Cold Palace’s Abandoned Consort

I stood in the rain and looked at the boat that was quietly docked by the shore without any movement—what was Uncle Ai doing?

"Miss, wait a minute, I'll see Grandpa."

Ai Susu on the side said, carefully handed the umbrella to me, and got on the boat myself. I was standing by the shore holding the umbrella, and suddenly I heard Susu's panic voice in the cabin: "Grandpa! grandfather!"

Her voice was full of panic and panic, as if she was about to cry. As soon as I heard it, I was thrown into the oil paper umbrella in three steps and took two steps to get on the boat. The curtain at the door saw Susu shaking uncle Ai uncle Ai, and her childish face was full of horror.

Uncle Ai, sitting still with his eyes closed, remained motionless.

I saw at a glance that Uncle Ai was sitting cross-legged.

Before I met and talked with him, I was sitting on my knees, but just as soon as I got out of the cabin and disembarked, he turned into a sitting position, eyes closed, and his dark face seemed to be frozen. In general, there was no expression, no matter how Susu shook him, shouting in his ear, he did not respond.

Suddenly, the whole person was cold, and I bent over and stood in the cabin, looking at it for a while, holding out a slightly trembling hand, close to his nose.

Su Su's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked at me in a loss.

And my heart sank as soon as my fingers reached under his nose.

There was no breath.

Susu also looked at me. Although she could know the truth as soon as she reached out, she seemed to have completely forgotten at this time. She pinned her hopes on me, hoping that I could say that maybe her grandpa was just sick, but too Tired, just asleep.

However, I spoke, but my voice was fragmented: "Uncle Ai-your grandfather, he is sitting."

As soon as my voice fell, the tears in Susu's eyes dropped immediately.

"grandfather--!"

Her painful cry cried out of the small cabin.

I fell helplessly at the door of the cabin. The curtain was lifted by me, before it could fall. The cold wind came in and caught the ice and rain. Soon, my body was wet and brought a bitter chill; Uncle's calm face, but felt the charcoal red on the chest, getting hotter and hotter.

.

Later, I thought, maybe Uncle Ai had already made such preparations in the morning.

He never thought about asking me back from beginning to end. The reason why Yan Qingchen was able to invite him out of the mountain was because he finally got the news from me. He wanted to see me, and wanted to hand over what his mother left behind. Give me, and also want to know if I'm living well or not.

And when he met me, and everything was done, he didn't care.

Or maybe he also knew faintly that if he returned empty-handed, the person who invited him out of the mountain would not be so kind.

So he chose to leave like this.

Although he is a monk, I know that this person has never been quiet. Even when he died, he was also a big layman in the world, so I invited many monks and made him a big one in the largest temple in Qishan Village. The water and land dojo was lively for seven days before and after. The funeral for him was so beautiful that many people in Yangzhou government heard the news and came to see it lively.

I don't care how much he hated school and loved his life before, and how much trouble he once had for Fu Bayu, but now, to me, he is an elder, a person who poured all his feelings on our mother and daughter.

Therefore, although I know that if he is alive, he will be angry, will refuse firmly, and may even yell "fortune", I still kneeled in front of his coffin with Lier, and gave three respectful nods.

In the end, his body was cremated.

Perhaps he should be selected for a good feng shui place and built a large and public cemetery, but in the end he is still a monk, and Yangzhou is not his hometown. In any case, he should find an opportunity to send him back.

However, when I told Su Su the idea, the little girl said calmly, "Grandpa said before, if he left, let's cremate him and spill his ashes from the Sanjiang Dam. "

"what?"

I didn't expect that Uncle Ai would be so--thinking.

When people die, they think of falling leaves and returning to the roots, and pouring ashes into the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to the absence of dead bones. It doesn't look like what Uncle Ai would be willing to do. However, Susu said gently, "I didn't agree when Grandpa told me, but he said that it is not water in the Yangtze River, it is the blood of heroes. He is willing to melt into it and see the mulberry fields in the heavens and the earth."

"..."

I listened, but somehow smiled.

Uncle Ai, Uncle Ai ...

I reached out and stroked the little ashes, saying, "If that's the case, I don't have to find someone to send his ashes back to Xichuan."

Susu listened, looked up at me in doubt, and said, "Susu, don't go back."

It seemed not surprising to her, but she was not too happy, not too unhappy, but she was helpless and looked at me indifferently.

I don't know how she feels about Nishikawa, or her deacon today, but I need to tell her the benefits. Uncle Ai would not return to Xichuan when he died. Apart from letting go of everything without concern, that person's method was also the reason for his popularity. Su Su is the only granddaughter of Uncle Ai. In case she is angry, she is so cowardly Girls, how can they bear it?

I vaguely told her my thoughts. Susu had been listening, but she felt a little indifferent and didn't speak.

I waited for her response, waited for a long time, and said gently: "Susu?"

Then she raised her head and looked at me, a little shy: "Is it safe to stay here?"

"Anyway, at least better than when you go back to Xichuan."

"……Is it."

I looked at her a little dazed, and said softly, "Don't you believe me?"

She looked at me and shook her head gently: "Actually, before coming to Yangzhou, my grandfather told me that if anything happened in the future, I would obey the young lady's orders. The young lady asked me to go back to Xichuan, and I would return Xichuan; the young lady asked me to stay, I will stay. And, Grandpa also said that even if the son hits the world, he ca n’t hit the young lady ’s place, so do n’t worry, I will be safe with the young lady . "

"Oh?" I was a little surprised. Uncle Ai guards me, I know, but guarding him to such an extent is blind.

Compared with Xichuan, the soldiers are strong and strong. I am now the owner of a small embroidery workshop. This is not even a difference between clouds and mud. If Xichuan's soldiers really hit here, I'm afraid they will blow away in one breath. Me, why is he so confident in me?

Seeing that I was smiling, Su Su said, "When our ship was heading east, I stopped at Jiujiangkou for a long time, and Grandpa talked to some people."

As soon as I heard it, I hesitated.

"Jiujiangkou?"

Wasn't that the place where Shen Xiaokun reorganized Crouching Village, rescued Lier from the hands of Pei Yuanfeng, and later met with Pei Yuanxiu?

Is it--

Susu looked at me and said, "The bandits in that place-they are no longer bandits now. If the court gave them a name, they would all become a house."

"Oh? Why?"

"Those people delineated their sphere of influence a few hundred miles near Jiujiang. However, instead of robbing the passing merchants, they collected their money as soon as the merchants passed Huaihua, and then gave a proof. For the next few thousand miles, they set up checkpoints to check those people's credentials, but also to protect their safety. If someone dares to rob the road halfway, without the caravan's hands, they will first clean up the people Now. "

"..."

Susu continued: "When the caravans leave Jiujiang, return the credentials to them and destroy them. The next way will not be their responsibility."

"..."

"If the caravans want them to continue to protect, they will have to pay another money. Those people will send troops to follow the caravans to protect their safety, but Wuhu."

"..." I was stunned, completely speechless.

If you guessed right, it should be Shen Xiaokun's man.

Unexpectedly, I really didn't expect that a group of bandits who did nothing evil and burned and plundered became a fierce and regular army in his hands, but now it has become a disciplined and fierce armed organization!

Moreover, they actually use this method to earn a living. First, they can make money to support their livelihood. Second, they actually put that large area under their jurisdiction, and they have become a nearly regular local army.

However, if you think about it, Shen Xiaokun has a hand in managing the army, but he should not be able to think of this method.

That should be Wei Ningyuan's handwriting.

Wei Ningyuan had always been in Jiangnan for so many years, and he must have his own set. This looks more like his approach. It seems that they should have come together and merged to achieve such great achievements as the Jiujiang area.

Deep in my heart, I sighed softly.

When I pointed this path to Wei Ningyuan, I was really worried that he would be unwilling, and also worried that Shen Xiaokun's temper would not tolerate him, but if the two of them merged together, they would be able to form a force that cannot be underestimated. Whether to protect themselves or to fight in the future, they will all have their place. Now knowing the news of the two of them really made me put a stone in my heart.

Susu kept looking at me and said at this time: "Grandpa said, that's the great act of the young lady."

"I?" I looked back and smiled at her. "That's the men's business, it's nothing to do with me. I just wear a needle in the middle."

Susu said nothing, but calmly said, "But Grandpa said, that's the strategy of the young lady."

"Oh?"

Su Su said: "Grandpa said that Jiangnan and the imperial court must have a battle. In the future, if there is a real battle between Xichuan and Jiujiang, whether it is to help the imperial court to suppress the southern part of the court or to help the southern part of the imperial court, he can take advantage of the fisherman It may even manipulate the future situation. But now, the young lady is pressing a nail in Jiujiang, that is, between Jiangnan and Xichuan. "

"..." I didn't say anything. The cold sweat behind me couldn't help but feel cold. There was a sudden feeling that people were seeing through all the internal organs, and everything felt like nothing.

"With this power, Xichuan's soldiers are not so easy to advance eastward. In the future, they will really fight, at least the battle will not be completely restrained by Xichuan."