Fang Jie leaned against the iron door of the stone room, looked at the two flying fish robes outside through the small window of the iron door and asked, "Brothers, what time is it?"
The Feiyupao standing on the left looked at the Feiyupao standing on the right, his eyes meant that he was asking you. The flying fish robe on the right looked up at the roof, pretending not to hear anything. This young man has no awareness of death row prisoners at all, and has been talking to them since the morning. Either leaning against the door and talking, or pulling the chair to the door and squatting on it, he even tried to move the stone bed to the door, but luckily he couldn't.
Why is the sky so dark? Is it going to rain? The sun doesn't see the sun all year round in this damn secret room, can you see the color of the sky
Brother, do you have two sons in the sky and around the house? Damn, the sky is full and the square circle of the pavilion has something to do with whether there are two sons
Brother, what workshop did you make this flying fish robe? The workmanship is not bad, I will have to go to inspect it when I go out in the future, if the ability is not bad, I plan to place a big order for them. My grandma... you're almost dead, you know that? Besides, what is a big order
Fang Jie asked many such boring questions, and he seemed tireless and never had a moment to relax. The two flying fish robes stood outside the door but did not dare to leave at will, suffering a lot.
When Fang explained the question, neither of them answered. Fang Jie didn't see the outside at all, he stretched out his hand from the gap in the iron railing of the small window, grabbed the collar of a flying fish robe and continued to ask, "What time is it, big brother?"
"Ahem..."
Feiyupao, who was being dragged by his clothes, turned around and the other party smiled embarrassingly and said, "Master, can you let go? I'll go out now and show you if it's okay? You see, it's still pitch black even if the sky is clear outside. Without a light I couldn't walk three steps and would have to hit the wall."
"That's a good word!"
Fang Jie praised sincerely: "Brother, you have a literary talent. I have a few lines of poems. Why don't you listen to them first?"
"I'd better go and show you the sundial..."
Fei Yupao broke free from Fang Jie's hand, and quickly ran outside. If it hadn't been for the above-mentioned instructions that this young man must tolerate whatever he does, give what he wants, and that he is not allowed to torture him or scold him, the two of them would have gone in and had a whip. In this situation, the two of them can only endure.
One was gone, but it was obvious that Fang Jie had no intention of letting go of the remaining one.
"Brother, do you know literature?"
The remaining Flying Fish Robe looked extremely painful. He turned his head to look at Fang Jie and asked, "Master, are you hungry? How about I bring you some food and wine? Poets must drink some wine when they recite poems, right..."
"Also."
Fang Jie nodded and said earnestly: "Also, can you give me a pen, ink, paper and inkstone? I want to record my feelings here, and when I go out, I will bind it into a book and publish it. Maybe I can make a fortune."
"no problem!"
Fei Yupao ran out and said, "As long as you don't speak, I'll find any girl you want!"
"Really? Then don't use the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, can you change to a girl?"
Fang Jie shouted from behind.
oops!
The running Feiyupao almost fell down, staggered a few times and managed to stabilize his body. He didn't dare to answer Fang. He wished he could go to the deputy commander right now and beg for someone else to guard the door. But having said that, the iron door of this secret room is two inches thick, even a great cultivator of the ninth rank may not be able to break it through with force, so there is no need for the two of them to guard it. But the deputy commander told the adults to keep an eye on Fang Xie to see how he would react in the stone room. The two of them have been tortured for the past two days, and that guy is like a lunatic.
After the two of them had left, Fang Jie quickly tore off the lining of his clothes and held one in his hand, then pretended to be nonchalant, walked back to the chair and sat down, muttering in his heart that the fat man can only look at you this time.
He had to bring the news out, even if he couldn't escape, he had to let Shen Qingfan and the others find a way to escape from Chang'an City, and he was eating, drinking, and messing around under the noses of others, so he couldn't do anything. Even if someone came to see him, such as Professor Qiu Yu, people outside listened to every word he said, and he couldn't arrange anything.
Therefore, he must find a way to spread the news. That's why he asked for pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and the papers brought in must have been counted, and if a corner was missing, people would find it. So he could only tear off a liner, and it had to be out of sight of the two guys outside.
Even for such a trivial matter, Fang Jie had to be careful. Because there are a few people he cares about in Chang'an City outside the stone chamber.
Accept fate
Fang Jie never believed that the fate of everyone in this world was preordained, nor did he believe that no oppression could make a struggle. At the very least...he wanted to keep Mu Xiaoyao and the others safe.
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It's hard to die!
The old man who knocked Shen Qingfan away with his palm that night died so easily and easily. A ninth-rank powerhouse who could have been well-known in the Jianghu of the Sui Dynasty and even the whole world died like this on Banyue Mountain. If it wasn't for the proprietress to block the old monk Zhizhi's full blow, he wouldn't have died. But he knew that the proprietress's lightness kung fu was the worst among several people, and she had never been good at lightness kung fu.
Traveling west eleven years ago, he met the proprietress earlier than Su Tugou. Because that battle was so tragic, he was the only one who retreated from the battle in the west of the Sui Dynasty, so that Su Tugou who joined forces with him was seriously injured. The proprietress, who already had a good impression of Li Nan, never looked him in the eye again. After the war, the proprietress carried Su Tugou on her back and disappeared without a trace, and Li Nan returned to Chang'an in embarrassment.
For eleven years, he never left Chang'an city for half a step.
He was smiling when he died because the proprietress told him they were waiting for you.
They are those great Sui Jianghu guests who spilled blood on the prairie eleven years ago. It was precisely because of the proprietress' words that Li Nan completed his own redemption. He knew that he could go underground to meet those brothers and sisters, and stand in front of them and say sorry.
Regarding Li Nan's death, the proprietress didn't have much emotion. She has always been very calm, as if in her opinion, Li Nan should die like this, instead of living a humble life in Chang'an City.
The emperor looked at the village girl in front of him who had killed the enemy for the Sui Dynasty eleven years ago, and didn't know how to start the conversation. That year when he first ascended the throne as a great treasure, the situation in the court was unstable and the country was in turmoil. Western Meng Yuan mobilized experts to sneak into Chang'an. Accompanied by hundreds of guests from all corners of the country. They originally lived in green forests, hiding in famous mountains and rivers and not caring about world affairs.
Perhaps even if the imperial court issued an order, they would not leave their homes to face powerful enemies. But when they heard that Yang Qi killed Hu Ling, they acted generously.
The emperor knew that he owed these people as well as the proprietress.
"Thank you."
After a long silence, the emperor got down from the kang, stood in front of the landlady and bowed deeply.
He was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the co-lord of the Eastern Central Plains. But he bowed deeply to a village girl, and he showed no reluctance.
The proprietress didn't move or stop her.
She received the emperor's worship safely.
"I'm not dead, Your Majesty's obeisance, I accept it for them."
she says.
The emperor straightened up, nodded and said: "When the army marches westward, I will announce to the world that it was because of you eleven years ago that the people of the Sui Dynasty could enjoy peace. I know that you have resentment towards me in your heart. I should have done this matter eleven years ago, but it has been delayed until today. If I don’t say anything, you should understand why I didn’t give you the honor you deserve... "
He paused and continued: "Since Emperor Taizu established the Great Sui Dynasty, the greatest trait my Yang family gave to the people of the Great Sui Dynasty is pride. Let them be proud of being a Sui person, but it is precisely because of this pride , I had to suppress your achievements eleven years ago. If it was announced to the world at that time, you died fighting to resist the invasion of Meng Yuan masters, the people of the world would be indignant, how much pressure is there to force me to send troops to crusade against Meng Yuan? One can imagine. But... At that time, I was not capable of conquering the West. Once the war started, the Sui Dynasty would be in trouble. But if I didn't fight, I would be a coward... The emperor of the Sui Dynasty, the emperor who gave the people of the Sui Dynasty the pride, how could he A coward?"
"I am the emperor, and I have more things to consider than everyone else."
The proprietress's expression didn't change at all, she glanced at the emperor lightly and said: "Your Majesty is right, when we went west, no one thought about getting anything from the imperial court. Back then, the master issued an order to kill Hu Hu when we went west, so we went, It's that simple."
It's that simple.
Not for honor, nor for wealth. Not for the court, and naturally not for the emperor.
"No one is perfect, but I will not deny my mistakes."
said the emperor.
The proprietress was silent for a while and said seriously to the emperor: "Your Majesty would like to thank you, but the one who should thank you most is actually sir."
The emperor nodded and said, "I know that the one I owe the most is my seventh brother."
"At the beginning, Mister went west and issued an order to kill Hu Hu, and I waited to accompany him. If it were someone else, we might not be willing to follow. Mister already has a very high status in the Jianghu, and everyone has no complaints about sending Mister to his death. Therefore, His Majesty does not need to feel any guilt towards us. Heart, you owe sir, and sir owes us."
The proprietress said: "It was many years later that I realized that the reason why Mr. Wang went west was to kill Hu?"
She looked into the emperor's eyes and said word by word: "It is more for the stability of your throne, Your Majesty. Many people from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty died in that battle, and naturally many people from the Jianghu of the Sui Dynasty also died. So many people died. People, the biggest beneficiary is your Majesty. All the masters who Meng Yuan planned to sneak into the Sui Dynasty were killed, and His Majesty can rest at ease. Sixty-seven out of ten of the quacks in the Sui Dynasty died, and His Majesty can rest in peace. Mr. Waiting for me to die, in fact, from the very beginning, I wanted to make fewer people in the Jianghu of the Sui Dynasty who could threaten your Majesty."
The emperor's face changed, but he didn't stop the proprietress from continuing.
"Mr. westward, killing three birds with one stone. Although sir will no longer enter the court, but he has a high prestige among the courtiers. If he does not leave, your majesty will be uneasy. The masters of Meng Yuan are cruel and brutal by nature, and some of your majesty will be uneasy. People don't accept the teachings and have a strong personality, and if you don't die, your majesty will feel uneasy. Once you go west, your majesty will feel at ease for eleven years, sir should be satisfied."
"So it's still the same sentence, Your Majesty owes you sir."
The emperor's face was displeased, but he didn't attack: "I know, so I have been protecting his things and not allowing anyone to touch them."
"But His Majesty touched it himself."
The proprietress said in a slightly cold tone.
"What did I touch?!"
The emperor's patience was finally exhausted. He looked into the proprietress's eyes and said, "I don't allow anyone to get involved in Lao Qi's property. I treat Lao Qi's family, even a servant, just like a servant."
"Your Majesty touched his heir."
The proprietress said: "Fang Jie is his successor."
"Fang Jie is really the descendant of Lao Qi?!"
The emperor froze for a moment, his eyes couldn't hide the surprise.
"Your Majesty doesn't trust anyone, that's why you doubt Fang Xie. Your Majesty doesn't even trust you, sir, otherwise how could you imprison Fang Xie?"
The proprietress slightly bowed and saluted: "Thank you for summoning me. I am a village woman in the mountains, and I don't know much about the world. My words are rude and made Your Majesty angry. So I will resign, and I will leave Chang'an City and return to Fan Gu. My husband followed Mr. There is no doubt that you will die if you go west, and the husband’s old wounds are still unhealed. After I return to Fangu, I will set up three earthen graves, one for my husband, one for my husband, and one for Fang Jie.”
"Rub the soil in front of the grave for incense, and tell Mr. that you are dead. The murderer... Your Majesty today."