Chapter 48: The Truth
In the first year of the Great Xuan Tianqing, Xuan Taizong ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the imperial power and weaken the power of the rivers and lakes, Emperor Taizong created a martial arts.
Although the people in the rivers and lakes usually say that they don't want to be the dogs of the court, there are really such opportunities, and there are still many people who have moved their minds, who doesn't want to live in peace and stability, no longer have to live a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, and having a meal without a meal.
Fang Wanhu and Wu Du are righteous brothers, both are rangers who have no master inheritance, the level of martial arts is neither high nor low, Fang Wanhu Liupin, Wu Duwupin, the two of them got the news, and naturally they also wanted to go to Longyuan to try their luck.
Everything went smoothly than the two expected, after all, it was the first year of the martial arts competition, and the people who came to participate were mixed, most of them were the cultivation of the lower three grades, like Fang Wanhu and Wu Du, who were already masters, so since the beginning of the martial arts competition, the two of them have been advancing all the way, and in the end, it was Fang Wanhu and Wu Du who fought for the champion of martial arts.
Such a result undoubtedly made the two of them overjoyed, they had only heard that scholars had returned to their hometowns in fine clothes, but now they didn't expect that the two of them could experience such an honor.
Fang Wanhu knew that he couldn't compare to Wu Du, so he didn't think much about it, and found Wu Du to admit defeat in private.
Fang Wanhu and Wu Du asked for the most remote location, ordered the cheapest wine in the store, and the money in their pockets was not even enough for half a plate of peanuts.
However, the young man was poor and ambitious, and his vision for the future became the best appetizer for the two.
This also caused the dissatisfaction of a child of Anointed Liang, Yin and Yang said a few words of insinuation, scolding Fang Wanhu and Wu Du for being uncivilized barbarians, if it was usual, Wu Du would never have a conflict with these gentlemen, but today he was drunk, and tomorrow he was the champion of martial arts, how could Wu Du still be such a bird, regardless of Fang Wanhu's dissuasion, he rushed up and prepared to teach this Anointed Liang disciple some lessons.
But which of Long Yuan's gentlemen is a fuel-efficient lamp at home, the long-bearded old man behind the anointed Liang disciple restrained Wu Du as soon as he made a move, Wu Du was sealed meridians, and was beaten half to death by the evil slaves sent by the anointed Liang disciples, Fang Wanhu hurriedly showed the martial arts identities of the two, but this anointed Liang disciple didn't care at all, but ordered someone to beat Fang Wanhu as well, until they left, Fang Wanhu climbed forward, carrying the dying Wu Du to the hospital, but Wu Du, who was blocked meridians, couldn't wait to go to the medical hall, died halfway through.
Fang Wanhu was sad and indignant in his heart, and was ready to seek justice in the martial arts field the next day, but the next day, as soon as Fang Wanhu came on the field, the examiner announced the results, Fang Wanhu became the champion of this year's martial arts, and Wu Du was killed by Fang Wanhu in the martial arts arena and was buried thickly, and Fang Wanhu also saw yesterday's anointed Liang disciple, he stood behind the military department Shangshu, and was the only son of the military department Shangshu of the dynasty.
Fang Wanhu didn't dare to say more, it was worth clenching his fists, and accepted this result, and the children of Liang Liang passed by Fang Wanhu and threw down a full hundred gold, which was Wu Du's money to buy his life.
Fang Wanhu did not go to the court as an official, before the list, Fang Wanhu begged to be removed from his position as the champion of martial arts, and this unruly request was quickly approved, but the request of the Ministry of War was that the emperor's list remained unchanged, and Fang Wanhu resigned and went home.
Fang Wanhu agreed, and the Ministry of War also gave a large sum of money, and after ending the matter of Long Yuan, Fang Wanhu returned to his hometown with Wu Du's body.
Shen Yusheng listened to Fang Wanhu narrate the story of the year, Fang Wanhu had already stopped crying, coughing violently from time to time, and vomiting a mouthful of blood.
Sister-in-law Yu knelt on the ground and said with a distorted face: "I don't believe it! They all said that you killed Wu Du, in order to find Wu Du, I also lost my own child, you must be lying to me, you must be lying to me! ”
Fang Wanhu looked excited and wanted to speak, but because he couldn't understand the cough, Fang Wanhu looked at Fang Buyu like a pleading, Fang Buyu sighed silently, and said softly: "At the beginning, your child didn't die. ”
These words were like thunder on the ground, Sister-in-law Yu looked at Fang Buyu in a moment's silence, Fang Buyu wanted to continue, Fang Wanhu, who had improved on the side, took over the conversation and said weakly: "When I came back from Longyuan, the first thing I did was to go to your house, but the news of the imperial court took the official road, much faster than the speed of my return, the mountain bandits who had been blocked by Brother Wu before got the news of Brother Wu's death, and slaughtered the village on the same day with the people and horses, when I arrived, I only found it in the dry well in your house, and found your son." ”
Fang Wanhu originally thought that She Lan was taken captive by the mountain bandits, and after settling the child, he killed the mountain bandit village alone, and killed the mountain bandit village cleanly and did not find She Lan's figure, and he also left an old illness because of this, otherwise with his Fang Wanhu four-grade martial arts cultivation, how could he end up in such a situation at such an age.
It's just that, Fang Wanhu doesn't want to talk about it.
"So, what about my child?" Sister-in-law Yu knelt on the ground and moved two steps forward, her eyes radiating a glint of hope.
After hearing the news of Wu Du's death, she handed over her two- or three-year-old child to the care of her neighbors, and went to Longyuan alone, wanting to ask what tricks Fang Wanhu used to kill her eldest brother, and took the position of the martial champion, but after coming to Longyuan with great difficulty, she heard the news of Fang Wanhu's resignation and leaving, and when she returned home, her home was in ruins, and there was no trace of her own child, she thought that her child died under the hooves of the bandits, and she was crazy and confused like a beggar after seven or eight years. Suddenly learned about the famous owner of Mingyue Mountain Villa, named Fang Wanhu.
So this is why she infiltrated Mingyue Villa and waited for the opportunity to rebel today, but today, she heard that her child might still be alive, and the hatred in her heart has been forgotten, and she only wants to know where her child is now.
There was silence in the courtyard, Fang Zhi looked strange, Fang Bu kept shaking his head, Fang Wanhu couldn't stop sighing, Shen Yusheng felt as if he had guessed something.
"Fang Heng, it's your son."
Fang Wanhu's words seemed to be a sharp knife piercing into Sister-in-law Yu's heart, Sister-in-law Yu let out a dull sigh, and then said in a frenzied cry: "Impossible! No way! You're lying to me! ”
Fang Wanhu shook his head sadly and said: "When I brought Heng'er home, I raised him as my own son, and then you entered Mingyue Villa and wanted to become Zhu'er's wet nurse, I recognized you at a glance, but you concealed your identity, and Heng'er is also old, so I didn't rush to let your mother and son recognize each other, but let you enter the villa first, and first use Zhu'er to make up for your previous loss of Heng'er's time, and at the same time often let Fang Heng go to Fang Zhu's courtyard, nominally to maintain brotherhood, but in fact, to cultivate feelings for your mother and son, so that you can recognize each other in the future!" ”
Sister-in-law Yu didn't seem to listen to it, shook her head vigorously, and said in a cloaked voice: "No, it's impossible, Fang Heng can never be my child, and a person like Fang Heng can never be my child!" ”
Shen Yusheng was a little curious, listening to Sister-in-law Yu's words, it was not like regretting because she had killed her child by mistake, but it seemed like she had another hidden secret.
"What's going on?" Shen Yusheng asked in a low voice to Fang Buyu.
Fang Buyu glanced at Wu Mengni, who was a little confused, and then at Shen Yusheng, who was curious about the baby's appearance, and suddenly stretched out his hand and put it on Wu Mengni's shoulder and said softly: "The next thing, you have to be mentally prepared." ”
Wu Mengni and Shen Yusheng looked at Fang Buyu in unison, this matter still involves me/her?
Fang Buyu closed his eyes and took two deep breaths, opened his eyes and said: "You all know that Fang Heng is a layman disciple of the Qingming Sword Sect, he has a lot of sword talent, and he is overwhelmed by the disciples of the contemporary Sword Sect, but in fact, Fang Heng's qualifications to enter the fifth grade are already reluctant, and entering the fourth grade is tantamount to a fool's dream. ”
"But he did." Shen Yusheng thought and said softly.
Wu Mengni glared at Shen Yusheng directly, and said angrily: "Don't interrupt me!" Shen Yusheng nodded with a smile, and Wu Mengni continued
"Fang Heng found a forbidden book in the library of the Qingming Sword Sect, which was created by a senior brother of the same generation as the Qingming Sword Zun, this senior brother is amazingly talented, and the unique learning created can change the qualifications and achieve the purpose of going further in the way of the sword, Fang Heng secretly cultivated this forbidden art in order to step into a higher martial arts realm. But how can there be no limit to such a mastery, this technique can only be practiced by men, and the first step of cultivation is to purify the body. ”
Shen Yusheng couldn't hide his shock and looked at Wu Mengni, Fang Buyu meant this, didn't he say that Fang Heng was a eunuch?
Fang Buyu coughed lightly twice, asking Shen Yusheng not to look at it so blatantly, and then said: "It's okay if it's just like this, but there is another serious problem with this forbidden technique, that is, people who practice this technique will become distorted physically and mentally, first they will hate women, become fond of Longyang, and in the end, they will be full of demons, go crazy, and become a woman themselves." ”
Shen Yusheng was speechless, there is such a strange martial arts in this world? At the same time, he also sighed that Fang Heng was really ruthless to himself.
Wu Mengni on the side shed two lines of tears, and muttered to herself in despair: "No wonder, no wonder since Wenwen was born, he has slept in a separate room with me, and has never touched a finger of mine again." ”
Shen Yusheng patted Wu Mengni's back comfortingly, Wu Mengni suddenly buried herself in Shen Yusheng's arms, broke down and cried, Shen Yusheng didn't hug it, and if she didn't hug it, she could only stand dryly, and by the way, she sighed again in her heart, Fang Heng is such a ruthless person, if he doesn't reach the top of martial arts, it is really unfair to God.
Fang Buyu walked up to Sister-in-law Yu and said condescendingly: "If I guessed correctly, Fang Heng couldn't stand the turmoil in his heart, and in order to keep this secret, he chose my stupid and stupid brother, after all, there is rarely visited because of the old man's order, and my younger brother, even if you go out to say it, probably no one will believe it, you should have found out that something was wrong, but you chose to conceal it, and finally took advantage of Fang Heng's deformed feelings for my younger brother to poison Fang Heng to death, heh, it's true, self-inflicted, can't live!" If you had reminded us earlier, how could Fang Heng have lost his life. ”
Shen Yusheng thought to himself that no wonder he was in a hurry to bury Fang Heng, if someone found out that Fang Heng's body was incomplete, then Fang Heng would not be able to enjoy peace after his death, and Wu Mengni felt that Fang Buyu's words were also stinging her heart, as a husband and wife, if she had discovered her husband's abnormality earlier, would there have been no such things as later? Thinking like this, Wu Mengni cried even more sadly.
Shen Yusheng was exquisite, guessed Wu Mengni's thoughts, and was afraid that Wu Mengni would cry badly, so he comforted: "Fang Heng has the intention to conceal it, how can you, as a wife, get to the bottom of it, it's Fang Heng's fault." ”
Fang Buyu also agreed: "That's right, from the moment Fang Heng decided to cultivate the forbidden technique, Fang Heng actually didn't love you anymore. ”
Wu Mengni sobbed twice and cried.
Shen Yusheng glanced at Fang silently, is there such a comforting person? Then he smoothed Wu Mengni's breath with his hand on his back, worried that Wu Mengni would cry and hold her breath.
Now that the truth is clear, Fang Wanhu looked at Sister-in-law Yu sadly, and then waved his hand at Fang Zhi and said, "Zhi'er, send me back." ”
At this time, Sister-in-law Yu stood up violently, and everyone in the courtyard shouted wildly: "I know!" You're all lying to me! You're all lying to me! I don't believe it! I don't believe it! ”
Fang Wanhu said sadly: "Rong'er, let's take care of She Lan more in the future, she is also a poor person." ”
Fang Buyu replied with a cold face: "My name is Fang Buyu." ”
"It's not nice to be called Fang Rong, it's a girl when you hear it." Fang Wanhu was puzzled, and Fang Zhi pushed Fang Wanhu back into the room.
Wu Mengni was emotional, and Shen Yusheng couldn't spare his hand for a while, so he could only chuckle at Fang Buyu and say, "Rong...... Don't say anything, girl, the front hall will trouble you to send someone to clean it. ”
Fang Buyu clenched the drifting snow, glanced at Shen Yusheng fiercely with his eyes, shook his head, and left.
"Don't think I can't beat outsiders!"
Shen Yusheng looked at Fang Buyu's back and didn't care, and said softly to Wu Mengni like a child: "Don't cry, don't cry." ”