"You're fine, as soon as you came back, you killed one of my vassals for a woman. You have been studying in Yan Country for ten years, but because of this, you have forgotten who you are, and the blood on your body has turned to iron? ”

A cold voice echoed, and a vague figure sat in the depths of the main hall. The hall was extremely dim, and even though the fifteen candles on the bronze jade tree lamp were burning, they still couldn't illuminate his face.

Chu Wu was prostrate in the center of the main hall, fifty steps away from the man, and between this distance, there were eight palace swordsmen, four palace people with bowed heads, and four palace maids holding a canopy, the swordsmen were all wrapped in iron armor from top to bottom, and the swords were hanging from their waists.

"Raise your head and answer me."

There was a hint of anger in the voice.

Chu Wu pressed the floor tiles with both hands, the floor tiles were carved with exquisite ornaments, which were the ant nose money issued by Nan Chu, he raised his head and looked into the depths of the main hall, at the end of the hall paved by the ant nose money was a huge screen, behind the screen there was a half-human high fence, and there were four steps behind the fence carved with thunder clouds and blood phoenixes, and the swordsmen with armor and armor stood on the top of the steps, looking through the gap in the cold iron armor, they still couldn't see the person's face clearly.

"Back to the monarch's father, the son doesn't dare." Chu Wu only glanced at it and lowered his head again.

"My son, you don't dare, you've already killed you, but you told me you didn't dare. If one day, you kill me, will you tell the world that you don't dare? The voice grew colder and colder.

Chu Wu was prostrate on the ground, his shoulders trembling. The sunlight outside the hall was actually dazzling, but it could not seep into this ancient palace, and the distance between father and son was very strong, not just through screens, fences, and heavily armed swordsmen.

"My son, do you know why I called you back?"

"My son doesn't know."

"Haha."

The voice chuckled, and the next words were cold: "Your mother is dead, and she wants to see you before she dies, but she forgets that from Fengge City to Yanjing City, there is a big river and a thousand green mountains, which is a full 13,800 miles. So, even if she drinks that glass of dove wine that pierces her throat, she still can't see you. ”

"Why?"

I couldn't tell whether it was tears or sweat and things fell on the floor tiles drop by drop, they slowly soaked along the lines of the ant's nose money, Chu Wu's forehead was against the floor tiles, but the cold floor tiles could not calm him down, and the monstrous anger and sorrow rolled wantonly in his chest, and he was afraid that he would raise his head if he was not careful.

"Don't you know why? It's your mother's misfortune, but it's your luck. From today on, my son, you are the son of Southern Chu and the monarch of Chu after my death. ”

"Is it because the monarch wants to be king?"

Chu Wu had tried his best to restrain himself, but his voice was still extremely hoarse, and he could faintly hear the anger and questioning in it.

"Hahaha."

The man laughed, and the vague figure shook twice on the high throne: "Thirteen years ago, on your seventh birthday, in front of the ministers, pointed a bow and arrow at me, at that time, some people persuaded me to kill you, and some people said that the tiger poison does not eat children. I asked you to go to Yan Kingdom, but I didn't kill you, do you know why? ”

Chu Wu still lowered his head and trembled.

"Because you are not like me, you are like your mother, noble and humble, you have half of the blood of King Wuying, so you are noble, but because of this, you are as humble as Chaoge City, although you have a bow and arrow in your hand, I can't see a trace of killing intent in your eyes, only panic and fear."

"Come near, my son."

The vague figure waved his hand, the palace people and swordsmen on the steps hesitated, walked behind the ancient and old palace pillars, and the four palace maids also put down the canopy, put their hands on their waists and abdomen, and silently retreated to the outside of the hall.

Chu Wu was still trembling.

"Raise your head!"

Chu Wu raised his head with red eyes.

"Come close!"

Chu Wu lowered his head and crawled forward, not stopping until he was in front of the screen.

"Withdraw."

The voice said lightly, and the tail note was a little trembling, as if it was a little tired. Four swordsmen turned out from behind the column head and removed the screen.

Since then, the distance between the Father and the Son has been reduced by forty paces, separated only by a half-man-high fence, cast in bronze and connected to the whole hall, which cannot be removed.

The man ordered Chu Wu to continue forward, but Chu Wu had to lift the corners of his robe and climb over the fence, climb to the second step and kneel, and bow his head.

Now, they're five paces apart.

"The world says, When a king is angry, he floats a wall of blood, and when a man is angry, blood is splashed five steps. If you want to avenge your poor mother, draw the sword from your loins, and I am right before you. Twenty years ago, also in this hall, I took advantage of my father's unpreparedness and stabbed a sword into his chest, and my father's blood was separated from mine by half an iron sword. ”

Chu Wu lowered his head, gritted his teeth stubbornly, and his collar was wet and soaked with sweat.

"Don't worry about Blood Fengwei, since your grandfather killed your great-grandfather, I have one more unwritten rule in Da Chu, since then, it is not uncommon for a brother to kill a brother, and a son to kill a father, after you kill me, they will not rush up and condemn you as a rebel, they will only kneel down, pillar the sword, and worship you as the new monarch."

The voice became more and more tired, more and more seductive, and Chu Wu trembled like a shrimp in that voice.

"What are you waiting for, draw your sword!!"

Suddenly, the voice roared violently, and the man also stood up from the throne, and the oblique shadow was shaken by the bronze jade tree lamp, completely enveloping Chu Wu who was prostrate in front of it.

Cold, at this time, Chu Wu felt the boundless cold, and the cold penetrated from the top of his head, extinguishing the anger and sorrow in his chest at once. After this agitation, he couldn't help but raise his head and press the hilt of his sword. However, in the next moment, when he met the man's gaze, his pupils contracted violently, and he began to tremble again, and slowly lowered his head.

"Father, my son doesn't dare."

"Don't dare?"

"Hahaha......"

The voice laughed wildly, and the shadow in front of Chu Wu shook violently, and the shadow walked around him, as if it was watching him, and it was like a hideous beast sniffing him with its nose.

Chu Wu's heart was beating wildly, but his body couldn't move, despair and sorrow occupied his whole world. In that shadow, he was so small.

"It's been ten years, you have been to Yan Country for ten years, but you haven't changed at all, you are still so cowardly, you really don't look like the descendants of my Great Chu, but I have to make you the son of the world. You are lucky, go down and pay your respects to your mother's grave, she misses you so much. ”

The shadow retreated, slowly retracting into the throne, the voice as if it had come out of the abyss of hell, cold and unforgiving, yet it felt so tired and lonely.

Chu Wu withdrew from the main hall, and the sun outside was very strong, shining the entire palace city with golden brilliance. Standing at the door of the main hall and looking down, the jade-white steps were very long, and the sunlight jumped on those steps, waving layer after layer of bewildering light.

Walking down the steps, the blood phoenix guards were lined up on both sides, and when he reached the bottom of the steps, the sweat on his clothes had been dried, and the tall palace walls blocked the blazing sun, casting a cool shadow obliquely.

Chu Xuanhuai stood under the wall.

Seeing Chu Wu walk into the shadows, Chu Xuanhuai nodded at him and walked up the steps.

"Uncle Twelve."

Chu Wu called softly.

Chu Xuanhuai turned his head and stared at him.

Chu Wu asked, "Twelfth uncle, is Da Chu really going to be king?" ”

Chu Xuanhuai nodded, and there was a hint of worry between his eyebrows.

Chu Wu caught the trace of worry, but his face did not show it, he looked into Chu Xuanhuai's eyes, and said calmly: "Twelfth uncle, the people of Yan love pear blossoms, whenever this season, there is only a vast ocean of pear blossoms in sight, but it is not the most magnificent in Yan Kingdom, there is a Xuanniao at the head of Yanjing City, it is extremely huge, under its wings, Yan people wear black iron armor, drive black chariots, and sing fearless war songs loudly, they are continuous into a piece, and the ocean is powerful, It's enough to cover up the vast pear blossoms. And this, it's just Yan Guo. ”

Chu Xuanhuai narrowed his eyes, his eyes were as sharp as a needle, a needle that emitted infinite sharp light in the sun.

"So far, the world is great, but no one dares to claim the title of king. Twelfth uncle, Chu Wu said goodbye. ”

Chu Wu paused in the middle of his words, he put his hands together towards Chu Xuanhuai, shook it deeply, and then turned around and walked into the shadows where the sun could not shine.

Chu Xuanhuai stared at his departure.

The tall palace walls covered with green vines, the ancient and mottled bluestone floors, and the narrow and deep alleys are quiet. Chu Wu walked in it alone, his steps fell steadily, he stepped on those cracks on the floor, his eyes looked straight ahead, there was no emotion, neither anger nor sadness.

It was a thin figure that looked lonely.

Until he couldn't see it anymore, Chu Xuanhuai turned his head, pressed the sword on his waist, and climbed up the steps step by step.

……

A horse-drawn carriage was waiting outside Miyagi.

The palace gate slowly parted to the left and right, and Chu Wu walked out of the two rows of armor. The driver on the wheel breathed a sigh of relief, jumped off the wheel, and met him.

The capital of Southern Chu, Fengge City.

Fengge City, a hundred miles in the square, the south can not see the north, the east can not see the west, it is the most exquisite city on the land of Zhongzhou, its exquisiteness is not the wingspan of thirty zhang of the burning sky fire phoenix, but everywhere. Every street and alley, every carriage that comes and goes, and every Chu person who speaks the Chu dialect are all exquisite representatives. Even in the forgotten corners, if you look closely, you will see exquisite traces.

For example, on the path leading to the secluded mountain, the sunlight shines through the straight and tall banyan tree, casting dappled light and shadow, beyond that light and shadow, there are two rows of stone beasts, their appearance is strange, but none of them are from the hands of famous artists, every detail is very delicately handled, at first glance, as if living creatures.

This is the Tomb Keeper.