Chapter 52: The Nagisa Palace Boat Trip for Two Persons
Fan Yu returned to the post station, her mission in the state of Chu had been completed, there was no need to stay any longer, she sorted out her clothes and prepared to return to the state of Qin.
"Doctor Jian, Chu Guolang Zhongwu asks to see you." The servants came to give a message.
As soon as Cheng Jia entered the palace, Wu Shen came later, did Xiong Lu listen to Cheng Jia's words?
Fan Yu went downstairs, saw Wu Shen, and arched his hand: "I don't know if Wu Langzhong is coming, Jian Zhu has missed the distance, please bear with me." ”
"The Qin envoy is too worried, and he came uninvited, so he specially invited you to the palace to meet my king." Wu Shen saluted.
"Do you know what happened in Wu Langzhong?"
"When the Qin envoy saw my king, he knew." Wu Shen said with a smile.
Fan Yu followed Wu Shen to the platform of the dwelling.
The platform was built after the Xiong couple succeeded to the throne, Fan Yu had not seen it, and sighed that this is too much like a gourd, does this kid regard himself as a gourd spirit...... Fan Yu couldn't help but smile, although the black veil covered most of her face, but the eyes that could laugh were not covered.
Xiong Lu watched her come with an old age, her eyes were smiling, and the depression in Xiong Lu's heart was inexplicably less.
"Give the Qin envoy a seat." The bear couple was alone in the main hall, holding his head in one hand, sitting lazily on the table, the snow-white phoenix pattern robe was long hanging on the ground, and the middle coat inside was also loose, vaguely revealing a strong chest. His long hair was not crowned, but was scattered, hanging on the ground, his eyes were hollow, and he didn't know where to look, playing with the ivory flute that he had given to Fan Yu but didn't give it out.
Fan Yu looked at Xiong Lu's description, as well as the ivory flute in his hand, and felt guilty.
"Thank you King Chu for the throne, may I ask what is the matter with the King of Chu summoning the foreign ministers?" Fan Yu said.
The bears did not answer, but played the ivory flute on their own. The song was blown to her by the bear couple when they were playing as children, and the sound of the flute sounded, as if returning to the old days, the friends of the general horns, talking and laughing......
Although the music is beautiful, the performer's mood is contradictory and complicated. makes the song less pure and beautiful, and Fan Yu sits like pins and needles.
After a song was played, Xiong Lu spoke: "Has the Qin envoy heard this song?" ”
"Back to the king, no." Fan Yu has different hearts.
The bear smiled self-deprecatingly: "No, there is no one." He paused for a moment and continued: "Qin Envoy really has a lot of knowledge, and even the people around Zhao Meng know it. He didn't look at Fan Yu, he just played with the ivory flute.
Cheng Jia has already told Xiong Lu the truth, Yancui is Xu Lu, and Xu Lu is Zhao Meng's person. Xiong Lu remembered that Rui Xuan had sent a letter to inform him that he had found Fan Yu's whereabouts in Zhao Meng's mansion, and that was the time when he rushed to Jiangcheng, the capital of Jin, overnight, just to take her back to Chu......
Fan Yu knew that there was something in Xiong Lu's words: "Back to the King of Chu, the foreign minister used to be a soldier in the Jin State, and he saw the people around Zhao Meng Zhengqing, and the foreign minister confirmed that it was correct, and the favorite concubine called Yancui next to the King of Chu was Xu Lu next to Zhao Meng." ”
"Well, this king knows."
Xiong Yu stood up and approached Fan Yu, who didn't dare to sit still, so he quickly stood up and waited. Fan Yu's dress is still simple and simple, if it weren't for her weak body, her behavior would already look like a senior minister.
The bear couple walked one step away from Fan Yu, Fan Yu bowed slightly, kept a salute, and did not dare to slack off. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the veil on his face was torn off forcefully, the crown on Fan Yu's head was almost dropped, the sandalwood crown was loosely covered with silky hair, and a few strands of hair hung messily down on his shoulders, and a woman's face was exposed, as he expected......
Fan Yu was stunned, and Xiong Lu looked at her with burning eyes, and the scrutiny in his eyes was no less than the punishment of a person who committed the most heinous crimes.
The black veil fell silently, but Fan Yu felt that his heartbeat was deafening. She falsified her identity to deceive the bears, and one lie was made up for with another, which until now found difficult to explain; She once refused to be the crown princess of the bear couple, and now she has come to provoke him; She said that she left the Chu State, and now she is running over again...... Can he understand it?
Xiong looked at the thin, pale woman in front of him, it was hard to imagine the hardships she had endured over the years, her face was a little smaller, haggard and tired. A second ago, the bear couple was still in turmoil, because of the unwillingness to be deceived, because of the embarrassment of being rejected, because of the helplessness of reunion, because of the recklessness of meeting her...... At this second, I felt sorry for her and suffered by myself...... These feelings intertwined in his heart, and a sense of powerlessness oppressed him so much that he could barely breathe.
"Why are you doing this, and why?" Xiong Lu's face was expressionless, and his tone was flat, and it was this kind of indifferent questioning that made Fan Yu blame himself.
Fan Yu didn't know how to answer him.
"Why are you still here?" Xiong Liang looked at Fan Yu's thin body, and his voice became quieter and quieter, but in the end, he still couldn't bear to blame her, what to blame her? Not taking good care of yourself? Or why did it appear in front of him again? Or deceive him? ……
In the depths of Xiong Lu's heart, she was still happy, no matter what Fan Yu's purpose was, what excuse she had to return to Chu State, in short, she was back. But at this time, what Fan Yu saw was the declining Chu State, and there was a probaucherous and hedonistic King of Chu, he didn't want to show her this side of himself, he couldn't protect himself now, and he couldn't give her safety, so he could only let her see herself acting in embarrassment, helplessly seeking......
"I, I'm already a middle doctor in the Qin State, and ......I'm here for official business," Fan Yu muttered.
Xiong Lu's eyes lost their brilliance: "Well, the task is complete, then you can go back." ”
Now that Fan Yu has been recognized, he no longer hides his thoughts, and boldly said: "Your current situation is very dangerous, I will find a way." ”
"No, this king has his own way, Wu Shen, send off!" After speaking, the bear couple shook his sleeves and entered the back room.
In the current situation of Xiong Lu, Fan Yu can see that there are internal and external troubles, there is no political power at home, there is no military power outside, there are not enough talents to be trained, and the ministers and rebels are colluded...... Out of self-blame and friendship with friends, Fan Yu wants to help the bear couple, but the bear couple is arrogant, where would they give up their self-esteem and let a weak woman help, not to mention the woman who was "once happy".
"Your Majesty, Miss Fan is gone." Wu Shen reported to the bear couple.
"Well, okay, how is Douke's strength?" Xiong Lu said
"About seven hundred times."
"Three hundred times!?" Xiong Lu couldn't believe that at that time, the strength of the Chu State in the Battle of Chengpu in Jin and Chu was 700 times, a total of 60,000 people, and the soldiers and horses raised by the Xigong Gang Dou Ke were half of the troops in the Battle of Chengpu, and Dou Ke had been planning for a long time.
For the territory of Chu State, there are frequent soldiers for many years, and there are no soldiers to recruit, not to mention secretly conscription, Xiong Lu held the white silk of "Shimen Cliff" in his hand and fell into contemplation......