Haiyan

The evening wind crossed the avenue in Kyoto, and the whistling sound was sharp and piercing, as if coming from the vast and inextricable land of Hokuriku.

Above the bloody sky of the setting sun, the dark clouds overwhelmed the entire ancient kingdom exhausted, struggling silently as if unable to breathe.

The giant black bird fluttered back and forth with its wings and let out long, ear-piercing whistles in mid-air, startling the horse's iron hooves back and forth uneasily, and at the invisible and invisible end, there was a bloodthirsty fierce light that greeted it. With the north wind gradually approaching this century-old empire, like a broken moon and stars, reflecting the obsession of the young people in the past, it shrouded the land.

On a patch of land to the north of the royal court of the Western Han Dynasty, the sound of countless tinkling irons was blown to pieces by the wind. Thousands of shirtless slaves were building the growing Lutai Palace day and night with their bare hands.

The guards around the foreman were swinging their thumb-thick long whips back and forth. At this time, the dusk was getting late and the weather was extremely bad. It looked like a heavy rain was coming, and the surrounding dust was flying everywhere, but there was still no intention of stopping. .

"Hurry up, if anyone dares to be lazy, the cremation platform five miles away will be your fate!"

The leader of the overseer circled the whip in his hand. He was muscular and had a ferocious face. This place is very close to the royal court. His Highness Zhao Yuqiang ordered the deer platform to be built three months ago in order to be able to make the deer platform It is built to the height where you can pick up the stars in your hands and is at the same height as the sky, so that it can be enjoyed by all the clan and nobles.

Since there is no extra space in the royal court to accommodate such a large building, he ordered the people below to use some means to transfer all the land of nearly a hundred households living in this area to the royal family. The people who enclosed the ground, when a few angry people resisted, were thrown directly to the crematorium and turned into corpse oil, and the rest were those who could only swallow their teeth in blood and escaped to nowhere. Poor people.

The surrounding wind roared past, and a few thin slaves stood up carrying huge boulders and did not take a few steps before they were blown by the wind and staggered instantly. There was a sound, and a thin cloud of smoke splashed in the thick dust.

With a sound of "swish", before he could react, a long whip whizzed towards him, and instantly a bright red bloodstain appeared on the slave's thin and bony back.

"what--"

He couldn't help crying out in grief, and in the next second, more whips rained down.

The other slaves around seemed to have been numb to the point of no perception, and continued to work unmoved. At this moment, a group of guards all wearing khaki cloaks came over. With a flick of the whip, the wrist of the beating superintendent could be rolled up, and then with a sudden force in his hand, he instantly grasped the long whip in the man's hand in his own hand.

"Thousand... Thousand Captains!"

The beating superintendent looked at the rape not far away in astonishment for a moment, his face turned pale instantly, and the slave who had just been beaten by him was curling up on the ground and moaning in pain, Meng Jian winked at the person behind him, and the person immediately understood, stepped forward, picked up the slave and threw it on his shoulder, and retreated.

"There are not enough manpower to build the Lutai. His Highness the Fifth Highness only gave you less than a year. If you kill a few more people now, and if it is not completed by the due date, which one of you do you think will be better off?!"

His tone was not heavy, but with a three-pointed sharpness, the overseer on the opposite side was afraid to speak out for a while. The leader saw the movement here, ran over, and said flatteringly: "Isn't this Qian Qiang?" Captain, why are you free to come over to our place today?"

He glanced at the subordinate next to him, understood immediately, and hurriedly scolded: "You son of a bitch, did you do something to offend our Captain Qian, why don't you hurry up and apologize to Captain Qian!"

Before the man could open his mouth, Meng Jian stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "No need, I will remember it from now on, even if these lowly slaves do something wrong, they should not be punished too severely, otherwise, if a few more people die, the next time the superiors will be punished." When you ask me to call people over, how can I get so many lowly slaves from the Jingji Temple to give you!"

The leader hurriedly nodded and bowed his waist and said: "Yes, yes, Captain Qiandu is right."

Meng Jian turned his head and told the people below: "You guys, go over there to check, and the rest of you, go to the other side."

The leader kicked the overseer who was beating someone, motioning him to get out of here, and then stepped forward and asked the traitor, "I don't know what the reason for Captain Qiandu coming here today? We have never dared to neglect the construction period these days, but after all the construction The quantity is very large, and the results are small...Is there someone from above to urge you?"

Meng Jian looked at him, and said with an expressionless face: "General Liang sent me over to take a look, it's nothing serious, you go and do your work, just tell them to move faster."

The leader is a little worried. Although the Qiandu Lieutenant was born as a lowly slave, he is on duty in the Gyeonggi Palace. Although his status is average, the people in the Gyeonggi Palace, at their level, dare not offend easily. Let's see again It's not eye-catching, but after all, with such a title, Yu Juntou dare not be respectful.

"Yes Yes......"

When Meng Jian walked away with a knife in his hand, Yu Juntou couldn't help spitting at his back, and cursed in a low voice: "A lowly slave is a lowly slave, you really think you are an official so arrogant Woolen cloth."

A city tower as high as half a person had already been built on the flat ground. Mengjiao inspected it twice, and finally walked to the corner with the fewest people. At this time, the sky had already darkened, and his eyes swept around as if nothing had happened. Surrounded by people, it was confirmed that no one was paying attention to this side, and in a flash, the whole person was hidden under the side wall full of stones behind.

He put his hand to his mouth and let out two low shouts, and after a while, a black shadow came out from behind.

The black shadow was tightly wrapped, only a pair of round and watery eyes were exposed, but for a split second, Meng Jiao couldn't help trembling slightly.

"Little five."

Chang Sheng gently took off the cloak that covered his head. The expression on his face was no better than that of the raped man on the other side. The old friends met again after ten years, and both of them could feel the difficulty in their hearts at this moment. The excitement that can't be expressed in words can't be expressed in words after all.

"Long... long sheng."

Mengjiao's eyes were faintly red, and he was stuck for a long time before uttering the two words lightly.

Chang Sheng smiled at him, looking at the strange face in front of him, he didn't know what it was like for a while.

"They've all grown so big."

While Meng Jian was talking, he couldn't help but stepped forward and patted Chang Sheng's shoulder lightly a few times, opened and closed his mouth several times, but in the end he didn't know what to say more.

Looking at the tiny scars on his face, Chang Sheng asked, "These years must have been very difficult, right?"

Mengjiao smiled, and didn't care much anymore, and said, "Since I knew you were still alive three years ago, I haven't found it difficult."

Chang Sheng had a sore nose, and said in a low voice, "I hurt you."

Meng rape: "Changsheng, don't say that, what happened back then, you were just a child, so what can you do?"

Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "If it wasn't for me, so many children wouldn't have died. Fortunately, fortunately, you survived after all."

The traitor said seriously: "Isn't it very hard to come here from the Eastern Han Dynasty?"

Chang Sheng said: "Xiao Wu, you should be very clear about the purpose of my coming."

Meng Jian frowned and sighed, "Chang Sheng, I worked under Liang Guoying's subordinates all these years for this day, but now the dog emperor is lying half dead in the Hall of Eternal Life, but these days, I think about it." There are many ways to get close to him, now that Zhao Yuqiang is in power, behind him is the powerful clan and the entire clan, and the other four elders of the Senate are not as good as before, so it is really difficult to avoid Zhao Yuqiang's eyes and ears."

Chang Sheng frowned, and asked in surprise, "Has it reached this point?"

Meng Jian nodded and said: "The Taiwei Mansion, which was in full swing in the past, has been hiding and refusing to make a sound all these years. Since the dog emperor fell ill, all the [-] soldiers and horses in the hands of Taiwei Li Zongyao were taken back by Zhao Yuqiang. , now it’s just an empty shell, Fengchang Yun has been vacillating, although he didn’t say anything about it, but I can see that the Yun family is also going to follow Zhao Yuqiang and a bunch of clans, as for the Duke Huguo’s mansion..."

Mengjiao paused, took a deep breath, and said: "Although Liang Guoying is still the general of the Gyeonggi Temple, since he came back from Yebei ten years ago, because he lost your two children from the Yin family, all these years He has always been feared by the emperor, so he didn't achieve much, and the Prime Minister Lishi...Zhao Yuqiang and the clans dared to do this, a large part of the reason is the result of the Li clan pushing the flames behind their backs!"

Changsheng has never carefully understood the situation in the Western Han Dynasty in these years. For him, it may be more that he dare not think about it. Besides, Wei Shuyou has protected him so well for so many years. He is behind many things behind the scenes. Sheng schemed so that he would often feel that everything that happened back then was just a nightmare that went away with the wind after he dreamed back at midnight.

"So if you want to get close to him now, is it difficult?"

When Changsheng opened his mouth, the wind blew up the broken hair on Mengjiao's forehead, and the clear words on the forehead were instantly exposed.

The pupils of Chang Sheng's eyes constricted, and he couldn't believe it, "You..."

He was about to stroke Meng Jian's forehead with his hand, but Meng Jian blocked it with his hand in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "It's all over..."

Chang Sheng's nose was sore, but he didn't know what to say after all.

Meng said: "Changsheng, the situation in the Western Han Dynasty is chaotic now. If you just want to let the dog emperor die, although it is not easy, it is not impossible, but after this, do you have any other ideas?!"

Chang Sheng clearly saw the strong expectation in his eyes, that look seemed to tell him that even if he wanted to tear down the Palace of Eternal Life now, he would follow him.

But Wei Shuyou's words were still ringing in his ears, although his trust in Mengjiao hadn't diminished with the passage of ten years, but after all, he couldn't say much.

Seeing Chang Sheng's hesitation, a trace of disappointment flashed across Meng Jiao's face, and after only a moment, it turned into a relaxed smile and asked, "Where are you staying tonight?"

Chang Sheng said: "I came to see you as soon as I arrived in Xihan, and I haven't rested yet."

Meng Jie said: "I have worked under Liang Guoying for these years, and there is not a day when I don't want to kill this butcher myself, but he was just following orders back then. Once the dog emperor dies, I will kill him sooner. Changsheng... these Do you have any news about the second prince?"

Chang Sheng was startled, and just about to say something, suddenly a sound came from a distance, his treacherous expression jumped, he stretched out his hand and pulled Chang Sheng aside, the two of them leaned against the cold wall in the dark, neither dared to speak out. There was a slight change.

When Yu Juntou saw Li Su, he was so frightened that he couldn't help trembling, but he still put on a smile on his face and asked, "What kind of wind has brought General Hongying here? This place is dirty and messy, what instructions does the general have for this late night?"

Armored slave guards in khaki cloaks were still patrolling the traitors in the distance. Li Su only brought Ah Cheng over, looked around casually with his eyes, and asked, "Captain Qian is here too?"

Yu Juntou hurriedly said: "Yes, Lieutenant Qiandu just arrived half an hour ago, and he said that he got an order from General Liang to come and take a look... General Hongying, why is this General Liang suddenly interested in our matter now? Although it is still early for the construction period, but you see, these lowly slaves dare not be lazy under the small surveillance, and they work day and night, so they will definitely not miss the important event of the Fifth Highness."

Li Su didn't say much, just looked around, as if he was looking for something, Yu Juntou wanted to impress him, and hurriedly said: "General Hongying is looking for Captain Qian, right? He was still there just now, It’s probably going inside right now, but there are places where stones are piled up, it’s so dark, can you find someone to call you Captain Qian?”

Li Su looked at the dark place, narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, then pointed out his hand, and said calmly, "What do you think that place is for?"

Yu Juntou hurriedly said, "We are the ones who piled up the stones..."

"Ah Cheng." Li Su said, "Wait for me here, I'll go over and have a look."

Yu Juntou thought that he was really here for inspection, and wanted to frivolously follow him to please him, but he was stopped by Ah Cheng's extended sword, so he pinched his nose embarrassingly and retreated.

Although the place where Chang Sheng and Meng Jian were standing was very dark, they looked outside very clearly. Seeing Li Su walking slowly in a blue shirt, Chang Sheng couldn't help but tense up.

"Don't be afraid, I'll go out to deal with it in a while." Meng Jian thought that Chang Sheng didn't recognize who it was, and said in a low voice.

There are uneven bricks and tiles under the feet, because the deer platform is still under construction, everywhere looks a mess, Li Su is not in a hurry, and walks slowly towards the place full of stones step by step, his face is calm, but he hides But the hands in the sleeves couldn't help but clenched tightly, and he knew in his heart that it was his nervousness.

Chang Sheng's whole heart hangs in the air. To be honest, after the last time we met, he no longer had the initial hatred and guard against Li Su.

It's just that it was difficult for him to face him calmly because of what happened back then, and what Li Su did to him before he left last time made Chang Sheng even more confused and panicked.

Meng Jian reached out and patted the back of Chang Sheng's hand, gave him a "relief" look, then straightened his clothes, and strode out from behind.

"General Hongying?" Meng Jian asked in surprise, making Li Su's steps stop.

"Come here so late, what is the general doing?"

Li Su's face was like sinking water, he seemed not surprised to see being raped here, and said in a cold tone, "What's the matter with Captain Qian here?"

Meng Jian laughed and said: "General Liang sent his subordinates to inspect the construction period, that's why they are here."

Li Su was unmoved, and said, "Is that so?"

Meng Jian nodded, walked down from the height, and said to Li Su: "Now the inspections of the several parties have been completed. If there is nothing wrong, the subordinates will send the general, and it is time to say goodbye."

He wanted to move as he spoke, Li Su sneered and said, "Today Captain Qiandu speaks so politely, Su is a little flattered."

Meng Jian's eyebrows jumped, and he hurriedly said: "In the past, it was the subordinate's fault to disrespect General Hongying. Last time, General Meng rescued General Meng from the wolf's mouth, and the subordinate was not very grateful."

Li Su looked at him quietly for a while, his eyes were like a deep ancient well, which made Meng Jian feel cold all over.

"Watching this place, Captain Qian has done his duty very well."

As he spoke, he walked inside, Meng Gui was shocked, but he didn't dare to call him to stop.

Li Su is quite a man in the city, and if he is a little careless, he will notice something strange.

At this time, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and Chang Sheng could only feel the noise in his ears. He frowned, and his eyes were fixed on the figure that was getting closer, thinking about how to deal with it next.

The road around here is dark, he can immediately run into the darkness, but he has seen Li Su's skills before, if he notices, he will be caught by him immediately...

What should I do? !

Just when Chang Sheng and Meng Jian were startled, another sound came from a distance.

Li Su paused and turned his head to look. It was actually Zhao Yuqiang himself who brought a team of forbidden soldiers to come late at night.