Hypocrites

As soon as the wounded left, Shen Yu led Liang Heng away from the ruined temple.

According to him, there was a great battle on the Fuyang River last night, the passenger ship broke its strings, half of the ship was submerged in the water, the assassin and the passengers got into a mess, they were killed by the Taiwei during the chaos, and their bodies flowed down the river.At that time, he was entangled by the underwater assassin, and he didn't pay attention to it for a while, and Liang Heng disappeared in a blink of an eye. He was so anxious that he led Zou Fang and others to dive and search mountains.

The assassins were also looking for people in the mountains at night, and the muddy footprints they left gave them hope—at least Liang Heng was still alive, so the assassins would pursue them relentlessly.

There were several encounters in the mountains, there were only five guards on the platform, Shen Yu didn't dare to rush forward, and fought and retreated, which wasted a lot of time, so when he found the ruined temple on the top of the mountain, it was almost dawn.

The mountain town cannot stay for long, since the whereabouts have been exposed, it is better to enter the boundaries of the four towns in southern Sichuan as soon as possible.

Zou Fang bought two carriages and set off immediately.

The original intention was to give the master and the master one each, but unexpectedly the two naturally got into the same car.Liang Heng's original clothes were stained by Duan Yanling's blood, and Shen Yu bought him a new coat and a leather crown for him to put on.

For being in such a mess, Liang Heng didn't mean to blame the guards at all, but was worried about Shen Yu's waist and neck injuries. The master took it like this, that he didn't have the slightest majesty, and was too close.

"Don't move, let me see."

Shen Yu avoided it: "What's so interesting, it's my responsibility to get hurt, and I should be punished for getting you hurt."

Liang Heng looked at him quietly: "You know very well, I don't have the right, nor do I have the idea! Last night, Yanling was dying, and when I was taking care of him, I thought in my heart, if you sink to the bottom of the Fuyang River, Yanling will die." I also swallowed my breath, and tomorrow I will find a place to hang myself and go down to find you."

It was rare for Shen Yu not to blame him for talking nonsense, knowing that he was frightened, he touched his face, as if to comfort him, and let him lean on himself.

"Who wants to kill me?" Liang Heng said, "Could it be the third eunuch?"

Shen Yudao: "Not necessarily. The three beetles control the secrets of your father and son's life experience, but they want to manipulate you to use them for him. Only the living can use them, and the dead can do anything. If the three eunuchs know our whereabouts, then the one who came last night should It's the Southern Army, welcoming the emperor back to the palace."

Liang Heng said: "But you said that we were exposed when we were in Rongcheng. At that time, Rongcheng searched for people, but in the name of arresting death row prisoners, didn't they just want my life?"

"Pei Hui may not be a member of the three eunuchs." Shen Yu pondered, the disaster of the party, the death of the county guard Xu Chou, Shi Xing is an important support of the three eunuchs, and Pei Hui who was brought up should also be the third eunuch's confidant .However, the conversation with Jiang Zhi that day made him realize that there were three eunuchs in the court, and there was another hidden power on the other side.

If the first emperor's real confidant was someone else, Pei Hui might be a pawn in the competition between these two forces.

"One more thing," Shen Yu said, "We found a tattoo on the assassin's body, below the neck, it looks like a war horse."

He described the tattoo pattern, and Liang Heng heard it more and more familiarly, and suddenly asked: "Isn't this kind of tattoo very similar to the relief on the wooden box containing Emperor Shengwu's bone ring?" , Those who have seen and heard will never forget.

"Does it look like it?" Shen Yu had never seen it before.

"Like." Liang Heng was very confused, not understanding why the assassin had something to do with Emperor Xianhuan again.Shen Yu couldn't figure it out for a while, the bone ring was in the hands of the third official, so could it be that he was really sent by the third official?

But no matter who sent the assassins, they had only been away for a few days, and they came after them so quickly, the news would have leaked too quickly.Duan Yanling appeared again at this critical moment, and Shen Yu had to doubt him, because he blocked an arrow for Liang Heng and almost died and ruined the temple, so he didn't mention it for the time being.

But there is still something to say—"You said you risked being discovered by the assassin to find a doctor for him in the town at the foot of the mountain?"

Shen Yu's tone was very severe.

Liang Heng said in a daze, "Yeah, it's not very risky. It was raining and no one noticed me."

"Your life is more important than his life?"

"It's all important..."

"The duty of the two guards of Taiwan and Pavilion is to protect His Majesty. When will you be required to protect him?"

Liang Heng: "..."

He felt that Shen Yu didn't seem to be trying to reason with him, but was the fear of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and he blamed himself for not wrapping him in gold paper and putting him in a pearl and jade box, and the three armies set off in chariots for patrolling.

Liang Heng said, "Kiss one?"

Shen Yu's face immediately turned from serious to red, and he forgot to reprimand him, his ears and neck burned, and he turned his head away.Zou Fang was driving in front, with one hand dangling, watching his nose, nose, and heart, not to listen to insults.

I don't know if it was because they left quickly and drove lightly, and they disappeared in the convoy as soon as they got into the official road, so it was hard to identify; or it was because dozens of people were killed and injured in the battle of Qifeng Mountain, which shocked the people behind the scenes.Since then, they have changed to land and have not been ambushed again.

Enter Tianmen Town three days later.

When you come to southern Sichuan, there are many mountains and mountains.The name of Tianmen Town comes from its terrain, with towering peaks on both sides, swords pointing to the sky, and a narrow road in the middle. Look up like a slit of skylight.

It was like an entrance to the battlefield, guarded by generals who turned into rocks.

The fourth division of the General's Battalion, stationed in Tianmen Town is Liang Huang's vanguard unit, the Zhanguan Division.The Licheng tribe, led by Liang Huang himself, stationed troops in Linjiang Town, which is still some distance away from Tianmen.Tianmen Town is the first pass from the mainland to Zhuoshui.

The commander-in-chief of the Narrow Pass Department was named Lin and Zhu, whoever he was, Shen Yu and his party did not intend to alarm this person, but went straight to Jiangyin through Tianmen Town.

There are many merchants and escorts passing through Tianmen, and they lined up to pass through the narrow sky.Zhuoshui's northern and southern imperial courts are opposed, but it does not prevent the two sides of the strait from having commercial ports. The exchange of rare goods continues, and the news is very well-informed. I heard that Chao Renyi and his envoys have come to the north bank, and there will be no more wars soon, and the communication between the two sides is even more unscrupulous.

Tianmen Town is on a high ground, and to reach the foot of the mountain, one needs to abandon the car and climb the ladder on foot.Shen Yu and Liang Heng were mixed in the crowd. The stairs were a hundred steps high, the road was narrow and steep, and there were shrubs and branches on both sides.

In the middle of the journey, I suddenly heard a shout in front of me: "Get out of the way!" Several people exclaimed, accompanied by a rumbling sound, the ground trembled continuously.

"What's the matter?!" Zou Fang immediately became alert and took cover in front of the two of them.

But the crowd suddenly fell to the side of the road, like the wind blowing wheat waves, and a huge object rolled down the stone ladder in front of them - there were arm-length wooden poles on both sides of the huge stone ball, cutting off the bushes on the side of the road , The branches flew across!

"Oh!" Liang Heng shouted.

The stone ball was as strong as two people hugging each other. When it smashed into a hole, the crack quickly crawled to the feet of everyone, and it must have hurt several people.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!!"

Shen Yu swung his arms around Liang Heng, stomped on his toes, raised his breath and jumped more than ten feet, the flying sword came out of the sheath and cut off the wooden pole bound to one side of the stone ball in a blink of an eye.He led Liang Heng over the stone ball and landed lightly on the mountain ladder.

The stone ball with the broken wooden pole on one side was hung in the bushes by the wooden pole on the other side, deviated from the track, sank crookedly into the soil beside the road, and finally stabilized.

Pedestrians are still in shock.

The person who yelled "Get out of the way" finally came to him and asked, "Is anyone hurt?"

No one said a word.

The man went to check the stone ball again. The broken wooden pole on one side was lying on the ladder, and the rope was scattered into several pieces.He raised his head, fixed on Shen Yu at a glance, and rushed to the front with a very serious look.

Liang Heng thought it was something that broke him, and was looking for trouble, and was secretly pulling Shen Yu behind him, but the man said: "Young man, you react quickly, and you made a good move!"

He said he called Shen Yu young man, but in fact he was also very tender-skinned, short, with deep-set eyes, bright like stars, wearing a martial arts uniform with waist and leggings, very capable.

Standing on the high steps, Shen Yu lowered his head to stare at this person, and was about to teach him a lesson about keeping dangerous items safe, but found that this person was staring at the Erxie Sword firmly.

Cold light overflowed the sword body, gathered at the hilt, and slowly flowed out the engraved emblem of a six-petal lotus.

"Six-petaled lotus?" The man looked up, his eyes changed, "Jingliantai?"

Tianmen Town, General Mansion.The screeching of cicadas in the hot summer is like waves exploding in circles, and the green shade of mulberry and locust trees is layered, and the light spots are flying.In the hall, the heat was so steaming that people were sweating profusely.

The weapons hanging in the corner of the house, such as knives, guns, axes, halberds, battle-axes, bows, hammers... are made of fine iron, smooth as a mirror.

The not-so-tall young martial artist sat high on the main seat, thumping, stepping on the mat with his legs propped up.

"Who am I? Listen carefully, this general is the master of Tianmen Town, the chief general of the Narrow Pass Department, so is Lin Zhu."

"..."

Facing him, Liang Heng and Shen Yu exchanged glances.The three station guards outside the table also looked at each other in blank dismay.It's not that I don't believe it, after all, everyone has entered the general's mansion.It's just that the man in front of him looks like he is in his early twenties, so he may not be older than them, but he is the vanguard of the Southern Sichuan Army, General Lin Zhu?

Liang Heng cupped his hands and said, "Little General Lin?"

Lin Zhu's hair suddenly exploded: "What's so small? My general's son is already two years old!"

Liang Heng: "..." I couldn't help but feel ashamed.

According to Lin Zhu, the stone ball was originally a military training tool in the army. It weighed [-] stones. It took ten strong men to carry wooden poles on both sides to lift it up. The steps tumbled.The terrain of Tianmen Town is also strange, it is built on the mountain, and the general's mansion is located high above it. This ball rolled down and injured many people. Fortunately, Shen Yu took the shot.

"The disciples of Jingliantai, unexpectedly, I can meet again in my life. It is really a fate to meet me from thousands of miles away." Lin Zhu said with emotion.

"However," Shen Yudao, "I have never heard of what Jingliantai is."

Lin Zhu was very surprised: "You, you, your sword, isn't there a six-petaled lotus engraved on the hilt?"

Shen Yu nodded.

"Isn't your master surnamed Du?"

Shen Yu nodded again.

Lin Zhu said, "Isn't that right?"

Then he called his servants to pour tea and water, asked everyone to be calm, and began to tell a story that happened five or six years ago.