Chapter 2 Exploring the Ancient Temple at Night
Chang Sihao put his hand on the side of the seal and pondered: I only realized at the banquet in the house the day before yesterday that I put the overall situation first in everything and cannot act rashly. But when I thought of what happened to Master Cheng and his family, I couldn't help but snort in my nose, thinking to myself that I didn't even dare to pull a seal, what kind of strength would I have to live in this life? The government had ruined Lord Cheng's family, and it would be cheaper not to smash their yamen! At that moment, he tore the seal and pushed the door into the courtyard.
The three main houses facing the door are brick and wood structures, the window paper is broken, the powder walls are decadent, and they are quite dilapidated. There is a couplet pasted on the door frame, which is written to wear the sky and the earth and call the talent, seven feet great, and must do a few careers; The paper has faded, and the handwriting is clear. On the left side is a grass hut with some farm tools erected on the side, and not far from the window on the right is a stone mill. Chang Sihao was sad, knowing that Mrs. Cheng had died here. All the warriors led their horses and waited outside, Gu Weixin and Jing Lingyu followed the courtyard, Jing Lingyu looked around, and said: "It turns out that Lord Cheng's home is so dilapidated, it seems that it is really for the official to be honest, but the official who commands the affairs is not small, how can the family be like this? It is too shabby." ”
Gu Weixin smiled: "Our Daming, since Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, has hated corrupt officials the most, Fuzhou County Yabian has set up a leather temple, after the crime of corrupt officials is clear, the light one will be in the army, and the heavy one will be beheaded to peel off the skin, stuff grass inside, and place it next to the yamen to set an example." At the same time, the income for the officials is unprecedentedly low, and some small officials only give one stone of rice a month, which is enough for a family to eat a few bites. As a result, the more corrupt the corruption, the more corrupt officials there are, and the truly honest officials can only live such a hard life. ”
Jing Lingyu said: "Whether you are greedy or not is all in people's conscience, but it is not in the amount of money, but it is not fair for good people to be aggrieved and bad people to get their will." ”
Chang Sihao pushed the door into the house, Gu Weixin hurriedly lit the fire and illuminated it, only to see the broken pots and rotten bowls thrown to the ground, and the household furnishings were also smashed, staggering. Chang Sihao leaned over and picked up an object, which was a small spirit card, on which was written the spiritual position of the ancestors of the Cheng family. He straightened a table, respectfully put the spirit card on it, knelt down and kowtowed: "Lord Cheng, Chang Sihao has a negative ......" Thinking of Cheng Yunfeng's dying scene, his voice was choked, and it was difficult to continue.
Jing Lingyu prayed: "Lord Cheng, you have a spirit in the sky, bless Brother Xiaohei to find your daughter as soon as possible, save the little son, bless the good people in the world with safety, and the corrupt officials and villains are all full and die." The corners of Chang Sihao's mouth moved slightly, and his sad face spread slightly: "You are good to corrupt officials, and you have to eat enough to die to die." Jing Lingyu said with a smile: "Corrupt officials have money in their families, they will never starve, and it is easier to curse them to starve to death." ”
Chang Sihao sighed: "It's good to die, don't you know what it's like to die of hunger when you don't even have the bark and grass roots to dig up." He asked Gu Weixin and said, "Where are the bodies of Mrs. Cheng and the old lady buried?" Take us to the grave to pay respects." Gu Weixin's face was heavy: "The two of them have no burial, and there is no grave. Chang Sihao was stunned: "Why?" Gu Weixin said: "The old neighbors said that after the old lady and Mrs. Cheng committed suicide, the duke tied their bodies to the back of the horse and dragged them along the road to show the public, and in the end, I don't know where the pieces were scattered. Chang Sihao scolded: "These dukes are too hateful! Can you find out which yamen they are? I'm going to kill all these bastards!" Gu Weixin said: "Aunt Sun, although this matter is excessive, but the court is the master of the ......" Chang Sihao intercepted: "Lao Tzu only asked you which yamen did it, do you know!" Gu Weixin was stunned by him, full of hesitation, Chang Sihao saw that his eyes were different, grabbed and shouted: "You must have something to hide from me!"
Gu Weixin was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "My subordinates don't dare to hide it from Aunt Sun, it is said that the executor is someone from the East Factory of the capital." Chang Sihao was stunned: "Beijing?" Gu Weixin said: "The subordinates have sent people to find the mansion of Lord Cheng's family in the past few days, and naturally they have also checked some of his life, it turns out that Lord Cheng was an official in the capital, and was demoted to the border because he offended the eunuch Feng Bao, that Feng Bao was originally the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, and now he is the commander of the East Factory and the supervisor of the imperial horse, and the power is extremely high. At that time, the eunuchs were divided into 12 eunuchs, 4 divisions, and 8 bureaus, with a total of 24 yamen, with the power of the celebrant being the greatest, and his duty was to approve and read the chapters and convey the edict on behalf of the emperor. The celebrant has a palm seal and a pen eunuch, called the internal minister and the auxiliary minister, and the position is extremely important, and even the courtiers have to pay homage to seven points.
"Feng Bao?" Jing Lingyu muttered two sentences and said, "I seem to have heard my father talk about this person, saying that he was greedy for money and good goods, wantonly solicited bribes, and did a lot of things to interfere in internal affairs. Chang Sihao let go of Gu Weixin, clenched his fists, and thought that one day, he would definitely use this fang in his hand to sacrifice Lord Cheng's spirit in the sky, and thought: "Why didn't Gu taste new say that it was done by Dongchang earlier?" Hmph, this bastard is afraid that I will use the power of the Qin family to save Lord Cheng's son, although the Qin family's power is not small, but it can't afford to cause this big trouble in Dongchang. Hehe, you are afraid, why am I afraid of my surname Chang?" glared at him, and did not say a word, secretly thinking that he came out this time with eight guards, saying that it was protection, how do you know that it is not to guard me? The people in the Qin Mansion are respectful to me on the surface, but their hearts are unpredictable, and they must be more careful in the future.
The three of them went out and got on the horse, and returned to the city along the road, the sky was dark, Chang Sihao was depressed in his heart, and did not say a word, Jing Lingyu did not laugh anymore when he saw this, everyone entered the city, and just turned to the west, and suddenly heard the sound of the piano, and the sound of the clanging of weapons.
Gu Weixin looked at it carefully, and was a little strange: "Hey, I heard the sound from the City God Temple." It seems that someone is fighting, and it is covered by the sound of the piano, which is really weird and tight. There is the Qin family in Taiyuan City, and very few gangs dare to come to make trouble, Aunt Sun, you go back to the house first, and your subordinates will go down to take a look. Chang Sihao said: "If you come out together, you will go back together! I will take two more steps to hit what's the matter, go!"
The ten horsemen came to a stop outside the temple wall, and Gu Weixin ordered the samurai to wait, and jumped up the high wall with a long body, and his huge body seemed to have the spirit of a tanuki. Chang Sihao carried Jing Lingyu on his back, and the stirrups flew up and landed firmly on his side. The sound of fighting came from the courtyard on the second floor, Gu Weixin nodded to Chang Sihao, and the two of them scurried three times and two vertically, went up to the roof of the main hall, crouched on the side of the temple ridge, and looked into the courtyard.
I saw dozens of samurai in the courtyard surrounding one person, and the swords in the hands of the samurai were swirling, making strange silver-white waves under the moonlight, pushing forward softly and gently, concentrating on one point, as if the waves in all directions were beating a reef. Another person, dressed in black, with wide robes and large sleeves, white hair like snow, flying gracefully, sitting under the eaves of the side of the hall, the piano is on his knees, playing by himself, the sound of the piano is like a dream, soft and light, smooth like flowing water, the sword light of those warriors is in harmony with the sound of the qin, like a bubbling spring flowing from the string wood. The people who were surrounded in the array, dressed in blue shirts, had an extremely long soft sword in their hands, and occasionally encountered the sword light of the warriors, and it clanged, flashing watery blue.
Gu Weixin changed color and said: "This is the Seven Sounds Cloud Water Array!" Jing Lingyu smiled: "Yes, yes, you still have eyesight." Gu Weixin said: "The person who plays the piano and commands the big array, must be Bailongqin Cangshuilan?" Jing Lingyu said: "That's nature, except for Brother Cang, who else can command this seven-tone cloud water array?"
Gu Weixin thought to himself: "Cang Shuilan is the first of the ten swordsmen of the Yuan Department of the Hundred Swords Alliance, and he will never be easy to do idle things, but I didn't expect him to bring so many warriors to sneak into Taiyuan City, my Qin family didn't know, could it be that the Hundred Swords Alliance had any plans?"
Jing Lingyu looked at his expression, he had already guessed his thoughts, and squinted his eyes and smiled: "Don't worry, he is also here to arrest my cousin, but it has nothing to do with your Qin family." Gu Weixin asked in surprise: "The blue sword boy in that formation is the son of the Great Sword of the East?" Jing Lingyu smiled: "Yes, my brother has the true inheritance of his brother-in-law, otherwise who is the Hundred Swords Alliance going to arrest, how can he use the Seven Tones Cloud Water Array of Brother Cang? ”
Gu Weixin looked at the situation in the formation, and said: "I heard that Bailangqin Cangshuilan has made great achievements in martial arts music and rhythm, and added two diacritics on top of the five ancient sounds of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu, and created the seven-tone qin swordsmanship, and created the seven-tone cloud and water formation with this sword, which shows that his talent is superb." I heard the name of this array for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really had the potential to flow water. ”
Jing Lingyu laughed for a while: "Talent, there are some, but it's not high enough, otherwise I would have entered the sword cultivation hall of my alliance, the masters of the capital are gathered, and the Hundred Sword Alliance is the place where the sword path converges, this kind of formation, it is also common in my alliance, outsiders have never seen it, it looks fresh, but it is not strange." ”
Gu Weixin heard her laugh at her that she was a countryman who didn't know anything, and thought that when I set off from Qin Mansion, I didn't want her to ride with Aunt Sun, which made her girl's family sweep some face, so she remembered it in her heart, and just now she saw through my mind, knowing that I was wary of the Hundred Swords Alliance and hostile, so I had to be sarcastic and sarcastic, and I had to find it back. This little girl will hold a grudge.
Jing Lingyu saw Chang Sihao contemplating the formation, and said with a smile: "Little Black Brother, let's make a bet, how long do you think it will take for my brother to break out of the formation?"
Chang Sihao didn't look at her, but still looked at the situation in the formation, and said, "I don't think he can get out." ”
Jing Lingyu said with a smile: "You also underestimate my brother too much, the warbler resentment in his hand is not vegetarian." ”
Chang Sihao said: "I'm afraid that this time he will suffer a loss and eat on this weapon." These samurai use soft swords, and your brother is cautious with his sword, just for fear of getting entangled with their weapons. You see, although this big array is neatly integrated, it is actually divided into seven groups, every twelve people are a group, launched by the sound of the piano, the sound rises and advances, the sound disappears when it retreats, the seven groups of people attack and defend together, and the back and forth are dense, one after another, the twelve people in the group are also offensive and defensive integration, it is in the big array, especially the small array, there is already a flow of waves, plus each person is a soft sword in his hand, and there is a tide shape. In the current situation, your brother is already on the defensive, even if he can last a little longer, he will inevitably have to drop through the stone after all. ”
Jing Lingyu was shocked when she heard this, she knew that Cang Shuilan's seven-tone cloud water array did have a small grouping array, and the seven groups of people corresponded to the palace, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, Gong, and Zheng, and the number of people in each group corresponded to the twelve laws, but the teams were closely combined, connected to each other, and they were like one, and ordinary people couldn't see any difference at all, but they didn't expect Chang Sihao to be able to see the key to this, and obviously his analysis was much more credible. Looking at the big array again, he saw that the sound of the piano was getting more and more sudden, and the swords of the warriors were getting more and more wild, like the waves advancing layer by layer, and like the willow branches blown by the hurricane, Liao Gushi's body was like a lonely sail struggling in the sea of silver mountains and swords, floating and sinking, and dangerous.
She lost her voice and said, "Let's go and save him!"