On the north bank of Weishui, the forest covers the wilderness, stretching for dozens of miles. The catkins are flying all over the sky, and the white Yingying is like flying snow falling on the green forest, which makes people intoxicated and do not know the heaven and earth. The horses gradually descended into the depths of the forest, and from time to time the short, straight gray-white roof faintly showed the castle atmosphere, which was quite mysterious in the wilderness. After a while, I saw a castle made of white stone standing on a high ground in the middle of the forest, and a white stone city wall with a battlement of the city tower, which was thick and heavy, and majestic and abnormal. In front of the high slope stands a stone pillar more than a foot high, engraved with three and a half big red characters - Huaizitai.

In that year, Ji Chang, the king of Zhou Wen, was imprisoned in Xianli by Shang, and his eldest son Bo Yi offended his favorite concubine Su Daji, and was given to death by the king of Zhou and made into meat cakes, which were given to his father Ji Chang to eat. After King Wen escaped, in order to miss his eldest son, who died innocently and tragically, he built a high platform in the sun of Weishui to summon the soul of his son. After the expansion and maintenance of the King of Zhou, it finally had the current scale and became a summer palace.

But all this, Ji Duoyou, who was blindfolded with his hands tied behind his back, was completely unaware. Tu Ge is imprisoned here, which is the top secret of the Zhou royal family, and no fourth person knows about it except for Zhou Li's Wang Ji Hu and Zhao Gongmu, as well as the inner servant Jia who handles it. The guards guarding the place did not know who was under house arrest here.

Zhao Bohu got out of the car and waved his hand, and a guard had already walked behind an ancient tree with branches and pushed down a cobblestone. With a deep rumbling sound of landmines, the huge and heavy stone gate of the castle rolled open. Then there was an uproar in the door: "Welcome to Xiangye!" "There was no one in front of the castle.

What the hell is this? Tayou was thinking about it, and suddenly he was supported by a pair of arms, got out of the car, and staggered forward.

I don't know how long I walked, and suddenly I heard Zhao Bohu's voice say, "That's it, okay!" ”

Ji Duoyou only felt that his arm was loose, and someone in front of him took off his blindfold, and he heard Uncle Mi's voice: "General Ziliang, offended!" ”

Ji Tayu squinted, and it took a long time to adjust to the change in light. Only then did I see that I was in a place that seemed to be the courtyard of a large family, the yard was very neatly tied, and there was a stone-paved road in the middle, and tall pine trees were planted on both sides, lush, verdant and lovely. Seeing this scene, Duoyou felt a little relieved, it seemed that although Tu Ge had lost his freedom, his life treatment seemed to be not bad.

With a "squeak", the door of the main house opened, and a man at the door was dressed in sackcloth, with a long beard, his hair was scattered, and his face was covered, and he was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. Duoyou glanced at Zhao Bohu inquiringly, and the latter nodded: "He is Tu Ge." ”

Hearing Zhao Bohu's voice, Tu Ge turned around suddenly, bowed to the ground, and said, "The guilty minister comes to see Zhao Guogong." ”

"No need, Tuge, an old friend came to see you today." Zhao Bohu flashed, Ji Duoyou rushed forward, and Tu Ge was taken aback: "Brother Duoyou, why are you here?" ”

"Brother------" Duoyou looked at his bearded face, exuding a shapeless appearance, and felt sour: "Why don't you even shave your beard?" Are you four or five years younger than me, not yet the age of crowning, and you look so old? But the guards here are snubbing you? ”

Tu Ge glanced at Zhao Bohu outside the guard, and said: "Don't blame them------ I'm just a prisoner under the ranks, they have treated me with all their hearts------ the world is cold, and human feelings are so ------" He shook his head and changed the topic: "Big brother is here, but what's the matter?" ”

Duoyou hesitated, where should this start? Zhao Bohu arched his hand and said: "Prince Tuge, your righteous brother should not be present when he speaks, but it is a matter of national importance, and the tiger does not dare not listen." The prince grew up on the grasslands, but had he ever seen or experienced a plague spread by rats? ”

"Mouse?" A look of fear flashed in Tu Ge's eyes: "In our lynx, if someone sees a dead mouse on the grassland, this person must die." Before he died, he had to try to inform the whole clan that if he didn't die, the clan would burn him alive as a demon, and no one would dare to keep him. Because ------ the plague is brought by rats------ some of the rats who get the plague will die, some will not, once they are contaminated, it will not take a month for the whole clan to die. Therefore, every spring, the sorcerer of the lynx will practice day and night, praying for the plague god to stay away. The method practiced by the wizard is called 'rat Gu'. ”

Duoyou and Zhao Bohu could hear a cold sweat, and asked in unison, "The whole clan died in a month?" The two looked at each other and asked in unison, "Is it really so powerful?" ”

"You don't believe me?" Tu Ge seemed to be a little angry: "You know that I originally had several adult brothers, except for one who died in battle, the other two brothers died of the epidemic. My father twice set up an altar in the king's account to attract rats, and I saw it with my own eyes------"

"Prince," Zhao Bohu thought for a while, and asked directly, "You have been plagued by epidemics repeatedly, and there is no other way to cure the disease except to ask the Gu Master to do it?" ”

"This ------" Tu Ge glanced at Duoyou meaningfully: "We Rong people grew up in the grassland since childhood, and we can ride horses when we can walk, and we never deal with medicinal stones. When you are sick, what other way can you do it than ask a wizard to do it? ”

Zhao Bohu took a long breath: "In this way, there is no other way." ”

"Big brother, could it be that this epidemic has appeared in Hojing ------?" Tu Ge asked tentatively, but Duoyou didn't have time to answer, and Zhao Bohu interrupted: "This is my internal affairs of the Great Zhou, and I don't bother the prince." There is a lot of trouble today, so please rest soon. ”

"Wait." Tugra grabbed Tayou's sleeve, took out an object from his bosom and asked, "Big brother, do you remember this thing?" ”

Duoyou fixed his eyes and suddenly felt familiar, wasn't this the Hu Ji played by Ao Xing by the bonfire when he met the father and son of the Lynx King in Qilian Mountain that year? Then he nodded: "Brother, I remember." ”

Tu Ge stared at the beard, looked at it with pity, and said: "Actually, at that time, my father wanted to give this bamboo to you, but on the eve of the battle of ------ paint, my father and prince handed it to me, saying that there was a chance to see the eldest brother again, so he left this bamboo to make a thought with the eldest brother. He said that the offender has a bronze crossbow and a precious weapon, but he can only kill; Hu Ji is worthless, but it is enough to save people. Don't look at this thing as small, but it's a little more precious than the copper crossbow------"

Duoyou respectfully took it with both hands, and saw that the beard was engraved with eight words: "When the name is clear, Rong asks Xiu Chang". Zhao Bohu caught a glimpse of it and commented: "Born in the world of Qingping and famous in the prosperous time, these eight words have a good artistic conception. ”

Duoyou held Tu Ge's hand and said solemnly: "Brother, although the eldest brother can't save you out, you must not be willing to sink." Do you need to know that you are in a difficult situation, but you don't know when you don't spread your wings? The important thing is not to lose hope! ”

"Thank you, big brother!" Tu Ge bowed deeply, and bowed to Zhao Bohu: "Thank you for taking care of you, Tu Ge is grateful!" ”