_Chapter 73: Encounter
The instinct of a killer caused Zhou Dong to stop several times on the way to the Moon Invitation Palace to observe the changes around him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But in the end, he didn't find any clues either.
Li Li, who followed behind, was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. If Hei Yichen hadn't grabbed him a few times, he might have crashed into Zhou Dong's arms.
Heavy troops were deployed around the Inviting Moon Palace. This was not difficult for Zhou Dong, and after carefully observing it, he chose the place with the most soldiers and climbed over the wall like lightning.
Where there are more soldiers, the vigilance will be much more relaxed, this is Zhou Dong's experience summary.
"His speed is terrifying! Passing in front of people is like a gust of wind blowing, but you can't see him. ”
Li Li exclaimed, and was about to follow, but was stopped by Hei Yichen.
"He's a killer, his tracking and anti-tracking abilities are terrifying, the killer's instinct keeps him from letting go of any details, maybe he's suspecting that someone is following, as long as there is a hint of suspicion, he will definitely stay under the wall and wait for a while. If we enter, we just fall into his trap. There is no need to clash with him at this time. Let's go, we still enter through the gate. ”
"I'm invisible, even immortals can't detect our presence. Li Li felt a little incredible. However, out of trust in Hei Yichen, he still chose to trust him suspiciously.
At Hei Yichen's insistence, Hei Yichen and Li Li swaggered and walked through the gate. Passing in front of a row of soldiers with solemn faces, Li Li was shocked into a cold sweat, but fortunately did not cause any turmoil.
Sure enough, Li Li saw Zhou Dong quietly waiting under the dark shadow at the root of the wall. He simply admired Hei Yichen so much. thought he was a master of the whistle, but he almost planted a fight in Zhou Dong's hands.
It turns out that Hei Yichen is an ancestor-level figure!
After waiting for a few more breaths, Zhou Dong was sure that he was just suspicious, and then climbed over the wall all the way to the last courtyard.
This is the courtyard where Prime Minister Li Benchu of Zuo lived. The rest of the officials were distributed in the courtyard outside. The so-called "courtyard is deep", the more people who live in the inner room, the more important the identity is the most important identity and the most prominent person.
"Who?"
As soon as Zhou Dong's feet landed, the palm wind slashed from in front of him. He quickly dodged, swept his eyes, and found that there was no one else except Li Benchu's cronies, he immediately shouted, "Ning Er, it's me", he unbuttoned his cloak, stood still in a chic manner, and looked at the other party.
"Brother Tuesday, you're finally back!" Ning Er saw Zhou Dong, and immediately remembered the number of weeks, and immediately had teary eyes, choked and hugged Zhou Dong tightly.
Zhou Dong is ranked second, so they are used to calling Zhou Shu "Brother Zhou" and Zhou Dong "Brother Tuesday". People who are older than him Zhou Dong call him Brother Zhou Dong, or Brother Er.
Zhou Dong was a little stunned, and the rest of his cronies walked towards Zhou Dong one after another, their faces full of sadness, and they stopped talking.
"What's going on? What are you doing...... Ning Er, is there something wrong with my eldest brother?" Zhou Dong reacted immediately, anxious and a little afraid that his guess would be confirmed.
"Brother Zhou and the brothers who went on that mission...... , all ...... by Liley's Death Tribes , woo woo woo ......" Ning Er whimpered and couldn't continue.
The others also hid their faces and wept, extremely sad, and did not dare to cry loudly, suppressed, and more than a dozen big men let out a whimper.
"Li Li's Death Tribe?!, that ...... of the Peerless Grandson" Zhou Dong suddenly remembered that Li Li was also Li Benchu's grandson, and the words to his mouth were only sobbing.
As soon as Zhou Dong cried, the rest of the brothers, who had suppressed their sadness for a few days, followed him to cry silently.
For a while, the sad scene got out of control for a while.
Hei Yichen and Li Li heard the suppressed conversation and restrained crying from inside at the root of the outside wall, and their hearts were twisted, the two rubbed their foreheads, looked up, pursed their mouths to hide their sad emotions, and continued to squat silently in the corner of the door.
The Zhou brothers and more than a dozen people within the wall, many of whom are children of the same age and whose families are not wealthy, grew up playing with mud and sand, fighting in groups, and digging birds' nests. That kind of small feeling is not understandable to ordinary people.
If they are on the battlefield together, they are all brothers in life and death who can be entrusted with life and death and their backs.
Therefore, whoever wants to have something will definitely be in pain, if it weren't for Li Benchu, maybe these men would have joined Li Xiang's team in order to take revenge, picking up a big knife and slashing at "Li Li and his death tribe".
"Who's outside?Ning Er, is Zhou Dong back?" an old and tired voice sounded in the back room, followed by an endless cough. It was Li Benchu, who couldn't afford to be sick, and woke up when he heard the crying outside.
"Master, it's Zhou Dong who is back. He, I'm going to see you!" Ning Er responded loudly with tears in his eyes, and then turned to Zhou Dong and whispered, "Brother, the master sees it...... The bodies of Zhou Shu's eldest brother and his brothers, after being burned by the minions in the fiefdom palace without authorization, ptysed up blood and couldn't afford to get sick. These days, he has been worried about your safety and has been sending his entourage out in shifts to look for you. You know the heart of the master, right? Brother, you go in first, the master is worried that you are going crazy. ”
After Zhou Dong, who was originally skeptical, listened to Ning Er's words, the little suspicion he had about Li Benchu immediately disappeared. He wiped away his tears and walked briskly inside. Soon, there was a constant sound of coughing and crying in the back room.
Zhou Dong and his brother Zhou Shu's parents died early, and they were only five years old at the time, living on the streets of a foreign land. It was Li Benchu who met them by chance during his mission, saw that they were pitiful, and still couldn't bear it after giving alms, so Li Benchu took them home. Since then, Li Benchu has provided books and teaching, gradually cultivating the two brothers from a little bean to a pair of men who stand up to the sky.
When the brothers became adults, Li Benchu originally let them stand on their own and re-establish their own families. But the two brothers had already regarded Li Benchu as their own grandfather, and they were really reluctant to leave this group of brothers, so they voluntarily offered to continue to stay, accompany the old man, and protect the old man's safety with other brothers.
In this way, this stay was left for ten years.
At the beginning of this year, Li Benchu finally decided to "kick out" the eldest Zhou Shu and Zhou Dong from the house, personally picked a mansion for them, chose a daughter-in-law for them, and insisted that he go out and live alone after marriage.
In desperation, the brothers finally agreed to the old man's request, became a family at the beginning of the year, and began to settle down outside, and the family lived happily. If it weren't for worrying about the safety of Princess Jinzhu this time, Li Benchu would not have called his most trusted brothers back.
However, Zhou Shu died in the world because of the mission! This pain is not only unacceptable to Zhou Dong, but also difficult to accept even Li Benchu, who has been watching them grow up.
Li Benchu still has endless remorse. If you don't call the week back, maybe ...... Alas, there is no possibility in this world!
Li Benchu, who was originally full of spirit and energy, became thin and haggard, as if in a few days, he had experienced the vicissitudes of the world, and his white hair was dyed with sadness.
Seeing the old man like this, Zhou Dong felt great pain in his heart. But he had to clean up his mood, Wen Yan comforted the old man, and didn't mention anything outside, and after Li Benchu fell asleep again due to exhaustion, he tiptoed out, sat on the stone table outside the courtyard with his brothers, and slowly told what happened to him during this time.
"Brother Zhou Dong, what is the situation outside? Since the war, heavy troops have been stationed outside the Yueyue Palace, and we are not allowed to leave without permission. The old man is sick, and we don't dare to leave him casually. ”
The person who asked the question was Wang Dachun, who was not only Li Benchu's cronies, but also the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Zhou Dong replied hesitantly: "The situation is not very good, the people of the Iron Eagle Army are attacking the city, and it seems that they are about to enter the city......
Ning Er happily grabbed Zhou Dong's wrist and said, "The Iron Eagle Army has come to support the fiefdom?" With Qin Xiaomu's kid helping the eldest young master, no matter what bullshit alliance is, it will be to hell soon." We can go home too. I'm under house arrest here, I'm fed up!"
At this time, it was Zhou Dong's turn to look at Ning Er inexplicably and interrupt him, "Wait a minute, Ning Er, what are you talking about? What Qin Xiaomu is here to help the eldest young master?"
"You were confused on Tuesday, what nonsense are you talking about!" all the brothers drank Zhou Dong together.