kingnovel Chapter 130 Dream Update
Chapter 130 Dream Update
After getting away from the refugees, the group wanted to rest for the night before entering the forest, and then go into the forest when everything was ready.
After a busy period, once the fire was lit and the meal was prepared, people, some holding flatbread and others carrying bowls, gathered around the crackling campfire in the center to discuss the journey ahead.
The dense forest was unlike the previous official road; the road surface was rugged and uneven, making it not easy to pull the cart.
Regarding this, Niu Da, who often deals with livestock, suggested: "Why not use two horses to pull a cart? More things can be loaded onto the cart, and it will be easier to pull."
Meng Bochang nodded in agreement. "No one should take a cart into the woods. Anyone who wants to push an empty cart can do so. If you don't have the strength to push it, you can dismantle it and use it as firewood. The extra horses can be used for riding or to carry grain."
After they finished speaking, the two of them didn't forget to ask Meng Fuqing, Xie Jin, and Du Zhong for their opinions.
Xie Jin and his men always stayed out of the group. Although he was quick to help when things went wrong, he always had an indifferent attitude when discussing matters. The villagers and bandits felt that they were unapproachable and untouchable.
This time, however, they brought out their experience from marching on the border.
For example, setting up outposts and reconnaissance posts, advancing in stages, and setting up road signs along the way—piling up stones or carving marks on trees; in case of getting lost, the meaning of various smoke signals, or lighting beacon fires in time...
When Mu Sheng stepped forward to explain in detail, everyone listened attentively, and at the same time, they felt as if the ethereal clouds had become real.
Meng Fuqing didn't have much to say; all the reminders she needed to give were in the "Ten Dos and Ten Don'ts".
The group discussed the matter enthusiastically, and quickly put what they had just discussed into practice. Some harnessed the horses to the carriages, while others carried things around, creating a bustling scene.
Yan He didn't stay in Yezhou for long, but with her silver tongue and shamelessness, she amassed a considerable fortune. She didn't trust anyone else and bought everything she needed from Meng Fuqing.
Now they have gathered a horse, a bag of grain, and a set of ill-fitting winter clothes to change into. They have also managed to win over Shan Qiyu with their sweet talk, allowing them to get a free meal at Meng Fuqing's house.
While eating, she overheard a group of people discussing their next steps, and she began to understand why they had been able to successfully sell grain in Yezhou.
Originally, she was just going through the motions, but amidst the laughter and chatter of the crowd, she couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.
Diagonally opposite her, Meng Linlang held a bowl in her hands, stirring the thin porridge with her chopsticks, but did not take a bite.
She gazed at Yan He through the firelight, lost in thought. She had seen that face in her dreams, both in life and in death, and had once hated it with a passion. But now, seeing him again, the hatred was gone.
Whether it was the hardships she endured on her journey that tempered her mind, or Ling Jiu's omnipresent surveillance that made her afraid to have any other thoughts, she was no longer affected by the intense emotions in her dreams.
So what if it has an impact? It won't happen anyway. Meng Linlang thought wistfully.
She couldn't help but glance at the refined and handsome Shen Lianxing through the crowd. Shen Lianxing was very ambitious and hardworking. He never dropped his books along the way, and he would rush to the front without hesitation if anything happened. At this moment, he was studying by the light of the fire.
Meng Linlang felt a pang of sadness. Who would you choose this time?
She took a deep breath and found Meng Fuqing while everyone else was busy.
"Yan He? You dreamed about her?" Meng Fuqing asked.
Meng Linlang nodded firmly, "She helped Xie Jin ascend the throne. After becoming emperor, Xie Jin appointed her as the Grand Preceptor. Later, Yan He's true identity as a woman was exposed, but she was still highly valued by Xie Jin. Everyone thought that the emperor and the Grand Preceptor had an ambiguous relationship..."
At this point, she couldn't help but glance up to secretly observe Meng Fuqing's expression, only to find that she was still intently fiddling with the dagger in her hand.
The dagger flashed coldly, and she immediately lowered her head, not daring to look again.
"After Xie Jin's death, Yan He pledged allegiance to the new emperor. Although she did not enjoy the same prestige as Xie Jin did during his lifetime, she remained the only female official in the court. Therefore, almost everyone believed that Xie Jin's self-immolation might have been orchestrated by Yan He. The fact that the new emperor did not dismiss her from her post is evidence of this."
Shen Lianxing thought so too. He had once told me that Yan He was the one who exposed Xie Jin's poisoning, and he had also suspected that Yan He was a traitor among Xie Jin's entourage.
At this point, she gently bit her lip and said in a low and quick voice, "In my dream, Yan He was in love with Shen Lianxing and even asked the new emperor to grant them a marriage, which caused quite a stir."
Because Yan He was in love with Shen Lianxing and pursued her openly and honestly, it caused quite a stir and gave the people something to talk about. Some people jokingly said that Lord Shen had gotten himself involved and won the heart of the beauty.
Shen Lianxing was very displeased with this. When the rumors were rampant, he decisively asked the new emperor to grant them a marriage. Meng Linlang in the dream was deeply moved by this, and all her resentment disappeared. She accepted his marriage proposal.
What was once imagined to be an incredibly sweet wedding now looks like a dilapidated house, drafty from every angle.
Because of her dream, she was not ignorant of court affairs.
A royal advisor and a capable minister—how could their marriage not arouse the emperor's suspicion? Whether Shen Lianxing's choice to marry her was for his own future or a genuine desire to marry her remains unknown, and she can no longer get an answer.
What was Yan He's fate...?
Meng Fuqing's question broke Meng Linlang's immersion in suspicion.
“Died from assassination.” She composed herself. “During those days, the court was unstable, as if a force was stirring. First, the emperor was poisoned, and then court officials were assassinated one after another, Yan He being one of them.”
Meng Fuqing fell silent. She didn't know whether Yan He had betrayed Xie Jin, but she was certain that the poison Xie Jin had been given was not by Yan He.
After all, Xie Jin had been poisoned for some years, and at that time Yan He was probably traveling with Master Xuan Yi in some remote corner.
There's something else that's strange.
Judging from 'Old Master Yan's' previous performance, Yan He is not a brainless person. He is valued by Xie Jin, so his own strength is not bad.
How could such a person not understand the principle that "one cannot allow others to snore on the bed beside one's own"? Knowing that the new emperor would not grant her a marriage, she still did it anyway. Was she trying to show the new emperor that she was a harmless person who could sacrifice her career for the one she loved, or was she trying to sow discord between the emperor and her capable ministers through her crazy act?
If it's the former, perhaps it's just to survive; if it's the latter, then it's interesting. Revealing Xie Jin's poisoning becomes a pledge of allegiance to the new emperor, not out of genuine sincerity, but to avenge Xie Jin.
Of course, there's one last possibility—Yan He genuinely loves Shen Lianxing and is completely love-struck. Meng Fuqing will not consider this possibility for now.
In a moment of intense thought, Meng Fuqing thought of Xie Jin and Yan He now—a relationship where they couldn't stand each other.
Could it be that after becoming a stumbling block between Shen Lianxing and Meng Linlang, she has now become a stumbling block between Xie Jin and Yan He?
Meng Fuqing, who was always stubborn and determined, was now having a headache.
She continued, "Have you told Xie Jin about these things?"
He died by self-immolation.
The person suffering from the heat poison died by self-immolation. If it was not murder, then the poison in Xie Jin's body was truly domineering, forcing him to have the idea of mutual destruction.
Meng Fuqing wondered, did Xie Jin know the cause of his death?