Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 112

Gu Qinghua couldn't help feeling sad and troubled again, he slapped lightly on the small mahogany table with his palm, and sighed: "What can I do!" She looked back at Xianglin, Xianglin was already infatuated, her face was sad and dazed Looking ahead: Why, the fate of their sisters is so difficult?

Gu Qinghua straightened his thoughts, and pondered: "So, the second emperor sister was hurt by love, and she went to another country with grievances in her heart, away from the capital from now on, and took root here?"

"Probably... yes." Aunt Su nodded.

"Is that son-in-law Yang dead? Also, where is he from, what is his background, did the Queen Mother not find out after all?" Gu Qinghua asked again.

Aunt Su shook her head: "Concubine Yang is an orphan. He has traveled all over the world since he was a child, wandering in the rivers and lakes. Even he himself can't remember where he is from or what his background is. The late emperor did send someone to investigate secretly, but nothing was found. As for Concubine Yang I don't know whether he is dead or not." She thought for a while, and then said: "However, this servant thinks that he is probably dead."

She knows Gu Fengqing's personality too well. Gu Fengqing must have discovered some serious problem when he suddenly summoned Concubine Yang into the palace, and Gu Fengqing never left behind when doing things. Since she even hides her own daughter , Yang Xuanqing would definitely not be kept.

Gu Qinghua was silent for a while, and said: "The people who were ordered to secretly investigate Yang's son-in-law back then, does Aunt Su know who they are?"

Aunt Su smiled wryly, and said: "Your Majesty, this matter was arranged by the late Emperor himself, and this servant didn't know about it, and according to this servant, it's just that nothing was found. If anyone really found something, that person is probably no longer in this world. !"

"What can we do!" Gu Qinghua was helpless.If you don't know the inside story, you can't prescribe the right medicine, and if you can't prescribe the right medicine, you can't solve Gu Qingshuang's heart knot. It is difficult for her to concentrate on dealing with the king of politics without knowing the friends and enemies of Gu Qingshuang who dominates southern Xinjiang.

Aunt Su looked at her sympathetically, there was nothing she could do about this matter!

"Your Majesty, kinship is destined by heaven, indelible, and undeniable! It has been so many years, and now that the late emperor is gone, no matter how much resentment and hatred the second princess has, I am afraid that it will gradually fade away. Given time, Your Majesty Waiting with all my heart, the second princess may not be able to change her mind, this matter can be discussed in the long term, and His Majesty does not need to worry about it right now." Xiang Lin who was on the side suddenly said slowly.

Gu Qinghua's heart trembled, and his mind suddenly became clearer.That's right, what she did was to solve the pirates, open the port, and lift the sea ban. The matter of the second princess was just a matter of passing, how could she put the cart before the horse?Now that it is known that the reason for the second princess's departure from the capital is the son-in-law who disappeared mysteriously back then, it can be considered a big progress. After returning to the palace, I will send someone to investigate again, and I will do it slowly!
"What Xianglin said is very true! There is no rush for this!" Gu Qinghua smiled and calmed down.

In the next few days, Gu Qinghua was extremely busy, inspecting local fields, checking people's conditions, summoning local officials or famous gentry including their wives in batches.If she was a man, the old ladies and wives could still be summoned by the queen or noble concubine. Unfortunately, she is an empress, so she can't let her husband go to chat with a group of wives, right?Therefore, there is no more free time!

Ten days later, Shen Liulian finally came, wearing a wide straight train robe, hair tied with wooden hairpins, he looked like a little book boy with a blue shirt, and he looked like a fairy.

Shen Liulian is a grand tutor respected by Gu Qinghua, and he has to be "treated differently" by the king of politics. In the eyes of others, he is a master who can take both sides. When talking about him, they are very envious.

When he came, he first paid a visit to Gu Qinghua, and the monarch, his ministers, his master and his disciples talked about the situation after the farewell. Shen Liulian then asked how the little Highness was doing. Shen Liulian was overjoyed and praised again and again, his voice was trembling with excitement.

After seeing Gu Qinghua, Shen Liulian had to go to see his benefactor, the King of Political Affairs. Although the King of Political Affairs hated him for spoiling his affairs, he also understood that he was deceived by Gu Qinghua's rhetoric, but his heart was still towards him. Now that he is thousands of miles away, he can't hinder him anymore, and he is very polite to him based on the principle that one more friend is better than one more enemy.When other courtiers met with local officials and local gentry, they naturally flocked to curry favor, and hurriedly turned around to socialize.Three days later, Fang found time to meet Gu Qinghua quietly, and secretly reported to her what he knew about the pirates in southern Xinjiang.

Shen Liulian never lied, and what he said was well-founded, Gu Qinghua couldn't help but not believe it.After weighing again and again, Gu Qinghua planned to take five or six bodyguards to make an unannounced visit with Su Jun, and go to the fishing village to find out the actual situation in person.

Su Jun didn't understand why she insisted on going out in person, and had no choice but to dissuade her, so he had to carefully plan and prepare and go with her.

So a group of seven people dressed up as locals, darkened their complexion, left Lizhou quietly, and rushed to Yuli Village, two hundred miles away, disguised as businessmen.This village is located in an extension of the bay called Boundary Cape, with many rocky cliffs and waterways leading to the sea. It is a place where pirates often haunt, and it is also the place where most villagers turn to pirates.More than 20 miles away from the village is Luoxia Port, the second largest port in the southeast in the past.

Along the way, the closer to the sea, the less populated, far and near is desolate, the crops are sparse, the houses are in twos and threes and dilapidated, and the few people I meet occasionally are mostly old, weak and young, all of them are sallow and thin, with dull eyes. Looking around on both sides of the bumpy yellow mud road, weeds and trees are overgrown, and the emptiness is so desolate that it makes people feel flustered.

Gu Qinghua couldn't help sighing secretly. There should have been wide and straight roads here, there should have been horses and carriages that transported goods endlessly, there were laughter full of vitality, and there were people with ample food and clothing and comfortable lives. Desolate and dilapidated, it is full of decadence after being robbed.

The more Gu Qinghua looked at it, the heavier his heart became, and he became more determined to lift the sea ban.

Arriving here, Gu Qinghua couldn't help thinking of looking up at the largest port in the past, so he went there with Su Jun, Lin Yong, etc. The old Palembang has long lost its glamorous appearance, and the wharf has been in disrepair for a long time and half of it has collapsed. Entering the sea, there are scattered weeds growing in the cracks in the ground, gravel and rocks are everywhere, and the rows of shops that used to be lined with wharves are only ruined walls. The waves and the sea swallows that hovered over the sea and sang from time to time.

Standing at the pier, staring at the blue sea where the sea and the sky meet, as if the sea has never changed since ancient times, let the sea breeze blow the long hair on the front of his clothes, and the waves are rushing under his feet, Gu Qinghua's mood is as turbulent as the turbulent sea.She couldn't help thinking, how sad and tearless the people here must have been when this glorious pier was destroyed!What was destroyed was not just a pier, but also their painstaking efforts. The source of their survival was a pioneering and fearless spirit.

As the wharf was destroyed, the ships were detained, the sea ban was issued, the shops were forced to close, and the merchants were forced to leave. Their days... can be imagined!

It was a nightmare, and now, it's time to end it!

"I always thought that the most shocking scenery was in Mobei, but today I realized I was wrong!" Su Jun stood beside Gu Qinghua, looking at the boundless sea and sky, and said softly.

Gu Qinghua tilted his head and smiled at him, saying: "The sea is much more dangerous than Mobei!"

Especially for the peoples who survived the farming civilization, only when they step on the land can they feel at ease in their hearts. When a boat sails in the sea, it is vast, the wind and waves are boundless, and there is no land. Anxiety is unbearable.

Perhaps because of this, when the ban on the sea was issued, none of the important officials in the court opposed it. How could they understand that the devil in their eyes is the most gentle mother in the eyes of seaside residents.

"Qing'er, it's not suitable to stay here for long, let's leave as soon as possible!" Su Jun looked around subconsciously, the bright and hot sun hit the ground directly, and white flowers greeted his eyes. Between the sea and the sky, except for them, it was empty and quiet as if in ancient times prehistoric.

After all, this is a forbidden area. Although the ban on seas has been implemented for many years, the management is not so strict now, but after all, few people come here on weekdays. If you encounter anyone, it will be a trouble.

Gu Qinghua understood his concerns, nodded and gave a hum, then stared deeply at Haitian, and the group rode away.

When I came to Yuli Village, the sun was still fierce, but the sun had gradually moved westward, and slanted figures were drawn on the ground.

The seven people were sweating profusely, their mouths were dry and their lips were cracked, and the water bags they were carrying were almost drained. When they saw the mud-walled and tiled houses scattered between the valleys and slopes from a distance, they all cheered up and drove their horses forward.

When they came to the entrance of the village, they dismounted together, hid the horses and tied them in the grove beside the village, leaving one person to guard, and the rest went to the village.

Like other villages, this place is also deserted, and it is relatively close to the sea, so the situation is even worse.

After finally knocking on the door of a family, the person who opened the door was an old man with cloudy eyes. His dark and thin face was carved with deep wrinkles like knives and axes.The old man blinked blankly, opened his mouth slightly, and stared at them blankly, neither curious nor afraid, let alone asked.

"Old man, we are passing guests. We may have lost our way. I want to ask you for a glass of water. By the way, please point me in the right direction!" Su Jun greeted with a smile.

"Oh." The old man answered blankly, turned to the side to indicate that they could go in, and then babbled as he entered the room: "It's not a good idea to get lost, you shouldn't be here from outside, rest Hurry up and go, you can't stay here, you will be killed if you stray into the restricted area..."

Gu Qinghua looked at the smoky and mottled walls, and the old and dilapidated wooden furniture in the house, coir raincoats, bamboo hats, stools with one foot high and one foot low, and rough pottery with gaps hanging on the walls. The bowl, the crooked square table, and the heavy and rough earthen stove built in one corner, she drank a sip of water with a heavy heart and asked, "Old man, how many people are there in your family? Where did they go? I went to work in the fields." ?"

"Work?" The old man glanced at her, sighed and shook his head, and said, "Work is for nothing, and it's not enough for people to steal!" After finishing speaking, he sat in a corner against the wall and closed his eyes to rest, ignoring them.

Gu Qinghua saw that the old man's reaction was a little slow, and he didn't want to talk to them, and he didn't want to talk to them, knowing that he couldn't ask anything, so he kept silent, concentrated on drinking tea, and rested for a while thinking Just go, try your luck and see if you can meet someone else.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, Gu Qinghua and Su Jun got up, followed by several guards.Gu Qinghua glanced at the old man and saw that his eyes were closed, his head was leaning against the wall, the corners of his mouth were slightly open, and he was snoring slightly, and he fell asleep at some point.Gu Qinghua didn't wake him up, but whispered to Su Jun: "Leave two pieces of silver for the old man!"

Su Jun nodded, took out three or five taels of silver, walked over and placed it gently at the old man's feet.

A few people continued to go out and walked along the road between the villages. The terrain here is high, and the trees are tall and dense with branches and leaves. Walking in the village, the wind is strong and the shade is cool, which is much better than that open place.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, Gu Qinghua suddenly felt a little dizzy, his feet were soft, and he couldn't help but closed his eyes and helped his forehead.

"Qing'er, are you suffering from heat stroke? Let's take a break!" Su Jun hurriedly supported her, looked around, and wanted to help her walk under the big banyan tree not far to the left.

Unexpectedly, before he took a few steps, he himself felt dizzy, his body swayed, his eyes darkened, and he fell limply. Before he completely lost consciousness, he heard a few low exclamations behind him and fell to the ground the sound of……

When they woke up again, Su Jun and Gu Qinghua were woken up by the splash of cold water. When they opened their eyes, the first feeling was darkness, and the second feeling was coldness. After calming down, they realized that this was a dark basement, and the only light source came from the left side. A fishing lantern ahead.

In front of them, there were two middle-aged men sitting with their legs open, with purple square faces, beards and beards, with severe signs of weather and years on their faces. They put their hands on their hips and stared at them carelessly.The difference is that one has a more messy beard and the other has thicker eyebrows.

"Pirate," the word flashed across Su Jun's mind, and he groaned secretly. He turned his head and looked at Gu Qinghua. Gu Qinghua was shaking the water stains on his face, and she also woke up.

"Who are you guys? What are you doing here? Don't struggle, this is a sailor's knot, you can't get rid of it!" asked a man who looked a little younger and had a higher status, with thick and bushy eyebrows Dao, the voice is thick and hoarse.

Both hands were tied behind their backs, and their arms and bodies were tightly bound.

"Where are the others? Where are they? What did you do to them?" Gu Qinghua found that the other guards were gone, and asked in surprise, his eyes were burning and he looked directly at the thick eyebrows.

A hint of admiration flashed across thick eyebrows and eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, and said with a grin: "Don't worry, they're locked up elsewhere, but they're just tied into big rice dumplings like you, and they're not dead! Who are you guys? What are you doing here?"

Gu Qinghua and Su Jun exchanged glances, Su Jun smiled lightly, and said slowly: "If you don't know who we are, how could you take us here?"

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