Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 870 Behind the water are mountains and within them is a city
"When a group of us picked her up in the dilapidated house of Yuanyang House, the teacher planned to adopt her as his granddaughter because she had no children."

"The original schedule was also put on hold. We took the young lady back to Zhou Kingdom, but this baby was too weird. She was not interested in anything."

"Be it piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, art of war, formations, or martial arts, she didn't learn anything. She just wanted to run around all day long. When she was five years old, she even disappeared for three days in the city of Yandu. It was so difficult for us to stay in the city. Find her outside."

"But no matter how we asked, she just said she was looking for someone, but when asked who she was looking for, she said she didn't know."

"She will always follow the river outside the city to find it. She will not return until the end of the river."

Zhan Gong said: "I once took her out of the city out of curiosity, but she still walked along the river outside."

"When I walked to the end and came back, I couldn't help but ask her. She just looked for it yesterday. If she couldn't find it from here, why didn't she look for it somewhere else?"

"But she said, just follow the river you see. Behind the water is the mountain, and inside the mountain is the city. You can find it when you get to the city."

"I asked her who she was looking for, and she just said she didn't know."

"She just wanted to find that person, but she didn't know who the person was or what she was going to do after finding the person. This situation lasted until the fourth day of June 15 years ago, when she was 14 years old. Something changed."

Zhao Kang vaguely felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put it into words.

Cao Bailu asked: "What change?"

"That day coincided with the teacher giving a lecture, and students from all over the world came. The young lady who ran out to find someone suddenly appeared in the academy."

"At that time, people from Qi State came to listen to the teacher's lecture. The young lady ran among them and looked at a girl in the crowd. She was very frightened and angry. That was the first time I saw the young lady showing other emotions, as if she wanted to kill her. Same as the other party.”

"But there was a thunder at that time, and the lady's whole body was struck by lightning. Everyone was frightened at that time. I only heard the lady say before she fainted that I am not looking for you, but this time I will kill you first. .”

"After that, she was in a coma for a full month, but after she woke up, her temperament changed drastically. She completely forgot about the past. The doctor couldn't find anything wrong with her, and she no longer ran out to find people all day long."

"It's like she has lost her memory, but she still remembers the teacher and those of us who grew up watching her."

"From then on, she studied with the teacher. In just a few years, she surpassed the teacher in all aspects of classics, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

"She can learn everything in one go. Even a few years ago, she didn't know what happened, but she suddenly gained Qi, and the speed increased at an incredible rate."

"I could still give her guidance at first, but within a year, it was hard for me to block her sword. However, she told me that she had never practiced at all."

"Zhenqi appeared on her way back from Qian Kingdom, and then began to grow continuously, so that in the end she learned it by herself without a teacher, and the exquisite swordsmanship is rare in the world."

"I'm afraid even if Emperor Wu Rulong is resurrected, the young lady will be able to compete with him."

The eyes of Zhao Kang and Cao Bailu were a little confused, because instead of getting anything from Zhan Gongyuan, they felt that the fog around Gongsun Yunxiu was getting thicker.

Cao Bailu thought for a moment and raised her head and asked, "Senior Zhan, is the little girl who frightened Gongsun Yunxiu in the academy that time, Liu Yanran of Qi State?"

Zhan Gongyuan frowned and thought for a while: "Liu Yanran is the princess of Qi, right? It seems that some of the people who came to listen to the teacher's lecture were from the royal family of Qi."

"But before she passed out, she said that the other party was not the person she was looking for."

Zhao Kang fell silent. He seemed to already know something. Cao Bailu also looked over, and then said to Zhan Gongyuan: "Thank you, Senior Zhan. Can you hold the boat for us for a while?" Zhan Gongyuan sighed and nodded lightly. I slid the pole lightly and lost the interest to continue talking.

Cao Bailu gently hugged Zhao Kang and let him lean into her arms.

Ship docked.

When the two got off the boat, it was already sunset.

Cao Bailu suddenly chuckled: "The person Gongsun Yunxiu is looking for should be you, right?"

"If I wasn't being overly sentimental, that would be it."

Zhao Kang grabbed the jade flute. It was the fourth day of June 15 years ago. That day happened to be the day when he opened his eyes and became the magistrate of Yuanjiang County.

Cao Bailu said softly: "There is a Yuanyang River about twenty meters away from the ancestral land. Yuanyangcuo in Jiangzhou is the source. It goes down a hundred miles to Jiangling Mansion. At the end of the river are Baiyun Mountain, Qingcang Mountain, and Zixiang Mountain."

"It's Yuanjiang County inside. She followed the route of Yuanjiang County along the river. She was looking for you, but she was brought to the Kingdom of Zhou, so she couldn't find you."

"Perhaps in her understanding at that time, as long as she followed the river to the end, she would see the mountain. After climbing over the mountain, she would reach Yuanjiang County, and she would be able to find you."

"Zhao Kang, how many times do you think she had to find you before she could remember this road from birth?"

"I do not know."

Zhao Kang held Yuxiao tightly and squatted down in pain. He felt as if his head was going to explode.

Pedestrians around looked at him strangely, and Cao Bailu held him tightly in her arms, laughing and crying: "Husband, this is a good thing. She is different from us! She has known you from the beginning and remembered you. She I just left temporarily. You will meet again."

"She wanted to change something, so she wanted to kill Liu Yanran after she met him in the academy. I checked and found that Liu Yanran had a serious illness when she was young, probably after meeting her."

"Then the Pearl Princess made a plan to destroy Qian in the Three Kingdoms."

While wiping her tears, Cao Bailu smiled, then held Zhao Kang's face: "You will not be alone in the future."

Zhao Kang stared at the woman in front of him blankly, raising his hand to wipe the tears that overflowed again. He could feel the pain and joy in the heart of the woman in front of him.

Rejoice for him and suffer for yourself.

She also wanted to be able to stay with Zhao Kang all the time, but she was not Gongsun Yunxiu, so she couldn't do it.

Holding this face, Cao Bailu seemed to want to engrave it in his heart. If there is a next life, if I can do it again, I can and I will remember you. I remember that you were the magistrate of Yuanjiang County, and then I will look for you.

Suddenly, Zhao Kang's eyes changed, and he picked up the woman on his back. As if he was casting a curse, he told himself and Cao Bailu on his back: "You are all the same, no matter who you are, Linglong, Yunxiu, Qingyan, you still..." With Hongxue... no one will be missing, no one will be missing."

Cao Bailu smiled and leaned on Zhao Kang's back, holding onto his collar tightly.

May I be like the star king like the moon, and the night and night flow bright and clean...

(End of this chapter)