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Chapter 200
In the early morning of the next day, Gu Zhen received a letter informing him that Wan Guizang had abandoned his ship and landed, and stayed in Dinghai for an hour before disappearing.When Gu Zhen got the letter, he was worried and urged the ship to go faster.

In the afternoon, another letter was received, and it was learned that Wan Guizang showed up in Nanjing.Gu Zhen knew the whereabouts of his opponent, first he was overjoyed, and then he thought that if this person went to Nanjing, would it be bad for his mother?This thought made him even more troubled, so he set sail and hurried on his way desperately.It was late at night when the ship arrived at the shore, and disciples from Dongdao came to greet him. After Gu Zhen asked, he found out that Wan Guizang had disappeared again, and he became suspicious. He couldn't figure out what the old man was doing. Xuanxu said to the crowd: "The situation is not clear at the moment, first go to Deyi Villa to have a look, find out the situation, and then decide whether to stay or not." Everyone was worried and reluctantly agreed.

Arriving at Deyi Mountain Villa, Shang Qingying saw that her two sons were safe, she was really overjoyed, but unexpectedly Gu Zhen said: "Mom, you will stay here soon, so don't make any fuss." Seeing Yao Qing's sickly appearance, she knew something big was going to happen.She knew that there was absolutely no truth in asking Gu Zhen, so she called Lu Jian aside for questioning.Lu Jian didn't dare to lie, and when he told the cause and effect, Shang Qingying's face turned pale, and he sat on the chair weakly, staring in a daze.

Lu Jianfang wanted to comfort him, but suddenly heard Yan Wei's call, saying that Gu Zhen was waiting in the front hall, so Lu Jian had to leave his mother and rush to the front hall, but there was another person in the living room, Lu Jian recognized Zhao Shouzhen.Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Brother, Brother Zhao sent ginseng."

Lu Jian turned around and saw that there were hundreds of long and narrow wooden boxes lined up on the table. When they were opened one by one, the ginseng in the box was thick and plump, exuding a faint fragrance.Zhao Shouzhen got up and said with a smile, "I heard that Lord Lu is in a hurry to get some ginseng. I have been searching all kinds of things these days and found some. The youngest ginseng is 200 years old. Unfortunately, the time is too short. It is really hard to find ginseng kings over 800 years old. I only got three, and I only got half of the thousand-year-old ginseng, which I still got from Prince Ning's mansion."

Lu Jian was overjoyed, and bowed deeply, "Mr. Zhao's kindness and virtue, Lu Jian will never forget." Zhao Shouzhen hastily returned the gift, and said, "Master Lu is serious, Mr. Lu's business is Mr. Zhao's business. "Lu Jian wanted to thank you again, Gu Zhen suddenly smiled and said: "You two don't want to be polite, you and I, it's like a chicken pecking at rice. Zhao Shouzhen, how is the food market now?"

Zhao Shouzhen smiled and said: "The price of grain dropped after six days when the grain ship entered Zhejiang, and after half a month, it gradually stabilized. Now that the price of grain has become cheaper, refugees have returned home one after another, only suffering from those big profiteers hoarding grain. There are more than 100 people locked up in the prison, all of whom borrowed money to stockpile grain. The funniest thing is a profiteer surnamed Shen. I don’t know how he knew that the price of grain fell because of Mr. Gu. I scolded you all night!"

"Shen?" Gu Zhen and Lu Jian looked at each other and asked with a smile, "But the surname is Shen and Mingxiu?" Zhao Shouzhen slapped his thigh: "Yes, his name is Shen Xiu. This person is the youngest among the profiteers and the most cunning." Ruthless, he mortgaged all the real estate and fields in his hand, and borrowed more than 40 taels of silver to buy grain and hoard it. Unexpectedly, as soon as our grain arrived, the price of grain fell day by day. He deserved that kid's bad luck. The few days when the price fell the most, He was not in the city. When he came back, the 40 taels of millet would not be worth the 4 taels of millet. Seeing that the situation was wrong, he rolled up the money and wanted to escape, but was blocked by the creditors at the city gate of Nanjing and received a good beating The creditor saw that he really couldn't pay the money, so he sent it to the government, bribed the governor, beat him with two hundred water and fire sticks, and put him in prison. The one named Shen was quite stiff, and even cursed Mr. Gu when he was in prison. He scolded all night, and only stopped at dawn. The profiteer who was in the same prison woke up and found that this fellow was staring at him, and he had been dead for a long time."

He joked about it as a joke, but when they heard a "bang", the three of them turned their heads and looked. Shang Qingying was holding on to the doorpost, her face was pale, all the teapots and cups on the ground were broken, and boiling water splashed on the back of her feet. She was also at a loss. Sleep.Lu Jian sighed inwardly, stepped forward to help her sit down, Shang Qingying sat there for a while, suddenly burst into tears, and murmured: "Is Xiu'er dead? Why don't I know..." Gu Zhen said: "Mom, you stay in Zhuangzi all day long, how do you know what's going on outside?"

Shang Qingying turned around suddenly, and said sharply at him: "He scolded you when he was dying, did you hurt him? I know, you blame me for being too kind to him all these years and neglecting you. You can't kill him, you child, why are you so cruel..."

Although Shen Xiu was not killed by Gu Zhen himself, but his martial arts and property were ruined, whether intentionally or not, it was all done by Gu Zhen.So being scolded by Shang Qingying, he didn't know how to answer, his face turned blue, and he snorted softly.Zhao Shouzhen was very sophisticated, and when he saw this, he understood a little bit, and hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Don't blame the old lady, Shen Xiu's death was firstly beaten by the creditor, and then he was beaten by the government's stick. Both injuries occurred, and he died. It has nothing to do with Mr. Gu. .”

Shang Qingying glared at him, and said coldly: "Who are you? What do you know? I don't know about my own son? Those creditors were all called by him, and he bribed the government. He...he is not Hate Xiuer, he hates me..." She looked at Gu Zhen, gritted her teeth slightly, "You hate me so much, why didn't you kill me with a knife, why torture Xiuer like this?"

"Your own son?" Gu Zhen suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Who is your son? Shen Xiu is your son. What do I have to do with you? Damn it, I killed Shen Xiu. There are still less than a hundred sticks, and it is time to hit [-] sticks and make a ball of meat paste to feed to the dogs!" Before Shang Qingying could answer, he walked away with a gust of wind and disappeared.

Shang Qingying was choked by these words, she swayed and fainted suddenly.Lu Jian held her in his arms, not knowing what to do.Zhao Shouzhen got bored and had to leave angrily.

Back in the bedroom, Shang Qingying woke up, grabbed Lu Jian and wept, "Jian'er, I only have one son in my life, Zhen'er...Zhen'er, I don't recognize him anymore." Lu Jian was speechless , After a while, said: "Mom, you misunderstood him." Shang Qingying said: "Why did I misunderstand him? If he hadn't harmed Xiu'er, why would Xiu'er scold him all night? Xiu'er is not my own, but I raised him He loves him like his own. Unexpectedly, he...he died at the hands of my own son..."

Just as Lu Jian wanted to defend himself, he was interrupted by his mother: "I know Zhen'er's temper. He is so powerful that even ten Xiu'er can't beat him. Xiu'er died so badly. When I think about it, my heart just feels like that. It's like being pricked by a needle. Jian'er, can you go to the city for me? Go to the prison and get Xiu'er's body out for a proper burial."

Lu Jian thought to himself: "Shen Xiu's death is what he did. It's really not worth it for Mom to fall out with Gu Zhen over this matter." It was inconvenient to say more, so Wei Wei exited the door.After walking about ten steps, I saw Gu Zhen blocking the front with sharp eyes, as if he was about to kill someone, and was about to persuade him, but Gu Zhen hurriedly said: "I heard what she said to you, you go and collect Shen Xiu's body, you My brother won't be able to do it. That bastard should be dragged to feed the dogs, I've already told Zhao Shouzhen to do it." Lu Jian was dumbfounded, and hesitated, "How can I do that?" Gu Zhen gritted his white teeth and said with a sneer: " Why can't it work? Anyway, I haven't had a mother since I was a child, I didn't have one in the past, and I won't have one in the future." At this point, she shook her hand and left.

Lu Jian rushed up and said, "Where are you going?" Gu Zhen also walked out of the village quickly without making a sound, until he walked under a big tree in the back mountain, leaned over and dug out a box of nanmu with jade, and pressed it hugged tightly.

"What's that?" Lu Jianwei was slightly surprised.Gu Zhen said in a muffled voice, "My father's ashes."

"The remains of King Gudao?" Lu Jian was greatly shocked, and quickly bowed to the box three times, then got up and asked, "Why did you bury the ashes here?"

Gu Zhen sighed: "Look back." Lu Jian looked back and had a panoramic view of the whole villa, only to hear Gu Zhen mumbled, "Father died of poisoning, his body was rotten and couldn't be preserved, so he had to be destroyed and turned into ashes." The ashes should have been sent back to Dongdao, but I imagined that if he knew about it, he might be more happy here. You can see a villa here, and you can also see Shang Qingying."

Lu Jian felt emotional in his heart, and sighed: "You and Mom are fighting, why bother to disturb the island king's heroic spirit?" Gu Zhen said bitterly: "She doesn't even recognize me, so why should Dad stay?" Lu Jian said: "That's Mom's anger Talk." Gu Zhen snorted angrily, and said coldly: "Whatever she says, anyway, the love between mother and child, let it go today!"

Lu Jian couldn't help being stunned, he knew that Gu Zhen looked like a stern man, but in fact he had a city in his chest, if he didn't make up his mind, there was no reason to change it, once he made up his mind, it wouldn't help if he broke his mouth.Just being silent, a fast horse galloped towards the village on the road, Gu Zhen let out a cry, and ran down the mountain.

But after walking two steps, Gu Zhen suddenly stopped again, glanced at the wooden box, let out a long sigh, turned back under the tree, buried the wooden box again, got up and said: "It's unpredictable, if I come back alive, It won't be too late to relocate and bury." Lu Jian was silent, but he thought in his heart: "If the king of Gudao knows about it, he might not want to go anywhere but here."

The two were full of thoughts, and they went down the mountain and returned to the village. The disciple who sent the letter was anxious and was wandering in front of the hall. When he saw the two, he hurriedly handed over the letter.Gu Zhen took a look, frowned, and ordered everyone in the west city to come and discuss. Lu Jian asked, "Is there any news about Wan's return to Tibet?" Gu Zhen said, "There are three." Lu Jian was very surprised, and at this moment Lan You came over and said that Yao Qing was awake, so Lu Jian found an excuse to leave and go back to his room.

As soon as he left Gu Zhen, Lu Jian hurriedly called Yan Weigui to come, and rushed him to Nanjing, making sure to grab Shen Xiu's body before Zhao Shouzhen, and not let Gu Zhen be abrupt.Yan Weigui got the order, and said with a bitter face: "If Lord Gu knows, I will be miserable." Lu Jian said sternly: "The crime of death is gone, no matter how much sin Shen Xiu has, it should be written off when he dies. Gu Zhen said If you do something wrong, if he scolds you, you can just push it on my head." Yan Weigui nodded helplessly, and went to use his strength.

Lu Jian turned around and came to Yao Qing's room. Yao Qing woke up and didn't see Lu Jian. She was throwing a temper tantrum. When she saw him coming in, she was both happy and resentful. She said with red eyes, "Where have you been? Did you feel happy when I died?" Lu Jian smiled wryly and said, "I have something to go away for a while, so why do I hope you're dead?" Yao Qing said, "Are you reasonable? If you leave me alone, if I'm in a hurry, won't you die?"

Lu Jian sighed, held her hand, and watched silently. In just two or three days, the girl lost a lot of weight.Lu Jian felt sore in his chest, thinking: "She is so ill, she can't help but have a weird temper." She forced a smile and said, "Ah Qing, you are really blaming me, it's all my fault, I will never leave you again."

Yao Qing was overjoyed, she rolled her eyes at him, rested her head on his lap, and asked softly, "Is there any news about Wan Guizang?" Lu Jian told Gu Zhen what he said.Yao Qing pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "It's bad." Lu Jian said, "What's wrong?" Yao Qing said, "If there are three pieces of news, there must be three Wan Guizang..." Lu Jianqi said, "Where did you come from?" The three Wan Guizang?" Yao Qingfang wanted to elaborate, but when she exerted all her strength, she felt dizzy, waved her hands, and couldn't continue.

Seeing this, Qing'e brought ginseng soup, Yao Qing finished drinking, closed her eyes and adjusted her breath for a while, and then said, "Take me to see Gu Zhen." Lu Jian nodded in agreement, and when she saw Yao Qing wanted to change, she left the door.He stood on the edge of the railing, watching the flowers all over the garden wither, and the fallen leaves all over the ground. When the wind blew, there was a soft rustle, and the sound was like a blunt knife being sharpened in his heart.Lu Jian stared blankly for a while, tears welled up in his eyes, and inadvertently wetted a residual flower.At this time, he suddenly heard the call from the room, so he had to calm down, forced a smile and turned back.

Bringing Yao Qing to the back hall, everyone is already gathered and discussing.Xianbi said: "West, north, and south, there are three Wanguizang, which are clearly the old formation of suspicion." Gu Zhen said with a smile: "The old man transformed the three Qings with one breath, this move is powerful! We choose one of the three, choose If you go in the wrong direction, you will definitely lose time." Zuo Feiqing interjected, "Old thief Wan is cunning and deceitful, maybe the west, north, and south directions are false, but he actually went to the east."

"No." Gu Zhen waved his hand gently, "Of course the old man is cunning, but Patriarch Siqin is not a boring person. The first clue is in the east, and the second clue is in the east, which sounds very boring."

Everyone was thinking about it, guessing uncertainly.After a long while, Gu Zhen suddenly said: "Patriarch Siqin's actions, there is often an implicit connection between the beginning and the end, like the mystery of the eight pictures, which seem to be scattered, but in fact they are indispensable, and the connection is very deep. There must also be a connection between these five clues. It implies a certain connection, and if you find this connection, you can guess Wan Guizang's whereabouts. Everyone, if you are the Patriarch Siqin, why did you hide the first clue in Ling'ao Island?"

Xianbi said: "To be unexpected!" Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "I thought so too at first, but now that I think about it, I only know one thing, not the other. There are so many steles in Ling'ao Island, why did Patriarch Siqin choose to be in Patriarch Jingyuan's place?" There are words left on the stele? Why don’t you just write the word 'wind cave' directly, but leave a riddle, alluding to 'the gate of the winds'? Isn't there something strange about it?"

Xian Tainu said abruptly: "Whether it's Patriarch Huajing Yuan or Patriarch Gongyang Yu, they all have a great relationship with Patriarch Siqin. Patriarch Huajing Yuan is the younger brother of Patriarch Hua Xiaoshuang, and Patriarch Gongyang Yu is the grandfather of Patriarch Hua. In terms of seniority, they are all grandparents of Patriarch Siqin. Gu Zhen, according to what you say, is the second clue also related to blood relationship?" Gu Zhen said: "It may not be blood relationship, but it must be closely related to Patriarch Siqin .Maying? Maying! Is there any place that not only has a fine horse, but also is closely related to Patriarch Siqin?" After finishing speaking, Wen Dai's eyes lit up, and she suddenly said: "I think of a place that is related to Patriarch Siqin , and it has something to do with horses."

Everyone cheered up, and Xianbi asked happily, "Where is it?" Wen Dai smiled and said, "Do you still remember Yingying Temple?" Xianbi gasped, "Yingying Temple, isn't that the West City?" Wen Dai nodded He said: "There is the portrait of Patriarch Liu Yingying over there, and next to the portrait is her BMW Rouge."

"Yingying Temple?" Gu Zhen raised his eyebrows, "It seems that we have to go all the way west!"

After resting for one night, the sun did not rise the next day, so everyone set off on horseback.The morning breeze blew slowly, and Lu Jian suddenly felt cool, and turned around and asked, "Ah Qing, is it cold?" Yao Qing lay on his shoulder, leaned over, blew in his ear, and smiled softly: " It's not cold at all next to your big stove..." As soon as the words finished, the white parrot on Lu Jian's left shoulder called: "Big stove, Lu Jian is a big stove!"

Lu Jian blushed. Yao Qing saw the flat-haired bastard spread his private affairs indiscriminately. She was so annoyed that she gave it a slap and cursed: "Shut up, stinky bird!" The white pearl flew up and landed on the ground. Beside Juhe, tilted his head and stared at Yao Qing.Yao Qing said: "Are you still not convinced?" She wanted to fight back, but felt exhausted, so she couldn't help but lean on Lu Jian's back to catch her breath.

"Qing'er!" Wen Dai stepped forward and said, "You have to be calm about your problem." Yao Qing looked at her with red eyes and said, "Master, are you really not going?" Wen Dai sighed: "Tai Nu Both eyes are blind, and my body is getting worse. I stay here to take care of him, and to protect the merchant's sister, so that Lu and Gu can have nothing else to do."

Lu Jiandao: "Senior's great virtue, Lu Jian can't repay you." Wen Dai said: "You don't have to be polite. This trip westward, thousands of miles of sandy hills, dangerous mountains, cold wind like knives, hot wind like burning, Qing'er's body will definitely struggle. This In the past few days, the meridians in her whole body have shown signs of atrophy, which is really worrying. From today on, you will use your true power to expand the meridians in her body three times in the morning, noon and evening, and you will not relax for a moment. Your "Great Vajra Divine Power" is extremely powerful. Chun, contains the power of compassion and Buddha, which is of great benefit to her wounds. As for other things, fortunately, Xianbi will also go, and I can rest assured that she will take care of her."

Yao Qing said coldly: "Who wants her to take care of it?" Wen Dai smiled and looked around, Zuo Feiqing, Xianbi, Yu Zhao, Gu Zhen, Ning Ning, the five slaves, Lan You, Qing'e, and the others There is a saddle and horse ready to go, Wen Dai's heart is blocked, and her eyes are blurred.

Xian Bi forced a smile and said: "Mom, dignified mother, don't cry." Wen Dai suppressed her sadness and sighed: "Mom is getting old and her heart has softened, but she is not heartless like you."

(End of this chapter)