"Those are all a passing thing of the past." However, the old woman said without raising her eyelids: "Now there is only an old woman who lives away from the countryside and takes care of herself. If you don't mind, you can call me Qiuniang, or you can call me Qiuniang." It doesn’t matter if it’s Zhong Yangsheng, that’s another name for the painting where I express my love.”
She was one of the six female officials around the Empress Dowager Yao and Shun, and one of the six nobles of the White Deer Palace, Shang Baozhangzheng. Later, she followed the former Yanshan County Prince out of the capital to join the feudal vassal, and as Prince Fu Mu was responsible for teaching the former Yanshan County Prince, and Taking advantage of the situation, Du Zhongyang, named Qiuniang, lurked in the Anton Protector's Mansion to take care of his old age.
However, she was different from the Du Qiuniang who sang the Golden Thread Clothes in history; although she was in the Jiaofang Division in this life and was one of the young singers who paid tribute to the south of the Yangtze River, she was fortunate enough to meet the Queen Mother of Yao and Shun, and gained earth-shaking success. Her fate turned around and she gradually became the top female official in the palace.
It can also be regarded as the era when the Queen Mothers of Yao and Shun supported the five dynasties. Through her hands, many people held high positions, became generals and prime ministers, made contributions, or made great achievements, and many heroes and talents were included in the portraits of the era; women from humble backgrounds had to enjoy An inspirational example of being honored and retiring with dignity.
It's just that if it weren't for the key clue provided by the quasi-concubine, Hai's daughter; almost no one would have thought that she would live in seclusion here; under normal circumstances, as one of the right-hand men of the Queen Mother Yao and Shun, the female official Liu Shang would basically not be married. He is not released outside; instead, he stays in the palace to take care of himself until his death.
The treatment was second only to that of the concubines after the late emperor. At most, one or more orphans can be arranged to be raised at the knees for education and filial piety; incidentally, they can become the last bit of comfort in their old age. These adopted daughters will also become candidates for female historians and female officials, and will eventually be selected into the Six Shang step by step.
The Queen Mother of Yao and Shun used this method to maintain the relative stability, loyalty and reliability of many female official groups around her from generation to generation. Therefore, Du Qiuniang and Du Zhangzheng, who were in their sixties, were the last generation of female officials of the Six Rankings who passed away with the death of Empress Dowager Yao and Shun.
Although the current Da Neizhong Palace claims to have inherited the team of Empress Dowager Yao and Shun. However, among the six nobles around them, they have actually begun to be filled with female officials and female historians from the families of foreign courtiers and eunuchs; it is completely different from the previous empress dowagers of Yao and Shun who only selected orphans, concubines, and even vassal girls.
"This foreign gentleman, I don't know why you came in without telling me." Seeing Jiang Tian's silence for a moment, the old woman took the initiative to speak: "But there is nothing else in my humble house, except for some things left over the years. The only graffiti paintings below are some silk fabrics and rice and wheat sauce wine."
"If your husband likes something, just take it; if someone sends you to finish something, please let the old woman complete this final work. But don't hurt these ignorant people in the garden; they I've just been following Lao Shen for a few years, but it doesn't involve anything else."
"Does Du Zhang think that I am here to seek revenge or silence?" Jiang Tian said slightly dumbly: "If that's the case, then I shouldn't have come alone, but a group of wanton people came in. He is a murderer. I am just recounting some old memories, which happen to involve Zhang Zheng."
"But I am stupid." The old woman or Du Qiuniang shook her head, put down the paintbrush in her hand that was mostly smeared, dipped it into the small vat of azure brush wash, looked at the maid who fell to the ground and said. "Since Mr. Lang didn't harm the lives of these children, I can just listen to you."
"But I swore a blood oath to the saint back then, and I will keep it secret for the rest of my life. I will bring the saint's words and deeds, forbidden things, and palace affairs to the ground. If this is what Lang Jun has planned, he can only order You come back disappointed. The old woman has enjoyed wealth and status for decades, but she has no regrets."
"Of course I am not interested in any forbidden matters or the inside story of the palace; I don't even want to know about the past events of the Empress Dowager Yao and Shun." Jiang Tian shook his head without hesitation: "I just want to inquire about the whereabouts of one person; Zhenzhu County back then Where was the Lord sent after he gave birth to those children?”
"Zhenzhu... Princess?" The old woman was stunned for a moment. Under her well-maintained description and calm expression, something seemed to be shattered. Then she took a breath and said, "How many years, old woman?" I have almost forgotten why it is a real pearl, what do you know?"
The next moment, suddenly and unexpectedly, a ray of sword light flew out from among the flower trees, like lightning and flint, directly behind Jiang Tian. However, he stretched out his hand and clamped it with two fingers and shook it hard, and immediately heard a soft cry; A figure was pulled out, then lifted up by invisible force and then hit the ground.
He screamed on the spot and lost his voice; Jiang Tian glanced at the other person, but she was a very tall and strong woman; only the calluses on the palms of her fingers were obvious. "This is... Sword Princess? It seems that this is the bodyguard assigned to you by the Gongsun family?" Jiang Tian asked meaningfully:
"Although I have been out of the palace for a long time, some old friends remembered my old relationship and arranged some guards for me." The old woman couldn't help but twitch her eyes when she saw this; she asked with a slight change of expression: "But why do you want to Asking about the whereabouts of Princess Zhenzhu, how much do you know about the past?"
"That's all!" Jiang Tian then displayed two jade tablets and a fan pendant in front of her and said half-truthfully: "For the relationship, I have successively approached Mr. Wei, Liu E, and Chen Fengyi. He, Shen Ronghua, and the late King Pu finally found this place."
"Therefore, I hope that Du Zhangzheng, the only remaining member of the Six Shang family who was beside the Holy Queen, can give me an answer close to the truth and what happened. Where did Princess Zhenzhu be sent by the Holy Queen?" However, looking at the three old things, the old woman/Du Qiuniang was shocked.
"I can't believe that it has been so many years... Yes, this is the token that the saint gave to Princess Zhenzhu and her two children." The next moment, she said in a complex tone of infinite sentimentality, nostalgia, and melancholy: "Since everything has The fact that it fell into your hands must have a long history."
"Since you can still find me after so many years... maybe, this is God's will!" Then, she carefully looked at Jiang Tian's appearance, as if she wanted to find something from it, and murmured: "It's just This was done quite secretly, and I didn’t know much about it back then.”
"Besides the Shen family who was ordered to leave the palace and assign the palace, there was someone else who secretly took Princess Zhenzhu away. Although I have not seen him in person, he should be one of the relatives trusted by the saint back then. Besides, this is what the saint regretted most when he was dying."
"During this period, she occasionally murmured that the person she felt most sorry for in this life was this poor child; even after this incident, she couldn't even stay in her hometown and could only avoid foreign lands. It’s also a pity that his life is about to end and he will no longer be able to be sheltered around him.”
"So, she... was sent overseas or to a distant place?" When Jiang Tian heard this, he also sighed and felt an inexplicable emotion welling up deep in his heart again: Could it be that , Do you want to continue to go overseas again and have a big tracking in a foreign land?
"It shouldn't be overseas, the sea route is dangerous and unpredictable." Du Qiuniang shook her head gently and said: "The saint has always thought carefully and thoughtfully, but in this matter, she left a huge regret; therefore, it should be There will be complete arrangements and paths, as well as identity protection.”
"For example, the envoys, clan members, and noble relatives who left Beijing not long ago were all suspects, but there were only a few who were close to and trusted by the saint." When she said this, she suddenly remembered something. : "The outgoing ambassador of the Xia Kingdom and the Li family of Xihe have both come to the palace to see me for a long time."
At this moment, in Jiang Tian's field of view panel, the fifth stage scenario mission also popped up again: "Resentful Love for a Country", and the corresponding progress prompt increased a lot, turning into (87.6%). However, at this moment, "Space-time Hole No. 3", which had been silent for a long time, also flickered.
At the same time, a call came from the little girl: "Mr. Li Nu!" "Mr. Li Nu..."
And more than two hundred miles away in western Liaoning, in a small valley in the Yiwulu Mountain, the gate of the Baishan Sect has been surrounded by the state's united soldiers and a small number of right guard soldiers who are pressing forward step by step, and it is completely blocked. The disciples of the Baishan Sect also gathered in the vestibule in confusion.
Finally, an old man with frosty hair and wrinkles walked out of it, but he was the contemporary leader of the Baishan Sect. He looked at the visitor with a look of surprise and asked loudly: "Yanting, what are you doing? Is it in vain that my family has raised and cultivated you since childhood, but you have been rewarded like this?"
"Yes, it is for those fellow sisters who were tortured to death that I can repay the kindness of betrayal to you, an old man!" Yan Ting, who was standing among the armored soldiers, also said coldly: "Baishan The leader of the faction, below, colluded with the Yanshan Prince's Mansion to secretly store armored soldiers and shelter the fugitives."
"He also attacked merchants, robbed vassal tributes, and assassinated local officials in order to support rebellion. He also secretly participated in collecting and transporting monsters, and kidnapped children and women for the needs of the palace! I am here to arrest the censor. The name will be copied and the town will be sealed off, but anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"
"You bitch! You dare to spit on people and make baseless accusations!" The leader of the faction immediately roared angrily: "The Baishan sect has never been coerced by traitors; let alone chickens and dogs waiting to be killed! Today, all the disciples will live and die here. I will go into trouble together...there will be justice in the future."
However, the next moment, the disciples behind him quickly dispersed from him like a tide; only a small group of senior leaders around the faction leader remained. At this moment, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock and glare, looking at the still charming lady and the youngest junior brother.
They took the lead and led some disciples to retreat to the edge of the square, taking away a large part of the confused and conforming disciples; instead, they isolated most of the middle and high-level people below the leader of the faction. But what made him even more angry was that this close person on his pillow paid homage to Yan Ting:
"Yan Ting, most of the things I promised you have been done; everything in the door has been sealed, waiting for you to come and inspect it. I hope you can abide by your promise; give those disciples who don't know anything about it a way to redeem themselves. The way to survive is to prove it." Upon seeing this, Yan Ting nodded and said: "Okay."
When the leader of the faction saw this scene, his heart sank even more. He yelled loudly: "You bitch deserves to die," and took the lead and jumped towards the lady. However, the next moment, a dense rain of arrows was fired. They were covered, and blood splattered in the fierce blocking.
Immediately, dozens of people were shot and fell to the ground covered in blood. Then the officers and soldiers from the vestibule swarmed in and immediately dispersed the remaining people; they were arrested on the spot and checked for identity. However, the leader of the faction who led the charge was nowhere to be seen. Then, fire and smoke pillars rose deep in the sect's camp.
(End of chapter)
