Chapter Forty-Eight: Sima Zong's Sword

Chengying didn't speak again, his indifference was more real than Sima Zong's, because his duty was a sword, and the Liu Sheng who was now going to be imprisoned in Huangquan was another sword, they were originally from humble backgrounds, but because of Sima Zong, they had a new name and a dark future. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Chengying" is one of the three swords of Shang Tianzi, but Sima Zong gave him this name to let him be a good sword.

Driving back to the palace, Chengying went to see Shen Jin, who was locked in a prison cell, and an unknown teenager who was in a coma, and when the boy woke up, he had been asked by the servants in the palace about his origin, and it turned out to be one of Liu Sheng's subordinates, named Ah Run.

Ah Run thought he had arrived in the underworld, thinking that the old servant who asked for his name was a ghost, until Chengying's warm hand was on his forehead, and he was so frightened that he almost bit his tongue.

Inevitably, Chengying locked Ah Run next door to Shen Jin's cell, and Ah Run was also slightly injured anyway.

It's just that when the boy who was eating soup and rice heard a low scream coming from next door, he almost threw the bowl with trembling hands.

Ah Run's eyes widened in horror, forgetting for a moment that he was a brave ranger, and the helpless young man was very confused at the moment, whether he was alive or dead, was this place Huangquan or Difu?

"What's going on next door? Is this really not an underworld? I've gone to eighteen floors of hell? ”

"In torture, you'd better not know."

Chengying knew that Sima Zong had a few internal eunuchs around him, and he was always auspicious by his side, except for love and barking outside, his courage was actually quite small, and the other few ...... It is said that dogs that bite people can't bark, so the Ruyi who tortured Shen Jin at night looked white and clean, but he was a good hand at torturing people.

Shen Jin was caught by Chengying, so Chengying didn't even eat dinner, chased all the way after getting the news, and then didn't come back until now, and he gave this meal to Arun in the end.

There is no shortage of food in the Nanton Palace, but no one will make food for a dead man who is not even as good as a dog, and Chengying does not dare to rummage through the kitchen, otherwise the cook will be angry tomorrow, and she can be the cook of the palace, and her net worth is also poor.

There was only a bean-sized lamp in the room, and Shen Jin didn't know what inhuman torture he had suffered next door, but he endured it for a long time and still cried out, and Ah Run's hand shook again.

Shen Jin: That young man is not very old, right? Pampered since childhood, even if he lives in the rivers and lakes, he will not suffer any big losses, Chengying remembered that when he fought with Shen Jin before, the young man had been injured, but his eyes were resolute and he was not afraid of death, but unfortunately he had not practiced kung fu yet, if there were five more years, Chengying felt that he should lose, after all, he was also old.

Seeing Chengying in a daze, Ah Run felt that this person was easier to get along with, so he sat down beside him gently and asked, "Where is this?" ”

Chengying's side face was covered with a layer of ghostly light, making it impossible to tell his age, and he said dumbfounded: "My house is ......"

Originally, he wanted to say "home", but after thinking about it, he probably never slept here, next door was Sima Zong's cell, and he often had to follow Sima Zong, sleeping outside his house, many times he couldn't sleep, or slept very lightly.

When he was young, he would freeze and faint when he kept vigil outside the house in winter, although he vaguely remembered that Sima Zong would throw him a blanket, and when he was in a good mood, he would also reward him with a glass of warm wine.

But that was many years ago.

At that time, they were still in the beautiful Luoyang, all the memories that belonged to Luoyang were painted with a layer of sunset afterglow, Sima Zong was good at martial arts, and he also liked to recruit warriors everywhere, Chengying had just entered the palace, and he had changed from a beggar's version of a ranger to a personal attendant with complete clothes.

His duty is to protect Sima Zong and practice swords with Sima Zong.

When they danced the sword, the pomegranate flowers in the court were as colorful as rain in the wind, Sima Zong had not grown gray hair at that time, he was vigorous and heroic, but he was always a little prince with a bad reputation, because he liked to practice martial arts.

Like to practice martial arts for scholars, is a rude thing, although the practice of martial arts is not required for everyone to know, but martial arts, after all, is to represent the spirit of people, if an era of people only popular drinking to escape the world, it is not a normal era.

It is doomed.

They were all young at the time.

Sima Zong's father, Sima Liang, eventually died in the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, and the Jin Dynasty regained the country and crumbling until Wang Yanshile came with soldiers and horses......

Luoyang fell.

Sima Rui and Langya Wang abandoned Luoyang early and came to Jiankang, which can be regarded as keeping the national ancestry.

During the Yongjia period, Sima Zong followed his brother Sima Yi across the river and became the founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the kings of the older generation all died in the Eight Kings Rebellion, and Sima Rui only "grabbed" the throne one step earlier and safely because of the Langya Wang's plan.

The fall of the Western Jin Dynasty preceded the Wangdun Rebellion by six years, and the Han people eventually lost Chang'an, and now they only have Jiankang, only a Yangtze River and half of the Yangtze River that seems to be stable and prone to civil strife.

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Chengying sat for a long time, and then estimated the time to go to the next cell, Ah Run wanted to go out with him, but was so frightened by his eyes that he didn't dare to move.

In Ah Run's eyes, the moment Chengying opened the door, the moonlight illuminated his face, very unexpectedly, Chengying was actually a very gentle-looking young man, his hair was so black that it almost blended with the night, his face was pale, his eyes were dark, in addition to these two defects, he could even be said to be a little handsome.

"Don't move, you'll die when you go out." Chengying didn't know how to explain, so he had to give Ah Run a look full of murderous intent, this was Sima taught him a long time ago, to be a good dead soldier and killer, you must have a murderous aura.

How do you practice this kind of look? Chengying may never forget that he and Sima Zong stood on a battlefield full of corpses on that rainy night, feeling the "breath of the dead" all night.

At that time, it was the battle of Sima Zong who led his troops to crusade against Liu Qiao, and because of this battle, Sima Zong was named king for meritorious service.

When people are old, it is easy to recall the past, probably because they saw a few interesting teenagers tonight, but when Chengying saw Shen Jin who fell to the ground, he couldn't help but be moved.

Shen Jin didn't faint, his face was intact, but he had been pricked with an unknown number of needles on his back, because Shen Jin still had to be sent to the Criminal Department, and he couldn't have too obvious injuries.

The needle is not counted, and there is still some pale yellow powder in the affected area, and I don't know what kind of poison powder it is.

There were also dozens of faint whiplashes.

The most serious should be the limbs, broken is light, and then Ruyi will use the stone mortar to smash the medicine to the bone, because he likes to see people slowly being tortured, but not to the most ruthless step, pick off the tendons of the hands and feet, and completely abolish a warrior.

But this is the first night, and Ruyi doesn't dare to start too hard.

Ruyi was resting, there was still a drop of crumbling sweat on his thin chin, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "This Shen family is also a wealthy family, I didn't expect this kid to be so angry, and he refused to tell who saved him back then." In fact, as long as he is willing to identify the Langya Wang family, he doesn't have to suffer. Langya Wang's reluctance to exchange him for Liu Sheng is really ridiculous, a dignified Shen orphan is not as good as a dog in our palace in their eyes. ”

Chengying couldn't bear to see Shen Jin's bright and resolute eyes, he just came to convey Sima Zong's order, "You don't have to hurt his muscles and bones, and the poison used will be dissolved immediately, so take a slow." ”

"The prince is really soft, I am measured, this kid's temperament is too hard, I have to fold it first, just like bamboo." Ruyi smiled and said, "But this kid's screams are so noisy that you sleep?" You displeased the prince again tonight, so you didn't let you follow? ”

Chengying deliberately talked to Ruyi, while finding water to feed Shen Jin, and said lightly: "The prince doesn't sleep tonight, and there is a secret visit." ”

Ruyi said: "What guest doesn't let you be around to protect?" ”

Chengying saw Shen Jin spit out a bowl of blood and water, and his heart was not a taste.

"Something in the army." Chengying said very concisely, but Ruyi's eyelids jumped, and he said in a low voice: "The prince really wants to take the step of Wang Dun?" ”

"If Shen Jin dies, or Liu Sheng can't bear to confess to the prince, or if Song Yuan comes back alive, there will be no place for the prince in the entire Jiangzuo at that time...... You'd better start with a tap. ”

Seungying said this a little indifferently, and then left quietly.

After a while, Ruyi silently glanced at the stubborn young man lying on the ground, got up suddenly, and snorted coldly, "I'm tired, I'll try again tomorrow." ”

Chengying did not return to his own room next door after leaving the cell, it was already the second half of the night, the night was as cold as water, he took a turn in the palace garden, a little worried that the rumored Ah Jia or Ah Yi would attack at night, but the Langya Wang clan did not move, as if he had really given up Shen Jin.

Or everyone is putting up with it.

He was covered with the fragrance of grass and trees, and when he passed by the library, he saw that the lights there were still on, and there was a shadow in front of the window.

Chengying sat on the railing, behind him was a pool of duckweed and lotus, but the lotus seemed to be a little less than in previous years, because this year Sima Yu suddenly got up very diligently at night to practice swimming, and he bumped into it a few times, and the lotus was picked up a lot by Sima Yu, and it was inconvenient to swim if it was too much.

At first, Sima Yu was still afraid of him, but after meeting him a few times, Chengying began to teach him to swim, and he didn't ask Sima Yu why he wanted to learn, and promised the poor little prince not to tell Sima Zong.

In fact, Chengying knew that Sima Yu was thrown into the Qinhuai River by Xie An's servants, and at that time he was watching the two teenagers in the dark, and when he saw that scene, he couldn't help laughing.

Seungying couldn't remember how long it had been since she had laughed.

Maybe it was thinking of him and Sima Zong's youth, but Luoyang is far away, he is old, and many things are melted into that bloody sunset, I don't know if it's a dream or an illusion.

After Sima Yu finished practicing, he pushed open the window to blow the wind, and at a glance he saw Chengying who was silent and didn't know how long he had been standing, and wondered: "Uncle Ying, don't you need to protect the prince tonight?" ”

Chengying asked, "Did Lord Yu make friends in Jiankang?" ”

Sima Yu was stunned, and his heart was very inexplicable, but after thinking about it for a long time, he said a little depressed: "If Xie An didn't hate me so much, I would really like to be friends with him." ”

Chengying said: "There are so many children of the family in Jiankang, there are always friends who are more suitable than Xie An. ”

Sima Yu shook his head and said seriously: "Wang Xun and Gu Lu are all good with him, if I can make this friend of Xie An, then other people will also become my friends." ”

"Little Wangye," Chengying sighed slightly, "Making friends lies in the heart." ”

Sima Yu didn't understand his words, and said in silence for a long time: "Uncle Ying, I understand, he writes well, I will ask him these questions in the future." ”

Sima Yu didn't know how Chengying could become a confidant uncle tonight, but after the words in his heart came out, he was in a good mood, and he didn't have to practice calligraphy to pass the long sleepless night.

But Chengying's last sentence when he left was very strange, "Actually, there is one thing, if you do it, you can make Xie An trust you and become your friend, but you need courage to do this, and even take risks, so will you do it?" ”

Although Sima Yu was praised by Guo Pu as the most promising little prince of the Sima family, he lay in bed and couldn't think of the answer to this question until he fell asleep.

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ps: I like to write about the stages when these teenagers are ignorant and struggling to grow up. The fun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lies in these teenagers, grow up quickly (blame yourself for writing slowly)! Every time I write about Sima Yu, a little bastard, I feel that he is so innocent, but when I think of the fact that in history he was frightened and died by Huan Xiaowen in front of the emperor, and before he died, he wanted to give up all his power to Huan Xiaowen, so angry that our Tanzhi children (Wang Shu's baby smashed) tore up the edict with his own hands...... I just want to abuse him! Of course, this story is not his turn to be the emperor, Ah Yan is angry: I'm not dead yet!