When the old master shouted "Nanguozijian", the arrogant Beidou stopped for a while. After a while, another person spoke up. This time he sounded a lot more polite.
The old master continued with his scratchy throat, "This old man is Nanguo Zijian who really speaks about Lin Jin. Although he is a humble person, how can he sit back and be presumptuous? I want to ask which general's path is today. , What a big move, what a big official prestige!"
Beidou, who had spoken out earlier, said: "But the little one is honest, if you let the imperial court prisoners go, is it your responsibility?"
The old master immediately retorted with plausibility: "Since you are catching the criminals, you will go and catch them. What is the reason for running here to find the bad luck of the schoolchildren? I think Your Excellency is the one who wants to let the criminals go!"
Li Yan was stuck in her throat and felt that she could hear screams in the next moment. Unexpectedly, after a moment of awkward silence, Beidou, who spoke up later, drank the indignant companion, who was probably one of Tong Kaiyang's subordinates. The little boss, you can hear the voice, must have a face of humiliation and burden, and said: "It turns out that it is Mr. Lin, who has been famous for a long time. Since he is Mr., naturally he will not hide anything. If there is any disturbance, let's go!"
Li Yan didn't expect this reversal, and her eyes widened in shock.
But after a while, the footsteps gradually faded away, and the menacing Big Dipper actually withdrew.
Li Yan: "Just... just like that..."
It was quiet for a while outside, and then, the old master maintained the order of the school children for a while, and then began to lead them to recite the scriptures.
It was only then that Liu Youliang breathed a sigh of relief, leaning his neck that had been stubborn on one side, and he said angrily: "Cao Zhongkun's name for the throne in his early years is not right, and when he first took power, many lives were on his hands. , But the lives of people in the rivers and lakes have been smeared, and the lives of scholars are more precious. Later, he grew older, after all, he did not have the courage to 'burn books and pit Confucian scholars', and he was afraid of being bad for a long time.
"I can't keep my clothes on," Zhou Fei said, standing aside, "so they created two Guozijian, the north and the south. In order to show that they can listen to both, the teachers and students of the northern and southern Guozijian can regularly submit books to the old capital, these nerds. Sometimes the bite is stronger than the censor station. It is said that the reason why the Zhao family rushed to the south is that the old emperor's reckless actions shook the foundation of the powerful and civil officials in the court. With this experience, Cao's has always been very careful, Beidou's name is the emperor Konwei, in fact, is just a dog who does business, and may not dare to be presumptuous in Nanguo Zijian... Is that right, Master Liu?"
Liu Youliang put one hand on the wound on his waist, smiled hard, and said in a low voice, "Yes, although this old Mr. Lin is only a little truthful, he has a great reputation. Sometimes it is even upside down, it is really unbearable to be an official, but luck is very good. In the early years, he opened a private school to accept school children, and it was just to teach some literacy lessons such as thousand-character script. Unexpectedly, he has opened four or five one in a row. Jia Dengke, even today’s wine-sacrifice adults have studied under his door, and many children of scholars feel that if his old man leads the door, they will have great literary talents in the future, and it will almost become a local allusion.”
Li Yan was stunned.
Zhou Fei lifted her eyelids and glanced at her: "What's so strange? Do you think your brother dares to throw yourself here wherever he goes?"
Li Yan was suddenly speechless.
In the past few years, she could count the number of times she saw Zhou Fei on one hand, but her impression of Zhou Fei still remained in that long girlhood - Li Yan remembered that Zhou Fei didn't lift her head when she walked, and was often immersed in it as if no one else was there. In her own world, she neither recognizes the road nor the person. Every time she celebrates the festival, she follows Li Sheng with a look of indifference. What... I even accidentally followed Li Sheng and called the big boss "Auntie".
When you tell Zhou Fei the secret, you never have to worry about her telling it out, because she doesn't care at all.
Li Yan didn't know about Zhou Fei... and her brother, how did they know so many things, yet thoughtlessly consider all these twists and turns.
Li Yan couldn't hide her words, so she could clearly see what she was thinking on her face, Zhou Fei put the broken cover on her waist, put her hands on her chest, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, I didn't think about anything when I first came down the mountain. , if no one leads the way, you can't find Bei. Granny Li is even more outrageous than me, so I won't mention the bad things he did."
Li Yan said sullenly, "Then how did you find Bei?"
Zhou Fei paused for a moment, her eyes fixed on Li Yan's face for a moment, and then she said, "Because the people who brought me across are no longer around."
Madam Wang, Senior Brother Chenfei, Ma Jili...
And Xie Yun.
After Zhou Fei finished speaking, she quickly retracted her gaze, changed her voice, and then said to Liu Youliang: "I know that Tong Kaiyang may be afraid of Nanguo Zijian, but I didn't expect him to be so easy to pass up, so he left in a few words. If it wasn't for some conspiracy, There must be a reason for that."
Li Yan immediately remembered what Liu Youliang almost said before, and hurriedly introduced: "This is my sister, who is the head of our family..."
"Nandao." Liu Youliang continued without waiting for Li Yan to finish, "I know, you are more famous in the Beidou than in the martial arts in the south, after all, not everyone dares to set fire to Tong Kaiyang's mansion... Miss Zhou is indeed meticulous—Tong Kaiyang does not Dare, because now Nanguo Zijian Jijiu is the prince's uncle, and he has no blood... As for why Tong Kaiyang doesn't want to offend the prince at this juncture, cough..."
He half-closed his eyes, coughed a few times out of breath, and said, "Because Cao Zhongkun is dead."
Zhou Fei: "…"
Li Yan: "..."
Across a wall, the old master recited "Peace for all the world" in his voice, and the word "ping" dragged in a long tone of thirty miles. And in the backyard of the disrepaired saint temple, a middle-aged man with only half his life left lying on the ground, lightly released this earth-shattering news.
Not to mention Li Yan, even Zhou Fei was stunned.
"The capital is now secretly not mourning. Only the Queen, the Crown Prince and our few guards who happened to be present know the news. The Crown Prince wants to take this opportunity to pull out King Duan's henchmen in Beijing and take the throne first. It is strictly forbidden to put this The news came out that we were all detained in the palace at the time, and those who dared to leave half a step were punished as a certain crime." Liu Youliang spread his hands, "So Liu 'treached'."
Li Yan was stunned for a long time, and then said unexpectedly: "Are you going to tell Cao... that fat man?"
Zhou Fei whispered, "Li Yan."
Li Yan stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say nonsense anymore.
Zhou Fei walked over, leaning on the broken cover, half-kneeled in front of Liu Youliang, stared at him and said, "If it's just a piece of news, Master Liu can spread the word out without knowing it.
"Yes, I have managed to pass the news to the Xingjiao Gang as early as in the old capital. At this meeting, Ling Zun must have already received it. It was just that I was a little oblivious at the time and was framed by the villain, otherwise it would not have been so easy to be hit by Tong Kaiyang. Broken." Liu Youliang stretched his hand into his arms with difficulty, touched it for a long time, and took out a small box the size of a palm with faded flowers and plants painted on it, like an old rouge box, "But it doesn't matter, I originally..."
Liu Youliang moved with difficulty, panting like a rotten bellows, and shoved the rouge box into Zhou Fei's hands: "This place is dangerous, even though the girl has the name of Nan Dao Ling, it would be inconvenient to carry me, so don't... don't... Take care of me, you take this thing back with Ling Zun, my wish will be, and I will die..."
Zhou Fei asked, "What is this?"
"It's the covenant between the sea and the sky." Liu Youliang said.
Zhou Fei's face changed suddenly.
Seeing Liu Youliang gasping for a few breaths, he added: "No... Cough, the sea and sky you talked about, the water ripples that you are fighting for, I don't know what it is, and I don't know why it is still used. The title of 'Hai Tian Yi Se'."
"... When the old capital changed, some people left, escorted the young master south, and sacrificed their lives for justice, while some stayed behind, enduring humiliation and burden, we all knew that if we stayed for a while, maybe we would never see each other again, so we made a covenant when we left. , named 'Hai Tian Yi Shi'…”
Those who sacrifice their lives and those who live, those who endure pain and those who endure humiliation, are just like the autumn waters.
"The last person alive will send this covenant and list to the south, so that even if we die silently, there will always be a public opinion in the future. What is the most important secret, I want to get this list from me, so that I can follow the chart and clear it one by one."
Zhou Fei opened it and glanced at it. Even though she now has the meaning of watching and listening to all directions, many names on the list are still very unfamiliar to her, because some people probably have no achievements in their lives and have not been able to climb like General Wu. When they reach a high position, they do something useful, but they are powerless and low-ranking officials, dying of old age quietly amid year after year of doubts and anxiety, and some people simply get involved in other incidents, in the cloud In the Northern Dynasty, like countless people who were drowned in the fly camp and fighting for power, they carried a deeply suppressed loyalty and died irrelevant.
Liu Youliang said, "I've been looking for someone I can entrust to, and finally God has mercy on me. Miss Zhou, I'll rely on you."
Li Yan looked at Zhou Fei at a loss, and then looked at Liu Youliang—Zhangqiu City has been under martial law, and the surrounding area must have been surrounded by Beidou spies. With such a seriously injured person, there are strong people like Tong Kaiyang. The enemy, even Zhou Fei, might not be able to do anything.
Li Yan wanted to pat her chest and say, "Uncle, don't worry, I will protect you completely", but she couldn't—even if she was willing to sacrifice herself, she couldn't sacrifice it for her eldest brother and sister, so she could only stare at Zhou Fei.
Zhou Fei didn't say a word, thought for a while, put the old rouge box in her arms, stood up and shouted outside, "Old man Lin, have you finished reading the scriptures?"
Li Yan: "..."
I saw a small closed door on the door pushed open from the inside, and an old man with a goatee and five short stature pulled the spider web on the door with one hand, leaned on the wall and walked out, shouting at the drake, pointing at Zhou Fei and saying, "Audacious, disrespectful. First grow, neither big nor small!"
The noisy schoolchildren in Fangcai Temple had already disappeared. The old master walked over with a walking stick. He was full of white hair and looked quite old. Just walking these two steps made Li Yan look like I was worried, lest he would throw himself to pieces.
Zhou Fei said impatiently, "I didn't eat your rice, and I didn't read your books. I'm not a senior like me, come and help!"
Lin Jin poked her with a cane, and his goatee raised playfully: "I'm your uncle!"
Zhou Fei said with an expressionless face, "Who are you master? I don't have a monk master."
Lin Jin listened, with a very wretched smile on his face, dressed in the skin of an old school, and performed a show of what it means to be "righteous" and said, "Sooner or later you have to admit it, hehe."
Li Yan felt that she saw the blue veins on Zhou Fei's forehead, and then she saw the old man who was trembling while walking took a step forward, as if picking up a piece of paper, avoiding Liu Youliang's wound, and easily grabbed his The belt carried the five big and three thick men on his shoulders.
Li Yan looked at him dumbfounded, and the old master winked at her and smiled: "Hey, this little girl is also very handsome, have you read the four books? Which one of the Five Classics do you like to read?"
"She likes the Three Character Classic," Zhou Fei said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense, let's go!"
Lin Jin glared at her and said, "People's hearts are not ancient, people's hearts are not ancient! Zhou girl, if you can't learn to be sensible, don't even think about entering my house."
It can be seen that Xie Yun's "cheapness" is by no means natural, and has a history.
Zhou Fei shattered the cover and said angrily, "Go dreaming!"
Lin Jin dodged like an old monkey, laughing, carrying a commander Liu who was so shocked that he couldn't find the north, he went up and down and disappeared in a hurry.
Li Yan pointed to the direction where the old master disappeared: "He... he... "
"A senior, although he's a bit rude, he's still reliable, so you can rest assured." Zhou Fei paused, glanced at Li Yan, and said, "I won't wait for Granny Li, you tell him. As soon as I say, I still have something to do, I will go home in a few days on Chongyang. Be careful on the way, see you later."
Li Yan hurriedly said: "Hey, wait..."
But Zhou Fei didn't wait for her to speak, the figure flashed and disappeared.
A day later, in the evening, a small boat was leisurely crossing the waves. Zhou Fei was no longer a landlubber who was turned around by a long oar. She sat leisurely on the side of the boat, and occasionally fiddled with her hands, and the boat went straight. Going forward, walking against the current for a whole day, I came to a large island and reef.
Zhou Fei did not know how many times she had traveled. She didn't need a map or Sinan. She could make the boat turn left and right with her eyes closed. She drove the boat into a dazzling array of stones, and then got into a In the stone cave that can be passed, he put down the oars and let the current push the boat forward. It turned a few turns, and the waterway became narrower and shallower until the boat could no longer go. The boat stopped in the shallow water and jumped lightly onto the dark shore. Without the ignition, he groped and pushed on the stone wall a few times. After a soft click, a door opened out of thin air on the rock. , stepped into it and walked about a stick of incense, and the front suddenly opened up, revealing a piece of island house.
An old fisherman was drying his nets. He was not surprised at all when he saw her coming. He nodded at her lightly and said, "Zhou girl, it's not a coincidence, that kid woke up a few days ago and wanted to wait for you for a while. God, it’s really impossible, I just went back to retreat yesterday.”
Zhou Fei sighed indistinctly, and said, "There is some trouble on the way."
The old fisherman pointed to a natural reef cave: "Come on, I'll leave a letter for you."