Chapter 42: The most painful
Today's prime minister's house is full of joy with drums and gongs.
Those who have stayed in the prime minister's mansion for some years can't help sighing that the prime minister's mansion has not seen this lively scene for many years.
Liuxinyuan has also been well decorated. The big red ribbon is knotted on the beams, and the furniture in the room is new and quite neat. Obviously, it is all designed for Jiang Shengtian, the new uncle.
The moment Jiang Shengtian stepped out of the door, he knew how to go with only a long way to go.
Wearing a gorgeous suit, he walked down the steps.
This day, with sunshine and joy, is indeed a rare good day.
In Li Yinru's wing, she is gorgeous and pink, with fine eyebrows, and the corners of her mouth are slightly bent, implicitly revealing the shameful beauty of her daughter's family. Feng Guanxia, the bead chain hung gently, and Sister Ping burst into tears beside her. She was moved as if she were marrying her daughter. She carefully dressed up for her, and every painting was so serious and meticulous.
Li Yinru was full of expectation and nervousness. The person in the mirror was like jade and kept comforting Sister Ping, saying that she was not married far away, but the distance between the east wing and the west wing. Sister Ping wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes in a panic, saying that she was just crying with joy.
She longs and yearns for it. She wears golden and jade earrings and is gorgeous. She wants to show people the most perfect image in the most grand days of her life.
All the bustle, all the noise, the gongs and drums that blow all over the sky, like a burst of light smoke that does not come into the ear, floating faintly. He completed a bunch of arduous etiquette accompanied by his servants. Today's guests are not rich but noble. They are all the best people in Chang'an City. Naturally, he has to thank them one by one. The guests congratulated Li Linfu before coming to Jiang Shengtian. Jiang Shengtian smiled politely and couldn't see anything strange.
acted vaguely as if he were in a dream.
Involuntarily, wandering helplessly in a place where I can't find a direction.
Scene by scene is like a floating light and shadow that quickly flashes into the memory, which is not real.
Those celebrating, as well as all kinds of red lanterns, only felt that it was a piece of red shadow swaying in front of his eyes.
He obediently listens to what others asked him to do, although from the outside, he was as normal as the old, and the inside was as straight as a walking corpse, and there was no stability at all.
It was not until he saw Li Yinru hiding behind the red curtain that he suddenly felt a little sober, and then he surged up with deep remorse and guilt.
Although he can't see the face behind him, he can feel her expectations and her shy and happy smile.
He stared at her for a long time, and it was not until the matchmaker shouted that he began to worship three times.
The guests on both sides are full, and Ye Zhihang and Li Linfu sit on the hall. Ye Zhihang is temporarily on behalf of Jiang Shengtian.
Jiang Shengtian and Li Yinru both knelt down.
Jiang Shengtian glanced at her, his eyebrows trembled slightly, and there was a faint hesitation.
A worship of heaven and earth.
He began a fierce struggle in his heart and began the ceremony involuntarily.
The surroundings are full of laughter, and words are endlessly praising this pair of people.
Two worship high hall!
The two turned to Ye Zhihang and Li Linfu and began the second kneeling ceremony.
Seeing that the ceremony was about to be completed, Jiang Shengtian took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
Couple and wife worship!
"Yinru, I'm sorry." Jiang Shengtian meditated and bowed with Li Yinru, who covered his face with red cloth, and immediately there was thunderous applause. Everyone stood up to congratulate and blessings. People's voices were intertwined. In Jiang Shengtian's ear, it was just a burst of noise.
In Cuihua Mountain, a bright moon rises quietly, like a jade mirror in the night, shining and reflecting the vast depth of the mountains and forests.
When the breeze rises, Chen Rufeng comes with long grass. The trees are forested, the stone walls are high, and the back is steep. Looking at the broad field, the distance is where the old main altar of the Tianfeng Gang is located, but today it has become a division altar.
Looking higher, Qianjianmen is lurking in the deepest place like an invulnerable beast, overlooking the whole Cuihua Mountain.
Chen Rufeng came today, and even he didn't know why. He seemed to respond to a certain call in his heart, so he came to the old place inexplicably.
Looking at the original origin of the Tianfeng Gang, the little Chai Gang began to experience many changes. After all, it was just a brilliant moment and could not withstand the wind and waves, like a peak that was pulled up quickly, and it collapsed in a few decades.
The wind is quiet and the night is silent, but the chest is stuffy and dry. With the sound of sand and grass, Chen Rufeng's body seems to be pulled by the wind and can't help moving.
The angry wind sword came out of its sheath, and the body of the sword flowed with the moonlight. The tip of the sword seemed to take off a little starlight. For a moment, an inch of grass swept up, as if it had been frightened and folded its waist. It was just caused by the sword wind blowing and strength.
Under the moon, the starry night sky, the sword is like the wind, and the people are like shadows, spreading swordsmanship between the vast world.
It's a sword full of catharsis.
Green waves and blue waves overlap and continue, just like green dragons dancing, and the wind sweeps, blooming a swirling wind dance flower among the mountains and fields.
I suddenly opened my eyes, and there was still the residual fragrance of candlelight in the air, and the big red word "Xi" hanging on the wall had been painted dark by the night.
This day seemed to pass very fast, which made Jiang Shengtian feel that he had just had a long dream.
When he saw Li Yinru who was next to him sweetly, he was convinced that this was the real reality.
Li Yin seemed to be in a beautiful dream. Although she was sleeping, the corners of her mouth rose slightly and fell asleep with a smile.
Jiang Shengtian's eyes condensed on her face and turned his head to look at the two wine glasses on the table.
"There is still room for regret." He hesitated again, but opened his eyes in panic as if he had touched something terrible.
Since I have already decided to embark on this road, I have no hesitation.
But the only thing that can't be put down...
With a twist in his heart, the indescribable pain surged, drowning his thoughts.
He gently and reluctantly kissed Li Yinru on the forehead, and then quietly got out of bed.
The sky is not yet clear, and the stars are still there.
He has changed into casual clothes, and the prime minister's mansion has completely calmed down in the hustle and bustle of the day. There are only a few insects in the depths of vegetation, as if they are shining with the stars.
closed the door and took a heavy breath. After all, he turned around fiercely, with determination and pain, and seemed to be a little relieved, and left Liuxinyuan.
At the gate of Chang'an, a sneaky black figure walked under the gate.
"Who?" As soon as the shadow approached, he immediately attracted the vigilance of the guards.
"At the order of the Prime Minister, you need to go out of the city overnight!" The figure responded, and it was reflected from the torch on the gate that he was holding a token in his hand.
A guard hurried down the stairs, identified it carefully, and reported to the tower, "It is indeed the token of the prime minister!"
Although the guard on the tower was a little strange, why did he go out of the city at this time? However, since it was sent by the prime minister, he did not dare to obstruct it and quickly opened the gate and let the man go out.
Jiang Shengtian straightened the heavy burden on his shoulders, as if he wanted to deliberately avoid the light on the torch and walk out of the gate with his head down.
The city gate creaked behind and closed in a low voice, and there was a dark road in front of it.
His body turned into various virtual shadows in mid-air, and the sword has long been unpredictable green, but every sword cut will drive the sky to crack, and there will be a rolling storm to collide.
Chen Rufeng suddenly grasped the hilt of the sword, jumped into the air, and flashed before a stone wall. The angry wind sword reappeared the vast sword light, like the claw blade of a fierce beast. Where the sword passed, the sword marks remained in mid-air and did not disperse, and sparks splashed everywhere on the stone wall, as if the famous calligrapher and painter improvised with one hand, interesting, unruly and wild, above the stone wall It also makes the sound of damage to hard objects.
The sword marks were faint, and Chen Rufeng suddenly put his sword into the sheath, and his feet went down to the ground smoothly. On the stone wall with ten people high, there were two inches of characters engraved into the stone: Tianfeng.
Every stroke of the two words is like a long sword, and the last place is sharp and obvious, no different from the sword, full of momentum, but the whole is a little lonely and helpless.
Chen Rufeng smiled bitterly: "Tianfeng Gang, Jiang Shengtian's sky, Chen Rufeng's wind..."
The dawn is approaching, and the stars and moon have not yet fallen.
He lay on the grass, with his hands behind his head, and looked at the Tianfeng Gang in the distance. His eyes were blurred and smiled faintly.
Slowly close your eyes, and the rustling sound keeps echoing in your ears, like a natural tune, making people fall asleep.
"Today is a happy day, and I, as a brother, can't come to congratulate you. However, I'm afraid you will come directly to ask me for a gift later, right? Chen Rufeng said to himself with a smile, smiling so naturally and generously.
The sound of rustling is getting louder and louder.
There are also footsteps mixed in it.
Who would come to such a place at this time?
Chen Rufeng was alert and turned over, leaned out half of his body, and saw a man staring at the direction of the Tianfeng Gang. He didn't know what to think.
In the night, his face could not be distinguished.
He subconsciously clenched the angry sword and frowned, "Who is it?"
The man didn't seem to expect that there would be someone here. He was shocked and took a few steps back.
Chen Rufeng stood up, and a trace of white began to appear in the sky.
The two saw each other almost at the same time, and their bodies were shocked.
After looking at each other silently for a long time, Chen Rufeng came to his senses first and asked faintly, "Isn't today your happy day? Why did you come here?
Jiang Shengtian should have rushed over in a hurry, gasping, but his words were still clear. He smiled and said, "I want to entrust something to you, but I didn't expect to happen to meet you here. I don't know if these are spiritual?"
When Chen Rufeng heard the four words "heart has a good heart", his expression on his face was slightly softened, "What is it?"
Jiang Shengtian quickly relieved the burden and walked over with a little effort and handed it to Chen Rufeng.
Chen Rufeng took it and opened it, and it turned out to be a blue account book. Opening his look, his expression suddenly turned into shock. He raised his head and looked at Jiang Shengtian, but because it was not completely dawn, he could not see Jiang Shengtian's face clearly.
"These are the evidence of Li Linfu's collusion between officials and businessmen. With these account books, there are Li Linfu's bargaining chips that can save Tianfeng and help water and fire." Jiang Shengtian said with a pale smile.
Chen Rufeng silently sorted out these account books, thought for a moment, and asked, "Why do you suddenly turn the gun to help us? Don't you have the intention to destroy us with Ye Zhihang?
"Because..." Jiang Shengtian smiled bitterly and looked at the outline of the Tianfeng Gang in the distance. Suddenly, his heart became comfortable. "I'm the master of the Tianfeng Gang!"
When Chen Rufeng heard Bi Jiangshengtian's words, he stirred up thousands of huge waves in his heart. He couldn't control himself, as if something had been lost for a long time and suddenly returned to his hands. This joy of reunion after a long separation suddenly occupied his whole body.
He couldn't help stretching out his hands and putting them on his shoulder.
"I knew... I knew..." Chen Rufeng somehow stuttered a little, probably due to excessive joy. "Although you are so bad on the surface, you will never be like Ye Zhihang and Li Linfu..."
"So, you mean, my ability will never be as good as them?" Jiang Shengtian smiled a little feebly and said, "They didn't expect that I would bring their evidence to you on this day. This time I finally won over them."
"Yes," Chen Rufeng punched him on the shoulder, and he also forgot how long he hadn't done this kind action. "The previous tip-in from Guazhou Ferry and Yu Zhengfang saved my life are all for your secret?"
Jiang Shengtian nodded with a smile. Because his vision was too dark, Chen Rufeng could not see that his face was getting whiter and whiter, and bean-sized sweat beads kept flowing.
"I said I was right!" Chen Rufeng shouted excitedly, "It's really you!"
"But Yu Zhengfang also..." Jiang Shengtian lowered his head gly and remembered the scene when he stabbed into Yu Zhengfang's abdomen that day, and his relieved expression was sad for a moment.
Chen Rufeng was stunned and immediately knew the final end of Yu Zhengfang. His death was always affected by himself, and he suddenly felt guilty and sighed silently.
"Yes, how could Li Linfu give you such an important thing?" After the two calmed down, Chen Rufeng asked.
The sky is getting brighter, the stars, the moon and the night fade, and the two can clearly see each other's faces.
Jiang Shengtian only felt the sky spinning, his feet were soft, and his knees bent straight to the ground.
The scene in front of me fell into a blur.
Chen Rufeng saw Jiang Shengtian's pale and bloodless face.
He turned from joy to fear and held Jiang Shengtian, feeling that he could not help trembling and trembling, as if he was suffering from severe frost and cold.
However, Jiang Shengtian's face was not bitter, but showed a comfortable smile, as if he had swept away all the burdens in his heart, and his eyes were full of relaxation.
Chen Rufeng slowly helped him down and made him half lie on the grass.
"Li Linfu forced me to take the 'Twelve Broken Soul Pills', and I need to take the antidote every 12 hours to survive." Jiang Shengtian said slowly, without any pain, although he was suffering from heartache at this moment.
His body's reaction was pouring out the pain from his body. His hands clenched Chen Rufeng's arm and almost grabbed a piece of meat.
Chen Rufeng's eyes widened, only felt that his head was knocked hard and his mind was cut off for a moment.
When his spiritual platform recovered slightly from Qingming, he thought about it quickly before he said timidly and tremblingly, "I... I'll help you get the antidote..."
When he was about to start, he was pulled by Jiang Shengtian with only enough strength.
"Don't... I... I'll give you these account books, but I didn't think about... going back alive..." Jiang Shengtian pleaded.
"No!" Chen Rufeng almost shouted, "I don't want these account books! Anyway, I'm going to get an antidote for you!"
But Jiang Shengtian still dragged him and did not let go.
"It's useless... This is the second time I've betrayed him, not to mention... That day, I saw Yu Zhengfang being abused to death. Later, he begged me to cut him with a knife. In the past few days... As soon as I closed my eyes... I saw him... I know... It was my conscience that was torturing myself..." Jiang Shengtian shook his head bitterly, "I entered the phase Since the mansion... I've done a lot of wrong things... I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for Tianfeng Gang..."
Listening to Jiang Shengtian's voice gradually decline, Chen Rufeng's eyes were already soaked.
"Li Linfu thought that he could manipulate me by holding my life with his hand and using Yinru as bait... He was so resourceful, but he never dreamed that I could still betray him... Hahaha!" Jiang Shengtian laughed weakly, and Chen Rufeng was more sad when he saw him laughing.
The vegetation caused a burst of dance with the wind. A green waves rose and fell one after another on the mountain, and the green lingered around the two, and the sound of blowing was faint like a Buddhist monk chanting scriptures, calming and clearing the heart.
"The Tianfeng Gang... must not cross..." Jiang Shengtian looked at the Tianfeng Gang in the distance, which was still in the dark at night, and turned his eyes to the stone wall, and fell on the two big words "Tianfeng" just engraved by Chen Rufeng with his sword.
The sun is falling, and the word "sky wind" seems to be covered with a layer of golden light, eye-catching.
Jiang Shengtian smiled happily and kept reading, "Tianfeng Gang... Jiang Shengtian's Tian... Chen Rufeng's wind..."
"I, the master, have no regrets to help Tianfeng in the end." Jiang Shengtian closed his eyes, and his lips were bleeding. Obviously, he endured the severe pain that no one could bear. Chen Rufeng cried into tears.
"No... You won't die..." Chen Rufeng was rational and unclear. He raised Jiang Shengtian and sat behind him. His palms stimulated the true qi and patted him on the back. A stream of green gas floated from the palm of his hand, and the continuous true qi was injected into Jiang Shengtian's dying body. In the body.
"Don't do these futile things..." Jiang Shengtian's voice was as thin as a mosquito, and he fell to the side, which scared Chen Rufeng and quickly pulled him.
"I...so painful..." Jiang Shengtian still couldn't stand the pain of the twelve broken soul pills and shouted, "I don't know... how long it will take for me to...to die..."
Chen Rufeng shook his head heartbreakingly. It was the first time that he had such a sense of human indifference. Seeing his closest brother suffering, he could only do nothing.
Even if you are good at martial arts, what can you do?
Jiang Shengtian's hand softly held Chen Rufeng's wrist and pleaded with his last strength, "Please... kill me... I'm in pain..."
Chen Rufeng was speechless, shook his head desperately, and tears fell on the grass out of control.
"Can you help me..." Jiang Shengtian's lips were covered with a layer of red like white snow, and blood was intertwined into a net at the corners of his mouth. "I... don't want to... endure these pains anymore..."
His hand reached to the angry sword like a snail climbing, signaling Chen Rufeng to do it quickly.
"As long as... a sword..." Jiang Shengtian twitched his body. Chen Rufeng's hand was put on his hand, and the two hands pressed the hilt of the angry wind sword together.
"Ah--" Chen Rufeng shouted up to the sky, and the sound resounded throughout Cuihua Mountain, making people shake the mountain in illusion.
In a daze, Jiang Shengtian seemed to return to the secret room in the prime minister's study and saw Yu Zhengfang's face that day.
It's just today's face, but it has become itself.
After all, the sunshine pierced the clouds and sprinkled little by little on Jiang Shengtian's eternally frozen face.
Chen Rufeng's hand trembled as never before, as if it belonged to him.
He didn't know how much strength he used to pull the angry wind sword out of Jiang Shengtian's chest and knelt on the ground.
Tears are still flowing, but they are silent.
Mountain grass, Jiang Shengtian lay in it, as if he had put down all the distractions in the world and smiled comfortably.