Chapter 15: The Eccentric Zheng Tianling
The night was already dark, and in the huge Luoyang City, except for the patrolling soldiers and the guards who fought the guards, most of the people had already fallen asleep. Even those green buildings and song and dance workshops that specialize in night business, at this moment, there are only a few dark red palace lamps hanging under the eaves still swaying in the wind.
At this moment, in a quiet wing room of the most famous song and dance studio 'Boundless Building' in the east of the city, Tang Qianzhi, who had been stunned by the thunder bomb before, was lying on the soft couch with his eyes closed.
He seemed to be having a nightmare, and his head began to wobble restlessly. As his brow furrowed tighter, fine beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.
Suddenly, he woke up with a scream, straightened up and gasped for air.
"You're awake!" said a figure standing quietly in front of the window, as if he heard movement behind him.
Tang Qianzhi was startled by this abrupt voice, and reflexively touched the long sword on his waist, but he didn't expect it to be empty. Only then did I remember that the sword that had never left my body since I was a child had already become a funeral object. When he saw the figure standing quietly in front of the window, he quickly jumped out of bed and clenched his fists against the wall, and hissed, "Who are you? Why am I here?"
The figure slowly turned around, revealing a delicate face, which looked to be in its twenties.
He smiled at Tang Qianzhi, who had a look of vigilance, and said, "Zheng Tianling, a white-clothed ear." Tang San Gongzi didn't have to be nervous. ”
Tang Qianzhi was secretly frightened by the other party's identity, but said quietly on his face: "Your Excellency must have made a mistake, although you are also surnamed Tang, it is not the third son of Tang in your mouth." ”
Zheng Tianling pretended to be surprised and said, "Could it be that I saved the wrong person?"
"It must have been a mistake. Tang Qianzhi nodded, and then changed the conversation, "But no matter what, I have to thank Your Excellency for saving your life." Please bow down to me. After saying that, he bowed deeply.
Originally, he wasn't sure if the person who saved him at that time was the young man in front of him, but he still recognized this lazy voice, and he still remembered the other party's sarcastic words about Qin Shuangyue, so he still had a good impression of this Zheng Tianling in his heart, so this worship was sincere.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Tianling frowned, looked him up and down, and said to himself: "That's a bad cake." Tang Qianzhi was a little uncomfortable by him, leaned against the wall again, and then heard the other party mutter, "I was entrusted by someone to save Tang Sangongzi, but I didn't expect to save an irrelevant person, how can this be good?
Tang Qianzhi's heart moved, his mouth squirmed twice, and he wanted to ask who entrusted him, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't hold back.
Although the other party saved him, it doesn't mean that he must be his own person. During this time, he risked staying in Luoyang City instead of choosing to go away, just to find out who was framing the Tang family? But he never expected that what was easy for him in the past was now so difficult to do. The current Tang San Gongzi can only contact some peddlers and pawns, who are working hard every day to make a living, and talking about which proprietor will reward a few more copper plates, and where will he care about this kind of deceitful court.
So it's been more than half a month since the Tang family's accident, and he just barely found out that there is a shadow of Qin Fengyang's activities behind this case. Originally, he planned to slowly investigate more clearly, but he didn't expect the emperor to suddenly replace the patrol battalion responsible for the security guards in the city with the forbidden army. This may not have much impact on others, but it is a mortal threat to him Tang Qianzhi.
The reason is very simple, because when the Tang family was in power, as the third son of the Tang Mansion, he often followed his father Tang Mingru in and out of the imperial city, and there were many people who knew him. Although I don't dare to say that most of the forbidden army are familiar with him, it is impossible for people with higher positions not to know him, such as Pu Dan, the deputy commander of the forbidden army who appeared in the Liuying River tonight.
In desperation, he had no choice but to take a risk. I plan to capture Qin Shuangyue before the forbidden army can take full power, and maybe I can get some useful information from his mouth. It's just that he never expected that the other party had been prepared a long time ago, not only did he get all the forces in the Tang family's secrets, but he almost lost himself.
In this way, Luoyang City will definitely not be able to stay, and he must leave immediately. Because he knew very well that the emperor would never tolerate the rebellious ministers and thieves who should have been beheaded to live in the world, and would definitely have forces in the open and in the dark to chase and kill them frantically.
Thinking of this, his gaze involuntarily turned to Zheng Tianling, who was still groaning, and a murderous intent gradually appeared on his face, and his footsteps began to slowly approach the other party.
Zheng Tianling didn't know that in just this short moment, the other party's mind had changed from gratitude to murderous intent, and he still shook his head and worried about how to explain to others.
"There is!" Just when Tang Qianzhi was less than a foot away from him, he suddenly slapped his palms and said with a happy face: "Why don't I send you back again?" Go around the neighborhood to see if there is any whereabouts of Tang Sangongzi, and then rescue him by the way?"
Tang Qianzhi's fist hidden behind his back quickly clenched, and his shoulders moved slightly to make the first move.
"Hahahaha! I'm laughing with you, how can there be a reason to save someone and throw it back. Zheng Tianling suddenly laughed, strode to the table, picked up the teapot and poured himself a full cup of tea, poured it down in one gulp, and then sat on the Taishi chair next to him and burped for a long time, with a look of satisfaction.
Tang Qianzhi was not only not disappointed when he saw this, but breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he was also a little hesitant just now, and kept asking himself whether he should do it or not. Although the identity of the other party is unknown, it is an indisputable fact that he saved him from Qin Shuangyue before, and it still makes him a little embarrassed to ask him to kill his savior. And I don't know if it's his delusion, just now he seems to feel a surging pressure, but that pressure is fleeting, so he is a little unsure whether he really feels it. But it reminded him that since the other party could rescue him from the siege, he was definitely not a mediocre hand.
Thinking of this, he also laughed and said, "Brother Zheng really likes to joke." He also walked to the table and poured a bowl of tea as the other party did, and drank it slowly.
With a cup of herbal tea, his mind calmed down.
Zheng Tianling lay comfortably on the Taishi chair, closed his eyes slightly, and asked seemingly unintentionally, "Your Excellency is really not the third son of General Tang Mingru Tang?"
Tang Qianzhi said lightly: "Brother Zheng is not right to say that. Although Zai Xia is only a civilian, he also knows that the Tang family is guilty of the capital crime of the Jiu clan. Because His Majesty Shengming did not involve anyone else, otherwise, this Luoyang City would not have been killed. Speaking of this, he stopped, paused and said, "As for the third son of Tang you said, it is also a coincidence, I also went to the Dharma field that day and saw other people's heads fall to the ground. ”
Zheng Tianling opened his eyes and looked at him with a smile, and said, "Brother Tang, do you know what it means to say too much and be wrong?"
Tang Qianzhi didn't even move his eyebrows, and said calmly: "Brother Zheng's words are wrong, I just don't want to be wronged for no reason, so I just explained two more sentences, if Brother Zheng has to say that I am the third son of Tang San, anyway, you will save this life, although it is better to arrest me and go to see the official." ”
Zheng Tianling touched his chin and said to himself: "You are right, but I am too careful." Looking up at Tang Qianzhi and said, "I don't know why this Tang brother wants to assassinate the son of the prime minister of the dynasty?
Tang Qianzhi glanced at him, and did not answer his words directly, but asked rhetorically: "Why did Your Excellency save me? Could it really be just a whim?"
Zheng Tianling was stunned, and suddenly laughed, and said while laughing: "Interesting, interesting!"
Tang Qianzhi couldn't laugh, just now he secretly observed the surrounding environment, just outside the window and roof, I am afraid that there are dozens of people. This Zheng Tianling has a frank face on the surface, but he has ambushed so many people secretly, if he has no other purpose, he won't believe it. And he kept talking to him, obviously waiting for someone. At the moment, he just wanted to get out of here. But he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear that he would be self-defeating and anger the other party.
"Actually, I know if you don't say it. Zheng Tianling stopped laughing, leaned his head over mysteriously, and lowered his voice, "Because someone told you that the Tang family was exposed for collaborating with the enemy and treason in the first place...... It was Qin Fengyang. You want to catch Qin Shuangyue and blackmail him. I'm right!" After speaking, he winked at Tang Qianzhi with a smug face.
"You ......" Tang Qianzhi's surprise was really extraordinary, and he took several steps back in a row, with a look of shock on his face.
In fact, it is not surprising that he is so out of shape, even he only found out not long ago that the person who caused their whole family to die in vain was Qin Fengyang, he couldn't figure it out, how did this young man who called himself Zheng Tianling know?
He glanced at the young man who was looking at him with a smile, and his thoughts began to fly: Could it be that this Zheng Tianling was sent by that person? Otherwise, why would the other party take such a big risk to save himself? But if that person knew that it was a trap set by Qin Shuangyue tonight, why didn't he tell himself. Aren't you afraid that you will be caught by the other party and confess to him?
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, and he really didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd.
Zheng Tianling suddenly smiled, his body moved to his side, pressed his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Zheng has no malicious intentions." ”
Tang Qianzhi was startled, and reflexively waved out his palm, originally just wanting to force the other party back, but unexpectedly, he slapped it firmly on the other party's chest, making a muffled sound.
Zheng Tianling was stunned, looked down at the slender and powerful palm printed on his chest, and actually forgot to dodge for a while, and then a strange flush appeared on his face, and he said in a cold tone: "Brother Tang, will this be too much?" Then his body shook slightly, he had already shaken off his palm, and then turned his palm into a claw and grabbed the other party's shoulder and broke it hard, only to hear a crisp click, Tang Qianzhi's arm had been dislocated, and the pain made him break out in a cold sweat.
"Stop!" At this moment, a woman's voice sounded, and then a petite figure jumped in from the window, pushed away Zheng Tianling, who was about to attack Tang Qianzhi's other arm, and said angrily, "What are you doing?"