One

Liang Tiegong has a dream, not big, but very real.

There are several hectares of fertile land in the countryside, seven or eight big houses, the hall can accommodate more than ten people to drink and have fun, the bedrooms can protect from the cold wind and bitter rain, the grain in the warehouse is enough for three years, and the silver in the box is not lacking. One good wife, two or three beautiful concubines, and thirty or fifty servants are enough. Of course, it is also necessary to have both children and daughters, men to study to win fame, and the children can be lifted in the township examination, and the daughter marries the squire's family, not seeking to be rich and noble, but only seeking a stable life, and the in-laws are constantly coming and going.

In order to realize this dream, Liang Tiegong made a plan.

The first is to change the name, Liang Tiegong's original name is "Shi Dan'er", it sounds like a poor life, it must be changed, "Tiegong" is good, every time you introduce yourself, you can start like this: "In Xia Liang Tiegong, it has nothing to do with the" Iron Rooster ", but if you want to borrow money from me, you must find a good reason." Then laugh three times, and if there is no accident, you can hold each other's hands and call each other brothers.

The second is to make money, which is a top priority.

The world is not the world of one person, only the virtuous live in it, this is to say that the cycle of heaven, even if you are the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, there is a day to let go, to give the world to others.

Wealth is also, you see the gold, silver and jewelry, life does not bring, death does not bring it, today is in your hands, tomorrow into his door, to put it simply, it is also a "cycle" of the truth, such as flowing water, in anyone's hands is temporary, in the end it has to flow away, no one can keep it, so everyone can stay.

Some people say that Liang Tiegong is a liar, and he himself will never admit it.

I'm robbing money? No. Stealing money? Nor did it. People respectfully send money to me, just like water flowing into my family's one-third of an acre, do you have to build a dam to stop it?

This is not called cheating, this is called a cycle, the cycle of heaven, and Liang Tiegong's "way of making money" is also a cycle, so he has no regrets about what he has done.

Two

Zhang Wuwa was convinced by Liang Tiegong, and immediately changed her name to Zhang Wugong, Liang Tiegong said: "You want to be a fairy, not a monster, what is it called" centipede'?" It's called ...... Zhang Wuchen, a subservient minister. ”

"Five ministers, five ministers...... If someone asks which five ministers, how do I answer? ”

Liang Tiegong squinted his eyes and said, "The heavenly machine must not be leaked. ”

Liang Tiegong has a short figure, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't dress up like a master outside the world, so he chose a puppet.

Zhang Wuchen has a great body, and he can always bluff people when they meet for the first time, but he also has obvious shortcomings, he will laugh when he opens his mouth, and his momentum will be completely lost, and he can't change it, so he simply doesn't open his mouth and leaves everything he says to Liang Tiegong.

"When you enter the house, you toss, the louder the better, but you are not allowed to smash the windows, remember?" Every time he received a job, Liang Tiegong had to give him advice.

Zhang Wuchen nodded, with a sincere smile on his face, swallowed his saliva, and all he thought was that he would be able to eat a big meal after getting the money.

Three

He Sheng was also persuaded by Liang Tiegong.

At that time, it had just rained and the road was waterlogged, He Sheng carefully avoided the puddles, and a Taoist priest with a short figure on the opposite side ran towards him, muttering in his mouth.

As they passed by, He Sheng finally heard what the other party was saying.

"The He family is going to be unlucky, and the He family is going to be unlucky......"

He Sheng grabbed the Taoist priest and asked, "Which He family?" ”

"The He family in Zhangjiawan."

The He family did not have a good year, first there was a fire in the house, and the loss was not big, but the male owner He Yuanwai was frightened, and died of illness a month later, with no children and no daughters under his knees, only a concubine was pregnant with a child, but he loved to get sick again, and often took medicine, which made the whole clan worry about this unborn child.

He Sheng is a relative of He's family, he came out to buy medicine, and when he bumped into such a Taoist priest, he felt something, and couldn't help but relax his hand, "Your mouth is too damaged, aren't you afraid of being beaten?" ”

The Taoist priest took two steps back, looked at He Sheng twice, and suddenly turned around and ran.

At this time, He Sheng had to chase after him, and he also had to ask for clarification, "I am a member of the He family, you have made it clear." ”

The Taoist priest took two steps back, "You asked me to say it." ”

"I let you say it."

"Okay, then I'll be honest. You have demonic energy in you. ”

He Sheng raised his fist to fight, but the Taoist priest turned around and ran again, throwing down a few lines of white poetry, "I don't like to hear the truth, the He family will be unlucky." All the people of the world are asleep, but only the Tao is awake. ”

The people on the street were watching the excitement, He Sheng chased after him again, asked the name and location of the Taoist priest, did not buy medicine, and immediately went home to explain to the master's mother, Guo Shi.

In the afternoon of the next day, Liang Tiegong and Zhang Wuchen came to the door together, Zhang Wuchen was tall and big, with a long beard, hanging straight to the waist, the robe on his body was torn off to make a bed, and the sword behind his back caught up with the eyebrow stick, and he was shocked when he appeared.

Zhang Wuchen didn't speak, went around the shadow wall, looked left and right, and suddenly walked quickly, without a routine under his feet, and walked around. The He family did not dare to stop it, and they avoided it one after another.

Liang Tiegong's expression became more and more serious, and he spoke loudly, leading everyone to him, "You ordinary people, you are in danger but you don't know anything, you have demonic energy on your face, you, you, you, and you, you all have demonic energy, if you continue like this, sooner or later you will become the food in the belly of monsters......"

The He family is considered a wealthy family, and more than 30 people up and down were all frightened by these words, raising their hands to touch their faces, and at the same time looking at the people around them, panicking and suspicious of each other.

"Is there anyone else in the backyard?" Liang Tiegong asked sternly.

Everyone followed the gaze of the thin Taoist priest, and saw that the fat Taoist priest had stopped, standing in front of the small door leading to the backyard, his arms slightly apart, like a fat bird with wings ready to fly.

"Mrs. Ru lives in the backyard and is pregnant, so she didn't come out to greet Daoye." He Sheng replied.

"That's right, this lady is a monster."

"No, it won't." He Yuanwai's wife Guo Shi spoke, before her husband's posthumous son was born, she was the head of the family, and she had reason to value this child more than others.

Liang Tiegong pointed to Zhang Wuchen's generous back, "Have you heard of Zhang Sanfeng?" That is the immortal who was personally sealed by the great grandfather of this dynasty, Jinkou Yuya, just like that, Zhang Shenxian did not appreciate it, and traveled around the mountains and rivers, living the days of idle clouds and wild cranes. This Zhang Wuchen is Zhang Sanfeng's eleventh apprentice grandson, and the last one, only because his heart is not broken, he was beaten into the mortal world by the ancestor, and he has to catch ninety-nine monsters before he can return to the master. It was also your master who accumulated yin virtue and died unjustly, so Zhang Wuchen came to catch demons. We don't want money, and we don't accept gifts. ”

"Don't want a penny?" He Sheng was surprised.

"Didn't you say it, Zhang Wuchen wants to catch enough ninety-nine demons, today this is the eighty-fiveth, and catching demons is his reward."

He Sheng looked at the master mother Guo Shi, Guo Shi looked at everyone, especially the few clan elders who were specially invited, and after getting tacit approval, he said: "There is no evidence for empty words, and there must be evidence for demon hunting." ”

"Of course." Liang Tiegong got permission and said loudly to Zhang Wuchen: "You can respectfully invite Master Zu!" ”

Zhang Wuchen raised his right foot, landed heavily on the ground, and untied the long sword behind his back, his whole body trembled, and his mouth was full of words.

Without putting incense or moving musical instruments, such a mage is a bit special, and everyone was surprised.

Liang Tiegong knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and then looked straight at the audience around him, "The gods descend to the mortal, even the emperor has to kneel to greet him, are you older than the emperor?" ”

More than 30 people hurriedly knelt down, and even though they had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to speak out at this time.

Zhang Wuchen trembled for a while, rushed forward, and rushed into the backyard, and soon heard the ups and downs of shouting and cheering, mixed with the sound of smashing pots and folding stools, as if a fierce battle was being fought.

Everyone was frightened, the Taoist priest did not get up, and they did not dare to move.

Liang Tiegong was not idle, he would quickly chant the scriptures for a while, and introduce all kinds of strange things about Zhang Wuchen, in short, so that everyone in the courtyard would not have the opportunity to ask questions and check.

Wow - the baby's cry sounded in the backyard, and everyone no longer had the heart to listen to the nonsense of the Taoist priest, so they got up one after another, Liang Tiegong was stunned for a moment, and also stood up, shouting excitedly: "Demon! The demon was born, one step later, your He family will die! ”

The crowd seemed to believe it or not, and they really couldn't hear anything unusual about the cry.

Zhang Wuchen came out of the backyard, carrying a cloth bag in his hand, and threw it on the ground, and there were living creatures moving in the bag, which frightened everyone to retreat step by step.

"Yokai...... The youkai caught it. Zhang Wuchen's face changed.

"What kind of monster?" Liang Tiegong asked.

"Fox, fox demon."

"Deity or possession?" Liang Tiegong had to wink.

"Possessed!" Liang Tiegong was about to collapse.

"Is the creature a demon or a human?"

"Huh?"

"Let me ask you, is the child born in the backyard a human or a monster?"

Zhang Wuchen hesitated for a moment, and then said affirmatively: "It's a demon, a real son of a fox demon." ”

Four

Zhang Wuchen has never understood Liang Tiegong's way of making money, and he never asked, this was a tacit understanding between the two, but this time he wanted to ask, "That woman...... Dead, dead in front of me, ...... What a fuck...... I'm quitting, I'm going home. ”

"What are you doing back home? Farming? You don't even have land. ”

"I've been following you for more than a year, and I've done Dharma for at least ten families, so I should save some money."

Liang Tiegong looked at Zhang Wuchen coldly, although his stature was a lot shorter, his momentum was a head taller.

Zhang Wuchen was afraid, but he didn't flinch, "Give me money, I want to go home." ”

Liang Tiegong sighed, "It's only been a year, and that money is barely enough for the journey." Heavenly Dao Cycle, you're only halfway through and quit? ”

"I'm just a puppet in your hand, and you didn't teach me the 'loop' method at all."

"Don't worry."

"I don't think you want to teach at all."

"If you want to stay, I can teach you today."

"If I can learn, of course I'm willing to stay." Zhang Wuchen felt less guilty in his heart.

Five

He Sheng rushed to the City God Temple, saw that there was no one nearby, walked quickly around the main hall, and came to the back to find Liang Tiegong, and saw that Zhang Wuchen was also present, and couldn't help but be stunned, "Didn't you say that you were the only one?" ”

"We don't separate each other, and I believe in him. Money brought? ”

He Sheng was suspicious, but he still took out a package from his arms and slowly handed it to Zhang Tiegong, "It's a good job, but that child was born prematurely." ”

"If you had asked me for help earlier, there wouldn't have been such an embarrassing thing."

He Sheng shook his head and let go of the package, "What about the baby?" You'll fix it, right? ”

Zhang Tiegong checked the package in his hand and said lightly: "To solve the baby, you have to charge another money." ”

He Sheng's face turned red, "Two hundred taels is not enough?" ”

"A yard is a yard, and you didn't say in advance that there would be a living baby."

"How much?" He Sheng asked gloomily.

Zhang Tiegong held up two fingers.

He Sheng raised an index finger, "That's all, the He family's money is not blown by the wind." ”

Liang Tiegong nodded.

"I'll send the money early tomorrow morning, be sure to be safe, our He family must not let others point fingers."

Six

"Two hundred taels! So much! Zhang Wuchen rubbed his hands together excitedly, staring at the package with his eyes.

"Our business is like this, when you make less money, you can't eat enough, and when you make more money, you can rival the country, this is only a small thing, and there will be a bigger business in the future, enough for you to eat and drink for a few lifetimes."

Zhang Wuchen praised sincerely, "I really didn't expect that He Sheng would come to give money, what good will it do to him to get rid of Mrs. Ru?" ”

Liang Tiegong laughed, "To put it simply, He Sheng fornicated with the housewife Guo Shi, and if he wanted to occupy the family property outside the staff, he had to get rid of Mrs. Ru and the baby in his belly, and he was afraid of a lawsuit directly, so I went to the door and provided a little help." ”

Zhang Wuchen understood a lot at once, "How do you know what these two people are thinking, and you can still find the door?" ”

"Don't be greedy, you have to learn the door slowly."

"I'm not greedy." Zhang Wuchen smiled, and suddenly heard the cry next door, "What about the little guy?" I fed him rice soup, but I still couldn't stop crying. ”

"Leave it to me."

"Are you going to ......" Zhang Wuchen made a pinching motion.

Liang Tiegong sneered, "You still have a lot to learn, since He Sheng is only willing to give a hundred taels of silver, I will exchange this baby for another hundred taels." ”

Zhang Wuchen was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.

Seven

Liang Tiegong took the baby away, and before he came back at night, Zhang Wuchen began to worry, because Liang Tiegong took away the two hundred taels of silver from the He family, leaving nothing behind.

"The old guy won't lie to me, will he?" Zhang Wuchen was suspicious, and said to himself in the room, "If he dares to lie to me, I will ...... I'm on my own! ”

But he only learned to cast spells, and he could barely deal with people, but he couldn't get business, and he couldn't even tell who was hiding the business.

"No, the old guy needs me." Zhang Wuchen found that he really couldn't do without Liang Tiegong.

There was a knock on the door outside, Zhang Wuchen jumped up, and hurriedly opened the door, "Can you ......come back?"

It was not Liang Tiegong who came in from outside the door, but a wooden stick, which hit Zhang Wuchen on the forehead.

Zhang Wuchen was in pain, screaming, no matter what was going on, he covered his head and rushed out.

With the sticks together, Zhang Wuchen was forced to retreat, and in the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, and he fell to the ground and hugged his head and begged for mercy.

Soon someone rushed in and tied Zhang Wuchen into a pile.

"You ...... You ......" Zhang Wuchen looked at the four or five people in surprise, not knowing why.

Another person came in outside, dressed differently from ordinary tolerances, Zhang Wuchen often walked in Tongzhou and Beijing, and could recognize him, "You are Jinyiwei?" ”

"Jinyi Weibei Town, Fusi, Zhao Ying."

"I didn't break the law, why did you arrest me?" Zhang Wuchen's heart was weak, and his eyes swept wildly, hoping to see Liang Tiegong come to save him.

The room was not big, Zhao Ying glanced twice, "What about the other one?" ”

"I'm the only one." Zhang Wuchen has a hard mouth.

Zhao Ying took the stick from the hand of the man next to him, and hit it on the head, Zhang Wuchen couldn't dodge, and took the stick hard, and immediately puffed up a big bag on his forehead...... Your name is Zhao Ying, and you were the one who killed the old Taoist Zhou Xuanheng in Lingji Palace the year before last? ”

"It's me."

Zhang Wuchen's momentum disappeared suddenly, "Liang Tiegong went out with the baby, saying that he came back after dark, and now there is no one to see." ”

Zhao Ying put down the stick and quickly gave an order, and the men went out of the house to set up an ambush, and only he and Zhang Wuchen, who were tied up with five flowers, were left in the house.

Zhao Ying pulled out her waist knife, "I have a personal grudge with the surname Liang, so you'd better cooperate, otherwise I can only cut it first." ”

"Oh." Zhang Wuchen suddenly realized, "I'll just say, why did you even recruit Jinyiwei." After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but ask: "It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that you are a demon who does not respect gods and Buddhas, ...... Don't believe me? ”

"You believe it?"

"Of course, there are gods in the head."

"But you're still going to do something hurtful?"

"The cycle of the Heavenly Dao, the gods borrow my hand to punish the wicked and eliminate their karmic debts in their previous lives, this is not called hurting the heavens, this is called doing the way for the heavens." Zhang Wuchen was not ashamed at all.

Zhao Ying sneered, thinking that this Liang Tiegong really had some ability to talk flatteringly.

The sound of fighting sounded outside, and Zhao Ying put the knife on Zhang Wuchen's neck.

Zhang Wuchen whispered: "It's not that I'm talkative, Liang Tiegong has the ability, just rely on those few tolerances......"

The door was pushed open, and one of the men said happily, "Caught it, vulnerable." ”

Zhang Wuchen's last glimmer of hope was also dashed.

Liang Tiegong was escorted in, he was beaten relatively little, and there were only two or three bags on his head, and he was also stunned when he saw Jinyiwei, "Why arrest me?" ”

"You are Liang Tiegong?" Zhao Ying put away her waist knife and stepped forward to ask.

"It's me, who is your Excellency?"

"Jinyi Weibei Town, Fusi, Zhao Ying." After a pause, he continued, "Remember the children you poisoned? One of them was my son, and he died. ”

Liang Tiegong's face changed suddenly.

Eight

Zhao Ying had a rare good night's sleep, but she was awakened early in the morning by a quick knock on the door.

One of the tolerance officers said in a panic: "Those two were snatched away!" ”

Zhao Ying was shocked, "Who dares to be so bold?" Liang and Zhang were the key criminals arrested by the Jinyi Weibei Division. ”

Tolerance is confused about this matter, "The robber is also ...... It is also Jinyiwei, who said that he was the captain of the Fusi Division of Nanzhen, and there was a driving sticker, so we didn't dare not hand over people. ”

Nine

No one can break through the rules of officialdom, and Zhao Ying waited for half an hour before being received by the commander Yuan Bin.

"What's going on? Isn't it my sole responsibility for the case of the loss of souls? Finally caught two key criminals, why was they snatched away by Nansi? And—when did Nanji start to take care of this kind of thing? ”

Yuan Bin smiled bitterly, "I also just learned that His Majesty appointed a trusted eunuch to sit in Nansi to be in charge of the matter of searching for immortals and catching demons. ”

"Zhang Wuchen is an ignorant fool, Liang Tiegong specializes in abduction and deception, neither a demon nor a fairy ......"

"As far as I know, Liang Tiegong took away a son of a fox."

Zhao Ying shook her head angrily, "What kind of fox son, it's all deceitful nonsense, the He family's mother, Guo, had an affair with the clansman He Sheng, conspiring with property, the master of the He family died very strangely, the so-called fox demon gave birth to a child, it was all a lie made up by Liang Tiegong, I have asked for a confession, and the evidence is conclusive." ”

"What about the baby?"

Zhao Ying was speechless for a while, and only said after a while: "He was sent away by Liang Tiegong, he refused to recruit, but as long as he was tortured, he would definitely tell the truth." ”

"Alas, just leave it to Nansi, if it really has nothing to do with the demon immortals, they will return Liang Tiegong."

As the commander in charge of Jinyiwei, Yuan Bin, who once shared hardships with the current emperor, didn't seem to be so favored, Zhao Ying didn't dwell on it anymore, but she had a strong interest in Nansi in her heart.

Ten

Zhao Ying didn't expect that she would wait for five or six years.

In the eighth year of Tianshun, the emperor who was called the emperor for the second time died, the temple name Yingzong, the new emperor ascended the throne, changed the Yuan Chenghua, Yuan Bin was promoted to the commander of the Tongzhi, and finally took over the South Division, and the first order was to transfer Zhao Ying from the North Division to the South Division.

After Zhao Ying arrived, she immediately asked about Liang Tiegong's whereabouts, but no one in Nansi knew the inside story, but just sent a bunch of books and asked hundreds of households to find clues on their own.

It took a whole day, Zhao Ying finished reading the paperwork, didn't say anything, went home to rest, and everyone in Nansi breathed a sigh of relief.

Three days later, Zhao Ying brought an order, which Yuan Bin wrote in his own hand, covered with the seal of the brocade clothes, and a few comments from the emperor.

Nansi has indeed investigated many cases, many times in the name of Beisi, some of which were led by Zhao Ying in the past few years, and he remembers each one clearly.

Nansi wanted to trace the whereabouts of the demon fairy from these pretending to be ghosts, but as Zhao Ying expected, nothing was found, but the writer was very smart, and every time he left an unfathomable tail, or a wisp of smoke, or a beam of white light, or a strange noise, in short, it could not be explained. In one document, the writer even boldly wrote his own guess: Does God want to see people? Is the human mind insincere? Providence is unpredictable.

Zhao Ying sneered, and really wanted to add a few lines of words to the end: It doesn't matter if the gods see the head but not the tail, why don't you even see a monster?

Two days later, Zhao Ying finally found Liang Tiegong's content in the pile of old papers.

The record is very brief, nothing more than a record of torture and confession, without unexpected content, and then Liang Tiegong was imprisoned, and it seems that he is not valued by Nansi.

Zhao Ying continued to read, and after Liang Tiegong was imprisoned for a year, his name appeared in the document again, which was more abbreviated, and he was usually taken out to cooperate with the investigation of the case, and returned to prison afterwards.

Gradually, Liang Tiegong was taken away more and more frequently, and on the ninth day of the second month of the sixth year of Tianshun, he was released from prison again, and since then he has no whereabouts, neither returned, nor died, and disappeared without a trace.

No one in Nansi was willing to tell the truth, so Zhao Ying went directly to see her boss Yuan Bin.

"Who is this Yundan? Over the years, he took Liang Tiegong away every time, and the last time he did not return the prisoner, and his name rarely appeared in other documents. "Zhao Ying has been transferred to Jinyiwei for more than seven years, and she has never heard of this person.

Yuan Bin was silent for a long time, and finally said, "You come to see me again tomorrow." ”

Yuan Bin has been an official in Jinyiwei for many years, has experienced ups and downs, was a close confidant of Emperor Yingzong, and also lost to his colleagues in the internal struggle to degrade others, in the end, he is the victor and controls the entire Jinyiwei, including the North and South Zhenfu Division, even so, some things are still not up to him.

Yuan Bin knew Yun Dan, and because of this, he dared to reveal the truth to a hundred households after asking someone for instructions.

The next day, Yuan Bin and Zhao Ying chatted for a long time, and after nearly half an hour, they said, "Your Majesty has known about you for a long time." ”

Zhao Ying lowered his head and did not answer, he had already guessed that the "someone" that Yuan Bin wanted to ask for instructions must be the current emperor.

"It's not been a day or two since Nanji searched for the whereabouts of the immortals." Yuan Bin continued, sighing, "Taizu once sent people to find the immortal Zhang Sanfeng, several titles, and even established a palace for Zhang Sanfeng, Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, and also sent people to visit the world's famous mountains and rivers, and in his later years, he handed over the task of searching for immortals to Nansi. It's a pity that I haven't found a true immortal until today. ”

Zhao Ying still didn't answer, because he felt that the reason was very simple, so simple that no one wanted to admit it.

"The first emperor Yingzong believed that sincerity was the opening of the golden stone, when he was in trouble in the north, only I was by his side, the first emperor was not discouraged even in the most critical time, and firmly believed that he was the true dragon son of heaven, and he must be protected by the gods. As a result, everyone in the world saw that the first emperor not only returned to the capital safely, but also really restored. How can it be said that there is no divine help? ”

Zhao Ying continued to be silent, and actually wanted to ask in her heart, with the help of the gods, why did she only help Yingzong to restore, but kill Yu Qian, a loyal minister who defended the city of Beijing?

"When I transferred you to the Jinyi Wei Beisi, first, your family had been kind to Nangong, and second, I wanted to get rid of the fake immortals, but-" Yuan Bin smiled bitterly, "Over the years, you have been too successful, and not a single immortal has been left." ”

This is a merit and a sin, so Zhao Ying has always been a hundred households, and he has not been promoted.

"The emperor is rich in the world, why do you have to look for immortals and give traitors a chance to take advantage of?" Zhao Ying asked.

"Immortality." Yuan Bin only replied with two words, and explained clearly, "But things have changed, the first emperor believed in the gods so devoutly, but he died before he reached the age of confusion, and now the saints think that there must be immortals in the world, but the immortals will not interact with mortals, and it is useless to look for them, so it is better not to find them." ”

Only one step away, the emperor will admit that there are no immortals in the world, and Zhao Ying can't ask for more, "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Yuan Bin picked up a letter from the table, "Go to Guangxi, where the rebels are being exterminated, and you can call the shots except for the military situation." ”

Eleven

Yun Dan was a eunuch, in his forties, and after reading the emperor's handwritten edict, he smiled, and then held the letter in both hands to return to the master, saying: "Lord Baihu will be my new boss in the future, disrespectful." ”

Yun Dan looks elegant, has no beard under his chin, and looks younger, although he smiles, he doesn't have much respect.

"I want Liang Tiegong." Zhao Ying traveled thousands of miles from the capital to Guangxi, and the target was not a eunuch.

"It's a pity, the adults are one step late, Liang Tiegong has already gone immortal."

"When? Where is it? ”

"More than ten days ago, the officers and soldiers broke through the nest of traitors in Datengxia, and Liang Tiegong went deep with the army and was unfortunately killed."

Zhao Ying didn't believe a word, "You took Liang Tiegong out of Jinyi Wei Nansi the year before last, and you never returned it." ”

"Well, in the past two years, we have been running around, doing things wholeheartedly, and we have no chance to return to Beijing, but everything is reported, didn't the Lord of the Hundred Households see it?"

"Nanji has no records."

"That's in the palace." Yun Dan looked back at Zhao Ying, still smiling on his face, without any fear, and he didn't care whether the other party believed it or not.

"To live to see people, to die to see corpses." Zhao Ying understood that she had met an opponent.

twelve

It was not so much a corpse as a charred piece of wood, black from head to toe, and it was impossible to see what it looked like at all.

"This is Liang Tiegong?" Zhao Ying asked.

"Exactly, and he died a strange death, it was not the mortal fire that burned Liang Tiegong, but the divine fire."

"Divine fire?"

"The dozens of officers and soldiers who went with them saw with their own eyes that Liang Tiegong was spontaneously combusted, and there were no open flames within a hundred zhang of the surroundings."

Zhao Ying glanced at Yun Dan, "You have to be careful, the current saint doesn't believe in this." ”

"I'll just tell the truth, believe it or not."

Zhao Ying snorted, turned around and walked out.

"Lord Zhao." Yun Dan shouted, "You also have to be careful, when the first emperor first ascended the throne, he didn't believe in the gods, and he had to believe it after two years." ”

Give Zhao Ying another hundred years, and he won't believe it.

A baker's dozen

Datengxia is the nest of traitors in Liangguang, it was renamed "Broken Tengxia Gorge" by officers and soldiers, there are many ravines, after the war, officers and soldiers searched everywhere, and still captured a large number of prisoners.

Zhao Ying followed the soldiers all over the canyon, and saw with his own eyes the place where Liang Tiegong spontaneously combusted, it was a flat peak, the traces of burning were still there, no one dared to approach, Zhao Ying observed alone for a long time, and did not see anything special.

He did not give up and continued to investigate, from the general who led the troops to the servant who carried the burden, as long as he met, he would talk a few words, he believed that the facts were in the midst of different opinions.

Zhao Ying returned to the barracks, it was twenty days later, the army was dismissed, only a few people were left to garrison, the imperial court decree had arrived, all the soldiers were rewarded, and the camp was full of joy.

Zhao Ying ignored the wind and dust, and immediately asked to see the handsome Han Yong after entering the camp.

Han Yong supervised military affairs with Wenchen and pacified Liangguang in one fell swoop, which was deeply appreciated by the imperial court and was in the limelight, but he still found time to meet this anxious hundred.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Ying said: "I heard that the army wants to castrate thousands of children and send them to the capital, but is there such a thing?" ”

"It is true, these children are the sons of traitors, and they should be beheaded according to the law, and now they are also their creation."

"That's not what adults intended, is it?"

Han Yong's brows furrowed slightly, and he began to feel that this little Baihu was a little rude, "The imperial court ordered me to supervise the military affairs of Liangguang, and everything in the army is naturally my decision." ”

Zhao Ying arched his hand and said: "My lord, I heard some rumors that the eunuchs in the army were actually trying to make 'descendant soup' in the name of offering prisoners. ”

"Descendant soup?" Han Yong's brows furrowed even tighter, he really didn't want to get involved in the eunuch's affairs.

"It is a decoction that can make eunuchs regrow their descendants."

"Huh." Han Yong couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Funny." ”

Zhao Ying didn't laugh, "It's really funny, but the eunuchs believe it, and really do it, the ...... of those thousands of boys Something is one of the important medicinal herbs. ”

Han Yong put away his smile, "It's not just boys, but also girls. ”

"The girls are a blind eye, the eunuchs want those boys, and these children are not all the sons of traitors, many of them are abducted from other places, the eunuch Yun Dan has been investigating this matter, but when he arrived in Guangxi, he was in the same stream with other eunuchs."

Han Yong was silent for a long time, "You're late, I'm afraid those boys have already been punished." ”

"How many can be saved, and most importantly, the eunuchs can't be allowed to succeed."

"Descendants soup...... It wouldn't really work, would it? ”

"Of course not, but after the eunuch tries once, he will try the next time with more brutal means."

Only then did Han Yong understand how serious the matter was, and said slowly: "I was ordered to come to Liangguang to supervise military affairs, and matters other than the suppression of bandits are not under my control, but you can, you have Your Majesty's handwritten decree." ”

fourteen

Zhao Ying sat in the room, waiting for the visitors.

Without being informed, Yun Dan broke in directly, his face flushed, and he no longer had the slightest sense of elegance, and pointed at Zhao Ying unceremoniously, "You are so bold!" ”

Zhao Ying stared at the eunuch, "You know too late. ”

Yun Dan's face turned blue and red, "Don't think that you can cover the sky with one hand when you gain momentum, you are just a small hundred, separated from Your Majesty by several layers." I can see Your Majesty at any time after I return to Beijing, can you? ”

Zhao Yingde admitted that although he was reused, he was never summoned by the emperor, and no matter how big or small, he had to convey it through his boss Yuan Bin, who was not always favored.

"Can I produce incontrovertible evidence, can you?" Zhao Ying had suffered greatly from the issue of evidence, and after being transferred to Jinyiwei, she was particularly careful.

Yun Dan's face turned even redder, "You are challenging all of us, remember my words, when the current saint is interested in immortality, it will be your death." ”

Yun Dan turned around and left.

Zhao Ying sat down for a while, got up and went out of the house, and called a group of sergeants, all of whom were transferred by Han Yong and dispatched by him.

"Go to the eunuch's treasury and seize all the 'medicinal materials', which are all evidence for the investigation of the case, and not a single cent is allowed to be lost, let alone taken away by anyone."

The sergeants were given the order to go, and they were willing to accept such orders as long as the responsibility was assumed.

Zhao Ying led a few soldiers to a nearby military tent.

Dozens of children were crammed inside, the youngest was five or six years old, the oldest was no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, sitting or standing blankly, their eyes full of fear.

Zhao Ying only came to save these children, and the others had already been tortured and were recuperating and preparing to be sent to the capital.

"You're a unique bunch of people." Zhao Ying looked at these children, and her heart swelled with uncontrollable sympathy and anger, but her voice was still gentle and soft, and it was this voice that would make these children remember it for the rest of their lives.

"It is rumored that you were born to a fox demon and were sent to the ghost mother to be raised, so let's admit that the rumors are true. From today on, you have to forget your original origin and origin, you are all surnamed Hu, Guyue Hu, a cinnamon word in the middle, osmanthus cinnamon, and another word, let me think slowly. ”

Zhao Ying made up his mind to save these children, he felt that Yun Dan did tell some truth, the emperor would be interested in immortality sooner or later, and then he would be keen on ghosts and gods, and the words "fox and ghosts" may be the talisman of these children.

As for the scorched Liang Tiegong, Zhao Ying believed that as long as he kept an eye on Yun Dan and the others, he would see him again.

(This is the end of the prequel, and the new book will be uploaded on June 10.) ）