The Blood Crown

When they rode their horses out of the city, they passed the main road in the city, and suddenly a person rushed out of the empty street without warning.

It was only dawn at this time, most of the businessmen had already started work, but there were very few pedestrians, and there were only a few people scattered in the usually bustling street at this time, so their horses ran very fast, and when the man rushed out, the three of them were all injured Startled, he reined in the reins.

The horse's hoof narrowly brushed against the top of the man's head, and if it was a moment later, he would have been kicked away.

They calmed down their horses and took a closer look. They were actually a drunk with dirty clothes, an unshaven appearance, cloudy eyes, and a flushed face, as if he had been fished out of a wine vat. can smell.

Yuan Shaoxu pulled out his whip angrily, and swung it at the drunk: "Bold pariah, do you know whose mount is disturbing!"

That whip knocked him down to the ground, and listening to the tightness of his skin was very painful compared to that, but the drunk didn't even groan. He leaned closer, and at the same time glanced at Yan Sikong with those misty drunken eyes.

Yan Sikong was slightly startled, because he saw a thick and long iron crutch in the drunk man's hand.

"Go away!" Yuan Shaoxu waved his whip again.

Yuan Nanyu stopped in a low voice: "Brother, forget it." He stared at the drunk and said, "You... are you an iron stick?"

The drunkard laughed twice, but didn't answer.

"What's 'Iron Staff'?"

"He's a man from the rivers and lakes." Yuan Nanyu replied, "I heard about this man when I was with Master, and I didn't expect to meet him in Taiyuan."

"What is this person famous for?" Yan Sikong asked.

"Not a law-abiding master." Yuan Nan Yu Chong Tie Zhangzi said sternly, "Although you have done nothing wrong, you are notorious in the world. I see that you are also old. If you want to spend your old age in Taiyuan, you must be honest. Otherwise, don't think that you can make trouble under the eyes of the wolf king with a few skills."

Tie Zhangzi laughed, and while trying to get up from the ground, he said vaguely: "Caomin...how dare, hehe, how dare, the general atones..." He barely stabilized his figure, and knelt down in front of the three of them.

"Don't worry about it, let's go." Yuan Nanyu said.

Yan Sikong looked at Tie Zhangzi thoughtfully, he intuitively felt that it was no coincidence that this person appeared here, where are there so many coincidences in the world, what does Chen Kui want to do?Why did Tie Zhangzi appear in front of him blatantly?

But at this time, with the brothers from the Yuan family present, he couldn't ask questions, and he had to pretend that he didn't know anything.

The three of them got off their horses in unison, and walked past the iron stick on both sides.

But when Yan Sikong's horse drove past the iron stick, no one saw what happened. The iron crutch was caught on the duffel bag on Yan Sikong's horse, because the horse had a lot of momentum. , The braided rope of the military bag was torn abruptly, and the whole bag was thrown flying.

Yan Sikong turned his head in surprise, and reined in again.

The Yuan brothers also hurriedly turned around.

The iron stick crawled over to pick up the rucksack, knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness: "General, atonement, atonement..." As he pleaded, his body swayed to and fro, and he looked like he was about to pass out, very drunk.

Yuan Shaoxu said angrily: "This untouchable..."

Yan Sikong looked at Tie Zhangzi coldly, feeling his scalp go numb, what on earth is this man trying to do?

Yuan Nanyu flicked the whip, tied up the military bag, retracted the long arm, the military bag had returned to his hand, and he threw it to Yan Sikong: "See if there is anything missing." He also stared suspiciously at the iron bag. Zhangzi thinks this person is acting suspiciously.

Yan Sikong opened the duffel bag and took a look. There was nothing important in it, but food and drink. He didn't believe that the purpose of the iron stick was for these things. He stared at the iron stick gloomyly and said: "No What's missing."

Yuan Nanyu narrowed his eyes: "Did you do it on purpose? What do you want to do?"

Tie Zhangzi kowtowed his head and said with his tongue out, "Don't dare, general... atonement..." Kowtowing, he just fell asleep lying in the middle of the road.

Yuan Shaoxu said coldly: "Throw this untouchable into prison and lock him up for a few days, sober him up."

"Today is the anniversary of my father's death, so it's not appropriate to punish him." Yuan Nanyu said disgustedly, "Let him go for now, don't waste time because of him."

Yan Sikong's hair was tight, he couldn't figure out what Tie Zhangzi's intentions were, but it must have something to do with him, what order did Chen Kui give Tie Zhangzi, what did he want this man to do?

No matter what he did, he had a very bad premonition. After today, he would find someone to get rid of this person, otherwise he would be restless.

The three of them ignored the iron stick, went straight out of the city, and ran up the mountain.

The snow on the mountain had not yet melted, and it was difficult for the horses to go up the mountainside. They carried the sacrificial things on their backs and climbed to the top of the mountain on foot. The sun just lifted the sky.

Yuan Shaoxu placed Yuanmao's spiritual tablet in the direction of Liaodong, and placed incense candles, wine and vegetables. The three of them knelt in front of the spiritual tablet regardless of the cold ground.

"Father." Yuan Shaoxu wiped the spotless memorial tablet carefully with a silk handkerchief, and choked up, "My child is not filial, and I am away from the war, so I cannot come to worship in front of your grave. This place is still hundreds of miles away from Liaodong. Can you hear me?" Is it the voice of a child?"

Yan Sikong stared at Yuan Mao's name, thinking of all the past 20 years, all the great sorrow and sorrow that had been suppressed for a long time came up in his heart, and the circles of his eyes suddenly turned red.

Yuan Shaoxu talked a lot intermittently, how is his family, his relatives, and himself.

But Yan Sikong noticed that when mentioning the two younger brothers, Yuan Shaoxu deliberately understated their identities. It seems that no matter how despicable Yuan Shaoxu is, he would not dare to lie in front of Yuan Maoling.

After Yuan Shaoxu finished speaking, Yan Sikong kowtowed three times and said in a trembling voice: "Father, Kong'er has avenged you. I hope you can rest in peace under the nine springs." Correcting the identities of himself and Yuan Nanyu, he expected that Yuan Shaoxu would not dare to quibble at this time, but he still did not do so in the end. He was grateful for Yuan Mao's kindness and did not want Yuan Mao to look at himself and his eldest son Tit for tat, as he said, he hopes Yuanmao rests in peace.What's more, he has always only wanted to prove his identity to Feng Ye, but now, he doesn't care anymore.

Although Yuan Nanyu didn't remember anything, but feeling the sad atmosphere, he couldn't help tears in his eyes, and uncontrollably fell down, some old fragments rolled in his mind, but he couldn't see clearly, It was clear that the more he thought about it, the more he had a splitting headache, so he bent down on the ground and kowtowed, softly calling "Father".

The three worshiped for a long time.

Yuan Shaoxu cried bitterly from time to time, telling about the hardships of the past 20 years, Yan Sikong also felt very uncomfortable, and his dislike for Yuan Shaoxu in his heart lessened a little, even for Yuan Mao's sake, he didn't want to be with this He has been called big brother for so many years.

They stayed on the mountain until noon before returning to the city.

On the way, Yan Sikong noticed that something was wrong with Yuan Nanyu. Although his face was covered with a mask, his face and expression could not be seen, but he lowered his head and was listless.

"Que Wang, what's wrong with you?" Yan Sikong asked.

"I might..." Yuan Nanyu hit his head twice with his fist, "I remembered something from my childhood. Is there a big ginkgo tree in my home in Liaobei?"

Yuan Shaoxu's face changed slightly.

Yan Sikong stared: "You, you remembered this?"

"It turns out that there is really..." Yuan Nanyu said with a complicated expression, "Actually, I can recall some pictures from time to time over the years, but I can't connect them together. Today, in front of my father's spirit, I seem to remember a lot, but the more I think about it, More headaches." He said and patted his head, obviously very uncomfortable.

"Don't force yourself." Yan Sikong said, "This matter can't be forced, but I believe that one day, you will remember."

"Really." Yuan Nanyu sighed, "I also hope to remember that when I worshiped today, I really felt very sad, but I have no memory of my father, it is really unfilial."

Yan Sikong comforted him and said, "I can't blame you for this. Father knows in heaven, and he will only love you, and will never blame you."

Yuan Shaoxu coughed lightly: "Yeah, you don't have to blame yourself, God has eyes, let our brothers get together, you can recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, and your father will be able to rest in peace."

Yuan Nanyu nodded: "Why don't you tell me more about your childhood, maybe I can remember it earlier."

"No problem." Yan Sikong replied without hesitation, "If you are willing to listen, I can't ask for it."

Yuan Shaoxu pursed his lips slightly, and said with a dry smile, "That's naturally good."

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Back at the mansion, Yan Sikong immediately found Ali, and told Ali about their encounter with the iron stick this morning.

Ali's face was full of anger, and he gestured: He must have a plan, is he trying to harm the young master?

"I don't know, but it's probably not good for me to act rashly without communicating with me." Yan Sikong narrowed his eyes, "This person is out of our control. , find a way to kill him."

Ali nodded, turned around and was about to do it.

Yan Sikong held him back: "Wait. This person has already been noticed by Big Brother and Yu'er. If he died suddenly, it will inevitably arouse their suspicion. Don't rush to act in the past few days. You must act like an accident, understand?"

Ali nodded vigorously.

After Ali left, Yan Sikong thought about what happened before and after the appearance of Tie Zhangzi, and he was always restless.This feeling was terrible, but he couldn't figure out what the iron stick was going to do, as if he knew that there was a trap on the road ahead, but he didn't know where the trap was, but he still wanted to keep going.

He only hoped that he could get rid of this person as soon as possible without any trace, so as not to have long nights and dreams.