Xuanxia

Chapter 1073 Farewell
"Brother, you are leaving again."

Tang Jiao looked at Fu Qingzhou who was packing his luggage, her expression slightly gloomy, and she sighed softly: "I have only been back to the capital for a few days."

"Alas, there is nothing I can do. There are too many things to do..."

Fu Qingzhou smiled helplessly, sat in front of her, and held her hand: "Actually, you should also go to the Lan family."

"Lan family?" Tang Jiao was stunned.

"The news from Mingjian Pavilion..."

Fu Qingzhou said softly: "They found out the secret of the Hongjiang dredging case from the Lan family's account book."

Tang Jiao's pupils trembled!
"The answer you've been looking for for so many years is actually right there." Fu Qingzhou held her hand tightly: "But... it's a pity that we didn't get to see him brought to justice, nor did we get to kill him with our own hands."

"Brother, what's going on?" Tang Jiao bit her lower lip.

"To put it simply, it was a gift given to Lan Yonghuai, the head of the Lan family..." Fu Qingzhou's voice was heavy.

"Take office, gift?!"

Tang Jiao's hands began to tremble.

Fu Qingzhou nodded. "After Lan Yonghuai became the head of the Lan family and the Minister of Works, his father deliberately embezzled a lot of money in the Hongjiang dredging project in order to make him understand how powerful the Lan family is and how stable his position as the Minister of Works is. He did not cover it up at all. Even the person who reported Lan Yonghuai at that time was arranged by the Lan family."

"Of course, Uncle Tang was involved in this entirely because... he stood on the opposite side of the family."

"In that case, all the members of the Lan family escaped safely, but people like Uncle Tang were all caught up in the storm... Alas."

He sighed, "In fact, the silver they coveted is just a drop in the bucket for the Lan family. However, in order to let Lan Yonghuai know how powerful their family is, the family directed and acted out this big drama, making a lot of ill-gotten gains while eliminating dissidents, and letting him stand in the center of the storm and get away unscathed. This is the inauguration gift."

Tang Jiao listened and sat there blankly, not moving.

Because of the appointment of a family patriarch, so many people were killed, including his own father?

His family was destroyed, he was forced to flee to another place, and lived in exile for several years, all because of... a gift?
Unexpectedly, Tang Jiao did not shed tears.

Her eyes gradually became firm and calm.

"Brother, Lan Yonghuai is dead and the Lan family is destroyed, but things like this will not stop happening in the future, right?" she asked softly.

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "As long as there are people in this world, such things are bound to happen."

"But at least, the Lan family that did these things was destroyed by us."

He patted the back of Tang Jiao's hand and said, "If someone like this appears again, we will not let them go either."

"But we can have a better way, right?" Tang Jiao raised her lips slightly: "We can make the world have more good people and fewer bad people, so that when bad people want to do bad things, they will always have to think more and worry more."

"Instead of waiting for bad people to do evil things and then arresting and killing them, wouldn't it be better to prevent them from doing these things?"

Hearing her speak, Fu Qingzhou laughed.

"you are right."

He nodded and said, "Jiaojiao, do you have any ideas?"

"Actually, I don't have any special ideas." Tang Jiao smiled a little embarrassedly: "I went back to Chang'an Lane this morning. One of the children I taught back then passed the exam and became a scholar... I want to make this thing bigger so that more people can benefit from it."

Fu Qingzhou suddenly realized.

He quickly laughed, "What do you want to do?"

"Uncle Jingming wants to rebuild the True Immortal Palace. I think these two things can be done together."

Tang Jiao whispered, "Langhuan Mountain is great, but it's too high and too cold. It's very difficult for ordinary people to go up the mountain. Although the mountain is big, it can't accommodate too many people. I want to... build the True Immortal Palace all over the country."

Fu Qingzhou's pupils slowly shrank. He didn't expect that Tang Jiao's dream... was so big.

"This is a huge undertaking and it cannot be accomplished in three to five years."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "What you want to do is greater than what I and I, big brother, can do."

Tang Jiao lowered her head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

Talking about this topic, the gloom brought about by the Lan family incident was diluted a lot, and the sadness of being together less and apart more often was also eased a lot.

"Brother, this time you are going to bring...Old Ghost back, right?"

Tang Jiao asked.

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "I won't hide it from you, this trip will be very dangerous, maybe even more dangerous than anything I've done before, but I believe I can come back."

"I believe you too."

Tang Jiao smiled sweetly, took off the Qiankun ring on her wrist, and handed it to Fu Qingzhou: "Brother, you take them all."

"Give it all to me?" Fu Qingzhou was not in a hurry to refuse, and smiled and said, "Why don't you keep some?"

"No."

Tang Jiao shook her head: "These magic weapons are for fighting. I won't fight anymore. I will just accompany Sister Qiuchan and plan the reconstruction of the True Immortal Palace with Uncle Jingming... As for the Lan family..."

She smiled and said, "I won't go."

When she said this, Fu Qingzhou could feel her hands trembling slightly in his palms.

Tang Jiao let it go, but of course, it wasn't that easy.

What she did was to put her energy into bigger, broader and more lofty goals... It was not that she gave up on revenge, but that her enemy was dead and there was no need for revenge anymore. Her sights were no longer focused on family feuds, but on making this world a better place.

"Then I won't be polite, big brother."

Fu Qingzhou clenched the Qiankun Ring in his hand: "During this period of time, you should spend more time with Qiuchan. When I come back, if you need any help, no matter if it is Xuanmeng or Mingjian..."

He was halfway through his words when Tang Jiao suddenly pounced on him!

She threw herself into Fu Qingzhou's arms, wrapped her arms around his waist tightly, and hugged him tightly.

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

Then he reached out and hugged Tang Jiao tightly.

"Brother, I...will be waiting for you to come back with Sister Qiuchan."

Tang Jiao closed her eyes and spoke as if in a dream.

Fu Qingzhou was filled with emotion and had thousands of words to say, but for some reason, they were finally summed up into five short words.

"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry."

He didn't know why he was apologizing, but Tang Jiao seemed to understand.

Tang Jiao didn't say anything else, but just continued to hug him tightly.

The sky darkened, the autumn wind blew, and an autumn rain suddenly fell without warning.

Outside the courtyard came the noisy sound of Baishi Street, the sounds of people running and shouting to collect their clothes and hide from the rain.

The rain was getting heavier. There was no light in the hut, and it gradually became darker. Raindrops hit the windows and eaves, making clear crackling sounds, but the two people in the room didn't speak or move at all.

(End of this chapter)