When the sun sets, it looks particularly red and bright on this mountain, and the crows of the dead branches return to their nests, and they circle the trees three times, but they don't know what branches to follow. Guozhi looked at these crows flying around the trees, and felt deeply, but he didn't know where he should go. Turning to these people, he said, "Who are you?" Why save me? ”

"We are all disciples of Hongmen, and we came to your rescue on the orders of our master."

"Thank you all, and thank you Master," Guozhi was about to turn away after saluting, when one of the disciples caught up with him and asked, "Won't you go back with us?" ”

"I, He Guozhi, am nobody, so I don't need to bother you," Guozhi paused for a moment, and then continued to walk forward. At this time, he may be too tired, and he doesn't want to pay attention to some things, and he doesn't need to ask anything about Hongmen and leaves. The disciples of Hongmen standing behind them looked at Guozhi's departing figure, shook their heads and returned, after they saw Guozhi, they saw his decadent figure, which was not as heroic as they imagined. After meeting Kokuji himself, they were a little disappointed.

It was getting dark, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets, until at last all the shops were closed, and there were hardly any people walking on the streets, and it was so silent that only the sound of the howling wind could be heard. Kuniji was walking alone on the street, his hair was messy, his long beard looked like he hadn't been taken care of for a long time, and he felt shivering when the cold wind blew into his body. Standing in front of the gate of Chunxiang Building, looking up, the Chunxiang Building at this time has been sealed, and there are no guests to patronize, and it is deserted. Only sitting in front of the stone steps, looking at the night, holding his body with both hands is constantly trembling, looking very uncomfortable, running like crazy on the street, it seems that his addiction to smoking is coming. Guozhi inadvertently walked to the door of Yihong Courtyard and insisted on breaking in, but was stopped at the door by several wrestlers, and said, "Look at your appearance that you are already poor, and you still want to come to find the girl." ”

Guozhi's eyes were blank, his lips kept twitching, and he said, "Please, please, give me a sip, I'm so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable!" ”

The wrestlers guarding the door kicked Guozhi out, and a group of people surrounded him and punched and kicked Guozhi. At this time, the rule of the country was already without the ability to resist, and he protected his head with both hands and let them fight, these people fought for a long time and were afraid of killing before stopping, and a wrestler stepped forward and said viciously: "Get out, I will beat you once I see you in the future." After these people left, they spat on the country.

Guozhi was lying motionless on the ground, curled up as if he was downcast. At this time, an official bridge passed by, slowly stopped, and a woman walked out of the official sedan chair, squatted down to take a look, and said, "Xianggong." "It turns out that this woman is Biyue, the top brand of Chunxiang Building, Chunxiang Building has been seized, Biyue should be in trouble, how can there be such a luxurious official sedan car transfer, there is still a mystery to be solved about this matter. Biyue helped Guozhi into the official sedan chair, and the four sedan chair drivers lifted the official sedan chair and walked towards a deep alley.

After the Hongmen disciples walked into the door, they had a lot of discussions about this matter, and said, "The rule of the country is basically a wreck, why did the master ask us to save him?" At this time, Hong Shisan, the head of the room, looked at the next room to see that it was lit, walked out and overheard their conversation, and then pushed open the door and walked into these disciples who were looking at him, and said, "What are you all talking about?" ”

"Master," these disciples stood up and saluted when they saw Hong Shisan walk in.

Hong 13 stepped forward and sat next to them, facing these disciples of his, still maintaining a smile on his face, and said, "You all sit." The disciples all sat down, and one of them said, "The disciple is not convinced." ”

"We are not convinced," the disciples said in unison.

"If you don't accept anything, let's talk about it first."

"We have already seen Guozhi, and he is not worth saving at all."

"Being entrusted by others to be loyal to others, this is the principle of all our disciples of Hongmen, for the governance of the country, the teacher will never look away, you have to believe in the teacher."

"Master, the disciples all believe in you," these disciples still had a lot of doubts, because Hong Shisan was their master, the head of the Hong Sect, and they only said this perfunctorily.

"For the teacher, you still have a lot of doubts, okay, for the teacher to tell you about this He Guozhi, Guozhi is the second young master of the He family, his father is the former minister of the military aircraft department of the imperial court, the family is rich, belongs to the children of rich officials and eunuchs, and is very powerful in Sichuan, but Guozhi himself is not because of this condition like other gentlemen like borrowing the power of his father to bully the good, but the second young master of the He family, who is chivalrous and righteous, and is loved by the local people. Why should we doubt such a chivalrous man as Tyrant and Anliang? It was only later that he was framed and fell here, do you know who framed him? ”

"I don't know."

"The person who framed him was also his disciple Lian Junsheng."

"Master, you said that Guozhi is the second young master of the He family, this disciple has heard of it."

"It's good to hear about it, it's not too early, you better go and rest early."

At this time, Guozhi was lying on the bed, feeling that he was cold, and kept shouting: "Give me a sip, I'm so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable." Biyue got up and brought a cigarette gun, lit it and placed it next to Guozhi. Kuniji immediately grabbed it, took a deep breath, and felt as if his whole body was relaxed, and he half-opened his eyes as if he was in a psychedelia, and he enjoyed it very much. After a while, he fell asleep again. Biyue looked at Guozhi's sleeping appearance, got up and untied the clothes on her body, ** got on Guozhi's bed, and blew out the candle next to her.

The sky gradually opened, Guozhi was still lying on the bed, stretched out his hand and touched the pillow, and then found that Biyue did not know where to go. When he opened his eyes and sat up, he found that he was naked, and then put on his clothes and exclaimed, "Biyue, Biyue." The search looked very anxious, and finally saw a note left on the table, which read: "Zhi, you don't have to look for me, I'm fine, let's forget about our relationship." ”

Guozhi dropped the note and said, "No, no," and then ran down to ask the shopkeeper, saying, "Shopkeeper, do you know where the girl who helped me come back last night?" ”

The shopkeeper carefully looked at the country rule standing in front of him, with a sense of contempt, and said: "The person was picked up by the governor Cheng, what is the identity of the person, look at you again, don't think about it." After Guozhi left, the shopkeeper sighed and said, "People are flying on the branches and becoming phoenixes." ”

Guozhi walked to the governor's mansion alone, and was about to walk forward to break in, but was stopped by some house slaves, and said, "Who are you?" ”

"I want to see Biyue, quickly tell Biyue to come out," Guozhi entered the mansion, and these house slaves flew in, and no one could stop Guozhi, so he had to report the matter to the governor. The governor Cheng Yun entered the hall and said, "What kind of person dares to stir up trouble outside the mansion gate." ”

"This person wants to see Miss Biyue."

"Who is this person?"

"He Guozhi, this person is a wanted criminal in the imperial court.

"He Guozhi, if the official doesn't go to him, he will send it to the door, and he can also give an explanation to those foreign businessmen, who is coming."

The officers and soldiers on both sides walked in and said, "Master Cheng." ”

"Arrest He Guozhi and bring him to justice," At this time, Biyue walked out of Lord Cheng's backyard and begged for mercy: "Master, you can spare him, I beg you." ”

"They are all Chinese, and the official does not want to arrest him, and you must cut off relations with him in the future and not allow contact."

"Yes, master, I want to see him one last time," Biyue thought that the governor would not agree to her request, but what she didn't expect was that the governor agreed to her request very happily, and said, "Okay, you can go." As soon as Biyue walked out, the governor called a servant to follow her, and it seemed that the governor did not believe Biyue and sent someone to spy on her every move.

Biyue sat alone in the gazebo, looking forward to it, waiting for the arrival of the country. At this time, the rule of the country came as promised, and he entered the pavilion and looked at the blue moon in front of him. At this time, his face was already haggard, and he said, "Biyue." ”

"Zhi, please sit down," Guozhi just nodded and sat down, without saying a word, and remained silent.

"Zhi, you're here to ask me why I left you," Biyue looked at Guozhi for a while before saying this.

"Biyue, come with me, let's go incognito, don't ask about the world and go to live the idyllic life we want," Guozhi raised his head to face Biyue, and mustered up the courage to say these words of retreat with her, maybe he was too tired, he had no intention of asking about the world, and retiring to the mountains and forests was his biggest wish at present.

Biyue shook her head, sneered a few times, and said, "Do you know what I want? You don't know, I was born lowly and tainted with a lot of cheesiness, not as elegant as you think. What I want now is glory and wealth, and I have my own identity and noble identity in and out, what about you, now that you are in prison, what can you give me? Whether it is a sense of dependence or security, there is none. When Chunxiang Building was seized by the government, I was wandering around alone, where were you at that time? Now there is a pair of rich hands stretched out to me, why should I give up because of you, now I have found what I want, let's break up! After Biyue said this, tears kept falling.

Guozhi listened to Biyue's words and nodded non-stop, choked up for a long time, and said: "Okay, I won't bother you in the future, you go and pursue your glory and wealth, so that you can do it yourself." Guozhi got up and turned to leave, Biyue looked at the figure of Guozhi leaving, and wanted to stop Guozhi but swallowed it back, and the tears kept leaving and wanted to cry. But who can understand the severe pain in the heart of the country? Who can be told can only be buried in the depths of the heart.

When night fell, Guozhi lay alone in the ruined temple, his whole body kept trembling, as if his addiction to smoking had been committed again, his eyes were black and his lips were purple, as if he was very uncomfortable. At this time, outside the temple, the wind was constantly blowing, and it was raining heavily. Until dawn, I found myself lying on the bed. When he opened his eyes, he saw a very young girl beside his bed, and said, "Childe, you are awake." ”

After Guozhi got up, he looked around and felt that this place was very unfamiliar, and said, "Girl, where am I?" ”

"This is the little woman's room, my cousin rescued you," and then the little girl ran out of her room and entered her cousin's hall and said very festively: "Cousin, he is awake, he is awake." ”

"Who do you say woke up?"

The disciple next to him teased him and said, "Senior sister, who did you say woke up?" ”

"Yes, yes, Kokuji," even her face flushed at this time, and she whispered.

"Okay, don't tease my cousin, let's go and have a look," this person walked into the wing room and said, "Brother Guozhi, down there is Hong Shisan, the head of Hongmen, I heard that you woke up, so come and take a look." ”

His cousin stood next to him and grinned, "Little girl Hong Ying, your cousin often tells us about your deeds, so we admire your chivalrous heart very much. ”

At this time, the national rule did not say a word to them, and even ignored them, leaning sideways and closing his eyes. Seeing Guozhi like this, Hong 13 sighed and said, "Let's let him have a good rest, let's all go out," and then threw a newspaper on the table, and closed the door after they walked out. Guozhi sat up at this time, and when he saw the newspaper thrown on the table, he stepped forward to pick up the newspaper, and the front page of the newspaper had a very conspicuous headline, "China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War, and Li Hongzhang signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki to seek peace." Only then did Guozhi sit down and read this article, clenching his fist with one hand and looking very angry.

At night, Guozhi's addiction to smoking flared up again, and he grabbed Hong Ying's hands tightly, and said, "Please give me a sip, I'm so uncomfortable!" Hong Ying looked at Guozhi's crying appearance and was a little overwhelmed. Ran out of the room to tell her cousin about it. Hong 13 walked in and said, "He has been poisoned by cigarettes, quickly, quickly, prepare a bath bucket, steam, and steam out the tobacco poison in his body." Then he told his cousin to leave the room, and dozens of people pressed Guozhi on the bed, took off his clothes and threw them into the bathtub, sprinkled herbs, and closed the lid so that only his head was exposed. Hong Ying stood outside the room, walking around anxiously. Seeing his cousin walk out, he asked anxiously, "Cousin, how is the country governing him?" ”