Jiang Qing

The loud noise on the mountain shook the entire city of Cangzhou.

"What noise!" Bai Bingchen stood outside the mansion and looked in the direction of Weihu Mountain, even his own heart trembled.

"It's the direction of Weihu Mountain." Chu Yan followed his gaze, and his expression changed instantly.

After Mei Shao and Fang Min brought people into the mountain, Bai Bingchen and Chu Yan stayed in Cangzhou City to support them.

"Did he tell you about the day before he left?" Bai Bingchen unconsciously clenched his fists at his sides, his already thin hands were even more bulging, which looked a little scary.

Mei Shao had only entered the mountain for a day, and according to the original plan, it was impossible to do it so early, but the sound of the explosion did indeed come from the direction of Weihu Mountain.reacted

After arriving, Chu Yan instantly understood that something had changed.

Li Guo's gunpowder control followed the previous dynasty, and only the government above the state had the right to use it. However, this is also a small part of the gunpowder circulation, and most of the gunpowder is still used in the army.

Seeing Chu Yan's pale face, Bai Bingchen's expression sank, and he knew that the gunpowder was not brought by Mei Shao. In this case, the explosive gunpowder was from Mount Weihu, and Mei Shao's situation...

Thinking of this, Bai Bingchen couldn't stay any longer, and walked out, "Prepare your horse and go to Weihu Mountain."

The sky was still gloomy, and there was a fresh smell of grass in the air after the rain. It rushed towards Bai Bingchen's face, but it couldn't blow away his depressed mood.

He ignored Fang Min's entrustment to himself before he left, and chose to go up the mountain even though he was not on the mountain.

Chu Yan was also anxious, and took a few soldiers who had stayed in Cangzhou City, and went with Bai Bingchen.

After the rain, the road up the mountain was muddy and difficult. Bai Bingchen delayed for some time, and when he reached the mountain, it was already noon.

The remaining fire was still emitting black smoke, rising intermittently, floating in the air.

From a distance, Bai Bingchen saw that the original banners in the village had collapsed, and there were still more than a dozen broken arrows hanging on the broken gate of the village.There are not many people at the gate of the village, only a dozen officers and soldiers are cleaning the battlefield.

At least it looked like the officers and soldiers had controlled the situation. Bai Bingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around, but he didn't see Mei Shao and Fang Min. The uneasiness in his heart became stronger.

Just as he was about to ask the soldiers, he saw Fang Min leading someone walking over from the side. Behind him were several officers and soldiers carrying wooden planks. The snow-white cloth covered the wooden planks, and the figures could be vaguely discerned.

Seeing the dead body carried on the board, Bai Bingchen's heart was suddenly pulled hard, and seeing Fang Min's subconsciously avoiding eyes, Bai Bingchen's uneasiness amplified instantly.

He walked forward quickly, reaching out to lift the white cloth, but Fang Min eagerly stopped him, "Teacher!"

The expression on Fang Min's face did not seem to be fake, Bai Bingchen's heart sank suddenly, he stubbornly opened Fang Min's hand, stared at the white cloth and refused to move, "Let me take a look."

Bai Bingchen's lowered eyes were firm and sad, which stunned Fang Min. He realized that Bai Bingchen was concerned about him, and he didn't even think about their sloppy handling. He thought it was Mei Shao who was lying on it.

Fang Min pressed Bai Bingchen's hand again, met his eyes, and softly comforted him: "Teacher, it's not him, don't..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Bingchen lifted the white cloth with his hand, and the corpse under the white cloth was displayed in front of his eyes in a very hideous form.

There was no good skin left on that emaciated corpse, blood was all over his body, his hands and feet were soft and had been broken, and even his face was covered with dirty blood, making it hard to see his body. Specific appearance.

Bai Bingchen didn't notice the bloody scene until he saw that he was not Mei Shao at a glance. The pungent stench filled the air, making Bai Bingchen's stomach churn. He resisted the discomfort and turned his face away, frowning .

Fang Min waved to the officers and soldiers who were carrying the corpse, signaling them to carry him away quickly, untied the water bottle on his waist and handed it to Bai Bingchen, concerned: "Teacher, are you okay?"

Bai Bingchen took the water bottle, took a sip of water and swallowed it slowly to calm his mind.

He is not a hothouse boy who has never seen blood, and even many people died under torture in his hands. The corpse he saw just now was not the worst among them, but he had a preconceived idea that he was Mei Shao. The moment the white cloth was lifted to confirm, it was like waiting for a sword hanging above the head, and it was at this moment to decide whether it would fall or not.

As a result, the moment after the confirmation, he relaxed his tense mind, and with the emptiness in his stomach, nausea surged up instantly, which made Bai Bingchen almost unable to restrain himself.

"Where are the others?" Bai Bingchen regained his strength, only to remember to ask about the explosion, "Is it the gunpowder hidden in Weihu Mountain?"

Fang Min saw that his pale face had turned, and he showed a little anger, before he wanted to answer, but he didn't know where to start this matter, so he said: "They are all in the back mountain."

The "they" naturally referred to Mei Shao and Gunpowder. Hearing that he was still with such a dangerous thing, Bai Bingchen felt angry and asked Fang Min to lead the way.

But Fang Min was dawdling at this moment, refusing to move. He thought of Bai Bingchen's uncomfortable state when he saw the corpse just now, imagined some of the tragic situation in the back mountain at this time, and was a little worried that Bai Bingchen would be disgusted if he went. I don't know how to make a decision.

"Teacher, Houshan is a little...somewhat uncomfortable."

Hearing him muttering these words, Bai Bingchen's expression was very calm, "Let's go."

After Bai Bingchen spoke, Fang Min didn't dare to speak again, and obediently walked ahead and led the way.

The gunpowder in the secret road collapsed the road connecting the three villages, so Fang Min had no choice but to lead Bai Bingchen up the "ladder" that Lin Hu had built before.

As soon as he got to the third-layer fortress, the shrill screams and unscrupulous laughter of the soldiers broke into Bai Bingchen's ears, causing him to pause slightly.

Fang Min watched his expression and led him to the back mountain.

The farther he went to the back of the mountain, the screams of panic became clearer, and when he turned a corner, what caught Bai Bingchen's eyes was the shocking red.

The collapsed rocks in the back mountain have been cleared aside, exposing a large area of ​​wasteland, surrounded by Mei Shao.

There were not many bandits in the circle, about twenty or so, and there were five soldiers in a row outside the circle, shooting arrows into the circle with their bows fully drawn.

They seemed to do it on purpose. The arrows pierced the flesh and blood but were not fatal. Soon, some gangsters were shot into sieves and fell down convulsively. The big ones will even grab the weaker ones and stand in front of them.

In the face of life and death, any means to survive will be regarded as the standard, even if it is the brother who drank and ate meat yesterday and made a friendship with Jinlan who is catching the arrow in front of him.

They scrambled to grab the weakest man, using his body as a shield in exchange for a few more minutes of life.

The cries and screams in the circle mixed with the laughter and laughter outside the circle, and the bright red blood was sprinkled on the green grass. These strange combined sounds and scenes shocked Bai Bingchen's hearing and vision one after another.

Behind the archery soldiers, Mei Shao sat lazily on a chair. The tattered and mottled black clothes on his body did not block the cold air emanating from him at all. Bow, one hand was holding the bow and slowly rubbing it.

There was no light in his eyes, the darkness was deep and heavy, looking at the gangsters in the circle was like looking at dead objects, no matter how horrific the screams on the field were, he remained indifferent.

After a while, the gangsters were all lying on the grass without making a sound.

The soldiers went in and carried away the corpses, and another group of people were let in.

Standing on the blood-washed grass, the twenty or so newly released people retreated to the farthest corners as if they had sensed the imminent killing.

Mei Shao supported the chair with one hand and stood up, his indifferent gaze skipped over everyone in the circle, he bent his arms and drew the bowstring full.

He has a good figure and is proficient in drawing the bow. The broken hair on his forehead swayed gently with the breeze, and the blue veins were faintly highlighted at the moment of exerting force. a gangster.

Suddenly, the figure of the man in Bai Bingchen's memory flying on the horse, holding the bow and shooting the geese gradually overlapped with Mei Shao in front of him. It was obvious that his posture hadn't changed at all, and even the arc of the bow was the same as before, which could be exuded. The atmosphere is quite different.

"Whoosh-"

When the feather arrow was flying, the wind still hadn't stopped, and the bandit sat on the ground clutching his bleeding thigh, swearing all kinds of dirty words, but Mei Shao acted as if she hadn't heard it, and sat back on the chair again, looking towards the people on both sides. Officers and soldiers beckoned, and a new competition and killing began.

Bai Bingchen's face became more and more ugly, and he asked in a low voice: "You just let him play around with soldiers?"

Even the officers and soldiers of the state government still have strict laws and regulations. Even if they catch bandits and bandits, they need to be taken back to the government office for interrogation, and the punishment will be determined according to the crime, instead of using this kind of brutal killing here to cover up everything.

Subconsciously, Fang Min thought that Bai Bingchen was pointing out that such an action was against the rules, and just about to speak, he was blocked by Bai Bingchen's next words.

"You know that I intend to let him take over the copycat forces."

Fang Min froze for a moment, knowing that he was thinking too much just now, he smiled bitterly and said, "Even if I stop him, he won't accept it."

"In this place, Mei Shao led people into the cave to investigate, and I stayed outside. After a while, they ran out in a panic. At that moment, the gunpowder hidden in the cave exploded. Just a little bit, they all have to confess in it."

Bai Bingchen's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Although it was an explosion in the depths of the cave, it was really shocking. Taking advantage of this time, the bandits under our control killed the officers and soldiers who guarded them. They intended to resist, and Mei Shao killed a group of people. Suppressed them back. Don’t look at them pitiful appearance at the mercy of others, as long as we are a little weak, these people will instantly become a pack of wolves that bite our throats. The soldiers in my hands are all natives of Cangzhou. There are many family members who have been persecuted by Weihu Mountain, so I did not stop them. Anyway, these people cannot be recruited, so it is better to get rid of them in Weihushan.”

Fang Min has been in Cangzhou for many years. In order to secretly investigate the direction of the water transport, he has been holding back and has not moved Weihushan and Huang's family. He has a serious problem.

"Ke Chongjin...he's not right." Bai Bingchen keenly grasped that Mei Shao's current behavior was not only about executing the Weihushan gangsters in official business, but also had some grievances in private.

"Didn't anything else happen when you attacked?"

Fang Min thought about the incident of Mei Shao being plotted against by Lin Hu in the Zhongyi Hall, and said carefully, "When I led the troops in, the Zhongyi Hall was already under the control of Fei Yongchang, who was under the command of Nanyanghou. Mei Shao and him After tortured Lin Hu for a while, for some reason, Lin Hu broke free from the shackles and almost hurt Mei Shao. It was Fei Yongchang who reacted and killed Lin Hu. But when Lin Hu died, Mei Shao felt a little... ...with a reluctance."

"Why are people from Marquis Nanyang here?" When Marquis Nanyang was mentioned, Bai Bingchen looked serious. He was in a high position, and in order to avoid suspicion, he rarely had contact with the four major military princes.Hou Ren and Yu of Nanyang would only interact with Bai Bingchen when they came to the capital in the next year.

Bai Bingchen, the marquis of the four major armies, has met several times more or less. They have different tempers and temperaments, but they all carry the inherent arrogance and coercion of the superiors. Coupled with the temper of some warriors, it is really not good to get along with each other. What a feast for the guests and hosts.

On the contrary, Marquis Nanyang is very approachable, he can talk about all kinds of teachings and nine streams, even if it is the first meeting, he can chat with people for a long time, he is the most shameless person.

"I heard from the officers and soldiers who followed Mei Shao that at the birthday banquet of Hou Taishan in Pingdong, a congratulatory gift sent by the Marquis of Nanyang was stolen by a thief. They worked together to capture Lin Hu. The thief was so bold that he saw that his deeds had been exposed, so he pretended to lure Mei Shao into the cave to investigate, which led to this disaster."

Intuitively, Bai Bingchen always felt that this matter was not so simple, so he asked: "Has Fei Yongchang seen that thief alone?"

"No. When Fei Yongchang was looking for someone, Mei Shao and I were watching. He originally wanted to take the thief away, but Mei Shao refused, so I used the teacher's name to suppress it. Fei Yongchang He didn't say much else, he left neatly, and asked me to say hello to the teacher for him before leaving."

Mei Shao's insistence on keeping the culprit behind must have discovered something in the process of getting along with Fei Yongchang. The root cause of this matter is to start with Mei Shao.

Bai Bingchen sorted out the train of thought, then turned his gaze to Mei Shao who was sitting on the seat, and walked towards him.

A new group of people was brought into the circle, Mei Shao still held the bow and shot one person, and was about to turn around and sit down, when he realized that Bai Bingchen was standing less than ten steps behind the seat.

His deep eyes were slightly loose, and he subconsciously took three or four steps forward, then stopped again, as if he was sure that it was really Bai Bingchen standing there, and then took two steps back.

Before putting down the bow in his hand, Mei Shao's hand tightened the bowstring, and soon made a mark.

Mei Shao didn't say a word, just separated her gaze slightly from the distance of seven or eight steps, not daring to look at him directly.

The other one was rubbing unconsciously with its back behind its back, it was covered with dried blood, and behind him was the Shura field he had built with all his efforts.

And all of this, everything that happened on the court, Bai Bingchen saw it all.

This means that the dirtiest and unbearable side of his heart, those dark and bloodthirsty thoughts are all exposed in front of Bai Bingchen.Mei Shao is irrefutable and has no way to deny that seeing these people die in pain, seeing them struggling but unable to escape, the devil in her heart is satisfied.

Feiyang's clear expression can no longer fall into Mei Shao's eyes, and the hatred that has been gnawed over the years will not dissipate because he knows the truth, but because he hates the wrong person, he will become more hated for himself who has become what he is now. Hate the person who caused all the tragedies - Anxiang Pavilion, such hatred, even if Lin Hu is just a pawn under the son, he can't tolerate Weihushan half a minute.

Mei Shao remembered that she had promised Ji Pu that she would show the most embarrassing side of herself in front of Bai Bingchen, so that he could see her face clearly. Shao's heart is not relief, but torment.

He watched Bai Bingchen walk in front of him step by step, stared at him for a long time, but didn't say a word.

Bai Bingchen's probing eyes fell on his face, inch by inch, engulfing him like a fire, making it impossible for Mei Shao to parry.

Seeing himself like this, he was really disappointed.

Mei Shao rolled his eyes and showed a self-deprecating smile: "Did you see it? This is the real me. I have been able to climb to this position all these years, and the blood on my hands has long been washed away. Don't think that you can make a Ashamed of who I am, I can change back to who I was. Even if you try your best to accommodate me, I will never be the same person again. We are destined to be enemies. As long as you get in my way, I will I will still attack you mercilessly."

He did not look directly at Bai Bingchen from the beginning to the end, lowered his eyes, and said softly: "This is the end of the conversation, if Mr. Bai is fine, please go back."

The slight wind blew over the blood that had dried up on his face long ago, and Bai Bingchen's eyes fell there if he had any substance, as if he was examining Mei Shao's ugliest side carefully.

The bowstring in his hand almost bleeds from his palm, Mei Shao's tense body silently expresses his resistance to Bai Bingchen.

But the next moment, a slightly cool hand pressed against the side of his face.

"Chongjin, I don't care." Bai Bingchen's gentle eyes gathered a little smile, he stretched out his hand to gently cover Mei Shao's side face, trying to wipe off the blood on his face bit by bit, with an expression that never I have been firm.

"I don't care what you look like now, I just want you to live, even if you change your appearance, temperament, identity and age, and come to see you parasitic in another person's body in a ridiculous way of returning your soul Me, I don't care." Bai Bingchen repeatedly confirmed that there was no scar under the horrific blood on Mei Shao's face, then withdrew his hand and looked at him firmly.

The gentleness in the eyes is like a stream of spring water, almost drowning Mei Shao.

"What I care about is never whether your hands are stained with blood, but how much of the blood on your body is your own."

"Fortunately, you're not hurt."

The author says:

Wooooooooow, Baibai is so gentle!Icebreaker 2.0 reached!