Hypocrites

Chapter 105 Bestowing a Gold Bottle

Liang Heng was trapped in Beisi Prison, he had no way to survive and could not fly.But he was still able to turn his mind, Shen Yu never told him that the bone ring still exists, nor did he reveal how the bone ring was destroyed.If Duan Boyu's words were true, why did Shen Yu leave this disaster behind?

The flames shone from the end, and Duan Yanling appeared in front of the door.

He put the oil lamp on the lamp stand, undid the lock of the cell door, and no one followed him.Liang Heng looked up at him, waiting for him to let him go or kill him.

In the dark space, Duan Yanling also looked at this person who had always been rich and prosperous, being spoiled to the point of weakness and desperation.

He leaned over and approached, Liang Heng was already in the corner, there was no way to avoid him, with a disgusted look on his face.Duan Yanling remained unmoved, and stuck to his body, and wrapped his hands behind his back to untie the tight rope for him.Only then did Liang Heng regain some consciousness in his bound and numb hands, and he seemed to be able to feel Duan Yanling's warm body temperature.

"Your Majesty wants to see you." Duan Yanling said.

The temperature of that illusion passed quickly again.

Shen Yu shivered from the cold.The spring breeze in February was as violent as a tiger, blowing his temple hair wildly, which reminded him of the ominous omens brought by the evil wind every year.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, after Liang Heng took the throne, there were few trustworthy people in the court. The only thing Shen Yu could rely on was the Taiwei who had been born and died.At that time, Liang Heng needed eyes and ears, so the Taiwan guards trained a set of secret contacts.After the old lord left, the new lord came to power and didn't pay much attention to this lonely soldier. The order to promote Zou Fang to be the captain of the city gate was also suppressed, and he was instead assigned to Shen Yu's class. Thinking, never being honest with the new emperor, this secret door was left for Liang Heng and Shen Yu.

Zou Fang ran as hard as he could for him, but found no sign in Zhangyi Palace.Shen Yu then made his last plan.

Dying dusk.

The official alley is immersed in the twilight, and the mighty Xiezhi stone eyes in front of the government office inspect the visitors.The temple was originally a place where there was only one old mark left on the beam of the plaque, and the gate was changed, so it was a place to save people from liberation and become a place to punish crimes.

In Beisi Prison, there is still a monk cleaning the courtyard.

Shen Yu was able to enter the cell by showing the warrant that had been secretly concealed.In the dungeon where the sun never sees all year round, it is colder than spring, and it is as dead and silent as a deserted place.Beisi Prison is a place where offenders and nobles are detained. The last time it was overcrowded, it was because of the suppression of the remnants of the eunuchs.

He walked all the way to the end, and every time he saw a prison cell, he was afraid of seeing Liang Heng tortured, to even more afraid that he would not be found anywhere.

Not even Beisi Prison...

The lampstand in Shen Yuti's hands trembled in the absence of wind, and the shadows reflected on the stone wall were chaotic and disorderly.

At this time, there was a sound in the depths of the prison, and the light from the lampstand pushed over, reflecting a young and dejected face.He probably curled up in the darkness for too long, Shen Yu didn't notice for a while, those eyes were fixed on Shen Yu, and the eyes alternated bright and dark.

On the night of mid-spring, the fluttering light is in the east.

Under the Tianhe River, the double city wall guards the building with double eaves and a roof in the middle. It is painted with gold, painted with blue letters, and painted with red paint. Silent warriors stand on both sides of the stone road.Liang Heng received very good treatment, and was brought into the garden by a double carriage. Even with his eyes closed, he knew that this was the Ming Hall where the spiritual tablets of the successive emperors of the Qi Kingdom were enshrined.

Mingtang has nine rooms and eight halls, four gates and twelve palaces, nine states in the world, four seasons and twelve months, all of which are in the palaces of this Tianyuan place, in this ancestral hall of rituals and laws with a diameter of nine feet to the sky.The incense lamp in the Taishi was always on, and under the alcoves, a young man paid homage to his ancestors, got up and turned his head.Liang Heng carefully distinguished his face, and could not find any resemblance to Duan Yanling. He thought that he was too heartless in the past, and never cared about such an obvious abnormality.

Duan Yanyou said: "Long time no see, the last time we met seems to be at...Gui Palace?"

Liang Heng was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't remember."

He was still wearing a prison uniform, while Duan Yanyou stood with his hands behind his back and looked dignified. He said with a calm smile, "What should I call you? Perhaps, even you don't know."

"In the world of life," Duan Yanyou said, "your parents gave your flesh and blood a name, which is the foundation of your life. But good fortune gave you another thing, do you know what it is?"

Liang Heng shook his head, Duan Yanyou pointed at his feet.

"It's a shadow."

"..."

"Shadow has no body, no flesh and blood, no name, no parents. He has no meaning of his own existence. He acts according to my actions, and in order to achieve me, it is the second life bestowed on the Son of Heaven. Someone will replace it. On the day of the Golden Palace, I almost thought that your life was doomed, but I never imagined that you could still steal your life to this day."

"Being an emperor is not the meaning of life," Liang Heng said suddenly, "and it's not that everyone in the world wants to be an emperor. The seemingly supreme throne is actually the source of all disputes and turmoil. The situation is changing rapidly, and even one's own safety is difficult." Gu Quan, relatives and friends also sacrifice nothing. If everyone who dies because of you is your shadow, then the sun in the sky will only shine on you, how lonely and lonely.”

"You don't want to do it?" Duan Yanyou repeated his words, with a hint of surprise in his tone, as if he didn't understand how anyone would dare to belittle the Nine-Five Supreme Being.

"You don't want to do it, but I want to do it. You have lived in the open and honest all your life, and I am like a mouse in a ditch, hiding in hiding, unable to discover my true identity for others. One is the official palace who has to avoid the eunuch's eyes and ears and secretly cultivates it." Prince, one is the posthumous son of a violator in the Forbidden Palace, among us, who is more shameful?"

"But I don't hate you," Duan Yanyou showed a little smile, "Whenever I was walking on the street, I heard the people talking about the absurd prince in the East Palace, hanging out with eunuchs, drinking with dudes, and leaving my professional teacher in anger. Nothing can be achieved. I feel fortunate that the late emperor was wise. If I hadn’t grown up in the Xiangguo Mansion, I would have lost my ambition under the eunuch’s means, indulged in all day long, and ended up at the mercy of others.”

"Why don't you hate me?" Liang Heng asked strangely, "If you don't hate me, you will send assassins to chase me down? Ruyang assassins have galloping horse totems tattooed on them, just like the assassins in Qifeng Mountain. You have wanted to kill me a long time ago. If it doesn’t work, I’ll kill it twice, today I can walk out of the Ming Hall standing up, maybe I have to thank God for his kindness.”

At this last moment, Liang Heng rarely became clear-headed, and even felt that he had never been so sharp. Duan Yanyou's expressionless expression changed, and he took a step forward to punch him!A punch hit Liang Heng's wrist, but Liang Heng also reacted extremely quickly. He raised his hand to block, and was hit by the huge force, making him back again and again, and hit the door, causing heart-piercing pain to his wrist.

The warriors outside the hall moved their halberds, as if they were going to escort them, Duan Yanling also drew out the Junzi sword to cover Duan Yanyou, to prevent Liang Heng from rushing to hurt others.In Liang Heng's eyes, it's really ridiculous. Duan Yanling, who has been a cousin for 20 years, still doesn't know how much he weighs?

Duan Yanyou missed a hit, and he didn't seem to want to beat Liang Heng to vomit blood to vent his anger. He shook his head and said, "Little devil is difficult to deal with. I knew before that even though you are just a chopping board fish, you have endless thoughts. The eunuchs are all played around by you. Even your confidantes who stay in the court, such as Jiang Zhi and Deng Yang, don't know how to assess the situation."

These people were exactly Shen Yu who helped him to promote in order to dilute the party's wings, but now they became Duan Yanyou's thorn in the back, cause and effect follow each other, and they have their own definite number.

"The advancement of all the sages is like Mao Siba," Liang Heng said, "The king should not stick to small details, and he can't have the heart to tolerate others. How can he tolerate thousands of miles of rivers and mountains?"

The more Liang Heng talked, the more Duan Yanyou became speechless.After a long period of silence, he sneered and said: "A loyal minister does not matter to the second master. Since you are still alive, why should I take more care of you. If you are willing to save others with your own body, I can consider it."

After finishing his sentence, the book boy entered the Ming Hall with a lacquer plate in his hand, with a golden bottle of sake on the plate.

"If you talk about hatred, I actually hate my late father more than mere you. When he was alive, I never experienced a family reunion. The only time I communicated publicly was at the pepper wine banquet at the end of that winter. The first emperor gave me a sword of the Son of Heaven. For this gift, the first emperor drank the wine of poisonous pepper and died of broken liver and intestines. This is the flesh and blood he left to me, which is full of pain. Even so, I forgive you but never had it, I I would like to share this affection with you."

The book boy walked forward with the chili wine, suddenly Duan Yanling moved his hand, as if he wanted to block it, but he immediately regained his sanity and restrained his movement.However, this slight difference is still felt by Duan Yanyou, he seems to be very sensitive to all the changes around him.

"What?" Duan Yanyou said, "What do you have to say?"

Duan Yanling knew that he was stupid at the critical moment, so he dared not speak up, but he kept silent, but Duan Yanyou was about to explode: "I still remember that your cousins ​​have been very close since childhood. When it's time to say goodbye, everything will be gone." Ke Shi. Duan Qing, I allow you to give my cousin a ride."

The book boy is similar to Duan Yanyou's doppelgänger, nodding his head in understanding, and then holding the lacquer plate in front of Duan Yanling's eyes.

Duan Yanling's stiff face was reflected in the glass of wine.

Liang Heng looked at the wine bottle quietly, and suddenly understood that what was contained in the glass was not wine, but Duan Yanyou's hatred and fear.If he doesn't disappear for a day, Duan Yanyou can't sit in the temple for a day.But Duan Yanyou is a righteous monarch, there is nothing to be afraid of him, there is not even a place in this world to take him in, as the monarch of a country, he has lost his measure.It was easy for Duan Yanyou to think that once he died, all the ministers of the previous court would worship at his feet.But how could Shen Yu be willing to assist him?Liang Heng thought to himself, Shen Yu would definitely hate you to death.

There was a sharp pain in his shoulder, and it was Duan Yanling who restrained him with one hand, and slowly grasped the chili wine on the plate with the other, his face showed a ferocious gnashing of teeth.Liang Heng was caught by him and couldn't move. His bones and joints were rubbing against each other. The pain spread from his shoulders to his chest, and his heart felt cold.

Duan Yanyou turned around with his hands behind his back and faced the ancestor's spiritual tablet, as if he was too lazy to face everything that was about to happen. The incense light shone on his face, making his eyebrows clear and unmistakable, like a golden statue of jade, with his majestic eyes closed.