outside the imperial city

"When I was young, my family lived in Anliang City. There was a private martial arts school on a mountain outside the city, and many families sent their children to study on the mountain. The real people turned it into a private school, and they only teach the basics of martial arts on weekdays." Zhang Man took a sip of tea, and said slowly like a storyteller, "Only the disciples who come out on top in the monthly trials I can get teaching from Yin Zhenren and practice fingering."

"Yin Zhenren has only three closed-door disciples: senior brother Cheng Cheng, second senior brother Zhao Yu, and third senior brother Lu Ji. Brother Cheng Cheng later became the successor of Yin Zhenren, and moved south with his closed-door disciples to the mountain to clear I have gone to practice, and I have not cared about world affairs for many years. Senior brother Zhao Yu and senior brother Lu Ji went down the mountain to find disciples after the death of Yin Zhenren. The students of our private school also went down the mountain."

Yao Fanglan interjected, "Why did Master Yin die?"

Zhang Man sighed: "In the later years of the late emperor, the Southern and Northern Expeditions continued, and the strong and able men were recruited everywhere to fill the army. Yin Zhenren couldn't resist the government's repeated door-to-door requests, and finally came out of the mountain to join the war."

"Since ancient times, it has been the greatest tragedy to be overwhelmed by meritorious deeds." Zhang Man shook his head, "Real Yin has killed countless enemies and made great achievements in battle. Not long after the victory in the war, the general at the time found a reason to cooperate with the enemy and gave him to death."

"Is that why your senior brother Cheng Cheng decided to retire...and then?" Yao Fanglan glanced at Jing Shuo.As a general, I don't know how he feels now.

"Then I lost touch with my seniors. Senior brother Lu Ji had five disciples, and it was the six of them who founded the Yinzhen Restaurant. Senior brother Zhao Yu had only one disciple, and after he left the mountain, he formed a righteous association to rob the rich and help the poor. Many years passed like this, about two years ago, I heard that Brother Zhao Yu died in his room. When he was young, he often felt uncomfortable in his heart. Since there were no wounds on the body, and no poison was detected, so I took it for granted that he fell ill and died."

"That's the end of this story." Zhang Man said, "The person you are looking for, it is possible—I just mean possible—is the only disciple of Brother Zhao Yu, Lai Haojue. I have only met that child Haojue once. He was an orphan, and he was only ten years old when his senior brother adopted him, and he has been with his senior brother for many years. If he is the murderer, is it suspected that senior brother Lu Ji killed senior brother Zhao Yu? But they had a very good relationship when they were young."

Yao Zanglan waved her hand: "Who knows, it's hard to explain things like kindness and resentment."

He stepped out of the awning and found that the boat had already rowed a long way by itself.

"It's getting late, we should go back." Yao Zanglan took out a piece of silver and put it on the boat board, "Ship money."

"Is this okay?" Zhang Man took the silver, which was considered a considerable amount of money in his eyes even in the rich past, "Chu Jingqing is your important person, right? We abolished him." One hand."

Yao Fanglan's face twisted subtly after hearing this.

Jing Shuo thought he was about to lose control again, so he hurriedly said, "Zhang Man, you—"

"It's two different things." Yao Zanglan interrupted Jing Shuo, "I gave you the money because you told me the information I wanted to know. A yard is worth a yard, and I haven't forgiven you."

Zhang Man put away the money: "Then I will accept it."

The boat sailed slowly back to shore.Yao Fanglan asked again: "What are your plans for the future?"

"What plans can I have?" Zhang Man said, "Before I died, I just took the purple clothes and went boating on the lake. Although sometimes I ate and didn't finish, but at least I don't have to be controlled by others, and I can live freely."

Zhang Man looked at Zhang Ziyi while shaking the paddle: "After I die, Ziyi can do whatever he wants. Anyway, my Zhang family also made its fortune by the river in the beginning."

"Grandpa," Zhang Ziyi knew what he was implying, "teach me well, and give me everything you know."

After being a useless person for 30 to [-] years, he finally knows what he should do.Zhang Man's eyes turned hot, and he smiled and said, "Okay. I'll start teaching you right now, as much as I can."

Yao Fanglan wondered: "Don't you want to take revenge?"

"What kind of revenge?" Zhang Man sneered, "Of course we want revenge, but we want to live even more. The way of heaven is permanent, good and evil are rewarded, and the crimes committed by that person doomed her to die. Since we have no power to revenge, why bother?" Go worry about that?"

"It's tiring to live with hatred." The oars splashed cheerfully on the river, "Although I haven't had a good life for a few years, I still want to live with some joy."

The two went ashore.

Jing Lishuo straightened his clothes and said, "Where are we going next?"

Yao Fanglan was preoccupied, and he spoke angrily: "Go back. Let's rest for one night, and then go find the murderer tomorrow morning."

"Is the murderer really Lai Haojue?" Jing Shuo said, "Do you know where to find him?"

Yao Fanglan quickly cheered up, and her pace was a lot faster: "It should be him. Didn't Zhang Man say that Zhao Yu had no trauma and no poison when he died, and he must have been stabbed in the temple by a silver needle. This kind of Small wounds, ordinary autopsy is impossible to find."

"So Lai Hao decided to take revenge?" Jing Yanshuo looked at Yao Fanglan's expression and said cautiously.

"Let's ask about this after we find him." Yao Fanglan obviously didn't want to talk about this topic. "As for where he is, I have a rough guess. If we go tomorrow and can't find it, let's think of a way."

"Yao Yao." Jing Shuo seemed to be fighting him, "Is your family's enemy the queen?"

Jing Lishuo had asked the same question many times, but every time Yao Zanglan prevaricated it with the excuse that "the time has not come".When he asked this time, he didn't have much hope, he just wanted to see if Yao Fanglan's attitude towards him had changed after going through so much together.

"Jingshuo, I didn't tell you, not because I don't trust you." Yao Zanglan slowed down and stood side by side with Jing Lishuo, "I even told you about the existence of the Holy Pill, so how could I not believe you?"

"If you really want to know, I'll tell you." Yao Zanglan covered his heart with his hands, and there was a dull pain there, "The Yao family who slaughtered me 17 years ago, the mastermind behind the bandit case, and the drugged Gu The person who killed my sister Yao Daiyue is the queen of the dynasty."

"And she is also the biological mother of the Qin King Bei Qianxiang you support." Yao Fanglan said, "I don't want to change your will because of me, and I don't want you to hate anyone. I hate this disgusting thing. It can be carried by one person.”

They are people on both sides of a line.After such a long time, Jing Shuo almost forgot that the reason why Emperor Shaoxuan chose the two of them at the beginning was because they held different political views.Water and fire are incompatible, so they can supervise each other and show him the most comprehensive picture of the country.

To this day, Jing Lingshuo really wants to say something spineless, as long as you are willing to stay by my side, anyone can become the new emperor.But he can't, that's not what he does, and it's not what Yao Fanglan would like.

"Hate is such a disgusting thing, I can bear it alone." The heartache was so painful that I wanted to cry, and the feeling of being willing to destroy the world for him came to my heart again.Jing Lishuo never thought that that arrogant and arrogant self would one day become as concerned about gains and losses as he is now.

"Then," Jing Shuo suddenly changed the subject, "What about my parents? Did they really die from overwork as everyone said, or were they also killed by the queen?"

Yao Fanglan's heart was filled with monstrous waves.

I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Why do you think so?" He maintained his superficial calm, but cold sweat broke out on his hands.

Jing Lishuo stared at him with scrutiny, and said, "I'll ask you, which one is it?"

"Don't you believe in the emperor?" Yao Fanglan had nothing to hide under such gazes, and could only avoid answering directly, "He is the one who raised you up and treated you like a father."

The two fell into the inn room one after the other.

It was really useful to move out Emperor Shaoxuan, so Jing Lingshuo didn't ask any more questions.But Yao Zanglan was sure that he had guessed the clue from his own attitude, and it was estimated that he would have to face the dilemma of being questioned by Jing Shuo again in a short time.

How much truth has that dream revealed to Jing Shuo?

After running around for a day, both of them were a little sleepy, maybe the previous conversation had caused some estrangement between them, Yao Zanglan didn't ask for a room with Jing Lingshuo again.After he took a comfortable bath, changed his clothes, and sat cross-legged on the bed, he realized an extremely serious problem——

With Jing Shuo's hand, how could he take a bath by himself?

But you can't wash him yourself, can you?

But if you don't wash it yourself, who will wash it for him?He looks like a very clean person, and today he sweated a little bit again. If he doesn't take a bath, he will be irritable and dead, right?

Then the best way is to let the guy in the inn wash it for him.Well, if there is anyone who is willing, don't tell me, Jing Lingshuo himself is definitely not willing, right?Moreover, he is also a little - really a little - unwilling to be washed by others.

After struggling for a while, Yao Zanglan slapped herself on the forehead with her hand, and walked to Jing Lingshuo's room.I thought: I'm just asking, anyway, he won't be willing, so I'll show my manners by asking.

As expected, Jing Lisuo was worrying about the bucket, seeing Yao Zanglan leaning against the door pretending to be unrestrained, his delicate eyebrows twitched: "What are you doing here?"

Yao Zanglan gave a sound in her heart, "A dog biting Lu Dongbin doesn't know a good heart."But he didn't dare to say this, but he just pretended not to care and said: "My uncle kindly came to help you take a bath. There is no such shop in this village, so I asked if you would like it?"

Jing Lingshuo's stern face turned red all of a sudden: "What did you just say?"

Yao Zanglan was still somewhat reserved at first, but when he saw Jing Lingshuo's shy appearance, he went mad again.With a full of pissed off, he wandered to Jing Shuo's side, and raised his chin with his fingers: "Beauty, do you want me to wash your body?"

"You, you," Jing Yanshuo was both ashamed and angry, and his words became incoherent, "I just found out that you have become so obscene!"

Knowing that he didn't want to, Yao Zanglan stuck out her tongue, made a "cut", and turned her back: "If you don't want to, then you don't want to, it's not soft jade and warm fragrance, you think I care about washing it for you?"

"Wait," Jing Shuo called to stop him, "If you don't wash for me, who will wash for me?"