Chapter 42: Asking for Hardship

Just as he was about to return home, another group of people rushed over.

"Today's Beichen Mansion is really lively." Shi Zhaozhao only felt funny when he looked at this farce, and it was finally the emperor who came back. He rode fast and roared.

Because the place where Beichen Mansion is located is the corner of a street, so Huangfu Shi didn't have time to see that there were no troublemakers here, when he saw that the front of the gate was still strangely deserted, he was first shocked and then puzzled, and then hurriedly stopped the horse, but it was too late. A man and a horse had already stopped in front of Beichen Mansion, and a group of guards followed in a hurry.

"Brother Huangfu is in such a hurry, where are you going?" Xue Shan was still a little suspicious before, but when she saw him coming, she was very sure in her heart. Today's play was provoked by Huangfu She, but the funny thing is that he has to step on it if he wants to pretend to be a good person, but it's a little troublesome to come late.

"We ...... It's here to help Beichen...... Prefecture...... Repel the troublemakers! Before the emperor could speak, the subordinates who came from behind wanted to speak, and he was panting and exaggerated, as if he had come from a long distance.

"yes, yes." Huangfu pretended to be sincere, and he was actually secretly scolding that subordinate in his heart, he originally wanted to lie that the horse was frightened, and then lied that he didn't know about today's incident, and the token was stolen for the better. This won't be too embarrassing, who knew that the idiot actually said it directly, he smiled a little wryly, "I lost my token, and I heard that someone here is holding my token, and I think I'm here to stir up trouble." ”

"Brother Huangfu's news is really well-informed." Xue Shan said in a weird manner, "How can you even lose something as personal as a token, it's really careless." ”

"Haha," Huangfu Shi smiled very awkwardly, the gloom in his eyes gradually rose, and he said almost with gritted teeth, "Brother and sister, I'm going to arrest that kid and go first." So saying, he rode his horse and whipped away, and the horse's hooves splashed dust, choking his subordinates to sneeze until they were in pursuit.

"Hmph, pretend." Xue Shan also put away the smile and groaned, and then went in.

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"Hahahahahaha, the emperor is in a big mess this time." Zhou Wenjun gloated and slapped the table frantically, thinking of the infinitely changing face of Huangfu sitting on the horse today, he leaned back and turned back with laughter.

"Didn't the emperor send someone to keep an eye on it?" Song Bingzhu was a little incredulous, his kind of old fox would be so careless?

"Naturally, there is, but I was stopped by the person who Wenjun sent someone to see and watch, and when the matter is almost resolved, I am putting that person back." Liang Jian stared at the slightly wrinkled secret letter in his hand and was stunned, he hadn't sent it to her since the last one, and he didn't know what was going on with her now.

"I see, so is Shi Zhaozhao?" Song Bingzhu asked curiously.

"We wrote her a letter earlier and asked her if we could help, but she was very happy to say yes." Zhou Wenjun said, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and held a piece of peach cake in the handkerchief.

"That's right." Song Bingzhu nodded, he was busy dealing with the affairs of the Song family these days and didn't have time to come over with them, it was a pity, he had long wanted to get involved in the whole emperor. Just thinking about it, he took the peach cake handed over by Zhou Wenjun and ate it, "What is this?" So oily? ”

"Hahahahaha, drink more tea." Zhou Wenjun held back a smile and handed over a cup of tea, "I thought this shortbread was unpalatable today, so I brought it back for you to taste." ”

"Troublesome?" Song Bingzhu shook his head helplessly, and also joked.

"Anyway, what's going on over there?" Liang Jian said Huangfu She, she remembered, it seemed that she hadn't seen him for several days, she had been very busy these days, and now she remembered that the emperor Fu Yinri seemed to be absent-minded on the day of the martial arts competition, and something was wrong.

"Ah Yue and Lao Min are nowhere to be seen." Song Bingzhu muttered, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, he also sent a lot of people to inquire about the news in the past few days, but he found nothing. It's not good for him to go to Beichen Mansion openly? and the Huangfu Mansion, so as not to arouse suspicion, but to affect the three of them.

Ah Yue is still accompanying Xiaoyin. Lao Min was injured, it was done by Xuanwumen, and they drugged him on the day of the competition. Zhou Wenjun was so angry that he pounded the bed, but fortunately, Shi Zhaozhao didn't have an accident here, and the Xuanwu Gate wanted his life. Obviously, it was unanimous with the outside world before, but now it has suddenly turned against each other.

"What?!" Song Bingzhu was shocked, he didn't know that so many things had happened on the day of the martial arts competition?!

"Don't worry, it's okay now," Zhou Wenjun hurriedly said, "Senior sister has been treated in Beichen Mansion for more than a few days, and Lao Min is fine." It's just that Xiaoyin's side ......"

"Did something happen to him?" Liang Jian asked suspiciously, he had been a little absent-minded since the day of the martial arts competition, and since that day, she hadn't seen him again, I don't know what happened now.

"It's his mother, Song Yun'er." Thinking of this, Song Bingzhu frowned sadly, unable to think of a countermeasure, "He lost his mother since he was a child, and it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that his aunt died when he encircled and suppressed the Shentu family. But a few days ago, Xuanwumen told him in order to disturb his mind. His mother is still alive, but now behind bars. ”

"The Xuanwu Gate doesn't seem to be deceiving, there must be some basis for saying so." Zhou Wenjun groaned, and she silently took out a crumpled secret letter. He handed it to them, and continued, "I sent my men to investigate, but I have not found my aunt's whereabouts until now." ”

Liang Jian carefully read the above information, and concluded that Song Yun'er's body was unrecognizable when it was found, and her husband Huangfu Shu was even cut into a human being. The emperor immediately arranged for them to be buried, but for some reason there was a fire in the mourning hall, so they could only be turned into ashes and sent to the ancestral grave. Huangfu Shi seems to have liked Song Yun'er, once proposed to the Song family but was rejected, and later the Song family married to an unknown side branch Huangfu Shu, I heard that since then Huangfu Shu has hated Huangfu Shu.

"Song Yun'er... Have a grudge against the Shentu family? Liang Jian asked after a moment of silence.

"No, on the contrary, the relationship is good. Song Yun'er was originally a disciple of the Song family, talented and intelligent, and went to study at the Shentu family, and had a good relationship with Shentu Wan'er. When Quan Wulin opposed the Shen Tu family, only she would stand up and say that she wanted to find out the truth first. It's just that at that time, all the old guys couldn't wait to get the Aoshuang Sword Technique, and no one cared about this. Song Bingzhu said with some regret, and was stunned to recall that he had seen Song Yun'er when he was young, she was already the wife of Huangfu Yinri's father, Huangfu Shu, and the husband and wife entrusted Huangfu Yinri to the Song family and said that they were going to save Brother Shentu, and then they never returned.

It's a pity that later, after Huangfu Yinri was a little older and showed his talent, the elders of the Huangfu family forced him to pass, and the Song family was powerless to stop it at that time. The emperor was afraid that he would naturally not give him good fruits to eat, and he would stumble on him openly and secretly. Over the years, it hasn't been very good.

Liang Jian also fell into deep thought, so it seems that there are indeed a lot of doubts, first of all, it is unrecognizable. I have heard Yan Shi mention Song Yun'er before, saying that he is dignified and elegant, gentle and generous, not like he is an enemy of others, and this method of destroying people's appearance is either to have a long-standing grudge or to cover up something. As for Huangfu Shu, he is a member of the Huangfu family, even if everyone can't get used to him, no one dares to really treat him so viciously, and it is even more impossible on Shentu's side, he is going to help the people of the Shentu family, and they should not be enemies with him.

Many reasoning intersect into a node - Huangfu Shi. If you want to find out Song Yun'er's whereabouts, I'm afraid you still have to start with him.

"Lao Yan went to the secluded capital to check the emperor's tomb, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back for a while." Liang Jian finally came back to her senses from her contemplation, she sat cross-legged on the bed, and looked at Zhou Wenjun, who was slightly weak, although she seemed to be in good spirits, her face was a little pale. Then she turned to Song Bingzhu and said, "I have a plan. ”

"Eh, I'm going to join in." Zhou Wenjun naturally saw what Liang Jian was thinking, but how could such a lively thing be without her?! She couldn't stand it, and she was bored to be alone.

"What do you add?" Song Bingzhu looked at her tightly bandaged arm and said angrily, "Give me a good rest." ”

"You better rest well and recuperate as soon as possible, otherwise I won't have any plans for you in the future." Seeing that she was a little unconvinced, Liang Jian made a grimace and threatened, Zhou Wenjun pouted and looked a little disappointed, and she said, "However, I still need your help to do something." ”

In the next second, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Liang Jian very expectantly, only to see her smile mysteriously, and there was a hint of treachery in that smile. Zhou Wenjun swallowed his saliva, always feeling that Huangfu was about to suffer.

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The Huangfu family is busy with the funeral of Huangfu Yintang these days, and Tongqiu, where the family is located, is far away from here, and if the body is transported back, it will inevitably damage the body. Fortunately, the emperor also built a magnificent attic water pavilion on this side of Huashan, so he is now doing funerals here, and today is his first seven.

Late at night, Beichenxin of the mourning hall, Huangfu Yintang's mother was pregnant again, even if she asked to keep a wake for her son in the mourning hall, she was still carried back by the emperor's order. On the first seven days, pregnant women should not be present. In addition, there is the emperor's husband, and a group of slaves and servants have stayed. Huangfu Yinri has already gone back, and in the past few days, he and Huangfu seem to be enemies, and they are very angry when they meet, so naturally they will not attend the first seven days of Huangfu Yintang.

The mourning hall is solemn and solemn, a huge golden silk nanmu coffin is placed in the center, there is a big offering table in front, chickens, ducks, geese, fish and pork, a pair of slightly higher white candles are lit by the fire and blown by the wind, shining on the faces of the people in the mourning hall, and the pillars around are hung with white silk cloth, which flutters slightly under the blowing of the evening breeze, and the whole mourning hall looks more terrifying. I don't know what kind of dye was used in the white silk cloth, and it smelled like it was vague, and the smell was so subtle that no one noticed.

Huangfu was stunned and looked at his rather clumsy shadow and fell into deep thought, and I don't know when he also became like a little old man. Huangfu Yintang's death made him miserable, and the chaos in Beichen Mansion could have allowed him to take a breather, but he really lost a lot of face at the gate of Beichen Mansion two days ago, and Shen Zheng's whereabouts are still unknown, which is really angry.

In addition, rumors have been spreading everywhere in the past few days, and it is rumored everywhere that the emperor Fu Shu has come to ask for his life. Naturally, he would not believe such a ridiculous rumor. It's just that a few emperors' tombs were blown up, it's just that someone is pretending to be a ghost in the mansion, it's just that Song Yun'er suddenly went crazy. It's all man-made, it's just artificial, someone must be planning him behind his back, how could he believe it?!

Thinking like this, his originally faintly restless heart was gradually paralyzed by himself, and he sneered calmly, I don't know what he was laughing at, and his shadow on the wall trembled, like some crazy ghost.

No one dared to speak, everyone lowered their heads, their bodies trembled slightly, as if they were afraid of something. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the black cat was running all the way down, all in pitch black, with no conscious hair, and it whined lowly, and the sound made the terrifying atmosphere even creepier. People held their breath and watched the cat pacing around the mourning hall, Huangfu Shi pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, walked over silently, raised his sword to kill the cat, how did the sword light frighten the black cat, it jumped deep and jumped on the offering table, watching Huang Fu Shi bark quite hostilely, bowed down to blow up, and whined in a low voice.

Huangfu Shi held his breath in his heart, he quietly detoured to the table, this time he learned wisely, in order not to startle the cat, he put down his sword. He quickly grabbed the cat's neck, which was biting and scratching in pain and screaming.

"It's just a brute." Pinching its life and letting it scream, Huang Fushi felt a trace of satisfaction and peace of mind in his heart. Depending on what he is, it's just an ant to be played with by him, and there's nothing to be afraid of.

When the cat's skull was about to be crushed, a stone hit Huangfu She's hand out of nowhere, and he let go of it in pain. The cat immediately rushed back to the offering table and knocked down the candlestick. The original orange-red fire turned dark blue for some reason, like a ghost fire. And there were also a few ghost fires floating around, and Huangfu was so frightened that he retreated again and again, and those dark blue fires floated towards him, chasing after him.

"Huangfu...... Shu" Huangfu muttered, stunned in place.

"Ahhhhh!!hh A servant finally couldn't help it, screamed, and the people around him completely collapsed in this scream, the scene was completely chaotic, everyone pushed and ran out, trying to escape, but for some reason the door suddenly slammed together, and the actual "bang" sound made everyone turn into frightened birds, and Zhang Huang was at a loss. The servants frantically knocked on the door, but it seemed that it was firmly locked, and it could not be pushed open at all.

There was a pile of flammable materials in the mourning hall, and the flames spread throughout the hall in an instant, and the beating tongues of fire burned down the white silk cloth to the ceiling, and the dark blue fire made people look frightened.

"Don't run! The Huangfu family does not raise seeds! The Emperor said hysterically, he froze his body and walked slowly towards them, the scorching fire shining behind him to make him sinister, and he shouted, "It's just a trick to pretend to be a ghost!" Who is it?! Get out of here, get out of here! He flew up the beam with his sword, and flew lightly out of the wall, which seemed to be welded shut, both from the inside and from the outside, and in his rage he shattered the heavy wooden door into powder with his internal force.

"Home... The head of the house? ”

The group of people inside were shaken away, rubbing their waists and buttocks and looking at the sword-wielding Huangfu Shi with some cringe, and they squirmed backwards, for fear that he would kill them all if he was unhappy.

"Do you want to run?" His voice was very cold, and his face was expressionless, but the anger in his eyes made everyone shudder.

"No... No, we don't! An old mother who has been in the house for a long time said tremblingly, she used to be the nurse of Huangfu Yintang, and she has worked hard in the house for decades, and she can be regarded as growing up with Huangfu She. At this moment, looking at the people behind her who were afraid of death, she could only stand up and say, "We just want to go out and find someone to save ...... Fire"

Before she could finish speaking, she was stabbed to death by Huangfu with a sword, her eyes were full of fear, and she fell down with wide eyes as she watched the blood hole on her body. At this moment, the air seemed to be frozen, there was a dead silence all around, no one dared to speak anymore, or even dare to breathe, and Huangfu Shi didn't seem to have killed enough. Outside, the people who hurriedly carried buckets rushed over to put out the fire, and they saw the fire from a distance, although they looked terrible, they still came hard, and saw that the head of their house seemed to be crazy, holding a sword and killing people, and they were all stunned in place for a while. He took his sword and walked towards the huddled servants, who at the moment he saw as nothing more than a herd of animals to be slaughtered.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a figure in the faint firelight, who didn't look very clear, looking about eight feet tall and tall. No one noticed him, he opened his lips slightly, and his voice was small but clear to everyone's ears.

"Ah She, Ah Brother is back. Are you happy? The voice was magnetic and sounded very gentle, but the slightly undulating tone gave people an invisible sense of oppression.

Huangfu Shi seemed to be frozen in place, the sword in his hand was held tighter, and his hand trembled. He turned around slowly, a little afraid to look, but he had to look at the burned mourning hall, that familiar figure, even after so many years, he would still occasionally wake up in his dreams.

"Huangfu Shu, do you think I'll be afraid of you!?" Suddenly, he yelled, this one more like he yelled at himself, "I have a clear conscience, you are innocent of death!" He said as he rushed into the fire, as if to die with him, and he did not seem to feel the burning pain, even though the fire was burning.

"Ah, this is just the beginning."

As soon as the words fell, the figure was gone, but the voice continued. It's like a murmur far away in the sky, and it's like a whisper in a dream. Huangfu Shi was completely insane, he smashed and slashed wildly in the fire, and when he saw that there was no one in the fire, he ran out again, and for a while he climbed on the roof, and then he looked for it in the corner, and then he ran away into the distance and disappeared into the night.

Huangfu She's wife, Beichen Xin'er, is late with a five-month-old belly. Seeing the firelight in the sky, the corpse of the old woman on the ground, and the people who were stunned in place, she fainted.