Chapter 135 New Situation in Beishui City
"This is my grandson's thing. He has brought it with him since he was little. There are two of them, a pair. They were carved by my son who died early. When he left, he left this behind. He told us to keep it with us and take it out to look at it when we miss him. When he makes money, he will come back to live a good life with me and the old man. I probably won't be able to wait for him to come back now."
"Young man, judging by your attire, you must be a traveling merchant, so you must have met many people. I'll give you this chain. If one day you see someone wearing the same chain, it must be my grandson. Please tell him that his grandparents have gone to look for his parents first, and tell him to live a good life and not to rush to find us."
After saying that, the old woman stuffed the faded bracelet into Shan Li's hand.
After doing all these things, the old woman's spirit seemed to have reached its limit, and her elbows finally gave way. Her body softened, but her hands still reached out to the charcoal basin beside the bed, absorbing the last bit of warmth.
Shan Li held the faded bracelet and said, "Don't worry, old man. I've kept this in mind. If I meet your grandson, I will tell him the truth."
"Thank you, young man... cough cough cough... My grandson is called Cheng Yan, and my old man is called Cheng Dong."
"What about the old man's funeral?" Since he had no relatives, Shan Li thought about helping him take care of it himself.
Help people to the end and send Buddha to the West.
Unexpectedly, he saw the old woman waving her hands, "Don't bother, the old man certainly doesn't want to bother you. We all came into this world naked, and we should be naked when we leave. I will stay here with him, and when the time comes, we will leave together."
"Old man, I can help you..."
"No, young man, this is good enough. I am very satisfied that I can still be with the old man at the end of the day." The old woman refused Shan Li's help.
"You go first. There is nothing left at home. I won't keep you here. Thank you. Good people will be rewarded." Having fulfilled her wish, the old woman didn't want to continue talking.
She just wants to spend some time with the old man now.
Seeing this, Shan Li realized that it was inappropriate for him to stay any longer, so he turned around and walked out.
Feng Si saw his master coming out and asked, "Shall we leave now? Or?"
Shan Li turned his head to look inside the house and said softly, "Wait a little longer."
After saying that, he walked to the cart and sat down against the shaft.
Feng San and Feng Si did not say anything when they saw this scene, but went to different locations and waited quietly.
They waited for a whole night.
It was not until dawn that Shan Li tidied his clothes and walked back into the shabby house.
Everything before him was still the same as when he left yesterday, except that the charcoal basin beside the bed was no longer warm, and the two old people lying on the bed were snuggling together, no longer alive.
Shan Li put the two old people into the coffin together.
This coffin is the best in the store. It doesn’t seem crowded even if two people lie down at the same time.
He and Feng San and Feng Si buried the two old people at the foot of the mountain behind Dashi Village.
The elderly all wish to return to their roots. By being buried here, they can see the house they once lived in and the big willow tree.
"Master, there is news over there. Shall we go back now?" The Wind Group has their own way of passing messages. Anyone who is a member of the Wind Group is very skilled in using this method.
Shan Li straightened his clothes and walked out of Dashi Village.
Two days later, a villager from Dashi village went to the back mountain to chop firewood and saw a new grave at the foot of the mountain. He called the village's literate people to look at the tombstone and found out that both Old Man Cheng and Old Lady Cheng were gone and buried here.
However, there are only the names of Old Man Cheng and Old Lady Cheng on the tombstone, but there is no name of the person who erected the tombstone.
No one knows who buried them.
Those who had seen Shan Li before all thought of him.
Cheng's family is really miserable. They didn't have many days of happiness together as a family. Now the whole family is gone.
In this world, maybe it’s better to be like Old Man Cheng, at least you can end up with a clean life.
Some families in the village who had some friendship with Cheng's family knelt down in front of the grave and then hurried back home.
In this day and age, maybe dying isn't such a bad thing.
After all, living has to endure much more than dying.
Cheng Laodi and his family disappeared in Dashi Village, but their house did not remain vacant for long.
Soon it was occupied by a pair of siblings who had fled here, and they survived in the shabby house that Cheng Laodi had once lived in.
When Shan Li entered the city gate again today, the group of people he met yesterday were no longer the same group he met yesterday.
It seems that it is not their turn to be on duty today.
After paying the entrance fee, Shan Li went directly to Yunlai Inn, one of the largest inns in Beishui City.
This is also the favorite inn for traveling merchants.
There are a lot of people coming and going, and it's quite messy.
This kind of environment is the best place to hide your identity.
In room number one.
Shan Li sat in the main seat, Feng San and Feng Si stood behind him.
In front of him, a man dressed as a waiter was half kneeling. If you look closely, you will find that this man was following Shan Li yesterday.
"What did you find out?" Shan Li said straight to the point. He didn't know why, but after leaving Dashi Village, he had an urge to go home. But his reasoning suppressed it.
Therefore, he just wanted to make a quick decision, solve the problem here as soon as possible, and go home as soon as possible.
"Reporting to the master, Beishui City is temporarily safe, and no trace of those people has been found. No other suspicious people have been found either."
This surprised Shan Li. He originally thought that since those people couldn't do anything to him on the road, they would probably create some trouble for him in Beishui City.
Unexpectedly, they were not there.
Seeing his master's suspicious expression, the subordinate continued to say, "Maybe it's because the mayor of Beishui City has changed. The mayor of Beishui City has been replaced half a year ago."
"Who changed?"
The four cities in the north, Yicheng, Dongcheng, Yuecheng and Beishuicheng, are all under the jurisdiction of the court of Dachen. However, due to the harsh climate in the north and the hungry wolf Dayan, they are always eyeing them.
Therefore, when Dachen was founded, these four cities followed the city lord system rather than the official appointment system.
However, the lords of these four cities also need to accept the control of the Dachen court.
We must obey both the call and the proclamation.