Chapter 39: The Year
"Did Fu Yuanyu mention your father Xue Hai?"
Stepping across Meixiang Road, climbing to the top of Guluan Peak, the sun was already in the west, Bu Hanying took Xue Hongbi into the hut on the top of the mountain, picked up the hot water boiled on the stove and poured it full, and waited for Xue Hongbi to drink most of the cold, and then sat down opposite him.
"I mentioned some."
"Then do you know why he left officialdom?"
"It is said that he was a proud protΓ©gΓ© of Song Xiang, and he was a bachelor of waiting, and he was trusted and close to Emperor Yong'an, which attracted the jealousy of Empress Dowager Xiao and others, and offended the high-flying and domineering Hou Shizi of Qing'an, and was assassinated by him, if it weren't for my mother's mother, he would have died in the officialdom." Xue Hongbi recalled carefully, "Although my father escaped, my mother got into trouble because of this, and the two of them had nowhere to stay, but fortunately Song Xiang took him in, and the Flying Star Alliance was established." β
"Yes, the Xiao family started from the army, the ancestors followed Emperor Gaozu to fight the country, unlike other courtiers and nobles, their family has always left power in the rivers and lakes, and there is the shadow of the Xiao family behind the dominating gold building, but they act cautiously and never let people catch the handle."
"I see that Yuge's current style can be regarded as rampant."
"At this time and that time, when the first emperor was alive, Dajing was in the midst of internal and external troubles, and he was still able to take Yunluo Qizhou after the rebellion of the three kings, and now the Yongan Emperor ......" Bu Hanying did not finish speaking, but the coldness in his eyes was not half concealed.
When Wuzong was alive, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military did not dare to make any moves even if they had ghosts in their hearts, and the people of the rivers and lakes did not dare to turn over the sky even if they were in turmoil, and when Emperor Yong'an ascended to the throne, the government and the opposition were in a miasma, even if Bu Hanying was far away in the cold mountains, he could also speculate that the border had become more and more unpeaceful in recent years.
"Wuzong and Wang Yuanhou have a very deep relationship, Wang Yuanhou was loved by Wuzong as soon as he gave birth to his son-in-law, and when she died, the child was made the prince, Xiao Hou, a descendant who wants to replace Wang Yuanhou's position, is tantamount to a fool's dream, but the Xiao family inherited three dynasties, and since the Wenzong period, it began to weaken the real power of the generals, although it is difficult to find real evidence for the Xiao family's secret collusion with the forces of the rivers and lakes, it is not seamless in the end, although Wuzong let her succeed, but secretly did not relax her guard against the Xiao family, and even sent secret agents to infiltrate the martial arts...... You say, what will happen to the Shaw family in the long run? β
Xue Hongbi's heart was awe-inspiring, and he said without thinking: "Kill chickens and make an example of monkeys!" β
"However, even if Wuzong dies, the crown prince will not tolerate the Xiao clan after he ascends the throne, they have come to the precipice, and they can only let go, either soaring into the sky or falling into the abyss." Speaking of this, Bu Hanying sighed, "It's a pity, Wuzong's bones are not cold, and the prince also died of a violent illness, everyone knows that this matter has nothing to do with Empress Xiao, but without any evidence, the second son of the emperor she gave birth to will naturally ascend to the throne." β
"Song Xiang discovered the power of the rivers and lakes at this time, and later there was something about my father, so he decided to set up the Flying Star Alliance to fight against it?"
"Yes." After a pause, Bu Hanying said again, "However, since the founding of the country, Dajing has never had a precedent for Jianghu people to enter the court as officials, and hundreds of civil and military officials strongly oppose this kind of spying on private interests and secretly killing people, and there is no suitable opportunity, no one dares to risk the disapproval of the world to openly establish such an organization, and if it is not good, it will have to bear the crime of forming a party for personal gain or even rebellion, especially Song Xiang, as an auxiliary minister, should set an example for hundreds of officials, and the existence of the Flying Star Alliance cannot be put on the bright side, only fighting with the Xiao eagle dog headed by the Golden Building in secret." β
Xue Hongbi asked: "The Golden Tower has been established for many years, and the Flying Star Alliance was fledgling at that time, even if my father and mother joined, it was weak, how could it make the Xiao family jealous, and even set up the Listening Rain Pavilion to wrestle with it?" β
"Two reasons, one is that the Flying Star Alliance has the full support of Song Xiang, and your father and mother are running around the rivers and lakes, although it has not been established for a long time, it has recruited many martial arts masters, and has frustrated Xiao's actions several times, as for the second...... "Bu Han's English turned cold," for Xiao's family, this is an opportunity. β
Xue Hongbi's intuition crux was here, and he hurriedly asked, "What opportunity?" β
"The Xiao family has colluded with these scum of the rivers and lakes for many years, and outsiders don't know that the relationship is very strong, are they still innocent?"
The Xiao family will do whatever it takes to compete for power and profit, and the forces such as the gold building in collusion are also extremely vicious, relying on the Xiao family to support them behind their backs, and they have committed a lot of crimes on the rivers and lakes.
At the beginning, Fu Yuanyu saw through the situation, so he approached the Xiao family at this juncture, became one of the elders of the Listening Rain Pavilion, and sat in the position of the lord of the Thunder Tower.
"Listening to the rain pavilion was established silently, all the open swords and secret arrows were blocked by the golden building, and even let Fu Yuanyu pretend to abandon the secret and cast the light, join the Flying Star Alliance as a meticulous work, and even cut off several arms of the golden building, and the interests that were eaten away were secretly fed to the listening rain pavilion, making it grow rapidly."
Xue Hongbi frowned: "But I heard that Yuge directly belongs to the Xiao family, once it is exposed, it is not better than throwing gold to clear up the involvement, even if the Empress Dowager Xiao is in power, this matter will cause her great trouble, and even attract hundreds of officials to force her to return to power, why did the Xiao family do this?" β
"That's where the opportunity lies." The corners of Bu Hanying's lips rose, but she didn't smile, "Although hiding in the shadows can do many things that can't be seen, there are many more things that can only be done on the bright side, the Xiao family has been a snake and a mouse in the dark for a long time, they want to turn from dark to light, and let Tingyu Pavilion become a special existence recognized by the government and the opposition!" β
"Why-" Xue Hongbi's words stopped as soon as he spoke, isn't that the current Tingyu Pavilion like this?
In the flash of light, a thought flashed through his mind, he couldn't help but stand up, and exclaimed: "They beat the Flying Star Alliance as a rebel party, and then announced the establishment of the Listening Rain Pavilion to pursue the rebellion, as long as they can be blameless on the bright side, whoever dares to oppose it is a rebel and a fellow party, and the existence of the Listening Rain Pavilion will be unshakable!" β
Bu Hanying looked at him and said with a wry smile: "When we understand this, it's too late. β
Xue Hongbi's face turned pale and muttered, "They...... How? β
This time, Bu Hanying was silent for a long time before saying: "I heard that the rain pavilion called the original operation 'Broken Star', and the leading layout was the master of the original Fuyun Tower, Gu Shooting Fairy Ji Fanshuang. β
Gu shoots the fairy season and is frosty.
Xue Hongbi heard about this person for the second time, but he recalled in an instant that the reason why Fu Yuanyu laid a death situation for himself in Jiangcheng was precisely because of the poison in his body, and he still remembered the hatred in Fu Yuanyu's eyes when he mentioned her, as if he wanted to eat her flesh raw.
He asked incredulously, "What the hell did she do?" β
"The reason why Fu Yuanyu is recognized as a traitor by the world is because he assassinated Zhang Huaiying, the generalissimo of Zhenbei, in the seventh year of Yong'an. This person is a veteran of the Wuzong era, and he is related to the Xiao family, but he belongs to the neutral faction in the court, and he holds the power of Yanbei Pass in his hands, which is more harmful than helpful to the Xiao family, after all, they have always wanted to meddle in the affairs of northern Xinjiang. β
As the Kun Palace of the Flying Star Alliance, even after so many years, Bu Hanying also treasured these past secrets, and only listened to him: "Zhang Huaiying, who is both humanistic and martial, is a rare and valuable handsome talent, but it is a pity that he is so happy, Wuzong did not beat him less when he was alive, and when Emperor Yong'an ascended the throne, although he held the power of border defense, he also stopped here, and if he wanted to further protect future generations, he had to have more and greater military exploits." However, since the twenty-sixth year of Pingkang, there has been no war in northern Xinjiang, Zhang Huaiying is full of ambition and is unwilling to spend the rest of his life, and he is afraid that the Empress Dowager Xiao will take the opportunity to cut power, so he deliberately uses the mutual market to leak information to the Wule spies to provoke disputes, and takes precautions in advance to repeatedly retreat from the enemy to win, so that his position is more and more consolidated, and his reputation is also unparalleled for a while. β
The soldiers guarded the rivers and mountains, originally to protect the family and defend the country, but their bones and blood became a stepping stone for the generals to invite merit and reward.
Xue Hongbi couldn't help but sneer: "This Marshal Zhang is really 'one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither'!" β
"Paper can't contain the fire, Zhang Huaiying has tried many times with the Tiangao Emperor, but there is still a cold mountain outside Yanbei Pass, and his small actions are just one or two times, and I am really blind when I am Hanshan three times or five times?" Bu Hanying smiled coldly, "At that time, I was in the Central Plains, and it was my sister Zhiwei who stayed in Hanshan to take charge of affairs, she noticed Zhang Huaiying's abnormal movement and passed on the information, but ......"
Bai Zhiwei's letter was intercepted by the people who listened to the rain pavilion halfway.
If she hadn't been cautious and hadn't mentioned the Flying Star Alliance in the letter, I'm afraid everything would have been even worse.
Rao is like this, and this letter has also become an opportunity for Tingyu Pavilion to destroy the Flying Star Alliance.
In order not to startle the snake, the secret agent released the letter, and immediately reported it, Xiao was not ignorant of what Zhang Huaiying had done, and when he saw that the matter was revealed, he subconsciously wanted to find a way to clear himself.
At that time, she had not yet become the master of the Floating Cloud Tower, not only did she know Fu Yuanyu's detailed identity, but she also knew that listening to the Yuge Pavilion found out that Fu Yuanyu had a different heart, which was a good time to take revenge on him, and it was also the best opportunity for herself to go to the next level.
So, she laid a serial killing game.
If the Xiao family wants to send his own family to control the power of the northern Xinjiang, Zhang Huaiying must die, but he can't be executed by the law after his reputation is ruined, otherwise it will be somewhat hindered by the Xiao family, and the best way is to lead the water to the east.
Soon, Fu Yuanyu, who was a double-sided detail, got the information of Zhang Huaiying's collusion with Ulle from the Flying Star Alliance and Tingyu Pavilion almost at the same time, the difference was that the Flying Star Alliance wanted him to investigate the truth and get back the evidence, but Tingyu Pavilion asked him to destroy the evidence and save Zhang Huaiying.
Because of the rebellion in the twenty-third year of Pingkang, although Fu Yuanyu had no regrets, he was ashamed of Bu Hanying's brothers and sisters, seeing that this matter involved Hanshan and Bai Zhiwei, he did not shirk, he also knew that Tingyu Pavilion no longer trusted himself as before, and agreed to go with Ji Fanshuang.
As he expected, Zhang Huaiying's leakage of border intelligence is true, Ji Fanshuang, as a person who listens to the rain pavilion, immediately blamed the other party to blame the Hanshan tribe, because Bai Zhiwei was buying medicine in Yanbei Pass to see a doctor, she also proposed to ask Bai Zhiwei to go to the house to see a doctor for Zhang Huaiying, and then falsely accused him of assassination, and there was no proof of death.
Fu Yuanyu refused to agree to this matter, the two had a dispute, Ji Fanshuang reluctantly negotiated peace with him, and watched Fu Yuanyu persuade Bai Zhiwei away, and he followed after Fu Yuanyu left. However, Fu Yuanyu had no trust in her, pretended to leave Yanbei Pass, and turned back halfway, and sure enough, when he learned that Ji Fanshuang was returning with Bai Zhiwei, he knew that it was not good, so he rushed directly to the Marshal's Mansion, and he set up an ambush in the mansion to shoot at Bai Zhiwei, the arrow was on the string, the knife and axe were exhausted, and Zhang Huaiying, who was the closest, was even more ruthless.
At that moment, Fu Yuanyu didn't have time to think about it at all, he directly entered the encirclement, and swept Zhang Huaiying away with a whip to save Bai Zhiwei, but found that it was someone else who was disguised and pretended, but he was in a hurry to kill Zhang Huaiying.
Only then did he know that he had fallen for it.
Fu Yuanwei has always been stronger than personnel and weaker than people's hearts, Ji Fanshuang is pressing step by step to make him care, and the reason why she was able to leave people behind after catching up with Bai Zhiwei was because she revealed the identity of Fu Yuanyu Nai listening to Yuge's meticulous work, and after experiencing Pingkang's twenty-three years, even if she is as calm as Bai Zhiwei, she will be shaken, as long as she follows her back, this game will be won.
It's ridiculous that Zhang Huaiying, until he died, he thought that Ji Fanshuang was here to help him.
This matter was too implicated, and it was soon reported back to the capital, and the Xiao family took advantage of the situation to intervene in the case, beating Fu Yuanyu as a traitor, and repeatedly collaborating with the enemy to bite Song Yuanzhao through the mutual market in northern Xinjiang. In order to prove his innocence, Song Yuanzhao was investigated on the one hand, and ordered the Flying Star League to arrest Fu Yuanyu to ask the truth, but he didn't expect that this time was in the middle of the hand, the Flying Star League was forcibly pulled to the surface, Xue Hai and Bai Li's husband and wife identity was exposed, Song Yuanzhao formed a party and rebelled to shock the government and the opposition, but Tingyu Pavilion stepped on their backbones, and walked in broad daylight in a grand manner, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
ββ¦β¦ At that time, Fu Yuanyu was extremely angry and shot at Ji Fanshuang, although he was injured, he was also poisoned by the Heart-devouring Gu, and on the way back to the Central Plains from the northern Xinjiang, he killed hundreds of people, and Zhou Jiangyun in the Heaven Replenishment Sect was also ready to move. Bu Hanying paused for a while before continuing, "After all, Fu Yuanyu has a lot to do with Tingyu Pavilion, and dying a day early will make the Xiao family feel at ease for a day, but his martial arts are too high, and after falling into madness, he has become more and more unstoppable, and almost no one in the world can match him, Xiao Shengfeng, the lord of Tingyu Pavilion, decided to use my hand to eradicate him, and at the same time test whether I am one of the Nine Palaces, let Ji Fanshuang wait for the opportunity, it is best to let us die together." β
When he said these words, his expression was as calm as water, and his tone did not fluctuate, but Xue Hongbi's face was already pale, and his clothes were wet with sweat.
A series of schemes, a shattered star game, even if twelve years have passed, made him feel like a bloody storm when he heard about it.
It was a tragic case of injustice, and a real defeat.
Xue Hongbi finally understood why Fu Yuanyu wanted to kill Ji Fanshuang at any cost, such a deep hatred and hatred, even death could not offset it.
"So ......"
After being silent for a long time, Xue Hongbi said with difficulty: "Senior, you ...... How did you escape this? β
"Because someone has been robbed for me." Bu Han's English turned cold, "Are you curious, why did Zhiwei become like this?" β
Xue Hongbi was of course curious.
On the first day he stepped into Shui Yunze, the moment he learned Bai Zhiwei's identity, he kept this incident in his heart, what happened to the Taisu Divine Doctor back then to become a madwoman with white hair and disability today?
"Whether it was for the Flying Star Alliance or for the rivers and lakes, at that time, I couldn't refuse to fight with Fu Yuanyu, and I sent a battle post to lure him to Wanqing Valley with my own hands, and I was ready to die with him, but I didn't expect ......"
On the eve of the war, Bai Zhiwei rushed to Wanqinggu and knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he drugged his wine.
"She and I are siblings, and her swordsmanship is also instructed by me, and she has taken a secret medicine that can improve her skills in a short period of time, and then she disguises herself to go to war."
Bu Hanying is Bai Zhiwei's brother who depends on each other, Fu Yuanyu is a man she loves and hates in a dilemma, although Bai Zhiwei witnessed the affairs of the Marshal's Mansion, but she also noticed the clues, before the truth was revealed, she didn't want to see anyone lose, so she went thousands of miles and separated life and death with her own flesh and blood.
After all, she is not Bu Hanying, although her medical skills are extraordinary, her martial arts have not reached the top realm, she was whipped by Fu Yuanyu three times, and when Bu Hanying woke up and came, his sister had already broken her spine, her meridians were destroyed, and she was about to die.
What's even more cruel is that at the moment when Bai Zhiwei fell, Fu Yuanyu finally woke up.
ββ¦β¦ With Zhiwei's martial arts, although she is not Fu Yuanyu's opponent, it is not hopeless to save her life. Bu Hanying pulled the corners of her mouth, "She was whipped three times just to get close to Fu Yuanyu and send out the antidote to the Heart Devouring Gu." β
Xue Hongbi said incredulously: "In such a short period of time, she can prepare an antidote to Gu poison?" No...... No, if she dispenses an antidote, why not give it to you directly, isn't that a better chance of winning? β
"Because the antidote was given by someone else." Bu Hanying's face was as cold as ice, "That person told her about the battle contract, sent her to the Evening Clear Valley, and gave her the secret medicine to forcibly improve her strength and the antidote to the Ecstasy Gu, on the condition that she ...... The person who fights must be her. β
Xue Hongbi was stunned and asked, "...... Who is it? β
Although he was asking, he already had an answer in his heart that he couldn't believe.
There was silence in the room for a while, except for the thunderous sound of boiling water in the pot.
Until Bu Hanying whispered the name-
"Ji Fanshuang."
She single-handedly planned the Shattered Star Bureau, and pushed the Flying Star Alliance to a desperate situation step by step, and her martial arts were like Fu Yuanyu being played with by her, and even Bu Hanying was once in a dead end because of her.
It's just that she is the one who broke this seamless game with her own hands at the last moment.
ββ¦β¦ Why? β
"Because...... She is my unmarried wife. β