CHAPTER XLII
Don't care how horizontal Luchuan is, in less than a cup of tea, he was tied up by others and lay there like a zongzi.
It's not that Lu Chuan can't do it, let alone him Lu Chuan, it's his master, the head of Wudang, Qinglian Zhenren, who is here, and he can't fight with 1,800 people. As long as it is a human being, its energy and physical strength are limited in all aspects, and it is the same for anyone. He had been running for half the night, and he hadn't picked up the weapon he had in hand, so it was not easy to hold on for a while.
Lu Chuan gritted his teeth and didn't say a word about his luck there, when he came, he put life and death behind him, and now he was captured.
But the forbidden army had no intention of killing him.
After a while, I saw a young man walk out of the crowd, walked straight to Lu Chuan, leaned down and looked up and down for a long time, and asked, "Who are you?
"Master, my surname is Lu Mingchuan, and I came here tonight to take Zhu Houzhao's dog life!"
The man exclaimed, "You are Lu Chuan?"
"Exactly!"
"Haven't heard of it. ”
Lu Chuan almost choked on his breath, and spoke in his heart: "You guy is not very old, and the bad water in your stomach is an ancestral heirloom, I haven't heard of you talking nonsense?"
Seeing that Lu Chuan was silent, the man smiled slightly and said, "You said you want to take Zhu Houzhao's life?" I'm afraid it's not that easy, I ...... It just so happens that I've been learning martial arts for a few days, do you dare to compete with me?"
Lu Chuan snorted and said, "It's better than it, why don't you dare?" I'm afraid that you don't have the guts to untie the rope for me!"
The man turned around and walked away, Lu Chuan thought he was afraid, but he didn't expect this person to really have some guts, he took out a knife from the waist of the guard next to him, lit up a night battle Bafang hidden knife style, and stretched out his hand, "Come on, untie his rope." ”
The two forbidden soldiers came over and were about to untie the rope, when suddenly a person ran from outside the crowd, and while running, he shouted, "Long live, long live frightened, the minister deserves death!"
Before he could run to him, he knelt down with a pop, took his knee as a foot, walked straight to the young man, and kowtowed again and again.
Only then did Lu Chuan know that this young man was the emperor Zhu Houzhao he was looking for, and he was shocked and angry in his heart, which was very unpleasant.
When Zhu Houzhao saw the man coming, he was immediately a little interested, threw the knife on the ground with a bang, and said lightly: "Admiral Zhang is exempt from courtesy." ”
"When the assassin enters the palace, the minister is guilty of dereliction of duty, and he asks His Majesty to punish him. ”
"That's it, nothing happened anyway, let's write it down this time, if there is a next time, the two crimes will be punished together. ”
"Your Majesty, I promise that there will be no next time. ”
"Go down and rest. ”
After speaking, Zhu Houzhao turned around and left, leaving only some forbidden troops and Admiral Zhang Yong.
Zhang Yong looked at Lu Chuan and was angry, went up and stepped on it a few times, and before he was angry, he pulled out a knife from the side, and he was about to kill him.
A forbidden soldier stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, this person broke into the palace at night, did he hand over the crime of strict interrogation to the insider's factory?"
Zhang Yong glared at him fiercely, "What are you doing with the expert factory? Do you think Liu Factory doesn't have enough business?"
"The subordinates are confused, but they don't hand it over to the division for interrogation, I'm afraid it's not good for the adults. ”
"What's the disadvantage? Kill a little thief, can't Ben Du afford it?"
The man said yes, and did not dare to say more.
Although Zhang Yong said this, he was also a little worried in his heart. It is true that he killed him directly, but it is inevitable to tell the truth, which is very detrimental to himself. But if it is sent to the insider factory, Liu Jin is not sure that he will be able to judge any work, he is already guilty of negligence, and if he is taken the opportunity to participate in a book again, I am afraid that the errand in charge of the forbidden army will be lost.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yong said lightly: "Escort this thief to Xichang, and the commander of Jiaogu will take care of it, and I will try it with him tomorrow." ”
The subordinates waited for it to be true, and left with Lu Chuan.
It didn't take long to arrive at the West Factory, and the Governor of the West Factory, Gu Da, was in his own house, not in the factory, and received a hundred households, named Guo Jiecheng.
As the saying goes, how big the master is and how big the slave is, the forbidden army in the palace said it clearly, let them take care of it, and wait for Zhang Yong to be tried with Gu Dayong after dawn, and after this guy took Lu Chuan, these words were thrown away, and they were taken to the torture room, and they talked about it first.
He thought so, if he tried it directly, and waited for Gu Da to use it, wouldn't it be just a good performance.
So he ordered someone to strip Lu Chuan's clothes and tie them to a pillar, he moved a chair, sat in front of Lu Chuan, and asked, "Say, who sent you?"
Lu Chuan looked at the official uniform on his body, and he spat it without saying a word.
Guo Jiecheng sneered, "When you enter the West Factory, you dare to be hard-mouthed, call me!"
The two strong men each took a whip and went to work.
The leather whip of cooked skin, and then dipped in water, a whip down is a bloody edge, or a few whips, you can beat the skin and flesh.
At first, as soon as the whip went down, Lu Chuan was a spirit, but he gritted his teeth and just didn't make a sound.
After the fight, he couldn't resist it, Lu Chuan laughed, laughed loudly, laughed and scolded at the same time, and the grandmother of the ancestor scolded happily.
Guo Jiecheng saw that the whip had no effect, so he waved his hand, there are many torture tools in the West Factory, and the whip is still the simplest and most relaxed.
"Put it down and change the clamping stick. ”
The two of them came up and relieved Lu Chuan, not to mention running away at this time, Lu Chuan Station couldn't stand, and it was not much different from mud.
On the clamp stick, one person on each side, just wait for Guo Jiecheng to give an order, and use force together, Lu Chuan's legs are considered useless.
Lu Chuan's eyes were closed, his heart was horizontal, and he was waiting, but he didn't see any movement for a long time, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that a person came in from outside the door, leaning over Guo Jiecheng's ear and talking.
"My lord, there is a Jinyi guard outside the door asking to see you. ”
"Jinyiwei, what are they doing here?"
"He said he was here to pick up criminals who broke into the palace at night. ”
"Nonsense, what does the person who was sent directly from the palace have anything to do with them, I don't see it. ”
As soon as Guo Jiecheng finished speaking, he saw a group of people coming in from outside, and the people from the West Factory couldn't stop him.
Seeing the person come in, Guo Jiecheng was not as tough as when he spoke behind the person, he quickly got up and walked in front of the person who came to salute, "Master Mo, why are you here?"
The name of the person who came was Mo Yu, who was the deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei and Guo Jiecheng's original boss.
Although the factory guards are different institutions, the so-called differences are only due to different functions and powers, different officials, and all of them are Jinyiwei, and Guo Jiecheng was transferred from Jinyiwei not long ago.
Mo Yu's face was like water, and he said lightly: "This official is ordered by Lord Chen to come to pick up people. ”
"I don't know if there is a holy decree from His Majesty, or if there is a warrant from our admiral? ”
"I said it, on the orders of Lord Chen. ”
"Master Chen...... Hehe, if you don't think so, after dawn, the lower official will tell Lord Gu that he knows, and he will personally send the prisoner to Jinyiwei......"
"Take people away. ”
The Jinyi Guard, who came with Mo Yu, went up and walked out with Lu Chuan.
Now Guo Jiecheng is in a hurry, "Slow! Master Mo, don't deceive people too much, this is the West Factory, not Jinyiwei!"
Mo Yu glanced at him coldly, "Guo Jiecheng, when you arrived at the West Factory and found a hard backer, did you even forget what you are?" Today, I want to take this person away, if you dare to stop it......
"What can you do?"
"Watch your head. ”
"You dare!"
"If you dare to try, you know, go. ”
Don't say it, Guo Jiecheng really doesn't dare. Everyone in Jinyiwei knows that Mo Yu has no brains, and only listens to Chen Danyun's words, Guo Jiecheng himself is also from Jinyiwei, can you know? What Chen Danyun asked him to do, then it must be done, what to do, he doesn't care how many people he kills, if he wants to stop him again, Mo Yu doesn't recognize him Guo Jiecheng is something. Moreover, Mo Yu's martial arts are so high that he is one of the few in Jinyiwei, and if he wants to kill himself, he may not need a few faces.
But all this is no different for Lu Chuan, that is, the difference from the wolf's mouth to the tiger's mouth, horizontal and vertical can't avoid death.
Lu Chuan was taken out of the West Factory by Mo Yu, walking all the way, if it weren't for the pain all over his body, it hurt to move his fingers, he might have closed his eyes.
Although the potential of a person is great, there is still an upper limit to the body, and after such a toss for one night, Lu Chuan's whole person is about to die.
Suddenly Mo Yu stopped, Lu Chuan was shaken like this, and he was also sober up a little, looked around, and thought that he had arrived at Jinyiwei, but he didn't expect to be still on the street.
I saw Mo Yu turn around and say, "Just put him here." ”
Lu Chuan looked at Mo Yu coldly, quite puzzled.
Mo Yu walked up to him, put a porcelain vase into his arms, and said, "My master remembers the love of the old man and saves your life, I hope you will do it yourself." ”
After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, Lu Chuan hurriedly asked, "May I ask who is the master of your family?"
"No comment, you'll know when you know. ”
Lu Chuan looked at Mo Yu's back, his eyes gradually became solemn, and the next moment, he didn't know where he got the strength from, and flew towards Mo Yu's back with a palm.
He thinks like this, today's imperial court Liu Jin is in charge, the eight tigers are in charge, the Qingliu in the court has been killed or degraded, or forced to resign and return to the field, the rest are Liu Jin's party, where can anyone save himself? Besides, even if there is, it is impossible to move Jinyiwei, the three factories and one guard have always been firmly in the hands of the eunuch party, and the commander of Jinyiwei can't wait to kneel down and call his father when he sees Liu Jin. Mo Yu's owner is definitely not a good thing, maybe there is some conspiracy in it.
Thinking of this, Lu Chuan inexplicably had an extra strength, and he was desperate.
But the next moment, he had been pinched by Mo Yu's neck with his hand, and he was suspended in the air.
Mo Yu's hand didn't exert force, but he said lightly: "You still dare to assassinate the king in this kung fu? ”
Then he left, leaving Lu Chuan alone in the cold streets.
Lu Chuan only felt that his chest was blocked, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out directly without suppressing it, and he immediately fainted unconscious.
When he woke up, he was already lying on the bed of Songqing Pavilion and Lu San.
Lu San didn't sleep all night last night, just waiting for Lu Chuan, in the early hours of the morning, he heard a noise outside the door, looked out from the crack in the door, and just saw Mo Yu and someone throw Lu Chuan at the door of Songqing Pavilion, he hid behind the door and heard it clearly, and after Mo Yu left, he quickly carried Lu Chuan in, checked the wound, and bandaged it with good wound medicine.
Seeing Lu Chuan open his eyes, Lu San hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Lord Liuzhai, are you okay?"
Lu Chuan's throat was dry, and he couldn't speak, but he shook his head slightly.
Lu San hurriedly went to bring water, and when he turned around, Lu Chuan had already struggled to get off the bed, tore off the cloth belt tied on his body, and walked outside step by step while getting dressed.
"Lord of the Six Villages!"
Lu Chuan coughed twice, spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and his chest suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
"Don't worry, since I'm not dead, I won't die again. ”
"Then you are ......"
"You give me the sword, I'm going to Wudang, my father and mother have walked an extra day, I have injuries on my body now, the horse can't run so fast, I have to get up quickly." ”
"You're so badly injured, take a day off. If not, I'll go find a carriage and let the brothers take you there. ”
"No need, we have been ambushed by the Jinyi Guard outside the capital, and the carriage target is too big, so it's better for me to go by myself. ”
"Liuzhai Master ......"
"Third Brother Lu!"
Lu San couldn't stop Lu Chuan from entering the palace to assassinate, and naturally he couldn't stop him from leaving Beijing, so he had to retrieve the sword, jade pendant, big order and brocade, pack up his baggage for him, and send him out of Beijing.
Lu Chuan slowly went downstairs with his hands on the stairs, Lu San followed behind him, and the two were talking, but they saw an old man walking in at the door, a very old man.
Songqingge is in the fabric tailoring business, and it is noon at this time, and it is normal for someone to have someone.
But most of the people who come to Songqing Pavilion are women and women, and there are very few men, let alone the elderly, who would come to this kind of place by himself?
Therefore, Lu Chuan added a little caution.
I didn't want the old man, but he walked straight over and stood at the top of the stairs, blocking the way.
Lu Chuan frowned and said, "Old man, can you be accommodating and let me go first?"
The old man smiled slightly, "If the old man is not mistaken, the young man is Lu Chuan." ”
Lu Chuan was stunned when he heard this, he didn't answer yes, and he didn't answer no, but his hand clenched the hilt of the sword.
He was a little puzzled by Mo Yu's behavior last night, and when he saw this strange old man today, he was even more suspicious.
The old man didn't care, and said: "You really look like you between your eyebrows, old Li Dongyang." ”
Li Dongyang, this name Lu Chuan is too familiar, in the capital for a few months, this name is one of the names he has heard the most. He thought about the identity of this old man, from ordinary dignitaries to outsiders in the martial arts, but he never thought that he would be Li Dongyang.
Li Dongyang, a three-year-old child, knows that there are three virtuous ministers in the world, and Min Jue also said that Li Dongyang is the last pillar of the imperial court, but his attitude towards Liu Jin is really a little puzzling, and it is inevitable that there will be some suspicions.
After some ideological struggle, Lu Chuan finally bowed down and said: "Junior Lu Chuan, I have seen Li Xiang. ”
This gift, if not for anything else, is for him Li Dongyang, and for his great contributions to the world.
Li Lao nodded frequently, and grabbed Lu Chuan's hand tightly with his dry hands, and even trembled slightly.
"Can you take a step to speak?"
Lu Chuan groaned slightly, turned his head and ordered, "Third Brother Lu, please find a quiet room." ”
Lu San nodded, "This way, please." ”
When he came to the quiet room, Lu San retreated, and only Li Lao and Lu Chuan were left in the room.
It was Li Lao who was the first to speak, "I have heard you mentioned you many times, but I have never seen you, but today I have seen you." ”
Lu Chuan smiled slightly and said, "The junior thinks that the hiding place is quite hidden, but I didn't expect everyone to know about it. ”
Li Lao shook his head, "No, I don't know. This morning I heard news from the palace, saying that someone entered the palace last night to assassinate, the assassin's name is Lu Chuan, I guess it may be you, failed to save him, has always been the regret of our brothers, if you have any mistakes, but it is really ...... Listening to the palace guards said that you were sent to the West Factory, I went to the West Factory first, Gu Dayong was not there, the people below said that you were taken away by the Jinyi Guard, I went to the Jinyi Guard again, Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong were there, and the people of the Jinyi Guard were theorizing, the people of the Jinyi Guard said that you were dead, I was still sad for a while, I didn't expect that when I was leaving, there was a child named Mo Yu, who came to tell me that you were not dead, and that you were recuperating in Songqing Pavilion, so I found it. ”
"I see, it was indeed Mo Yu who saved me last night, he said that it was his master who remembered the feelings of the old man, so his master is not your old man?"
"Of course not. Mo Yu is a fatherless and motherless, an orphan, withdrawn, silent, rarely interacts with people, I heard that he is only familiar with Chen Danyun, the envoy of Jinyi Weizhen, as for who his master is, I don't know, he is very skilled in martial arts, and the master may be from the rivers and lakes. ”
"Old man, do you know who this Chen Danyun is?"
"I don't know anything about Chen Danyun's life history, it seems that Jinyi Wei has such a pacification envoy in plain white. But your uncle praised him very much, saying that he was the second of the younger generation. ”
"The second person, I don't know who the first person is?"
Although Bu Yu didn't say it explicitly, it can be seen from his words that the first person of the younger generation in his heart should not be someone else, it is you. ”
"It's me?...... Hey, just with my three-legged cat kung fu, what qualifications do you dare to be the first, any one of them is better than me. ”
"I don't understand the level of martial arts, but your temperament is what he admires the most, and it is also what I admire the most, just take last night's incident as an example......"
"I know, I was reckless last night. ”
"No, although last night's incident is a bit risky, it shows that you are courageous, jealous and hateful, and chivalrous, and you will be able to become the second Yao Qian on holidays. ”
Lu Chuan was silent, calm as water on the surface, but his heart was pounding and his blood was boiling. The appreciation of others is the greatest encouragement and reward for a person. Lu Chuan folded his sword in the palace last night, although he was arrogant, but his confidence was inevitably damaged, and he probably needed such a sentence of recognition at this time for future practice, walking the rivers and lakes or an obstacle.
Li Lao continued: "But the matter of revenge is not urgent, and now Liu Jin is powerful, so he should avoid his edge, Xu Tuzhi." ”
"The juniors have calmed down now and will no longer be rash. ”
"And what are you going to do?"
"I want to go to the rivers and lakes to break through, first, to hone my karma, and second, to contact the swordsmen who my uncle made friends during his lifetime, to take revenge, it is obviously not enough for me alone. ”
"Yes, but it's not enough for you to just contact people in the rivers and lakes, after all, Liu Jin is above the court, you still need to make friends with some officials, and a two-pronged approach is the best strategy. ”
"I don't understand the affairs of the court, and I asked the old man to teach me. ”
"There are a lot of handsome people today, but there are still a few people who can become the Optimus Jade Pillar, among which there are those who have something to do with the rivers and lakes, Yang Tinghe in the court, and Yang Yiqing in the locality. ”
"Oh, I don't know who it is?"
"This person was born in the eighth year of Chenghua, and the official was the director of the Military Election Department of the Ministry of War, and now he is demoted to the post of Longchang Station, surnamed Wang Shouren, and the word Bo'an. ”
"The juniors wrote it down. ”