Suo Diling

After Xiao Lan boarded the cabin on the second floor, the royal family and nobles boarded the ship one after another according to their status, and took their seats one by one.

This ship is extremely spacious and can accommodate hundreds of people. It was originally the first warship designed by the first emperor himself. The sails can be spread out across the sides of the hull, and it can fly off the ground when there is a strong wind in autumn, so it is called "Sky Boat". ", during the southern tour, this "sky boat" carried us Xiao's royal family and flew across the plains, it was really a sight to think about.

Xiao Lan sat on the bow of the boat with the royal family and nobles, chatting and laughing happily. I turned a blind eye to it, shook my feather fan lightly, and stood alone leaning on the railing, admiring the scenery on both sides of the river.The gentle breeze blowing on my face also temporarily dispelled the worries in my heart, and it was rare to have some leisure time. Seeing a white-feathered osprey parked on the railing of the boat, I stretched out my hand to tease it.

This osprey is not afraid of people. When the silver armor I wore touched its beak, instead of hiding, it pecked a few times intimately, as if it had met its own kind.I felt a little playful, and slowly stretched out my hand, allowing it to fly onto my arm.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty invites you to go and have some dim sum."

Just when I was enjoying myself, a soft and familiar voice suddenly sounded beside me.

It's Liang Ran.I turned around and saw his face similar to Liang Sheng's, and the depression in my heart dissipated. I put one hand on the back of his hand, supported the Osprey with the other, and walked slowly towards the bow.After a brief greeting to Xiao Lan, I took my special seat on his right.I haven't seen each other for a few months, Xiao Lan's skin tone has darkened a lot, and his spirit has improved a lot. I don't know if he has gone crazy occasionally. His expression is as usual, but when he looks at me, he still has malicious eyes.

"The Supreme Emperor seems to be in a good mood today? Has his body improved?" Xiao Lan picked up a glass of wine and took a sip.

He hasn't sent anyone to give me any pills in the past few months, so I'm naturally better, but good, how can I get better?

I twitched the corners of my lips mockingly, tasted the liquor with silver armor, and raised my glass to him: "I heard that the emperor won the battle, but I'm very happy, and the stubborn disease was cured, and my body is naturally much better, thank you for your concern. "

"That's good. I'm still worried about the arrival of King Wuxie. The Supreme Emperor can't show his style and compete with him!"

"Your Majesty, you were joking."

My face darkened, as if I had eaten a rotten raspberry, and my mood was completely defeated.With my current body, how can I ride a horse and shoot arrows? If Xiao Lan forces me to compete with that arrogant Wu Xie King, wouldn't it be to make me look ugly?

Forget it, why not just pretend to be drunk and decline.

I drank the wine with my neck back, poured half of it on the fan, and picked up a cherry to feed the osprey on my arm begging for food. At this moment, a grape flew into the air and was caught by the osprey with its mouth open.Someone whistled and applauded. I raised my eyes and saw Xiao Jing, who had been sealed as the king of Xijing, with a pair of peach blossom eyes full of frivolous smiles.

He has experienced drastic changes in recent days. Not only did he lose the backing of the Meng family, but he was also made a famous and powerless vassal king. Seriously.But I feel that Xiao Lan attaches great importance to this son, otherwise how could he be allowed to stay in Mianjing Imperial City?

"If Uncle Huang doesn't mind, why don't you lend me this eagle?" Xiao Jing picked up another grape and asked.

"Nothing, take it." I put away the fan, raised my arm, and drove the Osprey to his side, who knew that the Osprey was disobedient, and flew towards his head with flapping wings, and Xiao Mo, the King of the North Night, waved his hand Blocked him for him, and carefully plucked a few feathers that fell in his hair, he didn't look like a younger brother, he was clearly a good husband.

I looked at it and found it interesting, the relationship between these two brothers will sooner or later be overwhelmed by paper.Seeing me staring at Xiao Jing, Xiao Mo looked displeased, grabbed the osprey's wings, twisted them with a "click", and threw his hand overboard.

During the banquet, everyone showed surprise at the same time, and I was also taken aback. I didn't realize that Xiao Lan's three sons turned out to be so violent. I have always seen him reticent, and I never expected such a side.

This person doesn't show his emotions and anger, but he acts vigorously and resolutely, so he may be a talent who will accomplish great things.

"Third brother, what a nice eagle, I still want to keep it for fun!" Xiao Jing complained sullenly.

Xiao Mo lowered his eyes, and said calmly: "The osprey has sharp claws, if it hurts the face of the emperor, it will damage the appearance."

"You know it's a disappointment." Xiao Jing snorted softly and stopped talking.

This little episode was a bit disappointing, but Xiao Lan praised Xiao Mo a few words, saying that he is decisive in dealing with things and can distinguish the seriousness of the matter, this made Xiao Jing unhappy, and ran to the boat rail with a bunch of grapes to lure the Osprey up.

"King Xijing has a youthful heart, which is very rare." Xiao Shun came out to smooth things over, "I think when we were so old, we were already full of worries. How can we be as carefree as King Xijing? Your Majesty, what do you say? no?"

The atmosphere has eased up quite a bit now. I haven't seen him in the past few years. Xiao Shun is no longer the sharp and stubborn boy. His life as a vassal king in the harsh conditions of Yingzhou has made him mature, and his speech has become much more tactful.

"Yes, especially the Supreme Emperor, who is the most intelligent among us brothers. It would be great if Jing'er is half as sensible as he was back then." Xiao Lan looked over with deep meaning in his eyes.Knowing that he was talking about how I always bullied him when I was young, I spread out my feather fan to block his sight, and lowered my head to take a sip of wine.

"This time I came here, I brought a treasure that I want to present to the emperor."

At this time, Xiao Shun smiled and took out a delicate wooden box.

Xiao Lan showed her face: "Oh, what is it, show me?"

An eunuch took the box and opened the wooden box, and there was a strange fishy smell coming out from inside. Xiao Shun said that this is 覲肭, which is made from the testicles of whales in the South China Sea, swallowed with wine, can strengthen the body Kidney is more nourishing than deer stem and tiger penis.

Because very few of Xiao Lan's concubines have given birth to heirs in the past few years, he was very happy to get this thing, and immediately rewarded Xiao Shun, gave him five boxes of gold coins, and named him Prince Heshun in the name of his contribution to the war. And donated a house in Mianjing, which is Prince Shun's mansion.What Xiao Lan did made me really uneasy.

I have a cold personality, and I have never been sincere to a few people, and my seventh brother is one of them.

I am about the same age as him, and have a congenial temperament. Back then when his affair with Fifth Sister was exposed, I was the one who persuaded my father to protect his royal status and show mercy to his subordinates after he ascended the throne.Seeing him return to Beijing now, I originally regarded him as an ally, but Xiao Lan rewarded him so much, I don't know if Xiao Shun, who has suffered for several years in Yingzhou, will be shaken.

When I was worrying and uneasy, Xiao Lan took out a piece of scorpion from the box and smiled at me: "The emperor is weak and needs this more than I do." After saying this, he ordered the eunuch beside him, "Go, present it to me." Give a piece to the Supreme Emperor."

I waved my hand, wanting to decline his "kindness", but a piece of fennel had already been handed to me, so I had no choice but to accept it and soak it into the wine glass.I tested the poison with the silver armor of my little finger, and saw that there was no change in color, so I took a small sip, and was almost vomited by the pungent fishy smell. It took only a blink of an eye to swallow it, and my body felt faintly hot. Fortunately, there was no one else. discomfort.

However, Xiao Lan still refused to let go: "The Supreme Emperor is putting on face now? I think it is better than stag blood wine?"

I frowned, trying to suppress the disgust in my heart, before answering, I saw Xiao Du stood up and toasted Xiao Lan, which was a relief for me.He was also dressed very grandly today, a dark blue robe embroidered with stars and moons made him solemn and solemn, restraining the natural wildness of his body, making him appear to be very majestic as a crown prince, so he even wore a dragon robe Xiao Lan in the robe is also a little less elegant than him.Is the golden scale a thing in the pool? I really misjudged it at the beginning.I wonder.

As if he noticed that I was looking at him, Xiao Du's throat congealed for a moment when he swallowed the wine, and after sitting down, he glanced sideways, not as cramped as before.This time I turned my eyes away, but met Xiao Yu's prying eyes.

I was circling among these people, I felt like I was trapped in a spider web, and it was very difficult to get entangled. I simply left the seat on the grounds of ventilation, and went to find Xiao Jing, who was playing with birds alone, and chatted with him about rhythm and poetry. Something elegant.

While chatting excitedly, a string of horns suddenly resounded through the sky——

I looked towards the slowly rising city gate across the river in front of me, and saw a small boat approaching slowly. On the bow stood a tall man with a golden beard and brown hair. His left shoulder was decorated with a bronze wolf head, and his right arm was exposed. It was King Wuxie.

There are two people on his left and one on his right, one is Wu Dun, and the other is Wu Sha who has been haunting the palace recently.

My eyelids twitched unconsciously, feeling that something was about to happen. I watched Usha and his party being welcomed onto the deck by the guards, walked up, and then returned to their seats.King Wuxie walked up the stairs swaggeringly. He is over fifty years old, but he doesn't look old. He is still mighty and extraordinary. It seems that all of us are thin and small. When he glanced at me, his eyes froze slightly, and there was a look of regret in his eyes. After a flash, he turned and faced Xiao Lan.He is the king of the allies, his status is equal to that of Xiao Lan, so he doesn't need to kneel down, and he only pays respects with wine, and Xiao Lan also raises his wine glass in return.

I noticed that Xiao Du was staring at Wu Xie with a slightly strange look in his eyes.They all have rare blue eyes, as sharp and deep as wolf pupils. I thought to myself, could it be that Wusha is hiding in the palace because...

Because of Xiao Du?Is there any potential connection between them?

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt terrified, and saw a woman walking out of the team of Chi people who came with Wu Xie, with a mask in red, her hair tied up with bone hairpins, and dressed in full attire, just like a bride's attire waiting to be married in the country of Chi, At first glance, it is not an idle identity.Sure enough, Wu Xie laughed loudly and said: "This is my own sister, and she is here to pay tribute to the majesty of the king of the Mian Kingdom."

——Wearing a wedding dress, I am afraid that not only want to admire the majesty of the monarch, but also covet the vacant queen's position.

Now, which prince can Xiao Lan bestow the queen who came to her door?You can't even push it.

Xiao Lan's eyes tightened, and he raised his hand to give him a seat: "I think, this is Princess Wujia, the saintess of the Heavenly Wolf Cult in your country?"

"The concubine's body is right." Wu Jia spoke fluently in the crown language, and obviously made a lot of preparations before coming.

The Heavenly Wolf Sect is the state religion of the country, and if Xiao Lan bestows the status of a saint on marrying the prince, it will probably annoy King Wuxie and cause a war.If Wujia married, then Xiao Lan would probably send a royal woman out to marry him. In this way, the Mian Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom really formed an inseparable covenant.This is really not good.I absent-mindedly raised my wine glass, spilled some on my body, and ordered Liang Ran who was standing beside me to help me change my clothes.

As soon as the robe was taken off, Liang Ran screamed, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with your body?"

I looked in the mirror, and just now I noticed that the skin was flushed strangely, and there were blood spots oozing from the lower abdomen.覲肭 is not toxic at all, maybe there is something wrong with other things.The seventh brother wanted to poison Xiao Lan.

The onset of this poison is slow, if you don't take off your clothes to check, you won't be able to detect it for a while.

When he saw that I had taken it by mistake, he remained calm.

Xiao Shun, I'm afraid he hates me.

My seventh brother...I treat you like this, yet you treat me like a dead man.

You don't think I was the one who informed you about the matter between you and Fifth Sister?

My heart was filled with chills, I took out the elixir Bai Li gave me and swallowed it, and ordered Liang Ran to fetch a glass of water.Seeing my nervous expression, he offered a glass of water in a panic. I just stared at the mirror and swallowed half of it before realizing it was wine.

"Gu told you to bring water, what kind of wine are you taking!" I suddenly changed color and slapped him hard across the face. Liang Ran was staggered by me, hit his head against the wall, and passed out suddenly.I still want to call someone, a hot current rushes to my throat, like a ball of burning coals, a stream of blood suddenly flows out of my nose, dripping onto my snow-white robe, it is dazzling red.

"Come... come...!" I shouted at the top of my voice, but no one responded because my voice was too weak.

I leaned on the wall and walked out staggeringly. Several eunuchs shouted "Tai Shang Huang" and came up to support me. At this time, the boat sailed to the open watershed downstream of the moat, and there was a wind and waves, and the boat swayed.When the eunuchs helped me pass the railing, I don’t know who bumped me violently, making me stagger——

As soon as I lightened up, the top of my head was submerged in icy water in an instant. I struggled to break through the water, but my whole body was torn back and forth by the surf. In the blink of an eye, I was pushed away by a big wave tens of feet away from the boat.I don't have much strength, and my water skills have been bad since I was a child, not to mention that it was night, I choked on a few saliva, and I was dizzy. There are big man-eating fish, and I can't help but panic.

At this moment, I felt as if my calf had been brushed by a fish's tail, and I froze all over. When I almost drowned and lost my mind, a powerful hand suddenly grabbed my arm, swam under me, and threw me Lifted out of the water.

"Uncle Huang, hold me tight." Xiao Du sternly shouted.

I lifted my spirits and wrapped my arms around his neck tightly like grabbing a life-saving straw.His movements were nimble and his swimming speed was extremely fast. With a few fierce dives, he rode the wind and waves, and led me to swim to the shoal of a river bend.

I was placed on a smooth reef by him, like a stranded fish, with my mouth open but unable to breathe.

Xiao Du pressed my chest a few times, seeing that I couldn't spit out any water, he pinched my chin with one hand, lowered his head and covered his lips, sucking the congestion in my trachea.As soon as the air was poured into my mouth, I coughed violently a few times, Xiao Du couldn't dodge it, and swallowed the blood I choked out in one gulp.Without even frowning, he helped me up and wiped the blood around my mouth with his hands.Although I was dazed, I still had my mind. I knew that the blood I coughed up was poisonous, so I quickly grabbed his wrist, trying to remind him to drink some river water, but I couldn't make a sound.

I seem to lose my voice.

I coughed, propped myself up, and groped to pull his chin, Xiao Du seemed to feel something strange, he knelt down and took a handful of river water to drink, took a few breaths, stood up, and took off his drenched ceremonial robe To the waist, under the moonlight, I saw several criss-crossing scars on his lean back, obviously the result of the battle in Yingzhou.

"Uncle Huang, what did you drink just now?" Xiao Du's voice was hoarse, something was already wrong.

I was anxious in my heart, fearing that he would die from poison, so I gestured for him to drink more water.I choked on a lot of water just now, and after I spit it out, I felt much better. Although I still feel a little internally dry, it seems that there is no serious problem.

Xiao Du drank a few more sips of water, at this moment, suddenly heard a "swipe", a cold light passed by my ear, Xiao Du threw me to the ground when he was independent, rolled over with me in his arms, and rolled into the bushes by the river Among the forest.

I held my breath, squinted my eyes, and saw several black shadows coming ashore from the water, all holding bows and arrows, all dressed in blue clothes and red breasted high boots, they were the palace guards accompanying the ship, but they didn't come to rescue me, but come kill me.

I don't know who ordered it.It won't be Xiao Lan.If he wanted to kill me, he would have done so long ago, there is no need to wait for today.

Could it be the seventh brother?I wanted to kill Xiao Lan, but when I fell into the water, you wanted my life?Or someone else?

Xiao Du's breathing was rough and urgent, I had to cover his mouth, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled it away.He buried his head in the crescent of my neck, swallowed a mouthful of body fluid, barely held his breath, his trembling Adam's apple rolled over my shoulder bone like a burning iron, and it was so hot that it made my heart palpitate: "Uncle, you... It smells good."

I was stunned, thinking that I was hallucinating, but at this moment my ears felt hot and I was bitten.

I froze, pretending to be unconscious, but Xiao Du became even more serious, brushing away my sideburns and kissing inside my collar.

The sound of rustling footsteps was getting closer and closer, I didn't dare to move, I even felt murderous, I only hated why Xiao Du, a wild wolf cub, was poisoned to death just now, but he was surprised by the approaching movement Turning a deaf ear to it, I kissed me on the neck presumptuously, and when the man was only a step away, I quietly got up, pinched the man's neck precisely, and fell to the ground. With a tight arm, I broke his neck bone, a series of The movements are fast and ruthless, just like a wild wolf pounced on its prey.

I was secretly surprised, this kid's skill, even if I fought alone with him when I was healthy, I might not be able to beat him.He took out the bow from the back of the assassin, Xiao Du leaned down and sneaked, stringed the bow and drew it, shooting one arrow at a time without missing a shot.

In an instant, there was no movement around.

I was about to remind him to stay alive, but seeing that he had turned back, picked me up, and hid myself in the depths of the dense forest, and barely stopped when I was far away from the river bank.Even though it was a summer night, the area near the water was still a bit cold, I sneezed, Xiao Du covered my mouth, heard no movement around, then let go, and came to untie my belt.

"Uncle Huang, your clothes are wet, I'll help you take them off."

I couldn't speak, nodded, and leaned weakly against the tree trunk.

Xiao Du stripped off my outer robe, took a deep breath, then tore off my middle coat, and stood up after taking off halfway.I thought another assassin was coming, but I saw him walking into the darkness with my robe, not knowing what to do, I dozed off in a daze, and when I woke up again, Xiao Du was facing me , hunched over, arms shaking up and down.

This kid is really shameless, actually in front of me...

I was about to continue pretending to be asleep, but I smelled a smell of burnt wood branches, and saw a fire in front of Xiao Du alone, so I realized that he was drilling wood to make fire.Hearing the movement behind him, Xiao Du turned around to look, I immediately closed my eyes, and heard him laughing lowly, I don't know what it meant, turned around again, and blew on the fire.

"I have been fighting in Yingzhou for the past few months, and I have learned a lot of things that the emperor didn't teach me before, and I have benefited a lot."

I snorted softly, and then I felt like I could make a sound. I swallowed with difficulty, and said lightly, "I'm afraid I have learned a lot of bad habits after hanging out with pirates for a long time."

Xiao Du was silent for a moment: "Just now, I..."

I casually said: "Just now you mistakenly swallowed the scorpion that Gu had taken earlier, Gu knows, you have identified the wrong person."

Xiao Du stepped on the wooden branch and remained silent for a while.After all, he is only seventeen, and he is still a half-child who has just begun to love, so there should be time to curb his treasonous thoughts in time.I can't let him go on like this, and I can't push him too far, it's really a dilemma, what should I do?I thought contradictoryly, and sneezed again. When I looked up, I saw that he was naked, wet, and full of vigor, and I really didn't want to approach him.

I didn't move, but he moved, and I was shocked when he got up—he was completely naked, and his clothes and pants were spread on the rocks. Hidden in the darkness, the majesty of the barbarian body can be glimpsed, which only makes a grown man like me feel ashamed.

"How about it, Uncle Huang?" He walked closer, his body completely peeled off from the shadows.

He was tall and big, standing in front of me frankly, narrowing his long and handsome eyes, and looking down at me.

"What, how about what?" An invisible pressure poured over my head, and my tongue was tied.

He tilted his head and hooked the corner of his mouth: "Me."