Chiwuxing

Chapter [-] - There is no place to find after breaking through the iron shoes, and the snow melts and the ice disappears

The Jiangdong cities, which had been silent for several months due to the Weishui epidemic, suddenly became popular in the past few days. First, a hundred barbarian troops went to the cities to carry water and grain along the way, and then the imperial capital sent people to take charge of the granary affairs of the grain departments in each city.After coming and going, the fleeing refugees gradually gathered together, and there were more and more rumors that the barbarian young master who came here had brought a cure, and the sick people who were trapped by the flood showed signs of turning around.

Fu Zan stood in front of the door and hesitated for a moment, then pushed the door open and entered.

There was only a Yan man in the corner of the room stirring up charcoal, and there was no one he was looking for, so he frowned slightly.

"What are you doing?" Wei Xu looked at the haughty look of the barbarian boy who suddenly barged in, and he didn't have much good intentions in his heart, but he didn't bother to talk to him about etiquette, so he could only ask the same question in a blunt tone. .

As if meeting someone who spoke to him like this for the first time, Fu Yan's pupils dilated and returned to their original state in an instant, and asked, "What about him?"

"Who are you asking?" Wei Xu asked knowingly, "There are three people living in this room."

"... Qiu Feng."

As far as he was concerned, he didn't want to keep in his memory the names of many people who had nothing to do.

"He's not here." Wei Xu said truthfully.

"Where have you been?"

Wei Xu stopped his busy work and looked up at him: "We are subordinates, so there is no need to always ask what the master is doing?"

Fu Zhan sneered: "Hmph, what did he say to me that day, 'When the Kingdom of Yan is destroyed, there will no longer be any distinctions between nations, generals, soldiers, and masters and servants'? People who are tricked. They say nice things on the surface, but they still treat you as subordinates behind the scenes..."

"We are sent by him willingly," Wei Xu retorted immediately, "We know how he treats us. When is it your turn, a pampered prince and aristocrat in the barbarian clan, to make irresponsible remarks here?"

"Who wants to meddle in your affairs!" Fu Yan said angrily, "It's fine if he's not here."

He turned around and was about to leave, but he happened to run into the person he was looking for as soon as he passed through the courtyard.The latter was as usual, dressed in black and deep, walking slowly in a wheelchair, and was meeting others, staring indifferently: "What's the matter?"

Fu Zan froze on his heels. At this moment, he admitted that he was a little afraid of this man from the bottom of his heart. This kind of fear was so strange that he didn't even know why he was startled by him.Obviously, he had seen many generals and officials in the barbarian land before... He glanced at him suspiciously, suppressed his emotions, and lowered his eyebrows: "I want to ask you something."

"Go in and talk."

Zongzhengxi didn't pause, and walked towards the courtyard.

Fu Zan then entered the house.

"Your Highness." Wei Xu stood up and gestured.

Zong Zhengxi nodded, turned around and looked at Fu Zan again, without saying anything, just waiting for him to speak.

Fu Yan pursed his lips and said, "I've been going to inquire with my family these days, but I haven't heard any news about him... Also, the rumors you spread seem to be useless."

"It's really useless," Zong Zhengxi agreed, "It seems impossible to easily lure him out now."

Fu Yan's eyes were tired: "I can't do anything..."

Zong Zhengxi remained silent, took out a bag-shaped thing from the wheelchair, and handed it over.

Fu Yan took it subconsciously, raised his eyes and glanced at him: "...what is it?"

"I came back from the Weishui River today, and I specially scooped up a pot of that river water."

Hearing this, Wei Xu, who was packing up his things, couldn't help but glance at the two of them.

Fu Yan tightened his fingertips, forced out a bleak smile, and said, "You still don't do it yourself?"

"One's way of life is still one's body," Zongzheng Xi said, "at least it hasn't completely cut off your way of life."

"If he is really here, he will be indifferent to the previous rumors... I have no way out." The boy's eyelashes moved, his expression turned cold.

As if he had made up his mind, he raised the wine bag and poured it down his throat, with a kind of heroic spirit that is not usually seen.Then he threw it on the ground, and the crystal water splashed on the ground.

Turn around and walk out the door.

"Hold on."

It was another familiar sentence, Fu Yan thought, is it because he always insists on going his own way to lead the way first, or has no one always used this tone of voice to stop him before?Why did I obey his words?ridiculous.

The body reacted much faster than the thoughts, subconsciously entangled in the middle. Fu Yan had stopped at the side of the threshold, tensed his body, and did not turn his head: "What else can I say?"

"According to the symptoms, you still have the ability to move within three days. If you have any funeral affairs to tell, you can return to the barbarian land as soon as possible, or go north to look for Fuxuan." Zong Zhengxi looked at the young man's back and said calmly .

"Don't worry about it," Fu Yan breathed a little anxiously. He didn't know whether the water gu formula had an effect as soon as it entered the body or he was afraid of it. Obviously, this was the consequence he had expected. Was he afraid of death? ?have no idea.But the two-lose situation of people's lives taught him not to be reconciled, "I'll just stay in this city, and I won't leave... I won't leave."

Seeing the person going away, Wei Xu couldn't help saying to the man: "Your Highness...could it be that your previous judgment was wrong..."

"Release the news," Zong Zhengxi said in a deep voice, "By the way, take a few barbarians and teach them to go directly to Beidu and report this matter to Fu Xuan."

"Yes," Wei Xu didn't understand the meaning of this move, "do you still think he has something to do with Fu Xuan?"

Zong Zhengxi shook his head without explaining.

Wei Xu had no choice but to retreat under orders. Before leaving, he turned his head to pick up the underground wine bag, thought for a moment, and said to him, "He can really be so obedient... Let him drink it and drink it... Your Highness, your water is really Weishui Did you get it?"

"What do you think?" Zongzheng Xi asked calmly.

Wei Xu looked back frankly, and said, "I thought you wouldn't be as knowledgeable as this kid... If the effect can be achieved by just relying on rumors, why bother to really hurt a life in vain."

"Young age has become an excuse," Zong Zhengxi sneered, and said, "I'm afraid you have forgotten who the instigator of this mess is. Even if he really took his life to pay off the debt, he can't make up for it now. The lives of hundreds and thousands of Yan people who are critically ill."

Wei Xu still keenly grasped the implication: "...So you still didn't really take the Weishui?"

"..."

Looking at each other, Wei Xu was inexplicably stared at and felt guilty: "...Was the label wrong?"

Zong Zhengxi had no intention of disciplining Fu Xuan's child, but Nian got Fu Chen's help after he fell off the cliff. In addition, although this kid was ruthless, his nature was still salvageable, unlike his father's deliberate viciousness.He still had a half-hope, so he gambled his little life again, if he really attracted people, it would be easier for him to understand, if there is still no news...

"If there is no solution in the end, he still won't be able to survive," the man said indifferently, "There are many ways to end other people's lives without leaving future troubles, and there is no need to go to war with him."

"Then do you want to make a bid and then have someone secretly stare at this kid... in case he senses something is wrong and runs away early?"

"No need," Zongzheng Xi said, "He said no, I'll trust him for now."

Wei Xu didn't understand why a man could still trust a foreigner after going through this life-and-death disaster: "The origin of your trust is strange... Is it a gamble or is it true?"

Zong Zhengxi showed some unusual expressions, which seemed to be sarcasm, pain, and regret. Even if it was fleeting, it still added a lot of vivid markings to the originally gloomy and cold face: "Decades ago The same Wu can also be harmed by Lu Xiang, how can you trust... the biggest bet was placed on you in the past, and you can be so wrong, let alone a barbarian child you don't know well, isn't it ridiculous?"

Seeing this, Wei Xu was the first to breathe a sigh of relief.

The worries that have been accumulated for many days, those festering wounds that are deeply rotten... If it is not made known to the world in one day, who will know all the waves that have gone through before?Zong Zhengxi is introverted and deep, and the depth of his mansion almost increases by one point every time he encounters it. It is not easy for him to confide some truth.Not to mention that the Chijia military and government in those decades were mostly constrained by the government and the public, and framed by corrupt officials. Only a few people tried their best to save the country and keep the country intact.

To be able to reveal half a point today is at least to be willing to accept half a point.

That's enough.

"Your Highness," Wei Xu walked straight in front of Zong Zhengxi, knelt on the ground, and said in a steady voice, "Wei Xu thinks he is not the first to follow His Highness's new army, but since he joined the Chijia Guards, he has accepted Liao, Jiao and other generals. Appreciate the advice, I have never dared to slack off on business, and I have never had the slightest intention to deliberately kill soldiers..."

"At the beginning, there were villains in the army who made troubles and ruined the foundation. But there are also soldiers who swear to die and stick to the original intention of joining the army, waiting until the traitors are eradicated and the army's prestige is restored."

"His Royal Highness has now survived the catastrophe and returned to Yandi. As long as one order is given, among the hundreds of thousands of red armored soldiers, as long as one out of a thousand is still loyal, one of them will be taken out. In the end, Mr. Ling selected even half of the single bodyguards back then, but this time, he will definitely return His Highness a pure and unparalleled bodyguard."

"I apologize to Your Highness!"

The door of the room was smashed open with a bang, revealing the old soldiers in red armor who had gathered in the court at some time. The six of them knelt down with their fists clasped together, their eyes sparkling, and they shouted in surprise:

"We apologize to Your Highness!"

The scattered team of several people insisted on calling out the majestic momentum of thousands of troops.

The man frowned, closed his eyes deeply, and did not move for a long time.

The rest of the people knelt down solemnly and remained motionless, waiting for him to speak.

I don't know how long it took before Zong Zhengxi opened his eyes to meet him, his face was pale, his black eyelashes trembled in an invisible place, and he said in a low voice: "You guys deserve your apology...From the beginning to the end, we are the one who deserves the apology." people."

A soldier outside the gate was stroked, and one person shouted: "There were ghosts in the army that day! It shouldn't be the responsibility of the general! We are around him day and night and can't see it! It's blind! I can't see people clearly!"

At this moment, the torrent was roaring and turbulent in his chest. Zong Zhengxi tried his best to suppress it, but he couldn't control it.Kuangliu rushed out of his lungs, and he lost his sense of proportion for a while.He clenched the stainless steel handles on both sides of the wheelchair, gritted his teeth secretly, and pushed forward——

The majestic mountain grew steeply, and collapsed in an instant before gaining the momentum to lift up the sky.

He seemed to stand in the air for a moment, and then the tall black shadow fell to the ground with a crisp "click". All the people present were experienced in battle, so they naturally recognized the sound of bone cracking.

Wei Xu hurriedly stepped forward to help, and the rest of the people were also shocked, they stepped over the door and were about to get closer.

Zongzhengxi stood upright from the half-kneeling, half-kneeling posture, and the people beside him still wanted to help him up, but they saw that the person kneeled still and couldn't help him.

"Don't move," Zongzheng Xi said with little confusion, taking a steady breath secretly, "Listen to me."

The rest hurriedly lifted their robes and knelt down again, not daring to go beyond the etiquette.But my heart is still panicked, I don't know what he means.

"There is one thing that I have kept secret for a long time," Zong Zhengxi lowered his black eyelashes, hiding his eyes from flickering.Like the Jade Bodhisattva on the Buddha table, those who know him well know him as the Asura on the altar, "I am not the son of Emperor Yan, and I have no royal blood."

As soon as the words fell, some voices argued loudly: "What is this? When you first entered the military camp, you didn't rely on your royal status! After so many years of military achievements, which one is worth nothing! What's more, at that time——"

Xu mentioned the old things, and the soldier who spoke could not help recalling and feeling sad.In those years, Zong Zhengxi's food and clothing expenses in the military camp have never been a little different from ordinary soldiers, and they have never even heard him call himself "the king". They are all warriors and rough men, how could they be willing to bow down and be convinced because of their status?

Sun Guang's face was as sinking as water, he pulled the soldier who spoke beside him, and secretly warned him.

"Hear me out."

Zong Zhengxi repeated it again, and lowered his voice a little, so that all the people around were still convinced by the majesty of his words.

"Then have you ever thought that I, a man of barbarian blood, first led the army to fight against the barbarian enemy, and then joined the Hu Qiang," Zong Zhengxi said, "It used to be called treason, but now it can be called stranger. Let me ask you, even if you form an army in front of me, what do you want me to do?"

Everyone was silent, Sun Guang suddenly said:

"The general joined the army, what did you do?"

Zong Zhengxi knew what he wanted to say: "I don't have that position right now."

"Why not!" Sun Guang retorted, "Since the people are always stable, Fu Xuan and Po Doro clan are all violent people. Although Hu Xuyu is ambitious, he is willing to take a long-term view and not hurt the captive Yan people. General Since you have already made up your mind before, do you still want to firmly reject our attachment at this time?"

"I don't intend to follow the barbarians for a long time, and I don't believe that He Xuyi is the master of the Ming Dynasty."

"Could it be that you have given up on yourself?"

Zong Zhengxi laughed back, terrified: "...Isn't it possible?"

The expressions of the rest of the people changed drastically, none of them expected to hear such words from his mouth, the man in front of them was too strange.

Sun Guangli stood up, his clothes fluttering, and strode away without looking back.

The rest of the people looked at each other, and when they hesitated, they heard the man say again: "Let's go."

They knew that they couldn't be persuaded, and their knots were still there, so they had to disperse.

Wei Xu wanted to come over to join in, but saw the man clenched his fist and raised his palm, with his four fingers raised together, which was the gesture he was familiar with leading the retreat on the battlefield. His heart sank, and he turned around and left.

Zongzhengxi was the only one left in the room, his curly hair covered the front eyelids, and the light was lost.He raised his hand to his heart, and the manic feeling of unbearable labor pain just now has not disappeared, on the contrary, he still feels more and more serious.

With five fingers, it seems to dig out the vibrating heart organ inside, but the pain can't be relieved by half of the fullness of affection.

The man suffered another setback after falling into the water in the fire boat attack.

"... Fu Chen... Now I have to..."

What makes him hate it even more is that he is unwilling to die now.

For three days in a row, the accompanying soldiers from the old Yan stayed away from Zongzheng Xi.Except for Wei Xu who sometimes went into the house to do some chores and reported the details according to the previous rules, most of the rest of the time he was silent with each other and refused to say much.

Let's say that misfortune is what blessings depend on, and mountains and rivers have an end.Ants in the corner breed in no time, but a new guest who has been waiting for a long time is ushered in.

Monk Yuming took off his monk robe, and changed into a coarse and short brown cloth worn by ordinary people.It's a pity that her temperament is very vulgar, and ordinary clothes can't conceal the nobleness of her manners.

No wonder he became a monk when he became a monk, and was favored by the abbot of the Zen master of the ancient temple and then the noble concubine.Zongzhengxi sat and stood, thinking secretly.

The two competed secretly in silence, the light in the room was sparse, and the only white halo leaked on the man's body through the crack of the window, while Yuming was sitting opposite him with a backlight, his expression blurred.

Zong Zhengxi didn't say anything for a long time, since it was Yuming who took the initiative to find him this time, there was no turning back when he got into the net.How many times has it been his turn to gain the upper hand, and how can he easily let him pretend to cover up and talk nonsense like before?

"We have heard that Tanyue has been looking for the poor monk for a long time." Yuming seemed to see through his thoughts, and finally took the initiative to say, "Before leaving, the poor monk confessed to stay in the temple. If it is not urgent, you can wait half a month later. Details in the temple."

Zong Zhengxi only said: "Just now when the subordinates passed the report, it can be said that you have found the cure for the water gu disease."

"Exactly," Yu Ming said, "If Tan Yue came here for this matter, then there is no need to be so troublesome. It doesn't matter what other people do, the process of healing and saving lives will not end."

"Unfortunately, I have no reason to thank you," Zongzheng Xi said coldly, "Do you know who the poisoner is?"

"know."

"Then this turmoil is nothing more than an internal entanglement among you barbarians, but it has involved the lives of thousands of people in Yandi," Zongzheng Xi said, "...Could it be that someone should not be responsible for this crime?"

"Fu Zan abused Gu techniques, if you want to blame him, he is already in your hands, killing, punishing and punishing are all in your hands, how can others interfere." Yuming said lightly.

Zong Zhengxi frowned slightly, did he think wrong?

"Then why do you show up now?" Zong Zhengxi withdrew half of his body slightly, raised his head slightly to look at him, "Didn't you come here because you got the news?"

Yuming said calmly: "The poor monk went straight to Lanling after leaving Jinguang Temple, and set up a thatched hut in the outskirts of the valley to study the earthwork. After getting the results, he went down the mountain and heard the news of Tanyue's arrival."

Zong Zhengxi questioned: "Didn't you know before you came here that this was Fu Yan's deliberate action, and the target was you?... He can say that he has a deep friendship with you. I think you two are both members of the Nanman royal family. Thinking of Zen Master's kindness in saving us that day, we did not commit a fatal attack. But if the other Yan people knew the news, they might not be merciful."

"So what if the poor monk knows about it," Yuming said, "Shouldn't a child be stubborn and make trouble, shouldn't human life come first?"

"What Zen Master said is reasonable," Zong Zhengxi didn't show any appreciation in his eyes, "If everyone in the barbarian army had thought like you, it wouldn't have come to this point."

Yuming didn't say a word.

Zong Zhengxi said again: "I heard that Chan Master was a priest of the barbarians in his vulgar days, and he was in charge of the book pavilion and the secret recipes of barbarian ancient arts?"

It was rare for him to see that the monk's expression was a little unnatural, the corners of his lips froze for a moment, but it disappeared in a flash, and he said: "What does Tan Yue want to ask?"

"Since this water Gu is already recorded in the volume, why do you need these few months to develop the solution?"

Yuming said: "Could it be that the person who told Tanyue this letter didn't explain that the ancient books of that clan were once burned to the ground by the poor monk, and the prescriptions for witchcraft in the library were also completely burned? Wearing the body of a sin. As for the Gu formula, I only briefly observed it at the beginning, and did not learn it one by one."

"Only burn the solution and not burn the method?" Zong Zhengxi raised his eyebrows while comparing with the message in his heart, "Isn't Zen Master still waiting for others to use this method to harm the world?"

Yuming raised his eyebrows, and said, "The scrolls in ancient books are durable and rare materials, so they are not easy to be burned. This is only due to the urgent situation at that time, and there was no time to wait for them to be completely burned."

In a hurry?

Zong Zhengxi snorted coldly, half not believing that the person in front of him could be in a hurry.According to what Fu Chen told him in the past, this person has been missing a few years ago, and he has ingenious skills but hides among ordinary people.

"There is no need for Zen Master to worry about this," he said, "Fu Zan said earlier that he has already burned the rest of the scrolls for you."

Yuming continued to remain silent, and Zong Zhengxi tried his best to find some clues from his expression, but it was a pity that the former concealed it too deeply, and in the end it was all futile.

"You have such a close relationship with him, even if you escaped into Buddhism, you shouldn't deliberately ignore him?" Zongzheng Xi said, "Since the fall of Fenying, I have listened to him follow and visit the Zen master. Depending on the Zen master's ability, we can't ignore him." May not know about it."

Being in the same family, there are countless ways to deliver letters and communications, not to mention people who are close relatives and acquaintances.Yuming seems to be indifferent to world affairs and watching from the outside, but he often plays a role secretly at critical moments.If it is said that he is really a monk who doesn't care about world affairs, I'm afraid it's hard to be convincing.

"Now that you know it, do you have to ask for a response according to your needs?"

"Didn't Buddhist disciples always pay attention to compassion? This is how they treat ordinary people, let alone relatives with blood," Zongzhengxi asked repeatedly, "Even if it is out of etiquette, it is not a good attitude not to ask, on the contrary Deliberately avoiding and hiding something."

"Responding to requests is just an obsession of ordinary people, not the nature of Buddhism," Yuming said, "Even Buddha, he also abandoned his family and children, and failed his loved ones. Can we judge that he must be a cruel villain based on this?"

This rebuttal was beautiful, Zong Zhengxi frowned in displeasure, and intuitively felt that the monk was using clichés to sophistry.He may not be willing to admit defeat if he is trying to reason, but it is the first time he has seen someone as stubborn as Yu Ming who insists on Buddhist teachings, directly blocking the way for him to speak, and what else can he ask.

After going back and forth, the remaining few inquiries were all intercepted with the same Zen assertion.Zong Zhengxi finally suggested that he go to check on Fu Zhan's situation first, but he was slightly surprised that he didn't expect Yuming to agree straightforwardly.

Before leaving, he stopped the monk from leaving his pace: "...Why did the noble concubine die in the Fenying palace?"

"When chanting the scriptures, he was stunned and scattered, and died of fright after hearing about the incident in the palace."

The answer was exactly the same, exactly the same as the answer he got when he questioned in the palace.

Something that is too accurate is always suspicious, even if the person in front of him is a person who is used to digging out details.

"When the Zen master was in the barbarian land, did he ever hear of a woman named 'Ling Fu' in the clan?"

"No."

The man watched the people go away and disappeared behind the blue and white stone fence.

In the next few days, the local disease doctors and the Yan Palace imperial physicians dispatched by the capital tried the earth recipes brought by the Zen master of Jinguang Temple. In exchange for one or two hearts, the water Gu worms living in the body were completely cut off, and all diseases disappeared.

"There are no blessings that can be obtained out of thin air, the cycle of cause and effect, and the exchange of things."

Said Zen Master Yuming, who was privately called the "God of Helping the World" by the Weishui people who escaped from death.

Even if half of the heart is broken and half of life is almost lost, as long as they can live a little longer in this world, people's tolerance to this pain is beyond ordinary people's imagination.Xu Shi has been lingering on the sick bed for too long, and suddenly he was rescued before he died, just like a rebellious ghost who suddenly broke into the hall of Yama, no matter how suspicious he was, he would pledge his only life to go up with enthusiasm .

Ordinary people have great courage before death, but because the result of life and death is not arranged by themselves, they are not willing to easily pull down their faces and perform in a hurry on the poor stage.

Naturally, there will be some who can't stand the pain, and during the operation, the doctor will ask the practitioner to pierce directly according to the heart, and it will be cut off neatly, no longer tormented, completely cut off the way of life, and also saved face.

All in all, the epidemic that has been entangled for half a year has temporarily turned around, even though the bloody smell during the treatment is far greater than when the disease was procrastinated before.It can be seen that saving one's life from this kind of Gu art strange disease is no less than walking through the gate of hell.As a result, the people of Yan became more and more terrified of the status quo. The horseshoe army seemed to be approaching the outside of the city day by day, and rumors of barbarians' eccentricities became more and more intense-cannibalizing menstrual blood, building ships from skulls, clothing with hair, and sacrifices to death. ... Not long after, before all the people suffering from the epidemic were fully cured, three or two people who were in a trance fell ill for a long time and hanged themselves to death.The death news was mixed with rumors, and it was difficult to stop Youyou's mouth for a while.One after another, some people had hallucinations in their eyes after hearing the words, and they were worried all day long, followed by their lives.

Within seven days, the number of dead bodies suddenly reported by several cities was more than half the number of deaths caused by the water gu disease that had not been cured for months.

It's a pity that the antidote to the rescue just got, but it still can't save half of the people's death.

Could it be that because of the partiality of life and the decree of heaven, the vitality of the Yan Kingdom has been exhausted, and even the people can no longer be at peace?

"...He has already left." Wei Xu stepped over the threshold and entered the room, lowering his eyes and said solemnly, "people who have seen him say that they have not seen him again since they pointed out the herbal formula of disease medicine. The guards also said There is no trace of him...do you want me to go to Jinguang Temple to stop him later?"

"No need," Zong Zhengxi's eyes were black and blue, and he followed the toss and visits for several days. He never thought that the monk could slip away under his nose like this. At this moment, he said firmly, "He will not go back to Jinguang Temple again. .”

Wei Xu was silent for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and said again: "However, that barbarian boy has not left yet... These days, he has been doing odd jobs with the barbarian guards under his command, so I don't know what he plans to do."

"I'm going to see him."

Zong Zhengxi lowered his eyes, his eyelids were dark and shiny, and turned the wheelchair to go straight outside.

Wei Xu turned to give him a seat, but saw the man stopped beside him, and said, "Inform Sun Guang and the others, we will gather here in an hour... I'm sorry."

Wei Xu was taken aback, feeling something had happened, but replied as before: "...Yes."

Walking to the sparse streets and alleys, the faint cry seems to be in my ears.The wind swept away the dead leaves, adding a lot of gloomy and gloomy atmosphere to the blue sky and white day.

Zong Zhengxi turned into an ordinary house with ease, and when he opened the door, he saw the person he was looking for was sitting in the courtyard and staring at the fire.

Fu Zhan raised his eyes and saw him entering the courtyard, then turned his gaze away and didn't move much.

The bitter smell of herbs in the courtyard is very strong. With a glance, you can see scattered green grass plants around the corners of the courtyard. I don’t know where they found them. They were thrown together with the dirt and dust, as if they had experienced a felling turmoil.And the young man in the courtyard was wearing a simple short jacket, without any precious jade accessories.He bowed his waist and paid attention to the pile of firewood. From the movement of bowing his head, he could find that his originally neat thin braids were randomly tied behind his head, with many sparse curly hair leaking out of them, and his complexion turned gray.If you take away those sharp phoenix eyes and haughty expression that are the same as his father's, he is no different from a boy from an ordinary family in Yan State.

The wheelchair slid to the front of his eyes, and Fu Yan slowly straightened up, his eyes traced from the hem of his predecessor to his face, and said: "If you have something to say, just speak up."

"You know he's gone."

"know."

"Let me ask you now, does your Nanban's Gu technique have the hallucinogenic effect?"

"What do you mean?" Fu Zhan sneered, "Do you think we deliberately played tricks on the sick side to make them commit suicide?"

"I didn't say that."

"But that's what you think!"

Fu Zhan stood up violently, as if venting his exhaustion all day long: "If you don't believe me, just kill them all at the beginning, why are you making so many detours!"

A fine shadow suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, before he could react, his face hurt, and he was knocked down to the ground by a sudden impact from the bridge of his nose.

Fu Zan sat up from the ground clutching his nose, turned his head and saw a black bead rolling down in the distance, gradually out of sight.

"Calm down?" The wheelchair moved half a foot toward Fu Zhan's position, Zong Zhengxi said calmly, "Get up and talk."

The man's voice is deep and dignified.

Fu Yan didn't like him, he rubbed the bridge of his nose and sat back to his original position, said coldly: "A man like me who doesn't know martial arts is doing this kind of move, is this the martial virtue that you warriors respect?"

Zong Zhengxi didn't intend to have the same insight as the child's temper, instead he said: "I'm not proficient in Qihuang technique, so I just need to confirm whether there is a mistake in the medicine."

"I have personally tested the medicine and herbs they took. If there is something weird here, how could I not notice it."

"What about him?"

Fu Yan's eyes narrowed, and he said in a firm voice: "He directed and made this prescription, if he really tampered with it, so what?"

Seeing the man's silence, his temper flared up again, and he sneered, "Why do those Yan people want to die? Don't you really not understand in your heart? Who are you deceiving by making excuses from our foreign race?"

"The people of a country have not settled down in a safe place, and they are harassed by patients and wars all day long. Fortunately, you are still a general of the royal family and the leader of the guard in the old days. Why are you starting to shirk responsibility again at this time?"

Zong Zhengxi was unmoved, his brows were thick and tough straight into his temples, and he was as concise as he was, and replied: "There is no need to say anything else, since I have come here specially to ask you, I just don't doubt whether your words are true or false."

He doesn't doubt, he still doubts!

Fu Zhan snorted coldly: "Then you are done asking? Is there anything else?"

"I just want to remind you," Zongzheng Xisu said, "in this land, the Yan Kingdom is dead, but the Yan people are still there. Hu Man is also a foreign race, but as far as the Yan people are concerned, the barbarians are still the number one enemy in the old days. Those barbarians under your command, as well as you, will be the targets of their attacks sooner or later. First, don’t expect them to forgive you just because you have cast a voodoo and have a solution. Second, don’t think that they will not attack the barbarians because they lost their country and power. The bargaining chips... that's all, and we don't have to see you again."

He took one last look at Fu Zhan, and he couldn't get rid of the shadow of the barbarian that he hated the most.Simply turn around and stop looking, swivel the chair and walk out of the courtyard.

"Sure enough, you turned your face and refused to recognize anyone... That's right, I was the one who stabbed this disaster," Fu Zhan stood up and said in a high voice, "Then I would like to thank you for your advice. I will tell you the same, come on I have nothing to do with the life and death of this Yan people... If the same thing happens again, I will have no kindness to help... He is the same."

The movement of the man's hands really stopped, and he stayed in place for a while, pouring his inner strength into the voice:

"Just try it."

Fu Zhan felt a burst of tinnitus and buzzing suddenly, and quickly stretched out his hands to cover his ears, as if there was another aftermath circling endlessly, the muscles on the side of the ear were agitated, and the pain rose layer by layer.

He squatted for a long time, and then he came back to his senses out of panting. He stretched out his hand to touch the edge of the ear hole, and the warm fluid dripped on his finger.He trembled and pulled his hands closer to his face, the dark red color was shocking.

Unable to restrain himself from cursing, he punched himself in the chest.

It took Zong Zhengxi only a stick of incense to walk back and forth, when he returned to his temporary place, he found that those people had already lined up and waited inside the house.

He stopped in front of several people, looked up slightly, his eyes lingered around each of them.Among the seven, Wei Xu, who joined the army the latest, also stayed in the Red Armor Army for more than ten years, and later dispersed among the Yiwei Army, waiting for an opportunity to raise troops to attack.Now, he is very clear about the reason why the troops are gathered under the Hu Qiang cavalry army again.

"There is no reason to take back what has been said and what has been done."

The man looked flatly and said quietly.

The room is empty and silent, but I don't know if it is because I have become used to the noise recently, the voices of crying and howling people have become a local accent that seems far away but not near, and I can't get rid of it.

Zongzhengxi turned his gaze around and landed on Sun Guang who was on the right side.

"The situation with the Weishui epidemic has turned for the better. How to proceed in the future depends on your choice."

Those few people looked at each other in pairs, all of them were surprised and confused.

Sun Guang raised his head and looked directly at the man in front of him, saying: "The general's words mean a complete breakup and abandonment?"

Zong Zhengxi shook his head and said briefly, "No."

Sun Guang turned his head to the right, as if giving the other six people a friendly wink, nodded slightly, then turned back, and said, "What if we still stick to what we said earlier?"

Zong Zhengxi lowered his eyes deeply, not knowing whether it was expected or unexpected.After a while, Fang said in a low voice: "He De He Neng..."

Everyone is silent.

The man flashed his mind for only a moment, raised his eyes halfway, fixed on the waists of several people, and said: "Get out of the scabbard——"

The seven people grasped the handle of the knife subconsciously, and heard Zong Zhengxi continue in a deep voice:

"Each of you takes one knife. If your life is still alive, the past will not be mentioned, and the past will disappear for a while."

Those people were stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to realize what they said.One person said in surprise: "Your Highness..."

"Blood is the proof," the man said, "If you show mercy on purpose, it won't count...or if you change your mind, you still have a chance."

Several people in front exchanged glances, and for a while, Sun Guang took the lead to step forward and drew out the gleaming blade at his waist.The sudden flash of light made the people behind them startled, they wanted to stop them but they didn't know what to do.

The eyes of the two people in front collided.

"Zongzheng," Sun Guang said coldly, "You said in the army that the point of the knife was not aimed at your own people."

Zong Zhengxi looked at each other in silence. At this moment, from the eyes of the other party, he saw an emotion he had seen in the eyes of many people and he was most familiar with in military battles. That emotion was hidden deep in the endless Within the emotions, it shows up and shows up from time to time, and has different expressions on different occasions.In the common saying, it can be called... killing intent.

The man calmed down all of a sudden, breathed his heart and lungs down, and said:

"Come on."

As soon as the words fell, the blade straightened up and went straight into the black-clothed flesh and blood. The man's eyelids froze and he frowned slightly.

The few people watching were suffocated, the knife was stabbed close to the heart, and the force Sun Guang used was also merciless.

The moment the blade entered the flesh, it was pulled out immediately, bringing out a stream of flying dark red juice, which fell into the black clothes, and it was impossible to tell where it came from.

Sun Guang didn't put the saber back into its sheath, but threw it on the ground beside him with his backhand, turned around and stood beside Zong Zhengxi, facing those people, and beckoned him to move forward.

According to the standing order just now, Wei Xu is next to Sun Guang's right hand. The latter took a deep breath and stepped forward, not daring to stab at the heart and lungs, so he picked up one shoulder, plunged in hastily, and wanted to withdraw the knife, trying to cover up Stop shaking your hands.Unexpectedly, the man leaned forward on purpose, forcibly preventing the blade from entering a few inches.

Wei Xu withdrew hastily, and heard the man whispering beside him: "I still need to teach you how to use a sword from the beginning..."

But he didn't relax and blame himself because of this, instead he was still in the cold sweat of surprise, and hurriedly retreated behind.

After that, several people stepped forward one after another in order.

There was an old soldier named Fan Xing, who really couldn't bear it, thinking about the old friendship in his heart, he refused to do it for a long time.Sun Guang stepped forward impatiently, raised his leg and kicked, and immediately cursed: "Damn! Hesitating ass!"