laughing soul

The pavilion master, who was unwilling to drink the medicinal soup for more than half a month, deeply believed that if he drank any more, his tongue might be in danger of malfunctioning and striking. In front of Brother Tongue, Jingran floated in without a sound, announcing amnesty to the world, everything is ready, and you can start the Soul Leaving Technique.

Holding a handful of incense, Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed to the monk with gratitude: "Thank you, master. Is there anything I need to do?"

While arranging all kinds of silver needles of different lengths and sizes, Jing Ran ordered a plate of candied fruit on the small table: "The pavilion master's mouth is very bitter, right? He specially asked his disciples to go down the mountain to buy it for you."

Chu Yu picked up the candied fruit with one hand and put it in his mouth slowly. His bitter mouth was instantly filled with sweet taste, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

After suffering for such a long time, even putting a small candied fruit on the tip of my tongue is considered a blessing in my life.Then this long life, 20 years of suffering, can be regarded as facing the Shuangchakou, give him a life or death, or fall into the boundless hell, or just hide in the mountains and rivers and enjoy his life, my life and my luck are all right Bow your head and admit it without complaint or regret.

He was staring at the beam in a daze, and suddenly a needle was stabbed involuntarily, the position was impartial, it was exactly the Yangbai acupoint that Chu Yu was most afraid of getting needles every time, the pavilion master trembled violently and almost fell to the right He punched it with an uppercut fist, and stared at the old bald donkey with eyes like copper bells. At least he suppressed it, and complained in a rather helpless tone: "Don't be so sudden, I'm afraid I will hit you subconsciously."

"Suddenly?" Jing Ran shrugged with an innocent look on her shoulders, "I stabbed the Pavilion Master in front of you for a long time."

Chu Yu closed his mouth for no other reason, another bunch of needles pointed at his handsome face and stabbed him mercilessly.

"Pavilion Master, you were not very handy in suppressing Chu Quan before. After leaving the soul this time, the dead soul must be even more lawless. The poor monk suggests that you don't leave for the time being, and then condescend to take a few medicines to observe the situation and then say something later. "Relying on the fact that the pavilion master was forced to seal his mouth and couldn't speak, Jing Ran took the opportunity to launch a Tang Monk-style offensive, "Don't go to the capital for now, don't eat sweets during the medication, drink more hot tea and less cold water Take a bath, this qi and blood should be preserved more or less, and I can treat the other side of the benefactor later. Forgive the poor monk, in terms of your physical condition, the pavilion master, once you don’t handle it properly, it is easy for the blood to flow backwards and collapse. Originally, I could live for two years, but now I put it in the doctor's hands, it's not because of the iron relationship, I can't cure you..."

The only thing in Chu Yu's body that could move freely was his eyes. After staring at the monk for a long time but failed, tears welled up in his eyes instead, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and temporarily closed his eyes.

"Also, you can't be distracted when the sky falls after Lihun starts. Don't think about Cuiwei Pavilion, Chuquan, and little lover. You won't fall apart without the pavilion master outside for a while, and His Majesty the Emperor will also You won’t die if you pass through the water and lose your breath, so please be at ease, and the poor monk will start after a stick of incense has passed.”

Hearing these words, Chu Yu completely knelt down to this shapeless old bald donkey. In a place full of little novice monks, why would this person know that "menstruation is not good for the lower abdomen and full of pain"? The important thing is that some unscrupulous people made some rumors with the priest of the Bald Lv Academy while he was away.

While blushing, he secretly turned his head away, closing his eyes to see, and not letting the monk see his joke.

"By the way, there is one more thing, Pavilion Master," Jing Ran walked slowly away with the porcelain plate, and before leaving, he did not forget to stab Chu Yu who was full of trauma, "You can't let your blood flow up, you have to calm down."

Chu Yu opened his mouth silently: "..." Will this old bald donkey get better?

However, it may take a long time for the pavilion master to seek revenge. The bastard spreading rumors is already on the border of Tiancheng. The rotten tongue sets the words of the shopkeeper.

At that time, Qiu Sheng listened to Hu Tiandu's complaints in the Yizheng Hall and was upset. He was anxious to get angry when he heard Dong Qi's report on the first day of junior high school, and had no time to care about the deviations in the details. .

First, why didn't it go elsewhere, but Tiancheng, which is the closest to Weizhou and Beili?

Second, the rich and powerful have always been greedy for life and afraid of death. They would rather spend thousands of dollars and ten thousand times than throw their heads and blood. How could they refuse the great opportunity given by the imperial court to give up their money for their lives? The rebel uprising?

Is it true that the officials forced the people to rebel against the people and had to rebel, or did these Tiancheng luxury people have already secretly plotted to do something wrong, and they just waited for the court to issue an excuse to climb the snake?

"Shopkeeper, this wine is really the best, what kind of delicacies are it made from?"

But no one who runs his own shop is willing to listen to the compliments from his customers, not to mention that Dong Qi added oil and vinegar on this basis, so he called a cup of ordinary farmhouse wine into fine wine, and the old shop was immediately dismissed by him. He smiled happily at the nonsense, wiped his hands with a rag, and sat down beside him so unobtrusively.

"Your guest really knows wine!" He held up a wine glass with his rough fingers, his face was full of joy after seeing his child become famous, "But when it comes to the materials, there is nothing new, they are just ordinary things. Common herbs and cheap flowers are not comparable to the ginseng wine and deer antler wine that the rich and powerful people drink every day... Even so, it has an infinite fresh taste, if the guest officer likes it, I will give you another pot later!"

The decoration of the gate and courtyard of this inn and tavern looks like a small business. Dong Qi is used to incorruptibility. I wanted to wave my hand and refuse righteously, but I saw a slender and powerful hand first took the old man's hands and shook them vigorously: "Thank you, shopkeeper! It's hard to get a confidant with mountains and rivers. The more the better, the more the better!"

Looking back, Qiu Sheng smiled flatteringly, seeing him turn around, even smiled at him from the corner of his eyes.

Dong Qi was speechless, didn't the treasury just entered silver?Why is he still acting like a rascal who eats and drinks?

The old man was flattered: "Okay, this little brother likes to drink, just go and get a few more pots!"

After talking about it, he was going to drink wine with the flagon. Fortunately, Dong Qi, who had a serious mind, stopped him in time: "Shopkeeper, please ignore him, this pot is enough. The two of us are here together." Come here, I have something important to ask."

Qiu Sheng frantically ate peanuts with chopsticks, and as soon as Dong Qi finished speaking, the guests at the farthest table all looked at this side together. The abnormality was enough to make him feel that something was wrong.

Those two people had bad expressions on their faces, and they were both wearing black crow-like night clothes. After racking her brains for a long time, Qiu Sheng finally remembered that this special outfit was in the area of ​​Tiancheng, and it specially symbolized the spy eyeliner of those rich and powerful families. I knew it when I overheard a group of gangsters whispering in the middle of the night.

Any more cover-up would only be an attempt to cover up, Qiu Sheng put down his chopsticks with a "snap", and now almost the entire store's customers looked in this direction. Untied a token from his waist and threw it on the table: "Dali Temple handles the case, be honest."

The crowd suddenly became agitated. The old man was frightened out of his wits by the sudden scene. He was about to throw the jug on the ground with trembling hands, but was caught by Qiu Sheng who shot suddenly.

Dong Qi watched silently from the side. He had always heard that the new emperor had his own way of doing things, but he didn't expect such a messy style. on the side.

"Don't be afraid, it's nothing serious, I just came to ask you a few words, old man," he said while comforting the old man like nonsense, squinting his eyes and sneaking a glance over there, seeing that the two men took advantage of the confusion of the crowd to get closer Taking a step forward, he turned to hold the wine pot that was not empty and took a sip, "Deng Qi, do you know each other?"

This moment seemed to be a trigger, and the troublemakers who watched around unexpectedly reversed their fear just now and began to talk about it.

"My lord, Deng Qi has done a lot of evil, bullied men and women, and the twin daughters of the old man have been taken by him to fill in the house! Your lord should make the decision for the little one!"

"My lord, Deng Qi wants to forcefully expropriate the land. The villain's family only has one-third of an acre of land. There are eighty old mothers with infant boys under their feet. They really don't want to sell the land. He, Deng Qi, sent family generals to coerce the little one to sell the land! I only gave the villain 20 taels of silver, and now the villain's family can't even drink porridge!"

"grown ups…"

Qiu Sheng frowned and listened for a long time. They were all crap things that wealthy people would do elsewhere. There was nothing special about it. What he really wanted to hear were those that proved that Deng Qi was not just a luxury man, but capable of causing riots. Concrete evidence of a madman in the matter of rebellion.

"My lord! My lord!"

The crowd suddenly fell silent, and the chaotic flow of people gave way for it. Qiu Sheng immediately recovered from his meditation, and saw that the person was an old woman with silver hair, and hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Madam, you explain."

The old man almost crawled forward with his old bones that could not be straightened up. The eyes that were deeply sunken along the bones could hardly see anything clearly, but unexpectedly combed his long hair properly. With Qiu Sheng's strength, she straightened her back, but instead of standing up, she knelt on the ground straight and made a big salute: "I beg your lord to make the decision."

Knowing that this grandma is probably hard of hearing, Qiu Sheng didn't say much more, just stretched out her hands and was held tightly by her, quietly waiting for the next sentence.

"My lord, old woman, I am ninety and three years old, and I have only four unworthy sons under my knees. I don't study, become an official, or marry a wife. I just stay at home and study some ingenious objects all day long. When I'm done, I take them to the market. If you buy some small money, you can barely make a living. But Deng Qi, he heard that my son can do some handicrafts, so he couldn't help saying that he wanted to include them in his family's army. The eldest son refused, and was killed alive in the street. Beat to death..." When she said this, it seemed that many people present had heard about it, and they all sighed after hearing the words. Unexpectedly, the old man wiped away his old tears, straightened his back and continued to cry: "He still forcibly confiscated They recruited many local young talents to serve as soldiers, and drove us, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled to the border to fend for ourselves..."

Qiu Sheng raised his eyes and saw that several elderly men were crying together, and he couldn't help frowning and asked Dong Qi, "Forcible conscripts? Is there such a thing?"

Dong Qi: "That's right, Deng Qi and the few luxury houses seem to have planned it long ago. All the young and middle-aged men in Tiancheng who still have the ability to fight, they use all kinds of means to forcibly reorganize under the family's family, or buy or buy them with a lot of money. Forced to submit. According to the condition of this old woman, it should be the latter."

The old woman who was kneeling on the ground was still crying, Qiu Sheng was really not very good at comforting others, so she waved her hand and ordered Li Ci to do it for her, and said in a low voice, "Did Deng Qi and his gang gather where they are now? Have you found out the number? geometry?"

Dong Qi: "The thieves are currently gathering at the North City Gate. The commander of Tiancheng's pro-army has sent troops to suppress them, but the situation is not optimistic."

Qiu Sheng sensed that there was something in his words, and turned his ears slightly.

Dong Qi leaned forward: "A thief who strikes and retreats is not a serious man who wants to fight a big battle or rebel, but because of his powerful power and many branches, it is difficult for the general to completely calm down for a while. The general tried to fight with Deng Qi. Negotiations, the result is that the other party ignores it in a self-righteous manner, and even utters wild words..."

Qiu Sheng raised her eyebrows and snorted softly: "What did you say?"

Dong Qi bent down and said: "It is said that the general is not qualified to talk to him, we have to wait for someone who is worthy enough to come."

"The dignified status of Tiancheng's pro-army commander can't hold him down as a traitor? Just take his muddy mud seriously?" Qiu Sheng said coldly, "I really have to force me to meet him."

"My lord, aren't you afraid of fraud? This person is simply..." It was as if he was waiting for the emperor to come all the way to deal with him.

Dong Qi tactfully didn't say the following words. Based on his understanding of Qiu Sheng, it is estimated that this person is determined to go after hearing this.

"They tried their best to make such a stormy sea, just to catch me, a big fish. Tell me, if I don't go, wouldn't it appear that I am putting on airs too much? I have failed to live up to my kindness," Qiu Sheng stood up, looked back at the sallow and emaciated common people who were in dire straits, and sighed softly, "I also caused the common people to suffer together, I can't sit still."

He waved to the side: "Zheng Nan."

Zheng Nan is the commander-in-chief of Huadu's pro-army, and he was also a good young man in Zhengmiaohong back then. Unfortunately, his mind was not firm. The "disaster and chaos" King Nan Xiao came and led him to fight the bandits a few times. Qiu Sheng breathed out through one nostril.Abandoning the boxing and embroidered leg moves previously practiced by the pro-military forces of various states and counties, and practiced a bunch of life-threatening kung fu with Qiu Sheng. The face is still somewhat restrained and gentle from the south, but the body is quite powerful. The well-developed muscles on the top almost stand up to the clothes.

He knelt on one knee: "This subordinate is here."

"Divide it into two halves. One half will take a shortcut to explore the situation first, and the other half will stay with me. Move quickly."

The territory of Tiancheng is not vast, and it is a narrow square shape when drawn on the map. The group of people hurried on without stopping for a moment, and finally arrived at the north gate of Tiancheng before dark.

Although it is said that spring is about to start, the north is always warmer slowly, and Tiancheng is close to Weizhou, so it is inevitably tainted with the bloody atmosphere of the previous killings and conquests.These people from the Central Plains who joined forces with the enemy and foreign aggression not long ago are now so angry that they can't wait to pounce on each other and bite off the other's head.

The current situation is changing rapidly, and people are always caught off guard.

Deng Qiyi, who was swinging the old man's rocking chair, saw Qiu Sheng approaching from afar, instead of being frightened, he calmly ordered the servant to pour tea: "Serve the best black tea to warm your majesty's stomach! I'm sorry, I want your heads!"

All the servants nodded and bowed one after another to take the orders. They were all healthy people with two legs, but they crawled out like dogs on the loess.

Qiu Sheng took the lead, and happened to bump into this scene impartially, and couldn't help but feel very emotional: He likes to want people's heads so much, it is clear that this guy is the material to be an emperor.

Looking at the two people standing behind Deng Qi again, aren't they just the two sneaky eavesdroppers I just met at the station?

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, he was really rich, and he bought horses so quickly.

Deng Qi tried his best to move his heavy fat butt off the stool, and just moved forward to make a bow to Qiu Sheng, Zheng Nan couldn't help saying that he drew out his long sword and laid it across his fat neck, probably This time, he didn't grasp the strength well, and blood was seen almost instantly.

Qiu Sheng frowned and stopped him: "General Zheng."

Zheng Nan glanced at him, holding back his fire, and finally moved the sword away.

"General Zheng is so angry." Deng Qi didn't mind much, grinning, and handed a cup of tea to Qiu Sheng, "Please, Your Majesty."

He laughed so that Zheng Nan got goosebumps all over his body, he hooked his fingers backwards, and ordered the only three heavy-armored soldiers in Huadu's army to stay by Qiu Sheng's side, and he also stood by and launched an eye attack on Deng Qi .

Just as Dong Qi was about to persuade Qiu Sheng not to enter anything of unknown origin, he saw Lord Long Live raised his hand and pressed in his direction, then raised his eyebrows and smiled at Deng Qi: "Master Deng is very elegant, but unfortunately I always use strong wine to help in battle."

"Your Majesty is so squeamish, but the old thief thinks that if you have the intention of going to battle to kill the enemy, what's the difference between light tea and sweet brew?"

As soon as these two sentences were put down, the two soldiers immediately grasped the swords around their waists tightly, with a tense look on the verge of a war. Zheng Nan stretched out his fingers and gently rubbed the bloodstains on the back of the swords, and they could pick them off at any time after Qiu Sheng gave an order. This unsightly pig's head in front of him.

"Old thief?" Long live Lord seemed completely unaffected by the emotions of the people around him, he was still sipping his tea calmly, and almost imperceptibly poohed, "This tea is not good, Mr. Deng, please don't buy it back. What about the tea seller fooling you... What?" He raised his eyes and coldly glanced around the generals behind Deng Qi, and suddenly laughed out of nowhere, "Master Deng is going to use his troops to build me up! Is it impossible? You and I are old friends after all, is it really generous and decent to be so ruthless?"

The so-called friendship between old friends was just when Nan Xiao Wang followed Guan Yang to make money, and Guan Shao and Deng Qi had some disputes over guests. He couldn't fight, so he insisted on asking Qiu Sheng to help out.Young Master Qiu was also considered young and frivolous back then, and he confiscated a little bit of strength from his subordinates, and he swelled up Deng Qiren, who was still slender at the time.

Which pot does not open and which pot is lifted, a man can't stand such a provocation, but Deng Qi's face was only pale for a moment, and he smiled at Qiu Sheng: "Your Majesty has a good memory, it's all happened many years ago."

"It's been quite a few years," Qiu Sheng slammed the teacup, "Your Excellency wasn't so greasy back then... You must have eaten too much oil that shouldn't be needed. The pork in this body was raised after that, right?"

The momentum became tense again, Deng Qi's expression was still not looking good, but he still put on a smiling face and twisted his fingers slightly behind his back. A small slit opened, and there was a faint sound.

Qiu Sheng frowned, and almost instantly noticed a change in the atmosphere: "You..."

"The old thief has been waiting for you for a long time, Your Majesty, and I specially asked someone to prepare a big gift for Your Majesty..." Deng Qi still had a sour and disgusting smile on his face, but his expression gradually became ferocious, and the corners of his mouth that did not change the curvature revealed faintly. Unable to hide the killing intent.He fixed his eyes on Qiu Sheng, squinted his eyes and sneered viciously, raised his head suddenly, and roared loudly: "Boom——"

The originally small gap widened in an instant, and a thin young man rushed towards Qiu Sheng like a ghost coming out of the ground, reaching out his hand to ignite a small cloth bag in his arms.

Everything happened in an instant, Qiu Sheng didn't even have time to take a step back, and before he could shout a word to retreat, he felt his whole body being rolled over three feet away by the three heavily armored soldiers around him, his body was not stable, and he felt hot The airflow was so overwhelming that he couldn't cover his ears with his hands squeezed tightly, and he couldn't hear the sound of the explosion at the moment.

The boy who sacrificed his body for blood was wiped out in an instant, a huge brown smoke cloud rose in the air, and a strong smell of gunpowder gradually wafted within a radius of three miles.

Qiu Sheng was protected by three heavy armors in the middle and did not hurt his flesh. After all, he hurt his lungs. His eyes blurred, he opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spewed out. The back of his neck suddenly hurt for a moment, and then he passed out.

Before losing consciousness, he smiled wryly and suddenly thought: Scarlet blood.