I stood in the rain, looking at the boat quietly docked on the shore in confusion, without any movement - what is Uncle Ai doing?

"Miss, please wait a moment, I'll go see my grandpa."

Asu Su, who was standing beside him, said, carefully handing the umbrella to me and got on the boat by myself. I was still standing on the shore with the umbrella. Su Su's panic sound came from the cabin: "Grandpa! Grandpa!"

Her voice was full of fear and panic, as if she was about to cry. When I heard that something was wrong, I immediately threw the oil-paper umbrella into the boat in three steps and two steps. The boat started to sway. I lifted the curtain at the door of the cabin and saw Susu holding Uncle Ai and shaking hard. The childish little face was full of panic.

Uncle Ai sat there quietly with his eyes closed, motionless.

I could see at a glance that Uncle Ai was sitting cross-legged.

I met and talked with him before, and they were all sitting on their knees, but just as soon as I left the cabin, he became a cross-sitting position, his eyes closed, and his dark face seemed to have frozen, without a trace of expression. No matter how Su Su shook him and shouted in his ear, he didn't respond.

I suddenly became cold and stood in the cabin and watched. After a while, I stretched out my slightly trembling hand and approached his nose.

Su Su's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked at me at a loss.

And my heart had already sunk as my fingers reached under his nose.

A trace of breath was gone.

Su Su was still looking at me. Although she could know the truth with just reaching out, she seemed to have completely forgotten at this time. She put all her hope on me and hoped that I would tell her that maybe her grandfather was just sick, just too tired, and just fell asleep.

But when I spoke, my voice was broken: "Uncle Ai - your grandfather, he has melted."

As soon as I finished speaking, tears in Susu's eyes immediately dripped.

"grandfather--!"

Her painful cry sounded in the small cabin.

I fell helplessly at the door of the cabin. The curtain was lifted up by me. Before I could fall, the cold wind and ice rain attacked me, which soon wet my whole body, bringing a biting chill. I looked at Uncle Ai's calm face, but I felt that the charcoal redness on my chest was getting hotter and hotter.

.

Later I thought, maybe Uncle Ai had already made such preparations in the morning.

He never thought about treating me back from beginning to end. The reason why Yan Qingchen was able to invite him out was because he finally got the news from me. He wanted to see me, hand over what my mother left to me, and also wanted to know whether I was doing well and whether I had suffered.

And when he saw me and got everything done, he had no worries anymore.

Or maybe he also knew vaguely that if he returned empty-handed, the person who invited him out of the mountain would not be so let go.

So, he chose to leave like this.

Although he was a monk, I knew that this person was never quiet. Even until he died, he was a great vulgar man in the world. So I invited many monks to create a large water 6 temple for him in the largest temple in Qishan Village. It was lively for seven days, and his funeral was very glorious. Even the people in Yangzhou Prefecture heard the news and watched the fun.

No matter how tired he was of school or loves power during his lifetime, and how many troubles he caused to Fu Badai, but now, to me, he is an elder, a person who devotes all his feelings to us mother and daughter.

So, although I knew that if he was alive, he would be angry, refused firmly, and might even shout "Stop Life", I still knelt in front of his coffin with Li'er and kowtowed three times respectfully.

Finally, his body was cremated.

Perhaps, he should choose a place with good feng shui and build a large and ostentatious cemetery for him, but after all, he is still a monk, and Yangzhou is not his hometown. No matter what, he should find an opportunity to send him back.

However, when I told Su Su this idea, the little girl said calmly: "Grandpa had said before that if he left, let us cremate him and sprinkle the ashes from the Sanjiang Dam."

"ah?"

I didn't expect Uncle Ai would be so-so-open.

After death, people always think of falling leaves returning to their roots and pouring their ashes into the Yangtze River. It is equivalent to corpses without any existence. No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like something Uncle Ai would be willing to do. However, Su Su said softly: “When my grandfather told me, I didn’t agree, but he said that the Yangtze River is not water, but heroic blood. He is willing to blend it in and see the changes in the world.”

“…”

I listened, but I smiled somehow.

Uncle Ai, Uncle Ai...

I reached out and stroked the small urn and said, "If this is the case, it's fine, so I don't have to find someone to send his ashes back to Xichuan."

Su Su listened, looked up at me in confusion, and I said, "Su Su, don't go back."

She didn't seem surprised when she said this, but she was not too happy, nor too unhappy. She was just a little helpless and looked at me coldly.

I don't know how she has a relationship with Xichuan or the deacons of Xichuan today, but I need to tell her the pros and cons. Uncle Ai would rather die than go back to Xichuan. In addition to letting go of everything without any concern, that person's methods are also the reason for his great cause. Su Su is Uncle Ai's only granddaughter. If someone vents his anger, how can she, a weak girl, bear it?

I told her my thoughts vaguely. Su Su kept listening, but felt a little blank and didn't say anything.

I waited for her response, waited for a long time, and said softly: "Su Su?"

She then raised her head and looked at me, feeling a little dazed: "Is it safe to stay here?"

"No matter what, at least it's better than when you go back to Xichuan."

“…is it?”

I looked at her and said softly, "Don't you believe me?"

She looked at me and shook her head gently: "Actually, before coming to Yangzhou, my grandfather told me that if there is anything in the future, I will follow the instructions of the eldest lady. If the eldest lady asks me to go back to Xichuan, I will go back to Xichuan; if the eldest lady asks me to stay, I will stay. Moreover, my grandfather also said that even if the young master defeats the world, he can't beat the eldest lady's place. Tell me not to worry, and you will be safe with the eldest lady."

"Oh?" I was a little surprised. Uncle Ai knew about protecting me for shortage, but it was blind to this point.

Compared to Xichuan, the soldiers are strong and powerful. I am just the boss of a small embroidery workshop now. This is not even a difference between the clouds and the mud. If Xichuan soldiers really fight here, I am afraid that they will blow away me in one breath. How could he be so confident in me?

Seeing that I was still smiling, Su Su said, "When our ship owner was heading, he stopped at Jiujiangkou for a long time, and grandpa had talked to some people."

When I heard this, I was stunned for a moment.

"Jiujiangkou?"

Isn’t that where Shen Xiaokun restructured Wohu Village, rescued Li'er from Pei Yuanfeng, and later fought with Pei Yuanxiu?

Could it be—

Su Su looked at me and said, "The bandits in that place are no longer considered bandits. If the court gives them a name, they will all become a government office."

"Oh? What?"

"Those people have set out their own sphere of influence hundreds of miles near Jiujiang. However, they do not rob the passers-by, but when the merchants pass Huaihua, they collect their money and give a certificate. The next few thousand miles of mountain roads, they set up levels to check the certificates of those people, but also protect their safety. If someone dares to rob the road halfway, there is no need for the caravan to take action, they will clean up the people first."

“…”

Su Su continued: "When the caravans leave Jiujiang, they will hand over the certificates back to them and then destroy them. The next road will not be their control."

“…”

"If those caravans want them to continue to protect, they will have to pay additional money. Those people will send people to follow the caravan along the way to protect their safety, but it is not Wuhu."

"..." I was stunned and could not speak at all.

If you guess correctly, it should be Shen Xiaokun's men.

Unexpectedly, I really didn't expect that a group of bandits who did everything they did, burned, killed, looted, became a fierce and regular army in his hands. Now, it has become a disciplined and strict armed organization!

Moreover, they actually used this method to make a living, which can make money to make a living, and that large area is actually classified as their jurisdiction, and it has become a nearly regular local army. It is really killing two birds with one stone!

However, if you think about it carefully, Shen Xiaokun has a good idea to manage the army, but he probably can't think of this method.

That should be Wei Ningyuan's work.

Wei Ningyuan must have had his own set when he was guarding Jiangnan for so many years, which seemed more like his approach. It seems that they should have come together and merged to achieve such great achievements as Jiujiang area now.

I sighed softly in the deepest part of my heart.

When I pointed this path to Wei Ningyuan, I was really worried that he would not want it, and I was also worried that Shen Xiaokun's temper would not tolerate him. But if the two of them merged with literature and martial arts, they would definitely form a force that should not be underestimated. Whether they protect themselves or the future competition, they would have a place. Now that I know the news about them, I did let a stone down in my heart.

Su Su kept looking at me and said at this time: "Grandpa said that's the big thing of the eldest lady."

"Me?" I came to my senses and looked at her and smiled, "That's the man's business, it has nothing to do with me. I'm just threading needles in the middle."

Su Su didn't say anything and just said calmly: "But, grandpa said that it was the eldest lady's big strategy."

"oh?"

Su Su said: "Grandpa said that there must be a battle between Jiangnan and the court. If Xichuan takes advantage of the situation to send troops along Jiujiang, whether it is to help the court suppress Jiangnan or Jiangnan fight the court, it can reap the benefits of the fisherman, and may even manipulate the future situation. But now, the eldest lady is pressing a nail in Jiujiang, that is, between Jiangnan and Xichuan."

"..." I didn't say anything, and the cold sweat behind me couldn't help but feel cold. I felt like I was suddenly seen through my internal organs and nothing could be hidden.
Chapter completed!