Hypocrites

If there is a taller building in Wangdu City, it is the Imperial Palace.No matter where you stand and look up, you can see this landmark, but it is often overlooked.

Liang Heng asked in a daze, "Is it the watchtower of the Qiu Mansion?"

Shen Yu covered his waist and protected him with the other hand: "Get out of here first, it seems that we have strayed into Yuan Yucheng's backyard where he is having fun."

The two of them held their breaths and focused their attention, and walked lightly, sneaking under the cover of the brocade knotted on all sides.A human face suddenly protruded from the brocade. It seemed to smell the scent of prey through the fabric, and its nose almost poked Liang Heng's face.

Liang Heng was timid, his teeth were shaking with fright, and Shen Yu covered his mouth and dragged him away.

After walking dozens of steps like this, Liang Heng couldn't help asking: "It's like a maze here, Shen Yu, did we go wrong?"

The wound on his waist seriously hampered Shen Yu's energy, and he was about to answer when he suddenly had a premonition, pushed Liang Heng away, and used the blade to resist the sharp edge that was stabbed by Lisibo.

The sneak attacker passed by wearing silk, causing Shen Yu to take a step back, blood gushing out from his waist injury.

The person who came was not a knife and axe hunting in the garden, and the weapon he used was not a steel knife, but a gentleman's sword that was useless and had not been sharpened.

Liang Heng recognized him: "Duan Yanling! Why are you here?!"

Shen Yu coughed for a while, and retreated to Liang Heng to protect him.

The gentleman's sword flicked and pointed at the two of them. "I should ask you, why are you here!" Duan Yanling looked gloomy, and seemed to want to end the two of them.

However, when facing Duan Yanling, Liang Heng was not afraid at all, and blocked Shen Yu with his body. "Why are you crazy?" he snapped, "Be careful that uncle kills you!"

Duan Yanling smiled shortly, and used the blunt sword to perform a few tricks, but it looked good, and drew towards Liang Heng like a stick.Liang Heng was frightened and angry, and called Shen Yu directly, the steel knife was handed from behind him, and the blunt sword was put aside.

"Run in the wrong direction, my lord," Duan Yanling said in a low voice, with his sword and Shen Yu's saber resting together, "run to the west."

Shen Yu immediately withdrew, grabbed Liang Heng who was still in a daze, and fled westward through the brocade encirclement.Duan Yanling raised his sword and chased after him, disturbing several swordsmen along the way, but when everyone saw the blunt sword in his hand, they all ran away as if recognizing their master.

The two of them originally fled east and had already traveled a long way, now they turned to the west, and suddenly felt that the curtain was heavy and the road ahead was endless.

"You're hurting me!" Liang Heng shouted while being carried by Shen Yu and galloped without touching the ground.

Duan Yanling smiled and replied: "To the east is a deserted place, and it is connected to the outskirts of Guo, so don't you let others do what you want? To the west is his house, and when you go out, you will find Nanlu Street. It is safe to go to a place with people! "

Corpses are lying on the land of the peach forest, and petals are flying, withering in the cold headless corpse of a young man.Liang Heng's face was like gold paper, both startled and angry, but Duan Yanling turned a blind eye to it, and pushed away the corpse blocking the way with his blunt sword.

"You tell him!" Liang Heng shouted angrily, "Find Qiu Qianli out and tell him I ordered him to stop!"

While running, Shen Yu and Duan Yanling scolded at the same time: "Are you stupid!"

Liang Heng: "..."

At the end of the woods, there is a stone arch, followed by an uninhabited courtyard paved with stones, with intricate paths and scattered houses.

"Where are you going?" Shen Yu asked.

Leaving Taolin, you will be far away from the watchtower's sight, Duan Yanling didn't bother to pretend, and changed from chasing to leading the way, walking in front: "Follow me."

He was not familiar with Qiu's mansion either, he walked here and there based on his memory, miraculously he didn't meet a servant, probably they were all called to Taolin by Qiu Qianli, but there was no one in the mansion at this time.

The West Garden is the residence of the owner, and the East Garden is where gardens, servants, warehouses, etc. are located.

Gradually there was the sound of footsteps running on the gravel road.

"He saw us entering the mansion." Shen Yu said.

"Hide here for now." Duan Yanling led them into Dongyuan, pushed aside a barn, and corn powder and dust rushed towards their faces, making them cough continuously.

A vent was opened in the warehouse, the air was dull and the light was dim.

Liang Heng helped Shen Yu to sit down in the grain pile.Duan Yanling used the Junzi sword as a crutch, leaned over to check Liang Heng, and was relieved when he saw that he was intact, and asked, "How did you get there?"

Liang Heng was greatly shocked, he was furious and had nowhere to vent, and said to Duan Yanling: "How did I know it was that kind of place!"

Duan Yanling didn't care, said: "It's Qiu Qianli's land and servants, no one else can care what he thinks."

The same thing was said by Duan Yanling last time in Niuyuan.

"Compared with him, Niu Lu is far behind," Duan Yanling said, "Niu Lu is completely imitating Qiu Qianli. Qiu Qianli has a high-rise compound, so Niu Lu also has one. Qiu Qianli's family has gold and silver. Lu was not to be outdone. When Niu Lu came to Qiu's mansion as a guest, he saw that he was in control of life and death, and he was like a god within the courtyard wall. When he returned to his cattle garden, he wanted to demonstrate. He didn't know that compared with Qiu Qianli, he was really It's ridiculous that a gnat can shake a big tree. Killing for the sake of killing is no match for Qiu Qianli, a lunatic who is bloodthirsty and regards death as his beauty. You think he built a watchtower higher than Xiaohan, just to watch the peach forest ? No, he is here to watch the beauty that touches his heartstrings the most in the world."

It was silent for a while, and no one spoke.

Only Shen Yu let out a short laughing sound while panting.

"The young people you saw were all lambs raised by him. Sell them if you want, and kill them if you want. Qiu Qianli has piled up money into mountains, and it is useless to buy land. The land was fenced off, lambs were let in, and people were chased and killed for fun. Those murderers were all invited by him, the executioners used by the court for execution. Do you know who is behind him? Otherwise, why would there be such a big show.”

A cow, a vengeance, like silverfish eroding Nan Qi's lifeline.Duan Yanling looked at Liang Heng's expression with pity, and added: "I didn't know about this before. Although Qiu Qianli is a lunatic, he is more rational than Niu Lu. When he became crazy, he knew that he would be behind others. That day in Niu Lu In the garden, Niu Lu forced everyone to drink, he saw me sitting and watching the servant girl rush to death, and thought I was a fellow, so he invited me here today."

Duan Yanling stroked Liang Heng's messy hair: "And you, cousin, suddenly appeared in the flock of sheep, almost scared me to death, quickly snatched Qiu Qianli's saber, and came to escort you."

Liang Heng opened his hand: "You are also a lunatic, don't be too polite."

"Where did he buy those people he killed?" Shen Yu asked.

"say something!"

After being scolded by Liang Heng, Duan Yanling sighed and said: "Have you forgotten, cousin, Qiu Qianli mentioned it at the party before, it seems that you are usually absent-minded and find it boring to be with us?"

Liang Heng was expressionless.

Duan Yanling said: "How did the eunuchs in Zhangyi Palace and your palace come about? That's how the lambs in his mansion came about. His adoptive father, Qiu Zhiyuan, has that unspoken obsession, don't you know?" ?”

Liang Heng: "..."

Shen Yu: "..."

Duan Yanling said helplessly: "So Qiu Qianli recruited handsome young men from all over the world and sent them to the palace to honor his adoptive father. Those who liked were castrated and kept by his side, or sent to the palace to serve them. Those who didn't like them were returned and left to Qiu Qianli to deal with. .”

Shen Yu immediately remembered seeing Xinzhou and meeting him in the alley of Qiu Zhiyuan's residence.Is this the relationship between Xinzhou and Qiu Zhiyuan?However, Xinzhou is much older than Liang Heng, and not younger than Qiu Qianli, no matter how you think about it, it should not be Qiu Qianli who sent him to the palace.

There were also people walking around outside the barn, and they searched all around.Duan Yanling wiped off the ashes on his clothes, and stood up: "Okay, I'll lure you away, and find a chance to slip away. Counselor Shen, my darling cousin is entrusted to you, and I hurt a hair. Watch out for your head."

Duan Yanling stepped out of the barn.

Liang Heng said: "Don't be so troublesome, after I reveal my identity, I copied Qiu Qianli's Peach Blossom Forest!"

Shen Yu's one hand was bright red, and he sat down beside him with the other clean palm, and said admonishingly: "Fool, do you want him to force you?"

"He killed the slave he bought and handed it over to Wei Ting, can Mr. Huo take care of it?"

Liang Heng didn't speak.

"If you come forward, you can win Qilang Qiu Zhiyuan?"

Liang Heng was silent again.

"Can you find an opportunity when Qiu Zhiyuan and Niu Shida are not here, and tell His Majesty about it?"

Liang Hengli said Qu Ci poorly: "What do you say?"

As soon as Shen Yu lifted his breath, the injury in his waist affected his heart, and he coughed for a while.Liang Heng hurriedly hugged him, letting him lean on his upper body: "Stop talking, why are you like this..."

The more Liang Heng thought about it, the more wronged he became, his eyes were red, Shen Yu leaned on his thin shoulders, smiled for a while, then raised his hand to wipe his red eyes with his thumb.

"There will be a way," Shen Yu said, "Go and hear if the people outside have left."

Liang Heng tiptoed to the barn door according to the words, and listened for a while, and sure enough, Duan Yanling had led the people away, and the East Garden was quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing the trees.

He opened another slit, waited and watched for a while, then turned around and called Shen Yu: "They're all gone."

Shen Yu didn't respond, the barn was full of sacks of corn, he sat up propping up the sacks, slipped his hands, and felt something unusual in the gap.

"What's wrong?" Liang Heng walked over to have a look.

"Move the rice bag away." Shen Yu ordered him.

A corner of the box was exposed behind the piled rice bags, and the dust accumulation was serious. It was faintly visible that there were more boxes hidden behind.

"What is this?" Liang Heng asked.

Shen Yu already had a premonition in his heart, his nose was very sharp, and he smelled some kind of decaying smell.Duan Yanling said that Qiu Qianli's possession of gold and silver is useless, but how much salary can a Yuanyu Cheng have?

He also said to think of other ways, Shen Yu sighed: "It seems that God sent the way to us right now."

Shen Jin was drinking in her small courtyard.Wangdu City does not produce tea, but there is a steady stream of vendors who bring good tea from all over the world to Wangcheng every day, which is a great feast for Shen Jin's mouth.

Today, I am happy and leisurely, so I picked up a book to read.

After a while, Song Jun passed by and asked him, "Sir, have you seen Brother Yu today?"

"No," Shen Jin wondered, "Will he ask me where he goes?"

After a while, Xinzhou came to visit.

"Sir, Your Highness has been missing for a long time, have you seen it?"

Shen Jin was even more surprised: "No, do you want to ask me wherever your Highness goes?"

Xinzhou said politely: "It's just that His Royal Highness is often close to Mr.'s family, so I take the liberty to disturb you."

Song Jun's voice came from the front yard: "Are you back?"

Shen Jin and Xinzhou looked together, Liang Heng helped Shen Yu limped across the hallway.Liang Heng's outer robe was draped over Shen Yu's body, covering him tightly.

"It's really close, ahaha." Shen Jin admitted.

"It's not appropriate, Your Highness." Xinzhou also respectfully offered his opinion.

Shen Yu had a powdered face, let go of the hand covering his waist, and a bloody arrow shot out, staining Liang Heng's clean robe red.

"Ouch, my son!" Shen Jin jumped up, dropped the book on his knees, and there were a few coquettish characters on the rough linen paper on the cover——Wangdu Meinan Tuzhi.