Chapter 8: The Dark Sentinel

This old man Shi, forty-three years old, is a righteous eagle and loyal and brave. The family has practiced martial arts for generations.

In his generation, there was a martial champion in the family, who was Shi Zhengying.

Shi Zhengying was upright and brave, loyal to the first emperor.

Because he hated the open and secret strife in the officialdom and formed gangs, he asked the first emperor to resign and return to his hometown as early as possible when the first emperor was still in power.

But because of this Shi Zhengying's uprightness, loyalty and bravery, and his disdain to participate in partisan disputes in the court, Emperor Wenzong, the first emperor of Dachengguo, favored him very much and protected him.

Emperor Wenzong was extremely reluctant to ask Shi Zhengying to resign.

But later, Emperor Wenzong thought about it carefully: I am now on the throne, and no matter how Shi Zhengying rampaged in the court, I will protect him. But if I am not there one day in the future, who will protect me, a loyal and honest minister?

Therefore, after thinking about it, Emperor Wenzong still approved Shi Zhengying's request for resignation even though he was reluctant.

Emperor Wenzong personally opened the golden mouth above the court and issued an order, giving Shi Zhengying, a Shangfang sword, a gold medal to avoid death, and a mansion in the town of Changnan Town.

300,000 taels of gold and silver are appreciated for the stone and eagle, and 30 taels of gems.

In addition, Emperor Wenzong also specially waved his hand in Shi Zhengying's hometown of Changnan Town, and gave him a forcible edict of fifty acres of fertile fields (because Shi Zhengying, who had an upright temperament, felt ashamed of it, so he refused to ask for it like a stubborn donkey).

Up and down in this Dacheng country, I am afraid that the only one who can be so favored by Emperor Wenzong is Shi Zhengying, a minister who was born in martial arts.

The Shi family carries the holy grace of the first emperor, and in Changnan Town, it is omnipotent, even if it is pointed at the little flower cat and said that it is a tiger, no one dares to refute it.

It's just that Shi Zhengying's family rules and family laws are extremely strict, and the descendants of Shifu are all very low-key and humble.

On the contrary, it was those distant relatives and servants in the Shifu who were all foxes and tigers.

When they go out to walk and run errands, they are all so imposing.

Fortunately, they were afraid of Shi Zhengying's majesty, and they were limited to going out to show their majesty, and they didn't dare to do things that were too out of line.

The dungeon of this stone mansion is located in the basement of the side courtyard of the stone mansion.

Shi Zhengying entered the dungeon and saw the ragged man hiding in the corner of the cell shivering.

He ordered his servants to open the door to his cell.

As soon as the man saw Shi Zhengying, who was full of fierce faces, enter the cell, he was so frightened that he scurried up and down, left and right, and fainted after a while.

Shi Zhengying coldly watched the man lying on the haystack in the mud of the cell, then turned to Shi Linfeng, the steward who followed him, and said, "He seems to be an ignorant beggar. Lin Feng, you go and interrogate him carefully for me. If he is not suspicious, give him a full meal, warn him a few words, and let him go. ”

Shi Linfeng said, "Yes, master. ”

"Well," Shi Zhengying said, "I'm going to the school now." When you finished judging him, you came to practice with me. ”

"Good!"

……

On the school grounds of Shifu.

Shi Zhengying held a big knife in his hand and Shi Linfeng, who was holding a spear, and "fought" heartily.

A group of servants waited from afar.

Shi Zhengying brandished a big knife and slashed at Shi Linfeng's head, and Shi Linfeng immediately blocked it with a horizontal gun.

The weapons of the two collided with each other, and a little spark emerged.

"You let the beggar go?" Shi Zhengying said.

"Yes, sir, I have let him go," Shi Linfeng said, "He said that he has a family heirloom jade pendant, which he has always worn close to his body. As a result, a few splashes suddenly appeared on the street, and when they found the jade pendant he was wearing, they had bad intentions and wanted to swallow his jade pendant privately. He ran to the vicinity of Shifu in a panic. Seeing this, those splashes didn't dare to catch up anymore. ”

"Hahaha," Shi Zhengying laughed heartily, put away the big knife and said, "He will pick a place to take refuge." Let's rest. ”

"Yes, sir." Shi Linfeng also put away the spear.

Eight of the attendants who were waiting on the side immediately ran up.

They were in groups of four, one carrying broadswords and the other carrying spears, and carefully placed the two weapons on the weapon racks.

"Master," Shi Linfeng took out a jade pendant from his bosom and said, "The beggar said that he was grateful to the master for rewarding him with a full meal." He also said that he begged for food on the street all day long, and it was not safe for this jade pendant to follow him, so it was better to give it to the master. ”

Shi Zhengying took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and said: "The quality of this jade pendant is average, but this person is a grateful picture." ”

Shi Linfeng said: "Indeed, he is grateful. Sir, if there is nothing else to do, I will go to the bookkeeper of the house to have a look. ”

"Okay." Shi Zhengying said.

Shi Zhengying held the jade pendant tightly in his hand and turned around and went to the study.

After entering the study, Shi Zhengying said to Ah Fu, the servant who was guarding the study: "You go out and close the door and guard it, and I will call you again if there is something." ”

"Yes."

Ah Fu turned around and went out to guard the door of the study.

Shi Zhengying lit a candle and placed the jade pendant on the candle flame to roast.

The jade pendant quickly cracked, revealing a small note.

Shi Zhengying took out the small note and looked at it carefully.

The note reads: There is a secret whistle outside the house, be careful!

Shi Zhengying was taken aback in his heart, and he quickly burned the note.

Did that witch doubt me?

Shi Zhengying frowned.

He walked to the bookshelf, took down a book, added a few strokes to it, and said, "Ah Fu! ”

Ah Fu immediately pushed the door in, bowed and said, "What does the master command?" ”

Shi Zhengying thought for a moment, then pointed to the book in his hand and said, "Ah Fu, you take this book out of the secret passage of the mansion tonight and hand it over to Master Qian." Remember! Don't let anyone see you! ”

The secret passages of Shifu are full of twists and turns, and the length is a full five miles.

When Ah Fu came out, he was already far away from Shifu.

The night was dark and there was silence outside.

There was a passing pass, and he struck a gong on the street and told the hour.

Ah Fu hid in the dark and observed for a long time, and after confirming that no one was following, he used his light skills to quickly march towards Qianjiazhuang.

After Ah Fu arrived at the outer wall of the Qian mansion, he quietly climbed over the wall and went in, avoiding everyone and going straight to Qian Liangdong's bedroom.

He squatted under the window while the servants were leaving, and learned to meow in groups of two and three.

Master Qian woke up immediately, crept up from the bed, and quietly opened the bedroom window.

The two looked at each other and didn't say much.

Ah Fu stuffed the book to Qian Liangdong and flew away immediately.

Qian Liangdong hurriedly closed the window.

This Ah Fu had just walked away, and the servant who had changed shifts happened to arrive at his post.

Qian Liangdong carried the book in his arms, walked around to the back of the bed, turned a gossip bronze talisman nailed to the wall, and opened the door of the secret room.

Under the faint candlelight, Qian Liangdong opened the book.

After seeing the contents of the book, Qian Liangdong's face changed immediately.