The past ignites old dreams

He was always loving, but never being loved.

So is he.

In the long time, from waiting to getting used to it.I am used to loving others, but forget or give up asking the other party to respond to myself with equal affection.

Double wire mesh, thousands of knots.This situation is questionable.

The green crow rode the horse and galloped along the ancient road in the deserted forest, and the horse's hooves echoed between the sky and the earth, as if anxiously urging.

Lu Liao, you can't treat me like this!Absolutely not!

Gotta find him soon.In the cold weather, the cold wind was blowing, and the crow was sweating white. He only wanted to catch up with Lu Liao quickly. After catching up with him, he had to whip him a few times to relieve his anger. Anyway, he lost his internal strength, which means he lost his martial arts. In the past, he was always overwhelmed by him, but now it's time for Feng Shui to turn.But when he thought that Lu Liao had lost all his martial arts in order to save himself, and was vulnerable like an ordinary person, Qing Ya's heart rose in his throat. Lu Liao, who has lost his martial arts, will not feel at ease if he doesn't find him quickly.

Don't you hate my master?Don't you hate my monk father?Why do you still do so much for me?Little Martial Uncle, it's my turn to hate you now, for torturing me so much and making me realize later.Junior uncle, Lu Liao, just wait.

You must wait for me!

"Woo--" Qing Crow wished that the first horse could go faster, and faster, but he had to rein in it and slow down the pace. There were crowds of people in front of him, as if they were besieging something.

Qing Ya got off his horse and asked passers-by. The answer was a middle-aged man in rough clothes and ragged clothes. His lips were black and purple from the cold wind. It's the one who killed King Qi."

A post station was temporarily set up in front, and the inner and outer floors were full of soldiers.Anyone who entered Shandong from Fengbo Town was stopped and inspected one by one.Another group of soldiers escorted a skinny man back and forth.

Qing Crow looked at the back, and his heart was shocked, because he suddenly realized that in his memory, Lu Liao came and went like the wind, his appearance, his back, seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, shadowy, hazy, blurry unclear.It turns out that I have never been familiar with you.

This feeling is too uncomfortable, like falling into a cold pool wrapped in a thick cotton coat, sinking all the time, suffocating and desperate.

"Line up, line up!" A vicious general flag held up a spear to drive away the passers-by, "Take out your passes! Open your bags and check!"

Crow soared into the air, leaning on the saddle with only one hand to borrow strength, and stepped on the helmet of the general flag, as quickly as a stone hit the lake. The head fell outside the main entrance of the station.

Prisoners who have just been unloaded are being pushed and shoved into the prison car.

Lu Liao's inner strength and his own were sometimes compatible and sometimes repelled. When the crow landed on the ground, he couldn't control his own strength, and his murderous aura surged.Qing Ya pulled the chain, only moved his fingers, and even the door of the prison car with the iron lock was torn apart. The man inside was trembling and turned pale with fright.

Seeing the face that looked a little bit like his own, Qing Ya turned around and left.That man was not Lu Liao, but a government official who went to the doctor in a hurry, but anyone who looked a bit like the man in the wanted portrait would be caught one by one.

The soldiers who reacted immediately gathered into a circle and surrounded the crow.Seeing that it was getting late and Lu Liao hadn't been found yet, Qing Ya was even more worried and worried. Seeing these people forming a circle blocking the way of all parties, Qing Ya was filled with boredom, and left Jin Yue without thinking.

"Golden Moon Sword!"

"He's the crow!"

"Let's go together!"

"A reward of one hundred taels for catching the prisoner!"

All of a sudden, people rushed from all directions.The golden light passes, and the head falls.Those who rushed up flew their knives and danced their swords, but they couldn't even take a piece of Qing Crow's clothes.

The civilians who had been queuing all scattered.I heard that there was a reward of one hundred taels for catching the crow, and another wave of guards with knives came out of the post station.

With just one hand, you can strike with palms together, with a whirring sound, the wind blows like a knife, attacking dozens of people.

Qing Crow's eyes were red, he never felt that killing people was such a refreshing thing, those people who died in vain, were bounced off by the sword energy before they approached Qing Crow, fell to death, and injured.

Qing Ya's own martial arts is second only to Cui Yan and a few other people, now with the addition of Lu Liao's martial arts, it must be the best in the world, unrivaled.It's just that there are some moves in Wuming Sword Style that require both hands to work together. Whenever the left hand is needed, Qing Crow feels a dull pain in his heart.

Crow, you need to kill less, if you kill too much, you will forget your nature.

What Lu Liao said suddenly swept into his mind like a snake letter.Crow was startled, and the heat subsided.What happened just now, it was so easy to get rid of these people, why did they kill so viciously involuntarily.

Seeing that the close attack was useless, the soldiers with bows and arrows climbed to the roof of the post station.

At the critical moment, behind Qing Ya retracted his sword, all the clusters of arrows fell a few feet away from him, as if they had hit an invisible wall!

The green crow lifted up his breath and floated away, jumped onto the horse amidst the horror of the crowd, jumped over the iron fence as soon as it caught the horse's belly, and the freshly dressed angry horse whipped away.

The leading hundred households looked at the heads and bodies all over the floor in horror, holding their spears to vomit, and pointed tremblingly for a long time in the direction where the crow disappeared, "Don't chase me!"

After a hundred miles, Asakusa disappeared.Covered in dew, cold and dewy.

Near Liaocheng, the Liaohe River has thawed, the water is flowing, and the ice is broken like a mirror.

After a few days, I came back here again, and it felt like I had never been here before.There is an illusion of trance, calm and flat, as if nothing happened.But the wind and snow of mountains of swords and seas of fire have come and gone, and they have indeed happened.

The red dust on the horse's head washes away all the soil, as if knowing where it is in a lifetime.

Hundreds of rivers go east to the sea, and there is no sun to return to the west.It turns out that there is really nothing that can be repeated.

The yamen in Liaocheng is particularly "lively" today.

The merchants from the neighbors of the Penglai Inn in the West Market all came to watch with their families. The fire that night caused them to suffer. I don’t know how many people went bankrupt overnight. The money was paid by the government or by the Cui family. Compensation, there must always be an explanation.

Fan Yang's Lu family also has a bank in Liaocheng, and the owner of the bank is a young master from one of the Lu's branches.Cui Qianxue called him, brought someone to register the household registration, verified the property loss, and first paid the money out, and only then calmed down the incident outside.

When the outside of the yamen is in order, the inside of the yamen can be promoted to handle cases.

The arrival of Shan Zhengjiu added an indescribable depression to the yamen in Liaocheng.As the Minister of Dali Temple, the legal system of a country is in his hands.If you are stern and selfless, you will not be able to reach this position, and if you are corrupt and pervert the law, you will not be able to reach this height.Laws and human feelings, order and power are all contradictions, and the balance between them is all about human life and heaven.

In recent years, the struggle for power between the royal family and the gentry in various places has intensified.Ever since the second son Cui canceled the martial arts conference without authorization, he has completely torn skins with the royal family.On New Year's Eve, Cui Yan's personal dark feather, Cui Ling, was assassinated by the four masters sent by King Qi. Anyone with a discerning eye knew it, but the government only sentenced Baihu for manslaughter. How could the Qinghe Cui family swallow this breath? After the marriage of the Su and Japanese tribes, they did not stop doing one thing, and simply sent people from all walks of life to assassinate King Qi. The death of King Qi shocked the whole country, and no matter how they dealt with it, it would be a dead end.Shan Zhengjiu was impatient and restless. On the way to Liaocheng, he lost a lot of hair. He really was a "sexy hairpin"!

"Ascension to the Hall—"

"mighty--"

Qin Jing hangs high, quietly avoiding the left and right sides of the courtroom.

Taking into account that Cui Qianxue is a weak woman after all, Shan Zhengjiu specially asked someone to bring a teak carved magpie grand master chair, and asked Miss Cui to sit on it.

Others don't know about Cui Qianxue, but how could Little Wolf not know that the young lady of her family travels all over the world, and she will never show her weak side outside.No, Cui Qianxue stood calmly and calmly by the side of the grand master's chair, and asked Shan Zhengjiu in a dignified manner, whether it is the court or the "private court" for Bo this time.

"Master Shan has been exhausted all the way, and when he arrived in Liaocheng, he rushed to the court for trial. It is rumored that Lord Shan is upright and the pillar of the country. Hearing about it is better than seeing it. It really deserves the name. But there are a few words that I have to say first, so as not to get caught. At that time, everyone was embarrassed." Cui Qianxue said slowly, it felt like reciting poems against each other, without any timidity.

Shan Zhengjiu: "Miss, please speak, I will listen attentively."

"As the saying goes, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. Since Master Shan is sitting in the position of Minister of Dali Temple, he must no longer pay attention to small money and meager wealth. Qianxue has been running a family business since she was a child, and she never loses money, food and taxes. Naturally, she knows about it. It's mysterious. I just don't know how Mr. Shan planned it?" Cui Qianxue gave a faint smile like a moon shadow reflecting flowers, and she was so beautiful, "I just have to put this matter on the table and say, this expensive chair I can sit still."

Shan Zheng nodded without changing his face, and answered without thinking, and without leaking, "Some people are officials only for money, some people are officials only for power, some people are officials for fear of losing the emperor's grace, and some people are officials. Officials are selfless and only seek stability in the world, while being an official below is only for studying hard to live up to the cold window."

It neither emphasized attachment to the imperial power, nor did it express its dependence on the gentry.Although Shan Zhengjiu's words were not good news, they were obviously not bad either.Cui Qianxue has a solid foundation in her heart, as long as she is not an official who has completely broken with the gentry, it will be easy to handle.

"I understand what Master Shan means. I also know that the death of King Qi is not a small case, and it is impossible to resolve it with money. Even if I pay for the property of the entire family, you dare not accept it, Master Shan. But I must Repeatedly explain to Lord Shan that the death of King Qi has absolutely nothing to do with my family. The reason why I want to settle this matter is because Qing Ya is a senior brother of the second son of my family. It was a murder case under the control of Cui Shi. Master Shan has a blue sky above his head, and his heart is like a mirror, looking clearly to see the details."

"Miss Cui, please take your seat first." Shan Zhengjiu performed all the courtesy, and only after Cui Qianxue took his seat did he straighten his expression. He only left the lawyer to write the record, and dismissed the other assistants and staff.

The gavel was photographed——"The criminal with the certificate!"

Cui Qianxue had heard of Huo Ju a long time ago. Before she was Qiao Ran's righteous sister, the only daughter of Huo Li, the head of the Huashan School, had no intention of taking over the head of the sect, and eloped with an unknown farmer in the countryside. Pile vigorous things.It stands to reason that a woman with a clear love and hatred like Zhuo Wenjun should be able to do things for her sworn enemy. If she was not coerced, then Cui Qianxue would be puzzled.

On both sides of the courtroom, there were three classes of Yamen servants holding sticks, and the sound of "mighty" was deafening.

Huo Ju's hair was disheveled, his face was covered with bloodstains, he was dressed in prison clothes, and he wore a wooden yoke and iron chains. He dragged his injured leg into the hall step by step, and was pushed down by his head.When the knee touched the cold ground, there was a harsh "boom", as if the knee was broken with such force.

Shan Zhengjiu: "Miss He family, report your name."

Huo Ju raised her head slowly, "Housewife Huo Ju, a native of Huayin in Weinan, the daughter of Huo Li, the former head of Huashan."

Shan Zhengjiu: "What did you commit, and what evidence do you want to testify? Tell the truth."

"What did you do? Heh!" Huo Ju smiled desolately, then lowered his head again, "King Qi killed my father, I couldn't twist my thighs, so I had to go back to Huashan to hide from the world, but King Qi threatened my husband-in-law and children, even Threatening to destroy the entire Huashan faction! He forced the women to betray their promises and kill people, what is the law of heaven?"

Shan Zhengjiu: "What is the evidence? Framed royal family is a serious crime."

Huo Ju gritted his teeth, "The woman named Shuangshuang next to King Qi also died, and it's not like you don't know about it! You just asked about the evidence after the death was unconfirmed. It's ridiculous! The sky can grow old, and the sea can turn. Get rid of this hatred Disaster."

She turned her head to Cui Qianxue and knelt down, "Miss Cui, I am sorry for Qing Ya, but I have nothing to do. I will not dare to come back to testify until it is confirmed that King Qi is really dead. If not, my conscience will be disturbed."

Cui Qianxue: "Say what you know. For Qiao Ran's sake, I can guarantee that Mrs. Cui will not embarrass you with the fact that you betrayed the crow, but you must also promise that you will tell the truth when you know everything. "

"I will be truthful. I'm afraid that Master Qingtian won't be able to bear it. I know best how King Qi died. He was burned to death by himself, not by the crow. That night I led the crow upstairs, Qingya's uncle, Lu Liao, was trapped on the first floor. His martial arts skills are world-class, and he is unbeatable alone. There were thousands of people ambushing downstairs that night. King Qi took out all the followers he could mobilize and hid them downstairs. , just to intercept and kill Lu Liao. When Lu Liao was trapped, it would be difficult to help Qingya. There was blood flowing downstairs, and I had nowhere to hide. Selfishly, King Qi killed my father first, and threatened me with the Huashan faction, no matter what, I couldn’t turn around and leave as if nothing had happened, so I found Room No. [-] in Rongzi, they were fighting, no one noticed me coming in Now, I hid to see if the crow could handle it. Although I lied to him, I was helpless. If he was outnumbered, I would help. Later, King Qi himself knocked over the oil lamp and caught fire, and Lu Liao Also went upstairs, I saw with my own eyes that Lu Liao took Qing Ya away. At that time, King Qi was still in the room with hands and feet. , I came forward to testify that I, Huo Ju, have been magnanimous all my life, but I violated my conscience in the matter of Qingya. Therefore, once I am sure that my family is safe, even if my head falls to the ground, I cannot make Qingya wronged. He talks about killing people, but as long as he doesn’t take actual actions, he can’t be convicted. And the fire was caused by King Qi’s own carelessness, so who can blame him for his own suffering!”

Clear, eloquent, plausible words.After speaking, Shan Zhengjiu frowned and felt his hair turn gray again.Shan Zhengjiu has tried as many cases as a cow's hair in his life, and he can tell the truth as soon as he opens his mouth.Huo Ju's one-sided words, you can't say that she is talking nonsense, but you can't say that her words are sincere.How many words are true, how many words are false, how many words are true should be listened to as false, and how many words that are false should be believed as truth, Shan Zhengjiu knew it well.Take that oil lamp as an example. People in the royal family have special official candles, and there are people around King Qi, and Qinglong's body is next to him.

Cui Qianxue is someone who knows the truth. She knows that Huo Ju is on the same side as her, and she has already made up her mind that even if Huo Ju's death penalty is spared, her family, the Cui family, will definitely make arrangements.

If it wasn't for the safety of his family and the life and death of the Huashan faction, Huo Ju wouldn't be in this muddy water.

The three of them had their own thoughts, but none of them made a sound at the critical moment.

Time wasted until Cui Yan's arrival.

The two heavy doors were slowly pushed open, and he walked into the gloomy courtroom gracefully with his usual complexion, strolling in the courtyard, like a garden walk, full of elegance, white brocade long clothes were spotless, and he was sure of winning.

Behind him, followed a strange person.

The man was wearing a hooded gray cloak, and his figure was thin, as if he was very weak. He followed Cui Yan in with his head down, and when Cui Yan stopped, he stopped.

Cui Qianxue was wondering who that person was, when she saw that person raised his head, with gray hair and dusky face, he was an old man.Cui Qianxue felt even more strange. Although that person looked like an old man, his age could not be sensed from his eyes. It seemed that the skin that was born on the outside was forced into it.The first thing she thought of was whether the Crow came here in disguise.Before thinking too much, I heard Cui Yan say over there——

"This is Lu Liao."

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