Climbed over a mountain, and another mountain. Wu Xiu simply dismounted and galloped wildly, until he was sweating profusely, until the sunset, and waited for the horse behind him for half an hour. Seeing the horse galloping towards him, Wu Xiu laughed wildly. The horse had become familiar with him these days, and it was like a friend.

He was stroking the horse's neck and feeding it a handful of grass that he had just torn off, when a black feathered arrow shot straight into the horse's eye, and the horse screamed in response, shaking its head and running around in pain. Wu Xiu's face was gloomy, his eyes were a little red, and he slowly looked at the location of the arrow, in the middle of a forest. At the moment when he was angry, another black feathered arrow shot at him like a meteor. He took the powerful feather arrow and threw it violently in the direction of the arrow, and there was a miserable pain sound in the forest, only to see a person fall from the edge of the woods, and the black arrow that wanted Wu Xiu's life was on his chest, he looked at Wu Xiu in horror, and wanted to climb back, but he was already dying.

It was a young man, a young man, I should say.

Wu Xiu was indifferent.

Did he kill fewer young men on the battlefield?

The horses finally quieted down, no longer scurrying, but standing alone.

"Son!" came a deep man's voice hoarsely.

Twenty or thirty men with broadswords at their waists sprang out of the woods. The leader had a Wei knife inlaid with gold and jade on his waist.

Wu Xiu frowned.

"Why are you so ruthless, my son just shot your horse in the eye, what does it matter if I compensate you for ten horses and a hundred horses!" The middle-aged man in the brocade robe hugged the young man's body, and the young man's head turned to the side, still looking at Wu Xiu, coughing up thick blood in his mouth as if coughing.

Wu Xiu finally closed his eyes.

The crying resounded throughout the mountains and fields, and it did not stop for a long time. After a long time, he gently put down the young man's body, gently stroked the young man's eyes that had not yet closed, stood up, looked at Wu Xiu, and couldn't tell what his eyes were, the only thing that remained unchanged was that kind of resentment, resentment that penetrated the bones, but he said lightly: "You go, don't let me see you again." ”

Wu Xiu stood for a while, after all, he didn't say anything, he silently walked to the horse's side, hugged the horse's head, ripped off the feather arrow, threw the black feather arrow to the ground, the horse screamed and trembled again, and then he led the horse away.

The middle-aged man in the brocade robe kept looking at him until Wu Xiu's figure gradually disappeared. He lowered his head, looked at the young man lying on the cold ground, picked up the corpse that had not yet straightened, and silently walked in the direction of Wu Xiu. Behind him, there were more than 20 big men, and no one spoke.

"Son, Daddy is sorry for you. I shouldn't have taken you out hunting!"

"Son, you have to forgive Daddy, forgive Daddy for letting that person go!"

"Son, a few pheasants you freaked, go back and make soup for your mother's health..."

“......”

He kept talking to himself, and then he fainted.

The people behind him hurriedly stepped forward to catch the cold corpse and helped him up.

Everyone shouted: "Lord Wang, Lord Wang..."

Wu Xiu was still walking slowly, but his mood was a little low, no, he was very low. He silently took out the Great Wei Kanyu map on his chest, and there were still about five days away from Liuxia County, but less than a hundred miles ahead, it was Hongcheng. Hongcheng, one of the three major cities of the Great Wei Dynasty, the first is Xudu, the second is Luocheng, and the third is Hongcheng. In the battle of Jingjing, the king of Wei defeated eight or nine out of ten other vassal kings, but did not move the king of Qi Xiong Mang's Hongcheng at all, and later the king of Wei in the name of the Qing monarch's side, sent troops to Xu Du, this Qi king Xiong Mang is just a mountain to watch the tiger fight. However, folk rumors say that Xiong Mang, the king of Qi, has been silently supporting the king of Wei behind his back since the king of Wei launched the battle of Jingjing, and even when the king of Wei attacked the Great Song Dynasty in recent years, Xiong Mang, the king of Qi, echoed from afar on the central and western borders of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wu Xiu led the blind horse, slowly walked on the mountain road, the horse seemed to be in pain, so it was not fast, and after walking for about half an hour, it was already dark, Wu Xiu was ready to camp, so he went into a woods, found a vacant space, sat on the ground, ate pancakes, and prepared to make a fire to keep warm after eating pancakes. Just about to pick up some dead branches, suddenly heard the sound of iron hooves on the mountain road, because the mountain road is narrow, can only be ridden over, immediately everyone held torches, towards the direction of Wu Xiu came.

There are a lot of people.

Does it have something to do with the person he killed?

For the sake of safety, Wu Xiu did not light a fire, and silently listened to the movement outside the woods. After about half an hour, the sound of iron hooves was heard again, and the long iron horseman returned in the opposite direction. Under the light of the torches, Wu Xiu saw a group of twenty or thirty uniformly dressed men, but he didn't see the middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe with a Wei knife hanging from his waist.

"Come out!"

Everyone stopped and looked in Wu Xiu's direction. There are definitely masters in this group of people, Wu Xiu had no choice but to come out of the forest to meet, and one of them came with a knife, "It's you?"

He raised his sword and was about to slash, but someone stopped him.

The person who spoke was also a middle-aged man, and he continued: "Didn't you hear that the prince asked him to leave?"

The person who was coming slowly retreated without much expression.

The man said lightly: "Let's go." ”

Everyone turned sideways and walked in silence.

It seems to be a well-disciplined army.

The person who spoke glanced at Wu Xiu, and Wu Xiu also looked at him.

Two pairs of eyes, the look of which is not shocked.

Wu Xiu turned around, picked up materials, lit the fire, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

He had a dream, and he dreamed of Han Donglai, Cao Jiabao, Huang Er and Ping'er. I dreamed that they sat outside the tent together, drank wine and ate meat, and dreamed that they killed the enemy on the battlefield together.

It was the bird that woke up Wu Xiu, and after waking up, he checked the horse's injury, and the bleeding stopped. He led the horse out of the forest and found a stream to freshen up, he decided not to ride a horse for the past few days, but in order to be able to reach Liuxia County in five days, he had to speed up his pace. Wu Xiu trotted all the way and saw the largest city he had ever seen in his life, Hongcheng, on a high mountain road. How big is it, except for the high wall closest to him, you can't see the edge at a glance from behind. When the sun is shining, the mist sprinkled on Hongcheng is really like a palace complex in a fairyland.

There is a saying among the people that the imperial power of Xudu is the most concentrated, the iron horses of Luocheng are like clouds, and the money of Hongcheng is innumerable.

Seeing Hongcheng drift away, Wu Xiu loosened the horse rope and walked in front alone, followed the horse behind him unhurriedly. Gradually, there were some pedestrians who resembled foot merchants on the mountain road, and the mountain road began to widen to the widest official road that Wu Xiu had ever seen. After four days of walking on the flat road, I had to walk the mountain road again, but it was getting closer and closer to Liuxia County, but because it was only a trot all the way, it took one and a half days longer than expected to reach Liuxia County.

At noon on this day, after climbing a low mountain, you can see the county town that is not too big in the distance, and even smaller than Yunshui County, the reason may be that there is such a behemoth as Hongcheng nearby, and the people of the surrounding five hundred miles or even thousands of miles will choose to find a job in Hongcheng, who does not want to stay in the big city with a greater opportunity. Those who are officials are like this in business.

Wu Xiu looked at the little Liuxia County and showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time. Day and night, thousands of miles away, it is finally here.

The spring breeze is blowing, and Wu Xiuda strides forward.

Liuxia County is not big, it belongs to the kind of small and prosperous town, and the biggest feature here is that there are many green buildings. Some wealthy people in Hongcheng will make appointments with friends in their leisure time, ride fast horses in groups, and go to Liuxia County to drink flower wine.

Ping'er was born in such a place, and his mother was a local red girl.

Ping'er said that his mother was known as Xia Erniang in Liuxia County.

The red face is easy to get old, and the women who do this business in the world are most afraid of the years, according to the inference, Ping'er's mother is almost forty years old. Therefore, Wu Xiu didn't know if he could find her in Liuxia County, but Ping'er also said that they had a house in Baizhen in Liuxia County.

The combination of day and night in the past few days made Wu Xiu a little unkempt and somewhat haggard, at least he had to clean himself up, so he found an inn, rested for one night, and inquired by the way. The inn is not big, not far from the gate of the county town, Wu Xiu asked for a cheap room, bathed and washed, and when the sun set, he ate in the lobby of the inn. Three dishes and one soup, a pot of wine, a bowl of white rice, and two taels of silver. After eating pancakes for a long time, it's time to improve the food. The shopkeeper is a thin middle-aged man, and only one shopkeeper is smiling and familiar with the customers. Wu Xiu ate unhurriedly, in addition to ordering food for the guests, the shopkeeper stood at the door to greet the guests for the rest of the time, seeing that the shopkeeper was not busy, Wu Xiu asked: "Shopkeeper, inquire about someone." ”

The little second greeted him, "Guest officer, please speak." ”

"Do you know Xia Erniang from Liuxia County?"

Xiao Er frowned and thought about it, and shook his head, "I'm sorry, I really don't know." ”

Wu Xiu smiled and said it was okay. However, the shopkeeper who had been yawning at the counter said slowly: "When you said Xia Erniang, when she was young, she was the top brand in our Liuxia County, and now she is always a little older, but there are still a lot of prostitutes who come for her." He glanced at Wu Xiu and asked with a smile, "Does the guest officer also like the taste of this half-old?"

Wu Xiu frowned, "I just came to find her something, can the shopkeeper tell me." ”

The shopkeeper was a veteran who observed words and feelings, so he stopped making jokes and said, "It's the red and pink building three streets later." You go out and turn left and go straight, and after walking three streets, you see. ”

Wu Xiu nodded and said lightly, "Thank you." ”

After eating, Wu Xiu, who couldn't sleep, went out for a walk alone. At the beginning of spring, the street is lush and green, and the pedestrians who go out for a walk at night are gradually increasing, according to the instructions of the shopkeeper just now, I found the red pink building, the three-story building is not big, and the other green buildings in its vicinity are the same, today is not a holiday, and the best summer for business has not yet arrived, so all the green buildings on this street look a little bleak, but there are still men in and out, and some scantily dressed bewitching women are enthusiastically ushered in.

Wu Xiu stood at the door of the Red Pink Building and looked in, which attracted the attention of the yawning woman in the building, so she walked out of the door and greeted: "Yo, this sturdy brother, I have been watching it for a long time, come in, we are tall, short, fat and thin, I promise to satisfy my brother." ”

Wu Xiu smiled, he didn't drink less flower wine, it was rare to welcome guests like this, he said, "This sister, I won't go in." I'm here to inquire about someone. ”

The woman said flatteringly: "Do you want to take it away, it's okay, but you have to come in and choose one, and you have to discuss it with the girl." ”

Wu Xiu said: "Sister really misunderstood, I came to find a person named Xia Erniang, I don't know if she is still there." ”

The woman looked at Wu Xiu, "Yo, it's a coincidence, business has not been good recently, and Erniang has returned to her hometown." If you like to be a little older, there are other ones in our store, which are definitely not worse than Erniang. ”

Wu Xiu smiled: "Thank you." ”

"Alas, this sturdy brother, wait, how about giving you free flower wine today..."

Wu Xiu fled quickly, his heart palpitating.

Looks like I'm going to White Town tomorrow.

Returned to the inn and said nothing for the night.

Hongcheng, the palace of the king of Qi.

Tonight, the palace of Qi is brightly lit, and in the palace, the crowd is sensational, not so much the palace, but the palace.

Tomorrow morning, King Qi's favorite young son, Xiong Tian, known as the little prince, will be funeral. That night until tomorrow day, all the people in Hongcheng, including homeless dogs and cats, are not allowed to move around the streets at will, and those who violate the rules may be imprisoned.

This may be the worst curfew in Hongcheng in thousands of years. In the distant capital of Xu, there is also a curfew every night, except for the Mid-Autumn Festival on Chinese New Year's Eve and the emperor's birthday. However, the curfew in Xudu encountered people who were sick and asked for medical treatment, gave birth to children, and those who held funerals could notify the government, and the government would give you a pass after checking it truthfully, and you could be unimpeded in the city at night.

The gate of the Qi Palace's Mansion was open, and there were neat troops standing on both sides of the door, there were more than 2,000 people, almost all places were wrapped in black yarn, the arms of the soldiers wearing armor were tied with black yarn, and the waists of those who were not wearing armor were tied with white cloth. Fanghua Hall on the side of the main hall of the Qi Palace, there is a golden Nanmu coffin in the hall, there are silver-armored sergeants on one side, and there are dozens of men and women wearing filial piety clothes wrapped in white scarves kneeling down, most of them are crying, these are the servants who usually serve the little prince Xiong Tian, they will walk into the mausoleum of the little prince together tomorrow morning, and then be buried alive inside, for the funeral.

Xiong Mang, the king of Qi, stood at the door, looking at the golden silk nanmu coffin from a distance, behind him were three palace women, one of whom had the appearance of a fallen city, she had been crying silently, but she didn't dare to be too loud, and at the end were three young men and a young woman, these were his family members, his wife and children, and an old man with a rickety figure walked up, he whispered beside King Qi and said: "Lord, go back and rest, there is an old slave watching the things here, and nothing will go wrong." ”

After a long time, King Qi nodded, turned away, and the family members behind him also left, but the beautiful Allure woman took a step, turned around and ran straight to the mourning hall, crying: "My son, my mother is useless..."

Everyone stopped, King Qi didn't look back, just closed his eyes, sighed slightly, and shed tears. The other two middle-aged women had no expression, and even the two of the three young men and one woman had the corners of their mouths slightly upturned.

The rickety old man walked up to the woman who was crying loudly and helped her: "Princess Liu, why are you doing this, white-haired people don't cry black-haired people, get up..."

The old man persuaded for a long time, and the woman got up tremblingly, and King Qi never looked back, only heard him say, "You two, go and help Princess Liu!"

The two women behind him walked over with expressionless faces, drove Princess Liu's arm, and walked out of the palace gate.

Zixuan Palace. Princess Liu was lying on the bed, turned sideways, and had been sobbing silently, and there was King Qi Xiong Mang sitting next to the bed, he was silent, just touching Princess Liu's shoulder over and over again.

Princess Liu said in a low voice: "Lord, the sky is gone, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the palace, I'll go back to my parents' house tomorrow, lord, you can leave me." ”

King Qi shook his head and sighed, "Zixuan, with me in the palace, who dares to touch you?" Tomorrow I will write to King Wei and ask him to make you the lady of the royal decree, and in the palace in the future, you will have full authority to decide this internal matter." ”

Princess Liu cried even louder, "What's the use of wanting this royal lady, my son is gone, who in the palace can look up to me anymore?

King Qi stood up and paced back and forth, "Zixuan, what do you want, you say, as long as I have the ability to do it, no matter what it is, I will satisfy you!"

"I don't want anything, I want heaven, I want the prince......"

King Qi stepped forward and hugged Princess Liu, Princess Liu cried even more sadly in King Qi's arms, tears wet King Qi's chest, he hugged this beloved woman tightly, "Tian'er is not here, I will accompany you in the future, Zixuan, I swear, I will never let you be bullied at all." I swear, I swear..."

The sky was bright, the long funeral procession set off, and everything was presided over by the rickety old man with the white belt yesterday, and in the palace, his power was second only to Xiong Mang, the king of Qi.

Everyone in the palace knows that the king of Qi was brought up by him. Forty years ago, less than ten years old, King Qi, who was still a concubine, successfully competed for the position of the prince, and had an inextricable relationship with him, so now, King Qi regards him as a family member and even a father. His name is Li Fang, he is a eunuch given to the previous generation of King Qi in the previous dynasty, and now his establishment is equivalent to the eunuch of Bingbi in the palace of Xudu, he is a person who is in Hongcheng, in the land where the King of Qi is a vassal to call for wind and rain, a person who can influence the decision-making of the King of Qi, a person who is rumored to be able to replace the King of Qi, at the same time, he is an old man, a bold and vicious person, and a person who has killed countless people.

Finally, he is also a veritable martial arts grandmaster.

At this time, he was a person holding the coffin, his face was haggard, his expression was lonely, and his heart was compassionate, he patted the coffin lightly and sighed: "Poor little prince, pitiful!"

The white-haired people don't send the black-haired people to the big reason, and the king of Qi and his concubines didn't go out. But his other children were asked to send Xiong Tian today, including the eldest prince Xiong Ang, the second prince Xiong Qing, the third prince Xiong Alcohol, and the little princess Xiong Manzhi, who was only three days older than the little prince Xiong Tian. The four, Xiong Ang and Xiong Qing were born to Concubine Qian, and Xiong Alcohol and Xiong Manzhi were born to Concubine Yu. Among the four of them, Xiong Ang and Xiong Qing are slightly glad for the death of the little prince Xiong Tian, Xiong Alcohol is usually silent, never asks about the affairs of the palace, only knows how to read, and naturally does not put any expression on his face, Xiong Manzhi is a woman, the personality is just the opposite of his brother Xiong Alcohol, lively and active, big grin, is a living oriole bird. But when he went out today, Xiong Yu called his sister Xiong Manzhi to his side and asked her to be docile today, it was best not to speak, not to laugh, and not to make any moves. She has always listened to her brother the most, so she has to follow her brother Xiong Alcohol, docile like a fledgling.

Li Fang saw this scene very clearly.

Towards noon, the procession reached the foot of the mountain outside the city, and then began to be buried. Then a total of thirty-six servants of the little prince were driven into the mausoleum by the sergeants with the Wei sword, and the eunuchs accounted for the majority of the servants. In the mausoleum, the coffin is full of gold and jade utensils, a lantern that can burn for a hundred years is lit, there are seats made of jade, there are two empty coffins, there are women made of gold and jade, and there is a big pit not far in front, which is used to bury the servants. Everything was neatly arranged by the poor servant, and the layout of the mausoleum was the same as that of the little prince's dormitory, and all the objects he used during his lifetime were brought over, and the thirty-six people were doing their own familiar work, and when they were done, they were all gathered at the mouth of the pit.

Li Fang walked in, he looked at each of their faces one by one, and couldn't help sighing, as if he was also extremely sad at this time, "Don't cry anymore, crying from yesterday to now, the tears are dry." ”

He suddenly shed tears, "We are all poor people, reincarnated in a good family in the next life, whether it is farming or food, as long as you don't starve to death, don't go back to the prince's house to do things, I hope your parents will not send you to be eunuchs in the next life." ”

He turned around and waved his hand, crying behind him.

"Ancestor, ancestor, please let me go, I'll make you a cow and a horse, Ancestor..."

“...”

Li Fang wiped her tears and said, "What's the use of begging me, asking, you go and beg Princess Liu, go down, go down, endure it and pass..."

Among the thirty-six people, some people jumped down the pit first, followed by those who were already dead, and the rest who were unwilling to jump were pushed down by several sergeants. Thirty-six men were in a pot of porridge and were in their final dying throes, and the first to jump off closed his eyes and remained motionless, allowing the others to knock him around. The six saber sergeants began to fill in the earth, but there were not many of them, so it was very slow, until the earth reached their ankles, and many people were still screaming, and some of them had fainted, as if they were dead. The first man to jump off let the dirt fall on his face without moving.

Li Fang always had her back to them.

An hour later, the dirt was up to their necks, and everyone was quiet.

Then Li Fang turned around and looked at the bottom of the pit, staring at the young man who was the first to jump, he pointed, "What's your name?"

The young man did not speak, let alone open his eyes.

Li Fang asked again, "Do you want to die?"

He remained silent.

Li Fang continued to ask: "Give you a moment to think about it, if you don't want to die, just get up." ”

Everyone was in a hurry again, trying to climb the net. However, the pit was too deep, and the soil pressed down on the body and could not move, so they had no heart to survive when they began to accept their fate.

Li Fang turned around again.

Then the young man, who had remained silent and motionless, opened his eyes, like the eyes of a falcon seeing a lamb, deep, longing, angry. He moved his shoulder, and with a sudden force, the dirt on his shoulder scattered, and then he began to dig at it.

He roared and laughed as he scooped up the dirt.

Then he crawled to Li Fang's feet, his hands blurred with flesh and blood.

Li Fang looked at the young man panting at his feet, "You haven't told me yet, what is your name." ”

"My name, my name is Feng Shaobao!"

Li Fang closed her eyes, nodded, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly, "From now on, you will be my person, and you can still call me Godfather." ”

"But not one of the thirty-six martyrs should be missing, what should we do?"

Feng Shaobao got up in silence and walked to a Wei soldier, who looked dazed.

Then he pulled out his Wei knife and plunged it into the chest of the Wei soldier.

Wei Bing's face was unbelievable, and he died without warning.

Li Fang smiled faintly: "It wasn't this person who threw the soil at you intentionally or unintentionally just now, why did you kill him?"

"Because he fits my body perfectly, I can go out in this uniform. ”

Li Fang glanced at Feng Shaobao, his eyes were obscure, "Hurry up and change your clothes and finish the work." ”

Two hours later, someone closed the large bronze door of the mausoleum, and then some craftsmen began to do the aftermath.

Except for the three thousand cavalry who remained, the rest returned.

Li Fanggao sat on a horse, and on one side was Feng Shaobao, who was squinting at the sky. Li Fang asked, "What about the rest of the people? Are you not afraid that someone will say it?"

"They're dead. Feng Shaobao opened his arms and took a sharp breath.

"Oh?" Li Fang looked behind him, then laughed and rode away, Feng Shaobao behind him raised his legs and galloped.

Xiong Ang and Xiong Qinggao sat on horses, behind them was a long length of infantry, Xiong Ang looked around, and asked with a smile: "Second brother, do you say that the father will still be like before to Liu Zixuan, who has no son?"

Xiong Qing looked straight ahead, "Maybe it's more pampered than before." However, during this time, we still have to keep to ourselves, the pain of the loss of our father and son, maybe as soon as our head is hot, we will do something out of the ordinary. ”

Xiong Ang nodded, "Yes, the curfew that is rare in thousands of years, and today's day curfew, is really a bit excessive. ”

Xiong Qing hurriedly prompted: "Big brother, if you say too much, you will lose!"

Xiong Ang laughed, "I know, I know, when I inherit the throne in the future, I will definitely share the glory and wealth with my second brother!

As he spoke, he laughed and galloped, feeling comfortable in his heart.

Xiong Qing behind him, looking at the back of his eldest brother leaving, laughed coldly.

Xiong Manzhi always followed behind Xiong Yu, they didn't ride a horse, Xiong Manzhi muttered: "Brother, you are such an adult, you can't even ride a horse, it's really useless!"

Xiong Alcohol was indifferent, and Xiong Manzhi had no choice but to sigh. She was about to shake her head as usual, jumping up a few steps, Xiong Alcohol grabbed her big braids: "Owed?"

Xiong Manzhi muttered a small mouth, looking aggrieved and sad.

The palace of the king of Qi removed the black veil on the house in the evening, the sun went down, the lockdown order was revoked, and the people began to go out after holding it for a day and a night. However, there is a rumor among the people, the little prince who has done a lot of evil and is arrogant is dead, he was beaten to death, the murderer may be a mountain fairy who the palace can't provoke, or he may be a top martial arts master, and some people even say that he was beaten to death by a low-end Jianghu martial artist, but the most important thing is that King Qi, who loves the people like a son, let him go.