Yes, who doesn’t know Master Xue Ping?
Since the founding of the Holy Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have been behemoths accompanying the imperial power, controlling the entire government and society from top to bottom.
But for a long time, the leader of Dongchang was the eunuch in charge of Dongchang, a domestic slave of His Majesty the Emperor.
Of course, trust in domestic slaves far exceeds trust in outsiders.
This is also the root of the long-term eunuchs' power.
For the emperor, the eunuchs who grew up with him day and night and were infertile and had no offspring were natural tools. All their power came from the emperor himself. So of course without the emperor, they would be nothing.
It has been said from ancient times to the present that eunuchs exercise power, but in fact, all the power of eunuchs comes from the emperor. If the emperor does not want eunuchs to exercise power, then eunuchs will not be able to exercise any power.
Even if he is as tyrannical as a nine-thousand-year-old man, with all the power in the government and the public, and all the officials fawning, and at the height of his power, when he really needs to be solved, the emperor only needs to write a small note and hand it over, then this nine-thousand-year-old man will still be greeted by the prime minister and wait for death.
After all, in the whole world, from ancient times to the present, anyone can be an emperor, men can, women can, but eunuchs cannot be emperors.
What does the emperor have to worry about?
This is why since the founding of the Holy Dynasty, Dongchang has always been ranked above Jinyiwei.
For no reason, it was just because the emperor trusted the eunuch of Dongchang more than the commander of Jinyiwei.
But there is one exception.
The exception is Xue Ping.
He is the strongest commander of the Jinyi Guards in the history of the Holy Dynasty. Since Emperor Tianlu ascended the throne, he has been the commander of the Jinyiwei. Now in the thirty-second year of Emperor Tianlu, he has been the commander of the Jinyiwei for thirty years. The factory's eunuchs have changed several times, but his position has remained unchanged, even though his official position has been rising, from the right governor of Yanjing to the chief governor, and then to the title of crown prince and grand master. He was a highly respected minister, even the chief minister of the cabinet or the eunuch holding a pen in the palace. When they saw him, they had to bow respectfully.
However, such an important official in the court who was destined to go down in history suddenly died suddenly and unexplainedly. Although Emperor Tianlu showed great grief and gave him the most solemn posthumous title of Wu Mu, for some reason , from then on, people gradually stopped mentioning the commander of the Jin Yiwei, so that the names of the commanders he succeeded gradually no longer attracted attention.
It seems that this name has gradually become taboo in the court.
At this time, Xue Ling heard the name from Xue Chong's mouth.
Listening to Sheng Junqian's words, Xue Chong couldn't help but smile bitterly while lying on the bed: "I didn't expect that anyone would still remember Mr. Xue."
Xue Ling looked at Xue Chong who was suppressed on the bed by Baiduandao, and she bit her lip calmly.
I don't know him.
I don't know him at all.
This makes no sense.
At the age of twelve, Xue Ling became a member of the Jinyiwei Hundred Household, and could freely enter and leave Fusi, North Town. Because she was Xue Ping's only daughter, she had always been loved like a treasure. There was no one among her father's subordinates, confidants, friends, or old acquaintances whom she did not know. of.
Of course, since Xue Ping's death, those uncles and uncles who used to come to visit the house like a bustling family have never been in contact with each other again after the initial grand funeral.
It seems that he has forgotten the existence of Xue Ping and this daughter.
The originally friendly uncles and uncles among the Jin Yiwei looked at her with more and more displeasure, as if they were seeing a disaster star or disaster.
But she has never met Xue Chong.
I have never met Xue Chong.
But this is not something that can be said right now.
"This is not the reason why you want to kill Taoist Qingyun and Monk Jiu." Xue Ling said quietly.
"You eat the king's salary and worry about the king." Xue Chong smiled quietly and looked at the sky: "A scholar dies for a confidant, and a woman looks for someone who pleases herself."
"If someone treats me as a nobleman of the country, I should repay him as a nobleman of the country."
He said these three sentences in succession, but the meaning was the same.
"I was sent to Penglai Pavilion by Mr. Your Majesty’s most trusted emissary.”
"Later, when I was performing a mission here, I heard the news of Master Xue's death from afar."
"I once wanted to go back to attend the funeral, but because of the special mission, I couldn't leave even half a step."
"And the changes that happened after that made me begin to have doubts about Master Xue Ping's death."
"So finally one day, I found a jar of drunken beauty and invited the wine monk to drink. I waited until he was half drunk and then asked, do you know anything about Mr. Xue Ping?"
Xue Ling suddenly clenched her fists: "What did he say!"
The girl couldn't control her emotions at that moment.
Xue Chong smiled bitterly: "He said you'd better not ask about this matter."
"Whoever knows is going to die."
"I said at that time, what if I want to know?"
"He told me seriously that I just wanted to die."
Xue Ling bit her lip tightly after listening to Xue Chong's words. She did not continue to press because she had probably guessed something.
"It was the saint who killed him," Xue Ling said quietly. She couldn't even feel the slightest chill in her words.
"A saint does not need to kill people." Xue Chong said quietly.
"What the wine monk told me at that time was that the gentleman knew something he shouldn't know and did something he shouldn't do, thus violating the taboos of a saint."
"As for what you shouldn't know and what you shouldn't do."
"Even Master Xue Ping who knows this will die, let alone us people."
Xue Chong looked into Xue Ling's eyes: "This is why I want to kill them."
"Did you take action?" Xue Ling asked.
"Of course I took action, but I didn't expect that they were already prepared for me in advance. Even if I took action, I was no match for them. I finally managed to escape with all my might, and even lost a move."
"It's Qianlong Wan, right?" Huo Ying, who had been silent beside her, said quietly at this time.
Xue Chong looked at the woman in white and nodded: "Yes, Qianlong Wan, does the girl know about it?"
"It's a blessing that you're not dead." Huo Ying said quietly, and then said no more.
"Is this why you continue to live in seclusion in Song County?" Xue Ling asked again.
"Yes." Xue Chong nodded again: "I was knocked down from the realm and seriously injured. With such a broken body, it is natural for me to fly far away and hide my name."
"But I was not willing to leave like this, so I stayed in Song County and privately spread the news about the immortality of Baiyun Mountain. Although the news about the immortality of the sky has been circulating for decades, it has only been in recent years. , I have more noses and eyes, and I can start to brag about the value of Tian Bu Lao to those who practice martial arts, and I will secretly select those with the best martial arts, tell them the exact location of Tian Bu Lao, and use it to drive away tigers and devour wolves. "
"They were troubled by Tianbulao. Although I knew there was someone behind the scenes, I lived in seclusion behind the scenes. No one thought that the former Jinyi Guard Qianhu, Penglai Pavilion disciple would willingly fall into the ruined temple of Song County and become his beggar leader."
"It's hidden away from the city, so I'm still safe."
Xue Ling sighed: "So we are also one of the tigers you drove away?"
"Yes and no." Xue Chong said lightly: "You are special."
"Why do you say we are special?" Xue Ling asked again.
"Young lady, you still have the jade pendant I gave you, right?" Xue Chong asked.
Xue Ling suddenly remembered and reached out to take off the jade pendant from her waist. She saw two huge cracks on the warm and simple sapphire.
"This green jade pendant was given to me by Master Xue Ping when I first entered Penglai Pavilion. At that time, he told me that this jade pendant was given to him by a worldly master, and it can make the wearer turn bad luck into good luck. No matter how peaceful it is."
"I didn't take it seriously at the time because of my youthful nature, but this jade pendant was really exquisite and lovely at the time, so I wore it with me at all times. When I was fourteen years old, I was playing in the mountains and accidentally fell off a cliff. At that time, I felt that I was going to die. Undoubtedly, I was saved by a pine tree. When I came to my senses and took out the jade pendant again, I found the first crack appeared on it."
"The second crack was when I had a showdown with Taoist Master Qingyun Jiu and Monk that year. I really had a narrow escape from death. Even if I finally took the Qianlong Pill, I might not be able to escape. But in the end, it was a coincidence. By chance, I fought my way out and escaped the pursuit, and only then did the second crack appear on this jade pendant."
"That's when I finally confirmed that this jade pendant is a magical object that can help people survive desperate situations and ward off disasters for generations to come."
"But at that time, I thought I was dead, so I stopped carrying the jade pendant with me to avoid wasting the last opportunity."
Xue Ling pursed her lips: "Then why should you give it to me?"
"Because you are special." Xue Chong said lightly.
He didn't say why Xue Ling was special.
But after saying so much, Xue Ling actually believed in her heart that he knew.
I don't know who he is.
But he knew who he was, and he knew he didn't know he knew who he was.
yes.
That little girl may not have met her father's closest and most trusted subordinate, but how could that subordinate not have met his boss's only daughter?
His words were definitely not meant to be spoken to anyone in this world.
But because I killed Taoist Qingyun and Monk Jiu on his behalf, I proved my ability and proved that the little girl who could only cry could finally stand up and take charge of her own business, and could even do things that even he couldn't do.
So these words are recognition of Xue Ling.
"I have nothing more to say." Xue Chong said with a smile.
"You can kill me now."
Xue Ling pursed her lips and said after a long while: "Let go of the knife."
Sheng Junqian looked at Xue Ling, the knife didn't move at all.
"Don't make me say it a second time." Xue Ling looked at Sheng Junqian and said coldly.
Sheng Junqian raised his sword and put it down.
Xue Chong regained his freedom.
Xue Ling placed the two bottles of blood in front of Xue Chong's bed: "I completed the agreement."
After saying this, Xue Ling turned around and walked out the door. Then Sheng Junqian put away her sword and followed Xue Ling, and then Huo Ying.
The three people left the ruined temple. Xue Chong looked at their backs and looked up at Qinghui outside the door.
Then he laughed to himself.
After he laughed, he stood up, grabbed the two bottles of blood with one hand, and then went to the depths of the ruined temple. Behind the statue of the ruined temple, there was another sacred tablet enshrined with a letter to Xue Ping's god.
He burned the incense, poured out two bottles of blood and poured it on the ground, then kowtowed to the divine tablet.
"Master Xue."
He kneeled on the ground and said quietly.
"Your daughter no longer needs anyone's protection."
The incense sticks in front of the Xue Ping God Tablet, and the fireworks rise straight upward.
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Bianliang City is bustling with people coming and going, the sound of hawking is constant, and the aroma of wine is coming to your nostrils. In the distance, on the Qionghua Tower, a bunch of orioles are posing on the second floor.
Fang Bie was walking calmly in the market where he said these words. Someone calmly bumped into Fang Bie's arms and apologized repeatedly.
Fang Bie looked at the other person and smiled: "Just be careful when walking in the future."
The other party nodded repeatedly, then hurriedly left and walked to a quiet place. Then he took out a bulging money bag from his arms with a proud face: "What a fat sheep, let me count today's harvest."
Saying this, he dug his hand inside, his expression changed instantly, and he stretched out his hand, only to see a handful of small pebbles picked up by the river.
The thief was instantly furious: "Poor guy! Don't pretend to be poor if you don't have money!"
After saying that, he turned the money bag upside down and emptied it clean. He saw that it was filled with all kinds of stones, and there was not a single piece of silver or copper plate. But the money bag looked quite exquisite, and it could hold the thief in place. He stuffed the money bag into his pocket angrily.
But as soon as he touched the pocket, the thief jumped up instantly.
"Where's my money!" he shouted.
He quickly searched his whole body from top to bottom, and found that the change on his body, as well as the harvest of the previous half day, had been stolen completely by someone at some time. He had been stealing in the world for more than ten years and had never seen it before. Such a battle.
He has always stolen from others, and he has never been stolen from himself.
He stood there racking his brains, unable to remember exactly when it was stolen.
It wasn't until the end that a flash of inspiration came.
He thought of the quiet and polite young man.
She said quietly to him: "Just be careful when you walk in the future."
At that moment, he sat down on the ground and could no longer say a word.
On the other side, Fang Bi was still walking aimlessly on the street, and walked to a stall selling candied haws. He looked at the various candied haws filled with straw and asked, "How do you sell these candied haws?"
"Two pennies for one piece, five pennies for three pieces." The old man stretched out his hand to gesture to Fang Bie.
Fang Bi smiled and took out a tattered wallet from his pocket.
"Then, if you buy it all, how will you sell it?"
