Chapter 1714: One Is Immortal, the Other Is Eternal

The old man in the corner shrank his neck in fear, not daring to look at the person in front of him, nor dare to take the things handed over by the other party.

Ji Nanzheng covered his face with both hands, and felt pain in his eyes. He rubbed his eyes hard and shouted with a trembling voice: "Bai, Baizhuang?"

The old woman seemed not to realize that she was calling her. She was just very scared, and she made up her voice and tried her best to explain: "No, I didn't steal anything... I didn't steal anything... Mine... It's mine..."

As the old woman said, she saw the stones falling on the ground, and she squatted down and carefully picked them up one by one and hid them in her arms.

Ji Nanzheng felt very uncomfortable, and felt that his chest was blocked by something, and his breathing was not smooth. He bent down and handed the twin Gu in his hand again, and said hurriedly: "Don't you recognize it? This is the Gu you raised. You planted it for me on the day of our wedding. Have you forgotten?"

The old woman pushed his hand away and just buried her head to pick up her own stones.

Ji Nanzheng became anxious because of her lack of response. He stepped forward and held the old woman's shoulders, looked directly into her eyes, and asked firmly: "Are you Bai Zhuang? Is it you? Don't you remember me? I am Ji Nanzheng! I am Ji Nanzheng!"

"Ah!" The old woman suddenly screamed, and the whole person seemed to be stimulated. She looked at the man in front of her with complaints and shouted at him: "Ah!"

Ji Nanzheng was startled, thinking that he had hurt her, and quickly let go.

The old woman stared at him with wide eyes in horror, and stopped picking up the stones. She shrank back again. While hiding, she panted heavily, and her hands and feet curled up unconsciously, as if she was afraid of something and avoiding something.

"What's going on? What's going on?" Ji Nanzheng shouted desperately: "What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

No one answered him. The old man in the corner seemed to be closing himself off. He didn't say a word, and kept his head down from beginning to end, shivering and refusing the approach of the man in front of him.

When Xiao Li and Ji Jin came back from the government office, it was already daybreak. Xiao Li had to tell his mother as soon as possible after finding such important information about his grandmother.

But now that war broke out in Liangjiang and Anzhou was under martial law, it was inconvenient for them to communicate here, so Xiao Li went directly to the government office and found the prefect of Anzhou, hoping that he could help deliver the letter.

When the prefect of Anzhou heard that it was sent to Captain Rong, he naturally agreed. During this exchange, Xiao Li also told Ji Jin about what had happened outside during this period.

Now that they are back, they originally thought that everyone should be awake by now, so it would be good for everyone to see their grandmother. When they came back last night, it was already midnight, so Xiao Li did not wake everyone up, but only let the grandmother sleep in her room, thinking that if there was anything, they would talk about it tomorrow morning.

But he was immediately blocked by the waiter when he came back, and the waiter said anxiously that something happened on the second floor.

Xiao Li and Ji Jin hurriedly ran up to the second floor, but as soon as they went up the stairs, they heard a woman crying.

Xiao Li recognized that it was his grandmother's voice. He ran over and saw that his room had been destroyed. His grandmother and great grandfather were squatting on the ground, speaking to the old man who was curled up in the corner, at a loss.

Ji Jin rushed over immediately, pushed the others aside, and helped his aunt up.

The old woman was also very excited to see the familiar people. She held Ji Jin's arm, like pulling a life-saving straw, and said pitifully: "Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin, I thought you didn't want me..."

Ji Jin's eyes were red, and she was busy protecting her aunt, patting her back to comfort her, and said: "No, no, I just went out for a while and will be back soon, aunt, don't worry, don't be afraid, come here and sit first."

The old woman had been curled up on the ground for too long, and her hands and feet were cold. Now that she was accompanied by her relatives, she finally sat on the stool, but she was still very scared. Even after sitting down, she tried her best to hide her body behind Ji Jin, and she didn't dare to look at other people in the room.

Xiao Li took a deep breath and asked, "What's going on?"

Ji Xiaqiu also stood up at this time. She covered her face and couldn't control her tears. She asked in a trembling voice, "I want to know too. What's going on? Why is my mother here? Hasn't she always been in Jijiabao?"

After eloping with Liu Huan and leaving Lingzhou, Ji Xiaqiu almost never went back. She lost her husband when she was young and her daughter when she was middle-aged. Ji Xiaqiu always felt guilty about her mother, but she was also a mother. She had a pair of children. Her daughter was left in Kyoto by her and was in dire straits. Her son was weak and sick since childhood, which made her worry a lot. In addition, she was surrounded by tigers and wolves, and there were dangers everywhere.

When Ji Xiaqiu couldn't make ends meet in her early years, she also thought about whether to go back to the Ji family for help, but she knew her relatives too well. Although those people would take good care of her mother, it didn't mean that they would accept her as a "traitor" again.

Because of her, Ji Xiaqiu, the Ji family was hunted down by the imperial court again many years later. Countless members of the family were killed or injured. Those who were still alive were hiding and living a miserable life. Ji Xiaqiu didn't have the face to implicate them again.

So she went far away, took her son with her, and raised her son step by step with great hardships.

During this period, she also secretly returned to the Ji family and visited her mother. Her mother was still the same. The people of the Ji family respected her very much. When she was old and had nothing to do, she would help the clan members take care of the children in the clan. The Ji family had a girl with golden pupils. The little girl also had a sister. The parents of the two girls died early, so the mother brought the two children to her side to raise them. The two little girls also relied on their mother.

Ji Xiaqiu saw that her mother lived peacefully and happily. Although she felt sorry in her heart, she did not disturb her. In her heart, she positioned herself as a sinner, a sinner of the Ji family. Moreover, to the outside world, she, Ji Xiaqiu, should have died long ago. Dead people should not appear again.

Ji Xiaqiu remembered that the last time she went to see her mother was about five years ago. At that time, her mother was already gray-haired. She carried a backpack and climbed up the high mountains behind Lingzhou. She might have gone to collect herbs or catch insects. Her mother was a Miao. Although she had not raised Gu for more than ten years, she still liked to collect some small insects and ants. That was her fun.

Two little girls followed her mother. Both girls were graceful. They were like two little sparrows, chirping in the old man's ears, making the old man laugh again and again.

Ji Xiaqiu was very happy. She was very happy to have these two little girls to replace her and take care of her mother for her.

After that, because of the discovery of Liu Wei, Mo Yi reached a rebellious period again and ran to Kyoto. Ji Xiaqiu became busy. After that, Liu Wei disappeared, Mo Yi ran away from home and went to Qingzhou. There was also a whole Baxiufang for her to worry about, so Ji Xiaqiu had no time to go back to Lingzhou.

She thought that it was just a few years, just a few years, and nothing should change. So when she saw her father this time and her father said he wanted to go back to Lingzhou to see her mother, she naturally agreed. She was still thinking in her heart, what expression would her mother have when she saw her father, would she hate him? Or would she forgive him?

But Ji Xiaqiu could never have imagined that her mother, who was still full of energy five years ago, would become like this now.

She was confused and didn't recognize people. She couldn't understand her own name, nor could she call out her father's name. She looked at them as if she was looking at strangers. She was afraid of them, terrified of them, and rejected them.

Ji Xiaqiu couldn't help crying, and the whole person was shaky.

Xiao Li couldn't comfort her, and to make matters worse, the situation on the great grandfather's side was worse than that of the grandmother.

Great grandfather did not cry out loud. He sat on the edge of the bed, and was completely silent. Xiao Li approached and called him carefully, but Great grandfather did not respond at all. He held the edge of the bed with both hands, and his palms were twisted and deformed by the wood of the chrome hand. Xiao Li held the back of his hand, but the old man pinched his wrist with his backhand.

Xiao Li looked at Great grandfather, but saw that his eyes were red like blood. He stared at him and asked hesitantly: "How can I leave her alone?"

Xiao Li was scared, afraid that the old man's emotions would be too extreme and his heart would be in trouble. He hurriedly pressed the acupuncture points for Great grandfather, but just as he started, Great grandfather suddenly covered his heart, and then leaned forward. Just when Xiao Li was shocked, he heard a "puff" and the old man vomited a mouthful of blood.

"Great grandfather!" Xiao Li screamed, and was so scared that he hurriedly supported the body of Great grandfather.

At the same time, the white-haired old man hiding behind Ji Jin suddenly pressed his chest. She screamed in pain. Under Ji Jin's worried and frightened eyes, she held Ji Jin's hand. With a "puff", she also spit out a mouthful of blood, but the blood was not red, but black.

In the black blood, no one saw that a small black insect was constantly wriggling. It slowly crawled on the ground, slowly approaching the twin Gu in the corner, which had long been petrified and brought back from Xianyan Country by Ji Nanzheng across the ocean.

Three years ago, he fell off a cliff, and the bottom of the cliff was full of huge waves. How did a weak old man wade into the two rivers along the river, and how did he survive to be rescued and taken to Songzhou?

Twin Gu, Gu means two, one immortal, the other everlasting. Ji Nanzheng's twin Gu can save his life and help him survive in the vast ocean. Bai Zhuang's twin Gu can also protect her heart at the critical moment of life and death and bring her a glimmer of hope.

Now, these two Gu have met.