CHAPTER XXV

Nan Shangguo. Inside the Forget Worry Palace, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was folding clothes and packing.

The floor of this palace is paved with white jade, shining with the light of Wen Rui.

The wall panels are carved out of green tiles, and the cornices are carved out of sandalwood......

There is a bookcase inside, on which are placed inkstones, books, paper, and pen holders; Large, medium and small brushes are hung on the pen holder......

On the other side is a coffee table with a chair, and not far away there is a flower table with a pot of hibiscus flowers on it.

On the wall hangs a "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and a pair of calligraphy.

Near the east, there is a bed with embroidered gauze hanging from it......

At this time, Xuanyuan Hibiscus, who was standing next to Xuanyuan Yuxiao, asked, "Xiao'er, where are you going?" ”

"I'm going to find my little brother." Xuanyuan Yuxiao replied as she folded her clothes.

"It took a long time for our uncle and nephew to recognize each other, and my uncle won't let you go." Xuanyuan Hibiscus said angrily, and snatched the clothes from Xiao'er's hand.

Ever since Xuanyuan Hibiscus's true face was seen, he hadn't continued to wear a mask.

"Uncle Wang, my nephew is looking for my younger brother and sister this time, and when I find them, I will come back, so you can let me go!" Xuanyuan Yuxiao shook his uncle's sleeve and said coquettishly.

You! is such a big person, why are they still the same as when they were children, so coquettish. Xuanyuan Hibiscus said.

"Uncle Wang, no matter how old your nephew is, in front of you, he is still a child," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "Besides, every time my nephew is coquettish, Uncle Wang agrees to everything." ”

"Yes, yes," Xuanyuan Hibiscus said, shoving his clothes into Xiao'er's arms, "You can be sure that Uncle will agree." ”

"Uncle Wang, my nephew's current martial arts are among the best in the rivers and lakes, and it will be fine, so don't worry!"

"Then take care and remember to come back soon."

Xuanyuan Yuxiao said: "Okay. Then he packed his clothes and silver, straddled it over his shoulder, then picked up his sword from the table, and turned around to leave, when Yuwen Vegan walked in.

When Yuwen Vegan saw Xuanyuan Yuxiao carrying a burden on his shoulders, he already knew that he was leaving, but he didn't know where he was going? So he asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Where am I going to report to you?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao asked rhetorically.

At this time, Yuwen Vegan walked up to Xuanyuan Yuxiao and said solemnly: "You are eating my food and stepping on my territory, do you want to report to me?" ”

"Although you are a princess, I am also a prince, you and I are on an equal footing," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "Besides, my legs are long on me, and you don't care where I like to go." ”

"Prince?" Yuwen Pure said sarcastically, "You are a prince of a dead country, and now you have taken refuge in my Nanshangguo, and you are the slave of my Nanshangguo. Speaking of this, she took another step in front of Xuanyuan Yuxiao, and then stretched her head in front of Xuanyuan Yuxiao's eyes, at this moment, her face was only a few centimeters away from Xuanyuan Yuxiao's face, and then she said word by word: " You . Concentrate. Decide. Be. Root. Public. Host. Target. Slave. ”

"I said, princess, you are so close to me, don't you have any thoughts of me?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao teased.

Yuwen Vegan realized that his actions were too intimate, and quickly retracted his head, and said angrily: "You...... Before he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yuxiao hurriedly interrupted: "What are you, are you very idle?" I'm so busy that I don't have time to pay attention to you, and I don't bother to pay attention to you. After saying that, he pushed her to the side and said, "Get out of the way, don't get in the way." Saying that, he walked to the door, just walked a few steps, and before he reached the door, Yuwen Vegan behind him was angry, and quickly turned around, and then took out the chain whip from his waist, waved it at Xuanyuan Yuxiao, and said in his mouth: "This princess didn't agree to you go, you don't want to take half a step out of the door." ”

Although Xuanyuan Yuxiao had his back to Yuwen Vegan, he seemed to have eyes on his back, he didn't need to turn around, he didn't need to look, he directly caught the whip with his hand, then turned around and said coldly: "What? Could it be that the princess still wants to imprison me? ”

Seeing that they were about to fight, Xuanyuan Hibiscus, who was standing on the side, hurriedly said to the princess: "Princess, what are you doing here?" Xiao'er, he just went out to find his brother, and he will come back. ”

"It's between me and him, so don't get involved." Yuwen Vegan said.

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao teased Yuwen Vegan: "What else will you do besides whipping people?" What vegan princess? I think it's called the whip princess. ”

"How dare you say I'm the princess of the whip." Yuwen Vegan used all his strength to pull the whip to his side, and at the same time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao also pulled the whip to his side.

They dragged the whip together like this, and suddenly, Xuanyuan Yuxiao said: "Forget it, good men don't fight women." After speaking, he put the whip down, but he didn't know that Yuwen Vegan even took a whip, took a few steps back, and then fell to the ground, seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, at this moment, Xuanyuan Yuxiao's lightning speed, came to Yuwen Pure Being, stretched out a hand, hugged her waist, and then the two of them turned around together, straightened up, at this moment, Yuwen Vegan held Xuanyuan Yuxiao's waist with both hands, and his face was on Xuanyuan Yuxiao's chest.

They hugged like this for a long time, and suddenly, Xuanyuan Yuxiao asked, "Princess Whip, is my chest warm?" Make you so intoxicated. ”

Hearing this, Yuwen Vegan finally came back to his senses, and then pushed Xuanyuan Yuxiao away at once, and then slapped Xuanyuan Yuxiao in the face, and said angrily: "You take advantage of me, you hooligan." ”

Am I taking advantage of you? Am I a rogue? Xuanyuan Yuxiao was inexplicably beaten by this slap, he pointed his finger at himself, and it was difficult to argue, "I said princess, are you mistaken?" Obviously, you took advantage of me, and I shouldn't have saved you as a shrew if I knew it. With that, he walked towards the door angrily.

Yuwen Vegan hurriedly followed behind, shouting while chasing: "Xuanyuan Yuxiao, you stop me, where are you going?" ”

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao stopped and said, "What are you doing with me?" ”

"I'm going to go with you." Yuwen Vegan said.

"I said, princess, you pester me so much, you can't take a fancy to me, right?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao joked.

I ...... Yuwen Vegan stammered excitedly, "The ghost has taken a fancy to you!" I just want to take this opportunity to go out and have fun. ”

"Really just want to hang out?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao glanced at her with puzzled eyes, "Then it's up to you, let's follow you if you want!" After saying that, he walked out of the city gate.

"You haven't said where you're going?" Yuwen asked as he walked beside him.

"Find my brother and sister."

Do you have a brother? Is it my own brother? ”

It's not.

"Is your sister good-looking?"

"Anyway, it's better than you, and it's gentler than you."

You ...... She was so angry that she wanted to lose her temper, but she held back again, and then said calmly, "I don't know as much as you." After saying that, after a while, she asked again, "Who did you learn your martial arts from?" Who is your master? ”

"Why do you have so many questions?"

Just ask, can't you?" Yuwen Vegan said.

Xuanyuan Yuxiao and Yuwen Vegan chatted like this as they walked outside the city gate.

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Inside the Forgotten Worry Palace, Xuanyuan Hibiscus sat next to the coffee table, lowered his head, sighed, and said to himself: "Xiao'er is gone, this Forget Worry Palace is starting to be quiet again, and I don't know when Xiao'er will come back?" ”

At this moment, Leng Buyi walked in and came to Xuanyuan Hibiscus.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Hibiscus lowered his head, he didn't see Leng Yiyi, he only saw a pair of feet standing under him, he thought it was Xiao'er back, he quickly raised his head, and shouted with a smile: "Xiao...... Before he finished speaking, he saw that the person standing in front of him was not Xiao'er, and he was cold, he was so frightened that he quickly got up from the chair and stammered: "Leng ...... Commander Leng, you ...... What are you doing here? ”

How? I'm not welcome to come? I didn't say anything.

Nope...... No," Xuanyuan Hibiscus hurriedly stretched out a hand to the chair next to the coffee table, "Commander Leng, please take a seat." ”

After Leng Buyi sat down, Xuanyuan Hibiscus hurriedly made Leng Buyi a cup of tea, and then stammered and asked, "Leng ...... Cold Commander ...... Suddenly came to my palace of forgetfulness, what did you do...... So what's going on? ”

"On weekdays, there is a king covering you, and we are all waiting to listen to your arrangements, why did you stutter today?" After Leng Buyi finished speaking, he took out a brand-new dagger from his body, dangled it in front of his eyes, and said in his mouth: "This dagger was created by me from a blacksmith, and it has not been used yet, and I don't know if it is sharp or not?" I'm looking for someone to try, but who should I look for? With that, he pulled out the dagger, then got up from his chair and walked step by step towards Xuanyuan Hibiscus.

Xuanyuan Hibiscus was so frightened that he stepped back step by step, and said: "Leng No, don't mess around, this is the royal city, if you kill me here, the king doesn't need to check, he knows that you did it, if I die, the king will not let you go." ”

"Don't use the king to press me," said coldly, "You are a slave of the dead country, in addition to knowing how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, what else will you do?" I don't understand, the king of a dignified country, was led by your nose, if I don't get rid of you today, I'm afraid that in the future, this king of Nanshang should be replaced by you, right? ”

At this moment, Xuanyuan Hibiscus had been forced to the edge of the wall by the cold, behind him was the wall, and there was no way back, and then he said: "I am already a person who has died once, death is not terrible to me, it is easy for you to kill me, but what I want to ask is, after you kill me, how do you explain to the king?" ”

How? Do you think that if you use the king to suppress me, I will be afraid of you? ”

"I'm not using the king to suppress you, I'm telling the truth," Xuanyuan Hibiscus said, "Commander Leng might as well give me the knife and let me kill myself in front of you, so that your wish will be granted, and the king will not blame you, the best of both worlds." ”

A knife for you? Are you fooling me? Leng Bu said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense, let's die!" As he spoke, he was about to stab Xuanyuan Hibiscus with a knife, but at this moment, Xuanyuan Hibiscus hurriedly shouted: "King, why are you here?" ”

Leng Buyi listened, and hurriedly turned his head to the back, at this moment, Xuanyuan Hibiscus took advantage of the cold to turn his head, instantly pushed him aside, and ran to the door as fast as he could, he only ran a few steps, and was grabbed by Leng Buyi's white hair, and then tripped him to the ground with a kick.

At this moment, Xuanyuan hibiscus was tripped by this kick and crawled on the ground, he didn't care about the pain in his body, and was about to get up from the ground, at this moment, Leng Bu suddenly straddled his lower back; Leng Buyi exerted too much force, and he screamed in pain: "Ah! I almost broke my waist.

Immediately afterwards, Leng Buyi grabbed his white hair with his hand, lifted his head, and then lifted his chin with the tip of the knife, and said angrily: "Want to run? Pinching you to death is like pinching an ant to death. As soon as he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Hibiscus laughed; This laugh is not a happy laugh, but he thinks it is ridiculous.

What are you laughing at?" Leng Buyi said, "Death is coming, and you can still laugh." ”

I just think it's ridiculous."

Ridiculous?" He asked, "What's ridiculous?" ”

"Isn't it ridiculous that the commander of a country's Praetorian Guard bullies a person who doesn't know martial arts?" Xuanyuan Hibiscus said, "You have the ability, when my nephew comes back, you go and fight him, in front of him, you can't even pass three moves." ”

One more word and I'll cut your throat." Leng Buyi said angrily.

Come on! I'm waiting for you to cut my throat. Regulus said loudly, closing his eyes and raising his head, waiting for himself to be killed.

He waited for a long time, but he didn't start, and at this time, Xuanyuan Hibiscus opened his eyes and said, "What? Aren't you going to kill me? Why don't you kill it? As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Buyi hurriedly slashed him in the face, and he immediately covered his injured face, and blood flowed down drop by drop.

After slashing him coldly, he then got up and walked in front of him, squatted down, and said coldly: "I won't kill you today, but I warn you, stay away from the king in the future, otherwise I can kill you at any time." Speaking of this, he wiped the blood on Xuanyuan Hibiscus, then put it in the scabbard, and said, "This dagger is very sharp, so I will give it to you!" With that, he put the dagger on the ground, then got up and walked to the door, and after a few steps, he stopped again, then turned back and said, "Don't you like to wear a mask!" From now on, you will always wear a mask! After saying that, he left the Palace of Forgotten Worries.

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Xuanyuan Yuxiao and Yuwen Sugen rode a horse, and after a few days and nights of running, they came to Chang'an Street.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was wearing a mask, leading a horse, walking on the street, and Yuwen was vegan beside him.

At this time, Yuwen Vegan was running around the street, looking at the things here, touching the things there, what to eat, playing, etc., she didn't miss it.

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao said to her: "Whip princess, don't run around, I won't look for you if I lose it." ”

"If you dare to call me a whip princess again, I will whip you to death," she said, holding a sugar gourd in her hand, as she ate, "I can't let me have a good time if I can't get it out once!" ”

"It's not the first time you've whipped me, I'm used to it," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "If you like to play, then you can play slowly!" I will not be accompanied. With that, he walked forward.

Seeing Xuanyuan Yuxiao leaving, Yuwen Vegan hurriedly chased after him, and asked while chasing, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to the Sayun Inn and find my brother." Xuanyuan Yuxiao said and walked towards the Sayun Inn.

Yuwen followed him for a while, and suddenly, she asked, "Xuanyuan Yuxiao, your appearance is not extremely ugly, why are you wearing a mask?" Is it cool? ”

"For example, if it's Yelu Nan's today, this is his territory, wouldn't it be very dangerous if I didn't wear a mask," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "Also, call me Luo Xiao." ”

"It turned out to be hiding from the enemy!" Yuwen Vegan said.

As they walked and talked, they came to the door of the Sayun Inn.

At this time, the groom standing at the door, seeing them, hurriedly walked over, and was about to lead Xuanyuan Yuxiao's horse, Xuanyuan Yuxiao hurriedly said: "I came to find my brother and sister, not to eat." ”

"The same two who came with you last time, right?" Mafu said.

"Yes."

"They are long gone," said the groom, "but your sister had come here for dinner a few days ago, and she brought a few girls with her. ”

"How many girls are there?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "So where are they now?" ”

"They walked that way," the groom pointed to the direction Zhang Feimo and the others had walked, "and they had been walking for several days. ”

Xuanyuan Yuxiao looked in the direction that the groom was pointing, and then said, "Thank you." After saying that, he jumped on the horse, stretched out a hand, and shouted: " Whip princess." ”

"If you dare to call me a whip princess again, I won't leave." Yuwen said angrily.

"Whatever you want." After Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished speaking, he rushed forward with a "drive".

"Luo Xiao, stop me, do you really want to leave me on the street?" Yuwen was so angry that he stamped his feet and shouted from behind.

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao said: "Pilot! The horse immediately stopped running, and then he turned back and said: " I said princess, can you hurry up, I dare time. After saying that, he turned his head to the front and muttered, "Women are really troublesome." ”

Yuwen Vegan saw that the horse stopped, and then walked over with a smile and said, "I knew that you were reluctant to leave me." ”

"Don't be sentimental," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "I just think that if I really lose you, I won't be able to explain it to your father when I go back." ”

"You lie, you obviously care about me, and you still don't admit it."

"Okay, okay, I care if you care if you can do it!" Xuanyuan Yuxiao was a little impatient, "Can you go now?" ”

Yuwen Vegan stretched out a hand and said, "Pull me on the horse." ”

After Xuanyuan Yuxiao pulled Yuwen Vegan onto the horse, he ran forward.

They ran a long way, I don't know how long? Suddenly, Yuwen Vegan said, "Luo Xiao, I'm hungry, I want to eat." ”

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was also hungry, and then he said: "Pilot! The horse immediately stopped.

After the horse stopped, he saw a noodle shop not far away, then he jumped off the horse's back, took off the burden and sword hanging on the horse, and then led the horse to the noodle restaurant, and as he walked, he said to Yuwen Vegan: "There is a noodle restaurant there, let's go eat noodles!" ”

After a while, they arrived at the door of the noodle shop and parked their horses at the door.

After the horse stopped, Yuwen Vegan jumped off the horse's back, followed Xuanyuan Yuxiao to the noodle restaurant, and then found an empty table to sit down.

This noodle restaurant is not big, it is specially for passers-by to eat light meals, and the tables are set outside.

After they sat down, Xuanyuan Yuxiao put the burden and sword on the table, and then said to the shopkeeper, "Little Er, bring us two bowls of noodles." ”

"Okay, right away." The shopkeeper replied.

As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, at this time, Yuwen asked Xuanyuan Yuxiao: "Where are your brother and sister?" We've been looking for so long, and we haven't even found a figure, so we can't keep looking like this! ”

If I know where they are, do I need to look for them?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao asked rhetorically.

So what to do? Is it true that you have to keep looking for it like this? When will that be found? ”

Xuanyuan Yuxiao pondered for a while and said, "If you draw their faces and look for them from house to house, you can always find them." As soon as he finished speaking, the shopkeeper held the tray; There were two bowls of noodles on the tray, and they walked over, then brought the bowls to their table, and said, "Slow down, two." After speaking, he was about to leave, when Xuanyuan Yuxiao hurriedly asked the shopkeeper: "Little Er, do you have pen, ink and paper here?" ”

"Yes," replied the shopkeeper, "I use it on weekdays, so I'll get it for you." With that, he left, and after a while, he walked up to them with pen, ink and paper in hand, and put his things on the table.

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao said: "Thank you! ”

You're welcome." The shopkeeper replied and left.

After the shopkeeper left, Xuanyuan Yuxiao said to Yuwen Vegan: "Whip Princess, aren't you proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!" Xuanyuan Yuxiao said as he picked up the brush from the table, handed it to Yuwen Vegan, and then said, "I'll come, you will draw." ”

"Don't call me Princess Whip." Yuwen said angrily.

"Okay, okay, if you don't call it, you can't paint it?"

You beg me! Ask me and I'll draw. ”

"It's better to ask for others than for yourself, you don't paint me." After Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished speaking, he was about to paint, but at this moment, Yuwen Sugan suddenly snatched the brush in his hand and said, "Say it! I draw. ”

"Draw my brother first," Xuanyuan said, "and he has a pair of fascinating eyes. ”

Yuwen Vegan started to write as he said, drew on the paper, and asked, "What else?" ”

Under the eyes is a tall nose bridge, and under the nose bridge are thin lips. When Xuanyuan Yuxiao said this, he looked at the piece of paper that Yuwen had drawn and said in surprise: "What are you drawing?" My brother is handsome and dashing, how can you paint him like a pig? ”

"It's obvious that you didn't make it clear yourself, how can you blame me?" Yuwen said angrily.

Forget it, I'll draw it myself." Xuanyuan Yuxiao said and snatched the brush from Yuwen Sugen's hand, then took a piece of paper again and drew it.

Xuanyuan Yuxiao has learned a little piano, chess, calligraphy and painting from Uncle Wang since he was a child, although he is not very proficient in learning, but it is not a problem for him to draw a person.

After a while, a handsome man appeared on the paper.

Yuwen Vegan was fascinated by it and appreciated: "Wow! Your brother is very handsome! ”

"Look at your nymphomaniac," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said as she covered Luo Yihan's portrait with her hand, "I can warn you, don't hit my brother's idea, he's mine." ”

"Who is rare." Yuwen Vegan said unhappily.

After Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished drawing Luo Yihan's portrait, he then took a piece of paper again, drew Zhang Feimo, and painted it after a while.

At this time, Yuwen Sugan glanced at Zhang Feimo in the portrait, and said confidently: "Your junior sister looks average!" It's not as good as me! ”

In my heart, she's so much better looking than you."

You ...... Yuwen was so angry that he pointed at Xuanyuan Yuxiao with his finger, "Do you like your junior sister?" ”

It's not. Xuanyuan Yuxiao replied as he rolled up the portrait and put it on his body.

Oh! I see, do you like your brother? Yuwen Vegan teased.

"Not really." Xuanyuan Yuxiao replied as he picked up his chopsticks and ate the noodles.

"So who do you like?"

"I like this bowl of noodles, and if I don't eat it, it will be cold." Xuanyuan Yuxiao said while eating.

Yuwen Vegan asked so much, and didn't ask the answer she wanted, she knew very well that she had fallen in love with Xuanyuan Yuxiao, but she knew better in her heart that so far, Xuanyuan Yuxiao didn't like her, she believed that one day, Xuanyuan Yuxiao would like her......

At this moment, she picked up the chopsticks from the chopstick basket and ate the noodles quietly.

After they finished eating the noodles, Xuanyuan Yuxiao took out some broken silver from his body and put it on the table, then got up and picked up the burden and sword, and said to the shopkeeper, "Little Er, the silver is on the table." With that, he walked to the horse.

Yuwen Vegan also got up and followed him.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly ran out to see off the customer: "The two of you walk slowly." ”

After Xuanyuan Yuxiao and Yuwen Vegan walked to the horse together, at this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao hung the burden and sword on the horse, and then took out the portrait on his body and led the horse away.

Yuwen Vegan also walked beside him.

When they saw someone, they asked if they had ever seen the person in the painting, and they asked as they walked, but I don't know how long they asked. I don't know how many people were asked? Seeing that it was getting dark, they were exhausted, and at this time, Yuwen Vegan said: "I think your brother and they are not here at all, I don't look for them, I'm almost exhausted." ”

At this moment, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was also exhausted, and then he stopped, looked at the person in the painting in a daze, and thought in his heart: Bing Cube, Senior Sister, where have you been? I was in too much of a hurry to tell you, so you must blame me for saying goodbye, right? The world is so big, where am I going to find you? Xuanyuan Yuxiao thought about it, and fell into a trance, and didn't hear Yuwen being vegan talking to him at all.

At this time, Yuwen Susu said angrily: "Luo Xiao, are you listening to me?" ”

Huh? What did you say? Xuanyuan Yuxiao came back to his senses.

What are you thinking?"

"Didn't think about anything," Xuanyuan Yuxiao said, "What did you just say?" I didn't hear it, say it again. ”

"I mean, maybe your brother isn't here at all, we've been looking for it for so long, and if we're there, we'd have found it a long time ago."

Not here?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao pondered for a moment, "Could it be that they have returned to the Valley of the Immortals?" ”

"Valley of the Gods?" Yuwen Vegan wondered, "What is the place in the Valley of the Gods?" ”

"My sister's hometown."

"Then let's go to the Valley of the Gods!"

"No, I won't."

Why?"

If they go to the Valley of the Immortals, then I can rest assured, it doesn't matter if they look for it or not."

"So where do we go next?"

"Go back to Nanshang." Xuanyuan Yuxiao said and jumped on the horse's back.

"I'm not going back, I haven't had enough of it!"

"I said, Princess, we've been out for a few days, and if we don't go back, your father will be to blame."

"My father loves me very much, so he won't blame me!"

You're his daughter, and just because he doesn't blame you doesn't mean he doesn't blame me." After Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished speaking, he stretched out a hand, and then said, "Are you going to leave?" If you don't leave, I'm going to leave you here. ”

Yuwen Sugan reluctantly put his hand on Xuanyuan Yuxiao's hand, and then jumped up, sat on the horse's back, and hugged Xuanyuan Yuxiao's waist with both hands.

"Princess, can you please not hug so tightly, it's very uncomfortable."

"I'm willing."

Xuanyuan Yuxiao didn't bother to pay attention to her, and only said: "Drive." Then he left this place and went to the southern kingdom of Shang.