Chapter 46 Chapter Nine Concerning a Fraternal Tragedy

The battle in front of the Star Arrow Wasteland seemed fierce, but it didn't take too long. Because the Xionglv camp had no idea that their whereabouts had been completely controlled by Dou Ziyu's troops, no matter in terms of combat power or numbers, They are all at a disadvantage.In terms of numbers alone, Dou Ziyu has at least dozens of demon clansmen, thirteen mysterious generals, and hundreds of Chu soldiers. Three or more of the three mysterious generals can repel all his subordinates. To make matters worse, the Dongguan Brigade really had no chance to join the battle. He was first used by the mysterious generals to live in the first place, and later learned from Ni Luzhi that Princess Longsan was pregnant with his own flesh and blood. The whole person was even more stunned, and immediately lost his mind. When he came back to his senses, the overall situation was almost settled.

After this battle, the Xiong Lu's elite troops were completely annihilated before the valley of the Star Arrow Wasteland. Needless to say, they occupied the Star Arrow Wasteland. They teamed up and called back. Although the Demon Race and the Thirteen Profound Generals who were attacking in the valley did not hurt the killer, but in the battle formation, casualties and losses are inevitable, and most of the Xiong Lu's subordinates were seriously injured. Because although Dou Ziyu's troops were merciful to Xiong Lu's subordinates, they used a more sinister method. After subduing the Arrow and Witch people, although they didn't kill them, they still made them break their arms and legs. Barely survived, but most of them became useless people who could not fight.

Xiong Lu and Hu'er fought and retreated in the chaos, and were completely defeated, extremely embarrassed.In the confusion, Xiong Lu also saw that the Dongguan Brigade hadn't joined the battle, but was just sitting elsewhere commenting with Ni Chengzhi. He didn't know that the Dongguan Brigade was actually restrained by the thirteen mysterious generals. Standing on the sidelines, he was even more angry. But Hu'er had other ideas about the Dongguan Brigade. He knew this old friend quite well, and he also understood his personality. I have been sitting beside Ni Chengji, but I don't know the reason.

Among the chaotic army, Hu'er and Xiong Lu swung their weapons vigorously, trying to cut a bloody path in the enemy's formation, but there were so many Chu soldiers besieging the two, if it wasn't for the Chu soldiers who were ordered not to hurt the prince Life, the two have already been beaten into meatloaf. In such chaos, Hu'er and Xiong Lu had disheveled hair, their bodies were covered in blood, and they couldn't stop swinging wildly. At this moment, they only heard a roar like a thunderstorm behind them. As soon as the neck tightened, the whole person was already flying into the air.

Behind the two of them, Zhou Donglai, a tall and huge man among the generals of the Thirteen Mysteries, "Mad Bull Zhan" Zhou Donglai lifted Huer and Xionglu high up like chickens, and the two of them could not stay in the air. Struggling, but the strength in the hands of the giant man was extremely strong, and the two were caught by the back collar, which was completely useless, so they could only wave their hands and feet weakly in the air, and all the Chu soldiers laughed loudly . Only the tiger roared wildly. "You bastard thirteen bastards! Hurry up and let go of the son! Do you want to make trouble? He is the son of Chu, how dare you be so rude?"

The giant Han Zhou Donglai laughed and was about to say something sarcastic, but he saw Ni Chengji hastily pushed aside the crowd and said loudly. "He is right, how can you treat the son like this? Put him down quickly!" What he said was quite sincere and true, but the Chu soldiers on the side were still laughing. When Zhou Donglai heard Ni Chengzhi shouting like this, his fat and oily face showed a naive smile. He and the bear couple were thrown down from mid-air. "Bang bang", Hu'er and Xionglu hit the ground at the same time. Hu'er's hands and feet were more flexible, and he turned over as soon as he landed, but Xionglu was less flexible in his hands and feet. All the Chu soldiers laughed even more.

After Xiong Lu fell to the ground, hearing the laughter of the crowd, he was even more depressed, his whole face was flushed red, Hu'er hurried over to help him when he saw this, Xiong Lu was furious for a while, seeing Hu'er coming to pull him, he turned back and said " With a sound of "pa", he slapped Hu'er on the face with a clear palm. I only heard the giant man "Mad Bull Zhan" Zhou Donglai laugh wildly. "Haha! Wow! Gu Yutu, you are so handsome," his voice was extremely loud, and it spread far away as soon as he opened his mouth. "It's a pity that there is a master who is so pusty!"

One of the other mysterious generals beside him, the "Goat Demon" Cupronickel Shou also laughed and said. "This master is really magnificent. He is not good at writing or martial arts. He is really good at reincarnation and born to the right family. Anyway, as long as he is born in the Chu royal family, even a tortoise can become a son. What's so strange?" These few words are very harsh, not to mention that Xiong Lu is the son of the Chu Kingdom, even ordinary people can't stand it after hearing such words. When Shou said such words, his face was full of anger immediately, and he planned to fight him desperately as soon as he jumped up.

But Xiong Lu is much calmer than him. He knows that although Dou Ziyu often opposes him in secret, on the surface he still respects his status as the son of the Chu Kingdom. At this moment, General Thirteen Xuan dared to say that Such disrespectful words were obviously something strange, so he secretly put away his anger, slowly got up, and said to Ni Rongji coldly. "Have you had enough trouble? I'm here, you can do whatever you want! Whether you want to kill me or chop me into meat, you can do whatever you want." As he talked, he saw that the Dongguan Brigade was still standing beside Ni Luji, and secretly felt a great deal of anger in his heart, but his personality was quite gloomy, so he barely suppressed the fury at this moment .

"Do you have anything else to do? If you have something to do, keep blocking me! Or let us go!" Before Ni Luji could speak, a Dou family in yellow clothes beside him said haha ​​and said. "It's not a big deal, but Master Zi Yu is getting married in less than ten days, so this big marriage can't be neglected, it has to be handled by the father-in-law. Now in the state of Chu, the king doesn't care about the affairs of the world because of his health, so the role of 'father' naturally falls on the son. Master Ziyu couldn't find his son in the city of Yingdu, thinking that the son might come to the outskirts of the city to cultivate himself, so he sent a young man to welcome him, and asked him to go back and discuss with Master Ziyu about the auspicious wedding, please don't be offended. "

His words "don't take offense" pushed away the fierce battle completely, as if the fierce battle just now had never happened at all, Hu'er recognized this man as Dou Ziyu's cousin, named Dou Shuyue, who also belonged to the Dou family My nephew is usually articulate. Xiong Lu snorted coldly, patted the dust off his body, and without further ado, followed the surrounded Chu soldiers into a small cart, and sat on the small cart with a livid face. The Dongguan Brigade broke through the crowd and walked over to Hu'er, wanting to say something to him, but Hu'er gave him a cold look and didn't say much. The Dongguan Brigade wanted to explain, but there were a few A mysterious general smiled and pushed him half-hugged into a car. Hu'er followed closely behind Xiong Lu's car and ran quickly. Looking back, he saw that the car that Dongguan Brigade was riding in was rich in brocade, much larger than Xiong Lu's car. Taking a closer look, besides the coachman, there was actually only one person from Dongguan Brigade in the car, and even Ni Lengji, Dou Shuyue and Shi Sanxuan were walking quickly beside the car. Hu'er saw that the Dongguan Brigade received such warm hospitality from Dou Ziyu's subordinates, and couldn't figure out the reason for a while. He scratched his head and thought for a while, then when he turned around, he saw Xiong Lu staring up at the Dongguan Brigade. That big car seemed to be bursting with flames from its eyes. Ni Luji and Dou Shuyue led a group of people through the mountain road and returned to the city of Yingdu. Before the city gate, the Mozu and the Thirteen Profound Generals had left on their own, leaving only hundreds of Chu soldiers behind. , took Dongguan Brigade, Hu'er and Xiong Lu directly into the city of Yingdu. The entire team passed through the center of the city, but headed straight for Dou Ziyu's mansion. That Dou Ziyu's mansion is extremely luxurious and spacious. Apart from the huge mansion, there are also several extremely gorgeous manors. Hu'er walked through a spacious garden with the bear couple's car, and remembered that when he was young, he was killed because of the slaughter. A rare bird in the garden caused the death of several young friends. Thinking of this, Hu'er couldn't help but look back at the Dongguan Brigade. He was also one of the companions who were arrested and executed by Dou Ziyu back then. So I don't have any impression of this mansion. At this moment, the Dongguan brigade was sitting on the cart, but his expression was very dazed. Hu'er thought about the scene just now, and remembered Xiong Lu's resentment and anger just now, and felt a little ominous in his heart. A group of people drove straight into Dou Ziyu's mansion, walked into the inner courtyard, and a few maids came out quickly, but they met the cart of the Dongguan Brigade, and carefully helped him down. But Xiong Lu's car was parked in the corner, but no one came to pay attention to it. Xiong Lu looked around blankly, then jumped out of the car, and several Chu soldiers surrounded him at this moment, and followed them into the mansion in the inner courtyard. I saw that there was a huge hall in the middle of the mansion, but there were already many people sitting there. Hu Er stood beside Xiong Lu with a little surprise, looked at the faces around him, and said in a low voice. Said. "It's a bit strange. Doctor Qu, the official historian, Da Sinong, Da Sima, everyone is here." The bear couple nodded. "It doesn't matter if they're here, at least we can know that Dou Ziyu won't do anything here. At least we'll be safer." The two talked in low voices, and raised their heads to look around from time to time. They saw that all the elders and important ministers of the court of Chu State were present at this time. You must know that although Dou Ziyu has great power in Chu State at this time, his sphere of influence But they are concentrated among the young and strong courtiers, just because these kind of ministers are more ambitious and hope to get benefits from the action of attaching to Dou Ziyu. But the thinking of the elders and ministers is quite different from these young and strong ministers. They attach great importance to the family law of their ancestors, and they usually have more sympathy for the sons and daughters of the princes. Some of them often have conflicts with Dou Ziyu. For example, the Qu family, the oldest aristocrat in the Chu state, is the family that is most opposed to Dou Ziyu. The Qu Tingzixi who was killed by Dou Ziyu when the Dongguan Brigade saw it in the Xingjian Wasteland that day was the Qu family's ambition. Allegiance to the royal family. It stands to reason that if Dou Ziyu wanted to gather a group of ministers to discuss important matters, he would be looking for those young and strong ministers, but looking around at the moment, most of them are senior and important ministers who have never been very compatible with Dou Ziyu. Although it's a bit strange, Xiong Lu and Hu'er are secretly happy, because at the moment they are in the sphere of influence of Dou Ziyu, surrounded by these senior ministers who are friendly to him, after all, it is a relatively reassuring thing thing. Those veteran officials saw Xiong Lu and Hu'er suddenly appearing in Dou Ziyu's mansion, and they didn't know why, but everyone looked strange, some people started whispering, and occasionally a few people looked at Xiong Lu, and then looked at him. Looking at the Dongguan brigade on the side, his expression was even more weird. As early as when they entered the hall, Dou Ziyu's subordinates arranged for the Dongguan Brigade to sit on the front seat. According to the patriarchal law of the Chu State, when there is a major official gathering, such a seat is reserved for members of the royal family. If people come to sit, if the present King Chu Mu is present, he is invited to sit on this seat. Of course King Chu Mu was not on the scene at this time, but the eldest son Xiong Lu was there, but Dou Ziyu didn't know what kind of mystery he was doing. The brigade sits on this position that symbolizes the honor of Chu State. The Dongguan brigade had just returned to the state of Chu at this time, and he was not clear about the situation in the state of Chu. He was surrounded by people in the mountains of the Star Arrow Wasteland, and even though he was sitting in the most luxurious car, But he didn't know what happened. Even if he entered Dou Ziyu's mansion, he didn't know that this gorgeous and luxurious deep house was the place where Dou Ziyu, whom he hated most in his life, lived. Looking around, there is a large group of people in the entire meeting hall, but every face is extremely strange. After calculation, only Hu Er and Xiong Lu in the corner are people he knows. A few mysterious generals are not even qualified to come here, so they can only wait outside. Taking a closer look at Hu'er and Xiong Lu, I saw that the two had serious expressions. The Dongguan Brigade once waved to them, but Hu'er's expression was complicated, and he wanted to raise his hand to respond to him, but he retracted his arm halfway. go back. As for Xiong Lu, his expression was indifferent, and he turned a blind eye to everything about the Dongguan Brigade, as if he no longer existed. Seeing the expressions of the two of them, the Dongguan Brigade felt a little uneasy. When they were at a loss, a long series of loud voices came from outside the hall at this moment. "Ling Yin Dou Ziyu arrived!" Hearing this long and imposing shout, the Dongguan Brigade had already guessed that this place should be Dou Ziyu's mansion, but now that it was confirmed, he was even more shocked and angry. The person he hates the most in his life is the number one official of the Chu Kingdom, not only for himself, but also for his most respected Gongsun Jianyu. He was even more angry. At this moment, there was a burst of clear and long laughter from the long corridor, and everyone felt that it was Dou Ziyu, "Ling Yin" of Chu State, who walked in. At this time, he was in the prime of life, tall and handsome, his face was as radiant as a crown jade, his three long beards were black and shiny, he was wearing a sable fur, and he did not have any special movements. But as long as he stood in the crowd, everyone's eyes would involuntarily focus on him. A few years ago, the Dongguan Brigade had met the number one official of the Chu State several times. It was strange that even though he hated him so much, if he could, he would have wanted to kill him at any time, but every time he saw him When I arrived at Dou Ziyu, I couldn't help but feel ashamed and inferior. I saw Dou Ziyu walking into the hall full of ambition, nodding to the officials all the way, walked to the side of the big seat, saw Dongguan Brigade sitting on the big seat with a cloudy expression, Dou Ziyu smiled faintly , but made a surprising move. He stared at Dongguan Brigade meaningfully, smiled slightly, but bowed deeply to Dongguan Brigade with his whole body on the ground. As soon as this move was made, the whole audience was in an uproar, because in the Spring and Autumn Period, this kind of action was the most respectful gift, and even ordinary people rarely used such a great gift. Now Dou Ziyu is the most important minister of Chu State. His status in the world is even more honorable than that of the monarchs of many middle-level powers. At this moment, he is actually presenting this great gift for traveling to Dongguan in front of everyone. Of course, everyone will be surprised and curious. Among the ministers, an old man with white beard and hair couldn't help but said loudly. "Ling Yin's move is wrong, it does not conform to the etiquette, Ling Yin's move is wrong!" As soon as he said this, many people nodded their heads, expressing that he was right.Some people recognized this old minister as Sun Shu Ziming, who was a very important minister of the previous King of Chu. At this moment, it was quite appropriate for him to come forward to correct Dou Ziyu's behavior that did not conform to the etiquette. Seeing that Dou Ziyu didn't care about the whispers of the crowd, he still went ahead and saluted the Dongguan Brigade a few more times, then stood up proudly, showing a confident look, and sat at the lower head of the Dongguan Brigade, expressing his respect He has great respect. Uncle Sun said clearly. "As an important minister of the country, Ling Yin is the most noble person in the country. According to the law of etiquette, the king is still alive, and even the son Xiong is there. Ling Yin doesn't put the son in a high position, but salutes an ordinary person. Excuse me. , Is this ignoring the ancestral family law and openly defying the ancestral system of Chu State?" Dou Ziyu smiled and said: "Mr. Uncle Sun is right, Ziyu should really salute to our great king and son, just because of the special situation today, this is the main purpose of Ziyu inviting everyone here today!" As soon as he said this, the crowd became even more curious and began to discuss in whispers. Among the crowd, Hu'er was only heard shouting loudly. "Dou Ziyu! What kind of mystery are you talking about? Why did you openly turn a blind eye to the fact that the prince was there today? Since you abide by the etiquette and laws of Chu, why didn't you invite the prince to take the seat?" Hu'er uttered these few words loudly, every word was reasonable, and everyone nodded in agreement after hearing it. Dou Ziyu smiled coldly and said loudly. "According to the law of etiquette, I really should salute to my son, but if I really want to salute, I have to be a person who can really stand it, so I can stand this great gift from me!" After he said these words, everyone was even more uproar, because these words obviously challenged Xiong Lu's status as the eldest son on the spot. The current king of Chu also has nothing to do with him, but Dou Ziyu is still respectful to the royal family of Chu on weekdays, but it is unprecedented to ridicule the prince Xiong Lu in front of the court today. Sure enough, that old minister's uncle, Sun Ziming, was the first one who couldn't help but reprimanded him, only heard him speak sharply. "Dou Ziyu, you are so bold, how dare you be so disrespectful to the prince of Chu in front of everyone today? I know that you have great power, but if you violate the patriarchal law, I don't believe that you can cover the sky with one hand! " Hearing the old man's angry accusation, Dou Ziyu was not angry, but just said with a calm smile. "The old doctor is very serious. I, Dou Ziyu, must be taught with humility. The family law of the ancestors is indeed the most important thing in the world. You must be wondering why I am here to disrespect the son? Today, I did it for a reason. Deep meaning, because I only have two words to say to everyone..." He skillfully stretched out two fingers and pointed at everyone several times. All of a sudden, the audience fell silent, everyone stared at Dou Ziyu's two fingers, and listened intently to what he said these two words. "My two words are very simple," Dou Ziyu raised his arms high, so that everyone could see his two fingers more clearly. "That is: 'Du Ao'!" Hearing him say these two words, everyone screamed out in surprise, which really surprised everyone. Du Ao! This name represents a mysterious and important case with no clue! "Du Ao...Du Ao..." The old official Sun Shu Ziming murmured, "I never thought that someone would bring up this matter..." In the dialect of Chu State, "Du Ao" is another name for the king who died early. The "Du Ao" that people remember most clearly at that time was the former king of Chu, Xiongxi, who died in the suburbs more than 20 years ago. In the official history records of Chu State, "Du Ao" Xiongxi apparently died at the hands of bandits, but in fact, it was a tragedy of brothers fighting each other for the sake of the throne. Back then, King Xiongxi of Chu had an elder brother Xiong Hui who was as powerful as Dou Ziyu. On the surface, Xiong Hui had no interest in the throne of Chu, but in fact he conspired and finally assassinated Xiong Xi in the outskirts of Chu State. Ascend to the throne of the king of Chu by himself, that is the father of the current king of Chu, King Chu Cheng, who is the grandfather of Xiong Lu. Although the Chungong case is full of doubts, since the murderous King Cheng has ascended to the throne, it has no choice but to let it go. However, the people of the people are still full of nostalgia for the young king, so although After more than 20 years, many people still remember the "Du Ao" Chu Xiongxi who died young. Later, King Chu Cheng's fate was also quite miserable. He was killed by his own son, King Mu. past to cover up the same dishonorable deeds of his own. Therefore, generally speaking, the people have deep sympathy for this "Du Ao". At this moment, Dou Ziyu brought up the past of "Du Ao" in public again, everyone was amazed, but they didn't know what his intentions were. In the chaos of everyone's discussion, Dou Ziyu raised everyone's curiosity to the highest point with satisfaction, and then said loudly. "Speaking of the grievances of 'Du Ao' back then, everyone should have heard a little about it, right? I won't say much about this case since it involved my late king's reputation. But God is sorry to see, after years of open and unannounced investigations, Ziyu found out that the "Du Ao" of that year still has flesh and blood left in the world! " Hearing what he said, his uncle and grandson Ming were very surprised. His family had a very good relationship with Xiongxi in the early years. Because of this, after King Cheng came to the throne, he had been extremely repressed towards his uncle for a long time. At this time, he knew that Xiongxi Xi still has descendants in the world, and he is even more concerned. "However, I heard that when 'Du Ao' was killed, his firstborn son had already been killed by thieves, so how could there be flesh and blood left in the world?" Dou Ziyu sighed. "This is the ingenious arrangement of God's pity on a good man. Back then, 'Duao' Xiongxi died so miserably. Wouldn't it be too cruel to cut off his flesh and blood?" He said here, raising his head. The arm "slapped" and slapped twice. "Bring 'that man' over here!" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, looking at the other end of the long corridor. Sure enough, after a while, several attendants led a middle-aged woman dressed as a servant over. Seeing her appearance, Hu'er exclaimed from the silent crowd. "Ah! It's Aunt Jiang Li, that's Aunt Jiang Li!" Dou Ziyu laughed and said loudly. "That's right, Brother Gu Yutu," he casually called out Hu'er's correct name. "This is your mother's best friend back then: Jiang Lishi!" Hu'er's true identity is the illegitimate son of the former King Cheng of Chu and his wet nurse. In terms of seniority, he is still Xiong Lu's uncle. After he assisted Xiong Lu, people vaguely knew about it. King Mu killed his father in the early days. This half-child was rounded up, but after King Mu's health weakened, Hu'er and Xiong's friendship became better, so no one cared about it anymore. The middle-aged woman Jiang Lishi who appeared at this time is the best friend of Hu'er's birth mother, and she took good care of Hu'er when he was young. Only Douzi Yulang said in a loud voice. "Jiang Lishi, tell everyone what you knew when 'Duao' Xiongxi was killed!" The middle-aged woman Carpenter Li respectfully bowed to the ministers and said clearly. "What happened back then, all the servants and maids present were killed by the assassins, and the only ones who survived were two people, Huergu Yutu and his mother. Just because Hu'er was the biological flesh and blood of the previous King Cheng, and King Cheng had a skin-to-skin relationship with his mother, so he spared the two of them from killing. Hu'er's mother secretly told me what happened there that year when we were servants together. When 'Du Ao' Xiongxi was killed that day, his wife and attendants were all killed, and no one was spared from the assassin's sword. However, his newly born only son was not killed by the sword, but was killed by the assassin. Take the car down the valley. " When she said this, Dou Ziyu nodded and said proudly. "Based on the clues mentioned by Jiang Lishi, I sent people to search carefully in the valley where the accident happened. God is sorry, I finally found the whereabouts of the last bit of 'Du Ao' back then." He paused skillfully, seeing that everyone was listening to his narration attentively, and then took out a piece of brocade from his body. I saw that the brocade was a little worn out, but it was vividly embroidered with a ferocious white-fronted yellow tiger. Some of the ministers were well-informed, and they could tell at a glance that it was the cloth worn by the Chu royal family, and they all nodded. "Everyone must know that this is the 'Yu Tu' brocade weaving that can only be used by the royal family of Chu. Only members of the royal family can wear it. If I, Dou Ziyu, wear it arbitrarily, it will be a felony that cannot be tolerated by the ancestors, right?" All the ministers nodded one after another, indicating that he was right. And the Dongguan brigade at the side was even more astonished when he saw this dilapidated brocade, because this brocade was no stranger to him, it was a collection of his Orion adoptive parents in the mountains and forests.