Zhexiang as an old friend

"You know me?"

"Lu Lekang...Princess Yuxin..." The old man still looked at Lu Ziping, as if he couldn't hear Lu Ziping's voice, he muttered, and suddenly laughed, "You are so handsome."

The old man seemed to be a little crazy, he stretched out his hand and held Shentu's hand, but he still muttered: "Ziping...Ziping..."

"Mister, do you know my parents?" Lu Ziping leaned on Shentu and asked.

"Lekang...Princess Yuxin, what a terrible death." The old man burst into tears as he said that, as if no one had heard him say these words for too many years, he dragged Shentu's hand and talked upside down for a long while .

Lu Ziping only knew that his parents were recruited by the emperor, but later, for some reason, they were used by the new emperor as a stepping stone to frighten the government and the public.

Only now do I know that the truth is far more cruel than it appears on the surface.

The old emperor had long been desperate, all the ministers around him were bought by the general, and even the military power was completely controlled by the general, so he had no power to fight back, so he could only bow down and beg for a superficial peace.

Seeing that he was weak, the general insulted him and asked him to pay tribute to his daughter for his own pleasure. The old emperor really gave all his daughters who had not left the cabinet to the general, but the general was not satisfied. He had long coveted Princess Yuxin She was beautiful for a long time, and asked the old emperor to marry Yuxin.

In order to protect himself, the old emperor actually casually used the name of treason, locked up Lu Lekang, and gave Yuxin to the general.

Yuxin loves Lu Lekang deeply and refuses to follow no matter what. The general was so angry that he tied Yuxin and threw him into the barracks, where he was humiliated to death by his soldiers.

Lu Lekang was also tied up by the jailers in the prison to torture him for fun. Apart from physical torture, he often humiliated him with words. When he learned that Princess Yuxin had been humiliated by the general's people, he directly took this matter on the road. Lekang was joking in front of him, looking at Lu Lekang's angry but powerless expression, he laughed to his heart's content.

When the general had had enough of playing with those princesses and humiliating the old emperor, he gave an order to directly force the palace, and beheaded all the royal families for public display, even Yuxin's body was not spared, and she was dug out from the mass grave , cut off her head and hung it on the city wall.

He also knew that it was because of Lu Lekang that Yuxin refused to give herself up, and she didn't want to put them together even after death, so she just hung them on both ends of the city wall so that they would never meet together no matter what.

Lu Ziping's complexion became paler and paler with the old man's upside-down words.

Pneumonia, which he hadn't had for a long time, also took the opportunity to climb into his throat, causing him to cough violently again.

Shentu hurriedly tore off his sleeve, and handed it to his mouth, Lu Ziping took it, coughing continuously, not long after, that sleeve was covered with blood.

"Ziping...Ziping..." The old man was still chanting Lu Ziping's name, but Lu Ziping's ears were only coughing and he couldn't hear anything.

Shentu was afraid that Lu Ziping would be aroused by the old man again, so he hurriedly carried him to sit at a place far away, carefully patting Lu Ziping's back.

Lu Ziping coughed for a long time before he calmed down, and hid the blood-stained handkerchief in his sleeve.

"Don't hide it." Shentu took out the bloody cloth from his sleeve, folded it aside, then tore off a piece of his own sleeve and handed it to him.

Lu Ziping carefully peeped at Shentu as if his secret had been discovered.

Shentu sighed.

I really have nothing to do with him.

"Master, I want to go to the scientific examination." Lu Ziping pinched Shentu's sleeve, as if he was afraid that Shentu would disagree, so he kept his voice very low.

Shentu frowned when he heard the words, and calmed down as soon as he was about to get angry. Thinking that this might be the last time he took part in the scientific examination, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his head again, and said softly, "Go if you want, I'll just sit outside Wait for you."

"But the exam will take three days!" Lu Ziping opened his eyes, wanting him to go back, so as not to stay here for three days in the wind and sun.

There are many subjects in the scientific examination, and all the examination rooms are equipped with compartments to prevent candidates from cheating. It takes three days to pass the examination. During the three days, they eat, drink, and sleep in the compartment. Not to mention how traumatic the three-day scientific examination is. Even the environment in the examination room made Shentu very worried about his health.

"What's the matter for three days, I'll be waiting for you here, you go, the exam is about to start." As soon as Shentu finished speaking, the bell for the exam rang, as if to respond to Shentu's words.

When Lu Ziping heard the sound of the bell, he was also anxious. He got up and wanted to walk into the examination room, but his footsteps were weak, and he staggered as soon as he got up. Fortunately, Shentu had a quick eye and a quick hand, and he was able to support him.

Shentu straightened Lu Zi upright, and sent him in before the door of the examination room closed.

He did what he said, and he really waited for Lu Ziping outside the examination room without sleep for three days and three nights. Only occasionally a wine seller passed by, so he bought a few jugs of wine and looked at the old man opposite him as a pastime.

The old man on the opposite side was only awake occasionally, but most of the time he was still insane. Sometimes he shouted "Long Live the Emperor", and sometimes he covered his face and cried.

After three days like this, at dusk of the third day, the gate of the examination room was opened, and the examinees inside all ran out one after another to welcome the freedom after three days.

Shen Tu stood by the door and waited until all the examinees had left. Lu Ziping slowly walked out of the door. About to fall, Shentu hurriedly rushed in front of him, and caught a man in his arms.

"Master." Lu Ziping leaned on Shentu's body, and his voice became softer, as if floating in the air.

Shentu hastily picked him up, and hurried back to the house, just as he put him down, he was about to go out to find a doctor.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ziping grabbed Shentu directly, but Shentu didn't have much strength, but he stood still and turned to look at him.

"Master, don't leave, just talk to me." Lu Ziping's voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Lu Ziping knew that he was exhausted.

Ever since he knew about the tragedy of his parents' death, he held his breath and wanted to finish the exam. Now that the exam is over, he has nothing to worry about, and he can't last long no matter what.

But he was really afraid that he would die alone, and he only hoped that someone would accompany him before he died.

"Okay, I'm not leaving." Shentu sat next to him and held his hand tightly.

"Master, please finish telling me the story of that Xingjun." Lu Ziping smiled weakly, and the strength in his hands was also half a point weaker.

Shentu hurriedly grabbed his hand, trying to pass his strength over, and said softly, "That Xingjun became a scholar in the lower realm. He has read a lot of poetry and books. He is smart and handsome. Jiezi has always been by his side, but Jiezi Life is long, but the scholar is a mortal..."

"Did that mortal die later?"

"I haven't talked about that yet..." Shentu's voice choked up, "The scholar fell ill later, and Jie Zi stayed with him all the time. The scholar didn't want him to leave, so he kept holding his hand, and even the doctor wouldn't let him in. ..."

"Really..." Lu Ziping let out a weak breath, and the hand that had some strength became weak and cold in Shentu's palm.

Shentu held his hand tightly, lowered his head, and put his hand on his forehead, his voice gradually weakened, choked with sobs:

"Now that scholar is dead..."

The meson stayed with him all the time.

Is it considered complete?

Ziping...