Chapter 051 Counting the wind and water

Flying Fox City initially heard that the surname Dong even want to seal the city, hate to go to this dead fat body cut off meat to, but the thunder is loud and the rain is small, not long after the reopening of the city, the people are thinking that it must be Tantai Chang Gongzi and Dong Fatty secretly tussle with the upper hand, more and more do not believe that Tantai Changping will be in the doorway by a woman to avoid backing off from the horse.

Xu Fengnian did not rush out of the city, but climbed the city wall to look at the soldiers holding spears from a distance not close to the hanging sword pavilion, because Tao Manwu, prematurely involved with Dong Zhuo, has disrupted the calculator, the hasty departure from the city is naturally inappropriate, but the swollen face of the scalp to stay inside the city, more likely to send both hands on the handle, Xu Snapdragon want to look for their own that the Beiliang army of the old generals, but can only be temporarily shelved, the two evils to choose the lesser of two evils, sort of a chat to laugh at themselves, in the end, there is still some regret. Some regrets.

Xu Fengyen is trying to turn around and walk down the city, a lying on the battlements of the wall sleeping soundly sunbathing scruffy man murmured a few times, a side roll to fall off the wall, fortunately it is to fall inside the wall, Xu Fengyen is not to help, the first time to wake up the drunken man is not to celebrate the rest of his life, but go to carefully caress the wine gourd hanging on his waist, which raised his head to look around in a daze and saw a stranger Xu Fengyen, impassive, full-faced drunkard leaning on the wall of the city, and the drunkard with a long beard, he was not able to find a way out. The bearded drunkard leaned against the wall, tilted his head back and poured a mouthful of strong wine, humming a song of the Northern Liang accent of the king unloading his armor, leisurely and contentedly, a tall but hunchbacked servant in the costume of a man trotted up to the city, holding a pot of wine, saw Xu Fengnian, paused in his steps when he brushed past, silently filling his master’s half-empty gourd of wine with old pots of new wine, the slave was a pitiful looking cock-eyed, half drunk half-awake man in his arms took out a handle with beads embedded in the handle of a wine gourd, and then he looked around, looking at the wall, he looked up and looked around. A handle inlaid with pearl dagger, self-care shave up a full beard, busy while squinting at Xu Fengnian, free hand pointed to the hanging sword cabinet, cursing: “Little scion, what do you look at, I brought two swords to Flying Fox City, a handle of Candle Dragon hanging in the pavilion, one handle was sold to the city pastor’s office earned a thousand taels of gold, why do you look at me with that look at the eyes of a drunkard? ”

The servant was a mute, looking at his master’s mouth, he knew that he was going to get into trouble again, and hurriedly turned towards Xu Fengyen and bowed in apology. Xu Fengnian laughed, waiting for the drunkard to scrape off his beard, fine squinting, no wonder that the year selling swords for painting can be on the roof of the Windstorm Building high sleep for several years, if the clothes are neat, the year must be a suave man. Things must be evil, Xu Fengyen face as usual, leisurely survey of this can let Xiyi this colorful women can not forget the Qinglou scholar, the drunkard retrieved the dagger, long sigh I do not live up to the Danqing Danqing but wrong me, and then poured a mouthful of shochu. Xu Fengyen was not in the mood to beat around the bush and asked bluntly, “Are you waiting for me?”

As if he heard a joke the drunkard glanced at the slave, laughed loudly and said: “Little child mouth is too big, old man sleeping comfortably here, you look for the old man is more or less.”

Xu Fengyen took the dead horse as a living horse, calmly said, “Someone asked me to deliver a message, if you can understand it, forget it, if you can’t understand it, treat it as drunkenness, it can go in the left ear and out the right ear. Since you brought out the pawn, shit will have to you go back to wipe your ass.”

Shave the beard or skin bag is very good man white eyes: “Your kid head problem right, I which time I shit without wiping the ass? Get out, get out, bad luck. If you don’t roll, I still have a sword skill, I will take the candle dragon of the Hanging Sword Pavilion with my hand, and I will let you see Hades with one sword.”

Xu Fengyen had checked the flow of qi, the master and servant could not be called a hermit, the drunkard barely exceeded the norm, as for the cock-eyed servant, he was even slightly inferior to the norm, and could not rise to the occasion. Xu Fengyen smiled and walked down the city, took the inferior horse and left Flying Fox City. Looking back, there were no drunkards, only the cock-eyed servant stood hunchbacked. The drunkard who was always sitting on the ground against the wall wiped the stubble on his cheeks and muttered to himself for a while. Seeing that there was no response, he looked up and saw the servant standing in silence and looking away, the drunkard laughed to himself and said: ”I forgot that you are deaf and dumb. When this son was hunted by the enemy, all the way north, fleeing the border, if not to see you still have some silver money, only not happy to call each other master and servant.”

The drunkard lazily asked, “Why do you want me to sleep in this city today?”

A hoarse voice rang out, “Even an invalid like me can detect a sword qi approaching. For Northern Mang to have a swordsman of this level of sword realm, I think it should be a figure like the Chess Sword Leaf House Prefect.”

The drunkard’s hands and feet trembled in fear, and his jaw dropped as he asked, “You can talk?”

The hunchbacked servant is still looking into the distance, reaching out and stroking his face, flatly said, “Self-sealing the orifices is only, is considered my Wu family’s most superior withered sword method, that year and Li ChunGang a sword match, occasional enlightenment, coupled with resentment at the great general’s not to be the emperor, so disheartened, peace of mind practicing withered sword. My Wu family ancestor had nine swords to break ten thousand riders, there are four broken swords left behind in North Mang, so I thought I would come here to take a look. Otherwise, with your unimpressive swordsmanship, how could you have picked up a fish-beetle and a candle-dragon? Do you think that famous swords are copper coins, and you can pick up several after a trip to the downtown area?”

The drunkard trembled, “Who the hell are you?”

The servant’s nails carved on his face, oozing blood, as if he loathed this face skin, slowly said, “The withered sword is merciless, Wu Su is tainted with love, even under the guise of entering the world, the sword intent is not pure, the land goddesses she was in the palace back then was just a pseudo realm, nothing more than a mirror show. How else would she have fallen into incurable disease.”

“Northern Liang Wangfei?!”

“My sister. A biological sister. However, I have never been close to her since I was a child, and my relationship is not as good as the one she had with that Teng Tai’a who was languishing on Sword Mountain back then. Just like me and Chen Zhi Bao, far better than that pro-nephew of His Royal Highness, except that even less close, the bloodline can’t be denied. All these years I have been waiting for the great general, how did not expect, will be the pro nephew personally to Flying Fox City, the great general ah great general, move with love and reason, but you do not know that I Wu Qi in this life is the most ruthless and unreasonable? And how do you know that Chen Zhi Bao has never looked for me? Too late.”

“You, don’t kill me! I won’t say anything!”

“Counting the windfalls, all die in the wind.”

On this day, the scholar scholar died of drunkenness hanging sword pavilion, full of the city of green houses all mourn, together contributed to the thick burial of this legendary man who let countless young girls spring. Those who have grown up with their children, the old woman is quietly and secretly sad.

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North of the north is north of Mang, north of the desolate heart is not cold.

Now a few years of Liangmang war not see waves and waves, mostly some of the small shares of the short combat of the roaming horsemen, the northern Liang tour crossbowmen have become the most coveted species of soldiers, can cut down a few heads hanging on the side of the saddle to return to the camp, the old pawns to see also to be hot, not to mention those full of enthusiasm for the new pawns. This is a real merit, can not be fake, the eastern border of those playboys may also make to kill civilians posing as barbarians of the North Mang bad behavior, Beiliang military law is severe, would not dare to do so. This day, the northern Liang a team of crossbowmen deep into the horse Ao Tou, and the northern Mang Gusei more than 20 robust columns narrowly met, a fight, mutual losses, and then check the body, only to know that it is under the banner of Dong Zhuo’s crows columns, so that the face of blood stained ordinary crossbowmen Li Hanlin shouted while the pain, but also some fear, the northern Liang military system of ten fifty people as a standard, to be a crossbow standard, compared to the general brigade generals are also qualified to! High and mighty, Li Hanlin’s standard chief leader is an old and mature stout man, wearing light armor, horsemanship superb, draw the bow three stone brawn not to mention, but also can be two-handed bow shooting, but the only problem is that again calm nature, see the North Mang people on the two eyes red, guilty of a lot of military discipline, several times was demoted to lower the rank, or else it would have long become a general, reticent, but every time his men mentioned that he had been the great general’s hand whipped! The deeds of the middle-aged man will only grin, the standard Li Hanlin these crossbowmen know that this is the soft underbelly of the standard, made a mistake, as long as the recitation of this, the standard will also be happy to soften the heart.

Arm was cut open a large deep visible bone wound mouth of Li Hanlin riding on a horse, buttock side tethered to a North Mang bar son’s head, horse back side of the blood flow. This skirmish, their side killed three people, wiped out the other side, three robes of the body were hung on the standard and two deputy standard on the back of the horse, this is the army’s unchanging iron law, the Northern Liang sands horse leather wrapped in corpses, the most important word also, as long as there is a breath of life in the premise that does not delay the major military affairs, are to bring the fallen robes of the same return. Li Hanlin glanced at the side of the new recruits, impressed, this guy called Lu Dou, is an odd-looking heavy pupil, into this standard they have not long, the horse hanging three crows on the column of the head, can imagine how fierce the war power, originally led by Li Hanlin crossbowmen do not like this bad-tempered new pawns, but this trip shoulder to shoulder to kill the enemy, on the back of the one that even scolded the Lu Dou’s Li October are Twisted to admit fault, this surname Li’s old man is from the third grade military general, in the whole of Northern Liang only do not not come across a first-class son, is also considered to walk across the color of the goods, the family father and mother uncles, and then pushed up a generation, are all the words of the bucket, when he was born, in order to the name of the matter of the upheaval, invited countless famous Confucian scholar feel dissatisfied, smacked the mouth, and later on the family masters thigh slap, said born in October on the Fuck called October, so that the entire illiterate family has no objection, so that those who help to name the readers are slanderous.

Li Hanlin where this standard crossbowmen, by and large, are Li October this kind of will be kind of son, but most of them are not as prominent as Li October, but not happy to talk about their own fathers family history glory, Li October has become an isolated anomaly, very unappealing, commoner clan of the white man’s Lu Dou into the standard, the same day with Li October clashed, at first, Li Hanlin, these people are cold-eyed, do not take sides, to see the Lu Dou do not fight back to scolding not to return the mouth of the Coward posture, there are some blank stares, thinking that your kid can become a crossbowman at least some backbone, OK, did not expect the real sword and the long-negative fierce reputation of the crows columns to catch and kill, Ludu this boring gourd without saying a word on the slaughter of the three, but also for the Li October to block a tricky arrow, Li October, this is actually not a lot of bad intentions of the flower intestines of the playboy, but also really convinced, in this way, Li Hanlin on Li October also Higher look, this buddy although still left some playboy habits, but not too much, compared to those who even the Northern Liang army do not dare to enter let alone become a crossbowman of the Northern Liang generals descendants, is really a thousand times better, at this time, Li October in the crossbowman with the tour gags, said he was a child always fighting with his brothers at home, his old man did not know where to listen to the truth of the strength of a multitude of people to let him fold the chopsticks, do not want to think of their own strength, big, a breath of light ten to the root of the chopstick. Big, a breath of light ten chopsticks, the reasoning did not speak out of the old man was not light, in a fit of anger, invited a real skill of the martial arts instructor, rather than letting him dance and ink, really motherfucking lucky lucky lucky.

Li Hanlin listening to Li October that want my son to read more difficult than the knife, feel funny, deeply sympathetic na, the mood is also more and more comfortable up, when Feng Ge’er said to let himself from the army to enlist, really is a good thing, but I guess the good brother of the noble son of His Highness can not imagine that he will become a crossbowman.

Li October rushed from the back of the horse, smiling cheekily: ”Hanlin brother, when entering the city borrow the barbarian’s head, is it okay? Just let me be imposing as well.”

Li Hanlin laughed and scolded, “Go borrow from Lu Dou, that kid cut three, I only have one, what will I do if I borrow you?”

Li October helplessly said: “Only with him lowered his head to apologize, do not have the face to borrow ah. Besides, we are both surnamed Li, five hundred years ago is a family.”

Li Hanlin yelled go go go, turned his head and laughed loudly: “Lu Dou, Li October said he wants to borrow a mang barbarian’s head from you so that he can go to shake the wind, borrow it or not?”

Lu Dou calmly said, “I won’t borrow one.”

Li October’s face was bitter, and even the standard bearer and deputy standard bearers laughed heartily.

Lu Dou tugged the corner of his mouth and blandly said, “I’ll lend you two.”

Li October turned back on his horse and could not wait to hug this cold-faced, cold-eyed, but warm-hearted guy, “Lu Dou, you are my own brother, when I get to Lingshou, I’ll take you to all the kilns!”

Li Hanlin snickered, “What’s a kiln, don’t you have a sister that you always praise as a fish and wild goose, why don’t you just recognize this brother-in-law, and then don’t say borrowing two barbarian heads, borrowing two hundred of them is reasonable.”

Li October boldly said: “into ah, Lu Dou, or this matter is so agreed?”

Lu Dou nonchalantly white eyes said: “Roll your balls, on your shabby look, your sister can see where good.”

Looks actually not at all crooked Li October suddenly angry, again caused a burst of cheerful laughter.

The standard long spoke: “a bunch of brats thing, still have the strength to pull the calf here, don’t know back to spread the gas on the belly of the women? Laozi see you all this trip is not bad, back to the city will have the cheek to ask General Zhao for a leave, let you have a good time, but hold up just a day or two time, who dares to arrive at the barracks a moment late, Laozi personally take the whip to serve you.”

Li Hanlin came to the side of the standard-bearer and said softly, “Standard-bearer, I’ve made a deal with a few of Hong Jin, we’ll each send a barbarian’s head of military honor to be distributed to the three brothers, and as for the bounty of silver, it’ll all be sent to their families.”

The standard-bearer frowned and said, “It’s a felony to send military honors without permission. Li Hanlin, I know that your kid’s origin is not ordinary, and his life is not worse than these few good ones compared to Li October, but if this matter is known by the higher-ups, military law will be like a mountain, and a happy event will become a disaster, do you really dare?”

Li Hanlin smiled and said, “The commander dared to stab the defeated and surrendered Northern Mang general to death, how heroic, we are your pawns, why don’t we dare?”

The commander cursed a mantra rolling balls, a face of relief smile, said: “You guys don’t interfere, I and the two deputy markers have already agreed, this matter has no part for you. You are now only at ease to kill the enemy to accumulate military achievements, into our standard, I and the two deputy standard will have no reason to treat every brother.”

In the Northern Liang Army.

One day robe, one life brother.

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Wudang Mountain, the morning bell rings.

Eighty-one peaks towards the big top, the square in front of the main peak Taoist temple, when the young master uncle became the head teacher, it is he who leads the practice of boxing, only now the head teacher, whether it is ascension or military disintegration, is no longer alive, and a new person comes to boxing, but it is just as young.

Only one generation lower than Sect Leader Hong but even younger, Li Yu axe.

Peak smoke, hundreds of Wudang Taoist priests together with people moving fist walk, Taoist robes fluttering, the wind rises and falls. Young master created one hundred and eight styles, by the young uncle Li Yu axe simplified into seventy-two styles, instead of losing the essence of the road, but more and more rounded yin and yang, that is, the first time on the mountain of the Taoist children, can also follow the example of the fight, no effort. Wudang closed after the mountain, only allowed incense burners into the mountain, the mountain Taoist temple, regardless of peak height, mountain Taoist, regardless of seniority, as long as they are willing to, every day in the morning bell ringing, dusk and evening drums knocking, can be two times to follow the Li Yu axe with the fist, early to stand in the front row that is, seniority, such as the master of the ancestral Song Zhiming life of the Yu Xingrui of these old Taoist, if it is a little late, but also randomly stood in the back row of the fist, naturally. Regardless of the wind and rain, the peak of the practice of boxing one day without a break.

Fist practice is completed, Li Yu axe and some young Taoists patiently solve the confusion, and has been quietly waiting for the master Yu Xingrui towards the small lotus peak, came to the turtle camel monument near the old Taoist monk that year, the internal strength of the strong only lost to the eldest brother Wang Chonglou lamented: “Yu axe, will not complain that your uncle Hong did not leave the Lu ancestral legacy sword to you, but gifted to the mountain outsiders of the Qi immortal warrior? And this person is also a Taoist priest of the Heavenly Master’s House of Longhu Mountain.”

Li Yu axe hands inserted in the cuffs of the Taoist robe, laughed: “When the young master uncle taught me this set of boxing, it has been clearly said that it will be the relics of Lu Zu will be transferred to the Longhu Mountain Qi immortal warrior, but also asked me if there is no obstacle in my heart, Yu axe did not dare to deceive, so I honestly said that there are some unconvinced. Little uncle said that not convinced good, later sword art big success, as long as more than small Wang uncle, can go to Qi Xianman side to ask for back. But in advance with the master to say good, I halfway practice sword to practice sword, later if there is no climate, master not allowed to laugh.”

Yu Xingrui walked to the edge of the cliff, stepped on the soft soil, laughed: “If you can’t practice the sword, you can’t let us old men laugh at you? Back then, our group of old guys, in addition to the cultivation of the great yellow court of the head of the elder brother and practice closed mouth sword Wang Xiaoping, the rest of the several, are not very no interest, the only fun is to laugh at your little uncle, eh? The only fun is to laugh at your little uncle, eh? When we find out that you are reading a forbidden book, we will go to laugh and scold and flirt with you, eh? Riding a green ox napping, then scolded a few axioms, eh? Thinking of the youth era that a red dress, we will be happy to mock a few sentences, huh? Today’s fortune-telling is not good to go down the mountain, our old man, we have to hold back, in fact, ah, the more the latter, I and your uncles, the more I think not to go down the mountain is good to be the world’s first down the mountain to do what, but in the end, your little uncle is still down the mountain.”

Yu Xingrui lamented, whispered, “Riding oxen to read Taoist books, mahogany paddling waterfalls, watching the clouds rise and fall between the peaks, let nature take its course, this should have been the heavenly way of your little master uncle. But riding a crane down the river and mountain, the sword chopped off the qi luck, but also self-militarization, let a woman ascension, and how to follow the natural course of things? If I had been there, I would have taken him by the ear and scolded him. We old men are not sorry for what Wudang when the rise and fall, just heartache ah.”

Li Yu axe murmured: “White hair people send black hair people.”

Yu Xingrui sighed heavily and laughed: “So you kid don’t toss and don’t have any burden. The matter of the master teacher brother, don’t look at that a few master uncle these days show cloudy, I estimate that they eat all the time in a daze, thanks to my little Wang master brother is not in the mountain, otherwise ten in all likelihood to go out to block the washing of the elephant’s flying sword to open the heavenly court. There’s also your Master Song, who couldn’t keep still to refine pills this year, and was so worried.”

Li Yu Axe asked softly, “Master Palm Uncle is both the reincarnation of Ancestor Lu and Qi Xuanzheng?”

Yu Xingrui smiled, “Probably true, whatever.”

Yu Xingrui patted the shoulder of this disciple who personally led up to Wudang Mountain from the East Sea, softly said, “Your kid follows the nature of the Master Teacher’s younger brother, being able to eat and sleep is a great blessing in heaven.”

Li Yu axe scratched his head, awkwardly said, “In the past, that His Highness the son of the world came to the mountain, the master teacher uncle was still able to suppress this gentleman, I’m afraid that I will only be beaten.”

Yu Xingrui laughed: “You don’t listen to those little Taoist children blind bragging, your uncle was the same as His Highness the son of the world beat and scolded, the son of the world on the mountain to practice the sword at that time, your uncle did not less angry, but also thanks to him to be able to enjoy the bitter, we a few people that is to gloat.”

Li Yu axe stunned.

Yu Xingrui pointed to the landscape outside the peak, laughed heartily: “Sect master teacher brother is here a step into the heavenly image, is also here into the land gods. It’s all just a matter of one step.”

Li Yu Axe returned to his senses, his heart was mesmerized, and he softly said, “It looks like a step, but it has long been a million steps.”

Yu Xingrui nodded his head gratefully, “This is exactly the reason. When one’s heart seeks the Way, one does not know how many steps one’s feet have taken, forgetting one’s own self, one can have the opportunity to enter the Great Dao in one step. As for how to be considered forgetful, master pedantic stereotypes, poor understanding, dare not mislead people, but at least know one thing, daily hard practice, but do not forget to count in the end walked a few steps, never walk on the road. This is also the place where the youngest senior brother is wiser than several of our senior brothers, I do not seek the Way, the Way naturally comes.”

Li Yu Axe nodded his head and said, “The Dao is indescribable. Wonderful beyond words.”

Yu Xingrui slowly left the top of Little Lotus Peak, glanced back at his disciple who was laughing and talking with the crouching green ox, and smiled knowingly.

Since the youngest disciple was Lu Zu, then having a last word was tantamount to Lu Zu’s own words.

Wudang dangxing, dangxing in jade axe.

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King Jing’an’s residence. It is said that Princess Pei is a Zen meditation, not show up for a long time, the already cold royal residence will become more and more bleak.

The sky is cloudy but not rainy, cool but not cold, as if the woman wants to talk.

Half of his life in the capital and half in Xiangfan, King Jing’an Zhao Heng sat under the eaves of the Buddha Hall, gently twisting a string of incense beads wrapped around his hand.

There was only one person sitting opposite to this great feudal king with his ups and downs.

It is that young blind zither player, stabbed himself in the eyes from the career of the Lu Ran, a scholarly family, his father’s generation are the world’s great scholars, but because of the straight pen to write the history of Western Chu, by the smallest generation drilled the loophole, by the imperial court condemnation, the 10 years of despondency, to the brothel prostitutes to play the piano to make a living, in the Yong Zi Alley gambling ten years to make ends meet, somehow, the time is right, not only to enter the King of Jing’an Palace, but also became the father and son of the two highly valued staff, and today, from the Yong Zi Lane, the King of Jing’an, the King of the Qing Dynasty, the King of the Qing Dynasty, the King of the Qing Dynasty and his son are the most important people in the Qing dynasty. Even to this day, the young man who was brought into the emperor’s house from Yongzixiang still feels like a lifetime ago, the so-called carp jumping over the dragon gate, thousands of carp fighting for their heads, in the end, only a few can jump over the dragon gate? Lu Yan’s body of guilt, can be Jing’an King Zhao Heng green eyes, is really out of reason, unexpected.

Zhao Heng closed his eyes, rotating tethered horse meditation rosary beads, blandly asked: “Lu Deng, can know why not let you and Xun children together into the capital.”

The blind young man shook his head, “I don’t know.”

King Jing’an opened his eyes, looked at the gray sky, smiled: “these days let you incognito bouncing around to do the yamen minor officials, can ever complain?”

Lu Daan shook his head and smiled, “Lu Daan is very content.”

Zhao Heng skimmed a glance at the young scholar, “you even write two sparse thirteen policy, determined to level the world for the king, the first sparse reserves, the temple count and cut the clan, Xun child trembling with fear and trepidation was forced by me to take to the capital face to face, attracted the dragon’s face anger. The second negligence a total of ten policy, only for the North Mang military policy, a talk of the North Mang two surnames and the North and South two dynasties, the second prediction of the North Mang split the intention of the army, three said the enemy attack response, the four side of the preparation for the horse, the five deployment of the army, the six said the two Liao, the seven and the relatives, the eight feed transport, the nine collection of the Dragon Waist State, the ten extermination of the North Mang. Dragon face again anger, but Xun children pass secret letters back to Xiangfan, but said even that Zhang Julu and Gu Jiantang are very important, even the old West Chu old masters who never like to praise the people have said a few good words in the court, these three people, Zhang Julu picked the feeder to deduce the general meaning for his own political reform to do the pavement. Gu Jiantang on the collection of dragon waist state this ninth policy is very favored, and the ruling door under the province of Sun Xiji is more on the two sparse thirteen policy acceptance, praised the two sparse, they stand in the great hall of the guys have to be ashamed of themselves, will be my impostor Xun son called is the world of the great talent, half of Zhang Shoufu. Zhang Julu actually half not angry, laughing that more than not lose, has made it difficult for him to look at his back. This is the only way to suppress the anger on the face of His Majesty the Emperor, in fact, this king knows exactly, this two sparse thirteen policy, in addition to the head of the matter of the establishment of the Crown Prince, the violation of the scale, he is really angry, the rest of the twelve policy, especially the cutting of the clan a policy, simply said to the heart of his heart, for the older brother, the king is really too much to understand.”

The blind man said softly, “Lu Daan’s original intention was to hand over these two sparse thirteen strategies after a few more years, when the dust of the seventh war between the two dynasties had settled.”

King Jing’an Zhao Heng stopped turning his rosary.

Lu Dang lowered his head a few points.

Zhao Heng laughed, “You are a deservedly smart person, there are countless stupid people who have died in this king’s hands, and in this lifetime, you are the only one with a young man who can see that this king will press the rosary beads before killing. But don’t worry, I can’t afford to kill you, kill you, Jing’an Wangfu also collapsed half. My intention to kill this time is just a result of my gloomy habit, not a real intention to kill. This king can’t wait for the end of the seventh battle, afraid of losing the bet, Lu Yan, you have a clear mind, can you guess the meaning of this king’s words?”

Lu Yan gritted his teeth, rising to his knees and then said in a deep voice, “If our dynasty loses, the Thirteen Strategies will still be able to profit the Jing’an Royal House, but if we win, it will become two pieces of scrap paper. In this way, His Highness will no longer have any possibility of hereditary succession!”

Zhao Heng laughed loudly and said, “Get up and talk.”

Lu Daan got up and sat down again.

Zhao Heng said softly: “The king’s gambling luck has been bad, that year then that big gamble, bet on losing the world. So this is let Xun son hastily into the capital, only is considered a small bet, said small bets, think should be able to win the bet.”

Lu Dang violently cold sweat.

Zhao Heng continued to turn the rosary, smiled and said, “thought of it? Right, if this king does not die, or slowly die of old age, this gamble, I Zhao Heng won the gamble is useless, Xun child can not become the king of Jing’an, still will only reduce the title of the first class, descending the clan king as a state duke.”

Lu Daan knelt down again.

Indirectly forced the death of a disease-free and disaster-free vassal king, is it fun? How many lives does the little staffer Lu Daan have?

Zhao Heng got up and said, “Don’t kneel, this king actually only wants one person to kneel in front of him in his life. You and I know it in our hearts, of course it won’t be you Lu Fang.”

King Jing’an personally helped up the blind young man who was the Qing guest of the mansion, and smiled pleasantly, “Back then, that person relied on Xunping, the scholar who can be called the peerless state scholar, to have today’s light, our father and son have you, and I think it will not be much worse. Let’s go, you’ve seen the splendor of King Jing’an’s mansion, this king will take you to see some more nastiness.”

Lu Dan was brought to the entrance of a quiet private house in the city by King Jing’an Zhao Heng, who had left the house in micro-suits, and after stepping out of the carriage, King Jing’an, who was the most civilized and martial amongst the Seven Clan Kings, revealed an imperceptible bitter smile on the side of his mouth.

Zhao Heng gently pushed the door to enter.

The small courtyard is full of orchids, a woman is leaning lazily against the wooden fence under the eaves, with an elegant demeanor.

Zhao Heng indifferently said, “When normal people see this woman in the courtyard, nine times out of ten, they have to take it as Pei Nanwei.”

When Lu Daan heard this, he froze for a moment, and then after confirming that the woman in the courtyard was not Princess Pei Nanwei of Jing’an, he was a little shocked at the great treachery of Shizi Zhao Xun. Wealthy and noble such as His Highness, the golden house to hide a woman, is more than ordinary things, that is, there is a son of the consort, keep a special thing, no one will be regarded as a rebellious thing, just when the woman is too similar to the king’s consort, it is a bit appalling. Lu Dan immediately understand why King Jing’an Zhao Heng will be said to be a dirty thing, eyes and nose, no longer not to “measure” the beautiful woman who is in a daze.

The woman finally woke up and saw Zhao Heng, who resembled his son Zhao Heng by seven or eight points, and immediately plopped down on her knees, her body trembling, unable to speak a single word.

Zhao Heng slowly walked to her side, reached out to hold a string of wind chimes under the eaves, silent.

The woman burst into tears, trembling with fear for a long time, raised her head, bit her lips, scarlet with blood, and said, “The slave girl is not afraid of death, but I implore King Jing’an not to chastise His Highness, the son of the world.”

Zhao Heng loosened the wind chime and flicked it, tinkling it, not looking down at this prostrate woman on the floor, and laughed softly and coldly, “Are you worthy to speak with this king?”

The woman hung her head and burst into tears.

King Jing’an listened to the sound of wind chimes and slowly said, “From the first day you stepped into the courtyard, this king already knew, only this scandalous matter is nothing to this king, Xun’er did not overstep the bottom line.”

The woman always trembled like a delicate orchid in the storm.

Zhao Heng continued, “Now for the sake of Xun’er, you have to die, are you willing?”

King Jing’an and Lu Dang walked out of the small courtyard.

Before Zhao Heng got on the carriage, he paused in his stance and laughed softly, “This king treats you as a national scholar.”

Lu Fang, who had not spoken, bent down and bowed to the end.

The woman waited for the sound of the closing door to reach her ears, wiped away her tears, went to the jewelry box and picked a beaded hairpin gifted by Zhao Xun, came to the eaves of the house, lay on the floor with him in general, and looked up at the string of wind chimes.

Before the hairpin pierced into the neck, she said in a mournful soft voice: “Xun.”

Jing’an king’s son Zhao Xun is in the capital, spread a with two sparse thirteen strategy as the world shook the news: Jing’an king Zhao Heng died violently, died of persistent disease. Pei Nanwei, Consort of King Jing’an, martyred herself.

The news reached the capital, and it was rumored that the world’s son Zhao Xun vomited blood and fainted.

On that day, Long En was vast.

The Son of Heaven decreed that Zhao Xun was the hereditary King of Jing’an.

He became the second son of the seven feudal lords to be allowed to be hereditary and reckless but the first one to become a feudal lord.

Zhao Xun in the palace and His Majesty the emperor after thanking the grace, quickly returned to Xiangfan city, after seeing Lu Dan, wearing hemp mourning.

Late at night, Zhao Xun, who will become the new feudal king of the imperial dynasty, sat alone in the spiritual hall, throwing a handful of yellow paper into the fire pit without expression.

After the end of filial piety, in the house so that maidservant service on the feudal king python robe, has been the king of Jing’an Zhao Xun waved off the subordinates, stood in the room, ten fingers grabbed the face, twisted and hideous, seem to cry non-crying, seem to laugh non-laughing.

Covering the face with tears and lowering the head.

If someone is watching, His Highness the son of the world at this moment is the expression that people can not understand.

Unfortunately, as the new noble Lu Fang, can only stand outside the door, not to mention that he is still a blind man.

Inside the house Jing’an Wang Zhao Xun.

Covering the face as if weeping the corner of the mouth to warp.

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Capital.

A woman married into the emperor’s family, any kind of identity you used to be, then you have to be unable to do anything about it.

When Yan Dong Wu saw his younger brother Yan Chi set and Kong Wu Zhi visited together, and then the bad mood to get better, and then married to the elegant and introverted fourth prince, although the husband of this noble emperor’s son to play with some, obsessed with poetry and painting musical instruments, but for the woman, has been not to go to the slightest complaint of the splash of riches and wealth. After the two became husband and wife, respect for each other as guests, Yan Dongwu do not know what reason they have to be unhappy, so the housekeeper maidservant servants, every time you see the Prince Consort, always feel close and kind, secretly praised a worthy of being a lady of the house, the original for the female master of the origin of the Northern Liang that a little bit of mustiness will be swept away. Yan Dongwu belly with poetry, apparently the fourth prince is also very satisfied with this marriage, in the past with the gang is often the children and grandchildren of the second and third grade officers of the fox friends are also a lot less socializing, today is with Yan Dongwu received with the brother-in-law Yan Chi set and that in the capital is a little famous Kong Wuzhi, the fourth prince has always been known for no frame, today entertaining the two people of the same age is to give the face of the face, personally serve tea and water, and the nerd! Brother-in-law is not seen outside the playful laughter and joking, especially rare is not to pick fault with the polite after the initiative to find an excuse to leave, leaving the Prince Consort and the two private chat.

Yan Dong Wu used to love the house and the same reason to hate Wu and Wu, Kong Wuzhi’s impression is not too good, the family relocated to the capital, and the figure of a stocky but simple-minded Kong Wuzhi a few times to talk about, there are some hate can not be up, especially the younger brother with the capital that the gang of boys do not go against the road, often ate a secret loss, are with the second prince of the relationship between the Kong Wuzhi take people out to get back to the field, coupled with the Yan Kong family are the two North Liang In addition, Yan Kong’s two families are both rare book family in Northern Liang, to the capital of the serious xenophobia inevitably have to help each other. Yan Dongwu and his younger brother said some personal words, say something in the capital Yamen when the police should be delicate and clear-minded shallow reasoning, Kong Wuzhi not much to say, just sitting on the side of the silly joy.

From beginning to end, the three did not mention the name.

Leave the rich and noble mansion, still is the fourth prince attentive phase to the door, there is a beginning and an end. Yan Ji Ji and Kong Wu Zhi ride together on the carriage, Kong Wu Zhi naively asked: “Yan eat chicken, your sister seems to hate our son His Highness now, you see are not happy to mention.”

Yan Ji Ji’s face dimmed and said softly, “All of this is irrelevant now.”

Kong Wu Zhi straightened up and said, “Hey, I used to think that Feng could become your brother-in-law, at that time I regretted every day that I didn’t have a sister, and I was jealous of you to the point of jealousy.”

After a period of time of public practice, scholarly spirit gradually worn off the edges of Yan Ji Ji changed the topic, bitter smile: “I heard that Hanlin went to the Northern Liang Army, this guy really like to do stupid things.”

Kong Wuzhi was not happy: “How is this a silly thing, men do not go to the sand field to kill the enemy, still counting men?”

Yan Ji Ji glared.

Kong Wuzhi muttered, “You are not a man.”

Yan Ji Ji kicked a foot. Not afraid of pain, Kong Wuzhi did not even bother to shoot, looked out the window and sighed: “Really want to Feng’s son, drink more green ant wine does not matter, is to feel boring, not at all when that flavor.”

Yan Ji Ji helplessly said, “You this even manly?”

Kong Wuzhi wrapped his arms around Yan Ji Ji’s neck and scuffled.

In the mansion, they all know that the Imperial Consort has raised an expensive parrot that is a poor learner and hangs on the window of the study.

Yan Dongwu stood at the window, matters of the heart only dare to say with the parrot to hear.

The Fourth Prince saw this scene from a distance in the corridor, leaning against the corridor pillar, his hands folded and resting on the back of his head, muttering to himself.

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This dynasty follows the ancient law of the previous dynasty, the three provinces of the high officials in their respective headquarters to take turns on duty at night, in addition to the old age of the old Xichu old taiji Sun Xizi, are not an exception, today, the first minister Zhang Julu will be in the straight hall of a straight order in the hands of a straight thin, after signing on the top of the take away, the next day morning to return. Straight order official is also accustomed to this, and did not slip some flattering words, in the power of the world’s blue-eyed child became the first minister, the central ministers to the night for the hard work, very few second-ranking ministers to really follow, especially those who status of the noble size of the yellow door, it is rare to the scene, in charge of the straight thin of the official also dare not talk too much, Zhang Julu after the power of the first night will be the first time to the yellow door of the Lang expelled from the court after the, again, no one dares to slack slack slack. No one dares to be lazy and slack. With the dynasty of the four sides of the sea calm and peaceful, which has a ban in the middle of the night to determine the world’s reputation.

Tonight on duty, Zhang Julu dealt with a few urgent political affairs, and it also happens to be the turn of the duty of an old friend from the same school, the State Prison left priest Huan Wen together around the stove to cook wine, Zhang Julu is not good at drinking, in the hearts of the readers under the sky, and the Shangyin Palace priests of the general status of the high Huan Wen is not happy with the wine, and even His Majesty the emperor is exceptionally permitted to Huan Wen on duty at night to drink, but expressly said that you can not be very drunk.

The left priest of the Imperial College is an emaciated elegant old man, joked: “Bieye child old man, good color ah. How, Jing’an King’s son His Highness Zhao Xun that please high people on behalf of the pen of the two rust thirteen policy, really by you as a party to save the world good medicine?”

Zhang chief minister narrowed his eyes and said: “Poison as honey, good medicine bitter mouth, this thirteen policy, once implemented, at least can let most of the seat court officials are complaining of suffering, even the military have to be hurt, you say I can not be comfortable?”

Huan Wen reached out and pointed to only one person under the close old friend, scolded: “The first sparse which temple counts a policy, even the State Council have insinuated scolded to, said we are a bunch of stand talking without waist pain do not know the plight of the people, will only read a dead book to read the merits of the useless scholars. I am okay, anyway, thick skin, not afraid of being spat on, the newly appointed Song right priest can be angry.”

Zhang Julu sneered: “that write a handful of good words of the literary giant, fortunately just went to your state prison, now see the face is still a smile, if you go to the Central Book Province or the door under the province, I still have to hurt my head, can not escape with him to become old and dead not political enemies.”

Huan Wen laughed: “This pair of Song family father and son, but was known as to dominate the literary world for a hundred years of great literary heroes, blue-eyed old man you take it easy, if they are on the grudge, wait for death to be splashed with dirty water it.”

The blue-eyed and purple-bearded Chief Minister Zhang bent down and stretched his hand to roast the fire, and said flatly, “Pen and knife, pen and knife, it’s a pen and a knife that kills without blood, I don’t think it’s even worse than Great General Gu Jiantang.”

Huan Wen drank a mouthful of small wine, squinted and lowered his voice: “The Green Party has fallen apart, but the Lu family brothers on the Jiangnan Road, one became the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, one became the Minister of the Ministry of War, the weather is gradually rising, you are not nervous?”

Chief Minister Zhang indifferently said, “Nervous about what these do, I’m only worried about droughts, floods and locusts and these things.”

Huan Wen shook his head in silence.

Only afraid of natural disasters, not afraid of man-made disasters.

If a human minister is in power to this extent, what more can one ask for?

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Hui mountain bullock big post, two big guest secretary Huang Fangfo and Hong Phyo in the hall watched the woman who is the master of a mountain, one hand on a kneeling on the ground internal strength is not bad guest secretary head, will be a moment ago is still majestic martial arts man to draw the qi, a drop of nothing left, she let go of her hand, the guest secretary body and blood did not change, vitality is extinct, the two secretly captivated this person to help the evil of the guest secretary looked at each other and laughed, full of bitterness and Shocked, although this scene has been seen many times, but each time she draws more and more rapid speed, the faster the mountain guest secretary died, they are more and more fearful.

The woman who became the Xuan Yuan family head smiled and asked, “Uncle Huang, Uncle Hong, how many is this?”

Huang Fangfo stabilized his mind and said in as calm a voice as possible, “Thirty-ninth place.”

It is in the great snow ping turmoil blatantly on the throne of Xuanyuan Qingfeng bent down the slender waist, looked at the dead body, smile naive as a young girl, smiled: “Two uncles rest assured, Qingfeng again snake heart, will not be on you two my father’s best friend to lay hands on.”

Huang Fangfo softly said, “I only wish that Miss will soon ascend to the top of the martial arts.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng retracted his sight, stretched his waist, not only was his face glowing, but there was even a trace of purple qi that was visible to the naked eye lingering around his body, and said in a loose voice, “If my father were alive, he would never be able to say these words. Maybe this will be my own daughter as a devil can be killed, and then refused to put a altar of daughter red osmanthus wine for me every year.”

Huang Fangfo no longer dared to speak.

Hong Phyo clasped his hands to his chest and began to close his eyes.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng frowned and asked, “Yuan Tingshan this guy should not be surprised that he should have somehow gotten Xuanyuan Dapan’s martial arts insights, and his sword realm has skyrocketed, otherwise, with his heart, he would never go to compete with Gu Jiantang. And our Hui Mountain neighbor, Longhu Mountain on a condensed word generation of young Taoist priests of the Heavenly Master’s House, can block the Peach Blossom Sword God Deng Tai’a sword, I compared with these two men, who is higher and who is lower? Also, at the Lotus Golden Peak Buddhist and Taoist debate, a man named Zhao brought a bald woman, who not only spoke Zen with Li Dangxin, but was also said to be the second person in the Great Vajra Realm besides the white-robed monks, when will I be able to rival her?”

Huang Fangfo didn’t dare to speak nonsense and shook his head, “It’s hard to say.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng suddenly laughed, “Regardless of these annoyances. By the way, as the old saying goes, rabbits don’t eat grass by the side of the nest, it’s not good to always take a shot at the guest ministers on the mountain, so I’m going to trouble the two uncles to go to the rivers and lakes to catch some martial artists, how about it?”

Without waiting for Huang Fangfo to make a sound, Hong Phyo opened his eyes and bowed, “Hong Mou is going down the mountain today.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng waved his hand, and this barefoot woman walked alone to the left side of the empty hall facing the cliff, the mountain wind whistling, her sleeves fluttering.

She slowly walked back to her boudoir and pasted flowers and yellow flowers on the mirror.

After drawing eyebrows and tracing makeup, she held a bronze mirror in one hand, and with one hand she extended her finger to the person in the mirror, and inexplicably laughed out tears, crying and laughing and said, “What an ugly woman.”

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Bei Liang Wang Fu, quietly less two seemingly all dispensable a man and a woman.

One was Murong Tong Huang who wore an entrancing mask and went north.

One is Shu Shy, heading south.

Xu Fengyen, who was single-handed, left Flying Fox City and slowly traveled north alone again.