great mandate

Then explain that Lu and He Fangzhou talked over wine, and each had their own goals. One accidentally saw the birthmark on Shen Wuji's heart and gave rise to various associations and doubts, and the other was to help Shen Wuji win the favor of his uncle. "It hit it off".

He Fangzhou touched the jug, picked it up, poured a cup for Ming Lu, and also poured a cup for himself. After thinking for a while, he said, "Actually, it's a long story. Wuji and I have known each other, and we've done everything we can. It happened years ago."

The more things happened in the past, the more clearly Shen Wuji's origin can be seen.Ming Lu said calmly, "I'm all interested, it's okay for Eunuch He to speak slowly."

He Fangzhou said: "When I knew him, he had been in the palace for several years. I don't know much about the past, but I heard from another brother that they have known each other longer than me. Wuji Ben was a homeless beggar who had no father or mother. He was deceived and sold into the palace as a young eunuch. The leader of the Ming League, Ruyi Jianghu, may not be able to understand the things in the inner courtyard of the deep palace. A little eunuch who entered the palace in a daze, how can he live a life like a master."

He couldn't help sighing, "I heard Qing Shui say... oh, I don't know if Alliance Master Ming has heard of Zhan Qingshui, that's what I said, he's known Wuji longer than me."

Ming Lu nodded: "I have heard that in the past, Cao Guozhong's five tiger generals, Shen Wuji, Zhan Qingshui, Gu Xuanhuang, Xiang Qunxing and you, Eunuch He."

Hearing this, He Fangzhou couldn't help laughing, and burst into a smile: "What are the five tiger generals? It sounds ashamed. I don't know who said it first. Let our family know someday, but we can't spare him, otherwise we will be shabby. Home here for many years."

Ming Lu also laughed, and the two clinked wine glasses, each took a sip.

He Fangzhou continued: "Qing Shui said that Wuji was not as eccentric as he is now at the beginning, and he was a little ignorant and honest, but because of this, he was bullied by others. A place to be ridden by. Others always have prejudices against eunuchs, thinking that eunuchs are eccentric and perverted, which is not groundless. It’s just that apart from eunuchs, palace ladies and even concubines can go anywhere normally.”

Ming Lu was startled, silently looking at He Fangzhou who was looking down at the wine glass.

"Folk people still have brothers, fathers and sons who turn against each other for a few taels of silver and a few quarrels. In the palace, it's not just a matter of a few taels of silver. The deep palace is silent, there are many bones, and the living eat the living. Son." He Fangzhou smiled lightly, as if thinking of something, his expression was very sad, he was silent for a while, took another sip of wine, cheered himself up, and continued, "There are too many ways to torture people. It's also dirty, and if you don't say it, it makes the leader of the Ming Dynasty disgusted. In short, Wuji escaped from death several times, and saw his companions around him degenerate, some went crazy, and some died for no reason. He probably changed his mood He told Qing Shui that if they wanted to survive, they had to be more ruthless and poisonous than others. Later, he tried every means to get into Cao Guozhong's eyes. In fact, at that time, he just wanted to cling to a godfather and find a way out for himself, but Unexpectedly, he jumped from one fire pit to another fire pit."

Ming Lu was puzzled: "Why?"

"This means that I got to know them." He Fangzhou said, "I was also in the pit of fire at that time. Cao Guozhong loved to 'train' his adopted son, and in fact he trained the dead, starting from a small training. He saw him from everywhere If you catch a boy with potential, you will bring him back, ask someone to raise him for a period of time, roughly teach him some boxing skills, and then throw him into the valley of the dead."

Ming Lu asked in surprise, "Valley of the Dead?"

"This is what we called indiscriminately. In fact, it is in an unnamed valley." He Fangzhou explained, "Because there are dead people everywhere, that's why we called it that way. Cao Guozhong put us in one by one. Food and essential items for survival, apart from that, there is nothing else in the Valley of the Dead.”

Hearing this, Ming Lu had probably thought of the following text, and couldn't help showing a look of horror.

He is not an ignorant person, and even he showed such a look, which shows that this matter is really frightening.

He Fangzhou looked at the words and expressions, still with a gentle smile, and said: "It seems that the leader of the Ming Dynasty has also thought of it. Just as you think, the children who are put into it will rob other people's things in order to survive. If you can get The most direct method is nothing more than killing and seizing property."

It was also very strange to hear He Fangzhou say this, the first thing Ming Lu thought of was not Shen Wuji who was suspected of being his younger brother, but He Fangzhou.Although Ming Lu also knew that no matter how dignified and gentle He Fangzhou looked, he was the Admiral Dongchang, and there were naturally two brushes inside, but put He Fangzhou in the appalling Valley of the Dead, Ming Lu thought, It still feels weird.

He Fangzhou was about to continue, when Ming Lu suddenly asked, "You are the same?"

He Fangzhou didn't expect him to ask this question, he was startled, looked at him in surprise, then smiled again, and said gently: "I was also put into the valley of the dead, but I didn't rush to kill and seize things. It’s probably a different kind. I don’t like killing people, and I just dodge around in the valleys. I’m a little older than them. Before I died, my family practiced medicine in the countryside. If I think about them, maybe I want to take advantage of them, at least my livelihood is not a problem. At first, others didn't care, but then somehow, they seemed to regard me as a doctor. When I met them by chance, they gave me a little face, and didn't kill me. I can trade herbs for my life. It's kind of funny to think about it."

Ming Lu sighed: "Then Cao Guozhong made a mistake on you, how did he think of letting you in?"

"Who knows, it just so happens that Cao Guozhong also let a lot of people in, so it's inevitable that something went wrong, like our family." He Fangzhou laughed, not wanting to say more about himself, but about Shen Wuji. "When I met Wuji in the Valley of the Dead, he was dying. It is said that he was attacked by his companions—he promised to fight against other people together, but he was stabbed in the back. Qingshui dragged him to hide , I don’t know where I heard that I am a different kind, and I look for me everywhere.

Even if their lives were not to die, they found me, without saying a word, Qing Shui knelt down and kowtowed, begging me to save his friend.I haven’t seen anything like this in the Valley of the Dead. It’s good that I didn’t take advantage of the illness to kill someone. I was really surprised and moved around to find a doctor at the risk of taking a burden, so I tried to save him.However, Wuji still has his own fate, after all, I am just a half-doctor.It's definitely not that our family is being modest. It can only be said that King Yama was too lazy to accept him when he was able to be rescued that time. "

Ming Lu said: "It turns out that there is such a relationship, no wonder you have such deep feelings." He sighed again, "I can tell, Shen Wuji is really blessed, and met you and that Zhan Qingshui father-in-law successively."

"What is noble and not noble?" He Fangzhou said, "If we don't talk about it, Qing Shui probably won't recognize it. In his view, he and Wuji are just two orphans who depend on each other. In fact, in such a situation, Forcing children and teenagers to become murderous demons, how can there be loyalty and affection for no reason? Wuji was also kind to him and others at the beginning. He said that he was young at the time, his conscience was not dead, and his knowledge of people was not clear enough, so he was moved indiscriminately. As a result, he made a wrong trip, saved the life of Shen, and bet the most regrettable mistake in his life."

The latter sentence was of course a joke, no one could tell that Zhan Qingshui was talking nonsense, Ming Lu and He Fangzhou both laughed.

Ming Lu laughed: "It seems that this Eunuch Zhan Qingshui is also very angry with Shen Wuji now." "Who can not be angry with our Eunuch Shen?" He Fangzhou shook his head, both loving and helpless , clinked glasses with Minglu again.This time, it was Ming Lu who grabbed the wine and poured it for the two of them.

He Fangzhou watched him pour the wine, and said: "In the future, there is actually nothing to say. It is nothing more than that I became one of the last three survivors in that group thanks to them. After coming out, Cao Guozhong parted ways. Arranged various places for the three of us, and practiced for many years, and then went to Dongchang to work.

On the surface, Wuji is more active than anyone else in making meritorious deeds, but secretly, he has a lot of his own actions, turns a blind eye and does a lot of convenience for others, even we don't know it.I also face him day and night, always doing things together, and I just noticed the clue by accident.I am ashamed to say that I have always been timid, fearing that he would get into trouble because of this, I even gently persuaded him that he would go in one ear and out the other, and still be his own.So what can I do, although I don't have that good intentions, I just want to be wise and protect myself, but after all, brother, can I really watch him die?I had to be forced to get on his "thief ship" and try my best to support him. "

The two took another sip of wine, and He Fangzhou said, "In the future, for some reason, he will covet Mr. Luo."

Minglu: "..."

He Fangzhou smiled and asked: "Why, do you think the word 'covet' is very accurate?"

Ming Lu couldn't help laughing, but didn't speak.

He Fangzhou said: "Don't mention you, the leader, even our brothers think he is a toad|toad wants to eat swan meat. It's fine if he cares about others, but this Mr. Luo has a great name and character, so he can go out casually." Find someone to inquire about it, and you don’t have to think about it, you know the impossible.”

Ming Lu is not a naive person either, even though he heard He Fangzhou slander Shen Wuji from his own mouth, he would not be so stupid as to agree, he just listened with a smile.

And Ming Lu's attitude made He Fangzhou feel at ease.After all, He Fangzhou said that Shen Wuji is not good here, and he is not worthy there, but in the final analysis, it is all to help Shen Wuji make connections, how can it be really to belittle his own children.

No matter how bad the child is, he has been raised by his family for so many years. Back then, he wanted to help him save others, but today he wants to help him marry a wife.Alas, poor parents in the world.

He Fangzhou looked at Ming Lu's expression, and was about to talk about how Shen Wuji was for Luo Jinyu back then, when Ming Lu asked suddenly, "Who are Shen Wuji's parents, have Eunuch He heard of them?"

He Fangzhou was stunned, thought for a while, and said: "I haven't heard much about this, and Wuji seldom mentions his parents. After we have some skills, we are all unavoidable. Some of us return home to give gold and silver to our families. , There are also those who are worried about their parents, and there are also those who have their parents gone and rebuilt their graves. But Wuji, when we asked, only said that his parents had died long ago, and there were no other relatives at home. I don’t really want to It looks like talking too much, so it’s naturally inconvenient for us to ask more.”

After he finished speaking, he saw Ming Lu's expression was a bit subtle, and he was afraid that Ming Lu would think that Shen Wuji was condescending and unfilial. Not sure. I speculated that there was a disaster in my hometown, famine, or plague, and indeed he was the only one left in the family."

Minglu heard He Fangzhou's implication, and deliberately showed a disapproving but deliberately concealed look, and said critically, "Didn't you set up a memorial tablet?"

He Fangzhou thought for a while, and said: "There is no memorial tablet, but he offered two long-burning lamps in the temple, although he did not write his name - I think it was because he was young at the time, so I can't remember clearly - he still told the abbot about it." , is for parents.”

The more Ming Lu heard it, the more apprehensive he felt, but he didn't show it on his face, he just said: "Oh."

He Fangzhou wanted to say a few more good words, but Minglu had already picked up his wine glass, "I respect you."

"Don't dare." He Fangzhou had no choice but to drink with him first.