Chapter 68: The Funeral of the King
Peng Qiye's hands trembled, and under the gaze of the young man's cold gaze, he finished carving the relief on the coffin.
Then he trembled and walked in front of the young man, and before he could speak, the young man looked up at him: "Done?"
The old man nodded and whispered, "Do it...... It's done. ”
"Hmm. The young man got up, took out a heavy money bag from his arms, and threw it into Peng Qiye's hand.
Peng Qiye was stunned for a moment, feeling the weight in the money bag, and asked with a strange face: "Guest, haven't you already paid this money before?"
The young man walked to the three coffins, looked at the coffins, and said without raising his head: "There are so many coffin shops in Tailin City, do you know why I am looking for you?"
"No...... Ignorance. The old man's voice trembled.
The young man withdrew his gaze from the coffin with some satisfaction, and then began to look around again as if looking for something, but continued to say, "Because I heard that you are preparing to leave Tailin City." ”
Peng Qiye was a little puzzled, although he did have such thoughts, and he also contacted his eldest son who was far away in Manzhou, but what this had to do with making a coffin, he didn't understand.
The boy caught a glimpse of a twine hanging from the wall, and he took it off, and said while tying three coffins.
"Although Manzhou is the boundary of the Yuan family, the surname is Chu. ”
"You went to Mangzhou, and the people of Yanting didn't have the time to pay attention to you, although it was much ahead of your plan, but I think this money should be enough to make up for your loss. ”
As the boy spoke, he had already tied the three coffins with hemp rope.
He tugged hard a few times, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he looked up at the old man who was still in a daze.
"Let's go. From today onwards, Tailin City will not be at peace, since sooner or later it will be gone, so let's start now. ”
As he spoke, the young man suddenly exerted his strength, and the three heavy coffins were suddenly dragged and walked towards the street.
Peng Qiye came back to his senses at this time, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, put the money handed over by the young man in his arms and put it away, and hurried to the back room, packed the valuable utensils together, and looked back, but saw that the young man had dragged the three coffins out of the store.
Although he couldn't figure out what was going on, and he didn't even know the name of the young man, he knew instinctively that if he stayed in Tailin City, he would be in big trouble waiting for him soon. He didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly walked through the back door at that time, and walked out of Tailin City quickly.
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A teenager dragging three coffins through the streets of Tailin City is of course an extremely eye-catching thing from any angle.
Some passers-by cast strange glances at him, pointing at him.
"Which child has been implicated in the prison?"
"Well, it seems that there is still some cultivation, and it is estimated that it is a big family. ”
"Hmph, in this world, big families don't live as comfortably as us ordinary people. Yesterday, the Mo family was also raided, and I heard that the old family owner and his two sons were beaten to death in the prison that night. ”
I heard that the prince made great contributions in Ningzhou, Jiang Huanshui Yin was killed by him, and the ancestral emperor appeared to support him, now the Jin family has lost its previous arrogance, and it is the prince's turn to clean up his henchmen, how can he be soft-hearted?"
"Alas...... No matter how Jiang Zhou Mu said, he is also a veteran of the two dynasties, and he is already dead, so he has to let his soul fly away, which is inevitably too much. ”
"You know a lie! Jiang Huanshui is a rebel minister, if he can serve the hearts of the people and become a yin god, isn't that clearly saying that Yan Ting is unpopular? How can the imperial court tolerate him? Not to mention ......"
"Alas, forget it, let's not talk about it, if we talk too much, we will have to be dragged into prison. This day is a day, and I don't make trouble for myself. ”
The people around you said everything you wanted, but most of their eyes were focused on the young man.
The young man turned a deaf ear to the whispers of the crowd, and only dragged the three coffins through the streets of Tailin City.
This kind of thing soon spread in Tailin City, and many good people gathered around, secretly speculating about who the young man was going to collect the body for.
But as time passed, everyone found that the direction in which the boy seemed to be moving was not the heavenly prison of Tailin City, but ......
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Shang Chengming yawned, and stood in front of the Vermilion Bird Gate of Longxiang Palace a little bored.
He wasn't in a good mood, four months ago, his father spent a lot of money to buy off the Jin family and asked him for an errand as a Suzaku gatekeeper.
This errand position is not high, but his family is a military family, and he is connected to the Jin family, so he will not be able to rise to prominence in the future, but he can do it with a small commander. But I don't want the world to be impermanent, the Jin family, who was still in Tailin City four months ago, suddenly lost power, although it was not a slump, but it had to avoid the prince's edge in a short time.
And these little people, who are not descendants of the Jin family, but have been labeled as the Jin family, have a sad life, and have to be frightened every day, cautious in words and deeds, lest they be caught.
Shang Chengming secretly felt that it was not a way to go on like this, thinking that he would wait and see for a few days, if it was still like this, it would be better to go home first and avoid the limelight.
Thinking like this, there was a sudden commotion on the long street ahead, he looked at the several armor soldiers beside him, and said, "What's going on, go and see." ”
Naturally, those armor soldiers did not dare to disobey him, so they hurriedly stepped forward, and only came back after a while to report: "My lord, there is a young man dragging three coffins and walking here, and those people are all watching the excitement. ”
"Coffin?" Shang Chengming's face was strange.
At this time, the crowd also walked to the Suzaku Gate, and when he looked closely, he saw that just as the armorer said, a young man was dragging three coffins.
He frowned, stepped forward, and shouted, "Who is coming!"
His voice was full of momentum and prestige, and the people around him were silent, but the young man turned a deaf ear and continued to drag the coffin towards the Suzaku Gate.
"Ahead is the palace of Emperor Dayan, if you dare to be presumptuous, I will ban the army and kill you!" Shang Chengming shouted again.
But the young man still turned a deaf ear, continued to move forward, and walked to Shang Chengming in a blink of an eye.
"Get out of the way. The boy said this, softly, but with an unmistakable certainty.
Shang Chengming's brows furrowed even deeper, if it was on a normal day, he would have ordered someone to cut down this young man, but now that it is an extraordinary period after all, he can't help but be a little cautious.
"Why did you bring this coffin into the palace?" he asked in a deep voice, one hand already on the hilt of the saber.
"Since the coffin is sent, it is naturally pretending to be dead. The boy whispered.
Shang Chengming was a little stunned, he heard that several eunuchs died in the palace yesterday, but if you want to send the coffin, you have to enter through the side door, this Vermilion Bird Gate is the door for the ministers of the Son of Heaven to walk, and the coffin crosses, after all, it is unknown.
But the young man's attitude made him inexplicably a little stunned, so he suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said in a deep voice again: "Then you shouldn't go to the Suzaku Gate, the corpses of the eunuchs are parked in the West Gate, you go there to decorate the funeral, don't disturb the holy car again." ”
"My coffin is not for eunuchs. But the boy said.
Shang Chengming frowned: "Who is that? Who are you? Who caused me to come to my Vermilion Bird Gate to spread wild." ”
The young man's head was slowly raised at that time, his eyes were glowing with coldness, and he said in a cold tone.
"My name is Wei Lai. ”
"From Ningzhou. ”
"Come to ...... for Your Majesty, Niangniang and the Prince"
"Corpses. ”