Crown Sword

It’s almost autumn now, and there are still eight or nine months before the beginning of summer. At this time, whether the days are long or short, Shuang Li dare not rashly go north with Gongyangyue and Chao Chen, for fear that it will be like going to Dunhuang again. A journey was delayed, and he missed the Yunmen sacrifice, and Gongyangyue, out of safety considerations, stayed in Yunmeng's three mountains and four lakes sheltered by the Taishan Beidoudishige, the righteous way of martial arts, so at least his life would not be in danger.

So, at the end of Zhongqiu, the three parted ways at Jiangling Ferry.

Jingzhou is full of water and luxuriant, people who come and go often wear ramie white clothes, and the mist is dark in the midst of the flying catkins and reeds. It is like walking in the garden of the fairy palace. It is a livable place. Shuang Li thinks about turning some money Buy a house, so that you can rest until next year. If one day you can fulfill your wish and marry into Emperor Shige, you can entertain relatives and friends when the house is vacant, or stay in Laoyue, and you can still meet often after drinking and entertaining.

In the early morning of this day, someone who sent errands knocked on the door of the inn, saying that there is no suitable courtyard in Jiangling, Jingzhou, but there is a nice house in the suburbs of Queyue City, west of Yunmengze, where a retired old man used to live After the civil official died, his heirs got married elsewhere, so they sold the old house together.

The broker's mouth is full of flowers, and he praises a book, which is guaranteed to be clean.

No matter what you say, Shuang Li is not partial to what you hear. Anyway, there is nothing left and right. It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day. He wants someone to lead him to the door to have a look. To prevent the two from colluding.

When the boat reached the shore, it was about to drop the pole to dock, but suddenly the water was churning and the waves were uneven.Shuang Li was twitching in his shaking stomach, hurriedly held on to the cabin door, and rushed to the bow of the ship to watch.

Before he could stand still, he made another sharp turn.

"What's the matter?" Shuang Li's water skills are average, seeing that there is still a lot of distance from the shore, he is afraid that he will touch a reef and a boat will sink people.

The boatman has more than 20 years of experience in handling poles on the Chuanjiang River. Although he gave Bailang a chill, he still spoke calmly and forcefully: "Girl, don't panic, I think the waves are rising for no reason. It's like water coming from the upper reaches, I'm afraid it's not calm in the reed ditch along the coast."

Shuang Li stared carefully, and suddenly understood what he meant.

Looking at the turbulent water waves, the so-called unrest may be due to a fight in the rivers and lakes, or even more unlucky, a water bandit looting by chance, in order to avoid disaster, this hastily made a big turn.

The boatman found a hidden tidal flat to drop off the passengers. Seeing the direction Shuangli and the others wanted to go, he quickly stretched his hand to hold him, and kindly warned: "Girl, wait a little longer."

After another half a cup of tea time, the horizontal grass was still and the birds didn't fly, and then we started on the road.

There was blood red floating in the weeds, and some hands and feet could not be covered. That said, the broker of the house consciously walked to the left of Shuangli to cover the person, not wanting to shock the little gold master with the tragic situation.On the contrary, the boatman was very curious and couldn't help stretching his neck to look, and said twice, "Look at that throat, it looks like it was strangled to death by a fishing line."

fishing line?

Shuang Li stopped suddenly, brainstormed, and made up a reason to say that he had a stomachache, and he wanted to solve it on the spot. He sent a few men with him to wait at the fork in the forest ahead, and then walked forward to check while pushing aside the water plants.

If it was really a fisherman who was chasing after Lao Yue, how could he be left behind?

Oddly enough, she took a quick look at the dead bodies along the river bank, and found no corpses of children or old people, most of them were young adults.Shuangli was afraid, covered his eyes with his hands, his eyes flicked so fast that he didn't pay attention when he stepped down, stepped on something in the pothole, and fell to the ground with his feet sprained.

"What the hell?"

Shuangli reached out and dunked into the soft mud, thinking it was a domineering crab without long eyes, but it was a silver-lacquered gossip mirror that he never wanted to see.

At this moment, the sound of 跫 suddenly sounded, and the ears of grass swayed. Shuang Carp was startled. He wanted to run and hurt his feet, so he could only reach into the cloth bag he carried to catch the hidden weapon, and stared at the front.

Just as she was about to turn the machine, someone came over, and her eyes first fell on her hand——

"It's Madam's gossip mirror, miss, I found you!"

Shuang Li was stunned, lost the opportunity, cursed "bad luck" in his heart, and then crawled back on the ground with his hands on his hands.

The people who came were a few reckless men, dressed in bunts like bunts, farmers like farmers, with unshaved stubble and messy hair. Those who didn’t know thought they were savages who ran out of some mountain. People's clothes and shorts were put on casually.The leader in the middle nodded slightly, and kicked the people on the left and right: "What are you doing in a daze, there are piles of corpses, don't scare the young lady, and don't go to help."

Shuang Li hid back: "Miss, which miss?"

When the leader was frightened and cautious, she hurriedly explained: "Miss, don't panic, we are all old subordinates of General Shen. After you disappeared, everyone was looking for you." I can pace around, I don't know if it's because I'm excited, or because I'm really not good at words, "Don't be afraid, we are really not bad people!"

A man called Zhang Ping from the side spoke up: "Yes, Miss, Brother Zhou is your father's general."

Zhou Zheng scolded with a smile: "Where is there any general Zhou Pi, just call me Zhou Zheng, or if you don't dislike my background, it doesn't matter if you call me uncle."

Shuang Li was surprised, and couldn't help blurting: "Is your name really Zhou Zheng?"

Zhang Ping exclaimed: "Miss still remembers!"

Zhou Zheng kicked his ass again: "Remember what a fart, and I don't even look at when the young lady disappeared. She clearly means that it is impolite to call her by her first name. Do you think everyone is like you, no matter what the matter is?" Saying that, he smiled at Shuangli again, "It's called Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou."

It really doesn't mean that.

Shuangli babbled, couldn't help but slander, but still hastily explained that he misidentified: "Then what... Uncle Zhou... I..."

Xu Shi had been looking for someone for many years, living in the wind and sleeping in the open, suffering unspeakably, and now hearing this call, Zhou Zheng was very moved, and while wiping his tears, he choked, "Oh, my child, I made you suffer!" After finishing, she carefully held the gossip mirror in her hand, held it over her head, and knelt down and bowed three times to Daze.

Shuang Li opened his mouth, but he couldn't find a good time to interject. After waiting for the elder brothers to mourn, he was finally able to talk about this farce. At the end, it can be regarded as understanding this so-called life experience——

The Miss Shen they are looking for is the descendant of Wu Xing's Shen family. His grandfather was Shen Jin, the general of Yangwu who died in the second year of Xingning, when Murong Ke of Yan State went south to defend Luoyang's unyielding integrity. His father was Shen Chiqian, the prefect of Dongyang.During the Battle of Feishui, the Shen family also contributed their strength and went to the front line in person. Afterwards, his wife gave birth and gave birth to a baby girl. The baby was lost in the rebellion army when she was still in her infancy. She only had a Eight Diagrams Mirror amulet as a witness (Note).

After the victory of the war, Shen Chiqian was transferred back to Jiankang to serve as Ting Weiqing. The couple never gave up looking for their daughter, and the veterans who retired from the army at that time have spontaneously looked for each other over the years.

When Shuang Li heard this, it was fine, how could a hero impersonate his name, so he quickly explained.But it was a coincidence that just as she was making people mentally prepared and ready to speak, a few more people emerged from the water plants.

Most of the visitors are teenagers, dressed in plain and elegant clothes, and those who are over twenty wear high crowns, and those who are under the age of [-] wear silk braids. The weapons in their hands are not flutes or flutes. Only one is holding a pipa, and the other is holding a Ruan. , at first glance, it is called a person with clean bones and extraordinary Zhuo Yi.Shuang Li stared at the Konghou clan emblem on their clothes.

"Emperor...Emperor Master Pavilion?"

Shuang Li stammered, not understanding why this alarmed the big brother of the martial arts in Yunmeng Lake, he was surprised and happy, hopeful and afraid, he stretched his neck to look between the little disciples who were separated on both sides.

It's a pity that the owner of the pavilion didn't come in person, but a young man in loose clothes and wearing a purple flute stepped out. He first nodded to Zhou Zheng and the others, obviously they had met each other before, and then walked to Shuang Li , cupping hands and bowing: "Miss Shen, I'm under Shimin, it's polite here."

Shuang Li scratched her head, smacked her mouth, and replied: "...Okay, easy to talk about."

Zhou Zheng was protecting the calf, seeing that the little girl hadn't recovered, he conveniently stood in front of him: "Our young lady got a little frightened, don't blame the young master!"

"What is General Zhou talking about?" Shi Min smiled and waved his hands, calling his disciples to come forward to inspect the dead body, then he walked aside and led the veterans of the Shen family and Shuangli aside, and said solemnly, "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. The matter of hunting and killing needs to be investigated carefully. If you dare to go to war outside my Emperor’s Pavilion, you must not tolerate it. Now that you are close to Yunmengze, how about this, you guys will go with me to the three mountains and four lakes, rest for two days, and then make plans.”

Shuang Li listened with pricked ears. Didn't that mean that he could directly live in the Emperor's Pavilion?What kind of shit luck is this, there is such a good thing in the world?

But pretending to be someone else is always immoral.

Just as she was struggling and hesitating, Zhou Zheng clasped his fists in his hands and responded for her: "Di Shige has helped a lot this time, and it just so happens that we can also meet the pavilion master and thank him in person!"

Forget it, there is nothing more important than seeing Pavilion Master Shi Ang!

Thinking that if he opened his mouth and returned to Queyue City obediently, he would have to wait for more than half a year before there was Qiongjing. Even if he could watch the Yunmen sacrifices, he would only have a glimpse in front of the Taiwei altar, but now he is standing in front of the altar. What is in front of them is an opportunity to talk with each other at a close distance, how can Shuang Li manage so much.

Shuangli smirked: "It's time to thank you, thank you... and thank you very much!"

Shi Min immediately responded loudly: "Since Ms. Shen said so, it is better to be respectful than to obey." Then, he ordered two young disciples, and arranged for them to be sent to Daze by boat first. Not together, thinking about how to stay in Emperor Shige for a longer period of time, it is best to live in Yunmen next year to offer sacrifices.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly clutched the cloth bag tightly, and there was still the bronzing post in it. This thing can't be exposed and can't be thrown away now, and it has to be kept for a while.

When she pressed her hand on the silver leaf that was still prickly through the cloth, Shuang Li, who had walked a long way, regained her strength, and then remembered that the fork in the road was still waiting for a broker to take her to the house, but the house is not visible right now, and there are priorities , breaking the appointment is not a problem, but the deposit is distressed.

"Ouch," the little girl knelt down, her face twisted into a ball, and she blurted out, "My..."

He didn't say the money, but Zhou Zhengwen also came up to him, feeling his pulse and leaning on his forehead, for fear that something might happen to her, forcing Shuang Li to change his mouth and say three words: " ... My heart aches."

Zhou Zheng suddenly stood up and yelled loudly: "My heart hurts, what should I do!"

Shuang Li's cheeks hesitated, and he had never seen such a solid-eyed person. He hurriedly pulled his arm off, while moaning: "Hurry up, send me to see the Pavilion Master, the sooner the better!"

On the three-way road at the entrance of the forest behind the water's edge, a boatman, a broker, and two attendants with bags were waiting, waiting for no one to come, calculating the time, and sending a fast-legged boy to meet him, fearing that he might walk away I lost my way, but I didn't know when I looked back, but I didn't see half of the shadow.

The broker slapped his thigh: "But that damn girl has been tricked badly!"

He weighed the money in the bag and found that it was genuine, so he got angry and divided the money among the other three, and the rest copied it by himself, and went to Queyue City.

A piece of bird feather fell from the tree in the forest, and was caught by the people crouching on the ground, and with a flick of their sleeves, it was thrown towards the back of the heads of those people.

At this moment, a grey-green figure descended, cut off its feathers, and signaled to the staring eyes in all directions that enough was enough.

"do not kill?"

"Killing will cause trouble instead."

The speaker made gestures, pointing to the direction in which Shuang Li and the people from Emperor Shige left: "Then chase or not?"

Chutong shook his head: "Dishige, you have to go in." Then he stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, and the people who followed him gathered together, "Ah Si Ah San, you continue to follow, and the others follow me back to Chang'an. If When the adult Yao Qin asked, he said that the old man and the child fell into the water and disappeared, eight hundred li Yunmeng, it is hard to say."

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The Chang'an chapter is narrated in two lines, and will eventually be combined into one line

Note: There is no record in the history books whether Shen Jin has a granddaughter, and Shen Chiqian's official positions are basically in Jiankang (Da Changqiu and Ting Weiqing). There is no clear historical data that he has gone out to fight, but his father and son are both Once held a military rank, so the plot here is slightly adjusted.