Lei Yue Longmen

When the mania was over, Cen Zheng stared at Qin Liang, "Brother, do you know what you are doing?"

"I know." Qin Liang patted her on the shoulder, as if implying that she should be calm, waved her hand, and led her out of the crowd.

"You're killing people, and you're killing officials ordered by the court. This is openly opposing the court, which is tantamount to rebellion!"

Seeing her excited look, Qin Liang said nonchalantly:

"Okay, I know what you want to say, but you? Maybe you misunderstood me? I didn't want to kill this person, but the magistrate of Tengfeng County asked me to kill him!"

"What?" Cen Zhu was taken aback.

"Go, let me go back to the house, and I'll talk to you in detail." Qin Liang pushed her back to the wooden house, and there were still cheers outside after a long distance. It was obvious that this move was 'great joy', Qin Liang Sorry for the effect.But still want to go back to appease Cen Zheng's restless heart?

He? Pointed? Pointed to the flagpole outside, "This man is actually the county lieutenant of Tengfeng and Xiangyun counties. He is not a big official, but he has a lot of soldiers. He has [-] soldiers under his command, which were originally used to suppress bandits." , but since he came to Tengfeng County, the bandits in Tengfeng County have become more and more rampant. Why? Needless to say, you can guess that he? Fighting together, borrowing the hands of bandits to crazily amass money, search for women, and then share the profits between the two, making the people of the two counties miserable. The desperate people complained to the yamen, but the magistrate of Tengfeng County did not dare to take care of it. Because This county lieutenant has a very strong background, and he is a personal friend of the county magistrate's immediate superior, the magistrate of Gaoyang. The magistrate of Tengfeng County had nothing to do with him, so he approached me. He? Knows that I have done things in this area? A lot' Good thing', put forward a condition, as long as I can kill this county captain, I will turn a blind eye to the things on Xiongyaoling from now on. This county magistrate is also a kind person. Two, I don’t want power, as long as I can kill this outlaw. I agreed? Planned a good show, tied them up to the mountain, and wiped out harm for the people. According to the definition of the court, I was indeed rebelling, but in fact, I was just doing it for the people Did a great job."

Cen Zheng couldn't calm down, she didn't know whether she should believe Qin Liang's one-sided words, if this person really committed a heinous crime, he would be punished by the laws of the country, his radical actions would only exacerbate the conflict between the government and the people, in exchange for the court's military crusade .

Qin Liang sneered, "If the national law works? Then the county magistrate won't come to me?"

"You? Do you know who the magistrate of Tengyun County is?" Qin Liang suddenly looked at her mysteriously.

Cen Zheng doesn't know.

"His name is Wei Chi, and he was your father's student when he was the chief examiner. He was suppressed just because he said a few good words for your father? Tengfeng County. Although he is a literati, he is a tough guy with strong bones. I talked to him a few times about your father. A low-level official like him who sympathizes with your father is not here. A few, but among the people at the lower level, your father is God, O Zheng!"

Hearing this, Cen Zheng trembled uncontrollably from the wrists down, and she quietly hid it in her sleeves.

Qin Liang felt that the time had come, so he said, "You? Why was your father convicted? Have you thought about it? Was it really because of Tu Yuanshan?"

"I don't think so. Tu Yuanshan just added fuel to the flames. The real cause of your father's death is probably the popularity accumulated by your father's exposing the evil deeds in northern Xinjiang, which has violated the interests of the emperor. The emperor couldn't tolerate him, so he killed him on trumped-up charges."

"These years, I have always been thinking about one thing, why are there always so many corrupt officials in the world? Why can't we get rid of them? Why do so many outrageous things in northern Xinjiang? But they can still survive for so many years. Later I I figured it out, it turns out that the biggest corrupt official in the world and the most outrageous outlaw is none other than the emperor himself! The emperor was born to be high above him, but he didn’t allow others to go over his head. There are too many people, but they go to kill corrupt officials in a dignified way, and the thieves shout to catch the thieves. How can there be such a bullshit in the world? Reasonable?"

Listening to him, Cen Zheng felt the veins on his forehead twitching violently when he made such unbridled remarks.

"So we should resist, Ah Zheng, we should resist. For your parents who died unjustly, overthrow this lawless court, overthrow that selfish and foolish king."

What he said was undoubtedly like a heavy hammer smashed down.

Cen Zheng seemed to wake up suddenly, and took a step back, "You? Really crazy."

"I'm not crazy, it's a fact! Otherwise, how do you explain that the northern border is now destroyed, and the court is still unwilling to rehabilitate your father? They are covering up, afraid to reveal their mistakes to the world."

Cen Zheng tried his best to control his emotions: "No, you? Wrong? My father's innocence has long been known to the world. The court did not rehabilitate it, but the time has not come."

"It's a good time!" Qin Liang looked at her strangely, and suddenly asked a very tricky question, as if to expose the lie she wanted to cover up.

"Then let me ask you, you and the empress dowager are so affectionate, did she mention to you, even if it was a sentence, that she wants to rehabilitate your father? Do you have?"

In Qin Liang's eyes, her refusal to answer was tacit consent, and the act of turning her back was more like covering up the panic in her heart, not daring to face the answer she had already found in her heart.

He? He still wanted to add fuel to the flames, but Cen Zheng didn't want to listen any more, "Please go, I won't accept your provocation."

But Qin Liang didn't give up, "If your hearts are stronger than gold, it's useless for me to provoke you. I hope you calm down, think about it, and think about everything I said. Tomorrow morning, I will Will come to you again."

Early the next morning, Qin Liang came to the wooden house on time, and saw that Cen Zheng had already woken up, and suddenly changed into men's clothes.

Qin Liang didn't notice the difference, and carried a gourd in one hand, which was full of milk, which he went down to the market before dawn to buy.In the other hand, he held a paper bag of deep-fried dough sticks and four or five vegetarian buns.It was just steamed on the mountain, still steaming.

"How, have you figured it out?" Qin Liang entered the door with a relaxed expression, put the food on the table, poured it? Milk, divided? Two portions, one for Cen Zheng, one for himself, Have breakfast with her.

Cen Zheng nodded, Qin Liang was very happy.While happily eating buns, he talked about his future plans.

Cen Zheng listened attentively, and suddenly said something, "Senior brother, I understand your thoughts, but with all due respect, you only destroy without building, it is very dangerous."

Qin Liang clasped his hands and said confidently, "So, I need you?"

Cen Zheng was startled.

"Based on your father's popularity and charisma, plus your own ability, the two of us, brothers, will surely accomplish something great if we join forces."

Cen Zheng was silent, biting the steamed stuffed bun.Chew carefully for a while,

"If you want to accomplish something big, you will have to sacrifice tens of millions of lives. Do you want to keep doing it?"

Qin Liang's face froze for a moment, as if he knew what she was going to say, but he still refused to admit defeat, "Those who achieve great things must have sacrifices. This is the law of the ages. Who can avoid it?"

Cen Zheng: "But you have a choice, senior brother. If you plan to achieve great things according to what you said, you must first experience a great destruction. Now Yu Ruigang has experienced a catastrophe, and the hearts of the people Thinking about governance is a waste of time. The most urgent need of all beings is to recuperate, and they will not rise up and rebel against you."

"Why not? You? Didn't you see how carnival those ordinary people were after I killed the evil officials last night? You? You also said that Yu Rui has just gone through a catastrophe, and the people are in dire straits, but whose fault is this Is it us? No! The king has lost his morals, corrupt officials are rampant in the countryside, and the people are full of dissatisfaction.

"What about after all the responses, brother? Is it easy to 'destroy'? It takes only a short while to burn down a house, but 'building' after 'destruction' is not as easy as you think, sometimes it takes decades or even hundreds of years. You? I can't wait for that time."

"If you don't break, you can't stand. Only by breaking first can you stand."

Cen Zheng shook his head, "You? You don't even understand what I mean."

Qin Liang couldn't help being angry.Cen Zheng said again: "Senior brother, you? Do you still remember the teachings of the master? 'Forgetting the mind of bodhicitta and cultivating all kinds of good methods is evil karma.' You? The so-called 'remove harm for the people' and 'overthrow the imperial court', "It's doing good deeds, but the price is suffering, don't you think you've lost the compassion you once had?"

Qin Liang was poked at the sore spot, and his face was ugly, "You? You don't want the imperial court to be overthrown. I'm afraid it's not because you have bodhicitta in your heart, but because you have a woman in your heart!"

"You? That's right." Cen Zheng didn't shy away from saying: "I do have? Such a woman in my heart? I have in my heart? A woman who truly understands the hardships of people's lives and can help all beings.

In order to prevent a war that is not beneficial to the country, she can go to northern Xinjiang to negotiate in person, regardless of the world's slander and personal safety.If you know what you can't do, you will die without regret.

She can also give up her ten-year-old position when the king suspects that riding a tiger is difficult, just to concentrate all her strength to win this war.Abandon your position and go to the national calamity together.

She can also, after taking power in the world, maintain the utmost patience and restraint, and be lenient to the enemy.Kill carefully and kill less, because after the war, Yurui is devastated, and it is urgent to put aside prejudices and tide over the difficulties together.

I speak good things for her, not because she has an irreplaceable position in my heart, because this is an objective fact.Whether you admit it or not, she knows more about 'establishment' than you? I do.

Last night you? Mentioned the arrow she missed. Did I stop it? She, yes, I stopped? She, I paid a very heavy price, but I don't regret it.Because you are my senior brother and my relatives.Even if given another choice, I would still do it.

But senior brother, this doesn't mean I agree with your point of view.When I was on the mountain, I already told you that, if you have to make a big mess to get revenge, then I would rather not take revenge.I still hold the same point of view today. If my father had to be avenged at the cost of so many sacrifices, then my parents would have died in vain. "

"You? Really for that woman, you didn't even avenge your parents?"

Cen Zhu shook his head, and said earnestly: "On the contrary, senior brother, I can continue to love her because I put aside the enmity of my parents for the time being. We have already reached a consensus. This is the enmity of the previous generation. Not her. She rehabilitated me, and I am grateful to her. She did not rehabilitate me, and I also understand her difficulties. I remember the Buddhist scriptures that say, "A person who loves and desires is like a torch. If you walk against the wind, you will suffer from burning hands." I think this is the pain I have to bear. I am willing to endure the pain of burning hands for her, because she herself is a torch to me, and the torch is the light."

Qin Liang was shocked by her words and was speechless for a long time.

He couldn't understand Cen Zheng's persistence, just as Cen Zheng couldn't understand his stubbornness.

"If you still insist on making trouble in the future, I won't blame you no matter who you name it. But I want to make it clear that from now on, I'm not Cen Zheng, I'm just Cen Zhuo. After today, I'm not going to stay here anymore?"

When she said this, there was a damp autumn wind blowing outside the window, with the salty smell of freshwater fish and a very unnatural smell of blood, which gave her the idea of ​​leaving.

Qin Liang heard her implication, isn't she going to help him as Cen Zheng? Or, she refuses to use her real identity to hurt the one she loves. For this reason, even if she can only show others as Cen Zhuo forever .

Is this a very straightforward rejection? It's so merciless.It took Qin Liang a long time to come back to his senses, there was a trace of anger and injury in his eyes.

Cen Zhu suddenly turned his head to look at him again, "Senior brother, you killed the official of the imperial court, this matter? Although the county will help you hide it, I don't think it will be able to hide it? How long, it will inevitably leak out over time. The wind. You? Or find a place to hide as soon as possible, otherwise, I'm worried?... They will come to trouble you sooner or later."

The anger in Qin Liang's eyes was finally defeated by her care, and he sighed in a daze, yes, even though the way? They are different, they? They are still relatives.

"Don't worry, when I did all this, I used the name of another gang of bandits, and turned the crime scene into a fight caused by the uneven distribution of spoils between the two parties. They? They couldn't find me. I will find a place to bury the body tomorrow? There will be no proof of death. Besides, I don’t plan to stay here for a long time, and I will leave in a while too.”

Hearing this, Cen Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.

"You? Don't ask me, where will you go?"

"No need..." Cen Zhu took a deep look at him, "In case I don't speak carefully and leak you out in the future! And I guess, you're used to selling fish, so you won't be able to leave this river." .”

"You're smart!" Qin Liang smiled, his eyes were moist, and he pushed the milk on the table, "Didn't you see you just now? Move your chopsticks, eat quickly, the food is cold?"

When sending Cen Zhu down the mountain at noon, looking at the figure who was walking away alone, Qin Liang realized that they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and their short reunion turned out to be so bleak. way to end.Goodbye and I don't know what year and month it will be.I can't help but feel great grief in my heart.

"Ah Zheng, take good care of yourself!"

Cen Zhu in the distance seemed to have heard their heartbeat, and suddenly reined in the horse, turned around and waved at him, turned around in a circle, and galloped away again.With one hand on his hip, Qin Liang waved his hand vigorously and sighed.Just as he was about to return to the mountain, he suddenly heard a muffled sound of kicking behind him.

They turned around and saw Ah Sheng, who was staring at the small human-shaped dot that disappeared into the sky, dazed.

"Asheng!" Qin Liang called him.

A Sheng turned his face away, his eyes were still empty, his thick lips stammered, "Brother Qin, I...I want to go up the mountain with you!"

Qin Liang was surprised for a moment, "Why do you suddenly want to go up the mountain, you? Don't you still have dad and grandma to take care of at home?"

Ah Sheng lowered his head, thought for a long time, and suddenly a burning light appeared in his eyes, "I want to follow? Brother Qin to do something great?, so that I won't be looked down upon by others. Grandpa and Grandma will understand me."

In fact, Qin Liang just mentioned it unintentionally at the time. They also knew that Ah Sheng's family was in a bad situation, and most of the family's livelihood depended on him.He? He wanted him to think about it again, at least go home and discuss it with Dad. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he seemed to see himself back then in his eager eyes.My heart skipped a beat.