The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

Xie Chen strode forward, pushed away the crowd, grabbed Song Jiao's hand, and pulled him behind him.

While protecting Song Jiao, he looked around: "What are you doing?"

The people surrounding Song Jiao were a group of servants who were not much older than them. The young man at the head, dressed in brocade clothes, leaned on the porch pillar, with his toes touching the floor every now and then, his toes held high.

Song Jiao tugged on Xie Chen's sleeve and introduced to him: "This is Li Xu, the Seventh Prince of Qing Kingdom."

Xie Chen's face darkened, and before he had time to speak, Li Xu opened his mouth: "Who are you? My Highness met a friend here and said hello to him. What are you doing here?"

Song Jiao hid behind Xie Chen and retorted: "You are talking nonsense, I am not friends with you."

Xie Chen turned his head and asked Song Jiao, "Did they bully you?"

"Yes." Song Jiao nodded, "They asked me to kowtow to Li Xu, but I don't want it."

Xie Chen said: "This place is no longer Qing Kingdom's territory, of course you don't need to kowtow to him."

As soon as Li Xu heard this, he became anxious: "What do you mean? I am the Seventh Prince of the Qing Kingdom, you all have to salute me, come on, hold them both down for me, kneel and kowtow... ..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Chen rushed forward, and before everyone could react, he swung his fist and knocked Li Xu who was leaning crookedly on the pillar to the ground.

Of course, the attendants following Li Xu understand the current situation better than Li Xu. To put it mildly, they are here to visit now, to congratulate Mr. Xie on his ascension to the throne; to put it harshly, they are here to surrender and pay tribute .

The Seventh Prince will not be punished for making trouble like this on someone else's territory, only they will be punished.

They were still hesitating, but Song Jiao also ran over when Xie Chen rushed up.

Since the addition of martial arts classes in the school, Xie Chen's fighting skills have improved dramatically, and Song Jiao's physique has also improved a lot.

and--

The two of them are partners in sparring in the martial arts class.

When Xie Chen hit someone, Song Jiao helped hold it down. Xie Chen knew he needed to hit him a few more times without saying a word.

Cooperate tacitly.

Li Xu lay on the ground crying: "Come here! Everyone is dead! Hurry up and help me!"

Just when the attendants were hesitating, Xie Chen punched him twice in the face again, turning his crying into begging for mercy.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong...forgive...forgive..."

"Who do you want to kneel down for you? You have a good idea." Xie Chen grabbed his collar and dragged him up from the ground, "You kneel down for Maomao."

Li Xu still hesitated, Xie Chen loosened his collar, and threw him to the ground: "Hurry up!"

Xie Chen wiped his hands on his sleeves, and then pulled Song Jiao over: "You stand here." He shouted to Li Xu, "Hurry up! Kneel down for Mao Mao!"

At this time, a group of attendants finally reacted, you pushed me, I pushed you, and finally came forward together.

"You can't do it, you can't do it, this young man..."

The attendants helped Li Xu up, found a place to sit down, and went to persuade Xie Chen, intimidating and luring him.

"Young master, although this is not Qing Kingdom, you are still beating the prince of Qing Kingdom. Your Majesty is here. If you are caught, you will have to walk around."

"Let's leave this matter alone, okay? You two run away quickly, and we won't pursue it. The bandits here are fierce. If the bandits are alarmed, it will be really bad."

Xie Chen raised his head and glanced at them, and said loudly: "I do things by myself. If there is any problem, just come to me."

Song Jiao stood beside him and added: "There is me."

Two small children stand together, fearless.

At this time, Li Xu, who was sitting on the railing, came back to his senses, stood up and was about to rush forward: "You still want to settle things down? No, hurry up and help me beat someone up!"

Xie Chen also clenched his fists, wanting to step forward again: "Who is afraid of whom!"

A group of people were about to fight, just at this moment, Liu Yi and another boy around his age passed by with things, and seeing the chaos in the corridor, the two hurried forward and separated everyone.

Liu Yi grabbed Song Jiao and Xie Chen: "Maomao, young master, what's wrong?"

The young man grabbed Li Xu: "Your Highness, what happened?"

Liu Yi raised his head and met the young man's eyes. The young man handed Li Xu over to the other attendants and told them to retreat to the back. He stood up and bowed to him, "I'm going down to Jiang Ping. I'm... the companion of the Seventh Prince. I don't know what happened. What is it, I am here to make an apology to a few..."

Just as he was saying this, a stone flew from behind and hit him precisely on the back of the head.

Jiang Ping touched the back of his head with his hand, looking helpless.Li Xu cried from behind: "I want to find my father! Jiang Ping, find my father! Hurry up!"

In the hall, Mr. Xie was sitting on the main seat, looking at Xie Chen and Song Jiao below, but he didn't see that they were injured, so he turned his head to look at Li Xu on the other side.

He was beaten a bit badly, his clothes were torn, and his face was bruised and bruised, all from Xie Chen's fists.He cried so much that his nose and tears covered his face, and he is still sobbing.

Of course, Mr. Xie could tell that it was just some skin trauma. No matter how hard Xie Chen beat him, in the end he had no strength.

He waved his hand: "Let the doctor come and take a look first."

So the old doctor stepped forward to help him wipe his face clean, and applied medicine to him, surrounded by a dozen attendants, coaxing and persuading him.

Mr. Xie looked at the two children standing below him again, and smiled.

Well, there is a little difference, being strong and not unruly.

The old doctor finished applying the medicine to Li Xu, and replied: "It's just a skin injury, no bones or muscles, just take the medicine for two days..."

Li Xu grabbed something and threw it at him: "You are talking nonsense, I am in pain, you are with them." He was about to cry again while talking, and shouted loudly: "Father!"

Emperor Qing, who was sitting at the head of Mr. Xie's house, turned his head to look at Mr. Xie's house, with a embarrassed look on his face: "This..."

Mr. Xie ignored him, smiled, and looked down: "What's going on? Why are you fighting?"

Xie Chen raised his head and said loudly: "Grandpa, this man led a group of people to bully Mao Mao, and asked Mao Mao to kneel and kowtow to him. I saw it, so I went up and beat him. I do things by myself, and I will punish him if I want to punish him." I'm ready."

Song Jiao quickly raised his hand and spoke: "What Brother Chen said is true, they are bullying me. If it wasn't for Brother Shen, I would definitely be bullied." He whispered: "It was like this before."

Master Xie became serious for a second, and asked: "Before? How was it before?"

"When I was in Qing Kingdom, they bullied me like this, asking me to kneel down to them."

"What?" Mr. Xie immediately stood up and walked down the steps, "They asked you to kneel down for him?"

Grandpa Xie was so nervous, Song Jiao felt a little embarrassed: "But I haven't kneeled down before, the system will come to save me."

system?Oh, Master Xie remembered, the system is that little yellow dog.

But what use can that little yellow dog do?

Mr. Xie is not well, and Xie Chen is not well either.

Xie Chen turned his head to look at Li Xu, and squeezed his fist at him. Li Xu was so frightened that he hid behind his attendants.

Of course, Mr. Xie believed what the two of them said, took the hands of the two children, led them to their seats, and let them sit on the main seat.

"Aren't you two hurt?"

The two shook their heads: "No."

Then Master Xie suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at Li Xu: "Do you have any objection to what brother Shen said just now?"

Li Xu thought for a while, and said: "They hit me first, I didn't want Mao Mao to kneel down for me, I just haven't seen him for a long time, I want to say hello to him...I... Anyway, I didn't Let him kneel down to me."

He cast his eyes for help to the attendants around him, and just as the attendants were about to speak, Mr. Xie glanced at him, and they couldn't help but kneel down with a plop.

"What's going on? Who said it's true?"

Where did the attendants dare to speak, they just kowtowed.

Mr. Xie didn't like these inexplicable etiquette the most, and his tone was cold: "Stop knocking!"

He wanted to ask again, but Emperor Qing refused to let him ask any more, he just wanted to calm things down quickly.

If the historian of the Song Dynasty was still his courtier, what would it matter if the Seventh Prince bullied his grandson?How can there be such a big fuss?

The old bandits and the young bandits are also really unclear. What good is it for the courtiers and their children to stand out?

The troubles have become like this, and no one can step down.

Emperor Qing stood up: "Brother Xu is wrong about this matter, I asked him to give it to the young master and... this..."

Master Xie said loudly: "Song Jiao is my god-grandson, brother Shen's brother!"

Emperor Qing nodded and said yes: "He is too rude, I asked him to apologize to the young master and the young master, and I will punish him too."

Li Xu's eyes widened in disbelief, and he shouted, "Father!"

But Emperor Qing didn't dare to look at him at all. In front of these bandits, he almost lost the majesty of the monarch and his father at the same time.

He could only wave his hand at Li Xu: "Hurry up and apologize."

Companion Jiang Ping helped Li Xu up and led him to the middle of the hall.

Li Xu didn't accept it at all, and he stiffened his neck and refused to bow his head. In the end, Emperor Qing said a few words in his ear, and he bent down reluctantly and said "I'm sorry, I was wrong".

Then Emperor Qing ordered his attendants: "Take a ruler and beat."

But when the attendant brought the ruler, Li Xu had already stepped back half a step, and it was his companion Jiang Ping who knelt down.

The servants of the Qing Dynasty were not surprised, but the people in the bandit village didn't quite understand.

In fact, it is very common for a master to make a mistake and be punished by his companions in Qing Kingdom, but they don't know it very well.

Song Jiao turned her head and called out, "Thank you, Grandpa?"

He wasn't quite sure either.

And he actually knew Jiang Ping. When Li Xu bullied him, Jiang Ping would help persuade him, or call other adults over.

It's just that Li Xu didn't listen to him at all, and thought he was noisy, and after being bumped into by an adult once, he became angry from embarrassment.Afterwards, every time he wanted to bully someone, he would transfer Jiang Ping away first.

Song Jiao tugged at Grandpa Xie's sleeve: "Grandpa Xie, why did you beat Brother Jiang Ping? Can you not hit him?"

If Song Jiao said no to fight, then he would not fight.

Mr. Xie said: "Where did this rule come from? Don't beat those who make mistakes, but beat those who are right."

But when he was speaking, the ruler had already landed on Jiang Ping's back.

There was a muffled sound, and Jiang Ping, who was kneeling on the ground, also let out a muffled groan.

The attendant holding the ruler quickly knelt down too.

Liu Yi took a step forward: "Just now when the Seventh Prince was having trouble with his attendants, Mr. Jiang was not there. He lost his way, so I took him there. Mr. Jiang has no unfulfilled responsibilities. If you want to fight, the Seventh Prince's The servants are the ones to fight."

Master Xie nodded, expressing his agreement: "Yes, if you want to fight, the Seventh Prince is the one who should fight."

Emperor Qing had no choice but to let the seventh prince and a group of his attendants come over to be beaten.

The ruler was tapped three times, and there were three muffled sounds.

Jiang Ping lowered his hands, stood by the side, lowered his head, not daring to speak, and quietly gave Liu Yi and Song Jiao a thankful look.

Coming out of the hall, Song Jiao said to Xie Chen: "We have to be more careful recently, Li Xu is very careful, he will take revenge on us."

Xie Chen hugged him: "What are you afraid of? I'm still afraid that he won't succeed. Once he comes, I'll beat him again. I will protect you."

Song Jiao nodded: "Thank you."

Xie Chen raised his chin: "What are you? Called 'Brother Shen'."

"No."

"Yes." Xie Chen suddenly remembered something, "By the way, it turns out that Qingguo was beaten by his companions. You have never been beaten for me. I have always been beaten for you. Starting tomorrow, you will be beaten." Called over."

Song Jiao strongly protested: "No, you will be beaten if you don't do your homework, so I don't want to do it for you."

"Yes, starting tomorrow."

So that night, when Xie Chen was washing up, he accidentally knocked over the basin, causing water to drip all over the floor.

Mrs. Xie endured the fire and stepped forward, he said confidently, "Mother, you have to fight."

Mrs. Xie was puzzled: "Ah? What are you talking about?"

"Maomao is my companion, you can't hit me, you have to hit the companion."

Madam Xie tried her best to maintain a smile, picked up the feather duster, and shook his buttocks twice: "I will hit you, I will hit you, where did you learn the nonsense?"

Song Jiao washed up next to her and wiped her face: "Auntie, I'm done."

"Okay, go to sleep."

"it is good."

Not long after Song Jiao went to bed, Xie Chen slowly climbed onto the bed, clutching his buttocks.

Qingguo is not the same as here, he is so mad, one day he will spank Song Jiao's ass too!

Song Jiao took the pillow and cushioned it for him: "It will be more comfortable to lie on like this."

Xie Chen lay on the pillow and suddenly lost his breath.

Forget it.

Then Mrs. Xie stepped forward and helped them put down the tent. Seeing that Xie Chen was still losing his temper, she smiled: "What are you doing? You made trouble yourself, and you still keep a straight face?"

Xie Chen arched his body and didn't want to talk to anyone.

Mrs. Xie said again: "Treasure the time you can still sleep together now. After a few years, the palace is built, how can you two sleep together?"

Xie Chen was startled, and raised his head: "After the palace is built, can't we sleep together?"

"Of course, there are so many rooms in the palace, it's not like here."

Xie Chen quickly arched his body, moved to Song Jiao's side, and hugged him tightly.

Song Jiao fell asleep in a daze, and didn't know what happened: "Wuzhishan, I'm being suppressed by Wuzhishan..."

After a few days, they never saw Li Xu again.

Xie Chen was very sure: "He must be scared and dare not come."

Song Jiao also felt the same way: "Yes."

Jiang Ping came to them with some snacks, and Senior Brother Liu brought him here.

Jiang Ping first apologized to them, and then thanked them: "I'm really sorry, if I had watched over the Seventh Prince, this wouldn't have happened, and thank you for pleading for me at that time."

Both Xie Chen and Song Jiao generously said that it's okay, it's not his fault, it's what they should do.

Liu Yi said: "But the Seventh Prince will make it harder for you, right?"

Jiang Ping rubbed his arms unconsciously, although he was very reluctant to admit it, but he still nodded: "Yes."

Song Jiao frowned: "Ah? What should I do then? Doesn't that mean I harmed you?"

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Ping brought him some snacks, "As long as His Majesty is gone, the Seventh Prince will not dare to be so lawless again."

Song Jiao didn't understand: "Ah? Why?"

"Your Majesty is gone, and he wants to stay as a hostage, so he doesn't dare to bully people like this."

"Protons? What are protons?"

"It means that the two countries have a good relationship, and they will exchange princes and let the princes of the other party live in their own capital." Jiang Ping said softly, "It can also be called a hostage."

"Ah?" Song Jiao and Xie Chen were stunned at the same time, dropping the snacks in their hands.

a bolt from the blue.

The two turned to look at each other.

"Mamao? No way? My grandpa wouldn't do that."

"My grandfather wouldn't do that either."

The two hurried to find grandpa in a hurry.

"Grandpa! I don't want to be a proton! I don't want to be separated from Mao Mao!"

"Grandpa, I don't want it either!"

At that time, Mr. Xie was discussing matters with Song Junshi and others, and they broke in suddenly, which shocked everyone.

After hearing what had happened, Mr. Xie couldn't laugh or cry. He touched the heads of the two children: "It's nothing, it's Qingguo's wishful thinking to send the proton here. Grandpa never thought about it that way."

"really?"

"Really, really." Master Xie raised his hand, "Grandpa swears."

Even so, in the following time, Xie Chen and Song Jiao were still very worried about this matter.

Until Emperor Qing left.

It was already June at this time, the sun was very strong and the weather was very hot. The two children hid under a bamboo hat and watched the Emperor Qing leave without taking a single child with him.

The two let out a long sigh of relief at the same time.

"He's finally gone."

Li Xu was left here by Emperor Qing, and Jiang Ping also had some attendants to stay with him.

He stood where he was, watching his father's guard of honor leave.He kept his eyes wide open, not wanting to let the tears flow down, but after a while, he couldn't hold back any longer, shouting "Father Emperor" and ran forward, trying to catch up with the guard of honor.

But the attendants left behind by Emperor Qing quickly pulled him back.

A group of people were thrown to the ground by him, and the scene was in chaos.

Master Xie sighed and waved his hands: "Come here, send him back."

The bandits put Li Xu on the horse, and quickly caught up with the guard of honor. The guard of honor stayed for a while, and the bandits came back with Li Xu.

He had stopped crying, and there was no expression on his face.

Song Jiao whispered: "He is also a little pitiful."

Xie Chen propped up his bamboo hat: "Don't forget, he bullied you before."

Song Jiao nodded: "Well, as long as he doesn't bully me in the future, I will ignore him; if he bullies me..." He paused: "You hit him!"

Xie Chen pursed the corners of his lips: "Am I the companion, or are you the companion?"

Song Jiao whispered: "...it seems to be me."

It seems like...

Li Xu stayed in Liangzhou City like this, but he was rarely with other children, and he seldom even went out.Emperor Qing had left him playmates and teachers, and he always stayed in the courtyard where he lived, and became quiet for a moment, as if there was no such person.

The adults will arrange his affairs, and Song Jiao didn't think much about it.

Because at the end of June, there is one more important thing.

On June 27, the school gave them a holiday.

At noon that day, the Banditzhai family got together and had a reunion dinner.

That night, Xie Chen pushed open the door. In the room, several friends stood in a row. Song Jiao stood at the front. They clapped their hands at the same time and began to sing.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to brother Shen..."

Today is Xie Chen's birthday.

Of course it was the birthday song that Song Jiao taught them to sing.

When the friends had finished singing, they pulled him in and made him sit down in the middle.

The two tables are put together, and in the middle is a large roasted whole lamb, with side dishes and snacks on the side.

Song Jiao put a small garland on him, then filled him with drinks, and then friends gave him all the prepared gifts.

"Brother Shen, happy birthday!"

Xie Chen grinned: "Thank you."

He couldn't hold back, and secretly opened the gift Song Jiao gave him under the table, but was discovered by Song Jiao.

"Thank you Shen!"

Xie Chen withdrew his hand: "What did you promise me? On my birthday, you would call me 'Brother Shen' all day long."

Song Jiao took back her gift and put it behind: "Slightly slightly slightly, brother Shen."

He straightened up, stretched out his hand and cut a piece of whole roasted lamb, Xie Chen was about to reach out to pick it up, the little yellow dog also jumped up behind him: "Maomao, Maomao, give it to me."

"Aww", Song Jiao ate it by himself.

It was June 27 again, the summer was hot, and the big wolfhound lying under the eaves wagged its tail and fanned itself.

The tall and straight boy in black walked through the corridor with a bow and arrow on his back.

The superficial Xie Chen: At the age of fourteen or fifteen, with a handsome face, these years have opened up, with a tough temperament, sword eyebrows and star eyes, but the left eyebrow is a little sparse in the middle, which is a broken eyebrow.Fortunately, the impact is not great, and it looks more heroic.

Xie Chen in reality: So hot, so hot!Mao Mao said in the morning that black absorbs heat, don't wear it in summer, it's really hot now, I knew I wouldn't wear black clothes just to look cool.

He stroked his sweaty hair and pushed open the door.

Like so many birthdays, friends stood in the room and started applauding the moment he arrived.

The boy standing at the front was shorter than him, wearing plain clothes with dark lines.

The young man has gentle eyebrows and clear eyes, with the unfading baby fat on his face, round face and round eyes.The headband that tied up her hair was also obediently hanging on her shoulders.

Song Jiao clapped her hands and sang to him: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Xie Chen..."

Xie Chen feigned displeasure, put on a straight face, and reminded: "It's my birthday today, call me 'Brother Shen'."

Song Jiao's eyes sparkled, and he clapped his hands and sang the last sentence: "Brother Shen, happy birthday!"

The friends applauded together, Xie Chen smiled, showing sharp canine teeth.

Then the friends brought up the big wreath, Song Jiao took it with both hands, and sang a song, standing on tiptoe to put it on for Xie Chen.

Xie Chen suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

He took off the bow and arrow on his back, hung it around Song Jiao's neck, then lowered his head in front of Song Jiao: "It's all right."