Chapter 16: The Aftermath

In a fireworks place in Tai'an City with a certain official as the backstage, there is a handsome man with beautiful eyebrows and eyes and a beautiful woman in his arms.

He held a wine glass in one hand and stirred Mei Niang's chin with the other, his eyes were blurred, swimming in the woman's chest.

But when the sound of a dragon striking a bell surrounded his ears, the man was stunned, and the wine glass hit the ground and cracked.

The charming woman was startled, hooked the man's arm and asked softly, "Master Zhou, what's wrong with you." ”

The rich boy who was very generous with a good ice blue silk in her eyes suddenly had tears in his eyes and kept muttering after a moment of stunnedness.

The man lifted the woman's skirt and wiped his face wantonly, and then his big hand tore the tablecloth, and all the wine and dishes on the table were smashed to pieces.

He ran up and down the house like a madman, picked up the vase and threw it, slamming his fist on the white wall.

The white walls are stained red, and the flesh of the man's hands is open.

The rich boy surnamed Zhou walked out of this land of fireworks slowly, sighed and sighed, and slowly squatted down holding his head in the dark of the street, crying endlessly.

He looked up at the darkness of the night above him, a little reluctant to believe it.

Could it be that the best person in the world for him is gone?

Could it be that the person who loved him so much even though he couldn't practice and said that he would take him to see the best scenery in the world is no longer there?"

The man beat his chest and feet, as if he had lost the last straw, and slumped on the ground and laughed wildly, "Hahaha, hahahaha, Zhou Xun, Zhou Xun, even at this moment, you are still thinking about how to escape the problem, how to survive, you are still the same as before, you can't do anything, you can't do anything." ”

The man was sobbing and his voice was extremely sad.

Jing Chenghu, the chief soldier of the Tai'an Forbidden Army, didn't know when he was fighting with his backlight, he thought about it and thought about it, but he didn't speak after all.

Although his accusation is to protect the emperor, in the final analysis, he owes Zhou Yuan a favor, otherwise, with his strength and qualifications, no one will stop him at any time, and no one will dare to stop him.

Now that Zhou Yuan has passed away, he can return to his hometown and turn around to return to the tall man of the Pingtian Sword Palace in the north, looking at this miserable appearance, he actually has a trace of pity.

So Jing Chenghu made the most humane action so far, reached out and patted the man's shoulder.

He once said that I, Jing Chenghu, can only hold a sword in my hand, and can only kill.

I never thought that this sword-gripping hand would hold the sword of the soul that soothes people's hearts, which would be sharper and more enjoyable.

Inspector Zhou felt that someone was here, so he quickly rubbed his sleeves on his face at the same time, got up and looked at Qiang Yan and said with a smile: "Uncle Jing, why are you here." ”

Jing Chenghu, who was full of sword intent, did not answer this question, patted the man's shoulder again, and said earnestly: "I have also experienced grief-stricken things in the past, such as a friend who has known each other for decades, and watched him fall in front of me in a battle to climb the city, like a dark night before dawn, it is too difficult, but you have to know what kind of determination you have come here, and those things that you think you have to protect when you give up your life, don't be afraid, go back and see your mother and your sister first." ”

Zhou Xun, whose face was covered with tears, made a big salute respectfully and ran towards the palace along the light.

It wasn't until he couldn't see a trace of his figure in the moonlight that Jing Chenghu withdrew his gaze and looked up at the starry sky, I don't know if it was an illusion or what, it seemed that there was a more conspicuous star than what he saw just now.

Jing Chenghu didn't believe this at all, turned around and strode away, and muttered with a smile: "Emperor Zhou, your third son is really similar to you in some aspects." ”

"For example, secretly hiding and crying nose. ”

Almost everyone in Tai'an City knows some small things that are not secret, the eldest prince Zhou and the second prince Zhou Quan are the flesh and blood of Empress Shen, while the third prince Zhou Xun and the fourth princess Zhou Jinyu were born to the noble concubine Su Ruolan.

The brothers seem to be harmonious, but in fact they are incompatible.

The eldest prince Zhou is too kind-hearted, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is weak, he thinks that all things have spirits, have the meaning of existence, and they are not in the world, even stepping on an ant to death are ashamed of themselves for a long time, how to guide the country and kill the enemy. As for where the Zhou family is now, no one knows, only that he left Tai'an City ten years ago and traveled around, and some people rumored that this person had already left Chongyang Kingdom, and cut his hair in a certain temple to become a monk, and became a real monk who did good everywhere, and some people rumored that he might have died a long time ago and became a handful of loess in the wilderness, and he could never be found again.

In a courtyard of the Imperial Palace of Tai'an City, the second prince Zhou Quan was holding a woman in graceful clothes and wearing a jade crown to sit safely.

Zhou Quan waited for the woman to sit down before finding a chair to sit down at random, and said with a smile: "Mother, is my good day coming?" ”

The graceful and luxurious woman gently twisted a jade bead in her hand, her posture was beautiful and fragrant, but she could not see joy and sorrow on her face, but she glared at it inadvertently, and then said with a smile: "You just want your father to die so uneasily?"

The man was stunned, and then smiled: "I will only listen to my mother in the future." ”

Empress Shen showed a smile at this time, waved her hand forward, and when the man walked in front of her, she stroked his forehead and said with a smile: "What should be yours is yours, my mother will naturally stand on your side, and besides, your uncle who is a general of Dingguo is here, and the old guy is unwilling, and he will also consider the factors to pass on the throne to you." ”

Zhou Quan raised his head and asked, "I heard from my subordinates that an old man entered the palace once late at night, will something go wrong?"

The woman's eyebrows furrowed, and after some consideration, she said: "That person's name is Kong Xin'an, he is the first disciple of an old guy who has turned to ashes, his appearance is indeed a bit unexpected, but it is harmless, the edict is definitely not in his hands, didn't he just come out of the palace, you just went to meet him, you don't need to hide, it is best for everyone to see it." ”

The man grinned, made a gesture of wiping his neck with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Mother said that the edict may be in the old eunuch's place, I have long seen him unpleasantly, thinking that he was rewarded with a surname Zhou, and he really regarded it as a Zhou family. ”

The woman tapped Zhou Quan's eyebrows with her fingers, and scolded with a smile: "You, being an emperor is not a good emperor, and you can't even raise a dog." ”

The man smiled but did not speak.

Empress Shen rubbed her eyebrows, slightly hooking a silk thread in her heart that involved a few drops of blood, and a circle of ripples appeared in the dark places of the room, and then several looming black figures appeared, all of them covered their heads and faces, murderous. ”

The woman pointed to the room and said with a smile: "This is my ten dead soldiers, don't say that I won't give you a chance, you can choose a few to try, if the old guy who is not a man or a woman dies because of this, I will help you bear all the responsibility, but if it is self-defeating, you don't want to do that chair, it is better to find a place to hide, otherwise no one will know when he dies." ”

Zhou Quan hesitated and tried to ask, "What do you mean?"

The woman directly scolded: "Say you are stupid! Do you know how many Zhou family members that old guy stabbed in the last seizure of the throne, and with your unworthy mind, you don't want to solicit and still think about secretly making a black hand?

Zhou Quan's face was like ashes, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and just wanted to say more, the woman had already waved her hand, "Go back, otherwise when that Kong Xin'an returns to Juxian Academy, you won't even be able to enter the gate, remember, you must go openly." ”

The man nodded hurriedly, bowed, and quickly ran out.

The woman pointed to the shortest figure in the corner of the wall, and said in a deep voice: "You go and help me see how that cheap maid and that little beast are doing, if you hear some words of planning and the like, let some accidents occur in that place, clean hands and feet, if something goes wrong, I will make your life worse than death." ”

"Rest assured, Lord. ”

The black shadow clenched his hands into fists and said a word, and disappeared in an instant.

The woman waved her hand, and the rest of the shadows became hidden.

She twisted a jade bead in her palm and muttered, "One in ten thousand mistakes is a hundred percent disaster." ”

At this time, in another courtyard in the palace, a woman with a beautiful and dignified face kept pacing in the room.

The next moment, when she saw the ice blue silk man who pushed the door in, she hurriedly ran to hold his hand, her tone was hurried, and she spoke very panickedly, "Xun'er, you go quickly, your sister has been sent back to Cangzhou overnight by someone I found, and if you don't leave, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Zhou Xun neither nodded nor shook his head, but held the woman's hand tightly in the palm of his hand, and said softly: "Mother, I am the son of you and my father, I have the blood of the Zhou family on my body, no matter how anxious I am, I should worship before leaving." ”

The woman hurriedly said, "But!"

Zhou Xun patted her palm, and a smile appeared on his face, "Mother, I know what situation I am in now, since I found out that I can't practice, you have made me pretend to be crazy and stupid every day, and I have been drinking and drinking for ten years.

The man paused, shook his head, and choked up, "I'm a little too tired, I want to rest." ”

The woman sighed and said no more, then turned back and sat down slowly in the room, rubbing her brow with one hand and deep in thought.

Out of a hidden corner outside the courtyard came an extremely tall man, carrying a man in black who was blurred in flesh and blood, and who did not know his life and death.

The tall man turned his head to glance into the room, and turned away like a dead dog.

The Empress Shen, who was drinking tea in the house, first felt a pain in her heart, then a mouthful of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and the jade cup in her hand was directly crushed to pieces, and she said angrily: "Jing Chenghu!"

For a tall man who killed a monk at least six realms or more than drinking water, after dealing with the trivial matters, he just clapped his hands, crossed his hands in front like stopping the bright moon, raised his head and whispered: "Is there anything else?" I haven't taken it seriously, otherwise ten people with one sword, or ten ghosts with one sword, may not be impossible to try." ”

The breeze was gentle, and no one responded.

Jing Chenghu went from low to far, stretched out his hand and made a very free and easy posture, raised his head and smiled: "I have a sword, I can go upstairs to watch the moon!"