Under the sky

Chapter 118: Out of trouble ([-])

"I heard what happened at the banquet today."

The search is still going on, and Shen Yuqing's whereabouts have not yet been found, but Shen Yayan has already heard what happened in Qingcheng these days.He called Fu Langyan and told him the clues he had found about the Qingluofang case.

"Yu'er shouldn't treat you like this." Shen Yayan said, "Both father and son are white-eyed wolves and hypocrites! I should be the leader of Qingcheng!"

"As long as Mr. Fu testifies, I can make Shen Yong resign, and it will be justifiable!"

Fu Langyan pondered for a long time, and then said after a long time: "Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty made the mistake of deposing the prince. He later regretted it, but Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is still the emperor."

"It's not that Jin Wu doesn't have other sons. Emperor Hui is incompetent and stupid, but he is still the emperor."

"Stinky Wolf is violent and lustful, but he still inherits the Peng family; Zhuge Yan is far less talented than his younger brother, but he is still the head; Mrs. Lengmian is a woman with a foreign surname and a prostitute, but Tang Yan still handed over the Tang family to Mrs. Lengmian .”

"Whoever the former head passed to, no matter what the reason, whatever happens later, whoever takes over will be the head." Fu Langyan said, "Master Ya, even if what you say is true, I can vouch for you , but the leader is still the leader, and Master Ya is still the same Master Ya. At most, it will be a brushstroke in the history books of Qingcheng."

"Then who should I seek justice from?!" Shen Yayan stood up angrily.

"Master Ya, there has never been justice in the nine great families." Fu Langyan was still respectful, without a trace of resentment or accusation, "There are only rules. Those who violate the laws are punished, and those are the rules."

There was a loud "snap" sound, and Shen Yayan was so angry that she smashed the thick wooden round table into pieces with her palm.

"I have been groveling for more than ten years, watching my status surrender to others, and at this age, I still let his son share my power!" Shen Yayan knew the character of this upright and loyal old hall master, and only the safety of Qingcheng was in danger. Can you persuade him, "I am the leader! You follow your rules and just wait to see the internal fighting in Qingcheng. Are you willing?"

The corner of Fu Langyan's mouth twitched, and Shen Yayan undoubtedly hit him in the vital part.

"It's your fault that Qingcheng has come to this day. It's because you didn't find out the truth back then! If you ask more, check more, and be more careful, you might be able to find some clues!"

"The whole Qingcheng has to bear the blame for your fault alone? Just because you said this is a rule?"

"If you want to follow the rules of the Nine Families, why didn't you report it to Hengshan back then, but you had to cover up for the Yin family?"

Fu Langyan's face turned pale and he was speechless for a moment.

"You must know your mistakes and be able to correct them, instead of making the same mistake again and again!" Shen Yayan said, "The future history books will not record the fault of Qingcheng's destruction by Fu Langyan, and you will not see your father after your death, feeling so ashamed that you want to die again. once!"

"Again, this is a rule? Even if Qingcheng dies in your hands, you still have to abide by your rules?"

Fu Langyan lowered his head, neither speaking nor shaking his head.

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Shen Yayan left time for the old hall master to think. He still had many things to do, especially the biggest question.

Why did Shen Yuqing seize power?
He pushed open the secret cell door.

Shen Lianyun didn't reveal anything, but things in the past few days were not watertight.He didn't believe it was a needle from the night list. There must be some secret hidden in it that cannot be revealed.

Except for the torches in the corridor and the guard area, there was no light in the cell.He couldn't help but hear subtle cries and whines. He looked through the peephole outside the iron door and saw that it was pitch black inside.He also heard the child's cry. He raised the torch to the peephole and could just barely see the outline of a person lying next to the door.This man had been tortured, his body was covered with blood, and he had a broken arm. He was lying on the ground, his chest kept rising and falling, and he whined.

Torture was used?Shen Yayan frowned.This is not like Shen Yuqing's style.This nephew... really made a mistake?Like his father, he is a complete hypocrite.

He walked outside the last room and knocked on the door. This move was undoubtedly unnecessary, but he wanted to test the people inside.

"Fuck! Who? What do you want to do?" Although the voice of the person inside was weak, he didn't seem to be too seriously injured?
"What's your name?" Shen Yayan asked.

"Who are you?" The voice inside became alert.

"Master Ya. You didn't reply to me."

"My name is Balu..." the person inside replied, "What else do you want to ask? I have told you everything I know!"

Shen Yayan's heart moved: "I want to listen to you personally."

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Shen Weichen asked his maid to help Xia Lijun go to bed, but Xia Lijun refused and said, "This is the eldest lady's bed."

Shen Weichen shook his head and said: "You asked me not to call you sister, what do you call me Miss?"

Xia Lijun still said: "It's too soft. I'm not used to it. I'll sit on the ground to rest."

Shen Weichen ignored her and forced her onto the bed. Blood stains stained the bed quilt. Shen Weichen asked people to get hot water, bandages and gold wound medicine, and cut open her clothes.

"I have a strong smell, Hall Master, you don't have to hold it in." Xia Lijun said, "I can apply the medicine myself."

Shen Weichen said: "Let me do it." After a while, he lowered his head and said, "I have to find something to do so that I can calm down."

Xia Lijun was not so thoughtful and didn't understand what she meant. He just thought it was weird.How could she remain so calm when her father rebelled and she was in love with her brother?

This eldest lady really puzzled her. She was different from all the girls she had ever seen.

Shen Weichen saw that the leather armor under Xia Lijun's clothes was soaked with blood, which showed the depth of the wound. He frowned and took off the leather armor. A strong body odor came out. Shen Weichen finally couldn't help but press his nose. He was afraid that this action would offend Xia Lijun, so he lowered his voice. He stopped breathing, wiped it with a hot towel, applied medicine, and asked: "Everyone has stopped, why don't you stop?"

"Mr. Fu didn't tell me to stop." Xia Lijun gritted his teeth as the powder was poured into the wound, and continued, "He is the master of the punishment hall, I listen to him... Uh!..." She couldn't help but scream, as if to attract Ashamed, I stopped speaking.

What a stubborn person, Shen Weichen thought to himself.Can people like Xia Lijun make up their minds when faced with today's difficult problems?
This wound medicine was left over from Zhu Menshang's previous treatment of Shen Weichen's injuries from Ming Wuxi. The effect was extremely good. He stopped the bleeding and relieved the pain in a short while. Xia Lijun's face softened slightly.

"I'm fine." Xia Lijun said, "The hall master shouldn't stay here."

Shen Weichen's starry eyes closed slightly. She had just cried not long ago, and the redness and swelling in her eyes had not gone away.She asked, "Who do you think I should help?"

It's not like she's out of ideas.If it were two or three years ago, she might have been at a loss, but after experiencing the Tang family upheaval, the Huashan hostage, and the Han River resistance to bandits, she was more calm than before when facing major events.But with her brother on one side and her father on the other, no matter who she helped, she always thought about how sad the other side was.She thought about whether there was a way to solve this problem. She believed that her brother would not be cruel to her father, and his father would not rush to kill everyone. However, on the battlefield, who could tolerate mercy?If something goes wrong...

She was still a little panicked, and her heart was still hanging.

"It doesn't matter who you are helping. In short, the hall master should not take care of a subordinate here. That is the maid's business." Xia Lijun stared directly at the top of the bed. Even if she was lying on such a soft bed, she still looked hard. one person.

Shen Weichen nodded and stood up.At least she could persuade her father.She walked to the door, called a guard over, and said, "I want to see dad."

The guard said respectfully: "Master Ya said he would come to see the eldest lady later. The eldest lady is frightened today and should rest first."

Shen Weichen said: "I want to see him now." She looked around and estimated that there were fifty or sixty guards standing around the boudoir.Shen Yayan knew her daughter's abilities. If she hadn't been in urgent need of someone, she would have been afraid that these dozens of people would look down on her.These five or sixty people stood ten feet away from the door, divided into three teams.

"Can you get through?" Shen Weichen thought, and then asked: "Where is dad?"

"Master Ya didn't tell me where he was going." A team leader stepped forward, "But Master Ya did tell me that if the eldest lady ran away, he would kill the injured girl."

Shen Weichen was taken aback, knowing that this was her father's way of holding her back, so he said: "Send someone to inform dad that I want to see him." She closed the door and walked back to the bed. Xia Lijun looked at her suspiciously. she. "You should rest first." Shen Weichen said, "There will always be a way."

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Shen Yuqing did not leave immediately. When there were fewer people chasing him, he returned to Taiping Pavilion to see if he could rescue his mother and others, or wait for an opportunity.

This is a big gamble, both for Ya Ye and himself.He didn't know what he would lose if he lost, but even if he won, he would lose a lot.

The guards patrolling the city lit all the torches and oil lamps, making the road shine brightly.Fortunately, there were many buildings in the city. Shen Yuqing found a few shelters and found a pavilion near Taiping Pavilion.

From the direction he looked, there were probably hundreds of disciples. He didn't know how many there were in the direction he couldn't see. It was roughly estimated that there were about 200 people.Even if there were only these one hundred disciples, he wouldn't be able to break in.

Are you waiting for the people inside to save themselves?Shen Yuqing thought.Many guests have brought their families today. How many people are there?Shen Yuqing calculated that there were more than [-] people including family members and relatives of the Shen family.

He guessed that Master Ya might have tied up the people who knew martial arts, and moved the family members to another place for guarding. The maids, slaves, and other people all rushed back to the room and were not allowed to go out.No, there are so many people in the city that we can't control them. We have to put them together to guard them to avoid mutiny.In this case, even if you rescue the people inside, it may not be of great help to you. It is impossible to capture the city gate with these people.

Master Ya did not move these people away. He did have a lot of things to deal with. Shen Yu suppressed the entanglements and annoyance in his heart and concentrated on thinking.There are 2000 people in the Wei Shu Army. Those who are not on shift must have been called in at this time. Even with this number, Qingcheng is about 270 three feet long from north to south and about 2000 feet wide from east to west. There are [-] people guarding it. Each person has to watch five It's about ten feet wide.

He himself didn't know what he was thinking, but he started to calculate. Was it because he was too anxious and had random thoughts?No, Shen Yuqing felt like she had thought of something. Five feet is not a small area.

He looked up at the sky. What time was it now?It's definitely You hour, how long until the Xu hour curfew?

Families… two thousand guards… guarding… curfew…

Suddenly an idea flashed in Shen Yuqing's mind.Qingcheng has six gates, three on each side in the south and west, two large and four small. All six gates must be heavily guarded. How many heavy troops?Three hundred for a city gate?impossible.There are nearly two hundred guards here, and they have to send people to search for themselves and guard the maids and slaves.

There are also younger sisters and Mrs. Ya, especially younger sisters. They only send a dozen or twenty of them to avoid being unable to watch.

It takes two hundred to guard the Taiping Pavilion, fifty to guard the family hostages and the little sister, dozens to protect Mrs. Ya, two to three hundred to escort and guard other people, and three hundred to look for people everywhere.Master Ya did not intend to rebel, it was more likely a spur-of-the-moment move. There are not many people he can trust...

Two hundred for each door, no more.

200 people...

His guess was not wrong, Shen Yayan did move the guest's family members, and he saw the guards escorting the virgin family members and idlers to the vicinity of Taiping Pavilion for guarding.

Shen Yu heard the rustling footsteps and knew that the search was coming again, so she hurriedly left.He transferred to the Huixin Pavilion where the maids lived. As expected, the maids were all moved to other places for guarding.Shen Yuqing saw that every room had been searched hastily, and when he saw people coming from behind and behind him, he hid in one of the rooms, took out a quilt to cover himself, and after the search was over, he got up again and crouched under the window to confirm that everyone had left. Go, and just as he was about to leave, he carefully raised his head, but saw two guards standing on the eaves opposite. He was startled and hurriedly lowered his body.

It turned out that they had already gone up to the eaves to monitor, but luckily they were not rash just now.Is there anyone on the roof of my room?Shen Yuqing thought to herself and listened carefully, but did not hear the footsteps.

In such a big Qingcheng, there are many rooms to cover it up. Even if 300 people want to search for him, they won't be able to find him in a matter of seconds.

No rush, no rush... Shen Yuqing simply sat down and meditated.

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"They said you have something to do with me?" There were too many things to arrange, and Shen Yayan was very busy. When she heard that her daughter wanted to see him, she originally wanted to slow down, but then she thought about what happened today, and was afraid that her daughter would not be able to calm down because of her excitement, so she hesitated. Again and again, it finally came.He smelled body odor and pinched his nose.Turning around and seeing Xia Lijun on the bed, he couldn't help but get angry: "Who allowed this stinky bitch to sleep in my daughter's bed? Get her out!"

"This is my friend, dad..." Shen Weichen grabbed his father's sleeve. She always looked like this when she acted coquettishly in the past, grabbing the sleeve and shaking it gently.

"If you want to persuade me, you don't have to." Shen Yayan knew her daughter's thoughts and said, "The position of head of the family belongs to me, but it was your third uncle who tricked me into taking him away. I am busy. If you are fine, I will leave. .”

"The leader is no longer the third uncle, but the elder brother!" Shen Weichen said, "Dad, if the position is not right, the whole world will attack together, how can you discuss the explanation with Kunlun?"

"Even if Mr. Fu doesn't help me, I still have a way." Shen Yayan pinched her nose, looked at Xia Lijun again, and sneered, "I've been to the secret prison. Damn it! Even your third uncle can do this kind of thing. If you want Will Qingcheng die in his hands?"

Shen Weichen trembled and whispered: "Dad...you...know?"

"I wonder how that boy has such courage, so that's how it is." Shen Yayan said with a smile, "Such a big crime, if it is made public to the world, I just kill my relatives out of justice, who will say that my position is unfair?"

"You want to kill the third uncle? What should I do about my brother?" Shen Weichen asked anxiously.

"If he had been well-behaved, he wouldn't have had to die. A life of wealth and peace would be considered a favor to him."

"Then who will take over Qingcheng in the future? I am the daughter and I will get married eventually!" At this time, she even said these words.

"Aren't you thinking of recruiting someone? You will be the next leader, and Qingcheng's surname will still be Shen!"

"I can't be the leader!" Shen Weichen said anxiously, "I don't want to be the leader, dad..."

"If you don't deserve it, let your husband be the one! My daughter is either the head of the house or the head's wife! If your husband doesn't do the right thing either, and adopts a child from your fourth uncle and fifth uncle, is Qingcheng still afraid that there will be no one named Shen?" Shen Yayan He said, "The same goes for Madam Chu. Go to Songsui Pavilion to keep company with your aunt, and let them stare at each other as widows!"

Shen Weichen lowered his head and said, "Dad, do you really want to be the leader?"

"Who in the world doesn't want to be the head of the Nine Families?" Shen Yayan sneered, "Your father is also a human being, and he also wants to be the head! Your father was originally the heir apparent, but later he gave you the third uncle. He only said that he had done something wrong, and he recognized it. ”

"But your third uncle can do this to his brother? Can he do this to his brother? He can!" Shen Yayan said loudly, "Once is not enough, and again, your father has been tricked by him countless times over the years! He treats your father like a monkey Damn it, you are laughing at me every day!"

Shen Weichen wanted to defend his uncle, but he couldn't speak out for fear of adding fuel to the fire.

"I can't bear it! Every day when I see him from now on, I will think of how he harmed me and how he laughed at me behind my back!" Shen Yayan said coldly, "If he doesn't die, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

"This man has a vicious heart. He doesn't deserve to be called your third uncle! His son is not a good person either. He uses you just like his father used your father. He lets you be his bodyguard, lets you take risks for him, and lets you go to the execution hall to help him. Eradicate the dissidents! Damn it! You should have stayed away from him in the first place, these father and son are just ordinary beasts!"

Shen Weichen lowered his head, let go of his father's sleeves, and said, "Let me go and persuade my brother. He won't hurt me and can't hurt me. I persuade him to surrender."

"Nonsense!" Shen Yayan said suspiciously, "Do you want to help your brother?"

Shen Weichen shook his head and said: "Can't father trust his daughter?"

Shen Yayan said: "It's better for you to have a small relationship with Yu'er. This man is cunning. I'm afraid you will be deceived by him again."

Shen Weichen knew that it was useless to talk anymore, so he pulled up Shen Yayan's sleeves and said, "I only ask dad for one thing, don't kill him. Otherwise, my daughter won't know how to get along with dad in the future."

Shen Yayan said displeased: "Is this threatening dad?"

Shen Weichen shook his head: "I would say this even to my brother."

Shen Yayan snorted and patted the back of Shen Weichen's hand to comfort her.Shen Weichen was speechless and could only hold his father's hand tightly...

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"We have to take risks." Shen Yuqing finally made the decision.He knows what he has to do.The time of Xu has arrived, and he cannot wait until dawn, otherwise everything will be difficult to recover.He has to rely on his own strength...

Before dawn, take back Qingcheng!
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