When he walked out of the gate of the school palace, the luxurious car of the king of Chu was in front, and another carriage was behind, already waiting there.

Xiong Wan took Chen Zheng and Wei Wuji's hands and walked towards the carriage in front, and Zou Yan and Xu Fu got into the carriage behind.

A waiter lay in front of the carriage of the King of Chu, and Xiong Wan and Wei Wuji stepped on the man's back and boarded the carriage. Chen Zheng was extremely uncomfortable with this, and after repeated excuses, he turned around and walked towards the carriage where Zou Yan was sitting, and Xiong Wan and Wei Wuji had no choice but to give up.

Jingyang rode on his horse and beckoned the soldiers of the Chu State to surround the two carriages on all sides and walk slowly in the direction of the palace.

Chen Zheng, who was sitting in the carriage in the back, somehow always had a sense of uneasiness in his heart, feeling that something was going to happen, but he couldn't think of what it was.

Zou Yan, who was sitting opposite Chen Zheng, was silent at first, and when he saw Chen Zheng's uneasy appearance, he couldn't help but smile: "What is on Gongzi Lu's mind?" ”

Chen Zheng suppressed the ups and downs of his heart, and arched his hand: "When I was in the school palace, Mr. said that as long as I passed Mr. today, there would be as much food as there were, and now it seems that it has become a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water." I asked Mr. about the good fortune and misfortune of this trip to Chu, and Mr. also talked about him left and right. Alas! This is also not to blame sir, who taught him that the dignified King of Chu should be controlled by others! ”

Xu Fu beside Zou Yan answered: "I heard that Gongzi Lu went deep into the Chu State this time, but he came for the people of Handan, since Gongzi has such a benevolent heart, why should he ask about good luck and misfortune?" Heaven has the virtue of a good life. Childe can act on behalf of the sky, even if he is in danger, he will turn evil into good fortune and there will be no danger. As for food, in my opinion, even if the king of Chu does not give it to his son, God will never let him return empty-handed. It's just..."

Xu Fu hesitated and glanced at Zou Yan.

"But what?" Chen Zheng asked.

Zou Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "What's the matter?!" There is only one life in the world, and there is only one death, and this period in the middle is naturally interesting with ups and downs. It's a pity that some people are born into the world to be wicked villains, born with an ugly face, a femme fatale, even if Bian Que is alive, it is incurable, these people are the most pitiful people in the world! ”

Chen Zheng said quietly: "Mr. is right. These people seem to be arrogant and arrogant for a while, but in the end they are just stepping stones to help the gentlemen of the world climb to the heights. Huh? That's not right! Why did the gentleman go around and lead me to the side again?! ”

"Hahahaha! Today, it seems that Childe is only one step away from the realm of heaven and earth. ”

"What is the realm of heaven and earth?"

"Heaven and earth, Qiankun also. "Zhou Yi" has clouds: Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement; The terrain is good, and the gentleman carries things with virtue. If a gentleman can inherit the will of heaven and respond to the will of the people, spread the road in the world, and save the common people from fire and water, then the blessings will be endless. Wouldn't it be wonderful that those who are of the same heart as heaven and earth will help them with the help of heaven and earth?! ”

One heart with heaven and earth? Chen Zheng was still confused.

"Hahahaha!" Zou Yan twisted his beard and slowly recited: "The flipping of heaven and earth, sighing the vastness of the universe. Looking at the sun and the moon, I cry when I am parasitic. Look at the surging of the river, hit the turbid waves and the shore. The clouds are in a hurry, and the rain and snow are thundering. The life of birds and beasts is alive, and there are deer chirping in all ages. The breaking of the soil of the seedlings is close to the sky. Smell the fragrance of a hundred flowers, and know that prosperity is annihilated. Sigh the vastness of all beings, chase joy and sorrow. Depending on the good and evil of people's hearts, they are combined with two rites and Taiji. There is a white horse passing through the gap, sprinkling the Milky Way like quicksand. May the avenue be eternal, like a lonely lamp burning in the dark night. Read the wordless heavenly book, hold the heart candle and live forever. What is the realm of heaven and earth, Gongzi should slowly understand. ”

After hearing this, Chen Zheng sighed: "Life between heaven and earth is just a drop in the ocean, a hurried passerby, even if it is a long-lived person, it is only a hundred years. Since there is no past life and no afterlife, we still have to cherish the short time in this world! ”

"Huh! Since Childe asked about good luck and bad luck, with Childe's chance in Hangu Pass, don't you know the truth that good luck and evil are reversed, and good and bad are relied on? ”

Chen Zheng nodded: "Mr. is ashamed to ask like this." If you think about it carefully, how can anyone in the world always be in the midst of good luck and blessings, good luck and good luck may have been fully revealed, and blessings and blessings may have been in sight. People, at any time can not be overjoyed, encountered more good things may not be a good thing, encounter bad things but not necessarily bad things, maybe there will be good things behind the bad things, after the passage of time, but also to be glad that they encountered the bad things. ”

Zou Yan approvingly: "The old man is relieved that the son can have such insight." Hahahaha! ”

"Relieved? What do you mean by that, sir? ”

"Didn't Childe notice that the carriage you and I were riding in had already slowed down?"

Chen Zheng leaned out of the carriage to see that there was still the figure of the carriage of the king of Chu in front of him, and saw a group of soldiers surrounding the carriage, walking on a street where no one was in sight.

"Where is the carriage of the King of Chu? Where is this going? ”

The coachman and the deaf soldiers of the Chu State outside the car generally did not respond.

"Stop! Did you hear that? I'll teach you to stop! Chen Zheng shouted to the coachman.

Zou Yan floated out in the carriage: "Why should the son embarrass this coachman?!" They are only doing what they are told. When we get to the place later, we will naturally see you. ”

Chen Zheng returned to the carriage, looked at Zou Yan with a calm expression, and said eagerly: "Does anyone dare to disobey the royal order of the King of Chu and murder me?" ”

"Hahahaha! Gongzi just said that the dignified King of Chu has to be controlled by others, and now this sentence is still echoing in the old man's ears, has Gongzi forgotten? Hahahaha! ”

"You mean Zilan? He's not..."

“……”

Zou Yan sat there, just smiling and not saying a word.

Xu Fu chuckled: "Encountering bad things is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe something good will happen after a bad thing." This sentence was also said by Lu Gongzi. Since we have become other people's caged birds, why not be laughed at when we are restless, why not wait and see what happens?! ”

Chen Zheng sat down hesitantly, still looking out of the car from time to time, with a nervous look on his face.

"Hahahaha! Lu Gongzi, it seems that this kung fu has become unfazed, and Gongzi still needs to hone more! Those who have become great things since ancient times must take cultivating their minds and governing their hearts as the first priority, and they can turn the situation with their hearts and finally turn danger into safety and danger. People who are impetuous and undetermined in the face of things only change their minds with the situation, and finally end up wandering and being fooled. ”

The heart changes with the situation? The situation is changing?

Chen Zheng carefully savored the subtlety.

……

After a short while, the carriage stopped.

Chen Zheng, Zou Yan and Xu Fu got out of the carriage, were surrounded by the soldiers of the Chu State, and walked into a courtyard.

The courtyard, which looked plain on the outside, was very lively inside, and I saw two rows of tall and mighty soldiers of the Chu State standing facing each other, and the halberds in their hands crossed in mid-air to form a passage. Chen Zheng and the others walked under the halberd, and a large cauldron suddenly appeared in front of them, under which was a raging flame, and inside was boiling boiling water.

A sense of foreboding hit Chen Zheng's heart.

The gate behind Chen Zheng closed with a "bang", and five or six Chu soldiers lifted the door bolt weighing 100 catties and locked the gate of the courtyard steadily.

Looking at the courtyard walls on all sides, there are more than six people tall, even if the swallow Li San comes, I'm afraid he will have to slap his face on the outer wall.

"Hahahaha!" With a burst of profligate laughter, Zilan flashed in front of everyone.

Zilan stretched out her hand and pointed at Xu Fu, and said with a smug expression: "The old man originally planned to throw this little guy into the pot and cook it into broth, and by the way, he would clean up this demon who was known as the frost in May and moved the heavens and the earth." Then he pointed at Chen Zheng: "I didn't expect your kid to fall into the net and send it to the door by himself." Ha ha! It also saves the old man's effort, and today he will teach Er and the other three to see the old man's methods. ”

Chen Zheng stood in front of Zou Yan and Xu Fu, and said awe-inspiringly: "Although you are the uncle of the Chu State, don't forget that you are also a courtier of the Chu State. We are the guests of honor of the King of Chu and Chun Shenjun, if you dare to act recklessly, aren't you afraid that the King of Chu will punish you?! ”

"Hahahaha! If the old man is afraid of Xiong Wan and Huang Xie, why should you wait?! Tell you the truth, the old man can not only help Xiong Wan to the throne, but also pull him off the throne, don't forget, although the old man is no longer the Ling Yin of the Chu State, which of the Manchu Dynasty, the civil and military ministers of the Chu State, dare to say half a 'no' in front of the old man?! He Huang Xie relied on being a hostage with Xiong Wan for ten years in Xianyang, and he really regarded himself as Lord Ling Yin of Chu State, and he was not satisfied with the fief of the twelve counties of Huaibei, and he got the land of Lingqiu from Zhao State, but the old man couldn't even drink the soup. Zilan trembled and pointed at Chen Zheng and Zou Yan and said: "You, one of you came to my Chu State to smuggle grain in order to curry favor with Zhao State, and a warlock from the rivers and lakes who deceived the world and stole his name and ill intentions, came to my Chu State to deceive people's hearts, if the old man doesn't get rid of Er, won't the rivers and mountains laid down by the previous kings of my Chu State be ruined in the hands of Er? !" ”

Chen Zheng smiled: "Old horseman, how can I listen to your nagging here, the more I listen, the more confused I become?" People Chun Shenjun snatched your meat to eat, oh yes, I didn't even leave you a bite of soup, are you going to be angry with a few of us? Besides, now that you are this old bone, maybe one day you should go over there and tell King Chu Huai why he persuaded his old man to go to Qin State to make an appointment, so that your father can strangle you again, what fief is not fiefdom, what are you fighting for? There is a good saying, ten thousand acres of fertile land, one liter of solar eclipses; There are thousands of spacious buildings, and you can sleep seven feet at night. Even if you leave a mountain of gold and silver to your children and grandchildren, not only will they not be able to live a good life in the future, but it is reasonable that they will end up with a ruined family and a different head. ”

"Good boy! Now that he has said this, there is no need for the old man to hide it for them. Zilan smiled and said: "The surname Lu, in order to take your kid's life, not only Lord Lou Xuan and Mr. Shicang, who are far away in Xianyang, sent a secret letter to the old man, but even the Eastern Zhou Jun is obsessed with your kid and asks the old man to send your head to his Gongyi." Ha ha! It seems that the old man is going to dismantle you in eight pieces, and then send someone to give it to the three of them, so it will be a personal favor. Hahahaha! ”

"Huh! It's really like things gather and people are grouped. If you give my head to that Eastern Zhou Jun, how can the two old immortals in Lou Moderate and Shicang drink with my skull? ”

"You kid dare to be stubborn when he is dying!" Zilan beckoned: "Don't you bring in the generous gift that the old man prepared for this Lu Gongzi?!" Later, when this kid knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, crying and shouting, the old man wanted to drink and watch. Hahahaha! ”

In an instant, several Chu soldiers walked to the side of the courtyard and opened a five-meter-square ground cage from the ground, and a few soldiers carried a few sacks to the ground cage, and after untying the ropes on the sacks, countless black-brown poisonous snakes were poured into the ground cage.

Zilan said proudly: "If it weren't for Mr. Shicang teaching the old man to do this in his letter, the old man wouldn't have known that there are such torture methods in the world." Those in it are the specialties of my Chu country, wait for the old man to cook the doll first, and then put the two of you in the cage, haha, the old man wants to see, are you moving or crying? Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Xu Fu, and said sharply: "Come on, throw this doll that doesn't know the height of the sky into the pot and boil!" ”

"I see which of you dares to move?!" Chen Zheng stretched out his hand and pointed around, and said in a loud voice: "Are you really going to rebel?!" ”

The surrounding soldiers of the Chu State were stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

Zilan chuckled: "I really taught you that the kid was right." Before your kid comes out of the cage, the old man will already be the king of Chu. When the Qin army besieged Handan, the old man wanted to personally lead the army to attack Handan City and kill him without leaving a chicken dog. Oh yes, aren't you kid known as having a 5,000-word morals from Lao Tzu? Today, the old man will teach you to see with your own eyes, what is good like water? Hahahaha! ”

Several Chu soldiers set Xu Fu up.

Zou Yan lamented: "Fire has its virtue, it also burns, water has its goodness, and it also has its disaster. It is still permissible to do evil in heaven, and it is impossible to live for oneself to do evil. In the world, man-made disasters are worse than natural disasters! ”

Zilan waved her hand and shouted, "Throw it in!" ”

Suddenly, as if from the edge of the sky, there was a crisp and pleasant flute sound, the sound was melodious and graceful, and everyone present couldn't help but look at the sky, as if looking for something in the empty sky.

Xu Fu was lifted in the air by several GIs, and stopped there for a while.

With the ups and downs of the flute, the soldiers of the Chu State returned to their long-lost childhood in a dream, and a slightly childish smile appeared on their faces. Suddenly, the sound of the flute became pathetic, and the childhood images in the minds of the soldiers were replaced in an instant by the scene of corpses strewn all over the field and rivers of blood.

Xu Fu was also slowly put to the ground by several soldiers.

Zilan was so frightened that Zhang Huang was at a loss, shaking her arms and pointing at the soldiers of the Chu State, her lips trembling but she couldn't make any sound.

Chen Zheng was shocked by the scene in front of him, and when he looked around blankly, he saw Zou Yan holding a piccolo about an inch long, playing a wonderful melody like an immortal.

At the end of the song, the soldiers' cries stopped.

Zilan pointed at Zou Yan and scolded: "Sure enough, it's a demon, why don't you take it with me?!" ”

As if they had just woken up from a dream, the soldiers picked up the halberd thrown on the ground and pounced on Zou Yan.

Zou Yan put the piccolo to his mouth again, but this time he didn't make any sound.

"Sir, be careful!" Chen Zheng shouted loudly.

"Ahh

"Ahh

……

The soldiers who surrounded Zou Yan heard a scream from the outside in, and they fell to the ground in horror.

After all the soldiers of Chu State fell, Chen Zheng saw clearly that the poisonous snake that was originally in the ground cage crawled out at some point, and at this time it was already wrapped around the bodies of the soldiers.

Several poisonous snakes opened their fangs and crawled towards Zilan's feet, and this Uncle Wang collapsed to the ground with his eyes rolled over, losing consciousness.