imperial psychologist

Chapter 670

The little boy looked around, and his voice became softer again.

"It's been a long time since anyone saw General Shen take command," Xiaoer said. "At the beginning of this year, someone heard that the gold thief hired an expert to capture General Shen's soul—"

Mu Cheng laughed again, "Do you also believe such words?"

"Guest officer, it's one thing to believe it or not, but it's always the truth that Old General Shen stays behind closed doors, right?" The little girl frowned and said seriously, "Thanks to the fact that we see Anjiang across the north side of Jiangzhou, otherwise Jianxi In 45 years, I still don’t know what’s going on.”

Before Xiaoer finished speaking, the proprietress over there had already yelled, twisted Xiaoer's ears and went back after a few moments, and even apologized to Bai Ling and the others, renewing the copper coin that Li Yiru had given to Xiaoer earlier. I paid it back.

On the road again, Li Yiru looked a little uneasy. He was riding on the horse, looking at Bo Ling on the left and Mu Cheng on the right.

"What the little girl said just now sounds weird."

"It's all hearsay, not trustworthy." Mu Cheng turned his head and saw Li Yiru's brows furrowed, he couldn't help laughing, "Are you scared out of your wits?"

"What's so frightening, how can it be frightening!" Li Yiru puffed up his chest, "I just... think that if Beidi is so dangerous, then we have to prepare well in Jiangzhou! Don't fight unprepared battles... Song Qing Don’t you think so? Song Qing?”

Bai Ling came back to his senses, "What?"

Li Yiru repeated what he said just now, and Mu Cheng also looked over, "What are you thinking?"

"Hey, it's nothing." Bo Ling shook his head, "I'm just in a daze... After Jiangzhou, will I reach the border of Zhuozhou if I go north?"

"Yes." Li Yiru nodded.

"General Shen should be stationed in Zhuozhou Prefecture during this time," Bai Ling said softly, "Whether what the little girl said is true or not, we will know when the time comes."

Bo Ling looked at the road ahead, since she left the tea shop, she has been thinking about Shen Jichuan.

I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know what the old general Shen is like now...

Not far away, the city gate of Jiangzhou gradually approached.

There was a long queue waiting to enter the city for inspection outside the city gate, and the three of them got off their horses and walked together.To be on the safe side, the guides of several people were kept in Mucheng's place for safekeeping. Every time they reached the gate of the city, Mucheng would walk in front, like a parent traveling with his younger generation.

The city wall of Jiangzhou Mansion looks much taller and thicker than that of Huizhou Mansion. Today's city wall is still under repair, and when you get close, you can hear the sound of hammers beating.

As soon as Bo Ling heard the voice, he looked at Li Yiru with some concern—but the young man didn't seem to be affected much this time, and he was looking around with full of curiosity.

Although the road conditions here are far inferior to that of Huizhou Mansion, the soldiers standing at the gate of the city look much more majestic than those at Huizhou Mansion.

"As expected of Jiangzhou Prefecture," Li Yiru couldn't help muttering, "It's a place where wars have been fought."

The team moved forward slowly.

As noon approached, the sun began to shine brightly overhead.

"Yiru, do you still have water in your water bag?" Bai Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned to look at Li Yiru behind him, "I forgot to ask Xiaoer to fill up my water bag just now..."

"Ah, yes." Li Yiru took off his water bag from the horse and threw it to Bo Ling in front of him.

He took a look forward and noticed a pair of stone tablets standing on both sides of the city gate again.

The pair of steles, one on the left and one on the right, seem to be about three or four people tall. Under the sunlight, they are shining golden and quite imposing.

It was far away before, and the words on it were still unclear, but now that they are getting closer, Li Yiru squinted his eyes and read the words on the stone tablet softly.

Just after reading the first half of the sentence, Bo Ling, who was drinking water, suddenly coughed violently——Mu Cheng immediately felt a chill on his neck, and half of his back was sprayed wet by Bo Ling.

Li Yiru and Mucheng looked at Bai Ling at the same time.

Bai Ling scratched his throat, his face flushed from coughing.

"...Are you okay?" Mu Cheng hurriedly patted Bai Ling's back, "You can even choke like this after drinking water...?"

Bo Ling couldn't speak, so he waved his hands, coughing, and signaled that he was fine.

When her breath calmed down, she glared at Li Yiru, "...you...what did you just say?"

Li Yiru pointed at the front in bewilderment.

Looking in the direction of his fingers, Bai Ling finally saw the stone tablet not far from the gate of the city, on which were written two lines of sentences that she was all too familiar with——

*******
Is it because of good fortune or misfortune to avoid it?

Bo Ling stood there stunned, and then burst out laughing.

Mu Cheng also turned his head to look, "...what's wrong with this word?"

Bo Ling raised his sleeves and wiped the water from his face and neck indiscriminately, "It's nothing...I just think it...sounds familiar."

"Does Songqing sound familiar?" After hearing this, Li Yiru squinted his eyes for a while, and said after a long time, "It seems that there is no signature written on it, and I don't know who said it."

Bo Ling held his forehead, who else...

Lin Zexu!

An old man looked over here, "Is this your first time in Jiangzhou?"

"Hey." Li Yiru nodded, and he asked curiously, "How did the old man see that?"

The old man laughed, "Guess, even if it's not the first time for you guys to come here, you must have never been to Jiangzhou in the past few years. Otherwise, how could you not know the origin of these two steles..."

Bai Ling was stunned, and quickly looked at the old man, "I also ask the old man to enlighten me."

The old man stroked his beard, and seemed to be in a good mood, "You strangers don't know what to teach, old man, I'll just tell you..."

The old man's words quickly attracted the attention of the travelers around him—apparently many people nearby also came to Jiangzhou for the first time.

"In the third year of Shengming, there was a 'white entwined throat' in Jiangzhou, you know?" the old man asked.

Li Yiru shook his head.

"White throat," the old man rubbed his neck, "Lock throat wind, have you heard of it?"

Seeing that Li Yiru and the people around him were still shaking their heads, Mu Cheng said softly, "In the third year of Shengming, Jiangzhou was plagued by epidemics. Many people had high fevers, and their throats were swollen, especially white spots appeared near the throat, so it was called Baitanghou. Throat wind."

The old man gave a thumbs up, "That's right, this little brother is well-informed."

Mu Cheng didn't answer, but raised the corner of his mouth.

The old man said again, "It's so white. There were a few troubles in the Zhuozhou government before. Earlier, it was passed from the defeated generals of the gold bandits. The gold bandits are cunning. They deliberately left some sick soldiers to be killed Our Zhou soldiers took prisoners, and the result was passed into our Great Zhou.

"It was the same in the third year of Shengming. I heard that the disease in Jiangzhou was brought in by the green-robed bandits who secretly colluded with the gold thief at that time."

(End of this chapter)