Shen Langgui

The two brothers went to the flower hall, when they passed the boat, Dashun came to meet him, and called out in a panic: "Shen...Master Shen, Lord Pan please see me."

"That's it?"

Even if Dashun was dull, he could still hear the meaning of 'hate iron but not steel' from his master's words at this moment, but he still bit the bullet and explained: "I think Mr. Pan is very anxious, so..."

Shen Yue disdained: "Oh, what can he do."

"Master Pan said that he brought you something from Kunshan."

"Kunshan?" Shen Yue thought for a while, and after a while he understood, and said impatiently, "Just say that I've accepted your wish, but you don't have time today, so tell him to go back."

Dashun only felt that his master was extremely anxious today, so he obediently retreated.

After Dashun ran away, Shen Chao, who had been silent all along, asked: "Pan and Jiang have always been your right arm and right arm, why are you now?"

"Since they became officials, these two boys have never stopped. I am afraid that I am partial to someone. The last time I chased Wu Dang, I took Jiang Xingjun to go. No, Pan Fuwang is worried about it. Dashun leaked the word before, saying that I went there I love to listen to Kunshan dialect, Pan Fuwang must have secretly remembered it, and now I am going to Jiangnan, maybe he brought me a group of actors back..."

When the word 'operator' was mentioned, Shen Yue was suddenly startled, and his thoughts went back to the dust-covered trip to the south.When we first met, that person was also Ye Ling.

But in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and now there is only a mess on the ground.

Maybe in two days, there will be no such person in the world.

For a moment, Shen Yue didn't know what it was like, so he looked around and said to him: "Now that Pan and Jiang are officials, they can't be compared with the past. There are no friends in the officialdom, only real interests. No matter how capable they are, they are not as good in my eyes. Dashun. Although he is a bit clumsy, he doesn't spend too much time thinking about it, so he feels at ease."

Shen Chao glanced at his elder brother, heard the meaning behind the words, sighed again, and followed his elder brother silently.

When he was about to arrive at the flower hall, someone behind him shouted, "Master Shen...Second Master!"

"This kid!" Shen Yue frowned, and when he turned around, he saw Da Shun's face dripping with sweat, "What's wrong!"

"It's son... Master Zi is visiting..."

The brothers looked at each other, Zi Chong asked to see him at meal time?Surprised, they said in unison: "Please."

Shen Yue and Shen Chao walked quickly to the middle hall of the main house with five openings in the front yard, and saw Dashun leading people over from a distance, and the two brothers hurriedly stepped forward to bow to each other: "Prime Minister! Ding Dang!"

Zichong raised his hand to stop the two from saluting, and the three of them walked into the hall and sat down. Ding Dang still stood by Zichong's side, and then the maidservant served tea.

Zichong's eyes were red, and he was holding the teacup without removing the lid, showing his sadness.Shen Chao forgot the court etiquette for a while, and asked: "Brother Zi, I see that you look bad, what is it?"

Zichong raised his eyes to look at the two brothers, then lowered his eyes again, stroking the package in his hand, and his voice sounded like a whisper: "I just bought mourning clothes for my nephew, and I happened to pass by Shen's residence. I thought he had stayed in Shen's residence for a while, and I felt emotional for a while. , just come over."

"Brother Zi has a nephew?"

"Stayed in the Shen residence?"

In the end, the two brothers said in unison: "Who?"

Zi Chong smiled wryly: "It's A Yue's former valet, Shen Li."

With a 'click' sound, Shen Chao missed his hand and put the tea lid back on the cup. He reacted immediately and covered it up: "It's Ah Li... I've never heard him mention that he has relatives before."

Zi Chong looked at Shen Yue from the corner of his eye without any trace, but saw that he was sitting upright, his hand holding the teacup motionless.After hearing Shen Chao's sigh, Zi Chong said, "It's a long story."

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Shen Yue put down the teacup, and turned to listen to Zi Chong's memory seriously.

"This child's surname is Qiu, and his name is Xun He."

"It's strange that he changed to this name after he left Shen's residence." Shen Chao murmured.

"Hmm. His father was originally the music official in Prince Chun's mansion. When Emperor Wen went to Jiangnan for a tour, King Chun made a slip of the tongue at the banquet and revealed the collusion and corruption of the four prefectures. Emperor Wen ordered a thorough investigation. It was bloody and bloody. Afterwards, the enemies To retaliate, send assassins into Prince Chun's residence to assassinate, Xiao Shizi was killed on the spot."

"Ah? Then why..." Shen Chao was shocked, after all, the son of King Chun, who is now the Holy One—Chengdi.

Zichong smiled wryly: "The musician reminded King Chun to take precautions. At that time, he took the initiative to pretend that his twin elder brother was the heir. Then, the musician was plotted to death. The wife of the musician, my sister-in-law, and The infant son escaped from the palace, and has never been seen since then."

"Prince Chun, Emperor Cheng, and I haven't given up searching for more than ten years. Just when we got a clue, we heard that A Yue told you that he took him away."

……

Shen Chao unconsciously glanced sideways at his brother, but saw that he listened with lowered eyes, without any joy or anger.

Zichong took a sip of tea, and continued: "You also know that when he was in exile, Xunhe was forced to do dishonorable deeds. He felt that he would be shameless for the rest of his life, so he changed his name and surname, presumably because he wanted to get along with him in the future. After deciding on Ayue, I took Ayue's surname."

Shen Yue's eyelashes trembled slightly.

During the days when Ah Li and Shen Yue had the most conflicts, their life experience was also revealed. At this moment, Shen Chao connected it with what Zi Chong said, and besides sympathizing with him, he also has the current situation with Zi Chong... ...guilty and intolerable.

"He didn't say anything about this back then." Shen Yue said flatly.

"Hey..." Zi Chong looked like he had no intention of meeting Shen Yue's eyes, and sighed, "A Yue, it's not that you don't understand, Xun He has such a temperament, he doesn't talk much in private, and only cares about everything in his heart. I just said that But it was after I got to know him that I took a lot of thought to get him to reveal a thing or two about his thoughts."

Zichong still hasn't found the slightest flaw in Shen Yue's face, and his heart is getting more and more anxious, but the expression on his face remains the same, but this time he turned sideways, facing Shen Yue and said: "Ah Yue, it was indeed the fault of seeking a source that caused him to end up in the end. He was expelled from the Shen residence. However, Xun He is a child of Nian En, and when he learned that King Xian wanted to raise troops to clear his side, he deliberately went south and entrusted me to take care of the Shen family."

Zi Chong's words were like thunder on the ground, causing Shen Yue to frown, and Shen Chao even exclaimed: "So it is!"

Back then, after Shen Yue was dispatched to the Northwest, Zi Chong found Shen Chao and privately donated money to help the rest of the Shen family, never thinking that A Li was involved in this.Thinking back to Ah Li's last few days in the Shen Mansion, and the few careless confessions he made when he went to 'Shui Wu Yue', Ah Li really took it to heart.

Shen Chao just felt that he could not sit still at this moment.For the first time in his life, he wanted to go against his brother's wishes so strongly and decisively.

"I'm going to visit today, I just want to ask Ah Yue..."

Not to mention Shen Yue, Shen Chao on the side was shocked when he heard this, and they all looked at Zi Chong.

Zichong understood three points in his heart, he hesitated a little, as if he had been crushed by a great unbearable, Fang opened his mouth and said: "Now that he is buried in the sea, he can only collect a memorial tomb. But before that, I want to know, my nephew's last Falling into the sea, what happened. Anyway... call me this incompetent uncle, and send him the last journey..."

Originally, it was just a gesture, but at this point, Zi Chong actually shed a few teardrops.

Shen Chao couldn't sit still any longer, jumped up from the chair, and suddenly realized that there was a guest present, so he made an excuse and said: "Suddenly remembered that my wife had some advice, brother, excuse me."

Zichong was wiping his tears with his sleeves up, and nodded slightly in agreement.

Shen Yue was already distracted, but now that his younger brother left, he felt like sitting on pins and needles.But if you want to make another plan for Qiu Xunhe, the most urgent thing is to get rid of Zi Chong, Shen Yue said: "Ah Li blocked an arrow for Wu Jing that day, and then fell into the water. When Wu Er was caught, he was nowhere to be seen." Why don't I send people back to the sea or nearby ground to inquire in the next few days, and give Brother Zi an explanation in the next few days?"

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you. Then I won't bother you too much. Regardless of Xunhe's life or death, if there is any news, please let Ayue know as soon as possible."

"it is good."

After sending Zi Chong away, Shen Yue went straight to the deserted house.

As soon as he stepped into the yard, he heard a jingle beating. When he walked into the study, he saw that almost all the books on a shelf were swept to the ground by Shen Chao.

"I come."

The door of the tunnel opened only the size of a human body, Shen Chao squeezed in, and ran straight to the ground, followed by Shen Yue.

The authentic candlelight was as dim as ever. The only difference at this moment was that besides the dimness and stench, there was a vague and intermittent... howling.

Sobbing and whimpering, it was suddenly not a human voice, but the wail of a beast in extreme pain.

As if frightened, when approaching the end wall, Shen Chao's steps became hesitant and gradually slowed down.After seeing the situation clearly, Shen Chao widened his eyes and exclaimed: "Stop!"

The bones of the people tied to the rack were sharp, and the stomach was bleeding profusely. The flames were extinguished, reflecting the sharpness and coldness of the blades in the hands of the executioners. When the person behind him arrived, Fang Qiqi greeted:

"master."

"He...he is Ah Li...?" Shen Chao pointed at that person, and tremblingly asked his brother, it seemed unbelievable that such a severe punishment was actually ordered by his brother.

I don't know if he has no time to pay attention to it, or has no face to face it, Shen Yue didn't answer his younger brother's question, but only told the three men in black: "Take him out."

The man in black who always obeyed his orders actually looked at each other, Shen Yue frowned: "What's wrong?"

One of them stood up, clasped his fists and said: "Master, he was tortured by the pipa, he couldn't use his strength, so he had to be carried out." His voice was hoarse, it was the shadow guard who was singing like a crow.

"Then quickly find a stretcher!" Shen Chao growled.

But the men in black were unmoved, and only after Shen Yue nodded, they each stepped forward to untie the iron chains that bound Xun He's limbs.

The marionette usually hangs on the wall for a few days, but now that the shackles were loosened, Xun He immediately fell straight down.Shen Chao didn't care about it, and rushed forward to catch it.The person in his arms was as limp as mud, and only at the moment when his arms touched and Shen Chao's eyes met, his eyelashes trembled weakly twice.

Shen Ultrasound trembled, and said, "Ah Li, I'm sorry, I'm late."