Rui Hegui

"Son..."

In the middle of the night, Zhao Liangyue vaguely heard the door being pushed open with a creak, followed by Youbai's slightly hoarse voice.

"what happened?"

"I am afraid……"

Youbai's voice was trembling, Zhao Liangyue frowned, hurriedly got up and fumbled to light up the lamp beside the bed, the dim light swept away the darkness, Zhao Liangyue looked at Youbai who ran into his room in the middle of the night.

Youbai was already sweating profusely at this moment, the hair on his forehead and sideburns was lying on his stomach miserably, his eyes were moist and red, he looked like a puppy brought back from the rain.

"Did you have another nightmare?"

"Hmm... I dreamed about the plague five years ago again. At that time, the prefect couldn't control the fleeing of the people, so he handed over the booklet to Beijing, and then..."

Then the imperial court sent a general and two censors there, the general directly chose to lead troops to intercept, and those who disobeyed would be shot to death. Finally, at the junction of Maozhou and Hezhou, the general intercepted the refugees fleeing westward. One survived.

"But did the entire 5000 people really die because they disobeyed orders? Young Master, we clearly saw it all! They were all running back, crying for mercy! They were not so-called mobs, they... "

As Youbai was talking, he fell to the ground, tears streaming down his face, eyes filled with fear and resentment.

"I know, I know it all."

Zhao Liangyue knelt down on the ground, hugged Youbai tenderly, patted him on the back lightly to comfort him, and the "□□" situation appeared in his mind uncontrollably.

Dawn is approaching, old people and children in ragged clothes, soldiers and horses in iron armor, and arrows overwhelming the sky, everything is like a hunt with great disparity in strength. The horses are fat and strong, galloping like thunder, and quickly surround the crowd. Blocked any possibility leading to life.

The people who were tortured by the plague and famine, weak and desperate, were driven to the middle like a flock, and then were pierced by the arrows. In less than half an hour, blood flowed into a river, and no one survived.

At that time, Zhao Liangyue and Youbai were hiding in the cave not far away, witnessing all this, Youbai was trembling all over, Zhao Liangyue hugged him tightly.

Obviously the rising red sun has sprinkled the warm sun on the earth, and obviously everything returned to silence soon, but they only felt the chills all over their bodies, and those desperate cries were infinitely elongated until they echoed in the depths of memory , Straight to the hearts of the people.

And the general who created this purgatory on earth is none other than Wang Yunming, the most popular commander of the hussar battalion in Beijing.

"In the dream, their blades were all red, full of blood...all blood!"

"And son... I saw it, I saw it."

Zhao Liangyue tightly hugged Youbai who was covered in cold sweat, and said softly: "It's okay, it's all over, just now was just a dream."

"No, it's not! I saw it during the day."

Zhao Liangyue was stunned for a moment, and asked, "You mean, you saw Wang Yunming?"

Youbai kept nodding: "It's him, I will never forget that face in my life, when he killed so many innocent people, but he smiled, a total of 2000 lives!"

Zhao Liangyue let out a long sigh, pressed Youbai on his shoulder, and said, "They will all be punished as they should be."

"But...my lord, can we really do it?" Youbai looked up at Zhao Liangyue, his voice choked up, "I saw that he was still enjoying himself in the capital, they, they must have forgotten it long ago, and they didn't even feel that they had What's wrong... Also, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and Xuefangyuan are testing you, are they really old friends of old Wang, are they just trying to kill the grass? They..."

"Youbai, look at me." Zhao Liangyue interrupted, "Didn't you say you believed what the teacher said and what I said? Then keep believing."

"Young master, I have always regarded you as my last relative in this world...I am afraid of you..."

"I know." Zhao Liangyue put his chin on Yubai's head, just like when he was a child, and said softly, "Trust me."

Youbai tightly clutched Zhao Liangyue's skirt, couldn't hold it anymore, and burst into tears wantonly.

Zhao Liangyue suddenly recalled a conversation with the teacher about this matter.

He asked the teacher: "The common people in the world are bustling and bustling. They are all for profit. They are all for profit. They use unscrupulous means to destroy humanity. Why haven't they been punished by God? And why don't many benevolent and righteous people who plead for the people die well?"

At that time, the teacher didn't answer him immediately, but just motioned him to look at Youbai not far away.

At that time, Youbai was using a wooden branch as a sword, practicing the swordsmanship that his master had given him before, every move, every move, every move, every move, every move, without knowing it.

Zhao Liangyue suddenly remembered what Youbai said to his teacher when he was apprenticed to his teacher before: "I'm stupid and not smart enough, but I want to have the ability to protect the people around me, so I'm not afraid of suffering."

Zhao Liangyue couldn't help smiling.

The teacher said: "This is the meaning of benevolence and righteousness. Guard the people around you, guard the people in the world, have a clear conscience, and die without regret."

With a clear conscience, nine deaths without regret.

Zhao Liangyue withdrew his memory and recited this sentence silently in his heart.

Yes, this is what he promised the teacher, and it is also his original intention and original intention to go to Beijing alone.

This night, the bright moon parted the layers of clouds, and Lang Lang brightly illuminated each other, like still water flowing deep, like the light of a sword hiding its sheath.

Early the next morning, Uncle Song was cleaning the courtyard, and saw Youbai wearing only early autumn clothes from a distance, so he immediately went to remind him:

"Hey, why are you wearing such thin clothes?" He said again, "Although you are a martial arts practitioner, you can't completely ignore yourself." Uncle Song said that he wanted to pull Youbai into the room to add clothes, but found that today Youbai He kept his head turned away, as if he was trying his best not to let others see his face.

Youbai smiled a little stiffly, and said, "Uncle Song, go do your work, I'll change it myself."

Seems to be something.

Uncle Song let go of Youbai's sleeves on purpose, and made a gesture of leaving. Taking advantage of Youbai's inattention, he turned around and saw Youbai's red and swollen eyes, probably crying.

"Youbai, did something happen to you?" Uncle Song held him back, "Look at the eyes are swollen, like steamed buns, if you have something to tell young master, don't worry about it."

"It's all right, it's just that flying insects got into my eyes." Youbai hurriedly began to explain.

"Where do flying insects come from in this cold weather, and they can get into two eyes at once? You child, you have something to say."

"It's all right, and Uncle Song, I'm not a child."

As he said that, Youbai pulled his sleeves and was about to slip away. When he saw Zhao Liangyue head-on, he paused. Almost instantly, he thought that he had a nightmare last night and went to his room to cry. He felt so ashamed, scratched his head depressedly, and then He jumped onto the roof and disappeared in an instant.

"Young master, this child..."

Zhao Liangyue looked at the direction in which Youbai was leaving, sighed lightly, and said, "It's okay, it's normal for a child to lose his temper and cry a little, so don't worry too much."

"That's fine."

"By the way, Uncle Song." Zhao Liangyue retracted his gaze and asked, "Do you know which shops are located on the street behind Feixia Building in the west of the city?"

Uncle Song thought about it, and said: "The shops near Feixialou are mostly expensive jewelry shops, and there are also two teahouses, but they are places where dignitaries go, and ordinary people rarely go there."

Zhao Liangyue nodded, and then asked: "Then there is a private house with few customers, and there are very few customers, so it's a bit deserted?"

"Indeed, it is at the end of that street." Uncle Song thought for a while and said, "The name of the house is Luming, and it is said that there lives a qin player from the south of the Yangtze River, with superb qin skills, but he rarely sees visitors, so he can't get it. "

"How about Xuefangyuan Rongge?"

Uncle Song shook his head and said, "In my humble opinion, it's mostly a means of gaining fame. How can that compare to the 'One Finger' that has been popular in the capital for many years?"

Zhao Liangyue smiled: "Then what is the meaning of Luming's existence?"

Uncle Song also smiled, and said: "It's fun for the rich and idle, I guess it's not bad for money."

"That kind of gold and silver area is really idle." Zhao Liangyue thought for a while, then murmured, "I guess nothing can be found in the other two places, it seems that it is Luming."

Uncle Song asked: "My lord, what do you want to investigate? Maybe I can help you."

Zhao Liangyue looked at Uncle Song, fell silent for a moment, and said, "It's nothing serious, it's an errand, go and call Youbai over."

Uncle Song tactfully stopped asking further questions, and said, "I don't know which roof the kid is staying at now, but he hasn't had breakfast yet, so I just need to go and light the fireworks, and he will probably show up."

Zhao Liangyue nodded, Uncle Song turned and walked to the kitchen.

"Uncle Song, there are other people in your family."

"Yes, but we haven't seen each other anymore. I did the crime myself." Uncle Song didn't turn his head, nor did he stop, his tone was so relaxed that he seemed to be talking about a trivial matter.

Zhao Liangyue went back to the study to continue reading, and after a while, Youbai came in through the window, with the word awkward written all over his face, with a cake in his mouth, it looked like Uncle Song had stuffed it for him.

Zhao Liangyue said: "Looking at your expression, those who didn't know thought you were going to eat me."

Youbai didn't speak, leaned on the desk to eat cakes in a muffled voice, with his back to Zhao Liangyue.

"It's delicious, eat more, and I'll ask Uncle Song to fix the whole banquet for you later."

Youbai turned his head suspiciously, looked at Zhao Liangyue's faint smile, and became even more confused.

Zhao Liangyue put down the book, looked at Youbai, and said, "There is something I need you to do."

"doing what?"

"Being a servant in someone else's mansion."

"Why should I be a servant in someone else's mansion?"

Zhao Liangyue handed the written note on the desk to Youbai, saying: "As usual, just check the matter on this note."

"Luming?" Youbai said, "It sounds so elegant, why is it related to the iron mine?"

"You don't need to ask any more questions, just search according to what I wrote, and if you find something on the way, come back and tell me, or go to the west bridge of the city to find me." Zhao Liangyue said, "Also, if there is an accident, get out and come back immediately."

Yubai nodded, read the note twice, and then put it away.

"By the way, remember to keep Uncle Song behind your back when you do things. It will take some time to check Luming this time, so you just say you have something important to go back to the Lord Maozhou's house."

"Carrying Uncle Song? It's good that Uncle Song is not a human being. He never treats me as a servant, but always takes care of me as a child."

"No, he has a problem." Zhao Liangyue frowned slightly, "At present, he only found clues, and he is not sure why he came."

"Then I can't leave the young master, what if he is unfavorable to you?"

"Didn't you just say that Uncle Song is all right?"

Youbai scratched his head, and said: "Don't you often say that people's hearts are like a belly, you must be more accurate than me in judging people, so I just trust you."

Zhao Liangyue smiled and said: "Then you also trust me, he won't do me any harm, just go and check the few things I wrote."

"By the way, you have to be careful of that minister of punishment, the one with peach blossom eyes."

"You should be careful."

"Be very careful!" Youbai looked at Zhao Liangyue's expression of disapproval, and sighed, "I have already asked, he is notorious in the capital, and he is merciless with that Xing Shuo."

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Zhao Liangyue answered perfunctorily, and Youbai wanted to say something, when Uncle Song came to knock on the door.

"My lord, Youbai, the rice is ready."

"Okay, eat quickly, or you won't grow taller." Zhao Liangyue teased him, which made him feel ashamed like Ah Bai.

"Son!"

"I know, I will be careful." Zhao Liangyue assured Youbai seriously.

Youbai just nodded, and his stomach grumbled, Zhao Liangyue couldn't help laughing out loud, Youbai had already forgotten the shyness of last night, and regained his thick skin, he laughed indifferently, and hurriedly ran out to eat.

In a blink of an eye, late autumn is coming to an end, and the winter cold hits first. Every time I get up early in the morning and open the door, the north wind will blow towards me.

In recent days, apart from occasional gatherings with a few young masters, Zhao Liangyue has to go out for fortune-telling no matter whether it is raining or cold. He was cold, and he refused to add some clothes, so he had to boil hot soup to warm his body every day when he came back.

At the beginning, Zhao Liangyue was wary of the deliberate revenge of two young masters from a certain family, but they never came to trouble Zhao Liangyue, but that young master surnamed He, no, it should be said that Mr. Chu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, came more diligently than anyone else. , Sometimes I have to stay by the hexagram booth for a long time, as sticky as the plaster prescribed in the medical clinic.

On this day, Zhao Liangyue appeared at the bridge in the west of the city in his usual tattered Taoist robe, before the stools were warmed up, Bandit Chu arrived.

"Xilin, you still have to come out every day in such a cold day? Didn't you say that, if you want to know something, just ask me directly." Chu bandit smiled, dragged the stool beside him and sat down, and walked away He touched the root stick in the stick and handed it to Zhao Liangyue.

Zhao Liangyue raised his head and glanced at those smiling peach blossom eyes, habitually took back the lottery he touched from Bandit Chu's hand, looked at it and said indifferently: "Today is fierce."

"Hey, why is it so fierce every time recently?" Chu bandit pretended to be worried, but his expression was relaxed, and it could even be said to be happy.

"It's not advisable to go out, Master Chu is better off staying in his mansion."

"That won't work, Xilin has come out to support his family in such weather, how can I stay in the mansion?"

Even if I support my family and not you, what does it matter to me where you stay?

Zhao Liangyue was a little speechless, he slandered a few words, sighed habitually, and said: "Lord Chu just said that he can inquire about things, but the grass-roots people really have something to ask."

"If you have anything to ask, don't call yourself a grassroots grassroots. How can you and I be so alien?"

Zhao Liangyue didn't want to talk to him about anything else, so he asked directly: "It's about the private house in Pingxuan Lane in the south of the city. I wonder if Lord Chu knows that there are two unusual private houses in the period?"

"Private house in the south of the city?" Chu bandit laughed, "This should be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and I don't go there often, so how do I know about this? Xilin thinks highly of me."

So Zhao Liangyue stopped talking, bowed his head and drank tea silently, ignoring Chu Bandit.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you, I'm not going to sell it anymore." Chu bandit tapped his finger on the table, "Pingxuan Lane in the south of the city, there are all three religions and nine streams, good and bad are mixed, and dignitaries don't look down on any of them, so no one will choose a house here. Therefore, most of the houses there are inhabited by foreign merchants and Jianghu people, and management has always been a headache. There are two unusual private houses, but there are two opposite elegant houses at the end of the alley, which are said to be used by dignitaries for entertainment and gatherings. But there are very few visitors, and there is no sign of doing business."

"It's so strange, didn't your lord's criminal department check it?" Zhao Liangyue asked.

Bandit Chu narrowed his peachy eyes when he heard the words, looked at Zhao Liangyue who was sitting upright wearing a bamboo hat, approached and smiled and said, "Did Xilin want to ask about the internal affairs of the Ministry of Punishment? Come to me after your imperial examination and want to know Whatever is there."

Zhao Liangyue smiled lightly, and said: "It seems that those two private houses are really a trick."

"Xi Lin saw it so quickly?"

"No, it's just a guess, but once your lord says that, I'm sure it must have nothing to do with it."

Bandit Chu smiled, and said: "It seems that I was tricked by Xilin. I'm so smart, I'm afraid I won't be able to rise to the top and become my boss in the future."

"Your Excellency, you can really joke. A dignified third-rank official is a dragon and a phoenix among people. If I can get a sixth-rank idle job in the sixth department in the future, I will already be a glorious ancestor."

"Oh, is that so?" Bandit Chu looked straight at Zhao Liangyue with those peach blossom eyes again, clearly separated by a layer of white gauze, but every time Zhao Liangyue felt that he could see all his expressions, in front of this person, It seems that the more hidden things are, the more it seems that there is no silver 300 taels here.

What's more, Zhao Liangyue knew that he did have ambitions, and that was the ambition that surged like a stormy wave when the teacher held his head with his withered hands and looked at him full of hope.He has been hiding secrets and being careful, but this does not mean that no one can see through his hiding depth.

Zhao Liangyue sighed lightly, and said: "Xuanshan is in decline, and there is a great ambition, but most people in the world love each other, but they are not appointed by each other. The adults are dragons and phoenixes, and they are above ten thousand people. It is difficult to laugh at me." A sweet dream?"

"No, I hope Xilin's dream will come true." Chu Bandit said this so sincerely that people couldn't tell the truth from it, and then he took out a long box from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Liangyue, saying, "By the way, What Xilin wants to know, I have brought you."

Zhao Liangyue frowned slightly, looked up at Bandit Chu who had a suave smile on his face, but the smile didn't reach his eyebrows, and asked, "What is this?"

"It's a dossier from 13 years ago, a major treason case that caused an uproar in the court."

Zhao Liangyue was startled, with a bad premonition in his heart, and an indescribable fear in his heart.

Chu Bandit: "At that time, Daxu was in turmoil, and accidents happened frequently in the frontiers and states and counties. Whether it was an uprising or foreign invasion, it was no surprise. Who in the world did not scold the court? It's just that few people later Mentioned, the imperial court does not want it, the common people dare not, as time goes by, I am afraid they will all forget it.”

Zhao Liangyue stroked the box in his hand, and said: "The dossier of the Ministry of Punishment, I don't think it is suitable."

"No one is more suitable than you."

"Master Chu is so selfish and bent the law, I should read it carefully."

"For your own people, bending the law for personal gain is nothing." Chu bandit rolled his eyes and invited again, "Xi Lin, come to the Ministry of Punishment in the future. I will always take you by my side and pass on the mantle to you hand in hand, for half a cent." No reservations."

Zhao Liangyue ignored Chu Bandit's stupid words, raised his sleeves and put the box away.

"Hiss, the wind is blowing deliberately, and the cold air is blowing over." Bandit Chu said, looking around, and said to Zhao Liangyue, "Xi Lin, you see, I didn't find anyone to tell my fortune, but the two of us together Go to a teahouse for a cup of hot tea?"

No one came to tell the fortune. Is it because your reputation is so bad that everyone avoids you?

Zhao Liangyue sighed lightly, looked up at the sky, there were dark clouds coming in the distance, he was afraid that in half a stick of incense time, it would be cold and rainy, and he and Chu Bandit would hide from the rain together, maybe the two of them would stay alone. The servant talked nonsense again, which made him upset, so he said to Chu bandit, "I have something to do at home today, and it's just cold, so I'll go back early."

As he said that, Zhao Liangyue got up to pack his things, Chu Bandit also extended his hand to help, he was very attentive, people who didn't know thought that Zhao Liangyue's fortune-telling was more like a god, so that Chu Bandit, the evil head of the Ministry of Punishment, could personally respect the virtuous.

"I'll take Xilin back."

"Don't bother your lord."

Chu Bie smiled: "Could it be that Xilin is afraid that I will know where you live?"

Zhao Liangyue also smiled: "Your Excellency knows my whereabouts like the palm of your hand, so it's possible that you still don't know where I live?"

Chu Bandit shook his head, with a sincere tone: "How can I know your whereabouts so well? Every time I meet you, it is because of fate."

"..." Zhao Liang became more silent, packed up his things and was about to go back.

"But Xilin doesn't want me to give it away, so I won't force you." Chu Bandit smiled, "Then see you next time."

After all, Chu Bandit turned and left, making Zhao Liangyue a little puzzled - it seemed that he didn't really want to send him back, but he was a big man, what would it be like to ask him to send him back and forth?

Zhao Liangyue took the good things and went to the butcher shop in the southwest as usual.

"Are you here again?" The owner of the butcher's shop saw Zhao Liangyue, frowned, and said, "I said Banxian, every time you come here to ask me everything, and you don't buy anything, isn't this delaying my business? "

The more the boss talked, the more annoyed he became, thinking that the fortune teller would come to ask himself every three days, how to butcher a pig, how to kill a pig, which meat is good, which meat is good for firewood, and which meat will not grow long. Before leaving, he even wandered around his butcher's shop with a stick, muttering something, his behavior was very weird!As a result, rumors spread all over the street, saying that his butcher shop had been attacked by evil things. He argued with others and was warned that this is the famous Zhao Banxian, the living Bodhisattva of Shi Enbuze under Heng En Temple, and he must never Can not be offended.

So, the boss could only keep looking at Zhao Banxian, who couldn't beat or scold him, as he was now, with hatred.

Zhao Liangyue didn't take it seriously, stepped forward and said: "Boss, today I want to ask..."

Before Zhao Liangyue finished speaking, the boss said in a crying voice: "Half Immortal, if you are really fine, you can sit at the tea stall over there and drink tea, and don't disturb my business anymore!"

Zhao Liangyue didn't seem to hear, and said again: "Boss, I want to ask today, how to preserve the meat so that it tastes the best?"

The boss took a deep breath, told himself not to be impulsive, and decided not to pay any attention this time, and lowered his head to do his own work.

"Boss, there are several holes in your clothes, it's time to change them."

The boss still ignored Zhao Liangyue, thinking, there is a good dress, where can I get the money for a new one?And raise a wife and children.

Zhao Liangyue didn't seem to notice that he was being left out in the cold, and he said to himself: "Minced meat is rare, and only the rich are tired of it."

Seeing that Zhao Liangyue was still chattering, talking about unintelligible principles, the boss couldn't help complaining: "Half fairy, I have to hurry up and cut up the meat ordered by the masters, and deliver it on time later." Go, maybe I can get some rewards, I really don't have time to accompany you."

"Is this Zhao Banxian?"

A few people with dark bunts suddenly appeared next to the butcher shop. The boss looked up and knew that they were servants of a rich family.

Zhao Liangyue, who was from Zheye just now, turned around when he heard the words, and cupped his hands once: "I'm right here."

The other party respectfully returned the gift: "My lord is Wei Xinglin, the Minister of the Household Department. I heard that Zhao Banxian has a clever plan, and I want to invite a teahouse for a small gathering, and I hope Zhao Banxian will make it happen."

Hearing the words, the boss couldn't help opening his eyes wide, with a shocked expression on his face, and muttered in a low voice: "Master Wei personally invited, could it be that he is really a living god in the world, can I ask him to count a few hexagrams in time?"

Wei Xinglin, the servant of the household department, is an upright and upright official, known as the "iron-faced servant of the household department", and a veteran of the two dynasties.

A few days ago, Zhao Liangyue met an old eunuch who had returned to his hometown for fortune-telling, so he found out from his mouth that there were five old officials who were in charge of the Jianning jade plaque.That is to say, the teacher handed over a fake Jianning jade plaque to himself as protection, which should be an agreement with one of them.

Therefore, Zhao Liangyue pretended to be acting strangely here to attract people's attention, so as to attract those who have an appointment to take the initiative to look for him.

Looking at it now, the one who had an appointment with the teacher back then was Wei Xinglin among the five veteran ministers.

Zhao Liangyue turned around and said with a smile to the servant: "It's a serious word, it's my honor to be invited by Master Wei."

"Please."

Saying that, the servant led Zhao Liangyue away.

The owner of the butcher shop watched Zhao Liangyue and others leave, and was amazed. When he looked away, he found a bag of silver beside the meat case. Stone becomes gold."

Zhao Liangyue followed his servants to a teahouse. Different from the extravagance of Feixialou, this teahouse is quite out of the way, rather old, and there are not many customers, but it is neatly tidied up, and the windows are bright and clean.

Zhao Liangyue was taken up to the second floor, and when he looked up, he saw an old man sitting by the window through the beaded curtain. His temples were white, his body was thin, and he was old. Sorry, but that deliberately straight back has its own character.

Wei Xinglin kept looking out of the half-open window, and turned his head when he heard footsteps.

The servant opened the bead curtain, and Zhao Liangyue walked in to salute: "Cao Min pays homage to Master Wei."

Only then did Zhao Liangyue notice that there was a red clay stove beside Wei Xinglin, on which tea was cooking.

"Come here..." Wei Xinglin opened his mouth, his voice was muffled and low, not very clear, so he coughed a few times to clear his throat, and said, "Come here, talk to this old man alone."

Zhao Liangyue obeyed, took off his bamboo hat and stepped forward.

"You guys back down." Wei Xinglin waved the crowd away, let Zhao Liangyue sit opposite him, raised his slightly trembling hand, and bowed to lift the small pot on the stove, Zhao Liangyue extended his hand to do it for him, but Wei Xinglin refused.

"The old man doesn't have any good tea to entertain. A cup of hot crude tea should be used to warm up in the cold weather."

Zhao Liangyue took the hot tea from Wei Xinglin, and said: "Caomin can still drink a cup of hot tea in the restaurant, it's hard to say whether the people in Xuzhou can survive the New Year's Eve."

Wei Xinglin glanced at Zhao Liangyue, and said: "This time you have made insinuations against the imperial court, you are very courageous."

Zhao Liangyue smiled and said: "Master Wei, isn't it just waiting for Cao Min's words?"

Wei Xinglin half-closed his eyes and looked at Zhao Liangyue, stroked the teacup in his hand with his fingertips, laughed loudly, and said, "It seems that the person sent by the big lunatic must also be a little lunatic."

Zhao Liangyue was neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "Going against the world, seeing wealth as floating clouds, and wanting to achieve unprecedented things, insisting on moving forward, you are probably crazy."

Wei Xinglin picked up the teacup, looked at the puff of steam, and said, "Cooking tea is cumbersome, but it's easy to cool the tea. Just having blood, it's easy to be extinguished in this capital."

"The world is unpredictable, so let's wait and see."

Zhao Liangyue spoke firmly, and Wei Xinglin drank the tea in his cup, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Before your teacher left Beijing, he made an agreement with the old man that he would definitely send Da Xu another great talent to help the country, and he will use that A piece of Jianning jade tablet is a token. Because the Jianning jade tablet is a fake, and this old man is the only veteran who is responsible for the Jianning jade tablet, so no matter who you hand it to in Beijing, it will end up in this old man's hands."

Zhao Liangyue frowned slightly, and said: "As for the teacher, this junior has never known his real name and identity."

Wei Xinglin's hand holding the cup trembled, and sighed: "He has been away from Beijing alone for 13 years. He has never heard from him, and his life and death are unknown. Many times, the old people in Beijing thought he had already left."

"Teacher, his alias is Wang Shitong in Maozhou. The younger generation was lucky to meet him five years ago. Since then, he has been in Xuanshan, Maozhou."

"Then, has he mentioned to you the old things and old people in Beijing?"

"Never."

"Then... is he okay now?"

Zhao Liangyue lowered his head, calmed down, and said, "Teacher, he passed away a year ago."

Wei Xinglin was startled when he heard the words, the teacup in his hand dropped and shattered.

In the past, once we parted, let alone years, and heard about the old man again, it was already a yin and yang separation.

Zhao Liangyue got up and cupped his hands towards Wei Xinglin, saying: "The teacher has entrusted his long-cherished wish to the students before his death, and the students will definitely live up to his entrustment!"

Wei Xinglin snorted coldly, then laughed twice, and said: "It seems that he only entrusted you with the wish of the common people in his eyes, but he never wanted his reputation to be restored to the world. You don't even know who he is." have no idea."

"I hope the adults will tell me!"

Wei Xinglin looked at Zhao Liangyue, and said, "You know, your teacher was the emperor's teacher 13 years ago, and the former Shangshu Wang Taboo of the Ministry of Punishment."

Zhao Liangyue frowned when he heard the words, the situation in his eyes was changing.

"You should have guessed it a long time ago." Wei Xinglin coughed twice, and said, "You guessed that your teacher must have a high status in Beijing, and was involved in struggles and traveled far away, but you never thought that it was actually the teacher back then. Emperors, masters and kings taboo."

Zhao Liangyue furrowed his brows deeply, and said: "This junior thinks that Wang's surname is also chosen as an alias."

Wei Xinglin looked at the void in the sky, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm also quite surprised, he always hated his birth from the Wang family, and thought it was just his bondage, but he never thought that when he chose an alias, he would keep the Wang surname. "

"So, teacher, he is from the Wang family in the east of the city?"

"Yes."

"Then why is the teacher living outside, and his evening scene is miserable, but the palace in the east of the city is still prominent in the court and dignified in the world?"

Wei Xinglin sighed: "The current Wang family is the lineage led by Wang Xian, Minister of the Ministry of War, and the starting point of Wang Xian's rise to the top is the selfless exposure of his cousin, your teacher's treasonous act."

Zhao Liangyue is so smart, he has already made a lot of guesses about the past in his heart, his lips moved, his pupils trembled slightly, and after a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Wang Xian is selfless? I am afraid it is what the teacher wants, it is a different situation in the world , what the people wanted, so he betrayed the aristocratic family, so the aristocratic family also abandoned him, right?"

"Yes, the old man said, your teacher is a lunatic, he never looked like a child of a family."

"13 years..." Zhao Liangyue could only feel the bitterness in his mouth, "It's been too long, the world may have forgotten it long ago."

"There are always people who don't forget." Wei Xinglin's eyes showed a sharp light, "He doesn't care about it, someone cares for him. He doesn't care about the quagmire, but he is not the one who should stay in the quagmire."

Zhao Liangyue bowed solemnly, and said: "Teacher treats me with great kindness, as long as it is useful, I will be absolutely heartbroken."

"I hope you can inherit one or two of his talents."

Wei Xinglin slowly turned sideways, looked at the dark clouds outside the window, and after a while, said: "The heavy rain is coming soon, you should go back quickly, as for other things, when the time comes, you don't need to tell me, you will understand know."

Zhao Liangyue had mixed feelings in his heart, he only felt that the file in his sleeve seemed to weigh a thousand catties, so he paused for a while, and bowed out.

Wei Xinglin watched Zhao Liang walk away, and suddenly fell to the side, and the servant rushed in immediately.

"grown ups!"

"Ahem..." Wei Xinglin reluctantly sat back with the help of his servant, swallowed the pill handed over, took a few breaths, and said to the servant, "The old man is fine, and don't tell Madam."