A carriage slowly drove out from Tianqing County and headed towards the divine capital.
The driver was a young warrior, dressed in black, with a knife hanging from his waist. There were more than one person sitting in the carriage, a couple. The man was a man who had changed into scholar's clothes for the first time.
The woman is an ordinary woman whose appearance cannot be said to be outstanding.
The man closed his eyes and rested, while the woman was a little worried. She looked at a small bundle in the carriage, and she was thinking about whether the things in her home were put away properly, and whether last year's bacon would be stolen by rats after she left home.
eat.
As for the old hens she raised, she reluctantly gave them to her neighbors before going out. Although she asked them to keep them, she thought she might never see them again. Thinking of this, the woman's eyes felt a little...
famous.
She had lived for so many years and had never left that county, let alone traveled thousands of miles to a city she was unfamiliar with.
I heard that the majestic city is the largest city in the world, but the city is so big. Living there will cost a lot, right?
Thinking about the savings over the years, the woman was so worried that she almost cried.
"I don't want to go to the capital of God anymore."
Some things cannot be tolerated and the more you think about them, the more uncomfortable they become.
As soon as the woman spoke, the man dressed as a scholar over there opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the woman, and did not speak in a hurry.
The woman noticed the look in her man's eyes and asked a little aggrievedly, "Do I have to go?"
The man said calmly: "You don't have to go, but I guess I won't be able to go back to Taohua Lane in this life."
Hearing this, the woman felt even more depressed. She originally thought she could stay in that place for the rest of her life.
The man said: "It's not that difficult for God. You can raise some chickens and ducks if you want, and it won't matter if you live the same life as before."
The woman frowned and said, "But I don't know anyone in that place."
"You can make friends again, and you can start over from scratch."
The man said: "I am going to do something big in the future. I may not be able to come back. You can't survive alone in Tianqing County."
The woman bit her lip and said, "If you die, can I still live?"
The man ignored her and just said to himself: "I can tell you some things now. You may not understand, but you can also listen. I am the disciple of the dean of the academy. Before I came to Tianqing County,
In the capital of the gods, my family is considered a wealthy one. If you had married me at that time, your life would not be the same as it is now. You have been following me all these years, which can be considered a hardship for you."
The woman looked at him with some confusion.
The man thought to himself and said: "These years have not been a good life. I'm sorry for you. If I can live in the future, I will probably make your life better. But there are some things that I have been doing and I can't give up now, so I can only continue to feel aggrieved."
is you."
The woman remained silent, just lowered her head, and her tears started to fall.
The man remained silent.
I don't know how long it took, but the woman raised her head and asked cautiously: "Are you really not going to leave me?"
The man shook his head, "I've already let down one woman, and I won't let down another woman again."
Outside the carriage, Chen Chao frowned as he listened to these words.
You fucking have let down one woman, and you won’t let down another woman again. Can you fucking talk?
The carriage drove out of Weizhou and at the junction of Bailu State, Zhou Gouqi changed his clothes and walked out of the carriage.
Chen Chao joked: "Why, the clothes you just changed into don't look good on you?"
Zhou Gouqi shook his head and said: "I still have to go to Bailuzhou, so wearing this is a bit embarrassing."
Chen Chao nodded and did not ask further questions. He just smiled and asked: "Then all the gods have met?"
Zhou Gouqi nodded and took the reins.
Chen Chao jumped off the carriage and headed north alone.
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City of Gods.
The storm is coming.
A scholar left Nanhu and walked straight to his home without taking a carriage.
The scholar is the most famous scholar in the capital, his name is Wei Xu, and his family is naturally unusual, as he is the Wei family.
One of the two great families of the Liang Dynasty.
As a disciple of the dean, Wei Xu was almost always in the academy on weekdays and rarely returned to the Wei family. But today he didn't know what he thought of and finally chose to return to the Wei family's ancestral home.
When he came to the door, Wei Xu looked up and glanced at the lantern hanging with the word "WEI" written on it. He was silent for a moment. The lantern was very new and was replaced every day.
The side door was opened, and a middle-aged steward came out. He looked at Wei Xu in front of him and said softly: "Third Master, why are you back today free?"
Wei Xu is the legitimate son of the Wei family, but he is not the eldest son. He ranks third in the family. However, the two brothers in front of him are not as good as Wei Xu in any aspect.
Therefore, everyone in the Wei family has known for a long time that Wei Xu will be the first heir to the Wei family in the future. Therefore, everyone in the Wei family has always only respected Wei Xu and did not dare to despise him.
Wei Xu glanced at the steward, said nothing, and just walked straight into the door.
The middle-aged steward closed the door with a smile, and then followed behind this scholar who had long been famous in the world.
Wei Xu walked a few steps and said indifferently: "Please step back."
The middle-aged steward heard this, but did not leave. Instead, he asked, "Does the third master want to see the head of the family?"
Wei Xu stopped, glanced at the middle-aged steward, and said nothing.
The middle-aged steward said: "The head of the family has been waiting for the third master for a long time. He is over there at the ancestral temple."
Wei Xu's mood became a little heavy, but he didn't say anything more.
He was walking in the Wei family's ancestral house, all the way to the deepest place, but as he walked, he found that there were many people looking at him on the road.
Most of those people had gray hair and were the ancestors of each house. According to their seniority, even Wei Xu was called uncle.
Wei Xu had not seen these people for a long time. Even at the end of every year in the Wei family, many of them would not show up.
But today they are all here.
Wei Xu was a little confused, but along the way, the old people of the Wei family didn't speak, they just looked at him.
Wei Xu walked in silence, not knowing what he was thinking.
Finally he walked to the ancestral temple and saw a few more people here.
There are the same few old people with gray hair, but these old people are different from the elders in each house. They are a few people that the Wei family can really speak to. Many of the Wei family's decisions are made by them.
It can be said that these are the pillars of Wei's business.
Wei Xu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he opened the door of the ancestral temple in silence.
The Wei Ancestral Temple was dark inside.
When Wei Xu pushed open the door and entered, someone stood up and lit a candle here.
The candle is not an ordinary candle, it is made from the oil of the overseas sharks. Not only is it as bright as a luminous pearl, it also has a faint fragrance after being lit.
It's the smell of the sea.
The person who lit the candle was a middle-aged man with some white hair.
That is the head of the Wei family.
There were many important figures in the Liang Dynasty, whether it was the president of the academy or the guardian envoy, they were not actually the most extraordinary figures.
In terms of their importance to Daliang alone, only two people can be said to be of great importance.
One is the ancestor of the Xie family, and the other is the head of the Wei family.
The two aristocratic families have been fighting against each other for hundreds of years. Their disciples and old officials are all over the government and the public, and each side occupies half of the country.
It can be said that no matter who is missing, this huge dynasty will fall into paralysis in an extremely fast time.
They are the two legs of the Liang Dynasty.
Looking at the head of the family who was younger than before, Wei Xu bowed slightly. Even if he was the disciple of the dean, he must always show his respect in front of the head of the family.
The head of the Wei family turned his head, and the light shone on his face, making him look like a young man.
This alone can actually show that the realm of the head of the Wei family is definitely not low.
The head of the Wei family said: "A few days ago, some internal servants were purged in the imperial city."
Hearing this, Wei Xu frowned slightly. He didn't understand why the head of the Wei family told him this.
The head of the Wei family said: "Those people have been sent to the palace by the Wei family through various means over the years. They are absolutely secretive and there is no chance that anyone will know about them."
"One of them is a guy named Zhao Sanbao. He is the eunuch in charge of serving the dishes in the imperial kitchen. He is responsible for His Majesty's daily diet."
"I heard that Li Heng had cut off all the flesh on his body with one knife and died miserably."
The head of the Wei family smiled slightly and didn't care too much.
Wei Xu finally asked: "Why?"
The head of the Wei family looked at Wei Xu and said, "Because he has been poisoning the queen these years."
Hearing this, Wei Xu frowned even more. The queen passed away just a few years ago, and he had never thought of being related to the Wei family before.
"Even if she is not poisoned, her body is very weak and she will not live long. She can only live a few more years at most."
The head of the Wei family looked calm and relaxed.
Wei Xu said: "What I'm asking is why the head of the family did this."
The head of the Wei family smiled and said, "The poison was naturally intended to kill someone, to make her die early. In fact, if His Majesty hadn't been of such a high level, the poison should have been administered to Your Majesty."
This is said easily, but it is like a stormy sea.
"Why?"
This is the third time Wei Xu asked why.
He never knew these things.
The head of the Wei family glanced at him and did not answer the question, but said: "Many years ago, the Zhou Xianshan clan was also destroyed by the Wei family."
Wei Xu's face turned a little pale. Naturally, he could not forget the word "Zhou Xianshan". He was his fellow disciple and a very popular scholar in the academy.
"Why..." Wei Xu's voice became a little soft, even a little unclear.
"It's easy to destroy his clan. The reason is that the dean had almost made up his mind to make him the next dean. There is only one person who may be the dean. If he does it, what do you do?"
There are many disciples of the dean, but only a few of them have a real chance to become the next dean.
Wei Xu is one of them.
"If his clan is not destroyed, he will become the next dean. This is not acceptable."
The head of the Wei family said calmly: "However, your Majesty saved him in the end and let him survive. It was originally a matter of no importance, as long as he could no longer become the next president of the academy. Besides, the risk of eradicating the roots is too great. What we do
Nothing."
"It's just that I still regret it."
The head of the Wei family sighed: "I should have taken some risks and killed him completely."
Wei Xu was speechless. He just looked at the tablets of his ancestors in front of him and felt a chill coming from the bottom of his heart.
"I sent people to kill him a few days ago, but they failed. He has become a saint." 33
The head of the Wei family laughed at himself and said, "The dean has a good vision. He really chose a good person to be his successor. The second saint of Confucianism is amazing."