Hypocrites

The Jingsha Department went to Liwu to arrest Shanguan but failed, instead a dozen dead bodies were found in the suburban forest. The news was sent back to Wangducheng, and the court was shocked.It was expected that Shan Guanjuancai escaped, but who killed the dozen or so members of the Shan family?Among them, there is no single official. Where is he now?

With no other choice, Wang Jianzhi had no choice but to accept the order in the face of danger, and went to Liwu to investigate and clear up.

Liang Heng and Lin Zhu sent him out of Chengming Gate, Wang Jianzhi reined in his horse and looked back.

"Don't worry," Lin Zhu urged him to go on the road, "I will take care of Your Majesty."

"That's not what it means," Wang Jianzhi said to Liang Heng expressionlessly, "Did the imperial court forget to give me the travel expenses?"

The Jingsha Department in Zhuoyin Town is the poorest, this person is blackmailing, Liang Heng couldn't bear it: "Get lost."

Because of his revenge, Wang Jianzhi has been treating him very well recently, and he will leave as soon as he is told to leave.

After seeing off the people, Liang Heng looked at the tall and lonely roof of the Golden Palace, and said to Lin Zhu, "Shall we go around the city?"

The three eunuchs were exterminated, and no one detained him again.Lin Zhu originally intended to bring a pair of soldiers to follow, but he was limited by the battle, so he forgot it, and accompanied Liang Heng to the streets with Xinzhou.

The cleanup of the Chou, Tong, and Niu tribes is coming to an end, the number of soldiers on the street has decreased, and the number of pedestrians has gradually increased, and the bustle has gradually resumed.However, the imperial court was at its busiest time. Pei Hui led the Shixing army back to the station not long after, leaving behind evidence of the money he found between Xu Fu and Qiu Zhiyuan. The dossier clarified the criminal evidence of the three eunuchs one by one. All the officials who were invited by the two of them to drink tea knelt down on the spot.

In order to cooperate with this thorough clean-up operation, all the staff of the Xiangguo Mansion are on duty around the clock. As the new director, Shen Yu also has to assist in reporting crimes, and he is too busy to touch the ground.Liang Heng could no longer call him to his side when he thought of it like before.

"Where do you want to go?" Lin Zhu eagerly asked, "Do you want to go to the East and West Market? I have heard that Xie Ling and Chen Yu have never been there before. Would you like to treat me today?"

Liang Heng said: "A treat to eat? All right, come with me."

People were coming and going on Fengyang Avenue, carrying door god peach charms and reed ropes, holding rice, oil, noodles and other goods in their arms, passing by a large house facing the street with a spring sign posted on the door, and the three of them realized that the first day was approaching.

There is no festive atmosphere in the court, and all the officials are busy welcoming the new year.This year has swept away the dullness of the past and given off a new look.

Lu met a peddler who was selling glutinous rice balls, Lin Zhu Guan Liang Heng asked for money to sacrifice to the Temple of Wu Zang, Liang Heng waited for him by the side of the road, a person came to ask for directions, he was going to Beiluli.

This person was dressed in a strange way, tall and tall, with a sack on his back and a bundle of cloth bags in his hand, as if he had just entered the city from another place.

Xinzhou was very cautious and stood in front of Liang Heng. Liang Heng pushed him aside and said, "If you're going to board, you'll only have a store in the market."

"Don't go to the market, go to Nanluli."

Liang Heng showed him the way, and watched the strange man walk away. The sack on his shoulder seemed to move.

"Huh? Could it be a living thing?"

"What is it?" Lin Zhu touched his mouth and walked over after eating the glutinous rice balls.

Liang Heng recounted what happened just now, Lin Zhu didn't take it seriously and said: "When relatives from the countryside come to the city, they should bring chickens and ducks."

The three of them walked more and more sideways under Liang Heng's guidance, and gradually moved away from the street and entered Lifang.Liang Heng was so familiar as if he had entered his own backyard, he led them to the door of a house.Lin Zhu looked up and sighed: "Isn't this the house of little brother Shen? You want to invite us to dinner here?"

"You don't have to pay for the meal at his house." Liang Heng said as it should.

He asked the prime minister about Shen Yuxiu Mu today, and he expected to be at home.The last time I came to Shen's house, I overturned the backyard wall, and this was the first time I walked through the main entrance openly.

Just as they were about to knock on the door, suddenly the door was opened from inside, and someone stepped out. The three stepped aside, and a voice from the courtyard shouted: "Stop it! Don't let him run away!"

Before Liang Heng and Xinzhou could react, Lin Zhu stepped forward and grabbed the man's shoulder.Liang Heng let out a cry—that man was dressed in gray cloth, had long hands and long feet, and looked indifferent when looking at people. Could it be that he was the person who asked him for directions on the street just now?How did you come to Shen Yu's house?

The man in gray held a piece of cloth wrapped in his hand, but Lin Zhu didn't dare to take it hard. He swung it away, and immediately changed it to a cover. He pointed five fingers at the man in gray and buckled it in the face. If the man in gray still wrapped it in cloth, If you deal with it, there will be space in your lower abdomen.The gray-clothed man stood still, taking offense as his defense, and swept his cloth bag towards Lin Zhu's foot.

The two saw each other's tricks, and they started fighting in a blink of an eye.

Liang Heng looked into the courtyard, there were quite a few people, the one who yelled just now was Deng Yang, along with Song Jun, Zou Fang, and Shen Yu, all surrounded by a tightly wrapped sack.It was carried on the shoulders of the man in gray.

"What are you pretending?" Liang Heng approached and studied with them.

Shen Yu looked indescribably depressed.

At this time, a loud laugh came from the door, and Liang Heng turned around, and saw Lin Zhu pushing the man in gray with his shoulders and backs, as if he was familiar with him, and said eagerly: "Brother Du! Meeting each other is really fate, fate!"

Liang Heng was very surprised.

Shen Yu introduced: "This is my sword master, Mr. Du."

The man in gray was about to leave, but was held hostage by Lin Zhu, and he was very unhappy.This person was reticent and completely indifferent, but fortunately Lin Zhu was an acquaintance, suddenly reunited with an old friend, talking endlessly like pouring beans, the scene was not deserted at all.

However, the expressions of several young people were different, and they all seemed a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Liang Heng asked Shen Yu in a low voice.

Shen Yu really couldn't open his mouth, and only heard Lin Zhu from the other side ask: "Brother Du, I didn't say that you came at the wrong time. We have already cleaned up the royal city. Why are you here if you don't stay in your hometown for the New Year?"

Master Du said coldly: "Give the head away."

Liang Heng: "..."

Shen Yu: "..."

Deng Yang, who yelled to stop Master Du from leaving, said with difficulty: "It means literally, he killed about ten members of Shanguan's family in Liwu County, and sent the head of the enemy to Brother Yu." Sacks on the ground.

Liang Heng gasped, and took two steps back.

Lin Zhu's hand on Master Du's shoulder slipped down involuntarily: "Did you kill the people in Liwu County?"

"I killed it," Master Du admitted frankly, "General Lin wants to take me to court? But I have already planned to return to my hometown, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do what you want. If Du didn't cooperate, even if I went to the emperor, I would be killed." No one can keep me."

He has always been a lonely swordsman, resigned from the world and independent, and at this time he is showing a bit of arrogance.However, looking around at everyone, they all looked at another young man in the field without saying a word.

Master Du frowned slightly, and looked at the young man who was next to his apprentice—slender arms and legs, thin shoulders and back, he looked lifeless, but he walked with the calmness of a broken jar, spontaneously A strange air.

"What? Could it be that you are the emperor?"

Master Du made a joke, and judging from the expressions of the people around him, he might have hit the nail on the head.So with a shake of his right hand, the wrapped cloth strips were scattered, and a black iron epee was revealed, and the horizontal sword was unsheathed.

"Murder kills!" Deng Yang yelled.

Lin Zhu used the same style of searching for the moon in the sea, copied the scabbard and put the sword back again.Shen Yu stood in front of Liang Heng: "Wait a minute, master!"

However, Master Du's movements were half a step faster than Lin Zhu's. The cold light of the iron sword swept across everyone's eyes, and the sharp blade pierced through the air. The next moment, the reeds binding the sack broke, and the mouth of the sack opened, revealing the contents inside.It turned out that this sword was not aimed at Liang Heng.

There was silence.The contents of the sack rolled out twice and spread out in front of the eyes of several people. If Zou Fang hadn't tried his breath and found that he was still alive, it would almost make people think that what Master Du carried was a corpse.

And this haggard and short body belonged to the single official who had disappeared for many days.

"He tried to escape several times on the way, so he simply tied him into a bag." Master Du said.

Shan Guan's eyes were closed tightly, and a lifeless expression appeared on his face. In Shen Yu's impression, the majestic execution ground supervisor seemed to be completely two people.

"Why do you do it?" Lin Zhu said, "It's okay to hand over the person to the Ruyang government office, or to the Jingsha Department. If you get involved in a murder case, you can't wash it off."

Master Du said: "If I don't do it, I will tell Dan Gou to flee to the ends of the earth." Then he said to Liang Heng: "Little Emperor, I have to go. If you want to ask me about my crime, you'd better hurry up."

After a cup of tea, the Zhanguan Department received a message from the general and went to Shen's house in Debeiluli to arrest the fugitive Shan Guan and took him to Beisi Prison to await trial.

Shen Yu held a banquet at home to entertain several relatives and friends. Due to the simplicity of the home, Deng Yang supported the cook.Xiang Wan held a banquet in the courtyard, and the newly replaced red lanterns from the neighbor's house reflected the gorgeous light. This scene was like Liang Heng's first reunion dinner at Shen's house.

Master Du disappeared like a ghost, and disappeared without knowing where he went after leaving Shan Guan. Deng Yang was still worried: "Your Majesty, is it really good to just let him go like this? Han Zi Youdao said, 'Confucianism disrupts law with literature, chivalry with martial arts Breaking the ban', it's not okay to be chivalrous and courageous, but to regard the laws of the family and the country as nothing."

Liang Heng sighed and said: "You are concerned about the country and the people, why don't you come to my side and be an admonisher."

"Is it possible? Is it really possible!" Deng Yang's thought in this life is to get rid of his white body, to serve as an official, and to glorify the eighteen generations of his Deng family ancestors, so he was so excited that he turned his attention away.

"The same is true for Song Jun," Liang Heng said, "During the flood period, despite the wind and rain, he collected tax files from all over the country for the imperial court. His hard work has paid off, and he deserves a reward."

During this period of time, many officials were involved in the fall/horse, and many were rewarded for their meritorious deeds. The Xiangguo Mansion supervised all the officials and was in charge of rewards and punishments. If there were new bureaucrats, Shen Yu should have heard of them.Song Jun peeked at his junior brother and smiled without saying a word, as if tacitly acquiescing, and was secretly happy in his heart.He ran around to convict the three eunuchs, not for fame and fortune, but just to repay the teacher's upbringing, but being able to enter the court and become an official is also the highest pursuit of a scholar.

However, he has become famous, thinking of his former juniors and juniors being depressed, his smile was mixed with bitterness, and he took a sip of wine sullenly.

Zou Fang made meritorious escorts and was promoted, Liang Heng said: "You will become the captain of the city gate and clean up the southern army for me."

Zou Fang wondered if His Majesty had drunk too much: "..."

Lin Zhudao: "I, King Qianliqin, have also made contributions and hard work. Your Majesty will make me a hereditary Marshal."

Shen Yu said: "He's drunk, don't tease him."

"How much do you drink?" Lin Zhu said.

Shen Yu overturned the jug to indicate that there was not a drop left in it, but Liang Heng drank it all up.Liang Heng stood up staggeringly, and went to the back of the house, Shen Yu hurriedly chased after him to prevent him from falling into the ditch.

The night behind the house was dim, and the voices of people gradually faded away.

After Liang Heng walked a few steps, he leaned against the wall in a daze, hooked Shen Yu's belt with his fingers, and hooked Shen Yu in front of him while laughing lowly.

"What are you laughing at?" Shen Yu enveloped him.

Liang Heng didn't answer, he grabbed his neck and bit his lips, his teeth hurt from grinding, his tongue licked and itched, Shen Yu's lips were hot and swollen, he didn't have the chance to make out with Liang Heng for several days, Suppressing his anger, he pressed Liang Heng against the wall and kissed him deeply over and over again.Tasted the bitter and salty wine.

"Didn't you rest well recently?" Shen Yu stroked the corners of his eyes and asked softly against the tip of his nose.

Liang Heng smiled hazily: "If you're not by my side, how can I sleep well..."

Shen Yu hugged his back and rubbed him into his arms, wishing he could build a golden house to hide him.

Liang Heng lay lazily on Shen Yu's shoulder, his breath circling around his ears, burrowing in like feathers, Shen Yu was about to burn in the winter, and was about to do something about it, when Liang Heng muttered to himself: "I seem to be forgot something..."

"Huh?" Shen Yu vaguely responded with his earball in his mouth.

"Oh!" Liang Heng pushed the person away, "I forgot to call Wang Jianzhi back!"