Si Tian Guan

Chapter 209 Notes

The road leading to the residence was too dark to see the footsteps, only two or three scattered lights flickered alone, trying to dispel the darkness.

Sanfu has long been used to this kind of life, after all, no one would leave a lamp for a humble eunuch, but even if he is familiar with him, every time he walks on this road, he still can't help being sad.

He used to be a family man too, even if he came home drunk from the town, there was always someone waiting in that yard.

Several children surrounded him from the door. While listening to his old wife's complaints, he distributed the gadgets in his arms to the children. When he entered the house, there would always be hangover soup on the table.

He has a shady source of money, so he has no worries about food and clothing, but his old wife still often takes the children to the mountains to collect herbs and vegetables. At first, he couldn't bear the hardship, but later he couldn't bear the loneliness at home, so he followed along, and tasted it. The sweet taste of the mountains.

What is sweet is not the food, but the warm days.

Sometimes, he even thought, if he hadn't gone out to wander around, if he hadn't been stopped by that person in the romantic place, if he hadn't nodded greedily, maybe he would have lived in a completely different way in his life than he is now.

It was a little sympathy from his son, or he was afraid that others would see his flaws. Although his residence was small, he did not live with anyone.

San Fu didn't go to light the lamp, but groped to climb onto the bed, and with his right hand habitually found a marble from the gap in the quilt under him.

The old-fashioned style was loved by children many years ago, but now it is probably not available in the market.

He bought some and kept them in his arms, thinking of going home to distribute them to the young ones, but he didn't even have time to enter the door, let alone take a last look at them.

For so many years, he has been regretting if he didn't go out to drink that day, if he could be more alert, if he didn't seek leisure.

If he had known that going on like this would not be a long-term solution, and hadn't been greedy for the days of getting something for nothing, he would have moved away early...

Is nothing will happen.

It's a pity that there is never any if in this world.

During the tugging, the marbles were scattered all over the floor, but he was lucky enough to keep one in the end, which became the only thing he missed.

Only when he strokes the marbles can he know that Hele, who used to have a wife and son, was not dreaming.

He tossed and turned for a while, and when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard a soft puff from the quilt, and something fell on him.

"Who?"

In the silent night, there was no sound of response, but his fingers touched a stone, and there was a piece of paper tied to the stone that could be seen everywhere.

For some reason, Sanfu's heart suddenly throbbed non-stop. Maybe it was a long time when the water was stagnant and there was no wave. Just a leaf falling on the water would make him tremble uncontrollably.

After pinching the note in his hand for a moment, he slipped out of bed quietly, twisted the cotton wick of the oil lamp to the smallest size, and lit it with a snap.

With the faint candlelight, his hands trembled violently, but he still read those words over and over again—Mu Jingyan was not your own, Qin Siyuan was still alive.

Bai Shiyan turned an inch of the screen wall, and saw four people standing awkwardly in the yard, seeing him walking with the wind, those people hurriedly shrank away.

This reminded him of the man in the yard a few years ago, although he was kneeling on the ground, he was calm and calm, his eyes were calm, as if he didn't even care about life and death.

Bai Shiyan stopped in his tracks and stood in front of them. He was already tall, but it was even more frightening for him to stare down while holding the knife.

"Who are you?" He asked knowingly.

The man hurriedly bowed and answered, "Caomin Qu Zhiye, this is a bitch, see General Cun."

Bai Shiyan's finger holding the handle of the knife moved. If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't know which step to take next, he was afraid that he would ruin the matter of his two younger brothers if he did it rashly.

It's obviously the same bloodline... He frowned and looked up and down.

Mother talked about her younger brother at home every day, and she couldn't even see her even if she wanted to see him. It's really not worth it to let Shen Zhou be born under this person's name.

It’s also fortunate that Shen Zhou and Chongming took great pains to set up such a stance of deadly rivals, and the turmoil has already started, Mu Jingyan can’t use it, and it’s inconvenient to accommodate these people, so Chongming asked for it from the emperor in the name of surveillance and protection inch.

There are still a long time to learn slowly.

It's just that in this way...if the emperor has any doubts in the future, I'm afraid it will be used as a pretext.

This hand is so vicious that it is disgusting.

"So it's you," he said with a smirk, "I heard that if you can bring down Qu Shenzhou this time, you guys will make a great contribution."

"Inch... Inch award, Inch award," Qu Zhiye gave an apologetic laugh before responding, stammering and asking, "What does the general mean by... bringing down...?"

"I don't understand what you mean?" Someone answered the question under the hanging flower door.

Bai Shiyan raised his hand to greet the man: "Chongming, didn't you go to the yamen today?"

"Didn't you see any distinguished guests? How can I go out?"

Hearing what he said, Qu Zhiye hurriedly said humbly: "My lord, you are polite, you are polite..."

Bai Shiyan suppressed his anger in the eyes of his friend, and said the business first: "Send it."

Liu Chongming nodded simply, knowing that he was telling Zhou Huaishan that Mu Jingyan's way of attacking was too tricky, they couldn't just defend but not attack, let alone let Shen Zhou suffer in vain.

He took the inch teacup in one hand, and unfolded the letter from Bai Shiyan with one hand, it was written by his sister, he only glanced at the hexagrams on it, and he already knew what Shen Zhou wanted him to do.

Worrying about such a family member may not be understood by others, but his mother is still under confinement, and there is nothing to say about Shen Zhou—as long as Shen Zhou feels good, he can do whatever he wants.

"I understand, you reassure him that nothing bad will happen this time."

They were only talking about themselves, and Qu Zhiye, who had been left out in the cold, couldn't help rubbing his hands in anxiety.

Seeing that Bai Shiyan didn't say anything else, he hurriedly took advantage of the gap and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask you two, what you just said... what does it mean to bring down Qu Shenzhou?"

The eyes of both of them turned an inch.

"Can't you understand such a simple sentence?" Liu Chongming sneered: "Qu Chenzhou is stubborn and arrogant, he doesn't even listen to the emperor's order, and insists on refusing to recognize you. The emperor is furious, and he heard that he will be cut Both hands, discarded as ordinary people, handed over to you to take back."

"Severe hand?" Qu Zhiye was in a moment of desperation, and his voice suddenly rose: "What do we need a trash for!"

"How do I know what you are going to do? Didn't you say he belonged to your Qu family? If you don't take it back, why don't you leave it to me?"

Qu Zhiye panicked completely: "This... This is different from what I said before."

Liu Chongming raised his brows, and seeing his hesitation, he snorted coldly: "Qu Zhiye, don't you know who rescued you from that place? Did you forget that there are two little ones here?" Who has it?"

Speaking of this, Qu Zhiye suddenly realized that there was no room for doubt, and he knelt on the ground.

"Shi... Shizi, it's a villain who has eyes but no eyes, but didn't you say before that if we go to Shen Zhou, he will treat us well even if the situation forces us to, and we will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. How could it become so!"

"How did you say this happened!" The woman who had been silent behind suddenly said sharply.

"I've said it a long time ago, the little bastard is a white-eyed wolf. When the boss died, he didn't even cry! He was born to collect debts!"

"I've heard people say that when he told people's fortunes earlier, he paid 300 taels! Where's the money? Did you think about his parents, brothers?"

"Now that you are a high-ranking official, you are so majestic and dignified, how can you look up to us!"

She spoke very fast, like a torrential rain, knocking on the canopy and making a loud noise in her ears.

Liu Chongming thought she was a woman and didn't care too much, but when he saw that remarkably similar face, he unconsciously softened, but was stunned by the rain for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Qu Zhiye!"

Qu Zhiye's face turned pale with fright, he got up suddenly, slapped the woman twice, and wanted to slap her again, but was stopped by his two sons.

He didn't hit him a few times, and yelled: "In front of the son, shut up, you bitch! I'm afraid others will think you are dumb!"

"You are not dumb!" Qu Ning was not to be outdone, "You are not dumb, but if you force him a few more words in front of the emperor, he will admit it! Why did you end up in such a stalemate! It came out of my stomach, how dare you deny it!"

"shut up!"

A young man who was holding Qu Ning's family was pulling, and said in a low voice: "Mother, don't say a few words. Shenzhou's side...forget it, it's not easy for him to survive all these years, let's not bother... ..."

This time it was Qu Zhiye who scolded: "When will it be your turn to be the master of this family..."

The tea bowl shattered at his feet, which made him wake up in horror: "Shi... Shizi..."

"When is it your turn to yell here?" Liu Chongming raised his hand to stop Bai Shiyan, and said sharply, "I will only warn you once, if you think your tongue is redundant, you will cut it off!"

This time even Qu Ning also lowered his head, not daring to do anything wrong, Qu Zhiye was anxious, but he could only stare here and there with his eyes eagerly.

Liu Chongming looked at them coldly for a while, and snorted coldly: "You are right, I said before that he would recognize you due to the situation, but unfortunately I wanted to give him a bad impression and tried my best to find you, but It’s like forgetting.”

Qu Zhiye spoke cautiously: "My lord means..."

"I mean, I didn't find out beforehand whether you are Qu Shenzhou's parents or brothers."

"Yes, of course." Qu Zhiye turned pale with shock, and knelt down with a bang: "My son knows clearly, we are naturally real, and everyone in Changshui Town recognizes him and knows that he came from our house. sold."

The word "sell" made Bai Shiyan's eyebrows twitch, and he talked to Liu Chongming without a teacher, and asked, "Where are the people in Changshui Town?"

Qu Zhiye was a little panicked: "Back to the general, the town was hit by a disaster a few years ago, the flood washed away people to death, and we... don't know where everyone went."

"Then who will prove it to you?"

"General! How can this be fake? We all remember the birthmark on Shen Zhou's body. And his eyes were not like this when he was born, but they changed after he got a serious illness. He will die when he opens his mouth. I was also terribly afraid, so I sent him away from afar."

Bai Shiyan couldn't help but sneered: "Why aren't you afraid now? Let someone say a few words, and then rush to recognize relatives?"

Qu Zhiye was at a loss for words, so he could only secretly visit Liu Chongming, knowing that this was the final decision.

Liu Chongming didn't seem to understand his anxiety, and looked back and forth at the note in his hand several times before sneering: "It's just this? Then I know a lot more than you."

"Qu Chenzhou was once sold in my courtyard, not to mention birthmarks, I know exactly how many hairs he has on his body."

"What's the matter? I know better than you, so I can be his father better?"

"No..." Qu Zhiye didn't dare to answer back, but felt that the place where the son was angry seemed a little weird, but he didn't dare to think too much, he could only plead in a low voice: "Master, what should you do now? If Shen Zhou is chopped off and turned into a waste, then..."

"What should I do? I think it's good like this," Liu Chongming gritted his teeth: "It's more satisfying than admitting relatives. It's better to give him a blow, and it's better to abolish him."

"No!" Qu Zhiye yelled in fright: "My lord, as long as he recognizes his ancestors properly, we will take care of him honestly in the future, and we will never dare to go against the lord again! No, no ! Guaranteed to listen to you!"

"It's a good idea, but I'm afraid that you have failed to succeed and failed." Liu Chongming laughed angrily: "Do you think he can be brought down so easily? Now the emperor has sent someone to Wu'an Mansion to transfer your household registration certificates." Book, if you dare to fake your identity, let alone admit your relatives, don't even try to keep your head!"

"us……"

Liu Chongming waved his hand, and didn't want to stay with them for a quarter of an hour: "Don't talk nonsense to me, I only recognize the yellow book. If you want to live a good life, just listen to me obediently. If you say a wrong word, your whole family will be buried with you!"

Seeing that the four members of the Qu family were led out, Bai Shiyan followed into the inner courtyard, letting out a long breath.

"nausea!"

Liu Chongming didn't answer his words, he spread out the map, carefully stroked it inch by inch, and circled several places according to the hexagram.

"Shi Yan, Wuyang is still outside, stay here for a while when the Beiya is patrolling the city, and secretly arrange for people, once someone is stunned by the weeds, they will start immediately."

Bai Shiyan wrote down one by one, and asked worriedly: "Chongming, but in this way, Mu Jingyan's understanding of you and Shen Zhou will be even more difficult, what should I do?"

"The emperor is suspicious. Even if he knows, he has to find a way to convince the emperor. As long as you do it before him, you can overcome this hurdle."

Liu Chongming said this because he didn't want to make Bai Shiyan worry too much, but Mu Jingyan's methods were tricky and hard to guard against. Even he and Shen Zhou didn't dare to say that they could invite you into the urn without any risk.

Bai Shiyan was really relieved, and asked again: "After the yellow book is taken back, what about the Qu family? They only have wealth and honor in their eyes, can they let it go easily?"

"Wealth is not as important as life, so scare them a few more times, make them change their minds as soon as possible, and send them away."

Bai Shiyan was about to ask something else, but was stopped by Liu Chongming first: "You guys, let's follow Shen Zhou's wishes, whether they are alive or dead, from now on, don't let Shen Zhou see them, so as not to hurt you." .”

"Also... also good."

"Where's Shen Zhou? How's it going?" Liu Chongming asked, after he took people away, he hadn't had time to understand the situation in the palace.

"The emperor originally punished him because of his embarrassment. Last night, Shen Zhou fainted outside the Nuan Pavilion. The emperor sent him to the Guanxing Pavilion."

Liu Chongming's gaze fell on the broken teacup, and he gritted his teeth for a long time before uttering a word.

"Shi Yan, I just wanted to kill someone!"