Chapter 13 Chapter 12 King Zhou's Son

Over the years, the situation in Chaoge City has been quite chaotic, and the deeds of the Emperor Zhou's chaos can often be heard in the market.Because Wuhuan seldom comes here, he doesn't know much about the political situation of the whole country. He only knows that in recent years, King Zhou has killed many loyal and upright ministers, and the vassals who surrendered from all directions were also brought into the capital by him and killed a few. Therefore, the rumors of the princes' mutiny have been rampant. But this time, the people in Chaoge City were even more terrified, and the guards of the capital with bright armor and serious expressions could be seen everywhere on the streets, patrolling past with gloomy eyes.Wu Huan also reacted very quickly. When he first entered the city, he found a place to hide his father's bronze sword, grabbed some mud and wiped it on his face. He looked like an ordinary urchin walking on the road. , no one will look at him more.

On the streets of Shijing, people were discussing in low voices several major events that had happened in Chaoge City in the past few days.Some people said that there was a conspiracy to murder King Zhou in the palace, and the main messenger was King Zhou's wife, Empress Jiang. At this time, the palace was in chaos. Some people also said that several highnesses had already gone to the palace to argue with King Zhou... … It was also said that King Zhou found a strange man to build a beautiful high platform, but the strange man scolded King Zhou in the palace, then jumped off the high platform and disappeared...

Some people even said that the strange man was an old man named Ziya who was divination near the city gate, and he was invited into the palace by King Zhou because of a few extremely accurate divinations near the city gate. At this time, because he committed such a serious crime, he caused the fortune-teller near the city gate, so now all the fortune-tellers under the city have already been arrested and brought into the palace, etc... Wu Huan listened to these whispered rumors in the crowd, and felt a little scared in her heart, so she hastily bought some daily necessities at the market, and grabbed some herbs for colds at the pharmacy, and hurriedly left the noisy Chaoge city.

When returning to the mountain, it was almost dusk, Wu Huan had heard from Wu Kui that there were many spirits haunting the post, and she also knew that her father died here, so she deliberately took a detour, avoiding the main road.After walking for a while, I realized that I left Chaoge City too hastily, but forgot to bring back my father's bronze sword. Fortunately, the hiding place is quite secret, and no one will find it for a while, so I had to Find it next time. Wu Huan walked through the path in the mountains and forests under the rays of the sun, wove a hat out of leaves, and sang songs easily while hitting the grass in front of her with a tree root.

"Brother Snake in front! Don't worry about me being a kid! Go up the mountain and meet me!You hide first and don't let my big feet! The two of us who stepped on your head are safe and sound! Drink another day..." After walking for a while, Wuhuan suddenly felt some rustling noises behind him. This made him a little vigilant, and he clenched the branch tightly in his hands. Slowing down, his singing gradually stopped.Then he turned his head sharply. There is nothing behind him except for the long woods and long grass, and narrow paths. Wu Huan shook her head in surprise, then happily sang the snake chasing song she made up.But after walking a few steps, the rustling sound sounded again, this time it was closer to Wu Huan, Wu Huan pretended not to notice, she kept singing, but she clenched the branch tightly in her hand, she turned around suddenly and was about to straighten cut down...

However, the momentum only swung halfway and then stopped in mid-air. The thick branches waved above their heads, but they couldn't fall down.It turned out that following Wu Huan was a small mountain dog, which seemed to be only a few days old, gray and black and fluffy, with big eyes and tongue sticking out, staring innocently at Wu Huan . After all, Wu Huan was a child, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw such a chubby little mountain dog.This little mountain dog was probably born on a nearby mountain. It is likely that the female mountain dog suffered an accident and let it wander among the mountains by itself.Wu Huan knew that if he was allowed to walk in the mountains, he would become a fat dinner for other beasts in less than half a day.

"Little dog, you have no father or mother just like Wu Huan, right?" Wu Huan smiled, stretching out her hand to let the little mountain dog lick her wet tongue, "My name is Wu Huan, what's your name?" Wu Huan played with the little mountain dog for a while, and then took out some dry food from the rucksack for him to gnaw on. The little mountain dog's teeth hadn't grown yet, so he could only open and close his mouth with the dry food in his mouth, but he couldn't chew on it.Wu Huan thought it was interesting, so he bit the dry food, chewed it a few times, put it in his hand to feed the little mountain dog, and chewed and fed like this, he actually ate up the whole dry food after a while.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Wuhuan was anxious to get back to the cave before dark, so she got up and left quickly.However, after walking for a while, I turned around and saw the little mountain dog still following behind. "You want to be my friend?" Wu Huan said with a smile, turned around and hugged the little mountain dog in front of her. "Okay, but you have to ask Father Wukui first!" The little mountain dog seemed to understand what he said, and led the head happily, running forward with its small legs beeping. Wu Huan also thought it was fun, so he followed it along the path in the woods.

After running for a few steps, he stretched out a big hand from the grass beside him in a flash, grabbed the little mountain dog in his hand, and then disappeared into the grass. Seeing such a sudden situation, I couldn't wait to think about it, so I yelled anxiously: "Hey! What are you doing!" Shouting, he also parted the grass and chased after the man's back. The person who snatched the puppy was a very burly and strong man, at this moment he turned a deaf ear to Wu Huan's yelling, and just strode away into the depths of the forest. The strong man didn't run wildly, but just strode among the trees, relentlessly chasing after him, one fast and one slow, and it didn't take long to catch up with the strong man.

"Hey! Brother, don't go, return my friend!" The brawny man carried the little mountain dog in his arms, and when he saw a boy chasing him, he couldn't help being startled, and then showed a fierce expression. "Don't mind your business!" Wuhuan refused to relax, but kept yelling. "I don't care if you are the uncle or not, I just want you to return my puppy!" The strong man was even more impatient, he waved his hand, intending to wave Wu Huan away, but Wu Huan is not an ordinary child, he has learned a lot of self-defense skills under Wu Kui's teaching over the past few years, and In the third stone room of Di Menghun, there are also many records of martial arts.At this time, Wu Huan saw his approach clearly, and slightly bent the two fingers of his right hand to meet his arm, pushing the two knuckles forward, and hit the numb tendon under the elbow of the strong man hard.

The brawny man only felt that his hand was shaking, and he lost his balance. He staggered a few steps, but the little mountain dog in his arms fell out. The little mountain dog was freed suddenly, rolled on the grass, and ran to Wu Huan barking.Wu Huan picked it up, turned around and was about to run away, how could the big man give up?As soon as he turned around, he shouted angrily, waved his ape arm, and turned around to chase Wuhuan. Wu Huan was about to run wildly, but when she turned around, she seemed to bump into an extremely large wall. With a sound of "blocking", she was bounced off by the soft wall, and fell to the ground, spinning around according to time, not knowing where she was. where.When he came back to his senses, he realized that the big wall was another big man with a beard and a very handsome face. He looked quite similar to the previous big man, but he was even bigger. The big man who stopped Wuhuan frowned, and seeing another big man getting angry, he asked loudly, "Little boy, who are you, why did you come here to compete with our brothers for food?" Wu Huan held the little mountain dog in her arms, but she was not afraid. "This puppy is my friend, not your food. You have to eat it. There are insects, birds and beasts on the mountain!" The big man couldn't help laughing after hearing Wuhuan's words. "Young boy, that's a good point!" He turned his head and said to another big man, "This little friend is right. There are many insects, birds and beasts on the mountain. Why do we have to eat his friends?" Wu Huan stared at him blankly, for a moment, he didn't know the real intention of the big man, but just hugged the little mountain dog and looked at the two big men cautiously. "Little Tong, our brothers are not bad people, but we are just living in this forest for a while. My name is Fang Bi," the big man said with a hearty smile, "This is my younger brother Fang Xiang." Another big man, Fang Xiangyu, was still angry and couldn't help "humming". Fang Bi glared at him, as if blaming him for his small mind, but said in his mouth: "Our place is nearby, and there are two friends who are the same age as you. If Xiaotong doesn't mind, it's nice to chat with us for a while. it is good?" After all, Wu Huan is a child at heart, and when he heard that there were two other children of the same age, he readily agreed.The place where the two of them settled was not far from the cave, it was a grove beside a mountain stream, Fang Bi, Fang Xiang and the two made a fire there, Wu Huan followed them there, and sure enough, he saw two teenagers. The two-year-old boy looked tired. Although his clothes were dirty and tattered, he could see the original beauty and dignity. It seemed that he should be the son of a rich family, but he didn't know why he came to such a wilderness with these two big men. When Fang Bi and Fang Xiang came in front of the two teenagers, they knelt respectfully and saluted first, and the teenagers waved their hands naturally, motioning them to excuse themselves. Wu Huan looked at the two teenagers in surprise, only to see that the older boy was only a year or two older than himself, and the younger one was about the same age as him. "You..." Wu Huan asked suspiciously, "Who are you?" The two burly men looked at each other, and the burly man named Fang Bi forced a smile and said, "We are passing guests and we are going to Dongbo Jiang Huanchu's vassal state." "If you want to go to Dongbo's place, you are going on the wrong road," Wu Huan said with a smile, "If you keep going here, you will only go to the deep mountains, and you will not be able to get anywhere." Hearing what he said, Fang Bi heaved a long sigh. "Those of us have been pampered in the capital for many years, but we are useless in the mountains." Having said this, he cupped his hands at Wu Huan and said, "I also hope that the boy can tell us the journey." For Wu Huan, this mountain forest is as familiar as the palm of his own hand. Naturally, there is no problem with such a request. "Actually, you are not too far away from the main road, as long as you walk in the middle of the night, you can return to the official road." He said with a smile: "There is also a hidden path, although it is closer, but it is not very easy to walk. It takes longer to walk at night, so I won’t tell you.” Fang Bi pondered for a while, before hesitatingly said: "But we want to take that secret path, so I ask the little boy to show us." "But there is a big road and you don't take it," Wu Huan wondered, "Why do you have to take a small road?" Prime Minister Fang Bi looked at each other again, and then said as if he had made up his mind: "Because we are the ones the officers and soldiers want to hunt down first, and these two are His Royal Highnesses today." Your Highness Yin Hong and Second Highness Yin Jiao, because Empress Jiang was innocently involved in the case of murdering the Son of Heaven, the two Highnesses were eager to protect their mothers, so they clashed with the Son of Heaven. The two brothers were outraged for a moment, so they escaped from Chaoge City with the two Highnesses on their backs, and planned to go to seek refuge with the two Highnesses' grandfather 'Dongbo' Jiang Huanchu." Wu Huanwang looked at the expensive but dilapidated clothes of the two teenagers, and then remembered the rumors he heard in Chaoge City during the day, and then suddenly realized. "Okay, okay, I will definitely take you down that path, and you will definitely reach Dongbo's place safely." On the way to the small road, Wu Huan instructed the Fang brothers to catch a few pheasants and a large handful of wild mushrooms, and then they found an open place to light a fire to roast, and they finally had a good meal. Wu Huan was about the same age as Yin Jiao and Yin Hong, and soon became friends who talked about everything. The two brothers still gritted their teeth when they talked about the unjust death of their mother in the palace. Wu Huan also talked with them about many monsters in the mountains The three teenagers talked very happily about the strange matter, if it wasn't for the urging of the Fang brothers, they wouldn't be able to finish talking all night. Wu Huan led the Fang brothers, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong to the small road, and carefully told them the direction and distance, and they reluctantly said goodbye under the moonlight. cry.The three of them also agreed that if they meet again in the future, they must talk freely for three nights and three days. Seeing their figures gradually disappear under the moonlight, the crying Yin Jiao couldn't stop turning her head, and Wu Huan couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant.This is the first time he has made friends with a similar age since he was a child, and he feels very warm. Compared with Di Shi's gentleness and Wugui's father-in-law's strictness, that kind of warmth feels a little different . The figure of the young man stood under the moonlight for a long time, until their backs disappeared for a long time, and then they quietly went back along the original road. An extraordinary day, a day of detachment. The little mountain dog in his arms seemed to be asleep at this time, and the warm furry body circled a warm piece in Wu Huan's heart, and Wu Huan couldn't help yawning in the evening wind in the mountains. Thinking of the sick father-in-law Wukui, he quickly walked back to the cave.