Lu Heng raised his head and looked at this chubby guy. Seeing the admiration in his eyes, he felt a little funny in his heart. He shook his head and said: "Ah, Mr. Hong is ridiculous. I just paid attention casually. Originally,
I thought it was a naughty idea, but now it seems that the effect is pretty good. This is the master's ability to turn stone into gold! It has nothing to do with me, right?"
Lu Heng held the tea cup and glanced at Hong Quan with a smile, his face was extremely calm.
Hong Quan didn't expect Lu Heng to answer like this. He was surprised for a moment, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Young master, this kind of temper is really rare!"
Lu Heng smiled faintly and looked at Hong Quan, who was pretending to hate the irony. He threw a branch into the bonfire, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Isn't it the same with Mr. Hong?"
Hong Quan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into laughter. The fat meat all over his body was trembling, making the people who looked over here feel dizzy.
Wu Ningyuan, who was sitting aside with his head covered and drinking wine, sighed sadly as he looked at the two young men and the old man who were equally lazy and had no ambitions.
After Hong Quan finished laughing, some vicissitudes of life appeared on his face. He held a branch with one hand, lit the fire, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't want to be loyal to the court, it's just that, ha, I'm really scared.
!Now that I can benefit the people in Jiangning, that’s enough!"
Looking at Hong Quan's frightened expression, Lu Heng also knew that he must have remembered the time when he was young and was imprisoned in the sky prison.
According to what Wu Ningyuan said when he was drunk, Hong Quan had been taken to the execution ground and prepared for execution. At that time, the clear sky suddenly became overcast, and the weather in June suddenly became like a severe winter. At the execution ground
The blades of grass were flying and the cold wind was blowing. Hong Quan raised his head and looked at the vastly changed world in front of him with tearful eyes. He wailed and lamented that good people suffer hardship while evil people take over. At this moment, snow suddenly fell from the sky...
Well, anyway, there is no greater sorrow than heartbreak, and injustice is greater than the flying snow. Hong Quan knelt on the guillotine, shaking his head vigorously, and his braids whirred like a windmill.
However, following the order from the supervisor, the imperial edict came.
This imperial edict contains only a few words written by the emperor himself: Fatty, are you happy?
After listening to the supervisor stammering and reciting this sentence while suppressing a smile, Hong Quan was stunned for a moment. What is this? I am also planning to go down in history.
However, it is a good thing that the head was saved after all. It is a matter that will go down in history. It is not a matter of urgency and can be postponed later.
So, on that sunny afternoon, Hong Quan carried the imperial edict in his arms and swaggered back home with a sinister smile on his face.
Afterwards, after many inquiries, he found out that the emperor's imperial edict was falsely delivered by Prince Ning. As for the imperial seal above, Prince Ning asked his men to carve it with radish.
For this reason, Prince Ning was punished by the emperor and knelt outside the Jinluan Hall for a whole day. However, at that time, Wu Ningyuan had military power and high prestige. Although the emperor was furious, he did not dare to make it too obvious.
After this incident, Prince Ning was deprived of his military power due to the case of Di Gong's descendants, and was granted the false title of King of Huainan. He settled in Jiangning for more than thirty years. Hong Quan followed closely and came to Jiangning City.
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After the case of Duke Di's descendants was clarified, Prince Ning was still ignored. However, Hong Quan was reactivated by the emperor. Speaking of which, the two had different statuses and different treatment.
Of course, this may be the emperor's way of alienating the relationship between Wu Ningyuan and Hong Quan, but these two people are both mature, how could they not understand this?
That experience made Hong Quan truly understand the principle of accompanying an emperor like a tiger, so in these years, he tried his best to do some extraordinary things to keep himself away from the emperor.
Moreover, in these more than ten years, in order to reassure the man in Tokyo, on the surface, Hong Quan and Prince Ning still had no contact with each other. When people from the two houses met, they were like enemies.
He frowned coldly.
However, the last arrest of Fan Zeng's assassin was the first time in the past decades that the two people had openly joined hands. In fact, it also showed from another aspect that although the two people had not been in contact for decades, they still had no relationship.
But there is still a tacit understanding.
Although the two old foxes didn't say anything, Lu Heng could still tell the difference.
Maybe it's because of the position of the crown prince, or maybe it's because of the inheritance of the Zhou Dynasty, or because after the new king takes the throne, the lives of the two of them, oh no, life safety considerations, these two old guys see
I'm here to make a comeback.
But, these two people, together with Zhang Wenshan who is now far away in Yizhou, do they want to help the prince fight for the title of heir apparent?
The blazing bonfire was burning, and the red wood made a crackling sound. The night wind blew by, and the sparks from the bonfire were flying in the wind.
In the flickering light of the fire, Lu Heng sat there quietly, concentrating on fanning the bonfire. Occasionally, he would turn his head and look at the solemn expressions on Wu Ningyuan and Hong Quan's faces, as if he had a clear understanding in his heart.
Xiao Wu?
Lu Heng suddenly thought of the great grandson of the Zhou Emperor who had been staying in Prince Ning's Mansion a few days ago.
Hey, Xiao Wu, that’s a good choice!
The fire was blazing, and beside the bonfire, the scholar had a calm smile on his face, looking extraordinarily calm. The night wind blew by, and his gown moved with the wind.
However, Lu Heng sat here without saying a word and pretending to be cool, but he completely caught the eyes of two women not far away.
"Sister Qingqing, can you stop looking like a nymphomaniac!" Although Miss Yu Yan tried her best to lower her voice, her voice, as loud as a bell, still attracted the attention of many people.
She saw Liu Qingqing sitting next to her, with a sweet smile on her brows, her slender white hands, dragging her cheeks, and looking quietly at not far away, who was sitting next to the blazing bonfire, with her clothes on.
Lu Heng moved with the wind. In the firelight, there was a faint smile on her beautiful cheeks, just like a fairy who had been banished to the mortal world.
After hearing this, Liu Qingqing was not too panicked. Over the past few days, she had become accustomed to Miss Yuyan's extremely thick nerves.
Liu Qingqing smiled lightly, her white jade-like fingers gently lifted the wind-blown hair at her temples, turned her head, and looked at Yu Yan with a smile in her beautiful eyes.
"Miss Yu Yan!" Liu Qingqing looked at the confused Yu Yan and smiled lightly, but there was a very cunning smile in her beautiful eyes.
"Uh, what?" Yuyan's big copper bell-like eyes blinked and blinked.
"Do you have a crush on my uncle?" Liu Qingqing smiled sweetly, leaned forward with her delicate body, and looked at Yu Yan with a deep smile in her beautiful eyes.
Yuyan was stunned for a long time with her mouth wide open. Suddenly, she burst into laughter with a loud voice: "Oh, you are so bad, then why are you so embarrassed! Wow, haha!"
Liu Qingqing: "..."
Zhan Huwei and others: "..."
The night breeze is blowing and the bonfire is lit.
The dotted fires on the riverside are reflected in the river, bordering the stars in the night sky, and the sky and the earth are the same color. There must be a white tent beside the river, just like the strange flowers blooming at night, it is peaceful and peaceful.
When the chirping of apes came from the depths of the towering Cangshan Mountains on both sides of the shelter, everyone sitting in the open air was a little drunk.
They gathered together in small groups, toasting and drinking. All kinds of strange and weird songs with southern and northern accents came together, which gave it a unique flavor.
Those idle warriors gathered around the bonfire and practiced the sword and shield dance that was widely popular in the army of this era. Lu Heng lazily leaned on the tree stump and quietly watched the performance of the seven or eight warriors in front of him.
The sword dance filled with the murderous spirit of the military formation was quite shocking in my heart.
The firelight danced, the warriors' figures were strong and vigorous, the sabers in their hands flashed with cold light, and the rough and heavy words added a sense of vicissitudes and heaviness to the quiet and beautiful night.
On the side, Wu Ningyuan and Hong Quan kept raising their glasses to Lu Heng. Lu Heng smiled faintly, raised the tea cup in his hand, nodded and smiled.
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. When he was about to put it down, a faint fragrance came to him inadvertently.
The tea cup in his hand was hesitating in the air. Lu Heng frowned, smelling the faint fragrance, but vaguely felt that he had smelled it there.
He raised his head suspiciously and glanced around, only to find a warrior wearing a warrior uniform with a low-brimmed hat. He was holding a wooden plate with a wine cup, bowing and standing in front of Wu Ningyuan, giving him
Pour wine.
However, this warrior's action of pouring wine was a little weird. He was pouring wine with one hand, but the other hand was hidden under the wooden plate.
This samurai has a pretty good figure!
Lu Heng groped his chin, looked at this delicate warrior, nodded his head in admiration.
After looking at it again, I saw the white wrists exposed when the other party was pouring wine, and the smell of fragrant powder became clearer and clearer in the air.
Lu Heng suddenly understood in his heart, yes, he remembered it. Isn't this smell the same as the smell of powder from the assassin who inexplicably broke into his house a few days ago?
Tsk, tsk, I didn’t expect that this guy was so courageous that he actually sneaked into the palace’s official ship. Moreover, it seemed that this action was very revealing, and it seemed that he wanted to assassinate Wu Ningyuan.
Suddenly, the warrior's hand holding the wooden plate suddenly moved, and a cold light appeared quietly.
Lu Heng narrowed his eyes and threw the teacup in his hand towards the assassin with a whoosh.
With a snap, the tea cup hit the gravel at the assassin's feet and broke into a pile of powder.
This sudden turn of events stunned everyone present. Everyone looked at Lu Heng with puzzled eyes, but they thought in their hearts that this boy was crazy and dared to hit the prince on the head.
The warriors guarding Wu Ningyuan held the hilts of their swords in their hands and stared at Lu Heng indifferently.
Only Guard Zhan had his brows lowered, and the expression on his face was unpredictable. If you look carefully, you can see that Guard Zhan's body was shaking violently at this time. It seemed to be a sign of extreme nervousness.
Lu Heng looked calm, pointed at the slightly dazed assassin, and shouted in a deep voice: "Assassin, catch him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Guard Zhan move, his sword unsheathed with a snap of lightning, and he slashed straight towards the arm of the fake warrior.
when……
The swords of the guard and the assassin collided instantly. A deafening sound of gold and iron was heard, and sparks flew out after the collision.
After blocking the assassin's attack with one blow, Guard Zhan's tiger's mouth was already covered in blood. He was deeply shocked by this man's martial arts skills. He glanced at the warrior in shock, and quickly blocked Prince Ning's gaze with his body, his face as gloomy as water.
Looking at the assassin, he growled to the brothers beside him: "Military formation, combined attack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of warriors unsheathed their swords and immediately surrounded the assassin.
"out!"
When Guard Zhan roared out, he suddenly rushed forward.
At the same time, dozens of warriors jumped out and formed an unbreakable steel circle with Zhan's guards. The circle was filled with murderous intent, the sharp blades shone with cold light, and the tips of the swords were pointed directly at the vital points of the assassin's body.
The assassin had a slight look on his face, staring intensely at the rapidly shrinking encirclement. At the same time, he held the dagger in his hand across his chest, ready to attack.
"kill!"
When the encirclement narrowed to a certain extent, Guard Zhan roared, and a dozen steel knives formed a silver net and fell towards the assassin's body.
when……
In the encirclement, the assassin's figure was like a ghost, floating and elusive. In a short period of time, at an incredible speed, he deflected the sharp blade that stabbed him. Then he suddenly jumped and flew into the sky.
"Bow and arrow!"
Guard Zhan seemed to have anticipated this person's methods. The moment the encirclement dispersed, he shouted to everyone around him.
"Whizzing……"
A dense rain of pitch-black arrows tore through the night sky and roared towards us.
But he saw the assassin flying in the air, with a dagger in his hand holding out blossoming sword flowers, and in the blink of an eye he shot down the flying arrows to the ground.
But just when Zhan Guard was about to organize the encirclement again, he saw the assassin in the air, tapped his feet, and flew out of the encirclement with the power of the arrow.
After landing, the assassin moved rapidly and flew towards Lu Heng, who had been standing outside watching the excitement with an excited expression.