Delong

Chapter 42: Walking in the Sky Street (15)

Standing among the prisoners, Zhang Xing looked coldly at the other in new clothes until the laughter around him died down.

But the laughter stopped, Zhang Xing walked over while supporting his waist and laughed instead: "Then should I call you General Gao, or Old Brother Liu?"

"Anything is fine." Gao Changye, that is, Brother Liu, turned his head to face the opponent's movement and turned back, without any panic during the whole process. "My surname is Liu, and my name is Liu Changye. Later, Lord Pingguo gave me the surname Gao, and everyone called me Gao Changye...As for my brother, since we are so friendly, you can call me anything!"

"Brother... Hei Diye's "Sand Demon Sutra" clearly says that revenge must be avenged, shame must be punished, enmity between father and son is not too late for the third life, and the shame of the kingdom can be shamed for the seventh life, so I will not ask about it." Why did you kill Zhang Shangshu?" Zhang Xing knelt down and asked as loudly as possible to avoid suspicion. "But since you want to sneak revenge, why do you have children?"

The surroundings were quiet and silent, and Chai Changjian and the black ribbon in the distance were also watching this scene with their hands clasped in silence.

"Not your own children."

Gao Changye answered with a smile. "Several sons and daughters, the youngest one is an orphan picked up by the side of the road, and the older one is with the old woman. When he met me, his father committed a crime and killed him. Prepare, brother, you just moved away. As soon as Zhang Wenda went to Jing'antai to pick up people, I let them escape with their family assets, and fled to the East and Hebei. Who really went to find them for a few women and children? No one is sorry for anyone as you think."

"After 16 years, these brothers of yours have responded to all calls?" Zhang Xing turned his head to look around.

The surrounding erupted, everyone was laughing and cursing, and it took a long time before they calmed down.

But Gao Changye finally got a little more serious: "My brother thought too much. On the day when Lord Ping was wrongly killed and we fled to Yanchi, Hedong and vowed to kill Zhang Wenda, there were 220 seven people in total...

"When Zhang Wenda entered Beijing 12 years ago, when we came to Dongdu as agreed, we could only find 120 people...

"In the past 12 years, people have died and left, and until this year, there are still 76 people who still maintain contact...

"And on the day of the prison robbery, there were only 43 people who sent their family members to meet at the Luoshui River according to the agreement... And today, only these 35 people are lying together at the north gate... How can you imagine that?" so proud?"

Zhang Xing nodded, and then asked seriously as if to provoke dissension: "The little 200 people who left, do you blame them?"

"What do you think, brother?"

Gao Changye kept shaking his head. "Why do you ask me this? Don't you think that people's hearts are made of flesh. After more than ten years, they are not my own. I shouldn't leave my wife and children to do such things? Want to make a mockery? You are an outsider I know this truth, so if I dare to ask a person close to me, why don’t I understand, and why should I blame them? They are the ones who have the heart and flesh, and none of them imitated Zhang Wenda’s counterattack back then. I am grateful It's too late, why complain?"

Zhang Xing nodded, half relieved and half unwilling: "Brother, you planned the whole process of what happened today?"

"Yes." Gao Changye asked triumphantly. "Who else can I be?"

"I was in Zhengpingfang today, and I was almost killed by your plan!" Zhang Xing continued almost as if complaining. "He Ruohuaibao can't beat those masters, and has been desperately killing us Jinwu Guards and Jinyiqi who have no resistance throughout the whole process, so as to attract the government for you."

"Let's not say that you are an official, I am a thief... why do you have resentment about this, brother?" Gao Changye couldn't help laughing. "I'm not going to hide it from you. I can't control He Ruohuaibao. He intends to kill wantonly. Zhengpingfang and Xiuyefang, what's the priority?"

Zhang Xing was speechless for a while.

"But to be honest, I really thought about the situation where you ran into He Ruohuaibao." Gao Changye restrained himself a little. "But I think from the bottom of my heart, brother, you are a person with ability and luck, and you will not die so easily. Moreover, you can grow up after experiencing many such things. You are still young, so don't worry about it."

So, what do I have to thank you for?

Amidst the roar of laughter, for a moment Zhang Xing really wanted to give the people here a big ear.

"Then I'll just ask one more question." Zhang Xing wiped the itchy corners of his eyes. He was drenched in rain all day today. "My brother thinks of me, I am very grateful, but there are so many innocent people in Zhengpingfang, are they also in my scheme?"

"There's no other way." Gao Changye restrained himself again and spoke sincerely. "However, let me make an excuse... In Zhengpingfang, it's not just He Ruohuaibao and the others. It was captured...and if the search continues like this, without us, there will be a massacre in Zhengpingfang."

Zhang Xing nodded, and suddenly asked, "Is Mr. Zhang of Nanya also in your scheme?"

In the distance, Chai Changjian's eyes suddenly became serious.

"I know what brother means." Gao Changye laughed. "Actually, there are some things that are more about pushing the boat with the current and raising your hands high. It's the same from Jing'an Terrace to this place... Only Zhang Shizhao was really calculated by me. He is an overly intelligent person who is used to thinking too much. He was carried to Zhengpingfang by me today, I'm afraid he thought other important figures were setting up a trick to tease him, he must have a pretty face!"

In the distance, Chai Changjian took two steps forward with his hands behind his back.

But Zhang Xing got the answer, and finally stood up, but then he hesitated to speak.

Seeing this scene, Gao Changye burst into tears of laughter, and asked aloud: "Brother, you have asked about this, and if you don't ask the question in the end, not only you, but also your fellow guards around you, I'm afraid I'm not reconciled... Chai Changjian has endured until now, isn't it just because he wants to hear that question?"

"I just don't ask." Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, then calmly shook his head, and then walked straight to the north of Cross Street calmly. "See if you can hold it back!"

And sure enough, after Zhang walked two steps, Gao Changye's face turned red suddenly, and he roared loudly:
"Don't you just want to ask, after fifteen or sixteen years, people's hearts are almost astigmatized. Is it worth it to come here for a villain who betrayed his master? Isn't it? Are you asking if it's worth it?
"But it's not about whether it's worth it or not. It's about you waking up at night, your wife and children are hot on the bedside, and there is still a little bit of injustice in your heart! But there is still a little bit of injustice in your heart. It's refreshing today, why isn't it worth it? !
"Brother Zhang! Others don't understand, how can a loyal person like you not understand?! Do you have to hold me this time before you die?!"

Without looking back, Zhang Xing walked up to Chai Changjian while screaming, and cupped his hands slightly: "Chang Jian, I'm done asking."

Chai Changjian's eyes were on Gao Changye in the distance, and he didn't care. He just nodded slightly and stepped aside.

And Zhang Xing also went to untie the horse.

"Is it because I hurt innocent people?!"

And in this process, Gao Changye behind him didn't stop at all. "If we didn't know that it would hurt the innocent, and that there would be no return, why would we wait here for Cao Lin?! We never said that we were righteous! We also didn't say that we were not used as swords by the nobles. But we just want to take a sigh of relief, and we want revenge!! I wish you what you want, that's all!!!"

At the end, Gao Changye bumped his head against the wet stone slabs of the cross street, blood flowed all over his face, and the slate cracked, but he raised his head again and let out a long cry.

The whistling sound was obviously mixed with the agitation of true energy, which caused the surrounding knights on duty to become tense, and some even instinctively looked at Chai Changjian who was present, hoping that the latter would stop Gao Changye.

But soon, they gave up.

Because after Zhang Xing got on his horse, almost all of the more than 30 thieves imitated Gao Changye and roared... The voices echoed one after another, resounding throughout the Xiuye ​​Workshop, like morning bells and evening drums.

But Zhang Xing gradually drifted away, and when he walked out of the square gate and came to Tianjie, he felt inexplicably that the voice seemed to be the copper bowl of Jingjie that he was used to, urging him to go home.

But before reaching Luoshui, it was already late, and when there were no one around, Zhang Xing inexplicably stopped on the Ma Bridge, and then secretly circulated his zhenqi, and then made a long roar with all his strength.

At this time, the rain had stopped, and with a howl, Zhang Xing felt his meridians all constricted, especially the sixth main meridian from the temple to the left hand, which had just passed the number of three ones, and was agitated at this time , unexpectedly the whole body was shaking, so he hurriedly lifted the official horse under his crotch, and went to the home where he hadn't lived for a few days after the lease.

"Your Majesty, the old minister risked his life to ask."

Just when the old middle bridge of Zhanghang Luoshui roared, in the Qianyang Hall of Ziwei Palace built according to Beiman Mountain, a performance with only two people has reached the most critical juncture, and it is time to speak to the current emperor Cao Che The person, of course, is his uncle, Cao Lin, Taichung Chancellor of Jing'an and great master of the dynasty.

"In today's matter, the ministers and bureaucrats who are in charge of dealing with the incident are nothing more than Chen, Dugong Niu, and Zhang Zuocheng. Dare I ask, will these three people be disloyal to His Majesty?"

"This is the most hateful thing!" Through the jade curtain, the sage Cao Che said coldly. "Even you guys think I can't handle this well?"

"Your Majesty!" Cao Lin raised his eyebrows and spoke out proudly. "I have absolutely no intention of doing so, and I want to apologize for those two... Since the continuous summer rain, Zhang Zuocheng has been going to the West Market every day to check. Perfunctory, just wait and see what happens, what else can you do? And Niu Dugong didn’t take the initiative to do anything, nothing more than sitting in the north office, and only dispatched when there was an imperial edict from His Majesty or the request of the south office.”

"What about the uncle?" Cao Che suddenly interrupted him through the jade curtain.

"I am worthy of my ancestors, worthy of the great Wei, worthy of the late emperor, and even more worthy of your majesty!" Cao Lin did not hesitate at all, but directly raised his voice to protest back. "Does Your Majesty even have doubts about veterans?"

"That's right." Cao Che seemed to calm down suddenly. "If you can't even rely on the emperor's uncle, there will be no one in this world who can be trusted... But please think about it, the emperor, if this matter has reached this point, even Zhang Wenda is dead. Do you think I can be deceived by this?"

"That's what I want to say."

Cao Lin's tone suddenly became calm and erratic. "Before, the ministers opposed His Majesty's wanton implication because the 20 people on the front line were exhausted, and the Central Plains was exhausted... At this time, forcibly implicated, digging up the same implicated people, I am afraid that they will really turn back and disrupt the Western Capital under fear. We are separated from Taiyuan, because at that time, because of His Majesty's pressure, they connected with each other to test each other, and today's riots in the Eastern Capital also confirmed this... And if that is the case, what can we do to suppress it?"

Probably hearing something strange, the Great Wei Emperor behind the jade curtain remained patient.

"But Zhang Wenda's death today has made them relax towards His Majesty and have mutual doubts. At this time, they can be cut off a little..." Cao Lin clasped his hands and said eloquently. "The heads of the Yang family and the Li family must be punished, but the other families may as well relax a little bit, suppressing but not touching the fundamentals, such as the Bai family and the Zhao family, do not touch their Shangzhu Kingdom and Shangshu. If you want to take the positions of their servants and generals, and the Han family and other families with inside information cut off a branch country, why not? Pick some of them, and add them together, it is enough to prune The role of this will make them calm down for a while, and also let His Majesty show his grace."

"Prune today, regenerate tomorrow..." the emperor sneered. "I am the emperor, the supreme being on land, but I have to be coerced by these mortals."

"Timing is important."

Cao Lin did not refute the other party, but continued to explain the basis of his consideration. "Your Majesty... At the same time as cutting it off, we have to quickly re-establish the upper five armies, and re-establish the guards in the East, Hebei, and Central Plains...or go further, directly abandon the old system and build a new army, and this Once, wouldn't the new army happen to be much cleaner?"

The emperor thought for a moment, then sneered slightly: "Forget it!"

Cao Lin was relieved.

But immediately after, Yulian continued to say: "There should be no prisoners above the alchemy stage under the Black Tower."

Cao Lin was taken aback for a moment, but still nodded slowly.

"God's will is unpredictable." After Yulian continued to sigh, it was still inexplicable. "God's will is unpredictable."

Cao Lin wanted to leave directly, but when he heard this, he was stunned again, and he just sighed: "Yes, God's will is unpredictable!"

When Zhang Xing returned to the residence, it was completely dark, he tied the official horse casually in the courtyard of the rented residence, and saw Qin Bao coming out with a lantern in his face.

Qin Erlang seemed to have something to say, but he didn't speak in the courtyard. When the two entered the main room, Zhang Xing raised his hand slightly, sat down and began to meditate with luck.

Besides, after killing many people in the past few days, Zhang Xing's body had already been filled with zhenqi to the point of 'swelling up'. Including the past few days, he had been meditating non-stop and using a lot of zhenqi for balance.But just now, I don't know whether it was because of the life and death struggles that he experienced today, or what Luoshui's long cry itself said, but now he clearly sensed a slight opportunity, and the sixth main channel seemed to have been clearly revealed.

As for Qin Bao, although he didn't know the inside story, he did know the opportunity of meditation and pulse pulse, so he simply didn't say a word and waited beside him.

I don't know how long it took before Zhang Xingfang let out a long breath, and stood up with all his strength.

"Brother Zhang, has the sixth main channel been cleared?" Qin Bao took the initiative to ask. "What was the opportunity just now?"

"It was an opportunity, but it didn't break through the whole thread." Zhang Xing said one thing. "Let's work harder in the next few days."

"It's okay." Qin Bao comforted. "There is no rush in the Zhengmai stage. Brother Zhang can activate the sixth one so quickly, which is already considered remarkable."

"I'm not depressed." Zhang Xing knew that the other party had misunderstood, so he just sighed. "I'm too tired and dirty today... and now I'm too hungry... It's not for pulse."

Under the light, Qin Bao nodded again and again, as if he wanted to say something again.

"Speak up if you have something to say." Zhang Xing was speechless. "Have you bought food in the workshop?"

"I bought it, but I didn't want to talk about it." Qin Bao pointed behind Zhang Xing with his finger. "Third Brother Zhang just come and see for himself."

Zhang Xing turned around in a daze, then froze.

"There's no more dry firewood at home!" Fenniang walked over with a steaming casserole through a rag, and put it down. "It's all wet chopping wood. It took me a lot of effort to simmer the things Qin Erlang brought."

With that said, he turned and left.

Zhang Xing looked at this scene blankly, wanted to say something, but didn't say it.

And Fenniang came back soon, but put something familiar into Zhang Xing's hands: "You have been away for a few days, my father took your compass and brought it back yesterday... I want to thank you , otherwise he wouldn't be able to find those people from Yang Shen."

Zhang Xing took the compass without saying a word, but his hands were already shaking.

Fenniang, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, turned back again. When she reached the threshold, she stood still again. When she turned her head again, she couldn't help it. She grabbed the door of the main room and began to cry, and then quickly burst into tears. Choking: "My father... my father said, there is a [-]% chance that you will drive me away. Are you going to drive me away?"

Zhang Xing clenched his fists for a moment, he really wanted to rush to Xiuyefang now and stuff the compass in Gao Changye's mouth.

"Third Brother." Qin Erlang is an honest boy. "I probably know everything about it. What does it have to do with Fenniang? Besides, Feng Yong's family has done everything. How can such a girl not be taken in under this situation? We two, who knows who she is? On the contrary I really want to drive him away, I'm afraid he will be arrested and killed immediately."

"Have a meal."

Zhang Xing threw the compass on the table, but he didn't get angry. "I'm starving to death."

As soon as the voice fell, Qin Bao breathed a sigh of relief, and Fenniang also turned around and left. At the same time, I don't know if it was because the rain stopped, and in addition, there was Luoshui behind Chengfufang, and the deep pool at Jing'an Terrace in front. , actually slowly started to cry frogs, and quickly swept across the entire Eastern Capital.

But Zhang Xing just kept his head down.

As the saying goes:
The wind drove the torrential rain to sprinkle the high city, and the clouds pressed down lightly and the thunder sounded.

After the rain, I don't know where the dragon is. A pool of grass is full of frogs.

PS: Thanks to the new leader Nanbei Chang'an student a, everyone continue to be happy on New Year's Day... I fell asleep so sleepy in the afternoon, I just coded it, so everyone has been waiting for a long time.

(End of this chapter)