Hypocrites

At Ruyang's home, Cui Ji passed by the door with something in his arms, his wife poked her head and asked, "Where are you going?"

Cui Ji hesitated.

"Go to Shen's house again?"

Cui Ji said: "Don't worry about it."

The wife frowned and said in disapproval: "After they left, you dared to tell me that it was...it was that one!"

Cui Ji thought his wife was going to say "how dare you", but what she said was: "how can you be worthy of Mr. Shen!"

"Don't worry about it!" Cui Ji turned his face away and hurried out.

Furong Lane was deserted, the Shen family and the Ma family went to the empty buildings one after another, and the Xie family also closed their doors to protect themselves. There are many talents and social circles are no longer the old days.It seemed that the Cui family was still able to run the business and survived the period when the eunuchs ruled over the sky with one hand.

Shen Yu and Liang Heng didn't know how long they would be away, Cui Ji went to the alley every day to walk and watch.The one-inch-square land in front of Shen's house seemed to be a season colder than his Cui's house, and it was already spring, but the Shen's house was still hiding in deep winter.On this day, he discovered that the door of Shen's residence was open.

Is it back?

At this moment, Shen Yu walked into the alley carrying the steaming food box.

"Brother Cui?"

"came back?"

Shen Yu said with a smile: "When I got home last night, there was not a grain of rice left in the kitchen, and the market was closed. I was hungry all night, so I hurried to buy some ready-made food in the morning. Did brother Cui have breakfast?"

Cui Ji took out what was in his arms, it was two scrolls of bamboo slips, sealed with mud and tied with rope, they were two unread letters.

"A few days ago, the courier sent it to you. There is no one in your house. Brother Yu took the liberty to take it for you. Now it will be returned to you."

Shen Yu was quite surprised, I don't know who wrote him the letter - who would have guessed that Mr. Shen returned to his hometown immediately after resigning?When he took it apart, it turned out to be Song Jun. He was still managing millet in other places, and the farming work was heavy in the spring. , left overnight without saying goodbye, and suddenly became anxious and angry, wishing to fly to Shen Yu with wings and ask him to explain.

After Shen Jin left, Song Jun somewhat spontaneously regarded the teacher's son as his own younger brother, and had to take care of everything for Shen Yu.If Shen Yu had made his way to the top in the officialdom, he would have comforted his master, but he had gone back to his hometown where he had no relatives for a long time, what was he going to do?Do you want to retire early?

Shen Yu put away the long-winded hand letter from his senior brother, and shook open another letter, which was from Deng Yang.

The emperor abdicated the throne arbitrarily without any consultation with any ministers of the inner court. The first eyewitness, Deng Yang, was greatly frightened.Thinking of my friend Shen, who has already passed away, I wrote to ask him if he knew about this matter. If he didn’t know, he was welcome to accept this shock with me. If he knew, then he had another thing that was even scarier. I have to tell Shen Yu about it.

After the holiday of the first month, the prime minister failed to find His Majesty the Emperor, so he was supposed to read the edict of the Zen Throne and welcome Liang Zhu, the son of the southern Sichuan king, as emperor.The prime minister did announce the imperial edict, but it was not Liang Heng's edict.

It was the edict of the first emperor Liang Xuan.

According to the former emperor's rule, elder brothers will end up with younger brothers, and fathers will die and sons will succeed.

After the prime minister's announcement, he paused and wept, saying: "Dare not to be as good as the last emperor's edict."

"The eldest son mentioned in the imperial edict is not the crown prince. Has the king noticed the difference?" Deng Yang bit his pen when he wrote the letter, and his messy handwriting pained him. It proves that when Shaojun was still in his infancy, the eunuchs harbored evil intentions and replaced them with the sons of the untouchables in the dark street. Don't you know? The first emperor and the prime minister secretly investigated the palace people, tracked Bao A, and found the young master. However, the eunuch's conspiracy was exposed, and the first emperor was worried that his wolf ambition would harm the young prince. The traitor and sycophant in the middle will be seated in the East Palace..."

"...The change of the Golden Palace before the old days was actually held by the eunuchs, and the false emperor was unbearable to be threatened by him. It is true that both parties will lose in the fight."

"Master Prince?" Shen Yu murmured, "Master Prince?" Wasn't His Majesty the late Emperor conferring on his father's official position?Then I saw Deng Yang wrote - "Mr. Cui Xian, the young master of the prince".

He swayed for a while, but Cui Ji didn't dare to step forward to help him. Shen Yu held the food box tightly in one hand, and supported the wall with the trustworthy hand. There was a flash of lightning and thunder in the sea of ​​consciousness, and he suddenly understood: "The late emperor summoned the four divisions of the world to go Mr. Cui was the first to give lectures in Wangcheng, and the first to leave the Chu Palace, could it be that he went to Xiangguo's mansion and became the teacher of the real young master?"

Cui Ji: "..."

"No wonder." Knowing everything, Shen Yu understood everything, and said in a suddenly enlightened tone, "The late emperor didn't care how many gentlemen the Chu Palace drove away. This is his purpose. But unexpectedly, my father won the favor of the Chu Palace by accident, and seeing that the style of study is getting better, the late emperor was afraid that the 'Prince' would become a big man and threaten the Young Master, so he hurriedly drove my family away...to kill them all!"

Cui Ji showed pain on his face.

Shen Yu was very calm, and pointed out: "And you already knew."

"I don't know!" Cui Ji wanted to defend himself, but when the words came to his lips, they became an excuse for a rascal, "The first emperor has a decree that my father and I are strictly prohibited from revealing the secret, otherwise our lives will be lost. I, I never expected him You will treat Shen Men like this!"

When Shen Jin was named the prince's junior teacher, everyone predicted that Shen Jin would skyrocket.But Master Cui still hides his name deeply and lives in silence.A few years later, everything turned upside down, and it turned out that cause and effect had been planted as early as the beginning.

Who is the young master of Xiangguo Mansion?

No need for Cui Jiduo to say, Shen Yu has already guessed.

Suddenly someone called for help in the backyard.Shen Yu's complexion changed drastically, and he rushed over quickly. Liang Heng was still asleep when he went out, and he didn't know what happened!

Still outside the arch, he heard throwing pots and yelling, a black shadow loomed over his head, a sharp knife stabbed out from his ribs, Shen Yu was unarmed, he rounded the food box and knocked people out.The man in black was smeared all over his face with the hot porridge in the box, and before he could get up, Shen Yu had already crushed the wrist holding the sword with his foot, and roughly stuffed a roll of bamboo slips into his mouth, unable to utter a sound, his fists were raining down like rain On the side of his forehead, the corner of the man in black's mouth overflowed with blood foam, and he passed out.

"Heng'er!"

Shen Yu rushed into the back bedroom, there were two people in the room, the tea table was overturned between them, the assassin in black pierced the wood with a sharp sword.This scene almost made Shen Yu's eyes tear. He split the man in black with his palm, and the blood burst, but it was not Liang Heng, but the blood of the man in black. There was a blood hole in his stomach. Liang Heng held the clip The iron tongs of charcoal fire shake like fallen leaves in the wind.

Seeing Shen Yu, the iron tongs fell to the ground with a clang, and Liang Heng covered his mouth and nose, almost retching.

"Who is this person?!" Liang Heng was still in shock.If it was a day ago, Shen Yu might not have been able to be sure, but right now he neatly took off the collar of the man in black, and he saw the totem of a galloping horse tattooed on his chest.

Someone fell at the door.It was Cui Ji who came here worried, seeing the dead man, the scholar's legs became weak and he couldn't stand up.

"Can you go?" Shen Yu pulled Liang Heng up from the ground, because he was very calm, Liang Heng had a backbone and did not tremble anymore.

"Pack up your things, we'll leave right away."

Cui Ji said in the hall: "Xianxianxian, brother, where are you going?"

Liang Heng packed up his clothes in a hurry, Shen Yu picked up the sword dropped by the assassin, went to the courtyard, took out the letter roll that was plugged in it, wiped it clean on the assassin, and stabbed him to death with a single sword.

Cui Ji watched helplessly, and let out another strange cry, as if the sword had stabbed him directly.At that time Liang Heng first saw the dead in Beisi Prison, Huo Liang advised him to prescribe some tranquilizing medicine to avoid shock.When the living saw the dead, they couldn't help thinking that they would be the next one to die. When Shen Yu saw Cui Ji, it was hard not to think of the price his father paid in the deal between the late emperor and the Cui family.

Shen Yuyu threw the sword away, and thought that since he lost the Second Association, it would be inconvenient to hunt and kill without a weapon, so he put the sword away and said to Cui Ji: "Young Master Cui, as you have seen, we are all inconvenient." People, there are many dangers in life. In order not to affect the high neighbors, this is far away."

Liang Heng had packed their bags and walked to Shen Yu's side.Cui Ji and Shen Yu seemed to have a very good relationship in the past, why is it that one is lying on the ground while the other is watching with cold eyes?Shen Yu didn't explain, nor did he ask.

"The mountains are high and the water is far away. We will meet again by fate."

The new green hadn't warmed Furong Lane yet, and the Shen family's carriage set off again.This is not a home, the world is so big, where can I stay?

The coachman pressed down the low bamboo hat, revealing half of his jaw, the corners of his lips stretched like strings.

Liang Heng huddled in the car to read Deng Yang's letter, and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed after reading.

"Are you crying?" asked outside.

Liang Heng touched his cheek and replied, "No."

"That's good," Shen Yu seemed to be smiling, "Otherwise I have to drive a car and want to hug you at the same time, so I have to have three heads and six arms."

Liang Heng also smiled.

Now there is no need to worry about the truth of his father's life experience, no matter whether Liang Xuan is true or not, Liang Heng is false.He didn't have to worry about debts, he didn't seem to feel the pain for a while, but it was very strange why someone needed such a person who didn't count for anything.What do you need him for?Was it just to block the sword for the young master of the Xiangguo Mansion when Qiu Zhiyuan was in trouble?

He is not even worth a shield.Even though the shield needed maintenance, Liang Xuan and Duan Hou never seemed to care what he thought.Master Shen taught him to write ten treatises on filial piety, but he couldn't figure out what to write, so he had no choice but to write filial piety as Shen Yu said.Unexpectedly, it was a prophecy, and Liang Xuan really only regarded him as a pawn without violation.

The pavilions and Guanyu in Zhangyi Palace are the place where he grew up.Who is the master of the flowers falling in the wind? The palace is like a star and a tree is like a hair.

He once thought that Zhangyi Palace was not his, but his mother was his, and the throne was not his, but his uncle and cousin were always his.In the end, none of it belonged to him.

Thinking that Duan Yanling was also an insider, Liang Heng began to feel pain.

"Where are we going?" Liang Heng asked.

"Go to Zhangshan." Shen Yu answered him.