【Chapter 1 - Wangcheng Murder】The guest rooms of the Southwest Royal Mansion look like this

There is a mountain in the southwest, which is called Luoxian.

The name of Luoxian Mountain is good, and the scenery is also beautiful. In March and April, the mountains are full of green shoots, and when the rain falls, wildflowers will bloom overnight, and the wind blows and swaying, which is really a good place to go out.

It's a pity that when the people in the town below the mountain mention this place, nine out of ten shake their heads, and they will persuade the outsiders not to go, and they will not say the reason when asked. Only when you encounter a stunned green who insists on breaking in, will reveal one or two, it turns out that this Luoxian Mountain was robbed of land and called the king a few years ago, the head of the cottage is called Wang Dabao, and he has a group of minions, all of them are fierce and unreasonable, shouting and killing at every turn, and there are knives in their hands, the big guy has been bullied a few times, and he does not dare to go into the mountain to theorize again, only when the other party is a plague god, he can hide as far as he can, just to be able to live a peaceful life.

Thanks to the mountains and forests in the southwest, there is no shortage of this one.

It's just that the people want to live in peace, but Wang Dabao doesn't want to.

He was originally a bully in the Chu State, and his family had land, a house, and a martial arts hall, and his life was also nourishing. Usually used to showing off his might, he accidentally made a murder on the street, and also alarmed the emperor who was on patrol, and had to abscond overnight in order to save his life, so he would go all the way to this southwest border to become a bandit. It's just that the days of big fish and big meat are used to it, and suddenly I came to this poor and remote land, and it stopped for a while at first, and after a long time, I inevitably began to live my mind, and I always wanted to find some opportunity to make a comeback.

And at this moment, he was sitting in a sedan chair, and was carried all the way to the Southwest Mansion - everyone knew that Duan Baiyue, the king of the Southwest, was a subtle and subtle existence for the Chu State.

When Zi Chuyuan ascended the throne today, he had just turned eighteen years old. At that time, the old ministers of the DPRK and the central government formed gangs, and bandits from all walks of life in the northwest were everywhere, only the southwest was barely stopped, and even helped to quell the chaos. In the past few years, most of the troublesome vassal kings have been cut clean, only Duan Baiyue, the king of the southwest, not only did not suffer any loss, but also received the sixteen border states, extending the jurisdiction all the way to the territory of Chu.

The ministers of the DPRK and China have a lot of complaints about this, and they always feel that Duan Baiyue is a little too aggressive, and he has heavy troops in his hands, so he must be guarded against. The people are also privately spreading that the king of the southwest has the ambition of the wolf, and he may not be able to wave his troops to the north one day, and the one in the court will only have a headache.

And Wang Dabao also heard this rumor into his ears.

Since he is in the southwest, the biggest backer is naturally the king of the southwest. If you want to cling to him, the first thing you have to do is to do what you like. Just in time for the completion of the new mansion in the southwest, Wang Dabao spent half a month to prepare a congratulatory gift, and buried it in the mountains for another month, so he couldn't wait to dig it out and hold it all the way to offer the treasure.

After getting off the sedan chair, Wang Dabao followed the housekeeper inside. The architectural style of the Southwest Palace, which is different from the ordinary Dali White Building, is more like the Golden Palace in the royal city. If it is said that the king of the southwest has no dissenting intentions, he is afraid that a fool will not believe it.

In the garden in front, a girl in a pink white dress was sitting at the stone table, and the housekeeper reminded in a whisper: "It's the master, don't look around." ”

Wang Dabao lowered his head when he heard this, but the girl had already seen the two of them, so she stood up and asked crisply, "Is it a guest?" ”

"Yes." The butler replied, "You have come to see the prince." ”

The girl looked up and down, and Wang Dabao saw that she didn't speak for a long time, so she took the initiative to praise: "Miss is really like a flower and jade, and she looks like a fairy." ”

As soon as the words fell, the butler's face turned pale, and the girl said angrily: "You say it again and try to reads;!" ”

Wang Dabao was taken aback, and said in his heart, could it be that these eight words were too vulgar, and he wanted to praise them with more elegant verses? God's pitiful, he's just a bandit leader, and he's not very educated.

"Little prince, forgive me, this guest is from the mountains and has never seen the world." The housekeeper hurriedly played the round.

...... "Little prince?" Wang Dabao was shocked.

"Humph!" The girl, or rather, the boy, stomped her foot, turned around angrily and went back to the house.

"Nonsense!" The housekeeper also glared at him, "It's a shame that the little prince doesn't want to worry about you, and when I meet the prince, if you don't know the importance like this, beware of losing your head!" ”

Wang Dabao has bitterness in his heart and can't say it. Folk rumors say that there is a little prince in the Southwest Palace, and his temperament is the same as that of the Southwest King, who would know that he would appear in this posture, don't say that the Southwest King also has such a Yaxing, and likes to wear skirts and sways all over the yard.

With a hint of uneasiness, Wang Dabao was led all the way to the front hall and sat down to drink tea temporarily.

After a stick of incense, there was finally the sound of footsteps outside.

"Lord Wang!" The guards in the courtyard saluted in unison.

Wang Dabao also hurriedly stood up and bowed: "The villain sees the prince." ”

"You're the one who found the treasure?" Duan Baiyue sat in the first place and asked casually.

"It's down, it's down." Wang Dabao couldn't help but be overjoyed, offered the gift box with both hands, and sneaked a look at the legendary king of the southwest. The facial features are handsome, the figure is tall, the purple clothes are luxurious, and the bearing is extraordinary, and he knows that he is a good backer at a glance.

Duan Baiyue opened the box, and then frowned: "Stone? ”

"It's a stone, but it's not an ordinary stone." Wang Dabao pretended to be mysterious and pointed it out to him.

The lines are faint, it is a southwest tiger, with a golden dragon under its claws, and the meaning is self-evident.

The King of the Southwest raised his eyebrows and was silent.

Wang Dabao is full of expectations.

"Very good." After a long time, Duan Baiyue finally said a word.

Wang Dabao's heart hanging in his throat finally fell back, and he seemed to have foreseen a splendid future of glory and wealth.

"What's next?" Duan Baiyue asked again.

"This is in accordance with the destiny of heaven." Wang Dabao leaned closer again, "If the people can also see this stone, it will be of great benefit to the prince." ”

Duan Baiyue listened silently, letting his head get closer and closer to him, and finally almost stuck together.

"I don't know what the prince thinks?" Fortunately, Wang Dabao finished in time and avoided the bad luck of being slapped with a palm.

"Yes, it is worthy of being a guest of Da Chu." Duan Baiyue nodded, "In the future, I will live in this southwest palace." ”

"Really?" never expected that he would become a staff member so easily, Wang Dabao could hardly withstand such ecstasy, and almost fainted.

"Nature is true." Duan Baiyue nodded and said outside, "Yao'er! ”

"What's the matter?" The boy from the garden walked in and reads.

"Take the guest to the guest room to rest." Duan Baiyue said, "Without the permission of this king, you don't have to go out." ”

"Let's go." The boy didn't look at him, "Hurry up, I'll have something else to do later." ”

"Yes, yes, thank you Southwest King, thank you little prince." Wang Dabao didn't care about thinking much about what it meant to "don't go out without permission", so he hurriedly followed out.

The young man looked thin and walked extremely fast, Wang Dabao trotted all the way at first, and then almost turned into a wild run, dizzy and panting, and almost fell.

"Here we are." The boy stopped and said impatiently, "Let's go in." ”

Wang Dabao looked at the gloomy prison in front of him, and the whole person was stunned.

If he remembered correctly, what the king of the southwest said was ...... Guest room?

"Is there some misunderstanding here?" Wang Fabao asked with a smile.

"No mistake, the guest rooms in the Southwest Mansion look like this, believe it or not." The young man clapped his hands, turned around and walked out, "Stay in peace, you won't starve to death." ”

"Little Wangye-" Wang Dabao wanted to hold him and explain a few more words, but several guards had already rushed forward and dragged him up and locked him in the prison.

"Lord Wang." In the antechamber, the butler came in and said, "There is another letter from the royal city." ”

"Oh?" The King of the Southwest seemed very interested, casually threw the broken stone aside, got up and went to the study.

At the same time, thousands of miles away, Chu Yuan, the son of heaven, was not in a good mood.

"Your Majesty." The personal chamberlain Sixi's father-in-law whispered, "It's time to eat." ”

"If you don't have an appetite, let's call the imperial dining room to withdraw." Chu Yuan was a little bored and put aside the teacup in his hand.

Sixi's father-in-law sighed in his heart, bowed down, and gently closed the door for him.

Since ascending the throne for more than two years, the emperor's life has not been easy......

After a stick of incense, Chu Yuan threw down the fold, and angrily found a few guards and asked them to dig up a plum tree in the courtyard of the dormitory, and throw it as far as they could.

After everyone should get down, the division of labor and cooperation in an orderly manner, you take a shovel and I dig a pit, not only to move quickly, but also to pay attention to bring good soil, but also not to hurt the roots of the plum tree - after all, within three days, the emperor will inevitably issue an order, and then pick it up and plant it back in its original place - and point to it to bloom in winter. In the past seven or eight years, I have planted and dug and dug seeds, tossing back and forth endlessly, and I am afraid that ordinary trees have already withered and died, but this plum blossom can bloom more and more vigorously year by year, which is also a rare thing.

Although it is no longer winter, the night in the royal city is still cold. The doors of each house are closed, and they go to bed early in the morning to warm the bed. This night was raining in the spring, and it was a good time to sleep, but suddenly there was a howl in the city, and the husband was urinating, and his throat was almost torn to the sky: "It's amazing, it's a murder!" ”

Moments later, the patrolling guards arrived on the scene. I saw that there were blood stains everywhere in the alley, and a man in a brocade robe was lying on the ground, with a sharp knife stuck in his back, and it seemed that he had been out of breath for a long time.

The guard stepped forward and turned him over, and after seeing it clearly, he was indeed stunned, and then confirmed it again, and then came back and said: "Tell the commander, the deceased seems to be the little prince of the Ao Kuo country." ”