Chapter 60 fourth quarter

Time: At the beginning of Shenshi, three quarters (according to today's time, it should be three forty-five in the afternoon). Location: Prince Gong's Mansion, underground cave. A group of four turned into a quiet and narrow alley, surrounded by several towering trees, this alley was really hard to find.Walking out of the alley, the eyes are wide open, and they arrive at a secluded courtyard. In the northeast corner of the courtyard, there is a Buddhist hall. The four of them entered the Buddhist hall. King Gong respectfully greeted the statue of Tathagata Buddha enshrined in the center of the Buddhist hall. In the prostration ceremony, influenced by him, Ning Xin'er and Uncle Meng couldn't help but salute to Buddha even though they don't believe in Buddhism.The third son stubbornly stood still, indifferent to this huge golden Buddha statue.

After making a wish and burning incense, Prince Gong walked towards the back of the Buddhist hall.Behind the Buddhist hall is a wall made of huge stones, and Prince Gong stands in front of the wall.There is no way to go, it seems that there must be a secret passage behind the wall, but I don't know how to open it, King Gong Zhao naturally knows, but he is not in a hurry to open the secret passage, he does not want to reveal more secrets. Seeing Prince Gong's hesitant expression, the third son had guessed his thoughts, and said, "Little prince, think about it here first, how should we go on the road ahead, the three of us go out first to get some air." Ning Xin'er, who refused to leave, was extremely curious, and wanted to get involved in everything, dragged Ning Xin'er out of the Buddhist hall, followed by Uncle Meng staggeringly.

After a while, Prince Gong called them in.I saw a secret passage had been exposed on the wall, and a giant candle was burning every three steps on both sides of the secret passage.The secret path extends underground, I don't know how long it is.As they climbed down the stairs, the damp and cold underground became more and more intense.Finally, Prince Gong stopped in front of a stone.Prince Gong gently pushed the stone, and the stone moved away slowly, revealing a door.The door opened, and there was a huge and gorgeous room inside, which was surprisingly spacious, and the smell of the smell in the room was refreshing.The decoration of the room is full of Miaojiang style, which made Uncle Meng suddenly recall the more than 20 years he had spent in Miaojiang. Thinking of this, his old face became a little more angry, but his eyes also became melancholy stand up.

A tall woman rushed out of the room and hugged Prince Gong in her arms.She was more than two ends taller than Prince Gong, she hugged Prince Gong like a mother holding a baby, the scene was both funny and shocking.She wore a long black floor-length dress, which covered her hair. She didn't look so scary, but rather glamorous.She must have been waiting for Prince Gong for a long time, so she was so excited every time she saw Prince Gong.She suddenly found that Prince Gong was not the only one who came today, but three strangers she had never seen before were following Prince Gong, looking at her curiously, but there was nothing in their eyes that she often met in Miaojiang. The ridicule, the disgust, the fear, the hatred, but just watching, pure curiosity.Even so, she was shocked, and didn't know why these strangers came here and what they wanted to do to her. Out of instinct, she ran back to the room and hid, but the room is really not a good place to hide. She had no choice but to run to the bed and cover herself with the quilt, only exposing her two green eyes that were spinning around.

Prince Gong chased her into the house, and comforted her softly: "Xiangyi, don't be afraid, they won't hurt you." But Xiangyi just clung to the quilt and refused to let go. The third son said: "Miss Xiangyi, you don't have to be afraid, we are friends of the young prince, that is, your friends. We will not hurt you, we are here to be friends with you." Xiangyi still didn't speak, covered Don't let go of the quilt. The third son said: "Little prince, can she not speak?" Prince Gong said: "When I first met her, she was indeed not very good at speaking. Afterwards, after careful training by me, and Xiangyi is an extremely smart girl, she is able to handle ordinary daily conversations now. I'm just not used to talking to strangers."

Ning Xin'er had already seen Xiang Yi in the painting, so when she saw the real person again, although she was still very shocked, but after all, she had psychological preparation in advance, and the degree of shock has been greatly reduced.When she saw Xiangyi hiding on the bed, she thought it was very cute.Moreover, being the daughter's family, she felt more sympathy and love for Xiang Yi, so she boldly walked to the bed.Xiang Yi's eyes were wide open, watching Ning Xin'er's every move nervously, but she did not show any resistance.She could feel that the beautiful woman in front of her was not malicious to her, perhaps, this was her natural keen sense of smell as the other half of the beast.

Ning Xin'er was also a little worried that Xiangyi would make some radical moves because she was getting closer and closer, so she acted very cautiously and did not use all her strength, so that if she saw something wrong, she would still be able to Room to withdraw. Ning Xin'er slowly and tentatively sat down on the edge of the bed. For some reason, she realized for the first time that she had such a strong desire to protect someone of the same sex, perhaps because she was both a woman and a woman in love , or maybe because of Xiangyi's bizarre life experience and her tragic and sad experience.Ning Xin'er gently comforted Xiang Yi and said: "We are here to help you, we are your friends, please trust us."

Her sincerity made Xiang Yi gradually let down her vigilance, she exposed her head and hands from the quilt, she stretched out her hand towards Ning Xin'er, Ning Xin'er didn't hesitate at all, and took her hand into her own.Xiangyi's hands were extremely soft, although they were covered with hair, they were very smooth.And when those fluff brushed Ning Xin'er's palm, Ning Xin'er felt crispy and itchy, yet indescribably comfortable.Ning Xin'er couldn't help being a little fanciful, she thought to herself, just these two hands can give a person such an unprecedented feeling, then what a huge temptation her whole body should be to a man, but few people dare to try it That's all.Maybe, such a woman does not need to use Gu, but she already has enough charm to make a young man who is full of blood fascinated and desperate for her.

Compared with the painting, Xiangyi's face is more vivid and vigorous. The aura of heaven and earth she absorbed in the deep mountains of Miaojiang has not disappeared, and there are still obvious marks on her face.If those hairs are ignored, such a face is even several times more beautiful than the faces of many beauties among humans.After all, Xiangyi is a child, and for more than a year, she has hardly seen anyone other than Prince Gong.Now there is a girl of a similar age by her side. Although the two haven't spoken much, they hold hands intimately.She had completely forgotten the fear just now.

When Prince Gong taught her how to read and write, Xiang Yi would suddenly burst into tears.Prince Gong asked her why, but she refused to tell.She knew in her heart that she would never be able to live like the characters in the book, but she still couldn't restrain her desire and longing for that kind of life. She also hoped to have her own brothers and sisters, even her own children, She hoped that when Prince Gong couldn't be with her, someone could talk and play with her.However, she knew that she was too different from the people in the book. Xiang Yi looked at Ning Xin'er innocently, and said with admiration: "You are so beautiful." Her tone was so sincere, without any affectation, that Ning Xin'er could tell that her praise came from the heart .

Ning Xin'er patted her hand and said: "Thank you Miss Xiangyi for your compliment, you are beautiful too." Xiangyi shook her head stubbornly and said in a low voice: "I'm not beautiful, I'm not beautiful at all, you and I Not the same. I'm an ugly monster, and I wish I could be as pretty as you." Ning Xin'er said: "You still say that you are not beautiful, if you are not beautiful, the little prince will like you so much? And you specially brought you thousands of miles from Miaojiang back to the capital? If you still don't believe me, you can ask three Young Master, and Uncle Meng." Xiangyi looked at the third young master in surprise, and said, "You are the third young master Zhao often talks about?" The third young master nodded.Xiangyi said again: "You killed Taotie too?" The third young master nodded again. Xiangyi lowered her head and said softly: "Taotie is my father." The third son said: "I know, I hope the girl will not blame me." Xiangyi said: "I don't blame you. It's very bad, it's not good. It eats people every now and then. Although it doesn't eat me, it always eats others. After all, it has done bad things." Ning Xin'er asked: "How could Taotie be your father?" So, Xiangyi told everyone her story. "My grandfather was a chief in Miaojiang. He was very powerful, and the Miao people were afraid of him. My mother, his only daughter, was the most famous beauty in Miaojiang. She was as beautiful as you. When she was young, she was betrothed to the son of the chief of another tribe. I heard that he was a mighty, tall and healthy young man. My mother liked this marriage very much, and she was expecting the young man to marry her. The day to go is coming. "One day, my grandfather took the men of the tribe to fight another tribe. Only women, children, and old people were left in the tribe. My grandfather and the men of the tribe did not return to the tribe until very late, only to find that the tribe Many people inside died, and the mother disappeared, and the grandfather was very angry. Those who survived told the grandfather that a huge beast with the height of three or four people suddenly ran into the tribe, and it would bite every person. On their necks, those people died immediately. It also scattered their corpses into pieces and chewed them in its mouth. In this way, it killed seven or eight people in a row. But when it saw my mother, But he didn't eat my mother, but stopped and looked at her blankly. My mother ran away in fright, but the beast quickly caught up with her, hugged her, and left the tribe, going outside the tribe ran into the deep mountains. "Grandfather was going to look for my mother, but his subordinates advised him not to look for it, saying that my mother must be dead. My grandfather said that one needs to see people when one is born, and one needs to see corpses when one dies. But the mountain is so big, and I don't know how long it will take to find it. After half a month, the mother suddenly returned to the tribe. Many people wondered why the beast did not eat the mother. The grandfather said that it was because of the blessing of the gods, and the men and women in the tribe were very happy. Sing and dance. "In order to prevent beasts from eating people again, the tribe moved to a flat place and dug a lot of traps around the village. When another tribe sent people to propose marriage to my mother, my mother refused to agree. At this time, she was already pregnant. Fucking me, I grew bigger and her belly grew bigger. "The grandfather was very angry and asked whose child it was. The mother said it was the child of the beast. The grandfather couldn't help it. He cried loudly and said that it was all his fault. He didn't protect his daughter well. He lost a lot of livestock and food. I rejected the marriage. Later I was born, and my grandfather named me Xiangyi, which means a child who should not have been born. When I was born, Taotie howled loudly not far from the village, But it seemed to know that there were many traps outside the stockade, so it didn't dare to rush in. "Later, the young man whom my mother liked very much found out about this, so he took a sword, a bow and arrow, and went to the mountains to find Taotie. Everyone said that young man was the number one warrior in Miaojiang, but although he was brave, he was still not from Taotie. The opponent. He died. People found his knife and bow and arrows on the mountain, but they could not find his body. He was eaten by gluttons. The wizard said that this beast was sent by the gods in the sky, and only the warriors of gods can Kill it, mortals cannot kill it. After mother heard about the death of the young man, she cried every day and soon died. She said that she went to heaven to be the wife of the young man. After that, the tribe I moved back several times, and every time I moved, I grew up a bit, but no matter where we moved, Taotie could find us. "At that time, I had already learned how to use a knife and how to shoot an arrow. I decided to go to Taotie to avenge my dead mother and the people in the tribe. But after I found it, I chopped it with a knife and shot it with an arrow. It didn't even hide. It recognized me as its daughter. It bled a lot and looked very sad and pitiful. So I couldn't bear to kill it. I stood there crying for a long time, I don't know What should I do? It came to hug me, and I let it hug me. I told it to leave the place where we live, leave my people, and don’t hurt them anymore. It seems to understand what I mean, it After licking my face all over with my tongue, I left the stockade where we lived. When it left, the two feathered arrows I shot on its back remained on its back, and it did not pull them out. go. "For a long time, I have never seen it again, but I always feel that it is somewhere not far away, watching me silently and watching me grow up day by day. Until I met When I arrived in Zhao, I told my grandfather that I would follow Zhao to his country. My grandfather sent me across the Jinsha River with tears in my eyes. I know that not only my grandfather and the clansmen saw me off, but also Taotie. Looking at me from a distance, watching me leave Miaojiang where I was born and raised, and go to a country I am completely unfamiliar with. But I did not expect that it would follow me all the time, from Miaojiang to Dali, and then to the capital. Wherever he went, people were eaten by him. When I heard Zhao talk about the murders by the West Lake, I knew it was done. "That night, I asked Zhao to drive a boat to the middle of the West Lake, trying to persuade him to go back to Miaojiang and tell him not to follow me. Everything is fine here, so don't worry about it, but he refused to listen. If you listen to me earlier, you won't die. No one in Miaojiang can kill it, even the number one warrior in Miaojiang is not its opponent, but it never thought that the world is so big, there is always someone who can kill it. The person it subdues, and this person is you, Third Young Master." She told her story, several times being forced to stop by uncontrollable sobs.Prince Gong held her in his arms and comforted her constantly. Ning Xin'er was also moved by this miraculous and poignant story, tears flowed down with Xiangyi, and Uncle Meng's eye sockets were also slightly moist. He knew that in that remote and closed Miaojiang, every river, every village , each tree has its own story, and the stories that happen there are often difficult for the people of the Central Plains to understand. The people there are more simple and natural, and they are closer to the world. The relationship between them is simple and direct, unlike the Han people Such intrigues and intrigues. The third son quietly listened to Xiangyi finish telling the story.He had a premonition of this story, but telling it from someone who had witnessed it still shocked him greatly. Although he had great sympathy for Xiang Yi, there was still one thing he had to do.He glanced at Uncle Meng who was recalling the years in Miaojiang, Uncle Meng immediately understood, nodded to the third son, indicating that he was ready. The sad atmosphere in the room hadn't completely dissipated, but the third young master had no choice but to interrupt it.He said to Prince Gong: "My lord, I have to bring up the old story again. Uncle Meng lived in Miaojiang for more than 20 years, and he has a deep research on the poisons and witchcraft in Miaojiang. If you don't mind my little lord, I will let you Uncle Meng will check for you." Zhao Wenyan was displeased, and said, "Why does the young master keep thinking about this matter?" Xiangyi over there asked with concern: "Zhao, what's wrong?" Zhao replied: "Third Young Master has always suspected that you played a trick on me, that's why I fell in love with you." Xiang Yi asked: "Third Young Master, why do you think so? Do I really not deserve to be liked by others?" Xiangyi's innocent and direct question made the third son very embarrassed, and he quickly defended: "Of course not, you are a very cute girl. Xin'er and you are so close, I will follow her to like you." Xiangyi immediately smiled, and said: "Okay, okay, Xin'er is a good person, although you killed my father, you are also a good person, good people will get rewarded, good people like me, I am very happy." The third son hardened his heart: "Miss Xiangyi, although I like you very much, I still want to check on Zhao." Xiangyi said: "You are so strange. I didn't trick him, but you still refuse to believe it. But, you are a warrior of God, and only a warrior of God can kill Taotie. In Miaojiang, all People will kneel on both sides of the road to welcome you; all unmarried beautiful women will be sent to your bed by their fathers, hoping that they will be lucky enough to conceive your child; all wizards will write three days and three nights There are endless ballads to praise your great achievements. It is God's will for you to do so, Zhao, just listen to the third son!" Although Prince Gong was very reluctant, he still listened to Xiangyi's idea. Ning Xin'er said to Xiang Yi: "You say he is a warrior of God, he may not be happy." Xiangyi asked curiously: "Why? Becoming a warrior of God is the glory and dream of every boy in Miaojiang." Ning Xin'er smiled mischievously, and said: "He is very arrogant. He thinks he is a god, and he forced me to follow him to believe it. If you call him a warrior of God, don't you call him a god for no reason? How could he be happy when he was demoted to one level?" Xiangyi stuck out her tongue and said, "I've never seen the appearance of a god. My grandfather is so old, and he has never seen a god. Even the warriors of the gods, in the entire Miaojiang, have a total of more than a thousand years. Only three came out. He said he was a god, do you believe it?" Ning Xin'er tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "It doesn't matter if he is a god or not, as long as he treats me well, even if he is just a mortal, I will always be by his side." And here, Uncle Meng put his finger on Prince Gong Zhao's wrist solemnly, felt his pulse, rolled up his eyelids, examined his pupils, observed the coating and color of his tongue, and flicked it with his fingers. Move his cheeks to test the tightness of his muscles.Although what Uncle Meng did was the homework that doctors must do when diagnosing and treating patients, it still made Prince Gong Zhao Ji uncomfortable.With a body of golden branches and jade leaves, he has always been aloof and pampered. Ordinary doctors, when treating him, are all cautious and smiling. How dare they be as rude and ignorant as Uncle Meng.Especially Uncle Meng's old hands, like a roll of sandpaper, tortured his delicate skin. Uncle Meng didn't care how ugly Prince Gong's face was, he would do whatever he had to do.After careful inspection, Uncle Meng took the small suitcase he carried with him, took out a few doses of decoction from it, and poured it into a broken porcelain bowl that had been prepared earlier.The bowl looked dirty, I don't know what it was used to hold, and how long it hadn't been cleaned. Prince Gong frowned, feeling uncomfortable in his throat. The third son said: "Uncle Meng, is there any result?" Uncle Meng rolled up his sleeves and said: "This little ailment, how can it be difficult for me. As long as the little prince drinks the potion I prepared, the result will be known immediately." Prince Gong pinched his nose, and said: "What kind of medicine is this? I don't know how to use a cleaner bowl to serve it. I am worried that drinking medicine from such a dirty bowl that even beggars would dislike would not cause illness at all. , and you'll get sick from drinking it." Uncle Meng said: "Don't worry, little lord. Drinking this bowl of medicine is guaranteed to be of great benefit to you. At that time, I'm afraid it's too late for you to be grateful to the old man. Maybe you will ask me to ask for more bowls of this broken bowl. take the medicine." King Gong said: "If Xiangyi hadn't promised you, I wouldn't have suffered this kind of crime." He took the broken bowl and just lifted it to his mouth, ready to drink it, but put it down again. People almost feel sick.He raised it and put it down again and again, but he still couldn't make up his mind to drink it all up. Uncle Meng said: "Good medicine tastes bitter, the young prince must know the truth." Prince Gong closed his eyes, opened his mouth wide, poured the medicine into his mouth, and gulped it in. He threw the broken bowl casually. A precious bowl for food, which cannot be broken." After drinking the medicine, Prince Gong didn't feel anything special at first, but after a while, he felt his stomach churning, he was so sad, his whole body was twitching, and the world was spinning. Seeing this, Xiangyi turned pale with shock, and exclaimed: "What kind of medicine did you give him?" As he said that, he wanted to get up from the bed and go to help King Gong Zhao.Ning Xin'er held her hand tightly and said: "You don't have to worry, Uncle Meng will definitely not harm the little prince." Xiangyi said: "You promise?" Ning Xin'er said: "I promise. The third son is a warrior of the gods, and Uncle Meng is the fighter of the third son. A warrior of the gods will not harm innocent people." Xiang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and murmured: "As long as he is fine, may God bless him." She prayed devoutly for Prince Gong Zhao. King Gong Zhao suddenly lowered his head, Uncle Meng had already put a golden basin by his mouth, Zhao spat out two big mouthfuls of blood with a "wow".The blood stasis quickly congealed into lumps in the golden basin.Uncle Meng looked at the two bruises with joy on his face. Prince Gong leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh of relief.Strange to say, after he spit out two mouthfuls of blood, he felt more energetic, full of strength, and his limbs were lazily happy. He hadn't experienced this kind of experience for a long time. Uncle Meng brought some water out of the broken bowl again, and waited for Zhao to rinse his mouth. This time, Zhao not only no longer disliked the broken bowl, but felt very kind to it.After Zhao finished rinsing his mouth, the third son asked: "How does the young prince feel?" Prince Gong said: "Uncle Meng is indeed a good doctor, and the medicine is indeed a good medicine. Xiao Wang seems to be several years younger now, and his whole body is full of strength. .” The third son said: "Look at the girl lying on the bed again, do you know her?" Zhao Dao: "Of course I know her, she is Xiangyi." The third son scratched his head, wondering if something was wrong, he looked at Uncle Meng, but Uncle Meng held his head up high and high, he didn't know what he was looking at, anyway, he just didn't look at the third son. The third son asked again: "Zhao, since you know Miss Xiangyi, have you noticed that she is a little different from before?" Zhao shook his head and said, "Nothing unusual." The third young master said: "Then describe the appearance of Miss Xiangyi you saw." Zhao was a little puzzled, thinking that it's not like you don't have eyes, why don't you see it yourself?But he was puzzled, and he answered according to the request of the third son: "Miss Xiangyi is different from ordinary girls. She is more beautiful than those beauties in the world with skin like snow. She is a gift from heaven. When I saw her for the first time, I fell in love with her uncontrollably. Now, I love her even more strongly. No matter what others think of her or me, I don’t care. I’m just obsessed with her. I love her clear eyes, innocent face, hair all over her body, I like everything about her." The third young master was stunned for a long time before slowly saying: "It seems that I was wrong, and it was very wrong. You really love her." Ning Xin'er made fun of him and said, "You only know!" The third son sighed: "I have been in the nine heavens, how can I truly understand the emotions of mortals." Indeed, who can explain the mystery of love clearly.No matter how powerful Gu poison is, how can it defeat the power of the human heart?True love will not be changed by poison, and if the heart is already a barren desert, even if all the poison in the world is poured into this desert, it will not bear the flowers and fruits of love.The voodoo that Miao girls are good at is after all just a beautiful legend, a kind of compensation and consolation for those hopeless love. The third son said: "Since you really love each other, I should bless you." King Gong said: "Thank you, son." The abnormal love with Xiangyi has always been a big stone in Zhao's heart, and he dared not mention it to anyone.This made him preoccupied and anxious all day long.Now that he finally understood and agreed with this, he felt a lot more relaxed. The third son said again: "It's just that Miss Xiangyi can't live in this kind of place anymore." Zhao Dao: "But where can I live if I don't live here? Although the world is big, we must find a safe place for Xiangyi So it’s so rare.” Ning Xin'er said: "It's gloomy here, it doesn't see the sun all day long, it's stuffy and wet, if this goes on, it will do a lot of harm to Miss Xiangyi's health. I think the little prince will build another house in the capital to let the Miss Xiangyi lives in, and then brings some of her tribe from Miaojiang, so that they can just serve her. And they all regard Xiangyi as their own children, and they will definitely protect her everywhere, and they are not afraid that they will leak the news , wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds.” Prince Gong hesitated, and said, "Is this possible?" Ning Xin'er said: "Of course it can be done. For Miss Xiangyi, any place is safer than this palace, and it will also make Miss Xiangyi more comfortable and happier." Prince Gong said: "As long as Xiang Yi is happy, even if someone finds out, Xiao Wang is willing to give it a try." The third son said: "Yes, a genius can gain eternal life, but mortals will inevitably die. Love is like a dream, and everything after death is nothingness. People, people, enjoy yourself while you can, and use up your short life."