Chapter 23: The Past

"Fu Zhou", who was lying on the ground, heard his name being called, and instinctively looked up.

Tang Mo and Katyusha didn't have time to get annoyed, and they looked at it with it.

I saw an ordinary scholar holding up an iron dagger that was old when he looked at it, and although it was full of rust, it still could not hide the unique ingenuity displayed on its decorative patterns.

"It's ...... What?" Fu Zhou, who had been roaring, asked a little sluggishly.

"Do you need me to remind you? Think about the day you went to prison decades ago. The reader laughed.

"I don't need to remember!" Fu Zhou screamed with his head in his hands.

The following begins with the first-person description of Fu Zhou.

Decades ago, that day.

I, Fu Zhou, as the eldest disciple of the Eastern Wu Sword Pool, am about to take over as the head of the Sword Pool.

Although I am a little suspicious of gloating about the schadenfreude of the teacher, I admit that I am very excited.

From an orphan who was unconcerned and a shabby mountain village hunter, to a disciple of the first sect of Eastern Wu under one person, and then to the head of the only sword pool in the Luo Dynasty.

I'm about to reach the pinnacle of my life

What? You say you marry Bai Fumei? Yes, there must be.

The little junior sister came to Jianchi with me since she was a child, not to mention rich, Bai Mei is sure.

I used to have low self-esteem and felt that I was not worthy of my little sister.

And now, in the sixth year of Daguan (the year name before Da Luo Taiwei is the year name of Ye Yu's father), I, Fu Zhou, am about to become an existence above ten thousand people.

I knelt in front of the collapse, staring at the angry master on the bed, and from time to time peeking at the iron sword hanging on the wall (i.e., the one above), although it was more decorative than practical, it was a symbol of the head of the sword pool.

I was already thinking about how to manage the affairs of the sect after becoming the head of the sect.

"After taking office, the rights that were put into the pool should be withdrawn one by one. In this way, the authority of the total pool can be further consolidated. I will definitely be able to bring the sword pond back to its former glory!" I smugly thought about my grand hegemony, "And I will become the greatest master of the sword pond for hundreds of years!"

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the door.

I frowned, stood up and walked out the door, and said aloud:

"This is the forbidden land of Sword Pond, who is making noise here?"

A group of people dressed in government costumes appeared in front of the house.

My junior brother, Shangguan Yun, Master's only son, followed behind me, but did not speak.

"It's strange, shouldn't Xiaoyun's irascible nature come forward to expel these officials a long time ago?" I thought to myself when I saw that Shangguan Yun didn't say a word.

"Is this Fu Zhou, the senior disciple of the Sword Pool?" an official who was obviously the leader stepped forward and smiled at me and asked.

To be honest, I don't really like his smile, he reminds me of those wild monkeys I met in the mountains as a child: laughing and snatching your food.

"It's a smiling tiger. "I was secretly vigilant in my heart.

"This is Fu Zhou, the great disciple of our Sword Pool today!" To my surprise, Shangguan Yun stood up from behind me and said loudly to the group of officials.

"Okay, then please Fu Daxia Fu Fa. The man said with a smile, and with a wave of his hand, two servants with shackles stepped forward to handcuff me.

"Wait, what have I done, and where does this law begin?" I asked aloud, frowning.

"Hahahaha. The man seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, and after laughing for a while, he said, "Fu Daxia, don't pretend." A few days ago, you went down the mountain to collude with the Japanese and were bumped into, and in order to get rid of suspicion, you sent the Japanese to the yamen, am I wrong?"

"It's nonsense, I went down the mountain that day to divide the pool and explain the affairs. I caught it with my own hands. I couldn't help but hurry.

You must know that in recent years, the Japanese have been constantly harassing Soochow, rampant and plundering, and it is difficult to write a book.

If the government finds out that someone is involved with the Japanese robbers, it means that they will not die and will have to shed their skin.

"That is, my senior brother would never do such a despicable thing. "Shangguan Yun also spoke for me.

"Then why did I receive a report letter from Jianchi?" the man pretended to be a little puzzled when he saw that Shangguan Yun and I were so sure.

"What do you say, show me the report letter. It is impossible for my senior brother to do such a thing, and I want to see which one of the disciples who deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors did such a sinister thing. Before I could answer, Shangguan Yun said with jealousy.

"Well, that's it. Seeing that there were many people present, the man was not afraid of what Shangguan Yun would do, so he handed the letter over.

I felt a little uneasy and wanted to see what was written in the letter. But because of his identity, he couldn't help but look at it.

"Hmph, it's full of nonsense, it's just nonsense!" Shangguan Yun looked at it for a while and said angrily.

After that, swallow the letter directly.

"You!, how can you do that?" said the official angrily, "take down this daring thief for me!"

"Hmph, take it, take it! The people of Jianchi never regret doing things!" Shangguan Yun shouted confidently.

Several officials took out another pair of shackles and took them down directly to Shangguan Yun.

The others in the sword pool wanted to stop me, but when they saw that I shook their heads, they didn't make a move.

At this time, it is extremely unwise to go against the government.

Although there is no evidence, I still ask Fu Daxia to go back and explain the explanation. When the leader saw that Shangguan Yun had been successfully taken down, he sneered at me.

"Just go, I'm afraid you won't succeed. I laughed.

"Sure enough, you have a heroic demeanor, then let's go. The man also smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Take it together." ”

I just thought it was just a misunderstanding, so I let them take it.

But I was wrong, and as soon as I arrived at the prefectural office, I was immediately charmed and stabbed my lute bone with chains (this was pierced and bound to the wall, so that the prisoner could not exert all his strength. So Fu Zhou couldn't escape alone) and was held in solitary confinement, without the process of interrogation.

Every day, only when I have a meal, I can only meet the cell boss who comes to deliver the food, and the rest of the time I am alone.

A few days later, I heard from the cell boss that my master had passed away, and that my junior brother Shangguan Yun had taken over as my head after he was released from prison.

At that time, I still thought that Xiaoyun's crime was not a big deal, and besides, it was because of me that I was in prison.

So I feel guilty about Shangguan Yun and think that his taking over as head is just a stopgap measure. I still have the illusion that Shangguan Yun will come to my rescue.

A few years later, I learned from the cell boss I already knew that the little junior sister and Shangguan Yun were married.

Only then did I know that I had been deceived, Shangguan Yun always knew that I liked my little junior sister, and he would definitely not come to save me if he did this.

But I didn't want to believe this cruel truth, and begged the cell boss to let me out for the sake of friendship.

He sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to let you go, it's that someone outside is pressing us and won't let you go." Besides, I've checked the file of your case, and it's blank from beginning to end. It is said that it was erased by a person from Shangguan Yun. ”

At this moment, I understood that all this was a drama directed and acted by Shangguan Yun.

But I didn't want to believe it, so I decided to find out for myself.

Finally, on a rainy night, I broke free from the shackles of years of corroding iron chains with salty soup.

I'm free.

But I have long lost my identity, and Shangguan Yun suppressed this matter for the sake of Jian Chi's image and erased my traces.

I've been forgotten.