Chapter 22 The 22nd Hui Shi died for his confidant

Changsun Hong suddenly laughed coquettishly like a silver bell, and said: "You just think we really can't kill them? If Madam really wants the life of the faint king, even if he has ten heads, all of them will be gone." After saying these words, Chu Liuxiang and the others under the cabin couldn't help being stunned, and General Min and Hong Xianggong were even more surprised and couldn't even speak. After a while, Hong Xianggong said, "Since that's the case, sir didn't spare a lot of money, why did you invite those assassins here?" Wu Juxuan smiled and said: "I'm looking for those assassins, just to startle the faint king. If a person feels that his life is in danger, he will tell a secret that he usually doesn't want to reveal to others. It is very beneficial to his relatives, how could he bring it underground?"

Changsun Hong said: "Who knows that this faint king's mouth is tighter than a bottle. No matter how dangerous the situation is, he still refuses to tell others, even to his closest relatives." Hearing this, Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "No wonder King Qiuci escaped from death. It turns out that others didn't want his life at all. We were nervous for a long time, and we were fooled by others." Suddenly Shi Guanyin said with a smile: "It is really not easy to be fooled by Chu Xiangshuai, who is famous all over the world." Although she was still in the cabin, the voice seemed to speak to Chu Liuxiang's ears, her internal strength was so strong that she was able to condense the voice.

Chu Liuxiang was taken aback, but smiled and said: "Madam also thinks too much of me, I will always be fooled." Shi Guanyin said slowly: "Why should Xiangshuai be too humble? Although there are many opponents that this concubine has met in her life, there is no one who can compare to Xiangshuai in terms of intelligence, wit and martial arts." Chu Liuxiang smiled wryly and said: "If I am really as smart as Madam said, how can I be under Madam's skirt at this moment." Shi Guanyin smiled and said: "Xiang Shuai knows that in such a situation, there are still people who wish for it!"

Ji Bingyan said coldly: "This female devil is teasing you with words. I'm afraid she has already taken a fancy to you. Whether we can survive or not depends on the methods of your great lover." His voice was naturally low and low, but Chu Liuxiang was still afraid that Shi Guanyin would hear him, so she quickly interrupted him with her voice, saying: "It's a pity that I can die under the pomegranate skirt of a beauty, but it's a pity that I want to see you." On the madam's side, she tosses and turns, unable to get what she wants." The eight characters he said at the end are two sentences in "Guanju" in the Book of Songs, which is also the earliest and most famous love song in the past and present. The meaning of the eight words is much deeper than that of other people's thousands of sentences.

Shi Guanyin obviously heard the provocative meaning in his words, and after a long silence, he said leisurely: "Do you want to see me?" Chu Liuxiang sighed and said, "I can't get what I want, I tossed and turned." Shi Guanyin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will let you see me." Chu Liuxiang said: "Now?" Shi Guanyin said: "Why are you so impatient?" Chu Liuxiang sighed: "It's not that I'm impatient, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to live that long." Shi Guanyin remained silent for a while, then said flatly: "You will live until then."

Suddenly Wu Juxuan said loudly: "He won't live until then." Shi Guanyin said coldly: "Who said that?" Wu Juxuan took a long breath, and said: "Madam, haven't you heard of it? Suffering from carbuncle, if..." Right Guanyin said sharply: "Do I still want you to teach me a lesson?" Wu Juxuan didn't dare to speak anymore. However, Hong Xianggong gave a dry cough and said with an apologetic smile: "If it is not necessary, it would be better to get rid of this person." Shi Guanyin's voice softened, and he said slowly: "The calligrapher and painter have completed a masterpiece. If no one appreciates it, it will feel like walking through the night like a brocade, and all the effort is wasted, isn't it?"

Although Hong Xianggong couldn't understand the deep meaning of her words, he couldn't answer her. Shi Guanyin said again: "When a famous actress is singing, if no one listens, she will feel very boring, right?" Hong Xianggong said: "Yes!" Shi Guanyin said: "When we do this, we are like painters brushing their brushes and famous actors singing. We need people to appreciate it, because what we have done is undoubtedly a masterpiece." Hong Xianggong laughed and said: "Yes, in terms of the depth of force and the density of the structure, Wang Xizhi's Lanting post and Li Taibai's long song performance are absolutely inferior to this case."

Shi Guanyin said: "That's why I want him to live to see our work completed. Famous paintings need to be appreciated, and famous songs need to be listened to by friends. Only people like Chu Liuxiang know how to appreciate what we do, right?" Hong Xianggong said: "That's right, madam has a great opinion, it's really beyond human reach." Wu Juxuan said: "But, this person..." Shi Guanyin said coldly: "You don't need to talk too much." She is very polite to everyone, but to Wu Juxuan, she never pretends, Wu Juxuan is actually submissive, and respectfully said: "Yes."

Shi Guanyin said: "Since that's the case, I will take the following three people back. Do you have any objections?" Hong Xianggong apologized and said with a smile: "My wife's order is to obey." Shi Guanyin smiled and said, "Everyone, please don't worry, I will definitely take good care of them." After being bored for a day, Hu Tiehua almost fell ill from boredom, and he didn't know how much wine he drank. The strange thing is, he seemed to become more sober the more he drank. Seeing that this day was about to pass again, Hu Tiehua couldn't help sighing, and murmured: "Chu Liuxiang, old bug, why haven't you come back yet, did you encounter a ghost?"

He didn't know that Chu Liuxiang had really met a ghost. The door curtain was lifted suddenly, and Princess Pipa had already barged in. Hu Tiehua was sullen, and now she found someone to vent her anger, and shouted: "I ask you, do you know how to be polite?" Princess Pipa gave him a cold look and said, "What courtesy?" Hu Tiehua said loudly: "Mother Meng said: Husband Li, general entry, ask who survives, so pay respects. General will raise his voice, so he is also a warning. If you want to come in, don't you say hello first?" Princess Pipa smiled and said, "Ouch! I never thought you'd been studying for a few days."

Hu Tiehua put his hands behind his back, raised his head and said, "It's easy to talk about." Princess Pipa's face was serious, and she said coldly: "It's a pity you forgot your identity." Hu Tiehua stared and said, "What is my identity?" Princess Pipa said: "Now, you are our prisoner, and I don't need to be polite to you at all." Hu Tiehua stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled, and said: "A good man doesn't fight with a woman. You said that, so that's all. If someone else said it, hehe! I want him to look good." He fell on the bed, covered his head with a blanket, and simply ignored her. Princess Pipa scolded: "Why are you pretending to die? Get up!" Hu Tiehua was covered in the quilt, and laughed loudly: "I sleep when I want to sleep, and get up when I want to get up, no one can control me." Princess Pipa stomped her feet, and lifted his blanket as she walked over. Hu Tiehua shouted: "I'm not an old bug, don't look at the wrong person!" Princess Pipa blushed, but her tone softened, and said: "Princess Wang wants to see you, get up and follow me!" Hu Tiehua was stunned, sat up abruptly, and said, "Princess wants to see me? Why does she want to see me?" Princess Pipa said: "She never likes to see people, so she wants to see you this time, of course there is something important to do!" Hu Tiehua rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Since she wants to see me, let her come!" While speaking, the person fell down again. Princess Pipa stomped her feet and said, "You...you seem to have no bones." Hu Tiehua raised her feet and said leisurely: "Don't forget, it's she who wants to see me, not I who wants to see her." Princess Pipa bit her lips, and suddenly sneered and said, "I see, are you guilty of guilt and dare not see her?" Before she finished speaking, Hu Tiehua jumped up and shouted loudly: "What do I have to be guilty of? Why don't I dare to see her?" Princess Pipa held back her smile and said, "If you have the guts, come with me!" Princess Qiuci's tent was much more gorgeous than Hu Tiehua had imagined. The tent was filled with sandalwood and medicinal fragrance, which made it almost suffocating. In the pearl tent, Princess Qiuci is half leaning and half lying down, as if she is too weak to wear clothes. Although separated by a layer of gauze curtains, she still looks magnificent and cannot be looked at directly. Even Hu Tiehua seems to feel a little ashamed when he comes here. Princess Qiuci smiled slightly, and said: "I am disabled and cannot get out of bed to welcome you. I hope you will forgive me." Hu Tiehua cleared his throat and said, "No...you're welcome." He wanted to say a few words, and said: "I am your prisoner, you don't need to be polite." But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't come out. Princess Qiuci sighed, and said, "The misfortune of the night before is indeed regrettable." As soon as this matter was mentioned, Hu Tiehua became furious and said with a sneer, "Could it be that the princess is coming to interrogate me? I will not accompany you." He turned around and left, but Princess Qiuci smiled and said, "My lord, please stop, you are too suspicious." Hu Tiehua sneered: "It's not me who is suspicious, but you." The concubine sighed again, and said: "I doubted the young master by mistake, I really shouldn't, but please forgive me, young master." Hu Tiehua was startled instead, and said: "You...you have admitted that I didn't kill the man?" The concubine said softly: "Of course the young master didn't kill people, otherwise how could the young master stay here? If the young master wants to leave, who can stop him?" Hu Tiehua was silent for a while, then sighed: "When you are about to be wronged to death, suddenly you see a sensible person, it is really very happy." The princess said: "Is the young master still angry now?" Hu Tiehua smiled and said: "I was indeed a little angry at first, but I felt embarrassed when the princess said this." The concubine smiled sweetly, and after a while, she said again: "The concubine invited the young master to come here, and I really want to ask for something." Hu Tiehua puffed up her chest and said: "Scholars die for their confidantes. What the princess wants to do, as long as I can do it, go in the water if you want it, and go in the fire if you want it in the fire." The concubine said: "Your highness, my humble concubine thank you in advance." Hu Tiehua suddenly found that he was the only one left facing the princess in the tent, and Princess Pipa and the maids had quietly retreated. Unknowingly, his heart suddenly jumped up, as if he felt that the princess in the gauze was smiling at him. Immediately said loudly: "Princess, you are welcome. If you have any orders, please say so." Princess Qiuci said: "My lord, I don't know if I still remember it. Tomorrow is the day when the other party meets us to exchange the 'star of bliss'. I wonder if my lord can..." Although Hu Tiehua tried her best to restrain herself, somehow, she suddenly remembered the night of wedding candles in the bridal chamber, that tender and lingering night. Princess Qiuci in the tent seems to have turned into... Hu Tiehua didn't dare to look at it anymore, didn't dare to think about it anymore, and said loudly: "Is the princess going to exchange the star of bliss?" The concubine sighed, and said: "My family is homeless, and everyone is really betrayed. I don't want to burden the young master with such trivial matters. It's really hard for a concubine to feel at ease." Hu Tiehua said with emotion: "If I can't exchange the star of bliss back, I'd rather take off this head to make up for it." The concubine said: "The son is so righteous, it really makes the concubine... the concubine..." Her voice was so choked that she couldn't even speak, but she suddenly stretched out a soft and boneless hand from the veil. Under the light, she could see her slender fingertips trembling slightly, like a hand A little orchid struggling in the strong wind, if no one supports and loves it, it will be destroyed by the storm. Hu Tiehua felt a rush of blood in her heart, and a moment of confusion in her head. When her mind cleared up, she realized that she had somehow held this hand. Princess Qiuci actually didn't flinch, didn't dodge, but tremblingly said: "Master, be careful when you go, the concubine has entrusted everything to you." Hu Tiehua felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest, and he didn't know whether to let go of this hand or continue to hold it, and he didn't know what to say. I only felt Princess Qiuci's hand, but held his hand instead, and said softly: "Besides, this concubine has a private matter that I would like to entrust to the young master." Hu Tiehua's mind was still dizzy, without even thinking about it, she said loudly: "I have already said that as long as it is about the princess, I will die." He is naturally passionate and impulsive, with a temper that is indifferent to the past and the future. If someone treats him well, he can give his heart away. At this moment, he only felt that Princess Kucha was not only his first confidant in his life, but also the person who treated him best in the world. With the respect of a princess, he was so favored by a person in the world. Not only was he grateful, but he was flattered up. Princess Qiuci said: "The concubine only asks the son to find out the secret of the star of bliss for the concubine." Hu Tiehua was startled, and said, "Don't even the princess know this secret?" The concubine sighed: "My lord and I have been husband and wife for many years. Although we can be called respecting each other as guests, there is only this one thing that he has always refused to tell me." Hu Tiehua thought for a while, and said: "If the lord is also keeping it from the concubine, how can he tell me the secret?" The princess said slowly: "According to ancient legends, there was a huge treasure in the ancient country of Qiuci, and no one can use it at ordinary times. Only when the country is in a crisis, can it be used to restore the country. And only those who succeed the King of Kucha will know." Hu Tiehua suddenly said: "Could it be that the princess thinks that the secret of this star of bliss is related to the treasure?" The princess said: "It must be so." Hu Tiehua smiled wryly: "If that's the case, I'm afraid the prince will never tell me this secret." The princess said: "But with the power of the prince alone, it is absolutely impossible to transport that huge treasure, is it?" Hu Tiehua said: "Not bad." The princess said: "Not only does it need someone to carry it, but it also needs someone to protect it, right?" Hu Tiehua said: "Yes." The concubine sighed again, and said: "The concubine has just said that now the prince's subordinates don't have any capable manpower, let alone anyone who can escort this treasure." Hu Tiehua pondered: "The meaning of the princess is that you think the prince will ask me to escort this treasure?" The princess said: "Exactly." Hu Tiehua smiled wryly and said: "If the prince can trust me, he will not wrongly accuse me of being a murderer." The concubine said softly: "Although the prince has misunderstood the young master, his opinion will definitely change after the young master exchanges the bliss star back. Besides, besides the young master, there is absolutely no one else he can trust." Hu Tiehua said with a smile: "The princess knows that the prince trusts my friend more than he trusts me." The princess was silent for a while, and said: "But if the prince entrusts this matter to the young master, will the young master tell me the secret?" Hu Tiehua said: "Didn't I already agree..." The princess cut her mouth and said, "What if the prince wants you to keep the secret strictly?" Hu Tiehua thought for a while and said with a smile: "I promised the princess first, didn't I?" This matter is a bit unreasonable. If it were someone else, he would definitely not agree to it. However, Hu Tiehua never does things whether it is reasonable or unreasonable. As long as it is what he thinks should be done, he must do it. Thinking that Princess Qiuci is the most good person in the world, and that prince is a bastard, if he cheats the bastard for a good person, wouldn't that be justified and reasonable? As for why this Queen of Kucha must know this secret?Hu Tiehua didn't even think about this point, let alone ask. At noon, the sun was like fire. Hu Tiehua led the three camels and headed westward. Although a very long white cloth was wrapped around his head, he was still dizzy from the sun. The three Kucha warriors who followed him were far inferior to him in martial arts, but they had been worn down by the wind, sand and scorching sun in the desert for a long time. It seems that it is much more comfortable than him to practice a pair of steel and iron bones. Hu Tiehua sighed, and murmured: "It seems that I'm just afraid that I drank too much wine, why do I look like a delicate girl, and get dizzy every time I bask in the sun. If this continues, is it okay?" In fact, it was also because he had been too tired for a long time. Not only did he drink too much alcohol, but also the lingering night, which greatly consumed his physical strength. Last night, although he went to bed very early, but thinking of the beautiful figure like a peony in the smoke in the gauze tent, thinking of the soft and slender hands, he couldn't fall asleep because of tossing and turning, the more he felt that he shouldn't be sleeping. Thinking wildly, being abrupt and beautiful, the more she scolded herself for being lustful and shameless, but somehow, that beautiful princess seemed to be his longing lover, and he couldn't do it if he didn't want to. Hu Tiehua is not like this usually, but in the end he could only comfort himself: "I'm afraid I was infected by that sentimental old bug." But when he thought of Chu Liuxiang, he couldn't sleep anymore. Chu Liuxiang has been away for more than two days, not only did he not come back, but there is no news at all. Could it be that both he and Ji Bingyan were murdered by the mysterious assassin? At a glance, the vast desert has no life at all, no people, no birds and beasts, no clouds, no wind. Occasionally, one or two disgusting large lizards crawled out of the rocks and crawled under the hooves of the camels, but they added a bit of death to the desert.