It was almost noon, and many people were already smoking, Lin Chong rode the thin horse, came back slowly, pushed open the wooden door of the courtyard, led the horse in, and tied it to the stable. The courtyard www.biquge.info is not big, a locust tree occupies a third of the yard, and under the shade of the tree, there is a stone bench and a stone table, and a few fallen leaves are spread on it.

Lin Chong carried the basket and pushed open the wooden door in the hall, and under a gap, a dark figure sat inside with his back to him. Hesitating, vigilance floated on Lin Chong's face, the basket was gently lowered, and he reached out to touch the hoe that was leaning not far away. The dark shadow inside suddenly moved, turned its face sideways, and seemed to have spotted the person outside the house.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and I can't see the figure of the teacher anymore?"

"Master....." Lin Chong's expression was surprised, he slowly pushed open the door, raised his feet and walked in a few steps, and saw a familiar back figure pouring tea and drinking himself, "Master, how do you know that your old man .........I'm not dead." ”

The teacup was put down, Zhou Tong turned around, his eyes were full of pity, he smiled, walked over and patted Lin Chong's shoulder with both arms, "It's okay..... you ..... suffer." ”

Lin Chong's nose was sour, his eyes were slightly red, he knelt down in front of the old man, his voice choked, "Master....it was Lin Chong who made you ashamed." Immediately, his head fell.

A boot reached out and slipped in the middle. Zhou Tong helped him up, "The old man has been competing for fame and fortune for half his life, and he wants to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he will lead thousands of troops, and in the end he will end up in a false position, so he has long been a teacher who does not know what face is. So, do you blame the teacher?"

"Disciple....how can you blame Master, it's the disciple who is useless. Lin Chong shook his head, the past seemed to be indescribable.

Zhou Tong saw his expression, as if he didn't want to mention it again, so he pulled him to sit down, and the two chatted for a long time, in his words, he tried his best to use an explanatory tone, wanting Lin Chong to come out of Zhang Zhenniang's figure and find a new life.

However, his explanation did not work as expected. Lin Chong stared at the empty teacup, choked up and said: "Zhen Niang died for Lin Chong to keep chastity, if Lin Chong is allowed to put it down, it is really difficult, every day I will go to Zhen Niang's grave, talk for a while, make some food, even if the disciple knows, in the eyes of outsiders, like a madman, fool, but I just want to talk to her, I haven't said it before, Lin Chong said to her, even if she can't hear it anymore........"

The sad and sad words echoed in the small room, and the dignified man cried bitterly, rubbing his hair, "Disciple...... In my heart....bitter. ”

"Bitter ..... as a teacher, I know that you are bitter in your heart. Even though Zhou Dong has experienced many winds and waves, he can't help but feel sad when he sees his beloved apprentice, like a child crying bitterly.

I don't know how long it has been, Lin Chong gradually stopped, wiped away his tears, "Let the master smile..... Master is coming over today, Lin Chong should cook a meal for the master." ”

So saying, he went to the earthen stove next to him and made a fire to cook.

Looking at Lin Chong, who was washing rice with a few cooking smokes, Zhou Tong calmed down and said to him: "Are you now the head of the East Detective Factory?"

Lin Chong froze for a moment, continued to knead the rice grains, did not speak, just nodded. Zhou Tong sighed and said, "That Dongchang kills too much, it's not a good errand, I want to persuade you for the teacher, don't stay there any longer, okay?"

"Master....." Lin Chong stopped his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The disciple used to listen to you for everything, but Lin Chong wanted to make a claim in this matter, and the admiral of Dongchang avenged the blood revenge for the disciple, and let the disciple have an errand again, and he can walk in the world openly and honestly, this kindness, the disciple can't repay it." ”

He continued: "You old man, you often say that you should be a good person and repay your kindness, and now your disciples are following your teachings. Besides, he can sweep the grave of the virgin mother every day and talk...... The disciple is already satisfied. ”

"But that Dongchang actually did something that was angry and resentful. Zhou Tong's voice was raised, and then he stood up, "The disaster relief, the people in the villages around Liangshan, and the killing of the ministers of the court, what are you doing there to do with such a yamen?"

Lin Chong continued to dig out the rice, and the voice came.

"The disciple will still stay there, the master is not inside, and he doesn't know the real situation, so it is inconvenient for the disciple to say more. However, the disciples taught every day, and when I saw those eunuchs who came out of the palace, I was originally disgusted, but it can be seen that they practiced the things taught by the disciples very carefully, regardless of the wind and rain, and never broken, the disciple's heart softened, and I asked one of the eunuchs who came out of the palace, why he was so desperate. The man said: He wants to be an upright person, he doesn't want to be disliked, he doesn't want to be killed like a beast, he wants to earn his life and live. ”

Therefore, the disciples did not want to leave, and they no longer wanted to look at them with their original eyes. ”

Lin Chong looked at Zhou Dong and said in a tough tone, "The world says how hateful eunuchs are, but first of all, they are one person first. ”

Outside, the sun was thick, and the two of them were reflected in the room.

His words rang loudly, and the other side raised his head and sighed deeply.

Zhou Tong turned around and left, "The master faintly touched the threshold of reaching the realm of the grandmaster, and he has resigned from the imperial boxing gym to teach, and is ready to walk around the rivers and lakes tomorrow to take a look, I originally wanted you to go along, and now it seems that you have found the way you want to go, then go forward boldly, for the teacher to watch you behind you, if you do evil, I Zhou Tong will be the first to kill you." ”

He walked to the threshold and turned around, "Dongchang is unpopular, there are already rumors on the rivers and lakes, they have already begun to prepare, maybe your Dongchang Admiral already knows that you are good at yourself." ”

Lin Chong chased after him, looked at Zhou Dong's back, knelt down, kowtowed three times in a row to say goodbye, and neither of them said a word from beginning to end.

It was still spring and sunny outside, Zhou Tong walked to the street somehow, watching the bustling people coming and going, standing for a moment, depressed in his heart, angry, and suddenly roared.

"Fuck off. ”

People who passed by turned their heads to look at him.

Like an old madman.

.........

Ouchi of the Imperial Palace, a place where the sun can't shine.

In the corner, a group of eunuchs pushed a chamberlain who had just entered the palace to the eaves, and the first one smiled gloomily, ignoring the other party's pleas for mercy, and took out a silver-handled knife from his arms.

"Jin Zhong, I haven't offended my fathers-in-law, please let go of the small ones, if there is anything that needs to be honored, the small ones must do it. Li Jinzhong looked at the cold knife, paralyzed to the ground in fright, and kept begging for mercy.

The eunuch with the knife sneered, squatted down, and scraped the blade of the knife on his face, "Your filial piety, our family doesn't dare to ask for it, because some people above can't get used to you." ”

Immediately, the eunuch scolded: "Hold him down, Gonggong Cao said that this person was castrated by himself outside, I'm afraid it won't be clean, let us help him clean himself again." ”

Then, seven or eight strong eunuchs held Li Jinzhong down, took off his palace robe to expose his lower body, and the eunuch with the knife took a look at it and sneered: "It's really not castrated, you know, this is a capital crime, come, our family will help you." ”

The cold knife cut down, Li Jinzhong stared, and screamed heartbreakingly.

The guards around him heard the sound, looked over, shrank back, and stood back at their posts as if nothing had happened.

With a pop, Li Jinzhong fell to the ground, lying in blood, watching a pair of feet step over his head and leave.

He gasped, gritted his teeth, and rubbed what had fallen from his crotch.

With tears, his eyes were full of resentment.