It took Shao Xi and Lao Wu seven or eight days to travel from Qingshan County to Daliang City. Although they were not in a hurry, their journey was not slow either.
Nowadays, this large group of several hundred people is naturally not moving as slowly as before. No matter how fast it is, it will still take ten and a half days to reach Qingshan County.
This time Shao Xi did not run away with Lao Wu like he did when he was on a mission to Southern Zhao, because the most important destination of this trip was Qingshan County.
Shao Xi also needs a certain amount of psychological construction along the way. Although he can't wait to rush to Qingshan County to avenge Ye Ziyuan, every time he thinks of Ye Ziyuan's lonely grave in the southern suburbs, he always feels uneasy. The ground throbbed.
This year seems to have passed for a long time, but this year actually flies by in the blink of an eye.
Only a year ago, that beautiful and melancholy woman was still standing in front of him alive, but a year later, only a lonely grave was left.
It was just over three hundred days and nights, but now it feels like a world away, as if all of this happened a long, long time ago, but every time I think about it, the grief in Shao Xi's heart is still so clear.
I wonder what Qingshan County has become like this year? Did the shopkeeper of the coffin shop follow his instructions and go to Ye Ziyuan's grave to pull weeds during the New Year?
In order to bury Ye Ziyuan, Shao Xi spent almost all his money. He and Lao Wu didn't even have money for food after they arrived in Daliang City.
Today, Shao Xi is no longer what he used to be. It only took him a year to transform from the fake inspector of the "Jingcheng Division" to the real one. He is already rich and has the imperial edict of the current emperor in his hands.
This trip was not only to give Ye Ziyuan a formal status, but also to turn her lonely grave into a large-scale cemetery.
This cemetery will become the most important place under the jurisdiction of Qingshan County. From now on, all the governors of Qingshan County will come here to pay their respects during every year and festival.
Because this is the land given by the Holy Emperor, and it is also the cemetery of his wife, Shao Xi. In the future, Shao Xi will become the most important minister of the Jingyuan Dynasty, and the cemetery where his wife is buried will become a place of awe for local officials.
Shao Xi is now an official in the court and an important minister of the Holy Emperor Xiao Changyi. In addition, he is burdened with the hatred of the Feng family and his bizarre life experience. It is destined that Shao Xi cannot stay in Qingshan County to accompany Ye Ziyuan.
So, if Ye Ziyuan's burial place wants someone to take care of it all year round, in addition to the Holy Emperor's order, more importantly, it must rely on oneself.
Only when he becomes an important figure in the Jingyuan Empire will his wife's cemetery in Qingshan County be regarded as an extremely important place by officials at all levels.
This is just like becoming a high-ranking official in the DPRK, and the people in your family will naturally receive care from all parties.
Therefore, Shao Xi still has a lot to do, not only to avenge the Feng family, but also to carve out his own world in the court and martial arts world.
Because now Shao Xi is no longer alone, there are too many people around him who have become closely related to his destiny.
Back then, when I encountered a strong enemy, I could choose to run away, but now I can't.
Nowadays, there are too many people behind him who need to be protected by him. Everything he does is not only responsible for himself, but also for the people around him.
This trip to Qingshan County is extremely important to Shao Xi. This is the first debt he can never repay since he traveled through time. Although he has tried his best to deal with Ye Ziyuan's death, it is too late.
When Ye Ziyuan was alive, he could do too little for Ye Ziyuan.
Ye Ziyuan's only wish during his lifetime was to leave Qingshan County with him, but he could not fulfill even this only wish for Ye Ziyuan.
A woman who is willing to give the rest of her life, or even her life, to herself, but he is too late to do anything for her. This will become Shao Xi's lifelong regret.
No matter how you make up for this regret, it will only be a regret in the end.
Along the way, Shao Xi's mood became very heavy. Old Wu also saw that since setting off from Daliang City, Shao Xi's words became less and less, and later he would even remain silent for the whole day.
Old Wu knew in his heart that this brought back those painful memories of Shao Xi, so along the way, Old Wu secretly asked Wu Qiu'er, Fu Biao, He Long Qitai and others not to disturb Shao Xi.
No one can help him with this psychological hurdle, he can only overcome it by himself.
Therefore, the atmosphere along the way seemed a bit dull. Seeing the gloomy look on his face, everyone traveling with Shao Xi naturally became quiet and no longer chatted and laughed as before.
At this time, Shao Xi had not realized that his emotions had deeply affected everyone around him.
Even Xu Maocheng and Xuanjia Colonel Qiao Wuan who were accompanying him noticed something was wrong with Shao Xi's expression, so they only went to ask Shao Xi for instructions when necessary along the way, and they walked silently at other times.
After traveling for more than ten days, they finally entered the territory of Qingshan County. The closer they got to Qingshan City, the more nervous Shao Xi became.
He couldn't explain why he felt nervous. He only knew that he was extremely entangled in his heart at this time. He wanted to see Ye Ziyuan's grave earlier, but he seemed to be afraid of seeing Ye Ziyuan's grave.
Although he was filled with endless longing for Ye Ziyuan in his heart, he also felt that he owed Ye Ziyuan too much. Now, no matter how much he did for Ye Ziyuan, he could not make up for the debt in his heart.
Shao Xi has always been a straightforward person for a long time, but at this time, he actually felt a little at a loss.
Lao Wu urged his horse to come to Shao Xi's side and patted his shoulder gently.
She seemed to be telling him, but also seemed to be muttering to herself: "There are always some things in this world that cannot be perfected, and it is impossible to be perfect.
"Everyone has owed a lot of debt since he was born. In fact, all his life is just paying off debts! In this life, you owe me and I owe you? It's just a confusing account. How can it be calculated? clear?
"Some people always say that they have a clear conscience and have a clear conscience, but in fact, they are all nonsense! Who has never done one or two things that are harmful to others in his life?
"But you have to let go of what you should let go. Otherwise, you will carry more and more things on your back in this life and become heavier and heavier. If you even owe yourself a debt, wouldn't your life be in vain?"
After saying these words, Old Wu urged the horses to rush forward and asked Qiao Wuan how long it would take to reach Qingshan City.
After hearing what Lao Wu said, Shao Xi felt moved even though his face remained expressionless and expressionless.
This old guy, who usually laughs and laughs but has no formal appearance, never expected that he could express such a philosophy of life at this time.
If Shao Xi hadn't known that Old Wu had gone through all kinds of ups and downs and suffered all kinds of hardships in his life, he would really not believe that these words came out of this old guy's mouth.
However, Lao Wu was right. He couldn't live with this guilt for the rest of his life. He still had a lot of things to do and a lot of road to go.
All I am doing now is just to alleviate the guilt in my heart, but debts are debts after all, and some debts cannot be repaid in this lifetime.
As Lao Wu said, since some things are destined to be irreversible, let them go!
No matter how much you can make up for, it won't help to keep pressing what you can't make up in your heart. Who in this life can tell clearly who owes whom?
It has to be said that although Old Wu was just a thief in his life, he has indeed become the person who inspired Shao Xi's life.
Of course, this is just the world that Shao Xi is in after time travel. Since Shao Xi came to this world, Lao Wu not only taught him how to survive in this world, but also taught him how to face the world.
To a certain extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that Old Wu is Shao Xi's life mentor in this world. Even Old Wu's teachings to Shao Xi made Shao Xi understand many truths that he did not understand in the original world.
Shao Xi looked up at Old Wu who was talking to Qiao Wu'an in front of him, and suddenly found that he had respect for him for the first time in eleven years.
Originally, she only regarded him as one of her own family members, but now she found that she had already become accustomed to his existence and could no longer live without his presence.
He would always point himself in a direction seemingly inadvertently when he was most confused and helpless, and use the most nonsensical way to make himself feel that it was his own choice.
And he just kept paying silently behind himself.
Everything he did to himself was just because the old man of Fengjiazhuang and Feng Changlin saved his life. But when the Feng family was in trouble, wasn't he just as helpless as he was before?
But he made up for the debt and guilt he felt towards the Feng family on himself, and he spent the rest of his life working hard to do what he should do for the Feng family.
How much do I owe Lao Wu now?
As he said, in this life, you owe me and I owe you. How can we distinguish it so clearly?
After understanding this truth, Shao Xi's heart suddenly became enlightened.
That's right! Even if the account book in my heart is rotten, the accounts in this life will still be a confused account that cannot be calculated. Just do what you should do.
Thinking of this, Shao Xi felt as if he felt a lot more relaxed.
The most important thing right now is to handle all the things in Qingshan County, do everything that you can do for Ye Ziyuan, and leave the rest to time!
I believe that time can verify everything, and I should use this time to do more things for those who I still have time to take care of.
If you can't repay what you already owe, then don't owe more to the people around you. It's better to do more things that you still have time to do for those who you still have time to take care of, than to have meaningless regrets like now. and.
Shao Xi's whole body felt refreshed, and he shouted to Lao Wu and Qiao Wu'an in front of him, "Let the front of you speed up your pace. You must arrive at Qingshan City before noon."
