Silent Lover 2 (Tanhua) - Chap 53
Chapter 53
Late at night, dark clouds covered the crescent moon, making the night even blacker like thick ink.
On the tree branches on the outskirts of the town, a night owl flapped its wings and flew by, causing a group of wild birds to flee in all directions. A sparrow got into the yizhuang below and stopped on a coffin to look around.
The door of Yizhuang was blown open by the wind, and Queer disappeared into the night sky in fright.
Several men came in, one of them was carrying a woman’s body, and the man rudely threw the woman’s body into a coffin.
“Master Liu, are you sure you want to leave your daughter-in-law in this wilderness? Why don’t you show kindness and send her back to her natal family, so that the fallen leaves can return to their roots and be buried in peace.”
The man known as Master Liu said in a rough voice: “This bitch still wants to die in peace? It’s kind of me not to let wild dogs eat her dead body in the wilderness!”
“Ah.” Others persuaded, “You said that she had an affair with a foreigner, after all, it was your own suspicion. You scolded and beat her, of course she couldn’t think about it. With the courage to jump into the river, it proves that she is more or less innocent.”
“Innocent ass, she’s terribly unwilling to tell who that wild guy is!” Master Liu scolded, “I don’t know whose bastard it is!”
Others couldn’t persuade them, they could only shake their heads and sigh.
“It’s a pity that one corpse and two lives, with such a big belly, is it full-term? There is no tomb after death, so I can only be a lonely ghost…”
Master Liu said angrily: “This bitch won’t want to enter my Liu family’s ancestral grave, don’t dirty the innocence of my ancestors!”
Ye Xiao made a shrill sound outside, and everyone shivered in unison.
“Let’s go, let’s go, this place is gloomy…”
A group of people were afraid to walk slower than the other, and they didn’t even bother to close the coffin lid.
It was dark in Yizhuang, and they didn’t see clearly. There was still a comatose person lying in the coffin.
Song Liqing was burning hot all over, his face was flushed red, and he made a painful, mosquito-like moaning sound in a coma, and a wet body was thrown in, which just relieved his high fever, and his body temperature slowly dropped.
…
Half a month later, Jun Qiyu arrived in Loulan Kingdom.
At this time, the Loulan Kingdom is holding a national funeral. Pei Xingxu wears plain mourning attire and guards the mourning hall for the deceased old king every day.
So Jun Qiyu came suddenly, and he rushed straight in front of Pei Xingxu at full speed.
Pei Xingxu and him haven’t seen each other for a while, but he feels that Jun Qiyu is a different person. It may be because of the wind, food, and desolation day and night. The original boy’s face has a lot of weather, and the stubble has also begun to grow. Even if he is darker and thinner, he looks calmer. a lot.
Pei Xingxu was surprised to see Jun Qiyu in Loulan.
“Where is Li Qing?”
This was the first sentence Jun Qiyu said, and it was also the sentence he read in his heart every day all the way to the northwest.
Pei Xingxu said with a little hostility: “Jun Qiyu, why are you so crazy, you came to my place to find someone?”
At this time, Jun Qiyu only cared about Song Liqing’s safety, and turned a blind eye to Pei Xingxu’s hostility.
“Where is Qing Li? You let me meet him.”
“I didn’t bring him back to Loulan!” Pei Xingxu also sensed something was wrong, “What do you mean? You can’t find him? Li Qing should be in Jingguo capital, how could he…not be there?”
“Not in Loulan?”
Jun Qiyu couldn’t believe it, because he held on to his last hope, that Song Liqing had arrived in Loulan safely, even if he eloped with Pei Xingxu, Jun Qiyu would feel better.
“Where would he be if he wasn’t in Loulan? Pei Xingxu, don’t lie to me. I’m worried about him. Just tell me he’s safe. I won’t force him to return to Jingguo, I swear.”
Jun Qiyu was close to pleading, if Song Liqing hadn’t gone with Pei Xingxu, then he… I’m afraid it was really bad luck.
What’s more, it’s been more than half a month since Jun Qiyu came all the way to the Western Regions, it took too long!
Pei Xingxu also probably understood that something might be wrong, so his heart sank and he grabbed Jun Qiyu.
“Let me tell you again, half a month ago, he sent me to Merlin in the suburbs and refused to come to Loulan with me!”
“He disappeared in that plum grove, disappeared. I sent someone to send a messenger every two hours. Until today, he has not been found in the capital…”
Jun Qiyu covered her head dejectedly, her voice became much hoarse, not at all as bright as before.
“you you……”
Pei Xingxu grabbed his neckline and swung his fists.
But Pei Xingxu looked at the bloodshot eyes in Jun Qiyu’s eyes, looking lost, what’s the point of fighting with Jun Qiyu now and even fighting for life and death?
Pei Xingxu hated Jun Qiyu to death as the culprit, if it wasn’t for him, how could Song Liqing be blind and disabled? But if you want to blame, Pei Xingxu can’t blame Jun Qiyu, he should blame himself for not being careful.
“It’s my carelessness. I know that he has limited mobility… How can I promise him to come to the suburbs to see me farewell?”
Jun Qiyu didn’t have time to be sad, he didn’t linger for a moment, he turned around and left.
“Convey my condolences to your family.” Jun Qiyu only left one sentence, “I must find him.”
Pei Xingxu looked at Jun Qiyu’s back with a strange feeling.
In the past, how could Jun Qiyu speak well, if he came up, he would do it and force him to ask where Song Liqing was.
But in just a short period of time, his temperament unexpectedly calmed down, his eyes were bright and introverted, his previous look became darker, and his mannerisms no longer showed arrogance.
It can be seen that Song Liqing’s departure has hit him hard.
“Jun Qiyu.”
Pei Xingxu called to stop him.
“If you can get Li Qing back, I can promise you that I will never pester him again, withdraw from his life on my own initiative, and never leave Loulan.”
Jun Qiyu turned around and asked firmly, “Are you going to inherit Lou Lan’s throne and abandon Li Qing?”
It’s normal for him to think so.
Pei Xingxu smiled sadly, and he shook his head and said, “You are the prince of Jingguo, and your ability is much greater than mine. As long as he lives, I don’t ask for anything. You don’t have to worry about the reason why I do this, as long as you can promise that you can use it for a lifetime.” The time is good to Li Qing, to make up for your past mistakes, do you dare to promise?”
“Why don’t you dare?”
In the past half a month, Jun Qiyu has no distracting thoughts, the past is vivid in his mind, his confusion is becoming clearer and clearer, he is absolutely sure of one thing, he has fallen in love with Song Liqing long ago, and cannot extricate himself.
“Okay.” Pei Xingxu said directly, “Similarly, if I find Li Qing first, I hope you will keep your oath and never appear in front of him again and disturb his peace.”
Jun Qiyu froze for a moment.
Asking him to let go of Song Liqing…he might not be able to do it in his whole life.
But he is willing to do his best this time, and he doesn’t believe that he will lose.
“I promise you.”
Jun Qiyu made a promise, this is a bet between them.
After Jun Qiyu left, Pei Xingxu had mixed feelings in his heart.
“Liqing, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t bet on you. I just think that the current Jun Qiyu is a little bit qualified to love you.”
As for why he took the initiative to bet with Jun Qiyu.
The reason, only Pei Xingxu himself knows.
…
The crown prince disappeared for a month, and when he returned to Jingguo, there was no sign, only an order, that is, the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the principal, the number one scholar and the second place who had just taken office, were sent to prison together, no one announced anything, and it was not implemented any penalty.
Prince Jun Qiyu tried the case himself, and he only said one word to the two.
“Where is Song Liqing? Whoever tells the truth first will live. Telling a lie will implicate the whole family.”
The champion’s knees softened and he knelt down straight.
And the second place even sat down on the ground, pouring out feces and urine, and crying loudly.
“I knew it! I knew it!” The second place pointed at the champion and yelled, “Following you will sooner or later lead to bad luck! I told you not to harm others, don’t harm others, and you can’t contain fire! It’s a natural cycle of karma! Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness! Let me tell you! That day we met Song Liqing who was unconscious in the plum forest in the suburbs. Zhuang, thrown into the coffin…”
“You fart!” The champion no longer cared about being polite, “Who carried him personally? It was you, an idiot! You are jealous of Song Liqing for doing such a stupid thing, and you want me to hide it for you!”
The second place was so angry that he vomited blood: “You, you, you! You are confusing black and white! You are afraid that your official position will be replaced by Song Liqing, and you ordered me!”
The two argued and stalemate, even forgetting that they are scholars, and directly wrestled together.
Jun Qiyu already had a result from their argument.
The second place was stripped of his official position and exiled for thousands of miles.
The number one scholar was executed on the same day and hanged on the city tower to show the public. His relatives were not allowed to enter Beijing for generations and were forbidden to take part in the imperial examination.
It’s embarrassing that the number one scholar in high school went astray and was killed in just one year.
Jun Qiyu rushed to Yizhuang and searched for all the coffins.
Song Liqing…disappeared.
According to the confession, Song Liqing should be in the coffin on the far right, but now, no one is alive or dead!
Instead, there was a female corpse inside, and there was dried dirty blood on the female corpse.
Jun Qiyu collapsed.
What worried him most was that he had passed by the Yizhuang, but he didn’t check it out. If he had gone in that day, the result would definitely be different from what it is now.
In the beginning of winter, Jingguo and Loulan suddenly had a surge of people. They began to sweep the streets and alleys, and even the villages and wilderness.
Later, the common people found out that these people were not fighting, but just looking for people. Every place where there were people posted notices of missing people. On it was a picture of a handsome young man who looked better than Pan An just by looking at the painting. The amount of reward offered is staggering.
No one knew who the young man they were looking for was an important person who had alarmed the troops of the two countries.
It’s just that day by day, this handsome young man has never been found, and the rewards are getting more and more day by day.
The people read the notice and discussed it.
“A reward of 100,000 taels of gold… Hiss… Well, it’s not worth the price if I come here today!”
“If I were this handsome young man, I would be worth so much reward even if I was wanted!”
Someone kept secret: “I heard that it was the former crown princess. My relatives who are officials have seen it.”
“Then why did the former princess disappear?”
“Maybe it’s reconciliation with the prince, and I can’t think of committing suicide.”
“We’re divorced, and there’s a reward of 10,000 taels of gold? Our prince is so infatuated…”
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