Hypocrites

The shifts in front of the hall are alternated between the Taiwan Guard and the Pavilion Guard. The Pavilion Guard is led by Duan Yanling, the Marquis of the Zuodu. Since the Taiwan Guard has never had an officer, Duan Zuodu often comes to supervise the Taiwan Guard when he is on duty.

The young soldiers all had more or less friendship with Duan Shao, knowing that he and today are cousins ​​and bamboo horses, and their relationship is extraordinary. On the surface, they are supervising the rotation, but in fact they are accompanying the young emperor to relieve boredom, so they often treat Duan Yanling The matter of running to the palace was tacitly understood.

Coincidentally today, Duan Zuo rarely did not enter the palace, but the rumored new Youduhou came to see him.

The guards of the station got the news and gathered in the square in front of the hall to discuss it.

It is said that the envoy of the gate of Yanmen saw a person holding a token of Fengque, and went straight into the palace with his sword.The Fengque Terrace is the symbol of the Taiwei, just as Zuo Duhou holds the token of Tianlu Pavilion, the owner of the Fengque Token must be the future captain of the Taiwei.

Strangely enough, none of the members had been informed of the appointment of the captain of the guard.It doesn't even seem to be selected from the station guards, but an outsider was sealed.

"We still expect Brother Zou to be the captain," someone said, "Brother Zou was a playmate of today's before? Besides, we all know each other very well. What's the matter with sending a stranger now?"

The token was given by Zou Fang himself. He knew that the young emperor attached great importance to the new Youduhou, so he didn't take up the matter, and said, "It's not a small amount of energy to gossip. If you have the time, don't you go to the post? Be careful of being caught by the newcomer." The captain found out that he was lazy and punished him to do coolies."

The team members laughed.

"Give him a face. I don't know what kind of ghost and snake spirit it is. Look, I'm not afraid of him, hahaha!"

"Playing wrestling, brothers, you have nothing to do left and right, and you will be active after a few rounds."

The site of the square is spacious, and the towers and pavilions are tall, blocking the surveillance of the nobles in the hall.A group of vigorous youths discarded their armor on the ground, and went into battle with their sleeves rolled up and their shirts off.

The young man who fought with Zou Fang was named Bi Wei, who was particularly burly, with strong and strong arms, he could not move when he was clamped, and no one could break free under his weight.

"Brother Zou, I'm going to win today, and you'll be on duty for my brother the day after tomorrow. Brother has an appointment that day."

"A date? Is there a date for a beautiful woman?" Zou Fang leaned in front of his crotch, and grabbed Bi Wei's knee with both hands, intending to throw him on his back.Unexpectedly, Bi Wei ate too much, and his dantian became so angry that he overwhelmed Zou Fang, making him unable to get up.

"Concession, concession. It's settled." Bi Wei beamed.

Zou Fang patted his ashes and stood up with a gloomy expression on his face.

Another challenge to Bi Wei, the condition is that if he loses, he will wash the inner lining of his armor.

The man hugged Bi Wei by the waist, but he couldn't push him at all. Bi Wei grabbed his back and fell to the ground.

If you want to challenge again, you have to increase the size, such as helping Bi Wei to brush shoes and substitute shifts for three days.The southern army guarding the gate of the gate also came to join in the fun, and several of them were knocked down by Bi Wei two or three times.There is a coach in the southern army who specializes in wrestling. When the Taiwan guards were training in the army, Bi Wei had learned two tricks from him.

"Anyone else wants to come?" Bi Wei was full of vigor and triumph, "Brother Zou, let's fall again, brother is going to win, why don't you be on duty today, let's go drink?"

This is good!To win applause.

Zou Fang frowned, why did he keep talking too much?Just as he was about to criticize, suddenly a man from the southern army came out, took off his wide-sleeved outer shirt, rolled his sleeves over his elbows, and motioned for Bi Wei to make gestures.

This person's arms are fair and his muscles are not obvious, he doesn't seem to be good at martial arts, Bi Wei gladly accepts the challenge, feeling that he is sure of victory.

"Look at your face, report your name, and those who have fallen are brothers!"

The man only said, let's talk after the fall, his expression was flat, it didn't seem like he was here to join in the fun, or thought wrestling was fun, but he seemed to challenge Bi Wei specially.

Being provoked, Bidweiser immediately jumped up and made the first move.In wrestling, the hand is more important than the foot. The foot is the root and cannot be moved easily. It is better to strike later than to strike first. Those who strike later can use their strength to fight.But Bi Wei knew it well, he waited for that person to grab his arm, whoever grabs who is not the key, the key lies in strength, the end of the party with less strength is to be reversed in the struggle...

The man really reached out and grabbed Bi Wei's forearm.Bi Wei was overjoyed, and was about to use his strength, when suddenly his eyes blurred, and his opponent was gone. The next moment, he was punched in the abdomen, and his lower body felt pain and he relaxed.Immediately afterwards, he was swung in a semicircle with his arms clenched on his shoulders against his chest, and landed on his back, his mind was dazed from the fall.

There was no sound.

Bi Wei got up quickly and saw that the man was slowly rolling up the sleeves that had slipped down. Suddenly, his head became hot, and he rushed forward. Before he could show his posture, the man's upper body remained motionless, and he put his foot into Bi Wei's legs. With a bend, Bi Wei immediately knelt on his front knee.

"..."

The people in the station guard asked in a low voice, "Who is this?"

Nanjun replied: "I don't know him!"

Zou Fang was puzzled, and suddenly remembered the person he met once when he went to Deng's house to give the token.

"Again!" Bi Wei was not reconciled at all, roared angrily and kicked his legs higher than his shoulders, straight to the man's neck.The Taiwan guard usually stands on the pile and strides, and his foot strength is extraordinary. If he kicks firmly, it is considered light to break the neck bone, and the sandbag of two stones can be kicked.

Zou Fang stopped immediately: "Stop!"

However, it was too late.Seeing that the kick weighing more than a hundred catties was about to hit him, the man suddenly disappeared again, and this time Bi Wei finally saw it clearly—the man squatted down and swept him down, then knocked him down again.

Bi Wei hit the ground on the back of his head and was about to get up again, the man pointed out that the sword had reached his throat.

"Admit defeat?" he asked lightly.

No one in the station guard spoke.

Zou Fang felt a layer of sweat on his back.

Bi Wei was very angry and felt that he had lost face. However, he came from an official family after all. He was taught benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom since he was a child, so he had to be convinced: "Good skill, I lost! What conditions do you have, I will admit it!"

The man pointed at the sword and it turned into a palm, pulling him up.

"There are no conditions. If you lose, you will be on duty. You can't drink."

He went back to get his shirt from the crowd, and Bi Wei chased after him and asked, "What's your name? You're better than me, teach me later?"

Everyone moved out of the way, and someone was already waiting with their outer shirts in their hands.

Everyone recognized this person—that was the emperor's dumb valet, Mr. Xinzhou, who always only held the dragon robe and golden seal.

Xinzhou stepped forward to put on the outer shirt for the man, the man also looked surprised, but he didn't say anything, and put on his sword waistband again.

Xinzhou made a gesture to lead him to the Golden Luan Hall.The two passed through the crowd one after the other, and were about to go far away, the man finally remembered, turned his head and said to Bi Wei: "My name is Shen Yu, I will ask for advice when I have a chance."

The stone road is 360 levels, and the two walked farther and farther.

Someone from the southern army asked, "Shen Yu? I haven't heard of it, is this a new general?"

Everyone in Taiwei was speechless, dripping with cold sweat. When Xinzhou tied Shen Yu's waist badge, everyone saw the gorgeous phoenix feathers on it.

Coincidentally, I met the officer while sneaking away.Coincidentally, the chief is still a newcomer, the so-called three fires when a new official takes office... Everyone has foreseen a tragic future.

In the side hall, Liang Heng was in a daze.

The depth of the main hall is very shallow, and the slanting light and shadow cross the red threshold, splashing in front of the ziluowen mattress where Liang Heng is sitting, and a wisp of orange-red smoke comes out of the beast mouth of the copper furnace.

When Shen Yu came in, Liang Heng looked at the smoke with a very bewildered expression.

"His Majesty summons ministers?"

Liang Heng turned his head, and subconsciously wanted to invite Shen Yu to come and sit down beside him, but he saw that he had already consciously followed the courtier's etiquette, kneeling behind his left hand.

On the contrary, he adapted very well, as if the monarch and his ministers are different, and they follow the etiquette.

After waiting for a while, Shen Yu remained silent, only waiting for the emperor to speak first.Liang Heng could only ask, "Where did you go just now?"

"Go and meet with Taiwei."

Stop talking after one sentence.

Liang Heng held back for a long time, and asked: "You, you said that Xinzhou is from Qiu Zhiyuan, when did you know about it? Why didn't you mention it to me?"

Xinzhou stood behind Liang Heng, his voice restrained like a screen.Since cutting out his tongue, he has become accustomed to facing any situation in silence, even if he is discussed in person.

Shen Yu glanced at Liang Heng, and just when Liang Heng thought he was going to say "I thought you knew" or "I forgot" to defend himself, he said: "There are so many things you don't know, not just this one piece."

Liang Heng: "..."

"Back when I was studying with you in the Chu Palace," Shen Yu lowered his eyes, as if he suddenly became interested in the pattern painted in front of him, "I saw Xinzhou coming out of the Qiu Mansion."

"What else is there?" Liang Heng asked in a sharp voice.

"Cui Xian and Xie Lan were chased away by the eunuchs of the Chu Palace, and Ma He was chased away by someone who is your friend, because you can't care about eating, drinking and having fun while studying."

Liang Heng pondered for a while before he remembered who Cui Xian, Xie Lan and Ma He were.

Shen Yu said again: "My father and I have been in Wangcheng for half a month, but we were not summoned, so we had to go to the Chu Palace to find you. At that time, you were having a banquet in Chen Yutang, and Xiao Huangmen poured a cup of tea for my father. There is a mouthful of phlegm, I saw it, but my father didn't see it..."

With a squeak, Liang Heng's nails left a mark on the table.

"My father didn't drink it, and you almost drank it, and that little Huangmen was quite frightened."

Liang Heng's voice became softer: "What else?"

"There was also the time when I listened to the wall in the dark room of the Xie Ling Pavilion. Qiu Qianli met with someone privately, and Duan Yanling heard the voice of the person coming, but he didn't dare to tell you."

"...I remember, he said he couldn't remember."

"It's not that he can't remember," Shen Yu said. "He thinks you will be afraid. If you know that person is Xu Fu, the prefect of Shixing with [-] garrison troops in his hand. Obviously, you can't do much. It will only increase your troubles and cause you trouble." What's the benefit?"

Liang Heng stopped asking.

He suddenly couldn't restrain himself and began to tremble. He reached for the teacup, and the tea spilled out.In order not to let Shen Yu think that his trembling was due to fear, he threw the teacup far away, and the center of the hall was torn apart.

I won't be afraid, he thought, but I will be angry.

With a blank expression on his face, Liang Heng grabbed the pen and threw it out again, smashed it to pieces, and swept all the piles of bamboo slips and wooden tablets to the ground.

Bathed in oblique sunlight, the broken porcelain is crystal clear.Shen Yu frowned.

Xinzhou, however, had long been used to it, and calmly tidied up the mess, with his sleeves wrapped around his hands to pick up the tiles.

Shen Yu sat with Liang Heng without saying a word.Daylight drifts slowly.He thought he was in a hurry just now, and hadn't spoken to the guard, so he asked Liang Heng to leave.

Liang Heng didn't respond, so Shen Yu left.

Xinzhou went out to deal with the broken porcelain in his bag, and came back to kneel beside Liang Heng.

The smoke from the copper furnace faded from orange-red to gray-purple, and dusk fell.Liang Heng stretched out his hand and pushed down the hot copper stove, and the incense ash scattered all over the ground, the color was bleak.