Chapter 104: Freedom of Retraction
The pale moon hung on it, leaving a faint silhouette.
Fu Cheng sat on the bell tower, his mind full of golden bells. When the prince offered a reward to Zhou Xuanyi, Jin Ling once asked him if he liked Zhou Xuanyi.
At that time, Fu Cheng's answer was no, and Jin Ling asked him to think about it carefully.
Fu Cheng thought about it very seriously, but he didn't seem to have anything to do with the word liking, the only person he liked was called Daze, but it didn't end well. After Daze's death, Fucheng lost the ability to kill and forgive, and also lost the ability to like a rao.
What is like? Fucheng never figured out that.
Jin Ling can come up with a hundred facts to prove that Fu Cheng likes Zhou Xuanyi, and Fu Cheng can also come up with a hundred reasons why he doesn't have Sakura
Fu Cheng looked at the sword in front of him and thought about a lot of things in the past, he shouldn't have liked this emotion.
Zhou Xuanyi didn't mind Fucheng's thoughts. From the beginning of his life, he understood a truth, he got what he liked, and fought for what he wanted. For Zhou Xuanyi, there is no word back at all.
For Fu Chenglai, he really seemed to think that the incident had not happened, but he would never mess with Zhou Xuanyi again.
Zhou Xuanyi was not in a hurry at all, he and Fu Cheng were forcibly linked together because of the case of Xiahou Mansion, and the case of Xiahou Mansion had not been solved, and Fu Cheng did not want to get rid of him.
And, when everything was at a loss, Fang Hai came back.
Fang Hai hurriedly stepped up and finally brought Yan Shaokang's news. He sat in the broken temple in Fucheng, but he was uncomfortable, Fucheng was not at home, only Zhou Xuanyi was there.
Fang Hai and Zhou Xuanyi looked at each other, his impression of Zhou Xuanyi was still outside Xiahou Mansion, he still remembered that Zhou Xuanyi glanced at him at that time, quite frightened.
"Are you not?" Zhou Xuanyi sat on the Taishi chair and casually turned a page of the book.
Fang Hai's palms were sweaty, it was clear that Zhou Xuanyi hadn't done anything, but he had the illusion that he was tortured to extract a confession. Even if Zhou Xuanyi can live in the broken temple in a dignified manner, Fang Hai is not at ease with Zhou Xuanyi, he is loyal to Fucheng, and said: "Before the boss comes back, I won't kill me!"
Zhou Xuanyi sighed and said, "Then you wait." ”
Fucheng Bacheng went back to the bell tower to hide, and continued to guard his mysterious sword.
It wasn't until the evening that Fu Cheng came back, because Jin Ling was cooking, and Fu Cheng saw the face of Princess Jin, so he had to go back to the temple to eat.
When Fu Cheng entered the door, he was a little excited to see Fang Hai, Fang Hai actually came back early, Fang Hai's return meant that Yan Shaokang's case had progressed.
"How long have you been back?" Fu Cheng poured Fang Hai a cup of tea.
Fang Hai drank the most tea in the broken temple, and during the time he waited in Fucheng, he just drank tea, Fang Hai smiled and said, "It's been more than two hours." ”
"Why didn't you inform me?" Fu Cheng said to Zhou Xuanyi, a little complaining in his words.
Zhou Xuanyi didn't raise his head, turned another page of the book, and said, "How do I know where you are?"
Why did Zhou Xuanyi quarrel with Fucheng, he had nothing to do, so he rushed to Fucheng to do something? Zhou Xuanyi felt funny after this sentence, and they quarreled and talked about an old husband and wife, quarreling will bring trouble to the trivial matters of each other's lives, but they are willing to use trouble to tease each other.
Fu Cheng snorted, this guy obviously knew where he was, and he was not happy.
Fang Hai couldn't see any grievances and grievances between the two people, coughed lightly, and said, "I found out Yan Shaokang's life experience. ”
Fu Cheng sat opposite Fang Hai and said, ". ”
Fang Hai was a little confused by Fu Cheng's voice, when did the boss of his family speak so concisely?
"I went to Miaojiang, but the local family of the great doctor in Miao**shan County did not have the surname Yan. Fang Haidao.
Fu Cheng knew in his heart that if Yan Shaokang dared to come to Bailu City alone, he would definitely be incognito and would not reveal his true identity.
"I stayed in Dushan County for seven years, and I kept inquiring about the news openly and secretly, and finally found out that a local family, the Menghuan clan, had been slaughtered by more than 190 people overnight. Fang Haidao.
When Zhou Xuanyi heard this, he finally put down the book and stared at Fang Hai to continue listening.
There are many witch doctors in Miao Jiang, which are not the same as Han Rao's medical skills, and some Han doctors think that Miao Jiang is witchcraft belongs to the evil sect, and it is not something that can enter the house. However, some Han people feel that Miaojiang witchcraft has some mysterious power and can cure incurable diseases, so there are many Han people in Miaojiang who come to seek medical treatment.
Fang Hai lied that he had an incurable disease, and mixed in with this group of people seeking medical treatment asked for a lot of information.
It is rumored that there was originally a Menghuan clan in Dushan County, with the dragon as the totem, stationed in Dushan County for five generations, and it was a well-known ancient family. The Menghuan clan's medical skills are superb, but they are not spread to the outside world, so even if it is a big family, there are only more than 190 people, and they firmly hold the secret of medical skills in their own hands.
Menghuan's doctors are benevolent and often provide free medical treatment to nearby villagers, so they are very loved by the villagers.
And the most famous medical technique of the Menglang clan is to ask for a child, as long as you take the elixir of the Menghuan clan, it is guaranteed that the child born must be a boy.
This is exemplified by the Montron clan itself, there has not been a single girl for five generations, all of them are boys.
But the witch doctor's elixir is a forbidden drug, and if you want a boy, you have to pay a corresponding price, sometimes money, sometimes even your own life, so ordinary people have no chance to contact it.
One night, the Menghuan family, who lived in the high mountains, suddenly heard a terrible scream, and then there was a fire, which burned the whole mountain red. According to nearby residents, the fire lasted all night.
The next morning, the villagers opened the Menghuan family mansion and found that more than 190 people had all been wiped out, without exception. Some villagers felt that the Mengluo clan had only given birth to sons for many years, and was finally punished by the master.
Some villagers feel cursed and provoke people who shouldn't be provoked.
"Actually, he was slaughtered by the Assassins. Fang Haidao.
"What does this have to do with Yan Shaokang?" Fu Cheng asked.
"You listen to me and continue," Fang Hai said, "Menghuan was exterminated, but the local people remembered their kindness and raised money to bury their family. ”
The villagers buried more than 190 people in an open space in the back mountain, which is actually the burial method of the common people, dug a pit and buried it hastily, and then set up a simple wooden plaque, because it was burned beyond recognition, it was impossible to identify who was who, and there was no inscription on the tombstone.
It is customary to drape the deceased's clothes on the tombstone, and if there is one, to put on the clothes of the deceased to protect the deceased from sleeping underground. But the Menghuan family was burned, and the villagers couldn't hold this ceremony for them, so they gave up.
Menghuan out of this matter, the villagers felt unlucky, did not go up the mountain for a long time, until one, there was a medicine picker up the mountain to collect medicine, passing by the Menghuan cemetery, found that more than 190 tombstones of Menghuan were floating white clothes.
As soon as the wind blew, the clothes tied to the tombstones were blown like bunting.
The locals regarded this incident as a strange thing and did not say anything, but they became more and more afraid to go up the mountain, and over time the Menghuan family mansion was abandoned on the mountain.
"Someone isn't dead?" Fu Cheng asked.
"When did this happen?" Zhou Xuanyi asked.
Zhou Xuanyi and Fu Cheng asked together, Fang Hai didn't know which one to answer first, and in the end, he still answered the boss's question first, and said, "Yes, someone is not dead, I guess that person is Brother Yan." The extermination was three years ago. ”
"Three years ago......" Fu Cheng said: "When I met Yan Shaokang, it was three years ago. ”
It can be determined that Yan Shaokang is a member of the Menghuan clan, and he may still be the head of the Menghuan clan in the future at that time, no wonder his medical skills are teasing.
"What is the reason for the extermination?" Zhou Xuanyi asked.
Fang Hai found out that the clue was actually broken here, but his biggest question was why Meng Huan was exterminated, Meng Huan was a family of five generations of witch doctors, and he had never heard of the situation of medical death. Not only did he not heal the dead, but he helped the people everywhere, which made it hard to believe what kind of forces he provoked to cause the entire clan to be wiped out.
Fang Hai searched for a long time, and finally let him find a little clue, he didn't look for the old department, and the people who weren't wiped out just didn't know anything, which meant that they were very safe.
Fang Hai did the opposite, he found a rival who was blind, another witch doctor family in Dushan County. This family is surnamed Han and surnamed Wu. When Meng Huan was still there, the Wu family had been suppressed and could only be relegated to second place. Meng Huan was gone, and the Wu family slowly became the largest family of witch doctors in Dushan County.
After some trouble, Fang Hai got a news from the Wu family that the head of the Menghuan family, that is, Yan Shaokang's parents, had entered Kyoto and offered the elixir of the Menghuan clan to His Majesty. The young master of the Wu family still looked disdainful about this matter, and the Menghuan clan only relied on the grace of his son to grow so strong, and he has been riding on the head of the Wu family.
Zhou Xuanyi pinched the armrest of the Taishi chair, and he immediately figured out the origin, but he asked a little reluctantly, "When did you donate the medicine?"
"Twenty-one years ago. Fang Haidao.
With a snap, the armrest of the Taishi chair was pinched and shattered under Zhou Xuanyi's hands.
Twenty-one years ago, it was the year Zhou Xuanyi was born. The relationship between this is self-evident, Emperor Yongle was unable to give birth to an heir for many years, until twenty-one years ago he had the crown prince Zhou Heng, so he doted on the only son of the royal family in every way.
It was precisely because of the sacrifice of medicine to the emperor of the Menghuan Dynasty twenty-one years ago that Zhou Xuanyi was born. So three years ago, why was Menghuan exterminated? Is it because something went wrong with the prince himself?
"Zhou Xuanyi......" Fucheng is calling Zhou Xuanyi's name. Fu Cheng also thought of this, he was afraid that Zhou Xuanyi would not be able to think about it.
Zhou Xuanyi didn't speak, but looked up at Fu Cheng. His expression remained calm, if it weren't for the fact that he had not smashed the armrest of the Taishi chair, Fu Cheng would have even suspected that he would not have any emotional fluctuations at all.
Being kind and disguising oneself and controlling one's emotional fluctuations to the point of a millimeter is Zhou Xuanyi's ability to survive. As the truth of the incident gets closer and closer, Zhou Xuanyi's performance in this regard will become more obvious.
Fang Hai's trip to Miaojiang brought too much useful news, and Zhou Xuanyi understood a lot of things.
The relationship between Yan Shaokang and Zhou Xuanyi gradually became clear, Yan Shaokang is a descendant of the Menghuan clan. It is precisely because of Menghuan's medicine that Zhou Xuanyi exists.
Three years ago, the Menghuan clan was wiped out, and Yan Shaokang, who had traveled for most of the week, came to Bailu City and met Fucheng.
Yan Shaokang probably wanted to live an ordinary life, or he had been lurking in his conspiracy to complete some kind of revenge, until Zhou Xuanyi appeared and found an opportunity.
He did not hesitate to break his oath as a healer, killed Xue Fengniang in the Xianglou on Baihua Street, and lured Fucheng into this trap. Yan Shaokang infiltrated Xiahou Mansion to rescue Zhou Xuanyi through Fucheng, and then disappeared, I don't know if he disappeared voluntarily or was erased by someone.
What did Yan Shaokang do in Xiahou Mansion? Whether Zhou Xuanyi was the crown prince or not, Fu Cheng had always avoided thinking about this question. If you don't want to, Zhou Xuanyi is standing on the most central boundary of the rivers and lakes and temples, a suspense point hanging above his head, and he can return to the other side at any time. As long as Zhou Xuanyi does not recover his memory, he is Mr. Zhou Zhou of Fucheng.
However, Fu Cheng actually vaguely made his own judgment in his heart, Zhou Xuanyi met all the conditions of the prince, and he was the prince himself.
How could the prince be escorted by the Impermanence Gate, and how could he be reduced to the point where he needed to be rescued by Fucheng?
Zhou Xuanyi has too many unexplained problems, all of which are related to Yan Shaokang's fate.
Fu Cheng looked at Zhou Xuanyi, he didn't have any sound or expression when he was thinking, like a quiet clay statue.
Fang Hai finished the information he had obtained, puzzled by the reaction in front of him, and asked, "What should we do now?"
Yes, what now? Fu Cheng smiled bitterly, and all the places that could be dug on Yan Shaokang's body were dug up. Now the clue is back to square one.
Now things are beyond the control of Fu Cheng, and in this ruined temple, only Zhou Xuanyi can know what to do next.
Zhou Xuanyi remembered some things, but none of these things answered what happened to him and Yan Shaokang in Xiahou Mansion.
It is not easy for Emperor Yongle to have a son, and Zhou Heng is the only bloodline of the Great Zhou Empire. When he was in Zhou Heng, he enjoyed the favor of the supreme of Quanxia, and as long as he wanted, Emperor Yongle could bring him anything.
Zhou Heng grew up in the East Palace, where he was the prince of a country and learned to manage the empire by the side of Emperor Yongle.
But three years ago, there was a sudden change, and Emperor Yongle suddenly wanted to repair the prince's mansion outside the palace, and let Zhou Heng move out in the name of reward.
The civil and military officials are the most sensitive to political conspiracy, and Emperor Yongle moved the prince out of the East Palace, nominally as a reward, but in fact to stay away.
The rumor that the emperor no longer trusts the crown prince has spread ten or ten.
The status of the crown prince plummeted, and from then on, Emperor Yongle seemed to have taken away his preference for everything in Zhou Heng.
As for what the accident was three years ago, what was the gap between the emperor and the prince, this core memory node, Zhou Xuanyi after amnesia did not think clearly about this problem. Maybe the answer is too cruel, the brain is protecting Zhou Xuanyi and doesn't want him to go through it a second time.
It's too chaotic, Zhou Xuanyi's mind is in chaos, he feels that he is very close to the truth, but it seems to be going around in a circle, no matter how he goes, he lacks a core key.
This key is Yan Shaokang, and only Yan Shaokang can answer this question.
Zhou Xuanyi said: "Don't worry, Yan Shaokang is not dead." After a long time, Zhou Xuanyi only said this, he had told Fucheng before, and he was sure that Yan Shaokang was definitely not dead.
Yan Shaokang's family annihilation has a great relationship with the prince, if some people want to use this matter to drag the prince off the horse, Yan Shaokang must not have any problems before meeting Emperor Yongle.
Fu Cheng didn't know how Zhou Xuanyi judged it, but as long as Zhou Xuanyi was gone, Fu Cheng could only believe it, Fu Cheng patted Fang Hai's shoulder and said, "Don't worry." ”
Fang Hai blinked, not knowing how to rest assured, and said, "Then Brother Yan, we won't look for it?"
"Looking," Fu Cheng said, "I have to find it." ”
Since Fu Cheng promised Fang Hai, he couldn't go back on his word.
Although Fang Hai didn't know why the boss and that Zhou Xuanyi were so sure, Fu Cheng's words made him feel a lot more relieved. "That's right," Fang Hai said suddenly, "Is something happening in Bailu City?" When I came back, I saw two brocade guards on the street. "Fang Hai has been away from Bailu City for too long, and when he comes back, Bailu City has already undergone drastic changes.
Fu Cheng explained: "As soon as you left on your front foot, you sent Jinyi Wei to investigate the case. Jinyiwei checked for more than half a month, and there was zero trouble, and after half a month, people from Dongchang also came. ”
"What?" Fang Hai was a little shocked, after he left, so many things happened in Bailu City, Fang Hai sighed when he heard Jinyiwei, now the fan of Dongchang is also coming. With such a big town as Bailu City, can it accommodate Jinyiwei and Dongchang?
"How did you get this?" Fang Hai couldn't help but look at Zhou Xuanyi when he spoke, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Zhou Xuanyi. Since this person came, it was like bringing disaster into Bailu City.
"It's a long story. Fu Cheng briefly told him what was going on, but the more Fang Hai listened, the more frightened he became, and the bigger his reaction when he heard the end, just such a battle, how could Fang Hai and the two swordsmen from Liuyin Lane in Fucheng District find Yan Shaokang.
"Brother Yan......" Fang Haidao, "Can you still find it?"
Fang Hai reacted, it was Yan Shaokang's own dispute with the imperial court, and it had nothing to do with his own Liuyin Lane swordsman. Fang Hai was suddenly a little angry, Yan Shaokang actually did these things without them, but Fang Hai was stupid to find out Yan Shaokang.
Fu Cheng could understand Fang Hai's thoughts, and he was relieved: "I can find it." He suddenly thought of Zhou Xuanyi and him, as long as he held Zhou Xuanyi in his hand, he would always find Yan Shaokang and said, "We have him." ”
Fang Haihu looked at Zhou Xuanyi suspiciously, and understood what Fu Cheng meant. But he was a little faintly worried, maybe Fucheng couldn't see it when he was deep in it, but as long as he was an outsider, he could see that Zhou Xuanyi was the biggest trouble.
Fang Hai and Bian Qinghe have the same intuition, and they have an instinctive vigilance against Zhou Xuanyi, as a person in the rivers and lakes, it is impossible for them to fight against Zhou Xuanyi, the big Buddha.
Only Fu Cheng would trust Zhou Xuanyi and help him without any guilt.
Fang Hai opened his mouth, wanting to remind Xia Fucheng, but after thinking about it, he gave up the proposal. Although he is a rough man, he understands that Fu Cheng and Zhou Xuanyi already trust each other, and reminding him at this time will only hurt the friendship between Fu Cheng and himself.
Fang Hai thought in his heart that he would pay more attention to Zhou Xuanyi in the future, so he exchanged a few words with Fu Cheng and left, he wanted to go back to rest after a long journey.
There were only two people left in the courtyard, Fu Cheng and Zhou Xuanyi.
Fu Cheng cleared his throat, since the Mid-Autumn Festival, he didn't know how to face Zhou Xuanyi, and said, "Do you have anything you want to do?"
Zhou Xuanyi knew that the people from Dongchang were about to come to Bailu City, and he also knew Yan Shaokang's life experience, so he shouldn't have made any moves when he seized the opportunity. Zhou Xuanyi is not the prince in a high position now, as long as he gives an order, a large number of people will die for him, and the only people he can use now are Fucheng.
Zhou Xuanyi shook his head, he stood up and said, "I'm going to go tomorrow." ”
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Is this man endless? Still thinking about teaching?
"I, you, ......" Fucheng has a little feeling that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry, isn't it that these princes of the emperor will be doomed if they have a slight mistake? Why is Zhou Xuanyi so calm?
"Do you care about me?" Zhou Xuanyi said suddenly.
"What......" Fu Cheng smacked his tongue and said, "Who cares about you, I care about Yan Shaokang." ”
Zhou Xuanyi smiled, let out a long sigh, and said, "If you care, come out, what are you shy?" Zhou Xuanyi was guiding Fucheng to slowly learn to express his feelings.
"I ......" Fu Cheng didn't expect Zhou Xuanyi to have the mind to tease himself in this situation, and said, "Do you want to go back to Kyoto?"
Zhou Xuanyi said: "I don't want to." ”
"What, you ......" Fu Cheng looked at Zhou Xuanyi in disbelief, he suspected that he had heard it wrong, and said, "What?"
"I don't want to. Zhou Xuanyi said lightly, he kept staring at Fu Cheng's eyes when he spoke, looking very sincere, and said: "If I can, I really want to live in a broken temple for the rest of my life, and there is nothing wrong with being a teacher." ”
As a teacher in Bailu City, he went home with Jin Ling after class, Jin Ling can cook, Fu Cheng will make trouble, and when he is idle, he will lose Fu Cheng two sentences, and when he is bored, he will bully Fu Cheng.
You don't have to think about what secrets you have behind you, you don't have to think about whether there will be a slight mistake, and you don't have to live on the blade and step on countless corpses. Such a day is simply better for Zhou Xuanyi, who grew up in Kyoto in conspiracy.
If Zhou Xuanyi was not Zhou Heng, just a teacher who simply knew martial arts, would Fu Cheng not resist him so much?
Fu Cheng was stared at by Zhou Xuanyi uncomfortably, he unconsciously looked at Zhou Xuanyi's eyes, and almost fell into it, Fu Cheng's heart beat very chaotically, Zhou Xuanyi's words were ambiguous, he didn't dare to think too much, and said with a dry smile: "Mr. Teaching is very good." ”
Zhou Xuanyi knew that Fu Cheng was not open, and everything had to be clear and clear when talking to Fu Cheng, Zhou Xuanyi said: "I don't want to be separated from you." ”
Zhou Xuanyi was actually a little nervous when he pretended to be relaxed when he said this, even in the face of conspiracy and trickery, Zhou Xuanyi was not nervous, but he would be nervous about Fu Cheng's reaction.
Zhou Xuanyi's calmness fell straight to the bottom of Fu Cheng's heart. This is an obvious statement, and there is no other room for interpretation. Fu Cheng was stunned by this sentence, and no one had ever said this to him.
He clenched his fists, he hoped that he could be like other stunned young people in his early twenties, living a chic and wanton life, daring to love and hate, but he couldn't do it......
"Think for yourself. "Zhou Xuanyi obviously knows what it means to be free to retract and release, and if he pushes too hard, it will not end well.
Zhou Xuanyi patted Fu Cheng's shoulder, and the heat was transmitted from the palm of his hand to Fu Cheng's shoulder, making Fu Cheng feel a crispy and numb itch.
"You think slowly," Zhou Xuanyi said again: "I will always wait for you to think clearly, tell me if you like it or not, don't let me wait in vain." ”
Zhou Xuanyi has always been determined to get whatever he wants, and everything other than the throne is obtained lightly. This sentence is a very humble sentence for Zhou Xuanyi, and he rarely does this. It is not easy for Fu Cheng to express his feelings, and it is also not easy for Zhou Xuanyi to come.
Fu Cheng took a deep breath, as if he had mustered up all his courage, before he said, "Okay." ”
Zhou Xuanyi took a step back, Fu Cheng didn't feel how heavy the other party's liking was, he could think slowly as he wanted, without any pressure.
Fu Cheng smiled and said, "I will tell you." ”