Hypocrites

In the evening, the sun is thinning to the west, and the setting sun is burning.

The roof of Zhangyi Palace looks like molten gold.

Finally, after confirming that nothing was lost or missing in the Sun Chamber, Xinzhou locked the room, short of affixing a seal to indicate that no one except Liang Heng himself could enter this room.

Retreating to the corridor, seeing no one around, Liang Heng was walking out with a brisk pace that was about to slip out again.

Xinzhou chased after him, and there were a few short sounds of stopping in his throat.

Liang Heng stopped and talked to him: "I know where Shen Yu is."

When Lian Zhen went crazy, he would cry and make a scene, but Liang Heng couldn't tell the difference. Sometimes what he said calmly or with a smile made people secretly startled.

"In Wangdu City, he didn't know many people. There was a brother named Song, and Cui Ji. Cui Ji went back to Ruyang early. There was only one other, I don't know his name. I used to go to him I saw them from time to time. That day in the woods, I saw them both, and I thought it was a dream. It is very likely that he is temporarily staying in that house."

Xinzhou didn't speak, and he couldn't speak at all, wondering where Duan Yanling was at the time, and only by calling him could he control Liang Heng.

Liang Heng glanced at him: "I'm going out of the palace, do you want to inform Qiu Zhiyuan again?"

Xinzhou: "..."

"Go," Liang Heng said with a smile, "tell him to follow Qiu Zhiyuan and stop following me. Even if you cut off your limbs this time, you won't be allowed to come back."

Shinshu's remaining palm trembled slightly.

In Xishi Bookstore, the boss is resting in the drunkard's chair.

The store's business is more relaxed than the mutton shop next door that uses footwashing water to wash pots.

Someone walked in, and the boss raised his eyelids.As the twilight turned dark, the young man seemed to have seen him somewhere, which made the boss feel familiar.

"Buy a book?"

"Wait for the guests."

The boss smiled and said, "Wait for a whole day and there won't be any. Only acquaintances come to this store."

Liang Heng nodded, picked up the scroll and read it patiently.

The boss ignored him and continued to doze off. After a while, the market bell rang and the market was closed today.The boss said: "I won't come today."

Liang Heng put down the scroll, dragged his feet and left the book shop with the boss.

"Waiting for a friend? Wouldn't it be convenient to go directly to his home and find him?"

Liang Heng said: "I don't know where he lives, I only know that he might come to this store."

The boss expressed his understanding and sighed: "In the past, there were always young people who came to my place for gatherings, but now all of them are separated."

The next day, Liang Heng came again, the boss was not surprised, and enthusiastically gave him his drunken chair.Liang Heng nestled in the chair and felt sleepy, his eyes narrowed and opened for a while.

On the third day, Xinzhou stopped Liang Heng from leaving, humming for a while.

"I don't understand what you're talking about," Liang Heng said disgustedly, "Get out of the way, maybe Shen Yu will go to the bookstore today."

On the fourth day, Qiu Zhiyuan came after hearing the news.

"I heard that your majesty has been out of the palace frequently recently. How many times have you said that the country is the most important thing, and the safety of the emperor is more important than Mount Tai. If your majesty does not obey the rules, it will be difficult for the ministers to do so."

Qiu Zhiyuan was eight feet tall, condescending, he called His Majesty, but he treated Liang Heng like a child.Liang Heng wondered: "Who bothers Chang Shi with these trivial matters? Xinzhou? With his current appearance, Chang Shi can still understand him?"

Xinzhou stood respectfully behind Liang Heng, and was put together by the emperor for no reason, and did not complain about his grievances.Qiu Zhiyuan was impatient with Xinzhou, he was no longer needed, and now Siji was by his side, bowing to the emperor.Someone is covering him, and he is confident.

Liang Heng pretended to suddenly realize: "Siji has also been favored by the Servant? Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to Gaosheng."

The little emperor's words were neither yin nor yang, and he was very piercing. Qiu Zhiyuan kept his face and didn't pay attention to a rabbit's jumping feet.

"Since that's the case, I've allowed Siji to follow me, so as not to cause Chang Shi Ping to worry in vain."

Liang Heng went to the bookshop again, and the boss greeted him: "Did you bring friends today?"

Liang Heng told Siji: "Get out and wait outside, your master and I are right here in the shop, I won't run away."

"Is it your servant?" The boss brought a reclining chair for him.

Liang Heng lay down comfortably: "It's the watchdog. Do you have a blanket? It's so cold in winter."

"Go home if you want to be warm, young master."

Siji was summoned by Liang Heng to buy charcoal fire in the city, and placed it in the shop to burn it, which made her warm a lot.The boss and Liang Heng each had a chair, both drowsy.

When I dreamed, I was in the Chu Palace for a while, and in the Zhangyi Palace for a while, and the time seemed to be blown away by the wind, and I didn't know where I went.

"Boss, sleepy during the day, business is gone."

When a guest comes, the boss gets up to greet him.The voice was a bit familiar, Liang Heng looked at the man - he looked very young, and was well dressed.

He nestled behind the pile of books, the man couldn't see him, took the book, turned around and walked out of the store.Liang Heng stood up immediately, picking up a stack of heavy wooden tablets.

Siji is indeed a loyal watchdog, Liang Heng just stepped out, he hurriedly said: "Where are you going?"

Liang Heng ordered him: "Turn around."

Siji agreed, and then he was hit hard on the back of the neck, and his eyes fell to the ground.

boss:"……"

Liang Heng put the wooden tablets that had beaten someone on the bookstall outside the store, and said lightly: "Leave him alone, boss, I'm leaving, someone will come to pick him up later."

The man carried a stack of bamboo slips and walked through the streets and alleys of Wangcheng, from this bustling street to that remote alley, and finally got out, and entered a house in the brightly lit Nanlu.

The house boy opened the door for him, and the scenery in the house disappeared in a flash.

Liang Heng followed slowly, looking at the lintel of the house.This house is actually not far from Niu Yuan, and I don't know if the owner carefully avoids it when he goes out, don't let Niu Lu find out.

knock knock --

The gate of Jinzhu opened a crack.

"Find your master."

The doorman asked, "Who is the guest's name?"

Liang Heng thought for a while, and answered him: "Up to Cui and down to Ji."

In less than three breaths, Deng Yang came, probably he was called back by the porter before he walked out of the porch.He heard his voice before seeing him: "Brother Cui! Brother Cui! Why did you come to Wangdu..."

The person standing outside the door was clearly not Cui Ji, the remaining half of the words were stuck in Deng Yang's throat, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost, his face turned pale with horror.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

He recognizes me, Liang Heng thought to himself, he was afraid that this would happen, he would not be able to deal with it at all, why did Brother Yu find such a person.

"I, I, I," Deng Yang was about to cry, "the grass people are guilty, no, the grass people are wronged!"

Liang Heng pushed him: "What crime do you have? Harboring the imperial court's criminals?"

Deng Yang fell, and was forced back step by step by Liang Heng.

"You think I'm going to kill him?"

"I want to kill him, why did he come alone? I should call in the Southern Army, raze your little broken yard to the ground, and then hang you and him at the south gate, without food and drink, exposed to the wind and sun for seven days and seven nights." , find someone to read the crimes of the two of you every day, and kill chickens to make an example to monkeys."

Deng Yang was so frightened that he trembled, his teeth chattering.

Liang Heng waited for him to recover, if there was no one who lost his composure more than him at this moment, he would be the one who couldn't restrain himself and went crazy.It doesn't look good when anyone is crazy.

"I want to see him," Liang Heng panted, "let me see him."

Deng Yang's courtyard is not broken at all, even very delicate.There is a strict organizational system for building a courtyard in Wangcheng. It is neither official nor expensive. There are restrictions on the land occupation and the height of the watchtower. Deng Yang’s family is only a businessman.

There is a thick windshield curtain hanging on the veranda, pearls and jade are dropped at the two corners, wool blankets are spread on the floor, and earth dragons are burning in the house, and the bare feet are as warm as warm jade.

Medicine was still being boiled in the room, and the smell filled the tip of his nose, making Liang Heng suddenly fearful.His father died surrounded by such a smell, which made Liang Heng almost associate the smell of medicine with death.

There was a soft couch in the back, and two quilts were piled up on the couch, Shen Yu was buried in it, sleeping, his lips were pale.

"What's wrong with him?" Liang Heng didn't notice that his hands were shaking.

Deng Yang glanced at him: "I've had typhoid fever for a few days, and it won't get better."

"So you haven't been to the bookstore for a long time, and you are taking care of him?" Liang Heng asked.

Deng Yang: "Huh?"

Liang Heng lay on the side of the couch, touching Shen Yu's face with his fingertips, it was icy cold.He smiled briefly, and whispered, "Brother Yu?"

Shen Yu fell into a deep sleep.

Deng Yang said: "If you drink the medicine, you will sleep for a long time, and you won't be able to wake up."

Liang Heng couldn't hear anything, only the person in front of him.The blood all over his body was boiled by the charcoal fire, rumbling past his ears.Has Shen Yu changed?It seems that nothing has changed.His eyebrows are sharper than before, and his facial features are more profound. Is it because he has lost weight?

He hoped that Shen Yu could see him as soon as he opened his eyes, but the hostile eyes of Shen Yu's ghost in his dream made him breathless.Once Shen Yu wakes up, he will know whether he is hated or still favored.

Deng Yang said: "Your Majesty... shall we go outside to talk?"

Liang Heng nodded, and touched Shen Yu's face before leaving, thinking that if he didn't touch it now, it wouldn't be a loss if he couldn't touch it later.

Deng Yang took him to the hall.

"A few days ago, Caomin was cleaning Master Shen's house in Wangcheng, and Yu Geer went north to the city," Deng Yang stated nervously, "Before the accident, Master Shen just asked him to go out of the city to run errands, so he escaped. Ruyang County has been hiding in hiding for more than two years. It just so happens that... Your Majesty is honored as a great treasure and pardoned the world, so he will see the light of day."

The first emperor ordered Liwu Hou Shanguan to behead all of Shen's families. Shen Yu was Shen Jin's son. Without thinking too much, Liang Heng could have guessed that Shanguan must have dispatched Ruyang's garrison to search and arrest the whole city.To have a chance to escape from the net of heaven and earth, I don't know how Shen Yu did it.

But luckily he did.

Deng Yang was not in the mood of Liang Heng's rejoicing, obviously Shen Yu had told him some experiences, which made Deng Yang feel that it is better to die generously than to live in vain.Grinding one's bones in the dust is painful.

Time was limited, Liang Heng couldn't stay for too long, so he asked some urgent questions, such as Shen Yu's condition.Deng Yang consulted a few doctors, they said it was wind-cold, and the charcoal fire dispelled the cold in the body, and he recovered, but he still hasn't recovered in the past few days.

"I asked the disease doctor from the Internal Medicine Department to take a look," Liang Heng said worriedly, "Medical Officer Mai is very skilled in medicine. In the past, every time I had typhoid fever, Xinzhou would call him. You can take care of me."

Deng Yang didn't know how to reply, and finally said respectfully: "Caomin complies."

Damn it, the Deng family has been looking forward to an official for generations, and now he, Deng Yang, is under the emperor's eyes, but he can only call himself a "grassman".

After sending it to the door, Liang Heng thought again: "Did you know that your house is next door to Niu Lu Mansion?"

Deng Yang: "..."

"Niu Lu has a feud with Brother Yu, so it's best to avoid people from Niu Yuan."

Deng Yang had no choice but to say: "Yes, the grassroots obey the order."