Crown Sword

When I woke up, the rainy season had stopped, and there was still some moist mist in the wind, which shrouded ten miles of green willows hazyly.The accumulated water under the eaves dripped in strings and hit the moss-covered recesses in front of the steps. The mirror surface was broken, leaving only blurred ripples.

Wang Hong leaned on his hot forehead with the back of his hand, and slowly turned his neck to look at the decorations in the room.

The house is a little old, with dusty shadows on the walls, where the window panes come out, the courtyard is not like a courtyard, and the wall is not the whole wall, but like a connected house that has been dismantled into several houses. Looking at the whole room again, except The necessary table and couch, can't find any superfluous things.

An old woman came in from the outside, with silver hair and slow movements. From pushing the door to putting down the old teacup and broken kettle, it took three times the time of ordinary people.

Wang Hong didn't open his mouth, and didn't say to help her by staying at the bed. He just sat there and watched how she was going to be.

The mother-in-law touched the window, and sent out a slap to let the warm spring breeze in, sift away the oppressiveness in the room, and then poured a cup of tea with the pot, and looked at the couch.

The old and the young looked at each other.

"woke up?"

Only then did the old man realize that the man had sat up, but he was startled and accidentally knocked over the cup.The water was just boiled, and it was bubbling and bubbling with hot smoke, but she took it with her hands, and the scorching pain stuck to her loose skin, and she just rubbed her hands repeatedly on the clothes around her waist, As if he didn't care.

Unable to bear the sight of the red and swollen blisters, Wang Hong wanted to open his mouth a few times, but he never finished speaking. He didn't know how to organize the words, so he could only lower his head and stare at the pair of boots by the couch, like boots soaked in water.

"This is where?"

The mother-in-law was still a little deaf, and his murmur was so low that it was misheard, and she thought he was hungry, so she asked if there was anything to eat.It's not time to feed yet, and there is no ready-made meals, but poor families have always had the habit of saving, and the elderly will wrap the endless pancakes and air-dried meat in oiled paper.

Finding half a cake, the old lady handed it over tremblingly.

Wang Hong glanced at it, feeling baffled.Seeing that he didn't stretch out his hand, the old man moved forward again, almost hitting his nose.The pancakes were covered for too long and damp, not only did not smell fragrant, but exuded a greasy and unpleasant smell of lard. Wang Hong covered his mouth and retched, waved his hand, and flew to the ground: "What the hell?" Son? I mean where is this?"

The mother-in-law giggled, raised her head and looked out the window.

Wang Hong threw off the quilt and jumped to the bed, took two quick steps with his socks on, and saw Tie Yi who was sitting on a rock scraping fish scales. Tie Hanzi noticed his gaze, and looked up with a machete, with a silly expression on his face.

The most stupid thing is that he caught the blood-stained fish and shook it as if asking for credit, as if saying, "add food tonight, and I have fish soup." Wang Hong felt disgusted, so he grabbed the pole and opened the window The board was closed immediately, and he turned his head and rushed to the side of the couch, to get the clothes that had been thrown aside, to put them on and go out.

After walking two steps, he recalled that the woman was still stranded in the house, so he rushed to chase her away again.

After this rush, he was speechless, and saw the person holding the pancakes on the ground with both hands, dusting them off like a rare treasure, wrapping them in oil paper, and carefully putting them back into his arms.

Wang Hong was terrified, he couldn't figure out why there are such sloppy people, what about a piece of cake?

But what made him even more suspicious was that when he was alone in the house after getting dressed, he bumped into the gray-haired grandma of the Tie family who broke the cake into a piece the size of a thumb and fed it into Tie Yi's mouth, who chewed After eating and chewing, those who didn't know thought they were eating some delicious food.

Wang Hong's heart seemed to be squeezed hard, and he rushed forward, snatched the pancake, threw it on the ground, stomped it to pieces like crazy, then rushed to the kitchen, rummaged through all the pots and pans, and finally He lifted the lid of the rice jar, glanced at the white rice that had bottomed out, curled his lips like a self-mockery, and staggered out.

Tie Yi didn't know why, he held the knife in one hand and caught the fish in the other: "Master, what's the matter?"

Wang Hong grabbed his arm and asked sharply, "Where's the money? What about your wages? What about the rewards you gave before?" Even last month's money was spent last month, but if there is nothing wrong with his mind, he can spend less than half a month. In the past, he had given a lot of rewards casually, but he didn't believe it was just this idiot who could spend lavishly.

"Money? I used it. A while ago, my grandmother was seriously ill, and half of them bought medicine." Tie Yi said, he didn't know how to explain it, and Wang Hong could understand. Ordinary people look down on illness. The whole family goes to Half-Life.

Wang Hong didn't believe it: "There will always be surplus!"

Tie Yi was silent, and he sighed after a long time: "Give it all out, young master, regardless of the past, but this drink should be treated."

Please drink?

Wang Hong suddenly realized that he was the one who was following behind, and when he heard him talking about bookkeeping, he paid out of his own pocket.For a moment, he felt even more uncomfortable——

"Is this necessary?"

"Have!"

Tie Yi nodded solemnly. He couldn't say any warning words, nor did he know how to comfort him with witty words, but he just felt that it should be said, "Besides, young master, I used to give money like this."

Hearing this, Wang Hong couldn't hold back his face in the end, and fell to the ground, crying like a child.

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During the rainy season of falling plums in the south of the Yangtze River, Tuobagui and Cui Hao were riding across the river and Huaihe River at the same time.Because this place is close to the national border, and it is often contested by military strategists, there are many disturbances and man-made disasters, so the local people often call it "three no matter".

There is no control, self-contained rules, and the forces born are intricate.But in general, the things that can be solved with money are not worth mentioning.The two changed their outfits, pretended to be dilapidated as much as possible, mixed with the refugees, passed through the customs safely, and had to turn around when they set foot on the land of Qingzhou.

However, within two days of being happy, he was assassinated on the plain.

The killer lays down on the grass, pulls the tying rope, the horse's hoof bends and kneels, and the person rolls forward.Tuoba Gui swept Cui Hao into the foliage behind him, and drew his saber in response.

But the style of the comer was very fierce, and there were so many people, he directly surrounded and killed him with a heavy hand, and even jumped with a long drive, and the big knife directly cut off the sharp blade in his hand.Seeing that the situation was not good, Cui Hao blew his whistle to call for the hidden guards, but there was no movement for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, knowing that the person might have been dragged down and could not help.

"They got dragged!"

Tuobagui was also aware of the gap between the enemy and us, and knew that he came prepared, so he threw away the broken blade, pulled out the knife hidden under his boots, cut the rope wrapped around his neck, and immediately pushed Cui Hao: "Let's go! "When the news of the return trip arrived, all arrangements had been made for the reception. They were all our own people. According to the calculation of the time, it was not far away from here. It's just that I might not be able to find the exact location for a while, so we could only fight and retreat to delay the opportunity.

"Your Majesty, come down and end the queen!"

With Tuoba Gui's physical strength, he couldn't kill all the people, and he was always dragged down. It is better to save his physical strength and use it to escape, which is a long-term solution.

Cui Hao wanted to replace Tuobagui, but the king who fights on horseback would never let a civil servant stand in the way. He said that he was just rushing to die, how long he could last, it was not a drop in the bucket.

"Do you dare to resist the order?"

Tuobagui's eyebrows were raised upright, he shouted angrily, swung his knife and slashed at the two of them again, pushing Cui Hao away.

"Your Majesty, be careful—"

Between the flashes of the flint, a chain knife swung towards him and swung it into a full circle. The seven-leaf short knife came out of its sleeve like a golden dart, and the blade picked up a strong wind, and then cut the black-clothed assassin's throat, leaving a red line.

Just look at Ye Zidao jumping into the melee, biting his chin tightly, shaking his flesh, his face expressionless, raising the knife with his hand and dropping it is the head of a person, as if he was cutting melons and vegetables, he quickly dealt with it.As soon as the crisis was resolved, Tuobagui followed the usual practice of the world, and called to Cui Hao to come forward and bow his hands to thank him for saving his life: "There is no repayment for saving a life. Dare I ask the knight's name and home address?"

"Leaf Knife."

Leaf Knife dropped his title, without even lifting his eyelids, wrapped the retracted weapon around his back, and left without looking back, as if he was really an ordinary passerby.

Now, Tuobagui's doubts were dispelled, and he looked at him differently. While continuing on his way, he told Cui Hao to investigate after returning home. With his good martial arts and the strange shape of the seven-leaf knife, he would not be an unknown person.

After the two walked away, Ye Zidao went back and forth, squatted on the tree branch, and said to the burly black warrior and Jiang Munu who walked out of the forest, "Master, why didn't you invite him to see you?"

So far, Jiang Munu was receiving the news in Luoyang. Hearing that Tuobagui had secretly left the army and went south, he felt in his heart that this young emperor had courage and courage, so he came to have a look.It stands to reason that the grace of saving life should be an excellent excuse, Ye Zidao was a little puzzled, why he only asked himself to leave his name.

"It's not the time yet," Jiang Munu sighed with his hands behind his back, as if lowering his voice a tone, with an indescribable stability that made the listener involuntarily convinced, "Small favors and stalking will only make them Suspect that we have ulterior motives, if we want to win people over, we must learn to find the right time, and giving charcoal in the snow is always better than icing on the cake."

Leaf Knife Vino nodded.

Jiang Munu signaled Hei Kui to move forward until the end of the forest exposed the vast plain, and the two monarchs and ministers who snatched back their mounts were galloping all the way to the distant mountains, and at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain at the end of the sky, there were bursts of dust and smoke overwhelming the sky—— —

"Look, the person who responded is not here."

Ye Zidao was convinced: "You are right."

However, Jiang Munu chuckled and didn't take it seriously: "If a generation of kings doesn't even have this preparation, there is no need for you and me to come here."

Ye Zidao doesn't have the intention to point out the country, and has no interest in whether the emperor has both talents and virtues or both. He is more curious about the people who intercepted and killed, so he returns to the place where the corpses are buried, removes the assassins' masks one by one, and repeatedly searches for clues .

These people all have the faces of the Central Plains, and they are obviously different from Xianbei, Diqiang, and Huns. North of the Huai River, such forces can still be rented out. After Zhan Hongying, the eldest daughter of the owner of Zhanjiabao, openly refused to fight against Qin, she responded in the battle between Qin and Jin one after another, and was able to return to the southern court.

Then, the assassin can only come from the south.

Could it be that Tuobagui's identity was exposed in Jiankang?

Ye Zidao was full of suspicion, removed the shirt of the corpse, pulled out the embroidered wind patterns from under the black clothes, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Feng Qi? Did you come from Taicheng?"

Jiang Munu's voice was firm: "Neither of them."

Ye Zidao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Could it be the one from the south? Yes, even though you are allied with the master, there is no one in the south who does not hate Wuhu."

No words.

Jiang Munu reached into his bosom, and took out a plum blossom nail with a blunt tail, his eyes were glued to the rusty spots, his expression was very complicated, clear, and full of surprise, resentment and pain intertwined, adding a trace of helplessness, In the end, it turned into no sadness or joy, and I couldn't help thinking——

He is still the same.

Twist!

Entering the days of Nayuntai must have been both struggle and joy for him.The people separated from the internal power struggle, while resenting the Sima family and the Zanying family, are loyal to their homeland and the nation at the same time. Therefore, when they noticed the Yan Dynasty war and the rise of the new emperor, they also felt that it was wrong, so they sent people to intercept and kill them. .

It's not good to send anyone, but the person who sent Yingchuan to take the cloud platform, at this time, he still has to care about his face, he really is upright, no matter what time he has to follow his own rules.

Jiang Munu showed disdain.

Ye Zidao was still stuck in the question just now, and hurriedly asked again: "It's been so long, that flower bearer can't support an emperor again in Jiangzuo."

"Who will support? The Wang family or the Xie family? Or bring back the descendants of Huan Wen who almost seized the throne? Talented people are often out of control, and those without talent can only be controlled with hard work." Jiang Munu shook his head and vetoed, in a sense Generally speaking, scholar-bureaucrats represent the interests of the entire aristocracy. What is a mere royal family? These talents are the most difficult to control. With enough force, they can change the dynasty. The dog reprimanded twice, patted his head, and obeyed his orders obediently.

Ye Zidao slapped his head: "Then become emperor yourself."

Jiang Munu grinned at this unbelievable idea, and slowly revealed a weird and crazy smile: "This is the difference between being loyal to the country and being loyal to the royal family. Besides, Zidao, you are still young, and you don't understand that some people are alive. It’s just for the breath of youth.”

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The author has something to say:

let the villain show his face