Dad Wanan

In recent days, the capital has been very uneven.

The incident happened in the western suburbs of the capital, where there is Yaya Lake, and beside the lake stands a building built by the water, called "Tianshang Waterside Pavilion".To put it bluntly, this water pavilion is actually a brothel, but compared to ordinary brothels, it is slightly different.

Yaya Lake is formed by mountains, with unique scenery.This favorable location makes Tianshang Water Pavilion less rouge and dusty, and more elegant.In addition, all the girls in the water pavilion are very good. Although they are not proficient in all of them, they are at least proficient in two of them, which is quite remarkable.

Therefore, Tianshang Waterside Pavilion has always been loved by dignitaries and dignitaries.

Sitting on the high place of the waterside pavilion, overlooking the scenery below the knees, it feels different from sitting in a general brothel, as if it is a few grades higher invisibly.

The strange things that happened recently are also related to this Tianshang Water Pavilion.

To go to Tianshang Waterside Pavilion, you must pass through a bamboo forest, and the same is true for the return journey.

This road has been very peaceful before, until recently, several people returning home from Tianshang Waterside Pavilion encountered strange things in the bamboo forest.

It is said that they were walking on the road when they suddenly heard a woman crying.Looking up, I saw a head floating above the forest.The long hair on the head covered his face, so he couldn't see his face, not to mention no one had the courage to look at it.

The officials were terrified, and hurriedly asked their bodyguards to drive away the ghost.But then, a burst of red smoke floated out of the woods, and the people shrouded in smoke quickly lost consciousness.When I woke up, it was already the next morning.

At this time, those officials will always find that they have been stripped naked, hung upside down on a tree, and their belongings have been swept away.Although they kept quiet about such an embarrassing thing and strictly prohibited it from being publicized, after all, paper could not contain the fire.

And this has been widely spread in the capital, which is what happened in the past few days.In addition, the days when this kind of thing happened are said to be in the dark night when the moon is covered by thick clouds.

"What do you think?" The person who asked the question shook the gauze fan in his hand, his eyes were half a smile, and he was looking at the man sitting in the opposite chair.

"I don't think so much." Shi Xirong replied with a blank expression on his face.

"You must have some ideas, don't you?" Xuanyuanzhao blinked, "Such an interesting thing."

"No." Shi Xirong was still lukewarm.

Xuanyuan Zhao shrugged, "Well, you don't have an idea, but I do."

"Oh!"

"How? Do you want to hear it?"

"In no mood."

"Oh!" Xuanyuan Zhao smacked his tongue, raised his brows, with an exaggerated resentment expression on his face, "Just listen to me, you won't lose a piece of meat, why are you so stingy?"

"I'm not interested." Shi Xirong glanced at him, his eyes were indifferent, and he never showed emotions.

"Well...forget it, I won't force you to listen." Xuanyuan Zhao paused, then smiled meaningfully, "But in exchange, you have to go and see with me."

"I refuse." He replied crisply.

Xuanyuanzhao didn't speak for a long while, and patted the fan with his fingers. He suddenly remembered something, "By the way, you have been fighting abroad for a long time, so you may not know much about it. The Tianshang Water Pavilion is really popular. Even 『 That person'ah, sometimes he goes there to sit around!"

that person?

Shi Xirong finally had an expression on his face, and frowned slightly, "He's going too?"

"No, and as far as I know, more than two or three times."

"Tell him not to go again."

"Hehe, it's not like you don't know him. Who can stop him from where he wants to go and what he wants to do? Ordinary people, who would dare to stop him? Even if you dare, I will, but is he willing to listen to us? , this is still a big problem.”

"..."

Shi Xirong fell silent.

Indeed, as Xuanyuanzhao said, as long as that person wants to go and do what he wants, no one can stop him.With one word, one word is worth a thousand dollars. With a wave of his hand, he can make thousands of people fall to the ground.Because, he, Xuanyuan Huan, is the king of a country, and everyone in the whole country has to listen to him.

In the whole world, there are no more than five people who dare to criticize him directly, and two of them are sitting here.

Ling Wang Xuanyuanzhao is Xuanyuanhuan's Seventh Emperor's younger brother.Chen Yi's great general, Shi Xirong, is his capable and beloved general.These two, seemingly irrelevant at first glance, have actually been friends for nearly 20 years.

"When do you plan to go?" Finally, Shi Xirong asked.

When Xuanyuanzhao heard it, he smiled triumphantly, "Liufang, Liufang, I knew that as long as it was about that person, you would never let it go."

"Stop talking nonsense." Shi Xirong glanced at him, but there was still no emotion in his eyes, "Also, don't call me that."

"Why not? Liufang, Liufang, Shi Xi Liufang, how nice it sounds, why are you willing to bury it like this!" When it was time to get to the point, Xuanyuanzhao laughed and chattered about irrelevant things.

Having known him for so many years, Shi Xirong knew very well that this person would not talk seriously until he had enough trouble, so he kept silent.

In fact, what Xuanyuanzhao said is not taboo for Xuanyuanhuan, but few people know the details.

Shi Xirong, originally surnamed Shi, was born not long ago. A fortune teller came here and told his parents that the child's life was light, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to raise and die young, so he added his mother's surname "Xi" to it. , to weigh down his fate.As for his character "Liufang", it was also given by a fortune teller after divination.

The fortune teller back then didn't seem to have figured out that this "fate is light and hard to raise" child not only grew up smoothly, but also grew tall and mighty, and even became the pillar of a country, with a reputation far and wide.

Xuanyuanzhao felt that throughout the ages, few people could fit the word "officer" better than Shi Xirong.He is a minister, and the only person he is loyal to is the current emperor.

Back then when the third prince provoked civil strife, he was the one who led the troops to suppress it.If the peace talks failed, he cut off the third prince's head with one sword.

Afterwards, although he was impeached by some ministers, saying that he was disorganized, but the emperor suppressed these remarks and did not affect him in the slightest.

In fact, Shi Xirong understood early on that although the third prince was the emperor's elder brother, the emperor had no intention of keeping him, and Shi Xirong just omitted the step of asking the emperor for instructions.

He is such a courtier, saying that loyalty is loyalty, as long as the emperor needs it, he can take the lead and overcome obstacles for the emperor; when talking about arrogance, he is also arrogant, because no one can control him except the emperor.

But now, it is this emperor who may encounter headaches.Although this trouble is not fatal, but think about it, if the emperor was murdered on the way back from having fun, and was stripped naked and hung on a tree, it would really lose the face of the whole country.

Of course, Shi Xirong would never allow this to happen.

The sun has set in the west.

The Tianshang Water Pavilion is still brightly lit, the room is full of fragrance, and the music of the piano is endless.Yaya Lake, which is close to the water pavilion, has misty water smoke on the lake, like a holy place. No wonder people love the scenery here as well as the girls here.

Although most of the people who come to the waterside pavilion are distinguished guests, the two who came today are the most expensive and the rarest of the rare.Xuanyuanzhao came here twice when he was idle and bored, and as for Shi Xirong, it was his first visit.When he first entered the door, he really surprised the people inside, thinking that there was some disturbance in the waterside pavilion, and General Shi Xi was here to put down the chaos.

It wasn't until they heard Xuanyuanzhao's reassurance that the two of them were just here for leisure, that the girls in the water pavilion were greatly relieved.

Tonight, Shuixie let Xuanyuanzhao take over, and all the girls only served these two.And these two people said they came here for fun, but one just smiled and watched the girls singing and dancing, while the other quietly drank alone, the atmosphere there was indescribably weird.The girls didn't dare to ask too many questions, lest disaster come out of their mouths.

In this way, the two stayed in the water pavilion until late at night.

Finally, Shi Xirong stood up and said, "Let's go." He stepped out the door first.

Xuanyuanzhao generously rewarded the girls, and followed them away with a smile.

Out of the water pavilion, there are two horses waiting outside, Shi Xirong rides on one, and Xuanyuanzhao rides on the other.Six entourages followed behind the two and escorted them back.At the end of the crowd, there was a carriage with the curtains tightly closed.

Not long after, a group of people entered the bamboo forest that they must pass through on the way back.Tonight is cloudy and foggy, and the moonlight is dim.After entering the forest, I couldn't even see the thin moonlight.As far as the eye can see, there are only shadows of trees, and occasionally small noises can be heard from nowhere, which is really strange.

The group of people was still unhurried, walking leisurely on the road, and no one spoke, only the sound of human footsteps, horseshoes, and the rumble of carriages mixed together.

Suddenly, a crying sound came from nowhere, sobbing.Then, the crying sound became louder and clearer, as if something was approaching.

When everyone looked up, they saw a head shaking in the air not far ahead, with white hair hanging down and covering their face in a mess.

"It really did appear, should we say we were lucky or not?" Xuanyuanzhao muttered, but lifted his lips into a smile, and turned to look at Shi Xirong beside him.

Shi Xirong stared at the head blankly for a while, then took down the longbow from the horse, drew another arrow from the quiver, and put it on the bowstring.

At this moment, thick red fog invaded them from all directions.

Shi Xi raised his hand, and several attendants immediately pulled up their collars to cover their mouths and noses.Special potions had already been applied to their collars.

At the same time, the curtain of the carriage was lifted suddenly, and another group of people jumped out from inside.Two of them lit torches on the four sides of the carriage, while the others formed a small team with other companions. Each team spread out and sneaked towards the direction of the smoke.

Shi Xirong had also pulled up his collar to cover his face, re-folded his bow and nocked his arrow, and while listening to the crying, the arrow in his hand was slowly adjusting the direction.

Finally, when he reached a certain position, he let go, and the arrow roared out immediately, shooting into the dense fog.There was only a muffled hum, and then the sound of something falling to the ground.

At the same time, there were unknown sounds in the surroundings one after another.

Not long after, the dense fog began to clear, and those attendants returned to the carriage one after another, each still escorting one to three men in black.It was these people who ignited the poisonous fog around them.

Shi Xirong got off his horse, walked forward in the thinning mist, and soon came to an object that had fallen on the ground.The most abrupt thing about this object is a gleaming white head.With the light of the fire, one could see a black robe under the head.But without the flame, at first glance, it really looks like there is only one head.

Knowing that this was pretending to be a ghost, Shi Xirong grabbed the man's skirt with one hand, and just picked him up from the ground, when he heard a "click", the white mask without facial features on the man's face split in two, fall off.

Shi Xirong's previous arrow hit the forehead of the mask.The mask couldn't withstand the impact, so it split.In fact, it was thanks to Shi Xirong's strength, otherwise, the arrow would have already passed through the mask and pierced the man's brain.

"Let me see the real face of this ghost." Xuanyuan Zhao came over and looked at the person who was held by Shi Xirong in his hand. He couldn't see clearly, so he stretched out his hand and pulled off the disguised white hair. Clear.

The real body of this female ghost is actually a teenager.Probably because he hit his head when he fell to the ground earlier, so he is still in a coma.

"Tsk tsk, if you have the ability to play tricks, but you can't do it if you fall, it's really boring, and it will waste my precious time, alas!" Xuanyuan Zhao sneered over there, waving his fan.

Shi Xirong ignored him and walked towards the carriage with the people.This carriage was originally used to hold the ambush men, but now it is used to hold the captured thieves.These people pretended to be gods and ghosts in the capital, causing rumors to spread everywhere, and their purpose must be investigated.However, this is not Shi Xirong's responsibility, he just arrested people, he doesn't care about other things.

Those caught by the entourage were all tied up and thrown into the carriage.Shi Xirong raised his hand, ready to throw the one in his hand into it, but unexpectedly, the man suddenly woke up and hugged his arm.

Shi Xirong didn't expect to be entangled, so he clasped the man's shoulder with his other hand, lifted him up, and threw him into the car vigorously.

At the same time, he heard a soft "crack" sound, turned his head and found that the button on his right arm was broken.

As a military general, he has always been dressed in a capable and neat military general's attire, with military trousers and boots, and often wears a cape.As for wearing armbands on his arms, that was a habit his mother had developed for him since he was a child.At this time, Wang Pendant, which was supposed to be tied to the armband with a thin rope, disappeared.

The rope couldn't have broken for no reason, and he turned his gaze to the person he had just thrown into the car.In the next moment, a black shadow jumped out of the car, like a hungry tiger jumping at a sheep.He stepped back nimbly, and the figure fell to the ground with a "paji".

The man raised his head with a groan, and looked at the condescending Shi Xirong with his big watery eyes.Holding half of a jade pendant in each of his two hands, he sniffed and shouted suddenly: "Father!"

Shi Xirong raised his brows slightly, a shadow cast over his face that had never expressed much.

"What did you say?" Xuanyuanzhao and Shi Xirong, who rushed over after hearing the commotion, asked this sentence in unison.

"I said, you are my father, you are the real father I have been looking for for many years!"

"..."

There was a sudden silence all around.

Here's the thing.

Ding Chang was the boy who kept calling Shi Xirong "father". According to him, he saw the half jade pendant, so he believed that Shi Xirong was his father.

He said that Shi Xirong went to the small town of Xizhen 18 years ago and met his mother.But later, because Shi Xi had something important to do with his body, he left the other half of the jade pendant before he left, and told his mother that when the matter was resolved, he would definitely go back to the Ming Dynasty and marry.

But after he left, he didn't go back for more than ten years, and he didn't even know the birth of the child.A few years ago, Ding Chang's mother passed away due to illness, so Ding Chang left his hometown and embarked on a journey to find his father.After trekking all the way to the capital, God has eyes and finally reunited their father and son.

Of course, these are just "what he said".

Eighteen years ago, Shi Xirong was only ten years old, and at that time he had been staying in the capital for training.His father, a general, tried to shape him into a generation of brave generals who surpassed himself, so how could he let him go so far away to have a good time?

As for these situations, Xuanyuanzhao, who had known him since childhood, was the clearest.So he was very sure that this Ding Chang had nothing to do with Shi Xirong, but had something to do with another person, most likely.

This person, before ascending the throne 18 years ago, did leave the capital for a period of time, as if he went to a small town in the west.And that jade pendant was indeed his once, and there is no other piece exactly like it in the whole world.

But not long ago, Shi Xirong won the battle, and after returning, he gave Shi Xirong the half jade pendant, saying that the bare armband was too monotonous, so he forced someone to wrap the jade pendant around him.

So, what happened before.

This misunderstanding really made Xuanyuan Zhao laugh for a while.The most interesting thing about him is that that silly boy recognizes things but does not recognize people. It is impossible for Shi Xirong to be as old as him at first glance, but he just recognizes Shi Xirong.

However, this is not too strange.Although Shi Xirong looked young, his aura made his age several layers higher invisibly.

Even if it is said that he is already in his thirties, there will be no one who does not believe it. At most, they are a little curious about how he can be so beautiful...

"Cough, I said Shi Xi!" Finally, having laughed enough, Xuan Yuanzhao began to talk about the topic: "How are you going to deal with that silly boy?"

"Let it be what it should be." Shi Xirong reined in the horse and walked forward slowly.

Xuanyuanzhao thought for a while, "Are you going to send him to that person? That's not good!"

"The trouble he caused himself is his fault." Although Shi Xirong has always been a matter of loyalty to the emperor, he has always disdained to interfere in such family trivial matters.

"That's not what you said." Xuanyuanzhao pondered, "You think, he hasn't picked up their mother and child for so many years, he must have forgotten it long ago. We sent him a son suddenly, he can bear it ?"

"What can't stand it? Give him a son, not a father."

"But that kid has been in the folk for so many years, and he has never received the education that the royal family should have. Look at his words and deeds just now, it seems to be the type that person hates the most! You are not unaware of that person's temper, he In his eyes, there has always been no talk of blood relatives, as long as he doesn't like it, anyone's head can be chopped off. And look at that..."

Xuanyuan Zhao turned his head and glanced at the carriage behind him.After the previous questioning, Shi Xirong knocked Ding Chang unconscious with a knife in his hand. At this moment, he was sleeping unconscious in the carriage.Although Shi Xirong's approach was a bit unkind, but only in this way can the two of them talk so well.

As far as this Ding Chang is concerned, his appearance is not bad. His small face is fair and clean, and his eyes are especially big and round, exuding a natural aura.The black and white eyeballs rolled, and there was a kind of indescribable cuteness.It's a pity that as soon as he opened his mouth, his image collapsed on the spot.

As if he was afraid that others would not be able to hear his voice clearly, he was yelling when he spoke, which really made people wonder how that seemingly thin body managed to retain such a deep spirit.However, this may just be his moment of desperation.

In short, if he ran to the most annoying and noisy emperor and yelled like this, even if the emperor had his tongue pulled out on the spot, it would not be surprising.

"Think about it again." Xuanyuanzhao turned around and continued, "We sent the boy there, and that person must ask, how did you meet? Then we said, in fact, we happened to catch the thief when we caught him." Come back... Do you think he will find it funny? Will he laugh?"

"..."

"Thinking about it ten thousand steps back, even if he has no objection, people's words are terrible after all. The civil strife in the past few years, and the country's situation has finally stabilized in the past few years, but at this time, there is a prince who pretends to be a ghost and picks up other people's clothes. , if this is to be spread, it will really "be famous forever"!"

"So?" Hearing Xuanyuanzhao's babbling, it really made sense, so Shi Xirong asked, "What do you think?"

"I'm thinking, don't be in a hurry to send people there. After all, the incident happened so suddenly that even we are still a little confused about the situation."

"Oh?"

"Observe for a while."

"Then?"

"Then let's wait until the observation is over!" Xuanyuanzhao shook his fan, smiling brighter and brighter.

Shi Xirong understands best, the brighter this person smiles, the more bad water will flow in his stomach.

Even so, at least for now, there is nothing he can do badly.What's more, no matter how bad it is, it can't be worse than the situations he just mentioned.

So he silently nodded and agreed.