good season

Chapter 7 He is a dead man
Da Zhuang is simple, but he is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart. Otherwise, he would not have become Xiao Zhen’s right-hand man in his previous life.

Xiao Zhen said that he didn't want to return to the capital, and said that he wanted everyone in the capital to think that he was dead.

Although Da Zhuang didn't understand why, he didn't ask any more questions.

Compared with this incident, Da Zhuang was even more confused as to why Xiao Zhen even knew that he knew martial arts.

Yes, Da Zhuang knew martial arts. In addition to ancestral prescriptions, his family also had an ancestral sword manual. Yao Shanbo forced Da Zhuang to practice martial arts as soon as he could walk.

"Once you're done, I'll give you my sword." Xiao Zhen said.

Da Zhuang's eyes lit up. He practiced sword fighting, but he used a wooden sword. The sixteen-year-old Da Zhuang longed to own a real sword.

He had seen Xiao Zhen's sword. When Xiao Zhen fell off the cliff, his sword was with him.

Although Xiao Zhen's sword was not a famous sword handed down from generation to generation, he still spent five hundred taels of silver to buy it.

Da Zhuang's heart was pounding: "Such a good sword, will you really give it to me?"

Xiao Zhen nodded: "As long as you accomplish this, this sword will be yours."

"Do you keep your word?"

"Never break a promise."

Da Zhuang took the purse Xiao Zhen gave him, turned around and ran out. After a moment, he came back and put a basket on the bedside of Xiao Zhen: "If you are hungry, eat this."

In addition to the basket, there is also a pot of water.

Yao Shanbo was not at home. Just now, he went out alone to collect herbs.

Da Zhuang was gone for three days.

On the first day, Yao Shanbo came back from collecting herbs and did not see Da Zhuang. Xiao Zhen had already thought about how to answer, but Yao Shanbo did not ask anything.

As soon as he came back, he went into his room. When Xiao Zhen was hungry, he took dry food from the basket and ate it. When he was thirsty, he drank water. After filling his stomach, he went to sleep. When he fell asleep, he would not move, and if he did not move, he would not feel pain.

In the second half of the night, Xiao Zhen was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt someone moving his legs. He opened his eyes and saw Yao Shanbo holding an oil lamp in one hand and checking his injured area with the other.

Xiao Zhen didn't say anything because he soon became unable to speak. Yao Shanbo gave him a bowl of medicine to pour down his throat. After a moment, Xiao Zhen fell into chaos.

When I woke up, it was already the next day and there was a strange smell in the air.

On this day, Dazhuang had not returned yet. In the evening, Yao Shanbo came back from outside. He sat in front of Xiao Zhen's bed and looked at him deeply.

"Many people came today, and they found a body under the cliff. The body was wearing your clothes."

Xiao Zhen's clothes were already tattered and had been thrown in a corner. But when Yao Shanbo went to check just now, the clothes were gone. What Xiao Zhen was wearing was Da Zhuang's clothes.

Xiao Zhen did not deny: "I asked Da Zhuang to do it."

"Where did the body come from?" Yao Shanbo was a little anxious.

Xiao Zhen said calmly: "They were bought, or they were poor people who died in a foreign land. In short, Da Zhuang will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, nor will he cause a lawsuit. Please rest assured."

"You don't want people to know that you are still alive?" Yao Shanbo asked again.

"Yes, I didn't fall off the cliff for no reason. Someone wanted to harm me. If I go back alive, they will continue to harm me. And I don't have much time left. My parents and my family are all in danger." Xiao Zhen said. Yao Shanbo was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Your surname is Xiao, what is your relationship with the Xiao family in Qingquan?"

Xiao Zhen did not hide his name. He told Yao Shanbo and Dazhuang after he woke up.

But he never mentioned the Qingquan Xiao family. He grew up in the capital and spoke Mandarin. This place was less than a hundred miles away from the capital. No matter who it was, they would naturally think that he was from the capital.

At this time Yao Shanbo suddenly asked about the Qingquan Xiao family. Xiao Zhen was stunned. The Xiao family was a military family, but they had retired for thirty years. They still had some power in the army, but it was only limited to the military. Ordinary people had long forgotten the achievements of the Xiao family, let alone the herbalists living in the mountains.

Xiao Zhen was confused, but he still told the truth. This was his savior in two lives, and he didn't want to hide it.

"The Qingquan Xiao family is my family. My father is from the eldest branch of the Xiao family. I am the eldest grandson of the eldest branch of the Xiao family."

There was silence in the stone house. Xiao Zhen thought Yao Shanbo would say something, but Yao Shanbo just said "oh" and went back to his room. Half an hour later, he gave Xiao Zhen another bowl of medicine. Xiao Zhen fell into confusion again, just like yesterday.

This time, Xiao Zhen slept peacefully. The heavy stone in his heart was finally put down. From now on, he was a dead man.

On the third day, Da Zhuang finally came back. This time, he brought back Xiao Zhen's four guards.

Ever since Xiao Zhen fell off the cliff, these four guards have never left Shiji Mountain. They want to see him alive or find his body.

Not only they were looking for Xiao Zhen, but also the Yongning Marquisate and the people sent by the emperor.

Just yesterday, they finally found a corpse. The corpse had begun to rot, and was crawling with maggots. His face was smashed to pieces and no facial features could be seen. But his figure, his clothes, and the half-broken jade pendant around his waist all proved that this was Xiao Zhen.

Everyone sent the body back to the Princess's Mansion. As soon as they entered the mansion, Menzi told the guard Jiang Ping that someone was looking for him.

Jiang Ping went out and saw that it was a country boy. The boy took out a scabbard. Jiang Ping recognized it at a glance. It was Xiao Zhen's scabbard.

There was no sword on the body.

This young man was Da Zhuang. Just like that, he brought Jiang Ping and three other half-believing and half-doubting guards to Xiao Zhen.

Seeing that Xiao Zhen was still alive, the four of them were filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy. The man who was as strong as an iron tower actually burst into tears.

Xiao Zhen said gently: "Don't cry, now is not the time to cry, you are the people I trust the most, I have something for you to do."

What Xiao Zhen asked the four people to do was to return to the Princess's Mansion, resign to the Chief Secretary, and bring a letter to Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue was only twelve years old, and Xiao Zhen didn't want to involve him. What he was going to do next was full of dangers, and he couldn't take Xiao Yue with him.

So he had to make proper arrangements for Xiao Yue. In his previous life, Xiao Yue escaped from the capital city disguised as a beggar. Before that, he was nearly arrested and thrown into the imperial prison. He narrowly escaped from under the noses of the Embroidered Uniform Guards after a narrow escape.

In this life, he has the upper hand, so he can't let Xiao Yue suffer.

In a blink of an eye, it was the tenth day of April. On this day, Xiao Zhen could finally go out to work. Although Yao Shanbo said that he was not yet able to travel long distances, Xiao Zhen could not wait any longer.

He remembered that King Liang's death anniversary was the tenth day of April.

In his previous life, he and Xiao Yue would set out for Liang on the tenth day of April every year, because the death anniversary of Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao was April 15th, which meant that in five days at most, his parents would die at the hands of Prince Liang's children.

From now on, if we keep riding day and night without stopping, we will be able to reach Liangdi on April 15th.

(End of this chapter)