Dragon Fate of Shan Hai Ji

The word "father" came out of Du Ruyuan's mouth lightly, making Le Yue's head dizzy.

"Brother Du, he... he is yours..."

King Dingnan glanced at him calmly: "I am his father."

These somewhat superficial words came out of King Dingnan's mouth, unexpectedly with a hint of calm elegance and arrogance.

Le Yue couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, this, this is the legendary princely temperament~~ I finally saw it today... He couldn't help but look around one by one: Zhao Yuan, a dragon; Lin Qing, a unicorn ;Yingze, an ancient dragon god.Now that Du Ruyuan has become the son of King Dingnan again, even the most ordinary Luo Lingzhi is at least the head disciple of the Qingxuan sect, the largest sect in the world.He thought melancholy, this young hero is really lucky, everyone around him is a character, and each character brings him a lot of "surprises".

King Dingnan ordered people to untie Le Yue and the others one by one, only Du Ruyuan was still bound.

Dingnan Wang said: "This king offended a few of you in order to catch the dog and return to the mansion. I'm really sorry." His tone was very easy-going, and his expression was completely different from the gloomy expression when he was staring at Du Ruyuan.

Le Yue rubbed his sore arms, and said with an apologetic smile: "My lord, you are being polite." Zhao Yuan bumped into Le Yue lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Why is Du Ruyuan still tied up?" Le Yue twitched the corner of his mouth and said softly: " There is a common saying in the world that father and son are enemies." Zhao Yuan looked puzzled in a daze.

Du Ruyuan, who was bound, was still calm and composed, and the appearance of confronting King Dingnan was indeed like an enemy, faintly turbulent.

Lin Qing clicked her tongue: "Bookworm, I didn't expect you to be the heir of King Dingnan. No wonder you keep playing tricks and always say good things about King Dingnan."

Du is a common surname in Chengzhou, and four or five of the ten people in the city are named Du. In addition, Du Ruyuan has been talking about it all the time, so they never thought that Du Ruyuan's status would be so noble.

The prince of Dingnan, who is just a human being, is naturally nothing in Lin Qing's eyes.When she talked to Du Ruyuan with a smile and a smile like this, the maids in the hall felt that her tone was too disrespectful, and they all gouged out her eyes in dissatisfaction.

However, King Dingnan raised an eyebrow: "Oh?" Then he raised the corner of his mouth: "You little bastard still has some conscience, he knows how to speak well of your father in front of outsiders."

Du Ruyuan lowered his head and coughed.

Le Yue immediately interjected: "Yes, yes, Brother Du said in front of us every day that King Dingnan is the most heroic prince in the world. He is loyal to the court and sympathetic to the people. We are tired of hearing it. It turns out that he is the eldest son. No wonder."

The corners of King Dingnan's mouth raised higher and higher. Although his face was still calm, there was an unconcealable joy in his eyes.

Le Yue strikes while the iron is hot: "My lord, the reason why the prince hurried back with me is because there is an urgent matter that is urgent, the prince is very worried that the prince will be implicated, he is really anxious, and I hope the prince will show his filial piety to the prince."

Du Ruyuan lowered his head cooperatively, looking like an awkward dutiful son.

King Dingnan also raised his eyebrows on the other side: "What's the matter?"

Seeing that Du Ruyuan still bowed his head and said nothing, Lin Qing frowned impatiently: "Stop pretending in front of your father! Hey, this Prince Dingnan, that new prince brought a monster and dozens of little Taoist priests to After leaving Yunzong Mountain to refine monsters and kill gods, he may have already reached the edge of the mountain. If he was swallowed by monsters on your territory, is this a big deal for you?"

King Dingnan raised his eyebrows and fixed his expression.

Du Ruyuan raised his head: "Exactly, Father, this Mr. Luo is the head disciple of the Qingxuan Sect, he can testify."

Luo Lingzhi took half a step forward, and just as he was about to speak, King Dingnan raised his face and said, "There are no ghosts and gods in the world! The so-called ghosts and gods are all mysteries made by people with ulterior motives, and His Royal Highness is related to these things. It's disrespectful."

On the surface, his words seemed to be teaching his son a lesson, but the implication made Luo Lingzhi feel a little uncomfortable, so he swallowed back what he was about to say.

Du Ruyuan said: "Father, you don't believe in ghosts and gods, but the crown prince does. He is now dragging a wild beast to the side of Yunzong Mountain for a blood sacrifice. If he is injured by a wild beast, we can't blame it on our family? The important thing is to save the crown prince right now. If you are disrespectful or disrespectful, let’s take it easy later.”

King Dingnan narrowed his eyes: "Is there such a thing?"

Du Ruyuan smiled bitterly: "How dare I make up such a thing to play tricks on my father?"

Lin Qing said coolly at the side: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, the big deal is that the prince will be eaten as a snack by wild beasts."

As if matching her words, Ying Ze's stomach made a grunt sound in response to the occasion, and he yawned lazily, rubbed his stomach, and smacked his lips.

Dingnan King Du's expression became more and more serious.He raised his voice to summon his attendants, and ordered his soldiers to go to Yunzong Mountain to investigate immediately.

Du Ruyuan said: "Father, these friends of mine are excellent in martial arts, why don't we go together, we should be able to better protect the crown prince."

King Dingnan pondered for a while, then nodded slightly: "Okay."

King Dingnan's subordinates are full of elite soldiers. At about four o'clock, two hundred soldiers gathered outside the city and waited. The servants reported that a carriage had been prepared in the backyard for the son and several heroes to travel.You can start at five o'clock.

Du Ruyuan glanced at Lin Qing with a vague smile, Lin Qing naturally understood that he was proud of winning her bet, and turned her head and snorted.

The Dingnan Prince's Mansion is quite large. Under the guidance of the attendants, the people walked through corridors and courtyards. The backyard seemed to be thousands of miles away.Blooming clumps of charming peonies and other unnamed precious flowers, leaning on the jade steps and Zhulan, are rich and gorgeous, which dazzled Zhaoyuan's eyes.

Le Yue looked left and right all the way, feeling a lot of emotion: "Brother Du, it must be very troublesome for you to have a meal in the Dingnan Palace." He has always heard that there are cars and sedans instead of walking in the rich mansions, and he still thinks that there are Money people just know how to enjoy it, and they don't bother to take a step. Today, I have learned its necessity.

Lin Qing nodded in agreement: "Bookworm, your house is quite big, almost half the size of my bedroom." Le Yue coughed and reminded her with his eyes, don't forget that there are servants and maidservants of the palace next to her.Several maidservants who went with them to the backyard were secretly looking at her with strange eyes, showing contempt for braggarts in their eyes.Lin Qing stuck out her tongue and changed the subject: "Uh, your backyard is coming soon, isn't it?"

Du Ruyuan said: "It will be soon."

But they failed to reach the backyard smoothly and safely, and there was an accident on the way.

A woman who didn't know where she came from suddenly rushed into the corridor diagonally, grabbed Du Ruyuan, and burst into tears: "Yuan'er, you're finally back... You two will come forward later, kill me first!" Forget it...don't go anywhere from now on, don't scare me anymore..."

Le Yue and the others were taken aback. The woman who was holding Du Ruyuan and was crying was wearing a golden jade bead hairpin. She was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had a soft and beautiful appearance. She looked about thirty or so.A group of maidservants cheered up and persuaded softly: "Mother, don't cry anymore, the son has returned safely..."

Le Yue immediately understood that this beautiful lady probably belonged to Du Ruyuan...

Du Ruyuan said softly: "Yes, mother, haven't I come back well?"

Princess Dingnan tightly grasped Du Ruyuan's sleeve, tears like a fountain: "Don't hide it from me, I already know! Yuan'er, you are not allowed to go anywhere, wait until I find the prince to argue! My son has just entered the house, and my mother has not What's the point of being kicked out after seeing it?!"

Du Ruyuan smiled wryly and said: "Mother, this time it's none of your business, it's me who begged for my life..."

He told the reason to the princess, but the princess just didn't let go, and said nothing to let his son go out of the house again.

Zhao Yuan tugged at Le Yue's sleeve, Le Yue understood that Xiao Long saw Du Ruyuan's embarrassment and wanted him to help, he shook his head and said, "This is someone else's housework, so it's not good to interfere."

Lin Qing crossed her arms and said leisurely: "Let the nerd stay at home, anyway, he doesn't know martial arts, and if he goes, he might only hold us back."

Luo Lingzhi, who had been standing quietly by the side, nodded in agreement.Du Ruyuan struggled to turn around: "Don't bring such dishonest people!"

The princess's eyes straightened immediately, and the other hand holding the handkerchief to wipe the tears immediately grabbed his sleeve: "Loyalty? Yuan'er, you won't mess with that kind of world, right? I said it earlier, It’s useless to read more about those legends, the paper is full of fights and killings, just to coax you young and inexperienced, let you take dancing with knives and guns as a good thing, and it will be difficult when you regret it in the future and want to withdraw. That’s not fun, If you don't talk about the king's law and confuse the truth, you must not touch anything..."

Zhao Yuan looked at Le Yue, and it felt that Du Ruyuan's parents seemed to look down on them.Du Ruyuan's father said that ghosts and gods are all pretending, and Du Ruyuan's mother said that the world is very bad.

Du Ruyuan pressed Wang Hao's hands with his backhand: "These friends of mine are all from Jianghu sects. Mom, it's a little rude for you to say these things in front of them."

Le Yue immediately smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, my lord, the few of us are all from serious Jianghu sects, and have been recognized by the court. Especially this young hero of Luoling, who is also the number one Qingxuan sect in the world personally appointed by the emperor." The first disciple, the prince and I met by chance, and although we are friends, we have not been involved in Jianghu affairs, what we are going to do this time is to protect the crown prince and protect the country and the country, Wangfei please rest assured."

The concubine stared at him, her expression gradually softened, and she showed a slight apology: "I was worried about Yuan'er, and I couldn't choose what to say at the moment, please forgive me."

Le Yue hurriedly said it's okay, Du Ruyuan took the opportunity to pull the sleeves out of Wang Hao's hands, and supported Wang Hao's arm: "Mother, don't worry, I'm just going to Yun Zong Mountain, Dad sent two hundred soldiers to follow, I am very considerate, and I will definitely return it as soon as possible.”

The princess' tears came out again, and she pressed her eyes with a silk handkerchief.Du Ruyuan persisted in his persuasion, analyzing everything from loyalty to the emperor to serving the country to loyalty and filial piety, and after about a quarter of an hour, the princess finally nodded slightly.

"You were tied into the house by your father, and you didn't even drink your saliva. At least you had lunch before leaving..."

As if being amnesty, Du Ruyuan immediately said: "The prince's life is related to the country, it's too late." Together with Le Yue Zhaoyuan and others, they rushed to the back garden.

In the spacious space in the back garden, the carriage has been prepared, which is more than enough to seat seven or eight people, four horse-drawn carriages, and two attendants driving the carriage are also ready to go.

Le Yue was about to climb into the car, when out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of a dark purple figure walking from the bushes.King Dingnan stood by the carriage, looked at his son, and said calmly, "Be careful."

Le Yue watched from the sidelines, and a word floated in his heart—poor parents all over the world.

The carriage galloped on the official road, very quickly and smoothly.

Zhao Yuan dozed off on the seat.In Le Yue's words, the things in Wang Ye's house are just different.The seats in the carriage are covered with thick brocade mattresses and soft cushions, and can be stretched out to be the size of a small bed for sleeping. There is a small table in the carriage, and there are snacks, tea, wine.There is even a Go, a Chess.

Ying Ze ate a plate of snacks, drank two jugs of wine, became half a foot in size, lay down on a cushion, and fell asleep happily.Du Ruyuan and Luo Ling played chess to relieve boredom, while Lin Qing and Le Yue watched the battle.Zhao Yuan also wanted to sleep, but it felt that Le Yue was a little weird, not as happy as usual, so he forced his sleepy eyelids, and only dared to doze off lightly, ready to relieve him at any time.

It's a pity that Le Yue seems to have something on his mind, but he doesn't seem to have it on his mind. He can't understand chess, and Ying Ze's snoring makes him more sleepy.It leaned against the wall of the carriage, its consciousness gradually became blurred and hazy, the carriage jolted, it just woke up suddenly, hurriedly went to see Le Yue again, Le Yue stuffed it with a cushion, and said sincerely: "Go to sleep."

Zhaoyuan hummed, and put the cushion next to Leyue, and just now changed back to the dragon shape, lying on the cushion, it felt that the closer it was to Leyue, the more convenient it was to perform the duties of the Dragon God of Protecting the Vein, so it fell asleep in peace.

It slept until it was almost dark. When it woke up, they had arrived at a wilderness about three hundred miles away from Yunzong Mountain. The two hundred fine cavalry soldiers were drinking and feeding horses and setting up tents here. Sleep in the open for a night, and go on the road tomorrow morning.

The soldiers brought dry rations and hunted some wild game, and the dinner was very sumptuous.

It's just that the roasted hare strung by branches reminded Zhao Yuan of the hare girl who rescued Luo Lingzhi. When a soldier handed her a hare leg roasted until it was golden, buttery, shiny and crispy, it politely declined.

Luo Lingzhi didn't eat the roasted hare either, Zhao Yuan gave him a roasted chicken wing, Luo Lingzhi smiled and shook his head, Le Yue gnawed on the chicken leg and said vaguely: "Don't let him, he is a vegetarian."

Zhao Yuan was very surprised, Le Yue swallowed a mouthful of chicken, and explained with a sigh, Qingxuan sect is a famous sect with strict discipline, and all disciples of the sect must eat vegetarian food, eating vegetables and radish skins.Of course, those disciples would not abide by it so honestly, and there are many people who secretly hunted game and ate a few bites, but a sincere gentleman like Luo Lingzhi would definitely not do it. He has always kept fast and never violated the precept.

Zhao Yuan recalled that along the way, Luo Lingzhi seemed to only eat vegetarian food, but it didn't pay much attention to it because the food they ate was not very good.It has tasted a lot of delicacies in the world these days, and knows how much perseverance it takes Luo Lingzhi to become a vegetarian. If Le Yue is allowed to become a vegetarian, it is estimated that he will die of depression and lovesickness within a month.Zhao Yuan looked at Luo Lingzhi with deep admiration.

Ying Ze, who was gnawing on the chicken, glanced at Luo Lingzhi approvingly: "Well, a young man with perseverance can accomplish great things."

Luo Lingzhi smiled: "I've just been like this since I was a child, and I'm used to it."

After dinner, when they went to sleep in the tents, Lin Qing walked beside Le Yue and Zhao Yuan, looked at the back of Luo Lingzhi some distance away, and frowned: "I don't like this Luo Lingzhi. Do you have any?" I think he's pretending."

Zhao Yuan raised his head in confusion, and Lin Qing added to it: "It's just that he is very good at putting on a show, pretending to be a good person, pretending to be noble."

Du Ruyuan shook his head: "Oh, girl, you seem to have used this word to describe me. In your eyes, besides Brother Le Yue, is there no decent person?"

Lin Qing curled her lips: "I'm too lazy to argue with you. Luo Lingzhi's pretense is different from yours. How can I put it, he does everything flawlessly and flawlessly, so it looks fake. Usually this kind of person, Very scheming."

Zhao Yuan was a little dizzy when he heard that, he felt that Luo Lingzhi was not what Lin Qing said.

Le Yue laughed: "Lin Qing, you are worrying too much. I have dealt with Luo Lingzhi for many years. He seems to have a deep mind. In fact, after a long time of contact, I know that he is just a muscle, very rigid. .”

Le Yue still remembers that when several senior brothers had just defected to Qingxuan School, he became a big disciple at the age of 12, and his responsibilities suddenly became much heavier.So he went to the nearby mountain to dig wild vegetables every day, but Luo Lingzhi shamelessly took a shovel to dig with him and robbed him of his rations.

Le Yue was furious, and wanted to challenge Luo Lingzhi to defend the wild vegetables of the Qingshan School, but Luo Lingzhi put all the wild vegetables he dug into Le Yue's bamboo basket.Le Yue became more angry, grabbed the wild vegetables and threw them away: "Stop pretending! Are you laughing at our Qingshan School?!"

Luo Lingzhi bent down to pick it up: "I'm not."

"No? Are you sympathizing with us? The Qingshan faction doesn't need sympathy! Especially you Qingxuan faction!"

Luo Lingzhi was standing with wild vegetables in his hands, his usually clean and tidy clothes were already wrinkled and stained with a lot of mud: "I don't have any."

Le Yue didn't bother to talk to him, picked up the basket and walked to the other side, Luo Lingzhi came up to him lingeringly: "I'm sorry."

Le Yue felt sorry for that sentence.

Luo Lingzhi continued: "Le Yue, we...are friends."

Le Yue jumped up as if being pricked by a needle: "Who is friends with the Qingxuan sect! Go back to your master!" Picking up the bamboo basket, he strode away.

Luo Lingzhi didn't keep up. After walking a long distance, Le Yue looked back, and saw a black spot still standing there, motionless.

Looking back on the past now, Le Yue can already figure out that the reason why his seniors joined the Qingxuan sect is because they hate the poor and love the rich and want to climb high.It was impossible for Luo Lingzhi, who was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, to participate in sect affairs, so he should not be angry with him.But at that time, he was still young, and felt that the entire Qingxuan Sect was not a good thing, and Luo Lingzhi was also one of the enemies who persecuted the Qingshan Sect.

Le Yue was recalling the past in the tent with a straw in his mouth. He felt his arm was touched by something. He suddenly came back to his senses and found Silly Dragon squatting beside him, handing him a water bag.Le Yue sat up, took two gulps, wiped his mouth, and handed the water bag back to Zhao Yuan: "Thank you."

Zhao Yuan took back the water bag and hugged it in his arms, still staring at him without blinking: "Le Yue, do you... have something unhappy."

Le Yue twirled the grass between his teeth just now: "Hey, it's nothing, just thinking about something."

Zhao Yuan snorted.Le Yue didn't intend to tell it what it was, indicating that it, the pulse protector, could not be completely trusted.Zhao Yuan felt a little bored, and he boldly said, "You...if there is anything you can't think of...you can tell me."

Le Yue stared wide-eyed, laughed loudly, and patted it on the shoulder: "It's not bad, it's improving day by day. You've been out for so long, have you ever thought about your parents?"

Zhao Yuan hummed: "Thinking about it." It really missed the roar of the father and the king, the nagging of the queen mother, and the quarrel between the elder brothers and the elder sisters, and the younger brothers and sisters acting coquettishly and spitting blisters. "Especially today when Du Ruyuan's mother hugged him and cried, I miss my mother very much."

Le Yue let out a long breath: "It's really enviable to have a father and a mother."

Zhao Yuan suddenly thought that Le Yue had never seen his parents, probably because he met King Dingnan and Princess Wang today, which reminded him of his parents.

It opened its mouth to comfort Le Yue, but found that it didn't know what to say, so it raised its front paw to touch Le Yue clumsily.

Le Yue looked at it cautiously, and felt a little strange. Silly Dragon has been getting younger and younger every day recently, making him always feel that he has a child bride with him.He really wants to say, in fact, it's better if you have more blood, but he's afraid of hurting Shalong's fragile little heart.

At this moment, Lin Qing opened the curtain and entered the tent, with Du Ruyuan following behind her.Seeing that both Le Yue and Zhao Yuan were hesitant to speak, Lin Qing curiously asked Le Yue what they were talking about just now.

Le Yue scratched his head: "Oh, I'm talking about my parents. I've always felt that it's good to live without parents, but I still feel envious when I see brother Du, the prince and the princess' family of three in the palace today."

Lin Qing sat down on the floor beside her and nodded, "Well, especially your nerdy father Dingnan Wang, who looks like he has a grudge against you, but actually loves you quite a bit. It's a bit like my father, Wang Dingnan. The kind of person who only has a fierce mouth. Hey, why did you quarrel with your father and run away from home?"

Lin Qing asked him this question many times along the way, but Du Ruyuan always gave only one answer: "It's a long story." Then there was no more text.It's the same this time.

Lin Qing did not give up and followed the temptation: "Your father looks very serious. He still thinks that we are disrespectful when he talks about the prince, and he also says that things about ghosts and gods are deceitful. Could it be that silly dragon and I and the one sleeping like dead The pig-like old dragons are all fake?"

Ying Ze, who had been sleeping soundly in the corner of the tent, raised his head and said solemnly, "This seat is in its prime."

Everyone chose to ignore him, Ying Ze finished his statement and fell back to sleep.

Du Ruyuan's expression was a bit helpless: "My father is just too foolish and loyal. He has always insisted that ghosts, gods and mysterious methods are all nonsense."

Lin Qing opened her eyes wide: "Huh?"

Le Yue rubbed his nose: "Then he doesn't like our Qingshan Sect and Qingxuan Sect's monastic sects?"

Du Ruyuan's face was heavy, and he said that his father didn't just dislike the monastic sect, but he was very displeased... In fact, King Dingnan wrote memorials to the emperor several times, denouncing Taoist monks for pretending to be gods and ghosts to deceive the people, saying that the court made it public. Encouraging and rewarding sects of cultivating Taoism is a malpractice of the imperial court and a hidden danger of poison in the world.That's why the emperor didn't wait to see King Dingnan, and didn't invite him to the capital for several years.

Lin Qing murmured: "Then you might as well ask Shang Jing to show his true form and prove it to him."

Du Ruyuan shook his head: "It's useless, he will say that I don't know where I learned to fool him."

Zhao Yuan suddenly realized, no wonder when Du Ruyuan and his father talked about the prince, they only said that the prince brought a beast, not a monster.

Du Ruyuan walked to one side of the open space and spread out the whole quilt, Shang Jing slowly climbed down from the top of his head, and got into the quilt first.

The big furniture fell silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.Le Yue rubbed his chin, looking for something to say: "Brother Du, your appearance is more like your father's, and your eyebrows and mouth shape are more like Lingtang."

Du Ruyuan sat on the floor and smiled: "My mother is not my biological mother."

Le Yue was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said, "Sorry."

"It's nothing." Du Ruyuan looked calm, "Except that my mother is not the one who gave birth to me, I am no different from her and a normal mother and child. To me, she is my only mother."

It's inconvenient to say more about other people's family affairs and privacy. Le Yue planned to change the subject, but before he could think of anything to say, Zhao Yuan beside him asked stupidly: "Then your biological mother..."

Le Yue sighed in his heart, and Lin Qing looked at it helplessly.Zhao Yuan raised his paw and scratched his head, thinking anxiously that he seemed to have said something wrong again.

Du Ruyuan's expression was still very normal, and he said two words lightly: "Let's go."

Le Yue didn't have time to cover Zhao Yuan's mouth, when he asked the second stupid question: "Where did you go?"

Du Ruyuan raised his hand and pointed upwards: "Heaven."

Le Yue yanked Zhaoyuan's sleeve violently to stop it from continuing to be stupid, and then said tactfully: "Brother Du, you have little promise these days, and Lingtang is under the nine springs, it will definitely be very comforting."

Du Ruyuan's expression was a bit complicated: "My biological mother is not dead."

Didn't he pass away?Le Yue finally fainted, and Lin Qing said in surprise: "You said your biological mother has gone to heaven, so it doesn't mean that she passed away, could it be..."

Le Yue still didn't hold Zhao Yuan down, and was asked by it again: "Has she become a fairy?"

Du Ruyuan took off the scarf on his head and folded it slowly: "Would you like to hear a story?"

Le Yue, Zhao Yuan, and Lin Qing immediately sat upright and nodded together, even Ying Ze's snoring stopped.

Du Ruyuan said: "This story is a long story. Once upon a time, there was such a young man..."

Du Ruyuan's story is indeed very long, and its beginning is very similar to the beginning of a legend in a storybook or a play.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who was born in a noble family and was named the king of the county at the age of 13.Young and in a high position, it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and indulgent. The young county king likes luxury and extravagance, and he befriends many noble children of similar status, fighting cocks and horses all day long, and having fun.

One day, the young king of the county went hunting in the forest. He met an old man with white hair who was sitting under a tree by the forest and begged the king for a glass of water.Seeing that the old man was gray-haired and weak, the king of the county asked his men to take a water bag full of water and threw it in front of the old man.

The old man didn't go to pick up the water bag, and he didn't say thanks. The county king didn't bother to waste any more time, so he rode his horse and continued on.After entering the depths of the mountain forest, a Taoist appeared from nowhere and stopped in front of the county king's horse.

The king of the county reined in his horse and asked him why he blocked his way, and the Taoist asked, did the prince meet an old man begging for water just now, and how did the prince answer him?The king of the county replied that he met him, and the king asked his subordinates to throw him a bag of water.

The Taoist asked again, seeing the elders on the road, why didn't the prince personally hold water to respect each other, but just threw water for alms from above?Treating the virtuous with courtesy and respecting the elders are the virtues that everyone in the world should possess.

Being stopped by an inexplicable Taoist and asking inexplicable things inexplicably, the county king certainly felt absurd.He felt that although the person begging for water was old, he was just an ordinary citizen. He came to beg for water and did not salute according to the rules. He didn't care about it and still gave him a bag of water.This kind of accusation of not knowing how to respect the elders is really ridiculous.If the prince is really a person who doesn't know how to cultivate etiquette, how can he tolerate a wild Taoist standing in front of his horse and talking for a long time.

The Taoist then said, it is not considered rich to be rich, but to be peaceful and peaceful when you are old is a blessing. Although the prince is now a prince, but when he is as old as the old man who asks for water, he will be in an unknown situation, so how can he be light on dignity? ?The Taoist earnestly advised the county king to be humble and virtuous, and only by cherishing blessings and accumulating goodness can he be prosperous for a long time.

The county king finally couldn't bear it anymore and reprimanded the Taoist for not knowing what to say.He just happened to be kind, and gave a bag of water to others, but was blocked by a wild road, saying a bunch of irrelevant truths, he is virtuous and does not bother outsiders to comment, life should be done according to one's will , carpe diem in time, so that you won't waste your time.

The Taoist said that although the king of the county can do whatever he wants with his current power, he can bet that it is absolutely difficult for the king of the county to get three common people.

The words of the Taoist stimulated the king of the county, and he made a bet with the Taoist. If he lost, he would treat the elders with respect no matter how high or low he met in the future.If the Taoist loses, he will be shown to the public three days before he is tied to the gate of the palace.

The Taoist bowed and agreed.The king of the county asked what the three ordinary people are, and the Taoist replied, one is a warm heart, the other is someone who treats you sincerely, and the third is a bowl of rice to satisfy your hunger.

The Taoist and the county king agreed to gamble for half a year.The king of the county thought this bet was a joke, and he couldn't lose no matter what.

There is no need to look for cotton wool that can warm your heart.There is the best cloud bed brocade quilt in the world in the palace of the king of the county. You can hug dozens of quilts and cover your body, not to mention warming your heart.

The king of the county believes that he has friends all over the world, and there are many friends who are sincere and sincere.As for the last bowl of plain rice that can fill one's hunger, it is even more ridiculous. Can't find a bowl of rice anywhere?The king of the county continued to hunt happily. His attendant shot a wild goose with a bow, and accidentally shot a passing white crane.The king of the county was in a good mood at the time. Seeing that the white crane was trembling after landing, it was very pitiful, so he asked his attendants to let it go and put some wound medicine on its wings by the way.

After the county king returned to the palace, he leisurely counted the days and waited for half a year to pass.Unexpectedly, within a few months, he encountered an earth-shaking change.

The emperor died without leaving an edict.The first emperor had two princes in total, both of whom were still young, and several factions in the court were arguing over who should succeed him.In the end, the lottery was verified in the Fengshen Temple, and the eldest prince and Shaozhong signed a lottery to succeed him. He was renamed Chongde and was known as Emperor Chengde in the world.Empress Dowager, Sangong and National Teacher Feng Wu assisted the government.The prime minister Zhao Chu and General Zhen Guo who supported the second prince refused to accept and tried to force the palace to seize the throne, but were suppressed.

The young county king had some friendship with General Zhen Guo, and was implicated. Both were beaten into a rebellious party, the king's jue was decimated, the palace was confiscated, and he himself was taken to the capital and put on death row.

It was the twelfth lunar month when the king of the county was taken into the capital. He was only wearing thin sin clothes and miscanthus sandals. His hands and feet were cracked and full of frostbite. They were worn out by the shackles and drenched with blood.Those who flattered him, those who flattered him, and those who called him brothers and sisters whom he believed to be true to each other were all afraid of being implicated and stayed away from him. No one dared to come to see him.Along the way, he often fainted from cold or hunger, and even gnawing steamed buns as hard as stones was considered a delicious meal.

When passing through a mountain forest, a Taoist priest stepped on the snow and stood on the side of the road facing the prison cart.

The Taoist asked: "Your Highness, do you still remember the game with Pindao?"

The county king suddenly remembered that today is the day when his six-month gamble expires.

In just half a year, he changed from a prince who called the wind and rain to a downcast death row prisoner.He didn't have any of the three things that he thought were as ordinary as dust.

It was he who lost.

The county king's heart was cold. When he suddenly realized, the prison car had already moved a long way, and the Taoist priest didn't follow him, so he couldn't open his mouth to admit defeat.Looking back, I saw the vast expanse of whiteness and emptiness behind me, and there seemed to be nothing between the heaven and the earth.

He was so desperate that he jumped off the cliff when the escorting soldiers released him from the prison car for a meal and rest.

As the protagonist of a story, it is an iron law that jumping off a cliff will not kill you.When the king of the county woke up from the coma, he found himself in a thatched hut. He was covered with a quilt. Although it was crude, it was extremely warm.

A young girl smiled at him while holding a steaming bowl.

This smile is the most beautiful smile the county king has ever seen in his life.

The girl's name is Hexian. She said that both of her parents died, and she lived alone in the hut in this valley. She accidentally found the unconscious king of the county and rescued him.

The king of the county told the girl that he was a death row prisoner convicted of treason, and if he was saved, he would be implicated.It is better to hand him over to the government as soon as possible.

But the girl said, when I rescued you, I knew who you were.Maybe you don't remember me anymore, you were my savior, I fell into the palace, it was the prince who let me go, I will never forget this kindness.

The king of the county really doesn't remember doing this. He vaguely recalled that a year or two ago the manager bought a new batch of servants. He didn't think it was necessary, so he sent them all back home. He just wanted to give them a kindness, probably Hexian is one of them.

But he didn't expect that this unintentional move would actually leave a glimmer of life for him, and the person who saved him in the end was actually a former maid.

Hexian took good care of the county king.She braved the wind and snow to go to a nearby city to buy medicine for the county king, and she still stayed by the stove in the middle of the night to decoct medicine, her hands were red and swollen from the cold.Her family is poor, and she can only cook rough tea and light rice, yellow rice, and pickled winter pickles, and she doesn't get any meat.The king of the county felt that these meals were more precious than all the delicacies he had eaten before.

The king's injury gradually improved. On the night of the New Year's Eve, He Xian got some white rice from somewhere and steamed half a pot of white rice.Mix some pickled gourd strips and dried pickles, which is their New Year's Eve dinner.

After taking the bowl full of rice and looking at the girl smiling at him, a thought that had been dormant for a long time surged in the king's heart.He thought that if he lived in seclusion in the valley all his life, it might be the happiest and perfect thing.Because he was covered with a heart-warming quilt, had hot rice in his hand, and there was someone he wanted to spend his whole life with in front of him.

He has seen many wealthy daughters. Compared with them, Hexian is just a thin and delicate girl, without the grace and beauty of peony, without dignified and noble demeanor, but just looking at her smile, he feels that he owns the world Most precious of all.

But now he is still an absconded conspiracy, he can't give Hexian anything, he can only drag her down, he has no right to ask her if she would like to stay with him for the rest of her life.

It's just that he is content with the current days, and he has a vague premonition that such days will not last long.

Sure enough, when the winter snow began to melt gradually, a group of soldiers entered the valley and surrounded the thatched hut. The king of the county guarded Hexian behind him, and calmly said to the soldiers holding sharp weapons: "I will go back with you, she Just a village girl who doesn't understand anything, don't hurt the innocent."

One of the soldiers walked out and knelt down to him on one knee: "My lord, Your Majesty has found out that the conspiracy has nothing to do with your lord. We are ordered to ask you to go back."

Within a few months, the county king experienced the greatest ups and downs in the world.He once lost everything overnight, and now, everything he lost has returned to his hands.

It is said that it was Feng Wu, the most powerful national teacher at that time, who overturned his case and proved his innocence. Right now, the imperial court is waiting for his help in an urgent matter.

The empress dowager assisted the government, which caused the power of her relatives to expand. They didn't pay attention to the young Emperor Chongde and wanted to replace him.

The king of the county led troops to suppress the rebellion of his relatives, and changed from a former death row prisoner to a hero who defended the country.The emperor gave him the title of king again, and added many lands to him as fiefdoms.He became one of the four most powerful kings with heavy soldiers in his hands.

When he was proud of his power, he did something that shocked the world—married a poor-born