Shu Blossoms

Chapter 3, one for each table

Qingzhou City Outer Inn
"Mr. Zheng, how many days is it from here to Qingzhou?"

A little Langjun, dressed in gray coarse cloth trousers with folds on his head, with a gray face, asked the slightly plump middle-aged man in a blue long gown in front of him with a smile.

Steward Zheng was holding Xiao Guan, his left hand rubbing the mustache from time to time, and his shrewd eyes flashed sharply, looking at the straight young man in front of him.

This little Lang Jun has been with their caravan for more than ten days. Although he often has a pleasing smile on his face, he always feels that his dark eyes are indifferent.

Seeing her for the first time, Steward Zheng said to the following people: Look at her words and actions, she is definitely not mediocre.

There was also the charm of the divine ceremonies and the well-mannered manners. He determined that it was the little man from the big family who came out to travel with the elders behind his back.

Thinking that their caravan often travels outside, their business is spread all over the north and south, and they have a good relationship, which may be used in the future, so he is willing to allow him to follow the caravan all the way.

"If there is no accident, you can enter Qingzhou City at noon tomorrow, and Xiao Lang can go to find his brother." Manager Zheng glanced at him without a trace, and replied with a smile.

"Yeah, my brother and I haven't seen each other for two years, and I miss it. Manager Zheng, I'll go help Liu Weng pack up first."

The little Langjun cupped his hands with a smile and turned to leave.

As soon as he turned around, Xiao Lang Jun withdrew the smile on his face and sighed slightly.

After living for so many years, I have seen many ghosts and ghosts, but why can't I understand Zheng Guanshi's careful thoughts.

He didn't believe what he said about his life experience at all. Fortunately, today's young gentlemen learned more from Wei and Jin celebrities, shaving clothes and shaving their faces, putting powder on them, and some of them were even more beautiful and charming than girls.Only then did Guanshi Zheng decide that he was the young man of a big family, but he didn't realize that he was actually her.

He is also happy to see this misunderstanding, Xiao Langjun is undoubtedly much cheaper to mix in the caravan.Thanks to this misunderstanding, he was able to have his own room on the boat.Although small, it is better than living with those stinky men.

Tonight at the inn, I can get a room by myself.

Of course, this is also thanks to his credit for helping Liu Weng, who suddenly fell ill, to sort out the books.

Although he was surprised that a young man from an aristocratic family could do ordinary affairs, it was not something that a boy from a military household could do.

That's right, he is actually her, Liao Wennan, the only Queen Mother of the Zhou Dynasty who fell from a carriage and died.

It has been almost a month since she woke up. When she first woke up, she was also surprised that she returned to her father's house in Fan County, Yanzhou more than 30 years ago.

After getting used to it for a few days, I overheard my stepmother negotiating with my father to give her to Fan Ye, who joined the army in Xuzhou to recruit, hoping to allow my half-brother to avoid being recruited.

Liao Wennan snorted mockingly when he thought of his elder brother who was sent to the military camp by his stepmother when he was 12 years old.

The current emperor has inherited the legacy of the previous emperor and vowed to recover the northern land.

The emperor has launched three Northern Expeditions in total during his 30 years of reign, and the spring of next year will be the first Northern Expedition. A large number of soldiers are being recruited in various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there will be a war in less than a year!

She used to read "Zuo Zhuan" when she was in the palace, and she thought of Emperor Wen's three northern expeditions, which were repeated and exhausted.Every time it gets worse.Compared with Da Zhou, this Northern Expedition had more victories and fewer defeats. The Governor General Han Daoyuan led his army to attack Jishui all the way, but was finally surrounded by the Wei army and still retreated completely.

And Brother A is now under Han Daoyuan's command, and he made a lot of military exploits with the governor of Han in the east and north wars. After returning to the dynasty, he was named a thousand commander.

Thinking of my brother, Liao Wennan had an idea.

In her previous life, she wanted to seek wealth, honor, and glory, and she didn't want to marry a poor boy casually and endure hardship and poverty all her life.Therefore, I obeyed my father's arrangement and worked hard all my life. The glory and wealth were enjoyed for a few days, but it was like a fleeting moment.

In this life, she suddenly didn't want to take the road before, let alone go back to the place that could drive people crazy, to face the cruel and bloodthirsty royal family.

Why don't you take refuge in brother!
Liao Wennan recalled that when she was sent to Fan Ye's side, she thought she was going to devote herself that night, but she waited all night.The next day, he was directly arranged by the steward to board the carriage, and he even left a little maid to serve him.On the way, she learned from the steward that the imperial court had sent Han Daoyuan's pioneer troops to the border for some reason, and Fan Ye was naturally recalled by Han Daoyuan.

At that time, she was the only female dependent who was taken away, and she was very proud of herself, but she didn't expect that later.
A few years later, she finally made it out and met with Brother A to talk about the situation over the years, only to know that Brother A was in the rush to march.

This thought couldn't hold back. The next day, my father and stepmother hurried out to find a way. Adi was an apprentice in a restaurant, and she was the only one left at home.

She ran into her stepmother's bedroom, dug out a wooden box from the cage, and then dug out a copper spoon from under the mattress. She opened the wooden box and found a sack of ge cloth. She opened it and glanced at it. There were two pieces of broken silver and a few hundred copper coins.

I picked it up and put it in my arms, after thinking about it, I only took two pieces of silver, copper coins and money bags and put them back into the wooden box, and the copper spoons back into the quilt.

After tidying up, I intend to press the wooden box back under the cage, and when I look up, I see an inconspicuous little bag on the other side of the cage.

She couldn't bear to open it with curiosity, two red gold and golden steps, and a jade pair from the chicken heart pendant. The condition is not excellent, but it is very precious.

In the past few decades, her memory of her grandmother has long been blurred, and she vaguely remembers that when she was dying, those dry hands held her warmly and powerfully.

My mother's family used to be a small business, and it was considered a wealthy family back then.Before her death, she left two red gold and golden steps for herself as a dowry, and a piece of jade double-leaf chicken heart pendant for her brother, both of which were handed over to brother for safekeeping.

Brother A gave it to her before leaving home, but she lost it later.

I can't remember when it was lost, but now it seems to be a thief.

Liao Wennan was in a hurry and hurriedly tied the burden and put it in his arms.

She went to Adi's house to get some old clothes, went back to her own house, tied her chest and hair, and put on her clothes.

The two of them were about the same size, and they fit well, and they looked up and down before going out.

When I walked to the door, I paused, went to the kitchen to get a few leftover cold dry food, filled the only water bag in the house with water, put it in a coarse cloth bag, and went out.

Walking out of the alley, Liao Wennan was a little stunned for a moment, she couldn't remember the way out of the city.

She didn't dare to ask for directions. Most of the people in this lifang had lived together for decades, and if they didn't meet the neighbors, they were afraid that they would be arrested before they left the city.

After hesitating for a moment, Liao Wennan felt that Qingzhou was in the north, so he went north.She was lucky. With vague memories and feelings, she stumbled all the way and left the north gate of Jingkou before dark.

As soon as she walked out of the city gate, Liao Wennan was a little panicked. She suddenly remembered that there were no hostels outside the city for boarding at night. Didn't her small body in the wilderness have to be fed to wild wolves?
Even if she doesn't fall into the belly of a wolf, in this troubled world, the refugees can swallow her alive.

(End of this chapter)