Chapter 9 Future and Past
The entire Qiongzhou County is symmetrically distributed with Zhuque Street as the axis. There is a huge difference in the architecture between the north and the south. One side is rich, with a whole row of exquisite houses with carved beams and painted buildings; the other side is barren, with endless low earth walls.
Zhuque Road is prosperous and prosperous, but few ordinary people walk here. Today afternoon, there was a sudden cloud of yellow sand and dust, so it looked even more deserted. The few vendors in front of their doors also had very few customers. Occasionally, there was a person selling candied haws on the street.
Business is pretty good.
Meng Heyin was walking on the street wearing plain clothes, holding a bunch of candied haws in his hand, looking at his surroundings. There were occasionally beggars hiding in the streets and alleys, and from time to time he would look at passers-by and ask for alms.
Several ragged beggars looked directly at Meng Heyin, with longing in their eyes.
Bai Miao calmly blocked Meng Heyin.
"Miss, why don't we take a carriage and travel all the way? Not to mention the large number of people, even the sand and dust in the wind are making people very uncomfortable." Lu Wei muttered.
Meng Heyin also waved his hand in the air at this time, and when he took it back, there was indeed a thin layer of dust left in his hand.
Meng Heyin searched for the memories of her previous visit to Jiang State, but did not remember encountering the yellow sand weather. She felt something was wrong, and after a while, she asked, "Is there always such sand and dust weather in Qiongzhou?"
Bai Miao noticed her movements, "Yes, Miss. Is there anything wrong with the wind?"
Meng Heyin shook his head and looked up. The sky in the city seemed to be covered.
"We have to find a place to hide for a while."
As they finished speaking, they noticed a new teahouse with a simple front door behind them. The furnishings inside could not be seen clearly. The plaque read a few large characters in cursive script: Wuming Teahouse.
Meng Heyin led the two of them into the teahouse. As soon as they entered, they discovered that there was a cave inside the teahouse. There was wind and sand outside the door, but there was steam inside.
Meng Heyin stood at the entrance and looked around habitually. There were vines twining above his head. He didn't know how to cultivate a flowerbed in front of him, and there was a peach blossom in full bloom.
Meng He's voice was low, he created a water environment in the dry and windy sand, and planted peach blossoms in a dark indoor place. The small city of Qiongzhou is really like a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.
The waiter in the teahouse enthusiastically led several people to their seats. After sitting down, Lu Wei and Bai Miao couldn't restrain their excitement. They looked around at the surrounding furnishings and said happily.
"Miss, you really know how to find a place. I've never heard of such a good place!"
"You didn't know this place existed?" Meng Heyin was surprised.
"Never heard of it."
There was a suspicion of a stranger in the newly opened store, so Meng Heyin silently marked the place as a focus of attention.
At this time, a loud "pop--" shocked the teahouse. Everyone in the teahouse was startled and looked towards the central table.
An old man in coarse clothes with gray beard and hair walked up to the middle of the podium, looked around, smiled slightly when he saw the direction of Meng Heyin, bowed to all directions, sang loudly, and then said.
"Hongshu Tea House will start a lecture today on the secrets of the Zhao family of Shangyang Kingdom."
After hearing about Zhao, Meng Heyin's breathing froze for a few seconds and he listened carefully.
"Last time I wrote about the battle between Shangyang Kingdom and Liuxiao Kingdom. The Zhao family, a family of military generals, overwhelmed the Liuxiao army. They defeated Liu Qifeng, the general of Liuxiao Kingdom three times. They captured three cities in a row. After plundering them all, they robbed the people in the city.
Burned and killed them all. The three southeastern cities of Xiao Kingdom were left behind, and the smoke continued for seven days. In March, there were still sounds of ghosts crying..."
The audience below was not large, only a few dozen people, but they were all enthusiastic and cheering excitedly.
“Good burn!”
"This is how a great country behaves!"
Hearing that everyone responded, Meng Heyin was in a trance for a moment. Didn't this all happen in his family in his previous life? At that time, there were many officials in Shangyang Kingdom who impeached his father for his cruelty. Why were there so many people in Jiang Kingdom who supported Shangyang Kingdom?
people?
When she first woke up, she heard Lu Wei say that this was the territory of Jiang State. She was very confused that Jiang State had been captured by Shangyang State a long time ago. Where did Jiang State come from? From the looks of it, could it be that something happened after that war?
Things made Jiang State become a vassal state of Shangyang State?
Meng Heyin was thinking carefully about the whole story, but Lu Wei was frightened by this unabashed murderous spirit and grabbed Meng Heyin's hand in panic.
"Miss, the people here are so scary. Let's go back." He shook his head again and said, "Miss, why are your hands so cold? Go back quickly."
Meng Heyin was unmoved, "Isn't this interesting? Listen to it again."
Meng Heyin patted Lu Wei's hand perfunctorily and looked straight at the storyteller, bound to hear the truth.
"...The killings were so heavy, the way of heaven punished the evil and fostered the loyal and the good, and the evil deeds were so numerous that all the members of the Zhao family died in the battle, leaving only one posthumous son who had no incense..."
Meng Heyin nodded, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he focused his energy on Lu Wei and said: "Don't cry and whine, listen carefully, the eldest daughter of the Zhao family can be said to be the most glorious of the Zhao family..."
The voice of the storyteller continued: "The orphan girl has been punished since then, and her six relatives have been deprived of her destiny. She is unable to do anything in literature or martial arts. It is even said that she has an ugly face and is born with deficiencies. The star observatory predicts that this girl will be the only star of the evil spirit.
, not only punished blood relatives, but even suspected of destroying the country. As a result, in the past seventeen years, the Zhao family has been in a state of decline, and it is difficult to regain its former glory... But fortunately, the second brother of the Zhao family has a new peerless genius..."
Lu Wei and Bai Miao twitched and looked at the proud smile on Meng Heyin's face before they could remove it: "Miss... Tiansha Lone Star is the most glorious one you said..."
Meng Heyin was humiliated and immediately raised his voice, "You old man, why do you only say that she has a domineering destiny, but don't say that she joined the army at the age of eighteen and defeated Xiao Jun in Hebei, Qing Dynasty. At the age of nineteen, she was promoted to the rank of general.
The Yang Kingdom attacked the six kingdoms, and the seven kingdoms were unified at the age of twenty-five..."
The whole hall was shocked and fell silent.
The people in the private room on the second floor suddenly cast their gaze downstairs, almost piercing the woman downstairs.
The storyteller was frightened by what she said at first. Seeing that Meng Heyin's words became more and more outrageous, he snorted and stopped him, "Oh, I didn't know that this young lady is a Wuguo fortune teller and can predict the future events?"
Meng Heyin was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a while to ask uncertainly: "What... do you mean?"
"That Miss Zhao is not yet seventeen this year. You might as well wait until she is twenty-five before making your prediction?!"
Everyone also reacted and burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, a woman is attacking the Six Kingdoms. Hahahaha."
"Yuan Guo and Xiao Guo are so powerful. They unified the seven countries in six years, hahahaha."
Amid the jeers in the hall, Meng Heyin felt as if a thread in his head was broken. His ears were filled with everyone's jeers. In the chaos in his mind, one word was constantly being strengthened and filled in.
Meng Heyin’s thinking.
Seventeen...
The storyteller over there continued to speak, but because he was interrupted by Meng Heyin, he continued to say that the legendary Wugou tribe had come up.
"Legend has it that this Wugou tribe member lives between two realms. He breathes wind and drinks dew on weekdays without seeing the real body. He can observe the changes in the universe and arrange the trajectory of the stars..."
Meng Heyin couldn't help but sit down, and finally realized what was happening. He suppressed the unspeakable sadness in his heart and asked, "Bai Miao, how old am I this year?"
Bai Miao was already very worried when he saw that his young lady had lost her master. Seeing her lack of energy made her even more nervous: "Young lady will be seventeen after her birthday?"
The answer came with a bang, as if the sound was exploding in my ears.
She is now the same age as Zhao Heying!
She didn't go to the future, she just went back to the past!
Everyone, come and give me a try~
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