Chapter 3 Appearance
"Stop, who are you? What are you doing in Qingshan County? Show me your pass!"

Zhao Shi had just walked to the city gate when a soldier who had been staring at him stopped him and shouted in a cold voice.

That is to say, Zhao Shi has fair skin, and although he looks embarrassed, his mental state is not like that of an ordinary person, otherwise he would not have just stopped the man but would have taken direct action.

"Everyone, I was traveling around the world to study and encountered robbers on the way. I wanted to rest in your county and then contact your family to pick me up!" Zhao Shi was not panicked when he heard this, but bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Don't panic!
Don't panic!
Can't even run!!
Just now he saw archers on the city gate.

He didn't want to risk his life to test the archer's accuracy. In ancient society, the accuracy of any archer was not comparable to those enthusiasts in the Xia country.

Well.
The soldier who was shouting was stunned when he heard this.

He didn't know what to do when facing someone like Zhao Shi. It was obvious that this person was not an ordinary person.

Hesitantly looked behind him.

At this time, the captain behind the shouting soldier realized that he could no longer hide, so he came out and said respectfully to Zhao Shi, "Sir, we are ignorant. Please come in! Please come in!"

Zhao Shi didn't say anything, but nodded slightly and walked straight into the county town.

"He's worthy of being a young man from a big city. Even when he was robbed, he still had a unique demeanor!" The captain sighed after Zhao Shi walked away.

He had seen many young men and women from the county traveling at this city gate, but none of them had the demeanor of this person.

"Captain, are we just going to let him in like this?" After hearing his captain's words, the soldier who had just shouted asked with some confusion.

"Get lost, idiot! If you want to die, don't drag me with you!"

The captain looked at his men speechlessly and scolded them coldly.

"Can"

The soldier wanted to say something, but just as he opened his mouth, he heard a cold voice beside him, saying: "Old dog, if we want to live a good and comfortable life, we must understand one thing, which is who we can and cannot offend. Although the man who just came in was a little embarrassed, judging from his demeanor, it is obvious that he is someone we cannot afford to offend."

"Let's not talk about the skin, just look at the material of the clothes. Although it looks strange, you can tell at a glance that the material is not simple. I looked carefully and there was not a single stitch. It is obvious that it is only found in a big city like the capital."

"If you want to make up for the money you lost, that's fine. If you want to die, that's fine too, but don't drag your brothers down with you!"

The soldier who scolded Zhao Shi couldn't help but shrink his neck when he heard this and dared not say another word.

Didn’t he just fall in love with that person’s clothes?
Once you leave the pawnshop, you will get at least a few taels of silver.

Where is Zhao Shi?
When I came to the county town, everything I saw seemed new.

Of course, it's just for fun. It's impossible to see prosperity or prosperity.
There were quite a few people, but they were all in a hurry, lacking energy and looking pale.

Not far away, Jiang Yuan saw a small tavern.

The pub was not big, and many people were drinking. Many more were squatting under the eaves outside the pub, each holding a large bowl filled with wine, and taking a sip from time to time, with a look of intoxication on their faces.

Glancing at the person under the eaves, Zhao Shi nodded secretly.

A tavern for common people.

Or the lowest level gathering place.

And this is exactly what he needs.

First, the price is not expensive, and second, you can get a lot of information in such a place.

When he first arrived here, he was completely in the dark and he urgently needed to know some information. Since he had traveled through time, he could not be sad or think about anything else. Staying alive was the first priority.

Zhao Shi followed a peddler into the tavern.

"Madam, two steamed buns and a bowl of shaodaozi!" The peddler shouted loudly after entering the tavern.

"Hey, isn't this Lu the Peddler? Why did you think of our shop today?"

As the hawker's voice fell, a young woman in her thirties came in from the backyard with a swaying step and a graceful figure. When she saw the hawker, she greeted him with a smile on her face.

"Haha. Aren't you thinking about you, Madam Boss?"

When the peddler saw the proprietress, he narrowed his eyes, laughed and reached out to pull the proprietress.

However, I didn't see how the proprietress moved, but she dodged the peddler's big hand, appearing to be very skilled.

At this time, the proprietress also saw Zhao Shi, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Hey, young man, this is your first time here, what would you like to eat?"

"Madam, do you want to hire a helper?"

"During my study tour, I encountered heavy fog and robbers. I want to work here for a few days. I don't want any money, just food!

Zhao Shi finally suppressed the thought of eating and dashing that had been lingering in his mind, bowed and spoke sincerely.

Ok?
The proprietress was stunned when she heard this and looked Zhao Shilai up and down.

Want to help?
It is a real need, but it is very inconvenient. This shop is a mother-daughter shop, run by the proprietress and her daughter. This shop seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is only enough to provide food and clothing for the mother and daughter.

Now that Zhao Shi saw that the man was tall and strong and didn't want any money, he couldn't help but be tempted.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhao Shi looks good and is polite, unlike those big guys outside who just want to take advantage of others.

In the end, Zhao Shi stayed and even started dating the boss's daughter within two or three days.

First, the girl is really pretty, naturally beautiful, like a lotus blooming in clear water.

She is beautiful, has a good personality, and is hardworking. She is a role model for women in Xia Country.

An existence that can be encountered but not sought after.

Furthermore, he needed an identity.

Otherwise, there is no way to integrate into this world.

No household registration!

There is no way back!

No place to go!

cheat?
You can deceive people for a while, but you can’t deceive people forever.

But he didn't expect that on the third day after he married the girl, the fog dissipated and he disappeared into the tavern.

When he reappeared, he still took the same road home, and the experience in the other world seemed like a dream.

As I woke up, my memory gradually faded, and in less than half a day, I had completely forgotten it.

After that, he suffered from amnesia.

"call!!!"

Zhao Shi, whose memory was fully restored, looked at the woman in front of him who was staring at him blankly as if she were stupid. He then looked at the girl who was still kneeling on the ground, staring at the burnt incense in a daze. He took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly to calm his excitement.

He could vaguely see his appearance on the girl's face, and thinking about the images that appeared in his mind, how could he not know what was going on?
own daughter.

Zhao Yan?
Zhao Shi never thought that he would have a child.
this.
this.
excitement!
Only he himself knows how hard his life has been because of amnesia for so many years.

Some people say that amnesia is good because it allows people to forget their worries. That is when they have enough food and drink. As an ordinary person, they need to run around for a living every day.
No memory, no past, no future
A lonely person.

Zhao Shi was even prepared to die alone in a corner where no one knew about him.

This kind of life is not satisfactory no matter how you look at it.

What now?
wife!

child!

Everything happened in an instant, how could I not be excited?

"You bastard, you are such a heartless person. You left me and walked away. Were you afraid that I would live happily with you or that I would affect your future? You bastard."

The beautiful young woman also reacted at this time, tears flowed down her cheeks, and she kept cursing and scolding Zhao Shi.
At the end, she couldn't help but pounce on Zhao Shi, but she didn't expect that her body would go straight through Zhao Shi's body and she pounced on nothing.

Apart from the ripples that appeared around Zhao Shi's figure, nothing else was affected.

Only then did the young woman realize that Zhao Shi was already dead. At this time, Zhao Shi was just a spirit.

A spirit summoned by the mother and daughter.

Zhao Yan was kneeling on the ground looking at the burnt incense with a look of loss on her face. Only after hearing her mother's words did she react and looked up in shock.

I just happened to see the figure standing not far in front of me.

I also happened to see my mother passing by that figure.

How could she not know what was happening at this time?

It worked!
The father appeared.
Her family is also protected by the ancestral spirits.

With the ancestral spirit, she has a foothold in this world, and this spirit is the father she misses day and night.

Ever since she was old enough to understand, her mother had been talking about how elegant and knowledgeable her father was. His words could often make people think deeply. Even though he was wearing coarse linen clothes, he looked like a nobleman in the world. He was also humorous, unlike the men in Qingshan County.
Influenced by her father, she has always been curious about his father and wanted to see what kind of person he was. When she was a child, she often sat in front of the door of her own tavern, looking far towards the direction of the city gate, waiting for her father to appear on a tall horse.

pity!

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Gradually, she was called a wild child and told that it was her family's fate to have no man. Her grandmother had no man, her mother had no man, and she would not have one in the future.
As time passed, her expectation turned into hatred.

She hated her father for not coming to see her and her daughter. Was she really, as people on the street said, just a product of that nobleman's playboy activities?
Yes!

Even the neighbors had to admit that her father was a nobleman.

look forward to!

resentment!

Then forgotten.

If the world hadn't changed so drastically, she might not have remembered her father.

When the government had methods and incense to summon gods, she was sure that her father was dead.

Only when you die can you absorb the incense from the incense sticks.
Knowing that my father was dead, the hatred disappeared and what was left was a sense of loss.

Linger!

Zhao Shi murmured as he looked at the woman in front of him.

Just as he finished speaking, as the last flame of the incense went out, Zhao Shi’s figure became blurred and finally disappeared.

"Ms. sir."

"My husband, where have you been?"

"Please don't abandon Ling'er again, my husband, please don't abandon Ling'er."

When the young woman saw Zhao Shi disappear, she immediately became panicked and started looking around.

"Mom, mom, calm down. Father is still here. It's just that the incense has burned out and he has returned to the tablet. Look, our ancestral spirit world is still here. Father has not abandoned us."

Seeing her mother's appearance, the girl quickly stood up and comforted her mother.

Upon hearing this, the young woman looked at the burnt incense with tears in her eyes, then hurried to the yard and looked up at the ancestral hall. There was a layer of faint light curtain above the hall, completely covering it.

Seeing this, she breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to summoning ancestral spirits, the incense sticks also have a function of making the ancestral spirits appear. Otherwise, the ancestral spirits are spiritual beings that ordinary people cannot hear or see.

If ordinary people want to see spirits, they can only light up incense to invite the gods. Only within the range of the incense can the ancestral spirits appear.

Of course, the fact that ancestral spirits cannot manifest themselves does not mean that they do not exist.

As long as the summoning is successful and there are incense offerings to the ancestral spirits, they will always exist.

As for the ancestral spirit world?

According to the government, it is a special barrier.

The scope of this barrier is related to the incense and the strength of the ancestral spirits themselves. The strength of the ancestral spirits comes from the incense, and only the ancestral spirits can fight against evil spirits.

The ancestral spirits of ordinary families can cover their own house.

Where is Zhao Shi?
It can only cover the ancestral hall.

However, after thinking about it, the two realized that, over the years, except for them and their daughter, probably no one had burned incense for Zhao Shi, so naturally the number of incense offerings was pitifully small.

(End of this chapter)