Hypocrites

The Southern Sichuan Army temporarily replaced the Southern Army and took over the patrol of Miyagi.One day, the Empress Dowager of Changle Palace found out that she was surrounded by strange faces, so she came to Zhangyi Palace.

"Your Majesty is keeping a low profile, planning such a big event, and not revealing any rumors to my mother. The previous change in the palace, but Changle Palace was kept in the dark. If it wasn't for a change of defense, I would never have found out."

Empress Dowager Duan brought fifteen or sixteen court ladies with her, posing in long crutches, holding a phoenix flag, wearing a mountain and river sun and moon jacket, surrounded by sun and moon palace fans on the left and right, and came to inquire about the crime majestically.

She felt scared. Her son had grown up and had big ideas. He was no longer the petty prince who let his parents control him.When he stomped his feet, the entire royal city was shaken three times. If it was a joke, the queen mother would have nothing to do when she woke up. She would have to go to prison with her son and change the dynasty.

Liang Heng almost couldn't remember his mother's appearance, and she was very courteous at the moment, so she gave her mother's sleeve stove, please move to the Nuan Pavilion, and gave birth to a charcoal fire.Around him are the children of Taiwei, all of them are handsome and heroic, walking up and down in front of the queen mother and all the maids, it will soon become annoying.

"What does it look like?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows.

The maid immediately offered an incense handkerchief and asked her to cover her mouth and nose and sniff lightly.It was only then that Liang Heng remembered that his mother was small-minded and fastidious, if he had sweated out playing games when he was a child, he would never have come within ten steps of his mother, so he hurriedly pushed back this group of vigorous men, leaving only Xinzhou.

After the death of the first emperor, the Empress Dowager moved to Dumen of Changle Palace to thank guests.Now it seems that he is getting old, no matter how well maintained he is, fine lines will appear around the corners of his eyes, only the contours of his facial features still have traces of beauty, and occasionally he can be seen as handsome as his son.

"Where's the little Huangmen who served you before? Why are they all replaced by rough-handed men?" The queen mother was very dissatisfied.

Liang Heng replied truthfully: "I was detained by Huo Tingwei in Beisi Prison, waiting for interrogation."

The queen mother stopped talking, her arrogance was extinguished for three minutes, and she said after a while: "I know you have your own ideas, and my mother doesn't care about the government affairs of the previous dynasty. The only thing I care about is your safety. You are the only son of my mother. If you There are three good things and two bad things, do you want me to be a loner?"

Liang Heng turned pale with shock, thinking that his mother had changed someone in his mother's skin - to say such warm words to him, he had to wonder if there were other meanings, so he tentatively said: "Even if the child loses power, there is still uncle Now, why should mother worry?"

"Your uncle is the same person," the queen mother sneered, "how dare he play such a big game of chess with you, and he is not afraid of capsizing the boat in the gutter. Why, this swordsman, let him go back to the mansion with all his tail?"

Liang Heng answered nonchalantly.

The queen mother was relieved, but also resentful, and blood appeared on her face like a thin layer of powder.She stayed in the warm pavilion for a while, her exhausted body warmed up in the winter wind, and she felt that she had nothing to say to her son, and she was really stiff when she sat quietly. Immediately got up and drove back to Gui Palace.

Liang Heng waited for a long time, and he had already finished the draft, if his mother asked him if he was injured, he would stand up and dance to show it, it couldn't be better.The result is useless.

He followed him out of the warm pavilion, and Xinzhou came after him and put on a cloak that was warm from the smoke.In front of the porch, Lin Zhu was sitting wiping his wooden legs, while Shen Yu and Wang Jianzhi were leaning against the railing, chatting about something.

Seeing him coming out, Lin Zhu whistled and raised his eyebrows: "My aunt scolded you for playing with fire, right? Let me tell you, all children are the same in the world. You have to tuck your tail too."

Liang Heng didn't know what to say, so he didn't say anything at all, and went to Shen Yu's side, listening to him and Wang Jianzhi discuss the people who were sent to prison.Wang Jianzhi was so proud of his horseshoe disease that he slaughtered all the eunuchs' dogs and claws in one day. The patriarch of his family, Wang Xia, died unjustly, so he became enmity with the three eunuchs. This time he shot Niu Shida to death with one arrow, and cut off Tong Fang's head.

"Happy!" Wang Jianzhi said with a dull face, "Chou Zhiyuan is still missing. I don't know how to judge. In my opinion, it is best to cut him into pieces. At that time, you and I will each have three hundred knives, and let the person who has a grudge against him One person, one knife is called resolving hatred."

There was a faint look of madness on his mask-like expressionless face.

Listening to him, Shen Yu carried Liang Heng from the icy flying stone road to the warm teak corridor with one hand, and said, "You still forgot one person."

"Who?"

"Official Shan." Lin Zhu interrupted.

Everyone was stunned.Everyone's eyes were focused on Wangdu City, waiting to announce the crimes of the three eunuchs, but in a remote corner, Wan Huhou of Ruyang seemed to be forgotten, quietly hiding in the shadow of this turmoil.

Although Liwu County is a county, its scale is not small at all. There are hundreds of acres of fertile land, lakes and ponds, pavilions and corridors. The mansion built like a palace garden is the mansion of the most prominent Marquis and Shan Guan in the area.

In front of the gate of Shanfu, there is a Kangzhuang Avenue with two cars running side by side. In summer, elms and willows are shaded, and in autumn, they are all overturned and replaced with sycamores and red maples. It is luxurious and luxurious in all seasons.In ordinary days, the county residents would not dare to "occupy" this avenue, lest they be chased and beaten by their servants, but today the atmosphere is different.Today it is Shan Fu who is acting with his tail between his legs.

The door of the house was wide open, and the servants hurriedly brought out boxes one after another and loaded them onto the cart.

"Move quickly! Don't dawdle!" The leader kept urging.

There is already a line on the street, waiting to set off.The first one is an ox cart with curtains on all sides and no family emblem. It is low-key and simple. However, the county residents who are watching know that it is Lord Shan. There is news from Wangcheng that the eunuchs rebelled and punished him. Lord Hou is going to run overnight!

Before escaping, he took along the wealth accumulated in the first half of his life and loaded it into four or five cars. Seeing that the accumulated money was as high as a mountain, he was still moving out.

The retainer rode to the side of the ox cart and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, it's almost done, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave!"

A phlegmatic cough came from behind the curtain.

The retainer raised his hand and ordered to set off: "Let's go!"

"Bah!" The roadside spat.

"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end! Shangou's death has come!"

The sturdy retainer held a double mace and glared angrily, but seeing the crowd full of hatred, he couldn't tell who was talking.

How dare these ants speak rudely to Lord Hou?It should be known that Wan Huhou can easily crush them to death as soon as he lifts his foot.

"Let's go." The ox cart weakly ordered.

The retainers were aggrieved and accepted the double mace, and the convoy set off.The sound of spurning rang out one after another, if you don't leave quickly, you will be drowned in saliva.

Ruyang's garrison did not move at all, as if the fire in the capital hadn't reached Liwu—this was just an illusion, the truth is that the single official's prestige is still there.The convoy left the county along the field ridge and went north to Zhangshan.Zhangshan is a land god, with high mountains and deep forests, which not only created homes for hermits, but also provided shelter for fugitives.

There are all kinds of people in the world, so the retainers suggested that Hou Ye temporarily go to the deep mountains and old forests to avoid the limelight. Once the time is over, he will bring thousands of gold and silver and come out of the world with a new look. He will be a hero again.

As for Lord Hou's age, it's hard to say whether he can wait until this day.The family is so rich that if the master dies, he has to distribute it to the servants who serve him. For this reason, the team of single officials fleeing for their lives will not be too shabby.

After Shan Guangyi died, there was only one Shan Guangquan left among the descendants of the family, who followed Lord Shan.At this moment, riding a gray mane horse, walking at the end of the procession, guarding the property he is about to inherit.

The old trees with dead vines beside the road are like leaves for crows, and the broken branches are like ferocious ghost hands, trying to catch them.

Shan Guangquan wanted to make friends with his retainers, so he urged him to go forward immediately.This person is a fierce general next to Shan Guan, wielding double maces, with infinite power, he calls himself the Zhangshan Stranger, and he is an extraterrestrial expert who Shan Guan repeatedly urged to come out from the deep forest to protect him.It is conceivable that with him around, others don't want to think about wealth, but if they join hands with him to share, that's another matter.

So Shan Guangquan blatantly pried up the corner of his uncle's wall.

"Sir, from now on, I will be in charge of civil affairs, and you will be in charge of military affairs. Let's get to know each other and work together!"

The strange man in Zhangshan was depressed and didn't want to get to know him: "Let's talk about it when we get to Zhangshan smoothly."

In response to his words, the team stopped abruptly.

A lone figure on the forest road ahead.

The human face is not clear, but the sword in his hand is very clear, shining with a gloomy cold light.

Didn't meet officers and soldiers, but met a bandit?If you want to cross this road, leave money to buy roads.The man turned his wrist and turned the blade sideways, causing the crows to fly away in shock: "The way of the underworld, the living should stop."

The cold wind blowing from the end of the road was full of blood, and Shan Guangquan shivered suddenly, while the strange man on the mountain beside him had already drawn his double mace. His martial arts practice made him mentally sharp and he had an extremely accurate judgment of danger.He clamped the horse's belly with his legs, shouted to catch up, the heavy mace was shaped like a hard whip, shaped like a bamboo knot, if it hit hard, it could make people bleed from the seven orifices.

The man on the opposite side was holding a sword in one hand, slashing the sword horizontally, with a ping-pong sound as if a glacier had suddenly broken, and lightly pressed the horse's head with the other hand.The horse rushed forward and was unable to stop in time, neighing and flying into the air with its hind hooves, the Zhangshan strange man turned upside down in the air, his eyes fell on the heavy sword that was blocking - a six-petaled lotus came into view.

At this moment when the lightning flashed, he remembered where he had seen this scene before, and the young man who held the sword at that time had long since died.A sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart, and he let out a terrifying cry——

"Run!"

As he wished, Shan Guangquan turned his head and led the team and ran away.

All the servants yelled and yelled, dragged the money cart and drove the old cow, but at this moment they didn't lose the cart to pick up the money and ran away.Soon they lost their way in the woods.

Shan Guan leaned on the car window, dying, said: "Idiot! Don't run back to Liwu! Head towards Zhangshan!"

Shan Guangquan didn't dare to go back the same way, he was afraid that the strange man in Zhangshan would turn into a dead body, so he led the team diagonally to the north.He fled all the way, thinking that he had run far enough, but when he took a look, the swordsman was in front again, blood dripping from the edge of his sword.

Shan Guangquan let out a strange cry, reached out and pulled Shan Guan out of the bullock cart, threw himself on his horse and ran away.Begging for mercy and screams came from behind, like a whip whipped on his back, forcing him to drive his mount desperately.

The forest road has nine bends and eighteen bends, and Shan Guangquan has lost his way after going through a lot of drilling. He doesn't know where he is going.

But running for his life like this was very effective in throwing off the swordsman.After all, two legs can't keep up with four legs, Shan Guangquan fled from dawn to dark, believing that he was finally reborn.

The night was covered with dark clouds, and seeing that it was going to rain, there were thunderstorms in the sky.Shan Guangquan found a hut where the Orion lived temporarily when he entered the forest, and decided to spend the night here.

He dismounted and carried Shan Guan down, the poor long-running animal was so tired that he was foaming at the mouth.

Shanguan has aged rapidly in the past year. The human skin, which was originally maintained by ginseng antler and Ganoderma lucidum, has shrunk into a shriveled piece, covering the skeleton like a little man, light and lifeless.Shan Guangquan was worried that his uncle would be jolted to death by a horse, so he hurriedly carried him into the hut.

There was a bamboo mat in the room, which was tattered and had a musty smell.Shan Guangquan put his uncle on it and checked his breathing. Fortunately, he was still alive.So he moved his hands up and down, touching Shan Guan all over his body.Shan Guan recovered from the drowsiness of the horse racing, opened his eyes with difficulty, and said angrily and sternly: "What are you doing!"

Menlei rolled to the top of the hut, and a bolt of lightning fell, showing Shan Guangquan's contemptuous and greedy face clearly for a moment: "What are you doing? Damn it, you are dying, old man! I deserve it for serving you for so many years. You have to give me every penny! Otherwise, why do you think I ran for my life and brought you with me? What is the money in the box? It’s just coaxing people! Your grandma’s land deeds are the most valuable! Tell me! Where is it hidden?!"

How could Shan Guan say one, two, three, he was completely stunned.As the saying goes, a Taoist goes to cool down his tea, but before he leaves, his heart is already cold. Of course, it is not because of his nephew's ugly face. Why doesn't he understand why these people gather around Master Hou?What he was afraid of was that he would unknowingly be reduced to the point of being slaughtered by others.

"Strange guy? Where is the weird guy!"

Shan Guangquan grabbed his neck and said viciously: "That idiot was killed! How the hell do you have so many enemies?!"

Shan Guan couldn't breathe, and let out a precarious cough.At this time, coughing, thunder, and footsteps all flashed in the lightning.and a red sword.

At first, the sword was snow-colored, but after killing too many people, it turned into a red sword.

Shan Guangquan yelled in horror, he realized that this was God of Death sent by God, otherwise how could he catch up with the galloping horse that galloped for half a day? !Today is the evil day of the underworld. Today, King Yan Luo called the name, Shan Guan must die!If you can survive the third watch, you can't survive the fifth watch.He absolutely does not want to be with this dead old man Huang Quan!

Shan Guang crawled over the bamboo mat with hands and feet, broke through the fence of the thatched hut, and ran into the forest screaming.The wind and rain poured in from that gap.

Shan Guan breathed in the rain vapor, exhaled dead air, although the swordsman didn't move, he already felt the sword cut his throat, split his chest, and sliced ​​open his belly.Lightning fell on the sword, and the light shone on the face.The swordsman had no expression on his face, his eyes were as light as a feather.