Chapter 614: Library and Burial Ground

Where are the books? Where did they go! ?

Luo Qingqing leaned down, walked around the edge of the well, and then followed the stone steps into the patio - Luo You'er was not around, so she could only see the scene under her feet by getting as close to the ground as possible.

Before she took ten steps, the stairs reached the bottom.

Only then did she realize that the patio, which originally had as many as seven floors, had been filled with mud until only one layer remained!

Luo Qingqing didn't care too much and dug it up with both hands - the soil was very loose and had not been repeatedly compacted. It could be seen that it had been filled up recently. After a while, she found some broken pieces of paper. After holding them up in front of her eyes and looking at them carefully, Luo Qingqing felt a chill all over her body.

These papers were undoubtedly from the books in the library.

But now, they have become scattered, and there are traces of blackening on the corners, proving that someone had burned the books here.

The thing she was most worried about still happened.

Luo Qingqing raised her fist and slammed it to the ground -

If the Privy Council wanted the Luo family's alchemist, they could just take him away. Why didn't they even let the library go! ?

When the fist penetrated deep into the soil, another black object was smashed out.

She was slightly startled and picked up the object.

It was a piece of arm.

It was impossible to know who it belonged to. There was little flesh attached to the bones. The only reason it did not rot was because it was burned by the fire. The whole arm was completely burnt, like a broken branch.

Luo Qingqing couldn't help but think of the corpses hanging above her head when she passed through the city gate.

She felt something rising in her stomach.

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Staggering out of the Luo family mansion, Luo Qingqing leaned against the wall on the side of the road and rested for a long time before recovering.

She had expected that the library might be destroyed in the turmoil, and perhaps some books would be damaged or even lost, but that was the accumulation of the Luo family for nearly a hundred years. Even if the alchemists broke up with the clan, they would not pour their hatred on the library. At least among the Luo family's Qi-sensing people she knew, there was no one who hated books.

The title of "Luo Family in Youzhou, Knowing Everything" is not an honor that belongs exclusively to the clan. Even if the Qi Senser becomes a Taoist priest in the Privy Council, he should do his best to maintain this title.

Her plan was completely in vain.

"Miss Luo... Luo Qingqing, is it really you?" Suddenly, a slightly surprised voice came from the side.

Luo Qingqing tilted her head and found a vague figure looking at her. From the appearance of Qi, the other party was not a Qi Senser. His outline was like a young man, but the voice was not someone she was familiar with.

"You are..."

"It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to another place first." He took two steps closer and suddenly froze, "Your eyes..."

"It's okay." Luo Qingqing took off the blindfold, "It's just that I can't see clearly, but I still have no problem recognizing the road."

"Really?" He retracted his half-extended hand and lowered his head, "Then please follow me."

After bypassing two streets, the man took her into a magnificent three-story pavilion-it looked like an inn, but it was not open for business. Many women gathered in the corridor, and they all giggled when they saw Luo Qingqing, as if they were watching a joke. The man did not explain, but led her into a narrow guest room.

"Huh..." He let out a long breath after closing the door, then turned around and looked at Luo Qingqing, "Sorry, I shouldn't have let you come to this kind of place, but the Luo family is no longer the same as it used to be."

"You are from the Zong family." Luo Qingqing already had a rough guess about the man's identity. After all, there were only a handful of people in Qianren City who could recognize her disguised appearance. This person must be quite familiar with her, at least had long-term contact with her, and at the same time she didn't remember him. Only the Zong family met these two conditions.

"Yes, the Youzhou genius is indeed well-deserved." He bowed his hands and formally saluted, "My name is Luo Zhisheng, the eldest grandson of the second branch, you can just call me Zhisheng."

He was at most fifteen or sixteen years old, younger than himself.

Luo nodded gently, "Why did the Luo family mansion become like this? The library... who destroyed it?"

"It was the current city lord, Lu Qiheng. He was originally a Taoist priest transferred from the Privy Council. Since he knew that the Privy Council had failed, he has completely changed." Luo Zhisheng's tone was a little low, "This person did not directly target the Luo family, because after the Luo family split, the mansion was sealed and no one from the clan was allowed to enter. At that time, the library was still intact. I heard that the head of the family used the lives of his family to keep the mansion intact."

"What happened after that?"

"After the head of the family died, many members of the Luo family left Qianren City - everyone was worried that Ning Qianshi was just a temporary Stop, and wait until the situation stabilizes before conducting a second round of liquidation. Only one in ten people decided to stay in the city, and I was one of them... After all, everything of the Luo family was here. "He sat down opposite Luo Qingqing, "but no one expected that Lu Qiheng was crazy. He announced that Qianren City would no longer be under the control of the court or the Privy Council, but belonged to him alone, and then ordered the demolition of the outer circle of houses and the vacant land, saying that he would achieve self-sufficiency within a year. At the same time, he also increased taxes and demoted the homeless people to slaves, who reclaimed wasteland for him and built city defense fortifications, saying that this was the only way to save Qianren City. "

Luo Qingqing didn't know what to say for a moment.

She considered many reasons, but didn't expect it to be like this.

-No matter what the other party's intentions were, this was already a de facto separatist regime.

"What about the library?"

Keeping the Luo Family Mansion obviously did not hinder his ambition!

"Many people opposed him, including officials from the original six ministries, as well as scholars, merchants and common people in Qianren City. Lu Qiheng mobilized the city guards to launch a large-scale purge, and executed all those who opposed him." Luo Zhisheng sighed, "At least one or two thousand people died because of this, including disciples of the clan. Because there were too many people, there was not enough land for burning, so he used the patio of the library as a natural incineration site, and those books became fuel from nearby materials."

Luo Qingqing couldn't help but grit her teeth.

She finally knew why there were charred bones in an underground stone well where books were stored.

Burning the corpse and burying it is an effective measure to prevent the emergence of evil spirits. Lu Qiheng obviously knew this, but he chose the most brutal method - directly using the patio as a pit and filling it with soil after burning, so that the hidden dangers of evil spirits can be eliminated in the shortest time.

"Bang!"

Luo Qingqing punched the table.

Since the death of Luo Tang and Luo Changtian, her mood has not fluctuated so violently for a long time.

"What about the other alchemists in the Privy Council? Is there no one who opposes him? And the defeated Youzhou Army - where did they go!?"

Luo Zhisheng also showed a hateful expression, "Lu Qiheng's current subordinates are the former Qianren City Privy Council. And the Youzhou Army... has become a robber who robs everywhere."