Chapter 149
Gengwangzhuang covers a vast area, walking in the dark, and the firelight from time to time illuminates several stone bridges connecting each other. There are camphor trees, banyan trees, willows, and locust trees along the road. The lush greenery is reflected on the sparkling lake, and the eyes are full of greenery.
Walking forward again, suddenly there will be a few elegant pavilions looming hidden in the shade of trees. In the daytime, the mountains should be like Qingdai, light and picturesque.
But they walked for so long, but they didn't come across a patrolling guard or watchman. It was almost five o'clock, and the dark sky was locked in lead clouds, the stars and the moon disappeared, and there was no sign of a bright future. sign.
Among the three vassals of the Qing court, Geng Fan belonged to fifteen assistant leaders.Out of five soldiers, there will be one armor, and two hundred armors will set up one assistant leader. Based on this, it is speculated that the full number of fifteen assistant leaders can reach [-] armor soldiers. Now even if [-]% of them are lost in Guangzhou, their strength should not be underestimated.
What's more, there is only one place in Fuzhou, and there are as many as [-] Dingkou under the fan, and the full production and manufacturing are only owned by Geng Fan.The military subordinates and civilians under the establishment of this kind of assistant leader are the "vassal" forces directly controlled by the vassal king, which constitute the core force of the army under the vassal king's command. They have a strict feudal affiliation relationship with the vassal king.
In Gengwang Manor in the south of the city, which is as wide as [-] mu, even though palaces and towers can be seen everywhere, there is no team of assistants stationed there. Geng Jimao, who has led troops to fight for many years, now lives like a loner, alone in the dark night for some reason. middle.
At this time, the night was cold, and Geng Jingzhong was still walking forward with his men and horses. When he walked outside a garden wall, a strange wind blew up in Geng Wangzhuang for no reason, whistling and flying past his ears, piercing his ears. It made everyone's exposed skin hurt, and their finger joints suddenly became numb and tingling, and they became uncontrollable, just like a dead branch in an ice cellar.
Zeng Yangxing tightened his armour-sleeves in annoyance, feeling that the piercing cold wind in central Fujian was more unbearable than the bitter cold in Liaodong.He looked at Bai Xianzhong, who was also the commander-in-chief, but found that this colleague was looking straight into the darkness, his eyes were already full of panic.
And at the same time, the cronies of hundreds of people, in no particular order, heard the sound of rubbing the ground and whispering strange words slowly coming from 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 limited sight in the dark.This courtyard is surprisingly spacious, but there is no ridge top of a building. As everyone hears the sound of a wall, the sensitive imagination flies farther and farther with the more severe cold wind, hesitating and thinking of " It's what it looks like at this time——
The wriggling thing must be on the verge of falling to make such an uncoordinated staggering sound. "It" is mercilessly crushing the surrounding seedlings with its shaky steps, making such a horrible rattling and stirring sound , and must have swallowed weeds and even stones into his stomach at a leisurely pace, leaving only a trace of grinding deep into the soil behind him...
"Don't stop for a while, the whole army is going out!"
At this moment, everyone's minds are born with a curiosity that will not hesitate to die, so this order issued by relying on reason is particularly valuable.
Jiang Wen looked at the eldest son in front of him in surprise, and he didn't know whether it was the setbacks of the past few days that had tempered his will, or whether he had long been accustomed to all kinds of weirdness in Prince Geng's mansion. After recovering the crumbling morale of the army, the torches converged into a long dragon again, meandering towards the depths of Prince Geng's mansion.
Perhaps because he noticed Jiang Wen's gaze, Geng Jingzhong slowed his vain steps for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Don't get close to it, Taoist priest. In the elephant garden, there are giant elephants from his poisonous country. They are greedy for food on weekdays. Where the vegetation is withered, fortune tellers once said that it is particularly unlucky."
Jiang Wen covered his nose and said, "Why is there such a ghost in the palace?"
Geng Jingzhong snorted coldly and said: "In Wang Zhuang, apart from the idols, there are also cranes that come and go without a shadow. They are all gifts from Shang Kexi that old dog gave to the father in Guangzhou city. They have extremely ulterior motives. Daoist Chang Qingzi found me this time. , for these two things..."
Jiang Wen still wanted to ask more questions, but there was a huge noise of flapping wings in the sky, but there was no one in the surrounding area, and there was no sign of any birds and beasts.
Soon, there was another foul smell. Something seemed to be flapping its giant wings in the night sky. A violent wind suddenly went east. Jian Sui is also twisted and twisted.
I couldn't see anything clearly in this bright lacquered night, but some confidantes who raised their heads still vaguely thought that they should have seen an invisible cloud and smoke darker than the sky, flying down into the distance like a steam wheel.
Geng Jingzhong's expression changed drastically, and he urged the team to move forward again and again, and finally stopped in front of a beautiful mansion paved with stones.
The stone lion in front of the gate is carved from white stone, like jade but not jade, transparent, moist and extremely white.After being meticulously carved by superb craftsmen, it is lifelike, but its eyes are filled with blood red agate stones. When it is suddenly irradiated by the fire, it can only feel that the eyes are blood red and the wind is fierce, glaring at the uninvited guest in the cold night.
The cronies stopped at the same time and watched Geng Jingzhong's actions. At this moment, he has become the backbone of these people. Jiang Wen even suspected that the armored generals did not put on their armor out of courage. Relying on the icy armor, maintaining what little courage is left.
Geng Jingzhong came to this heavy sandalwood door, recalling the scene in the deepest part of the empty prince's mansion.
Only when he pushed open a crack, the cold wind rolled from behind him, rushed into the empty mansion, and the star-studded candles flickered, just like the uncertain hearts of the people in the field.
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, and Lin Zhennan, who was sitting with his head drooping, was suddenly awakened. For a moment, he felt that the empty lobby of the escort agency was full of dust and fog, and he couldn't see clearly.
Taking a closer look, it was Tian Guinong who broke into the Fuwei Escort by himself.Tian Guinong exerted a little strength with his hands, and pushed open the concealed door of the escort agency covered with copper nails.
With just a crack in the door, the crowded and noisy fire and candles poured in from outside the mansion, as well as the vacillating voices of the flames. The two merged into one place and surrounded the empty city together.
At this time, Tian Guinong was still dressed as a gentleman in white clothes, without fireworks, but with a gleaming sword on his waist, he stepped forward angrily while speaking.
"Boss Lin!"
Lin Zhennan was sitting on the grand master's chair in the middle of the lobby of the Escort Bureau, with the gold-plated plaque of "Fortune in the Front" on his head, which was a bit ridiculous at this moment.
He had neither a sword nor a bodyguard in his hand, so he could only guard the house alone like a widow. He hadn't closed his eyes for three days and was extremely exhausted, so that he looked at Tian Guinong's figure in a daze.
"Tian Xianggong, why did you visit late at night this time? I don't know what kind of reward my little Fuwei Escort has received?"
Lin Zhennan didn't get up either, his strength had long been exhausted, and if he showed a flaw at this time, he would only be at a disadvantage, so 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 his angry left face, and there was still blood left in the corner of his mouth.
Sensing Lin Zhennan's gaze, and being irritated by his tone, Tian Guinong said suddenly: "Boss Lin, Tian claims that he has never violated the rules of the world, and it is for you that he exposed the imperial plaque of the leader of the Lvlinnan Alliance to the wind." The snow will be delivered to you perfectly..."
Lin Zhennan snorted coldly and interrupted: "Tian Xianggong is being polite. I think it is your regret that you have not been able to return the imperial plaque?"
Tian Guinong slapped the corridor pillar, leaving a clear handprint on the wooden body, and a cloud of dust fell from the beam.
His anger seemed to be more intense: "Then Chief Security Officer Lin, please explain why you sent someone to take my daughter away late at night!"
Lin Zhennan frowned deeply when he heard the words, he sensed a trace of bad breath.
"This matter is absolutely impossible. All the bodyguards in my house were ordered not to go out, and they have been guarding against it for the past few days, not to mention that the bodyguards have low martial arts skills, how can they kidnap people from Tian Xianggong's men?"
Tian Guinong suddenly smiled viciously: "President Lin, if you dared to be brave today, I would consider you a hero; but now you deny it categorically and deny it in every possible way, just treat us as blind?"
His voice changed accordingly, "At that time, the imperial envoy was meeting with me privately in the inn, and saw with his own eyes two disciples in your escort agency kidnap 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 fight me, go to court immediately!"
"Tian Xianggong, I'm afraid you have fallen into the trap of the villain. Everyone in the city knows that the imperial envoy is greedy for wine and lust. 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 searched and arrested overnight."
Lin Zhennan's face sank like water, and he let out a breath of foul air slowly, "Your daughter and younger daughter disappeared at the same time, I think the imperial envoy is very suspicious, I'm afraid it's not because of his lust to snatch people, but my disciples from the escort agency came to rescue him."
Tian Guinong smiled slightly, and said with disdain: "The imperial envoy is the messenger of the heavenly family, and the people in the world are nothing more than reckless. Your daughter Pu Liu's appearance, the imperial envoy can't ask for it, why do you need to do such a villainous behavior?!"
Lin Zhennan nodded slowly, and stared at Tian Guinong's red and swollen left cheek, he had guessed the ins and outs of the matter.
He intentionally said loudly: "Oh? Since Mr. Tian took the initiative to donate his daughter as a qualification for promotion, Lin naturally has nothing to say. But your daughter was sent out by your own hands. Come to me, Fuwei What trouble is the Escort looking for?!"
Lin Zhennan's voice was not loud, but it happened to pass through the crack of the door to the outside of the house.The people brought by Tian Guinong were also listening with bated breath at this time, and naturally they heard this clearly, and there was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and there was an uproar.
Tao Zian, a young man in the crowd, wanted to talk to his junior sister the night before, when he happened to see Monk Yankong coming out of the house with a sack on his shoulders, so he immediately thought about what happened.
He wanted to ask his own father to understand, but he searched all around but couldn't find anyone.
In this matter, Tian Guinong has been faintly defeated. In such a matter of slandering and embarrassing each other, Tian Guinong is still limited to the small tricks of distorting black and white and turning against the customer. Produce a result that people may not necessarily believe the most, but they must be the most willing to spread it.
Fuwei Escorts robbing civilian girls is just a common thing in the world, but Tian Guinong has always prided himself on Meng Changjun, and now he is suspected of giving his [-]-year-old young daughter to the rude monk, even if the other party is an imperial envoy, he may not show his face ——It is self-evident which one is more interesting to talk about.
"It's useless to talk too much. 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 regained his composure, as if he wasn't the one who was dealing with the embarrassment just now.
"Why don't you ask the head of the bodyguard and the two disciples of the house to confront me face to face. If they dare to stand up and meet, I, Tian, are not unreasonable people, so let's put this matter aside for the time being."
Tian Guinong spoke slowly, his handsome face was full of usual kindness, but his eyes kept looking at Lin Zhennan's expression, without missing any details.
Lin Zhennan took a deep breath and wanted to stand up from the chair, but his body was too exhausted to move.
He knew the purpose of the other party's trip.
"Tian Xianggong, the world is pure and turbid, and the gods are enlightened. The family has already fallen asleep. I, the head of Fuwei and the leader of the Lulinnan League, can testify to this matter. 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 kind of arrogance that has the overall situation in his hands.
"The night is long and turbulent. It's really admirable that the whole body of your bodyguard can sleep safely. But in my opinion, not everyone in your house can fall asleep."
Tian Guinong stretched out his hand and clapped twice, and suddenly a black-faced and bearded man burst into the door. It was Tao Zian's father, Tao Baisui, whom he had just been unable to find.
Tao Baisui, who was shaped like a horse, held a thin human figure in his palm like a cattail fan, and pushed him from the door into the lobby of Fuwei Escort Bureau. The man was injured and lost one of his boots. He refused to come forward.
Lin Zhennan's eyes widened suddenly, looking at the ragged figure in front of him, his hands uncontrollably grasped the armrest of the grand master's chair, his body staggered to stand up and sit down again, and repeated this several times, which was obviously unacceptable.
His lips were tightly drawn into a line, but he trembled uncontrollably after meeting the man's gaze.
"My son, why are you here..."
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This hall is too vast to be illuminated by burning red candles and silver lamps all over the room, so behind every pillar, there is a shadow that is too thick to melt away.
The entire floor of the hall is paved with good white stones in Gaoyao County, Guangdong Province. There is a high chair on the main seat, which is big enough for four or five people to sit side by side.
But at this time, the curtain covered the back, and it was clear that there was only a huge body sitting upright, so there was no gap left.
Geng Jingzhong took a deep breath, the figure in front of him was different from his thin memory, and also different from any time he had seen before, and now he didn't even have 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 overlapping limbs. The thin skin could no longer hold the heavy fat, and when it was filled to the limit, it turned into wrinkles and bulges. The skin is also full of dark gray spots visible to the naked eye.
Geng Jimao gasped weakly, just pushing the fat to contract the chest cavity was a huge burden.The limbs have long since retreated, nestled in the fat like extra burdens of the body, the hands and feet are so slender and insignificant compared to the body, and only occasionally, ridiculously, they tremble because of nerve twitches.
A face was poking out from where the neck should have been. It was full of creases, smooth and delicate, not like a middle-aged general who had been through battles and weathered in the wind and sun.His hair is just like a tuft of weeds, stubbornly growing on the huge rock, and it has also become an insignificant embellishment.
Geng Jingzhong didn't need to lift the curtain to guess that a money rattail must be carefully tied on the cluster of "weeds".
"Father, I'm here."
A bellows-like wheeze wafted from behind the curtain, and every time he breathed hard, he would make a sound of wind out of thin air, making the surrounding lights, candles and fireworks all point in the same direction, and the shadows in the room began to erratic.
"I didn't let you out..."
Geng Jimao adjusted his breath several times before he could say such a complete sentence.Geng Jingzhong couldn't hear whether his father's words were scolding, mocking, or simply expressing doubts.
"But I'm already here."
Geng Jingzhong continued to speak, seeming to take everything for granted.
The two of them remained silent for a while, the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs could not be heard outside the hall, and the long night had no intention of coming to an end.
"Father, the Qing court is so aggressive, why do you have to back down everywhere?"
Geng Jingzhong sat cross-legged on the spot, like a child who lost his temper and refused to leave.
The asthmatic sound behind the curtain was like a bellows, and it took a long time before he answered.
"My son... this is also a last resort..."
"It's a last resort? Our Geng family fought from Liaodong to Guangdong and Fujian, and now it's just a last resort as an excuse?"
Geng Jingzhong said coldly, "If this is the case, when my grandfather died, he was either a miner from Liaodong, a pawn from Mao Shuai, or a bandit from Dengzhou, how could he be King of Jingnan?"
Geng Jimao was silent for a moment, his panting suddenly increased a bit, the cold breath swirled and lingered in his chest, and finally he let out a rumbling voice.
"As a father, how can you not know!!!"
The roar emanated from his chest, and the reverberation became louder and louder. The aura of gold and iron horse was beyond words, and Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but look sideways.
"Your grandfather died as a fugitive, and he was alone in the army to lead the generals. Please attack the prince and Prince Rui can't do it. For this reason, the army went south and even settled many counties in Guangdong. , even Shang Kexi was shocked beyond words."
"Only in this way, Gu can succeed as king in the eighth year of Shunzhi, so as not to fall into the fate of Kong Youde's death and annihilation of the feudal clan! How hard and difficult it is, father and king, I know better than you! I did it for Geng Fan Everything, more than you can imagine!"
Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but took two steps back, looking behind the curtain with a little more fear.
"Father... what you said is really..."
But Geng Jingzhong remembered what Jiang Wen said, and his courage grew a little more.
"But what they want is the life of the child! Are you even letting my life go!"
The king's palace was vast and empty, and the sound waves rolled and lingered endlessly. The remaining sound waves of the two people's words fought together in an instant, turning into humming echoes, until they fell into silence together.
"You don't need to worry, the prince has already planned."
Geng Jingzhong suddenly turned his head, and found that at some point, there was an extra person in the hall, whose figure was blocked by the thick shadow behind the pillar, so that it was blurred and erratic, as if it was an illusion from another world.
"Who are you?!"
Geng Jingzhong shouted angrily, turning his head to stare fearfully.
The voice of that shadow was erratic, indistinguishable between male and female. Only when it came to the face in the light by chance, could it be seen that it was wearing a terrifying and bizarre ghost mask with upside-down facial features.
"I haven't seen the prince yet, and I am a small staff member of Prince Geng's staff. I will take care of any negligence in etiquette. This time I boldly showed up because I can't see father and son turning against each other, and Gang Lun is dead, so I want to defend the prince one or two. "
The figure shrank back into the shadows precariously, leaving only a trance-like voice constantly coming out.
"I also understand what the imperial envoys sent by the Qing court did. Retreating at the right time is to advance 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. Help us find the Emperor Zun who has disappeared for many years..."
Geng Jingzhong frowned, and stared coldly at the shadow behind the pillar.
"What big plans are all nonsense. The Emperor Patriarch is just a strange thing about the Five Dynasties of Fujian. Where did you come from as a monster? You actually tricked the father to find such illusory things?!"
The ghost-masked man laughed a few times indistinguishably, and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, you don't need to try your humble job anymore. I know everything that Huang Ji knows, and I know everything that he didn't say clearly... "
Zhizhu, the ghost-masked man, was holding the ground and talking to Geng Jingzhong, but the voice suddenly disappeared in place, and came out from the back of another pillar.
"The emperor is the overlord of the Liang Dynasty. He left a great opportunity for his descendants. He might be able to transform into a fairy with his family. It's a pity that after Min Huizong got the Mani Orb, he didn't like it. The Emperor's expectations are even higher, and he is not willing to let his family transcend, and even wants the whole country to soar in wishful thinking!"
The other party's voice fluctuated, constantly ringing in Geng Jingzhong's ears.
"Min Huizong credulously believed the demonic words of Taoist priests Chen Shouyuan and Xu Yan. Chen Shouyuan claimed to be able to talk to his emperor, and he heard the will from Wangba Xianren, so he deliberately described the method of ascension as a magic to lift up the heavenly palace and rebuild the Dragon Court And Xu Yan possesses witchcraft and knows the location of the Yinquan in Fuzhou City, so he led Min Huizong to watch ghosts in the palace..."
"Nonsense! How dare the rats come out and meet me!"
Geng Jingzhong cursed angrily, clutching the waist knife in his sleeve, got up to chase after the ghost-faced man in the shadows, only to find that the other party ran behind the pillars farther away at some point, and was pressing the backs of his hands together , bowing and performing upside-down and weird etiquette.
"My son, don't be impatient, and listen to me in detail."
The ghost-faced man spoke in an indistinguishable voice.
"Min Huizong is stupid and incompetent. Naturally, he is not as perceptive as the son of the world. However, this Wudao foolish king has a special destiny. In the third year of Changxing, he practiced Taoism in front of his emperor for two months, and he accidentally led Huanglong out of the water. The appearance of the emperor caught the Taoist priests in the palace by surprise."
"On that day, Immortal Wangba met Min Huizong, and Huizong asked, 'I will return home in 60 years'. Immortal Wangba promised himself: "I will be an Immortal of Daluo in 60 years. 'And he didn't wait for 60 years, but the humble job has a way for the prince to see..."
The more Geng Jingzhong listened, the more confused he became. He felt that he had met a lunatic who was bewitching the crowd, and he couldn't find the location of the other party. He could only say loudly: "It's completely nonsense, my father must not listen to him. nonsense!"
Geng Jingzhong wanted to step forward and open the curtain, to meet Geng Jimao, who didn't know whether he was sober or confused, so he quickly walked a few steps to get closer to the top chair, and lifted off the veil, only to find Geng Jimao's fat and tiny eyes Staring at the white stone floor tiles on the ground.
Geng Jimao didn't raise his eyes to look at his eldest son once, but just kept staring at the ground all the time, as if there were some fleeting secrets written in these white stones that were as clean as jade.
The bluish lips on the fat squirmed slightly, and he muttered, "He didn't lie to me, I saw it... The Heavenly Palace is about to open..."
Geng Jingzhong suddenly realized that the father in front of him didn't seem to have fallen asleep.
Every time he met in Fuzhou City, he became more and more obsessed with the "words" in Baishi, and then struggled with the accumulation of fat, hiding in a corner of this hall every night, struggling with the sound of breathing. Only by waiting silently for the hourglass to run out can we live another day.
"Father, wake up! These are all nonsense!"
A feeling of sadness welled up in his heart, Geng Jingzhong put all the resentment when he entered the door behind him, at this moment he was very sure that his father and king were just bewitched by the demon way, so he did all kinds of unreasonable behaviors.
The voice behind the pillars quietly sounded: "My son, don't get me wrong, the prince has not lost his mind. The prince knows better than us, including the fact that you secretly hid the clues of the emperor from your son - but at this moment, the Yinquan Tiangong left by the Kingdom of Min It’s about to appear in the world, just look at the dark sky outside the house, does it look like the rumored Huangquan Haoli?”
Geng Jingzhong was suddenly overwhelmed by a great terror, at a loss what to do, opened his eyes and opened his mouth, looking at the ghostly figure turning out from behind the pillar.
"My son, Huang Ji only knows one thing and doesn't know the other. Naturally, there are some points in his words. Although this matter was deliberately hidden in the "History of the Five Dynasties", Uncle Ouyang Yong also left a ghost in the Min Huizong Palace. Clearly recorded."
"In the fourth year of Changxing, when he assumed the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, there were a total of [-] households in Fuzhou City, but on the day Huanglong saw the house, the population of the city suddenly soared, with a total of more than [-] households. Taoist Xu Yancha After watching it, it was reported that the ghosts from the Huangquan Artemisia had infiltrated the city..."
"Every six days between Haoli Ancient Kingdom and Fuzhou City, there will be only a thin line between them. At this time, the fate of immortality will also open. Becoming a fairy and becoming a ghost is only a thin line in the eyes of the humble staff."
A chichi laughter sounded suddenly, and the ghost-masked man's voice seemed to appear from behind dozens of pillars at the same time, and the voices overlapped obviously, "What the prince saw on the white stone, of course you can't see it, because it is death. Only people can see it, hahaha!"
A gloomy and strange elegy suddenly resounded through the hall, and there were endless disturbances, singing like the bizarre scene that Arhat saw when he was traveling through the underworld.
[The rabbit is not late, the crow is more anxious, but I am afraid that Mu Wang Bajun will not be able to catch the whip.Therefore, in Artemisia, the tomb comes out of the 蕺蕺. 】
[Qi Lingyuntian, Dragon Soaring Phoenix Collection.Eat as much as the wind eliminates the soil, and the fox picks up the ants. 】
[Gold does not cry, jade does not weep, poplars scramble, and the wind and moon worry. 】
[The stone man who folded the stele, reckless and dirty.Cattle and sheep are rustling, and shepherd boys are seen from time to time, making bones. 】
The elegy flew out of the hall every now and then, and the cronies guarding the door felt a sudden rush of sand and rocks. They were all surprised to find that the team of cronies, which originally consisted of only a hundred people, was suddenly mixed with many strangers, and they seemed to be more familiar with each other. Do not see.All of a sudden, everyone couldn't even tell the enemy from their comrades who had been in the army for many years!
What's even more frightening is that the already dim sky in front of him is covered with a layer of black veil, so gloomy and dim that it almost collapses, completely submerging this world.
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Lin Zhennan only felt that the sky was falling, because Lin Pingzhi, who he quietly sent out of the city, fell into the hands of Tian Guinong, and it seemed that he was captured after a struggle.
"Brother Lin Xian, it seems that there is an inner ghost in your house, who dared to kidnap your family in an attempt to leave the city. Fortunately, I caught you and snatched it 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 because of his shortness of breath, and he tried his best to say to his father: "Father, don't believe the lies of these villains! Only I was caught because I was protecting my sister and Shi Biaotou, and Master Hua and his children also fled separately. !"
Lin Zhennan's face was livid, he held the armrest of the Taishi chair tightly with both hands, and stared closely at Tian Guinong's triumphant eyes.
"Tian Xianggong! How can you let the dog go!"
Tian Guinong pretended to be innocent and said: "Why did the Chief Escort say that? Since your apprentice arrested my daughter, why should I leave your noble son to hang around on the ground for a few days?"
Lin Zhennan stood up slowly, bowed and saluted almost to the ground.
"Tian Xianggong, I only have a few relatives left in this world, and I still hope to raise your hand..."
Tian Guinong smiled brightly, as if he was about to help Lin Zhennan up close, he approached him and whispered in his ear.
"Brother Lin Xian, we Ming people don't speak dark words. As long as you hand over the Mani Orb, all of this will be cancelled, and I will immediately withdraw from Fuzhou City, and I will never step a step in my life!"
Lin Zhennan didn't raise his head, but lowered his voice and said helplessly, "I've never heard of Mani orbs, Mr. Tian, you must have found the wrong person."
Tian Guinong said convincingly: "The imperial envoy has already inquired clearly from Yixu Huang's family that Huang Ji, the unworthy son of the Huang family, is acting as the accountant in your house. The clues about the Mani Orb are all obtained from him." turn up……"
Tian Guinong deliberately gave way so that Lin Zhennan could see Lin Pingzhi's direction.
"Your Escort disciple's martial arts are so strong and weird, Fuwei's Escort is suddenly flourishing like a god's help, that Mani Orb is undoubtedly in your hands, all the signs, do I need to repeat it?"
The eyes of Lin's father and son intertwined, and as the words fell, Lin Pingzhi, who was firmly held by Tao Baichuan, suddenly shouted: "Father, don't listen to this villain's nonsense! Even if I die, my child, I will not fall into Fuwei!" The reputation of the Escort and the Lin family!"
Tian Guinong smiled when he heard the words, raised his hand lightly, and slapped Lin Pingzhi's face fiercely, making Lin Pingzhi's eyes stare, and instantly left five finger marks on his face, and also left a red mark on the ground. A pool of bright red tongue blood.
"My son's words are vulgar, and he has the courage to discipline his brother. Brother Lin Xian still needs to be disciplined more."
Tian Guinong turned around calmly, as if he just brushed off a speck of dust, and saw a figure rushing towards him out of the corner of his eyes.
He moved sideways, his clothes fluttered away from Lin Zhennan's deliberate palm, put his hands on his chest and pushed away, pushing the violent Lin Zhennan to the side, making his steps chaotic in an instant, and rushed to Tao Baichuan to rescue him. The direction of people is also deflected a lot.
"Hmph, ask for trouble!"
Tian Guinong pushed the scabbard, and the gleaming Tianlong sword made a dragon's roar instantly, drawing a mysterious and mysterious trajectory, brushing against Lin Zhennan's sleeve, and cutting off a piece of clothing without fireworks.
"I already guessed it. You secretly sent the bodyguards out of the city. Now the Fuwei Bodyguard Agency is just an empty city. With only your three-legged kung fu left, do you still want to fight against dozens of us?"
The Heavenly Dragon Sword came whistling, unstoppable.
"If you don't want to be beaten like a dog in the water in front of your son, you'd better tell me the whereabouts of the Mani Orb obediently!"
Lin Zhennan gritted his teeth and stabilized his figure, knowing that if he missed the best opportunity to trick the opponent into approaching and counterattack, there would be no way to replace Lin Pingzhi—but he still didn't stop, because once he gave up completely, he and his son would lose their lives. There is no way out at all.
The Heavenly Dragon Sword transformed into countless sword shadows, like a cat playing with a mouse, continuously flashing around Lin Zhennan's vitals, leaving numerous non-fatal scars, but it just missed a single vital.
His fists and palms landed in the air, and his footsteps began to be messy. Lin Zhennan could only barely parry in embarrassment, and his face was also hit by the sword spine, and blood flowed all over his face.
Tian Guinong was originally a master of martial arts outside the Guan, and his family history has spread his reputation from generation to generation. Tianlongmen's martial arts have long been proficient.
However, Lin Zhennan's ancestors were just a dilapidated family of martial arts masters, who followed the standard for a living in the past generations, and the martial arts in his body had long been abandoned due to life.
The fight between the two may not be as impressive as the goshawk fighting the rabbit. It has already shown a one-sided trend. Lin Zhennan has more and more wounds on his body, and his exhausted spirit is getting more and more lax.
His wobbly figure was about to fall down, but every time his line of sight crossed a certain direction, the strength that had already been exhausted suddenly grew a little bit, and he desperately wanted to get close to the three-inch distance around Tian Guinong's body, even if He gritted his teeth and persisted after returning in vain.
Because he saw Lin Pingzhi.
He still remembers the winter when the eldest son was born, the family was already in trouble, and the old father, who had been suffering from injuries and illnesses for many years, did not survive the severe cold after all, and died in the cold night.
Lin Zhennan was originally depressed and at a loss, but when he made eye contact with the baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, he froze and burst into tears.Hot tears rolled down the confused man's face and smashed into the ground of the desolate and empty thatched cottage.
He wished he could cut off a piece of flesh from his body and feed it to this little guy who had just arrived in the world.
It was an inexplicable feeling, something that he always cared about no matter where he went, and he suddenly understood why his old father, who was away all year round and was suffering from hunger and hunger, had to go home every time, and had to act as a blanket to keep out the cold. Jacket, in exchange for two taels of fat stuffed into his mouth.
After that day, with a shy face, he cobbled together a bag of grain and handed it to his wife, then picked up the rusty weapon left by his old father, and willingly turned into a shabby little man with nothing to do in the rivers and lakes...
Suddenly staggered, Lin Zhennan, who was exhausted, finally fell to the ground, his face hit the cold ground directly, his forehead was smashed and blood flowed into his eyes.
His subsequent punch came, and his nose was sore, tears welled up uncontrollably and blurred his eyes.
Tian Guinong gasped slightly, and a booted foot stepped on his head, but Lin Zhennan didn't have the strength to get up. The formerly majestic head of the Fuwei Escort Bureau was still in a state of desperation. A stray dog 20 years ago.
"Tell me the whereabouts of the Mani Orb, otherwise I will cut off your nose first, and then break your son's tendons and tendons, turning him into a complete useless person!"
Lin Zhennan couldn't see it, but Lin Pingzhi's suppressed sobs came to his ears. It must be that someone grabbed his hands and feet, and was about to stab the knife through the tendons of his hands and ankles, and then easily picked them out.
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 a father,
But silly boy, your father and I are so ashamed, why are you so stubborn and proud?Why don't you know how to beg for mercy?
If you have a temper like yours, how can you get any benefits if you go to the rivers and lakes?
Thinking of this, Lin Zhennan tried his best to get up, but another foot stepped on his back, firmly pressing him back into the blood foam 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...
"Boss Escort Lin, if you don't tell the truth, I won't be polite."
When Tian Guinong's voice came, he was still gentle and refined. This man could always maintain his demeanor when he practiced despicable methods, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
But Lin Zhennan didn't know the whereabouts of the Mani Orb.
Even this name, he had only heard it once before from Mr. Huang Ji, the accountant.
One day half a year ago, Huang Ji secretly took Lin Zhennan to Nether Alley, and told Lin Zhennan that he had found the secret left by the Five Dynasties of Fujian. dialogue.
Lin Zhennan entered the hall of worship where the corpses stood like a forest with suspicion, put his hands on the sand table of the shackles, but was cursed and cursed by the lonely ghost who didn't know where, and then returned angrily. Are at a loss.
But since that day, Lin Zhennan has often had a strange dream, which has not dissipated until recently...
There was a sudden noise in my ear, but it was not the familiar Lin Xiu who made the sound, but Tian Guinong's subordinates.
Lin Zhennan's ear skills were not lost, he could hear their voices suddenly becoming more than twice as noisy, it seemed that many people were crowded together, unfamiliar passers-by, and soon came the sound of swords clashing There were constant sounds of blood spattering and cursing.
Tian Guinong sensed that something was wrong outside the door, but he wanted to press Lin Zhennan's confession even more eagerly. The cold sword edge pressed against his neck and pierced into the skin little by little.
Lin Zhennan had long been numb, and his consciousness was expelled from his body along with the pain, and suddenly remembered what he had seen and heard in Xiangdian.
Some handwriting on the sand table of the shaman kept cursing him for his incompetence, cowardice, and compromise, cursing that he would also be reduced to the end of his wife and children, and his family being ruined. While writing, while crying.
In those chaotic and recurring dreams, he returned to his youth full of enthusiasm, but what he dreamed of was not the impoverished standard-bearer.
He dreamed that he was wearing extremely expensive silk and satin, and he was in an extremely luxurious birthday banquet.The banquet seemed to be celebrating the [-]th birthday. All heroes from all walks of life were present at the banquet, and the grandfather ordered his grandson to try out martial arts.
Lin Zhennan was only 16 years old at the time. Hearing the words, he attended the event with high spirits. He picked up the sword and put out the candle, and once designated the acupoints, the heroes all admired him...
The disillusionment of life and death seemed to be right in front of his eyes, like a sharp pain. He also watched Lin Zhennan in his dream from young to middle age, until his home was suddenly attacked by villains.
The high-spirited young hero has long since turned into a submissive businessman, and his martial arts have been neglected for many years, and the opponent's disciple picks up his weapon and breaks the bridge of his nose.The Escort Bureau was slaughtered, and Lin's family was also killed, but Lin Zhennan was left weak and helpless, as if the young hero at the birthday banquet was just a dream.
Lin Zhennan's vision was still blurry, probably because Tian Guinong was holding him by the throat, but his mind became more and more confused, and he had begun to be unable to distinguish reality from fantasy, and he couldn't tell whether he was the young hero at the birthday banquet or the A nameless person who has broken the bid.
"Who is Lin Zhennan..."
"Who is Lin Zhennan..."
"who I am……"
"Who is who..."
The voice in his ear was getting noisier, he only felt that the world was getting farther and farther away, and even the hazy image in front of him was stained with gray and black, drifting further and further away lifelessly, and he closed his eyes heavily...
"Daddy...help me..."
An exclamation seemed to come from across the water, but it exploded in his mind like lightning, and Lin Zhennan's already hazy world suddenly shook.
He didn't open his eyes, but countless rays of light that were invisible to the naked eye were projected from all around and fell to the ground in a trance, illuminating the world in front of him.
At this moment, he suddenly saw the appearance in the distance clearly.
It wasn't Lin Xiu there, but a white sheet covering a cold and stiff body. It was a man who once called his father, and he would never speak again.
The emotions in his whole body were quickly pulled away from him at that moment, and then fell back into this body fiercely with the beating heartbeat. His limbs and bones were filled with throbbing emotions, almost bursting, struggling in a panic The movement seems to be occupied by something.
Tian Guinong's hand holding his throat was suddenly grabbed back, and a finger was instantly tapped on the acupuncture point on the back of his hand, causing Tian Guinong's right hand to become paralyzed instantly.
He was terrified and wanted to withdraw his hand, but found that Lin Zhennan, who was bleeding head and blood, got up faster than him, and his counterattack was also faster than him.
Seeing that the opponent's eyes were closed tightly, but his movements were as fast as ghosts, Tian Guinong immediately put his paralyzed left hand behind his back, and drew out the Tianlong sword with his right hand to meet the enemy, intending to use the proficient Tianlongmen swordsmanship to force the opponent back .
Lin Zhennan's two fingers were raised together, and his fingertips were hesitating with a bit of vigor, pressing on Tian Guinong's vitals.
But Lin Zhennan's two fingers turned into phantoms, and his fingers hit the spine of the sword repeatedly, as if two swords were clashing, making a clanging sound. Using his fingers as a sword, he once again suppressed Tian Guinong who was going all out.
A big gash was cut on Tian Guinong's white robe suddenly, and blood oozed from his skin, which made him turn pale with shock.The coldly shining Tianlong sword in his hand was also snatched casually, and a mysterious trace was drawn in the air, like an antelope's horns hanging across the necks of the bodyguards who restrained Lin Pingzhi.
At this time, the sky was filled with blood mist, and several Tianlongmen bodyguards were about to stab Lin Pingzhi's wrist with their knives, so they covered their necks in disbelief.
Tian Guinong's eyes showed fear. This kind of swordsmanship was ethereal and traceless. Once a sword was released, it was divided into seven groups with sword energy. The murderous intent was vague and difficult to find and prevent.
There are his own palm prints on the pillars around him, but after the sword blade is drawn out in front of him, the sword energy can still leave a mark on the floor tiles!
It is clear at a glance which is higher and which is lower!
"What a double swordsman! What a double swordsman!"
Tian Guinong backed away in horror, watching Lin Zhennan, who was bewildered, passing him to help Lin Pingzhi up, and said angrily, "With such martial arts, you are not Lin Zhennan at all! Who are you!"
Lin Zhennan supported Lin Pingzhi whose hands and feet were limp, and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, his tone full of exhaustion.
"Is it important to you whether I am Lin Zhennan?"
He seemed to be enduring great pain, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, "I am a small person in the world, and I am the head of Fuwei Escort Bureau. I can be a thief too."
"But no matter when I come, I will always be Pingzhi and Yueru's father..."
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"Jingzhong, I am your father..."
A voice came from the fat meat mountain, and this voice was closer to the warm voice of his father in Geng Jingzhong's mind than ever before.
Geng Jimao struggled to look away, looking at the eldest son who was close at hand.
"Everything I do is for you. I fight and fight outside, bear infamy, bite people like a dog for the Qing court, fight for territory like a dog, and fight monk Kexi to the death. It's all because of you..."
Geng Jingzhong took a step forward in disbelief, and looked at the person in front of him hesitantly.
"You are the father... Father...?"
Geng Jimao raised his hand with difficulty, but his short arms couldn't reach Geng Jingzhong who was close at hand.
"What Mr. Ling said is true. The Yinquan Heavenly Palace left by the Min Kingdom is buried in the invisible depths under the Minjiang River. Only the emperor can open the gate of heaven."
Geng Jimao's statement was exactly the same as that of the ghost-masked man, but Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but began to believe it—even though the statement was still weird and bizarre.
"Father, why are you looking for some Yinquan Tiangong, and why do you want to make yourself into such a ghost!?"
Geng Jimao was panting with difficulty, his eyes looked blankly at the sky, his fat head shook slightly, showing the ridiculous money rat tail on the top of his skull.
Geng Jimao's body was shaking vigorously, his obese body created a wave of fat flesh, and his short arms struggled to lift the folds of his heart, revealing a piece of gangrenous flesh.
It was dark green and necrotic for a long time, and a foul-smelling viscous liquid continuously leaked out, but what was more eye-catching was a heart that had been necrotic for a long time and was no longer beating, exposed after the flesh was festered.
"Because Dad is dead..."
Geng Jimao said in a low voice, "Last year in the suppression of the rebellion in Guangzhou, I led people into the Wengcheng first, but fell into a trap and was attacked by a rain of arrows. The accompanying cavalry were all killed and injured. It was the general who rescued me with all his might." ..."
Last year, Geng Jimao was still one of the rare young brave generals. He cut the general and captured the flag with great bravery. The general found that there was an arrow in Geng Jimao’s heart and advised him to seek medical treatment immediately, but Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and refused the suggestion in order to suppress the Shang family, and continued to fight .
On the day the city was broken, blood flowed like a river. Geng Jimao endured the discomfort and killed people's heads rolling. He didn't seal the knife for three consecutive days. Even Shang Kexi was frightened by this murderous demon king and sent someone to send a gift to make amends.
Geng Jimao, who stopped in his tracks, realized that his chest was in severe pain. Gangrene had already festered in his heart, and his heartbeat was weak.
But at this time news came out that Shang Kexi would definitely annex the Geng family without hesitation, so Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and put on the armor to keep it secret. He only took this opportunity to write a letter to the court to return Geng Jingzhong. Wait to die after handing over power.
But strange things happened.
Geng Jimao waited day and night, gritted his teeth, and endured. His wounds and limbs became more and more necrotic, but he still didn't die, like a lonely ghost living in a broken body, struggling to survive.
In the middle of the night when he was so tormented by the pain that he couldn't sleep, he suddenly understood.
He did not allow himself to die.
Geng Fan couldn't let himself die.
The soldiers of the Geng family didn't even think that they would die.
So, he never died.
Under the influence of some kind of dark force, King Jingnan, whose heart stopped and died a long time ago, was no different from walking, sitting and lying down like an ordinary person.
But the footsteps of death were still approaching inevitably. Geng Jimao began to hear calls that did not belong to this world, saw words invisible to the living from the white stone, and felt indescribable in the "Idol" and "Crane" presented by Shang Kexi. the taste of.
He began to eat desperately, it seemed that only this kind of unrestrained swallowing and obesity could keep him alive and prove that he was barely a living dead.
Until the ghost-faced man in front of him appeared.
"My son, Mr. Ling came from the country of ghosts in Haoli. As long as the world of Fuzhou City is overturned, father will not have to die, and you can also be the heir of Prince Jingnan in peace. We can live forever for 100 or 1000 years. !"
Geng Jimao continued to speak, but his tone gradually became blunt, vaguely wanting to tell Geng Jingzhong something, and reaching out his hand to hold him.
Suddenly, a waist knife inlaid with green agate suddenly pierced Geng Jimao's arm, and a cut was made in his pale fleshy hand, but no drop of blood spilled.
I saw Geng Jingzhong's eyes were full of fear and his hands were trembling.
He couldn't believe that the person in front of him was a long-dead person, and he didn't dare to accept the idea of going to the ghost country together.
Yan Shigu once commented that the village of the dead is called Artemisia Li, and the word Gao is Artemisia Penghao, or see the residence of the gods of Mount Tai, and Haoli Mountain is next to it, that is, Gaoli is Artemisia Li.
There are no sages and fools gathering souls there, there are ghost uncles urging them there, and that place is never a place for living people to go!
【Daddy really wants to... kill me? 】
Geng Jingzhong ran out like an electric shock, stumbled and lost a boot, ran barefoot on the white stone paved hall, stepped on a shadow in the light of a lamp by chance, and was suddenly pulled back. , fell hard to the floor.
"Father, the child doesn't want to die yet!"
Geng Jingzhong's eyes were full of fear, he put his hands on the ground with difficulty, and retreated, "Geng Fan still needs a baby, I just ran out of the Forbidden City, I really don't want to die yet!"
Geng Jimao suddenly froze.
His fat short hands twitched, and he waved his hands angrily, throbbing, venting his outrageous anger.
Between life and death, he saw a high wall that could never be crossed forever—it was the sorrow of the dead, and it was also a fig leaf for the fragile feelings of the living.
"You don't want to die? Dad just wants to die! Everything I do is for you, so you just have the heart to watch Dad die?!"
Geng Jimao's voice lingered endlessly, like a ghost asking for his life, "Everything I do is for you, and your life is mine! If I let you live, you will live; if I let you die, you will die!"
The ghost-masked man suddenly appeared in the shadows, stretched out his hands twistedly, and said to Geng Jingzhong sternly: "You don't have to resist so much, I will take you down for a while, and you will know what's going on. In Haoli Ghost Country, maybe you can meet your old acquaintances..."
The stern ghost claws suddenly stretched out, and grabbed Geng Jingzhong's skull, and Geng Fan's son was already in a daze, waiting to die.
At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed from the void.
Countless tiles suddenly fell from the top of the hall, mixed with a dazzling sword light that fell suddenly, the white jade-like sword body was spotless, like a dragon swimming in the sea, unruly, but it changed into its own shape in the hands of a gray-clothed Taoist .
The ghost-faced man let out a strange cry, and once again escaped into the shadow behind the corridor pillar, leaving only a cloud of Yin energy that was cut off by the white jade sword, drifting and slowly dissolving in the air.
"Daozhang...help me..."
Geng Jingzhong came back to his senses and blurted out.
Jiang Wen stood in the arena holding the Gaozu Snake Slaying Sword, breathing in the strange atmosphere, and turned his head to give Geng Jingzhong a confident look.
"Don't worry, I'm here. I didn't expect that I deliberately avoided the strange things of the three mountains and two towers, but you guys gave me such a surprise! The coverage is right, good guy, as long as I am in Fuzhou City, I will be recruited, right? !"
Jiang Wen waved his sword to push back the ghost-faced man who appeared in the shadows, and watched him mysteriously disappear into the shadow behind the pillar, feeling that all this was finally coming to an end.
He glanced at Roshan on the top chair, and for a moment didn't know what to say.
"My son, oh no, Prince Jingnan."
Jiang Wen helped Geng Jingzhong, patted the dust off his body, and said loudly, "You should also go out and announce that the old prince insisted on resigning because of rebellion, illness, fat and dead body, and you will inherit the Jingnan throne right?"
With the disappearance of the ghost-faced man, Geng Jimao, who was in the top chair, turned into a puddle of incompetent and sinister fat.His body roared and trembled, but he couldn't make a clear sound.
Of course, there is also a little credit for Jiang Wen cutting his vocal cords.
Geng Jingzhong looked back, his expression was like the new wolf king who just defeated the old wolf on the grassland.
He would shake his fur all by himself, walk up to a high cliff, and let out a shrill and loud wolf howl, tearing up all the warmth and weakness hidden in his heart in the past, and proclaiming the return of kingship to the distance. Rise from the ashes!
"Daoist, Changqingzi told me the story about Senior Qingcheng coming to Fuzhou, it seems to be related to Haoli Ghost Country..."
Jiang Wen nodded, distracted himself from the illusions in front of him, and listened distractedly to Geng Jingzhong's details about what he knew—the reason why the Qingcheng sent to Fuzhou City.
As the third piece in the Fuzhou chess game was also eliminated, the Geng family, who was in desperate need of cleaning up, would no longer be an obstacle to him.
Now only the Qing government and Ling Zhifu could be called threats, and he could already coordinate the clues he got tonight to find the whereabouts of the Mani orb.
Because at this moment, Jiang Wen already had a goal in his heart.
He is going to visit a dead man.
This volume is killing me
(End of this chapter)
Gengwangzhuang covers a vast area, walking in the dark, and the firelight from time to time illuminates several stone bridges connecting each other. There are camphor trees, banyan trees, willows, and locust trees along the road. The lush greenery is reflected on the sparkling lake, and the eyes are full of greenery.
Walking forward again, suddenly there will be a few elegant pavilions looming hidden in the shade of trees. In the daytime, the mountains should be like Qingdai, light and picturesque.
But they walked for so long, but they didn't come across a patrolling guard or watchman. It was almost five o'clock, and the dark sky was locked in lead clouds, the stars and the moon disappeared, and there was no sign of a bright future. sign.
Among the three vassals of the Qing court, Geng Fan belonged to fifteen assistant leaders.Out of five soldiers, there will be one armor, and two hundred armors will set up one assistant leader. Based on this, it is speculated that the full number of fifteen assistant leaders can reach [-] armor soldiers. Now even if [-]% of them are lost in Guangzhou, their strength should not be underestimated.
What's more, there is only one place in Fuzhou, and there are as many as [-] Dingkou under the fan, and the full production and manufacturing are only owned by Geng Fan.The military subordinates and civilians under the establishment of this kind of assistant leader are the "vassal" forces directly controlled by the vassal king, which constitute the core force of the army under the vassal king's command. They have a strict feudal affiliation relationship with the vassal king.
In Gengwang Manor in the south of the city, which is as wide as [-] mu, even though palaces and towers can be seen everywhere, there is no team of assistants stationed there. Geng Jimao, who has led troops to fight for many years, now lives like a loner, alone in the dark night for some reason. middle.
At this time, the night was cold, and Geng Jingzhong was still walking forward with his men and horses. When he walked outside a garden wall, a strange wind blew up in Geng Wangzhuang for no reason, whistling and flying past his ears, piercing his ears. It made everyone's exposed skin hurt, and their finger joints suddenly became numb and tingling, and they became uncontrollable, just like a dead branch in an ice cellar.
Zeng Yangxing tightened his armour-sleeves in annoyance, feeling that the piercing cold wind in central Fujian was more unbearable than the bitter cold in Liaodong.He looked at Bai Xianzhong, who was also the commander-in-chief, but found that this colleague was looking straight into the darkness, his eyes were already full of panic.
And at the same time, the cronies of hundreds of people, in no particular order, heard the sound of rubbing the ground and whispering strange words slowly coming from 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 limited sight in the dark.This courtyard is surprisingly spacious, but there is no ridge top of a building. As everyone hears the sound of a wall, the sensitive imagination flies farther and farther with the more severe cold wind, hesitating and thinking of " It's what it looks like at this time——
The wriggling thing must be on the verge of falling to make such an uncoordinated staggering sound. "It" is mercilessly crushing the surrounding seedlings with its shaky steps, making such a horrible rattling and stirring sound , and must have swallowed weeds and even stones into his stomach at a leisurely pace, leaving only a trace of grinding deep into the soil behind him...
"Don't stop for a while, the whole army is going out!"
At this moment, everyone's minds are born with a curiosity that will not hesitate to die, so this order issued by relying on reason is particularly valuable.
Jiang Wen looked at the eldest son in front of him in surprise, and he didn't know whether it was the setbacks of the past few days that had tempered his will, or whether he had long been accustomed to all kinds of weirdness in Prince Geng's mansion. After recovering the crumbling morale of the army, the torches converged into a long dragon again, meandering towards the depths of Prince Geng's mansion.
Perhaps because he noticed Jiang Wen's gaze, Geng Jingzhong slowed his vain steps for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Don't get close to it, Taoist priest. In the elephant garden, there are giant elephants from his poisonous country. They are greedy for food on weekdays. Where the vegetation is withered, fortune tellers once said that it is particularly unlucky."
Jiang Wen covered his nose and said, "Why is there such a ghost in the palace?"
Geng Jingzhong snorted coldly and said: "In Wang Zhuang, apart from the idols, there are also cranes that come and go without a shadow. They are all gifts from Shang Kexi that old dog gave to the father in Guangzhou city. They have extremely ulterior motives. Daoist Chang Qingzi found me this time. , for these two things..."
Jiang Wen still wanted to ask more questions, but there was a huge noise of flapping wings in the sky, but there was no one in the surrounding area, and there was no sign of any birds and beasts.
Soon, there was another foul smell. Something seemed to be flapping its giant wings in the night sky. A violent wind suddenly went east. Jian Sui is also twisted and twisted.
I couldn't see anything clearly in this bright lacquered night, but some confidantes who raised their heads still vaguely thought that they should have seen an invisible cloud and smoke darker than the sky, flying down into the distance like a steam wheel.
Geng Jingzhong's expression changed drastically, and he urged the team to move forward again and again, and finally stopped in front of a beautiful mansion paved with stones.
The stone lion in front of the gate is carved from white stone, like jade but not jade, transparent, moist and extremely white.After being meticulously carved by superb craftsmen, it is lifelike, but its eyes are filled with blood red agate stones. When it is suddenly irradiated by the fire, it can only feel that the eyes are blood red and the wind is fierce, glaring at the uninvited guest in the cold night.
The cronies stopped at the same time and watched Geng Jingzhong's actions. At this moment, he has become the backbone of these people. Jiang Wen even suspected that the armored generals did not put on their armor out of courage. Relying on the icy armor, maintaining what little courage is left.
Geng Jingzhong came to this heavy sandalwood door, recalling the scene in the deepest part of the empty prince's mansion.
Only when he pushed open a crack, the cold wind rolled from behind him, rushed into the empty mansion, and the star-studded candles flickered, just like the uncertain hearts of the people in the field.
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, and Lin Zhennan, who was sitting with his head drooping, was suddenly awakened. For a moment, he felt that the empty lobby of the escort agency was full of dust and fog, and he couldn't see clearly.
Taking a closer look, it was Tian Guinong who broke into the Fuwei Escort by himself.Tian Guinong exerted a little strength with his hands, and pushed open the concealed door of the escort agency covered with copper nails.
With just a crack in the door, the crowded and noisy fire and candles poured in from outside the mansion, as well as the vacillating voices of the flames. The two merged into one place and surrounded the empty city together.
At this time, Tian Guinong was still dressed as a gentleman in white clothes, without fireworks, but with a gleaming sword on his waist, he stepped forward angrily while speaking.
"Boss Lin!"
Lin Zhennan was sitting on the grand master's chair in the middle of the lobby of the Escort Bureau, with the gold-plated plaque of "Fortune in the Front" on his head, which was a bit ridiculous at this moment.
He had neither a sword nor a bodyguard in his hand, so he could only guard the house alone like a widow. He hadn't closed his eyes for three days and was extremely exhausted, so that he looked at Tian Guinong's figure in a daze.
"Tian Xianggong, why did you visit late at night this time? I don't know what kind of reward my little Fuwei Escort has received?"
Lin Zhennan didn't get up either, his strength had long been exhausted, and if he showed a flaw at this time, he would only be at a disadvantage, so 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 his angry left face, and there was still blood left in the corner of his mouth.
Sensing Lin Zhennan's gaze, and being irritated by his tone, Tian Guinong said suddenly: "Boss Lin, Tian claims that he has never violated the rules of the world, and it is for you that he exposed the imperial plaque of the leader of the Lvlinnan Alliance to the wind." The snow will be delivered to you perfectly..."
Lin Zhennan snorted coldly and interrupted: "Tian Xianggong is being polite. I think it is your regret that you have not been able to return the imperial plaque?"
Tian Guinong slapped the corridor pillar, leaving a clear handprint on the wooden body, and a cloud of dust fell from the beam.
His anger seemed to be more intense: "Then Chief Security Officer Lin, please explain why you sent someone to take my daughter away late at night!"
Lin Zhennan frowned deeply when he heard the words, he sensed a trace of bad breath.
"This matter is absolutely impossible. All the bodyguards in my house were ordered not to go out, and they have been guarding against it for the past few days, not to mention that the bodyguards have low martial arts skills, how can they kidnap people from Tian Xianggong's men?"
Tian Guinong suddenly smiled viciously: "President Lin, if you dared to be brave today, I would consider you a hero; but now you deny it categorically and deny it in every possible way, just treat us as blind?"
His voice changed accordingly, "At that time, the imperial envoy was meeting with me privately in the inn, and saw with his own eyes two disciples in your escort agency kidnap 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 fight me, go to court immediately!"
"Tian Xianggong, I'm afraid you have fallen into the trap of the villain. Everyone in the city knows that the imperial envoy is greedy for wine and lust. 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 searched and arrested overnight."
Lin Zhennan's face sank like water, and he let out a breath of foul air slowly, "Your daughter and younger daughter disappeared at the same time, I think the imperial envoy is very suspicious, I'm afraid it's not because of his lust to snatch people, but my disciples from the escort agency came to rescue him."
Tian Guinong smiled slightly, and said with disdain: "The imperial envoy is the messenger of the heavenly family, and the people in the world are nothing more than reckless. Your daughter Pu Liu's appearance, the imperial envoy can't ask for it, why do you need to do such a villainous behavior?!"
Lin Zhennan nodded slowly, and stared at Tian Guinong's red and swollen left cheek, he had guessed the ins and outs of the matter.
He intentionally said loudly: "Oh? Since Mr. Tian took the initiative to donate his daughter as a qualification for promotion, Lin naturally has nothing to say. But your daughter was sent out by your own hands. Come to me, Fuwei What trouble is the Escort looking for?!"
Lin Zhennan's voice was not loud, but it happened to pass through the crack of the door to the outside of the house.The people brought by Tian Guinong were also listening with bated breath at this time, and naturally they heard this clearly, and there was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and there was an uproar.
Tao Zian, a young man in the crowd, wanted to talk to his junior sister the night before, when he happened to see Monk Yankong coming out of the house with a sack on his shoulders, so he immediately thought about what happened.
He wanted to ask his own father to understand, but he searched all around but couldn't find anyone.
In this matter, Tian Guinong has been faintly defeated. In such a matter of slandering and embarrassing each other, Tian Guinong is still limited to the small tricks of distorting black and white and turning against the customer. Produce a result that people may not necessarily believe the most, but they must be the most willing to spread it.
Fuwei Escorts robbing civilian girls is just a common thing in the world, but Tian Guinong has always prided himself on Meng Changjun, and now he is suspected of giving his [-]-year-old young daughter to the rude monk, even if the other party is an imperial envoy, he may not show his face ——It is self-evident which one is more interesting to talk about.
"It's useless to talk too much. 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 regained his composure, as if he wasn't the one who was dealing with the embarrassment just now.
"Why don't you ask the head of the bodyguard and the two disciples of the house to confront me face to face. If they dare to stand up and meet, I, Tian, are not unreasonable people, so let's put this matter aside for the time being."
Tian Guinong spoke slowly, his handsome face was full of usual kindness, but his eyes kept looking at Lin Zhennan's expression, without missing any details.
Lin Zhennan took a deep breath and wanted to stand up from the chair, but his body was too exhausted to move.
He knew the purpose of the other party's trip.
"Tian Xianggong, the world is pure and turbid, and the gods are enlightened. The family has already fallen asleep. I, the head of Fuwei and the leader of the Lulinnan League, can testify to this matter. 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 kind of arrogance that has the overall situation in his hands.
"The night is long and turbulent. It's really admirable that the whole body of your bodyguard can sleep safely. But in my opinion, not everyone in your house can fall asleep."
Tian Guinong stretched out his hand and clapped twice, and suddenly a black-faced and bearded man burst into the door. It was Tao Zian's father, Tao Baisui, whom he had just been unable to find.
Tao Baisui, who was shaped like a horse, held a thin human figure in his palm like a cattail fan, and pushed him from the door into the lobby of Fuwei Escort Bureau. The man was injured and lost one of his boots. He refused to come forward.
Lin Zhennan's eyes widened suddenly, looking at the ragged figure in front of him, his hands uncontrollably grasped the armrest of the grand master's chair, his body staggered to stand up and sit down again, and repeated this several times, which was obviously unacceptable.
His lips were tightly drawn into a line, but he trembled uncontrollably after meeting the man's gaze.
"My son, why are you here..."
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This hall is too vast to be illuminated by burning red candles and silver lamps all over the room, so behind every pillar, there is a shadow that is too thick to melt away.
The entire floor of the hall is paved with good white stones in Gaoyao County, Guangdong Province. There is a high chair on the main seat, which is big enough for four or five people to sit side by side.
But at this time, the curtain covered the back, and it was clear that there was only a huge body sitting upright, so there was no gap left.
Geng Jingzhong took a deep breath, the figure in front of him was different from his thin memory, and also different from any time he had seen before, and now he didn't even have 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 overlapping limbs. The thin skin could no longer hold the heavy fat, and when it was filled to the limit, it turned into wrinkles and bulges. The skin is also full of dark gray spots visible to the naked eye.
Geng Jimao gasped weakly, just pushing the fat to contract the chest cavity was a huge burden.The limbs have long since retreated, nestled in the fat like extra burdens of the body, the hands and feet are so slender and insignificant compared to the body, and only occasionally, ridiculously, they tremble because of nerve twitches.
A face was poking out from where the neck should have been. It was full of creases, smooth and delicate, not like a middle-aged general who had been through battles and weathered in the wind and sun.His hair is just like a tuft of weeds, stubbornly growing on the huge rock, and it has also become an insignificant embellishment.
Geng Jingzhong didn't need to lift the curtain to guess that a money rattail must be carefully tied on the cluster of "weeds".
"Father, I'm here."
A bellows-like wheeze wafted from behind the curtain, and every time he breathed hard, he would make a sound of wind out of thin air, making the surrounding lights, candles and fireworks all point in the same direction, and the shadows in the room began to erratic.
"I didn't let you out..."
Geng Jimao adjusted his breath several times before he could say such a complete sentence.Geng Jingzhong couldn't hear whether his father's words were scolding, mocking, or simply expressing doubts.
"But I'm already here."
Geng Jingzhong continued to speak, seeming to take everything for granted.
The two of them remained silent for a while, the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs could not be heard outside the hall, and the long night had no intention of coming to an end.
"Father, the Qing court is so aggressive, why do you have to back down everywhere?"
Geng Jingzhong sat cross-legged on the spot, like a child who lost his temper and refused to leave.
The asthmatic sound behind the curtain was like a bellows, and it took a long time before he answered.
"My son... this is also a last resort..."
"It's a last resort? Our Geng family fought from Liaodong to Guangdong and Fujian, and now it's just a last resort as an excuse?"
Geng Jingzhong said coldly, "If this is the case, when my grandfather died, he was either a miner from Liaodong, a pawn from Mao Shuai, or a bandit from Dengzhou, how could he be King of Jingnan?"
Geng Jimao was silent for a moment, his panting suddenly increased a bit, the cold breath swirled and lingered in his chest, and finally he let out a rumbling voice.
"As a father, how can you not know!!!"
The roar emanated from his chest, and the reverberation became louder and louder. The aura of gold and iron horse was beyond words, and Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but look sideways.
"Your grandfather died as a fugitive, and he was alone in the army to lead the generals. Please attack the prince and Prince Rui can't do it. For this reason, the army went south and even settled many counties in Guangdong. , even Shang Kexi was shocked beyond words."
"Only in this way, Gu can succeed as king in the eighth year of Shunzhi, so as not to fall into the fate of Kong Youde's death and annihilation of the feudal clan! How hard and difficult it is, father and king, I know better than you! I did it for Geng Fan Everything, more than you can imagine!"
Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but took two steps back, looking behind the curtain with a little more fear.
"Father... what you said is really..."
But Geng Jingzhong remembered what Jiang Wen said, and his courage grew a little more.
"But what they want is the life of the child! Are you even letting my life go!"
The king's palace was vast and empty, and the sound waves rolled and lingered endlessly. The remaining sound waves of the two people's words fought together in an instant, turning into humming echoes, until they fell into silence together.
"You don't need to worry, the prince has already planned."
Geng Jingzhong suddenly turned his head, and found that at some point, there was an extra person in the hall, whose figure was blocked by the thick shadow behind the pillar, so that it was blurred and erratic, as if it was an illusion from another world.
"Who are you?!"
Geng Jingzhong shouted angrily, turning his head to stare fearfully.
The voice of that shadow was erratic, indistinguishable between male and female. Only when it came to the face in the light by chance, could it be seen that it was wearing a terrifying and bizarre ghost mask with upside-down facial features.
"I haven't seen the prince yet, and I am a small staff member of Prince Geng's staff. I will take care of any negligence in etiquette. This time I boldly showed up because I can't see father and son turning against each other, and Gang Lun is dead, so I want to defend the prince one or two. "
The figure shrank back into the shadows precariously, leaving only a trance-like voice constantly coming out.
"I also understand what the imperial envoys sent by the Qing court did. Retreating at the right time is to advance 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. Help us find the Emperor Zun who has disappeared for many years..."
Geng Jingzhong frowned, and stared coldly at the shadow behind the pillar.
"What big plans are all nonsense. The Emperor Patriarch is just a strange thing about the Five Dynasties of Fujian. Where did you come from as a monster? You actually tricked the father to find such illusory things?!"
The ghost-masked man laughed a few times indistinguishably, and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, you don't need to try your humble job anymore. I know everything that Huang Ji knows, and I know everything that he didn't say clearly... "
Zhizhu, the ghost-masked man, was holding the ground and talking to Geng Jingzhong, but the voice suddenly disappeared in place, and came out from the back of another pillar.
"The emperor is the overlord of the Liang Dynasty. He left a great opportunity for his descendants. He might be able to transform into a fairy with his family. It's a pity that after Min Huizong got the Mani Orb, he didn't like it. The Emperor's expectations are even higher, and he is not willing to let his family transcend, and even wants the whole country to soar in wishful thinking!"
The other party's voice fluctuated, constantly ringing in Geng Jingzhong's ears.
"Min Huizong credulously believed the demonic words of Taoist priests Chen Shouyuan and Xu Yan. Chen Shouyuan claimed to be able to talk to his emperor, and he heard the will from Wangba Xianren, so he deliberately described the method of ascension as a magic to lift up the heavenly palace and rebuild the Dragon Court And Xu Yan possesses witchcraft and knows the location of the Yinquan in Fuzhou City, so he led Min Huizong to watch ghosts in the palace..."
"Nonsense! How dare the rats come out and meet me!"
Geng Jingzhong cursed angrily, clutching the waist knife in his sleeve, got up to chase after the ghost-faced man in the shadows, only to find that the other party ran behind the pillars farther away at some point, and was pressing the backs of his hands together , bowing and performing upside-down and weird etiquette.
"My son, don't be impatient, and listen to me in detail."
The ghost-faced man spoke in an indistinguishable voice.
"Min Huizong is stupid and incompetent. Naturally, he is not as perceptive as the son of the world. However, this Wudao foolish king has a special destiny. In the third year of Changxing, he practiced Taoism in front of his emperor for two months, and he accidentally led Huanglong out of the water. The appearance of the emperor caught the Taoist priests in the palace by surprise."
"On that day, Immortal Wangba met Min Huizong, and Huizong asked, 'I will return home in 60 years'. Immortal Wangba promised himself: "I will be an Immortal of Daluo in 60 years. 'And he didn't wait for 60 years, but the humble job has a way for the prince to see..."
The more Geng Jingzhong listened, the more confused he became. He felt that he had met a lunatic who was bewitching the crowd, and he couldn't find the location of the other party. He could only say loudly: "It's completely nonsense, my father must not listen to him. nonsense!"
Geng Jingzhong wanted to step forward and open the curtain, to meet Geng Jimao, who didn't know whether he was sober or confused, so he quickly walked a few steps to get closer to the top chair, and lifted off the veil, only to find Geng Jimao's fat and tiny eyes Staring at the white stone floor tiles on the ground.
Geng Jimao didn't raise his eyes to look at his eldest son once, but just kept staring at the ground all the time, as if there were some fleeting secrets written in these white stones that were as clean as jade.
The bluish lips on the fat squirmed slightly, and he muttered, "He didn't lie to me, I saw it... The Heavenly Palace is about to open..."
Geng Jingzhong suddenly realized that the father in front of him didn't seem to have fallen asleep.
Every time he met in Fuzhou City, he became more and more obsessed with the "words" in Baishi, and then struggled with the accumulation of fat, hiding in a corner of this hall every night, struggling with the sound of breathing. Only by waiting silently for the hourglass to run out can we live another day.
"Father, wake up! These are all nonsense!"
A feeling of sadness welled up in his heart, Geng Jingzhong put all the resentment when he entered the door behind him, at this moment he was very sure that his father and king were just bewitched by the demon way, so he did all kinds of unreasonable behaviors.
The voice behind the pillars quietly sounded: "My son, don't get me wrong, the prince has not lost his mind. The prince knows better than us, including the fact that you secretly hid the clues of the emperor from your son - but at this moment, the Yinquan Tiangong left by the Kingdom of Min It’s about to appear in the world, just look at the dark sky outside the house, does it look like the rumored Huangquan Haoli?”
Geng Jingzhong was suddenly overwhelmed by a great terror, at a loss what to do, opened his eyes and opened his mouth, looking at the ghostly figure turning out from behind the pillar.
"My son, Huang Ji only knows one thing and doesn't know the other. Naturally, there are some points in his words. Although this matter was deliberately hidden in the "History of the Five Dynasties", Uncle Ouyang Yong also left a ghost in the Min Huizong Palace. Clearly recorded."
"In the fourth year of Changxing, when he assumed the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, there were a total of [-] households in Fuzhou City, but on the day Huanglong saw the house, the population of the city suddenly soared, with a total of more than [-] households. Taoist Xu Yancha After watching it, it was reported that the ghosts from the Huangquan Artemisia had infiltrated the city..."
"Every six days between Haoli Ancient Kingdom and Fuzhou City, there will be only a thin line between them. At this time, the fate of immortality will also open. Becoming a fairy and becoming a ghost is only a thin line in the eyes of the humble staff."
A chichi laughter sounded suddenly, and the ghost-masked man's voice seemed to appear from behind dozens of pillars at the same time, and the voices overlapped obviously, "What the prince saw on the white stone, of course you can't see it, because it is death. Only people can see it, hahaha!"
A gloomy and strange elegy suddenly resounded through the hall, and there were endless disturbances, singing like the bizarre scene that Arhat saw when he was traveling through the underworld.
[The rabbit is not late, the crow is more anxious, but I am afraid that Mu Wang Bajun will not be able to catch the whip.Therefore, in Artemisia, the tomb comes out of the 蕺蕺. 】
[Qi Lingyuntian, Dragon Soaring Phoenix Collection.Eat as much as the wind eliminates the soil, and the fox picks up the ants. 】
[Gold does not cry, jade does not weep, poplars scramble, and the wind and moon worry. 】
[The stone man who folded the stele, reckless and dirty.Cattle and sheep are rustling, and shepherd boys are seen from time to time, making bones. 】
The elegy flew out of the hall every now and then, and the cronies guarding the door felt a sudden rush of sand and rocks. They were all surprised to find that the team of cronies, which originally consisted of only a hundred people, was suddenly mixed with many strangers, and they seemed to be more familiar with each other. Do not see.All of a sudden, everyone couldn't even tell the enemy from their comrades who had been in the army for many years!
What's even more frightening is that the already dim sky in front of him is covered with a layer of black veil, so gloomy and dim that it almost collapses, completely submerging this world.
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Lin Zhennan only felt that the sky was falling, because Lin Pingzhi, who he quietly sent out of the city, fell into the hands of Tian Guinong, and it seemed that he was captured after a struggle.
"Brother Lin Xian, it seems that there is an inner ghost in your house, who dared to kidnap your family in an attempt to leave the city. Fortunately, I caught you and snatched it 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 because of his shortness of breath, and he tried his best to say to his father: "Father, don't believe the lies of these villains! Only I was caught because I was protecting my sister and Shi Biaotou, and Master Hua and his children also fled separately. !"
Lin Zhennan's face was livid, he held the armrest of the Taishi chair tightly with both hands, and stared closely at Tian Guinong's triumphant eyes.
"Tian Xianggong! How can you let the dog go!"
Tian Guinong pretended to be innocent and said: "Why did the Chief Escort say that? Since your apprentice arrested my daughter, why should I leave your noble son to hang around on the ground for a few days?"
Lin Zhennan stood up slowly, bowed and saluted almost to the ground.
"Tian Xianggong, I only have a few relatives left in this world, and I still hope to raise your hand..."
Tian Guinong smiled brightly, as if he was about to help Lin Zhennan up close, he approached him and whispered in his ear.
"Brother Lin Xian, we Ming people don't speak dark words. As long as you hand over the Mani Orb, all of this will be cancelled, and I will immediately withdraw from Fuzhou City, and I will never step a step in my life!"
Lin Zhennan didn't raise his head, but lowered his voice and said helplessly, "I've never heard of Mani orbs, Mr. Tian, you must have found the wrong person."
Tian Guinong said convincingly: "The imperial envoy has already inquired clearly from Yixu Huang's family that Huang Ji, the unworthy son of the Huang family, is acting as the accountant in your house. The clues about the Mani Orb are all obtained from him." turn up……"
Tian Guinong deliberately gave way so that Lin Zhennan could see Lin Pingzhi's direction.
"Your Escort disciple's martial arts are so strong and weird, Fuwei's Escort is suddenly flourishing like a god's help, that Mani Orb is undoubtedly in your hands, all the signs, do I need to repeat it?"
The eyes of Lin's father and son intertwined, and as the words fell, Lin Pingzhi, who was firmly held by Tao Baichuan, suddenly shouted: "Father, don't listen to this villain's nonsense! Even if I die, my child, I will not fall into Fuwei!" The reputation of the Escort and the Lin family!"
Tian Guinong smiled when he heard the words, raised his hand lightly, and slapped Lin Pingzhi's face fiercely, making Lin Pingzhi's eyes stare, and instantly left five finger marks on his face, and also left a red mark on the ground. A pool of bright red tongue blood.
"My son's words are vulgar, and he has the courage to discipline his brother. Brother Lin Xian still needs to be disciplined more."
Tian Guinong turned around calmly, as if he just brushed off a speck of dust, and saw a figure rushing towards him out of the corner of his eyes.
He moved sideways, his clothes fluttered away from Lin Zhennan's deliberate palm, put his hands on his chest and pushed away, pushing the violent Lin Zhennan to the side, making his steps chaotic in an instant, and rushed to Tao Baichuan to rescue him. The direction of people is also deflected a lot.
"Hmph, ask for trouble!"
Tian Guinong pushed the scabbard, and the gleaming Tianlong sword made a dragon's roar instantly, drawing a mysterious and mysterious trajectory, brushing against Lin Zhennan's sleeve, and cutting off a piece of clothing without fireworks.
"I already guessed it. You secretly sent the bodyguards out of the city. Now the Fuwei Bodyguard Agency is just an empty city. With only your three-legged kung fu left, do you still want to fight against dozens of us?"
The Heavenly Dragon Sword came whistling, unstoppable.
"If you don't want to be beaten like a dog in the water in front of your son, you'd better tell me the whereabouts of the Mani Orb obediently!"
Lin Zhennan gritted his teeth and stabilized his figure, knowing that if he missed the best opportunity to trick the opponent into approaching and counterattack, there would be no way to replace Lin Pingzhi—but he still didn't stop, because once he gave up completely, he and his son would lose their lives. There is no way out at all.
The Heavenly Dragon Sword transformed into countless sword shadows, like a cat playing with a mouse, continuously flashing around Lin Zhennan's vitals, leaving numerous non-fatal scars, but it just missed a single vital.
His fists and palms landed in the air, and his footsteps began to be messy. Lin Zhennan could only barely parry in embarrassment, and his face was also hit by the sword spine, and blood flowed all over his face.
Tian Guinong was originally a master of martial arts outside the Guan, and his family history has spread his reputation from generation to generation. Tianlongmen's martial arts have long been proficient.
However, Lin Zhennan's ancestors were just a dilapidated family of martial arts masters, who followed the standard for a living in the past generations, and the martial arts in his body had long been abandoned due to life.
The fight between the two may not be as impressive as the goshawk fighting the rabbit. It has already shown a one-sided trend. Lin Zhennan has more and more wounds on his body, and his exhausted spirit is getting more and more lax.
His wobbly figure was about to fall down, but every time his line of sight crossed a certain direction, the strength that had already been exhausted suddenly grew a little bit, and he desperately wanted to get close to the three-inch distance around Tian Guinong's body, even if He gritted his teeth and persisted after returning in vain.
Because he saw Lin Pingzhi.
He still remembers the winter when the eldest son was born, the family was already in trouble, and the old father, who had been suffering from injuries and illnesses for many years, did not survive the severe cold after all, and died in the cold night.
Lin Zhennan was originally depressed and at a loss, but when he made eye contact with the baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, he froze and burst into tears.Hot tears rolled down the confused man's face and smashed into the ground of the desolate and empty thatched cottage.
He wished he could cut off a piece of flesh from his body and feed it to this little guy who had just arrived in the world.
It was an inexplicable feeling, something that he always cared about no matter where he went, and he suddenly understood why his old father, who was away all year round and was suffering from hunger and hunger, had to go home every time, and had to act as a blanket to keep out the cold. Jacket, in exchange for two taels of fat stuffed into his mouth.
After that day, with a shy face, he cobbled together a bag of grain and handed it to his wife, then picked up the rusty weapon left by his old father, and willingly turned into a shabby little man with nothing to do in the rivers and lakes...
Suddenly staggered, Lin Zhennan, who was exhausted, finally fell to the ground, his face hit the cold ground directly, his forehead was smashed and blood flowed into his eyes.
His subsequent punch came, and his nose was sore, tears welled up uncontrollably and blurred his eyes.
Tian Guinong gasped slightly, and a booted foot stepped on his head, but Lin Zhennan didn't have the strength to get up. The formerly majestic head of the Fuwei Escort Bureau was still in a state of desperation. A stray dog 20 years ago.
"Tell me the whereabouts of the Mani Orb, otherwise I will cut off your nose first, and then break your son's tendons and tendons, turning him into a complete useless person!"
Lin Zhennan couldn't see it, but Lin Pingzhi's suppressed sobs came to his ears. It must be that someone grabbed his hands and feet, and was about to stab the knife through the tendons of his hands and ankles, and then easily picked them out.
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 a father,
But silly boy, your father and I are so ashamed, why are you so stubborn and proud?Why don't you know how to beg for mercy?
If you have a temper like yours, how can you get any benefits if you go to the rivers and lakes?
Thinking of this, Lin Zhennan tried his best to get up, but another foot stepped on his back, firmly pressing him back into the blood foam 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...
"Boss Escort Lin, if you don't tell the truth, I won't be polite."
When Tian Guinong's voice came, he was still gentle and refined. This man could always maintain his demeanor when he practiced despicable methods, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
But Lin Zhennan didn't know the whereabouts of the Mani Orb.
Even this name, he had only heard it once before from Mr. Huang Ji, the accountant.
One day half a year ago, Huang Ji secretly took Lin Zhennan to Nether Alley, and told Lin Zhennan that he had found the secret left by the Five Dynasties of Fujian. dialogue.
Lin Zhennan entered the hall of worship where the corpses stood like a forest with suspicion, put his hands on the sand table of the shackles, but was cursed and cursed by the lonely ghost who didn't know where, and then returned angrily. Are at a loss.
But since that day, Lin Zhennan has often had a strange dream, which has not dissipated until recently...
There was a sudden noise in my ear, but it was not the familiar Lin Xiu who made the sound, but Tian Guinong's subordinates.
Lin Zhennan's ear skills were not lost, he could hear their voices suddenly becoming more than twice as noisy, it seemed that many people were crowded together, unfamiliar passers-by, and soon came the sound of swords clashing There were constant sounds of blood spattering and cursing.
Tian Guinong sensed that something was wrong outside the door, but he wanted to press Lin Zhennan's confession even more eagerly. The cold sword edge pressed against his neck and pierced into the skin little by little.
Lin Zhennan had long been numb, and his consciousness was expelled from his body along with the pain, and suddenly remembered what he had seen and heard in Xiangdian.
Some handwriting on the sand table of the shaman kept cursing him for his incompetence, cowardice, and compromise, cursing that he would also be reduced to the end of his wife and children, and his family being ruined. While writing, while crying.
In those chaotic and recurring dreams, he returned to his youth full of enthusiasm, but what he dreamed of was not the impoverished standard-bearer.
He dreamed that he was wearing extremely expensive silk and satin, and he was in an extremely luxurious birthday banquet.The banquet seemed to be celebrating the [-]th birthday. All heroes from all walks of life were present at the banquet, and the grandfather ordered his grandson to try out martial arts.
Lin Zhennan was only 16 years old at the time. Hearing the words, he attended the event with high spirits. He picked up the sword and put out the candle, and once designated the acupoints, the heroes all admired him...
The disillusionment of life and death seemed to be right in front of his eyes, like a sharp pain. He also watched Lin Zhennan in his dream from young to middle age, until his home was suddenly attacked by villains.
The high-spirited young hero has long since turned into a submissive businessman, and his martial arts have been neglected for many years, and the opponent's disciple picks up his weapon and breaks the bridge of his nose.The Escort Bureau was slaughtered, and Lin's family was also killed, but Lin Zhennan was left weak and helpless, as if the young hero at the birthday banquet was just a dream.
Lin Zhennan's vision was still blurry, probably because Tian Guinong was holding him by the throat, but his mind became more and more confused, and he had begun to be unable to distinguish reality from fantasy, and he couldn't tell whether he was the young hero at the birthday banquet or the A nameless person who has broken the bid.
"Who is Lin Zhennan..."
"Who is Lin Zhennan..."
"who I am……"
"Who is who..."
The voice in his ear was getting noisier, he only felt that the world was getting farther and farther away, and even the hazy image in front of him was stained with gray and black, drifting further and further away lifelessly, and he closed his eyes heavily...
"Daddy...help me..."
An exclamation seemed to come from across the water, but it exploded in his mind like lightning, and Lin Zhennan's already hazy world suddenly shook.
He didn't open his eyes, but countless rays of light that were invisible to the naked eye were projected from all around and fell to the ground in a trance, illuminating the world in front of him.
At this moment, he suddenly saw the appearance in the distance clearly.
It wasn't Lin Xiu there, but a white sheet covering a cold and stiff body. It was a man who once called his father, and he would never speak again.
The emotions in his whole body were quickly pulled away from him at that moment, and then fell back into this body fiercely with the beating heartbeat. His limbs and bones were filled with throbbing emotions, almost bursting, struggling in a panic The movement seems to be occupied by something.
Tian Guinong's hand holding his throat was suddenly grabbed back, and a finger was instantly tapped on the acupuncture point on the back of his hand, causing Tian Guinong's right hand to become paralyzed instantly.
He was terrified and wanted to withdraw his hand, but found that Lin Zhennan, who was bleeding head and blood, got up faster than him, and his counterattack was also faster than him.
Seeing that the opponent's eyes were closed tightly, but his movements were as fast as ghosts, Tian Guinong immediately put his paralyzed left hand behind his back, and drew out the Tianlong sword with his right hand to meet the enemy, intending to use the proficient Tianlongmen swordsmanship to force the opponent back .
Lin Zhennan's two fingers were raised together, and his fingertips were hesitating with a bit of vigor, pressing on Tian Guinong's vitals.
But Lin Zhennan's two fingers turned into phantoms, and his fingers hit the spine of the sword repeatedly, as if two swords were clashing, making a clanging sound. Using his fingers as a sword, he once again suppressed Tian Guinong who was going all out.
A big gash was cut on Tian Guinong's white robe suddenly, and blood oozed from his skin, which made him turn pale with shock.The coldly shining Tianlong sword in his hand was also snatched casually, and a mysterious trace was drawn in the air, like an antelope's horns hanging across the necks of the bodyguards who restrained Lin Pingzhi.
At this time, the sky was filled with blood mist, and several Tianlongmen bodyguards were about to stab Lin Pingzhi's wrist with their knives, so they covered their necks in disbelief.
Tian Guinong's eyes showed fear. This kind of swordsmanship was ethereal and traceless. Once a sword was released, it was divided into seven groups with sword energy. The murderous intent was vague and difficult to find and prevent.
There are his own palm prints on the pillars around him, but after the sword blade is drawn out in front of him, the sword energy can still leave a mark on the floor tiles!
It is clear at a glance which is higher and which is lower!
"What a double swordsman! What a double swordsman!"
Tian Guinong backed away in horror, watching Lin Zhennan, who was bewildered, passing him to help Lin Pingzhi up, and said angrily, "With such martial arts, you are not Lin Zhennan at all! Who are you!"
Lin Zhennan supported Lin Pingzhi whose hands and feet were limp, and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, his tone full of exhaustion.
"Is it important to you whether I am Lin Zhennan?"
He seemed to be enduring great pain, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, "I am a small person in the world, and I am the head of Fuwei Escort Bureau. I can be a thief too."
"But no matter when I come, I will always be Pingzhi and Yueru's father..."
…………
"Jingzhong, I am your father..."
A voice came from the fat meat mountain, and this voice was closer to the warm voice of his father in Geng Jingzhong's mind than ever before.
Geng Jimao struggled to look away, looking at the eldest son who was close at hand.
"Everything I do is for you. I fight and fight outside, bear infamy, bite people like a dog for the Qing court, fight for territory like a dog, and fight monk Kexi to the death. It's all because of you..."
Geng Jingzhong took a step forward in disbelief, and looked at the person in front of him hesitantly.
"You are the father... Father...?"
Geng Jimao raised his hand with difficulty, but his short arms couldn't reach Geng Jingzhong who was close at hand.
"What Mr. Ling said is true. The Yinquan Heavenly Palace left by the Min Kingdom is buried in the invisible depths under the Minjiang River. Only the emperor can open the gate of heaven."
Geng Jimao's statement was exactly the same as that of the ghost-masked man, but Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but began to believe it—even though the statement was still weird and bizarre.
"Father, why are you looking for some Yinquan Tiangong, and why do you want to make yourself into such a ghost!?"
Geng Jimao was panting with difficulty, his eyes looked blankly at the sky, his fat head shook slightly, showing the ridiculous money rat tail on the top of his skull.
Geng Jimao's body was shaking vigorously, his obese body created a wave of fat flesh, and his short arms struggled to lift the folds of his heart, revealing a piece of gangrenous flesh.
It was dark green and necrotic for a long time, and a foul-smelling viscous liquid continuously leaked out, but what was more eye-catching was a heart that had been necrotic for a long time and was no longer beating, exposed after the flesh was festered.
"Because Dad is dead..."
Geng Jimao said in a low voice, "Last year in the suppression of the rebellion in Guangzhou, I led people into the Wengcheng first, but fell into a trap and was attacked by a rain of arrows. The accompanying cavalry were all killed and injured. It was the general who rescued me with all his might." ..."
Last year, Geng Jimao was still one of the rare young brave generals. He cut the general and captured the flag with great bravery. The general found that there was an arrow in Geng Jimao’s heart and advised him to seek medical treatment immediately, but Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and refused the suggestion in order to suppress the Shang family, and continued to fight .
On the day the city was broken, blood flowed like a river. Geng Jimao endured the discomfort and killed people's heads rolling. He didn't seal the knife for three consecutive days. Even Shang Kexi was frightened by this murderous demon king and sent someone to send a gift to make amends.
Geng Jimao, who stopped in his tracks, realized that his chest was in severe pain. Gangrene had already festered in his heart, and his heartbeat was weak.
But at this time news came out that Shang Kexi would definitely annex the Geng family without hesitation, so Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and put on the armor to keep it secret. He only took this opportunity to write a letter to the court to return Geng Jingzhong. Wait to die after handing over power.
But strange things happened.
Geng Jimao waited day and night, gritted his teeth, and endured. His wounds and limbs became more and more necrotic, but he still didn't die, like a lonely ghost living in a broken body, struggling to survive.
In the middle of the night when he was so tormented by the pain that he couldn't sleep, he suddenly understood.
He did not allow himself to die.
Geng Fan couldn't let himself die.
The soldiers of the Geng family didn't even think that they would die.
So, he never died.
Under the influence of some kind of dark force, King Jingnan, whose heart stopped and died a long time ago, was no different from walking, sitting and lying down like an ordinary person.
But the footsteps of death were still approaching inevitably. Geng Jimao began to hear calls that did not belong to this world, saw words invisible to the living from the white stone, and felt indescribable in the "Idol" and "Crane" presented by Shang Kexi. the taste of.
He began to eat desperately, it seemed that only this kind of unrestrained swallowing and obesity could keep him alive and prove that he was barely a living dead.
Until the ghost-faced man in front of him appeared.
"My son, Mr. Ling came from the country of ghosts in Haoli. As long as the world of Fuzhou City is overturned, father will not have to die, and you can also be the heir of Prince Jingnan in peace. We can live forever for 100 or 1000 years. !"
Geng Jimao continued to speak, but his tone gradually became blunt, vaguely wanting to tell Geng Jingzhong something, and reaching out his hand to hold him.
Suddenly, a waist knife inlaid with green agate suddenly pierced Geng Jimao's arm, and a cut was made in his pale fleshy hand, but no drop of blood spilled.
I saw Geng Jingzhong's eyes were full of fear and his hands were trembling.
He couldn't believe that the person in front of him was a long-dead person, and he didn't dare to accept the idea of going to the ghost country together.
Yan Shigu once commented that the village of the dead is called Artemisia Li, and the word Gao is Artemisia Penghao, or see the residence of the gods of Mount Tai, and Haoli Mountain is next to it, that is, Gaoli is Artemisia Li.
There are no sages and fools gathering souls there, there are ghost uncles urging them there, and that place is never a place for living people to go!
【Daddy really wants to... kill me? 】
Geng Jingzhong ran out like an electric shock, stumbled and lost a boot, ran barefoot on the white stone paved hall, stepped on a shadow in the light of a lamp by chance, and was suddenly pulled back. , fell hard to the floor.
"Father, the child doesn't want to die yet!"
Geng Jingzhong's eyes were full of fear, he put his hands on the ground with difficulty, and retreated, "Geng Fan still needs a baby, I just ran out of the Forbidden City, I really don't want to die yet!"
Geng Jimao suddenly froze.
His fat short hands twitched, and he waved his hands angrily, throbbing, venting his outrageous anger.
Between life and death, he saw a high wall that could never be crossed forever—it was the sorrow of the dead, and it was also a fig leaf for the fragile feelings of the living.
"You don't want to die? Dad just wants to die! Everything I do is for you, so you just have the heart to watch Dad die?!"
Geng Jimao's voice lingered endlessly, like a ghost asking for his life, "Everything I do is for you, and your life is mine! If I let you live, you will live; if I let you die, you will die!"
The ghost-masked man suddenly appeared in the shadows, stretched out his hands twistedly, and said to Geng Jingzhong sternly: "You don't have to resist so much, I will take you down for a while, and you will know what's going on. In Haoli Ghost Country, maybe you can meet your old acquaintances..."
The stern ghost claws suddenly stretched out, and grabbed Geng Jingzhong's skull, and Geng Fan's son was already in a daze, waiting to die.
At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed from the void.
Countless tiles suddenly fell from the top of the hall, mixed with a dazzling sword light that fell suddenly, the white jade-like sword body was spotless, like a dragon swimming in the sea, unruly, but it changed into its own shape in the hands of a gray-clothed Taoist .
The ghost-faced man let out a strange cry, and once again escaped into the shadow behind the corridor pillar, leaving only a cloud of Yin energy that was cut off by the white jade sword, drifting and slowly dissolving in the air.
"Daozhang...help me..."
Geng Jingzhong came back to his senses and blurted out.
Jiang Wen stood in the arena holding the Gaozu Snake Slaying Sword, breathing in the strange atmosphere, and turned his head to give Geng Jingzhong a confident look.
"Don't worry, I'm here. I didn't expect that I deliberately avoided the strange things of the three mountains and two towers, but you guys gave me such a surprise! The coverage is right, good guy, as long as I am in Fuzhou City, I will be recruited, right? !"
Jiang Wen waved his sword to push back the ghost-faced man who appeared in the shadows, and watched him mysteriously disappear into the shadow behind the pillar, feeling that all this was finally coming to an end.
He glanced at Roshan on the top chair, and for a moment didn't know what to say.
"My son, oh no, Prince Jingnan."
Jiang Wen helped Geng Jingzhong, patted the dust off his body, and said loudly, "You should also go out and announce that the old prince insisted on resigning because of rebellion, illness, fat and dead body, and you will inherit the Jingnan throne right?"
With the disappearance of the ghost-faced man, Geng Jimao, who was in the top chair, turned into a puddle of incompetent and sinister fat.His body roared and trembled, but he couldn't make a clear sound.
Of course, there is also a little credit for Jiang Wen cutting his vocal cords.
Geng Jingzhong looked back, his expression was like the new wolf king who just defeated the old wolf on the grassland.
He would shake his fur all by himself, walk up to a high cliff, and let out a shrill and loud wolf howl, tearing up all the warmth and weakness hidden in his heart in the past, and proclaiming the return of kingship to the distance. Rise from the ashes!
"Daoist, Changqingzi told me the story about Senior Qingcheng coming to Fuzhou, it seems to be related to Haoli Ghost Country..."
Jiang Wen nodded, distracted himself from the illusions in front of him, and listened distractedly to Geng Jingzhong's details about what he knew—the reason why the Qingcheng sent to Fuzhou City.
As the third piece in the Fuzhou chess game was also eliminated, the Geng family, who was in desperate need of cleaning up, would no longer be an obstacle to him.
Now only the Qing government and Ling Zhifu could be called threats, and he could already coordinate the clues he got tonight to find the whereabouts of the Mani orb.
Because at this moment, Jiang Wen already had a goal in his heart.
He is going to visit a dead man.
This volume is killing me
(End of this chapter)
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