Shuoyun Feidu

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of August. On this day, Beitang Rongdu was flipping through the official documents in the study, when a personal eunuch walked in and said, "The princess invites the prince to the racecourse." After hearing this, Beitang Rongdu Said: "You go and watch and don't let her mess around, this king will go right away."

Beitang Rongdu tidied up a bit, changed his clothes, and arrived at the horse farm in a short time. He saw Beitang Jiaqi accompanied by a group of eunuchs and palace servants, carefully supporting her to play on a docile black horse. Beitang Jiaqi was dressed in purple-green and vermilion-colored trousers, with embroidered green shoes on her feet. When she saw Rongdu in Beitang from a distance, she smiled and called out, "...Daddy! Take Luer to hunt today!"

Beitang Rongdu remained calm, walked up to him, patted the docile black horse's neck, and said with a smile, "Father still needs to practice calligraphy today, so I'll ride the horse for a while, okay?" Beitang Jiaqi Raising his delicate eyebrows, he snorted softly, "Daddy promised me..." Beitang Rongdu heard this, and then remembered that he seemed to have promised to take his daughter to go hunting before. Wishing to let the child down, he suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, since the father promised our wedding, it is natural to keep what we say." As he spoke, he took a step sideways, and as soon as he turned over, he got on the horse and took Beitang Jiaji Fix it in front of yourself.

Seeing this, Beitang Jiaqi happily clapped his hands and started giggling. Beitang Rongdu narrowed his eyes slightly, with a smile on his mouth, but kept silent. Someone from the eunuchs at the racecourse beside him laughed and said: "...the prince and the princess want to go Hunting, I don’t know how many people to take? The servants can also arrange it.” Beitang Jiaqi’s big eyes widened slightly, he flicked the whip in his hand, and said angrily: “Go! Go away, don’t want many people.” Beitang Rongdu smiled He patted his daughter's head, and then told the eunuch: "Just call seven people to serve you, it doesn't take too much." The other eunuchs went to prepare their own bows and arrows for hunting, and after a while everything was done and everyone arrived, Beitang Rongdu clamped his horse's belly, and a group of people rode away together.

In fact, it was said to be hunting at the beginning, but because with a child as young as Beitang Jiaqi, how could he really hunt wild beasts without concern, and naturally her safety and comfort were the first priority, so the group of people just rode horses Wandering, the main purpose is to enjoy the scenery, how many prey can really be caught, in the blink of an eye, at noon, everyone found a place to rest, Beitang Rongdu sat on the ground, talking to Beitang Jiaqi, seven A guard built a fire with his hands and feet, and roasted the few prey that had just been caught on the fire. The surrounding birds were singing and flowers were fragrant, and Beitang Jiaqi's clear and crisp children's voices were chatting and laughing, which was very pleasant.

After a simple lunch, Beitang Jiaqi washed his hands and face, and then clamored to pick fruit. Beitang Rongdu always loved his daughter very much, and basically responded to every request. Seeing her acting like a baby, he took her a little further away I went upstream to pick wild fruits in the stream, and only let a few guards rest by themselves. Who knew that the weather was unpredictable, and it was sunny and sunny in the morning, but suddenly dark clouds covered the sun. It was a thick lead color, and the sound of thunder was faintly heard from the distant sky. Soon there were sporadic raindrops falling. After getting up from Beitang, they rushed back to the place where they were resting just now, and after saying hello, they immediately got on their horses and galloped incessantly, looking for a place where they could temporarily shelter from the rain.

The group of people was lucky. A guard found a cave from a distance. Everyone relaxed and rode their horses over together. He tore off his own robe and covered it over Rongdu's head in Beitang. One of them quickly walked into the cave and scouted the way ahead. He glanced inside and found that the cave was not big, and it looked damp. They were dead branches and weeds, but when the eyes moved to the depths, they suddenly discovered that there was a person in the cave, with some dead grass gathered under his body, sitting cross-legged on it, closing his eyes and adjusting his breath. He let out a little surprise, and immediately said to the back: "Master..." Before the words fell, the other naked guards held up a few coats with their hands high to protect them from the rain, and surrounded Beitang Jiaqi. Beitang Rongdu, who was in his arms, walked in.

Beitang Rongdu had his subordinates use several layers of outer robes as shelters to block the rain, and the raindrops had just become bigger and faster, and he arrived at the entrance of the cave within a few steps, so his body was never wet , seeing that there was not much impatience on a handsome face, he just hugged Beitang Jiaqi tightly in his arms, fearing that she would catch the cold in the rain, seeing that there were other people in the cave at this time, he couldn't help being slightly startled , I saw that the man's face was slightly dry and yellow, and his face was very ordinary. He was wearing a blue brocade robe and a simple bun on his head.

The man was about 50 to [-] years old, with thick black eyebrows. He opened his eyes just now when he heard a voice, and naturally saw Beitang Rongdu who was looking towards him. When an extraordinary stranger breaks into the cave he is in, the first reaction must be to be vigilant, not to mention the beauty of Beitang Rongdu is hard to describe, at first glance, no one can resist it He was overwhelmed, but this person's face was just as usual, and he was not moved at all. When Beitang Rongdu saw this person, he felt an indescribable strange feeling in his heart, but he did not order anyone to take this ordinary-looking The man drove out to get in the rain.

At this time, several guards had already entered the cave, and they cleaned up quickly, and then asked Beitang Rongdu to sit, far away from the middle-aged man, keeping a safe distance, but Beitang Jiaqi is just a person now. The child who was not yet four years old was huddled in his father's arms, blinking his beautiful eyes to look at the middle-aged man in the corner. Seeing this, Beitang Rongdu pulled his thin lips slightly, and tapped his daughter's small baby with one hand. Head, smiled lightly and said: "Girl, do you dare to come out to play next time?" Seeing Beitang Jiaqi coquettishly coquettish and silent, he smiled, and then ordered people to get angry, and several guards for a while Gathered the dead branches and weeds around, and lit a fire.

It was already pouring rain outside, Beitang Rongdu looked at the rain pouring out of the cave, he was not irritable, he just waited quietly for the rain to stop, he was worried that Beitang Jiaqi was young and feared that she would catch a cold, so he wrapped her up airtight In his arms, Beitang Jiaqi's limp little body also snuggled up to Beitang Rongdu's chest obediently, drawing warmth from his father, and looking curiously at the middle-aged man in the corner from time to time.

There was nothing to say for a while, the guards who followed Beitang Rongdu were already drenched in the rain, and they should have taken them off to dry, but Beitang Jiaqi is a woman after all, and she is also the honor of the princess, so although she is now He is still very young, so he must not be underhanded, so no one present took off his wet clothes and dried them, so as not to offend the princess, but Beitang Jiaqi was very smart even though he was young. Beitang Rongdu said: "Aren't they cold? Daddy asked them to bake their clothes." Beitang Rongdu smiled after hearing this, and signaled his subordinates to do as Beitang Jiaqi said. The wet clothes of these people stuck to the How could it feel better on the body, after hearing this, I felt grateful to Beitang Jiaqi in my heart, so I took off my shirt, and set it up by the fire with dead branches to bake.

It was raining continuously outside, and Beitang Jiaji was playful at noon, and hadn't eaten much. Now he was curled up in Beitang Rongdu's arms, only to hear two sounds in his stomach, Beitang Rongdu paused slightly, and then felt a little It was funny, and said: "...What, are you hungry?" Seeing that Beitang Jiaqi nodded, he asked someone to go outside and bring in some dry food brought from home from the leather pouch carried by the horse.

Soon, a bag of exquisite snacks was taken into the cave. Because the skin bag was not afraid of rain, the contents inside were not damaged at all. Beitang Jiaqi took the snacks, but did not eat them, but picked a piece first, Raising his little hand to Beitang Rongdu's lips, he said, "... Daddy, you can eat too." Beitang Rongdu saw that although his daughter was young, she was strict in doing things, behaved appropriately, and knew to be considerate of others. Seeing this The little man with no body, head and face held the pastry to his mouth. For some reason, he suddenly felt soft. After a short pause, he opened his mouth, took the pastry with a smile, and saw Bei Tang Jiaqi smiled sweetly, his face full of innocence, then he lowered his head and ate slowly by himself. Beitang Rongdu was relieved to see her like this, but suddenly remembered Beitang Zun Yue, when he was young At this time, is Beitang Zunyue also in his current mood?Thinking of this, the throat can't help but feel a little sore.

In the light of the fire, Beitang Rongdu closed his eyes slightly, recalling the past involuntarily for a moment, with an uncontrollable bitterness in his heart. Back then, he was in harmony with Beitang Zunyue, and everything seemed to happen right now. Yesterday, it's a pity that people always wake up from memories in the blink of an eye... But at this moment, Beitang Rongdu's heart moved, and he suddenly opened his eyes without warning, and his eyes just met the projected one. Their gazes collided, and it was the middle-aged man in the corner, who was sitting cross-legged, with an indistinct smile escaping from the corner of his mouth, and looked towards Beitang Rongdu. The moment Beitang Rongdu looked at this person, he still paused slightly—Beitang Rongdu had never seen such a pair of eyes. At first glance, it seemed to show indifference, but it was just In an instant, those two pupils seemed to suddenly become two whirlpools, containing a huge and unparalleled power, as if they were going to suck life into them, and they seemed to be filled with all the negative emotions in the world, evil and dark.

The man focused on Rongdu in the Beitang, his eyes were full of leisure, and there was a strange color in his eyes, like a damp wind blowing gently, with a relaxed expression on his face, and then he said: "... compared to Your father, Beitang Zunyue, is a lot more obscure." As soon as the words fell, the seven guards who were drying the clothes tensed up, their eyes fixed on the middle-aged man, and they became alert. Zunyue's name is taboo, and he had such a strange "coincident encounter" before, and the combination of two times can't help but make people feel vigilant, but this side of Beitang Rongdu is not moved by this person's eyes at all, after hearing this, He stared intently at the middle-aged man not far away, his blue eyes overflowed with gleam, and he was full of plans, but suddenly he smiled, his eyes were sharp, and said: "...Oh? So you know my father." The middle-aged man His eyes were bright, as if he wanted to regard Beitang Rongdu as a transparent person who had nothing to hide, he narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled slowly, looked at the calm Beitang Rongdu, and said: "I and him , of course it’s an old acquaintance.”

The middle-aged man's complexion was yellowish, and his facial features were normal, but when Beitang Rongdu looked around, he found that the hands on this man's lap seemed to be like white jade, slender and delicate, as stable as a rock. Putting the simple long sword upright, leaning against the cave wall, Beitang Rongdu's eyes lingered on the middle-aged man's face for a moment, and after confirming that he had never seen this person before, he quickly turned away slightly He lost his sight and said indifferently: "Oh? Since your Excellency and my father are old acquaintances, we can meet in the palace and catch up with each other."

The rain was pouring down outside, without any sign of stopping, perhaps infected by the atmosphere in the cave, Beitang Jiaqi huddled in Beitang Rongdu's arms, did not say a word, only looked at the man curiously. A middle-aged man, but saw this man lightly stroked the hem of his clothes with his hands, his brows were stretched, his expression was leisurely and elegant, and he looked very happy. Looking at it this way, that ordinary appearance seemed to become irrelevant. This indescribable style, but the smile on the corner of the mouth became more and more vivid, staring at Beitang Rongdu, and said with a smile: "Your cultivation base and strength seem to be stronger than Beitang Zunyue's original age..." Beitang Rongdu put his hand on the top of Beitang Jiaqi's head in his arms, and gently stroked his daughter's soft hair. Hearing the words, he slowly straightened his back, his eyes fell on the middle-aged man, and he smiled slightly: " ...Your Excellency was joking, how can this king be as good as my father was back then."

The middle-aged man was unmoved when he heard this, and there was a kind of majesty on his face, which was naturally revealed from his dry yellow face, slightly wrinkled eyes, and deep eyes. He smiled at the corner of his mouth, but sighed and said: "Beitang Rongdu, you are much more hypocritical than your father..." Beitang Rongdu paused when he heard the words, but his face did not turn cold at all, and he even nodded following the middle-aged man's words He smiled and said, "That's not wrong. My father and I are different in many ways."

The middle-aged man's fingers brushed across his robe unintentionally, leaving behind a very slight rustling sound, and without raising his head, he only had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and nodded slightly, as if agreeing Beitang Rongdu looked deeply at this stranger who was exuding a strange aura all over his body. There was a faint sense of insight and exploration in his calm blue eyes. Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled faintly. , Fu put his hands on his lap again, looked at Beitang Rongdu's handsome face not far away, and said: "Beitang Rongdu, you have always been creative, free-spirited, unscrupulous in killing, doing things unscrupulously, and beating Beitang with your father." Tang Zunyue is actually quite alike."

At this point, Beitang Rongdu didn't want to continue to beat around the bush with this person, so he smiled coldly and said indifferently: "...Is that so, it's a pity that when a person kills for nothing, he can at best It's just a thug, and when this person leads a hundred people to take up arms, he is just a gangster leader, but if he gathers 1 people, a million people, then he is the overlord... If he has the ability to make tens of thousands of people pick up swords and do what he says, then at this time, he is not a murderous devil, but the most remarkable person in the world." Hearing what Beitang Rongdu said, the young man paused for a moment, his eyes were a bit dark, then he clapped his hands and laughed, "That's right, that's right, it's really only the kind of people in the Beitang family who can say it..." Beitang Rongdu glanced at the middle-aged man, and said calmly and calmly: "...Yes, no matter how stupid and unscrupulous, our father and son are already figures that the world can only look up to."

The face of the middle-aged man remained unchanged, and an unpredictable light flashed across his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about Beitang Rongdu's words, then he turned to look at him with a slightly relaxed expression, and said quietly: "Power can indeed make people Covering the sky with one hand, turning the clouds and rain, but in a person's life, there may be times when they will meet on narrow roads. Under such circumstances, in the final analysis, it is still necessary to rely on the most fundamental strength, and fight to see who is stronger , whose method is better..." The middle-aged man raised his head slightly when he said this, and there was a damp cool wind outside the cave, and he saw that the man's wide sleeves were blown up by the wind, fluttering like For some reason, Beitang Rongdu suddenly had a warning sign for no reason, but he saw the middle-aged man casually brushing the black hair scattered around his ears, and his eyes were shining, as if With a non-smiling smile, he said: "...Why, the king of Chu has not recognized me until now?"

Beitang Rongdu has always been sensitive and scheming, but seeing the calm expression on this man's face at this time, he couldn't see anything from it, so he smiled slightly and said kindly: "Your Excellency's eyes are very sharp, but it's the first The first time I saw it, I really don’t remember meeting you before.” The middle-aged man chuckled, lowered his eyes to look at the ground, and crushed the ants on the ground one by one with his fingers. After a while, suddenly Slowly raised his head again, staring at Beitang Rongdu with burning eyes, his voice was long and calm, but there was a hint of mockery in it: "Speaking of which, when I formally face to face with the King of Chu, there was actually only one time... ..."

When the middle-aged man said this, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, an indescribable coldness emanated from his body, a slender hand stroked the position slightly below the right shoulder, and said word by word: " At that time, the king of Chu left me a meeting gift... Could it be that the lord also forgot?" After finishing speaking, he suddenly laughed loudly: "...The king of Chu was lucky to return with a single sword in vain!"