Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

"She said, you are not Shu'er."

"She said, you are not Shu'er."

"She said, you are not Shu'er."

Luo Xiaoran repeated this sentence three times in her mind, and she finally felt relieved.

It was a sense of relief that the veil between her, Zhu Jingshu and Zhu Jingxing was finally torn apart.

But until Zhu Jingxing's attitude became clear, she could only continue to play dumb.

Luo Xiaoran blinked her eyes, stared at Zhu Jingxing, and said in a brisk voice:

"First of all, I would like to express my congratulations on the fact that you were born in a poor family but were so successful in the imperial examinations and official career.

Then, I told you a long time ago that I am not Zhu Jingshu, you have recognized the wrong person."

Zhu Jingxing raised the corner of his mouth slightly, walked around the screen to the inner room, found a chair opposite Luo Xiaoran and slowly sat down.

"Let's put aside the question of whether I admitted my mistake or not. Now I want to tell you a story.

Since the founding of Daliang, there have been a total of four emperors.

Taizu, as a commoner, summoned heroes from all over the world, unified the Central Plains, aspired to be the emperor, and defeated the Northern Barbarians' army outside the Great Wall several times.

Taizong followed Taizu's will, recuperating the economy at home and fighting against the northern barbarians abroad.

Huizong died after ten years in office. He was also diligent and concerned about the country and the people until this year, when Emperor Tianqi ascended the throne. "

"I know all this. I wonder what Lord Zhu wants to say?" Luo Xiaoran interrupted Zhu Jingxing who was talking.

“What I want to tell you is a strange incident during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

Taizong has a favorite concubine, Concubine Yun, who is the legitimate daughter of Yun Family, one of the five great families in Kyoto. Concubine Yun gave birth to a son who is now the Prince of Yan. "

"It seems that Lord Zhu's story involves the most noble people in Daliang. I dare not listen to it rashly."

Luo Xiaoran interrupted him again and was about to walk out of the house.

Although she didn't know what Zhu Jingxing was going to do, she didn't feel very good at the moment, so she decided to leave first out of respect.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhu Jingxing called her, his expression calm and somewhat eerily.

"Although it is a taboo, it has long been spread among the high-ranking nobles of Daliang, so it is okay to tell you."

Luo Xiaoran then sat back in her original position, "You talk, I'm all ears."

“Twenty years ago, Emperor Taizong took his concubines and civil and military officials to the Royal Forest Park to hunt.

But Concubine Yun fell off a cliff due to an accident and her life or death is unknown.

Taizong was extremely fond of Concubine Yun and immediately ordered a full-scale search and rescue operation.

Finally, two months later, Concubine Yun was found.

But then a strange thing happened.

After Concubine Yun returned to the palace, she had lost all her memories and her temperament had changed drastically. Her habits, preferences, and actions were completely different from the original Concubine Yun.

Later, Taizong's Queen Lin found out the reason for Concubine Yun's change and executed her."

When Zhu Jingxing was speaking, Han Shuang knocked on the door and walked in with a pot of tea, then left.

Zhu Jingxing reached out and picked up a small white porcelain cup filled with tea, taking small sips.

When he felt his mouth was no longer so dry, he raised his eyes to look at Luo Xiaoran, his eyes deep:

"Do you know what crime Queen Lin had to kill Concubine Yun for?"

Luo Xiaoran was still not satisfied after listening to the story, and she roughly understood the purpose of Zhu Jingxing telling this story.

If her guess was correct, Concubine Yun might have traveled through time like her after returning to the palace.

Therefore, Zhu Jingxing's purpose in telling this story is to criticize himself:

He is now completely sure that he is not Zhu Jingshu, but a ghost who has returned from a dead body?

Seeing that Luo Xiaoran didn't say anything, Zhu Jingxing continued to talk to himself:

"Empress Lin said that Concubine Yun died after falling off the cliff, and that the Concubine Yun who was later found was a ghost who took over Concubine Yun's body and performed a resurrection technique.

This is the legendary resurrection of the dead! "

"Haha!" Luo Xiaoran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhu Jingxing was puzzled, his brows furrowed like a mountain, "What are you laughing at?"

Luo Xiaoran simply walked to Zhu Jingxing, picked up a small white porcelain cup, poured a full cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

“I laugh at this trumped-up charge!

There is no such thing as the art of resurrecting a dead body in this world.

If it really existed, it would have been found long ago by those emperors who wanted to achieve immortality."

Luo Xiaoran's words stunned Zhu Jingxing.

Reincarnation? Immortality?

"If ghosts can parasitize the bodies of people who have just died and be resurrected, isn't this a way to achieve immortality?" Luo Xiaoran continued to explain.

"Then why is there absolutely no way in this world to achieve immortality using this method?"

Luo Xiaoran raised her eyes to look at Zhu Jingxing and asked meaningfully.

Zhu Jingxing felt a little dizzy after hearing Luo Xiaoran's words.

He talked about the matter of Taizong's Concubine Yun in order to test whether Shu'er was also possessed by a ghost now.

But what she meant between the lines was that there is absolutely no such thing as "resurrection from the dead".

But through the investigation over the past few days, he was 100% sure that the person in front of him was Shu'er.

To be precise, the body belongs to Shu'er, but her words, actions, manners and movements are nothing like Shu'er.

Before Shu'er disappeared, she was already in a coma due to illness. If she had not been properly taken care of, perhaps, she would not have survived.

But now Shu'er was standing in front of him alive, but she refused to admit that she was Zhu Jingshu, and she did not have the disease of losing her memory.

If she wasn't pretending to deny her brother because she was angry, then she was a ghost occupying Shu'er's body!

Zhu Jingxing was in deep thought, and Luo Xiaoran took the opportunity to take off the hairpins on her head, wash off the makeup on her face, and return to the inner room to change back into her original clothes.

"If there is nothing else, Master Zhu, I will leave first!"

Zhu Jingxing did not stop her.

Luo Xiaoran left the house under the guidance of Han Shuang.

As usual, his hands were tied and his eyes were covered.

When the carriage went from the quiet alley to the noisy street and then out of the city gate, Luo Xiaoran, who had been patient all the way, finally spoke:

"Now that we're out of town, there's no need to cover your eyes and tie your hands, right?"

The driver outside the curtain did not answer. After a few seconds, the carriage stopped and someone came in to untie the rope on Luo Xiaoran's hands and the black silk on her eyes.

……

The carriages came and went in a very low-key manner, so not many people in Hexi Village knew that Luo Xiaoran had been taken away.

Of course, Du Kongqing knew about this when she came to the Luo family wearing a veil. Sun Qingyuan couldn't hide it from her, and there was no need to hide it from her.

"How could you let An Ruquan's people take Xiao Ran away!"

Du Kongqing felt a palpitation in his heart and began to blame Sun Qingyuan.

Sun Qingyuan didn't say anything. He was indeed persuaded by Luo Xiaoran at that time, so he let her follow An Ruquan's men.

What if Luo Xiaoran was just comforting him and was actually being persecuted by An Ruquan? Then he would be truly to blame!

Thinking of this, Sun Qingyuan made up his mind and looked at Du Kongqing with burning eyes:

"Let's go! Let's go to Prince Yan's Mansion!"

Du Kongqing drove Chouli quickly towards Yizhou. A gust of wind blew up a corner of the thin silk under her veil, revealing her face as smooth as before.

This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Yu Hongmei who was wandering on the roadside.