Laughing at Chang'an

"Master."

When Geng Yan walked out of Weiyang Palace with Li Shen on his back, it was nearly dusk, Geng Liancheng stood by the Xiama Bridge with his hands down, and called out with his head down.Geng Yan glanced at him, nodded, without stopping, said: "Let's go."

Geng Liancheng showed joy and followed quietly. The two walked across the Xiama Bridge one after the other. Their shadows stretched out a long line in the afterglow of the setting sun. A reporter waiting not far away took pictures of this scene. Geng Yan, who was watching Li Shen, and Geng Liancheng, who was walking behind him, against the majestic Weiyang Palace in the setting sun, were so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

This photo was finally published in the Chang'an Evening News as the cover image of the news edition of the day, with a very provocative title: A Gone Era.

Geng Liancheng came by car. Geng Yan sat in the back seat of the car and began to vomit blood. He clutched his heart tightly, the pain was uncontrollable, the effect of the stimulant had long since disappeared, and he gave himself spiritual hints in the mercenary guild , has been sustained until now, even the will of steel is on the verge of limit.Seeing this, Geng Liancheng hurriedly started the car and hurried to the Damo Guild Hall, so when Geng Yan woke up again, he was already on the hospital bed of the Damo Medical Department.

The light in the ward was a bit dim, Huang Sha sat by the bed, helped Geng Yan raise the bed, and handed Geng Yan the water glass on the bedside table.He watched Geng Yan coughing and drinking water slowly, for a long time, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

Geng Yan was stunned, shook his head, and smiled.

When the Geng army was in trouble, Da Mo, as an ally, didn't follow him to make trouble, but he did nothing.On the one hand, it is indeed powerless, on the other hand, it is more afraid of being involved in chaos.After all, at that time, the blood massacre had just been eaten, and the crazy atmosphere was at its peak. It wasn't the Geng Army, but someone else had to be unlucky... Someone had to be a sacrifice to calm the madness.

"Your physical condition is very bad." Huang Sha said, "The situation outside is not stable, I will clean up a room for you, shall you stay here first?"

"Ahem, I can't." Geng Yan coughed, the blood in his palm was dotted, it was very dazzling, "I have to go out, otherwise this play, ahem, I can't sing."

"I have issued an ultimatum to the bayonet." Huang Sha frowned, "Within ten days, he will die if he doesn't roll."

"He won't live for ten days." Geng Yan said indifferently.

The next day, Geng Yan took Li Shen out of the Damo Guild Hall, and Geng Liancheng managed to rent a bungalow by the Moon River, which was considered a relief.There is a small episode here, Geng Yan's deposits and treasures in Penglai Bank were frozen, for a good reason, and it was Li Shen's fault, that is, the notorious 'confiscation order'.

Although Geng Yan's stigma as a traitor had been cleared during the battle of the city, there was no written evidence left behind. On the contrary, his charges of being a traitor were released in the form of an announcement.Penglai Bank was justified in holding this point to add insult to injury, and Geng Yan was too lazy to argue with him—he knew it was not that simple.

The Penglai Chamber of Commerce has been standing for nearly a thousand years, and the current head Zhu Zifeng is not an idiot who pushes the lows and flatters the highs, and he will not easily stand in line when the situation is unclear.The current attitude can only show that there are still things that Geng Yan is not clear about. He thinks he has no quarrel with the Penglai Chamber of Commerce in the past, and there is no conflict of interest, but he is treated like this... The problem can only be caused by the other party. up.

Geng Yan's savings were frozen and he was penniless, but Geng Liancheng was also a pauper - this guy thought he was going to die at first, so he squandered all his savings, but he didn't die.All these years, he lived in a muddle-headed way. Fortunately, Da Mo had issued a salary card for him. There was still a little money in it, but renting a house in the urban area would cost at least nearly [-] yuan a month, and his little money wouldn't last even half a year.In the end, it was Geng Yan who saw the one-story house by the Yuehe River that was originally used as a warehouse, and negotiated a monthly rent of [-] and signed a one-year contract.

After all, it was a single household, and the surrounding area was clean, cleaned and equipped with tables, chairs and benches. Geng Liancheng went to look for a plasterer to separate a bathroom and a kitchen. Geng Yan put Li Shen on a chair and pulled the sheets to make the bed.There was a musty smell in the room, which could not be dispelled by opening the windows. He made the bed, turned around and sat down beside the bed, and looked at Li Shen who was sleeping with his head tilted on the chair.

——I think back then, the good-looking Baishan Bieyuan refused to live in it, and insisted on running to get married, but now, I can only live in this dilapidated house.

Geng Yan settled down, and Geng Liancheng worked hard and tried his best. He seemed to be alive again. By evening, the bathroom and kitchen were all set up, and the furniture was almost complete. He stepped on the chair on the roof and replaced the lamp core Yuanjing, the bright light illuminated the room and gave it a new look, Geng Yan watched from below, beckoning him to come down.

"After a while, I will find someone to take care of your wounds." Geng Yan said, "From now on, you can live well on your own. I don't blame you for the Geng Army's affairs."

Geng Liancheng was stunned like a piece of wood, and after a long while, he stuttered and said: "You, you don't, no..."

After the war, although the two leaders Geng Yan and Li Shen were lost, the Geng Army was not as weak and deceitful as Xuetu. If Geng Liancheng, who had the highest authority at that time, could have more keenly sensed the hidden crisis, and had taken the initiative to unite with Huiguang and If Da Mo responds, then the situation will definitely not develop into what it was later.Just because he rashly led the Geng Army to participate in the atrocities of carve up the blood massacre, on the contrary, he let others see the truth of the Geng Army, so he gave the truth and created legitimacy for others to carve up the Geng Army... In short, the Geng Army was destroyed, and Geng Liancheng It's hard to escape the blame.

Geng Yan rubbed the center of his brows, his eyesight is too damaged now, he will get a headache after looking at things for a long time, he closed his eyes and said: "You go, you don't have to come here again."

Geng Liancheng's complexion changed drastically, and then he folded his knees and knelt straight on the ground: "Marshal, I have sworn a long time ago that I will follow you in this life, whether it is life or death, what you say...you don't want to see me Just leave, but I will always be yours, and you can take my life anytime you want.”

Geng Yan closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, sighed wearily, after a while, he reached out and patted Geng Liancheng's shoulder.

"Let's go."

Geng Liancheng left silently.

Maybe he didn't understand Geng Yan's true meaning of asking him to go, but this is indifferent.In the silent room, there was some cold and damp air for a long time. Geng Yan sat alone on the chair for a long time, coughing from time to time, making a difficult gasping sound.Living in such a dilapidated house with a dilapidated body, such a situation was never in any of his previous life plans, it was like a bad dream.

—but he was already awake.

Da Mo and Hui Guang accepted Geng Yan's publicly announced task, and jointly issued a statement, announcing that Geng Yan and Li Shen would be given asylum for a period of three years in the name of the two families. During this period, anyone who wants to harm the two People's behavior will be regarded as an enemy of the two families.After Geng Yan moved into his new residence, Damo and Huiguang also sent people to stay here for protection.

In the early morning of the third day after Geng Yan entered Weiyang Palace, Han Danru, the leader of the bayonet, died in his own house.In the afternoon of the same day, Tiger Killer Yuan Roar died in the office of the guild hall.

Once the news of the death of these two people came out, the whole city was shocked.There are different opinions on the cause of death. Some say that Geng Yan's cultivation was not abolished, and both of them were assassinated by him, and some say that they fell into Geng Yan's trap and killed each other.For a while, Geng Yan was pushed to the forefront again, but the leaders of the mercenary group who also received the hidden letter kept silent about it strangely.

As the protagonist of the incident in everyone's mouth, Geng Yan didn't make any reaction. To be precise, he didn't have the energy to make any reaction, because...he was sick.

The continuous use of mental hints and stimulants overloaded the body and made Geng Yan's body extremely fragile. Just a small wind and cold almost killed him.If the mercenaries in charge of monitoring and protecting him hadn't knocked on the door to confirm his safety, he might have passed out and died in the room. Li Mubai, who arrived with the doctor in person, had nothing to say in disgust, and sent a group of attendants with him. Name came, and nursed Geng Yan until he fully recovered.

Weak to the point where he can't even hold a water glass firmly, Geng Yan spends most of the time every day lying on the bed in a daze, not thinking about anything, just in a daze.

Chang'an City is not peaceful.

A lot of things are happening, and many people are dying. Only then do those who are belatedly realize that a new round of power reshuffle has arrived.Different from the crazy and violent last time, the shuffling of the cards this time was carried out in strange silence, as if there was a hand secretly picking out the objects to be cleaned, accurately, powerfully, quickly, and silently.

In the communication line with only two people left, Zhu Zifeng, head of the Penglai Chamber of Commerce, said in a tired and helpless tone: "Geng Yan, after all, Geng Yan."

No matter what he becomes, he is still the frightening and helpless Geng Yan.

Geng Yan, who was so moved, was struggling on the verge of death, and his broken organs were on the verge of failure. Zhang Puqiu invited Lu Cang, who is good at human body transformation, for this purpose.After checking Geng Yan's situation, Lu Xiaonian made a judgment. If he wanted to save Geng Yan, he had to replace more than half of his body parts. Even so, it would only prolong his life for a short time.

"I have never tried this kind of transformation." Lu Cang said, "It may not be successful, even if it is successful, there is no way to solve the problem fundamentally. Instead of this, I suggest that you might as well freeze yourself, and wait for the future medical technology After the breakthrough, it will be thawed for treatment."

Geng Yan rejected the proposal.

Lu Cang made a whole body transformation for him, replacing more than half of the flesh and blood organs in his body with machines. The transformation was generally successful. Before winter came, Geng Yan was able to get out of bed and walk around.

When the first snow fell in Chang'an this year, he leaned against the head of the bed, put Li Shen's head on his lap, and read a book quietly.The white snowflakes were falling outside the window, there was no fireplace or earth dragon in the room, the air was extremely cold, Geng Yan's fingers were already numb from the cold, but he couldn't feel it at all, he just moved them stiffly and slowly to turn the pages of the book.

According to Lu Cang's deduction, he would have to undergo a second transformation to replace the original mechanical organs within three years or five years.And the success rate of the second transformation will not exceed [-]%.

"This book says that there is an unsinkable lake in the South China Sea. People who float in it will not sink. The principle is not complicated, but the water has a high salt content, and the buoyancy is enough to support the human body..."

Geng Yan put down the book while talking, leaned over and kissed Li Shen lightly on the forehead.

"Go to sleep."