Golden Pig said that he did not look back when he came out of Wu Nian Mountain, and he never trusted anyone again. This great ceremonial supervisor was like a bewitched cage, and what he raised must be the most poisonous insects.

Chen Ji did not expect that such a shrewd person as Jin Zhu would be pushed into the abyss of eternal destruction by his colleagues after just one carelessness. At this moment, the tiger-armored cavalry locked the unconscious Jin Zhu's ankles with iron chains and dragged him After the horse.

Chen Ji's expression was hidden under his visor: "Mr. Feng, it's more than ten miles from here to the Liu family's mansion. If you drag him to death like this, I'm afraid it will delay the drum and flag ceremony tomorrow."

Mr. Feng smiled and said: "How can a master in the innate realm be dragged to death so easily? Don't have the kindness of a woman. As long as I show half of the compassion for the golden pig, I can't escape the eyes of Mr. Liu Ge. The rest of Liu Ge All the troops are stationed in the north of the city and will be leaving tomorrow after the flag ceremony. Only this tiger-armored cavalry remains on Liu Ge's side. Its military power is of vital importance and cannot be lost."

Chen Ji watched silently as the golden pig was forcibly dragged out of the city and dragged to the front of the Liu family's mansion for more than ten miles. On the way, he held the handle of the knife tightly in his hand and gently pushed the knife's jaw away from the scabbard with his thumb.

Mr. Feng glanced at him sideways and said casually: "Don't do anything impulsive. It's a good thing for a young man to have some blood. Many things in this world are made by this blood. But if you misunderstand my plan, I will The first one to kill you.

Chen Ji took a deep breath and sheathed the knife silently.

When they arrived at the Liu family's mansion, all the clothes on the golden pig's back were worn away, leaving a long bloodstain on the official road.

The high gray walls of the Liu family's mansion resembled a city. After the soldiers on the sentry tower confirmed everyone's identities, they waved the red flag and ordered people to open the gate.

The squeaky red door opened, and a thin middle-aged man came out. He squatted next to the golden pig to check his face and injuries, and then smiled and raised his hand to Mr. Feng: "Congratulations, Mr. Feng. Great work, tomorrow there will be heads of the twelve zodiac animals sacrificed to the flag, which is a good sign."

Mr. Feng responded casually: "Master Liu, this is a great contribution that General Qian and I made together. General Qian was also injured because of this. I cannot be blamed alone." "Oh?" Master Liu was surprised: "General Qian. Injured?"

"Well, it's on the carriage behind."

Master Liu held the hem of his clothes in one hand and a lantern in the other and walked to the carriage and opened the door curtain.

He got into the car, first touched the wound under General Qian's ribs, then rubbed his fingers under his nose and smelled it, then got out of the car and commanded the soldiers: "Hurry up and take General Qian in for treatment!

After saying that, Master Liu turned to Mr. Feng and said, "Mr. Feng, please follow me to the ancestral hall to see the master. He is still waiting for you. By the way, carry the golden pig in and show him."

Mr. Feng responded with a smile: "It's up to Mr. Liu's arrangement." There were no lanterns hanging on the dark eaves of the Liu family mansion.

Chen Ji and other four soldiers carried the golden pig on a stretcher and followed Mr. Feng through the long alley. They saw white curtains hanging under the eaves on both sides of the road. The long curtains stretched to the house like curtains. Deep inside the mansion.

Liu Mingming was not buried yet, so his coffin was left in this mansion.

Most families will only keep the coffin for three days, some wealthy families will keep the coffin for seven days, and some families have to wait for officials from other places to go home for the funeral, which may last for more than ten days or even several months.

But what the Liu family is waiting for is not people returning home, but the heads and blood of their enemies.

When passing by Liu Mingming's mourning hall, Chen Ji turned around and saw Liu Mingming's coffin standing alone in the hall. Next to the coffin, women wearing white mourning clothes were hanged by white silk on the beams of the mourning hall.

When the wind outside the hall blew, the female corpses swayed left and right, like a string of silent wind chimes. The pupils shrank, and the hairs on the hair stood on end. Even the experienced soldiers beside him were frightened. I had to let out a low cry.

Master Liu, who was leading the way, didn't look back and said slowly: "These women are the concubines of my second master. I couldn't cry in front of the mourning hall, so I had to send them to accompany the second master on the road to Huangquan. I guess some of them are the first ones." When you enter this house, don't be surprised."

The soldier just now turned his head quickly and said hastily: "After humble duty, I went to get twenty army sticks. Master Liu smiled: "General Qian's generals are really sensible."

Gradually, a warm light shines through in front of the bluestone alley. In the ancestral hall with eight open vermilion doors, on top of the main niche, the tablets of the ancestors of the Liu family stand as high as a forest. The highest one is the ancestor of the Liu family. Liu Xuning, once ranked among the three nobles, would never change his position for a hundred generations.

There were plates of tributes on the red sandalwood table under the main niche, more than twenty incense candles and hundreds of everlasting lamps, illuminating the ancestral hall as bright as day. Mr. Liu Ge sat on his knees on the futon in front of the table, bowing his head and praying. What are they holding, like the believers in front of the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns, extremely pious.

Arriving three feet outside the door, Master Liu turned to Mr. Feng and said, "Mr. Feng, wait here for a moment. I will report to you."

After that, he stepped into the ancestral hall in small steps, leaned down and whispered in Mr. Liu Ge's ear: "Master, Mr. Feng is back, bringing with him the half-dead golden pig and the severely injured General Qian.

Liu Ge didn't even raise his eyelids: "Is he really the golden pig?"

Master Liu whispered: "I'm sure, he didn't wear a human skin mask. He was chained by Mr. Feng and dragged back from the city. The ribs on the left side of his body were all broken, probably because he was kicked.

Mr. Liu Ge slowly opened his eyes: "Finally we brought him back, and my son can be laid to rest tomorrow.

Master Liu exclaimed: "Don't worry, sir. It's just that General Qian was injured at a bad time. Tomorrow we will hold a flag ceremony and the Liu family will gather together. Someone needs to lead the tiger-armored cavalry to protect them all."

Mr. Liu Ge thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "Mr. Feng, can you treat General Qian's injury?" Master Liu replied: "It's cured."

Elder Liu Ge asked again: "Is there something wrong with the medicine you used?"

Master Liu said with a flattering smile: "I smelled it. Mr. Feng used the medicine from Laojunshan Taoist Court. There is no problem. Don't worry, sir, if someone has tampered with it, I can smell it. How many people have tried to poison you over the years? Which one?" It can’t escape my nose.”

Mr. Liu Ge slowly closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking about. After a long time, he took a long breath: "Call Mr. Feng to come in." Mr. Liu went out and led Mr. Feng in, and then exited the door.

Mr. Feng stood behind Mr. Liu Ge, bent down and held his hands in his hands: "Master, I brought the golden pig back to you.

Mr. Liu Ge stood up slowly with his knees supported, looking up at the memorial tablet in the ancestral hall, but did not continue Mr. Feng's topic: "Mr. Feng, my ancestors handed over the Liu family into my hands, but I didn't expect that the Liu family might have to return home." It is decay in my hands.

Mr. Feng said with a smile: "How could it be possible? The Shenwu Army of the Jing Dynasty had passed through the Chunlei River while it was freezing. Four of the five major battalions in the capital set off for Chongli Pass. We waited for them to drive straight in. The man in Renshou Palace had no idea. There is no defense. Go to the Qingjun side of the capital. If you win, Prince Jing will not be in the right position and his foundation will be unstable. He will have to rely on you and Qi Ge Lao.

Mr. Liu Ge sighed: "The reason why a noble family has become a noble family has never been for 'victory', but for 'invincibility'. But now, the Liu family has made mistakes every step of the way, and has fallen into a situation where it has to be counterattacked. I just looked back on the past ten years and I don’t know who to blame... Is it my stupid and ignorant sister? Or is it my daring son?"

"I have been thinking tonight," Mr. Liu Ge looked at the ancestral tablets on the main niche, his eyes a little confused: "Prince Jing showed his rebelliousness in the early years, but now he shows his concern for the people of the world. , is it because he is getting older and has gradually become indecisive? Or maybe this is a carefully prepared situation for the Liu family."

The wrinkles around Liu Ge's eyes tightened: "If this is really a huge mystery, the Liu family is in danger."

Mr. Feng thought for a while: "Perhaps he was worried about the historians' criticism, so he wanted to blame all the accusations of rebellion on the Liu family. When the time comes, the historians will record that the Liu family supported him, which was not his original intention."

Mr. Liu Ge sighed again: "I can only make this conjecture. Mr. Feng, you have been our master's servant for many years. The Liu family has treated you well. You have also made great contributions to my Liu family. Now General Qian is seriously injured. The other generals have also commanded their own troops and horses. I entrust these six thousand tiger-armored cavalry to you, and you must not let them down. "

Outside the ancestral hall, Chen Ji watched Mr. Feng pick up the hem of his clothes with both hands, and knelt down to worship sincerely: "I am so grateful for the trust of the family master, I am so grateful for the humble position. Please give the family master the surname Liu. From now on, I, Feng Wenzheng, and the descendants of the Feng family will change their surname to Liu for generations to come." I will go through fire and water on behalf of the Liu family without hesitation."

When he looked up again, Mr. Feng had tears streaming down his face.

Mr. Liu Ge immediately helped Mr. Feng up and sighed: "Mr. Feng is such a talented man, how can he be a slave of my Liu family? In the future, if we are to conquer the country, Mr. Feng's talent will make him a general."

After that, he took out a tiger talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Mr. Feng's palm: "Go to the Tiger Armor camp to take over the handover, and lead the Tiger Armor cavalry to set up defense. It's already Yin hour, and there will be another hour to beat the drum to signal the generals, don't It’s going to be a mistake.”

Mr. Feng held the tiger talisman tightly in his hand and bowed again: "Thank you, Master, for your trust...

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Mr. Feng got his wish and left in a hurry.

Chen Ji was holding the golden pig and standing outside the ancestral hall looking at his back, but he still didn’t know what the Chief of Ceremonies was going to do next. And the golden pig had become a real abandoned son. This long night, I don’t know when it will be over. .

Mr. Liu Ge came to the stretcher and looked at the golden pig quietly: "Wake him up."

Master Liu took out a small porcelain vase from his arms and shook it under the golden pig's breath.

The golden pig suddenly opened his eyes, and he was about to struggle up and fight. However, Master Liu just touched his eyebrows lightly, and he was immediately unable to move.

Chen Ji was shocked. This humble Master Liu was actually a secretive official. No wonder he was the only one left by Liu Ge's side. Not even a single guard was seen near the ancestral hall.

Mr. Liu Ge looked at the golden pig with compassion: "In the furnace of troubled times, you and I are both involuntarily. Don't blame me. If you want to blame, I can only blame you, the Chief of Ceremonies, for never thinking of leaving a way for my Liu family to survive. Master Liu, take him to my son to have a look, and then lay the golden pig in front of his coffin, and then cut off the head, so that my son can go on his journey with peace of mind."

As he spoke, it seemed that he was not the one who decided to kill Liu Mingming, but the eunuch was the only one who was wrong. Master Liu hesitated and said: "Master, don't you wait until the flag is sacrificed before beheading?"

Liu Gelao waved his hand tiredly: "Go ahead, my son has been waiting for too long, just put his head on tomorrow." Master Liu waved to Chen Ji and others: "Carry him, come with me."

Several people carried the golden pig to the front of Liu Mingming's mourning hall. All the soldiers lowered their heads, unwilling to raise their heads to see the female corpses above their heads, holding back their breaths to avoid the stench in the mourning hall.

However, Master Liu took out a silver dagger from his sleeve as if nothing was wrong, and while humming a tune, he cut off the golden pig's hand tendons and hamstrings, and then used the blade to remove the golden pig's flesh and blood.

Chen Ji watched Jin Zhu's struggle with splitting eyes, but in the end he said and did nothing. He could only stare at Master Liu quietly behind his visor, hold the handle of the knife tightly, and remember the other man's voice firmly. appearance.

I don't know how much time passed, but Master Liu suddenly asked: "How many swords did Ling Chi have?" The soldiers looked at each other, and no one could answer.

Master Liu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, three hundred and sixty cuts should be enough." The next moment, he took out the saber from Chen Ji's waist and slashed at the golden pig's neck.

However, when the knife was about to hit the golden pig, Chen Ji saw a strange smile on the golden pig's face. Under the knife, no blood spattered out, and no head fell to the ground.

I saw that the golden pig's body suddenly turned into countless copper coins and silver ingots, scattering all over the floor. It seemed that what was lying in the clothes before was not a golden pig, but a puppet filled with money!
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