Dressed as a young King Zhuang of Chu

The matter of going to Yunmengze for hunting, as Guan Fuxiu said, easily got the approval of all the officials.After that, Shen Gong and Wu Chen drew up an accompanying list for him.Xiong Lu opened the scroll, and the accompanying court officials mainly included Dou Ban, Qu Dang, Pan Yu, and Pan Dang.The confidantes include son side, son Yingqi, and Youmeng.Qu Wuchen, Luo Jia, Doujiao, Pan Chong, Yu Qiuzi and others did not accompany them, but stayed in Yingdu to help with government affairs.

The Xiong couple is quite satisfied with the arrangement of the entourage.Of course there is no Fuxiu in there, but Xiong Lu knows that he will find a way to sneak in.As for the method, that depends on him.

"By the way, Wang, is Guan Bu Yin going?" Qu Wuchen asked respectfully after stepping out of the threshold and taking it back.

When Qu Wuchen asked such a question, Xiong Lu felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to do.Should the answer be to go, or not to go?Moreover, Qu Wuchen's question was too subtle, didn't he acquiesce that he had a close personal relationship with Guan Fuxiu?

"Mr. Shen, please do not write Fuxiu's name."

Guan Fuxiu suddenly walked out from behind the curtain, startling Xiong Lu.Although Guan Fuxiu has been sneaking into his bedroom from time to time like a shadow recently, is it really good to walk directly in front of Shen Gong and Wu Chen?

But Qu Wuchen just smiled slightly, and said: "The meaning of Guan Bu Yin must be the meaning of the king. That minister has retired."

The Xiong couple was stunned for a moment, what are these two doing!

"You...why did you come in through the window again without making a sound?" After saying that, he quickly got up and closed the door, for fear of being heard by people outside.However, he doubted that the guards outside might have known about it long ago.

"You know why I didn't let him write about me?"

"why?"

"If I am on the list, they will definitely prepare horses and vehicles for me to travel alone, and they cannot always be in front of you."

"Ah? Then what are you going to do? Don't you pretend to be some woman and come with me!" Xiong Lu couldn't help feeling elated when he thought of Fuxiu's appearance in the queen's dress that night.

Guan Fuxiu's eyelids twitched, and he said, "If you don't pretend to be a woman, I will pretend to be a bodyguard and stand by your side."

"Ah?" Xiong Lu exclaimed again, "You look like this, others can see it at a glance! Why don't you come with me openly."

"Fuxiu will change his appearance, so don't worry."

Xiong Lu folded his arms around his chest, imagining what Guan Fuxiu would look like as a bodyguard, and said: "It's better to be a favorite concubine." As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the forehead.He rubbed his head and whispered: "It's still so ruthless, it hasn't changed at all..."

"When you arrive at Yunmengze, you order the people accompanying you to continue south. After hunting there for a day or two, by chance, I will take you to Sanmiao, and you will be able to return in about two days. If everything goes well, when you come back, you It can be said that I went far on a whim, and I believe it will not be a big problem."

Xiong Lu nodded and said: "Okay, then it will be as you said, but... Elder Miao, can you really solve the mystery?"

"Let's give it a try. I searched through all the classics in the ancestral temple, but I couldn't find the answer. Among the Miao people, there are several elders with witchcraft. Maybe they will know something."

"Then...you have left the palace for so long for no reason, is it alright?"

"Priest officials are different from court officials. Peng Sheng is often away from the palace throughout the year, and no one has ever talked much."

Xiong Lu shrugged and said, "Well, if it's really hard to hide it, I believe everyone can understand. After all...they seem to have known about the two of us for a long time."

Seven days later, after the task was handed over, Xiong Lu led a group of people out of the Chu Palace.Xiong Lu sat on the carriage, opened the curtain and looked out, the Chu Palace was getting farther and farther behind him, and the city gate was getting closer.He originally wanted to go directly on horseback, but the journey was long and it would take two or three days to get there. Many officials persuaded him that riding on horseback was too tiring, so he obediently rode.But... where is Guan Fuxiu?

He looked left and right, but he couldn't see anyone else.Or...he waited until he was out of the city before sneaking in?

Xiong couple put down the curtains boredly, the journey is far away and there are no entertainment activities, so just read a book.He took out a volume of poems from under his seat. He had already read part of the Book of Songs very well, and could recite many chapters. The journey was so boring, so he planned to memorize it to pass the time.After meditating in his heart for a while, he fell asleep.He put down the roll of bamboo slips and pulled out another roll from behind the seat.It was a blank scroll specially used to record events.

At the beginning, he wanted to use the form of a diary to write down his affairs here, but before he started, he felt that it was inappropriate.In addition to being afraid of someone peeking, there is another more important reason.In the pre-Qin period, there were not enough writing materials, and the words and sentences were all simplified and simplified. If they were written in modern language, a volume of bamboo slips would be used up in a short time.In this case, his diary piled up so big that it would be difficult not to be noticed.It is too wasteful to use silk, so I use concise words to remember, and I feel that there are many things I want to say that have not been finished.After much deliberation, he was afraid of being discovered by others in the future, so he simply gave up this idea.

However, he occasionally wrote or carved something with a brush or a carving knife on the blank bamboo slips, mostly poems.What is your mood today, and the corresponding poems will be engraved.If he really can't go back, these poems that he remembered before may be gradually forgotten, and if he writes them down, he will never forget them.

He thought about looking at Fuxiu's face, took out a carving knife from his pocket, and carved in simplified characters the sentence "If you don't love lovesickness in your life, you will love it, and you will hurt lovesickness...".The lettering speed is not fast, this moment is half an hour.After the engraving, he smiled slightly, switched to big seal script again, and engraved it again.Before they knew it, the convoy had already left Yingdu City, tens of miles away from the city.

"Your Majesty, you have been marching for several hours. Ling Yin said to take an hour's rest before going on the road. After a while, there will be guards delivering lunch to the King."

Xiong Lu carved a small heart at the end of the scroll, and when the guards were talking to him, he just put down the carving knife and said, "Got it, go down and rest."

After a while, the smell of food wafted over, and a person filled the food, opened the bamboo curtain and entered.The man's face was dark at first glance, but upon closer inspection, his eyebrows and eyes were pretty.He thought it would be Youmeng who came to deliver the meal, so he looked at that person suspiciously, and said, "Fuxiu, you've made yourself really ugly."

The carriage was quite spacious, and Guan Fuxiu lined up the food and said, "Eat, Your Majesty. What were you doing just now? When I came in, I saw that you were extremely focused."

"Ha, it's nothing, I'm engraving something."

"Let me see." Guan Fuxiu couldn't help but pick up the scroll that Xiong Lu just put beside him.Skip the simplified part and read the big seal script directly.

"If you don't love love in your life, you will love it, and you will suffer lovesickness..." When he read this, he suddenly slowed down, raised his head, and asked, "Did you write it?"

Xiong Lu smiled and said: "How can I? I don't have such a good literary talent. It was written by a certain literati in later generations. Let me think about it. That literati is called...Xu Zaisi, and this one is called "Zhe Gui Ling". Um...he seems to be People from the Yuan Dynasty, this is a Yuan song."

Guan Fuxiu's eyes rested on the bamboo slips, attracted by this Yuan song.After a while, his eyes came to the last line, and a small heart was engraved at the end.He asked, "What is this?"

Xiong Lu blushed a little, said: "This is love, which means liking."

Guan Fuxiu was thoughtful, rolled up the scroll, returned the Xiong Lu, and asked: "You...are you thinking about me just now?"

"En." Xiong Lu lowered his head to eat, and responded softly, a little embarrassed.Guan Fuxiu took two slices of barbecued meat for him, and said: "The meals are all brought from the palace, put them in hot water to reheat them a bit, only the barbecued meats are freshly roasted, you should eat more."

Xiong Lu stuffed a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, and suddenly he heard voices outside.Curiously, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, opened the curtain and looked out.

"What's going on outside? It's so lively."

"Hurry up and eat, you are allowed to go out for a walk after eating." Guan Fuxiu handed him the bowl and chopsticks, with a firm attitude.

Xiong Lu ate in a hurry, and said with a slurred speech: "You know? Tell me if you know."

"It's not a big deal. Two young people are competing in archery, and the rest are making noise. They haven't started yet, so it's not too late to watch after you finish eating."

"Which two?"

"Pan Dang, and an unknown boy. That boy is a newcomer to the army. It is said that his archery skills are unrivaled. They have nothing to do today, so they booed Pan Dang to agree to compete with him. I think Pan Dang is willing, but his father, Pan Yu, seems to have some scruples. So, the soldiers are making trouble right now, so I look forward to seeing the two compete."

Xiong Lu was originally a person who didn't like excitement and always liked to stay at home.But since the Spring and Autumn Period, it has become lively.In this Spring and Autumn era, there are really few entertainment activities, and there are not many interesting books, so as long as there is something lively, he actually likes to join in the fun.

After eating, he quickly got out of the carriage and looked into the distance.The team stopped by the water, and many willows grew around it.It's April, and the willows are so green and lovely.

Pan Dang stood next to a big willow tree, looking a little embarrassed.His father, Pan Yu, kept a cold face and said nothing.Opposite him, a young man wearing the clothes of an ordinary soldier, biting a piece of dogtail grass, had a shallow scar on his left face.With a smile on his face, he looked a little out of breath, and he was stroking the arrow in his hand with his fingers.

Xiong Lu pointed to the young man and asked, "Who is that person? I haven't seen him before."