After being choked to death by a copper coin, she became a demon Jin Ji in the other world

[Forget it, I'll find her something serious to read later. You're such a good ghost emperor, but you're almost a fangirl. You should also read less romance novels. A little bit of that stuff can make you happy, but drinking too much is harmful to your health.]

[Hehe, I know, I know. That guy is like that, how can I not know? Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Sister Su Shang and the others have gone far away. Let's quickly catch up with them.]

After Shen Huanyan finished speaking, without waiting for Shen Yuelan to teach her any more, she ran away, as if she didn't want Shen Yuelan to interfere too much.

Seeing this, Shen Yuelan was both angry and amused. She knew that this little thing was guilty, but this guy shouldn't react like this, right? Maybe puberty is coming soon.

However, does a creature like Yao Ji really have puberty? I'll go back and ask Sister Yuelong some other day.

Shen Yuelan and others walked for more than half a month before finally arriving at this large international metropolis. Handan City consists of two parts: Zhaowang City and Dabei City, with a total area of about 1888 million square meters and a circumference of about 25 kilometers.

Zhaowang City is the location of Zhaowang Palace. It is divided into three cities: east, west and north. Its plan is in the shape of a Chinese character "品". In addition to the palace, there are also many military facilities such as the Dragon Platform, the North and South General Platforms with a strict layout.

Dabei City is where civilians gather, and it contains commercial, handicraft workshops, residential areas and other functional areas. The area that Shen Yuelan and others are entering now is the Dabei City part.

Zhaowang City is the territory of King Zhao, and not everyone can enter. Xunzi is naturally not among them, so Shen Yuelan has no plans to show off in Zhaowang City.

[This is Handan City. I remember there is an allusion called "Learning to Walk in Handan".]

[It is said that a man from Yan heard that the people of Zhao in Handan walked in a graceful and elegant manner, so he came here to imitate them. In the end, he not only failed to learn, but also forgot his original way of walking, and finally had to crawl back. ]

[Yes, there is such an allusion. The specific example should have happened in the early years of King Huiwen of Zhao, which is about 20 to 30 years ago. There was a man who learned to walk in Handan. He failed to imitate it and lost his original steps. So he crawled back home.]

As the two chatted, everyone's attention was gradually attracted to the walking posture of the people of Handan. Although it was not as exaggerated as described in the allusions, the walking posture of the people of Handan was indeed beautiful.

Most people from Handan on the streets wear neat and solemn long gowns with curved hems, and a complete set of jade accessories. When they walk, these jade pendants will collide with each other with their steps, making regular, crisp and pleasant sounds, which looks very elegant.

[Although the walking posture of the people of Handan is beautiful, don't think about learning it. You can't learn this small step without seven or eight years of exposure.]

[Why? This kind of thing is not innate, it's just a walking posture, it can't be that weird, right? ]

[Haha, the reason why I say this is because some people in later generations have done a special study on why the walking posture of Handan people is so beautiful. The dignified and elegant steps of Handan people are developed from many aspects, one is clothing, the second is jade, and the third is dance and music.]

Since King Wuling of Zhao adopted the Hu clothing and horse riding and shooting, many people of Zhao wore the "Quju Shenyi". The characteristic of this kind of clothing is that there is a section connected to the front of the clothes, which is wrapped around the back when worn, called the "Quju", and the upper and lower garments are connected into one, which is called the "Shenyi".

Compared with the straight-hem short coats worn in other countries, wearing such a curved-hem long coat would make people feel restrained in their behavior and they would naturally be more cautious when walking.

In addition, the walking posture of Handan people is also related to their jade matching culture and artistic cultivation. At that time, the people of Zhao, regardless of gender, age or status, liked to wear jade ornaments, either single jade accessories or a combination of jade accessories.

When you wear a set of jade pendants, every time you take a step, the jades will collide with each other and make sounds. If you want the sound of the jade pendants to have a sense of rhythm, you have to know the rhythm of music and dance so that your steps can be slow and fast and light and heavy enough.

[Therefore, the dignified and elegant walking posture of Handan people is created by clothing, accessories, and cultural and artistic cultivation. ]

[If you only make external changes in clothing and accessories, but don't deeply learn the inner cultivation of Handan people, then no matter how you learn, you will just be imitating others. ]

[Ah, is it so troublesome to learn a step? Forget it, I won’t learn it. ]

After Du Juan finished speaking, she took Shao Tang's hand and ran away skipping. Shen Yuelan couldn't help but smack her lips when she saw the two little girls acting so nonchalant.

[Tsk, there are quite a lot of little girls who have reached puberty recently. ]

Different from the disheveled look when she was just rescued, Shaotang has now grown into a graceful and elegant lady, and everyone will take a second look at her when she walks on the street.

Before Shen Yuelan and others left Qin, Dujuan took Shaotang back to Shu to visit her relatives. Dujuan returned to Shu to pack up her belongings, while Shaotang planned to meet her remaining blood relatives.

But unfortunately, after five or six years, her tribe had long been destroyed and her relatives had all died tragically at the hands of the Qin people. Only her sister, a slave in Dujiangyan, was still alive.

[Ajie? Shaotang? You...are you still alive? No, that's not right. I saw you sink to the bottom of the river with my own eyes. There's no way you could have survived. So is this an illusion caused by my excessive longing for you?]

[Or are those Qin people's words true, and gods really exist in this world? And did you really marry the Qin people's god after your death, Shaotang? ]

At that time, Shaotang was dressed in plain clothes, had fair skin, a tall figure, and elegant manners, giving people a feeling of floating in the air. He formed a sharp contrast with his sister, who was wrapped in rags, thin and dark, and seriously ill.

Shao Tang wanted to tell the truth, but looking at her sisters who were obviously mentally broken, she realized that she seemed to have done something wrong. Yes, she shouldn't have come here dressed like that.

At this moment, my sister was in tattered clothes, with dried blood on her thighs and bite marks on her shoulders, which all showed her miserable fate. I appeared in front of her dressed like this. Was I here to visit her or was I trying to flatter her?

Shao Tang finally swallowed the truth and turned around to continue speaking in line with his sister's guess.

[Shao Shang, of course I am dead, forever dead in that river. My soul after death was accepted by a kind god and became her embracer.]

[That god is not a god of the Qin people, nor is he an immortal from Shu, so he will not stay here for long. He will take us away from here in the near future. Therefore, he has graciously allowed us, the locals, to return to our hometown to say our final farewell.]

[I returned to my hometown with joy, searched all over the land of Shu, explored all the famous mountains and rivers, but was shocked to find that our people had long since disappeared, our homes had been completely destroyed, and you were the only one left of my family.]

[Shao Shang, my heart aches so much… so much!]

[Shaotang, you're back late! ]

Chapter 204: Living together and dying together

After listening to Shaotang's confession, the two sisters hugged each other and cried, feeling the warm embrace of their elder sister. The woman named Shaoshang had no idea that Shaotang was lying to her.

She was just down and out, not stupid, but she also knew that her sister said that just to take care of her own emotions, and it was a white lie.

[Shao Shang, life here must be very painful, do you want to leave here and start over? ]

[My sister is very powerful now. She is capable of helping you live a good life. Let's leave here together, okay? I will take you to a place where the Qin people can no longer find you, and live a stable life...]

Gentle words kept coming from above her head. Every word Shaotang said was the redemption that Shaoshang had longed for day and night over the years, but she could not accept her sister's kindness at this moment.

[Sorry, sister, I can't leave with you now. ]

[Huh? Why? Shaoshang? Is this kind of slave life still worth your nostalgia?]

[No, of course I don't want to continue this kind of life, but I still have a promise to fulfill. ]

[A few months ago, a brother who I loved successfully escaped from here under my protection. He promised me that he would come back to save me when he found his tribe.]

Shao Tang heard this and thought that Shao Shang was blinded by love. She snorted coldly and asked mercilessly:

[You still believe this now? If your life had been hopeless before I came back, you would have just taken this as a thought.]

[Now I am standing in front of you, why don't you leave with me quickly, and still expect those illusory things? Are you stupid enough to be a slave? Shao Shang? ]

[But...but, Daddy once taught us to keep our word. Since I promised him, I will die here even if I have to.]

[Is this why you have made yourself like this? Yes, you have always been smarter than me. If it weren't for your own willingness, who would have ruined you to this extent? ]

[So you are sure you don't want to come with me? In my opinion, the promise you are looking forward to is unlikely to be realized. After all, the tribes within a hundred miles have long been wiped out by the Qin army. We don't even know if your brother is still alive.]

[But, but...I can't...]

Seeing his firm attitude, Shaotang immediately changed his words: If the mountain doesn't come to me, I will go to the mountain. It's no big deal.

[How about this, I'll take you to find him, no matter if he's dead or alive, we'll go find him, and I'll send you to him. No matter what, it's better than staying here.]

[This... This is not considered a betrayal. Okay, sister, I'll go with you. Wait for me for a while. I'm going to take a shower. I... I can't go to see him like this. ]

Shao Shang pulled down the corner of her clothes, which was already only a few pieces left, in an attempt to cover the wounds on her lower body. Shao Tang couldn't bear it and turned away. He threw a set of clothes to her and went to keep watch nearby.

Shao Shang carefully picked up the [Fairy Clothes] that she had never seen before, found a stream nearby, took off the tattered cloth that was about to become hard, revealing her scarred body.

Years of hard labor and hunger made her short and shriveled, her skin rough and dull, her hair messy and covered in dirt, but even so, in this place where there was a shortage of women, she was still a hot commodity.

After losing the protection of her companions, she was targeted every day and abused every night. If it weren't for that promise, she would have jumped into the river and committed suicide because of the humiliation.

Looking at his ugly self in the water mirror and recalling his elder sister's fairy-like face, Shao Shang couldn't help but start to doubt, would his elder brother still like him when he was so ugly?

After a period of sadness and hesitation, Shao Shang accidentally saw his elder sister leaning on a treetop in the distance, keeping watch for him.

Looking at that reliable figure, hope rekindled in Shao Shang's heart. She secretly thought that if her brother didn't want her, she could still follow her sister.

Although I am not qualified to be a fairy like my elder sister, I can always be a maid. Serving my elder sister is better than staying here.

Having made up his mind, Shao Shang began to dress himself up seriously, trying to make himself worthy of the [immortal dress]. But just when Shao Shang finished washing up and reached out for the [immortal dress], an accident happened.

On the cliff, a tiny weathered rock, unable to withstand the wind and rain, gradually separated from the mountain, and suddenly fell from a high altitude, instantly hitting Shao Shang who was putting on his clothes.

Because the stone was too small, Shao Tang had no time to react. When she rushed to Shao Shang like a madman, Shao Shang was already dead.

Looking at the stream dyed red by blood, Shao Tang was a little at a loss. She wanted to save Shao Shang, but suddenly found that she had never learned medicine. She wanted to use her skills, but found that it was a power that she could only exercise after her death.

Suddenly, she heard a loud horn sound and noisy fighting, as well as a voice calling Shao Shang's name, echoing in the canyon.

[Shao Shang! Shao Shang, where are you? I am the prince. I am back. I have brought a large army to rescue you. Where are you? ]

【………】

[I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I came too late and made you suffer so much. Please, please, come out and see me, okay?

【………】

[Shao Shang…My Shao Shang! ]

The calling voice became more and more sad. The boy, who had not received a response for a long time, had realized something. The girl in his memory who regarded the promise as her life, was afraid that she would never come to see him again.

As the sounds of fighting in the distance gradually died down, Shao Tang finally realized that he had done something wrong. If... if he hadn't run over to see Shao Shang and lied about taking her away from here.

Shao Shang would not have gone to the stream to take a bath, and would not have been killed by the damn stone. She would have fulfilled her promise to the boy and left here with the boy as promised.

Whether alive or dead, they will always be together, not like now, separated by Yin and Yang, unable to see each other until death.

[Ah, so what Sister Yue Lan said was right. History really cannot be changed at will, not even a little bit.]

The girl slept forever in that stream, and the boy's ending was not a good one either, although he led his people to retreat in time after realizing that something was wrong.

However, they were ambushed by the Qin army on the way. In order to cover the retreat of his tribe, the young man eventually died in the canyon.

Shao Tang watched all that happened, but dared not act rashly again. After the boy died, he could only bury him together with Shao Shang, so that they could live and die in the same bed.

After Du Juan's visit to her relatives, Shao Tang, who had been a little arrogant before, seemed like a different person, becoming extremely well-behaved.

Although she no longer had to worry about Shaotang being kidnapped by some gangster, Shen Yuelan was not happy about it. She was worried that something might have happened to Shaotang, so she went to talk to her.

[What's wrong? Shaotang, why are you so well behaved recently? Are you worried about something? ]

[Sister Yuelan, I...]

Chapter 205 Another Ending

Shaotang told Shen Yuelan about her experience in Shu and blamed herself for Shaoshang's death. Seeing that she was crying so sadly, Shen Yuelan helped her look up the original ending of the unfortunate couple.

Without Shaotang's intervention, Shaoshang would indeed be successfully rescued by the young man, but their subsequent life would not be good. The so-called fairy tale of prince and princess did not exist. Shaoshang was despised by the young man for being unclean, and the young man was resented by Shaoshang for coming too late.

Not long after, the two parted ways again. Shortly after Shao Shang left the tribe, the Qin army followed the boy's retreat route and found the location of the tribe, and slaughtered the boy and his tribe.

Shao Shang, who witnessed everything, could only flee from there day and night, but during the escape, she found out that she was pregnant. She didn't know which bastard had made her pregnant, but it was definitely not the boy's.

And this child became the last straw that broke Shao Shang's back. At first, she was still able to hunt and get some food to fill her stomach, but as her belly grew bigger, her movements became increasingly inconvenient.

When it was time to give birth, she didn't even have the strength to dig wild vegetables, let alone give birth. Perhaps she would soon die of dystocia, but what made Shao Shang despair was that God didn't seem to want to give her even this relatively decent way of death.

The jackals in the forest had followed the smell of blood and found the nest that Shao Shang had built on the treetop. They surrounded Shao Shang's nest and looked inside through the window from time to time to determine Shao Shang's condition.

This group of jackals was not in a hurry to launch an attack, because Shao Shang was still conscious at this time. They were patient and waited to achieve the greatest results with the least consumption.

Shao Shang knew clearly what the beast outside was waiting for, but she was powerless to stop it. She could only lie on the bed and pray that she would die quickly, so that she would not have to suffer the pain of being bitten before she died.

Shen Yuelan only told the story here, because the ending was already determined and there was no need to continue. She comforted Shao Tang and said:

[You have done a good job. At least you let your sister die with hope instead of sinking in despair.]

[Is that so? Sister Yuelan, is it true that history cannot be changed? ]

[Change? That depends on what you want to change. Some small things, whether you change it or not, no one cares, anyway, it will be dealt with in the final revision. ]

[But if it is some extremely important historical node, even if you throw a strand of hair randomly, someone will cause trouble for you, so unless it is necessary, it is better to stay away from those historical figures when we are performing tasks. ]

【Is that so? Then it’s better not to change it. 】

Seeing that she seemed determined to be a conservative, Shen Yuelan did not force her. After all, there were already enough radicals in the inner world, almost all of them were radicals, so it was nice to have a conservative join occasionally.

The matter of Shaotang came to an end here, and the focus returned to Handan City. Shen Yuelan and others took the address told by Gan Yuelong and headed towards the place where Xunzi stayed.

Compared with the wealthy and powerful families they imagined, Xunzi's current home may not be as good as the one he had in Qi State. After all, he was under someone's control at that time.

[Things have changed, people have changed, and everything has come to an end. I am about to speak, but tears are flowing first. Mr. Xun, how are you? ]

[Haha, what you said is very true. More than ten years have passed, and I am already very old. But Shen, you are still as handsome as you were when we first met.]

[Come in, please. My humble abode is simple, so please don't be disgusted.]

[Oh, can I understand that Mr. Xun has fallen in love with someone else? ]

[Haha, you are joking, my friend. I am poor but still strong, and I will never give up my ambition. You are beautiful, but you are not the one I am looking for. You are also an eyewitness of that time, so you should know my feelings. Please stop teasing me.]

[Alas, you are really infatuated. Well, just pretend I didn’t say anything.]

[I came here this time to convey Yin Ji's words to you before she left, and secondly to see how you are preparing to save your wife. After all, it has been only a few years since the war between Qin and Zhao started.]

[Oh? Did you meet Lady Yin Ji? Come to think of it, I haven't contacted her for several months. I wonder where she went? ]

[Mr. Xun must have known that Yin Ji had a close friend in Wei State with whom she had a quarrel, and the two had been living apart for many years and could not see each other.]

[Recently, that confidant finally came to his senses and was willing to go find her, so Yin Ji took advantage of the situation and followed him back home.]

[Hahaha, you are lying, my friend. Based on my observations over the years, it is Lady Yinji who is the one who takes the initiative, and Miss Gan is the stubborn block of wood.]