004 Parting from Death
Along the way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and nothing special happened, but Hexuan has been living outside the Saiwai since he can remember, and this is the first time he has left the prairie, and he is always surprised when he sees something new.
Although Tao Yizhi was worried about General Li and was anxious, he didn't urge her too much when he saw her so happy, and the master and apprentice walked like this until they arrived in Kyoto on this day.
As soon as Tao Yizhi and Li Hexuan entered the southwest gate of Kyoto, they saw that many people on the street were crowding in the same direction. Looking at them, it seems that something big is happening.
Tao Yizhi is a person with a somewhat withdrawn personality who doesn't like to be lively, and he can't let go of General Li in his heart, so he doesn't want to join in the excitement. He was thinking about pulling Hexuan to find an inn to live in first, and then when he went to inquire about the general's current situation, he saw that Hexuan had already stopped a passerby.
"Uncle, may I ask, what happened? Why is everyone going in that direction? Is there anything to see and about? He Xuan asked a series of questions curiously.
"Listen to the accent, the little brother is not a local!" The passerby said.
"Hmm. I had just arrived in Kyoto and saw this scene. Uncle, what's going on? Hexuan asked.
"Just into the city? Then you're in a hurry! I'm in my thirties, and it's the first time I've seen such a big official beheaded! ”
Hearing this, Tao Yi was shocked, walked in front of Hexuan and passers-by in a few steps, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of official is going to be beheaded?" ”
"Yo, I can't say this clearly, I also heard what others said, it seems to ...... It seems to be some kind of general. As he spoke, the passer-by craned his neck and looked in the direction of the Dharma field, and then said, "I won't tell you, it's too late to go, and you won't be able to see anything if you're far away." As he spoke, passers-by also hurried towards the Dharma field.
As soon as the passerby's words came out, Tao Yizhi felt that the blood in his body rushed to his brain, he pulled Hexuan up and said, "Let's not go to see it." Let's find an inn first. ”
But the man said that it was hard to catch up, and they all went to see it. Master, let's go too. ”
"Hexuan, obedient!" Tao Yizhi frowned and said, "Where people are killed, the anger is too heavy, you are a child, you shouldn't go to see that kind of thing!" “
"No. I want to see it. He Xuan pouted a little coquettishly and said.
Tao Yizhi clenched his fists tightly, thinking in his heart: Do you want to go?
In fact, it's not just this kid who is curious, I also want to know if the beheaded person will be a general.
It's been almost a month since the general left. Before I left, I had already instructed that if there was a letter from the general, it would be sent to me in an urgent manner for 600 miles, but so far there has been no news. According to his worries when he left, I am afraid that it will be ...... Well, let her go and see it. If not, then it would be better, find a reason to take her and leave again; But if it's really ...... It's all a good ...... for her to see her father for the last time
Thinking of this, Tao Yizhi said to Hexuan: "Okay." We can go and see. However, I have conditions. ”
"What conditions, Master, you say."
"No matter who you see in a moment, what's going on, don't cry, don't talk. Got it? ”
At this time, Hexuan only wanted to see the excitement in her heart, but she just nodded, completely ignoring the master's expression, holding the horse with one hand and Tao Yiyi with the other, and walking quickly in the direction of the Dharma field with the crowd.
When they arrived at the Dharma Field, it was already crowded with onlookers. However, it seemed that the prisoner who was to be executed had not yet arrived, and everyone looked in the direction of the prison.
Tao Yizhi pulled Hexuan to stand in the crowd, Hexuan was short and couldn't see anything clearly, and he pulled the master forward one by one, just squeezed in front of the people, untying the prisoner's prisoner car and the prison officer, escorting the officers and soldiers and others also walked towards the court from the north-south avenue.
When He Xuan saw clearly who was standing in the prisoner car, wearing a white prison uniform, he stood there stupidly. The expressions of anticipation, curiosity, and even surprise on his face just now were all frozen on his face at this moment, and he was stunned, and he didn't even know how to take them back......
How can it be! How could that person be a father?
She turned slowly, staring blankly at her master, wondering if she had misread or if the man was just too much like her father......
Tao Yizhi looked at Hexuan, just shook his head, and whispered, "You can't cry or talk." Look at your father more. ”
He Xuan nodded, her eyes widened, she just looked at her father standing in the prisoner car in a daze, she didn't cry, she didn't shout, she didn't seem to see anyone else except her father, and she couldn't hear the surrounding sounds in her ears.
Li Wanling was escorted to the guillotine, only to hear the prison officer take out the verdict and read it aloud: "Qin offender Li Wanling, long Mu Sheng's grace, do not think of loyalty and patriotism." He returned to Beijing without an edict with bad intentions. Remembering that he had done his best for the country, he was sentenced to be ......"
As the warden read the paperwork, the sound of horses' hooves was heard from behind the crowd.
Two young men of the same age as He Xuan galloped towards the Dharma Field on two tall horses, followed by a few retinues, also riding horses. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the people turned sideways to both sides, and the two young masters and their attendants turned over and dismounted, leading the horses to the center.
This column of horses galloped past He Xuan and Tao Yizhi, if Tao Yizhi hadn't pulled He Xuan, she would have been standing in the middle of the road.
The separated crowd made Li Wanling, who was kneeling in the middle, appear in front of Hexuan's eyes again, and Li Wanling also saw Tao Yizhi and his daughter, and his originally calm mood suddenly became complicated, and this seven-foot man almost cried in front of everyone. He deliberately twisted his head to the side, ignoring Hexuan's presence.
When the two teenagers passed by He Xuan, the jade-faced young man looked at He Xuan attentively, and after getting off the horse, he turned around and looked at He Xuan a few times, and just fell behind the bronzed young man, he turned around, walked a few steps briskly and chased after him, he wanted to say something to the young man walking in front, but he endured it.
As they passed, they heard only whispers from the crowd.
"Isn't the one walking in front of Zuo Junzhong Zuo's son?"
"yes. How did he come here? I've heard that the person I'm going to behead today was arrested by Lord Zuo's secret counselor? What is his son doing here? ”
"Cat crying mouse!"
"I've heard that they're still friends! It's a fellow villager, and they grew up together, one after the other, one won the Wen Zhuang, the other won the Wu Zhuangyuan......"
"Phew...... Bullshit friends. For the sake of the black yarn on his head, these officials can even sell their own mothers, let alone what kind of friends! ”
"yes. These officials don't have any good things, they just think about how to drill the camp......"
"Shh......h Don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs...... It's good to see the excitement! ”
The voice behind her, Hexuan couldn't hear it clearly, she silently took Tao Yizhi's hand and whispered, "Master, let's go." Tao Yizhi nodded, the old and the young, walking in the opposite direction to the law field.
The three words "Zuo Junzhong", from this moment on, have been deeply imprinted in Hexuan's heart and can no longer be touched.
Tao Yizhi booked a room in an inn, and Hexuan hadn't spoken since she left the court. Now, it's the same, just sitting quietly at the window.
It was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, and Hexuan took out the jade Xiao from the bag and blew it gently.
With the sound of Xiao, two lines of tears poured down his cheeks, wetting Hexuan's front in big drops. Tao Yizhi's heart, who was standing behind her, was also like a knife, he walked behind Hexuan, let her lean on himself, and gently stroked her hair.
"Master, what should I do?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Master, teach me martial arts. I won't be lazy anymore, I will definitely study hard; and reading and writing, I also want to learn; And your medical skills...... Master, teach me all your skills. ”
"Do you really want to learn?"
"Yes."
"You should answer one thing from Master first."
"You say."
"Before the general left, tell me that if anything happens, I want you to change your name and surname to live well. Now it seems that it can be regarded as a ......, since this is the case, the master wants you to give up your surname and only leave your name. From then on, there was no more Li Hexuan in this world, only He Xuan. ”
"I listen to Master."
"And you......"
"Master, from now on, I will only wear men's clothes......"
"Good!"
Although neither of the master and apprentice mentioned the word "revenge", they knew each other that the revenge of General Li's killing was bound to be avenged!
He Xuan leaned against the window, looked at the flow of people on the street, and saw the two teenagers just now.
"Master, I listened to ...... just now"
"Rumors must not be believed, but they cannot be fully believed. For the teacher to check, you can rest first. ”
At this time, the jade-faced young man shaded the sun with his hand, and he happened to see He Xuan again, he pulled the bronzed young man next to him and said, "The person I said in the Dharma field just now is there." ”
"So what?"
"I just think it's a little strange, it's like he's dead father......"
Hearing this, the young man also looked up, but he only swept it with a cold and indifferent look, and then said to the jade-faced young man, "Go home quickly." Don't talk nonsense, you're looking for General Li's cronies and daughters. What you just said was enough to kill that person. ”
"You can't even tell the truth from jokes!"
"It's not that I can't tell the difference, it's that I'm afraid someone won't be able to tell the difference."
The jade-faced boy just smiled, and when he looked up again, there was no one at the window.