Rui Hegui

"Master Xing just tried to test Youbai, but what doubts do you have? Why don't you ask me."

Zhao Liangyue followed Xing Shuo, walked around the front hall of Jinluan Guards, and walked northwestward.

"It's just that people who practice martial arts see an opponent with good martial arts and want to learn from each other." Xing Shuo looked back at Zhao Liangyue and asked, "I'm just curious. Your economical talent and Yubai's peerless martial arts are both Where did you learn it from?"

Zhao Liangyue smiled, and said: "There are so many talented people in the world, and Youbai and I are not very talented."

"Wolong is just self-effacing, you and I are smart people, so there is no need to beat around the bush."

"In Master Xing's opinion, who will Yubai's and I's teacher be?"

Xing Shuo didn't answer right away, but after walking for a while, he said, "At least in Maozhou, there are no such strange people."

"Master Xing seems to care more about who my teacher is than I am?"

"Then will you tell me?"

"No, the teacher is a hermit who has retired from the world and doesn't like being disturbed by others."

Xing Shuo frowned slightly, then relaxed it, and smiled.

"arrive."

The two stopped in front of a courtyard where the atmosphere was obviously different from other places. There were faint screams coming from inside. When the gatekeeper opened the courtyard door, the screams were immediately heard clearly.

Xing Shuo turned his head and smiled at Xing Shuo; "Please?"

Zhao Liangyue walked in calmly without changing his expression.

Xing Shuo beckoned for an attendant to come over, whispered something, and then told him to do it quickly.

"The dungeon of the Jinluan Guard was specially approved and built by Emperor Yuan Sui when he ascended the throne and established the Jin Luan Guard. Countless high-ranking officials of the gentry were imprisoned here. No matter how hard their bones are, they can only open their mouths obediently here."

Entering the courtyard and passing through an open space for performing martial arts, it is the entrance to the dungeon. The plaques on the wall are extremely hideous and bloodthirsty.Xing Shuo walked down the stairs, not forgetting to introduce Zhao Liangyue.

Zhao Liangyue just listened silently without asking any questions.

After entering the dungeon, the rotten stench and bloody smell rushed to the face, which was disgusting.

When the prisoners inside saw Xing Shuo, they all felt like encountering the devil of Hades, and couldn't help but back away. There were also crazy and demented ones who yelled at Xing Shuo, but Xing Shuo didn't care. Finally, it stopped outside one of the interrogation rooms, where the screams of the dungeon came from.

Seeing Xing Shuo coming, the laborers guarding outside the house rushed over to salute.

"Have you recruited yet?"

"Go back to my lord, not yet."

Xing Shuo looked at the laborer, feeling suffocating, and asked, "Is the punishment that should be used useless?"

"Return...return to your lord! The subordinates have been interrogating here day and night."

"Really?" Xing Shuo's tone was light and airy, but the hard labor was already full of cold sweat.

"Then kill it, I will come in person, who let these hard bones get around my good interest." Xing Shuo patted the shoulder of the laborer, "Are you right?"

"Respect your orders!"

Xing Shuo pointed to the door with his chin and said, "Open."

With a creak, the door was opened, and the smell of blood rushed to the sky, making people sick. Zhao Liangyue frowned immediately, and when he looked up, he saw the five people tied to the rack inside, all bloody and shocking.

"My son Xingshuo, you will never get what you want in this life! Besides, the Han family has so much kindness to our family, how can you be a villain and make people laugh? You will understand the word loyalty, and you will always be the shameless people who betrayed your relatives and superiors!" One of the men, who was around forty, yelled like crazy when he saw Xing Shuo coming in.

Hearing this, Xing Shuo's eyes fluctuated, he took two steps forward, and pinched the man's jaw, only to hear a click, blood came from his mouth immediately, trembling all over, he couldn't speak anymore, because his tongue had been forcibly used by him. Teeth cut off.

Xing Shuo looked at the other four people again, dizzy, crippled, and even a little angry all glared at him, wishing to chew them up.

"It seems that he doesn't want to live anymore." Xing Shuo waved his hand, and ordered the subordinates in the room, "There is no need for another trial, kill him."

"Yes."

After Xing Shuo gave his orders, he took Zhao Liangyue out of the dungeon, and when he arrived at the empty martial arts space, Zhao Liangyue took several breaths.

"Young Master Zhao must have never seen such a bloody scene, do you feel sick?"

"I'm not a slave. I don't stay in it every day. It's human nature to feel uncomfortable."

Xing Shuo smiled, looked at Zhao Liangyue, and asked, "Then are you afraid?"

"No." Zhao Liangyue's tone was very firm, because he had seen even more horrific purgatory on earth, where most of the prisoners were the losers of infighting, and the [-] victims who fled from the border of Maozhou five years ago suffered indeed. It is a man-made disaster, how innocent and hopeless they are!

At this time, the screams just now had disappeared, which meant that the heads of the five people had fallen to the ground.

Xing Shuo asked Zhao Liangyue, "Does Mr. Zhao know who those five people are?"

"I don't know."

"Then let me tell you, he is the confidant of Hua Jingshi, the former Minister of the Household Department." Xing Shuo smiled, and said, "The Hua family used to be the retainers of the Han family, and later became officials. Their influence once took root in the Household Department. , and made a lot of credit for Han Wenyun."

Zhao Liangyue recalled the situation just now, thought for a moment, and said: "It seems that Han Wenyun gave up on them."

"Yes." Xing Shuo said, "It's just that they are still loyal to Han Wenyun."

Zhao Liangyue: "I'm afraid Mr. Xing used countermeasures, but it seems that only Prime Minister Han has become suspicious, and the Hua family is still willing to trust their master, and they are not afraid of death."

"Someone said Mr. Zhao is very smart, and it seems that's true." Xing Shuo looked at Feiyan who had returned from Tianji's recovery, and sighed, "It's just that I really can't figure out why the Hua family was blinded by what. You will be loyal to Han Wenyun only if you have both eyes."

Zhao Liangyue smiled slightly.

"Why is Mr. Zhao laughing?"

"I'm laughing, Mr. Xing may have misunderstood the Hua family."

"how do I say this?"

Zhao Liangyue looked back at the dungeon, and asked: "Just now, that man started to yell at Mr. Xing when Mr. Xing entered. He scolded in a very orderly manner. It sounds like there is nothing wrong with him."

Xing Shuo frowned upon hearing this, and said, "Listen?"

"Although Mr. Xing is calm on the face, he must be eager to learn something from Huajiakong, so the authorities are confused."

"Could it be that Mr. Zhao has other unique views on the Hua family?"

"I can't talk about opinions, but just now I observed the five criminals. Except for the two who yelled at you and fainted, the other two were obviously extremely frightened, but they still refused to confess. Did Mr. Xing Have you thought about why?"

Xing Shuo suddenly realized: "Are you saying that there is something that scares them more than death?"

Zhao Liangyue nodded, and said: "In this world, most people only care about wealth and power, and they only care about their wives and children. The man who scolded madly probably just wanted to find something to take away the lives of himself and his companions in exchange. Keeping the safety of the family in the dark.”

Xing Shuo let out a long breath, and said with a smile, "It's really a fan of the authorities. I actually forgot such a simple truth."

"People are not grass, it's normal to be influenced by emotions." Zhao Liangyue looked sideways at Xing Shuo, "It's just that it's not uncommon for the commanding officer of the Jinluan Guard to be so emotional?"

Xing Shuo and Zhao Liangyue looked at each other and asked, "Then Mr. Zhao thinks, what do I care about?"

"I don't know, you and Chu Bandit didn't treat each other sincerely."

"But no matter what we say, the world will find it hard to believe it. After all, it's not a day or two since my two notorieties have been known."

Xing Shuo looked at Zhao Liangyue's calm expression, and smiled suddenly, "Young Master Zhao said that I am a fan of the authorities, but you are also the same."

"what for?"

"You have always shown yourself calm, but you can also lose control in front of Chu Bandit. Perhaps, you trust him in your heart and think that your true emotions can be shown to him, don't you?"

Zhao Liangyue smiled lightly, and said, "I am quite surprised by the words of Mr. Xing."

"Really? Do you really hate Chu Bandit so deeply that you regard him as a traitor in your heart?"

Zhao Liangyue was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and said bluntly: "His city is too deep, such a person is destined to be dangerous."

"But since you came to Beijing, he has been helping you."

"Including today?"

"Yes."

Zhao Liangyue looked at Xing Shuo, but the other party obviously didn't intend to explain, but turned his head to the door and said: "Today's business is over, Mr. Zhao can go back."

Zhao Liangyue was suspicious, but he also knew that it was useless to ask more questions, so he said goodbye and walked out of the Jinluan Guard's office, and no one along the way wanted to stop him.

"Son!"

Youbai saw Zhao Liangyue coming out from a distance, turned over and ran forward, carefully checking whether his young master was injured.

"Don't worry, there is nothing else."

"That's good, let's get out of here, it looks gloomy."

As soon as the words were finished, Youbai was busy taking Zhao Liangyue away, almost dragging Zhao Liangyue all the way home quickly, Zhao Liangyue didn't say anything, and let him drag him, and when he entered his courtyard door, Youbai quickly locked it. The door, as if no one would break in like this.

Zhao Liangyue shook his head and said, "Childish."

"Anyway, I'm afraid. Even if you laugh at me, I will do the same."

Hearing this, Zhao Liangyue waved at Youbai, and Youbai approached him without knowing why, and then Zhao Liangyue patted his head.

"I'm not a child!"

Zhao Liangyue touched it a few more times, then withdrew his hand, kept silent, and asked, "What do you think of Bandits Chu and Xingshuo people?"

"Ah? The two of them, isn't that heinous, no one in the world knows."

"What if it depends on your own feelings?"

Youbai felt confused immediately, but after thinking about it carefully, he said, "It doesn't seem that heinous..."

"It's not that heinous either."

Zhao Liangyue repeated Youbai's words, looked up at the sky, it was the willows following the wind and the sparrows playing with each other.

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Liangyue smiled lightly and said, "Perhaps, his betrayal is as false as the teacher's treason back then."

Youbai was even more confused: "Senior Wang plotting rebellion? This is a serious crime against the Nine Clans!"

"It is indeed the teacher, Wang Shitong, or rather, the former emperor's teacher, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Yu."

"What?" Youbai's eyes widened suddenly, "Senior Wang is actually... a treasonous minister?"

"Then do you believe it?"

Youbai breathed a sigh of relief, then shook his head resolutely, looked up at Zhao Liangyue, and asked, "Master, when did you...know about this?"

"When you went to investigate Luming, I got the dossier of the treason case back then. There are so many crimes in the book, it's too difficult to write down."

Youbai was still in shock, looked up and saw Zhao Liangyue's clear and firm eyes, and based on his own understanding of Zhao Liangyue, he asked semi-certainly: "Does the young master want to turn this case over?"

Zhao Liangyue said: "Since it is an unjust case, it should be brought to justice, not to mention it has something to do with the teacher."

"I'll listen to you, my lord." Youbai suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is the Wang family in the east of the city related to Old Wang?"

"The teacher is Wang Xian's cousin. The reason why Wang Xian was able to rise to the top and rise to the top was to expose and stop the conspiracy of the teacher and Marquis Wu An." Zhao Liangyue frowned, and said, "The teacher died 13 years ago. , but an old man took the risk of sending him out of Kyoto, and we met in Maozhou."

Youbai was stunned in disbelief, and then filled with righteous indignation, he couldn't help sighing: "This is... a real brother."

"The family has a huge root system. The teacher blocked the way of the family. How could they not get rid of it. There is also the late emperor, who reigned for 62 years, from the young emperor to the emperor's old age. The emperor's technique of check and balance, he chose to abandon Fan's army and his own emperor teacher, but the only thing he regrets later is that only Wang Han has the power to sway the imperial power, and no one can check and balance."

Youbai sighed and said: "I used to always feel that old Wang had a face of worrying about the country and the people, but I didn't expect that he was really a high official in the court, then, what kind of person is that Marquis of Wu'an? "

"A hero who suffers in danger and protects the country and the people of Liming."

Youbai let out a long sigh, and said: "But, they are all gone, not only are they gone, but they died tragically..."

Zhao Liangyue patted Youbai on the shoulder, and Youbai looked up at him.

Zhao Liangyue asked: "Are you afraid?"

Youbai wondered: "What are you afraid of?"

Zhao Liangyue smiled: "Of course I lost my head. Before you came to Beijing, you said that when I become a high-ranking official and get a good salary, you can enjoy life with me for the rest of my life. But now it seems that what I want to do is going to be lost anytime." head business."

Youbai immediately became angry, and said: "I'm not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death! Senior Wang has saved my life. During the Maozhou plague, if he didn't save us, we would all be burned to death. Because of saving us, he himself was targeted by the master. The great kindness and virtue of this time is unforgettable, not to mention the Wang Han family's entrapment of the virtuous, no matter how you look at it, you should help!"

Zhao Liangyue reached out to touch Youbai's head, but he blocked it angrily, Zhao Liangyue smiled and said: "If your master is by your side, you will be very pleased."

"That old man can't! He would beat me and scold me when I was practicing."

"Looks like a kid."

"I'm not!"

"Then you have to prove it to me." Zhao Liangyue called Youbai closer, and said in a low voice, "Go and find out who Uncle Song is contacting in private, and find a way to spread the news about Lu Ming to the public. Wei Xing is in Lord Wei's ear."

Youbai hesitated for a moment, thinking that it would be fine to check Uncle Song carefully, but it would be difficult to send a message to the dignified servant of the household department.

But when Youbai looked up and saw his young master's appearance of "I know you can't do it, you are still a child", Youbai immediately patted his chest and said: "It's okay, young master, just sit down, and you will be there soon." information!"

Zhao Liangyue smiled and said, "Okay, I'll just sit and wait for you."