Azi of Tianlong Gaiden

The night wind blew by on the street, he looked at the bowl of bean curd pushed in front of him, and said, "Actually, we are not very poor."

I:"……"

After I learned that he was going to give generously, I decisively took him to the most famous Yingyue Tower in Dali and ordered a table of good wine and food.Yingyue Building is built on the bank of the South River that the proprietress mentioned. It is a three-story wooden building with red leather lanterns hanging on it.The inside of the building was brightly lit, while the outside of the building was dim, but figures in twos and threes could still be seen, deliberately picking up the dimly lit corner tree and walking behind.

Debris from fireworks littered the shore, and there were sparse pink lanterns on the river. A few gray-feathered ducks poached the water and took the lanterns to build their nests.

I looked back and asked him, "How do you know I'm there?"

He said: "The tea stand is at the entrance of the alley on the street outside the palace, and you can see it when you leave the palace gate."

Me: "So you didn't look for me specifically?"

He nodded honestly.

In retaliation, I poked the chicken legs on the lotus leaf plate with my chopsticks.

He followed my gaze back to the river and said, "Do you want to put lanterns?"

I looked at him in surprise: "Can you make lanterns?"

He said, "No, what about you?"

I said: "No."

This proposal could not be implemented and was rejected.

On the other side of the river where the trees were lush and gloomy, fires lit up and spread from a certain point. I watched in surprise and said, "Dali also has the custom of a torch parade during the Qingxi Festival."

he:"……"

At this time, someone in the lobby shouted: "Look at the other side, it's on fire!" There was a moment of silence in the hall, and people all flocked to the window to look, and they couldn't get enough of it, so they ran to the river again.

In the high wall on the other side of the river bank, the fire gradually expanded, and the burned mansion began to explode, and dogs barked and screamed one after another.The onlookers on this side of the river formed a group, discussing in low voices: "What happened to Zhongwuwei's mansion?"

"The fire is burning so badly!"

Across a wide South River, people can only worry.

At this time, a boat pulled over, and the boat owner shouted, "Is anyone going to the other side of the river?"

I pulled my brother-in-law and jumped onto the boat.

The boatman shouted: "Okay." The wooden oar touched the shore, and the boat sailed away lightly.While shaking his hand, he looked at the other side and said, "It's so hot."

I said, "Do you know where the other side is?"

He glanced at us: "No one in Dali City knows that the family opposite is a high official in the imperial court."

The sound of gongs on the other side was intended to alert the people in the house to fight the fire, but it sounded very flustered.A group of officers and soldiers rushed into the compound in a uniform manner.

The person who punted the boat said: "Tsk tsk, the officials are here, this excitement is not good." He saw us looking at the fire on the other side, and he didn't care about his gossip, so he said: "Look at your clothes, Is it from out of town?"

The boat deviated from the direction and propped to the back of the big courtyard on the shore, a few miles away from the shore, a black shadow jumped out of the courtyard wall and disappeared into the dense forest in the bright light of the fire.

At the same moment, the brother-in-law flew up from the boat and chased after the shadow.

Seeing brother-in-law's skill, the punter's jaw was so shocked: "That uncle, you are so handsome!"

I said: "Shut up and hop on the boat, although my master's kung fu is not good, it's enough for you to suffer."

He nodded, and really stopped talking.Before the boat docked, I also tapped the water to go ashore. At the same time, I threw a piece of silver on the boatman and said, "You don't need to look for it."

The boatman who took the money sighed from behind: "My dear, what a big spender."

When I went ashore, my brother-in-law turned out from the back of the compound, and I asked, "Has anyone caught up?"

He said: "One step slower, he escaped."

I looked at the dense forest extending from the back of the compound and said, "I have something to tell you."

He looks at me.

I hesitated and said, "Since Hanyang, someone has been following me secretly."

"Why didn't you say it before?"

I said: "I wasn't sure at the beginning. After I came out of Hanyang, this feeling became more and more intense. Then at the intersection just now, I almost caught him. He is very good at qinggong, don't you think?" Is that the one who ran into the dense forest?"

We stepped on the stone steps to the gate, but were stopped by the guards: "This is not a place to watch the excitement, hurry up and go away."

Just as I was about to retaliate, a few fast horses stopped at the foot of the stone steps, Zhu Danchen and the others brought a group of people over starry night, and said: "Don't be rude, these two are our distinguished guests from Dali Kingdom."

The officers and soldiers quickly took a step back, saluted us and apologized, Zhu Danchen came to the door in two or three steps: "How is the situation?"

The officers and soldiers said: "My lord, the fire has been brought under control. The body of Mr. Jiang, the Zhongwu Wei, is in the hall of the main courtyard."

Zhu Danchen frowned, Fu Sigui stood beside him and said, "Brother, do you think it's..." He glanced at Fu Sigui, and said, "Let's go in."

There was a burning smell in the yard. Fortunately, the fire was quickly brought under control, and the yard was not too badly damaged. People from Zhongwuwei's mansion gathered in the center of the yard, guarded by officers and soldiers. Mrs. Zhongwuwei was already scared. Pale, don't know anything but cry.

Lieutenant Zhongwu's body was placed in the hall. There were several deep wounds on his body, his skin was torn apart, and the blood stains were already turning dark black. He was holding a green blood gun tightly in his hand, and he was probably still fighting with others at the moment of death. .

The brother-in-law bent down to see the wound on his body.

I said, "This wound seems to be..."

He said, "Shen Jue."

The three of Zhu Danchen stood aside, sullenly instructing his subordinates to appease Zhongwuwei's family and clean up the scene.I hooked my fingers at Zhu Danchen, he came over obediently, and I said: "Aren't you going to tell the truth when it comes to this?"

He said, "What do you mean girl?"

I saw that there were many people in the compound, so I hooked him by the shoulders and led him to the corner, and said: "You found a lot of things we didn't know in Yumenglin, and you also saw that portrait, you know the portrait Who's up there?"

He glanced at me: "Does the girl know who that person is?"

I said, "Looks like my dad."

He said: "That person...is not King Zhennan first."

"It's not my father, it's his older brother and younger brother."

"This..." He cupped his hands and said solemnly: "This matter is very important, please don't speak nonsense."

I opened my mouth wide on purpose: "Tell me not to talk nonsense, then I will always get some benefits."

He looked at me and sighed: "Young lady is also a descendant of the Duan family, it's a matter of reputation, young lady doesn't want the Duan family to be humiliated either."

I said, "This kind of big talk is not enough."

"What does the girl want?"

I said: "You always remember that you owe me a favor. No matter what I ask you to do, you must do it for me."

He said: "Okay, as long as the girl's request is not excessive."

What else should I say, my brother-in-law came over: "What are you talking about?"

I said, "Nothing."

Fu Sigui brought up a servant of the Wei's mansion who was not yet frightened, and asked him if he had seen the appearance of the assailant.

The servant said: "Originally, the master was going to the palace for a banquet today. Before leaving, some friends came to visit, so we talked with them in the study. When we found out that the master had become like that, and the study was on fire."

Zhu Danchen asked: "What does Lord Jiang's friend look like?"

The boy said: "We don't know about this, we just serve the tea and hand it to the master at the door."

If I asked him again, I couldn't find anything, so I had to let him go.

Zhu Danchen's subordinates returned to the palace with us after the investigation. Duan Yu was waiting for news in the Chonghua Palace, and Zhu Danchen reported to him: "Loyalty Captain Jiang has died."

Duan Yu sighed: "Killing someone and then setting it on fire is really abominable. Has the perpetrator been found?"

Zhu Danchen said: "We have asked the servants of Wei's mansion, but no one has seen the murderer, the wounds on Lord Zhongwuwei..."

"It's Heng Tian's Fourteen Swordsmanship."

Duan Yu looked at his brother-in-law who was standing with his arms folded: "Brother, what you mean is that Ye Mengdie and the others arrived in Dali, but why didn't they come for me, instead they came for Zhongwuwei?"

The brother-in-law did not answer this question, but asked, "Has anything been stolen from Lieutenant Zhongwu's house?"

Zhu Danchen shook his head.

This question was inexplicable, and I looked at him, not knowing what he meant.

By the fourth watch, no one had discussed anything, so Duan Yu ordered the next officials to thoroughly investigate the matter and let everyone go back to rest.When he walked out of the hall, Ling Yu was coming to meet him, and seeing everyone's expressions were not looking good, he asked, "What's wrong?"

I said, "You missed a good show."

As I walked back, I told him what happened on the bank of the South River.

His eyes widened: "So that group came to Dali, and still murdered and set fire?"

I said, "Probably so."

He said, "We also saw the fire from a distance. Ah Ruan wanted to take a closer look. I was afraid of any danger, so I dragged her back quickly."

I said, "Do you like that little girl very much?"

He laughed: "No, no, it's just Ah Ruan, he is very cute..."

The palace people led me to the bedroom, then politely withdrew, leaving me here alone.The sleeping hall is lit with nice incense before going to bed, and the decoration in the hall is much more gorgeous than that of Vulture Palace on Misty Peak, I thought to myself, little monk Xu Zhu is far inferior to his third younger brother in this respect.I closed the window, pulled back the bed curtain and lay down.

I slept soundly that night.

The next day, I didn’t get up until three poles high. After a quick meal, I went to find my brother-in-law and Lingyu. When I passed the garden, I heard clear voices. When I came closer, my brother-in-law was sitting in the flower pavilion with my younger brother. .

Duan Yu picked up the silver jug ​​and poured a glass of wine, and said: "I am very envious of elder brother, who can go wherever he wants freely. When I saw elder brother become the leader of the gang of beggars, I only saw that you are free and easy, but I never thought about it. However, you have to deal with such affairs and balance the forces of all parties. How involuntary you are, I became the emperor to understand your situation at that time, and the feeling of it is really indescribable."

The brother-in-law said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, third brother. You are intelligent, benevolent and virtuous, and you will definitely govern Dali well."

Duan Yu said: "To be honest, my uncle entrusted me to be the emperor. I should do my duty for the subjects of Dali. When my uncle is old, I will also give way to them. Green water and green mountains, looking for some peace and quiet. Day of freedom."

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