In the teahouse, the people were full of voices and noisy, but the topics discussed were surprisingly consistent.

I saw an old man put the cigarette stick on the table, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Huangpu, the butcher and executioner who killed the heavens, actually killed a chicken and dog in the city of gentlemen, and the old man only hated to be born twenty years early, otherwise he would have to fight with that guy endlessly." ”

"Yes, I have also heard that the butcher disregarded the king's orders, ignored the king's orders, and slaughtered the city of gentlemen. ”

"Alas, no matter what we do so much, we should be glad, glad that we were born in the Chu State, we have a holy monarch, under the leadership of the king, you see that over the years, our life has become better and better. ”

"Yes, the king is wise and martial, a few years ago we still can't eat enough, we can't wear warm, you look at a few years, who can't eat enough, can't wear warm, which one doesn't live a good life with his wife and children on the hot kang, such days, before, I can't think about it. ”

"The king is indeed a benevolent monarch, but no one is perfect, the biggest mistake in the king's life is to let the butcher of Huang Pu become the boss, I just don't know if I can control the butcher now, if I can't control it, I don't know what will happen?"

"I, do you dare to rebel, if he dares to rebel, I will be the first to disagree, I believe that all our people in Chu will not agree, we can drown him with a mouthful of spit. ”

"That's right, even if he wants to rebel, his army won't obey him, there's no need to worry. ”

"That's right, and I heard that the king has ordered the butcher to be brought back, as if to make him a knight, and not to let him go out to fight. ”

"A butcher like that should be put to death, with a thousand cuts. I also want to add him to the rank of knight, I really don't know what the king thinks, isn't it because he was poured ecstasy soup by that emperor. ”

"In any case, the butcher can be regarded as a credit to our country, in my opinion, the king is not easy to kill him directly, but the king is merciful and does not want to see the common people bleed, so he found a compromise and let him retreat from the battlefield. ”

"Yes, our king, he has taken great pains, and I really don't know what kind of shit luck that the butcher has taken to meet such a Maven. ”

And so on, but the focus is nothing more than two points, one is to praise the virtuous life of the monarch of Chu, and the other is to scold Huang Pu for all kinds of evil deeds.

These words reached the ears of the four people sitting at a table in the corner.

After the fat man and Huang Pu entered the store, they came to the table where Tuoba Pifu and Cha Cha were sitting, and the fat man was still a little puzzled, wondering how Huang Pu knew that he was coming to these two people, but after thinking about it, with Huang Pu's intelligence, it was not uncommon to be able to guess his own thoughts.

So, Huang Pu was introduced to Tuoba Pifu and Cha Cha.

When Huang Pu heard that these two people were the fat man's master and sister, he didn't seem to be surprised, and respectfully greeted the two of them and treated them as if they were juniors.

Cha Cha turned a blind eye to his courtesy, listened to it, and ignored him at all.

Tuoba Pifu didn't move his posture, glanced at Huang Pu with slanted eyes, and said lazily: "Sit down." ”

The four of them sat opposite each other, Huang Pu took the teapot from the fat man's hand, first poured tea for Tuoba Pifu and Cha Cha, then the fat man, and finally himself, and the etiquette was impeccable.

But except for the fat man, the other two didn't seem to give him any face, and they didn't have the slightest desire to serve the tea in front of them.

Huang Pu didn't think much of it, he sat there quietly, quietly listening to the discussions from all around, and there was always a smile on his face.

The fat man wanted to speak several times, but he didn't know where to start, he was anxious to scratch his ears and cheeks, looking a little impatient, and finally was glanced at by Cha Cha, and suddenly quieted down.

In the end, it was Tuoba Pifu who spoke: "Look, everyone wants to kill you and hurry up." ”

Huang Pu replied: "Not really, Mr. Ru, he doesn't want to kill me." ”

Tuoba Pifu smiled and asked, "How do you know I don't want to kill you?"

"Because my husband understands me and agrees with me. ”

Tuoba Pifu was noncommittal, and sighed leisurely: "You remind me of a person, a big husband who stands up to the sky. ”

"Mr. Xie praised it in seconds. ”

Tuoba Pifu paused for a moment, then asked, "You should know what you're going to face next, right?"

Huang Pu smiled and said, "Of course I know, it was originally in my plan. ”

"It seems like a good deal to exchange your life for eternal peace. ”

Of course, the students also thought that this was the first business in the ages, and they did not dare to say that there was no one who would come after, but it was absolutely unprecedented. ”

"Don't you think there's something unfair about this deal?"

"It's not unfair to be beaten and suffered. ”

Tuoba Pifu laughed, took the tea poured by Huang Pu for him and drank it all, and then said: "I drank a bowl of tea from you, I won't drink it in vain, this is for you." ”

As he spoke, a black and shiny mud pill appeared in his hand and was handed to Huang Pu.

Huang Pu took the mud pill and didn't know what it was, so he looked at Tuoba Pifu in puzzlement.

But Tuoba Pifu did not give him an answer, but said to him, "Eat him." ”

Huang Pu smiled freely, and swallowed the mud pill into his stomach without hesitation, not at all afraid that Tuoba Pifu would harm him, this was an intuition, and it turned out that his intuition was correct, because he didn't feel any discomfort, nor did he feel anything unusual.

Seeing that he had swallowed the mud pill, Tuoba Pifu nodded appreciatively and said to Huang Pu, "You go, we will meet again." ”

Huang Pu got up and saluted Tuoba Pifu again, and when he saw Tuoba Pifu waving his hand, he turned away. The fat man wanted to go with Huang Pu, but was stopped by Tuoba Pifu, and the fat man asked Tuoba Pifu puzzled: "Master, what are you doing, I want to send him into the city safely." ”

Tuoba Pifu smiled: "No need, let him go by himself for the next part of the road." ”

The fat man sat down dejectedly and asked Tuoba Pifu, "Master, you won't let him die, will you?"

Tuoba said to the fat man, "Do you want him to die?"

The fat man shook his head and said, "I used to think that I wanted to kill him directly several times, but now, I really don't want him to die, he is a good person and shouldn't die." ”

Tuoba Pifu looked at the figure outside the tea shed and said, "Whether it is life or death, look at his creation." ”

The fat man was puzzled, but Tuoba Pifu did not continue to explain, but stood up, beckoned to the two apprentices, and said, "Let's go, let's go see the excitement." ”

The three of them got up and walked out of the tea shed, and Tuoba Pifu rode on the old ox, and took the two apprentices to Nayingdu.

And it wasn't until the three of them walked far away that everyone in the tea shed was shocked, hey, how could there be an empty table where no one was sitting, although they were curious, but no one thought about it, and in a blink of an eye, the table was filled.

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Huang Pu quickly stepped up, and finally came to Yingdu, the capital of Chu, at dusk.

From a distance, he saw the honor guard of the king of Chu, there was a phalanx on each side of the honor guard, about a thousand people, and it looked huge.

Huang Pu knew that this was for himself, so he dismounted from a distance, led the horse forward, and soon came to the front of the honor guard, took a deep look at the tall figure in the honor guard, knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and said loudly: "The last general, Huang Pu, return by order." ”

There was no echo in the guard of honor for a long time, and the army of nearly a thousand people was also silent, and everyone was waiting for what would happen next.

After a long time, a voice finally sounded, it was not the king of Chu, but the eunuch who passed the decree.

"The king of Chu order, the emperor Pu in vain Gu Jun's grace, do not think about revenge, openly disobey the king's order, the crime is unforgivable, from today, remove all official positions, put on death row, three days later at noon, Ling Chi was executed, to show the world. ”

After the decree was announced, two more sergeants stepped forward, rudely handcuffed and shackled Huang Pu, and then brutally threw him into the prisoner car.

During the whole process, Huang Pu did not say a word, but silently endured it, and was willing.

Although it happened suddenly, didn't it say that the butcher was going to be added to the knighthood, why was he suddenly arrested, after a short period of doubt, people were unanimously excited, no one felt that the king of Chu did something wrong, everyone felt from the bottom of their hearts that the butcher deserved it.

Therefore, on the way to death row, the streets were crowded with people on both sides, no one's hands were empty, people angrily threw the things in their hands at the figure in the prisoner car, and the sound of cursing was endless.

The death row has been completely taken over by the personal guards of the king of Chu, within five miles around, all of them are emptied, and there are shadowy sergeants standing, not even a fly can fly in, all of this, just to imprison Huang Pu, it can be seen that the courtiers of Chu State attach great importance to it, and they will never allow Huang Pu to escape.

In fact, there is no need for this at all, and Huang Pu will not escape.

Huang Pu knew that he would not escape, and the king of Chu also knew that Huang Pu would not escape.

After Huang Pu was imprisoned on death row, the king of Chu immediately summoned his courtiers and instructed them to collect evidence of Huang Pu's guilt and announce it to the world when he was executed three days later. Subsequently, he claimed that he suddenly did not know and needed to recuperate for three days, during which no one was allowed to come and disturb him, and those who violated it would be killed.

Although the courtiers were puzzled, the most important thing at this time was the matter of Huangpu, so no one was out of the box at this time, and the king of Chu went without asking.

On death row, Huang Pu's cell had long been kept spotless, and all the furniture and furnishings were extremely luxurious, and Huang Pu was sure that the things used by the King of Chu himself would not be so good.

So, Huang Pu looked at the middle-aged man sitting opposite him, and said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need to do this, these good things are wasted, you know, now the country is in ruins, you must not live extravagantly, you can save it." ”

Sitting opposite Huangpu is a middle-aged man, with a resolute face, not angry and arrogant, although he is wearing civilian clothes, but the aura of solipsism on his body cannot be hidden, this person is the king of Chu.

He was not unwell, but he didn't want to pay attention to anything in the past three days, because after three days, the person he respected the most would be buried by his own hands, and he would use these three days to accompany this mentor and friend. So, he found a excuse, avoided all eyeliners, and came here alone.

In the eyes of the world, the king of Chu, benevolent, forgiving, strong, wise, and martial, is the monarch of Shengming and the first emperor of the ages.

And at this moment, this big husband who stood up to the sky and the earth, but his face was sad, his eyes were red, looking at Huang Pu's white hair and the scars all over his body, and said sadly: "Sir, I have suffered you." ”