Chapter 3: The True and False Princes
The Prince's Mansion of the Great Yu Country. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In an extremely secret quiet room behind Prince Ding's bedroom, Liu Yifei stood there dejectedly, reporting to a middle-aged man in purple who was standing with his hands in his hands what had happened in Jishi Temple during the day.
"Are you sure Yu'er has fallen into Xue Youyou's hands?" asked the middle-aged man with a handsome face but a slightly pale face.
"Yes, sir. The subordinates found the footprints of the son about a mile southeast of the Jishi Temple, and there was another person and a horse next to the footprints, looking at the size of the footprints, that person should be a woman. The woman then rode southwest, and the child's footprints disappeared, and the woman must have taken them captive. The subordinates tracked all the way to the vicinity of the general helm of the Loyal League, but did not dare to approach to investigate for fear of being discovered by the patrol posts of the Loyal League. β
"The meeting place agreed with Gongyu Sarong before was in the southwest of Jishi Temple, how could Yu'er be taken away in the southeast direction?" the middle-aged man asked puzzled.
"My subordinates have always been unable to figure it out. What's even more strange is that when his subordinates were tracking the footprints of Gongzi, they found that after he left Jishi Temple, he did go southwest at first, but it didn't take long for him to turn east, and then he seemed to turn back to the west, and so on several times, and the route he traveled was extremely strange. β
The middle-aged man frowned and pondered for a moment, then said to Liu Yifei: "You go to the Broken Sword Pavilion tomorrow and hand over the sword book I once promised to Gongyu Sarong." β
When Liu Yifei heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said unconvinced: "If it weren't for that Gongyu Sarong who didn't go to Gongzi with all his heart, Gongzi wouldn't have fallen into Xue Youyou's hands, why did Mr. give him the sword spectrum?"
"As you said, it was Yu'er who didn't arrive at the rendezvous on time, and this is not Gongyu's fault, we should keep our previous promise and hand over the sword book to him. β
Liu Yifei still pouted a little reluctantly, "What about that son?" That Xue Youyou is a notoriously ruthless person, and the son must be more than lucky if he falls into her hands this time!"
The middle-aged man sighed, "Xue Youyou will never show mercy to Yu'er's subordinates! However, she must also be eager to find out the whereabouts of his master from Yu'er's mouth, so she will not kill him immediately, and Yu'er should not worry about her life for the time being." β
"That's just temporary! Besides, even if he can save his life, he will definitely suffer a lot, and Childe's body is so weak now, if they torture him......" As he spoke, Liu Yifei actually cried anxiously.
The middle-aged man gently patted Liu Yifei's shoulder, "Yifei, now is not the time to be sad, we must stay calm and find a way to rescue Yu'er as soon as possible." You've been with him since you were a child, and you should know him better than I know him as an uncle. At this moment, he must be calmer and stronger than any of us here, right?"
Liu Yifei hung his head for a long time and did not say a word, and finally nodded silently.
"Well, you've been running around all day, and I'm tired, so let's go down and rest first. β
"Yes. Liu Yifei bowed to the middle-aged man and walked out of the quiet room.
The middle-aged man closed his eyes alone and thought for a moment, and Fang opened his eyes again, and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he had made some important decision.
He walked straight to a cabinet with various jade ornaments, and carefully touched a mechanism, and the entire cabinet suddenly parted to the sides, revealing an iron door in the middle. He touched the iron door again, and the iron door opened silently in front of him, and inside was a more secret chamber, and when he stepped into the chamber, the iron door and the chest closed quickly behind him.
He deliberately lightened his steps, came to a bed placed against the wall on the right side of the secret room, and knelt down to the gray-haired gray-clothed man who was sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed.
"Nephew Haoxing Mingrui visited Uncle Qiwang. β
The gray-clothed man on the bed shook slightly, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the middle-aged man kneeling in front of him, and said after a long time: "Xiao is just a grass man, he doesn't deserve the title of Uncle Wang, and he doesn't dare to accept such a big gift from Your Excellency." β
Haoxing Mingrui was still kneeling on the ground, looking up at the gray-clothed man on the bed: "The grace of saving lives, the grace of rebuilding, everything Uncle Wang did for his nephew back then, my nephew dare not forget it in this life or this life, what is a mere gift today!"
"You...... I still remember it!" the man in gray sighed in a low voice.
Haoxing Mingrui's voice choked slightly, "Although more than thirty years have passed, the scene of Uncle Wang, who was covered in blood and still desperately protected your nephew to break out of the encirclement, is still vivid in my mind!"
The man in gray finally got up and got out of bed, stretched out his hands to help Haoxing Mingrui, and looked at him carefully for a long time.
Haoxing Mingrui hurriedly helped him back to the edge of the bed and sat down, but he stood aside respectfully.
"Although my nephew was only a five-year-old child at the time, I was able to detect the abnormality in the expressions of my father and Uncle Wang that night, and Uncle Wang ordered my nephew to kowtow to my father, and my nephew obediently kowtowed to my father three times......" Haoxing Mingrui's eyes gradually filled with tears, "but I don't know...... But I didn't know that after that night, the entire Yongwang Mansion would be wiped out, and I didn't know that I would be separated from my father forever from ......."
The man in gray patted Haoxing Mingrui's arm with his hand, and said softly: "Your father, Wang Quanxia, knows that you are now an adult and everything is fine, and he must be very relieved to see that you are now an adult and all is well. β
Haoxing Mingrui suddenly knelt down again, kowtowed respectfully to the gray-clothed man three times, and said solemnly: "Haoxing Mingrui is in this Yongwang Mansion, thank Uncle Wang for his life-saving grace in the past!"
The man in gray sighed deeply, shook his head and said, "This word 'en', Xiao really deserves it!"
"Uncle Wangβ"
"Get up first. It's just that don't call me Uncle Wang anymore in the future, as early as more than 20 years ago, I was no longer the Prince of Yuguo, Haoxing Xiaoyu, but just a Jianghu cloth Xiao Tianjue. β
Haoxing Mingrui got up and nodded: "Nephew understands, then in the future, my nephew will still be like when he was a child, is it okay to call you Seventh Uncle?"
Xiao Tianjue smiled and said, "Of course it's good." However, Uncle Seven can't call you Xiao Rui'er anymore like in the past, let's call you Mingrui. β
Haoxing Mingrui smiled when he heard this: "Seeing the old appearance of my nephew, I think it is the title of 'Little Rui'er', and the seventh uncle also feels that it is difficult to call it anymore, right?"
Xiao Tianjue looked at his nephew intently for a moment, didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down and speak.
Haoxing Mingrui sat down on the side, and then continued: "Uncle Seventh must have seen some clues, and the current appearance of my nephew has indeed taken some effort to dress up. Seventh Uncle, do you still remember the stand-in Li Jin you left in the palace back then? Now I am Li Jin's stand-in, so in fact, in the eyes of outsiders, my nephew is Haoxing Xiaoyu, the prince of Dayuguo. β
Xiao Tianjue nodded: "Your current appearance is indeed somewhat similar to me ten years ago. β
Haoxing Mingrui looked at Xiao Tianjue's gray hair, and couldn't help but say sentimentally: "Ten years of imprisonment in the temple, the seventh uncle is already old to ......."
Xiao Tianjue smiled indifferently, "Being abolished by the monks of Jishi Temple will inevitably hurt my vitality." But fortunately, I haven't been idle over the years, but I have practiced some kung fu to strengthen my body, although I can no longer kill people with a sword, but compared to ordinary people, it is still a few points stronger. β
Haoxing Mingrui was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled happily: "I haven't seen you for more than 30 years, I didn't expect that Uncle Seven's temperament is very different from the past, and his mind has become so open-minded!"
When Xiao Tianjue heard this, he deliberately straightened his face and said: "What are you talking about?!Back then, you were just an ignorant little doll, I only remember that I competed with you for the good food made by your mother, but how could I know that your seventh uncle and I were also a great young general at that time, and even your father and my sixth brother, who can fight battles, praised me for being extremely heroicββ"
At this point, his voice suddenly choked, and two lines of hot tears suddenly welled up from his eyes.
"Uncle Sevenβ"
Xiao Tian absolutely Haoxing Mingrui waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to worry about himself, and then looked up to the sky and laughed: "Sixth brother, even your little Rui'er knows that I, the seventh uncle, are the most arrogant! In this world, except for you, how can anyone be in my eyes? But even if my heart is higher than the sky, I can only watch you splash blood on the palace wall back then! Sixth brother, you know everything, and see how our uncle and nephew will avenge your blood and hatred in the future, and kill all the shameless people who killed you, Yu'er and those innocent hermits!"
Haoxing Mingrui suddenly grabbed Xiao Tianjue's trembling hands, and said in a deep voice: "Seventh Uncle, Yu'er, he-"
Xiao Tianjue also asked excitedly at the same time: "Yes, Mingrui, where is Yu'er now, why didn't he come to see me at this time?"