Chapter 40 Chapter 3 Have a glass of good wine when old friends reunite

Holding the hand of the Dongguan Brigade, he walked through the lively and cheerful crowd, found an empty table and sat down. Hu'er looked around, opened his throat and yelled a few times, and finally came reluctantly. obese teenage girl. The fat girl rolled her triangular eyes, which were more white than black, glared at Hu'er, looked at the East Gate Brigade for a while, and then hissed. "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" Hu'er said angrily, "Of course it's drinking! Are you still looking for you?" The fat girl showed disdain, and said even louder.

"Let's drink that, right?" She squeezed an ugly face, and she didn't know why she was so fierce to Hu'er. "I'm sorry you don't have the money to drink anything else!" Seeing Hu'er bickering with the fat girl, the Dongguan Brigade couldn't help feeling amused.I don't know why, girls are always very fierce when they see Hu'er. When they were in Yangcheng, Sangyang Bingrou spoke nicely to Dongguan Brigade and Xiong couple, but when they met Hu'er, they always He loves to make trouble for him and raise an argument with him. After the fat girl quarreled with Hu'er for a few words, she turned her buttocks and walked away. Hu'er sat back angrily. Before she could say a few words, the fat girl came over with two bottles of wine, and there was a "bang" sound. Putting it on the table, more than half of it was spilled, and Hu'er was so angry that he yelled. He wanted to rush over to argue with her, but it was the Dongguan Brigade who smiled and talked, and then pulled him back.

The wine that the fat girl brought was of poor quality and taste, but the wine was so strong that it hurt like a knife when you drank it into your mouth. After taking a few sips of the bad wine, Hu'er's anger subsided a lot, and he smiled happily again. But among the crowd, the Dongguan Brigade accidentally discovered a very, very interesting and strange thing. After observing for a while, after confirming that he was not mistaken, the Dongguan Brigade couldn't help but secretly smiled. I saw that among the crowd in the distance, the fat girl was hiding in the corner and kept peeking over.

There was admiration and concern in her eyes, completely different from the viciousness just now. Looking at her eyes, it was Hu'er who was drinking happily. At this moment, there was a burst of cheers from the crowd. It turned out that there was a small table in the center of the wine shop, and at this moment a slender figure stepped out from the crowd. I saw that it was a young and beautiful girl in white clothes. The clothes on her body were a bit worn out, but they still couldn't hide her beautiful face. The girl Tingting walked onto the stage gracefully, and beside her was a blind old man. With a slight movement of his fingers, the old man played a flowing sound on a guqin.

In the sound of the piano, the girl began to sing faintly. "Clear water flowing, deep valleys, Qiongfang clouds, light mist, singing softly for my husband. I don't love the world's jewels, jade, gold and silver. I only want to see you no longer saddened by ordinary things..." The girl's singing voice carried a strange magical power. As she sang and sang, the shouting and drinking in the restaurant gradually became quieter. Everyone was attracted by her singing voice and listened attentively. When it sang "Don't be sad about ordinary things...", some people applauded vigorously and screamed loudly.

"It sounds good, it sounds good... Girl Narcissus, sing again and again...!" The girl in white clothes, Narcissus, smiled softly, and that smile carried a magical power that made people feel fascinated. Everyone was caught by her eyes, and they all felt as if they were being watched by her. However, I don't know if it's an illusion, but the Dongguan brigade only felt that when she looked in the direction of him and Hu'er, her eyes stopped for a while, as if staring for a while, and then she moved her eyes to the other side. Amidst the applause of the crowd, the singing girl Narcissus sang again.

This time, it was the famous folk song of Chu State: "Mrs. Xiang". "...the son of the emperor came to Beizhu Can't see from afar makes me sad Curly blowing is the annoying autumn wind Dongting Lake waves and leaves fall one after another Ascending the white apple, galloping and looking far away Make an appointment with the beautiful woman at night... ... Yuanshui has Baizhi, Lishui has orchids Miss you but dare not tell you suddenly looking forward Look at the gurgling water flowing... ...I picked the Duruo vanilla on Tingzhou I want to send you far away imperceptible

I can only wait patiently Let’s chat freely and let my heart be with..." In the soft singing of Narcissus, Hu'er was drunk and energetic, and he spoke more freely. He asked about the experience of the Dongguan Brigade over the years, and the Dongguan Brigade briefly talked about how he and Princess Longsan got trapped in the Huangquan Heavenly Court, and talked about the many strange things he saw in the Huangquan Heavenly Court, which made Hu'er speechless I can't help but say that if I didn't hear it with my own ears, I couldn't believe that there is such a place in the world.

After the East Gate Brigade told about his experience with Princess Long San, Hu'er's face was red with wine, and he was smiling very happily, but he stared at the East Gate Brigade, as if remembering something, and suddenly the whole person fell silent. down. Seeing that he suddenly lost his voice, Dongguan Brigade lifted the wine bottle and poured wine for himself and Hu'er. "Why are you silent like a gourd?" Dongguan Brigade laughed and said, "Come on! Have a drink with me!" With a sound of "goo", Hu'er raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp. He used to hold a lot of alcohol, but today he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, he became a little drunk after drinking for a while, and his speech was a little knotted.

His eyes were slightly red, and his eyes seemed a little distracted. Although the Dongguan brigade didn't drink as much as Hu'er, he still felt a little bit drunk. He squinted his eyes and stared at Hu'er, but saw that he had a sad face, as if there was something extremely troublesome. "What are you doing?" Dongguan Brigade laughed and said, "Why does it seem like you were caught doing something bad?" Hu'er took a deep breath, slapped the table with a "bang", and suddenly grabbed Dongguan Brigade's hand. "I'm so sad, I'm really sad."

Don't know what's wrong with him at the moment, Dongguan Brigade can only smile helplessly. "Okay, I know you're sad, is that okay?" "No, you don't know, you really don't know," Hu'er hissed, "I'm really afraid that you will blame me!" "Blame you?" Dongguan Lvqi asked, "Why should I blame you?" "I'm afraid you will blame me, why didn't you take care of Sister Gongsun, why didn't you take care of her, take her in, and let her be bullied by Dou Ziyu on the street!" The Dongguan Brigade was slightly taken aback, only then did he realize that this was what Hu'er was thinking about. He had no heart for Hu'er and Xiong Lu, and always thought they were best friends, so he "didn't take good care of Gongsun" Not only did he not have the idea of ​​"Jianyu", he never even thought about it. "How could I blame you?" Dongguan Brigade patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "If you really want to blame, you should also blame that bastard Dou Ziyu, right? What does it have to do with you?" Hu'er looked at him blankly with drunken eyes, but his eyes were extremely sincere. "You really don't blame me? Don't you blame me for taking and taking care of Sister Gongsun even if I can't beat Dou Ziyu?" Dongguan Brigade shook his head. "As I said, it's none of your business. I don't know what happened in the past few years, but I only know that if you have the ability, you will definitely take good care of Sister Gongsun. If you can't do it, it must be because you can't do it, not because you don't want to! " Hearing the words of the Dongguan Brigade, Hu'er's face became tangled. He wanted to hold back his tears, but finally cried out. "Good brother! Good brother!" He wept emotionally. "Just because I believe in you like this, even if I sacrifice my life for you, I am willing!" Dongguan Brigade spoke comforting words, and his own eyes were moist. Hu'er sat down on the table and cried loudly. After a while, after venting his emotions, he wiped his tears with his sleeve, and loudly called the fat girl to bring two bottles of wine. "Actually, I really went to see Sister Gongsun at the beginning, but she refused to come to my place no matter what. She preferred to stay on the street all day long, living in a broken house that no one wanted. This Dou Ziyu is really sinful, he has harmed so many people, you, me, and Xiong Lu have all been harmed by him, even eldest sister Gongsun is his favorite concubine, and he still beats her like this. " "So," the East Gate Brigade gritted his teeth and said, "I will kill him if I have a chance in the future!" Hearing what he said, Hu'er's eyes seemed to be shining with fiery fire, and he nodded firmly. "Xiong Lu and I also mean the same thing, that's why we want you to help!" Hu'er said in a low voice: "Over the past few years, we have not only dealt with Dou Ziyu in the open, but also secretly cultivated our own strength. It's just that this dog thief and his Dou family's influence in Chu State is too deep, and the king has become weaker and unable to take care of things in recent years, so on the surface, although Dou Ziyu respects Xiong Lu, secretly he always thinks Let the Bear Couple never recover! " The Dongguan brigade asked in shock: "Does he dare to assassinate the prince of Chu?" "No, that's not enough," Hu'er shook his head. "Dou Ziyu is a very smart person, he knows that keeping Xiong Lu alive is more useful than killing Xiong Lu, as long as Xiong Lu cannot take power, a puppet prince is a hundred times more useful than a dead prince! So as long as he keeps Xiong Lu without any strength, he can always control the state affairs of Chu State, even if Xiong Lu becomes the king.Because most of the ministers of Chu State are very close to Dou Ziyu, they would rather offend Xiong Lu than Dou Ziyu. " "This traitor!" The East Gate Brigade gritted his teeth and said angrily. "But Xiong Lu and I won't let him do whatever he wants. Now that you are added, I believe that as long as the three of us work together, we will definitely be able to defeat Dou Ziyu!" "Okay!" The Dongguan Brigade said with emotion: "I will definitely stand with you!" Hu'er looked at this old friend from his boyhood with relief, and smiled very happily, but suddenly, his smile restrained again. "Little Lu," Hu'er patted Dongguan Lu on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "But there are some things I have to tell you first." Dongguan brigade nodded. "you say." "What we and Xiong Lu will have to do in the future is a very difficult and important matter. Because almost half of the power of the Chu State is in the hands of Dou Ziyu, what Xiong Lu has is only the status of the son of the Chu State that the ancestor legally entrusted. But there are many great things that cannot be done with legal authority and status alone. To do great things, you need people and money. If you want to employ people, you have to have people who are willing to come to you, and if you want to support these people, you have to have money. But Xiong Lu and I have no money. Even as the son of Chu, if Dou Ziyu has any objections, even the king can't let Xiong Lu have too much money and power. So our big cause will be very difficult, and since we are on the side of Xiong Lu, we must always plan to die on this road. " The East Gate Brigade thought for a moment and nodded. "I know." Looking at his slightly drunken face, Hu'er suddenly became sober, closed his eyes, sighed a long time, then opened his eyes, and there was a strange flame burning in his eyes. "I just said that you are my good brother, if necessary, even if you want me to die for you, I am willing. But for Xiong Lu, I also have the same plan, because during the battles with Dou Ziyu in the past few years, Dou Ziyu made excuses to kill me several times, and it was he who fought for the title of son of the world to save me. back. So if one day, if you are angry with Xiong Lu and want to make it difficult for him, I don't know what to do..." Hearing what he said suddenly, the Dongguan Brigade was slightly taken aback, and forced a smile. "Isn't it like this? How can I have trouble with Xiong Lu?" "You won't, I know that," Hu'er had a worried look on his face, but it was only fleeting, and it wouldn't be noticeable if you didn't pay attention. "I know you won't." "Isn't that all right?" Dongguan Brigade smiled and said, "Isn't it too much to worry about this kind of thing?" But Hu'er murmured, his voice was so low that he could barely hear it clearly amidst the vocals. "You won't...of course you won't...but..." At this moment, the singing of Narcissus, a girl in white clothes, gradually stopped, and it turned out that her song was almost finished. Among the crowd, some people applauded loudly, while others jumped onto the table and applauded loudly. Amidst the laughter, applause, and applause, Narcissus smiled and walked down the stage quietly. She whispered something to the blind old man beside her, looked around for a while, and saw Hu'er and Dongguan Brigade sitting by the side, and slowly approached them. Dongguan brigade stared wide-eyed, watching her smile as she walked over, while Hu'er beside him laughed happily and shouted loudly. "Narcissus! Narcissus! Come here!" The singing girl Narcissus smiled, and she walked to the table of Dongguan Lu and Hu'er, and smiled at Dongguan Lu, Hu'er smiled very happily, poured a glass of wine, and drank with Narcissus amidst everyone's surprised expressions Here comes the wine. Seeing the Dongguan Brigade's eyes widen, Hu'er smiled and told the reason why he and Narcissus met. It turned out that when Hu'er was still a beggar, he met Narcissus in Yingdu City. At that time, both of them were only eight or nine years old. After a few years, Narcissus followed his grandfather to other feudal states to sing and perform. The two cut off the message. A few years later, Narcissus and Grandpa returned to Yingdu, and sometimes they sang in this open-air restaurant to make money. Later, they were recognized by Hu'er, and the two became acquainted again. Although the white-clothed girl Narcissus is a street performer, it is rare that she does not have the aura of ordinary Jianghu people. I saw her and Huer laughing and talking to Yan Yan, and occasionally chatting with Dongguan Brigade. The three of them are young men and women. After a while, they became friends who chatted quite speculatively. After chatting for a while, Hu'er drank a lot of wine again, and became confused again. He said that Dongguan Lv was a good man and asked Narcissus to marry him at an optional date, and then said that Narcissus was his bride and wanted Dongguan to marry him. Lu Duo respects "sister-in-law" a few glasses. Hearing such nonsense, Dongguan Brigade could only frown and smile, but Narcissus seemed to be quite familiar with Hu'er's alcoholism, so he just pursed his lips and chuckled, but ignored him. At this time, the three of them were about to run out of wine, Hu'er shook the bottle, and called out "Fat Girl, Fat Girl" in a loud voice, causing many people to look sideways and turn their heads. Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", and the Dongguan Brigade felt as if a large dark cloud was coming in front of them. When they looked up, they were a group of big men with chests and belly protruding. The leader was a man with a pale face, and the "bang" sound was the sound of him placing a bottle of wine heavily on the table. Hu'er stared at the man with his drunken eyes, and spoke inarticulately. "You... aren't you the dog of the Dou family? What... you are called Gai Yipeng, aren't you?" Unbeatable flower-hearted big radish. That man was indeed one of Doujia's guards, his name was Gai Yipeng, his face was red and he smelled of alcohol. He glared at Hu'er angrily, then at Dongguan Brigade and Narcissus, and hissed. "You have the guts! A woman who dares to snatch the uncle comes over to drink!" He was talking, and he was about to reach out to pull Narcissus. "Tell you, this woman is mine tonight! It's mine!" Narcissus exclaimed, and the Dongguan Brigade moved in front of her. "What are you doing?" He said in a deep voice, "Speak up if you have something to say, why do you want to do it?" Gai Yipeng laughed grimly and said, "What are you doing..." He hadn't finished his sentence when he heard a loud "Kuang" sound, but it was Hu'er who had already smashed the wine bottle on his head. The smash was so hard that Gai Yipeng was beaten to the point of bleeding. , fell to the ground. "Do this!" He said majesticly with drunken eyes and arms crossed.As he spoke, he flew towards the group of big men behind Gai Yipeng. "Do this again!" As a result, the entire open-air restaurant suddenly became chaotic. Taking advantage of his alcoholism, Hu'er threw down two big men, knocked over the tables and chairs, and the dishes were flying all over the sky. up. Those few big fellows are the first and second experts in the Dou family, when they saw Hu'er move, they shouted wildly, they surrounded Hu'er and started beating hard. Although Hu'er is strong, and his fighting ability has improved a lot in the past few years, but he is a little drunk after all, his hand strength and brain reaction are a bit weak, and he was surrounded and beaten by big men within a few seconds. Seeing this, the Dongguan brigade was furious. He pushed Narcissus to the side of the blind old man, and raised his fist to join the battle. Originally, he just wanted to pull the big man away and save Huer from the siege, but after a few punches without thinking, He also became savage, so he fought with Hu'er and the big guys in a group fight. It's funny to say that although the Dongguan Brigade has made great progress in the ability of the soul over the years, if he activates the ability of the soul calmly, even ten more big men will not be able to resist him, but he is already a little drunk at this time. Hu'er started the fight very abruptly, for a moment he forgot that he had the power of Yuanshen, and just used his fists to fight the big guys in a mess. After fighting for a while, although two big men were knocked down by them, Hu'er and Dongguan Brigade also received a lot of punches on the face and body. Seeing that the big fight had been going on for a while, the whole open-air restaurant was in a mess, at this moment, a woman's voice suddenly scolded loudly. "City patrol is here! City patrol is here!" You must know that it was the Spring and Autumn Period, and the feudal states were fighting endlessly, so the Chu army paid great attention to the order at night, and there were always guards with heavy armor and sharp knives patrolling the city. If there was any situation, they would be killed immediately. No matter what kind of high official you are, as long as you violate the peace of the night, it is very likely that you will be separated on the spot. At this time, when the big men heard that the patrolling soldiers were coming, everyone was scared out of their wits. Although they belonged to the Dou family, committing crimes at night is also a felony. This frightened everyone immediately lost their fighting spirit, and several people fell into a coma. Gai Yipeng, who was unconscious, fled away. After the big guys left in panic, the Dongguan Brigade was panting with severe pain on their faces, holding Hu'er with their hands, and saw that Hu'er had a bruised nose and swollen face, and smiled miserably at him, and fell drunk to the ground with a "bang" , lost consciousness. And because of this big fight, all the customers and storekeepers of the whole restaurant ran away, and even the singing girl Narcissus disappeared. The Dongguan brigade was holding Hu'er by the collar in embarrassment, and when he didn't know what to do, he saw a flash of a figure in front of him, and a graceful figure slowly fell from the night sky. Take a closer look, but it is Sangyang Bingrou. I saw her expression mixed with anger and smile, frowning, looking at the two people in a mess. At this time, the Dongguan Brigade stood on the ground a little staggeringly, holding Hu'er's collar in his hand, but Hu'er let him carry it like a dead dog, knelt on the ground, opened his mouth and threw his head back , but nothing could wake him up. Sangyang Bingrou glared at Hu'er, then looked at the Dongguan Brigade, and finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. Under the night, the Dongguan Brigade had no choice but to carry Hu'er on its back, and walked back to Hu'er's home with Sangyang Bingrou. Reflecting the moonlight, the figures of three people dragged along the long street. After walking for a while, Sangyang Bingrou asked with a smile, looking at the staggering appearance of the Dongguan Brigade with Hu'er on its back. "Is it heavy?" "Heavy," Dongguan Brigade said with difficulty: "I don't know what this dead guy eats. He is not as big as others, but he is twice as heavy." Sangyang Bingrou looked at Hu'er tenderly, and said softly. "He...he has always been like this. When doing things, he doesn't care about the past and the future, and always rushes to the head first before talking." "He has such a personality in the first place," said the Dongguan Brigade angrily, "From the time I knew him, he has been such a person." "Yeah..." Sangyang Bingrou said softly: "He is like this, alas! I don't know how much more trouble I have to worry about..." The Dongguan Brigade was slightly taken aback, and turned to look at her. Such words, although he is not a woman, may not understand the woman's mind, but he can still hear the affectionate and lingering meaning in it. only…… "Hey, hey, hey!" He smiled awkwardly, "I thought you were...you were with the bear couple, right?" Sangyang Bingrou showed an intriguing smile. "I am! I'm with Xiong Lu." There was a mischievous taste in her smile: "But there is no rule, I can't think about others, right?" "You're with Xiong Lu, and you're thinking about Hu'er?" Dongguan Lv Qi asked, "Is that really the case?" "Really, it's more real than real gold," Sangyang Bingrou smiled sweetly. "It's just that no one in this world knows except me, but now you already know." "Is this okay?" Dongguan Brigade asked suspiciously: "Since you like Hu'er, why do you want to be with Xiong Lu? Isn't this bad for the three of you at the same time?" "Do you think I like this?" Sangyang Bingrou said with some resentment: "If this dead head didn't ignore me at all, would I like doing such a thing? Xionglu treats me very well, He is willing to listen to me and play with me. I am also very happy with him. It's just... I don't know why, no matter how interesting and fun it is for me and the bear couple, as long as I calm down, I will think of him again..." She looked at the drunk Hu'er softly, her voice was very soft and low. "Alas..." She seemed to be talking to Hu'er, but she didn't know the target at all. "You... don't know how much more trouble you have to worry about..." Faced with such an embarrassing situation and hearing such thoughts about his daughter, the Dongguan Brigade felt completely at a loss as to where to start, and felt that the tiger on his shoulders was really a big trouble. Suddenly, several pictures gradually took shape in his mind. Thinking about it made him even more stunned. In the wine shop, that vicious fat girl hid in the crowd and peeked at Hu'er. After singing gracefully, the performer girl Narcissus looked at Hu'er's soft expression. Of course, there is also the scene where Sangyang Bingrou whispers to him now. It turned out that this "tiger who can't be beaten to death" has become a big carrot who "kills a girl without paying for her life" after all these years! Thinking of this, the Dongguan Brigade couldn't help but rolled its eyes, wanting to throw this deadly heavy guy on the ground and step on it. But if he really did this, maybe he died on the spot, at the hands of Sangyang Bingrou, would he be himself? I saw Sangyang Bingrou walking with the two of them for a while under the moonlight, and when they turned a corner, they had already reached the alley where Hu'er lived. "Okay! I should go too!" Sangyang Bingrou let out a soft breath, stretched out her hand to caress Hu'er's cheek, her expression was full of nostalgia. Then, as if she remembered something, she turned her head and said seriously to the Dongguan Brigade. "It's just a secret between the two of us, okay? Don't tell him, and of course don't tell Xiong Lu. No, no, no one can tell, only the two of us know, okay? " Seeing her slightly anxious expression, the East Gate Brigade nodded. "it is good." The girl breathed a sigh of relief, and then she smiled, and she took another look at Hu'er, before turning around and leaving. After walking a few steps, her footsteps quickened, and she disappeared after turning a corner. In the air, there is still the fragrance of a young girl. The Dongguan brigade stood there, staring blankly at the direction where Sangyang Bingrou left. Thinking of the words he had just heard, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know where to start. All of a sudden, he was startled for a moment, then showed a ferocious expression, shook his hands, and threw Hu'er, who was on his back, to the ground. I only heard Hu'er's "chick", before he landed, he put his hands on his hands, rolled over, and squatted not far behind the Dongguan brigade. Although his face was still flushed red, he was already fully awake. "You're awake!" Dongguan brigade yelled angrily, "You were awake the whole time!" Hu'er scratched his head and smiled slyly, answering his question. The East Gate Brigade stared at him, suddenly felt a move in his heart, and asked in a deep voice. "Then...you heard everything she said just now?" Hu'er thought for a while, sighed, and nodded. "You know she likes you?" Dongguan Lvqi asked, "When did you know?" "What 'when did you know'?" Hu'er said angrily, "I knew it from the beginning, because she told me." "Don't you like her?" This time, Hu'er didn't answer for a long time, the East Gate Brigade glared at him, and asked again. "Why don't you like her?" "Whether I like it or not shouldn't be that important, right?" Hu'er said softly, "Who am I? What am I? To put it mildly, I am an 'unbeatable tiger'. To put it bluntly, I He's just a hollow old official with nothing, no money, no property, and a poor pawn who doesn't even own his future or life. Is a person who has nothing qualified to like people?I have nothing, what can I give her? " "So you don't dare to tell her that you like her too?" Dongguan Brigade said in a deep voice, "Do you know that this has hurt her, you, and Xiong Lu, you know?" "No, that's not the case," Hu'er said loudly, "You've heard her say that she also likes Xiong Lu, but maybe she likes me a little more in front of her. But what good is that?If I really like her, I should let her be with Xiong Lu, and then I will assist Xiong Lu to make him the king of Chu, so that she will be the queen. If I really like her, I should treat her like this! " "But..." The Dongguan Brigade was eager to say something, but couldn't say it for a while. "But you..." Hu'er jumped up with an annoyed "huh", rolled his eyes strangely, and stared at Dongguan Brigade. "But what? You're annoying! Nagging like a bitch," he scratched his head, turned around, and walked towards the courtyard without looking back, speaking with his back to the East Gate Brigade. "Didn't someone tell you? It's just a matter between the two of you. I don't know, and neither should the Xiong couple. You just pretend I never woke up and didn't hear what you guys were saying. " As he spoke, his figure gradually faded away. "Get enough sleep, I'll come see you tomorrow!" Under the bleak moonlight, only Dongguan Brigade was left in the alley at this time. He watched Hu'er disappearing in the night in a daze, and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all. Not long after, a continuous drizzle began to fall in the night sky, which made people feel a little bit colder. The night is deep and the rain is thick.