Ruyi Jue

"Master Shen...Master Shen?"

When he was in a coma, he heard the sound of calling next to his ears one after another. After a while, he opened his eyes, his consciousness gradually became clear, and he found himself lying on a bamboo mat.

A pair of semi-blind men and a lame man came up happily.

"Master Shen, you are finally awake."

Shen Yufeng slowly sat up straight, touched the back of his head that was still sore, and asked, "Where is this?"

The Fang family brothers replied: "This is a mountain hut in our cottage."

"Why am I here? Brother Zhao and the others?"

The Fang family brothers' expression darkened for a moment, and they muttered: "They have already..."

As soon as Shen Yufeng saw their expressions, he knew that something was wrong. He closed his eyes and sighed, "It's still a step late after all..."

The brothers of the Fang family looked at each other, nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Zhao died in the bombing three days ago." Then they told him carefully what happened that night.

Their brothers followed Shi Fengting, and they became the people of Zizai City in name, and they wanted to follow them to the end. However, Zhao Linhuai couldn't bear the death of so many innocent people in vain, so he temporarily sent their brothers away on the eve of their wedding.

After they left that night, they also heard the roar of Zizai City, and made a deliberate turn to rush back. Halfway there, they saw Yun Lian leading a horse—the unconscious Shen Yufeng lying on its stomach.

Yun Lian didn't say a word, and after handing Shen Yufeng to them, he turned and left. The brothers didn't know how to deal with it, so one of them took Shen Yufeng back to the village, and the other returned to Zizai City to inquire about news.

They paused for a while, and recounted the scene of the wedding night in detail.

"That night the rumble sounded all night, thousands of officers trapped Zizai City to the brim, and bombarded the city with black powder non-stop. We tried to get in but couldn't, so we had to stand guard near the city gate. "

"The offensive stopped slowly when it was almost dawn. The group of people opened the city gate and went in to clean up the battlefield. Then we saw countless corpses covered in blood and missing arms and legs being carried out of the city. Among them Including Zhao Shizi, he, he did not shed any blood... because he... only has one head left..."

Shen Yufeng smiled dejectedly when he heard the last thing.

That's right, the sound of gunpowder bombing that night rang out for hundreds of miles, and even a small town a hundred miles away was affected.The sixth prince used such a huge amount of manpower and material resources to attack a small free city. He was determined to eradicate Zhao Linhuai, so how could he give him a chance to survive?

Unexpectedly, the scenes of friendship in the past are vivid in his mind, and in a blink of an eye, Yin and Yang are separated. Shen Yufeng couldn't help feeling sad, and when he heard the last word "Hong Lian", he cheered up and asked, "What about Hong Lian?"

The brothers of the Fang family said: "Miss Hong Lian and the city lord survived, but were captured by the imperial soldiers and sent to Chang'an."

It is a blessing in misfortune that people are still alive.

"The group of officers searched the city. We hid beside the city gate. We heard that they seemed to be looking for something, but they couldn't find it. I heard the city lord tell them that only Miss Hong Lian is alive, and the sixth prince can There is a possibility of seeing that thing again."

When Shen Yufeng heard it, he didn't know - what the Sixth Prince was looking for was clearly the account book in his arms!

He subconsciously probed into his arms, and let out a long sigh of rejoicing: Fortunately, the things were lying in his arms in good condition, and Yun Lian didn't take them away.

It seems that Zhao Linhuai really deserves to be the heir of the Turks who has been in political struggle for many years. This kind of power of scheming, the whole world looks at it, I am afraid that only Yun Lian, who used to deal with Tianluo Palace, can compare with him.

He calculated all the consequences extremely accurately: he not only extracted Shen Yufeng from the vortex of political struggle intact, but at the same time kept the evidence of bringing down the sixth prince; he also used his tricks and hurriedly entrusted his only sister to Shi Fengting, so that she could be under her husband's care. Saved his life under protection.

After all, when Hong Lian marries Shi Fengting, she becomes the Shi family. Regardless of whether the sixth prince is for the account book or for the future reconstruction of Zizai City, he will not kill her; To fulfill his wish, he would naturally choose to protect his new wife.

However, Zhao Linhuai took everyone's backs into consideration, but only cut off all backs for himself!

He is using his own death to give everyone breathing space.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Where's that surnamed Yun?! Where is he going?"

The Fang family brothers paused, glanced at his expression, and said: "We don't know either. If Master Shen wants to know, our brothers will go and find out for you now."

"Okay." Shen Yufeng responded.

In the middle of the night, the brothers of the Fang family returned to the mountain hut again and told him the news they had inquired about.

"The day after the siege of the city, most of the officers and soldiers escorted the city lord and his wife back to Chang'an. Now there are only young master Yun and a few team leaders left in Zizai city. They are guarding the city lord's mansion, as if waiting for some What. Although there are not many of them, they are all first-class martial arts masters, and we two brothers dare not go in, that's all we see."

Shen Yufeng nodded coldly without saying a word.

After the two finished speaking, they asked, "How does Master Shen plan to deal with it now?"

Shen Yufeng looked at their hesitant expressions, "Do you want to go to Chang'an to save people?"

The brothers of the Fang family nodded and said: "We also want to go there to rescue the master, but the journey is far away and we don't know where to go, so—"

Shen Yufeng understands that these two people can be subdued by Shi Fengting and let him appoint and dispatch them. After all, they are people without any opinions. Judging from their appearance, he probably wants to take them to Chang'an with him. He pondered for a moment, and then said: "In this way, you go to Chang'an to find out the news first, and I will meet you later."

The Fang family brothers were concerned: "Where does Master Shen want to go?"

Shen Yufeng said lightly: "I will visit Zizicheng again."

Although Zhao Linhuai entrusted the account book to him, but he has lived in the city for so long and has cooperated with uncle and nephew Shi Fengting several times, there is no guarantee that other evidence will not be left in the city.He had to confirm what the group of them stayed in Liberty City, so that he would not have so many worries when he made the evidence public in the future.

He resigned from the Fang family brothers and left the mountain hut.Before leaving, he packed up his things and searched the house for a long time, only to realize that when he said goodbye to Yun Lian that night, he had returned the "Weeping Bone" flute to him.

He laughed at himself, collected his things immediately, and hurried towards the direction of Zizai City.

***

He didn't have time to see the grand occasion that resounded throughout the night, and he only roughly imagined the scene here through the words and descriptions of the brothers of the Fang family.When I really stood in front of Zizai City and looked around, I realized that the whole Zizai City had become a desolate and deserted city after the bombardment that night.

A gust of wind blew over the broken rocks and ruins in front of him, making the place even more lonely and gloomy.

Shen Yufeng stepped over the city gate that had been blasted with a big hole, and walked along the bluestone road to the front of the city lord's mansion.

I saw that most of the original high courtyard walls of the City Lord’s Mansion had collapsed, red bricks and green tiles and gray and white wall mud blocked the original mansion gates, and what was covered under the dust were the bright red silk satin and carved lanterns that were still as bright as before. Going in, from the half-lit red candles in front of the case, to the couplets still pasted on the wall, we can vaguely see the grand wedding that day.

Who would have thought that such a wedding that should have been happy would end at the painful price of family ruin?

Why didn't Zhao Linhuai leave with Hong Lian in advance?

Don't they know what will happen that night?

No, they sure do.

It was precisely because he knew that he could not escape that he wanted to stay even more, in exchange for the death of Zhao Linhuai in exchange for the peace of mind of the sixth prince, and in exchange for a glimmer of life for Hong Lian and others.

Shen Yufeng forcibly suppressed the anger gushing out of his heart. He walked around the wreckage and entered the gate. From a distance, he saw a white figure entering the front yard.

His anger rose "soaring" all of a sudden, he quickened his pace, and followed the man into the door.

Surprisingly, the front yard was not devastated by gunfire, and the original decorations were still preserved. As soon as the corner of Yun Lian's clothes floated into the door, he bowed slightly to a person sitting inside: "Zuo Yu."

Shen Yufeng saw the appearance of that person clearly, it was the leader of the officers and soldiers who passed by Boss Ma's shop that day.

"Where is the picture of the fantasy sea and clouds?" Zuoyu Yu was dressed in black armor, holding a scimitar in his hand, sitting on the original seat of the city lord, holding his head high, with an air of arrogance.

"Here." Yun Lian paused, took out the things in his arms, and presented them to him.

The left envoy Yu was about to reach out to take it, but Yun Lian suddenly withdrew his hand.

"Wait."

"Regret?" Nayu left envoy narrowed his eyes.

Yun Lian's tone was unexpectedly humble and humble: "Seven days later, when Xue Lingzhi will appear in the world, may I ask Zuo Envoy Yu to go with me?"

The left envoy of Yu smiled slightly: "Hehe, it's only natural. This general was ordered by the sixth prince to deal with the matter of the rebels and the fantasy sea cloud map. If you don't get the things yourself, how can this general explain to the sixth prince?"

"That's right," Yun Lian nodded and said, "Since the general wants to go with me, it's better to keep the things with me. I have a certain amount of research on these anecdotes in the world, so that I can help six people more quickly." The prince will crack the next prescription."

When Shen Yufeng heard this, he immediately understood.It turned out that these two people were still staying in Zizai City, and they were discussing to find the medicinal herbs on the Illusory Sea and Cloud Map one by one, so that they could return to Chang'an to report to the Sixth Prince.

With his mind in mind for a while, he rushed out from the corner, and before the two of them could react, he grabbed Zuoshi Nayu and shouted: "Hand over the map of the phantom sea and clouds!"

His idea is very simple, to save Hong Lian and others, the more favorable conditions he gets, the more chips he has in negotiating with the Sixth Prince.And that account book is Zhao Linhuai's exchange for the ironclad evidence to bring down the sixth prince, and it must not be handed over easily, but the sixth prince also needs Huan Haiyun Tu to save people, he can snatch Huan Haiyun Tu first, as a way to release Hong Lian and others condition.

The left envoy Nayu didn't expect that there were other people in the hall, so he didn't react at first, but struggled and resisted immediately after being caught by Shen Yufeng.His kung fu was not considered weak, but Shen Yufeng used all his strength and just grabbed his throat, making his resistance so weak that it was not worth mentioning.

When Yun Lian saw that it was him, a look of sadness and joy appeared on his face immediately, and he hurriedly said, "Yu Feng, don't hurt him."

Shen Yufeng said coldly: "Give me the picture of the imaginary sea and clouds."

Yun Lian hurriedly said: "I can't give you this thing." As if afraid that he would be disappointed, he quickly interjected: "It's not that I don't want to give it, but I can't give it, because it will kill someone."

Shen Yufeng remembered that Yun Lian had told him that the Huanhai Yuntu was related to the lives of more than 300 people in the Yun family, so Yun Lian wanted to get it.He was contemplating how to deal with this matter, Yun Lian observed his expression, and said in a low voice: "Yu Feng, before returning to Chang'an, we need to go to Tianxuan Mountain first to get the snow record recorded on the map of the imaginary sea and clouds." Lingzhi."

He said in a flattering tone: "Seven days later is the opening time for Xuelingzhi. We need to get Xuelingzhi before returning to Chang'an. When we return to Chang'an, I will help you contact the sixth prince, how about it?"

After Shen Yufeng listened to his words, he thought about it a little. The Huanhaiyuntu is indeed very important, but if he finds Xue Lingzhi by relying on the Huanhaiyuntu, he will have more bargaining chips to exchange hostages with the Sixth Prince. Thinking of this, he Temporarily put down the pursuit of Huanhaiyuntu, said: "Okay, I will come back in seven days."

He let go of his hand coldly, and immediately didn't bother to say another word, and walked out of the front hall.

Walking to the gate, I heard Yun Lian's footsteps following closely behind the gate, and called his name: "Yu Feng!"

The bigger his steps, he didn't expect the man to catch up directly from behind and grab his wrist.

"Let go!" he scolded in a low voice.

"Yu Feng..." With his back to the person, he couldn't see Yun Lian's expression, only his hands trembling badly, "Yu Feng, you, you were joking with me that day, right?"

Shen Yufeng pursed his lips and remained silent, his clenched fists were loosened and clenched again, and he refused to look back at him for a long time.

Yun Lian trembled again: "You still hate me?"

After what happened that night, Shen Yufeng was really disappointed in this person long ago, and had lost all the hope and warmth that he should have and shouldn't have. He just wanted to nod and say "yes", but Yun Lian seemed afraid of hearing that word, Before he could speak, he changed the subject and begged in a low voice behind him: "Yu Feng, seven days later, Tianxuan Mountain, can you go with us?"

"I have been refusing to leave for the past few days because I am afraid that they will attack me after they get the things. There are so many of them and they are not used to seeing me. When the time comes when the snow ganoderma is in hand, they will definitely kill me in secret first, so that they can hold me. Things to ask for credit from the Sixth Prince."

"Yu Feng, can you go with me?"

He was always high-spirited, and Shen Yufeng had never seen him pleading in such a low voice. In the end, Shen Yufeng didn't give any reply, but just gently broke away from Yun Lian's hand, and left Zizai City without looking back.