Hypocrites

After dinner, Lin Zhu was the host and took a group of people to Tianmen Town for a stopover. At the request of the cautious Zou Fang, he brought two lieutenants with him.

The mountain city is different from Wangdu, the terrain is undulating, one step, uphill first and then down, walking panting, you can still see the roof of the general's mansion when you look back.Residential houses built on slopes, from the outside, the door and the window are flush, but the entrance is two stories.

The mountain people who went into the mountain with baskets on their backs to pick herbs and fruits walked with them, and greeted Lin Zhu, "General" and "Aiqing" indiscriminately. They were not afraid of soldiers at all, and behaved like ordinary neighbors.

Liang Heng was very curious about everything, picked up the fruit in someone's back basket, and wanted to taste it.Zou Fang had to find a mountain spring to wash off.Bite down, it was extremely dry, Lin Zhu laughed and told him that this is a fruit for pigs, and no one would eat it.

Zou Fang's face turned dark, Liang Heng only thought it was funny, and he and Lin Zhu hahaha.

When I got to a hilly peak, I saw a towering watchtower. Its construction was very different from the watchtower in the Wangcheng.Lin Zhu led the crowd into the building and climbed to the top. There was a fence on the high observation tower surrounded by horse dung and dry firewood. Four soldiers stood in the southeast and northwest, keeping watch.

Lin Zhudao, this is a beacon tower, if so, there are three more, built in Linjiang Town, Zhuoyin Town, and Nanyu Town respectively, they are important tools for the four towns in southern Sichuan to transmit information.

He also asked them to stand on a tall building and look down.To the south is a mountain city, and the fields are cut into squares on a chessboard. To the north, black and black human heads are prostrate at the feet, as if giving birth to the majestic feeling of being king and all people!It turned out to be the martial field of the Sekibu!

Looking around, there are thousands of people practicing military training, or practicing military boxing, sweating like rain from half of their naked bodies, or stabbing straw puppets, practicing the moves to kill the enemy.There is an open space in the corner, and there is a horse farm. On the backs of two tall horses, the knight is demonstrating the cavalry tricks of picking and chopping.

Both sides of the Zhuo River are mountainous, and the cavalry is not very useful, so the battlefield is still dominated by infantry.

This was a scene that the guests from Wangcheng had never seen in their dreams, and all three of them were dumbfounded.

Lin Zhudao: "There are fewer wars now, and the northerners are in civil strife. They don't care about us. Recently, they are talking about peace. However, military training must continue. If you forget the battle, you will be in danger. Hahaha. My group of soldiers was raised for Kill the enemy on the battlefield, and if there is no more fighting one day, we have to let them go home and farm.”

As Lin Zhu was talking, he touched his artificial leg with one hand, which probably became his subconscious action. Once he thought of the battlefield, thought of killing or being killed, the leg thrown in the Zhuojiang River seemed to tie his soul, To the horseshoes and machetes of the enemy.

"Do you want to fight?" Lin Zhu asked the soldier standing guard in the north.

The soldier shook his head.

"Do you want to fight wars or farm?" he asked the people in the east again.

Dong Bian replied: "I want to marry a wife."

"No one wants to fight." Liang Heng said.

Lin Zhu laughed: "A man's self-esteem is rampant. The emperor bestows color, and Mount Tai can move."

Son of Heaven... Liang Heng said these two words silently, and the scene of thousands of soldiers training in front of him was menacing, stomping his feet, shaking his feet, punching the mountain.

"The Son of Heaven doesn't have such martial arts," Liang Heng said, "Maybe he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, he is a mediocre person."

Lin Zhu stroked his chin, as if he was thinking about what he said, and then said in an "obviously so" tone: "But he doesn't need it either, as long as he sits in the Golden Palace, and all the civil and military officials will work for him."

"Then what does he need to do?"

Lin Zhu grinned: "Give me a military salary on time, and Xia will give me a cold winter coat. The treatment will be better."

Liang Heng and Lin Zhu looked at each other tacitly, they were both embarrassed.This glance, it is obvious that the meanings in the hearts of the two are different.

After noon, the sun sank to the west and fell into the canyon, and the flowing water rushed towards the Zhuojiang River like golden sand.

Shen Yu has not returned yet.

Liang Heng couldn't help but start to worry.According to what Shen Yu said, Tianmen is only a day away from Linjiang, if all goes well, Liang Huang should come to pick him up right now.

What exactly went wrong?Shen Yu wears the bronze medal of Fengque, which is the logo of the emperor's guard, and Liang Heng's troop dispatching fish charm, and a yellow silk letter written by the imperial pen. Although there is no golden seal, there is Liang Heng's private seal as the letter.As long as Liang Huang saw these three things, he would know that the emperor was coming.

Unless... he really colluded with Wangdu Sanhuan.

In the middle of the night, Liang Heng was lying under the blanket, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. For a while, Shen Yu was caught and imprisoned by the King of Liang, and for a while, Qiu Zhiyuan pushed open the door of the general's mansion, and spit a message to him like a cunning poisonous snake. Said, "Your Majesty, I have come to pick you up, go back and go to jail."

After finally falling asleep, I always felt that someone was blowing air-conditioning in my ear. I woke up in pain and saw that I forgot to close the window.After a while, it was almost dawn.

In a daze, someone was touching his face vaguely, with the cool feeling of walking at night.Another kiss was given on the lips, Liang Heng closed his eyes, tried his best to respond, his consciousness was still hazy, and he had already stuffed himself into the man's arms.

Shen Yu wanted to hug him, but he was covered in dust and dust, so he wrapped him in a quilt and called out: "Heng'er, wake up."

Liang Heng woke up instantly: "You're back, you..."

Although he was exhausted after traveling all day and night, Shen Yu's eyes were bright, with a smile on his face, Liang Heng's gaze was fixed on him, and he understood.The heartbeat is like a galloping horse, and the ear is roaring, this is the precursor.

Shen Yu helped him up, and fetched the king's clothes from the Zhangyi Palace, a red wooden gown with a dark black and black ground and a silk surface.He took out another thing from his sleeve, which was a white jade fish talisman, twisted with a black ribbon, and tied under Liang Heng's waistband. The candlelight was reflected at a special angle, revealing the solemn Cloud Piercer on the waistband.

The General's Mansion stands on the top of the mountain, half-bright and half-dark, everything is silent.There is an intriguing and extraordinary atmosphere all around.

Liang Heng stroked his front and stepped out of the wing room. Three guards including Zou Fang were already waiting in front of the steps.When he squeezed his palm, it was wet. Shen Yu held the sword in one hand, and stood obliquely in front of him, like a loyal guard: "Your Majesty, please go to the front hall."

The movement disturbed Lin Zhu, he also got up early, put on his coat and went out: "Hey, are you going out?"

No one answered him, Shen Yu and others followed Liang Heng and walked towards the front yard. The heavy pine wooden mansion door was slightly closed, and many people were holding their breaths inside and outside the door.

Liang Heng stood with his hands behind his back, and Shen Yu stepped forward to open the door for him.

The first ray of mountain breeze in the morning brings coolness.Lin Zhu's jaw dislocated in shock, suspecting that he was dreaming, he was caught off guard face to face with hundreds of black armor soldiers on the mountain road.

The mountains and forests are silent in this sea-like black armor, and on the tips of the clusters of spears, fluorescent lights and stars shine together.As if in the blink of an eye, Tianmen Town had been occupied by this heavily armed tiger and wolf army. The warriors were burly and sturdy, and under the waning moon, the leader was like a majestic mountain, with shadows stretching to Liang Heng's toes.

The edge of the helmet was lowered, and two electric lights shot directly into the heart.

When Lin Zhu saw that person, his brain had stopped functioning, and he said dryly, "Good morning, my lord, have you eaten yet?"

Liang Huang took off his helmet, his face was as firm as a rock, and he touched the ground with one knee: "Welcome, Your Majesty."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty—"

The black iron armor bowed after him, and the shouts were overwhelming, shaking the canyon and piercing the sky, causing the first ray of light in the sky to shine on Liang Heng's body.Shen Yu led the guards to kneel behind him, and the only one who could stand at this place was the Ninth Five-Year Lord.

Of course, there is also Lin Zhu whose situation is unknown.

Lin Zhu was speechless, looking at this "ordinary youth" who borrowed from his house.Under the king's clothes, the thin figure became tall and straight, like green pines and cypresses.

You don't know martial arts?

Maybe there is not much ink in the stomach.

In an instant, Lin Zhu's ear rang yesterday's conversation.

That's right.There is only one thing - the young His Majesty's side face is expressionless, his lips are straight, standing firmly in this scene of shouting long live, as if he was born accustomed to accepting worship, and power is as light as he is - as long as He can stand at the pinnacle of power and bear the weight of the crown.

The Licheng Department, which was originally hundreds of miles away, appeared in Tianmen Town from the sky.Li Chengbu came and went even faster. When they came to Tianmen Town, they seemed to be picking up a car. They huddled down the mountain and went to Linjiang Town in the north.

The people were sharing gossip and arguing about who the tall leader was.

"The Licheng Department is directly under the prince's army, who else can lead the team!"

"Hey, I really don't know much. How can it be so easy for the prince to get out of the mountain when he is in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Yeah, yeah, probably a lieutenant general, right? It's weird, who can work for the Licheng Ministry with such a big face?"

Not a moment later, their short-haired general from Tianmen Town chased him out on horseback, yelling lord, lord, lord!Wait for the last general!

Everyone: "..."

Is he really a prince?

The troops marched northward along the bank of the Fuyang River, and pedestrians, businessmen and travelers on the way avoided them for fear of being late.The sun wheel jumped several times among the vast hills and arrived outside Linjiang City, it was almost dusk.No wonder Liang Huang led his troops to Tianmen Town as soon as he saw Shen Yu, and he didn't arrive until early morning.

Linjiang City is on the bank of Zhuo River, the torrential river flows eastward, and the water vapor is like clouds and fog, covering both banks.It is said that the envoys sent by the Northern Kingdom to discuss peace were in that city.

The atmosphere in Linjiang City was far less lively than Tianmen Town. When they saw the black armored cavalry from Licheng, they all silently gave way, their expressions full of awe.Presumably, the four towns in southern Sichuan have different characteristics, which is not unrelated to the personal character of the generals stationed in the towns.

After entering the palace, Liang Huang asked the emperor to get off the car.

The mansions on the front line of the battlefield, even the royal mansions, seemed simple and careless.

"Your Majesty, please have dinner first." Liang Huang ordered the servants in the mansion, and welcomed Liang Heng to his seat.Since he took off his armor, the inner lining has been drenched with sweat in the scorching heat. He wanted to come to the Southern Sichuan King to protect the emperor, so he was extremely cautious.

Liang Heng came suddenly, the palace was not prepared in advance, and a meal was more like a homely meal.

"Sir, see Your Majesty."

"The wife sees Your Majesty."

The Princess of Southern Sichuan and her son came to visit.The prince was thin and tall, but he was handsome, with slender eyebrows and curved eyes, but his face was pale. When he saw Liang Heng, he coughed non-stop. Judging by his posture, he was exactly the same as Liang Heng's dead father coughing up blood.

"Don't get excited," Liang Heng said, "Give me some tea."

"The dog is not in good health," Liang Huang explained, sitting under the emperor's head. "In summer, the catkins fly every now and then, so he always coughs for a while."

Liang Huang was tall and burly, with the arms of a monkey and the waist of a wasp. If he stood up straight, Liang Heng would look up to him, but he was a humble boy who gave birth to a son.Suddenly, Liang Heng thought that he and his father were both members of the Liang royal family, and that they really did not meet each other in life.