After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

"Gaozong and General Shen met when the two were eight years old. Gaozong was inferior to his brothers and was at his lowest point. General Shen was loyal to the snow and died to show his ambition when the two were 28 years old. At that time, Haiqing Heyan , Emperor Gaozong has ascended to the Ming Hall, above ten thousand people." The old man said slowly, "Ten years later, I will be an official with the imperial examination; , and then ten years later, the first emperor passed away, and the current emperor ascended the throne..."

The past of the past was slowly told by him, how many treacherous and thrilling things were hidden in these short few tens of minutes.

"My surname is Shen," under the dim candlelight, the old man pinched his sunspots and looked up at Zhou Xun. His face was old, but his eyes were not dim, but rather congealed like some kind of jade, "Guess what is my origin? "

Zhou Xun said slowly: "Senior chose this place to meet me, there must be a meaning in it. Mr. Shen and General Shen should be old."

The old man said nothing.

"The surname of the general who proved his loyalty by death is Shen, and the surname of the senior is also Shen." Zhou Xun said slowly, "The younger generation dares to ask, is the senior the general's heir? If General Shen has any heirs, he should be at the age of the senior now. The senior entered the court. Tang, it should also have the meaning of overturning the case for General Shen..."

The old man grinned his teeth and said, "General Shen had no heirs during his lifetime."

"So... Senior is General Shen's nephew?"

"No."

"Senior is a descendant of a side branch of the Shen family? A descendant of the Shen family's in-laws? Or..."

"neither."

"senior……"

Zhou Xun was taken aback.

Under the candlelight, he saw the old man speak slowly: "I am not the heir of General Shen, nor the nephew of General Shen, nor the in-laws of the Shen family - I am not a nobleman, nor do I have such a prominent background."

Seeing that Zhou Xun was still in a daze, he laughed: "My real name is Shen Xiaoliu, and Xiaoliu is my real name. Six is ​​the ranking given to me in the temple. That year when there was a famine in Yecheng, I was thrown by my parents that day. The sixth baby in front of the temple, so it is called Xiaoliu. My surname is Shen, only because the old gatekeeper in the temple is named Shen, and has nothing to do with General Shen. General Shen took me in when I was six years old, and I was responsible for cleaning up The stables, this is the only intersection I have with General Shen."

Zhou Xun opened his mouth, and he found that his throat seemed to be stuck, and he was completely speechless.The old man continued: "But you are indeed right in what you said. I was the one who found the scrolls out of the box and overturned General Shen's case. After General Shen died, I followed an old scholar to read the book—— I'm not smarter than many heaven's favorites, and I didn't learn well when I was a child. I didn't just get into the No. I got ahead and overturned the case for my benefactor—and overturning the case was not done by me alone. As a convenience, there was another person who stole the case file for me—he was also favored by General Shen, who was conquering southern Xinjiang Before that, his father, like thousands of soldiers, was captured by the barbarians in southern Xinjiang, who wanted to bury him alive in a mass grave. When General Shen entered the city, his father was just about to be pushed into the pit. But he is not as spiritual as I am. , in his 20s, he is just the most humble gatekeeper, but the key just happens to be on him.”

"Pre... Senior..."

There was a strange and huge force that frightened Zhou Xun at this moment.This strength does not come from the magnificent epic, but from every ordinary groove on the face of the gray old man in front of him.

"Just now I asked you to guess my background to make things difficult for you." The old man grinned, with a sly look in his eyes, "Anyone here would not be able to guess my identity, because my background is really It's nothing out of the ordinary, just the most marginal and passer-by part of this legendary story."

——But it happened to be this one, the most inconspicuous ordinary people who had been favored by General Shen in one of the most ordinary intersections in General Shen's short but brilliant life...

— 25 years after his death, overturned the case for him.

It wasn't the descendants of the Shen family who were burdened with blood and blood, and it wasn't the legendary proud son of heaven—the old man said that he narrowly passed the exam several times before being admitted to the last place in the top three. …

All this came from the most humble stable boy.

Zhou Xun couldn't describe his mood at the moment.He faintly felt that somewhere in his soul was touched, and this kind of touch was more than all the great pain he had suffered.A certain vague vision that had been dormant in his heart seemed to resonate at this moment.

"Why?" the old man asked him, "after knowing my origin, you are disappointed in this story that is not legendary or dramatic at all?"

Zhou Xun was silent for a long time, then shook his head.

"This is the best legend I've ever heard." He said firmly, "The most touching... legend."

All Gully laughed at that moment.

"It took me decades to learn from a stable boy who cleaned the stables, from a Jinshi who almost failed, to a famous Confucian in the Jing Dynasty. When I was young, I was not as good as you in terms of spirituality and talent." The old man said slowly Said, "Now are you willing to worship me as a teacher?"

Zhou Xun got up.

He lifted the corner of his robe, and performed a respectful ceremony of apprenticeship, which was serious and meticulous, never omitting or spoiling any detail.

"Disciple Zhou Xun, I would like to worship senior Shen Xiaoliu as my teacher!"

The old man laughed loudly, and finally he said: "I haven't used the name Shen Xiaoliu for a long time since I became an official in the court. A good minister is called Shen Xiaoliu, and it's embarrassing to say it. Later, I changed it to "Shen Xiaoliu". a name."

Then, Zhou Xun heard the name that was extremely famous throughout the history of the scene.

"Shen Huanju." The old man said slowly, "It's taken from 'Throw me a papaya and repay it with Qiongju'."

……

The emperor poked his head outside the temple.There were a lot of mosquitoes at night in summer. Although he was wearing a black robe for private visits, he couldn't stop the mosquitoes that penetrated everywhere, so he kept stomping his feet for this reason.

The hidden guard had already gone to inquire about the news for him - the content of the inquest was just someone Zhou Xun had met.Regarding the content of their conversation, the emperor specifically told them not to spy on it - this was Zhou Xun's privacy, and he was suspicious, sounding like a girlfriend who made trouble for no reason...

After thinking of this adjective, the emperor felt a chill in his tailbone in Da Xia Tian, ​​and felt a kind of straight man's fear.

He was just afraid that Zhou Xun would meet someone bad or something would happen... Even the men in the university dormitory would send WeChat messages before the roommate locked the door and worried about what the other party was doing. !Therefore, the emperor was very frank about his brotherhood.

Seeing that the dark guard finally came out of the night.However, the usually calm head of the dark guard, at this moment, looked a little stiff.The emperor saw his flustered expression from a distance, and couldn't help being impatient: "Who is talking inside?"

The head of the dark guard said dryly: "Young Master Zhou is inside, and there is an old man playing chess with him..."

"Old man?" The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, although he himself did not understand the reason for his relief.Then, he hurriedly said: "Then... what kind of martial arts master is this old man?"

The head of the dark guard was stunned by his question, and said: "This old man...should not know martial arts."

Emperor: "Oh."

The head of the dark guard was still waiting for the emperor to ask further questions: "But this old man is..."

The emperor waved his hand: "It's okay, let's go."

Dark guard:? !

No, Your Majesty, you really have a big heart, I dare to chase you here, just...

"After confirming his safety, I'm relieved. As for who he meets and what he asks, it's all his privacy." The emperor seemed to see what he was thinking, and said carelessly, "I don't trust him so much. nothing!"

"But...but that lord in the temple..." The dark guard hesitated to speak, "It's Lord Shen who first went to the chief assistant Shen Huanju!"

"Shen Huanju?"

The emperor was taken aback, and he quickly remembered the name.

Shen Huanju...that is a veteran of the two dynasties, a legendary figure!

Compared with those ministers who are well-known and well-known in the public eye, Shen Huanju's reputation is even bigger.He has a straightforward personality and is well-known in the officialdom, and now many officials still regard him as their role model; when he was young, he was just a small county magistrate, but the people spontaneously formed a ten-mile long street to see him off when he was promoted It is said that when he was young, he almost fell into the ranks, but as he got older, he gradually became a generation of great Confucianism, who can be called the right-hand man of the late emperor, and later retired after being successful and returned to his hometown...

Even Zhou Cai's master, that great Confucian who has many peaches and plums in the world and comes from a family... would only dare to bow his head in front of him!

However, apart from this, the emperor will remember his name because of another more important thing.

——This person is not only a minister of the Great Confucianism on the surface, but also the founder and former head of the Black Clothes Envoy in private!

The Black Clothes Envoy was established after General Shen was wronged and exonerated—before his injustice was exonerated, although General Shen had confessed himself in public, his autographed letter of collaborating with the enemy and treason was still indelible on the Gaozong case irrefutable evidence.After Shen Huanju entered the court, it took more than 20 years to finally prove his innocence for General Shen.It is said that Gaozong spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot after seeing the case file filled with the truth.

——Although the death of General Shen was more than 20 years ago.Everyone thought that Gaozong devoted his whole life to the country and was a rare master except for forcing the general to death when he was young. They thought that after more than 20 years of wind and rain, Gaozong had long forgotten General Shen.

After General Shen Zhaoxue, Gaozong ordered Shen Huanju to set up the Black Clothes Envoy organization.Five years later, Gaozong, who was still in good health, passed away, and the late emperor ascended the throne. The power of the black-clothed envoy in the deep water reached its peak for a while. When the Northern Wei Dynasty and Daliang saw the black-clothed people, they were all terrified. Dare to violate the border of Dajing.Five years after the first emperor ascended the throne, Shen Huanju retired from his old age and returned to his hometown.After the death of the first emperor, when the emperor ascended the throne, the Black Clothes Envoy rapidly declined during the more than ten years of the entertainment-loving emperor, so that when it was handed over to the emperor, it was already a disbanded organization.

Of course, many people have speculated about Shen Huanju's life experience.According to rumors, he is the surviving descendant of the Shen family, but it has never been confirmed.

But Zhou Xun now...how did he get together with a former spy chief? !