A mist rose from the gloomy woods, and the night had not yet dissipated, and the sound of crying wafted through the woods. The drizzle leaves weep tears, and the cool breeze shakes the beads. It is the beautiful scenery of willow green dripping green, but no one cares about it.

Shi Changgeng was shackled on his hands and feet, and as soon as the morning dawned, he was taken to the prison of the state capital of Jingzhou.

Vegetable vendors in the morning market have raised the price of vegetables after adding protection fees, and large households do not buy vegetables from small vendors, and small households do not buy vegetables because they are too expensive.

When the sun came out, the vegetables wilted, and the vegetable vendors chased the flies, and they couldn't wait for the buyers, so they simply closed the stalls and prepared to give them to the homeless people outside the city.

The escort team of Shi Changgeng attracted many onlookers, and the people shouted tears along the road, but the rich family who was forcibly borrowed grain by Shi Changgeng was so anxious that he cursed.

They went home and turned out IOUs one after another, and united to go to the state government Li Lianghe to ask for an explanation. Their son, Shi Yi'an's former friend and classmate, still gathered in Qianhongfang to spread rumors.

The entire Hejun was full of talk about Shi Changgeng, but no one really cared about what his future would be.

Public opinion is like this, the new voice replaces the old voice, wave after wave. As long as it's none of your business, hang it up forever.

Shi Changgeng was taken into custody in the state prison and awaiting trial.

The sunlight shone through the high window of the iron fence and shone on Shi Changgeng's face.

The prison was constantly accompanied by crying, and the jailers who disturbed one after another were distraught. After the jailer reprimanded, the iron door was slammed shut.

Shi Changgeng sat down in the corner, and before he was taken away from his home, he was first searched, and then turned over.

Of course, he knew what these people were looking for, and it was because he knew that he was more calm.

wants to get the account book, in addition to Zhang Gaizhi, the king of Ming, there is also a cronie who has been lurking by his side for many years. He is the king.

Probably many years ago, Shi Changgeng Lu had doubts about Wang Xing's identity, and Shi Changgeng also tried many times, and each time Wang Xing was able to clear his suspicions.

It is also this kind of ability that does not reveal a drop of water that makes Shi Changgeng more sure that Wang Xing came to him for another purpose.

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"What do you think of?" Lu Ping asked Wang Xing.

"I haven't thought of it yet, but we can ask Master Li for help first." Wang Xing came to his lips and changed his rhetoric again.

"Master Li is willing to help us, and he won't put us in this prison." Ji Yun punched the hard wall with a negative anger.

"There is a person," Aunt Tao resignedly, looking at Lu Ping, "It's not that person." ”

"Shut up!" Lu Ping scolded Aunt Peach.

"I'm just talking." Aunt Peach collapsed in frustration.

"Who?" Shi Yi'an vaguely felt that the person Mrs. Tao said had a very close relationship with him.

"It's not anyone, it's an old man." Lu Ping replied with a smile.

"What old man? How do I not know what else I haven't met? Shi Yi'an decided that Lu Ping was lying to him.

"You haven't seen much," Lu Ping sighed, "Huzi and Rou'er's father and mother were originally matched by me." Huzi's father is called Taoquan, and he is a soldier of my subordinates. I had three hundred and eighty-five of my subordinates like Tao Quan. ”

"And now?" Shi Yi'an asked.

"Now, they are all waiting for me in the loess."

Aunt Tao suddenly lost her voice and cried bitterly, and Tao Rouer hugged her grandmother and couldn't comfort her, so she also cried together.

"Lu Ping! We have to save the children! Aunt Tao calmed her crying and shouted to Lu Ping with a crying voice.

Wang Xing had long suspected the identities of Lu Ping and Aunt Tao, but now that the situation seems to be true, his suspicions are basically correct.

Shi Changgeng said that Lu Ping joined the army before the first year of Dazhi, and he was just a team leader, a cook, how could he have led more than 300 soldiers. And Peach Tiger is only sixteen years old, and Tao Rouer is fourteen years old, which means that Peach Tiger's father died in the eleventh year of Dazhi at the earliest. After the unification of the Great Rule, the Quartet surrendered, and there was no major war, and the first emperor was still in power. Only in the thirteenth year of the Great Rule, the first emperor died, and the Northern Yin Dynasty ascended the throne, and the Queen Mother once launched a coup d'état called Commendation and Purge, that is, a large number of blood sacrifice troops were announced to the public. made them, the thorns in the eyes of the officialdom and the royal family, exposed in broad daylight, and let the dark arrows shoot through. Wang Xing looked at the two people in front of him, and the three big words "Blood Sacrifice Army" kept appearing in his mind.

The jailer opened the prison gate, Li Lianghe flashed in, walked outside Shi Yian's door, looked at Shi Yian, didn't speak, turned around and walked out.

Before going out, he stopped, as if he suddenly remembered, and called the cell boss.

"Tonight's lady's birthday banquet, leave two people to guard, and the rest come over to eat the bar."

"Yes, sir." The cell boss smiled and agreed.

At night, there were really two people left in the cell to take care of him, Lu Ping knew what he meant, but he couldn't believe that Li Lianghe would really be like this. If they escape, they will be fugitives, and Li Lianghe will also be implicated in his dereliction of duty. Why? Lu Ping was puzzled.

Li Lianghe hugged two jars of wine and swaggered into the cell,

The two jailers were flattered and hurriedly rushed up to take over Li Lianghe's wine jar.

"My lord, why are you here?" The jailer asked excitedly.

"Oh, tell them all to drink, and leave you two to do the drudgery?" Li Lianghe laughed, "My lord, I know that only the one who can't stammer people on weekdays will be stayed, but only the one who can't stammer people will be the one who is really on an errand." ”

"My lord, when you say that, I'm going to cry." The two jailers knelt on the ground, and one of them replied, "We didn't think you even knew." ”

"Stupid words! Get up, I'm here to drink with you today, and you can't hide it, you have to tell me carefully about the head of the cell. ”

While pouring wine, the two jailers talked about all kinds of favoritism and corruption in the head of the cell, helping people to pass on the goods, and violating the order to visit. Shi Yi'an stood quietly, watching the two jailers gradually climb down, fall to the ground, and get drunk.

At this time, Li Lianghe suddenly stood up consciously, ran to the door of the prison and opened the door, and dozens of black-clothed masked men with swords entered in an instant.

"What is Li Lianghe going to do?" Lu Ping couldn't guess, he only felt bad.

The man in black at the head came in and drew his sword, and the sharp sword sharpened the iron, and the cell door opened.

"Come out." Li Lianghe said to Shi Yi'an. "Hurry up."

Li Lianghe took out the key and handed it to the two men in black, who approached and helped the eight people open the leg cuffs and handcuffs.

"Don't ask anything? Follow them. They will tell you when they get out. Li Lianghe nodded at Lu Ping, please rest assured.

"If we go like this, we will still be guilty of the imperial court." Lu Ping was skeptical.

"But you are free criminals, and freedom is infinite in possibilities."

There has never been a predetermined "fate" in this world, and those lives called "fate" are just another possible self. A tenacious life is never about fighting against "fate", but about persevering in fighting against another self! We hold the banner of defeating "fate" just to become a better version of ourselves in our hearts. At the fork in the road of life, do not be defeated by the lure of "fate".

The sweltering heat ended with the thunder that sounded in the evening, and the lightning tore through countless paths to the sky. Tao Rouer heated the meal three times, but still didn't wait for Shi Changgeng and Wang Xing to return, and Shi Yi'an and Tao Hu were also depressed on the table because they couldn't eat. Lu Ping couldn't sit still, set up the carriage, and was about to wait at the gate of the city to catch the carriage. The rain became heavier and heavier, and Tao Rouer was not at ease, so she called out to Lu Ping, and trotted into the carriage with an umbrella.

"Young Master, do you want to go with you?" Tao Rouer lifted the curtain of the car, poked her head out, and asked Shi Yi'an, who was still climbing in the flower hall.

Shi Yi'an knew that Tao Rou'er wanted to show her filial piety in front of her father, so she lazily replied: "No, such a big person can still be trapped by this little rain." Don't go, because you will be scolded if you go and pick him up. ”

Tao Rouer said to Taohu again: "Brother, you come and drive, it rains so hard, Daddy's eyes are not good." ”

Taohu agreed, glanced at Shi Yi'an, who was unresponsive, walked to the door, took a hat and put on a robe, jumped into the carriage in three or two steps, waved a whip, and went out of the back door.

"Don't be angry with Yisaddle, he just has a hard mouth." Peach Tiger said loudly, for fear that the thunderstorm would override him.

Tao Rou'er sighed, and then remembered to ask Lu Ping.

"Daddy! Are you sure they're out of town, sir? Tao Rouer lifted the curtain and asked loudly behind Lu Ping.

"Monsoon, they came back from patrolling the fields, and said that they saw Chang Gung going east at the gate of the city." Lu Ping also wanted to answer loudly, who knew that the old voice made the phlegm smug, and the mouth was like a rooster being choked by the neck, crowing desperately in the hoarseness.

Tao Rouer and Tao Hu both laughed.

When we arrived at the city gate, it was already dark, and the rain was not as anxious as it had just been. Lu Ping, Peach Tiger, and Tao Rouer stared straight at the road and the pitch-black woods on both sides of the road. The chopping master and his son, who lived by the city wall, held torches to light Lu Ping and them. The little grandson of the chopping master was drenched in the rain and treading water, running around the carriage excitedly.

"Why haven't you come back? Are we waiting in the wrong place? Tao Rouer asked.

"There is only one big road to enter the city in the east, and besides, the road is slippery when it rains, and there is no reason to take a small road." The slasher said slowly.

After the little grandson was brought home by his mother, the night was calm and anxious. The embarrassment of five people standing under the eaves but no one making a sound made Tao Rouer more and more anxious.

"What do you want to say?" Tao Rouer beat a drum in her heart, "What about the weather or children?" ”

When Tao Rouer was struggling, Tao Hu instantly rescued her with a "quick look". Everyone looked at the road in unison, and a huge ostrich-like figure was slowly approaching.

The crowd couldn't make up their minds, and they all tried desperately to identify it.

"That's not right! That's a person on your back. Lu Ping said.

"It's Wang Xing!" Peachtiger recognized and shouted.

After a closer look, Wang Xing was covered in blood, and everyone didn't dare to think about who was on his back. Several people hurriedly ran over and picked up the people on Wang Xing's back. Lu Ping squatted down, not in a hurry to see who it was, he picked it up again, and only rushed to the house of the slasher.

After a period of panic, Shi Changgeng's body had cooled down. Lu Ping's eyes were bloodshot, and Tao Rouer was already crying. Peach Tiger set up a carriage and galloped back to the city to find the doctor. Wang Xing was lying on the side of the kang where he was chopping, his breath was dying.

Lu calmed down and asked Tao Rouer to help Shi Changgeng wipe his face and tidy up his hair. He got up and walked to Wang Xing's side.

"Lost a lot of blood, but it was in time. I have a decoction here to stop bleeding that has already made my daughter-in-law boil up," the master took two steps back, "My son has already gone to the yamen to call someone." ”

"At the foot of Cuiwei Mountain, it was the people who came to grab the land from Eucommia, one ran away, and the rest died." Wang Xing's eyes were full of tears, and on his salallow face, only trembling teeth kept hitting his pale lips.

"I will make him pay with blood!" Lu Ping bit out the eight words from between his teeth, and as soon as he closed his eyes after speaking, he only felt a burst of blood rush up his head, his brain went blank, and he fell down.

When I woke up again, the monsoon monsoon clouds had already arrived with everyone. Shi Yi'an knelt beside Shi Changgeng without saying a word.

The doctor has already arrived and is treating Wang Xing. Tao Rouer cried while helping Wang Xing scrub his wounds.

Lu Ping looked around, and the roof began to rotate in front of his eyes again. His ears roared, and he vaguely heard Monsoon Ji Yun say that he was going to kill someone, his face turned red but he couldn't say a word, and his two hands grabbed Monsoon and Ji Yun tightly.

When he and Shi Changgeng met, it was the first year of the Great Reign, Shi Changgeng joined the army, and he was assigned to be the leader of the gang. The past quickly replayed in Lu Ping's mind.

"Hey! Cooked! Can you do it? ”

When I first saw Shi Changgeng, the picture of saying this sentence kept repeating in Lu Ping's mind, and the three words "okay" were like echoes of the valley, passing through memory and constantly returning to Lu Ping's ears.

Lu Ping sat up with a "poof", and everyone was frightened. The doctor turned around and gave Lu Ping a bowl of water.

Lu Ping opened his eyes and saw Shi Yian crawling in front of him. His eyes were full of panic, and he asked carefully, "Dad, are you feeling better?" ”

Lu Ping squeezed out a smile, "Don't worry!" Daddy hasn't taken revenge yet. ”

"Who killed the adult?" Ji Yun's eyes were red with anger, and he couldn't wait to hold the knife tightly. Ji Yun walked to the door, looking at the endless darkness outside the door, and a sense of grief and anger welled up from his eyes.

Two months ago, it was a different story.