Chapter 33 At the thirty-third celebration banquet

Hu Tiehua glanced at Princess Pipa, and suddenly whispered to Ji Bingyan: "Didn't this kid sneak away because he was afraid of being entangled by the passionate princess?" Ji Bingyan frowned and said, "Do you just think that others are the same as you?" Hu Tiehua said: "Hmph! I don't think it's reliable, this kid can do anything, why don't we go find him first!" Ji Bingyan's confidence was also a little shaken, and she whispered: "Let's walk separately and meet outside." Hu Tiehua said: "Okay, let's do this." He suddenly remembered that the "Star of Ultimate Bliss" was still on his body, since King Qiuci regarded it so precious, how could he take it away?

What's more, he also promised the beautiful princess to ask the secret! That's why he immediately took out the "Star of Ultimate Bliss" and sent it up, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life, I have brought this treasure back, please accept it, my lord." Unexpectedly, King Qiuci smiled and said: "The hero has made great achievements, and the little king has no reward, so I will give you this gem as a souvenir!" He seemed to have forgotten how many lives this "star of bliss" cost to get back, so he casually gave it to Hu Tiehua.

Hu Tiehua was so surprised that he could hardly speak, and after a long while, he forced a smile and said: "If the prince thinks that I have some credit, he can just give me a few pots of good wine, but I will never dare to eat this star of bliss." Accept Bu Lai." King Kucha said, "Why?" Hu Tiehua rubbed her nose and said with a smile: "If I have such a precious thing on my poor boy, do I still want to sleep in the future?" King Qiuci smiled and said, "If two or three days ago, no one could measure its value, this king would never give it to you, but now, its value has suddenly decreased, like this I don’t know how many gems there are in the original treasury, just accept them with confidence.”

When these words came out, even Ji Bingyan and Princess Pipa were stunned. Hu Tiehua's eyes widened, and he gasped, "Isn't this gem related to a great secret?" King Qiuci laughed and said: "That's just a rumor deliberately created by this king to make others think that there is a great secret in this gem. Only by relying on it can this king have the hope of restoring the country. When this gem was found, this king had already secretly used the treasure left by the previous king to buy the five armies, and without anyone noticing, he completed the great cause of restoring the country."

He stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "This is called Mingxiu Plank Road, a strategy of secretly crossing Chen Cang and attacking east and west." Ji Bingyan and Hu Tiehua looked at each other in surprise and admiration. They thought that this wine-loving and lecherous prince was just a first-class romantic son of the empress of Shu and Tang Dynasties, but now they realize that he has a deep heart in the city, and he is not under the Qin Emperor and Han Wu. , Naturally, it is just a trick to mess with people's eyes and ears. Hu Tiehua finally sighed, and said with a wry smile: "No wonder Chu Liuxiang has always felt strange, since this 'star of bliss' is related to the secret of the king's throne in Kucha, why would it be escorted out of the pass by the guards of the Central Plains Escort? If you hear Wang Ye's words, you must also admire Wang Ye very much."

Princess Pipa pouted, and said coquettishly: "But Dad, why did you keep me in the dark? Could it be that a father can't even trust his daughter?" King Qiuci said with a smile: "It's not that I can't trust you, my precious daughter, it's just because the tighter I keep this secret, the more people will be suspicious. As long as I don't tell this secret, my life will be lost for a day." Dangerous, those who want to find out this secret will definitely protect me in secret." Princess Pipa sighed: "It seems that if a person becomes the king's daughter, it is not a lucky thing. No wonder a certain princess in the previous dynasty hid her face and cried loudly when she was dying, saying: 'May I not be born into the emperor's family for the rest of my life'. .”

King Qiuci couldn't help but sighed, and said, "That's right, if a person wants to be a good emperor, he may not be able to be a good father." What he said is really wise and famous. You must know that the emperor rules the people and takes care of everything every day. How can he have time to do his parents' heart? Therefore, in the three-foot thatched cottage, every time a dutiful son is born, there are often many unworthy children in the emperor's family. Ji Bingyan suddenly smiled coldly, and said: "Your lord is indeed a man of great talent, unmatched by human beings. I only pity those few foolish escorts who gave their lives in vain for a mere few taels of silver."

King Qiuci's expression also became very dignified, and he said indifferently: "Military politics is a terrible thing. Once a general succeeds, his bones will be full, let alone the king of a country? This has been an inevitable tragedy since ancient times. Even the founding emperors of the Tang and Song dynasties are not immune to this matter, so why do you have to blame this king alone?" Ji Bingyan was silent for a while, then bowed her head and said: "I will make a mistake next time, and I hope the prince will forgive me." Hu Tiehua stretched his neck, poured down a large glass of wine, and laughed loudly on his back: "So I advise everyone, just drink the wine in the glass and don't ask about the aftermath. The emperors are so lonely in ancient times, how can they compare with me, a poor boy?" So at ease."

Suddenly someone laughed and said: "It's a good sentence: 'Drink the wine in the glass, don't ask about the affairs behind', but 'The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden', haven't you heard of this sentence? Is it?" A gust of fragrant wind blew by, making the middle-aged people want to be drunk, and there was already a stunning beauty in the tent, looking under the light, it seemed as if she had fallen from the sky. No one would have thought that the person who suddenly appeared under the light like a fairy was actually the weak and weak Princess Qiuci who had been sick all year round.

I saw that her face was still covered with a light veil, and her beautiful face looked more like peonies in the rain, peach blossoms in the mist.The beauty is simply breathless. King Qiuci was both surprised and delighted, he seemed to have forgotten how his sick wife had such miraculous movements, so he quickly got up from his seat and said, "Why are you here?" Princess Qiuci smiled and said, "Aren't you happy that I'm here?" King Qiuci said: "But...but your body is thin, how can you withstand such a cold?" Ji Bingyan suddenly said coldly again: "Don't say it's cold and dewy, even if it's a rain of swords and arrows, the princess won't take it seriously, will she?"

Princess Qiuci smiled and said, "Not bad." Ji Bingyan's eyes flickered, and said: "The birds are all hidden, the rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooking, does the princess want to kill us already?" King Qiuci laughed and said: "This king has absolutely no such intentions, and you don't need to worry too much." The princess said coldly: "Although you don't have that intention, I do." King Qiuci was startled, and said, "You..." The concubine slowly lifted the veil, revealing a pair of Qiushui god-like eyes, looking at King Qiuci and asking, "Do you recognize me?" King Qiuci smiled and said, "How could I not recognize you?" The concubine stretched out her slender hand again, wiped it on her face, and a light yellow mask as thin as a cicada's wings came off like a snake's skin. Under the light, her face has changed miraculously. King Qiuci originally thought that his beloved concubine was unparalleled in the world, but who would have thought that the face that appeared in front of him at this moment was thousands of times more beautiful than his wife. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Who are you?" "Princess" said lightly: "You don't recognize me anymore, do you?" Hu Tiehua suddenly jumped up and shouted: "But I recognize you, you are..." The eyes of "Wangfei" have turned to his face, and she said word by word: "Do you recognize me? Who am I?" Hu Tiehua had already discovered that this woman was the "bridal wife" who had been lingering with him overnight, and he finally knew why he was always distracted and dreamy when he saw this "princess" before, but at this moment her beautiful eyes waved Suddenly, he became as sharp as an eagle, as vicious as a wolf, and as cold as a knife. Hu Tiehua shuddered, unable to utter a single word. "Princess" smiled sweetly, and said: "I know you don't recognize me either. There is no one in this world who recognizes me, because as long as someone recognizes me, there is no way to live." In the warm tent, it seemed as if a cloud of cold air had suddenly been sucked in. Everyone's hands and feet had become icy cold, and they were almost shivering. Because by this time, everyone had already guessed who she was. "Stone Guanyin! You are Stone Guanyin!" No one dared to say this sentence. King Qiuci fell on the chair and said tragically: "I don't care who you are, but my princess... did you kill her?" Shi Guanyin said softly: "You don't need to feel bad. Although she died, I didn't die. Could it be that I am still inferior to her? Are you still not satisfied?" King Qiuci lost his voice: "You?" Shi Guanyin smiled and said: "Since I have replaced her, I will naturally replace her forever." King Qiuci stared at her peerless demeanor, and was stunned again. Ji Bingyan suddenly sneered and said, "That's right, I also know that she will definitely replace her forever." King Qiuci said: "You...you know?" Ji Bingyan said: "The lord has no sons, only one daughter. If there are any troubles between the lord and the princess, the country cannot be without a king for a day. Naturally, another new king will be established. Everyone will spend a lot of time fighting for the throne." It took a lot of painstaking efforts, but she was able to capture it without any effort, but it's a pity that Hong Xuehan and An Deshan were her puppet tools for nothing, and they will be fools when they die." Shi Guanyin has been staring at him coldly, at this moment he suddenly said: "I didn't expect you to be able to guess my thoughts, I have always underestimated you." King Kucha said in a low voice, "You want to kill me?" Shi Guanyin smiled and said: "Emperors have their own way of death, and I can't break this rule. As long as you drink the glass of wine in front of you, nothing will trouble you after that." King Qiuci said: "You...have you poisoned the wine?" Shi Guanyin said lightly: "Although there are not many, it is enough for your father and daughter." King Qiuci looked at the wine glass in front of him, sweat dripping down his face like rain. Qingbeard was also drinking in this tent, he didn't say anything at all, he was just waiting for an opportunity, seeing that Shi Guanyin didn't pay attention to him, he slipped out quietly. Who knows that Shi Guanyin really seems to have thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, no matter what anyone does, they can never escape her eyes. Without turning her head, she said coldly, "Do you want to go out and find help?" Qingbeard was startled, and said sharply: "That's right, don't you forget that I have eight hundred brothers under my command, all of whom are good men who have experienced many battles and are not afraid of death. If you want to kill us all by yourself , I’m afraid it’s not easy, as long as one of us is alive, your trick will never succeed, I advise you to give up this idea!” Shi Guanyin suddenly said: "That's right, Zamuhe's old team is indeed a brave man who is not afraid of death, but it's a pity that your celebration banquet was held too early, your good brothers are already drunk and don't know anything. gone." The green beard changed color and said: "Did you also poison their wine? No one of them saw it?" Shi Guanyin smiled and said, "I just poisoned you in front of you? Did you see it?" Qinghu Yu let out a wild roar, swung his knife and rushed forward. Although his martial arts can't be compared with the first-class masters in the martial arts, but the word "experienced in hundreds of battles" is well-deserved. This knife cut obviously did not have any tricks, and there was no afterthought. It just exhausted the energy of the whole body Strength, to chop off the opponent's head. Because he knew that he was going to fight Shi Guanyin, but he was still very far away. If this knife can't be successful, it will be useless to continue fighting. He has made up his mind to put his life on the line, and if he fails, he will succeed. This kind of aggressive man who licks blood from the blade all the year round, no matter what he does, he likes to end it simply and happily. It is cut with this knife, although the move is not good-looking, but it has a kind of intimidating power, it is murderous and frightening. When he raised the knife in his palm, Princess Pipa also flew up. She didn't speak all the time, because she was already preparing to make a move, and at this moment, she had drawn out a gleaming silver dagger in her palm. I saw the silver light flying up, like a sky full of stars, and once he made a move, he made three moves in succession, stabbing straight at the three big acupoints on Shi Guanyin's back. Her moves are just the opposite of Qingbeard's. She is more than relaxed but lacks strength, and every move is left behind. Strictly speaking, although this kind of move is very fancy and beautiful, it is not very useful when you are really fighting against a master. But now she and Qingbeard are facing the same enemy. Although their martial arts are different, and they have no experience in fighting the enemy together, when they attack now, they have a kind of tacit understanding. Unknowingly, they fit together just right. But seeing the silver rain all over the sky, there was a cyan rainbow across the sky, pressing down on Shi Guanyin one after the other, but Shi Guanyin just stood there, not moving. At this instant, Qingbeard and Princess Pipa had a flash of ecstasy, when they suddenly heard a shout like a thunderbolt. While drinking, Hu Tiehua rushed over. His whole body is like a crossbow arrow, coming first and coming later, when Qingbeard made a move, he didn't make any movement, before Qingbeard's knife was cut off, he had already reached Qingbeard's side, and he punched out with his left hand, With a sound of "bang", Qingbeard was sent flying, his right hand twisted and folded, and Princess Pipa's wrist was pinched by him, her arms and body were numb. King Qiuci cried out in surprise: "Hu Zhuangshi, why did you turn the other way?" Princess Pipa shouted: "Are you crazy?" Hu Tiehua didn't answer, and dragged Princess Pipa back seven or eight steps before standing still, and then Shi Guanyin was still standing there with a smile on her face. Princess Pipa was still able to move her other hand, so she slapped Hu Tiehua with a backhand slap, but just as she stretched out her hand, she was grabbed again. The green beard was the hardest hit, and only now did he recover, and roared angrily: "Aren't you a friend of the little prince? Why did you hit me?" Hu Tiehua sighed, and said with a wry smile: "I really didn't mean to hit you, let alone hurt you, but the time was really urgent just now, and I didn't have time to stabilize my strength, so I missed it for a while." Princess Pipa stomped her feet and said, "But why did you attack us? Could it be that you are also her accomplice? Or did you see something wrong and wanted to turn the rudder against the wind and go to her side?" She couldn't move her hands anymore, so she kicked Hu Tiehua with her feet, and cursed at the same time: "You bastard, I never thought you would be such a despicable and shameless person." Shi Guanyin suddenly smiled and said: "You saved them but you were scolded, why bother?" Princess Pipa sternly said: "He saved you, not me. If he hadn't been troublesome, would you still be alive now?" Shi Guanyin said: "Do you think you can hurt me with just your two moves?" Princess Pipa said: "Why can't I hurt you?" She couldn't help showing pride on her face, and continued loudly: "The move we made just now is absolutely flawless. Your whole body is already covered by our move, and you can't even hide." Shi Guanyin sighed, and said: "You are such a child who doesn't know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is, why don't you think about it, if your move just now was really good, how could Hu Tiehua restrain you with just a single gesture ?” Princess Pipa was stunned, she really had nothing to say. Shi Guanyin said leisurely: "To tell you the truth, if you cut down with the knife just now, the two of you would have to fall down as a pair. The moves you think are perfect, in fact, there are at least seven or eight loopholes." Her long sleeves suddenly flew up, like a cloud coming out of Xiuxiu, flying and moving, in a blink of an eye, she had changed seven or eight postures, and said indifferently: "Look, if the trick I'm using now is just now, Are you still alive?" Princess Pipa stared blankly, she felt that no matter which direction Shi Guanyin made the move, she would be absolutely unable to parry it. If Shi Guanyin wanted to take her life, it would be easier than picking something out of a bag. Like dead ashes, cold sweat dripped from his head. Shi Guanyin smiled and said: "You should know by now. Not only can you not use the truly impeccable moves, you have never even seen them before." Her eyes suddenly turned to Hu Tiehua, her face sank, and she said coldly: "You saved them, but do you want to fight me yourself?" Hu Tiehua stood there, but he didn't seem to hear her words at all. He was also frightened by Shi Guanyin's move just now. That move looked like a magnificent dancer, dancing to the most beautiful music when she was in the happiest mood. No matter who it is, seeing such a beautiful dancing posture, even if it is not distracted, it will feel happy in the heart, then it will take your life when you are in the happiest mood. Hu Tiehua's thoughts turned, and after much deliberation, she couldn't think of a martial art that could break this move. Shi Guanyin used this move to attack him, and he might also fall down. He didn't need to see if Shi Guanyin had other subtle moves, because a master against the enemy: just one move is enough. I saw that although Ji Bingyan's expression was still very calm, beads of sweat were dripping from the tip of his nose, obviously he was unable to break Shi Guanyin's move. After a while, Hu Tiehua finally couldn't help but said, "What kind of martial art did you use just now?" Shi Guanyin said: "It doesn't matter if I tell you, that trick is called 'man can't see'." Hu Tiehua was stunned, and said, "Can't a man see it? What kind of martial arts is this?" Shi Guanyin said with a smile: "This is not a great martial art, but no matter who it is, as long as he is a man, he will die if he encounters this move, so men are absolutely unacceptable." Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "Which school and school of martial arts is this?" Shi Guanyin said: "In the whole world, is there any sect or sect that can create such moves? Take the two most prestigious sects in the world as an example. The martial arts of the Shaolin sect are too strong and too stupid, like A big bowl of braised pork belly, although very filling, but it can only make the traffickers and pawns feast on it, and those who really know the taste will never like such greasy food."