When Feihu City first heard that Dong was going to seal the city, they wished they could cut off the flesh from this dead fat man, but the thunder was loud and rainy, and the city was re-opened after a while, and the common people thought that it must be Mr. Tantai who was with him. Fatty Dong gained the upper hand in secret wrestling, and he became more and more unconvinced that Tantai Changping would be shunned by a woman at the door and fell off his horse.
Xu Fengnian was not in a hurry to leave the city, but climbed onto the city wall and watched from afar the Hanging Sword Pavilion where soldiers held spears and could not approach. Because Tao Manwu had been involved with Dong Zhuo too early, he had messed up his plans, so it was naturally inappropriate to leave the city in a hurry, but he was swollen. Staying in the city with a stubborn face makes it easier to use both hands. Xu Xiao can only put it aside for the time being if he wants to find the former general of the Beiliang Army by himself.
Xu Fengnian was about to turn around and walk down the wall when a slovenly man lying on the wall and basking in the sun murmured a few times. He rolled sideways and was about to fall down the wall. Fortunately, he fell into the wall, and Xu Fengnian didn't help him. The first time the drunk man woke up was not to rejoice for the rest of his life, but to carefully touch the wine gourd hanging from his waist. Then he raised his head and looked around blankly. Taking a sip of strong wine, he hummed a song called "Bawang Disarmor" in a Beiliang accent. He was leisurely and contented. A tall but stooped man dressed as a servant ran up the city, holding a jug of wine in his hand. Seeing Xu Fengnian, he brushed shoulders away After a while, he paused, silently filling the master's half-empty wine gourd with new wine. The servant was a pitiful cross-eyed servant. The half-drunk and half-awake man took out a dagger inlaid with pearls on the handle, and looked after himself. Since he shaved his beard, he looked sideways at Xu Fengnian while he was busy, and pointed to the Hanging Jiange with his free hand, cursing and saying: "Young man, what are you looking at, I brought two swords to Feihu City back then, and a candle The dragon hangs in the pavilion, and sold one to the Chengmu Mansion for a thousand taels of gold, why do you look at me like a drunkard?"
The servant was dumb, and by the shape of his master's mouth, he knew he was going to cause trouble again, so he hurriedly turned around and bowed to Xu Fengnian to apologize. Xu Fengnian smiled, waited for the drunkard to shave off his beard, and squinted his eyes. No wonder he could sleep on the top of the Fengbo Building for several years when he sold swords and painted. If his clothes were neat, he must have been a suave man back then. When everything happens, there must be a demon. Xu Fengnian's expression remains the same, leisurely looking at this brothel champion who can make such a brilliant woman like Xiyi never forget, the drunkard withdraws his dagger, sighs "I live up to Danqing Danqing but mistaken me", and takes another sip Soju. Xu Fengnian was not in the mood to go around in circles, and asked bluntly, "Are you waiting for me?"
The drunkard, who seemed to have heard a joke, glanced at the servant, laughed loudly and said, "Little baby is so loud, I sleep comfortably here, you are just as good as I am."
Xu Fengnian died as a living horse doctor, and said calmly: "Someone asked me to pass a sentence, if you understand it, let it be, if you don't understand it, treat it as drunk, you can go in the left ear and out the right ear. Since it is a pawn brought out by you, After taking a shit, you have to go back and wipe your ass."
The man who had shaved his beard and still had a very good skin rolled his eyes and said: "Your head is wrong. When did I not wipe my ass when I shit? Get out, bad luck. If you don't get out, I still have swordsmanship, and I just took the sword hanger Zhulong, one sword strike will send you to meet Lord Hades."
Xu Fengnian has investigated the flow of energy, the master and the servant are not considered to be hermits, the alcoholic is barely above ordinary people, as for the cross-eyed servant, he is even more inferior to ordinary people, and cannot be on the stage. Xu Fengnian walked down the city with a smile, took the bad horse, and left Flying Fox City. Looking back, there was no drunkard, only cross-eyed servants standing there hunched over. The drunkard who had been sitting on the ground against the wall wiped the stubble from his cheeks, talked to himself, but saw that there was no answer, and looked up to see the servant standing silently looking into the distance. The drunkard laughed at himself: "Forget that you are deaf and dumb Back then, my son was hunted down by his enemies and ran all the way north and fled to the border. If he didn't see that you still have some money, he would not be willing to call each other master and servant."
The drunkard asked lazily, "Why do you want me to sleep in this city today?"
A hoarse voice sounded: "Even a cripple like me can sense the approaching sword energy. A swordsman with such a sword level in Beimang must be someone like Chess Sword Yuefu Mansion Master."
The drunkard was so frightened that his hands and feet trembled, and he asked dumbfounded, "Can you talk?"
The stooped servant still looked into the distance, stretched out his hand to caress his face, and said flatly: "The self-proclaimed orifice is just the best dry sword technique of my Wu family. I had a sword competition with Li Chungang back then, and I occasionally realized it. Those who are resentful of the great generals who don’t become emperor will be disheartened, and they can practice withered swords at ease. My ancestor of the Wu family once broke ten thousand horses with nine swords, and four broken sword handles were left in Beimang, so I wanted to come here to have a look Look. Otherwise, with your poor swordsmanship, how can you pick up a fish clam and a candle dragon? Your famous sword is a copper coin, and you can pick up several of them when you go to the downtown area?"
The drunkard trembled, "Who the hell are you?"
The servant's fingernails were scratched on his face, oozing blood, and he seemed to hate this face, and said slowly: "The dry sword is ruthless, but Wu Su is contaminated with emotion, even under the guise of entering the world, the sword will not be pure. The land gods in the imperial palace are just false realms, nothing more than a mirror image. Otherwise, how could the root cause of the disease be left behind."
"Princess Beiliang?!"
"My sister. My biological sister. However, I have never been close to her since I was a child. The relationship is not as good as that of Deng Tai'a who lived on Jianshan Mountain. Just like me and Chen Zhibao, far better than the eldest son who kissed my nephew. No matter how close you are, the blood relationship cannot be denied. I have been waiting for the general all these years, but I never thought that it would be my nephew who would come to Feihu City. Is Wu Qi the most ruthless and unreasonable in his life? How do you know that Chen Zhibao never looked for me? It's too late."
"You, don't kill me! I won't say anything!"
"If you count the wind, you will die from the wind."
On this day, Zhuangyuanlang died drunk and hanged himself in Jiange, the brothels all over the city mourned, and together they paid for the burial of this legendary man who made countless young girls feel happy. Those pretty old women whose children have grown up secretly feel sad.
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To the north of Beiliang is Beimang, which is desolate and desolate.
These days, the battles in Rangmang have not been spectacular, and most of them are short-handed battles between small groups of rangers. Beiliang crossbowmen have become the most coveted type of troops. They can cut off a few heads and hang them on the side of the saddle to return to the camp. The old soldiers will be envious when they see it, not to mention the new recruits who are full of enthusiasm. This is a real feat, and it cannot be faked. Those dandies on the eastern frontier may do the evil deed of killing ordinary people and pretending to be barbarians of the Northern Mang. The military law of Beiliang is strict, and they dare not do this. On this day, a team of crossbowmen from Beiliang went deep into Maaotou, and encountered more than 20 strong guards from Beimang Gusai. They fought and lost each other. After checking the body, they found out that it was the crow under Dong Zhuo's command. The fence made Li Hanlin, an ordinary crossbowman with blood on his face, shout happily, but also a little scared. The Beiliang military system has 10 to 50 people to make a bid, and they can be the captain of the upstream crossbow. He has the right to be arrogant. Li Hanlin's leader is a mature and burly man, wearing light armor, superb equestrian skills, not to mention his superb physical strength for drawing a bow and three stones, and he can shoot with both hands, but the only one The problem is no matter how calm his temper is, his eyes turn red when he sees the people of Beimang, he violated a lot of military discipline, and was demoted several times, otherwise he would have become a general, taciturn, but every time his subordinates mentioned that he was dismissed by the general Only middle-aged men would grin at the story of whipping with their own hands. Li Hanlin and other crossbowmen in the bid all know that this is the weakness of the leader and made a mistake.
Li Hanlin, whose arm was slashed, was riding a horse with deep bone wounds, and a head of Beimang Lanzi was tied to his buttocks. Blood was flowing from the side of the horse's back. In this small-scale battle, three people were killed on our own side, and the opponent was completely wiped out. The three robed corpses were hung on the horsebacks of the commander and the two deputy commanders. This is the iron law that cannot be shaken in the army. , the most important thing is to pay back, as long as the living have a sigh of relief, on the premise of not delaying important military affairs, they must return with the robes of the dead. Li Hanlin glanced at the recruit next to him, and looked at him with admiration. This guy is called Lu Dou, and he is a double-eyed guy with a strange face. How fierce is the combat power? Originally, the crossbowmen headed by Li Hanlin didn't like this bad-tempered rookie, but this time they fought side by side, the one behind Li Shiyue, who even beat and scolded Lu Dou, was twisted. I admit my mistake, the father surnamed Li is a third-rank military general in Beiliang. As long as you don’t meet first-class sons in the whole Beiliang, you can be regarded as walking sideways. Parents and uncles in the family, push up a generation They are all ignorant of big characters. When I gave birth to him, there was a huge uproar over the matter of his name. I invited countless famous scholars and scholars, but I was dissatisfied and found it awkward. It's called October, so that the entire illiterate family has no objections, and those scholars who helped name it are slandered.
Li Hanlin's crossbowmen are mostly generals like Li Shiyue, but most of them are not as prominent as Li Shiyue, but he doesn't like to talk about the glory of his father's family, so Li Shiyue has become isolated. It's different, very unpleasant, Lu Dou from the common clan Baiding entered the bid, and had a conflict with Li Shiyue on the same day, at the beginning Li Hanlin and the others watched with cold eyes and did not take sides. With such a cowardly posture, they all rolled their eyes, thinking that no matter how bad you are, you can become a crossbowman, at least you have some backbone, but I didn't expect this time to fight with the famous and fierce Crow Lanzi this time, Lu Dou The boring gourd slaughtered three of them without saying a word, and even blocked a tricky arrow for Li Shiyue. Li Shiyue, who was not really a wicked dude, was really convinced. Yue Yegao took a look. Although this guy still has some dandyism, it is not too much. Compared with those descendants of Beiliang generals who dare not even enter the Beiliang army, let alone become crossbowmen, he is really promising. Hundred times, at this time Li Shiyue was joking with the crossbowman, saying that when he was a child, he always fought with his brothers at home, and that his father had heard from somewhere that a person is more powerful than a person, and he never thought that he was strong when he was asked to fold chopsticks , broke a dozen chopsticks in one breath, and the old man who couldn't explain the truth was very angry. In a fit of anger, he hired a martial arts instructor with real skills instead of letting him play with words.
Li Hanlin listened to Li Shiyue's sentence that asking me to study is more uncomfortable than being stabbed, and I felt it was funny, and I felt the same way, and my mood became more and more comfortable. At the beginning, Brother Feng said that it was a good thing to let him enlist in the army. However, it is estimated that this good brother who is His Royal Highness did not expect that he would become a crossbowman.
Li Shiyue rushed over from behind, and said with a smile: "Brother Hanlin, can you borrow the head of a barbarian when you enter the city? Just let me be majestic."
Li Hanlin scolded with a smile: "Go borrow it from Lu Dou, that kid cut three, I only have one, what should I do if I borrow it from you?"
Li Shiyue said helplessly: "I just bowed my head and admitted my mistake with him. I don't have the shame to borrow it. Besides, our brothers are both surnamed Li. We were a family five hundred years ago."
Li Hanlin yelled to go and go, turned his head and laughed loudly: "Lu Dou, Li Shiyue said that he wanted to borrow a savage's head from you so that he can shake his prestige, do you want to borrow it?"
Lu Dou said calmly, "I won't borrow one."
Li Shiyue had a bitter face, and even the chief and deputy chiefs laughed loudly.
Lu Dou twitched the corner of his mouth, and said calmly, "I lend you two."
Li Shiyue galloped back, eager to hug this cold-faced, cold-eyed but warm-hearted guy, "Lu Dou, you will be my brother in the future. When you arrive in Lingzhou, I will show you around all the kilns!"
Li Hanlin joked: "What's the point of going to a brothel? Don't you have a younger sister who is always praised as a sinking fish and a wild goose? You just recognize this brother-in-law. Let alone borrowing two barbarian heads, it is reasonable to borrow two hundred."
Li Shiyue said proudly: "Success, Lu Dou, why don't we just settle this matter?"
Lu Dou bluntly rolled his eyes and said: "Fuck off, you bastard, with your shabby appearance, where can your sister see better?"
Li Shiyue, whose appearance was not crooked at all, was suddenly depressed, and another burst of hearty laughter arose.
Biao Chang said: "A bunch of bastards, they still have the strength to bullshit here, so they don't know how to turn around and spend their strength on the women's bellies? I see that you are not bad this time, so I will have the cheek to beg General Zhao when I return to the city. It’s a holiday, let you go happily, but it will only take a day or two if you die, whoever dares to arrive at the barracks a moment later, I will personally serve you with a whip.”
Li Hanlin came to Biaochang and said softly: "Biaochang, Hong Jin and I have agreed that each of us will give a barbarian's head to the three brothers for military merit. their family."
Biao Zhang frowned and said: "It is a felony to send military merits without authorization. Li Hanlin, I know that your boy's background is not ordinary, and his background is not worse than that of Li Shiyue. It became a disaster, how dare you?"
Li Hanlin said with a playful smile: "Biao Zhang dared to stab the defeated General Bei Mang to death, how heroic, we are the pawns you brought out, why not dare?"
The leader scolded the catchphrase, get the hell out of here, and with a relieved smile on his face, he said, "You guys, don't get meddled. The two deputy bidders and I have already agreed that this matter is not yours. You just need to rest assured now." Killing the enemy and accumulating military merits, and entering our bid, Lao Tzu and the two deputy bidders have no reason to treat every brother badly."
In the Northern Liang Army.
One day robe Ze, one life brother.
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Wudang Mountain, the morning bell rang.
The eighty-one peak faces the big summit, the square in front of the Taoist temple on the main peak. When the young master uncle became the head teacher, he was the one who led the boxing practice, but now the head teacher, no matter whether it is Feisheng or Bingjie, is no longer alive, and a new person has come. Boxing, but just as young.
Li Yufu is only one generation lower than Headmaster Hong but younger.
The peak was shrouded in smoke, and hundreds of Wudang Taoist priests walked together with their fists, their Taoist robes fluttering, and the wind was surging. The one hundred and eight forms created by the young master teacher were simplified into seventy-two forms by the young master Li Yufu. Not only did he not lose the essence of the Dao, but the yin and yang became more mellow. No effort. After Wudang closed the mountain, only pilgrims were allowed to enter the mountain to burn incense. The Taoist temple on the mountain, regardless of the height of the mountain, and the Taoist priests on the mountain, regardless of their seniority, as long as they want to, the bell rings every morning and the drum beats at dusk. They can practice boxing with Li Yufu twice. Those who arrive early stand in the front row, senior Taoist priests such as Uncle Song Zhiming Yu Xingrui, if sooner or later, just stand in the back row and punch at will, it's natural. Regardless of the wind and rain, Feng Ding practiced boxing all day long.
After practicing boxing, Li Yuaxe and some young Taoist priests patiently solved their doubts, and then walked to the Little Lotus Peak with the master Yu Xingrui who had been waiting quietly, and came to the vicinity of the Turtle and Camel Monument. Jade Axe, will you blame your Uncle Hong for not leaving Lu Zu's legacy sword to you, but giving it to Qi Xianxia who is from outside the mountain? And this person is also a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain."
Li Yufu put his hands in the cuffs of his Taoist robe, and said with a smile: "When the little master taught me this set of boxing techniques, he already made it clear that he would pass on Lu Zu's relics to the Qi Xianxia of Longhu Mountain. He also asked me if I had any worries in my heart. Deception, to tell the truth, I am a little unconvinced. The little master is not convinced. In the future, as long as the swordsmanship is great, as long as it surpasses the little Wang master, you can go to Qi Xianxia to ask for it back. But I made an agreement with the master in advance, and I will return halfway through the sword practice. Practicing sword, if there is no climate in the future, the master will not make jokes."
Yu Xingrui walked to the edge of the cliff, stepped on the soft soil, and said with a smile: "If you can't practice swordsmanship, why don't us old men laugh at you? Back then, we old fellows, except for the elder brother and practice Wang Xiaoping, who kept his mouth shut, and the rest of them are all worthless, their only fun is making fun of your little uncle, huh? We found out that we peeked at banned books, so we went to laugh and scold and make fun of it, huh? Riding a green bull fell asleep, Just scold a few words of truth, huh? Thinking about the red clothes we wore in our youth, let’s laugh and laugh a few words, huh? Today’s fortune-telling is not easy to go down the mountain, we old man, we can’t help laughing again, actually Ah, the later, your uncles and I felt that it was better not to go down the mountain, and became the number one in the world to go down the mountain, but in the end, your little uncle still went down the mountain."
Yu Xingrui was full of emotions, and said in a low voice: "Riding a cow to read Daoist scriptures, paddling a waterfall with peach trees, watching the clouds rise and fall between the peaks, let nature take its course, this should be your little uncle's way of heaven. You can ride a crane down the river, Sword cut luck, but also self-defeating, so that a woman ascended, so why let it happen? If I was there at the time, I would have scolded him by the ear. Don't we old men feel sorry for Wudang's popularity? Not happy, just distressed."
Li Yufu murmured: "The white-haired man gives the black-haired man."
Yu Xingrui sighed heavily, and said with a smile: "So don't worry about it anymore, kid, and don't have any burdens. Regarding the matter of being in charge of teachers and apprentices, don't look at those senior uncles who have been calm these days, I guess they eat I was in a daze all the time, fortunately my little brother Wang was not on the mountain, otherwise, nine times out of ten, I would try to stop Xixiang's flying sword from opening the heaven. And your uncle Song, he couldn't calm down to make alchemy this year, he was so worried .”
Li Yufu asked softly: "Uncle Zhang Teacher is not only the reincarnation of Lu Zu, but also the reincarnation of Qi Xuanzhu?"
Yu Xingrui smiled, "It's probably true, so never mind."
Yu Xingrui patted the shoulder of the apprentice who personally led him to Wudang Mountain from the East China Sea, and said softly, "Your boy follows the temperament of the teacher and apprentice, and you can eat and sleep, which is a great blessing."
Li Yufu scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "In the past when His Royal Highness went up the mountain, the uncle in charge of the teacher was able to restrain this young master. I am afraid that I will only be beaten."
Yu Xingrui laughed and said: "Don't listen to those little Taoist boys bragging, your uncle was beaten and scolded by His Royal Highness Haosheng in the same year, and your uncle was not less angry when he went up to the mountain to practice knives, but it was only because of him To be able to make fun of hardships, the few of us are just gloating."
Li Yufu was stunned.
Yu Xingrui pointed to the scenery outside the peak, and said with a sincere smile: "The disciple who is in charge of the teacher is the celestial phenomenon that enters here, and the land god that enters here. It's just a matter of one step."
Li Yufu came back to his senses, fascinated, and said softly: "It looks like one step, but it's already tens of thousands of steps."
Yu Xingrui nodded with satisfaction: "That's exactly the reason. When you seek the Tao with all your heart, you don't know how many steps you have to take. If you forget yourself, you will have the opportunity to step into the Tao. As for how to forget yourself, the master is pedantic and rigid, and has poor understanding. Misleading my disciples, but at least I know a little bit. I practice hard every day, but I don’t forget to count how many steps I have taken. It is definitely not walking on the road. This is also where my junior brother is smarter than our senior brothers. I don’t seek the Tao. The Tao will come naturally."
Li Yufu nodded and said, "The way is impossible. It's wonderful."
Yu Xingrui slowly left the Little Lotus Peak, glanced back at the apprentice who was smiling and talking with the lying Qingniu, and smiled knowingly.
Since the younger brother is Lu Zu, a last word is tantamount to Lu Zu's own words.
Wudang should prosper, and the jade ax should prosper.
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Jing'an Palace. It is said that Concubine Pei devoted herself to practicing Zen and did not show up for a long time, making the already deserted palace even more desolate.
The sky is cloudy but not rainy, cool but not cold, as if a woman is still on the verge of speaking.
King Zhao Heng of Jing'an, who spent half his life in the capital and half his life in Xiangfan, sat under the eaves of the Buddhist hall, gently twisting a string of agarwood beads wrapped around his hands.
There was only one person sitting opposite this great vassal king who had had his ups and downs.
It was the blind luthier at a young age, Lu Xu, who stabbed his eyes and cut off his official career, was a scholarly family, and his parents were all great scholars in the world, but because he wrote the history books of Western Chu with a straight pen, he was taken advantage of by the younger generation. Kongzi, was condemned by the imperial court, spent ten years in poverty, played the piano for famous prostitutes in brothels, and played chess in Yongzi Lane for ten years. For some reason, the time came and went. Even today, the young people who are brought into the emperor's house from Yongzi Lane still feel as if they have passed away. The so-called carp jumps over the dragon's gate. Thousands of carp compete with each other, how many can jump over the dragon's gate? It is beyond reason and unexpected for Lu Xu to be a sinful person and to be favored by King Jing'an and Zhao Heng.
Zhao Heng closed his eyes, turned Shuanma Jingxin's rosary, and asked calmly: "Lu Xu, do you know why you are not allowed to enter Beijing with Xun'er?"
The blind young man shook his head and said, "I don't know."
King Jing'an opened his eyes, looked at the gray sky, and said with a smile: "These days, you have been kept incognito as a small official in various yamen, have you ever complained?"
Lu Xu shook his head and smiled, "Lu Xu is very content."
Zhao Heng turned his head and glanced at the young scholar, "You have made two strategies and thirteen strategies in succession, and you are determined to settle the affairs of the world for the king. The face of the capital city caused Longyan to be furious. The second booklet has ten strategies in total, and only talks about the strategy of using troops against Beimang. First, it talks about the two surnames of Beimang and the two dynasties of the North and the South. Second, it predicts the intention of dividing troops in Beimang. To deal with it, prepare horses on the four sides, deploy troops and dispatch generals five times, talk about two Liaos six times, marry each other seven times, give luck eight times, take back Longyao Prefecture nine times, and destroy Beimang ten times. Long Yan was furious again, but Xun'er sent a secret letter back to Xiangfan , but said that even Zhang Julu and Gu Jiantang attached great importance to it, and even the old master of the old Western Chu who never liked to praise others said a few good words in the court. Of these three, Zhang Julu chose to give luck to extend the righteousness, for him His own political reforms are the foreshadowing. Gu Jiantang is very fond of the ninth policy of collecting Longyaozhou, and Sun Xiji, who is in charge of the Menxia Province, accepts the two and thirteen policies, and praises the two and one. They stand in the hall All the guys are ashamed of themselves, calling my impostor Xun'er a great talent for managing the world and helping the people, he is not inferior to Zhang Shoufu at all. Zhang Julu is not angry at all, and he said with a smile that not only does not lose, it is already hard for him to hold a candle to him Only then did the anger on His Majesty's face be suppressed. In fact, the king is very clear about these two and thirteen strategies. Except for the matter of setting up the reserve at the head, he committed a rebellion. He is really angry. The other twelve strategies, especially The strategy of cutting down the feudal lord really touched his heart, and this king really understands this elder brother very well."
The blind man said softly: "Lu Xu's original intention is that in a few years, the dust of the seventh war between the two dynasties is settled, and then hand over these two thirteen strategies."
King Jing'an Zhao Heng stopped the rosary from spinning.
Lu Xu bowed his head a little.
Zhao Heng smiled and said: "You are a well-deserved smart person. Countless idiots have died at the hands of this king. In this life, only you and a young man saw that this king would press the rosary before killing someone. But don't worry, I don't want to bear it." Kill you, kill you, half of Jing'an Palace will collapse. My murderous intentions this time are just caused by gloomy habits, not really murderous intentions. This king can't wait until the seventh battle is over, afraid of losing the bet, Lu Xu, you have a clear mind, can you guess the meaning of this king's words?"
Lu Xu gritted his teeth, got up and knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "If our army is defeated, the Thirteen Strategies will still benefit Jing'an Palace, but if it wins, it will become two pieces of waste paper. In this way, His Royal Highness There is no possibility of hereditary succession!"
Zhao Heng laughed loudly and said, "Get up and talk."
Lu Xu got up and sat down again.
Zhao Heng said softly: "My king's gambling luck has always been bad. Back then, he lost the world in that big bet. That's why Xun'er hastily moved to the capital. I think I should be able to win the bet."
Lu Xu broke out in a cold sweat.
Zhao Heng continued to spin the rosary, and said with a smile, "Think about it? That's right, if the king doesn't die, or slowly dies of old age, it's useless for me, Zhao Heng, to win this gamble. It will only reduce the title by one level, and the vassal prince will be reduced to the Duke of the state."
Lu Xu knelt down again.
Is it fun to indirectly force a vassal king who is healthy and harmless to death? How many lives does the little staff member Lu Xu have
Zhao Heng got up and said, "Stop kneeling, this king actually only wants one person to kneel in front of his eyes in this life, who is he? You and I know it well, of course it won't be you, Lu Xu."
King Jing'an personally helped up the blind young man who was a clean guest in the mansion, and said with a pleasant smile: "That man relied on Xun Ping, a scholar who was called an incomparable national scholar, to be able to achieve what he is today. Our father and son have you, and I think it will be the same. How much. Let's go, you have seen the splendor of Prince Jing'an's mansion, and this king will take you to see some dirty things."
Lu Xu was brought to the gate of a quiet private house in the city by King Jing'an, Zhao Heng, who left the mansion in tact. After getting out of the carriage, King Jing'an, who was the most skilled in both civil and martial arts among the seven feudal lords, showed an imperceptible bitter smile on his lips.
Zhao Heng pushed the door lightly and entered.
The small courtyard is full of orchids, and a woman leans lazily against the wooden railing under the eaves, with a refined appearance.
Zhao Heng said indifferently: "Ordinary people see this girl in the courtyard, nine out of ten will take it as Pei Nanwei."
When Lu Xu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and after confirming that the woman in the courtyard was not Jing'an Princess Pei Nanwei, he was a little shocked by the rebellion of his eldest son Zhao Xun. Being rich and noble as His Royal Highness, hiding a beauty in a golden house is nothing more than a common thing. Even if you have a concubine and raise a beautiful woman, no one will regard it as a rebellious thing. It's just that when this woman looks too much like a princess, it is a bit shocking. Lu Xu immediately understood why King Jing'an and Zhao Heng would say something nasty, and kept his eyes on his nose and his heart, instead of "looking" at the beautiful woman who was in a daze.
The woman finally woke up. Seeing Zhao Heng, who was seven or eight times like the eldest son Zhao Heng, she immediately knelt down, her delicate body trembling, and she couldn't even utter a single word.
Zhao Heng walked slowly to her side, reached out to hold a string of wind chimes under the eaves, and remained silent.
The woman burst into tears and trembled for a long time, raised her head, bit her lip, bloodshot, and said: "I am not afraid of death, but I beg King Jing'an not to punish His Royal Highness."
Zhao Heng let go of the wind chime, flicked it lightly, and there was a ding-dong sound. Without looking down at the woman lying on the floor, he sneered softly, "Are you worthy to talk to me?"
The woman bowed her head, tears streaming down her face.
Listening to the sound of the wind chimes, King Jing'an said slowly, "This king has known about it since the first day you stepped into the courtyard, but this scandal is nothing to this king, and Xun'er has not crossed the bottom line."
The woman trembled like a delicate orchid in the wind and rain.
Zhao Heng continued: "Now for Xun'er, you are going to die, are you willing?"
King Jing'an and Lu Xu walked out of the courtyard.
Before Zhao Heng got into the carriage, he paused, and said with a soft smile, "This king treats you as a soldier of the state."
Lu Xu, who did not speak, bent down and bowed to the end.
The woman waited for the sound of closing the door to reach her ears, wiped away her tears, went to the jewelry box to choose a pearl hairpin presented by Zhao Xun, came to the eaves, and lay on the floor like him, looking up at the string of wind chimes.
Before the hairpin pierced her neck, she said in a poignant and soft voice: "Xun."
When Zhao Xun, the son of Prince Jing'an, was in the capital, there was a news that shocked the world just like Ershu and Thirteen Strategies: King Jing'an, Zhao Heng, died suddenly of a stubborn illness. Princess Jing'an Pei Nanwei committed suicide.
The news spread to the capital, and it was rumored that the eldest son Zhao Xun vomited blood and fainted.
On that day, Ron was mighty.
The emperor decreed that Zhao Xun would be the hereditary king of Jing'an.
Among the seven vassal kings, the second was allowed to be a hereditary successor, but the first was His Royal Highness.
After Zhao Xun thanked His Majesty the Emperor in the palace, he hurried back to Xiangfan City, and after meeting Lu Xu, he wore hemp and filial piety.
In the dead of night, Zhao Xun, who was about to become the new vassal of the dynasty, sat alone in the mourning hall, throwing handfuls of yellow paper into the brazier with a blank expression.
After the filial piety was over, Zhao Xun, who was already King Jing'an, was asked to put on the vassal's python robe in the house. He stood in the room, grasping his face with ten fingers, twisted and ferocious, like crying, not crying, smiling, not smiling .
He covered his face with tears and lowered his head.
If someone is watching, His Royal Highness Shizi has an incomprehensible expression at this moment.
It's a pity that a nobleman like the upstart Lu Xu can only stand outside the door, not to mention he is still blind.
In the house is King Jing'an Zhao Xun.
Hiding his face like weeping, the corners of his mouth turned up.
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the capital.
When a woman marries into the emperor's family, no matter what your previous status is, you can't help yourself.
When Yan Dongwu saw his younger brother Yan Chiji and Kong Wuchi visiting together, no matter how bad his mood was, he would get better. Besides, he married the refined and restrained fourth prince. They are used in poetry, painting and musical instruments, but for women, they are already too wealthy to complain about. After the two became husband and wife, they respected each other like guests. Yan Dongwu didn't know why he had any reason to be unhappy, so the servants and servants in the house, every time they saw the prince and concubine, they always felt close and kind. , the original grievances about the hostess being born in Beiliang were swept away. Yan Dongwu has poems and books in his belly. Obviously, the fourth prince is also very satisfied with this marriage. In the past, he and the gang of friends who are often the descendants of second- and third-rank officials also lost a lot of socializing. Today, they received Yan Dongwu together. My brother-in-law Yan Chiji and the well-known Kong Wu Chi in the capital, the fourth prince has always been known for his lack of airs. Today, he gave a lot of face to entertain two people of the same age. The laughter and jokes were not seen outside, and what was especially rare was that after the politeness could not be faulted, he took the initiative to find an excuse to resign, leaving the prince and concubine to chat with the two privately.
Yan Dongwu used to love Wu Ji Wu and hated Wu Ji Wu in the same way. He didn't have a good impression of Kong Wu Chi. After the family moved to the capital, he talked with Kong Wu Chi who is strong but simple-hearted several times, and he was a little disgusted. I can't get up, especially my younger brother was at odds with the gangsters in the capital at first, and often suffered secret losses. It was Kong Wuchi, who had a close relationship with the second prince, who led someone to get back the place, and Yan and Kong's two families were both from the north. It is rare to see a scholarly family, and it is inevitable to help each other in the capital where xenophobia is serious. Yan Dongwu and his younger brother were talking about their own things, and they were talking about the simple truth that one must be thoughtful and clear when working in the capital's yamen. Kong Wuchi didn't talk much, but just sat aside with a serious face and was silly and happy.
From beginning to end, none of the three mentioned that name.
Leaving the rich and majestic mansion, the four princes were still courteously escorted to the door, from beginning to end. Yan Chiji and Kong Wuchi got into the carriage together, and Kong Wuchi asked naively: "Yan Chiji, your sister still seems to hate our Royal Highness, you don't even want to mention it."
Yan Chiji's face was gloomy, and he said softly: "It doesn't matter now."
Kong Wuchi said bluntly: "Hey, I used to think that Brother Feng could become your brother-in-law. At that time, I regretted every day that I didn't have a sister, and I was very jealous of you."
After a period of practice in Gongmen, Yan Chiji, whose scholarly spirit gradually faded away, changed the subject with a wry smile: "I heard that Hanlin went to the Beiliang Army. This guy really likes to do stupid things."
Kong Wuchi said disapprovingly: "Why is this a stupid thing, if you don't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, you are still a man?"
Yan Chiji glared.
Kong Wuchi pursed his lips and muttered: "You are not a man."
Yan Chiji kicked him. Kong Wuchi, who is not afraid of pain, didn't even bother to take pictures, looked out the window, and sighed: "I really miss Brother Feng, no matter how much green ant wine I drink, it doesn't work, I just find it boring, it's not the same taste as before. .”
Yan Chiji said helplessly: "Are you a man?"
Kong Wuchi hugged Yan Chiji's neck, playing and fighting.
Everyone in the mansion knew that the princess had raised a rare parrot with a bad tongue, which was hung on the window of the study.
Yan Dongwu stood at the window, only dared to talk to the parrot to listen to what was on his mind.
The fourth prince saw this scene from a distance in the corridor, leaning against the pillar, with his hands folded on the back of his head, talking to himself.
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This dynasty followed the ancient law of the previous dynasty. The senior officials of the three provinces under Zhongshu Shangshu had to take turns staying overnight in their respective headquarters. Except for the elderly old Western Chu old master Sun Xiji, there was no exception. Today, the chief assistant Zhang Julu is in Zhiting A Zhiling official took Zhibo in his hand, took it away after signing it, and returned it early the next morning. Zhiling officials are also accustomed to this, and they did not slip up to flatter their horses with flattery.