Rui Hegui

After bandit Chu and his party came out of Ningzhou, Jin Hao took advantage of the pretext of escorting Xue Ran, the criminal who had conspired against the old case, to escort them all the way to the capital of Gyeonggi.

Then, after Xue Ran left a word, he suddenly disappeared, and Jin Hao set off for Hezhou.

What did Xue Ran say?

According to the memories of the soldiers escorted that day, it was just at the dawn of dawn, and the sky was shining alone on the carriage at the front of the team, and then two figures, one purple and one blue, came out of the sky and stood side by side on the top of the mountain overlooking the land of Gyeonggi. Tens of thousands of families, a panoramic view of prosperity.

Xue Ran leaned against the side of the prison car, drank a pot of hot wine, half-closed his eyes and looked at the figures standing side by side in the distance, first hummed a few opera accents from unknown sources, with a few Jianghai accents , mixed with the unique tune of Southwest, then seemed to think of something, let out a long laugh, and said:

"A minister who governs the world with one jade, and a minister who governs the world with one jade, it's all over, it's all over!"

Who said this?

Even the ordinary soldiers on the side knew that it was Chu bandit Chu Shangshu and Zhao Liangyue Master Zhao who were talking about this trip.

It's just that it's strange to say these words from the mouth of a criminal who conspired against the old case, especially seeing his demeanor at that time, he seemed to be really happy, and he was quite free and unrestrained like a good wine paired with a good thing.

Another day later, Chu Bandit and his party finally approached the capital, but it was just a short distance away, like a moat. As expected by Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue, Wang Yunming personally led the hussar battalion to "escort" back to Beijing, and the pace was extremely slow. Like waiting for something.

Finally, after walking five miles away, there were dark clouds, lightning and thunder, which were signs of heavy rain. Wang Yunming proposed to go to Heng'en Temple to take shelter from the rain first, but he said it was a proposal, but in fact he led Chu Bandit and his party to the north with half pressure. Go to Hengen Temple.

In the carriage, Zhao Liangyue skillfully changed Chu Bandit's medicine for today, and did not forget to ask: "Brother, do you feel better today?"

Ever since Bandit Chu fainted in the bamboo forest that day, and then slept for three days and three nights without waking up, Zhao Liangyue knew that he was trying to hold on, so on the way back to Beijing, Zhao Liangyue took care of him personally, and he didn't dare to pretend to be someone else's hand, nor let him Bandit Chu was overworked, and his brother Chu Bandit was almost sacrificed with incense.

Then, how could Chu Bandit, as a senior brother, have the heart to let his junior work hard?Naturally, he was physically and mentally strong, and he did it himself—this is impossible. Ever since he was half asleep and half awake, he heard the Hezhou military doctor say that Zhao Liangyue was fine, and he woke up as if he had no hands or feet. He never took chopsticks by himself when he ate. Yes, the younger brother must be supported when walking. Even when sleeping, the younger brother has to spread the pillow and quilt first. It can be said that the journey is very comfortable and leisurely, as if the bloody storm outside has nothing to do with him.

Just like now, after Zhao Liangyue finished applying the medicine, Bandit Chu raised his arms skillfully, and then waited for Zhao Liangyue to put his coat on.

Chu bandit rolled his peachy eyes and smiled: "It's better to have Xilin to take care of it." After finishing speaking, he coughed a few times on purpose.

"After all, the Southwest is a place of poisonous miasma. I took advantage of people's weakness to intrude into it. Brother probably hurt the root of the disease. He will have to take care of him after returning to Beijing." Zhao Liangyue sighed, put Chu Bandit on his outer shirt, and said, "There was news from Ningzhou City yesterday that the criminal evidence of Ningzhou officials such as Song Yu, as well as the evidence of the faction of the Ministry of Household Salt and Iron officials of the mine and the Ministry of War for private interests in the Kyoto Prefecture, have been carefully prepared and sent to the capital. coming."

Chu Bandit nodded and asked, "Should I give half and keep half?"

"Yeah." Zhao Liangyue was silent, and said, "After all, the current situation is delicate, and there is always danger of dying. If we lose, we must always give a hand to those who will follow this path."

Hearing this, bandit Chu rolled his eyes, and said, "If you lose, and die with Xilin, you will be considered dead under Peony."

Zhao Liangyue: "..." It's not serious again, this person should sleep all the way to the capital.

At this time, there was a thin bang bang sound coming from the roof of the car, as if a bird was pecking at something with its beak.

Zhao Liangyue lifted the curtain of the car, a pigeon flew into the carriage, landed on Zhao Liangyue's arm, tilted its round head, and shook its light blue tail, with a naive look, Zhao Liangyue couldn't help teasing the little thing with his fingers, the little thing was very cute. Gently rubbed Zhao Liangyue's fingertips.

Bandit Chu hissed, and said, "When did Xingshuo's broken bird learn this trick to please people?" As he said, Chu Shangshu, who was still too sick to take care of himself just now, shot the pigeon very quickly, and grabbed the pigeon into his hands , quickly took off the letter paper on the pigeon's leg, and then threw it out of the carriage. The little thing didn't react, and fluttered dizzily for several times before flying away.

Zhao Liangyue looked suspicious and asked, "Brother... your hand?"

"I'm just anxious to read the news." Bandit Chu didn't change his face, and said it as a matter of course, opened the letter and glanced at it, and said, "After we entered the capital, the people from Xingshuo and Beiya have been following in the dark, and now we are going directly to Heng Went to En Temple, intending to ambush in the dark first, and wait for the people from the hussars battalion to make a move, and they will come out to catch the right people, and when the time comes, the stolen goods will be captured."

Zhao Liangyue nodded, then frowned and thought again.

Bandit Chu: "Is Xi Lin worried about Ye Yuan?"

"Well, there is no movement at Yeyuan, but Prime Minister Han obviously can't clear up Yeyuan of the Gyeonggi generation in a short time." Zhao Liangyue suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Brother, do you still remember the Master Mingwu I mentioned?"

"Remember, after you mentioned it that time, both Jinluanwei and Xuefangyuan checked, but nothing was found, but now all the troubles are coming to Heng'en Temple, and his identity has become a mystery again, it is impossible not to stir up trouble inside. "Brother Chu clicked his tongue and said, "Brother, I think that Mingwu is probably from Yeyuan. The hussars camp dared to move us in Heng'en Temple, probably because they wanted to throw the pot to Mingwu afterwards. , Throw it to Ye Yuan, so that we will die, and have a name to track down Ye Yuan, it really kills two birds with one stone."

"It should be." Zhao Liangyue asked, "What's the plan, brother?"

Bandit Chu thought for a while and said, "In this way, we will tie him up as soon as we enter the temple."

Simple and crude, but very effective.

Zhao Liangyue said: "It can only be like this."

When a group of people rushed to the foot of Heng'en Temple, the dark clouds above their heads had already lowered a little, as if they were about to crush everything on the ground into powder in the next moment.

Bandit Chu was helped out of the carriage by Zhao Liangyue. He looked sick and walked very slowly, as if every step was very strenuous. Even Wang Yunming, who was not used to joking, couldn't help saying when he saw him: "Chu Shangshu and his party in Ningzhou, come back. It's like missing a soul."

Bandit Chu glanced sideways at him, and said with a faint smile, "Thanks to General Wang."

What he said meant something, but was understated, Wang Yunming didn't answer, and directly asked his subordinates to come down to carry the sedan chair on top of the mountain.

Bandit Chu ordered unceremoniously: "Master Zhao is also sick, why don't you find two mountain sedan chairs."

The subordinates looked at Wang Yunming without knowing the situation. Wang Yunming didn't want to fuss over such trivial matters, so he nodded and asked his subordinates to go quickly.

Not long after, Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue sat in a sedan chair and were carried up the mountain.

In fact, the road is not too far away, and Zhao Liangyue is not used to sitting in a sedan chair, but all the way he watched Chu Bandit sitting on the mountain sedan chair leisurely "chatting and joking" with Wang Yunming, which provoked the hussar general to glar at him, but he had no choice but to hold back for a while. Looking angry, Zhao Liangyue couldn't help smiling, feeling a bit of Chu Bandit's unique childishness, just like when he met him not long ago, he tricked himself into eating the sour oranges that made people's teeth hurt.

When we arrived at the gate of the mountain, we found that there were still many pilgrims coming up in this weather. Each of them regarded this temple as sacred and solemn, and they came here with full of reverence. Can become a bloody purgatory.

The moment Zhao Liangyue helped Bandit Chu step into the temple, the rain finally fell, and the pilgrims were forcibly driven into the temple by the hussar battalion, and they were not allowed to enter or leave.

Bandit Chu glanced at the panicked pilgrims, and said with a smile: "General Wang, we are here to hide from the rain, not to disturb the people."

Wang Yunming's tone was flat: "It's just in case."

Bandit Chu didn't speak any more, walked in with Zhao Liangyue, some monks came out to greet them, passed the main hall and turned to the right, invited them to sit down in the living room, and then withdrew, never to be seen again.

Wang Yunming didn't follow in, and sent soldiers to surround the living room, keeping an eye on the situation in the room all the time - no one noticed that the short boy had already disappeared.

The forest outside Heng'en Temple is lush, Jin Luanwei and Beiya Sanwei are hidden in it, and Xing Shuo leads people to squat on the bell tower next to the mountain gate.

The rain was torrential, pouring on the sundial, washing over and over again the artificially recorded time scale, as if to hinder and erase something.

"My lord, why is there still no movement inside?"

Xing Shuo kept his hand on the handle of the knife, staring at the entrance of the temple, and said, "It should be soon."

"My lord, there is a woman coming up over there, she is still pregnant!"

Xing Shuo looked over and saw that the woman's personal servant girl covered most of her with an umbrella, and could only see the woman with her big belly rushing towards the temple clumsily and eagerly, frowning, "I don't know where." The man of the family is so indifferent to his wife."

But it was only a light glance, and Xing Shuo quickly looked away.

At the entrance of the main hall, just as Wang Yunming received the news that there were twelve guards outside the temple, someone came to report that his wife had come here.

Wang Yunming immediately frowned: "Why is she here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shen Linglan walking in a hurry from the corridor, her face was full of anxiety, her clothes were mostly soaked through, and her hair was crooked. describe.

Wang Yunming walked over, stopped Shen Linglan, and scolded Bi'er: "Madam is pregnant, you brought her here in the rain, how many heads can you chop off?"

Wang Yunming was bloodthirsty, with a hostile spirit, and ordinary people would not dare to get close to him, but now he got angry, and Bi'er trembled in fright.

"I insisted on coming, regardless of Bi'er's business." Shen Linglan straightened her back, looked up at Wang Yunming, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "Get out of the way, I'm going to see my brother."

Wang Yunming half-closed his eyes and looked at Shen Linglan, and said, "It's been ten years, and you really are still determined."

Shen Linglan's tone was cold: "Same bed, different dreams, it's not a day or two."

"Okay, it's very good. Your elder brother is in the living room. Don't regret it if you go." Wang Yunming sneered, and said to the guards beside him, "Let her go."

The guard was stunned for a moment, and Wang Yunming said again: "Let her go!"

The guards on both sides immediately moved out of the way, Shen Linglan didn't hesitate at all, and Bi'er assisted her to go to the living room.

The guards stood back to their original positions again. Wang Yunming closed his eyes and let out a breath. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes showed a fierce light. He turned around and drew his sword to behead one guard. The other guards fell silent immediately.

Wang Yunming raised the blood-stained sword to look at it, and asked the other guards: "Did Madam come here just now?"

All the guards said in unison: "This subordinate did not see it."

Wang Yunming asked again: "Then when the time comes, everyone in the living room will be dead, but the wife happens to be among them. How will Mr. Shen answer when asked?"

The guards were stunned for a moment, and one of the guards reacted first and said: "The crime of Tu Yuan's spies cannot be punished."

The other guards followed suit: "The crime of Tu Yuan's spies cannot be punished!"