Shang Shanshui watched Xun Zhi leave, feeling that the person seemed to be more than ten years old all of a sudden, and unconsciously, his back was already a little hunched, he couldn't help but sigh a little, got up and went back to his bedroom to prepare for a rest, passed by the bronze mirror, looked at himself in the mirror, and didn't know when his back was also hunched.

He was no stranger to the name Shang Jiu, a devil, a devil through and through.

Soon after the queen mother arrived in Chang'an, she began to arrange her hidden line and began to plan for her young son, she has always been hostile to Concubine Zhen, she has always been afraid that Concubine Zhen's child will snatch the throne, it is a heart knot, a heart knot that cannot be untied.

Only when Concubine Zhen is dead, only when the child is dead, and only after the crown prince is truly enthroned, will the queen's heart that has never been let go truly calm down.

In the palace, the queen watched her husband and Concubine Zhen like glue, and watched the emperor and her drift apart, so she vented all her hatred on Concubine Zhen.

And the more she was like this, the more the emperor hated her.

It's an endless loop.

In fact, when Concubine Zhen first married into the palace, their relationship had not deteriorated, but the queen couldn't stand what gift the emperor bought for her, and she had to bring one to Concubine Zhen, she couldn't stand the emperor's seemingly fair treatment, she was the princess, she was the main room, why should she enjoy fairness with a woman from the rivers and lakes who was born in a wild way?

So she caught Concubine Zhen's mistake and repaired it fiercely, her purpose was very simple, to make Concubine Zhen herself scared and take the initiative to stay away from the emperor, Concubine Zhen also endured it and didn't tell the emperor, but what could be hidden from him in the palace at that time?

So when the emperor returned, he was furious, and since then he has gradually distanced himself from the empress.

The queen firmly believed that Concubine Zhen had been holding back a force in her heart to take revenge on her, so she was always worried that Concubine Zhen would give birth to a son, especially after getting the news that King Liuwang was going to become Emperor Daning, her heart seemed to burn with a fire.

After arriving in Chang'an City, she began to use the power of the descendants to arrange everything, but at that time, the emperor was angry and directly suppressed the descendants, so that the Yang family could not raise their heads.

As a last resort, the queen began to plot in secret, recruiting people in the rivers and lakes, Shang Shanshui became the queen's subordinate at that time, he did a lot of things for the queen, these things were found by Shang Jiu at the age of 9, and then Shang Jiu Sui went directly to the queen to admonish, the queen said to Shang Jiu Sui Then you will help me kill those people, I promise never to do these things again, so Shang Jiu was nine years old and killed.

Naturally, the queen would not tell Shang Shanshui that she had asked Shang to kill people at the age of nine.

Shang Shanshui closed his eyes and could clearly appear in his mind the killing at that time, only those who have experienced it know how terrible it is, these Jianghu guests recruited by the queen are already strong, and no one is convinced by each other, that is, they are in awe of Zhen Xuanyuan, but their self-esteem and arrogance in front of Shang Jiu are not worth mentioning at all, Shang Jiu has no weapons, his hands are his weapons, that night, Shang Jiu started to kill people at the age of nine, and they were reminded by the queen to withdraw from Chang'an reluctantly, They don't think that a person can be terrible, they have so many masters, what is there to worry about.

But the queen said, you can't stop Shang Jiu from being nine years old.

They fled to Chang'an, Shang Shanshui withdrew with twenty-six people, and after leaving Chang'an City, they first went to Fangcheng County, which was about fifty miles away from Chang'an, and more than twenty people got together to discuss what to do.

The night wind blew the candle flame, someone went to close the window, and then saw a young man standing in the courtyard of the inn.

The young man was also looking up at them, he didn't have any helpers, a black robe made him look like he was coming from the darkness, Shang Jiu was nine years old at that time, that is, the age of Shen Leng and Meng Changan, standing in the courtyard, he didn't have any momentum, but like a wandering scholar who was admiring the moon.

Of the twenty-six people, only four escaped, that day, the blood flowed down the stairs of the inn, Shang Shanshui's hands would tremble involuntarily as soon as this picture appeared in his mind, how could he not be the same conceit at that time? He also feels that he has no opponent in the rivers and lakes, young man, when will he be convinced by another young man before he doesn't fight?

So he went up.

Shang Shanshui stopped in front of the bronze mirror, pulled off his shirt, and there was a faint black palm print on his chest, which was still tormenting him every time the weather was bad for so many years.

He later practiced martial arts hard, and spent more than 20 years wanting to take revenge, and wanted to kill Shang Jiu, which was his inner demon, but today, more than 20 years later, even if he once again thinks that he can defeat Shang Jiu, he will still be afraid when he thinks of that name.

That night, Shang's nine-year-old hands were dripping blood under the moon, and there was no change in expression on his face.

Shang Shanshui let out a long breath, his eyes left the bronze mirror, he sat down on the chair by the window, I don't know when the sky will become gloomy again, maybe the snow will come down soon, thinking that every winter or late autumn rain will hurt his heart, Shang Shanshui is irritable for a while.

Just then, someone arrived outside the door and knocked softly on his door.

"Come in."

The person who entered the door took off the hat on his head to reveal a bald head, as if he had just been scraped, so the scar on the top of his head was so glaring.

"Why are you here?"

Shang Shanshui glanced at the man: "I'm not in charge of your herringbone department, I came to my dart game to ask me to bring you something?" ”

The bald head sat down: "I just shaved my hair." ”

"So what?"

"So it's easier to remember the scar left by him when he shook me away with a palm, and my head hit the steps, he thought I was dead and didn't even look at it, and I was cowardly like a rabbit bitten by a tiger, I only dared to close my eyes and pretend to be dead and didn't even dare to breathe, I could feel that he stepped over at that time, and he didn't have me in his eyes at all, because there was too little rabbit meat, and the tiger was not interested."

"So what?"

Shang Shanshui asked again.

"Do you still dream all these years?"

The bald head asked, "That nightmare." ”

Shang Shanshui looked down at the hot tea on the table: "Yes." ”

"I will, keep repeating the events of that day, and many times I dream that he is standing by my bed and looking down at me, as if he didn't step over me that year but stopped to see if I was dead, I don't know if you feel that way, in the dream I desperately held my breath and tried my best to make myself look like a dead man, but it was a dream...... I have trembled countless times because of my dreams, but I still think that I will die because I am trembling. ”

The bald head raised his hand and touched the scar: "I've been covering it for more than 20 years, I'm afraid of being seen, and now I don't want to cover it...... I know that Xun Zhi has just come, and the prince should be disappointed in my herringbone department, so I want you to arrange for someone to kill Shang Jiu, I want you to give me the opportunity. ”

"Huwu."

Shang Shanshui looked at the bald head: "It's like your own real name, you should have forgotten it a long time ago." ”

"I can forget my real name, but I can't forget when Shang was nine years old, and I can't forget the killing at the inn that night."

Hu Wu's eyes were a little confused: "Before that, I never thought that a person could be so terrible, I don't want to have nightmares anymore, and I don't want to be scared all the time, the queen is dead, and we have become the crown prince now, and it seems that even tomorrow has become blurred all of a sudden." ”

"We were originally prepared by the queen mother for the crown prince."

"Are you willing?"

Hu Wu looked at Shang Shanshui: "I'm unwilling, I want to try." ”

Shang Shanshui was silent for a while and then said, "Are you sure?" ”

"Nope."

Hu Wu thought for a while: "But it's better than back then, I have been practicing hard for more than 20 years and he has been punishing himself for more than 20 years, I heard that even the meal is only eaten for four or five days, and now he is skinny, and if he has not used martial arts for more than 20 years, he will regress, you and I are people who practice martial arts to understand this truth, this is my best chance to erase the demons in my heart, and he will recover in the future, and we will not have a chance." ”

"The prince will be angry when he finds out."

"If I kill him, the prince will not blame me even if he gets angry when he knows it, but will feel that he underestimated my ability because of this, if I can't kill him, he will definitely be killed by him, and I will die, why do I care about the prince?"

Shang Shanshui fell silent again.

Hu Wu looked at him and said, "I don't want to fight with you, you yourself understand that it is not the merit that should be fought for, it is a fight for life...... It's also a breath of air, as long as he's alive, it's a mountain that weighs on me, and I can't breathe. ”

Shang Shanshui raised his head: "If you really want to go, you should ask Xu Xuelu." ”

"Him?"

Hu Wu snorted: "Do you really believe that he fought with Shang Jiu and still managed to get out?" ”

"But he really escaped intact."

Xu Xuelu, the other principal of the Geography Department, but he is not in the Chase Dart Bureau, he opened a pawnshop, using the pawnshop to grasp the news of the rivers and lakes, and he can also launder the money of unknown sources.

"I won't stop you from killing Shang Jiu."

Shang Shanshui looked at Hu Wu and said seriously: "But you must not despise him, even if this person has been imprisoned for more than 20 years, he is still a fierce tiger, talk to Xu Xuelu, he is the only one who got out intact, don't forget that even Zhen Xuanyuan died in the hands of Shang Jiu, and at that time Zhen Xuanyuan still had more than a dozen subordinates around him, for us, the battle between Shang Jiu and Zhen Xuanyuan was a fight between immortals." ”

Hu Wu pondered for a moment and got up: "Then I'll go and meet Xu Xuelu, since you promised to give me the opportunity, I miss your favor, if I can come back alive after you have anything you need my help with, just say." ”

"You'll talk about it when you come back alive."

Shang Shanshui picked up the teacup, and Hu Wu immediately got up to say goodbye.

Xingtai Street, Chang'an City, Hu Wu walked into the Yufu pawnshop, raised his right hand, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, the three fingers of the finger were stretched together, the thumb and little finger were bent, and the people in the pawnshop saw this gesture and hurriedly invited people to the backyard.

Seeing that it was Hu Wu who came, Xu Xuelu's face changed, they were all people all the way, but they were not on the same line, Hu Wu suddenly appeared, and he was worried that something was wrong.

"I'm here to ask you something."

Hu Wu looked at Xu Xuelu's eyes: "You are the only person who can still get out of a head-to-head fight with Shang Jiu back then, I want to know, have you ever thought about how to kill him for so many years?" ”

Xu Xuelu's face changed: "Why did you suddenly ask this?" Do you want to kill Shang Nine? ”

The teacup he was holding in his hand shook for a moment, and some of the tea spilled out.

"It seems that you can't help it."

Hu Wu looked at Xu Xuelu's hand and shook his head: "Your heart demon is heavier than mine." ”

"You can't kill him."

Xu Xuelu's voice suddenly became hoarse, as if he wanted to hide the fear in his eyes, so he lowered his head and said very softly: "Don't go, if you don't want to die, I'm seriously persuading you." ”

Hu Wu turned around: "Then I'll find a way myself." ”

Xu Xuelu raised his head and looked at Hu Wu's back, his eyes were in a trance, as if he had returned to more than twenty years ago.

That night, their leader Zhen Xuanyuan and Shang Jiu were fighting, Zhen Xuanyuan was still on an equal footing with Shang Jiu at the beginning, but after a cup of tea, he gradually showed defeat, Xu Xuelu, who was hiding nearby, mustered up the courage to stand up and go to help, but those two feet didn't seem to obey the call at all, and the dead bodies on the ground seemed to be laughing at him, he gritted his teeth and took out a flying knife from his arms and threw it towards Shang Jiu Sui, he didn't dare to see if it was hit, the distance was seventy or eighty meters away, Even if the throwing knife hit, it would be useless, and after throwing it out, he turned and ran.

Now that he is one of the principals of the Earth Character Department, his status is second only to Shang Shanshui, of course he will not say that that night, he actually escaped.

He didn't dare to turn back and fled.

What a head-to-head fight, he threw a throwing knife from eighty meters away, turned around and ran.

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[It's the end of the month again, I make a statement, there must be more updates next month, there must be more! ] 】