"It is you who covers your eyes"

In the bustling city of Kyoto, in a pavilion covered by lush trees, an old man dressed in light gray linen looked out the window at the trees and stretched out his hand slightly

A leaf of guilt happened to be blown into the window by the wind and floated in the old man's hand

Looking down at the fine texture of the leaves in his hand, the old man raised his withered eyes and looked at a distinguished person who suddenly arrived on the opposite side and said lightly

Which dignitary person frowned slightly, and the dim light showed the anger between his eyebrows just right, one more point would be redundant, and one less point would feel a little less power

The person who can control his emotions so finely must be a real high-ranking and powerful person, and this big man is also extremely indifferent, and there will be wind and rain between joy and anger, it is undeniable that such an indifferent and calm person is very terrifying

Especially the big names in high positions

"I'm afraid it's your Qingye Division who can cover the entire night of the night."

The noble man looked coldly at the leaf in the old man's hand, and said expressionlessly

"Prince Ning............ It's serious."

The old man placed the leaf on an ebony table in front of him, and next to the leaf was an unopened secret letter, which was blank, and did not indicate the name of any person who received the letter, or the mark of the person who sent the secret letter

"Heavy-minded, your Qingye Division's behavior has become more and more unruly over the years, and you're still afraid of this?"

The man claimed to be Ben Hou, and there were only five princes in the entire Dali Dynasty, and all of these five princes were not the pinnacle of power, and I am afraid that no one could admit the questioning of such a prominent person

But the old man was still as calm as a lake, and not even a ripple had risen

"The rules have always been set by people, and the Hou Ye also knows that among the various departments of the dynasty, our Qingye Division really doesn't like to set rules for people the most" The old man's fingertips crossed the corner of the secret letter, and he did not look up

"That's because in your place, people who don't follow the rules have already been tortured to death by your group of executioners," Ning Wanghou said sarcastically, thinking of the countless deaths in the gloomy prison behind this courtyard

The old man smiled lightly, not like those cruel and vicious executioners, but more like an ordinary kind old man in the countryside

"Hou Ye didn't come here today just to tell the old man how to talk about the rules, if so, then the old man means that the master has thanked Hou Ye for his kindness."

Although the old man felt his words, there was no trace of respect and gratitude in his expression, and he was even a little careless, pausing slightly, the old man changed his words and said lightly

"Qingye Division doesn't talk about the rules, that's my Qingye Division's business, but if I say that my Qingye Division covers Hou Ye's eyes, it will be too wronged for my Qingye Division"

Hearing this, Prince Ning snorted lightly, glanced at the secret letter without any signature between the old man's fingers, his expression was cold, and he said slowly with a meaning

"Everyone in the world knows that the dark lines of your Qingye Division are all over the world, and there is nothing in the world that you don't know, but that person has disappeared for fifteen years, don't you Qingye Division know anything about it? If you didn't deliberately hide that person's whereabouts, how could he survive for so many years?"

Speaking of this, Ning Wanghou's tone was even colder, and he asked in a cold voice

"Ben Hou really wants to know, is it because you are the Qingye Division who can even find out the dreams of officials, or which of you has not shown up for a long time, and has been deliberately hiding it and not wanting the world to know."

The old man did not speak, because he remembered some stories about the dreams of officials from the other party's words, and realized that so many years had passed since that interesting story

I wonder how that funny little guy is doing now?

"Lord Si's thoughts are naturally as deep as the night sky, how can people like you and me in the world guess it? What's more, whether I know the whereabouts of that person over the years, whether it is according to the laws of Zhou or the will made by the first emperor, it seems that there is no need to tell Hou Ye, and Hou Ye seems to be even more unruly when he comes here."

Unruly, no need to tell, none of these words no longer show that in front of my Qing Ye Division, you don't seem to be qualified enough to question it

Ning Wanghou began to laugh a little hideously

"Benhou is the marquis of a country, how many people are more noble than Benhou in the dynasty?

When the old man heard this, he looked up at the alienated sunlight outside the window that was blocked by layers of leaves, and the flowing clouds in the sky were separated by the shadows of the leaves into countless huge clouds, like those beautiful marshmallows on the street stalls

"Under the night sky, it's all mortal dust, Master Hou, how can it be special?"

After the old man finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to the window, as if he wanted to catch the sweetest cloud

"What about Your Majesty?" said Prince Ning playfully

This question is difficult to answer, or no matter how the old man answers, it can't change the dilemma that Qingye Division is in now, especially now that the second prince is becoming more and more favored

The second prince is most tired of this dark courtyard hidden behind the imperial city, which is one thing that the entire Dali people know well

If the second prince really became the future monarch as many expected, then how should the Seiyaji continue to maintain its independent and standing position

The old man smiled with an inexplicable smile on his face and said lightly

"Your Majesty......... Wouldn't care about it here."

"But Your Majesty, you will care about that person"

The old man was silent, as if he didn't know what to say

Prince Ning continued, "That person has been born now, and many people have already seen where they are, I believe that with the ability of your Qingye Division, you should know very well about some of the voices in the depths of the palace."

"The whole world needs him to die, whether he has that thing in his hand or not, I don't know why your Qingye Division has been unclear, and even has a faint protection for him, but you should know that when he escapes from that abyss, that thing is very likely to be taken away by him, if nothing else, that person's realm will definitely be greatly affected, after all, the abyss ............"

Speaking of this, Ning Wanghou suddenly paused, with a certain unspeakable panic in his expression, just like a child's panic and panic when he saw the mystery of the dark night outside the window, and after a while, he passed through this place that he didn't even want to mention by name, and continued

"With a heavy treasure and a damaged realm, how long do you think you can shelter him just by relying on the three words Qingye Division?"

The old man looked down at the ashamed leaves in his hand, and did not admit that he had the act of sheltering the man, but he did not deny this matter, but he just felt that over the years, the shameful leaves in the courtyard had become more and more withered, and it was not at all as green and beautiful as when he first entered the courtyard

"Qingye Division will not let go of any guilty person, but it will not wronged any innocent person, that person is innocent, how can we talk about protection"

Ning Wanghou sneered and said

"Guilty or innocent, how can you Qingye Division easily judge it?"

The old man laughed too, and a wave seemed to rise in his cloudy eyes

"If we can't judge guilt or innocence in the Qing Ye Division, then in this world, I'm afraid there will be no one to judge."

Ning Wanghou didn't say anything serious this time, Qingye Division is in charge of the criminal law, and is in charge of Zhou Law, as the old man said, if Qingye Division can't determine the crime, I'm afraid that no ministry in this world will dare to convict

"But some people's sins can't be determined by Zhou's laws at all, and Qing Yeji must show an attitude this time, no matter what his attitude is."

"Because......... This is the attitude that His Majesty needs."

Your Majesty needs an attitude from the Qing Ye Division, so what attitude should the Qing Ye Division give to Your Majesty? The old man's eyes became more and more cloudy, like a lake after being disturbed by ten thousand waves

"It looks like Her Royal Highness the Princess is coming back"

Ning Wanghou raised his eyebrows, and seemed to be a little unclear about the old man's inexplicable words

The old man didn't explain much, and looked up at the sky outside the window that was separated into countless pieces by the leaves of shame, and the rickety figure looked more and more vicissitudes

The atmosphere was silent, and the gloomy hut was already oppressive, so it was even more dreary

Ning Wanghou and the others were a little impatient, and reached out to grab it on the table, not taking the nameless secret letter that obviously had many secrets, but picking up the shameful leaf

"I told Your Majesty a long time ago that the ashamed tree is yin and easy to attract ghosts, until this time, could it be that your Qingye Division still plans to go your own way?

The old man stretched out his withered hand to take back the leaves, carefully brushed off the dust on the leaves, just like the believers on pilgrimage, until the last grain of dust was wiped away, the old man raised his head again, and gently placed the leaves in a ceramic porcelain jar beside him, in the porcelain jar it can be seen that there are many different shapes of the leaves, most of which have withered yellow, but they are very well preserved, and the texture of the roots on the veins of the leaves can still be seen

Looking at the ashamed leaves in the porcelain jar, the old man suddenly laughed, laughing very sadly, very lonely, and very pitiful

"Kiyoya has never been a nocturnal ghost"

"We are a group of people who seek the light at night, and where the light is, we follow"

"Your Majesty needs our attitude, then I will give Your Majesty the best attitude"

After hearing this, Prince Ning suddenly became silent, and after a long time, he did not hesitate to give the Hou Ye an incomparably noble salute, because he heard that the old man used the words I, not us

...............

Under the wall of the east city of Bocheng, in an elegant courtyard that is completely inconsistent with the rough and stocky style of the mountain city, the beautiful woman looks at everything in the courtyard by the railing, her eyes are nostalgic, and the extreme beauty of the woman's life is matched with the sad picture standing by the column at this time, which sets off the gentle temperament on her body even more desolate

The courtyard has the smoke and rain of Jiangnan Province, and the beautiful woman also has the gentleness and pity of a Jiangnan woman

The woman looked at it for a long time, got up and walked to a well-tended fat plantain in the courtyard, looked at a hut in the courtyard through the plantain, and stopped talking, her eyes were a little reluctant, and finally all her emotions were replaced by a sigh

After the sigh, the woman turned and stepped into a carriage that had been waiting at the door for a long time, and the simple-faced groom said, "Woman, please sit down," and then struck a whip lightly, which was not very clear, and only woke up the horses pulling the cart, and did not even alarm the birds resting in the woods

The strong horse exerted a slight force, and the carriage followed, and the sound of the wheels crushing the road became farther and farther on this noble street

The horse is a Guangyuan horse, with excellent patience and is very suitable for long-distance walking, and the iron birch used in the carriage is very strong and durable, and can withstand the sun and wind for a long time, and the groom seems to be honest but can whip without alarming the birds in the forest, indicating that his whipping skills are excellent and should often walk long distances

All this shows that the carriage that the two men were gradually leaving Bocheng had to travel a long way, and that they were carrying the woman to a great distance

But I don't know what makes the woman leave this elegant courtyard, which she has grown accustomed to and liked

When the carriage walked to a stall where hot and sour noodles were bought, the woman suddenly stopped the coachman and asked the stall owner, Lao Han, for a bowl of hot and sour noodles with a lot of chili oil

The old man, who had been setting up a stall here for many years, was a little curious, because this woman rarely went out in the past, let alone left by car like today

Just as the sound of the carriage had completely disappeared, another voice suddenly came from the courtyard with the gate closed, and it seemed to be talking to itself and talking to someone

............

Inside a magnificent palace somewhere beneath the Imperial City

A straight Shinto seems to go straight to the end of the world's rights, the beams and pillars of the carved dragon and phoenix can be seen everywhere near the Shinto, a staircase is straight up like a ladder, there are more than a thousand layers in detail, the steps are paved with jade, smooth as a mirror, there is a palace in front of the stairs, although there are only two layers, but it is extremely majestic and magnificent, as if the strange beast between heaven and earth

After a long time, a faint sigh like thunder broke through the room

"Debts owed will have to be paid sooner or later"

............

"Anyway, we're leaving, what's the difference between those bad debts and not paying them back?"

Shen Li held the threshold with one hand, and looked at Xu Zi'an, who was lying on his waist in the small courtyard, and said indifferently

"Then you can't owe that much."

The young man forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, thinking about the astonishing amount that Shen Li had just said, and couldn't help but feel that his heart was bleeding

"No, I didn't plan to pay it back anyway, since I didn't plan to pay it back, I didn't want to borrow a little more, but now I can borrow a little to earn a little" Shen Li touched his stubble with one hand, and looked at Xu Zi'an

Shen Li's gaze was very straight, very solemn and serious, revealing a certain kind of righteous and powerful divine energy, Xu Zi'an subconsciously wanted to bow his head and avoid it in this scorching gaze, but suddenly remembered that it seemed that it was himself who was reasonable, and he glared again without admitting defeat, and looked at Shen Li with all his strength

The old and the young looked at each other like this, like two fighting cocks in the cockfighting ring

So, in the magnificent background of the sunset dyeing half of the clouds and half of the mountains red, an old man and a young man stared at each other stupidly, letting tears flow on their faces............

After a long time, Xu Zi'an wiped his tears of victory and said loudly

"I'll just say, is there a reason for not paying back the debt?"

Shen Li also rubbed his equally sore glasses and reminded

"Little idiot, you are the one who pays back"

"This topic............ It's fucking sad, change another one, huh............ What will you eat in a while?"

"Lao Tzu wants to eat meat"