Chapter 20: Sword and Guts and Qin Heart 1

It is said that there is a famous swordsmith surnamed Nie in South Korea, who can forge a good sword, sharpen iron like clay, and blow a sharp blade. King Han loved the sword and ordered him to cast a sword for him, because of the many procedures for casting the sword, although he carefully built it, he also missed the date of the sword. King Han was furious and killed him for the crime of bullying the king. At that time, Nie's wife was already pregnant with Liujia, and when she heard the bad news, she hurriedly hid in the poor countryside, incognito, and secretly made peace, fortunately, the sky had eyes on the Nie family, and gave birth to a baby boy in childbirth, named Nie Zheng.

Nie's wife worked hard, swallowed her anger, worked hard day and night, and finally raised Nie Zheng to adulthood, and married a wife for him to become a family. Nie Zheng became the pillar of the family, in order to be able to support this family, he worked at sunrise and returned at sunset, never saying bitterness, but he heard others whispering about how his father was, and he was very suspicious, thinking that he had never seen what his father was like since he was a child, and it was his mother who pulled him up with a handful of, a handful of urine and tears, of course, the mother's nurturing grace cannot be forgotten, but who is the biological father, where is he now, and his mother should also let him know, and finally let people say that he is a son with a mother and no father, then he will not become a source of water and a tree without roots。

In order to get news of his father, he asked his mother, hoping to tell him where his father was. Seeing that her son had grown up and did not need to hide it, the mother told him everything about his father's murder by King Han.

When Nie Zheng heard this, he felt that his father had died unjustly, and angrily scolded King Han for being unreasonable, treating people's lives like mustard, killing innocents indiscriminately, and wept and said: "Mother is above, and my son has something to say, since my mother told me the details of my father's tragic death, this revenge will not be avenged, and it will be in vain, and my son will kill King Han and avenge his father." ”

The mother said bitterly: "Son, if you think that the palace is heavily guarded, the soldiers are like forests, all of them are fierce and vicious, like wolves and tigers, how can your son get close to the king of Han to avenge the murder of his father, and if he does not get close, he may become a ghost under the sword, leaving behind his mother and your virtuous wife, who will take care of it......?"

Nie Zheng comforted: "Please rest assured, my mother will not fail to avenge my father's revenge, and I will never drag down my mother." If the son does not avenge his father, what face will he have to see my father in a hundred years?

Nie Zheng dressed up in disguise, worked tirelessly, came to the capital of South Korea for a few days, traveled around the palace from time to time, figured out the route of the people who guarded the palace, took advantage of the gap to sneak into the palace at night, in order to prevent the true face, painted oil paint on the face, looked for in the palace courtyard, did not see the king of Han, when he was anxious, he suddenly heard the sound of the piano and the sound of the side hall, followed the prestige, bright as day, thought that the king of Han was drinking and having fun there, and went straight away.

He came to the outside of the palace in a hidden shadow, and saw Han Wanggao sitting on it, drinking and listening to music and watching the dance, accompanied by beautiful concubines and concubines on the left and right, and a group of musicians playing and dancing with each other, and the clothes and belts fluttering like floating clouds, as if flowing clouds and water, bringing the fragrance of the wind, slim figure, graceful and graceful, exactly, like a fairy going down to the mortal world, the palace is noisy. How can there be in the rural world, only the emperor enjoys the glory.

He saw that this person was too messy, and it was a good opportunity to assassinate King Han, so he came to make up for it, boldly walked in, and hid among the musicians. The musicians were playing their instruments intently, and no one cared about him, which provided him with a good opportunity. At this time, King Han was drinking and having fun, enjoying singing and dancing while drinking, and from time to time he hugged the concubines around him to help the fun.

Nie Zheng saw that King Han was so happy, absurd and unreasonable, extravagant and lascivious, thinking of his father's hatred, he was angry and not fighting in one place, anger rose from his heart, and evil was born to the side of the guts, he took out his sword from his clothes, jumped up, and came to a "white crane with bright wings", and flew towards King Han with a sword, and the general saw a bright light flying towards King Han, and it was too late to rescue, and exclaimed; "King be careful!" King Han was shocked, too late to dodge, at this critical time, he was in a hurry, and reached out to grab a concubine and a beautiful woman beside him to block the sword for him.

It was too late, it was fast, I saw a flash of cold light, and I heard a "poof" sound, blood splashed everywhere, and the beauty was killed by a sword. At this time, there was chaos in the temple, and the guards shouted to arrest the assassins. Kabuki and dancers rushed to run. Nie Zheng didn't expect King Han to use the beautiful woman around him as his substitute ghost, and before he could use his sword again, King Han fled in a hurry under the cover of the guards, so he had to take advantage of the chaos to escape out of the palace and go out of the city.

In order to arrest his assassins, the king of Han ordered the images of assassins to be hung all over Korea, and strictly checked passers-by at the city gates. Nie Zheng didn't dare to show his face, so he hid in the deep mountains and old forests, depressed, angry, thinking that his father's revenge had not been avenged, but he became a prisoner and was arrested everywhere. One day, I can fulfill my life's wish, and I am willing to break my bones. ”

Nie Zheng vented his anger there, and heard a person shouting, "Who is there to vent his personal anger?"

Nie Zheng put away his sword and looked over, and saw an old man standing there, with a childish face, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, holding a whisk of dust and sprinkling, with fairy wind bones, different from mortals, he must be a respected hermit, there is a stone table next to him, there is a piano on the stone table, obviously he is here to disturb his quiet, so he stepped forward and gave a deep salute, sorry and said: "Forgive the juniors for being rude, disturbing the tranquility of the seniors here, begging the seniors to forgive me." ”

The old man saw that he was so young and polite, and sat on the stone bench and plucked the strings on the stone table in front of him, making a pleasant sound of the piano, which suddenly made people's ears and eyes bright, relaxed and happy, and had a sense of fluttering immortals. Nie Zheng didn't feel moved, thinking that his predecessors were definitely extraordinary, and he had such attainments in the piano, which showed the depth of his skills, thinking that King Han liked music so much, why shouldn't I be so, so he stepped forward and bowed down sincerely and asked to learn the piano.

The old man said: "I see that your face is angry, full of murderous atmosphere, it is difficult to calm down and learn the piano, there is no inspiration, it is difficult to learn, it is in vain to waste a piece of my effort, I am saying, as a fugitive, it is difficult for you to show up in the world, even if you succeed, it is difficult to survive, what can I do?"

Nie Zheng talked eloquently: "I don't give up, since the seniors teach the younger generations to play the piano, the younger generations will not disgrace the teacher's order, study hard, work hard, and redo the newcomer." ”

The old man saw that he was resolute and spoke loudly, so he took him in. In order to change his skin, Nie Zheng painted it on his body with a kind of tree paint, and in order to change his voice, he swallowed the coals of fire in pain, so that his voice changed, and in order to change his appearance, he did a disguise technique, as if he had become another person.

He kept in mind the words of the teacher, had great ambitions, did not dare to slack off, under the words and deeds of the old man, practiced Sanjiu in winter, practiced Sanfu in summer, day after day, year after year, the sun and moon shuttled, time was like an arrow, and he had to learn the piano in seven years, and bid farewell to the old man and walked down the mountain.

Nie Zheng did not forget his father's hatred, so he went to the capital of South Korea, one day walking in a market town, met his wife by chance, couldn't help but feel excited, set off the love of children, remembered the love of husband and wife, husband sang with the wife, although the life was hard, but also enjoyed the fun of the family, now he left home for his father's revenge for several years, saw that his wife did not dare to recognize each other, his heart was like a knife, he was in pain, the husband and wife were close at hand, but he did not dare to approach her and say a few words to her, if it was not for the revenge of his father for fear that she would be implicated, he really wanted to hold her in his arms and cry.

He didn't know how she came to this strange place, seeing her hair scattered, thin, withered, mentally tired, like a serious illness, he couldn't bear it, so he followed her to see what she was doing, because he and she were married after all, and they had not returned home for several years, and they felt sorry for her, and felt ashamed.

He watched intently at her buying a comb, and a nameless sigh appeared in his heart, thinking that if he hadn't had a father's enmity and a husband and wife at home, she would not have suffered from this wind and dust, since she came here, there must be some reason, could it be that something happened at home, or a mother...... Or is she...... Hey, I have been away from home for seven years, and I can't get through the news at home, I can't sleep at night when I miss my mother and wife, and I can't recognize the pain and hurt when I see my wife.

Just as he sighed, she turned around and took a look at him, and he couldn't help but be stunned, afraid that she would recognize him, so he tried his best to control his feelings, pretending not to know, and laughing embarrassedly.

When she saw the man opposite, she was stunned and shed tears sadly. Nie Zheng was taken aback, puzzled, and said in his heart, could it be that she recognized me as her husband and aroused her sadness? I killed King Han in order to avenge my father, and I have changed my face and changed my voice, I am not the same as before, can she see any flaws in me? In order to relieve her doubts, she asked: "Why is Madam crying, is there anything sad? Do you tell me anything about it?"

The wife sobbed and said: "My husband travels, he does not return for several years, he leaves me and his mother-in-law at home, and lives like a year, Niang Si'er comes to think of her husband, the affection ** heart is sad, Niang Si'er comes to the white head, I think my husband is difficult to express, lest my relatives make mistakes, tea and dinner do not think of trance, I don't know if my husband can be fine, I don't know where my husband is, I want my husband to be broken, say goodbye to my mother-in-law to find my husband, as long as I can see my husband's face, like a cloud to see the sunrise, I smile at my concubine, my teeth are like husband's teeth and think of my husband, so I cry!"

Nie Zheng saw that his wife was anxious for her husband, and she wanted to recognize each other, but her father was riddled with hatred, afraid of affecting his relatives, his heart was like a knife, and he couldn't live in pain, and a drop of blood oozed out of the painful heart leaf, and it was painful and difficult to confide, so he had to put down his children's affection, sighed secretly, forced a smile, and comforted: "The world is big, there are many people with similar teeth, not only your husband has this tooth, why should you see my teeth and be so sad, don't be sad, take care of your body, it's inconvenient to disturb, go." "I said goodbye and left in a hurry, and my heart was like fifteen buckets - seven up and eight down, and I couldn't tell what it was like.

He didn't expect to meet his beloved wife here, and when he heard her confession, his liver and intestines were broken, and his heart was like eating twenty-five little toads in one bite - a hundred paws scratching his heart. He wanted to make himself quieter, so that his mother and daughter-in-law would not recognize him, so as not to be implicated and killed. He knew that it was more than auspicious to assassinate King Han here, even if he could kill King Han, under the condition of the palace guards, it would be difficult to retreat, and he was willing to die to avenge his father, but now his beloved wife saw through his true face from his teeth, if he died, she would never live in the world, this, what should I do?