Chapter 39 Chapter Two

When they were in Yangcheng, the Dongguan Brigade had already known that Xiong Lu was the heir apparent of the current state of Chu and the successor of King Mu, but at that time there was a sudden change, so after knowing his true identity, there was no chance to talk to him.He and Xiong Lu met when they were young, even earlier than Hu'er. Although they didn't have many opportunities to get along with each other, they talked quite speculatively when they were young. The palace of the eldest son of Chu is located next to the male palace. Hu'er led the Dongguan brigade into the womb of the dead to ask for Xiong's couple. There were a lot of people in the palace, but they were all strong and proud people. When Guan Lu walked to the gate of the inner palace, he was blocked by a few wretched-looking men. No matter how Hu'er interceded, the men refused to let Dongguan Lu enter.

Hu'er had no choice but to let the Dongguan Brigade wait outside for a while, and then went in to inform Xiong Lu by himself. When they were in Yangcheng, the Dongguan Brigade had already known that Xiong Lu was the heir apparent of the current state of Chu and the successor of King Mu, but at that time there was a sudden change, so after knowing his true identity, there was no chance to talk to him.He and Xiong Lu met when they were young, even earlier than Hu'er. Although they didn't have many opportunities to get along with each other, they talked quite speculatively when they were young.

The palace of the eldest son of Chu is located next to the male palace. Hu'er led the Dongguan brigade into the womb of the dead to ask for Xiong's couple. There were a lot of people in the palace, but they were all strong and proud people. When Guan Lu walked to the gate of the inner palace, he was blocked by a few wretched-looking men. No matter how Hu'er interceded, the men refused to let Dongguan Lu enter. Hu'er had no choice but to let the Dongguan Brigade wait outside for a while, and then went in to inform Xiong Lu by himself. The Dongguan Brigade stood bored outside the Shizi Palace, waiting for Hu'er to report back.

Since there was nothing to do, he could only look around to see the appearance of the prince's palace. Looking around, weeds are overgrown outside the Shizi Palace, and some places even grow taller than people. It is obvious that no one keeps it tidy every day. Taking a closer look, the Dongguan Brigade also found that the roof, beams and pillars of the Shizi Palace were mothed and damaged. Not only did they not have any royal style, but the degree of collapse and destruction was not as good as that of ordinary people. While I was curious, I heard a wailing sound from the long grass in the back garden, which seemed to be the sound of a dog wailing, and the wailing sound stopped abruptly after only two barks.

After a while, I saw a faint smoke rising from the sky above the long grass, followed by a burst of aromatic smell of barbecued meat. The East Gate Brigade frowned, walked a few steps, and looked through the gap between the long grass, but saw two dirty men with oily faces, chest and fat belly, squatting there fanning the fire and grilling meat, with bloody flesh on the side. It was obvious that he had just killed a big dog and was cooking, and the head of the big dog was still rolling on the ground intact, with his eyes open in fear, his expression condensed at the moment when the head was severed and died.

For a while, I just felt that this was not the most noble royal palace in the Chu Kingdom, but a market place where wine and dogs were slaughtered. The East Gate Brigade was looking fascinated when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he saw a middle-aged man holding a jug of wine and half biting a beast's leg. "Master Yu Tu let you in," he said vaguely, still reeking of alcohol from time to time. "Come on! Don't be foolish enough to break the prohibition in the womb!" The Dongguan Brigade didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he strode into the womb of the world and walked into the door. His heart moved by chance, and when he turned around, he saw that the group of guards at the palace gate were all men in ragged clothes, and some of them were beating their hands. Yawning, some people nestled together to catch the lice on their bodies.

Seeing such a group of people, the East Pass Brigade shook his head, and then walked towards the palace. In the womb of the world, it was still not much better than the outside, like a messy abandoned garden, after walking for a while, I saw Hu'er standing in front of a small hall. "Come here! Here!" He held the hand of Dongguan Brigade enthusiastically, rushed up the steps of the small hall with one stride, and led him in. I saw that the small hall was cleaner than the outside, except that there were no sundries on the ground, there were a few shiny weapons hanging on the wall, and the floor was covered with animal skin blankets.

There is a platform in the center of the small hall, and there are two people sitting on the platform at the moment, Dongguan Brigade took a closer look, and saw Xiong Lu, the eldest son of Chu State, drinking and playing chess with one foot crossed there. I haven't seen him for several years, Xiong Lu's appearance is still handsome and outstanding, but now he has two beards on his lips, and his complexion is darker. Compared with before, he is a bit more masculine, and he is no longer that beautiful woman A fair boy. Seeing an old friend who hadn't seen him for many years, the Dongguan Brigade didn't think much, so he shouted happily.

"Bear Couple!" As soon as these words came out, Hu'er beside him looked a little weird and a little embarrassed. He wanted to say something, but he didn't seem to know how to say it. The Dongguan brigade called out to Xiong Lu, Xiong Lu obviously heard it, but he seemed to be extremely focused on the chess game, pondered for a while, took a sip of wine with the cup in his left hand, and made a move with his right hand . With that clear "Answer", the chess piece hit the chessboard, and only the Xiong couple scolded in a low voice. "Come on! Eat my trick!"

He only played chess by himself, and he didn't seem to notice that the Dongguan Brigade had arrived. Such an atmosphere made Dongguan Brigade and Hu'er even more embarrassed. Hu'er gave a dry cough with some difficulty, and wanted to say something to Xiong Lu, but it seemed equally difficult to say. There was only a chuckle of "chi", but it was a woman's voice, which sounded somewhat familiar.The Dongguan Brigade looked curiously at the person who was playing chess with him opposite Xiong Lu, and after taking a look, his whole eyes lit up. It turned out that the person who played chess with Xiong Lu was a woman and an acquaintance.

This woman is the daughter of the strange man Sang Yangjie who took Dongguan Brigade and others to Yangcheng back then: Sangyang Bingrou. After a few years, Sangyang Bingrou has also grown from a naive girl to a graceful and elegant woman. I saw her bright eyes looking down the stage, and she smiled extremely happily when she saw Dongguan Brigade. "Ah! Isn't that Xiaolu? Long time no see, long time no see!" As she spoke, she pulled Xiong Lu's sleeve with a smile and giggled: "My lord, look, that's Xiaolu, Xiaolu I'm back!" At this moment, Xiong Lu raised his head quietly, and when he saw the Dongguan Brigade, he made an unnatural expression of surprise. "Yeah! It's really Xiaolv," he said with a faint smile, "I haven't seen you for many years, where have you been, and everything is alright?" When he opened his mouth, Hu'er finally breathed a sigh of relief, took the hand of the Dongguan Brigade and walked towards the high platform, while walking, he said with a smile. "I also just met him today. I met him on the street, and of course I brought him back!" Sangyang Bingrou looked at him curiously, remembering his mysterious disappearance in Biluomen.Although she and her father Sang Yangjie were not in Biluomen that day, both Hu'er and Xionglu narrated the battles and accidents that took place in Biluomen later, so they also knew the strange disappearance of the Dongguan Brigade and the third princess Long. Later, although the people in Yangcheng reconciled with Biluomen as before, and sent a lot of manpower to investigate the whereabouts of the Dongguan Brigade, the place where the Dongguan Brigade and Princess Longsan were trapped was a strange space that was extremely difficult for ordinary people. The search turned out to be in vain, of course, and it was not even known whether he was alive or dead. "Where did you go after that?" Sangyang Bingrou asked with a curious smile, "Why have you been missing for so many years?" Dongguan Brigade smiled slightly. At this moment, he and Hu'er had walked up to the platform side by side. He wanted to go to the platform without any intention, but Hu'er beside him quietly pulled his clothes and walked him away. The upward momentum is blocked. The Dongguan Brigade was stunned, and didn't know whether to go up for a moment, or stepped back, with one foot in front of the stairs, unable to go up or down, but a little at a loss. Seeing Xiong Lu laughing, he jumped up from the luxurious big chair, and Sangyang Bingrou also stood up, and the two walked down the platform hand in hand, Sangyang Bingrou rested his head on Xiong Lu's shoulder , looking very affectionate. Back when they were in Yangcheng, the Dongguan Brigade felt that the two looked quite a match in appearance, and they were a pleasing couple. Now seeing their intimate behavior, they also guessed that their friendship should be good. Walking down the stage, Xiong Lu looked at the Dongguan Brigade for a while, then laughed, walked over and hugged the Dongguan Brigade and said loudly. "Good brother, good brother!" He put his arms around the shoulders of Dongguan Brigade and said with a smile: "I am happier to see you today than anyone else!" With his warm embrace, Hu'er beside him seemed to let out a long breath in secret, and couldn't help but glance at Sangyang Bingrou. She was smiling all over her face, but she seemed to turn a blind eye to Hu'er. "You're back today, and our three brothers are together again!" Xiong Lu said with a smile, "The atmosphere in our country of Chu is treacherous and unpredictable. With you here to help me, I will be even more powerful, right?" When he was in Yangcheng, he had been taught by Yiyang Xuanyi some knowledge of spells and spells. After several years of experience, his vision became much sharper. The force field light placed behind the Dongguan Brigade. I saw the gentle light behind the Dongguan Brigade, which was clearer and more specific than a few years ago, and it was obvious that the ability had greatly improved. Thinking of the battles with Dou Ziyu in the past few years, when Xiong Lu saw the Dongguan Brigade at this moment, what was happy was not the reunion of old friends, but that he had another chess piece available to him. Dongguan Brigade smiled slightly, and was about to say something to Xiong Lu, but Xiong Lu stretched his waist with a "huh" and yawned loudly with distracted eyes. "I'm a little tired. I think it's because I've used too much brain playing chess. My stupid head can't take it anymore." He smiled lazily at Dongguan Brigade, and put his arms around Sang Yang's icy shoulders. "Going to sleep, I won't accompany you, Hu'er," he turned his head and shouted to Hu'er, "Take Xiaolu to our place when you have time, and let me know if you have anything to do." As he talked, he yawned a few more times, didn't say anything more, walked into the back hall with his arms around Sang Yang's soft shoulders. The East Gate Brigade looked at his back, and when he turned his head, he saw Hu'er with an apologetic expression. He laughed, but there was no unpleasant expression on his face. It's just that this class actually waited until it was dark, and when the night was dark, Hu'er came out with a strange expression, saying that the Xiong couple had important matters to discuss with others, and they would meet with the Dongguan Brigade when they had time. Although it's a little strange, since the son's confession, no one can say anything, and Hu'er said that Xionglu still needs to discuss some important matters with him, and he can't go back with him, so the Dongguan Brigade had to touch Touching his nose, he walked back to Hu'er's residence alone. Coming out of the palace, it was already late at night, and there were few pedestrians on the street. I don’t know why, when he walked out of the palace, Dongguan Brigade only felt relieved, but asked him why he felt this way, But I can't tell. After coming out for a while, he couldn't help thinking of Gongsun Jianyu again. Although she fell asleep quietly before leaving the house, but thinking of her experiences over the years and her unstable emotions, he couldn't help feeling a little worried stand up. Thinking of this, the Dongguan Brigade couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. Hu'er looked at him quietly, thought for a while, and patted his shoulder. It's just that he misunderstood the idea of ​​the Dongguan Brigade, thinking that his sigh was for another matter. "If you think he's being rude to you, don't blame him," Hu'er smiled apologetically. "He is different from us. He has a whole country to worry about, and he also has to worry about whether his family's reputation will be preserved. There are too many things to worry about, so sometimes he doesn't pay much attention to the details, which is understandable." It turned out that Hu'er thought that the reason for the sighing of Dongguan Brigade was because there seemed to be some estrangement from Xiong Lu, but Dongguan Brigade didn't care about this matter. He was a broad-minded person, and he didn't want to explain when he heard Hu'er say this. Just smiled. "Don't think so, I don't care at all, no matter what, he is still my good brother." Hu'er was overjoyed and nodded with a smile. "If you can understand this way, then I can rest assured, because the matter of Xiong Lu is my matter. It would be great if you could come and fight with us to fight against Dou Ziyu!" As he talked, his mood improved even more. He shouted and laughed on the empty long street, as if he had returned to the scene of yelling on the street when he was a beggar. "I'm so happy today!" Hu'er laughed loudly under the moonlight: "Go! I'll take you to a place!" The two walked through the streets of Yingdu City in the dark. Hu'er was too lazy to take a detour, so he led the Dongguan Brigade over several walls and stepped on the backyards of several families. The dog of a family noticed them, " "Wow, woof, woof" incessantly. However, this kind of sneaking was very interesting. For a while, the Dongguan Brigade felt as if he and Hu'er had returned to their youth, and also remembered the experience that almost killed them. Thinking of the time when he almost died in Yingdu Prison, he couldn't help thinking of a familiar face of a young man. With two lines of snot, the beggar boy "Cherry Cake" who smiles innocently is a dysentery ghost. Back then, this lonely boy died in Yingdu Prison. His only wish was to see his mother again and eat the cherry cake given by his mother again. "Hello!" In the darkness, the Dongguan Brigade asked softly, "Did you go to see the dysentery ghost again in these years?" "Ok!" "He likes cherry cake the most. Have you brought cherry cake to worship him?" "Bring it," Hu'er said quietly without looking back, "Every year on the anniversary of his death, I bring a bunch of them to his grave so that he can eat well." Strange to say, in such a quiet night in Yingdu, the two quietly walked through the dark corners of the city, but thoughts and memories slowly emerged like a breeze and drizzle. "Where is Master Ni Luji?" Dongguan Lu said leisurely: "Didn't he be captured by the demons like you at the time? I don't know what happened later, I wonder if he is still in the world?" The master Ni Luji he mentioned at this moment saved the lives of two teenagers back then, and he is also a strange person with superb skills. It's just that after hearing these words, Hu'er was abnormally silent and didn't answer him. Moreover, it seemed to hear him humming. The Dongguan Brigade felt a little strange, and when he was about to ask clearly, his eyes suddenly lit up, but he had already arrived at a brightly lit place. It turned out that this was an open-air wine shop at the corner of the city wall. Red lanterns lit up in the night sky. The aroma of wine and vegetables was fragrant, full of laughter and human voices. In the atmosphere of joy, Hu'er laughed loudly. "It's here!"