Chapter 39: Helping Each Other in the Dark

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After another day, I have entered the boundary of Nanshen Country and come to a small town.

Counting the days, it is December 15, and there are still five days before the martial arts conference convened by Shen Hou.

Thinking about it, my stomach was "growling" early, a cool breeze blew, and I felt a burst of coldness.

I put a few clothes in the baggage on my body, but I still couldn't take it seriously, and I couldn't help but scold in my heart:

"Grandma, a bear! Those subordinates of the immortals in the Western Regions are really hateful, and they robbed the master of his money, so that the master couldn't buy a thick coat if he wanted to, and even eating became a problem! ”

Rummaging through the baggage, only the bamboo slips and the ivory bracelet and some miscellaneous items were put back into the baggage, and the letter horse walked along the street.

When I walked to the door of a restaurant, the smell of rice wafted out of the house, and my stomach became more and more angry, but I couldn't stop screaming.

The horse thought that he was also hungry, but he stopped moving, snorting "suddenly", and looked back at Long Zixi from time to time.

Long Zixi touched his stomach and said in his heart: The cold is bearable, but this guy is difficult to make trouble.

And my brother Ma, I can't starve it, but how is it good?

was helpless, but when he saw the second child in the store come out, he looked Long Zixi up and down, and asked:

"The guest officer is the dragon master?"

Long Zixi was taken aback, looked at the little two again, and said:

"Why did the little second brother ask this?"

Xiao Er smiled:

"If the guest officer is Master Long, he will come in and have some meals."

Long Zi Xiwu was puzzled:

"What's the matter with Master Long? Don't you have to pay? ”

Xiao Er smiled:

"Exactly."

Long Zixi said in his heart, this is also strange, is this restaurant opened by my own family?

People with the surname Long don't have to pay?

But when he asked again, the little two came over early and pulled the reins, and said with a smile:

"Master Long is still hesitant! Just come in. ”

Long Zixi said in his heart, I can't say it, I can only talk about it first. Sidewalk:

"It is indeed surnamed Long below. However, there are words in the first place, and there is nothing in the next, but I don't want to fall into the notoriety of eating white food. ”

The little two smiled, didn't speak, and asked a little guy to lead the horse to the backyard, and he let Long Zixi into the house.

Long Zixi came into the house, found nothing abnormal, sat down, and there was a small servant to serve the wine and food properly.

Long Zixi was already hungry, so he didn't ask much at the moment, feasted, and was full of wine and food after a while.

When the little second saw that Long Zixi had finished eating, he brought tea again.

Long Zixi grabbed Xiao Er and said:

"Please tell the second brother, why did you let me eat it for nothing?"

The little second smiled and said:

"Master Long said a joke bluntly, how much money does my family have, can I let the guests eat for free? But someone has already ordered wine and dinner for Long Ye, and he has already passed the money. ”

Long Zixi was even more puzzled when he heard it:

"Someone ordered a meal for you?"

Little Second Brother Road:

"Yes, not only the wine and dinner, but even the next place of the dragon master has been arranged. Look, it's the inn over there. The villain was about to inform Master Long. ”

The second brother of Longzi Xishun instructed to look, and sure enough, he saw an inn not far ahead.

Long Zixi was even more confused and asked:

"Please tell the second brother the truth, who made the arrangements for you?"

Little Second Brother Road:

"The villain doesn't know the man."

Longzi West Road:

"So, is that person a man or a woman, and what does it look like?"

The little second brother shook his head again and again:

"Master Long spared the villain, this villain really didn't dare to say it. That person is so fierce, there is a word first, if the villain says it, this tongue will not be saved. ”

After speaking, he went to work.

Longzi Xi drank tea and thought:

Who is it?

Pei Zhen? No way, he himself is penniless, where can he get the money to help me?

Is it Miss Tian? It's also unlikely, she may not have known that I would come to Shen.

Fang family brothers? They help me, and it doesn't seem to have to be so mysterious.

So who will it be?

Could it be that Yin Qiu or Ji Gang have another conspiracy?

But I couldn't figure it out, so I simply didn't want to think about it, and looked at the next step.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Long Zixi felt much warmer.

Out of the hotel, to the back of the horse to lead the horse, but surprised again!

I saw that there was an extra burden on the horse's back.

When I opened it, I saw that it was a thick coat, made of animal fur, and there were a lot of coins.

I felt more and more strange, thinking that it must have been sent by the person who arranged for him to eat and stay.

The heart says, since there are people who help, accept it first.

So he put the thick clothes on his body, and it was very fit, and the chill was gone.

Long Zixi suddenly thought that the person obviously put his burden here when he was eating just now, so it must not be far from here!

Led the horse into the street and looked around, but where was there any clue?

I can't help but laugh at myself in my heart:

Long Zixi, Long Zixi, you are stupid.

Since that person doesn't want to show up, there must be a reason, how can he stand on the street and be seen by you?

If you come here, you will be safe, and you will know when you want to come.

Thinking of this, he led the horse to the door of the inn again.

Sure enough, as the little second brother said, a little guy had already come out to greet him.

Seeing that someone had made arrangements for him, he didn't ask much, just stayed.

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The next day, Long Zixi left the inn and continued on his way.

Not far from the town, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from behind.

Long Zixi looked back and saw that two horses were galloping quickly.

I could see it clearly when I got closer, it turned out to be Third Brother Fang and Fourth Brother Fang.

The three of them were surprised, and Long Zixi asked:

"Why are the two brothers?"

Fang Sange said:

"We have protected Tu-sama and returned to Hokyung, and King Xuan is very happy.

"But it is Lord Tu who has spoken first, don't worry about you, let the two of us come to help.

"We rushed for a few days and finally caught up with our brothers. Great! ”

Longzi West Road:

"It's good to be here. It's just that the younger brother doesn't know how many dangers he will encounter when he goes, and the two brothers will also take some risks! ”

Fourth Brother Fang:

"It's not a secret, we are not only here to help you, Lord Tu also gave us a task to find out what conspiracy the Xijon country has here."

Longzi West Road:

"I also met Pei Zhen on the way, and he also said that Xirong Kingdom must have another purpose here, and we should be careful."

Fang Sange said:

"Brother, you can see some strange things along the road?"

Long Zixi was stunned.

told the two of them about being plotted by the immortals of the Western Regions.

Fourth Brother Fang exclaimed:

"It turns out that there is such a thing, and my brother is fine! We arrived all the way, but we found several corpses, all of them young masters. I don't know who did it, and why they killed them. ”

Fang Sange said:

"Since the Zixi brothers are also in danger, this matter will be known if you think about it. There must be someone who didn't want these young masters to come to Shen to participate in the heroes' gathering, so they assassinated them first. ”

Fourth Brother Fang:

"So strange but strange, why only kill young masters?"

Fang Sange said:

"Don't you know? I heard that Na Shen Hou also had the intention of choosing a son-in-law for his daughter, and those who carried out the assassination were afraid that they did not want more young masters to participate in the competition. ”

At this time, Long Zixi felt that it was very dangerous to be fascinated, and said in his heart:

"It's because of Pei Zhen's appearance that I have a chance to get out. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I would have been poisoned by them by this time! ”

Fang Sange said:

"Seeing that the other party is ruthless and can do everything, we have to be extremely careful."

Long Zixi nodded, suddenly remembered that someone was secretly helping him, and asked:

"Yesterday, it must have been the two elder brothers secretly helping the younger brother?"

Third Brother Fang was puzzled:

"Secretly helping you?"

Longzi West Road:

"Why, aren't they two? So who will it be? ”

I told the two of you about yesterday at the moment.

Both were surprised.

Suddenly, Fourth Brother Fang said:

"By the way, it must be her!"

Longzi West Road:

"Who?"

Fourth Brother Fang:

"Miss Zhuo Ermei. Why, didn't you see her? I thought she was with you. ”

Long Zixi felt strange:

"Zhuo Ermei? Isn't she in Hokyo? ”

Fang Sange said:

"Hey, this girl is so tough! I broke up with you in Taiyuan that day, and I didn't say anything along the way.

"When we arrived at Hokyung, we handed her over to the adult, and she wasn't so excited. Just ask where you've been.

"A few days ago, I left a letter for that adult, and I said goodbye without saying goodbye, saying that I was coming to Nanshen Kingdom to find you.

"The lord was so anxious that he consulted with the earth lord, so let the two of us find out her whereabouts by the way."

Long Zixi nodded:

"So it must be her! I didn't expect that. This girl is bold, so don't do anything. ”

Fang Sange said:

"This girl is also an elf, so she should be fine. She's here that she's not too far away. Let's go straight to Shenguo, maybe she'll show up again. ”

Fourth Brother Fang smiled:

"It's just that I have to make my brother worry a little longer."

Long Zixi's face was slightly red, and he didn't speak, but he couldn't help but worry in his heart.

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The trio continued on their way.

On the way, I also met a lot of martial arts people from all walks of life, and some seemed to have been to Camel Dongzhuang, but everyone didn't seem to have the intention of embarrassing Long Zixi and his party anymore.

Third Brother Fang whispered:

"It seems that everyone thinks that the baby girl is dead, and the sword book falls into the hands of Yin Jifu, so they don't aim at the young man. That's fine, no one is bothered, we just have to hurry. ”

Fourth Brother Fang:

"Either way, let's be careful."

At that moment, all three of them cheered up.

After another day, I came to a village, and when I inquired, it was only fifty or sixty miles away from the capital of Shen Guoguo.

Longzi West Road:

"December 20 is the gathering of heroes convened by the king of Shen Guo, and there are still four days to go.

"If the younger brother wants to come, then Shendu Xie City will inevitably be crowded.

"We might as well rest here and enter the city tomorrow, just as the younger brother also wants to inquire about Miss Tian's whereabouts."

The two brothers of the Fang family felt justified, and the three of them rested in the small village.

I had dinner at night, but I saw that there were many people in this small village inn.

A few people sat down to eat and drink, and heard a few people talking at the next table.

One Humane:

"Fifth Brother Han is okay? Presumably also attending the hero's gathering? ”

Han Wuge said:

"Exactly. However, our Liaodong Shenleg Gang is not as good as your Southern Yunnan Liuhemen, and the help is small, but look at the excitement. ”

The human:

"Why should Fifth Brother Han be too humble. I heard that Shen Hou still has to choose a son-in-law for his daughter, I think Fifth Brother Han is a talent, but he has a great opportunity, hehe. ”

Han Wuge said:

"With you Seventh Brother Zhang here, how can you have the share of the younger brother?"

Brother Zhang Qi laughed and said:

"This time, almost all the talents in the world will come to Shen Guo, do you think that Shen Hou's daughter is like a flower, where will it be my turn? It's just a matter of seeing and seeing. ”

Long Zixi secretly said:

"Then the daughter of Shen Hou must be extremely beautiful, but I don't know how it compares to Miss Tian?"

Fourth Brother Fang stabbed Long Zixi:

"Brother see? I'm afraid you have a lot of opponents. ”

Long Zixi laughed in a low voice:

"Fourth brother don't want to make fun of it, how can the younger brother be worthy of the daughter of Shen Hou?"

After eating, everyone rested.

In the middle of the night, I was suddenly woken up by the sound of people.

The three of them listened carefully, and there was chaos outside, as if someone had been killed.

Fourth Brother Fang:

"Wait here for me to take a look."

After a while, Fourth Brother Fang returned to the room:

"It's that Fifth Brother Han from Liaodong who died, and I don't know who assassinated him."

Fang Sange said:

"Who is so bold as to dare to go to the inn and kill someone?"

Longzi West Road:

"No matter who it is, if you can sneak to the inn to kill people, and come and go without a trace, your martial arts must be strong."

Fourth Brother Fang:

"I don't think this is the place to be good. Why don't we take turns keeping vigils, just in case. ”

Both agreed.

This night, they took turns on duty, but the voices outside were heard for a long time, thinking that something had happened, and everyone was in danger, which made people panic.

Thankfully, nothing happened.

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The next day, the three of them went downstairs and saw that everyone had eaten breakfast and left one after another, and they knew that they were all coming to Benxie City.

At that moment, I hastily had breakfast and came to the city.

When you go to a river, you can see that it is not more than five or six miles away from the city.

The three of them were walking, and suddenly found a corpse lying by the river, and the three of them were shocked and hurriedly dismounted.

Fourth Brother Fang leaned forward and said:

"It's that Seventh Brother Zhang of the Liuhe Gate in Southern Yunnan!"

When the two of them looked at it, it was him, his neck had been cut, and his own blood was dripping out, apparently he had only been killed this morning.

After the three of them finished reading, they were in a heavy mood and did not speak, they all felt that the situation was dangerous, but Long Zixi had already worried about Zhuo Ermei.

It was almost noon, and the three of them entered the castle.

Naxie City is the place where Shen Hou lives, and it is prosperous.

But the three of them had no intention of looking at the scene, and Longzi said west:

"Seeing that the situation is complicated, it is better to find a safe inn to stay in."

The three of them were all coming to Xiecheng for the first time, and they were not familiar with the situation, so they walked on the main street, trying to find the inn with large scale and good conditions.

As he was walking, he saw two horses approaching him.

Long Zixi's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the comer, he shouted:

"Brother Water, Brother Fire!"

The person who came was the two heroes of water and fire in the "Five Elements Hero".

The two also saw Long Zixi, hurried over, and dismounted to see each other.

introduced each other, "Five Elements" and "Four Horses are Hard to Chase" both know each other's names, and they have admired each other for a long time.

After the two sides finished the salute, Huoyun said in unison:

"Miss Tian estimates that the young man will arrive in the next few days, so let us two inquire about the news. I didn't expect to run into you so easily. Let's go, we've got you covered. Speak again when you get there. ”

The three of them came with the two heroes of water and fire, but it was a pavilion, not an inn.

Shui Hao Bo Road:

"This is the inn of Shen Hou, a place used to entertain official guests, and there is no danger in living here."

Long Zixi wondered in his heart:

Who is Miss Tian?

How can I even live in the pavilion of Shen Hou?

At that moment, without waiting for the arrangements to be made, he asked anxiously:

"What about Miss Tian? Why can't you see her? ”

Huo Yunqi smiled:

I knew that Shaoxia would definitely ask her in a hurry first. She has some things to do at the moment, but she can't see her brother right away. ”

When Long Zixi heard this, he regretted in his heart, but he couldn't say anything more.

The arrangements were made, and everyone went to the next door to eat.

Fang Sange said:

"I have long heard that the soldiers of the Shen State are strong and strong, and the people live in peace, and now I feel that what I have passed on is indeed true. That Shen Hou must be a wise monarch! ”

Huoyun Qi Dao:

"Third Brother Fang is right. That Shen Hou is really a rare virtuous monarch in the world.

"After going to the country, I will be sympathetic to the lower feelings, loyal to the king and love the people.

"Recruited a group of skilled craftsmen, greatly improved the stone and pottery living utensils, and invented many metal production tools.

He also let the people raise cattle, encouraged reclamation, and had a place to live, so that the Shen Kingdom became stronger day by day.

"You say, aren't there many such monarchs?"

Shui Hao Bo Road:

"Shen Hou is wise. However, the Shen people have always had a deep relationship with our dynasty, and it is also the accumulation of merits of the past dynasties that lead to today. ”

Fourth Brother Fang:

"I heard that the Shen people were originally a side branch of Xirong, but is it true?"

Huoyun Qi Dao:

"What Fourth Brother Fang said is good.

"We Shen people were originally from Jiang Rong's lineage, and we lived in the northwest in our early years.

"But it was a lot of interaction with the Chinese tribes very early on, and it gradually integrated.

"In the early Zhou period, the people surnamed Ji and the people of Zhou were married to Shen Renshi, and the concubines of King Tai of Zhou, the concubines of Wang Ji, and the grandmothers of King Wen were all called 'Taijiang'.

"In the early years of King Xuan of our dynasty, after King Xuan married the sister of Shen Hou, King Xuan called him his uncle.

King Xuan reaffirmed his waiting, but asked the minister to summon Bo to build the capital for him, build a house, a temple, and demarcate the border of the country.

"When Shen Hou moved south, King Xuan personally went to Meiyi to see him off, and some ministers once wrote a poem "Song Gao", in which a few lines wrote, 'Shen Bo's virtue is soft and straight. Rub this ten thousand nations, and smell it in the four countries'.

He actually compared Shen Hou to a tall mountain, said that he was the backbone of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and praised him for his good character and high prestige among the vassal states.

"After Shen Bo moved south, he was promoted to wait, and only then did he have the name of Shen Hou."

Seeing that the fire clouds were like a few treasures, the water Haobo gushed endlessly, and said with a smile:

"Why don't you just keep talking? Let's have something to eat, too! ”

Everyone laughed, Huo Yunqi was embarrassed, and Zhang Luo and everyone drank a glass of wine.

Long Zixi looked at the fire clouds, with a red face and a red beard, which was really very different from the characters of Middle-earth.

Shui Haobo said again:

"If you always say that, it's like Shen Hou taking advantage of the majesty of the emperor's relatives."

Huo Yunqi glared:

"That's not it.

"More than half of Shen Hou's merits are based on himself.

"Do you know why King Xuan let Shen move south?

"But he took a fancy to Shen Hou's military talent and hoped that he would build a Shen State to suppress the Chu State.

Shen Hou really didn't disappoint King Xuan.

According to the geographical situation of Shenchu and many waters, he adjusted his defensive thinking, strengthened the construction of chariots and naval forces, and effectively prevented the northward advance of the Chu forces.

"For Xuanwang Zhongxing, Shen Hou is really a great contribution."

Long Zixi listened and thought, it turned out that Shen Hou was indeed an enlightened and promising monarch.

It's just that he has a bad impression of Lu Shuyang, and I don't know which one is true.

I also thought that his sister-in-law was very beautiful to marry King Xuan, and his daughter must be a great beauty, but I don't know what Miss Bitian is?

Thinking like this, I had the idea of seeing the princess's face.

Third Brother Fang saw that Long Zixi was silent in thought, his face showed longing, and said with a smile:

"Alright. Huo Daxia praised Shen Hou again, and the Zixi brothers even wanted to enter the wrong, I am afraid that they really wanted to be Shen Hou's son-in-law. ”

Everyone laughed, and Long Zixi couldn't help blushing.

As he was talking and laughing, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door:

"Where are the Zixi brothers? Why didn't you come to see me? ”

The people looked towards the door, and saw the door open, and four people entered.

When everyone saw this, they were overjoyed and hurriedly got up to greet them.