knife cut mountains and rivers

Many major events took place in December of the 29th year of Yongle, two of the biggest events were the death of Lou Tiandao and the abdication of Emperor Yongle.

On December 29, Emperor Yongle became insane due to excessive grief, and passed the throne to Prince Zhou Heng.

As for Emperor Yong Le himself, Zhou Heng put him under house arrest in the palace.

Yan Shaokang didn't do anything until the end. Facing his enemy, Yan Shaokang seemed to understand a lot of things in an instant, and he no longer wanted to go further and further on the road of killing evil.Yan Shaokang threw down his knife and slowly walked out of the palace. He saw clearly the cruelty of the capital, and the ruthless killing was a hundred times more dangerous than the rivers and lakes.That day, Yan Shaokang left Kyoto.

Zhou Heng didn't kill Emperor Yong Le, killing him was too cheap for him.Emperor Yong Le yelled day and night that he wasn't crazy, he was confined in a courtyard with only two young eunuchs serving him.His food was the food of ordinary eunuchs, Zhou Heng didn't deliberately treat him harshly, but in the eyes of Emperor Yong Le who was used to rich clothes and fine food, these food were not even as good as pig food.

Emperor Yong Le lost everything, he lost his throne and his noble life.He lived in a cold palace, no one came to see him, he could only yell to attract others' attention.

But after a long time, Emperor Yong Le knew that this was a delusion, no one noticed him, he was completely forgotten.

So Emperor Yong Le could only talk about the past days upside down, he had a nightmare again, in the nightmare, Empress Chen came to ask for his life, he woke up in the middle of the night like an old child.

Emperor Yong Le felt that he was really going crazy, he couldn't escape and he couldn't hide, those demons always came looking for him in the middle of the night.But the two eunuchs in his yard didn't care about this, and their only task was Zhou Heng's order: don't let him die easily.

Emperor Yong Le was so half-mad and half-insane that he survived for three years before he died.

The new emperor Zhou Heng held a simple enthronement ceremony in the Xuanzheng Hall. Zhou Heng put on a Kesi [-]-piece gown, a crown on his head, and a jade dragon symbol on his waist.In addition to wearing a dragon talisman, Zhou Heng also wore another jade tablet. This jade tablet has no magical powers. The jade material is not a good material. What is interesting is that there is a rabbit engraved on the front. It is a zodiac card, but when turned over, a tiger is engraved on the back.How can there be such a zodiac card, how can someone be confused about what they belong to.

The palace people said it was against the rules, but the new emperor insisted on wearing it.The palace servants obediently put the zodiac card and the dragon talisman together, which was neither fish nor fowl, and when walking, there would be a crisp sound of jade objects colliding.

The palace man helped Zhou Heng tidy up his appearance, and secretly took a look at Tianyan.Zhou Heng is good-looking and looks good in everything he wears, but now he feels that he was born just for this suit.Zhou Hengsheng's white eyes now look even more distinct. These eyes are too dark, so dark that it seems to be able to see through people at a glance.I don't know why the thin lips are extraordinarily red today, as if they are about to drip blood.The bright yellow dragon robe and the pendant beads on the crown make his whole person look unreasonable.

Yes, unreasonable, the palace people only thought of such a word.

The palace people also served Emperor Yongle back then, when Emperor Yongle came to the throne, he was full of vigor and joy, his brows were filled with joy.But Zhou Heng was not. He ascended the throne today, with no joy or worry on his face, as if this was just an ordinary ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven, and he came and went for a cutscene and then left.

Zhou Heng straightened his clothes and left when he heard someone urging him outside.The palace people saw Zhou Heng's back, but couldn't figure out what the young emperor's expression meant.

Zhou Heng wanted to keep everything simple, thinking that the people who came were just a few ministers and court officials.But they didn't expect so many people to come. They had longed for a peaceful and prosperous world for too long. Civil and military officials were on display on both sides.Besides, there were countless people outside the palace. Although they couldn't see the specific ceremony of ascension to the throne, they kept looking in the direction of Xuanzhengmen.

Under the guidance of the courtesy officer, Zhou Heng slowly climbed up the stairs. The stairs are really long, as if he couldn't finish it without seeing the end.

Zhou Heng walked very slowly, every time he took a step he was thinking about his own life, he had been favored endlessly in the first half of his life, but in the next few years he was suspicious by Emperor Yong Le.Every time he thought of such a thing, he felt a sense of resentment, and now the resentment was gone.He had other things in mind, he thought of Bailu City.

He thought too carefully, and he almost lived another lifetime in his mind. He thought that when he first met Fu Cheng, they always looked down on them, and they wanted to fight every time they ate noodles.

He thought of how his mouth was broken at that time, Fucheng was always choked to death by him, but he couldn't bear to see him suffer, and always took care of Zhou Heng.Thinking about it now, Fucheng is too gentle, he says he dislikes it, but he can coax himself to eat candy to heal himself, he is willing to fight the whole Liuyin Lane for himself, he is willing to destroy the life of the blood Buddha for himself.

Zhou Heng was tired from walking, he stopped, he couldn't turn back, he had to move forward.

Fucheng can obviously continue to live in Bailu City where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but Zhou Heng wanted him to come to the capital, so Fucheng came.For the sake of himself, Fucheng was willing to be a little gentleman without a status, living in the backyard with two concubines in the Prince's Mansion.For his own sake, Fucheng was willing to assassinate Lou Tiandao. That assassination of Fucheng was prepared to die.

How stupid, Zhou Heng thought, Fucheng is so stupid.

Zhou Heng looked ahead, why are these stairs so long?It seems that there is no end to the whole life.

Zhou Heng didn't look like he was walking up the stairs, he seemed like he was walking through the sea of ​​corpses, enough people died.What they said was right, Zhou Heng ascended the throne dignifiedly without even forcing the palace, he really did it, his hands were clean, no fault could be found, it was as perfect as a piece of flawless white jade.

Zhou Heng finally reached the top, and after going through complicated etiquette, he took the jade seal presented by the ceremony officer with both hands.

The new emperor Zhou Heng came to the throne, with the reign name Tai'an.

Zhou Heng turned around, and the ceremonial official said in a loud voice: Bless my Great Zhou Dynasty, the blessings will last forever, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe!

All civil and military officials knelt on the ground, and they shouted in unison: Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!

Shouting like a mountain, Zhou Heng searched for the figure of Fucheng in the crowd, but he searched around but couldn't find the man with the fire cloud pattern carved on his forehead.

You said that the day I became emperor, the most important day in my life, you would look at me in the crowd, you said you would watch me ascend the throne, you broke your promise.

Fucheng killed Chen Houhou, and after that day, the imperial court issued arrest warrants everywhere to hunt down Fucheng.You Xiang had doubts about Hu Yikan's remarks, but he didn't dare to criticize Zhou Heng.Chen Houhou's reputation among the people is extremely high, and Chen Houhou's death has touched many knight-errants, not to mention that Chen Houhou's uncle is the leader of the martial arts alliance.Under the leadership of the martial arts leader, there are traps targeting Fucheng everywhere in the rivers and lakes.

Overnight, Fucheng became a well-known big devil, whether it was Zhou Heng or Xu Yunqi, they were all late.

Fucheng has nothing to fear about this, he has already embarked on this path, as Chen Houhou said, he will live in endless pursuit for the rest of his life.

Fucheng can only live in a ruined temple or an uninhabited deserted house. He doesn't remember how many people he killed.The wounds on his body healed and opened, and there were always new wounds on them.

At first someone spoke for Fucheng, and Fucheng killed Lou Tiandao for his great contribution.But such words gradually became less and less, because Fucheng was already involved in the killing, when he killed too many people, it was like walking into a quagmire.Those who came to revenge were mostly provocative, and gradually forgot the original intention of the so-called justice.

Fucheng is looking for Rama, and his revenge plan is not over yet.Rama is really a cunning rabbit. He searched for a long time before he found the clue.

Jin Yiwei was also looking for Rama, but Rama didn't leave the capital smoothly, so he found a small sect and controlled the family with soul-stirring techniques in the same way.

Today's Rama has lost the protection of Lou Tiandao.Rama was lying on the bed, Ren Jianyuan's sword was stabbed in his stomach, Ren Jianyuan's sword was poisoned, he forced most of it out, but more than half of it had penetrated into the bone marrow.But Rama wanted to live, he realized after this incident that he wanted to live, he didn't want to die so easily.

Rama's stomach was already rotten, emitting a stench, and his intestines were smashed by Ren Jianyuan.In addition, he had many injuries, which were caused by fire and thunder.

Rama was lying on the bed crookedly, so when Fucheng came to the door, he was quite surprised that it was too late to look for weapons.When Fucheng failed to assassinate Lou Tiandao, Rama once wondered if he had picked the wrong person, but seeing Fucheng's eyes, he knew that he had not found the wrong person.Fucheng has already started the killing ring, and he has become what Rama thought.

The situation in Fucheng is not very good either. He has numerous injuries, big and small, like a wolf after a big battle.

Rama wants to retreat, but there is no way to retreat, it's ridiculous, and now I think that I want to live.

Fucheng moved a chair and sat beside Rama's bed. He didn't seem to be here for revenge, but more like a friend who came to visit Rama with a gift.

Fu Cheng looked at Rama and said, "You killed my parents."

"You killed Ren Jianyuan."

"You killed 260 and eight members of the Double Knife Society."

Fu Cheng spoke very slowly, he slowly stated these people who died under Rama's hands, as if he was pronouncing Rama's death.

Rama thought about dying under Fu Cheng's knife, but when this happened, Rama couldn't keep his composure. He was looking for something to keep him alive, and said anxiously: "The leader is not dead!"

Fu Cheng was unmoved, he thought Rama was lying, the leader had died under Xu Yunqi's hands, he saw it with his own eyes.Nothing can delay Rama's death now, and Rama said again: "He is always by your side, I can help you find him." You came to see me three days ago."

"Are you finished?"

"I……"

Fucheng was tired of hearing it, he raised the knife, and when the sound of the knife fell, Rama died.Rama died in a small mansion in Kyoto, at the hands of the evil god he had tried to conjure.

When Fucheng came out, he looked up at the sky, the sunlight hurt his eyes, and after a while, he felt stinging pain in his eyes, and there were only large patches of red in front of his eyes.

Fucheng finally got his revenge, he took a few deep breaths, he felt that he was dirty when he was bathed in the sun.

From now on, you can choose your own path, Fucheng thought to himself, even if it is a magic path.He was free, he had never been so free, free from any worldly troubles, free from any responsibilities.He knew there was something wrong with him, he knew he wasn't a good thing, but for the first time he breathed freedom.

Fucheng wanted to find Zhou Heng, and he promised Zhou Heng that he would watch him ascend the throne, and watch him on the most important day of Zhou Heng's life. Until now, Fucheng has not wanted to break the contract.

At this time, there was a crisp bell sound.

Jingle bell, jingle bell—

After a while, it swayed gently in the air, the sound of cow bells collided with the blue sky and white clouds, and then Fucheng heard the familiar voice: Life is like a dream, life and death are impermanent.

Fucheng seemed to be stabbed so hard that even his soul was pierced.

Fucheng blinked in disbelief, an old voice came, life is like a dream, life and death are impermanent.

For a moment, Fucheng thought he was in a dream, but he woke up immediately. He followed the bell, and he didn't know when it was foggy.

Fucheng advances in confusion in the fog, the alley becomes narrower and narrower, and Fucheng's heart becomes more and more uneasy.

Finally, the thick fog cleared, and Fucheng saw old man Wu.Old man Wu stood at the end of the alley, looking at Fucheng devoutly.

Rama said that the leader has been by his side, so it was true.No wonder, the leader is Old Man Wu, the crow corpse collector. He can appear in Liuyin Lane in a grand manner, and he can approach Fucheng naturally without being suspected.Why is old man Wu able to recite the ballads of life and death?Why did Zhou Heng go through the underground palace to find the altar of the Life and Death Sect when Zhou Heng eradicated the remnants of the Life and Death Sect that day, but old man Wu came so quickly?

There is an explanation for all this. It turns out that the leader has always been there. He watched Fucheng come back and watched Fucheng struggle.

He didn't do anything, he just watched Fucheng rushing around in the cage, watching Fucheng being self-righteous, watching Fucheng rejoicing because of the so-called freedom.For so many years, Fucheng has never won once.

Old man Wu, no, the leader slowly knelt down towards Fucheng, raised his hands above his head, and presented a knife.

"This knife is God's will."

It doesn't make sense whether Fucheng kills him or not, and death in Fucheng's hands is not a punishment for him.

Fu Cheng looked at it for a while, and Fu Cheng suddenly laughed, he laughed so desperately.He turned, he fled, he wanted to get away from these things.

Fucheng walked forward slowly, crying and laughing, and when he reached the entrance of an alley, he supported the wall.

Fucheng's legs were weak, and the scene in front of him became unreal. He laughed loudly, laughing at this fate.

In the end, Fu Cheng finally couldn't help but bent over and vomited, as if he wanted to vomit out all his internal organs.

He can't die, and he can't live anymore. He has gone completely crazy.

[End of Kyoto Wind and Cloud Chapter]