mountain and river oath

Late at night, in a dilapidated inn, a group of people temporarily found a place to rest, but everyone was silent, only a candle flickered in the wind, making a popping sound, breaking the dignified silence.

"This prefect of Rongyang, damn it," Zhang Jun couldn't help cursing.

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing, since Zhao Jing entered Rongyang City, Zhao Jing's tense face never let go,

"Go down and rest early," Shu Zilan said to the crowd.

Wang Lu and Zhang Jun looked at Zhao Jing, Zhao Jing nodded slightly, everyone retreated from the room, Shu Zilan closed the door, looked at Zhao Jing and said,

"We don't need to pretend to be businessmen to check the disaster situation secretly. Tomorrow we will go directly to the prefect of Rongyang," Shu Zilan said.

"Duan Zhenli, you are so courageous. He is dying. For four days, the prefect of Rongyang has not taken any measures to rescue the victims. People's houses collapsed, roads caved in, property was washed away by the flood, and some innocent people were crushed under the houses. Children Losing a family member, as a parent official, how can he be so inactive?" Zhao Jing couldn't hold back his anger.

"Huh, he is just a speculator. He has been in Rongyang for many years, and he has searched and exploited a lot. He has bribed all the officials in the capital with money. Even if someone comes to see it, he will pretend not to see it. Yang is a local emperor, he has nothing to fear, but he didn't expect that it would be you who came and hit the iron plate this time," Shu Zilan said helplessly.

"Look, Rongyang Flower Street is still bustling with people and bustling. The dignitaries are drinking and having fun, and they have not been affected by the disaster at all, while the common people are crying across the wall. What kind of world is this? People's conscience and compassion?" Zhao Jing asked. road.

Shu Zilan didn't know how to answer. In this world, there is no human nature, but he was still shocked by Zhao Jing's words. Although Shu Zilan lived in a noble family with hairpin tassels, she was determined to learn from a young age, and she always remembered, As a scholar, he must shoulder the mission responsibility of establishing a heart for the world, establishing a life for the people, inheriting the knowledge of the past, and bringing peace to all generations. However, his idea of ​​revenge is often distorted and ridiculed in the face of reality. Sometimes, he would also doubt whether his mission was correct, but when he met Zhao Jing, he heard such words, and then he understood that Zhao Jing, like himself, had such a will to revenge, and had the mission and responsibility of serving the world .

"We'll go find him tomorrow," Shu Zilan said.

"Where can I find it?" Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan and asked.

"Fuya" Shu Zilan said.

"Okay, let's go tomorrow and meet the prefect of Rongyang for a while," Zhao Jing said.

"What if he's not in the mansion?" Shu Zilan asked. He had heard by chance that some prefects hid in their own mansions and the mansion was vacant. He just took it as a joke at the time, but at this time he had to think about it. question. "If we find him in Huajie and hurt each other, I'm afraid he will be jealous of us. As the saying goes, a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake," Shu Zilan said.

"Don't be afraid, this person will be killed sooner or later. It's better to tear up his face as soon as possible, so as to save the trouble of dealing with him," Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing, and it was rare that he didn't beat around the bush, and was straightforward.

"Okay, let's go to the government office to find Duan Zhenli tomorrow," Shu Zilan said.

"Okay" Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan looked out the window, the night was getting dark, a round of bright moon hung in the sky, illuminating the night like day, sprinkled silver light all over the place. "It's late at night, I'm leaving." Shu Zilan turned to go out.

"Wait," Zhao Jing called out hastily.

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing in surprise.

"Let's talk, shall we?" Zhao Jing said.

There was an imperceptible fragility in his tone, Shu Zilan hesitated, and finally sat down, Zhao Jing showed a slight smile on his tense face, he lit up the candle, the bright light illuminated Shu Zilan's delicate cheeks , Zhao Jing lowered his eyes,

"You must have checked my life experience before I took refuge in Yu Wang," Zhao Jing said flatly.

Shu Zilan nodded slightly.

"I was born in a cold palace, and my mother was a maid from a sewing house with a humble background." Zhao Jing didn't know why he would tell Shu Zilan these words on such a night. They were hostile to each other and had opposing positions, but at this moment, he didn't want to go Thinking about this, in life, you have to be willful once.

"We live a very hard life. Many eunuchs and maids with low status in the palace can bully our mother and son. My mother has suffered a lot to protect me." Zhao Jing said slowly, his tone was deep and distant, as if he had returned to the time when he was six years old. I still live with my mother, staying in that cold cold palace, "Later, my mother committed suicide. Although I was six years old, I remember clearly that since then, I have become a child without a mother. The most painful thing in the world is to lose my mother." My dear, that kind of pain is unforgettable." Zhao Jing's eyes flickered, as if tears were piling up in his eyes, Shu Zilan looked carefully, and felt that his eyes were clear without any trace of tears.

"Do you sympathize with those disaster victims? Seeing those children who lost their parents feel the same way?" Shu Zilan said in surprise. Even though Zhao Jing was born in a humble background, he was still the prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, and his identity was very different from those commoners.

"As long as you are a human, you have parents and brothers, and if you lose them, you will feel pain," Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan looked at the flickering candles and remained silent.

"Do you remember? You saved me," Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan was silent.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhao Jing's eyebrows, but he immediately covered it up, "It's late at night, let's rest," Zhao Jing said sadly.

Shu Zilan went out, he saw Zhao Jing was still sitting on the table, did not go to sleep, Shu Zilan walked back to his room.

The next day, a group of people came to Rongyang magistrate's mansion, and Zhao Jing walked in. The front of the mansion was deserted, and there was only one gatekeeper. Seeing Zhao Jing and his party, he hurried up and scolded, "Who are you? Hurry up!" go out"

"Is this the magistrate's office in Rongyang?" Shu Zilan walked over and asked.

"You're blind, you can't see the big characters of the magistrate's government office, go, go, hurry up." The gatekeeper came up to push Shu Zilan out, Zhao Jing came over, stopped the gatekeeper and said, "Is the magistrate in the house?

"Master Zhifu has a noble status, how can you tricksters see it, leave quickly," said the gatekeeper impatiently.

"Your Majesty is so majestic. The Yamen of the Prefect is a place set up by the imperial court to work for the people. Why can't we come and stay?" Zhao Jing asked, looking at the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper saw that Zhao Jing was handsome and rich, and there were many burly men in the group. He looked like he was a family member with martial arts skills. This group of people had a special status, so he didn't dare to be tough, so he said instead, "My lord, come here." Unfortunately, Rongyang has been seriously affected by the disaster, and the magistrate loves the people like his own son. He has been busy helping the victims these days and is not in the mansion."

"Where did the magistrate go to relieve the disaster?" Zhao Jing asked.

"Who are you?" The gatekeeper looked at Zhao Jing vigilantly, with a nervous expression.

Zhao Jing looked at Zhang Jun behind him, Zhang Jun came forward knowingly, took out the rope and locked the gatekeeper's hands behind his back.

"Who are you, what are you going to do?" the gatekeeper shouted, "This is the government office of the prefect of Rongyang"

"Let's go in and have a look." Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing and said.

"Okay" Zhao Jing nodded, and a few people walked in. The entire mansion was built grandly, grandly and magnificently. When they walked in, the huge mansion was empty. With sharp ups and downs, he came out from the government office and said, "Bring that person here"

The samurai brought the gatekeeper over. Zhao Jing looked at the gatekeeper sharply and said, "Where did the magistrate go to help the victims?"

"I" the janitor was at a loss.

"Say, where did he go?" Zhao Jing asked.

"I don't know. I'm just a gatekeeper. How could I know where the magistrate is going?" asked the gatekeeper.

"The magistrate doesn't know where he is going, so what about the servants in the government office?" Zhao Jing asked.

"I don't know." The gatekeeper trembled under Zhao Jing's aggressive gaze.

"You don't know, the whole magistrate's office is empty, where are all those people going, don't you know?" Zhao Jing said.

"I'm just a servant of the gatekeeper." The gatekeeper was shaking like chaff.

"Forget it, he is a servant, how much can he know?" Shu Zilan came over and said.

The gatekeeper looked at Shu Zilan gratefully, Zhao Jing let go of the gatekeeper, motioned for Zhang Jun to untie him, Zhang Jun let go of the gatekeeper,

"Let's go." Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing and said.

With a smile on the corner of Zhao Jing's mouth, he said, "Okay, let's go"

A group of people left the government office and walked to a hidden corner. Shu Zilan and Zhao Jing stopped,

"Why don't you leave?" Zhang Jun asked inexplicably.

Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan but smiled silently, Shu Zilan said, "I guess the gatekeeper must know where the magistrate has gone, we can definitely find his trace as long as we follow him," Shu Zilan affirmed.

Zhao Jing watched the movement of the government office not far away from a corner of the wall. The gatekeeper carefully observed from left to right. After a while, he walked cautiously in one direction

"You guys go back first, I'll go with Mr. Shu," Zhao Jing said to Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun took the order, and the entourage retreated for a while, Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan and said, "Master, good plan"

"I just thought of this on the spur of the moment. It's better if you cooperate," Shu Zilan said. He looked at Zhao Jing, but he didn't expect Zhao Jing to understand him without saying a word. There seemed to be a tacit understanding between them without words.

"Let's follow that person and see where the magistrate is helping the disaster?" Zhao Jing said.

The two followed the gatekeeper not too far away. Although the gatekeeper had a low status, he acted carefully, and looked back from time to time to see if anyone was following him.

About half an hour later, the gatekeeper stopped in front of an exquisite attic door. Zhao Jing came out, took out a dagger with a sheath on his waist, and knocked on the back of the gatekeeper's head, and the man fell limply immediately. , the two of them jumped up the wall of the attic lightly, and walked along the path into a high-rise building with curtains. The small building was filled with a strong fragrance of rouge and gouache, and sweet and delicate laughter wafted from the attic .

Two people walked in following the sound, opened the curtain, and a charming and coquettish woman was nestled in the arms of a fat man, holding a glass of wine in her hand to feed the man. The two were obviously flirting, and the man's hands were irregular. The woman stroked the woman's body, and the woman smiled and beat the man lightly with her powder fist, in exchange for the man laughing.

"This Duan Zhenli has a good eye, and this girl is not bad," Zhao Jing teased in Shu Zilan's ear.

Shu Zilan ignored Zhao Jing's teasing and walked in.

When Duan Zhenli saw someone coming in, he was about to shout angrily, but he swallowed the scolding words as soon as they reached his lips. He didn't recognize Zhao Jing, but he knew Shu Zilan. She is deeply trusted by King Yu and has a great influence on King Yu's decision-making. Everyone in Beijing knows that Shu Zilan can't be messed with.

"Mr. Shu, why are you here?" Duan Zhenli hurriedly waved the woman away, stood up and said awkwardly, he didn't understand why Shu Zilan appeared here, the spies he sent found out that Shu Zilan and her party were still on the road, sitting in a carriage Coming slowly, Duan Zhenli's heart became tense, he realized that he had been tricked, someone deliberately set him up, and who was the one who set him up?

"Come and see Mr. Duan." Shu Zilan looked at Duan Zhenli with a half-smile, and Duan Zhenli's heart was trembling. He couldn't figure out what Shu Zilan meant. Now Rongyang was hit by a disaster, and as a local parent official, he was not involved in disaster relief. On the front line, instead of drinking with a prostitute in Hualou, this crime is terrible when you think about it, and Shu Zilan is the entourage official of this disaster relief. Duan Zhenli looked at the man next to Shu Zilan and guessed that he was Zhao Jing, the king of Qi , it seems that the person who designed him is this King Qi, I don't know how to deal with it this time?Duan Zhenli was pondering in his heart, but his face remained silent.

"This subordinate has met His Royal Highness King Qi." Duan Zhenli bowed and saluted.

Zhao Jing observed Duan Zhenli from the side, seeing that he didn't panic about being smashed. Is this person really holding his breath or does he rely on others?

"I don't know why Master Duan is here?" Zhao Jing said.

"I..." Duan Zhenli looked at Zhao Jing, unable to speak, he turned to look at Shu Zilan for help, Shu Zilan pretended not to see it.