Lanke Chess Edge

The time has come to the dead of night, but as Ji Yuan said, in the Xiao residence, neither Xiao Du nor Xiao Ling could fall asleep.

The wife beside Xiao Ling was already asleep, and he was still lying on the bed, unable to sleep. This time it was not only because of the reason for marrying a concubine, but also because of the news that Yin Zhaoxian's condition had improved. From the outside world, it could be regarded as a rumor in the market. The words after returning from the palace basically confirmed this fact.

To be honest, Xiao Ling still respects Yin Zhaoxian very much. He is also a scholar. Although he is almost 20 years younger than Yin Zhaoxian, he is considered to have participated in the same imperial examination together. Over the years, Yin's official ambitions have made him a person with a little vision. It can be seen that it can almost be regarded as a real person who is loyal to the liver and righteousness and wholeheartedly serves the world. Even a man as harsh as his own father, although he hated Yin Zhaoxian to death in private, he had to admire Yin Zhaoxian, but it was not his greatness that he admired, but the fact that Yin Zhaoxian's methods were not pedantic. A sense of positivity.

In this era, the truly powerful scholars almost have a dream of becoming a good official before becoming an official. Even if many people fall later, this cannot be erased. Even those who have fallen, almost all respect Yin Zhaoxian, especially these years. There is an increasing trend.

This is a kind of benign development. Over the years, the Yin family not only pays attention to the development of all parties in Dazhen, but also strives to trace the source and vigorously develop education. In Yin Zhaoxian's words, it is "the character of a scholar". Above, there is Yin Zhaoxian, a radiant "idol" standing on the top of the mountain. With the upward and downward effect, the atmosphere of Dazhen's scholar class is getting better and better.

This point is seen in the eyes of the Dazhen Yang family, the scholar-official class, and some sensible people in Dazhen’s common people. And with the efforts of Yin's disciples and people of insight from all walks of life for more than 20 years, it is almost certain that Dazhen's national power will grow stronger.

But when this seemingly good aspect conflicts with the interests of his own family, Xiao Ling is very painful. The key point is that he does not think that the Xiao family is not inherently wrong.

"Hey……"

Xiao Ling sighed. Unexpectedly, the sound of sighing woke up the wife next to her, or she didn't fall asleep at all. She opened her eyes and turned to look at her husband, but she didn't know what to say. It's not appropriate for people to get involved in foreign affairs, not to mention the officialdom, which she doesn't understand at all.

"Wake you up?"

Duan Muwan shook her head.

"Xianggong, go to sleep, if you have anything to think about tomorrow."

"Um."

Xiao Ling nodded, tightened the quilt and closed his eyes. After a few breaths, Duan Muwan reached out and touched her husband's cheek, showing a slight look of surprise. Her husband actually fell asleep, so quickly?

On the other side of the Xiao residence, Xiao Du had also fallen asleep. He sat on the soft bed of the study and read a book under the light to calm down the restlessness in his heart, but after a few yawns, he fell asleep unconsciously. When the old servant came to add the hot tea, he saw that the master was asleep, so he carefully took off his boots for Xiao Du and took a quilt to cover it.

In their sleep, the father and son of the Xiao family got up in a trance. One got up from the bed in the bedroom, and the other got up from the study, but they were all fully clothed, as if they had forgotten when and where they were. It was foggy, and the spirit was a little awake.

"Uncle Wu~~~ Uncle Wu~~~"

There was a faint voice in the distance. Father and son Xiao Du and Xiao Ling were slightly more awake. They pushed open their respective doors and walked out slowly. It was not the appearance of Xiao’s house, but a vast fog. They left the room, but they didn't seem to be able to see each other, they just walked away subconsciously.

"Master Wu~~~ Where are you, Master Wu, it's me, it's me, Master Wu..."

This voice gave people a strange feeling, as if he wanted to shout out but was afraid that it would be too loud, revealing a sneaky feeling.

Although the father and son Xiao Du and Xiao Ling did not see each other, they walked through the thin night mist and saw a wide river in front of them. They lived in the city of Gyeonggi, and it was absolutely impossible for them to go out. Although he seemed sober, his mind did not think of this, but continued to search for the sound and walked towards the river.

"Uncle Wu... Uncle Wu, Xiao brought you wine..."

The low-pitched voice continued to shout, and Xiao Du and Xiao Ling finally saw the man in the mist. It was a man in a book-length shirt and a square scarf. He was holding something in his hand, although because of Due to the distance and fog, I couldn't see the appearance, but looking at the slender body, even if he walked in a hurry, he had some grace, and subconsciously felt that his appearance would not be too bad, and he didn't seem to be too old.

"Uncle Wu, Xiao is here..."

The second time, Xiao Du and Xiao Ling realized that this person was actually surnamed Xiao, and they didn't know if it was the "Xiao" from their own family. The two of them didn't get too close. The scholar put down what was in his hand. It turned out to be two small jars of wine. He untied the rope on the top, took one jar, and laboriously removed the stopper holding the red cloth. Then, he walked to the riverside and carefully poured the wine into the river.

"ton ton ton ton..."

After the bottle cap was removed, the fragrance of the wine overflowed, and the wine flowed into the river, drifting downstream and spilling out.

At this moment, water splashed somewhere in the river.

In the sound of "crashing...", something seemed to be swimming from the middle of the river, quickly approaching the river bank here, the young man who poured the wine also subconsciously took a few steps back, and then the river surface exploded with a "bang" In a wave, a giant tortoise jumped out half of its body, with its two front legs propped on the shore, while the latter half of its body remained in the water, and a turtle head stared at the scared young man on the shore.

"Wu, Uncle Wu! You, you are here, it's me, it's me Xiao Jing! You, you should still remember me, right?"

"Hehehehe... Of course I remember, why, I finally remembered to repay me? It's just that half a jar of wine is not enough!"

This gigantic tortoise was still able to open his mouth and utter his words, startling Xiao Du and Xiao Ling who were hiding in the dark, but the young man became calmer after the initial shock, and quickly put the wine jar in his hand forward.

"Uncle Wu, there is still a jar and a half here. Although it is not a famous wine, the taste is definitely not bad. There is a family outside Chunhui House that is very good at winemaking. Here we go!"

There was water flowing out of the river, slowly flowing to the edge of the two wine jars, and then holding up the wine jars and returning to the river, the old turtle kept his eyes on the scholar during this process.

"It's a good wine, but at the beginning you promised me that you would help me gather hundreds of lights and lit them with lanterns in the middle of the river. Now that half a year has passed, you must have spent the windfall money happily. My Hundreds of Lights Woolen cloth?"

The giant tortoise was condescending, and a demonic aura overflowed, and a terrifying feeling arose, which made the young man's face pale. said quickly.

"Master Wu, don't be angry, Master Wu, don't be angry, the villain was out of town some time ago, and this matter is a little inconvenient. It is best to find a kind family in the local Chunhui Mansion. Although there are many, the villain is afraid of finding the wrong one, but the villain promises that he will start collecting it immediately, there are tens of thousands of residents in Chunhui Mansion, and the villain is willing to collect thousands of lights!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha……"

The old turtle laughed.

"Old turtle, I'm good at fortune-telling since my practice, do you take my affairs to heart, do you think I don't know? Ah?"

At this moment, the old turtle's turtle head showed a ferocious color, and the demonic aura appeared like the wind and suffocation. The sense of terror not only enveloped Xiao Jing, but also enveloped Xiao Du and Xiao Ling, making people feel like entering an ice cellar, and as if they were about to fall out of the cliff.

Xiao Jing knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Uncle Wu spare your life, Uncle Wu spare your life, I, I really plan to collect thousands of lights for you, you are a demon in the river, how dare I deceive you as a mortal!"

"Hum..."

The old turtle looked at the young man in front of him, and said lightly after a long time.

"Tell me, what do you want? I don't want a thousand lights. I only need a hundred lights, and a kind family needs a candle to hold the lights at night. Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, the villain understands, the villain keeps it in mind!"

Xiao Jing saluted again and again, and finally looked up at the old turtle.

"Uncle Wu, you have great powers, you are a scholar, and you have the ambition to serve as an official to benefit the people of the world. If you can help me, when I become a high official, not to mention the lights of a hundred schools, even the lights of thousands of schools will also shine. It's convenient!"

The old turtle suddenly lowered his head and stared at Xiao Jing.

"I told you at the beginning, if you want to get the windfall I'm referring to, you will be a comfortable and rich family in this life, and now you want to be an official again? The number of dynasties and the way of official luck are not trivial, how can it be determined by divination Human beings? You don't have that real talent, so don't talk about it!"

"But there are other people who are walking around, you are always a demon..."

"Um?"

The old turtle let out a low anger.

"Anyway? Are you referring to the old turtle me?"

"No, no, no, no, Uncle Wu is a demon, how can he be a sidewalker, the villain is just, just..."

The old turtle sneered.

"Hmph, don't mention it again. I'll point out the places for you to get rich, and point out the way to become rich. Can you count on the beauty of your life? The blessings of the world account for a lot."

After speaking, the old turtle lowered his head and kept staring at Xiao Jing, who was sweating coldly.

"You broke your promise several times, and instead of looking for a way to repay, you became more and more greedy. I am afraid that a person like you would be a scourge~www.NovelMTL.com~ Find me all the lights of hundreds of families, and from now on we will be clear. Before that, Hugh is coming to find me!"

After the old turtle finished speaking, he slowly turned around, dived into the Chunmu River in the sound of "crashing" and disappeared. After a long time, the water wave returned to calm, only Xiao Jing collapsed on the ground and panted for breath. The monster swallowed.

Xiao Du and Xiao Ling were also quite frightened. It had nothing to do with martial arts skills or experience, it was purely a direct impact on their minds at the moment.

After a long time, the young man on the bank stood up and left with a staggering look. Looking from a distance, the young man looked a little grim and helpless.

Xiao Du and Xiao Ling hid in the fog, and the fog seemed to be thicker when they saw the fog, and the sky began to change rapidly between light and dark in a trance. There was an illusion that they had gone through all the vicissitudes. .

At this moment, it seems to be the dawn of a certain day, the sky is still gray, and there is a sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near. There are about twenty riders, looking like some kind of official, they rode their horses to this barren river. Get off the horse together.

"Sir, it should be here." "Well, almost! Everyone take out everything."

"Yes!"

These people were rummaging through the pockets on horseback. Xiao Du and Xiao Ling saw what seemed to be candles, both red and white, but some white candles were dyed red, clearly separated by a long distance. , but if you look closely, you can tell that it is blood.

"My lord, why do we bring the candles from these criminals' homes to light here? Everyone has been killed. Why do you feel so terrified that you have traveled all the way here to set up the river lanterns?"

"Stop talking nonsense, don't speculate on the meaning above, maybe let go of grievances! Hurry up and work!"

"Hey!" "Yes!"

Half an hour later, more than 300 lit lanterns floated away from the river, and the flames seemed to be bloody...