Geng Wangzhuang occupies a vast area. As we marched in the darkness, the firelight illuminated several connected stone bridges from time to time. There were camphors, banyan trees, willows and locust trees along the roads. The lush greenery was reflected on the sparkling lake, and the eyes were full of green.
Walking forward again, suddenly there will be a few elegant pavilions hidden in the shade of the trees. During the day, I think the mountains should be like indigo, light and picturesque.
However, they had walked for so long without encountering a guard or watchman patrolling the road. It was almost five o'clock, and the dark sky was covered with lead clouds, without a trace of the stars and the moon, and there was no trace of the stars that were about to shine. sign.
Among the three vassals of the Qing Dynasty, Geng Fan had fifteen subordinates. There is one Jia from Wu Ding, and one auxiliary leader for 200 Jia. Based on this assumption, the full complement of 15 auxiliary leaders can total up to 3,000 Jia soldiers. Now even if 20% of the troops are reduced in Guangzhou, their strength cannot be underestimated.
What's more, there are only 15,000 people in Fuzhou, Dingkou under the vassal, and all the production and manufacturing are only owned by Geng Fan. The soldiers and civilians under this kind of assistant-leader structure are the "vassal" forces directly controlled by the feudal king. They form the core force of the military commanded by the feudal king. They have a strict feudal subordinate relationship with the feudal king.
But in Prince Geng's Manor in the south of the city, which covers an area of 300 acres, even though there are palaces and buildings everywhere, there is no team stationed there. Geng Jimao, who has led troops to fight for many years, for some reason, is now living like a lonely man, alone in the dark night. middle.
At this time, it was a long and cold night, and Geng Jingzhong was still walking forward with his troops. When they walked outside a garden wall, a strange wind blew up for no reason in Prince Geng's village, whistling and flying past the ears, piercing the wind. Everyone's exposed skin ached, and their finger joints suddenly became numb and tingling, uncontrollably like a dead branch in an ice cellar.
Zeng Yangxing tightened his armor sleeves in annoyance, feeling that the biting cold wind in central Fujian was even more unbearable than the bitter cold in Liaodong. He looked at Bai Xianzhong, who was also the commander-in-chief, and found that his colleague was looking straight into the darkness, his eyes full of panic.
And at the same time, hundreds of people close to the Crown Prince heard the sounds of people rubbing their hands and whispering strange words slowly not far away from a wall, and a bad smell wafted from the tip of their noses.
The garden wall is not tall, but it is enough to block the restricted sight in the darkness. This courtyard is surprisingly spacious, but there is no ridge of a building. As everyone hears the sound across the wall, their sensitive imaginations fly farther and farther along with the increasingly severe cold wind, and they hesitate and think " "What it" looks like at this time——
The squirming thing must be on the verge of collapsing to make such a discordant stumbling sound. "It" is crushing the surrounding seedlings without mercy, making such a terrifying churning sound. , and he must have swallowed weeds and even stones into his belly at will, leaving only a grinding mark deep into the soil behind him...
"Don't stop for a moment, the whole army moves out!"
At this moment, everyone's minds were filled with curiosity that would cost them their lives, so this order issued with reason was particularly valuable.
Jiang Wen looked at the prince in front of him with some surprise. He didn't know whether it was the setbacks in the past few days that had tempered his will, or whether he had long been accustomed to all kinds of weird things in Prince Geng's palace. The ragged Geng Jingzhong was in high spirits at this time and roared. After restoring the crumbling morale of the army, the torches once again gathered into a long dragon, winding its way towards the depths of Prince Geng's Mansion.
Perhaps sensing Jiang Wen's gaze, Geng Jingzhong slowed down his frivolous steps for a moment, and whispered: "Taoist Master, don't go near there. Giant elephants from his own poisonous country are raised in the elephant garden, and his usual gluttony will be everywhere. Where the vegetation is withered, fortune tellers have said that it is particularly unlucky.”
Jiang Wen covered his nose and said, "Why do you keep such ghosts in the palace?"
Geng Jingzhong snorted: "In addition to the sacred elephants in Wangzhuang, there are also cranes that come and go without a trace. They are all gifts that Shang Kexi, the old dog, gave to his father in Guangzhou City. He has extremely ulterior motives. Taoist priest Changqingzi found me this time , for these two things..."
Jiang Wen wanted to ask more, but then there was a huge noise of flapping wings in the sky, but there was no one around, and there was no sign of any birds or beasts.
Soon, another stench came, and something seemed to be flapping its giant wings in the night sky. A strong wind suddenly went east, and the strong air flow disturbed the armor and tassels worn by the henchmen. The sword spikes were also twisted and twisted.
Although nothing could be seen clearly in this bright dark night, some of the close friends who raised their heads still vaguely thought that they should have seen a group of invisible clouds and smoke that was darker than the sky, flying down into the distance like a wheel of fire.
Geng Jingzhong's expression changed drastically, and he urged the team to move forward. Finally, they came to a beautiful mansion with stone pavement and stopped.
The stone lion in front of the door is carved from white stone. It looks like jade but not jade. It is transparent, warm and extremely white. After being carefully crafted by skilled craftsmen, it looks lifelike, but the eyes are filled with blood-red agate stones. When the firelight suddenly shines on it, it only feels like the eyes are blood-red and fierce, glaring at the uninvited guests in the cold night.
The cronies stopped in unison and watched Geng Jingzhong's actions. At this moment, he had become the backbone of these people. Jiang Wen even suspected that several heavily armed generals put on their armor not out of courage, but on the contrary. Relying on the cold armor to maintain the remaining courage.
Geng Jingzhong came to this heavy sandalwood door and recalled the innermost scene of the empty prince's mansion.
As soon as he opened a crack, the cold wind rolled in from behind him and rushed into the empty palace. The candlelight scattered among the stars began to sway, just like the uncertain hearts of the people present.
Take a deep breath.
He pushed open the door.
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"Boss Lin! I'm here to ask for an explanation!"
The cold wind rolled in outside the door, suddenly waking up Lin Zhennan who was sitting with his head down. For a moment, he felt that the empty escort agency lobby was filled with dust and fog, making it difficult to see clearly.
Taking another closer look, it was Tian Guinong who broke into Fuwei Escort Agency alone. Tian Guinong exerted a little force with his hands and pushed open the ajar door of the escort agency that was covered with copper nails.
With just a crack in the door, crowded and noisy lights and shaky voices poured in from outside the house. The two merged together and surrounded the empty city.
Tian Guinong was still dressed like a scholar in white at this time. He was not smug, but he had a gleaming sword on his waist. He stepped forward angrily as he spoke.
"Mr. Lin, head escort!"
Lin Zhennan was sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the middle of the lobby of the Escort Agency, holding a gold-plated plaque that read "Fortune Comes Before Prestige" which was a bit ridiculous at this time.
He had neither a sword nor a bodyguard in his hand, so he could only guard the mansion alone. He was so exhausted after not sleeping for three days that he felt a little confused when he looked at Tian Guinong's figure.
"Xiangong Tian, why did you visit the agency late at night this time? I wonder what kind of reward my little Fuwei Escort Agency has received?"
Lin Zhennan didn't get up either. His strength was already running low. If he showed any flaws at this time, he would only be at a disadvantage. He simply talked to Tian Guinong in a harsh tone that he had never had before.
At this time, Tian Guinong took another step closer, and Lin Zhennan saw that there seemed to be a red handprint on the left side of his angry face, and there was still blood left at the corner of his mouth.
Sensing Lin Zhennan's gaze and being irritated by his tone, Tian Guinong suddenly said: "Boss Mr. Lin, Mr. Tian boasts that he has never violated the rules of the world, and even more so for you, he exposed the imperial plaque of the leader of the Green Linnan Alliance. The snow-covered jade is delivered to you..."
Lin Zhennan interrupted with a cold snort: "Mr. Tian, you're too polite. I think it's your regret that you couldn't send the royal plaque back intact, right?"
Tian Guinong patted the corridor pillar, leaving a clear fingerprint on the wood and a burst of dust falling from the beam.
He seemed to be even more angry: "Then Mr. Lin, please explain why you sent someone to kidnap my daughter late at night!"
Lin Zhennan frowned deeply when he heard this, and he noticed a hint of evil.
"This is absolutely impossible. All the bodyguards in my house have been ordered not to go out. They have been keeping quiet these days. What's more, the bodyguards have low martial arts skills. How can they kidnap people in front of Xianggong Tian's men?"
Tian Guinong suddenly smiled viciously: "Mr. Lin, if you dared to take responsibility today, I would consider you a good man. But now you deny it and deny it in every possible way, and you just think that we are all blind?"
His voice then changed, "The Imperial Envoy was having a private meeting with me in the inn at that time, and saw two disciples from your escort agency kidnapping people. The Imperial Envoy chased them out to fight with them, and even fell into an ambush and was bitten and killed. How can this matter be faked? Do you dare to challenge me? Go to court immediately!"
"Xiangong Tian, I'm afraid you have fallen into a trap. Everyone in the city knows that the imperial envoy is drunk and lustful. The reason why my two apprentices went out was because the little girl was captured by the thieves in the middle of the night, so they were searched all night."
Lin Zhennan's face was as heavy as water, and he slowly exhaled a breath, "Your daughter and younger daughter disappeared at the same time. I think the imperial envoy is extremely suspicious. I am afraid that it was not because of lust that he wanted to rob someone, but that it was my disciples from the escort agency who came to rescue them."
Tian Guinong smiled slightly and said with disdain: "The imperial envoy is an envoy of the Heavenly Family, and a person in the world is nothing more than a reckless person. Your daughter is as beautiful as Puliu, and the imperial envoy is so good at looking at her. Why do you need to do such evil things?!"
Lin Zhennan nodded slowly, then looked at Tian Guinong's red and swollen left face, already guessing the whole story.
He deliberately said loudly: "Oh? Since it was Princess Tian Xiang who offered her daughter as a means of promotion, Lin naturally had nothing to say. But your daughter was given away by you personally, and she came to me as a Fuwei What trouble is the escort agency looking for?!"
Lin Zhennan's voice was not loud, but it could be heard outside the house along the crack in the door. The people brought by Tian Guinong were also listening with bated breath at this time. Naturally, they heard everything clearly. The crowd suddenly started talking and making an uproar.
Tao Zian, a young man in the crowd, wanted to talk to his junior sister the night before. At that time, he happened to bump into Monk Yankong coming out of the house carrying a sack. At this time, he suddenly thought clearly about what happened.
He originally wanted to ask his father to find out, but he searched everywhere but couldn't find anyone.
In this matter, Tian Guinong has been vaguely defeated. In such a matter of smearing each other and adding to the obstruction, Tian Guinong is still limited to the small means of confusing right and wrong and focusing on the guest, while Lin Zhennan has made bold assumptions, carefully verified, and easily thrown away Come up with a result that people may not necessarily believe the most, but they are definitely the most willing to spread it.
It is just a common thing in the world for the Fuwei Escort Agency to rob civilian girls. Tian Guinong has always regarded himself as Lord Mengchang, and now it is suspected that he gave his 28-year-old daughter to a rude monk. Even if the other party is an imperial envoy, he may not show his face. ——It’s self-evident which one is more talked about.
"It's useless to say more. Mr. Lin's bodyguard has slandered Tian so much. I will naturally seek justice from the Imperial Envoy!"
But at this moment, Tian Guinong suddenly calmed down, as if he was not the one who was dealing with it in a panic just now.
"Why don't you call out the bodyguard and two disciples of the house and confront me face to face. If they dare to come forward and see me, I know that someone in my field is not an unreasonable person, so this matter will be put aside for now."
Tian Guinong spoke slowly, with his usual kind expression on his handsome face, but his eyes kept looking at Lin Zhennan's expression, not missing any detail.
Lin Zhennan took a deep breath and wanted to stand up from the chair, but his body was too tired to move.
He knew the purpose of the other party's trip.
"Xianggong Tian, this world is pure and turbid, and the gods are clear about it. Everyone in the house has gone to bed now. I, the chief bodyguard of Fuwei and the leader of the South Green Forest Alliance, are here to testify. Isn't it enough?"
Tian Guinong laughed again. If the person standing in front of him was an ordinary person, he would have been frightened by this heroic spirit of having the overall situation in hand.
"It's a long night, with waves everywhere. It's really admirable that everyone in your escort agency can sleep peacefully for a long time. But in my opinion, not everyone in your mansion can sleep."
Tian Guinong stretched out his hand and clapped twice. Suddenly, a black-faced and bearded evil man burst in outside the door. It was Tao Zian's father, Tao Baisui, who had just been nowhere to be found.
Tao Baisui, who looked like a rogue horse, held a thin human figure in his hand like a cattail leaf fan, and pushed it from the door into the lobby of Fuwei Escort Agency. The man was injured and had lost one of his boots. He was stubborn. The ground refused to come forward.
Lin Zhennan's eyes suddenly opened wide and he looked at the ragged figure in front of him. His hands uncontrollably grasped the armrests of the Grand Master's chair. He staggered up and sat down again. He repeated this several times, which was obviously unacceptable.
His lips tightened into a line, but he could no longer tremble uncontrollably after meeting the man's gaze.
"My son, why are you here..."
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This hall is so vast that even the red candles and silver lanterns all over the room cannot illuminate it. Therefore, behind every pillar, there is a shadow that cannot be removed.
The entire floor of the hall is paved with fine white stones from Gaoyao County, Guangdong. There is a high chair on the main seat, which is large enough for four or five people to sit side by side.
But at this time, behind the curtain, it was clear that there was only a huge body sitting upright, leaving no space.
Geng Jingzhong took a deep breath. The figure in front of him was different from what he remembered, and it was also different from anything he had ever seen before. Now he no longer even had the basic appearance of a human being.
He could see clearly that what was hiding behind the curtain at this time was just a monster covered in fat and with overlapping limbs. The thin skin could no longer hold up the heavy fat, and when it was filled to the limit, it turned into wrinkles and bulges. The skin is also filled with black and gray spots visible to the naked eye.
Geng Jimao panted weakly. Just pushing the fat to shrink the chest was a huge burden. The limbs have long been defeated, and are nested in the fat like extra burdens on the body. Compared with the body, the hands and feet are so slender that they only occasionally tremble due to nerve twitches.
A face poked out with difficulty from where the neck was originally. It was full of fleshy folds, so smooth and delicate that it didn't look like a middle-aged military general who had been exposed to battle and weathered the sun. His hair was like a tuft of weeds, growing stubbornly on the huge rock and becoming an insignificant embellishment.
Geng Jingzhong didn't need to lift the curtain to guess that a money rat tail must be carefully tied to the bunch of "weeds".
"Father, I'm here."
A wheeze like a bellows came from behind the curtain, and every time he took a hard breath, wind would sound out of thin air, causing the lights, candles and fireworks all around to point in the same direction, and the dark shadows in the room began to become erratic.
"I didn't let you come out..."
Geng Jimao adjusted his breath several times before he could say such a complete sentence. Geng Jingzhong couldn't tell whether his father's words were angry, sarcastic, or simply expressing doubts.
"But I'm already here."
Geng Jingzhong continued, seeming to take everything for granted.
The two of them were silent for a while. There was no crowing of cocks or barking of dogs outside the hall, and the long night showed no sign of coming to an end.
"Father, the Qing court is so aggressive, why do you have to give in everywhere?"
Geng Jingzhong sat cross-legged on the spot, like a child who had a tantrum and refused to leave.
The sound of asthma behind the curtain was like a bellows, and it took a long time before he answered.
"My son... I have no choice but to do this..."
"We have no choice? Our Geng family went from Liaodong to Guangdong and Fujian. Now we have no choice but to use it as an excuse?"
Geng Jingzhong said coldly, "If this is the case, when my grandfather died, he was either a miner in Liaodong, a soldier of Mao Shuai, or a bandit in Dengzhou. How could he be the king of Jingnan?"
Geng Jimao was silent for a moment, and his breathing suddenly became louder. The cold breath lingered in his chest, and finally he spoke in a low voice.
"How can a father not know this!!!"
The roar came from his chest, and the echoes became louder and louder. The spirit of fighting and fighting was beyond words, and Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but look sideways.
"Your grandfather died on the run and was left alone in the army to lead the generals. He asked Prince Errui to attack him, but he refused. For this reason, I, the father, went south to attack many counties in Guangdong, killing many people along the way. , even Shang Kexi was horrified."
"Only in this way can Gu be succeeded as king in the eighth year of Shunzhi, so as not to fall into the fate of Kong Youde and the vassal annihilation! There is so much suffering and hardship here. Father, I know better than you! What I have done for Geng Fan There’s more to it than you think!”
Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but take two steps back, and looked behind the curtain with a more fearful look.
"Father... what he said is very true..."
But Geng Jingzhong thought of Jiang Wen's words again, and his courage grew a little more.
"But what they want is the child's life! Are you even ignoring my life?"
The royal palace is vast and helpless, with waves of sound rolling around the beams. The remaining sounds of the two people's conversations instantly clashed together, turning into a buzzing echo until they fell into silence together.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Your Majesty has already made plans."
Geng Jingzhong turned around suddenly and found that at some point, an extra person suddenly appeared in the hall. His figure was blocked by the thick shadow behind the pillars, so that he was blurry and erratic, as if he was an illusion from another world.
"Who are you?!"
Geng Jingzhong shouted angrily, turning his head and staring fearfully.
The shadow's voice was erratic, and it was hard to tell whether it was male or female. By chance, if you put your face in the light, you could see that it was wearing a terrifying and bizarre ghost mask with upside-down facial features.
"I haven't met the prince yet. I am a small member of Prince Geng's staff. I hope you will take care of any negligence in etiquette. I have the courage to show up this time because I can't see the father and son turning against each other and losing their integrity, so I want to defend the prince. "
The figure shakily shrank back into the shadows, and only the trance-like sounds continued to come out.
"I also understand what the imperial envoy sent by the Qing court did. To give in at the right time is to retreat in order to avoid hindering the palace's grand plan. Although the imperial envoy's trip is domineering, it is just a pawn of the prince, and he may even Help us find the Emperor who has disappeared for many years..."
Geng Jingzhong frowned and stared coldly at the shadow behind the pillar.
"Every big plan is nonsense. The Emperor is just a strange thing in the Five Dynasties of Fujian. Where did you come from? You actually tricked your father into looking for such a illusory thing?!"
The ghost-faced man laughed a few times in an indistinguishable manner, and said with a hint of flattery: "Your Majesty, there is no need to test the humble position anymore. I know everything that Huang Ji knows, and I also know everything that he is vague about... "
The ghost-faced man spoke to Geng Jingzhong with his pearls of wisdom in his hands, but the voice suddenly disappeared and came from the back of another pillar.
"The emperor was the king of the Liang Dynasty, and he left a great opportunity to his descendants. Without a doubt, he could bring his whole family to the world and transform into an immortal. Unfortunately, after Min Huizong got the Mani Orb, he told his descendants The emperor's expectations are even higher, and he is unwilling to let the whole family live in detachment, so much so that he even wants to wish the whole country to ascend!"
The other party's voice was rising and falling, constantly ringing in Geng Jingzhong's ears.
"Min Huizong believed the lies of Taoist priests Chen Shouyuan and Xu Yan. Chen Shouyuan claimed that he could talk to the emperor and heard the instructions given by Wang Ba Immortal. He deliberately described the method of ascension as a magic method to lift the heavenly palace and recreate the Dragon Court. . And Xu Yan had witchcraft skills and knew the location of the Yinquan Eye in Fuzhou City, so he led Min Huizong to see ghosts in the palace..."
"Nonsense! How dare you come out to meet me!"
Geng Jingzhong cursed angrily, holding the waist knife in his sleeve tightly, and stood up to chase the ghost-faced man in the shadow. However, he found that the other party had run behind the pillar further away at some point, and he was pressing the backs of his hands together. , bowing and performing strange and upside-down etiquette.
"Your Majesty, please be patient and listen to me in detail."
The ghost-faced man spoke in an indistinguishable male and female voice.
"Min Huizong was ignorant and incompetent, and naturally he was not as perceptive as the prince. However, this ignorant and ignorant king had a special destiny. In the third year of Changxing, he practiced Taoism for two months in front of the emperor, and he accidentally led the Yellow Dragon out of the water. The appearance of the emperor caught all the Taoist priests in the palace by surprise."
"On that day, Immortal Wang Ba met with Huizong of Fujian. Huizong asked, "I will return home safely in sixty years." Immortal Wang Ba personally promised: "I will become Da Luo Immortal in sixty years." 'And for the sixty years that he didn't wait for, he still found a way to let the prince see him..."
The more Geng Jingzhong listened, the more confused he became. He felt that he had met a lunatic who was deceiving others. He could not find his whereabouts, so he could only say loudly: "This is complete nonsense. My father must not listen to him." nonsense!"
Geng Jingzhong wanted to step forward and pull back the curtain to meet Geng Jimao, who was either awake or confused. So he quickly walked a few steps closer to the chair and lifted off the veil, only to find Geng Zhongming's fat and tiny eyes. Staring at the white stone floor tiles on the ground.
Geng Zhongming did not raise his eyes to look at his eldest son once. He just stared at the ground all the time, as if there were some fleeting secrets written in these smooth jade-like white stones.
The purple lips on the fat flesh squirmed slightly, and said in a murmur: "He didn't lie to me... I saw it all... The palace of heaven is about to open..."
Geng Jingzhong suddenly realized that his father in front of him did not seem to have fallen asleep.
Every time we met in Fuzhou City, he became more and more obsessed with the "words" in the white stone. Then he struggled with the increasing accumulation of fat, hiding in a corner of this hall every night, struggling with the sound of breathing. Ground and silently waiting for the tick mark to run out before I can live another day.
"Father, wake up! These are all nonsense!"
A feeling of sadness surged into his heart, and Geng Jingzhong put aside all the resentment he felt when he entered the house. At this moment, he was extremely sure that his father had just been bewitched by demons, and that was why he did all kinds of unreasonable behavior.
The voice from behind the pillars sounded quietly: "Your Majesty, please don't get me wrong. Your Majesty has not lost your mind. Your Majesty knows better than us, including the fact that you secretly concealed the clues about the Emperor - but at this moment, the Yinquan Temple left by the Min Kingdom It's about to appear in this world, look at the dark sky and dark outside the house, does it look like the Huangquahaoli in the legend?"
Geng Jingzhong was suddenly enveloped in a wave of great terror. He was at a loss and didn't know what to do. He opened his eyes and opened his mouth, looking at the ghost-faced figure that turned out from behind the pillar.
"Your Majesty, Huang Ji only knows one thing but not the other, so his words are naturally full of connotations. Although this matter was deliberately hidden in the "History of the Five Dynasties", Uncle Ouyang Yong also left behind the story of seeing ghosts in the Min Huizong Palace. Clearly documented.”
"In the fourth year of Changxing when he ascended the throne, the total number of registered households in Fuzhou City was 47,000. But on the day Huang Long saw his house, the city's population suddenly surged, with a total of more than 94,000 households. Taoist Xu Yancha After a close inspection, it was reported that ghosts from the underworld had sneaked into the city..."
"Every sixty-year period, the ancient country of Haoli will be separated from Fuzhou City by a thin line, and the immortality will also begin at this time. Becoming an immortal or a ghost is just a thin line from the humble perspective."
A burst of laughter suddenly sounded, and the ghost-faced man's voice seemed to appear from behind dozens of pillars at the same time. There was obvious interference and overlap in the sound, "Now what the prince saw on the white stone, of course you can't see it, my lord, because it is death." It’s a memorial that only people can see, hahaha!”
A gloomy and strange elegy suddenly resounded through the hall, and people couldn't stop hearing it. It was like the bizarre scene that Arhat saw when he was walking through the underworld.
[The rabbit is not late, the crow is even more urgent, but I am afraid that King Mu’s eight horses will not be able to reach him with his whip. Therefore, in the wormwood, the vines emerge from the graves. 】
【The air is rising in the sky, the dragons are soaring and the phoenixes are gathering. All are eaten by wind and earth, and picked up by foxes and ants. 】
[If gold does not cry, jade will not weep; poplars are rustling, and the wind is turbulent and the moon is sad. 】
[The stone man who broke the monument was so reckless and dirty that he disappeared. The cattle and sheep are rustling, and shepherd boys are seen picking up withered bones. 】
Elegy flew out of the palace, and the cronies guarding the door felt a rush of sand and stones. They were all surprised to find that the team of cronies, which originally had only a hundred people, suddenly included many strangers, and they were even more similar to each other. See what is wrong. For a moment, everyone couldn't even distinguish between friend and foe who had been with us for many years!
What's even more terrifying is that the already dark sky in front of us is covered with a layer of black veil, so dark and gloomy that it almost collapses under the pressure, completely submerging this world.
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Lin Zhennan felt like the sky was falling because Lin Pingzhi, who he had quietly sent out of the city, fell into the hands of Tian Guinong, and from the looks of it, he was captured after a fight.
"Brother Lin Xian, it seems that there is a mole in your house. He dared to take your family hostage and tried to leave the city. Fortunately, I caught you and snatched them back. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."
Tian Guinong said sadly, but Tao Baichuan's hand on Lin Pingzhi's throat did not loosen at all.
Lin Pingzhi's face turned blue due to lack of breath, and he tried his best to say to his father: "Dad, don't believe these traitorous lies! I was the only one who was caught because I was protecting my sister and Mr. Shi. Master Hua and his children also escaped separately. !”
Lin Zhennan's face was livid, his hands tightly grasped the armrests of the Taishi's chair, and he stared into Tian Guinong's triumphant eyes.
"Ms. Tian! How can you let the dog go!"
Tian Guinong pretended to be innocent and said: "Why did the chief escort say this? Since your apprentice has arrested my daughter, what's wrong with me leaving your young master to linger on the ground for a few days?"
Lin Zhennan slowly stood up and bowed to give a salute that almost touched the ground.
"Xianggong Tian, I only have a few relatives left in this world, so I hope you can show me your kindness..."
Tian Guinong smiled brightly, leaned close as if to help Lin Zhennan up, and whispered into his ear.
"Brother Lin Xian, we gentlemen do not speak secretly. As long as you hand over the Mani Orb, all this will be wiped out, and I will withdraw from Fuzhou City immediately and never set foot in Fuzhou City again for the rest of my life!"
Lin Zhennan did not raise his head, and lowered his voice and said helplessly: "I have never heard of Mani orbs. Mr. Tian, you must have found the wrong person."
Tian Guinong said conclusively: "The imperial envoy has learned clearly from the Huang family in Yixu that Huang Ji, the unscrupulous son of the Huang family, is serving as the accountant in your house. The clues about Mani's orb were also obtained from him. turn up……"
Tian Guinong deliberately gave way so that Lin Zhennan could see Lin Pingzhi's direction.
"The martial arts of the disciples of your escort agency are so powerful and strange. The Fuwei Escort Agency suddenly thrives like a god. There is no doubt that the Mani Orb is in your hand. There are various signs. Do you need me to repeat it?"
The eyes of Lin's father and son met. As the words fell, Lin Pingzhi, who was firmly held by Tao Baichuan, suddenly shouted: "Dad, don't listen to this thief's nonsense! Even if I die, I won't fall into Fuwei." The reputation of the escort agency and the Lin family!"
Tian Guinong smiled when he heard this, raised his hand lightly, and slapped Lin Pingzhi hard on the face. He slapped Lin Pingzhi until stars appeared in his eyes. He instantly left five red marks on his face and also on the ground. There was a pool of bright red blood on the tongue.
"Your Majesty's words are vulgar, and you have the courage to discipline me for your brother. Brother Lin Xian should better discipline him."
Tian Guinong turned around lightly, as if he had just brushed away a speck of dust, and saw a figure rushing towards him from the corner of his eye.
He stepped aside, his clothes fluttering away from Lin Zhennan's deliberate palm. He put his hands on his chest and pushed outward, pushing the violent Lin Zhennan to one side. In an instant, his steps were disrupted and he rushed towards Tao Baichuan to save him. The direction of the person is also skewed a lot.
"Humph, you're asking for trouble!"
Tian Guinong pushed the scabbard, and the gleaming Tianlong sword instantly let out the sound of a dragon's roar, drawing a mysterious and mysterious trajectory, swiping against Lin Zhennan's sleeve, and cutting off a piece of clothing without any smoke.
"I've already guessed that you secretly sent the escort out of the city. Now this Fuwei Escort Agency is just an empty city. Only your three-legged cat skills are left. Do you still want to go against dozens of us?"
The Heavenly Dragon Sword screams and comes, unstoppable.
"If you don't want to be beaten into obscurity in front of your son, you'd better tell me the whereabouts of the Mani Orb!"
Lin Zhennan gritted his teeth and steadied his body, knowing that his best opportunity to deceive the opponent into approaching and counterattack had been missed, and there was no way to replace Lin Pingzhi - but he still did not stop, because once he gave up completely, he and his son would be in danger. There is absolutely no way to survive.
The Tianlong Sword transformed into countless sword shadows, like a cat playing with a mouse, flashing around Lin Zhennan's vital points, leaving numerous non-fatal scars, but missed a single vital point.
His fist fell in the air, and his steps became messy. Lin Zhennan could only parry in a panic, and his face was hit by the sword ridge, and his face was covered with blood.
Tian Guinong was originally a good player in the martial arts world outside the Pass. He was famous for his family training from generation to generation, and his martial arts in Tianlongmen had long been perfected.
Lin Zhennan's ancestors were just a poor family of martial arts masters. They had made a living by following the rules for generations, and their martial arts skills had long been wasted due to life.
The fight between the two may not be as impressive as the scene of a goshawk fighting a rabbit. It has already shown a one-sided trend. Lin Zhennan has more and more wounds on his body, and his already exhausted spirit is getting weaker and weaker.
His rickety figure was about to fall, but every time his gaze crossed a certain direction, his long-depleted strength suddenly regenerated, and he desperately wanted to get close to the three-inch distance around Tian Guinong, even if Even though he failed every time, he gritted his teeth and persisted.
Because he saw Lin Pingzhi.
He still remembered that in the winter when his eldest son was born, the family could no longer open the fire. His father, who had been suffering from injuries and illnesses for many years, could not survive the severe cold and passed away in the cold night.
Lin Zhennan was originally feeling depressed and at a loss, but when he made eye contact with the infant who was crying because his mother had no milk, he froze there and suddenly shed tears. Hot tears fell from the confused man's face and crashed onto the floor of the deserted and empty thatched hut.
He wished he could cut off a piece of meat from his body and feed it to the little guy in front of him who had just arrived in the world.
It was an inexplicable feeling, something that he would care about no matter where he went, and he suddenly understood why his old father, who had been away from home all year round and suffered from hunger, had to pawn his clothes to keep out the cold every time he came home. Jacket, in exchange for the two ounces of fat stuffed into his mouth.
After that day, he shyly borrowed a bag of grain and handed it to his wife. He picked up the rusty weapons left by his father and was willing to become a shabby little person doing nothing in the world...
His steps suddenly staggered, and Lin Zhennan, who was out of strength, finally fell to the ground. His face hit the cold ground directly, and his forehead was bruised and blood flowed into his eyes.
His nose was sore to the bone from the subsequent punch, and tears welled up uncontrollably and blurred his eyes.
Tian Guinong's slight gasping sound came, and a booted foot stepped on his head. Lin Zhennan had no strength to get up. The originally majestic head escort of Fuwei Escort Agency was still as depressed as The stray dog from twenty years ago.
"Hurry up and tell me the whereabouts of the Mani Orb, otherwise I will cut off your nose first, and then break your son's hand tendons and hamstrings, turning him into a complete cripple!"
Lin Zhennan couldn't see it, but Lin Pingzhi's suppressed whimpering reached his ears. Someone must have grabbed his hands and feet, preparing to pierce the knife through the tendons of his hands and ankles, and then pick it off easily.
When Lin Pingzhi took the initiative to attract the enemy, he probably didn't think about the consequences so much, and he didn't start to be afraid until now.
This child is naturally timid and dare not cry because he is afraid of embarrassing himself as his father.
But silly boy, your father and I have been embarrassed like this, why do you have to be so stubborn and proud? Why don’t you know how to beg for mercy?
With a temper like yours, how can you get any benefits from wandering around in the world?
Lin Zhennan thought like this, and tried to muster the strength to get up, but another foot stepped on his back, pressing him firmly back into the bloody dust.
Tian Guinong was furious and felt the struggle under his feet, unable to understand the other party's behavior.
This feeling is really unpleasant...
"Mr. Escort Lin, if you don't tell the truth, I won't be polite."
Tian Guinong's voice came, still gentle and elegant. This man could always maintain his grace even when he was pursuing despicable means, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
But Lin Zhennan had no idea about the whereabouts of the Mani Orb.
Even this name, he had only heard once from the mouth of Mr. Huang Ji, the accountant.
One day half a year ago, Huang Ji took Lin Zhennan to Netherworld Alley in a very mysterious manner and told Lin Zhennan that he had found the secret left by the Five Dynasties of Fujian. There was a way to communicate with the Netherworld. Through the sand table, he could understand the past and present lives, and the dead people in the underworld. dialogue.
Lin Zhennan doubtfully entered the Xiangdian Hall where corpses stood like a forest. He put his hands on the sand table, but was cursed by a lonely ghost who didn't know where he came from. They were all at a loss.
But from that day on, Lin Zhennan often had a strange dream, which has not disappeared until recently...
Suddenly there was a noise in his ears, and the person who made the noise was not the familiar Lin Xiu, but Tian Guinong's men.
Lin Zhennan's ear skills were intact, and he could hear that the noise they made suddenly became more than twice as noisy. It seemed that many people were crowded together, unfamiliar passers-by, and soon there was the sound of swords and swords fighting. There were constant sounds of blood splattering and curses.
Tian Guinong noticed something was wrong outside the door, but he was even more eager to extract Lin Zhennan's confession. The cold sword edge pressed against his neck, piercing into the skin bit by bit.
Lin Zhennan had long been numb, and his consciousness was expelled from his body along with the pain. Suddenly, he remembered what he saw in the Hall of Enjoyment.
There were some writings on the sand table that constantly cursed him for his incompetence, cowardice, and compromise, cursing him for ending up with his wife and children separated, and his family destroyed. There were specks of sand marks in the cursing and winding handwriting, as if someone was there. I cry while writing.
In the upside -down and chaotic dreams, he returned to the bloody youth, but what he dreamed was not the poor Jianghu standard division.
He dreamed that he was dressed in satin, and he was in a luxurious life banquet. The table seemed to be doing the 70th birthday. The heroes of the big feasts were present. The grandfather ordered the grandson to try martial arts.
Lin Zhennan was only 16 years old at the time. He heard the words of the garage, and then picked the sword to destroy the candle. One designated point, the heroes looked at it all ...
The disillusionment of life and death seemed to be in front of him, like a pain of cutting, and he also watched Lin Zhennan from young to middle age, until he suddenly was attacked by the villain at home.
At the beginning, the young hero who was at a loss has long been a businessman who has long been Wei Nuo, and martial arts have been abandoned for many years. The dart bureau was slaughtered, and the family of Lin also died in the hands. However, Lin Zhennan was only weak and weak, as if the young hero at the birthday banquet was just a dream bubble.
Lin Zhennan's sight is still blurred. It may be because Tian Guizheng is choking his throat, but his mind is getting more and more chaotic. He has begun to distinguish the reality and dreams. The unknown of the bidding bid.
"Who is Lin Zhennan ..."
"Who is Lin Zhennan ..."
"who I am……"
"Who is who ..."
The sound in his ears was even more noisy. He only felt that the world was getting farther and farther. Even the hazy images in front of him were stained with gray black, and the dead air was farther and farther away, and he closed his eyes heavily ...
"Daddy ... save me ..."
There was a scream that came from the water across the water, but in his mind, like a lightning bombing, Lin Zhennan's blurred world suddenly shook.
He didn't open his eyes, but countless visible light from the naked eye was projected from the surroundings, and he fell to the ground, illuminating the world in front of him.
At this moment, he suddenly looked at the appearance of the distance.
It was not Lin Xiu, but a single single covered with a cold and stiff body. It was a person who once called his father and would never speak anymore.
The emotions of the whole body quickly pulled away from him at that moment, and with the fried heartbeat, he fell back to this body, and the emotions of the limbs were full of emotions, almost burst, and the wolf struggled The action seems to be occupied by something.
Tian Guinong's hand was embarrassed by his throat and was suddenly caught. A finger instantly clicked on the acupoints on the back of his hand, allowing Tian Guinong to paralyze his right hand and defeat his right hand instantly.
He wanted to pull his hands in horror, but found that Lin Zhennan, who had broken his head, got up faster than him, and the counterattack was faster than him.
Seeing that the other party was closed, his skills were as fast as ghosts. Tian Guinong immediately left the paralyzed left hand behind him. .
Lin Zhennan's double fingers were erected and in one place. The fingertips had a stingy energy, which was uncertain, and tightly forced Tian Guinong's key.
However, Lin Zhennan's double fingers turned out to be a finger, and his fingers hit the spine on the spine, as if the double sword shouted and made a sound of a stun. In this way, the finger was used as the sword, and he even suppressed Tian Guinong who went all out again.
Tian Gui Nong's white robe was suddenly separated from a large mouth, and blood exuded on his skin, which made him unable to be surprised. The cold -light Sky Dragon Sword in his hand was also caught by it, and the traces of the mysteries were drawn in the air. The antelope was wiped out of the neck of several darts who lived in Lin Pingzhi's.
At this time, the blood mist was fluttering. Several Tianlongmen darts were about to put a knife into Lin Pingzhi's wrist, and it was unbelievable covering the neck. After breathing hard, it fell to the ground without a pneumatic machine.
Tian Guinong's eyes showed a color of fear. Such a sword method was misty. One sword also used the sword to differentiate seven roads.
The pillars around them have their own palm prints, but after the blade is scratched in front, the sword qi can still leave a script on the floor tile!
Highness and low at a glance!
"Good finger sword double! Good finger sword double!"
Tian Guinong stepped back in horror, staring at Lin Zhennan, who stared at his fascinated eyes, crossed himself up Lin Pingzhi, and said angrily, "With such martial arts, you are not Lin Zhennan at all!" Who are you! "
Lin Zhennan held Lin Pingzhi, who was paralyzed with his hands and feet, and patted his shoulders like encouragement, and his tone was full of exhaustion.
"Am I Lin Zhennan, is it important to you?"
He seemed to bear huge pain, but gritted his teeth and persisted, "I am a little man on the rivers and lakes, and I am the head of the Fugui Dart Bureau. You say that I am the master of the South League. I can do it too. "
"But no matter when I, I will always be the father of Ping Zhiyue ..."
…………
"Faithful, I am your father ..."
A sound came from the fat meat mountain, which was closer to the warm voice of the father in Geng Jing's mind than before any time before.
Geng Jimao opened his eyes difficultly and looked at the eldest son close at hand.
"Everything for me is for you. I kill and fight for the fame. For the Qing court, I bite people like a dog and fight for the site like a dog.
Geng Jingzhong took a step forward and looked at the people in front of him hesitantly.
"You are the father ... father ...?"
Geng Jimao raised his hand difficultly, but his short arm was not enough to be close at hand.
"What Mr. Ling said is true. The yin spring sky palace left by Fujian was buried under the vast invisible depth of the Minjiang River. Only by relying on the emperor can open the heavenly gate."
Geng Jimao's statement is the same as the ghost people, but Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but start to be convinced -even if this statement is still strange.
"Daddy, why do you find the yin spring Tiangong, and why do you make yourself like this!"
Geng Jimao gasped hard, his eyes looked blankly at the sky, and his fat head shaking slightly, showing the ridiculous and ridiculous tail of the skull.
Geng Jimao's body trembled hard, his obese body set off a fatty wave, his short arm was difficult to pull away the folds of his mouth, exposing a gangrene -like flesh.
It is dark green there for a long time, and it constantly penetrates the smelly and sticky liquid, but what makes people even more noticeable is a heart that has been necrotic and no longer beating after the flesh ulceration.
"Because dad, it's dead ..."
Geng Jimao whispered, "Last year's rebellion, I took someone to enter the city first, but fell into a trap and was attacked by a rain. …”
Last year, Geng Jimao was a rare young man with a rare young man who chopped the flag and was extremely brave. The participants found that Geng Jimao persuaded him to seek medical treatment immediately. .
On the day of the city, the blood flowed into a river. Geng Jimao had tolerate the uncomfortable killing of the people. He had not sealed the knife for three consecutive days. Even Shang Couxi was scared by this murderer, and sent someone to send a gift for previous crimes.
Geng Jimao, who stopped, found that his chest was extremely painful, and his heart had been ulcerated in his heart, and his heartbeat was weak.
But at this time, the news was reported that it would definitely be unwilling to annex the Geng family without hesitation, so Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and put on the armor of armor. He only took this opportunity to revise the book from the court and want to return to Geng Jingzhong. Wait for death after transferring power.
But strange things happened.
Geng Jimao waited hard day and night, gritted his teeth, endured, and his wounds and limbs were even more obvious, but he still did not die, as if a lonely soul ghost lived in a broken body, and lived hard.
He suddenly understood at a late night that was tortured to the night when he was tortured into the night when he could not fall asleep.
He does not allow himself to die.
Geng Fan cannot let himself die.
General Geng did not think he would die.
So he never died.
Under the influence of a certain kind of power, this heart stopped, and the King of Jingnan, who had been killed Huang Quan for a long time, is no different from walking and sitting like this.
However, the footsteps of death are still inevitable. Geng Jimao began to hear the call that does not belong to this world. From Baishi, he saw the words that the living people were invisible. the taste of.
He began to eat desperately. It seems that only this kind of unsatisfactory swallowing and obesity can maintain the front -line life that he should die, and can prove that he is still a living.
Until the ghost people in front of them appeared.
"My child, Mr. Ling comes from the ghost country of the arsenal. As long as the world of Fuzhou City is over, your father does not have to die. You can also be a prince of Jingnan calm and steadily. Live! "
Geng Jimao continued to make a sound, but his tone gradually dull, vaguely wanted to tell Geng Jingzhong something, and reached out to pull him.
Suddenly, a waist knife inlaid with green agate suddenly stuck on Geng Jimao's arm, and the pale meat hand opened a bang, but no drop of blood fell.
I saw Geng Jingzhong's eyes trembling with fear.
He couldn't believe that in front of him was a person who had already died, and he couldn't accept any statement to go to the ghost country.
Yan Shigu once noted that in the dead people, the words of Artemisia, the word is height of Artemisia annua, or see the palace of Tarzan gods.
There are no souls there, there is a ghost uncle to urge, there is never a place where living people should go!
[Daddy really wants to ... kill me? 】
Geng Jingzhong ran out like an electric shock, and he ran away and lost a boot. He ran on the main hall of Baishipu in his barefoot. Occasionally, he stepped over a shadow in a candlelight, and he was suddenly pulled up. , Fell fiercely on the floor.
"Dad, the child doesn't want to die yet!"
Geng Jingzhong's eyes were full of fear, he supported his hands difficultly, and retreated backwards. "Geng Fan still needs a child. I just ran out of the Forbidden City. I really don't want to die!"
Geng Jimao suddenly stunned.
His obese his short hands twitched, waving with a furiously swing, beating, and being venting the heights of anger.
Between life and death, he saw a high wall that could not be crossed by the eternal life -it was the sorrow of the deceased, and it was also the shame of the fragile feelings of the living.
"Don't you want to die? Dad wants to die! Everything I do is for you, you can bear to look at Dad to die?"
Geng Jimao's voice is surrounded by endlessness, like a ghost and ghost, "Everything is for you, your life is also mine! I let you give birth to life, I let you die, you have to die!"
The ghost face in the shadow suddenly appeared, twisted and stretched out his hands, and said to Geng Jingzhong, "Shizi doesn't have to resist this, and takes you down for a while, you know what's going on. Among the ghost kingdoms in artemisia, maybe you can still meet your old acquaintances ... "
The dull ghost claws suddenly revealed, grabbing the top of Geng Jingzhong, and Geng Fanzi had already treated his hand.
At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed from the void.
The top of the hall suddenly fell into countless tiles, mixed with a eye -catching sword light, and the white jade -like sword body was not stained. .
"Taoist ... save me ..."
Geng Jingzhong returned to God and blurted out.
Jiang Wen stood in the field holding Gao Zu Snake Sword, breathing the air full of weird breath, and turned back to Geng Jingzhong a confident look.
"Rest assured, there is me here. I can't expect that I deliberately avoided the strange things of the two mountains and two towers. As a result, you surprised me such a surprise! The scope covered, right, good guy, I just need to recruit in Fuzhou City, right? !”
Jiang Wen's sword pushed back the ghost noodle man who appeared in the shadow, watching him mysteriously disappearing in the shadow behind the pillar, and felt that all this was finally going to end.
He glanced at the meat mountain in the chair, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Shizi, oh no, Lord Jingnan."
Jiang Wen helped Geng Jingzhong and took the dust on his body, and said loudly, "You should also go out to declare that the Laoye was dead because of his rebellion and his body. Alright?"
With the disappearance of ghosts, Geng Jimao on the chair turned into an incompetent and insidious fat. His body kept roaring and trembling, but couldn't make a clear voice.
Of course, there is also a touch of credit to cut off his vocal cords.
Geng Jingzhong looked back, his expression was like the new wolf king who had just defeated the old wolf on the grassland.
He will shake his fur in a row, and will embark on a towering cliff, and he will make a stern and loud wolf howling in the sky. Rise from the ashes!
"Taoist, Chang Qingzi told me the story about Qingcheng's predecessors came to Fuzhou.
Jiang Wen nodded, dispersed the fantasy in front of him, and listened to Geng Jingzhong to say the details he knew -Qingcheng sent to Fuzhou City.
The third pawn in the Fuzhou chess game was also removed from the game, and the Geng family who needed to wash the disk would never become their own obstacles.
Today, only the Qing court and Ling Zhifu can be called the threat. He can already coordinate the clues obtained tonight and go to the whereabouts of Manica.
Because in his heart at this moment, the goal has been guessed.
