The Great Hero [Comprehensive Martial Arts]

On that side, Chu Xiao, who was far away in the capital, knew nothing about what his royal brother was doing behind the scenes.

Although Wu Gui behaved a little abnormally due to guilty conscience during this time, Chu Xiao, who was worried about other things, didn't have time to think about it.

King Taiping is going back to Beijing.

Unlike King Nan who always finds excuses and refuses to go to Beijing easily, King Taiping returns to Beijing every year to see him at this time.

In Chu Xiao's impression, King Taiping was undoubtedly a taciturn, serious and rigid person. Even when he attended the royal family banquet, he seldom took the initiative to speak, and he never saw a smile on his face.

But Chu Xiao still has some uncle and nephew feelings for this Uncle Wang.

Even if they only see each other once a year.

Because he could feel King Taiping's love for his nephew hidden under his stern appearance.

Chu Xiao had achieved success in internal strength cultivation, and before he was able to suppress the cold poison in his body, his body was really weak, and he was so weak that he relied on medicine to continue his life all year round.

And some precious medicinal materials, no matter how rich and powerful they are, they might not be able to find them.

Among them, Youwei is the most important medicinal material, which is rare in the Central Plains. Even though the first emperor spent a lot of manpower and material resources and sent people to search all over the place, he still did not collect enough quantity.

It was King Taiping who heard the news and sent people to search around the border, and finally found a piece of news.

It is said that someone has seen similar medicinal materials in a certain mountain outside the country.

The situation was urgent at that time, fearing that it would delay the time, King Taiping simply sent people to the capital for a message, and at the same time personally led people to the mountain to search.

It took him more than half a month to go there. It is said that he found the medicinal material after going through many difficulties and obstacles, and then dragged his tired body all the way back to the capital at full speed, pulling Chu Xiao back from the death line.

After many years, until now, even though Chu Xiao's demand for this medicinal material is no longer so heavy, King Taiping will still go to the mountain to pick the medicinal material on time when the medicinal material is mature, and then send people back to the capital to prepare for emergencies .

This is the kindness of life-saving, and it is also the love and love of an elder for the younger generation.

Chu Xiao always kept it in his heart.

Ever since he learned that Gong Jiu resembled the late Princess Taiping in appearance, he was suspected to be the heir of Prince Taiping who disappeared without a trace after running away from home when he was young, and he has been sending people to investigate Gong Jiu's life experience.

Not only because Gong Jiu has the martial arts cheats he needs.

Even if there were no such factors, Chu Xiao would still do the same thing just because Gong Jiu might be the Prince Taiping's heir.

Chu Xiao thought, if he could find Prince Taiping, Uncle Wang would be very happy.

...But Gong Jiu is really difficult to deal with!

He couldn't even find anyone, let alone verify the other party's identity?

Chu Xiao had no choice but to start with the clue of Wuming Island, but Wuming Island was almost as difficult as Gong Jiu. Frankly speaking, if Master Sun had not provided information, Chu Xiao might not even know where Wuming Island was. I can't find it anywhere.

After tossing for so long, the investigation finally made some progress.

One of the spies he sent successfully sneaked into Wuming Island, and after many inquiries, he roughly got some news.

Gong Jiu is 23 years old, the same age as the missing Prince Taiping. The time when he was brought back to Wuming Island by the owner of the unknown island happened not long after the disappearance of Prince Taiping, and the name Gong Jiu was given to himself by himself. of.

The first two news gave Chu Xiao five points of confidence in his heart, and the last news made the five points of confidence directly into nine points.

The late Princess Taiping's surname was Gong, and the son of Prince Taiping was originally named Chu Yu, and his baby name was Ah Jiu.

He was basically sure that Gong Jiu was the Prince Taiping's heir.

To be honest, it feels pretty subtle.

Thinking that Gong Jiu is his cousin...he regretted calling him a bastard back then.

Didn't this scold him himself?

And the trick back then was to cut off the legs of children and grandchildren.

cough.

Now he sincerely hopes that Gong Jiu will not leave any future troubles and that his body is still healthy.

Otherwise, he would really be ashamed to see King Taiping again in the future_(:3∠)_

After receiving the news, Chu Xiao asked Wu Gui to watch the gate of the city every day, hoping to inform the other party of the good news as soon as possible after King Taiping returned to Beijing.

So on this day, when King Taiping arrived in the capital, he had just returned to his mansion in the middle of the capital, and was planning to take a bath to relieve his fatigue——

"Uncle Wang!"

King Taiping just stepped into the bath with one foot: "..."

He stared blankly at the young man who broke into the room without saying a word, and after a while, he said solemnly: "Close the door for me."

"Oh." Chu Xiao shrunk his shoulders resentfully and turned around. While closing the door, he whispered, "Then what, I'm sorry, Uncle Wang, I really didn't know you were going to take a bath."

King Taiping didn't want to talk.

There was still no expression fluctuation on his perennially solemn face, but there was a little helplessness in the eyes that fell on Chu Xiao's back.

Is this little nephew really... getting more and more alive?

He was so well-behaved when he was a child, and he was a little shy of strangers. He always shrank behind Emperor Xian or Emperor Qing in a small group. When he saw him, he didn't even dare to say hello. He would only look at him timidly and secretly.

But what about now?

Oh no, it can’t be said now, it seems that since many years ago, Chu Xiao has been inexplicably angry. When the late emperor was still there, he would complain to King Taiping about the unlucky things his own son did. .

For example, to expose the tiles in the house?Using the memorial and the face of the first emperor as a drawing paper to draw a little turtle?

Force-feeding the fish literally killed all the koi in the pool in the Imperial Garden?

Then trick Emperor Qing into taking the blame for him?

King Taiping summed it up, and felt that this bear child was used to by the late emperor and empress dowager and Emperor Qing. He did not teach him a lesson when he made a mistake, and he didn't even give a word of criticism.

If it were him--

"Uncle Wang, may I rub your back?"

King Taiping looked at Chu Xiao, who was lying on the edge of the bath, smiling at himself with a mouthful of small white teeth, and turned around silently.

Well, if it were him, he might not be willing to teach the child a lesson.

After all, the skin is a bit skinny, but in essence he is still a good boy who is filial and sensible.

A filial and sensible boy rubbed his uncle Wang's back while thinking in his heart, in case Gong Jiu was kicked to waste by his own kick... I hope Uncle Wang will see it for his good performance Come on, are you not so angry?

After about less than a cup of tea, King Taiping finally couldn't help but speak out.

"Okay, stop rubbing."

This unlucky boy, who has hit so hard, is he planning to shed his skin?

When Chu Xiao came back to his senses, he realized that he was distracted for a moment and didn't control his strength well, rubbing the back of King Taiping with red streaks and blue streaks——

Guiltily and embarrassedly, he put down the bath towel, and sneaked a glance at King Taiping's face.

It's okay, it doesn't look like it's angry.

Naturally, King Taiping would not get angry because of such a trivial matter. In fact, he was quite happy in his heart, thinking that it was enough for Chu Xiao to have this kind of intention.

In the end, King Taiping solved it by himself.

Although he is a prince, he has lived in the military camp all year round and has never left a maid to serve him. He has long been used to being self-reliant like ordinary soldiers. After a long time, he is not used to being served by others.

After taking a bath, King Taiping took the clean clothes from Chu Xiao and quickly dressed them neatly.

"Well, why come to me in such a hurry."

Although the relationship between Chu Xiao and him was good, it was not so good that he couldn't wait for a while and had to come to see him as soon as he came back.

"Just... there is something I want to tell you, Uncle Wang."

After walking out of the bathroom, Chu Xiao looked around and saw a few soldiers waiting not far away, so he suggested to King Taiping, "Let's find a quiet place to talk again?"

The matter of Prince Taiping's son is related to royal privacy, so it is naturally inappropriate to discuss it in this kind of place.

So they turned to the study.

After dismissing all the attendants in the courtyard, King Taiping hurriedly frowned and asked Chu Xiao, "But what's wrong with the court? Do you need to send troops?"

He knew that some ministers in the court felt restless when Emperor Qing was young, but he didn't know how serious the problem was. If the situation was urgent, he would be able to help when he came back this time.

"No, no, no." Chu Xiao shook his head again and again: "Uncle Wang, you are thinking too much, I came to you for a private matter."

Private matter?

King Taiping's eyelids trembled, and he subconsciously blurted out: "What trouble did you get into again?"

Chu Xiao: "..."

I just want to ask, what is the image of me, Uncle Wang, in your mind? !

"Did you make His Majesty angry?" King Taiping said to Chu Xiao firmly, "If you made a mistake first, it's useless even to find me, and I won't intercede for you."

At most, it was because of the fact that Chu Xiao rubbed his back just now, and when Emperor Qing ordered punishment later, he suggested that he should be punished more lightly.

Chu Xiao was speechless for a moment, and decided to pretend that he was deaf and didn't hear what his uncle Wang said just now.

So as not to be heartbroken.

He silently took out a portrait from his arms and handed it to King Taiping.

Chu Xiao of the Taiping Dynasty cast a questioning look.

"It's not easy to say." Chu Xiao: "But you will understand after reading the portrait."

Taiping Wang Yiyan opened the portrait that had been folded several layers. After seeing the appearance of the person in the painting, his pupils constricted suddenly and he almost lost his composure.

"This—this is—"

His eyes were fixed on the face of the man in the portrait, and he suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, his voice trembling: "You, did you find him?"

"Ah."

Chu Xiao nodded, and slowly explained the whole story.