Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

Long Ying left Shangyang Palace, affecting the entire nerve of the imperial city, spreading like a ripple.And the decisive battle between him and Xue Huaiyi has become an arrow from the string, and it is bound to happen. Lai Junchen no longer had the same look as before, and said blankly: What happened?Never before in the imperial city had so many people gathered at this time, comparable to the grand occasion of the festival. The sun is hovering on the edge of the West Mountain, sending out thousands of rays of light, dyeing half of the sky red.The cold wind blows from Luoshui on the right, and the weather is obviously getting colder. At this moment of the decisive battle, it is particularly chilling.

Long Ying, who was walking side by side with him, was muttering in his heart that this ruthless chief official was so courageous that he dared to have dinner with him in this moment of limelight. Hearing this, he said: "What did your lord do today?" Lai Junchen smiled wryly and said: To tell you the truth, brother Ying, a very unfortunate thing happened to the young minister in the early court, and I was so tired that I hid in the official office all day long.well!Very upset now! In the past, when Longying walked a few steps in the palace, the guards would greet him, but this time he was allowed to walk out of the Shangyang Palace alone. It was Wu Zhao who had withdrawn his protection. From this point of view, the guards in the imperial city should have received the order. , will not interfere with him and Xue Huaiyi.Long Ying knows his own situation better than anyone else. The state guest is just a false title. In fact, except for people who have contact with him such as Ling Yu, in the eyes of others, Long Ying is just Wu Zhao's new favorite plaything, and Xue Huaiyi is purely the same. The rivalry between old and new favorites is jealousy, no one cares who dies, and even death is not a pity. Who would have thought that Wu Zhao would use the hands of a new generation of evil emperors to get rid of the troubles in his heart, and take advantage of the opportunity to start another round of bloody wars after getting rid of the demon gate? The conspiracy of the great turmoil in the world.

Long Ying asked: It seems that your lord looks like a catastrophe is imminent. At the entrance of Shangyang Palace in the east of the imperial city, a large number of people gathered, many of them were in casual clothes, they must be martial arts figures, borrowing their relationship with acquainted officials, they came to watch the battle. Longying's eyes were not without contempt, especially when he saw that he was accompanied by Lai Junchen who had done all kinds of evil things in their hearts and was vicious. Longying looked at them calmly, with an attitude of going his own way, but Lai Junchen felt uncomfortable because he had ghosts in his heart.

Lai Junchen said in a low voice: What is it?Everyone is looking at you. Long Ying said: Don't pay attention to them, where shall we eat? The moment Long Ying and Lai Junchen set foot on the third highest floor of the Bafang Pavilion, the noisy and lively cafeteria suddenly became completely silent. The transition from noisy to silent itself was so strong that it was breathless. Heavy oppression. Nearly sixty tables were full, some were too crowded, and there was only one empty table in the center for two people.After sitting down, the lobby recovered a bit, but the sound was significantly lower.

Lai Junchen whispered in bewilderment: Why is it so unusual? What does it have to do with Brother Ying? The buddy came, and after Lai Junchen absent-mindedly ordered a few small dishes, Long Ying said with a smile: They are waiting to see a good show, ignore them, and first talk about Mr. Lai's thoughts. Lai Junchen said dejectedly: "This morning, Di Renjie brought up Liu Sili's case again. I didn't take it seriously at first, because this is not the first time this happened. In the past, the Holy Majesty always suppressed it."Unexpectedly, this time the Holy Master was uncharacteristically, not only agreed, but Di Renjie personally handled it.well!The Holy Majesty is going to overturn her own case, but of course she will be fine, and Wu Chengsi, who was behind the instigation, will push it all away, and finally take me to sacrifice the flag.Di Renjie has always hated me to the bone, how could he let me go.Now I have nowhere to turn for help, I hope Brother Ying can do something for me.

Longying suddenly realized that Lai Junchen came here for a request, but he finally had a relationship with him, listening to him vomit bitterness was considered a bit of friendliness.Then I remembered that the fat father-in-law had mentioned that Duanmu Ling came to see Wu Zhao because of two things, one was Xue Huaiyi's occupation of the White Horse Temple, and the other was probably the injustice concocted by Lai Junchen, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?From this point of view, Junchen was indeed facing a catastrophe and became another political victim. Thinking up to this point, Duanmu Ling shouldn't miss this decisive battle, it should be somewhere in the imperial city, even in this cafeteria, he couldn't help but cast his eyes, and all those who came into contact with his magic eyes lowered their eyes unconsciously, only a pair of people nearby The brilliant and moving deep eyes are paying him back with a still and unmoving look.This gentleman is about 20 years old, with a burly figure and a majestic appearance. He wears a gray samurai uniform and a cape to keep out the cold, giving him the demeanor of a master.The person who was talking next to his ear was also a good-looking person, but he was wearing royal clothes.

Shen Sheng said: Who are they? Lai Junchen looked at him in a trance, turned his head and said: It is Wan Renyu, known as the number one master of the Zhongjian School, who is praised by the world as an outstanding sword master after the young marshal Kou Zhong, it is him Wanli Chasing and arresting your elder brother Qiu Benchu, the person talking to him next to him is Li Dan's son Li Longji.my mother!What is Wan Renyu doing here? Longying said: "I'll test your words for you?" Lai Junchen said in astonishment: "Does Brother Ying know how to measure characters?"

Since there are many heretical books in Shengdi's Mansion, I have read several books on character testing, and I have learned a lot from asking myself. The disaster that came to Junchen was a kind that cannot be saved by gods, so I had to appeal to the heavens and ghosts to let him understand. Long Ying said indifferently: One stroke can know what's in your heart, and one stroke can give you the opportunity to know things.Come to adults, which word comes to mind, please say it. Lai Junchen didn't even think about it and said: Then test the character! Long Ying said: This character must have been entrenched in Mr. Lai's heart for a while, otherwise how could he say it in one go?

At this time, three dishes of side dishes came, as well as two cold dishes and a bowl of soup. As the host, Lai Junchen asked him to pick up his chopsticks, and said, "Because I think it is very painful to be a human being. How can I be an official when I am applying for an official? First, I didn't know that ghosts sent gods and gods to enter the judge's court, adhering to the will of the Holy Majesty not to punish harshly, not to destroy rape and suppress violence, and to end up in today's end. It's really hard to be a human being. Longying ate a few mouthfuls casually, and said: "My lord speaks out my personal characters in one mouthful, and if I become a prisoner with my mouth, I'm afraid my lord will inevitably suffer disaster."

Lai Junchen was so frightened that his face paled, and he said in a trembling voice: What should I do? Long Ying said: "My lord, don't panic, haven't I been imprisoned too?"To be imprisoned is not to kill, but to be imprisoned plus one is the cause, we can see that cause and effect are pre-determined.Do you regret what you have done? Lai Junchen sighed: I don't have a good night's sleep. If I close my eyes, there will be ghosts coming to claim my life. If I can, I will take poison and kill myself tonight. Thinking of Ling Chi, I really would rather die than go to hell.If I avoid the catastrophe this time, I am willing to donate the money I have collected over the years, and then cut off my hair and become a monk to redeem my past mistakes. If I can start over, I will not enter the judge's court even if I beg for food.

Long Ying said: Come on, my lord, say one more word and see when the disaster will come. Lai Junchen said without even thinking about it: Just measure a wooden character.Because I belong to the wood life. Longying said: "Mu Jiayi is Wei, it should be Weiyue in the middle of next year. My lord still has more than seven months to think of a way."How do you think I can help you? Seeing that there was still time to buffer, Lai Junchen calmed down and said in a low voice: I want Brother Ying to help me abandon my official position and flee. Long Ying said: If I can't die tonight, and the adults are willing to donate the family property and cut off their hair to become a monk, this matter can be discussed in detail. Lai Junchen was greatly astonished, and was about to speak, when one of them raised his voice: "I just received the news that Master Xue is riding from the White Horse Temple, if Master Ying wants to visit Bafang Hall again tomorrow, why don't you go back to Shangyang Palace immediately to sleep, everyone will also You can rest early. The cafeteria was immediately quiet until the leaves could be felt. Lai Junchen finally knew what was going on, his expression changed immediately, and he said softly: "The speaker is Song Zhiwen, a diner in the Zhang brothers' mansion, who is quite famous in poetry and prose." Long Ying didn't even look at the speaker.This person spoke viciously, ridiculing him for not being Xue Huaiyi's opponent, and insinuating that he was Wu Zhao's plaything, but he remained unmoved. Under the huge pressure of the coming mountain rain, the devil's power could not stop accumulating .He shouted: "Who is the speaker, please name me!" Song Zhiwen was always a literati, and although he was backed by the Zhang brothers, Long Ying dared not answer him for a moment when he shouted at him in such a threatening quack tone. Another majestic voice raised its voice from the left side of Longying: I am Chu Yuantian, working under King Wei.The Mr. Song who spoke just now was really sincere to Master Ying, and every word of good words made him dissatisfied, making people feel worthless for him. These few sentences were more deadly than what Song Zhiwen said, and immediately caused a roar of laughter. It was obvious that most people were on the opposite side of Long Ying. At this time, Longying is not much different from a dead person. This time, Long Ying's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations. Don't turn your head to stare at the big man who was talking and said: "So it's Brother Chu. If within ten strokes of Long Mou, the fake monk's long stick is let go, Brother Chu will lose on behalf of the master." I will give you ten taels of gold, otherwise Long will pay you ten taels.After finishing speaking, he showed his snow-white teeth and showed a sunny smile.It makes people feel that he not only faces the enemy calmly, but also doesn't take the upcoming decisive battle to heart at all. The audience was in an uproar. Chu Yuantian is worthy of being a master, his expression remained unchanged, and he said with a dumb smile: Suppose Brother Long was unfortunately torn into eight pieces, who should Chu ask to recover the debt? This time no one dared to laugh and agree, because they knew that Longying was not easy. Chu Yuantian changed his name to Brother Long, and called himself Chu, assuming that Jianghu is a matter of Jianghu. Lai Junchen really wanted to stand out and bear the bet for Longying, but he only hated that he would immediately offend Wei Wang Wu Chengsi when he opened his mouth, which would make his current situation even worse, and he dared not speak in the end. Long Ying understands his difficulties and has no sense of blame.This matter is very easy to solve, as long as he immediately took out twelve taels of gold and threw it on the stage, the problem in front of him would be solved easily.I just wish I didn't talk about gold, he couldn't come up with a dime. Suddenly, a deliberately low voice came from a table in the corner by the window: I can be responsible for the bet, but after Brother Long wins, I have to give half of it to me. There was a commotion in the cafeteria, and people kept standing up or looking up to see who Fang Shengsheng dared to openly offend the famous and hated Wu Chengsi. When they saw him sitting next to Di Renjie, although they still didn't know who it was, they all knew it must be the big brother. There are people with background.And listening to his words, he is obviously full of confidence in Longying. Longying glanced over, his heart was shocked, he recognized Duanmu Ling, the Jingzhai Fairy who had changed into men's casual clothes and a hat, and she really came. No one else dared to answer.The people at Di Renjie's table spoke up and immediately announced that the barriers were clear, and they became two major political groups headed by Wu Chengsi and Di Renjie, who competed in another form through Longying.May I ask who dares to intervene?Even the Zhang brothers are unwilling to offend anyone casually. After Wu Zhao ascended the throne, the question of the crown prince followed. Everyone knew that Li Dan, who was now crowned prince, was Wu Zhao's temporary plan and was purely a transitional figure. Wu Chengsi fully supported Wu Zhao for his own interests, massacred Li Tang's clan, and always regarded himself as the natural heir of the Wu family, but he was strongly opposed by the important ministers and generals headed by Di Renjie, so Wu Zhao had to put the overall situation first. on hold. Di Renjie and others were interested in Li Xian, who had been the emperor for a short time, and because he was the elder, he had the legal status of prince.The current struggle in the imperial court revolves around the right to inherit the throne. A middle-aged scholar next to Chu Yuantian took a moment to say, "Zhang also wants to ask Your Excellency like a hawk, who is the speaker, is he qualified to speak on behalf of the old man, and can he come up with ten taels of gold afterwards." Lai Junchen said to Long Ying: "It's Zhang Jiafu, Wu Chengsi's number one adviser, Fenggesheren." Although being mentioned as a title, Di Renjie still smiled and said nothing. Duanmu Ling, dressed in men's clothes, said calmly: What's the difference between having gold and not having gold?I never gamble, just because it is clear that I only win and not lose, so I come to join in the fun. Everyone was in an uproar, and there was a lot of discussion for a while. A majestic and melodious voice suddenly sounded, suppressing all the noise, and said: Zhang Jiafu is vain for your conceit and intelligence, who can sit next to the old man, is he an idler, just her eyesight is worth more than ten taels Jin, I dare to guarantee with my life, she is another person besides Brother Long who can definitely kill Xue Huaiyi here.If you still want to nag, come and take the gold from Wan if you have the ability. The speaker was Wan Renyu, known as the world's number one knife master. He took out a heavy leather pouch from his pocket and put it on the table.Of course no one knows what's inside, but judging by his contemptuous demeanor when he speaks, even Zhang Jiafu dared not ask him to pour out two gold coins and come out to have a look. There was a moment of silence. When Wan Renyu spoke, the whole situation was completely reversed, all the people on Wu Chengsi's side were suppressed, and he made it clear who the unknown person next to Di Renjie was.The most shocking thing is that Wan Renyu is a well-known master all over the country. Although Xue Huaiyi is a mighty one, he is still a little less than him.Because no one wanted to offend Wu Zhao, it was difficult to teach Xue Huaiyi a lesson.And he admired Long Ying and that person so much, who has the qualifications to question it. Duanmu Ling suddenly said: "Brother Long, how long will it be before Xue Huaiyi arrives here?" Everyone was astonished when they heard this, how could they guess such a thing? Long Ying laughed, and said: Inquiring from the sky, I am a mortal who has no choice but to make a fool of himself. Within three breaths, we can hear his hooves. The voice fell, and the barely detectable sound of hooves approached from far away, and it was clear in an instant. Long Ying yelled: "Fake monk Xue Huaiyi, get the hell out of here!"