Zhu He

Chang Jiaci didn't go back to the firewood house, he found the pond where the old woman pointed him, and sat by the pond with his legs crossed all night.

While the moon was setting and the sky was dark, there was a very light sound of swords and swords clanging. Chang Jiaci listened carefully and found that it was coming from the backyard. He moved his stiff legs, shaking off the frost all over his body, and slowly stood up.

He is just a beggar, it is rare to be taken in by Shang Shuqianjin for one night, how can he have the status to enter the backyard.Chang Jiaci looked around and walked towards the biggest tree by the pond.

The body of the tree is thick and firm, and the leaves are smooth. It is actually a pear tree, but it grows so tall and strong that it probably won't be able to bear huge fruits. It will be beautiful...

Chang Jiaci didn't know what to think of, and smiled nostalgicly, stretched out his hand to touch the rough tree trunk, lifted the hem of his clothes and climbed up.

With his current body and bones, it is very difficult to walk on flat ground, let alone climb trees. Chang Jiaci fell down halfway several times, but he did not give up. He still gritted his teeth and persisted, regardless of the worn out palms. , with five fingers hooked, nails stuck in the sharp bark, still vowing to achieve his goal.Knowing that his legs were unable to pedal, Chang Jiaci changed his arms and embraced them, and he finally moved them to a branch of a tree bit by bit.

Chang Jiaci's back was wet with sweat, he was panting heavily, ignoring the mess all over his body, he anxiously looked towards the backyard.God didn't let him down for the time being, and let Chang Jiaci see the situation there clearly.

A man was practicing swords in the courtyard. His blue shirt was picturesque, his body was like the wind, his long sword was suddenly drawn lightly and slowly, and suddenly it was swaying, the wind returned to the snow, and the dragon was frightened. For a moment, Chang Jiaci was a little stunned. He seemed to have forgotten where he was, until a stone flew from afar and hit him on the shoulder, causing him to lose his balance and fell straight down from the pear tree.

Fortunately, he didn't climb very high, but the place where he landed was enough to smash Chang Jiaci's bones and blood, and his heart was displaced. Hearing the footsteps from far to near, Chang Jiaci thought amusedly, at that time, this person was also So anxious, so anxious that he would rather use himself as a meat pad than fear that he would fall from the tree and be injured, but after a while, things have changed...

When Lian Tang noticed that someone was watching from a distance, he just hit him with a small stone out of intuition. He knew his own strength, and at most it served as a threat. How could it be so easy to throw people off the tree? Unless the other party is terrified.

So he quickly walked out of the yard and came to this place, only to find that the man was dressed in shabby clothes and moved slowly. He was a beggar?

When he returned to the mansion last night, he met his wife who was waiting by the door. He had already heard her talk about taking in beggars, but the current situation is extraordinary, the beggar may not really be a beggar, he appeared in the mansion at this time and quietly climbed up to look at it, Lian Tang had to guard against it.

"But it fell?" Lian Tang stretched out his hand to help him, while the long sword at his waist was unsheathed quietly.

However, when the man was touched by him, he suddenly struggled like a lightning strike. His leg seemed to be injured and he couldn't stand up. The man was so anxious that he had to crawl forward with his hands, and his cracked fingertips were on the ground. Leaving scarlet bloodstains behind, it was quite shocking to look at.

Such skill and determination are not what a spy should have. Lian Tang immediately knew that he was wrong. He stared at the thin back and felt more and more familiar, as if he felt something, Lian Tang walked around to the person. before, to see his face.

The other party sensed his intention and avoided it even more, turning his head from side to side in horror, and finally wanted to bury it in his chest, but Lian Tang still saw it.He entered the Changfu at the age of five, a full 15 years, 15 years... He was inseparable from him day and night, this person's eyebrows, eyes, frowns and smiles have been deeply engraved in his heart, how could he forget?However, the face in my memory has changed beyond recognition. The once snow-skinned skin and bright eyebrows are covered with festering and disgusting scorched scars, and the black hair seems to have lost its vitality and withered. personal?The fierce ghosts crawling out of the Asura Dao are about the same!

Facing Shang Liantang's horrified expression, Chang Jiaci was so painful that he hugged his face with his hands like crazy, and shouted, "Don't look at me!! Don't look at me!" Just got caught!

"Jia, Ci... Jiaci..."

Lian Tang's tone ranged from unbelievable to distraught, he yelled these two words stiffly, trembling almost beyond words.

"How could you...how could you be like this..."

Seeing the most frightening side of the other party, Chang Jiaci felt all hope was lost, he stopped struggling suddenly, his pupils opened wide for a moment, and suddenly laughed, his shoulders trembled when he laughed, tears flowed down his face, Zhang Ben's terrifying face became even more ferocious.

"How did this happen? Ask you."

Facing Shang Liantang's stunned face, Chang Jiaci rolled his eyes.

"Lian Tang, that wandering Taoist is right. Do you know that my life is bad, and your life is too good. If you want to live well, how can we survive? Lian Tang... I am so miserable... "

Lian Tang couldn't figure out what Chang Jiaci meant for a while, and he didn't know how he came here and became like this. He just felt like a knife was being twisted in his heart, and tears were about to come out of his eyes. He reached out to hug Chang Jiaci but was caught by the other party. It opened hard.

Chang Jiaci stared into his eyes, and said slowly: "You insisted on going to Beijing back then. Although I wanted you to stay with me for a long time, I know you must have difficulties and must do something, so I will not stay. You, sure enough, sure enough..." Chang Jiaci laughed, and looked around while laughing, "Look, how well you live now, you live in a high-ranking mansion, you are a daughter of Shangshu, and you have the emperor's grace Grandeur, the people here are praising, there was a grievance in the past, and a bright future in the future, it really didn't come in vain, it's so good... so good..."

Hearing Jiaci's words, Liantang felt great pain in his heart: "Where did you know..."

"What do you know? Knowing that you have been charged with serious crimes and have been quietly hiding in our Changfu for many years? Knowing that the right minister lured you out to cause trouble for your parents and my Changfu's century-old family lost everything? Knowing that you don't care about us My sister’s life is determined to go to Beijing for revenge? Yes, yes... I know it all, are you disappointed?"

Faced with Chang Jiaci's weeping blood, Lian Tang became speechless the more he listened: "No, it's not like this... Listen to me..."

"420 six days..." Chang Jiaci did not listen to Lian Tang's explanation, and continued to say quietly, "From the day you left to now, a total of 420 six days and nights, I have been waiting every day, but this 400 For many days, even one day, have you ever thought of me and my sister?"

Lian Tang's eyes turned red: "I haven't forgotten, I really haven't forgotten, I asked someone to bring you a letter, and I even sent someone to pick you up..."

"Really? Could it be that I was wrong?" Chang Jiaci was surprised, but the next moment he couldn't help laughing, shaking his head heavily while laughing, "Do you think I'm still so easy to deceive? Lian Tang...you What you say, I, one, one, word, all, no, will, again, believe it!"

Lian Tang was astonished and listened to Chang Jiaci again.

"Everything you have is given to you by our Changfu. Even if I die... I will take it back."

After Chang Jiaci finished speaking, there were screams from across the yard.

"Help...help...someone is dead!!! Zhang, Zhang Nuyuan is dead!!!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

One after another, shrill shouts lingered in Shang Shu's mansion, one sentence paused and another sentence came, and it lasted for a long time.

Lian Tang was stunned and smiled at Shang Chang Jia bestowing a smug smile, and he asked out of strength, "What... did you do?"

Chang Jiaci happily met the eyes in front of him. The fear and sadness just now had dissipated. He took out a red porcelain bottle from his arms and said interestingly: "I don't know what it is, but some people say it can It's gut-piercing, I was very curious, so I tried it, it seems...it's true."

"You...you poisoned the well water?" Lian Tang's usually calm mind was confused by everything in front of him, his face was pale, and he looked at Chang Jiaci in horror.

Chang Jiaci pointed behind him, and said, "No, it's in that pond. It's a pool of running water, and it connects to many places in your Shangshu Mansion." The hand that was moved last night, when the sky gradually dawned, most people got up to wash and eat Now, the power of water is naturally gradually revealed.

Just when Lian Tang was speechless, another servant stumbled and cried all the way to report: "My lord... my lord... Miss, he... Miss, she is not well, you go and have a look... go and have a look ..."

After hearing this, Lian Tang finally shed tears. He slumped on the ground and asked in disbelief, "Why... Jiaci, why..."

Chang Jiaci gently wiped away Lian Tang's tears with dry and thin hands, and said distressedly: "Do you know how much Chang Jiaxi suffered before she died? , no one can save her, I am not here, and you are not here... Why is your child able to come into the world without any worries, and the only blood of our Chang family is tortured to death like this? I also want to ask, why... ..."

"No...not...not mine..." Lian Tang was also a little silly, and could only mumble these two sentences over and over again, but Chang Jiaci had no intention of letting go.

He stood up unsteadily, using a broken leg, looking down at the people on the ground.

"Liantang... If I don't kill you, I can still continue to avenge you and enjoy your glory and wealth, but the disaster in the Shangshu Mansion is enough to bring down that right minister, and the emperor will love you even more. And my own hatred, I will take it first..."

As Chang Jiaci said, tears welled up in his eyes.

"It's just...you said that you would always be with me, do you remember? You may break your promise in this life, and when I get to the underworld, I will definitely be tried by the underworld and purgatory, and you will not meet me ...However, after I have paid off these life debts, in the next life, you let me go, I don't want to be a stepping stone on your road to Tengda, and I don't want to let the ten generations of Xiangke become a prophecy, Lian Tang, we...don't Goodbye."

After speaking, Chang Jiaci staggered away dragging his injured leg like this. He thought that after two steps, he would be caught by the people in the Shangshu Mansion, or captured by Lian Tang who came back to his senses. The result may be chaos in the mansion Everyone had no time to care about others, but Chang Jiaci unexpectedly walked out of here all the way.

However, thanks to Chang Jiaci, a few people suddenly jumped out of the dark alley outside the mansion, knocked him down, and then covered his head with a black cloth.

Chang Jiaci didn't see the faces of those people, but heard them whispering "Is it him", "It really is the leftist", etc., and then got him into a carriage.

The carriage drove for a long time before it stopped. Chang Jiaci was pushed down to the ground, only to hear the whistling wind and splashing water in his ears.

Someone dragged him to a bank, kicked his knees and made Chang Jiaci kneel down.

After a period of time, Yu Jiaci said that when he thought about it, his memory was a little fuzzy. The two brothers surnamed Ma just died on the street. It was justifiable in the Shangshu’s residence of the Ministry of Punishment, but it’s a pity that he didn’t choose a good date, and the Shangshu’s residence happened to be in a catastrophe. The right minister was surprised and wanted to ask something, and Chang Jiaci Shanqiao appeared at this time , an inexplicable beggar, can you not attract people's suspicion?

Therefore, no matter whether it is a Taoist horse, poisoning and murder, or whether he is in collusion with the left minister, any right minister wants to know, so Chang Jiaci was tortured mercilessly.Although it was very painful and tormented, compared to everything he had experienced before, the pure physical pain was nothing to Chang Jiaci, and with his physique, it would not take much time for these people to get over it.

So when he was finally pushed into the water, Jiaci felt that he was relieved. The cold water flooded his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and he seemed to see the past again while he was suffocating in a daze.

The boy under the pear tree looked up at him nervously, his eyebrows were like stars, his eyes were full of affection, and he whispered over and over again...

Master, come down quickly, what if you fall?

Young master, be obedient, I won't punish you for copying books when you come down...

Young master, don't be angry, I won't leave, I will always be with you.

sir...

sir...