Chapter Twenty-ninth Father's Kindness and Son's Filial Piety
It didn't take too long to go to Yinpo Village and return to Niangniang Mountain.
Xu Buling took Chuchu over the mountains and ridges back to the village. Only then did the young and old in the village gather. Zhongli Jiujiu was inquiring with Li Erbang whether outsiders had come to the village recently.
Seeing Xu Buling coming back, Zhongli Jiujiu quickly walked up to him, checked the two of them first, and then asked:
"What's going on?"
The village was full of people and eyes. Xu Buling explained a few words to the elders of the village who came to ask, and then took Jiujiu to the courtyard of the mountain and said softly on the way:
"Zhan Bao was silenced. This time the incident in Nanyue must have come for me. Before Zhan Bao died, he wrote a 'prince', referring to the second prince Chen Ju who is now in charge of politics.
At present, 20,000 Xiliang troops are on the way to arrive. When the army arrives, they will attack Nanyue no matter what. It is also a good thing to make sure that someone is doing a game behind the scenes. If it is really the Nanyue court, if the fight starts, there is no need to use the excuse of "missing". We have to go to Yongzhou to check this matter clearly, and find out the whereabouts of Aunt Gui and the others."
Zhongli Chuchu followed and interrupted, "Zhan Bao was infected with a poisonous needle, his skin burst, and he died of bleeding from his seven orifices. It looked like the rotten bone needle that his master said."
"Bone-rotten needle?"
When Zhongli Jiujiu heard this, she frowned slightly and her face became serious.
Xu Buling was shocked by Zhan Bao just now. Not to mention anything else, just from the perspective of death, the rotten bone needle is more vicious than the Dragon Locking Gu. He asked:
"What is a rotten bone needle?"
Zhongli Jiujiu recalled: "It is Sikongzhi's signature skill. Many masters in the Nanyue River and the world are buried under this poison. The rotten bone needle is extremely poisonous. Once you are hit, you don't even have the chance to take medicine. The middle limbs can still cut off your arms to save your life, and the middle torso cannot save the gods. As far as I know, it seems that Sikongzhi can only do this in the entire Nanyue. If you want to silence him, he shouldn't use such an obvious method..."
Xu Buling heard that it was Sikongzhi among the seven stars of Nanyue. He suddenly realized in his heart, no wonder he was moving so fast. If any fish was so powerful, Nanyue wouldn't have to break in. He shook his head and said:
"Sikongzhi must have been staring at us near the village. After finding that it was not poisoned, he ran to silence him. But I ran too fast and he probably didn't have time to deal with the scene. He could only shoot Zhan Bao with a poison needle at a distance."
Zhongli Jiujiu thought about it, Xu Buling is invincible in the world, he can’t run horses in the mountains, and there are few light skills in the world that are faster than Xu Buling’s. Maybe this is true.
"Sikongzhi is rumored that people from Baizang Valley in front of Jiazi have been famous for many years, but the dragon has always been in sight but has never seen him. There is no one who has seen him alive. Even if he recognizes it, it is useless. I still have to go and see the prince."
"I don't know if there are any suspicion around me. Let's go back to the yard first and quietly walk away in the night."
Xu Buling looked around. Although there was moonlight in the mountains and forests, it was obviously not easy to find potential eyeliners, so he took the master and apprentice back to the courtyard, closed the doors and windows, then released the tool bird and went to the forests of Sifang to find someone.
After half a night of tossing, both the master and the apprentice were a little shocked.
After Zhongli Jiujiu returned to the room, she began to check in every corner to avoid other poisons that were not found.
Zhongli Chuchu was also helping in the house. But just after looking for a circle in the house, she saw two small bells placed next to the pillow. The situation was urgent just now and there was no time to clean up when going out.
Zhongli Chuchu blinked, walked up to him, picked it up and looked at it.
The bell is made of pure silver, and the hat on it is water blue. It is made of Xiao Xianger. The workmanship is extremely exquisite, and the shiny ones look better than jewelry.
Zhongli Chuchu was obviously the same as Cui Xiaowan. She thought it looked good, but she couldn't figure out where to wear it. She raised her hand and shook it, and then tried to wear it on her head.
jingle
The crisp sound of bells alarmed the couple in the room.
Zhongli Jiujiu's body stiffened slightly, and her face turned red again after finally returning to normal. She subconsciously tightened her clothes and glanced back. Seeing Chuchu wearing it stupidly on her head and not knowing what she was doing, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her head as if she saw everything.
Xu Buling was packing the package next to him. When he heard the sound, he looked at him in a blink of an eye. He also felt embarrassed. He walked up to him and said with a smile:
"Chuchu, what are you doing?"
Zhongli Chuchu quickly withdrew his hand. Seeing that Xu Buling had arrived, he was still covering his ears when he put it back, so he said casually:
"This thing looks pretty good. The jewelry you gave to your master?"
Xu Buling blinked: "Sent from Xiang'er, well...it's also considered jewelry."
Zhongli Chuchu nodded, looked back and forth for a long time, and asked again:
"How did you wear it? I haven't seen my master wear it."
If you have seen it, something will happen...
Xu Buling said something secretly, and subconsciously glanced at Chu Chu's clothes.
Chuchu is a standard Western Region beauty, with white skin and tall legs, and her figure is already spectacular than that of the Central Plains women. Although Xu Buling has never seen it with his own eyes, he also has a rough understanding of the size when carrying it. She is a circle bigger than Aunt Lu and Baby Sisters, but she usually wears loose clothes and doesn't look big.
Thinking of Chu Chu's surging scene with bells, Xu Buling's heart jumped, turned his eyes away, and explained:
"It's something you can't wear in your hands."
Zhongli Chuchu felt that Xu Buling's expression was a little strange. She just looked at the exquisite little bell and couldn't think of any inappropriate use. She said "Oh" half-believingly.
Zhongli Jiujiu turned her back to the two of them, and was frightened. She was really afraid that Chuchu would find the flowers she was playing with again, so she replied:
"It's not an important object. If you like it, just use it and do two more after you go back."
Zhongli Chuchu really likes these two small bells. She thought it was more appropriate to hang them on the camel's neck as a camel bell, so she did not refuse and put them in her arms and put them away:
"Thank you, Master."
"What are you thanking for, master and apprentice? Anyway, you will also..."
"Um?"
"……nothing……"
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The remaining clouds cover the moon, and the sky and the earth are darkening.
There are still lights in the streets and alleys of the capital Yongzhou, but Nanyue is not as good as Chang'an. In the middle of the night, there are no more pedestrians on the street.
Many places in Yongzhou City refer to Chang'an City. Chaohuang Street in the middle is the Zhuque Street in Chang'an City. The imperial palace is also at the end of Chaohuang Street. However, from the scale to the number of buildings, it is much smaller than that of Chang'an City. It can only be said to be grand and not majestic.
The palace gate of the imperial city has been closed, and the harem is sparsely populated, and the number of palace maids and concubines is not large. Speaking of which, it is not much different from that of Song Ji's harem.
However, as both emperors, Chen Jin and Song Ji have a big difference. Song Ji has few people in the harem, and is indifferent to the world and is obsessed with power and tricks. Even the queen can be a pawn.
Chen Jin was more like an ordinary man. He was extremely smart and became the prince at a young age. After he ascended the throne, he was diligent in political affairs and managed the court in an orderly manner. Later, he was addicted to the gentle land and could not extricate himself. He favored only one person in the harem. After losing his beloved wife, he was depressed and unable to recover until he was crazy and bedridden.
As an emperor, Chen Jin is definitely not as good as Song Ji, but as a man, Chen Jin is more real than Song Ji.
The only thing that the two monarchs are similar is that the endings are not very good.
The autumn scenery in the deep palace was bleak, and the eunuch stood outside the bedroom, bowing and standing quietly.
In the bedroom, Chen Jin, who was pale and thin and almost skinny, lay on the upper bed, his face was pale and distorted, and he opened his mouth and shouted hoarsely from time to time. His turbid eyes kept looking at the young man next to him. It might be at this time that he could be a little calmer so that he would not struggle in pain and let the wail spread throughout the palace.
Next to the imperial bed, the prince Chen Ju, wearing a blue robe, sat upright next to him, about the same age as Xu Buling. He did not look at Chen Jin on the sickbed, but looked at a portrait in the bedroom.
Among the eight Kui, Cui Xiaowan's face was called "Peach Blossom Look Back", Ning Yuhe's name was called "Sword Wu", Xiao Xiang'er's name was "Xiaoxiang Zhu". The picture hanging in the Nanyue Palace City is naturally the "Nan Feiyan" of Concubine Zhou. It paints a scene of a woman looking at the geese flying south.
Chen Ju looks very similar to the woman in the portrait, and her appearance is naturally good, but she does not have the noble and fairy spirit in the picture. Instead, she is full of thoughts that are plagued by mundane things.
Chen Jin, who was already crazy and lost his mind, obviously recognized the son in front of him. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, but just said meaninglessly "uhhh" twice.
Prince Chen Ju came to his senses, looked at the father next to him, thought for a while, and said something in his heart:
"The Central Plains is fighting. The Xu family in the Western Regions usurped the country, and the world is in chaos. Grandpa said that it should take advantage of the momentum to compete with the Central Plains... The father is too conservative. If he is awake, he will definitely not agree. It is too risky. However, my Chen family has been in Nanyue, which is poor and bad. If he is not welcomed, he will suffer the disaster. I think grandpa is right..."
On the imperial bed, Chen Jin couldn't understand the words at all, but just looked at his son in front of him with his dim eyes, staring blankly.
Chen Ju may be because Chen Jin was crazy and unable to understand, so he would talk to himself and say what he said in his heart.
The voice continued for a long time until the eunuch came to report that Duke An was waiting outside the imperial city. Chen Ju stopped talking, bowed to Chen Jin, and turned around and left the bedroom.
As soon as I walked out of the hall, a nearly shrill wail sounded in the bedroom again.
It sounds like I can't bear to leave my son and want to ask him to turn back.
Chapter completed!