After the subjugation of the country, I became pregnant with the cub of Emperor Qiu

Yu Xiangjie came out of the restaurant, but he was not in a hurry to leave, but was waiting for someone at the door of the restaurant.

Not long after, another person came out.The man was wearing a bamboo hat and a monk's robe and straw sandals. Although his back was straight, it could still be seen that he was an old man.

Yi Ci naturally thinks of a person, Yu Xiangjie's master, Monk Juyuan.

Yi Ci kept an eye out that it was not good to stay on the street for too long, so he pretended to wander around for a while and returned to the palace.

When they arrived at the palace, Yi Ci called Luo An and asked Luo An to follow Yu Xiangjie and Monk Juyuan to see what they came to Qindu all the way for.

Thinking of the fact that Yu Xiangjie went to the old man Shi Zhong's mansion twice to ask for books, Yi Ci intuitively thought that it was not a good thing for this old master and apprentice to come to Qin.

Qiu Liang asked Yi Ci: "What do you think these two people are doing in Qindu? I think it's probably because of Old Man Shi Zhong's book. Bah, these two people are too shameless!"

Yi Ci frowned: "Although I don't know their purpose yet, I always feel that they seem to have something ulterior. Otherwise, they would not hide their faces and come to Qindu secretly."

Qiu Liang said: "It must be for the book. You said that if old man Shi Zhong refuses to give the book, will the master and the apprentice..."

Qiu Liang's tone was mysterious, obviously a bad guess.

Yi Ci frowned, but the uneasiness in his heart became heavier.

Luo An quickly searched for traces of Yu Xiangjie and another monk wearing a bamboo hat.Luo An has internal strength and his hearing is sharper than others, so he heard the conversation between the two.He only heard Yu Xiangjie call another person Master, and Luo An finally confirmed that the monk wearing the bamboo hat was undoubtedly the Juyuan monk.

The two of them detoured all the way and finally came to the mansion of old man Shi Zhong.

Yu Xiangjie stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker, the door opened quickly, and Yu Xiangjie and monk Juyuan walked in.

Luo An tipped his toes and flew into the courtyard while no one was paying attention, and saw Yu Xiangjie and Monk Juyuan coming straight to the lobby under the leadership of his servants.The old man Shi Zhong was standing outside the lobby, obviously he had already known that the two of them would come.

"Brother Juyuan." Old man Shi Zhong looked at the old man in monk clothes and sandals with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, his eyes were complicated.

The grievances of many years ago have faded away with the passage of time. Seeing the monk Juyuan at this time, the old man Shi Zhong seemed to see them when they were young through the monk Juyuan.In the past, they were high-spirited, but now their ink hair is white, and the years have carved wrinkles on their faces.

"Junior Brother Shi Zhong." Monk Juyuan smiled back.His eyes fell on old man Shi Zhong, and he saw old man Shi Zhong's old eyes.I heard that Junior Brother Shi Zhong is about to lose his eyesight?

Thinking of this, Monk Juyuan well concealed the glint in his eyes.

Monk Juyuan walked into the room and sat behind Old Man Shi Zhong. Yu Xiangjie stood respectfully behind Monk Juyuan, staring straight at Old Man Shi Zhong with full malice in his eyes.

Old man Shi Zhong had told him to get the hell out of him several times, but he still ignored him today.But it doesn't matter, the old man Shi Zhong had better be obedient for a while, otherwise he will have good fruit to eat!

After exchanging pleasantries, Monk Juyuan explained the purpose of his visit today.

Monk Juyuan took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "Junior brother, you and I are old, and it's time to find a successor. Don't you have the heart to let your life's hard work be lost? Xiangjie is mine. The closed door disciple is a good seedling, why not..."

Old man Shi Zhong's heart cooled down a little bit.

At first, he really thought that monk Juyuan thought that the two of them were getting old, and that this might be the last meeting of their two senior brothers, so he specially came to Qindu to watch.I didn't expect to go around and around, but I still couldn't get around this purpose.

The old man Shi Zhong sighed in his heart, he put down his teacup, and said with a somewhat disheartened tone, "You go back, brother, I have found the successor."

Monk Juyuan's eyelids twitched, and he raised his hand to signal Yu Xiangjie not to panic. He put down the teacup and put it heavily on the table, and asked old man Shi Zhong with a smile, "Oh? I don't know who it is?"

Old man Shi Zhong really didn't want to get entangled with Monk Juyuan and Yu Xiangjie. When he mentioned this successor, old man Shi Zhong's face was slightly pale, and his eyes flashed with satisfaction, "You don't need to ask who it is, and I won't tell you Yes, senior brother, you should give up on this idea."

Monk Juyuan slapped the table heavily, and his benevolent face just now turned into an angry expression: "Shi Zhong, it's fine if you don't teach my nephew, but you have given your whole life's hard work to others, you are clearly betraying the sect! "

Old man Shi Zhong's face seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.He thought that his old senior brother would change a little, but he didn't expect that he was still the same as when he was young.Elder Shi Zhong coughed and said, "Brother, it's up to me who I devote my whole life to. Why should I be accused of betraying my master? After all, you were the one who received the master's inheritance in the past."

As the old man Shi Zhong said, the one who gets the master's mantle is the Juyuan monk.Old man Shi Zhong's comprehension in painting is more based on himself, which is the accumulation of decades of training.

Monk Juyuan had nothing to say about this.

Old man Shi Zhong closed his eyes wearily: "Let's go, brother. I promised you a request in the past, and I have already paid it back when I was fighting with your apprentice Wendou. Our grievances have already been settled."

Monk Juyuan was silent, his thoughts seemed to return to the past.

In the past, he and Shi Zhong studied painting with their master Tian Qichang.

Juyuan is Shi Zhong's senior brother. Shi Zhong worshiped his master a year earlier. He is more aura and smarter than Shi Zhong. He can often learn what the master teaches after a long time. However, what makes him resentful and puzzled is that the master He prefers his second disciple, Shi Zhong.

It's just because although Shi Zhong's head is not as bright and savvy as Juyuan, Shi Zhong is like a diligent old scalper, not afraid of hardship or tiredness.Although he can't understand what the master teaches immediately, he will spend several times or even ten times more time than him in private to study.

Juyuan didn't know where Shi Zhong's stubbornness came from, in his opinion it was even stupid, he stayed up late to study until the third watch every day, and got up early the next day without feeling sleepy.

He began to get scared, afraid that Shi Zhong would surpass him one day.There is a kind of silent power in Shi Zhong's body, which makes him unable to breathe.

He began to encourage Shi Zhong to have fun, and even wanted Shi Zhong to indulge in female sex.However, no matter how he tempts, Shi Zhong remains unmoved, as if he has a grand goal in his heart, no matter how hard the journey is, he will move towards that goal step by step, and he can resist any temptation in the middle.

However, even for a person with a firm goal like Shi Zhong, there is an exception.

The exception is Master Tian Qichang's only daughter, 19-year-old Tian Qing.

In the boring study life, Tianqing is like a blooming red flower in the field, more like a flame, which unknowingly attracts the eyes of Shi Zhong and Ju Yuan. The 19-year-old Tian Qing has long black hair, a firm and plump figure and a hot personality.Only when facing the one you love, can Tianqing melt into gentle water.

At this time, Tian Qing's voice was quieter, her cheeks were flushed, and she always lowered her head and dared not look at her sweetheart.

Juyuan bumped into Tian Qing several times delivering meals to Shi Zhong, who forgot to sleep and eat. At that time, Tian Qing always looked like this that he had never seen before.Monk Juyuan seemed to be burning with an evil fire in his heart, and wanted to burn this couple of dogs and men to ashes several times.

He loves Tian Qing, is jealous of Shi Zhong, and hates Tian Qing, but his gaze is always attracted by Tian Qing, and he always looks at Tian Qing in a daze without knowing it.

There is no doubt that Tian Qing likes Shi Zhong deeply, but Shi Zhong, who only wants to learn painting, wishes to spend all his time on painting, like a piece of elm lump that doesn't understand, how can he understand? Tian Qing's mind.

Tian Qing is not a person who just sits and waits to die. She wants Shi Zhong to understand her intentions, so she chooses to take the initiative.

One night, the beautifully dressed Tian Qing pushed open the door of Shi Zhong's room.Ju Yuan, who had witnessed all this in secret, was heartbroken with hatred. He wanted to rush in to stop Tian Qing, but a vicious thought emerged in his heart.

Ju Yuan quietly walked to the door of old man Shi Zhong, eavesdropping on the speech of the people in the room.

Shi Zhong seemed not expecting Tian Qing to enter his room in the middle of the night, his voice was a little surprised: "Tian Qing?"

Tian Qing's voice was like wine mixed with honey, sweet and intoxicating, her voice was intoxicating, and she said to Shi Zhong: "Shi Zhong, it's me, I want to ask you a question."

Shi Zhong's voice paused for a moment, as if he had sensed something, "What's the problem?"

Tian Qing's footsteps sounded, and she seemed to be getting closer to Shi Zhong, causing Shi Zhong to make a sound of panic.Tian Qing said: "Let me ask you, do you like me?"

Shi Zhong was silent, and suddenly he said in a panic: "Tian Qing, why are you crying? I'm not, oh, I can't..."

Tian Qing's voice was full of tears: "Why not, why can't you like me? Why can't you be like Juyuan, wishing that your eyes would stick to me?"

Ju Yuan, who was eavesdropping outside the door, only felt a burning pain in his face. He suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to listen.

Shi Zhongdao: "My family is poor, I'm not good at learning art, and learning painting is still difficult, so how can I be distracted from my relationship? It's not that I don't like you, it's just..."

Tian Qing's voice was filled with joy, and she trembled with excitement, "You like it?"

Tian Qing's voice became intoxicated again: "Since you like me, I, I also like you...Shi Zhong, you want me, okay..."

The sound of clothes falling.

Juyuan knew what happened in the house, he should be in pain and jealousy at this moment, but his face flushed because of secret excitement.His heart seemed to be torn in two, and finally he knocked on the door.

Old man Shi Zhong's panicked voice came from the door: "Who?"

Ju Yuan smiled and said, "Junior brother, it's me."

Old man Shi Zhong's voice was steady: "Brother, I'm already asleep, come back tomorrow morning."

Juyuan smiled: "Sleeping, with whom? Is it Hotan Qing? If you don't open the door, I'll tell Master everything you said just now?"

Finally, the wooden door opened.

Juyuan saw Tian Qing who was hiding behind Shi Zhong with a flushed face at a glance. Tian Qing's clothes were a little messy.Shi Zhong's clothes are very neat.

Monk Juyuan thought regretfully that he should have knocked on the door later, he didn't believe that Shi Zhong could resist Tian Qing's temptation in the end.

Ju Yuan swaggered into the room, turned around and closed the door.

Shi Zhong watched all this silently, and didn't stop him. After Juyuan finished all this, he asked: "Brother, what do you want?"

Even if Shi Zhong is ignorant of the world, he still knows that Ju Yuan has demands.

Ju Yuan's face trembled because of jealousy, he looked at Tian Qing with hatred, as if he wanted to goug out the flesh of Tian Qing.He said strangely, "What do I want? Isn't it very clear which brother I want? I want this, brother, are you willing to give it to brother?"

Tian Qing let out a "bah", and her eyes were burning with anger: "Even if I hit my head to death, I don't want to lose myself to you!"

Shi Zhong, a good old man, was also angry: "Don't insult Tian Qing!"

Juyuan made two "tsk tsk", clapped his hands, and said, "What a husband and wife! I don't want to take advantage of others. I only have two requests. First, I want Master's inheritance; second, you have to promise me one request." .”

Shi Zhong frowned: "Master's inheritance has his own ideas, how can I change it? Second, what do you need to say."

Juyuan clapped his hands and laughed: "I thought you were stupid, so you're not stupid either. I know that thing wants to hand over your inheritance to you, but I want you to not take that inheritance no matter what method you use. Otherwise, I can assure you that everyone around the next day will know what a shameless daughter Tian Qichang gave birth to! As for the request, I haven't figured it out yet, I'll mention it later when I think about it."

Shi Zhong's face paled instantly.

Tian Qing looked at Shi Zhong guiltily, glared at Ju Yuan, gritted her teeth and said cruelly: "Let him tell, Shi Zhong is the one who killed you!"

After Tian Qing finished speaking, she ran towards the wall and was about to hit it.

Shi Zhongli pulled Tian Qing's hand, his face was full of tears at some point, he begged Tian Qing: "No, if he wants Master's inheritance, just give it to him, I will be fine if I have you."

Seeing that the old man Shi Zhong had made a choice, Juyuan showed a happy smile on his face and left the room.

Since then, Shi Zhong, who was deeply loved by Tian Qichang, has become more dull and lazy than before. Tian Qichang repeatedly beat, scolded and persuaded him to no avail, and finally chose Juyuan to be his successor.He originally planned to marry his daughter to Juyuan, but Tian Qing wanted to marry Shi Zhong after death.

In the end, Tian Qichang let go and watched Shi Zhong take his daughter away.

In this battle between brothers and sisters, Juyuan used shady tricks to become the final winner.However, the old man Shi Zhong finally became a generation of masters by virtue of his own efforts, and also gave birth to a son with Tian Qing.

Thinking of this past event, Juyuan's old hatred came back to his heart again.

He lowered his eyelids to block the resentment in his eyes, and seeing that Shi Zhong was unwilling to let go, Ju Yuan suddenly said: "Forget it. If that's the case, I won't force you, brother."

Yu Xiangjie who was standing behind Juyuan panicked and couldn't help saying: "Master, how can we..."

Ju Yuan scolded: "Shut up!"

Yu Xiangjie's face turned green and he stopped talking.

Ju Yuan turned his head, a bit of thought appeared on his face, and he sighed: "I have one last request, I wonder if I can agree to it?"

Elder Shi Zhong said: "You tell me."

Juyuan wiped away the non-existing tears in the corner of his eyes with his hands, and said with a sob: "You know, brother has always had a heart problem, and that is Tian Qing. Before I leave, can my brother take me to visit Tian Qing's tomb?" ?”

Mentioning Tianqing, old man Shi Zhong's old eyes became moist.

He and Juyuan have been with Master since they were teenagers, and Tian Qing is their fond memory when they were young.Now that Tian Qing is gone, and he and Ju Yuan are both old, it's time to let go of the past grievances.

He couldn't refuse Ju Yuan for this request.

Shi Zhong is a person who attaches great importance to emotions. From childhood to old age, he has always been such a person and has never changed.

Old man Shi Zhong was about to go out, and immediately someone came to help old man Shi Zhong.Yu Xiangjie immediately stood up and said that he would support the old man Shi Zhong.

Old man Shi Zhong didn't say anything, and followed Monk Juyuan alone, got into the carriage with Yu Xiangjie's support, and left the city.

Coming to Tian Qing's tomb, Shi Zhong staggered to Tian Qing's tomb, wiped the dust on the tombstone with his hands, and said in a choked voice, "Tian Qing, I'm coming to see you again. Just wait a little longer, Wait a little longer, my old bones will come to accompany you soon."

Monk Juyuan looked at the scene in front of him, and there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.But this move was quickly covered up by resentment.

Yu Xiangjie couldn't bear it any longer, and sneered: "You old bone should go down to accompany her!"

Old man Shi Zhong turned his head back in surprise. He couldn't see the expressions of Yu Xiangjie and Monk Juyuan clearly, but he could feel the real malice on both of them. His expression changed, and he asked in surprise, "You?"

Yu Xiangjie took out a hemp rope from his cuff and put it on the old man Shi Zhong, pulling the old man staggered and fell to the ground.

Yu Xiangjie said viciously: "Hand over the books, or I will strangle you here!"

Old man Shi Zhong looked at Juyuan sadly: "This is the good apprentice you taught? Aren't you afraid that he will treat you like this in the future?"

Monk Juyuan glanced at Yu Xiangjie, and Yu Xiangjie felt a little flustered. Monk Juyuan said calmly, "I taught him to do this."

Old man Shi Zhong laughed loudly: "Hahaha, you are really my good senior brother, you are not afraid to kill me here, and the servants can't wait for me to come back, so go report to the authorities?"

Monk Juyuan said: "Who would believe that a respectable old monk would kill someone? They will only know that the robbers did it. I have an apprentice who took me to escape. You ran too slowly and were caught up. Isn't that true?" Is it justifiable?"

Yu Xiangjie tightened the hemp rope in his hand: "Uncle Shi, you should hand over the book honestly, why should we tear ourselves apart?"

Elder Shi Zhong closed his eyes: "Strangle me to death, I have already lost this book."

The veins on Yu Xiangjie's forehead twitched: "It seems that you are not willing to change your mind no matter what?"

He suddenly tightened the rope in his hand, and when he was about to make a ruthless blow, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head and passed out.Even the Juyuan monk beside him also fainted.

Old man Shi Zhong lay on the ground, gasping for breath with difficulty.

A man in black with a handsome but slightly silent face walked up to him and untied the rope around his neck without saying a word.

Luo An asked old man Shi Zhong, "Are you going to kill them?"

Elder Shi Zhong looked at the two fainted on the ground with a complex expression, and slowly shook his head.They are not human anymore, but he is still a person who abides by the laws of Qin.Old man Shi Zhong panted, stepped forward and kicked Yu Xiangjie and monk Juyuan respectively, then turned his head and said to Luo An: "Thank you young man, can you send me back to Shifu, I want to go back and report to the official Catch them."

Luo An nodded, he took old man Shi Zhong into the carriage and sent him back to Shifu.

Old man Shi Zhong returned to his house, and he was planning to report to the officials to arrest Ju Yuan and Yu Xiangjie.However, on this day, the old man Shi Zhong was worried and hurt, experienced too much, and his old and weak body unexpectedly fell ill.

He knew that his time was running out, so he didn't ask his servants to call for a doctor, but asked them to prepare paper and pens.

He recalled his life, having a wife who loves him and deeply loves him, and a child who is quite sensible, can be considered complete.Now there are only two things that he is worried about, one is his child, and the other is his inheritance.

He wrote his first letter to his own children.

Dear my son:

Mingzhi my son, I am going to see your mother as a father.Before I go, I still can't let go of you, an unfilial son. There are two warnings that you need to keep in mind. As an official and a person, remember to be worthy of your heart!Be firm in your heart, remember that the way to be an official is to worry about the country and the people, and never indulge in wealth and power, and lose your heart.If you do something unfaithful, filial, and unkind, you will be killed if you are a worthless thing!

The other letter was entrusted to the old man Songshi to give to Wan Beixian.

The letter was placed by the old man Songshi at the place where he usually sent the letter to Wei Yushu, and Luo An took it away, and finally successfully delivered it to Yi Ci.

Luo An told Yi Ci everything he saw.

Yi Ci's face became ugly. He didn't expect Yu Xiangjie and Monk Juyuan to be so despicable. They didn't hesitate to kill the old man Shi Zhong for a book, and they didn't care about the feelings of his brothers.If he hadn't sent Luo An to follow him all the way, the old man Shi Zhong might have already been murdered by them.

Yi Ci respects old man Shi Zhong and is determined to avenge old man Shi Zhong.

It's just that the current evidence is not enough, and it is not possible to bring down Yu Xiangjie and Monk Juyuan in one fell swoop.He still needs more evidence and an opportunity.

Yici opened the letter from old man Shi Zhong.

The letter reads—from Wan Bei Xianren personally:

The old man is about to die, I have lived to such a great age, and I have reached the damn age.The only thing I can't let go of is my unfulfilled son, who is the inheritance of my hard work in this life.This book is my painstaking work, which records my experience and understanding on the way of painting.After much deliberation, I don't know who to hand it over to, only you.Because I am convinced that you are a human being, you should not let me down.

The old man is about to die, so let's advance the agreement between you and me.Please be sure to meet with me before I die, otherwise I will miss you even after I die.

Yi Ci: It can only be said that this letter really has the style of old man Shi Zhong.

However, since he has an agreement with old man Shi Zhong, this agreement cannot be voided.Yi Ci decided to take advantage of Gu Zheng's early court tomorrow to let Luo An take him out of the palace to meet the old man Shi Zhong.

On the second day, when Gu Zheng went to court early, Yi Ci returned to the palace from the martial arts field. Qiao Zhuang dressed up and asked Luo An to carefully sneak out of the palace with him.

It's not that Gu Zheng, a hidden guard as skilled as Luo An, is by his side.

But such hidden guards are extremely rare, and only one can be produced after extremely rigorous training.Luo An was the only one around Yi Ci.Gu Zheng's secret guards must always be by Gu Zheng's side because they want to protect Gu Zheng's safety at all times, and cannot pay attention to the movements of other palaces, while ordinary guards cannot detect Luo An's traces, so Yici can be captured by Luo An Take it out of the palace.

Yi Ci saw the old man lying on the hospital bed.

However, I haven't seen him for half a year, and the old man has aged a lot in an instant, and he is no longer hale and full of energy, his eyes are cloudy, and he is getting old.

Yi Ci sat beside the old man Shi Zhong's bed, with infinite laments in his heart, and his voice unconsciously lowered: "Mr. Shi Zhong, I am a man of sorrow."

The old man Shi Zhong's cloudy eyes fell on Yi Ci, and he lighted up slightly: "Sure enough, a hero is a boy."

After saying this, the old man Shi Zhong coughed a few times, his body was not strong enough to support him and Yi Ci too much, he went straight to the point: "Do you know about the painting circle of the Northern School of Monk Juyuan?"

Yi Ci nodded and said: "I know a little bit. Everyone in the Northern School of Painting, headed by Monk Juyuan, excludes newcomers and monopolizes others' upward channels, making the entire Northern School of Painting full of people who eat vegetarian food, and the atmosphere is smoky."

The old man Shi Zhong said solemnly: "That's right. I'm calling you this time, ahem, actually there is another request."

Yi Ci said: "Please tell me."

The old man Shi Zhong held Yi Ci's hand, his hand was heavy and strong, as if he had given all the burden to Yi Ci: "I know you are different from them, I know you have the ability to change all this, clear, Clean up and rectify the ethos in the painting world, so that those capable people will no longer be excluded... Cough, you have to do it!"

A look of emotion appeared on Yi Ci's face.

He didn't expect that the old man Shi Zhong would always care about the whole painting circle until the last moment.

Old man Shi Zhong has made a lot of efforts for this goal, and even after retiring to seclusion, he still helped many people who were excluded and oppressed, but he failed to change everything completely.The appearance of Wan Bei Xianren made the old man Shi Zhong see this possibility, so he did not hesitate to see Wan Bei Xianren with a thick face, precisely for this lifelong wish.

Yi Ci couldn't refuse Old Man Shi Zhong's request. He took a deep breath and his eyes became firm.

"Okay, I promise you."

According to the old man Shi Zhong's words, Yi Ci found the book written by the old man Shi Zhong in his wife Tian Qing's dressing box.

Elder Shi Zhong asked Yi Ci to bring over Tian Qing's dressing box. He stroked the dressing box as if he was touching the top of his wife Tian Qing's head, and tears gradually filled his cloudy eyes.

"Ma'am, you asked me before, and you didn't regret the decision that day. Cough, I told you that I didn't regret it, but you refused to believe it. Now I will answer again, and I don't regret it. No matter how many times I do it again, I will choose You, because you are my wife..."

After saying this, old man Shi Zhong closed his eyelids.

Yi Ci was shocked and said: "Senior Shi Zhong!"

Probably because Yi Ci's voice was too panicked, the old man Shi Zhong reluctantly opened his eyelids, and gasped, "Don't panic, I'm not dead yet, old man, I still have to wait for that useless son..."

Coming out of old man Shi Zhong's mansion, Yi Ci returned to the palace under the leadership of Luo An.

He asked Luo'an to collect evidence that monk Juyuan and Yu Xiangjie intended to kill old man Shi Zhong, while he was thinking about how to find an opportunity to completely bring down monk Juyuan.

Yi Ci did not wait long for this opportunity.

Hearing the news that old man Shi Zhong was seriously ill and dying, monk Juyuan and Yu Xiangjie were probably afraid that old man Shi Zhong's son, Shi Mingzhi, would learn what happened that day after he came back.They speed things up.

Ten days later, a news that shocked the entire literary and painting world came out.

Monk Juyuan, No. 1 in the painting circle of the Northern School, came to Qindu in person and asked for a friendly discussion with Wanbeixianren.

The author has something to say: the second update is complete!