It's hard to be the king of rebirth

Just when Zhou Xu was at a loss as to how to respond to Xiaolou, he suddenly heard a click on the window pane.

Xiaolou was startled: "There are thorns..." Zhou Xu hurriedly covered Xiaolou's mouth.There was another sound on the pane, and the window was pushed open. Zhou Xu tapped Xiaolou's acupuncture points, picked him up and put him on the bed. Xiaolou stared at him with wide eyes in disbelief. He, Zhou Xu made a shh gesture, hid the small building with a quilt, and put down the mosquito trap.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, the candles in the room were extinguished, and when the eyes went dark, there was one more person in the room.This man is upright and upright, wearing black clothes and rushing into the Xian Wang's mansion at night, under the moonlight next Zhou Xu can see his appearance clearly.This person is graceful and graceful, bright and clear, really good-looking, such a face will never be forgotten once seen.

A strong wind came, and the man slashed three swords in a row. In a hurry, Zhou Xu took down the bow on the wall and opened it one by one. The opponent was so strong that Zhou Xu's bow broke into three pieces.The long sword pierced straight down from above him again, and Zhou Xu hurriedly jumped back to avoid it. In his panic, he could see that his swordsmanship was somewhat similar to Brother Li's.

This man stabbed Zhou Xu with two swords again, he panicked and said urgently: "Brother, why don't you tell me what kind of enmity you have with me, if you fight so vaguely, I won't be reconciled if I die." .

The assassin sneered: "You have traveled a lot at night, King Xian, have you encountered fewer ghosts?" As he spoke, he stabbed fiercely at him again with his sword.Zhou Xu was so wronged in his heart, did he want to take the blame for King Xian and die here again?Although he was also a person who died once... Zhou Xu dodged left and right to dodge his sharp edge, but in the dodge, he reached the bedside unknowingly. The assassin's long sword suddenly turned and pierced his throat. The sharp peak was pointing to the small building on the bed, and Zhou Xu had to block it with his arm in desperation. There was a sharp pain, and he must have been pulled a long and deep cut in his arm.

At this time, the quilt had been lifted, and Zhou Xu was pressing on Xiaolou, and when he met his eyes, Xiaolou's eyes were full of surprise.The assassin was stunned and didn't continue to attack. Zhou Xu took the opportunity to open Xiaolou's acupuncture points and whispered in his ear, "I'm not his opponent, hurry up..."

Feeling that the assassin behind him raised his sword to stab Zhou Xu again, he desperately hugged Xiaolou under him, thinking that Xiaolou might not be able to escape without martial arts.

"Stop!" Xiaolou suddenly shouted to the assassin, his voice was urgent but decisive, what was even more unexpected was that the assassin did not continue to stab.The wound on the arm was bleeding out tricklingly, and the pain made the whole body numb.

"There's an assassin! There's an assassin!" The flames shot into the sky outside the window, and the sound of chaotic footsteps approached from far away. It must be that the guards rushed over. Seeing that the situation was not good, the assassin quickly jumped out of the window and disappeared into the flames.

Until the end, he didn't stab Zhou Xu's fatal sword.

The injury on his back was not healed yet, and his arm was injured again. Zhou Xu was a hero in less than three seconds, and immediately croaked in pain.

But Xiaolou didn't mention "Who the hell are you?" The sentence that sent a chill down Zhou Xu's spine.

It was the same gray-bearded imperial doctor from last time. After looking at the injury, he said, "My lord is blessed and my lord is lucky." He checked the wound for Zhou Xu, nodded and shook his head and said, "The wound The deep is the deep, but fortunately there is no poison on the sword this time." Zhou Xu cursed inwardly, how could I be like the unlucky King Xian, and my life would be fatal.

The imperial doctor gave a few instructions and then left. Seeing that the old man came to the palace many times late at night to see a doctor, Zhou Xu sealed dozens of taels more rewards.

"What's the virtue and ability of Xiaolou, let the prince block this sword for me." Xiaolou held a bowl of ink like medicine, scooped a spoonful, blew it warm, and then sent it to Zhou Xu's mouth.

The concoction was bitter, so Xiaolou fed a few spoonfuls of the medicine, and then put a candied fruit into Zhou Xu's mouth.

"Xiaolou's words are too pretentious. This king naturally regards you as his own...brother." Zhou Xu felt guilty, and always felt that the word "family" had an ambiguous meaning, so he changed his brother on a whim.

"Xiaolou dare not, the prince is so honorable, Xiaolou is only a servant, how can he bear the word of himself..."

Zhou Xu hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Xiaolou: "I'm really angry if you continue to divide the king like this." As he said this, a "good idea" popped up in his mind, and continued: "Otherwise, choosing a day is worse than hitting the day. Today Xiaolou How about Lou Bian and this king become brothers."

"My lord, this is absolutely impossible, it's not polite!" Xiaolou hurriedly knelt down.

"Brother Xiaolou, you are obviously scolding me by talking like this. You and I have hit each other like this, as long as no one speaks out from now on, and others don't know. It's fine. Before the people, the king still calls you Xiaolou, and you still call me the prince, no one When we were brothers, we were called brothers." Zhou Xu felt that his idea was 1 good. He liked Xiaolou, and even if he became a brother, even if he was a little closer, it would be justified for himself and others.

"My lord, Xiaolou is just one of your...boyfriends." Saying the word "boyfriend", Xiaolou's body visibly trembled.

Zhou Xu said seriously: "Xiaolou, I ordered you to become brothers with me tonight, and you must not disobey." He pretended to be so dignified.

Xiaolou was neither crying nor laughing, so he had to accept orders: "Yes, Xiaolou is worse than obeying orders."

The two went to the Buddhist hall together. Zhou Xu lit the incense, pulled Xiaolou to kneel down together, bowed a few times, and said, "Next week...Xiao Hengzhi, today...and...Xiaolou... Turning around, he said, "Brother Xiaolou, what is your name?"

Xiaolou said: "I... my original name is Gu Yueqing." Since entering the palace, no one has called this name again. Yueqing, Yueqing, has not been used for a long time, but it is very unfamiliar.

Zhou Xu smiled at Xiaolou and said, "Yueqing's name sounds very nice." Then he turned his head and said, "My lord, Xiao Hengzhi, today we are married to Jinlan with Gu Yueqing's brother, and we will have the same blessings and joys from now on. Not in the same year and the same month Born on the same day, I hope to die on the same day in the same month of the same year. If I do something against my righteousness, I will be punished by heaven and earth, and I will go to the [-]th floor of hell after death." He kowtowed his head again.

Xiaolou also kowtowed, and said: "My lord, Gu Yueqing, and Xiao Hengzhi... the prince will become brothers, and we will share the blessings and hardships together. We must not be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but I hope that we will die in the same year, the same month, and the same day. , the heavens and the earth will perish, and you will never be reborn forever."

The two bowed eight times and stood up. Somehow, the sense of formality reminded Zhou Xu of watching other people's weddings in Yangzhou... It's just that he couldn't say Zhou Xu's name, which made him feel very unhappy.

"From now on, you and I won't be separated. We're brothers who have been sworn brothers. Don't be polite to me." Xiaolou looked about fifteen or sixteen years old at most, so Zhou Xu called himself elder brother.

"Xiaolou understands in his heart, lord... elder brother doesn't treat me as an outsider"

Zhou Xu was very happy to see Xiaolou getting closer to him.

"Brother Xiaolou, do you have any relatives at home?" Zhou Xu heard that Xiaolou was sold into the palace when he was nine years old. As for who sold it, he didn't know where his original home was.After all, when a natural disaster strikes, it is not uncommon for ordinary people to sell their children.

Xiaolou paused for a moment, and said with a slightly pale face, "I used to have a sister...and then she disappeared."

Seeing Xiaolou's expression was different, Zhou Xu knew that he was a man with a heavy heart and a little more than others, so he couldn't ask any more questions, so he smiled and said: "In the future, you will have a brother and me, and I will definitely cover you in everything hahaha I never thought that Zhou...Xiao Hengzhi would have such a good-looking younger brother in this life."

Xiaolou took a deep look at Zhou Xu, and smiled, "I never thought that there would be a prince and elder brother in this life, and he would still be the current virtuous king."

After being raised for another half a month, Zhou Xu's injuries, large and small, are almost healed.

The candlelight was flickering, and it seemed that it was already the third watch.

Zhou Xu was tossing and turning on the bed, unable to sleep at all, thinking about going to the palace to meet the emperor tomorrow.I don't know what kind of temper the emperor has.In the Zuiyin Tower before, I often heard Brother Li barking like a dog emperor. This emperor should be like a bear, or an old man with a full head, a fat belly, a fat face, and a hideous face.I also heard that the scholar said that the emperor had 3000 beauties in the harem, 3000 na 3000, I am afraid that even normal men would not be able to enjoy it, the emperor must have a lot of kidney deficiency.

In this way, Zhou Xu pictured in his mind the image of an emperor with black eye circles, dull eyes, swollen limbs and thinning hair.

Although the emperor is like a bear, this virtuous king is the emperor's younger brother. Although he was not born in the same mother's womb, after all, he grew up together by blood. He is an extremely familiar person. I don't know if I, a fake, will show my feet .Zhou Xu is not afraid of showing his feet, but at worst, he will die again, and it's not like he hasn't died before.I'm afraid that Xiaolou will be implicated because of this, and he will be branded a crime of deceiving the emperor and protecting him.

Although his mother in Yangzhou had been killed by the virtuous king, now that he had Xiaolou's younger brother, Zhou Xu felt that he was no longer alone, and that he could be regarded as taking care of his family, so he naturally had a stronger sense of responsibility.

Zhou Xu thought about confessing to Xiaolou that he had resurrected his soul with a corpse, but every time he made up his mind, he couldn’t say it out. Firstly, he was afraid that he would scare Xiaolou that he was a soul, and secondly, he thought it was absurd. How could he convince others? ?

When the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover them with soil. Let's take one step at a time. There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. The sky will fall and be covered.

Thinking about it, Zhou Xu exhausted his brain too much, and felt so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back.

The door creaked, Xiaolou pushed the door open and entered the house.

"Seeing that the lights in the prince's room were on, Xiaolou ordered his servants to make bird's nest porridge with rock sugar. If the prince is hungry, eat it while it's hot."

"Wonderful, wonderful, if there is some wild boar and venison at this moment, go to the yard to light a fire and eat it, sprinkle a handful of cumin to warm a pot of good wine, our brothers will eat meat and drink in a big bowl, tsk tsk, tsk tsk, Then there will be no more happiness." Zhou Xu thought about it and became even hungrier, and I am afraid that he will have this dream at night.

Xiaolou smiled and said: "If you eat this fishy and greasy food at night, I'm afraid the prince will not be able to sleep even more."

"That's Brother Xiaolou, you haven't tried it. Although the food in the palace is exquisite and delicious, the process of eating it is too complicated. You think, the most delicious food is when the smoke comes out when the lid is opened, commonly known as Opening the pan, there are many procedures, and the day lily is cold, so there is no talk of deliciousness, so the most delicious and respectful cooking methods in the world must be roasted food and hot pot, hahahahahaha."

"My lord eats a bird's nest, but he has gained so many insights." Xiaolou smiled helplessly.

"The bright moon in the sky, the fireworks in the world, but three meals a day." Zhou Xu felt that what he said was very clever, and it was a bit poetic.

Xiaolou nodded with a smile: "My lord is right, that's the truth."

"There are so many bird's nests, I can't finish them all by myself, so you should sit down and eat together."

"In that small building, it's better to be respectful than obedient." Then he took a clean bowl to fill the bird's nest, and sat opposite Zhou Xu, not as polite as before.

"My lord can't sleep, maybe he's worried about tomorrow's interview?" Xiaolou asked gently.

As soon as he mentioned meeting the emperor, Zhou Xu felt his breath stuck in his chest, and his stomach twitched: "Yeah, I've been away from hell this time, and I can't even remember the past. I'm sure I can't hide it from Brother Huang, I don't know what he will think, don't think that I have some conspiracy by pretending to be crazy." Since ancient times, companions with kings are like companions with tigers, isn't that the reason.

"My lord really can't remember now?" Xiaolou took a deep look at Zhou Xu and asked tentatively.

Zhou Xu nodded, sighed, and continued to eat the bowl of bird's nest dejectedly.