As the saying goes: the grass and trees are prophetic in autumn. Again: Autumn diving in the world first over the mountain.

This is the last day of June, and the beginning of autumn will be four days later.

As autumn approaches, the weather has become cooler, most of the flowers and fruits that have gone out of season have withered, and even the leaves of many trees have gradually turned yellow. Soon after, they will dry up and fall with the autumn wind.

Wood grows when it meets soil, and it absorbs soil nutrients from the root system, and absorbs the essence of sunlight with leaves to meet the needs of the trunk before it can grow. The earth can be described as the mother of all trees.

In autumn, billions of leaves of various shapes and thousands of trees leave their branches and return to the embrace of Mother Earth, which is not only the grandest funeral ceremony in the world, but also the most fundamental feedback of life.

Although it is located in the downtown area, the palace of King Yi is surprisingly quiet. Since Xia Muren's funeral was completed, the people in the house seemed to be in a cold winter night, and they were stingy and didn't want to make a sound. Soon, the huge mansion was so deserted and quiet.

"Shizi, the matter is done. A man in black bowed down behind Xia Chengxuan to report.

Xia Muren is dead, and his title should be inherited by Xia Chenghuan. However, Emperor Yonghua couldn't afford to be ill, he was drowsy all day long, and he didn't get the permission of the government, and King Duan didn't dare to give him the title easily. Therefore, Xia Chenghuan is still called "Shizi" in the upper and lower parts of the house, inside and outside the court.

"Have they all arrived at the White Crane Temple?" Xia Chenghuan asked softly.

"Yes, Xia Jingyu went to Baiheguan in person and took them to the white-clothed army camp on the outskirts of the city. The man in black looked down and replied.

Xia Chenghuan didn't turn around, just nodded slightly, and asked after a pause: "How much has our people been damaged?"

"Four hundred and twenty people went and two hundred and ninety-five people came back, and more than twenty of them were seriously injured, but I am afraid..." His voice was a little low, even a little choked, and it was obvious that he was very uncomfortable.

Yesterday, after receiving the news of the Yiwang Mansion, Qin Yinzhen took two sons and one daughter, escorted by more than 30 personal guards, out of the Zhenwang Mansion from the small door. However, they did not go more than a hundred feet, and they were followed. Qin Yinzhen remembered Xia Chenghuan's words, and did not look back, urging the people and horses to carry the avenue all the way.

When we arrived at Tingbi Street, I saw that the street was emptied, and the road ahead was intercepted by a group of masked men in black. Qin Yinzhen was about to make the guards turn around, but found that on the road behind her, a large group of masked gray-clothed people quickly followed, surrounding her thirty or so people in the middle.

"It's really stupid to go home! I actually fell for Xia Chenghuan? Could it be that all four of our mother and son are going to die here today?" Qin Yinzhen was so anxious and remorseful that she almost cried.

Just when she was on the verge of despair and was about to fight to the death, she saw a masked gray-clothed man behind her walk up, bowed down and said, "Princess, the little one and others are secretly escorting you to the White Crane Temple in the south of the city by the order of the prince of Chenghuan. If these thieves want to do wrong, we will send them away, and ask the princess to take the people of the palace to the side first, and then send you to the White Crane Temple after the little one has taken care of them. ”

Tingbi Street is one of the three largest markets in the south of the city, and it is the only way to Chengguan, which is nearly six miles long.

In the past two days, there have been repeated incidents of robbery and murder in the streets in the north of the city, resulting in more than a dozen casualties, panic among the people, and public resentment. The Jinwei Mansion had received Hu Xiu'an's strict order last night, and it was necessary to arrest the evildoers all over the north of the city, but this morning, almost all of the 5,000 Jinwei orders that were supposed to patrol the streets and alleys in the south of the city were transferred to the north of the city.

Hundreds of black-clothed people gathered on the street, all masked and holding blades, street vendors, shopkeepers, and passers-by saw it, and those who closed the door and the handiwork hurriedly avoided it. No one is stupid, seeing this battle, where do you not know that there will be a fight here?

At that time, the morning was dark, and the last masked man in black finally fell...

"These one hundred and twenty-five men, in addition to the remuneration they had previously agreed, will give each of them another thousand taels of silver, and they will surely ensure that their wives and children, and their parents will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives! The seriously wounded shall be visited by the most famous doctors in the capital, and they shall be given the best medicine, and no matter how much time and money it takes, they shall be cured! If any disability or illness is left behind, a sum of money shall be set aside from the account of the royal palace to provide for them and their families until death. Xia Chenghuan said in a low and resolute voice, "But whoever sheds blood for the Yiwang Mansion, I, Xia Chenghuan, will never forget!"

... ...

"Your people couldn't stop it?" Xia Muyan asked in a cold voice. He has always been calm and introverted, calm in the face of things, and it is the first time He Fukai has seen him angry for so many years.

The palace of the prince of Zhen actually went out of the city? There must be Xia Jingyu's people outside the city to respond, and it will be extremely difficult to start again.

He Fukai knew that he was not doing things well, and he didn't argue much, he knelt down with a "poof", bowed to the ground with his first hand, and said solemnly: "Lord Wang, Fukai is incapable of harming your big things, and I am willing to accept the punishment!"

"Fukai, what are you doing?" Seeing that He Fukai actually performed such a big gift, Xia Muyan was a little stunned, his face was displeased, and he frowned, "Why is this happening! Get up quickly!" Seeing that he was still prostrate, he had to step forward, stretched out his hand to grab his arm and dragged it hard, and said slightly angrily, "Between you and me, what can't you say?" The people of the Zhenwang Mansion can break through your encirclement, then naturally there are stronger people who can obstruct it, either the Yiwang Mansion or the Jaw Wangfu, not the Yiwang Mansion and the Jaw Wangfu or the people of the Qin family. No matter which of the three is a force to be reckoned with. Your people can't stop it, and it makes sense. Blame me for underestimating the enemy, it's not your fault!"

The day before yesterday, Xia Muyan made a bureau to chase and kill the messenger, that is, he wanted Qin Yinzhen to take his family out of the house in a panic to go to Xia Jingyu, who was outside the city, and the people of King Yun's Mansion took them down on the road, so as to force Xia Jingyu to lead the white-clothed army back to Xiahe County.

He even did not hesitate to send people to commit murder on the street in the north of the city, and passed through the gas with Hu Xiuan in advance, leading all the Jinwei in the south of the city away, thinking that catching Qin Yinzhen was a matter of being captured, but he didn't expect to kill hundreds of gray-clothed people halfway, so that the success was lost.

"Lord Wang, I failed to stare at the Zhenwang Mansion, but let them find foreign aid, I have a big mistake after all!" Although He Fukai stood up, he still bowed and said with a look of shame.

Xia Muyan specially told him that he must stare at the Zhenwang Mansion, but he didn't expect that such a thing that was not difficult to do was also smashed by himself, He Fukai did have it.

"Who can be incompetent?" Xia Muyan raised his eyebrows, waved his hand to show that he was not to blame, and then said, "The battle for the throne, we have come too smoothly, this may not be good." This defeat reminds us of how cruel the battle for storage is and that we must not let up until the last moment. Hehe, we really underestimated a few of them. ”

Qin Yinzhen took her children to join the white-clothed army, and it stands to reason that it is really bad for Xia Muyan. However, although there was surprise in his expression at this time, he was not flustered, and he still looked confident.

"Lord Wang, the white-clothed army has no worries now, if Xia Jingyu is determined to do something, I'm just afraid... We have to think of ways to balance him?" He Fukai asked worriedly, not so calm.

"It doesn't matter. Leave this matter to King Duan to have a headache. How can he, the regent, be so easy to be?" Xia Muyan shook his head slightly and sneered, "You sent someone to let the news out, and said that three of the four princes of the current dynasty have been framed and killed, and whoever wants to deal with this last one is probably the mastermind behind this." Didn't Xia Jingyu learn the art of war with Duanwang in Huazijian before? People who know about this matter say a lot and say a lot less, you can let someone pass it on. Duan Wang was so high-spirited when he was competing for the crown prince back then, and those who added some condiments to the past were enough for good things to talk about. Besides, aren't all his sons very good? Hehe, you can think of it yourself. In short, within three days, I will convince the people of the whole city that Xia Jingyu and Chen Bing outside the city were under the secret order of King Duan, and under the banner of seeking justice for the three kings, they wanted to kill me and force my father to abdicate, and set up the prince of Duan as the new king. What do you think is good?"

... ...

Lu knows that the weather is cold.

The top of the mountain is high and uncovered, and you feel the prosperity of autumn in the meantime.

The trees on the mountain are luxuriant, as far as the eye can see, the mountain is covered with colorful clothes, autumn maple, toon, black locust, holly are mixed and born, the red and orange mottled are sparsely dotted in the emerald green, stretching to the distance that cannot be seen clearly.

Autumn has not yet arrived, and the prosperity in front of us is still there. In another month or two, the weather will get colder and the rain will become less, and the most gorgeous flowers and plants will be quiet. Spring and autumn are the rules of heaven and earth, and nothing can be recited. Prosperity and decline, so do plants and trees, and so do people.

"Senior brother, is the emperor's illness better?" Zhan Ming asked Zhan Wei on the side as he walked.

Zhan Wei has been in the palace all the year round, and it has been rare to stay in the temple in recent years. After breakfast, the two brothers walked slowly along the stone steps on the mountain, which had been more than two hours. Fortunately, the two of them have practiced for many years, and their internal strength is strong, but they don't feel tired.

"Senior brother, I'll tell you the truth, I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to survive this time. Zhan Wei said with a gloomy face, "Since the emperor fell ill, I checked his pulse every day, and I saw that the vitality in his body was getting weaker and weaker, but I was helpless. I came here today to see Master come back? If you want to use the master's ability, maybe there is a way. ”

When Zhan Ming heard this, his face sank, and he frowned and asked, "What kind of illness is it, it's so serious?"

"What disease can there be? Actually, there is no disease. If you want to say that you are sick, it is also a heart disease. Recently, the country is in danger, and the three kings have died one after another, under the internal and external troubles, the emperor is overly sad, and has damaged the internal organs, which is less than a month, but it is like more than 20 years old. Zhan Wei shook his head and sighed, "After taking Yangsheng Liquid, the emperor's body and spirit have greatly improved compared to before. However, after hearing the funeral news of King Yi's death, he couldn't bear it. Since the fainting of the study, the situation has deteriorated day by day, and now it is withered and terminally ill. ”

"Didn't you say that Master might be coming back soon? Maybe Master and his old man have a way. Zhan Ming patted Zhan Wei's shoulder and comforted softly.

Zhan Wei stopped, a thoughtful description on his face.

"Why don't you stop?" Zhan Ming turned around and asked, "But what do you remember?"

"I'm thinking about the hexagram in the morning. 'Dayes'... The main hexagram is yang, and the three hexagrams are not in place, as a solution to the guest's desire to visit the master's house. Zhan Wei stroked his beard with one hand and groaned, "The lower line of the guest hexagram is yang, and the corresponding main hexagram is also yang. Could it be that the little junior brother is coming?"

"It's not good for the Lord?" Zhan Mingqi asked, "Senior Brother, is it related to the little junior brother's hard life you said last time? ”

Qing Xuan's three major stunts in his life: martial arts, physiognomy, Danqing, and the study of solitary fate is unwilling to teach apprentices.

Zhan Wei relied on self-study at the beginning, but later Qing Xuan was worried that he would take a fork in the road, so he was willing to teach. However, the breadth of physiognomy is especially greater than that of martial arts, and Zhan Wei has been studying for more than 20 years, but he still feels that he has not glimpsed the avenue. And Zhan Ming has no involvement in this, and knows very little.

"Hmm... It's good. Zhan Wei let out a long sigh, and then said, "The study of fate is really broad and profound, and I can't explain it all for a while, so I'll just tell you in a nutshell." There are yin and yang, three stops, four profanities, five elements, five senses, five mountains, six mansions and six yao, eight trigrams, nine states, and twelve palaces. Women are yin and men are yang, and the back is yin and yang is yang. There are three stops on the denomination, showing the number of people's lives, the hairline to the forehead and eyebrows are the upper stops, the master's life when he is young, the eyebrows to the nose edge is the middle stop, the master's middle-aged life, the nose to the chin is the lower stop, the master's life in his old age. Then there are the ears, eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth, which are the five senses of hearing, receiving, supervising, discerning, and cashiering. There are also fortunes, wealth, brothers, husbands and wives, children, sickness, migration, slaves, official roads, farmlands, good fortune, and the twelve signs of oneness of parents. ”

Zhan Ming listened intently and nodded silently.

"Alas, our little junior brother's face is very bad!" Zhan Wei shook his head and sighed.

"The little junior brother has delicate facial features and a handsome face, it is really a rare and attractive embryo, how can it be bad?" Zhan Mingqi said, "Senior brother, I still don't know. ”

Zhan Wei waved his hand and explained: "This is irrelevant, this is irrelevant, good or bad looks and good looks are two different things. He thought of an example, and then said, "Senior brother, you must have heard of the broom star?"

"Oh, of course I've heard of it, and it seems to be a bad face. Zhan Ming replied.

"Yes, the broom star is indeed a very bad face. Zhan Wei nodded and said, "However, in physiognomy, the broom star has another name: killing the wolf star." Gee... People with this kind of fate, seven killings, broken army, and greedy wolf are in the same palace, and they are destined to be displaced and tortured all their lives. ”

"Oh~~~ I see. Zhan Ming suddenly realized that his mouth should be.

was about to open his mouth to ask about Mei Yuanchen's face, but he heard Zhan Wei say in a deep voice: "Although the Killing Wolf Star is a famous fierce appearance, however, there is a more fierce and bad character in the world, and that is the Heavenly Evil Star." 'The one who is evil in the sky is the one who is gone, and the one who is lonely in the star is the one who is lonely. The sky is shattered, and the lonely star is coming, and the six relatives of the lonely family die in all directions. 'The Celestial Evil Lone Star is the fiercest and most evil aspect of time. ”

Zhan Ming's face fell, and he said in a trembling voice: "You say, this is the face of the little junior brother?"

"It's not. Zhan Wei's eyes were slightly nudden, and he said with a blank expression: "The face of the little junior brother is not in line with the Killing Wolf Star or the Heavenly Evil Lone Star, but another extremely rare fate: the Heavenly Demon Twin Lone Stars." ”