The first day of the sun shines brightly, and there are endless traffic on the streets. Whether you are born in the world, whether you are famous and high-ranking, or you are mediocre, you can't avoid the word "busy".
As the saying goes: "Everything in the world is in a hurry. If you don't work today, you won't gain tomorrow. If you don't work when you are young, you will have no interest in old age. If you die, you will become a ghost, and you will be busy with fragrance."
The gate of Taiyue Mansion was closed, no one came in or out.
Inside the small house, Song Zheng and Ji Changfeng stood in front of the door, looking at the headless corpse on the chair, with blood stains all over the floor, and said nothing for a long time.
Ji Changfeng gritted his teeth: "I never imagined that they would dare to be so heartless and crazy at the feet of the Emperor, the most virtuous place!"
Song Zheng sighed softly, turned around and said: "Ask the craftsmen to carve the wooden head, stand up, bury Master Hong's body alive, and bury it outside the city to rest the soul of the deceased."
"yes!"
After saying this, Song Zheng stood up and returned to the study.
Ji Changfeng followed closely behind and said anxiously: "Sir, can't we just let it go like this? Shouldn't we investigate carefully and redress the injustice for Master Hong?"
Song Zheng waved his sleeves, and a powerful aura roared out. He closed the doors and windows tightly and set up barriers to shield the inside and outside. In this way, he slowly said: "Master Hong has long wanted to die. He entrusted his last wish to me, and then he was willing to be killed!"
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"Master Song!"
In the middle of the night, when the lights were dim, Hong Zhen knelt in front of Song Zheng, cupped his hands and said, "The people of Luzhou are entrusted to you. If I don't die, I will definitely drag you down. As long as you can save the people from life and death, I will die without complaint!"
Song Zheng remained silent, but finally nodded heavily...
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In the study room, Ji Changfeng's eyes widened, then he closed his eyes and raised his head, full of desolation.
Song Zheng held the desk with his hand and said sternly: "Master Hong will not die in vain. Even if I risk my life and fortune, I will definitely fulfill his last wish!"
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The half-month period passed in the blink of an eye, and Taiyue City remained as usual, without any movement.
In the study, Qing Yi held the scroll in his hands, his eyes were blank, and his mind had already flown far away.
She hadn't seen her elder brother Ye Ling for a long time. She went to Xu Guo and Jiuye's house to look for him, but she didn't see him either: "Where is your elder brother? Why don't you come to see me?"
The master was sitting upright in front of the hall, his eyes swept over the children, and they had a panoramic view of the various expressions. He immediately knew what he was thinking, and immediately said: "Qingyi, come forward!"
After everyone heard this, they all closed their mouths and watched quietly. There was a sudden silence in the study, but Qing Yi was indifferent and didn't pay attention to the master's roll call.
"Qingyi!"
"Qingyi!"
"Ah - ah," Qing Yi quickly stood up and lowered his head: "Master!"
"Come forward, I will test you on today's homework." As he spoke, the master held the ruler in his hand. As soon as this thing came out, even those who were watching were shocked and hurriedly buried their heads in writing.
Budu and Zixiu watched Qingyi move forward cautiously, knowing that she had not memorized it by heart, and they were anxious and looked bad.
Qing Yi slowly moved to the front of the Master, lowered his head, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Master... Master, the student... is stupid and has not been able... to memorize the lessons..."
The master was slightly stern, raised his ruler and said, "I'm afraid it's not that I'm stupid, but that my mind is active and I'm using it elsewhere!"
Qing Yi naturally understood and stretched out his left hand, palm upward, facing the ruler.
"If it hits you, remember it in your heart. Don't be distracted when you are studying!"
After saying that, the ruler came down from above. Qing Yi was so scared that she closed her eyes, which seemed to relieve some pain.
But after waiting for a long time, there was no pain.
Qing Yi quickly opened her eyes and saw a big hand covering her small hand, touching the master's ruler.
Looking up again, the man who was thinking about me was looking over with a smile on his face and said, "Qingyi, how can you make Master angry and not apologize quickly?"
"Big brother!"
Qing Yi threw herself into Ye Ling's arms, tears welling up unsatisfactorily, making the monk behind her bite the book in envy.
Ye Ling smiled and rubbed Qing Yi's head, and said softly: "How come Qing Yi turned into a crybaby slug after not seeing each other for so many days?"
"That's not true!" Qing Yi quickly wiped away her tears and pouted, "I blame my eldest brother for not coming to see me for a long time."
Ye Ling smiled and said nothing. Although he was silent in the school these days, he did not eat or drink, but his consciousness could detect the surroundings. Qing Yi's daily expression was all in his mind.
The master looked at Ye Ling, but he saw that the person in front of him was no longer what he used to be. He had a sharp aura standing between heaven and earth, like a dangerous peak emerging from a cliff and a precious blade unsheathed.
Ye Ling turned around and bowed his hands to the Master: "Master, I have just been punished on behalf of Qing Yi, please do not punish me any more."
The master nodded and said to Qing Yi: "Go back to your seat. If you fail the assessment before leaving school, you will still be severely punished!"
"Thank you, Master!"
The two of them saluted together. Despite this, Qing Yi was still happy and went back happily to continue her endorsement. Ye Ling followed the master and went to sit across from him in the back hall.
Ye Ling said: "Thank you, Master, for taking me in. Master is a great kindness, and I will never forget it!"
These days, Ye Ling has been in seclusion in the school, relying on the fairy tea of human plants and the treasures of heaven and earth in the jasper finger to reshape Ye Ling's Dantian and regain his cultivation.
The Master said: "After you regain your cultivation, you have to do dangerous things. Otherwise, why would everyone want to attain the Tao? In this mortal world, you can still be ordinary. When you enter the path of immortality, when will you be able to find peace?"
Ye Ling smiled bitterly: "Both immortals and mortals are all in this torrent, drifting with the tide. Everyone wants to ride the wave, but in the end they just end up dead in the ocean. They are different in life but the same after death."
The Master shook his head: "A man with lofty ideals never forgets to be in the ravine, and a brave man never forgets to lose his strength. Even though he is dead, he is still alive. How can we treat them both at the same time?"
Ye Ling nodded and bowed again: "Thank you for your teaching, Master." After saying that, he stood up and left.
The Master said again: "Benevolence refers to the heart; righteousness refers to the road. It is a pity to give up the road and not follow it, to let go of the heart and not know what to ask for. Although it is dangerous for you to go, don't forget your true nature."
Ye Ling sighed softly and nodded: "I am just a chess piece, walking under the way of heaven, vertical and horizontal, and at the mercy of whatever you want."
"A gentleman does not care about fate!" The master said seriously: "I hope you can take care of yourself!"
Ye Ling remained silent, his body disappeared from the spot, and he left the school.
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Baili Longteng, the emperor of the Daqian Dynasty, lived in seclusion all day long and did not care about government affairs. Therefore, he set up a cabinet to manage government affairs and a ceremonial supervisor to review it.
There are two yamen under the Bureau of Ceremonies: Catching Wind and Catching Shadow. Catching Wind collects information and monitors the world; Catching Shadow supports foreigners and asks for war and arrests people.
The place where Zhuying is located is located in the east of the imperial city. It is built to guard the east gate. It has internal and external halls, buildings and schools.
However, within that prison, it was divided into several rooms, where people captured from Title Moon Pavilion were imprisoned.
Xu Donggui, the head of the Xu family, sat cross-legged in the prison with his eyes closed and silent. The Xu family was originally from the Xu Zheng tribe of Dazhu Kingdom, and was once a prominent family in the Daqian Dynasty. Only because Xu Zheng retired and was suppressed by the court, did he gradually become lonely.
Now that Xu Zhengguan has been reinstated, the Xu family has regained its strength. It's just that the prosperity of the family requires the unity of generations and the luck of several generations. I don't want to end up in this situation again in the blink of an eye.
Xu Donggui admitted that he was too impatient. This time he was clearly framed by someone, and it was difficult to explain.
In the cell opposite, there is a man who claims to be a subordinate of King Nanyue. It is he who claims that the Xu family colluded with King Nanyue and intended to rebel.
After being imprisoned for these days, the Chief of Ceremonies ignored them, as if they had forgotten them, and neither tried nor sentenced them. Because of this, Xu Donggui could not let go.
"哐啷~"
The cell door opened wide, and a man in palace clothes walked in. He had a white face and beardless hair, and frosty hair like snow. He was Gao He, the chief eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremony.
Behind him is an old man holding a staff, who is Gao Cheng, the old eunuch who was at the Moon Pavilion.
The two of them came to the cell door where Xu Donggui was sitting one after another. They looked at Xu Donggui who was meditating inside and said, "Master Xu, I have made you suffer."
Xu Donggui opened his eyes and looked at these two people. Although he didn't know their names, he could guess a thing or two about their identities, so he said, "Since you know that I am suffering, why don't you let me go?"
Gao He smiled slightly: "You have to suffer for this crime for a while longer. Whether it is longer or shorter is not something we can decide, let alone you. I am here to tell you that everything is fine at home and no one is harming you. , to put your mind at ease.”
When Xu Donggui heard this, his face remained calm, but his heart was full of questions. He really didn't know what kind of medicine these people were selling.
With that said, Gao He turned around and looked at the cell opposite, the man who claimed to be a subordinate of King Nanyue.
When the man saw Gao He looking over, he immediately stretched his neck and said with a smile on his face: "Kill me, no matter what, you have to kill me!"
Gao He remained calm: "You are right, you are the one who deserves the most punishment. If you die, it will be over!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the cell was opened wide. Gao Cheng's whole body was like a rainbow, and the crutch in his hand glowed with light, and he hit the man head-on. His brain immediately burst, and his body was incomplete and died.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Cheng waved his big hand, and a pure red flame roared out, burning the corpses on the ground clean.
Xu Donggui stood up slowly, with a look of confusion on his face. Since they killed this person, it means that they do not believe that the Xu family colluded with King Nanyue. Since you don't believe it, why don't you let yourself go?
Gao He turned around, glanced at Xu Donggui lightly, and left.
After leaving the prison, Zhao Yu, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of etiquette, came up to him immediately and said, "Godfather, please come over here."
"I understand," Gao He nodded and said, "Go to the rooftop and keep a close eye. This is for His Majesty's great cause. No one can enrich their own pockets, otherwise don't blame this torture knife for being sharp!"
"My son understands."
After Zhao Yu turned around and left, Gao He said to Gao Cheng again: "Have a good time guarding Xu Donggui. We can neither let him escape nor let him die. No interrogation is allowed, just lock him up like this."
"I understand," Gao Cheng frowned and asked, "After all, this was framed by someone, why would the Holy One still..."
Gao He waved his hand and said: "Since someone wants to harm him, if the scam is exposed so easily, wouldn't the person behind the scenes want to come up with new tricks to make you unable to guard against it?"
As he said that, Gao He looked up at Jiutian: "What the Holy One lacks most now is time!"
