Shi Cheng lifted the dust off his body and stood up silently.

Although he was only slightly injured in this battle, he also knew that if it weren't for the narrow terrain of the inn, he would never have easily seriously injured this nimble boy. Although I can't wait to break this person's body into pieces, on the other hand, I still appreciate this kid's ......

"The mainstay of the Tianxin Sect...... Alas. "Stone City suddenly felt a little sentimental.

"Lord Ming, oh no!" Shi Cheng was startled, and followed the prestige, only to see his subordinates leaning over on horseback with anxious faces.

"What's wrong?"

"News came from outside the city that Li Ran had alarmed the officers and soldiers over there and had fled back to the Yamen Palace. There are also a large number of officers and soldiers in the city, and it will be too late if you don't leave!" said the comer anxiously.

Shi Cheng glanced at Li Cong, who fell to the ground and didn't know his life and death, and said in a deep voice: "Take him, you go first, and these guys from the government will be handed over to me to deal with." ”

"Whoa!"

Outside the Yamen Palace, the secluded empty valley is fresh after the rain.

It's just that the atmosphere in the hall is incompatible with the scenery.

The man would not say anything. Shi Cheng sighed.

Shicheng made a big fuss in Tiannan County, forcing the government to send troops to arrest him, but after Shicheng fled to Hengkong Mountain, the officers and soldiers did not dare to chase half a step further.

Shi Cheng ran back easily, and it seemed that dealing with this was a common thing for him.

And next, Li Cong will be interrogated.

After Liu Qianqian and Shicheng returned in vain, Tan Hu proposed to talk to him, but Shicheng didn't have much hope, so he went with Tan Hu.

Li Cong woke up suddenly, and what caught his eyes was pitch black, with a few rays of fire flickering everywhere. Suddenly feeling a headache, Li Cong patted his head and shook it vigorously, only to gradually remember everything that had just happened, and still had palpitations. Li Cong looked around and found that he seemed to be in a prison cell, although there was some pain in his body, but he had been simply bandaged, and it would take some time for his internal injuries to recover. My wrists were a little heavy, and the cold touch came, and I was locked in the dark shackles, and I couldn't exert any strength in my whole body.

Li Cong stared at the ceiling for a long time and sighed, afraid that he would not be able to escape.

I just don't know why I didn't die.

After moving his body slightly, he stood up with difficulty, and gently touched the iron fence in front of him, and suddenly felt a sense of melancholy in his heart. Li Cong sat down with his back against the fence, bitter in his heart, everything happened too suddenly, and he suddenly couldn't accept it, just because of his own words...... It's exposed. The young man who looked harmless to humans and animals...... The acting is amazing.

Li Cong sat down on the ground, and then ushered in the interrogation of Liu Qianqian and Shi Cheng.

It's just that he didn't say a word, and he already had the will to die.

He replayed his past like a marquee.

He is from Jiangnan.

Ten years ago, the flames of the Eight Kings Rebellion burned from the south of the Yangtze River to the Central Plains, and looking at the whole world, there was almost no pure land, corpses all over the field, and starvation all over the ground.

The common people were devastated, the gods were angry, and natural disasters descended.

Famine and pestilence followed.

He was only ten years old that year, and he was in the best years of a teenager, who should have learned martial arts and literacy at the academy, and then won the examination to serve the country. But they could only follow their families, sold their property, and wandered to the west, they heard that Shuzhong was the only pure land.

The king of Hanzhong ordered the pass to be blocked, keeping out the countless victims of the disaster. He does not help the court, nor does he take the world, and he is a watcher.

Tens of thousands of victims wept bitterly and begged outside Langya Pass. The crying was loud and the sound was sad, so that the defenders of the pass were all moved, and the Shu people could not sleep peacefully late at night.

But the heart of the king of Hanzhong is like iron and stone.

The victims knelt outside Langya Pass for ten days, and countless of them died of starvation, exhaustion, and cold. Eventually, some people gave up entering Shu and went north instead.

At that time, money was worthless, and a hundred taels could not buy a steamed bun. Li Cong's parents left him the last ration of food and a mouthful of water, but he couldn't keep it, and before he could eat, he was robbed.

Later, the victims fled to Chengzhou, where they encountered the rebels, who begged the army for food, but apparently there was no food for the routed army. So the general made a decision, a decision that the world despised.

Turning the victims into food.

Tianxin Sect has made a move, Chengzhou is their territory, how can they tolerate an army doing such a betrayal of humanity?

"Stepping", another sound of soft footsteps sounded, interrupting Li Cong's thoughts. He turned his head slightly sideways, but found that the person who came was the doctor named Tan Hu.

"Let's talk?"

When Li Cong saw this person, he smiled bitterly: "Doctor Tan, meet again." ”

It's just that this time he's a prisoner.

"How are you?"

"Because I'm the only one left. Tan Hu smiled weirdly, sat down facing Li Cong across the fence, and said, "Brother Li, what happened in the Tianxin Sect...... I'm interested. ”

Li Cong said: "You are an outsider, what are you doing asking this." ”

"Curious. ”

"Do you think I'll believe you?" Li Cong couldn't help but sarcastically.

Tan Hu spread his hands helplessly and said, "Just think of it as idle chat." ”

Li Cong sighed: "Okay, it's okay to tell you, this thing is indeed a bit strange, and you ...... Presumably, it will be inseparable from the Tianxin Sect in the future, and after this incident, they will not let you go easily. If it's you...... Maybe it can help our Tianxin Sect. ”

"Li has always respected the strong. ”

Tan Hu said with a smile: "I won't let a good doctor not do it, and run to be a bandit." ”

Li Cong was noncommittal.

After sorting out his thoughts, he said slowly: "I am a homeless and an orphan, and I was later adopted by the Tianxin Sect. I practiced martial arts in the Tianxin Sect and grew up, and it was also a pure land to escape the war, so I would never do anything that harmed the Tianxin Sect. ”

"Five years ago, the Sect Master returned from a travels. Every once in a while, the suzerain would leave for a few days, and when he returned...... He became very weak and grew older. But this is the sect master's private matter, and we shouldn't ask about it, but later, ......"

"The sect master is not getting better day by day, not only is his cultivation declining, but he is also aging very fast, and he can't see the high-spirited appearance of the year at all. The second master was very worried and asked him what he was going to do. The sect master asked the second master to leave it alone, and the two often lost their temper because of this. Later, the second master secretly followed the sect master and found that the place he went to was the mountain behind the cliff peak of the main altar, there was a ban there, and the sect master disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the second master couldn't approach it at all. ”

"The sect master usually doesn't see people easily, and everything in the sect is handled by the second master. Later, one day, the sect master suddenly appeared and said that the mission of the Tianxin Sect had been completed, and that it should no longer exist, and that he would destroy the Tianxin Sect with his own hands. ”

Tan Hu was shocked and couldn't help asking, "Why is this?"

Li Cong smiled bitterly: "Who knows this, the sect master never tells us what is going on, what he is doing. There is only one person in the entire sect who has a private relationship with the sect master. ”

"Who?" Tan Hu couldn't help asking, his heart was already full of suspicions.

"Fudo Ming King. Li Cong almost gritted his teeth and said four words, paused, and said hatefully: "When the sect master came back five years ago, he was brought here, and along with the third Ming King. As if to prove his status...... A jousting tournament was held and it was elevated to the highest position under the suzerain. The third master also lost to the Fudo Ming King because of three moves, and went out to travel after being stimulated. In short, these two people are very mysterious, I haven't even seen their looks, but the sect master has great trust in them.

Li Cong was a little bitter for a while, and he was unwilling. There are so many people in the Tianxin Sect, but they can't compare to an outsider of unknown origin.

"The last time I saw the sect master, he was almost dying, and he was so angry that he had only one breath left. But he still said that the mission of the Tianxin Sect had been completed and should no longer exist, and struggled to get up, wanting to destroy the Tianxin Seal of the sect. The second master was extremely angry, and killed the sect master by mistake for a while. When he was dying, the sect master had tears on his face...... But we don't know what he's thinking. ”

"Are you unwilling to die? or can't let go of your loved ones? or ...... I really want to destroy the Tianxin Sect, but I still have a trace of feelings?"

Li Cong began to cough violently, and his emotions were slightly excited, and then he said resentfully: "King Fudo Ming and King Ming of the Third Ming Dynasty were often absent, and then they disappeared completely. The changes in the sect master, no matter how you think about it, you can't get rid of them!"

"Since your second master understands the righteousness so well, why would you frame the eldest lady?" Tan Hu said puzzled.

"Cough, cough" Li Cong's face was a little red for a while, and he sighed: "We are all worthless for the second master, including the second master himself. After the death of the sect master, the second master did not mourn, and many people did not know that the sect master was dead, as long as the eldest lady died...... The second master is justified. We don't want to be dictated by a little girl who doesn't contribute. ”

Tan Hu sneered and said, "It's ridiculous, maybe the eldest lady has no interest in the position of sect master at all." ”

Li Cong was noncommittal: "However, the eldest lady hates the second master." Later, the eldest lady found out that the sect master had died a long time ago, and thought that he was killed by the second master...... Although the sect master was indeed killed by the second master, I don't think the second master did anything wrong. The eldest lady later escaped with people, and the second master didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he only sent me and Gao Hu to secretly arrest them back...... But we, as subordinates, will never let a person who is a threat to the second master live. However, the poisoning of the eldest lady was not done by us. ”

"What?" Tan Hu exclaimed, "Didn't you give that poison?"

Li Cong nodded and said, "I only know that Li Ran scolded us, saying that the eldest lady was poisoned, it must have been planned by us for a long time...... Now it seems that there are still others who want the life of the eldest lady. ”

Tan Hu was silent.

The water was not your average muddy.

Li Cong suddenly remembered someone and asked, "Where is Gao Hu?"

Tan Hu said calmly: "After we captured you back, Gao Hu also knew what was going on, and then committed suicide with a scream. ”

Li Cong said with a smile: "In this way, Gao Hu was killed by Li Ran, and you really lied to me." Then he sighed again, and said gloomily: "It's all my fault, the second master and Gao Hu were both harmed by me......"

Tan Hu looked at him calmly, and the two were speechless.

"You're next...... How are you going to do it. ”

Li Cong chuckled, leaned on the doorrail, leaned against a dark wall, his eyes were resolute, and said, "Naturally, they won't let me go, and I'm ...... He will not betray the second master. ”

Tan Hu was shocked, and said in his heart, Li Cong had already gotten his mind, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Brother Li, the road ahead is long, don't live up to your skills, if someone intercedes for you, maybe there will be a glimmer of life, and Brother Li will also return to the right ......path as soon as possible."

Li Cong sneered and said disdainfully: "The right way? What is the right way? Is it to join the imperial court to fish and flesh the common people? Or is it to be in cahoots with various factions in the rivers and lakes? I, Li Cong, have only served the sect master and the second master in this life, but what the sect master did in the end made me extremely disappointed! I followed the second master, and I helped the second master do things, and I was guarding the Tianxin Sect! In my opinion, this is the right way! And in the eyes of you people, the Tianxin Sect is just a deviant bandit! Those sects on the rivers and lakes that claim to be righteous have not known how many things have betrayed morality behind them, and we have been crusaded by the imperial court again and again. ”

Tan Hu was speechless.

Li Cong calmed down his emotions for a while, and said: "Brother Tan, you are a smart person, you must know that there will be another war soon, this time...... There is a big general, and the court is also generous. It's just a pity that I can no longer kill the enemy for the Tianxin Sect, but you have this opportunity. ”

Tan Hu suddenly laughed and said incredulously: "Brother Li, is this trying to persuade me to join the Tianxin Sect?"

"Tianxin Sect has no shortage of martial artists...... Li Cong said in a deep voice: "And those who stand at the top are often some literati, of course, I don't mean those rancid sour Confucians and incompetent talents. I can feel it this time...... You must be hiding something. ”

"Brother Li was killed, and he didn't dare to do it. ”

"Originally, I was looking forward to meeting the world's number one general...... Now there is no chance. Li Cong sighed, then squinted at Tan Hu and said, "Could it be that Brother Tan is not interested?"

"Brother Li is serious, Tan Hu is just a piece of cloth. ”

Li Cong smiled, noncommittal. Then he slowly turned around and said abruptly: "It's not too early, Brother Tan, please go back, everything has settled, and I'm tired...... and then ignore Tan Hu.

Seeing this, Tan Hu understood in his heart, stood up and bowed lightly, with some emotion. Although he is an enemy, Tan Hu still respects him quite a lot, and if nothing else, he rushes to the word "righteousness", which is also worthy of this worship.

Tan Hu left slowly, and Li Cong would also break his own mind like Gao Hu, after all, ...... This should be the most dignified way to die.

Outside the door, the sun is shining.

Tan Hu looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and several members of the Tianxin Sect walked in front of him, saluted Tan Hu slightly, and said respectfully: "Doctor Tan, Lord Mingwang, they are still waiting, please come with me." ”

Tan Hu nodded slightly, motioning for them to lead the way. Then he glanced back at the gloomy dungeon and chuckled.

"The dust has settled? Everything has just begun. ”

Tan Hu waved his sleeves and followed.

Tanhu continues.

Look at whom, have the last laugh.