Chapter 223: Brothers Meet
Chang'an was exceptionally quiet this night, not long after dawn, the city gate of Chang'an quietly opened, and the figure of the King of Shu appeared indifferently outside the city, and he didn't even have an entourage by his side.
The King of Shu turned around and muttered: "My father is really ruthless, why didn't he even give me the time to go back and pack my luggage and bring a few entourage!" ”
However, he didn't seem to be annoyed, but left the city of Chang'an quickly, ran to a hill in the distance, and looked at the city gate from a distance, as if he was waiting for someone.
In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, the king of Shu finally saw his entourage, and was pulling the carriage to go out, the king of Shu happily waved his hand to the entourage, and the entourage seemed to see the king of Shu, waved his hand at him, and then hurried towards the direction of the king of Shu.
When the king of Shu saw that his entourage saw him, he immediately left the mountain, preparing to meet him on the road, and then he should get into the carriage as soon as possible, there must be cut fruit in the carriage, the king of Shu thought so.
However, not long after the King of Shu came down the mountain, he was stopped by a group of black-clothed people in the woods, the King of Shu was shocked, he had been sitting on the top of the mountain and did not notice that there were people at the foot of the mountain, at this time he also pretended to be calm and said: "What do you want to do?" I shouldn't have provoked you, did I? ”
The black-clothed man at the head stared at the face of the King of Shu for a long time, and then said softly: "Your Excellency is His Royal Highness the King of Shu?" ”
The King of Shu looked at the face of the man in black, wondering whether he would admit that it was good or not, but after looking at it for a while, the King of Shu didn't see the reason, and finally the King of Shu thought about it and replied: "That's right, I am the King of Shu, are you trying to make money?" This jade pendant is worth 100 taels of gold, which is enough for your business! ”
Saying that, the King of Shu took off the jade pendant on his waist and threw it to the man in black led by him, who hurriedly caught the jade pendant, and then shouted to the back: "It's His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you can come over!" ”
The King of Shu also looked back with the eyes of the man in black, and saw a man in gorgeous clothes walking over from among the men in black, and the King of Shu also widened his eyes when he saw the person coming, and said in disbelief: "Third brother? How are you here! ”
The person who came was none other than King Wu, who should be in Jiangnan now, and at this time he was looking at King Shu with a smile and said, "Why can't I be here?" ”
The King of Shu looked at the situation nearby, pulled King Wu and walked aside, and said as he walked: "Third brother, it's too close to Chang'an here, let's go farther!" ”
King Wu was pulled by his younger brother, and there was a warm look in his eyes, but he didn't care, and took King Shu to the carriage on the side of the road and got into the carriage together.
There were indeed cut fruits in the carriage, as well as a lot of Jiangnan pastries, and the king of Shu, who had been hungry for a day, didn't care about talking to King Wu, so he ate by himself.
It didn't take long for the carriage of the King of Shu to come over, looking at the carriage parked on the side of the road, the King of Shu's entourage asked in a low voice: "Big brother, have you seen a young man in gorgeous clothes?" Our young owner said to be waiting for me here, I don't know where to go! ”
The leader who was wearing a black dress and a mask just now took off his mask at this moment, although he was still full of momentum in black, but he replied to this entourage: "Do you know this jade pendant?" ”
The entourage of the King of Shu naturally recognized the jade pendant of the King of Shu, although this big man looked very powerful, but the entourage still trembled and said: "Where did you get my young master, let him go!" ”
The entourage's words fell, and in the carriage on the side, the king of Shu opened the curtain, stuffed his mouth with pastries, looked at the entourage who was like a great enemy, and said hesitantly: "You go along, I'm good here!" Jade pendant, you put it away for me! ”
As he spoke, he lowered the curtain again, as if he was in a hurry to go back to eat.
The entourage looked at the King of Shu who had just appeared and disappeared with a confused face, but as a subordinate, he didn't dare to question the behavior of the King of Shu, but politely looked at the leader on the side and said, "Big brother, you see that the young master of my family asked you to return the jade pendant to me!" ”
The leader looked at the retinue and found it amused, so he returned the jade pendant to the retinue, and then jumped into the carriage and drove the carriage farther and farther away from Chang'an.
In the carriage, King Wu looked at the King of Shu who was full of food and drink and leaned aside, and said, "What's the matter, why was he suddenly driven out!" ”
The King of Shu didn't answer his words, but asked: "Let's not talk about me first, what's the matter with you, you saw me in a hurry last time, why are you back this time!" ”
Then the king of Shu opened the curtain, looked at the scenery outside and said, "Are you here to pick me up?" Why is it getting farther and farther away from Chang'an! ”
King Wu nodded, looked at the King of Shu and said, "I'm a little worried about you, so I thought about taking you out of Chang'an this time, but I didn't expect that you were actually kicked out by your father!" ”
The King of Shu pursed his lips and looked at King Wu and said: "It's not the good subordinate you left, it's the commander of Wu, if he hadn't framed me this time, how could I have been driven out by my father!" ”
King Wu sighed, then looked at King Shu and said, "So this time it is also the handiwork of Changsun Chong?" What the hell is he trying to do? ”
The King of Shu shook his head, he knew that this matter was related to Commander Wu, and he also saw Commander Wu walking in the courtyard with something, if it wasn't for King Wu telling him to be careful of Commander Wu when he was looking for him before, others would not care even if they saw it.
Thinking of this, the King of Shu also said: "Tell me what the hell is the situation, last time you saw me in a hurry, in addition to telling me that you are not dead, you only told me one thing, that is, there is a problem with Commander Wu, what about you!" Why fake your death! I heard my father say that you should be doing things for him in Jiangnan now, why did you appear in Chang'an? ”
King Wu thought about it and didn't know what to say, so he said: "This matter has to start from the beginning, anyway, there is a lot of time on the road, so I'll talk to you slowly!" ”
The King of Shu didn't care about being driven out of Chang'an, but was very interested in the story of King Wu, so the King of Shu immediately nodded and said, "Okay, you talk slowly, anyway, we have time!" ”
King Wu also smiled when he looked at the appearance of King Shu, and then slowly spoke: "You know that I have an entourage with a similar figure and appearance to me, and no one else knows about this except you, especially the commander of Wu, and later I was unwilling to let my father leave Chang'an, so I made a play and pretended to have a broken leg." So I went to live in the dormitory with this stand-in. ”
Hearing this, the King of Shu looked surprised, looked at King Wu and said, "You actually live in a dormitory with people other than concubines?" Don't you think he stinks? ”
King Wu looked at the King of Shu and said angrily: "My retinue has been with me for many years, if it wasn't for the fact that I had been fine-tuning my face before, others really couldn't see the difference between the two of us." ”
Saying that, King Wu sighed a little: "My retinue is really loyal, not only willing to cut off my leg for me, but also did not hesitate to continue to pretend to me when I met the assassin, until the fire finally burned his body to ashes without saying that I was under the bed." ”
The King of Shu looked at King Wu and said in disbelief: "You are under the bed?" How did you run out of such a big fire! ”
King Wu didn't mind King Shu's interruption, but patiently explained: "I am in the secret passage underground, and this secret passage was sealed soon after I entered!" ”
The King of Shu nodded and motioned for King Wu to continue.
King Wu thought for a moment and then said: "In the past few years, I have been cultivating forces outside the capital, and this operation was originally to call them to the city in case of emergency, but I didn't expect it to save my life!" ”
The King of Shu looked at King Wu and also said his question: "What was the situation of your actions at that time, and why did you end up like this?" ”
King Wu also sighed when he heard King Shu's question, and said helplessly: "Each of us has our own thoughts, and the natural result will be beyond everyone's expectations, and that Commander Wu is relying on my name, in fact, he is doing things for Changsun Chong, after learning that I was killed, Commander Wu also returned to the arms of Changsun's family for the first time, if you hadn't suddenly appeared, I'm afraid he would have found out his identity a long time ago!" ”
The King of Shu nodded, then looked at King Wu and said: "In other words, in fact, the final result of this matter, only the eldest grandson Chong is satisfied, and no one else has thought about this result, right?" ”
King Wu nodded, and invited the king of Wei to steal the question, the king of Chu took the Turks to prepare to assassinate Li Chengqian, and the commander of Wu led people to assassinate Li Chengqian in advance, and after the failure, the entire city was sealed but the king of Chu was captured, and his stand-in was assassinated by the Turks the night before, coupled with the recent news from Chang'an City, King Wu came to the conclusion that all this was the calculation of Changsun Chong.
The King of Shu listened to a rough idea, but he didn't care about what had happened, but looked at King Wu and said: "What is the situation in Jiangnan, I heard my father say that you are doing things for him in Jiangnan, what are you doing?" ”
King Wu looked at the innocent King of Shu, and said helplessly: "Do you really think that I am doing things for my father, I was indeed guessing who is behind the scenes, but didn't Ashina Muyun say that this was done by Changsun Chong a few months ago, so why should I investigate these things, since my father knew about it and didn't care about it, then why should I do it?" ”
King Shu still didn't understand, looked at King Wu and said, "Then what are you doing in Jiangnan?" And why don't you tell everyone you're not dead! Now that your stand-in has entered the royal mausoleum, how can you return to the court in the future! ”
King Wu looked at the King of Shu, his eyes were full of distress, he felt sorry that he still had illusions about those people in the court, and he felt sorry for him, even if he was driven out of Chang'an, the only person he was worried about was himself.