The middle-aged man rode his horse and whipped his whip, and a horse leaned over behind him, and immediately sat a Sven man, who couldn't bear the bumps of the war horse, and shouted: "Brother, let's rest." ”

The man glanced at him, and said angrily: "I said that I wouldn't let you come, I want to come, I can't stand it." ”

Sven man gasped: "Brother, don't say it, I know." ”

The man raised his hand, and dozens of war horses stopped in unison, and their movements were uniform, "Everyone doesn't get off their horses and rest in place." ”

The Sven man rubbed his shoulders, looked back at the young man in the prisoner cart in the queue, and said indignantly: "Just for such a waste, it is worth your brother to go out in person, I heard that you have urgent military affairs, so I couldn't help but come and take a look, I didn't expect it to be so boring." ”

The middle-aged man glared at the man, and then said in a low voice: "If there is danger, can I promise to let you follow?"

Sven Man smiled, "I know my brother is good to me, don't worry, I will definitely come back with a good reputation when I go to the capital this time, and I promise not to embarrass my brother. ”

The middle-aged man patted the man's shoulder a little dotingly, and said softly: "I just like your arrogance, then I'll wait for your good news." ”

The Sven man patted his chest, his face relaxed, and then he remembered something, and his face became gloomy.

The middle-aged man noticed his brother's face and asked, "What's wrong?"

Sven Man said indignantly: "That Taoist priest just now is really annoying, what kind of stand are you putting up when I see you, you are a dignified general of Niu Ma, a real official of the sixth grade, what else is he pretending to be unfathomable, the first thing I did when I came back from the test this time was to burn his Taoist temple." ”

The middle-aged man angrily rebuked: "Silence!"

The Sven man was startled and wondered, "What are you doing, you scared me." The middle-aged man looked around and whispered: "That Taoist priest is very big, the Taoism is mysterious, and it is around here, if you don't want to be in a different place, you'd better be careful, I can't protect you if something happens." ”

The Sven man approached the man and said in surprise: "It's really fake, what is the origin of that Taoist priest? ”

The middle-aged man deliberately wanted to let this boy who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth Zhang Zhang understand, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk about the cultivation of that Taoist priest, just the yellow and purple Taoist robe personally rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor is like a third-grade master, this Taoist priest is still in Guangling River or His Majesty the Emperor personally instructed, what do you say is the origin of this Taoist priest?

The middle-aged man ignored the man's reaction, raised his hand and shouted, "Keep going." ”

The Sven man stayed where he was and muttered: "Don't burn, don't burn, Sanpin Senior, my God, that's not the same official level as our Qingzhou Deputy Jiedu Envoy, I really didn't see it." ”――

On the bank of the river in Dayu Village, Xiaolian held Narcissus's forehead, pinched the woman's middle with her fingers, Narcissus sighed, slowly opened her eyes and then closed them again, she didn't dare to sit up and look, she was afraid that she would see things she didn't want to see.

Xiaolian brushed Narcissus's messy hair and said softly: "Narcissus, get up, Ping An is not dead for the time being." ”

Narcissus opened his eyes and sat up straight, looked around and said in surprise, "Really, where is he now?"

Xiaolian sighed and said in frustration: "A group of officers and soldiers on horseback came to stop the Taoist priest, and then I don't know what they said, the Taoist left, they said that Ping'an was a prisoner, and then those officers and soldiers took him away." ”

Narcissus was puzzled: "Haven't the Qin criminals already been caught?" Xiaolian didn't understand, nodded and said, "That is to say, I think those officers and soldiers are for peace." Narcissus sighed, "It's really a disaster, so many people are looking at him to make trouble for him, and I hope he is safe." Xiaolian patted Narcissus on the shoulder and did not speak.

Narcissus stood up abruptly and said resolutely: "What crime did Ping An commit? I want to go to the government to ask for clarification." With that, the woman got up and walked to the village chief.

The river breeze gradually rose, the white-haired old man coughed, and the village chief on the side hurriedly said, "Uncle, why don't we go back first." ”

The white-haired old man shook his head and said hoarsely: "Find someone to inform the villagers, let everyone come over, and I will tell them something." The village chief agreed, and turned to look at a villager with lively eyes next to him, who nodded and turned to run towards the village.

The people in the village heard that the white-haired old man who was respected in the village called everyone, although everyone was in a bad mood, but they did not rub in, the villagers came to the shore one after another, and after a while, the people in the village were basically present, and the village chief looked around and nodded at the white-haired old man.

The white-haired old man got up from his chair, walked a few steps in front of the crowd with his crutches, and suddenly threw away his crutches and bent over the crowd.

The old man stretched out his hand tremblingly, shook it in the air, and said guiltily: "I, Liu Qingshan, am ashamed of so many fathers and villagers in the village, I have lived for such a long time and have not been able to shelter everyone from the wind and rain, not to mention, watching outsiders do evil in our village, but I can only watch, everyone rest assured, this matter will definitely not give up, I don't care where the Taoist priest comes from, even if I give up this old life, I will give everyone justice." ”

The villagers were rendered by the old man's words, and they were all in high spirits, shouting again and again: "Yes, you can't give up." "We want justice!"

The old man wiped his eyes with his hand, and suddenly his tone changed, and he said sadly: "In addition to the fact that Wang Dashan in the village was killed alive by that Taoist priest today makes me feel sad, there is another thing that makes me feel cold, there are so many people in our village, and no one dares to stop the Taoist priest to come and go freely?" Dashan's kid is a little reckless on weekdays, but today I see from him a kind of momentum that is not bullied, that kind of momentum we don't have, now that the matter has passed, the big guy looks back and thinks about why you retreated when Dashan was killed by that Dao person, is it because of the cowardice in your heart? No, it's because our hearts are not aligned, if we have a tougher attitude just now, the Taoist priest will not be able to keep it and retreat. Let's talk about the monster in the river half a year ago, because they couldn't go into the water to fish, some people actually wanted to leave the village with other villagers, where are you going to go if you have left your hometown? Dayu Village is our hometown, and we must stay here for the rest of our lives, and we should not just escape when we encounter a little difficulty. ”

The fifth child said to himself with tears in his eyes: "Don't go, stay here for the rest of your life." ”

The old man said a lot in one breath and was a little tired, the village chief asked the old man to sit down and rest with concern, but the old man waved his hand and refused, the villagers in the village were silent, obviously the old man's words went to their hearts, the old man paused and continued: " Today's auspicious beast turtle has been out of the water, the chaotic python was killed peacefully, we Dayu Village is going to change the status quo, the country has been trampled on us and endured, and now there are still people who want to step on our heads to make a fortune, I don't agree, today I will let your village chief go to the government to ask clearly, if they really don't care about this matter, we will arm ourselves, the old man in the village is not two hundred, there are also one hundred and fifteen, let's pick up the weapons in our hands, protect ourselves, this kind of thing must not happen again in the future, Dashan that child... You can't die in vain. ”

The villagers were silent for a moment, and then there was a round of applause, and the whole village looked excited, the woman had tears in her eyes, and the man's face showed blood.

One by one, the young and strong laborers in the village stood up and enthusiastically said, "Count me in, count me in." ”

The white-haired old man nodded with satisfaction and said softly, "I'm very proud." ”

In the center of the river, a large turtle quietly surfaced, and then disappeared again.

Ping An sat in a simple carriage, and there was an expressionless man with a sword sitting opposite, who had been motionless, probably quite confident in his swordsmanship, and Ping An opened the curtain several times to peek at the situation outside, but was ignored by the man with the sword.

Ping'an didn't have the slightest intention of trying to escape, not to mention whether he could slip away under the nose of this swordsman, there were dozens of horses galloping outside, these people knew that Dayu Village knew Narcissus, and he only sat in the car peacefully, thinking about Narcissus.

Ping'an glanced at the swordsman, shook his hand in front of his eyes, and said tentatively: "Hey, this handsome and dashing brother, I don't know what you are doing to arrest me in the crowd? ”

The swordsman didn't frown, as if he hadn't heard Ping'an's words at all, Ping'an grinned, and muttered in a dissatisfied whisper: "What kind of shelf, do you really think that holding a sword is to see a master? I just don't have a sword in my hand, otherwise I will teach you what politeness is in minutes." ”

After sitting quietly for a while, he couldn't sit still, and began to look east and west, and finally brought up the man's sword that was concentrated, and wanted to reach out and touch it, without the slightest awareness of being a prisoner.

Ping'an gently stretched his hand towards the ornate scabbard, and just as his hand was about to touch it, the man finally moved and said, "You'd better not move, I've made up my mind to let you sit in front of me completely." ”

Ping'an's hand froze in the air, he smiled and stretched his hand back, embarrassed: "It turns out that you can speak, I thought you were asleep, I just want to see your scabbard, in fact, I also have a long sword, and I have been thinking about making a scabbard recently." ”

Ping'an glanced at the man, and didn't find any movement from the other party, so he changed to a comfortable position and sat down, seeing the man sitting cross-legged opposite, breathing long, and faintly breathing around him, he said curiously: " Hey, brother, you will be practicing the method of internal strength, right, I just feel that the air around me is cold, but it is really very spirited, buddy, I see that you are magnificent, extraordinary demeanor, I guess you also have a well-known name in the rivers and lakes, I have been thinking about what kind of name I should call these days, the best more domineering the better, in the future, walking the rivers and lakes is not admirable, what should I call it?"

The swordsman let out a sigh of relief, as if he couldn't stand the man's annoyance, slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Ping An with interest, and said unexpectedly: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really didn't believe that the old Western Chu Crown Prince would be as virtuous as you, could it be that we really caught the wrong person?"

Ping'an nodded again and again, and said with a happy face: "Dude is right, I am really not the crown prince of Western Chu, you must have recognized the wrong person." The swordsman looked at Ping An without speaking, and Ping An also realized that the swordsman was just a joke to tease him, and he was a little discouraged for a while, and muttered: "If I am really the prince of Western Chu, I will be the first to lead the army to kill you." ”

The swordsman smiled slightly, made a gesture of please, and said softly: "Wait at any time, but if this was put a year ago, it would still be a bit deterrent, but now, it is not very likely." ”

Ping An saw that the swordsman seemed to be in a good mood, and took the opportunity to say: "That Taoist priest was in a hurry when he left just now, it seems that he was afraid of something, with the cultivation of that Taoist priest, dozens of horsemen with good combat power may be a little tricky, but it will not make him so jealous, is your realm even higher and deeper than him?"

The swordsman's voice became cold, and he said softly: "How can I be so powerful, that Taoist priest just has a ghost in his heart, what is the fear." ”

Ping An was a little puzzled and wanted to ask something, but the swordsman closed his eyes, and Ping An had to swallow the words back into his stomach.

The speed of the carriage slowed down, Ping An lifted the curtain by the window and looked out, what caught his eye was a tall city wall, three big characters were written above the city gate, Wuyang City, the soldiers under the city gate saluted the horse team, the team entered the city without pause, the road has been cleared, Ping An looked at the bustling crowd on the side of the road curiously, he was the first time to see such a large city and so many people, he couldn't help but feel fresh.

The swordsman opened his eyes and closed the curtain, and said softly: "This is Wuyang City, the most prosperous place in Qingzhou, compared to the Great Phoenix City, the capital of your Western Chu, what is there to see?"

Ping'an sat down with his hands behind his head, slandering this swordsman in his heart that he was really annoying, he didn't even let him look at the scenery, and said something that he couldn't understand in the Great Imperial City.

The swordsman hesitated: "Let's go to the palace now, listen to my advice, and see the prince later, you'd better not say anything ugly, maybe you can save your life, after all, living is the most important thing." ”

Ping An nodded a little ignorantly.

The swordsman saw that the palace was almost there, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Your Highness really doesn't remember going down? Two years ago, I went to the Great Phoenix City with the county lord, and at that time, His Highness had drunk with Zai Xia on the city wall, and I was drunk. ”

Ping An shook his head suspiciously, "I don't have any impression." ”

The swordsman laughed at it, but when the man had resentment in his heart and deliberately pretended not to know himself, the swordsman said softly: "Please forgive Your Highness, each is his own master, and he can't help himself." ”

Ping An listened vaguely, and did not know why.

The carriage slowly stopped, and the swordsman took the lead in lifting the curtain of the carriage and bowed out, and jumped out of the carriage with Ping'an, only to feel that his eyes lit up and he was about to see what kind of place this was, when suddenly his eyes were dark, and he was blindfolded by two soldiers with black cloths.

"Hey, where are you taking me?" Ping An struggled and was kicked by a soldier, "Shut up, what so much nonsense." ”

Ping'an was dragged away for a long time, only to feel that he went up the steps and down the steps, there were birds in his ears, there was the sound of water, he turned countless corners and finally walked straight for a while, and was pulled by the people around him, and then he heard the people around him speak: "Lord Yu, the old prince of Xichu brought." ”

After a pause, a man's voice came from the room: "Come in." ”

"Yes. Ping An heard a knock at the door, crossed the threshold under the instructions of others, and entered the house, and soon, Ping An felt the people around him retreat, and the door closed again.

After standing for a long time, Ping An heard the man's voice just now, and the man seemed to be talking to someone beside him: "Sir, if it's really that child, what do you say the king should do with him?" An old voice came from the side, "How to deal with the prince has made a decision in his heart, and what the contemptible person says is just a snake to add to it, the contemptible person just wants to remind the prince that the spark can start a prairie fire, and it will be a disaster to keep this child sooner or later." ”

The man groaned for a while: "After all, I still have some regrets, if I really kill him ruthlessly, Xinyao's girl will hate me for the rest of my life." ”

At the mention of the name Xin Yao, the old man's voice was obviously a little happy, "Yes, okay, just for Xin Yao's sake and let this child live a few more days, isn't the prince going to lift his black scarf?"

The man sighed: "Don't let him see me, it's just to increase hatred, come, take him down." ”

Ping An gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, I don't know what you're talking about, I don't know anything." ”

No one responded, Ping An was dragged out of the door, and when the door was about to close, Ping An shouted loudly: "I have amnesia, since you have arrested me, can you tell me who it is?"

"Wait a minute, bring him in. ”

Ping An was pulled into the house again, "Untie it." The man waved his hand, and the soldier next to him untied the black scarf that blindfolded him and quietly left.

Ping An rubbed his eyes and tried to look forward.

The line of sight is slowly clear, the first thing Ping An saw was a navy blue ancient ding, the ancient ding was extremely huge, engraved with lifelike green dragon carvings, in the middle of the room there was a gilded sandalwood burner with a mutton fat jade base, the room was surrounded by four treasures of the study and cups and tendons, he looked at the two people sitting in the room on a rosewood marble case, one of them a middle-aged elegant man sat in the middle, twisting a string of smooth glass Buddha beads in his hand, the elegant man even if his temples were white, but still graceful, it can be seen that the man was a beautiful man with a face like a crown of jade when he was young, and sitting next to the man was a withered old man, the old man looked ordinary, but the two deep-set eyes are extraordinarily deep and bright, and they look very divine.

The elegant man looked at Ping'an silently, looked at each other with Ping'an for a moment, and saw that Ping'an's eyes were calm, and his face didn't look like a lie, so he slowly got up and walked to Ping'an to take a closer look, and said softly: "He looks more and more like your father." ”

Ping An wondered, "Do you know my father?"

The Buddha bead in the elegant man's hand paused, his face showed a hint of dumbness, and he said in surprise: "You really don't know me?"

Ping An spread his hands and said helplessly: "I told you that I have amnesia and don't remember anything now." ”

The old man walked over and looked around Ping'an, and then reached out to check Ping'an's pulse, Ping'an only felt surprised, and asked, "Can amnesia also take the pulse out?" The old man ignored him, touched himself for a while, and nodded lightly to the elegant man after a sigh.

The Buddhist beads in the hands of the elegant man continued to rotate, and then looked at Ping'an's eyes a little differently, Ping'an's heart was furious, and he changed the topic and said: "Looking at the luxurious decoration in this room, your identity seems to be very unusual?"

The elegant man smiled, did not say a word, but the withered old man said loudly: "This is King Xia You, one of the five major vassal kings of the Dashun Dynasty, and his status is extremely prominent in the world. ”