Starfall lonely city, sword cut yellow sand.

When the news of Fu Xie's death in Hanyang came from Liangzhou, the world was full of sorrow.

Huangfu Song Yang raised his forehead and sighed, Wang Deyu Qinghe was thinking on a moonlit night, even the lord of the world, Emperor Han Ling, who was unscrupulous and unreasonable, was busy building the palace of naked travel, and also dropped out of the dynasty for three days, suspended the construction of the palace to send condolences, and even personally issued an edict to posthumously "Zhuang Jiehou!" ”

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And none of this has anything to do with Ren Hongchang.

She is just a weak woman, a weak woman who is hungry and unbearable in the City God's Temple on the edge of Luoyang City. Even if she once had a pure heart, even if she still had a flying general similar to Fu Xie living in her heart.

However, all this is really too far away for Ren Hongchang today, far away and untouchable.

From the south to Luoyang, it was only a twenty-day journey, and she had walked for four years, and she had also walked from the year of jasper to the double decade.

She retreated and walked out of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the south, but she almost walked into the bandits' den; She smeared a thick layer of pot ash and walked out of Jizhou, but she was almost regarded as a spy of the Yellow Turban rebels, and Xiao Pingjin was blocked back at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

She also used to beg for food along the street, running around among the fleeing refugees, she also worked for a large family as a day laborer, and even worked as a maid in the Liu family of Hanoi Gate Valve for more than two years.

Half-starved and half-fed along the way, and even the mischievous teasing and ill-intentioned molestation of the villains tempered her into a girl with a strong mind; The fleeing army along the way, the tragedy of the exiled commoners and the women who sold their children and even exchanged their children for food, also made her heart softer.

When she finally walked to Luoyang, she learned that her General Fei was not in Luoyang, but had already gone to Bingzhou to serve as the chief bookkeeper. Of course, what she didn't know was that her Fei General was not actually in Bingzhou, but was stationed in Hanoi, and she had already passed by him.

Therefore, she fell ill and lay in the City God Temple on the edge of Luoyang City.

The moonlight outside the window fell through the window on the Chenghuang Temple, on the solemn Chenghuang who wore a crown of hair and a red robe, and on the offerings on the desk.

It was a lump of pineapples, a lump of pineapples made of rattle grass mashed and kneaded, the color was green and dark, there was no temperature, and there was no trace of appearance, just like a dark blue rag was crumpled into a ball and placed in front of the city god.

Ren Hongchang got up by the moonlight, borrowed some water from the stone trough on the side, washed his hands and face, struggled to walk in front of the city god, bowed respectfully three times, and stretched out his hand to the desk tremblingly.

Before his hand touched the pineapple, he heard the door "Bang!" With a sudden sound, two black-clothed men broke into the City God Temple. A roe deer-headed rat with a pair of buck teeth sticking out of his lips, like the bantam tiger Wang Ying in "Water Margin"; One has a pale face, a pair of peach blossom eyes scurrying around, and he looks like the little overlord Zhou Tong.

The two saw that there was only a weak woman standing in front of the temple, and the woman had a slight vegetable-colored face, but her appearance and figure were concave and convex, and her waist was even more slender and slender. was immediately overjoyed, and went straight to Ren Hongchang.

Ren Hongchang held the pineapple in his hand, leaned against the desk, looked vigilantly at the two people who were gradually approaching, and scolded angrily: "This is the important land of Gyeonggi under the feet of the Son of Heaven, what do you want to do in broad daylight?" ”

What the hell is this in broad daylight? Girl, you're colorblind!

"Wang Ying" looked at the moonlight outside the door, and showed a lewd smile on his face: "Beauty, you are wrong, at this time, it is clearly midnight, it is the time to sleep for my brother and beauty, where does it come from in broad daylight?" ”

"What do you want to do? If you dare to be rude..."Ren Hongchang pointed to the two of them, and retreated to the desk step by step,

Leaning against the desk, his face was quite alarmed.

"What can you do if it's indecent?" Wang Ying smiled and wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, "Little beauty, don't worry, isn't it afraid that you won't dare to sleep alone, brother?" My brother came to warm your bed! ”

"Extremely, extremely!" Looking at Ren Hongchang, "Zhou Tong" swallowed his saliva, his eyes lit up, and his throat fluctuated rapidly, "Beauty, did you escape from home privately?" Don't be afraid! Brother Wei is the head snake of Luoyang, that is, He Fu Yin has to give Brother Wei a few thin noodles when he sees it, you have to tell Brother Wei anything about it, and Brother Wei will come to comfort and comfort you! ”

I just knelt down to worship the City God, didn't even the City God bless the slave family?

Ren Hongchang was in a hurry, groping for a while with his hands on the case behind him, hurriedly grabbed a long copper lamp on the desk and held it in his arms, and pointed to the two of them: "You two don't want to come over, if you come over again, don't blame the slave family for being welcome!" ”

"Slaves?" Wang Ying and Zhou Tong raised their heads and laughed weirdly, then squeezed their eyebrows at Ren Hongchang again, their expressions were obscene, "How are you going to be polite, just let the two brothers come and learn something?" ”

"Shameless!" Ren Hongchang's eyebrows were upside down, and the copper lamp in his hand smashed towards Wang Ying.

Seeing the copper lamp flying straight over, Wang Ying jumped to dodge the copper murder weapon, and was about to step forward with an obscene smile, but saw the lamp oil flying everywhere in the air, caught off guard, and several hot lamp oil splashed directly on his face, and immediately made several big bubbles, and the pain in his heart.

It's really a dog, and I've been pecked by finches all day hunting!

Wang Ying hugged her face and screamed a few times, jumped like thunder, and when she raised her head and looked at Ren Hongchang again, there was only a treacherous and vicious gaze left in her eyes: "Little girl, if you don't let you taste Lao Tzu's donkey's capital today, you don't know that Lord Ma has three eyes?" ”

"You dare!" Ren Hongchang hugged the lampholder tightly, gritted his teeth and pointed at Wang Ying and scolded.

"Hold her down for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has to make her want to die today, and she can't survive if she can't die!" Wang Ying smiled, scolded Zhou Tong angrily, and stepped forward to grab Ren Hongchang's left hand.

Ren Hongchang couldn't let go, tears fell, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and before Zhou Tong could react, his right hand was behind him, holding the short blade hidden on his back. As soon as he touched the handle of the knife, Zhou Tong had already rushed up, pinched his hand tightly as hard as iron, and then pulled it with force, Wang Ying's big hand was loosened, and Ren Hongchang was tightly locked in Zhou Tong's arms with both hands.

Wang Yingyin smiled compassionately, gently pinched Ren Hongchang's face, approached his nose and smelled a few lewd laughs, and said a good fragrance, and climbed towards the tight peak.

Ren Hongchang glared angrily, screamed, slammed his head back, and happened to smash on the bridge of Zhou Tong's nose, Zhou Tong's eyes were full of gold stars, and his hands were all lost.

"Where is Xiaoxiao who dares to bully a woman from a good family?"

There was a loud shout outside the door, and a silver light broke through the air and shot an arrow at Wang Ying through the window lattice, hitting her temple.

The power of the silver light was so fast that in the blink of an eye, a thick pool of blood came out from Wang Ying's temple on the other side, "Ding! The sound was inserted on the wooden pillar on the side, and it entered the wood for three points.

When he looked at the object, he saw that half of the arrow body and a cluster of arrow tails were still outside the wooden pillar, and the arrow tails were still shaking up and down, and Wang Ying had fallen to the ground. The bubbling blood flowed out of the wound like a stream, spreading wantonly behind Wang Ying's head and under his body, staining the table red as his body and limbs trembled in a pool of blood.

Ren Hongchang's legs fell to the ground as soon as he was weak, and before he touched the ground, he felt that his body was warm, and a man in a black coat had floated in front of him, scooped himself up and put it on the ground, and slashed at Zhou Tong with a knife in one hand.

The wind rises, the knife comes, and a big head flies!

Ren Hongchang felt the warmth on the man's chest, and felt that it was like the general's mind, and he seemed to be a little unbearable to leave. It wasn't until his mood gradually returned to calm that he opened the man's protection, got up and blessed the man, patted his chest and lowered his head: "Thank you for saving the father, the great kindness of the father-in-law Hongchang is unforgettable!" ”

The man just waved his hand, did not speak, but bowed deeply to the door.

It turned out that there were three or five people standing outside the door, all of them wearing black big hats, steel knives at the waist and hips, and a short bow on their backs, embracing an old man in front of them.

The old man was in his fifties, wearing a high crown and a green coat, with a high nose bridge, sharp eyes, a long beard under his chin, and a majestic and graceful appearance.

Only then did Ren Hongchang understand that although it was true that the man saved himself, it was also because of the mission of the old man in front of him, in a sense, the man was just a knife in the old man's hand.

The knife is important, but the old man is his real life-saver.

Ren Hongchang glanced at the man gratefully, ran out of the door quickly, and fell to the ground with her delicate body: "Slave family Lintao Ren Hongchang, thank you for saving your life." If it weren't for Engong tonight, Hongchang would have been poisoned at this time.

Hongchang begged for the name of Engong, and was willing to give the longevity card for Engong, and bow to the incense day and night in the morning and dusk, in order to ask Engong to live a long life and live a long life! ”

"Miss Hongchang doesn't need to be polite, the old man is just a little bit of a handy! But you are a weak woman, why don't you go to Lintao's hometown, but rush to Beijing alone? The old man nodded, and asked with a little help.

"Grace Gong!" Ren Hongchang got up and blessed again, wiped away the tears on his face and smiled bitterly, "Although Hongchang is from the Lintao clan of Liangzhou, he has been promised to the Lu family in Jiuyuan County, Bingzhou since he was a child. Four years ago, Hongchang went to Kyoto with his aunt to find a husband, and when he was in the south, he was sick and recuperated by his aunt, and met a moth thief in the city, and his aunt was killed by the moth thief, leaving Hongchang alone to go west.

When Jizhou was also blocked by the imperial court, Hongchang panicked, ran east and west, and encountered many military famines along the way, and only tossed here in two or three hundred miles for four years. ”

"Have you ever found that husband?"

"No!" Ren Hongchang shook his head and said gloomily, "Hongchang only remembers that he has gone to the Bingzhou Army again!" ”

The old man saw that Ren Hongchang acted generously, his words were reasonable, and his life experience was quite pitiful, so he sighed and said: "The old man is serving the imperial Shi Wang Yun, Miss Hongchang, since you haven't found your husband for the time being, you can go to the old man's mansion to settle down first, and then make plans?" ”

"Eun Gong..."

"Miss Hongchang, you must stop being gracious to the father-in-law, the old man is just a gesture. You are looking for a husband for thousands of miles, sleeping in the open all the way, but you must be decisive and decisive, quite a man's style, why should you be a daughter again? ”

Wang Yun glanced at Ren Hongchang, waved his sleeves and interrupted her words, feeling that this girl was really lovely, not half pretentious, without any traces of carving, like a clear water hibiscus, nodded and continued: "The old man only has three sons and three nephews under his knees, but he does not have a caring daughter.

Hongchang, the old man pities you for your poor background, has a righteous personality, is resolute in doing things, has a firm mind, and can endure what ordinary people can't bear. Today's encounter with you in the City God Temple can be regarded as a kind of fate, are you willing to worship at the knees of the old man? ”

Listening to Wang Yun's gentle words, and then looking at the little kindness in Wang Yun's eyes, just like seeing his own parents, Ren Hongchang was quite moved, and felt that the suffering of several years could finally be relieved today, and the infinite grievances in his heart suddenly came to his heart, and the crystal beads fell straight down along the eye sockets, and he knelt down on his knees, and his hands were spread on his forehead, and he was prostrate on the ground:

"Boy Hongchang meets his father-in-law!"