The next two days became a kind of torture for Shao Xi.
At the beginning, Shao Xi felt very relieved when he saw these people who he once hated being tortured like this.
But once this process was prolonged, Shao Xi not only lost the pleasure of revenge, but also felt very uncomfortable.
The anger in his heart was gradually dissipated as the torture continued. In the end, even Shao Xi himself hoped that the process would end soon, because the further he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
However, this decision was made by himself at the beginning. No matter what, he could not change it overnight and change Ling Chi who was halfway through the process to beheading.
Liu Hui and Cai Cheng were executed on the second day, and their bodies were hung on the execution pole for three days. Chen Mohuai went through another two days of long and painful torture, and finally saved up enough knives on the third day. Number, he died as he wished.
In the past three days, he had truly experienced what hell is on earth, and for the first time he knew that death was a desirable thing at some point.
At this point, the three culprits who killed Ye Ziyuan all paid the price for their original actions in the most painful way.
However, at this time, Shao Xi no longer felt any sense of joy in his heart. Instead, he felt as if his heart had been blocked by something.
On the second day after Chen Mohuai was executed, Shao Xi went out of the city and came to Ye Ziyuan's grave. This time Lao Wu did not come with him. Accompanying Shao Xi were Fu Biao and Long Qitai.
Before coming to Qingshan County, Long Chitai bragged that he would kill Shao Xi's enemies for Shao Xi. However, he stopped visiting Lingchi after three days of seeing him. In the next two days, he couldn't even eat.
For this reason, he felt embarrassed in front of Shao Xi. It was indeed a bit embarrassing to say that a martial arts practitioner couldn't even bear such a scene.
Fu Biao was different. He had always behaved very calmly. Although Lingchi's punishment was indeed cruel, it was not unbearable for Fu Biao who had seen various ways of death on the battlefield.
Arriving at Ye Ziyuan's grave, Fu Biao replaced the previous tributes for Shao Xi, put new ones on them, and burned the incense and handed it to Shao Xi.
After Shao Xi offered incense, Fu Biao and Long Qitai also came forward to offer incense to Ye Ziyuan.
Long Qitai also muttered, "I'm really sorry for my brother and sister. Brother, I'm so worthless. I originally promised to kill your enemies for you, but now I haven't done it. I'm really useless as a brother, so I hope my brother and sister will do it." Don’t be offended.”
Shao Xi and Fu Biao stood aside and felt dumbfounded as they listened. They thought to themselves that Long Qitai was really an honest man, and he still had to sincerely apologize in front of Ye Ziyuan's grave for such a small thing.
But this also shows that he is still very concerned about this matter. Although he didn't help much, it was enough to have this heart.
Fu Biao didn't have so many ideas. He only recognized Shao Xi as the head of his family. He would do whatever Shao Xi asked him to do. He would kill whoever Shao Xi asked him to kill. If anyone wanted to kill Shao Xi, he would use his own life. Go block.
And Ye Ziyuan is the wife of his family. Shao Xi avenges Ye Ziyuan. With just one sentence, he will do whatever he is asked to do without any hesitation.
After offering incense, Shao Xi asked the two of them to wait aside, while he sat next to Ye Ziyuan's tombstone.
"Zi Yuan, I have avenged you. Those who killed you have now received their due retribution. I think you should rest in peace under Jiuquan.
"But what makes me feel a little uneasy is that I used the most cruel methods against them. I can never forget the way you died in front of me, so the hatred in my heart made me lose my mind.
"I can't tell whether what I did was right or not. You were so kind before you were alive, so you probably wouldn't have approved of my actions. But no matter what, I made them taste the humiliation and pain before I was alive, so that they could understand that you were here. What did you endure before you died?
“In the coming days, I will stay in Qingshan County until your cemetery is repaired, and then I will travel far away. I don’t know when I can come back.
"So these days will be a rare time for me to be with you. It's a pity that I can never see you dancing the sword or playing the piano again. I hope you won't be too lonely there!"
Shao Xi sat in front of Ye Ziyuan's grave for a long time. It wasn't until it got dark that he got up and returned to the city with Fu Biao and Long Chitai.
Before leaving, Shao Xi called Xu Maocheng to inquire about the progress of the cemetery construction.
Xu Maocheng is indeed a capable man. According to what he said, the cemetery will be completed before the Lantern Festival. After completing this matter, he will lead officials and craftsmen from the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Works to return to Daliang to report to Xiao Changyi.
He knew that Shao Xi would not return to the capital with them, so he agreed to let Fu Biao, Long Chitai and Xuan Jiawei return to the capital with him.
Shao Xi will take Lao Wu and Wu Qiu'er to the Western Regions.
Speaking of going to the Western Regions, it is also an extremely troublesome thing. The journey is long and has to pass through a large area of the Gobi Desert. Horses are not suitable for long distances.
The most outrageous thing is that the Daqing that Wu Qiuer rides is originally a big buffalo. Now it has to be dragged to the arid and desolate desert land in the northwest. I'm afraid it will turn into a big piece of beef jerky if it doesn't go well.
Moreover, we are not familiar with the route we are going, so if we go there hastily, we might get lost.
So Shao Xi went to the local branch of Taihe Commercial Bank on the second day after returning to Qingshan City. He was familiar with this place. A year ago, he came to borrow money to help Ye Ziyuan redeem his life, and then returned to Daliang to transfer the money. Returned to Daliang's head office.
When I came here again this time, the clerks and shopkeepers in the business recognized Shao Xi at a glance.
Because he had received the news from Daliang's head office a long time ago and knew Shao Xi's current identity, he was extremely enthusiastic towards Shao Xi.
Shao Xi came here to ask them if there were any caravans heading to the Western Regions. Everyone knew that the caravans of Taihe Trading Company were the largest, safest and most reliable caravans in the entire Jingyuan Empire.
It would be the safest and most worry-free way for Shao Xi if he could go to the Western Regions with the Taihe Trading Company's caravan.
After this question, Taihe Trading Company actually had a camel team of dozens of people heading to the Western Regions after the Shangyuan Festival.
This trip seems to be transporting a large amount of silk and tea to the Western Regions. When returning, they will bring back jade, gold and silver utensils from the Western Regions, as well as some well-bred horses from the Western Regions.
In fact, Taihe Trading Company in Qingshan County has caravans traveling between the Central Plains and the Western Regions every month, but the caravan Shao Xi caught up with this time was a rare caravan with a large number of people.
Shao Xi asked the shopkeeper to buy three good camels, and the shopkeeper promised Shao Xi to give them three camels without saying anything, and they must be the best three.
Shao Xi originally wanted to give money, but the shopkeeper said that now Shao Xi and Taihe Trading Company have established a cooperative relationship. Now Shao Xi can be regarded as the shopkeeper of Taihe Trading Company. Naturally, he does not have to pay for whatever he wants.
This made Shao Xi feel secretly happy. Before, he was given face by Zhang Huanzhi's gold medal, but now it is different. He is also a well-known person in Taihe Trading Company, so it is naturally much easier to do things.
After arranging all these things, Shao Xi settled down in Qingshan City.
Since the New Year is approaching, Qingshan City has been very lively in recent days, and every household is preparing for the New Year.
Officials at all levels in Qingshan County are also organizing some activities to entertain the people.
Although Qingshan City is not big, the New Year Lantern Festival and Shangyuan Lantern Festival are indispensable every year.
Seeing how Xing Wenxin and his officials were busy these days, Shao Xi couldn't help but sigh that the days were not going fast or slowly, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Thinking about a year ago, I was already in Daliang City. I went to Bailu Academy to participate in a poetry meeting on New Year's Eve, but I got into a lot of trouble later.
He also visited Liu Xingzhai, went to the palace to participate in the banquet of hundreds of scholars and the tribute activities of foreign envoys, and even had a martial arts contest with Wu Qiu'er.
It was also at the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival that I met Mei Ruoyan not long after that, it all seemed like yesterday.
And this year has been like a dream.
Shao Xi couldn't help but complain secretly in his heart. It was only a short year, but he didn't have a few leisurely days. He was always one thing after another, as if he would never be finished.
Especially Xiao Changyi, the old emperor boy, has been doing so much for himself this year, and no donkey in the production team has been used like him.
Thinking of this, Shao Xi couldn't help curling his lips. Xiao Changyi had not arranged anything else for him since he came back from his mission to Southern Zhao, and even agreed to his request for a long leave.
According to his past peeing habits, he wanted to squeeze himself out of water, so why did he agree so happily now?
You must know that his trip to the Western Regions will not be too short, so he just lets himself go?
The emperor's old boy always makes people confused when he does things. Even if Shao Xi is full of tricks, he always feels that he is under Xiao Changyi's control, as if Xiao Changyi knows what he thinks and does.
Who knows what he wants to do with himself after agreeing to take a long leave to go to the Western Region this time?
This time when he came to Qingshan County, he and Xiao Changwu, the believer king, gave him such a big deal. If there was nothing fishy here, Shao Xi would not believe it.
But what do they want to do? At the moment, Shao Xi really couldn't guess, and he didn't bother to guess. What cunning guys like them were thinking was something he couldn't predict.
In short, you should be more careful along the way. Even if they cheat you again, they will not cheat you to death. After all, you are still valuable to them.
In this world, valuable talents will be exploited by others, and those who are qualified to be exploited will have the capital to negotiate terms.
Shao Xi believes that he is a valuable person to Xiao Changyi. Since he is of value to him, he can negotiate terms with him in the future.
