40. Chapter 40 Conjectures about this life and the afterlife
It's true that I think about it every day and dream about it at night. That night, because I have been busy recently, I haven't had that weird dream from my past life for a long time, and Qian Wubing had another dream.
This dream is very strange. Sometimes, you don’t need to deliberately remember some details. Qian Wubing remembers it very clearly. For example, when he died on the street that day, he walked past the woman holding the child beside him. The woman held one hand.
He held the child and covered the child's eyes with one hand, as if he didn't want the child to see the bloody scene. However, in Qian Wubing's eyes, the only thing that dangled was the child's red and shiny eyes.
The little leather boots were very red, just like the blood flowing out from under him.
He didn't know what the meaning of remembering the little girl's leather shoes was, but he just remembered it. However, no matter how carefully he thought about the clothes the mother was wearing, he couldn't figure out what color they were.
Just like "Sister Li Feng" he blurted out during the day, he didn't know who this person was, but he remembered this person's name, and he vaguely knew that this person's name had something in common with Liu Liangnu.
relation.
In the dream, he was wandering around aimlessly. There were strange things everywhere that he had never seen before. Except for people, the whole world seemed different from the world he was in. Even people were from the same world as him.
, there is a big difference.
It seemed that strange pictures were constantly flipping on the glass of a huge shop. People like various monsters and ghosts were shouting words that he couldn't understand at the top of their lungs. There were countless people following these people as if they were possessed by evil spirits.
The people shouted together, and he subconsciously avoided such a place and the crowd around him. Someone was saying something to him, but he couldn't understand it.
The picture on the glass flipped over, and a majestic building appeared on it. He stood still. He knew this. This was the imperial city, the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty. However, it looked more majestic and huge. He became confused. What if?
How could he see such a majestic imperial city in his previous life? Could it be that this is his afterlife?
He was horrified and saw the scene of hundreds of officials attending court on the glass. He had never been to Fengtian Palace, but he knew that at the end of the hundred officials, sitting there like a god, that was the emperor. The emperor seemed to say
What did you say? Is it Liu Jin? Is the eunuch standing next to the emperor Liu Jin? The emperor seems to call him this. That emperor should be your majesty today.
The picture flipped again, this time, it was the young man in bright yellow clothes, holding a smiling woman on his arm, walking into a temple full of incense. The person in the picture was smiling, talking, and smiling towards the Bodhisattva.
Praying for blessings, he then smiled and left a line of words on the snow-like rice paper brought by the monks: Mighty General, Governor of the Kingdom, and his wife, Mrs. Liu.
Qian Wubing felt that his head was a little confused. If he wasn't the emperor, why did he become a mighty general and governor of the country? Is that smiling woman his imperial concubine or his wife?
"From now on, whenever we visit the temples or temples that Feng'er and I visit, they will be signed with my and Feng'er's names. Do you think so? I want everyone in the world to know that Feng'er and I are one!"
The beauty covered her mouth and smiled softly, the affection in her eyes flowed out like water, and the young emperor also looked at her lovingly.
There was a loud "bang", countless firelights splashed, the young emperor and the beauty in the picture suddenly disappeared, a huge monster climbed out of the sea, everyone was running away in panic, and in the distance, a similar figure
The huge giant walked over from the horizon, and the fist like a hill fell from the sky with an extremely fierce momentum.
"Ah!" Qian Wubing yelled and sat up suddenly. There was a movement next to him, but Wu Huchen in the next room heard his yell and opened the door.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's just a dream!" Qian Wubing declined Wu Huchen's kindness to come in for a visit and lit the lamp. Under the lamp, his clothes were already soaked with sweat. He took off his clothes and put on dry clothes again.
Lighting the oil lamp, he stood up in a daze.
This dream was so vicious! Qian Wubing thought that his mind was firm enough, but he didn't expect that he would be woken up from the dream one day. What was the giant beast in the dream? Could it be his inner demon?
?
As for the countless bizarre scenes, are the ones that I am only familiar with real? If the eunuch standing in the Fengtian Palace is Liu Jin, the most powerful Eunuch Liu, then the one wearing bright yellow must be today's
Emperor Zhengde.
Qian Wubing didn't know when he had seen these pictures. Maybe these pictures had been stored in his mind since he was a child. It was just that he thought of Sister Li Feng and the name Liu Liangnu today, and these pictures were among those strange and bizarre pictures.
In the picture, it is presented in a way that one can understand. Sister Li Feng, the beauty next to the emperor, who he calls Feng'er, is that Sister Li Feng, but why is it Mrs. Liu?
, it seems that the emperor loves her very much.
However, Qian Wubing knew that this kind of thing might not have happened yet, or might never happen. Now he believed more and more in his judgment in the dream. The self in the dream was not his previous life, but
In his own afterlife, the imperial city, which is much larger than it is now, and the details of the pavilions and pavilions, cannot be imagined out of thin air by a Jin Yiwei who does not understand the art of civil engineering at all. Such an imperial city must be
It existed and was seen by myself.
As for the emperor and his beloved woman praying in the temple, and leaving behind such inexplicable signatures as "The mighty general, the governor of the country, and his wife Liu", he can be sure that such a thing has never happened before. The emperor has already got married, and...
The queen is definitely not named Liu. As for the emperor wanting the people of the world to know their affection for each other, at least Qian Wubing doesn't know about it now. The only explanation is that these things have already happened in his memory in the next life, and
In his lifetime, it has not happened yet.
"I don't know if Liu Zigu's lost sister is the Liu family?" He secretly thought in his heart that although Wang Yue can protect himself now and can temporarily serve as his backer, after all, Wang Yue is old and may let go at any time.
But without the care of this towering tree, my little seedling is afraid that it will soon be blown away by the rain and wind. If you want to find a backer, what better choice than finding a backer from the emperor's favorite woman?
Moreover, this is still Shaolengzao. I don’t know where Mr. Liu is now living?
Qian Wubing felt that he had found a great opportunity. What better investment could there be than investing in the future imperial concubine or even the empress? If such an investment could succeed, the Sihai Guild Hall would not be worth mentioning.
Of course, the premise is that Liu Zigu’s lost sister is the woman he saw in his dream. However, it can’t be such a coincidence!
Early the next morning, Qian Wubing was still at the porridge shop at the entrance of the alley, drank a bowl of closed porridge, and then went straight to the Qingyun.
Qingyun Hao is a shop that sells alkali. It mainly sells alkali, but it seems to also deal in tea. Seeing these three large shops, more than ten shopkeepers and shopkeepers were sitting in the shop. Qian Wubing finally understood why Liu Zigu said that he
That shop is a slightly larger one.
Nanjing does not produce alkali, but the daily consumption of alkali in Nanjing is not a small amount. Liu Zigu is from Shanxi, and Shanxi produces alkali. This business seems to be very right, but the tea leaves are a bit expensive for Qian Wubing.
I don’t understand. I see that Liu Zigu is not a particularly particular person in his daily diet and tea drinking. How can such a person run a tea shop well? This good tea is as expensive as gold, and bad tea can be bought for a few big bucks.
Well, if you make a mistake, you will lose a lot of money.
"Sir, what kind of tea would you like?" Instinctively rejecting the untidy alkaline shop over there, Qian Wubing walked into the tea shop.
"Where's your boss? I have something to do with him!" Qian Wubing sat down boldly. Qian Wubing didn't show much pretense, but these days, he has gained some official authority.
The shopkeeper brushed aside the waiter who was greeting him and came over. The people in the household department were also so aggressive yesterday. He didn't want to bring trouble to his boss.
"you are..?"
"My name is Qian Wubing, is Liu Zigu here?" Qian Wubing looked at the shopkeeper and gave his name.
"Oh, you are Uncle Qian. My boss has mentioned your name many times. Please sit down for a moment while I go to the backyard to ask my boss to come out!" As soon as the shopkeeper heard the name, a smile appeared on his face. It turned out that this
It's the friend that my boss often mentions. No wonder I know that my boss rested in the shop yesterday and didn't return home.
Qian Wubing waved his hand to indicate that he understood. The clever waiter on the side served him steaming fragrant tea. Qian Wubing held the tea bowl and drank the tea while looking at the furnishings around the shop.
The decoration of the shop was very ordinary, even a bit like a nouveau riche. This was slightly different from Qian Wubing's perception. In his opinion, a son of an official like Liu Zigu, even if he was doing business, should behave the same way.
Yes, but the current shop looks a bit...sloppy.
Well, it's just scrawled. If Liu Zigu hadn't found him yesterday, he would never have believed that a shop like this could make tens of thousands of taels of silver a year. It's true that the buns are meaty and not in the folds. This guy has made so much money.
If you have more money, why don't you make your store look more grand? This way, it will seem like this store will close down at any time, and no one will feel bad about it.
"Here?" Liu Zigu walked in drowsily, rubbing his head. Apparently Qian Wubing had drunk him yesterday and he was still hungover.
"Yes!" Qian Wubing nodded: "Give your boss some good tea to sober up!"
"First of all, let's agree, you can drink tea, but you can't drink anymore today. I didn't go home yesterday, but I have to go home today. My mother will nag me again when she sees me coming home smelling of alcohol!"
"It just so happens that I have known you for so long and I have never visited my uncle and aunt. If I have free time today, I will go home with you!"