Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Old Heavenly Master..." After listening to Zhang Zhenxuan's explanation, His Royal Highness the King of Chu murmured, "You really make me at a loss as to what to do..."

After a long while, His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his head and looked at Zhang Zhenxuan in front of him. Suddenly, he seemed to have made some kind of decision: "Zhenxuan, how about we become sworn brothers?"

"Master... that's not necessary..." Zhang Zhenxuan waved his hands hurriedly after hearing this: "I can't afford it..."

"What are you talking about?!" When His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw Zhang Zhenxuan's polite refusal, he immediately became rude: "What's the matter? Do you think I'm ugly?! Besides, I won't take advantage of you in this sworn brotherhood. How about you become my sworn brother? Well, this is a great honor - don't be ungrateful, kid..."

"Your Highness... please don't make things difficult for me..." Zhang Zhenxuan had to admit that he really couldn't stand such an overly enthusiastic head of the family. "If my great-grandfather knew about this, he would expel me from the family. Rules are rules. As a servant of the Dou family, I naturally cannot be on friendly terms with the head of the family. There is an order of respect and inferiority, this is an iron rule that cannot be broken..."

"Well, then..." Seeing that Zhang Zhenxuan's refusal was well-founded, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not say anything more, but at the end, he emphasized again: "You just need to understand that from now on, I will treat you as my own brother!"

"Thank you, your servant..." Zhang Zhenxuan didn't want to understand at all - His Royal Highness the King of Chu's brother... In normal times, he would be the one to be teased by him...

“Why do you need to say thank you to me…” Just as His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu finished speaking, suddenly, a melodious crane cry sounded above their heads.

"Mr. He?" Upon hearing the voice, Zhang Zhenxuan hurried down the stairs and came to the center of the open space in front of the house.

"This old crane is indeed a fairy crane. It's amazing that it can find this place." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was also very moved when he saw this. He walked to Zhang Zhenxuan's side and looked at the big yellow crane perched on the roof with him: "Old crane, why are you here?"

"Patta," the crane flapped its wings twice upon hearing this, and then two slender objects rolled gently down from the roof and landed in front of the two people.

"He Weng, are you here to bring me some medicinal herbs?" Zhang Zhenxuan excitedly picked up two dried, top-quality Zheluo Manshan (the name of Tianshan Snow Lotus in the Tang Dynasty) on the ground, and then bowed respectfully to He Weng: "Zhenxuan, thank you for your concern, He Weng. I am deeply grateful!"

When the big yellow crane saw Zhang Zhenxuan saluting to it, it turned slightly, as if it didn't like the young man being so formal to it. Then it looked at His Royal Highness the King of Chu again, and then gently flapped its wings again and flew away...

"Wow... This old man He ignored me from beginning to end..." For the first time, His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that his charm had failed.

It's strange to say, when He Weng showed kindness to him before, he despised him, but now that he is ignoring him, the King of Chu feels unbalanced.

"Your Highness, He Weng means that we should each take half of the Zheluo Mountain." Zhang Zhenxuan felt that he was now really... successful - he could actually get He Weng to send him medicine. If his great-grandfather knew about this, he would be so happy.

However, Zhang Zhenxuan knew that He Weng was willing to send him medicine probably because of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Does He Weng really have such intentions?" At this moment, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was still reflecting on whether he should be nicer to He Weng next time he saw him. When he heard Zhang Zhenxuan say this, he immediately stood up and said, "Zhenxuan, let me tell you, I was born with a proud character and I never accept any humiliation..."

"Your Highness, this Zheluo Manshan can have miraculous effects if taken. Medical books say that this medicine can not only strengthen the body, but also warm the kidneys and boost yang—"

"—— Mr. He, thank you very much!" There is one good thing about His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu: he has a quick mind and knows how to adapt.

"..." Zhang Zhenxuan looked at His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who changed from arrogant to respectful in just a moment. He didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, he reminded His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was saluting with his fists clasped in the distance: "Your Highness... He Weng flew in that direction before..."

"Oh..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu quickly turned around, then continued to salute and shouted: "He Weng~~ Bring more next time~~"

Zhang Zhenxuan was completely convinced!

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After the little episode of He Weng delivering medicine, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's days as a bandit began to become more and more fun.

For example, this fellow Yuwen Qing. The order from His Royal Highness the King of Chu was to clear out the nearby gangs... bah bah bah...the nearby hills, and bring back some property and top-grade medicinal herbs. But this guy actually followed the tradition of Taihang Mountain - every time he captured a hill, he would pull out the leader of that hill for a one-on-one duel. The result of this duel...it was obvious. Although Yuwen Qing's combat power was not top-notch among the Dou family's retainers, if he was placed in Taihang Mountain, or even in Hebei Province, he would be considered a rare and peerless master.

"Your Highness, in just seven or eight days, this area of ​​100 li has already belonged to our Yangshou Mountain!" - In the hall, Yuwen Qing happily reported his achievements to His Highness the King of Chu: "With the manpower we have recruited now, we have nearly 20,000 people in total. In this 800-li Taihang Mountain, we are also a huge force. I am thinking...why don't we just make a concerted effort to annihilate the other forces as well?"

"Brother Yuwen, what you said really hits my heart!" Li Huairen, Cheng Chumo and others have been following Yuwen Qing these days and have been "invincible in killing all the bandits". Now is the time when they are full of fighting spirit.

"I like it very much." Chai Lingwu held a sword seized from a bandit leader and said in a defiant tone: "It's time to give the green forest heroes of Hebei Road a little shock."

"You still think things are too simple." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu glanced at everyone, and then said to Wang Xuance beside him: "Xuance, tell everyone the news you have collected in the past few days, so that everyone won't be so arrogant as if they had drunk two taels of wine!"