knife cut mountains and rivers

It has been three years in Tai'an, and it has been three years since Guoshilou Tiandao died. The war in the north has just ended.

Lu Chuanbai made meritorious service several times, Zhou Heng wanted to promote him, and asked him several times if he wanted to be the deputy governor of Jinyiwei.Lu Chuanbai refused. He used to hear someone call him Lu Zongqi Lu Zongqi. He knew that that person was dead, but he didn't want him to find him one day.

Lu Chuanbai has reached the age of marriage, and the matchmakers who come and go will trample down the gate of Lu's residence.Lu Chuanbai asked Zhou Heng to come forward to pressure him, and Zhou Heng helped him helplessly, but after helping him to prevaricate a few times, he was a little bit overwhelmed. It was going to rain and he wanted to marry a wife, and the emperor couldn't stop Lu Chuanbai's marriage.

"You take care of your own affairs, and I will help you at most by saying it again."

Zhou Heng issued the final death order, but Lu Chuanbai had no choice.

Lu Chuanbai was about to leave, but Zhou Heng said suddenly: "People cannot be resurrected after death, let go of what should be let go."

Lu Chuanbo paused, feeling his chest was blocked by something.

Lu Chuanbai walked slowly to the wonton shop at the gate of Fusi in Beizhen. He ate it unshakably for three years. He always thought that he would meet Ren Jianyuan here, but unfortunately he didn't once in three years.The proprietress was quite familiar with Lu Chuanbai, after all, they were the only distinguished guests, but they usually didn't talk to each other.This time, the proprietress took the initiative to tell Lu Zongqi: "I won't charge money today, and I will take care of my business for three years, so I will treat you as an invitation."

Lu Chuanbai hummed, he is not very good at dealing with the common people in the market, so the proprietress continued: "My son has a small business in Jiangnan, and he said he would take me to live there. Today is the last day."

Lu Chuanbai was taken aback, even the wonton stalls were about to disband.There are fewer and fewer things about Ren Jianyuan around him, and he may forget about him in a few years.

Lu Chuanbai paid the proprietress, and when he left, he clenched his fists, thinking that the wonton stall would collapse if it collapsed, he couldn't forget Ren Jianyuan, how could it be so easy to really forget?

Lu Chuanbai always felt that Ren Jianyuan was not dead, he only had intuition and no proof, but he couldn't tell.In the deadly battle between Ren Jianyuan and Ramo in Tianxi Building, Lu Chuanbai did not dare to see Ren Jianyuan's body that day, so he went to the Prince's Mansion that day.

When he sent people to dig again the next day, no one was found. His subordinates said that there was neither Rama's body nor Ren Jianyuan's body.Originally, Lu Chuanbai thought that Ren Jianyuan's body was taken away by the people of the National Teacher's Mansion, and hung on the gate of the city like other members of the Double Swords Club.But after waiting for two days, Ren Jianyuan didn't come, but the National Teacher's Mansion collapsed.

The world was so chaotic in those days that no living person could be found, let alone a dead body, but Lu Chuanbai persisted in looking for it.On the day when the National Teacher's Mansion was sealed off, he personally went to count the corpses and prisoners, but he didn't see Ren Jianyuan among them. Ren Jianyuan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

They all said that it must have been buried somewhere, or it was blown to pieces by fire and thunder, and you wouldn't recognize it even if you saw it.Lu Chuanbai said that he could recognize it, even if it was only a lump of flesh and blood.

Lu Chuanbai began to thoroughly investigate Ren Jianyuan. Ren Jianyuan's original name was Ren Que'er. He grew up in Fufeng Tower when he was a child. It is said that he is the son of a famous girl. He doesn't know who his father is, but his mother was also a very famous oiran.When Lu Chuanbai found out this, he couldn't stop laughing, thinking that it's no wonder that people are not good, but their faces are not bad.

Not long after Ren Que'er was born, her mother got married, and it was difficult to escape with a baby. She abandoned Ren Que'er and became a merchant's concubine.Lu Chuanbai went to find Ren Jianyuan's mother, she was not doing well but not bad, she could live her life in peace and stability.From her mouth, she couldn't ask anything about Ren Jianyuan, she only said that he was very good-looking when he was very young, and his face was not in vain.

The old mother in Fufenglou knows more about Ren Jianyuan. Ren Jianyuan was raised by the girls in Fufenglou in turn. All laughing.

They said that Ren Que'er was naughty and often got into trouble when he was a child, but Xiao Que'er was cute and could make you reluctant to lose your temper with him.They said that Ren Que'er wore girls' clothes when she was a child, and made a lot of jokes.No one cared about him when he was a child, drinking and rolling the dice seemed to be a natural ability.The girls all said that Xiao Que'er has a flirtatious appearance, and she will definitely attract love when she grows up.

As the girls talked, they asked Ren Jianyuan how he was doing now?In the past, Ren Jianyuan would always come back to see them, but now that he hasn't been back for three years, Lu Chuanbai said it was fine, and he is now in Jinyiwei.

The girls said, this kid forgot about Fufenglou after he got promoted and got rich.Lu Chuanbai helped explain, saying that he was too busy.There are also girls who chime in, they are Jin Yiwei now and can't come and go in and out of the brothel casually.Then someone choked: What happened to Jin Yiwei?Can Lu Zongqi come, can he come?Don't let me see him, he twisted the ear off.

Lu Chuanbai thought to himself, Ren Jianyuan is really likable wherever he goes.

Later, Ren Que'er was taken away by the old leader of the Double Swords Society to practice martial arts. At that time, Ren Que'er was eight years old, so he gave up his nickname, and the old leader named him Jianyuan.

Lu Chuanbai still doesn't understand why the old gang leader uses swords, why is it called double swords?But no one can answer him this question, because the two swords will wipe out the entire army, and there will be no survivors left.

From now on, Shuangdaohui will live in the stories of storytellers. Lu Chuanbai will sometimes go to a teahouse to listen to a storyteller. Worthy of the title of a hero.Hearing this, Lu Chuanbai felt that Ren Jianyuan's life was not in vain, and even after his death, so many people remembered him.

Seeing Lu Chuanbai chasing Ren Jianyuan day and night, the others in Jinyiwei thought that Lu Zongqi was in a daze, and persuaded Lu Chuanbai several times to stop.

Lu Chuanbai did not stop, vowing to arrest Ren Jianyuan and bring him to justice.

Several other subordinates looked at each other, not knowing what crime Ren Jianyuan committed.

Lu Chuanbai replied indifferently: "He deceived the imperial court officials."

Ren Jianyuan lied to Lu Chuanbai, he still remembered everything, and he always wanted to get it back one day.

The subordinate was speechless. According to Zhou's law, it is indeed a violation of the law to deceive Jin Yiwei, but do we need to investigate for three years?

Others thought Lu Chuanbai was crazy, but Lu Chuanbai himself felt quite sober.Ren Jianyuan came from the rivers and lakes, so Lu Chuanbai went to find him from the rivers and lakes. He had never gone so deep into the underground rivers and lakes of Kyoto.

Once he was in danger and met a female assassin who wanted to take his life.This female assassin is quite famous, her name is Fei Yan, she doesn't take action lightly, she just kills her.

Feiyan almost killed him that time, but later he saw the pendant on his neck, a gold earring, hung by a red string, Lu Chuanbai had worn it for three years.

Assassin Feiyan backed away, and she said, "I won't do the 5 taels of business. I will be considered unlucky to meet someone from Ren Jianyuan."

It was the first time in three years that Lu Chuanbai heard someone mention Ren Jianyuan's name on his own initiative, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Assassin Feiyan sneered and said, "Boy, don't you know what that gold earring means?"

Lu Chuanbai didn't know the origins in Jianghu, Feiyan cut it, she had never failed in a move, she didn't expect that the first time she stopped was because of this, and it was fortunate that she saw it earlier, if she really moved Lu Chuanbai today, come There will be countless troubles every day, Feiyan said: "Seeing the gold earrings is like seeing Ren Jianyuan, I happen to owe that smelly man a favor."

Feiyan saw that Lu Chuanbai probably didn't understand the key points. She usually doesn't talk much, but this time she couldn't help explaining to Lu Chuanbai, saying: "Let me tell you this, in the underground city of Kyoto, there is no one who doesn't understand I owe Ren Jianyuan a favor. With this thing, you can travel unimpeded in the underground city of Kyoto."

Lu Chuanbai held the gold earrings, this was the closest he felt to Ren Jianyuan.Lu Chuanbai's heart beat like a drum, he didn't expect that Ren Jianyuan was not around, but he left a life-saving thing for himself.How deep was Ren Jianyuan's thoughts, he couldn't figure it out, how could someone give up such an important thing without saying a word?

Feiyan probably has a deep friendship with Ren Jianyuan, knowing that Ren Jianyuan is willing to entrust the gold earrings to Ren Jianyuan must not be easy, she is a bit talkative today, said: "Someone is offering a reward to kill you, you should be careful."

Lu Chuanbai was not surprised that someone hunted him down. In the past two years, he has investigated many corruption cases, half of which were related to the Jianghu chaos.With Zhou Heng covering his head, he was not afraid of angering the forces in the capital, but he also caused a lot of trouble for himself, and many people expected him to die.

Lu Chuanbo paused, and suddenly asked, "How long has the reward been on?"

Feiyan said: "Eight days."

Lu Chuanbai frowned. It took eight days to assassinate Lu Chuanbai for so long. Lu Chuanbai didn't notice it. Today was the first time he met an assassin. Who helped him clean up the incident?

Is it Ren Jianyuan?If it was really him, why didn't he come to see him for so many years?

All the officials and thieves were at odds, Feiyan felt that she had finished what she had to tell her, and Ren Jianyuan's favor was also repaid, she was about to leave after she finished speaking, but was stopped: "Miss Feiyan."

As soon as Feiyan turned her head, Lu Chuanbai continued: "Can you do me a favor?"

Feiyan looked at Lu Chuanbai, and saw that his face was also straight with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. Lu Chuanbai's face was small, but the lines were sharp and sharp, adding a sense of coldness when looking at people.Lu Chuanbai was like a pine tree, he didn't know what idea he had at this time, he smiled with determination.

Feiyan found it very interesting, and said, "I am very expensive."

It was already night when Lu Chuanbai walked out from Beizhen Fusi that day. He was usually quite afraid of ghosts, but this time he picked up a lantern and walked slowly.He walked a little staggeringly, he seemed to have drunk some wine, but his drinking capacity was really average, his face was a little red, and he looked very different from his usual appearance.

There was no one on this road, and several small shops had closed their doors long ago. The moonlight shone coldly on the alley, and the only light was the lantern in Lu Chuanbai's hand.

At this time, suddenly the candle flame in the lantern flickered violently, and a gust of wind blew over. Lu Chuanbai stretched out his hand to protect the flame, turned his head and glanced, but saw nothing.

Lu Chuanbai shook his head, thinking that he was probably dazzled, so he continued to walk forward, and he would be able to reach Lu's residence by walking two alleys ahead.

Suddenly, he felt a chill from behind rushing straight to the back of his neck, and a dagger pierced through the air, aiming at Lu Chuanbai's life.

Lu Chuanbai reached out and grabbed the hilt of Xiuchun's knife. He could fight back, but he didn't know if he had drunk too much wine or what, but he just held on to the hilt tightly, without any intention of drawing the knife.

Seeing that the dagger was only one palm away from him, the strong wind even cut a hole in his collar.

At this moment, a hand touched the tip of the dagger lightly and deftly.The visitor wore a fox mask on his face. He was good at martial arts, and the dagger could not move a single bit between his fingers.With the dagger in his hand, the man staggered a step to the left, bringing the dagger towards himself.

But Lu Chuanbai, who hadn't made a move all this while he had just made a move, drew out his knife at this time.The dagger in the man's hand immediately withdrew, and the two of them suddenly joined forces to hit him. It was too late for the man to realize that it was a trap.

He drew a pair of butterfly swords in his sleeves, one hit the Xiuchun knife, and the other hit the dagger, he barely parried five moves and it became difficult.On one side is Assassin Feiyan, and on the other is Lu Chuanbai, Head Banner of Jinyiwei.The man backed up as he hit, until he reached the wall.

Sure enough, one of his guns was knocked down, the Xiuchun knife lay across his neck, and the tip of the Xiuchun knife pierced the wall, just forming a triangular space, while Lu Chuanbai's left hand was propped on the wall, the man There was nowhere to hide, and he was completely trapped by Lu Chuanbai's men.

Lu Chuanbai moved closer to him, almost sticking to the fox mask. The man suddenly became a little helpless. If it wasn't for the mask, his face would turn red.

"Ren Jianyuan?" Lu Chuanbai called out in a low voice.

The man subconsciously covered his mask and said, "I'm wrong."

"You have pierced ears." Lu Chuanbai said.

The man touched his earlobe in a panic, and Lu Chuanbai said calmly again: "You have burn marks on your exposed arms and neck."

The man frantically covered his neck again, but he had already been seen by others, so there was no way he could cover it.After he finished these two actions, he felt that he was a bit stupid in the face of Lu Chuanbai, and there was nothing he could stop him from doing.

Lu Chuanbai stretched out his hand, he paused, and then took off his mask in one breath.

Under the mask was indeed Ren Jianyuan's face. There were burn marks on the left side of his face. He probably sought a good doctor, but he couldn't keep his face. No matter how he treated it, there would still be scars.

Ren Jianyuan glared at Feiyan across Lu Chuanbai's shoulder, Feiyan smiled at him indifferently, raised her eyebrows in retaliation, and then disappeared into the night with a little tiptoe.

Now that there were only the two of them left, the atmosphere became even more strange.Lu Chuanbai asked, "Why? Why didn't you come to me while you were still alive?"

"I..." Ren Jianyuan opened his mouth. He didn't know how to explain to Lu Chuanbai that he was half dead at the time, and he had to recover from the injuries for a full year before he could leave the ground.One of his legs was crippled before, and it took more than a year to heal it, and he still walks with a limp.He is not the former Ren Jianyuan, he is just a useless person now.

Ren Jianyuan raised his head, trying to find an excuse, and then saw Lu Chuanbai's eyes. He had never been so close to Lu Chuanbai, and he could touch the tip of Lu Chuanbai's nose a little further.

Lu Chuanbai said: "I don't dislike you, you are not a girl."

Ren Jianyuan was a little embarrassed, he was not as flirtatious as he showed, especially after meeting Lu Chuanbai, he liked him so much before, but he had a verbal lawsuit with his mouth, and never surpassed it, only that time in Tianxi Tower, he thought he was going to die Yes, that day he just touched Lu Chuanbai's lips lightly.Ren Jianyuan always felt that he had harmed others. In the past two years, he felt guilty when he saw that Lu Chuanbai did not marry a wife or have children.

"How do you know I'm still alive?" Ren Jianyuan asked.

"Guess." Lu Chuanbai said.

"Then... you're pretty good." Ren Jianyuan said.

Lu Chuanbai said: "I also know that His Majesty also knows that you are alive."

Ren Jianyuan was a little surprised this time. After he faked his death, he went back to find Zhou Heng. The next thing was that Zhou Heng paved the road for him.But he asked Zhou Heng to help him, and together he kept the secret from Lu Chuanbai.Ren Jianyuan became one of Zhou Heng's secret guards, and secretly helped him investigate the corruption case of the minister in Kyoto. After all, he and Lu Chuanbai investigated the same thing.

Ren Jianyuan said: "You... how do you know?"

Lu Chuanbai said: "A person like His Majesty would not persuade me to let go for no reason." Zhou Heng himself was still attached to Fucheng, how could he suddenly persuade Lu Chuanbai to let go?

Ren Jianyuan let out a groan, thinking that he was acting affectionately and asked Zhou Heng to persuade Lu Chuanbai to marry a wife, but in the end he showed his flaws, Lu Chuanbai said: "But I'm sure you are still alive because you met Feiyan."

Lu Chuanbai thought to himself that if Ren Jianyuan was really protecting him in secret, he would definitely not ignore his death.

Ren Jianyuan said: "Are you so sure that I will make a move?" How did Ren Jianyuan know that Lu Chuanbai almost lost his life in order to lure him out.

Lu Chuanbai said, "Sure."

Ren Jianyuan was dejected, he was the one who lied to Lu Chuanbai in the past, but this time he was deceived, and said sincerely: "You are so cruel to yourself."

As soon as Ren Jianyuan finished speaking, he felt a chill on his wrist, which was handcuffed with an exquisitely made handcuff. Ren Jianyuan raised his hand and said, "What are you doing?"

Lu Chuanbai said: "Catch him and bring him to justice."

Ren Jianyuan laughed. Lu Chuanbai hadn't changed a bit for so many years. He said, "What's the matter? You still want to send me to Beizhen Fusi? How many times have you lied to me?"

"As for it." Lu Chuanbai shook the iron chain on his side, and said, "I'm going to bring you to the Lu residence."