Chapter 164: The Banquet (I)
Three days later, outside the Yellow Dragon Secret Realm.
Yingzong Du Zhen's horse palace, outside the carriage, the rune light is shining, and the colorful brilliance is competing with each other.
It seems like it's business as usual.
Of course, this is not the case.
The autumn hunt that was supposed to take place for more than half a month ended in a hurry after four or five days, everyone was summoned out of the Yellow Dragon Secret Realm, and Du Rui also joined Nie Yuan and other guards.
In the past few days, although there have been many disputes in the secret territory, no one has privately targeted Nie Yuan and the others, and they have no intention of searching for resources and hunting demon beasts, but are looking for Du Rui with one mind.
If Du Rui disappears and can't come back, everything will be closed.
As a personal guard, if they lose the prince because of their reasons, they will all be beheaded, and even their relatives will be implicated.
However, in the case of Du Rui, Nie Yuan and the others are not afraid of being beheaded, but their future basically does not exist, and they will be sent far away to the border and become ordinary soldiers on the border.
After meeting with Du Rui, Nie Yuan and the others were naturally overjoyed, but in addition, they were also worried.
Du Rui's face was pale, like a patient who was struggling to breathe on the sickbed, although his posture was normal, his speed was extremely slow, it seemed that he should have been hit hard, even if he had no scars all over his body.
Naturally, someone asked Du Rui what he had encountered.
Nie Yuan and the others didn't dare to ask, and they knew that even if they did, Du Rui would not answer.
The person who asked the questioner, Li Zhong.
In fact, he just asked as usual, originally, this was a big deal, and it should be asked by Ling Hu Xingzhi in person, but now this matter is no longer important, don't say that Du Rui has returned safely, even if he dies in the secret realm, it is no longer a big deal, the real big thing is naturally that the emperor was attacked and almost died.
One before and one after two attacks, the first time was a false alarm, even if the person who shot it was the Great Grandmaster; The second time was otherwise, the emperor was slapped in the face, although because of the protection of the protective dragon robe and magic robe, there was no major problem, plus Gu Zhenren arrived in time, the assassin had to flee in embarrassment, the problem was that Gu Zhenren did not capture the assassin alive, and he didn't know if he was killed.
He was silent, and when he came back, he met with Du Zhen alone.
After about a quarter of an hour, he left the emperor's bedroom and disappeared.
What exactly they said, no one knew, not even Ling Hu Xingzhi didn't know, no one dared to eavesdrop on the conversation between a great grandmaster and the emperor, it was impossible to do it.
Later, people came back one after another, and at noon today, except for the unlucky ones who died, all of them were alive, even if they were seriously injured but could kick all the guys out of the secret realm.
The mage in the palace made a move, and the rune array disappeared, closing the entrance and exit of the secret realm.
Even if someone is still alive, they deserve it if they can't get out, if they are lucky, they will live in the secret realm for decades, and they will not come out until the next time the secret realm is opened.
Of course, this is just a joke.
Under normal circumstances, the next time the secret realm opens, he still has bones.
Facing Du Rui, Li Zhong asked as usual, but in fact, he didn't expect Du Rui to answer.
First of all, although Du Rui is not demented, he still doesn't like to deal with people's questions, as if the other party doesn't exist, plus, he must be seriously injured, even if his body is not injured, his mind is also damaged, and he may not be able to stay normal.
However, to Li Zhong's surprise, Du Rui replied.
His answer was brief, and it was clear in a few sentences.
Be all abroad!
Inexplicably, he went to a wonderful space, floated along a river, and inexplicably appeared on the wasteland, firing the fireworks he carried on his waist, and meeting with the guards and maids.
Turbulence in time and space.
In Li Zhong's opinion, Du Rui lost the protection of the rune array, and was banished into the uncontrolled turbulence when he passed through the portal, but his luck was very good, it can be said that he was blessed with great fortune, and inexplicably entered the boundary river through the turbulence of time and space, and when the boundary river appeared in the real world from the illusion again, he was thrown out and returned to the first ring of the secret realm.
Li Zhong was not in the mood to determine the truth of this matter, he just needed to record what he heard and report it.
After that, he asked Du Rui to go with him to meet the driver.
At noon today, the emperor wants to gather all the princes to have dinner together, and Du Rui is naturally also a guest.
Du Rui followed Li Zhong to the emperor's horse palace, this was the first time he came to such a place, from Chang'an City to the present, he only got the emperor's summons from the Shanglin Yuan Palace, because Yan Wu assassinated the king of Jinling.
Later, there was a major military and political event, and this meeting ended hastily.
This was the second time he went to see the emperor's father.
After all, there were hundreds of people at the foot of the hill at that time, although there was a strict order, the leaker died, and it was still spread after all, even among these Du Zhen's subordinates who thought he was very loyal, there were also disciples of the family and the sits and eyeliner that they secretly arranged.
However, Du Rui did not hear any wind.
He has no friends, and although Wei Yue claims to have a wide range of friends, it is a pity that his own master is not strong enough, so even if he goes to the mouth of his former acquaintances, all he gets is some worthless news, and others are just thinking of snakes.
Du Rui came a little late, and everyone was there.
Seeing him appear at the door, everyone turned their heads to look at him.
Some people quickly looked away and sat upright, these people are not familiar with Du Rui, called brothers, in fact, they rarely meet, occasionally look at each other at the ceremony, they can't greet Du Rui, at that time, Du Rui is demented, of course, they don't have a bad taste against Du Rui, as a prince, everyone understands the truth of prudence.
Even if they were to wander, they would only be in a place where no one was around, or where they were in control.
For these princes, Du Rui is nothing more than a stranger.
The remaining princes who reacted had different attitudes.
First of all, Du Yun, the king of Yan, who is the same age as Du Rui, got the opportunity this time, and got a ball of dragon energy, and with the addition of luck, his whole person is even more elegant, with a faint sense of dust.
Obtaining dragon qi does not mean that it will appear noble and magnificent, and the luck is ethereal, but it conforms to the operation of the laws of heaven.
Or, this temperament is more beneficial to Du Yun, so that's right?
He glanced at Du Rui, his eyes were as calm and light as before, and then, he slowly turned his head, there was no arrogant posture in the whole process, but this attitude itself was the most top pride.
Another Du Amber who reacted, he glared at Du Rui.
Recently, he has cultivated more hard and improved, and in the secret realm, he has also obtained a lot of resources, although the dragon qi has nothing to do with him, and he does not have the luxury of that thing, a prince like him who survives in the cracks, thinking too much is actually a burden.
Now, he just wants to challenge Du Rui again and avenge his original revenge.
Seeing Du Rui's crooked appearance, he pursed his lips.
Du Hu knew that Du Rui was framed by someone and banished to the void crack, so that Hong Fuqi could come back alive, but his mind was damaged, and in this case, he also suppressed the urge to teach Du Rui a lesson.
Du Xu saw Du Rui, although he knew that Du Rui had come out of the secret realm alive, the expression on his face was still a little uncontrollable, and he hurriedly lowered his head in order not to let people see his expression.
He was lucky and gained a hint of dragon energy.
The whole person became more silent, slightly wooden, giving people a feeling of being there and nothing.
Among this group of princes, he seems very inconspicuous, making it easy for people to ignore him in the past, this is the role of luck, at this time, the last thing that Zhongnan Jun Du Xu should not be is to be publicized and attract attention, so the dragon qi makes him more ordinary, and people will subconsciously ignore the past.
How so?
Bai Zihua said that he fainted, and when he woke up, he found that there was no one around, as for why the burrowing python didn't swallow him, he himself didn't understand, who drove the burrowing python away, he also didn't know.
Bai Zihua has no reason to lie.
So, it was Du Rui who drove away the burrowing python?
Or did a master pass by and save Du Rui?
At the beginning, the maid's behavior was too strange, blocking the way and not allowing herself to take Du Rui away, was she afraid that she had ulterior motives for Du Rui, or did she have other plans?
Eccentric!
It's so weird!
Du Tao, the king of Zhao, was the only prince who greeted Du Rui with a smile on his face, and he stood up instead of Du Xu, who was actually the eldest, and beckoned to Du Rui, with an expression on his face that made people feel like a spring breeze.
"Thirteenth brother, come on, that's your place!"
It seems that Du Tao is the most normal, no different from before, with the posture of a virtuous king.
In fact, his heart is broken, his soul is hiding in the depths of the sea of knowledge, resisting the pull of the dark power, now, everything is just an inertial performance, everything is so decent, but unfortunately, the performance is always a performance, there is no soul.
Du Rui's expression remained unchanged, his eyes seemed to be fixed somewhere in the void, and his pale face looked like he could be blown down as long as the wind was stronger, but his steps were still firm, and he walked on the seat and sat down.
Not long after Du Rui sat down, Emperor Du Zhen arrived.
He didn't look like he was usual, he didn't smile, and walked in with a tiger, before that, there were already royal guards first, standing solemnly on both sides, and then, Ling Hu Xingzhi came in and shouted.
"The emperor has arrived!"
All the princes stood up in unison and bowed.
Du Zhen waved his hand, signaling his sons not to be polite, and then walked to the throne and sat down.
His gaze swept towards the princes, and at this time, a smile appeared on his face.
"Sit down, sit down!"
At this time, he didn't look at all like a person who had a life span of at most.