and her skirt was soaked by bean-sized raindrops. She didn't feel it when she started running, but when she stopped, she felt a chill creeping into her body.
Lian Jiawen was attracted by this beautiful figure. When he found that the beautiful figure began to tremble slightly, he immediately stopped the waiter from the tea shop who was about to go up. Then he asked the waiter for a few slices of ginger and drank it with hot water. Soak it, add some more icing sugar, and then walk slowly behind Song Xiangyun.
"Girl, I see you have fallen into the water, so you must be a little cold. Here is a bowl of ginger tea to keep you away from the cold."
Song Xiangyun suddenly heard a gentle and elegant voice. He was startled at first, and then turned around after hearing the meaning of the words clearly. I saw a young man wearing a blue Confucian shirt with a hint of white starch, holding a bowl of steaming ginger tea. The spiciness of the ginger tea penetrated into her nasal cavity, immediately warming her body.
Seeing that Song Xiangyun did not accept the bowl of ginger tea, Lian Jiawen quickly said: "This is a new bowl I asked the waiter for. It has freshly cut ginger slices and freshly boiled hot water. Don't dislike it, girl."
A shy look appeared on Song Xiangyun's face, and a hint of pink appeared on her delicate and delicate skin. She did not take the tea bowl, but first gave a bow and thanked her: "Thank you, sir!"
After taking the ginger tea and taking one sip, the chill in his body disappeared. After two more sips, Song Xiangyun felt that his body was warm.
After drinking the ginger tea, Song Xiangyun and Lian Jiawen sat face to face at the table. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. God didn't know what nameless anger he was feeling. He looked at it and his anger actually got a little stronger. He didn't know. Who pissed him off.
Song Xiangyun and Lian Jiawen could only wait for Yu Xiao in the tea shop. Neither of them brought umbrellas. Fortunately, the tea shop was empty. Seeing that there were no more customers, the waiter found a corner to rest, and soon they were there. A snoring sound was made.
Listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the tiles, converging into small streams, and finally falling on the green bricks on the ground, accompanied by the snoring of the waiter, the strangeness between Song Xiangyun and Lian Jiawen quickly disappeared.
After exchanging names, Song Xiangyun tentatively revealed her occupation, the daughter of a theater owner. At this time, although being an actor could no longer be considered a lowly profession, the identity of an actor would still be considered inferior to others, especially when faced with a scholar or a scholar.
But Song Xiangyun didn't see any hint of contempt or contempt in Lian Jiawen's eyes or expression, which made Song Xiangyun feel relieved.
Later, Lian Jiawen even talked about poetry and poetry with Song Xiangyun, especially when it came to lyrics, Lian Jiawen was very good at it. Song Xiangyun is very good at singing. So Lian Jiawen used the heavy rain as the theme and wrote a short poem on the spot. After Song Xiangyun simply recited it twice, he began to sing softly. With the heavy rain and this short poem, Song Xiangyun's singing voice was euphemistic. It actually made Lian Jiawen feel astonished.
From that day on, every time Lian Jiawen held a poetry gathering or a drinking party, he would go to Song Xiangyun's father's Goulan, where he would listen to Song Xiangyun singing his lyrics on the stage while talking loudly with his classmates.
The relationship between the two heated up rapidly in a short period of time.
On this day, Lian Jiawen invited one of his senior classmates to listen to the play. Because Lian Jiawen had told Song Xiangyun in advance that this senior student was very important to him, so Song Xiangyun not only pestered his father to change today's play, He changed these plays to something that senior Lian Jiawen would like to hear, and even went on stage in person to sing one of his most outstanding lyrics, which attracted applause from him.
Afterwards, Song Xiangyun learned that Lian Jiawen's senior had passed the imperial examination a few years ago and was now working in Huizhou Prefecture. Because Huizhou Mansion is not far from Changde Mansion, this senior student often comes back to visit his teacher, and with the help of the teacher, Lian Jiawen and this senior student meet.
Because this senior left Zhejiang for Nanjing in his early years, and was admitted to the Nanjing Imperial College, and he was not very popular in the Imperial College. Lian Jiawen knew what he was capable of. No matter how hard he worked, without the guidance of a real famous teacher, he might just be a scholar in this life.
He was unwilling to do this, so he took this action to get this senior to write a letter of recommendation to the Imperial College.
But in addition to letters of recommendation, you also need a lot of money to enter the Imperial College.
After Song Xiangyun understood the cause and effect of the incident, he decisively took out his savings, a total of five hundred taels!
Most of it was the dowry prepared by her deceased mother.
Lian Jiawen was so moved that he immediately swore that when he returned from studying in the Imperial College, no matter whether he passed the imperial examination or not, he would marry Song Xiangyun in great glory!
When the autumn wind was solemn, Lian Jiawen set out for the Imperial College. Not long after, Song Xiangyun found out that she was pregnant and could only secretly give birth to a daughter without anyone knowing.
Five hundred taels was enough for Lian Jiawen to be an Imperial College student for five years, not including his food, clothing, housing and transportation in Nanjing. So Song Xiangyun began to perform hard not long after giving birth. His father couldn't help being angry after knowing his daughter's absurdity.
However, after Song Xiangyun's hard work and the fact that he had met Lian Jiawen, he thought that this scholar was not proud of his talents and was kind and polite to others. He felt that he was a good husband and son-in-law, so he was worthy of supporting his daughter.
But after all, he had remarried, and his youngest son was young, so he could only help Song Xiangyun a little in terms of connections.
In this way, Song Xiangyun would ask someone to send money and clothes sewn by herself to Lian Jiawen in Nanjing every month. Lian Jiawen also replied every time, sometimes with nearly 10,000 words of eloquence at most.
Although life was hard, Song Xiangyun felt warm in his heart every time he saw those letters.
This is five years, ten years.
In the next five years, Lian Jiawen repeatedly talked about the boundless learning in his replies. His teacher at the Imperial College asked him to concentrate on his studies. With his ability, he could have a chance to be ranked among the top three. There was no need to rush to take the exam just to pass the exam. .
So Song Xiangyun continued to wait without any doubt and continued to support Lian Jiawen. In the process, his father advised her to give up or go to Nanjing to see for herself. After all, ten years is too long and people's hearts can change easily.
But Song Xiangyun didn't want to make random guesses about Lian Jiawen, because Lian Jiawen still received letters every month.
Until the tenth year, no letter from Lian Jiawen arrived for three consecutive months. Song Xiangyun felt panicked for no reason, but she still believed in Lian Jiawen, because the last letter said that Lian Jiawen was going to participate in this year's autumn festival.
Another three months have passed, autumn has ended for a long time, and the weather has entered winter. On this day, there were scattered light snowfalls in the sky, mixed with some raindrops, and Song Xiangyun waited for someone who had returned from Nanjing.
"Sister, I went to the Imperial College and asked around, but they all said they didn't know Lian Jiawen." Song Xiangyun's half-brother has now grown up. He took a sip of hot tea, took a long breath, and looked up to see himself. His sister stood there like a sculpture, and he immediately said apologetically:
"I haven't finished yet. Sister, when I asked the students at first, they all said they didn't know Lian Jiawen. But then I found a gentleman from the Imperial College, and he told me that Lian Jiawen once entered the Imperial College, but left after studying for two years. Yes, I heard that I went to study at the Imperial College in the Imperial Capital."
Song Xiangyun was heartbroken by her brother's words, but she still had doubts, so she made a decision to go to Beijing in person.
So Song Xiangyun did not wait for the winter to pass, and insisted on going north. The journey took three months, because with the advent of winter, there were far fewer people going north than those going south.
When Song Xiangyun arrived in the imperial capital, she discovered that she, a commoner, could not enter any official gate. So she found the location of the Imperial College, but was told that the Imperial College was in the imperial city, and she could not enter the imperial city no matter what.
In order to stay in the imperial capital, Song Xiangyun found an opera troupe. She was good at singing, but she became famous in a short time. With fame, some things become easier to do.
Song Xiangyun asked many people to finally find out the news about Lian Jiawen. It was already the tenth month since Song Xiangyun came to the imperial capital. For some reason, Lian Jiawen joined the army and no one knew where he was serving as a soldier.
Later, Song Xiangyun set foot on the road home again. After returning to Changde Mansion, he learned that his father died of an illness a few months ago, and his stepmother took his younger brother back to his parents' home. Her home was just gone.
In the following years, Song Xiangyun was supported by an obsession. She joined a touring theater troupe and became a famous actress.
Until now, Song Xiangyun still has not found Lian Jiawen, and Lian Jiawen has not sent her another letter.
In July 476, Song Xiangyun's troupe came to Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province.
Backstage at a theater in Hangzhou, Song Xiangyun was putting on makeup when her old partner suddenly ran over panting. Song Xiangyun said angrily:
"Why are you in such a hurry? Today is just a rehearsal, not the official day. Don't panic!"
"Hahaha...hahaha...guess...guess what I saw!"
"You need to calm down first. I'm afraid you'll die from exhaustion if you're panting like this. Don't ask me to guess what you saw. Tell me directly."
"It's not that I'm anxious, it's that you are anxious! I saw...I saw Lian Jiawen..."
"What!"
Song Xiangyun stood up suddenly and almost pushed her partner over. At this time, Song Xiangyun's face was full of shock, and her whole person seemed to be frozen there. Her old partner had been working with her for more than ten years, and she had seen her before. Guo Lian Jiawen.
"Don't worry, what I saw was his name on the gift list. He is now a Forbidden Army Sentinel and is in the sixth rank!"
Song Xiangyun hurriedly went to the class leader and got the gift list. This was originally given to them by the government for roll call. But when Song Xiangyun saw the name in the middle of the gift list, tears burst out of his eyes uncontrollably, and there were two tear stains on his makeup. Two white marks were left on his face.
And when Song Xiangyun saw the small words behind the name of the Forbidden Army Sentinel Lian Jiawen, a silent thunder suddenly flashed in her mind.
The nephew-in-law of the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, please pay attention!
This line of fine print was supposed to be a reminder from the government not to neglect this person because of his low official position, but it turned out to be like a knife inserted into Song Xiangyun's chest.
After that, she suppressed her doubts, because although she had the same name and surname, this Lian Jiawen had five senses, while her own Lian Jiawen was a scholar, so how could he become a military attache!
She barely managed to cope with the performance, and during the performance, she finally saw clearly that Lian Jiawen was the person she had not seen for a long time!
When Xuesheng told this point, Liu Li was already crying.
Liu Lihua threw herself into Liu Xin's arms, raised her head and gritted her teeth and said, "At that time, my senior brother and I happened to be passing through Hangzhou Prefecture. We rescued Madam Song by a river, and he also had a daughter with him. But the heartless man... In order to seduce the Minister of Household Affairs, I did not hesitate to transform from a scholar to a military attache. I didn’t give up any qualities of a scholar, but I was still a ruthless man who abandoned his wife! So my senior brother and I went all the way north just to kill him, and we were following him in the process. We found out that he also had a bad friend, the son of the Minister of Household Affairs. This guy named Tan was not a good guy, and he often bullied men and dominated women, so we killed him as well. "
Liu Xin frowned, comforted Liu Li, and then asked Xiang Xuesheng: "How did you leave the outer city after killing Lian Jiawen in the inner city? At that time, the curfew should have been imposed and the city gates were locked."
Xuesheng said calmly: "Junior sister was not involved in what happened in the city. Afterwards, I jumped out of the city wall alone. Of course, there was someone from my evil sect on that section of the city wall who was assisting me."
In this way, all the doubts in Liu Xin's mind were solved.
"Although you feel good about being a hero for a while, this matter is also troublesome. The Minister of Household Affairs is not a small official. Jinyiwei also attaches great importance to this matter, and there is a troublesome person who is also pursuing this matter. case.
But you don’t have to worry too much, because there will be a big event next month, and everyone’s minds may not be focused on this case for too long. "
Xuesheng thought for a while and said, "Zhengyang Wubi?"
Liu Xin smiled and said, "Yes, I will also participate when the time comes."
Although Liu Xin's words were serious, in fact, this case only needs to be investigated for a few more days. If there is no result, his focus will still be on the Zhengyang Martial Arts Competition.
"Now that people have been killed, what are you going to do next?"
Liu Lidao: "Senior brother and I are going to take this news back to Hangzhou Mansion and tell Madam Song."
Xuesheng said: "We plan to continue traveling around the world from now on."
Liu Xin hesitated for a moment and said: "Originally, I wanted to keep you here to help me, but I was afraid that someone would find clues to your case, so I didn't keep you here. But there is something I need your help with."
Liu Li patted his chest and said, "Brother, just tell me, I'll take care of everything. I'm the sect leader. The Hundred Soul Sect is now on its own terms, and there are seventy or eighty disciples!"
Liu Xin smiled and said, "I hope you can help me find a few people."
