After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

After drinking for three rounds, the music stopped, the dancers all retreated, the banquet with flowing water was withdrawn, and the individual tables were replaced with refreshing melon and fruit snacks.

The banquet was only halfway through.

Then it was time for the envoys of various countries to offer birthday gifts.

Han Mochu was not in the mood to look at the gold and silver utensils presented by those neighboring small countries. At the end of the night banquet, all his energy was concentrated on the two Rakshasa envoys.

The black bear performing arts always made Han Mochu faintly uneasy.

When the envoys of the Great Food Kingdom presented the pearls they carried to the king, the two Rakshasa envoys finally stood up and walked in front of the crowd, talking to the king Gu Hong with a strange accent. Salute: "Chen Vaxi, Chen Modu, I have seen the Great Zhoutian! Your Majesty the Emperor."

The king Gu Hongxu raised his arm to signal, and the old eunuch Cui Shang immediately shouted: "The envoy is free!"

The two got up, and Vassi, who was the leader, took another step forward and said: "To congratulate the sky! On the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor, my king specially ordered the two of us to present a gift to His Majesty."

Gu Hong raised his lips slightly, and nodded to the old eunuch, Cui Shang shouted again: "The envoy presents a gift!"

Many people who were present at this year's yearly offering of the Raksha Kingdom had already heard about it. The royal nobles who had lived in Beijing all year round hadn't seen many lynx beasts, so they all looked forward to the rumored giant bear.

During the waiting period, everyone held their breath and concentrated, waiting for the giant bear who could understand human language and rhythm to appear on the stage.

After an unknown amount of time, there were faint muffled sounds outside the Hanyuan Hall, followed by a slight tremor on the ground.As the sound got closer, eight strong and bare-chested Raksha warriors walked in from outside the Hanyuan Hall, leading a huge black bear.

The moment the giant entered the hall, everyone couldn't help being surprised.

The bear was bigger than Han Mochu imagined.That day on the palace road, the bear was curled up inside the cage car, but now it was out of the cage car, the bear's limbs stretched out, it was more than one foot long.

Every step was accompanied by a muffled sound and the heavy body odor of the beast.

Some aristocratic wives who are exquisite in nature have covered their mouths and noses with round fans.

Eight Rakshasa wrestlers dragged the thick iron chain around the giant bear's neck and walked to the bottom of the imperial steps. Eight people knelt on the ground and paid respects. The giant bear also knelt on the ground like those wrestlers. The huge bear claws were raised again and again, and there were a few low growls from the throat from time to time.

The clumsy appearance of the giant bear student caused everyone to burst into laughter.

Everyone laughed, and on the high platform, Young Master Nanxi leaned against King Gu Hong's arms and wiped away the tears from laughter: "This Raksha beast is smart, I don't know if there are other things besides saluting?"

King Gu Hong kissed Nan Xi's cheek without hesitation, and asked in a deep voice: "Your envoy, I don't know what this bear can do."

Vassi took a step forward and bowed to King Gu Hong again: "Return to His Majesty the Emperor, this bear also understands the rhythm, and can dance to the rhythm."

"Oh?" King Gu Hong patted the face of the person in his arms to signal Nan Xi to get up temporarily: "Can I have a try?"

"Of course." Vassi took out a piccolo from his pocket, put it on his lips, and played softly.

As soon as the flute sounded, the giant bear got up from its prostration, and stood under the imperial steps, turning around in circles.

The slow sound of the flute made the bear turn slowly, and the fast sound of the flute made the bear turn fast. The huge limbs of the giant bear were uncoordinated.And it is precisely because of this incongruity that the bear's dance looks ridiculous and hilarious.

Everyone in the hall burst into laughter, and there was no lack of applause during the period. This wonderful bear taming performance was no different from pushing the banquet to a climax.

Han Mochu couldn't laugh, looking at the giant bear that was less than two feet away from King Gu Hong, Han Mochu's heart was hanging high all the time.

Suddenly, the giant bear stopped and sat on the spot.

Vassi was puzzled and continued to play, but no matter how he played, the giant bear stopped moving.

Seeing this, the eight bear-leading wrestlers tugged hard on the iron chain around the giant bear's neck. This move seemed to annoy the giant bear instantly.

The giant bear stood up suddenly, smashed the cap of one of the wrestlers with one paw, and then roared, the giant bear tore off the cowhide collar tied around its neck, and broke free from the shackles completely.

In the blink of an eye, Zhongqin Zaifu Han Ming shouted: "Come here! Escort!"

Afterwards, the entire Hanyuan Hall became chaotic. With the scream of the woman, the armored guards in the hall immediately surrounded King Gu Hong and the four important officials on the high platform.

The guards with swords rushed to the front of the hall and tried to subdue the giant bear.

The giant bear that went mad was so powerful that it smashed it in the Hanyuan Hall without hesitation. Neither the Raksha warriors nor the sword guards could get close to them. neck.Even Vasi, who was controlling the bear, didn't dare to step forward easily, so he could only pull another Rakshasa envoy to hide aside.

None of the military officers attending the banquet brought any weapons, so they could only dodge together with the civil servants in the face of the gigantic beast, and the wives of the clan who had never been out of the imperial city all their lives cried and fled in fright land.

In the chaos, Han Mochu looked for Gu Xiu's figure.

I saw that the place where the emperor's heir was was smashed to pieces, and the second prince, Gu Zhi, held his sword and hid behind the guards as if trying to attract the giant bear's attention, but the giant bear's attack power was too strong. Moment still can't get close to the front.

The princess, and the other three princes hid on the high platform next to their respective mothers and concubines, surrounded by armored guards for protection

Gu Xiu was alone, leaning behind a hall pillar.

At that time, Princess Qingzhao, who was safe for the time being, found that her youngest brother Gu Xiu was not by her side. She wanted to rush down the high platform several times to drag her, but was helplessly grabbed by the palace servants around her. In desperation, she could only wave her sleeves and shout at Gu Xiu : "Xiu'er! Xiu'er! Come here!"

The giant bear seemed to be attracted by Princess Qingzhao's dress, roared and rushed towards the high platform where the princess was.The royal family hiding behind the iron armor all dodged in panic, and pushed Gu Jin forward in a panic.

Seeing that Gu Jin was about to be slapped by the bear's claws, Gu Xiu picked up a long sword left by the sword-wielding guard, dodged behind the giant bear, and pierced the giant bear's waist with his sword.

The giant bear turned back in pain, and the terrifying roar of the bear resounded through the hall. Gu Xiu was thrown to the ground due to the inertia of the giant bear's turning around, and the long sword was also released from his hand.

The giant bear's target was completely changed from Gu Jin to Gu Xiu, and it rushed towards Gu Xiu beating its chest and stamping its feet.

"Xiu'er!" Gu Jin cried out in shock, with a shrill cry in his voice, almost fainting.

Gu Xiu was thrown to the ground and lost consciousness for a short time. When he regained consciousness, the giant bear had already arrived, and its huge claws were about to tear him apart.

Gu Xiu subconsciously closed his eyes and waited for the imminent death. For some reason, the giant bear's paw did not fall down for a long time.

Gu Xiu opened his eyes, only to see that the giant bear's neck was wrapped twice by an iron chain, and its two paws were struggling wildly.

Gu Xiu quickly dodged around behind the giant bear, and saw that Han Mochu was facing the giant bear with his back, a section of the iron chain that locked the bear was wrapped around his shoulder and arm, and his front legs were bowed, he was in a stalemate with the bear.

Seeing the situation like this, Gu Xiu stretched out his hand to pull out the long sword stuck in the giant bear's waist. When the sword came out, a splash of bear's blood was splashed, and the giant bear struggled even more due to the severe pain. All thrown out.

After being thrown out, Han Mochu took a few steps back to stand still, and found that Gu Xiu was already holding the long sword stained with bear's blood in his hand, and shouted to Gu Xiu: "Your Highness, stab the bear's eyes!"

Hearing this, Gu Xiu took several steps, leaped up into the air, and pierced the giant bear's eyeball with a sword.

The giant bear let out a miserable howl, and its two giant claws scratched in the air. Gu Xiu took advantage of the situation and let go of the sword, and stepped aside.

The enraged giant bear stumbled towards Gu Xiu, seeing that Gu Xiu had no sharp blade in his hand again, Ding Yu, the general of the town, took off the sword from his waist without any explanation, threw it off the high platform, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, take the sword. "

Ding Yu is also a descendant of the founding father, and now ranks first among the military officers, and is the only courtier who can wear a sword in the palace today.

As a general, he also had Gu Xiu's bravery when he was young, but he is now over sixty years old. Looking at Gu Xiu's figure, he couldn't help but think of the man who used to stand side by side in the past. Hall of Fame heroes.

If it had been ten years earlier, he would have rushed down the high platform and fought against the giant bear together with Gu Xiu and Han Mochu.

Gu Xiu raised his hand to catch the sword, the sharp blade came out of its sheath, a cold light flashed, and it easily cut through the giant bear's claw.

Han Mochu also picked up a long sword under the high platform, and shouted at Gu Xiu who was facing him: "Your Highness, lead it here!"

Gu Xiu understood, turned around and stepped back quickly, leading the giant bear away from under the imperial steps, while standing side by side with Han Mochu himself.

The giant bear hurt one eye, and his mobility was not as good as before. Han Mochu decided to make a quick decision, and looked sideways at Gu Xiu.

The two of them had a very tacit understanding and let the giant bear one in front of the other, and tried their best to stab the sword in their hands into the bear's belly, piercing the two sides of the giant bear, and at the same time, they crossed the long sword in the bear's belly, and turned sideways. The sword pulled out of the bear's body, and blood spurted out instantly.

The wildly waving claws of the giant bear finally fell slowly, and with a bang, the dead body fell to the ground.

Han Mochu and Gu Xiu both sat on the spot as if they were losing their strength.Gu Jin finally broke through the barriers, ran to Gu Xiu, and wiped the blood on his face in a panic: "Seventh brother, it's okay, it's okay."

Han Mochu sat on the spot, looking around the hall while concentrating and panting, at some point, the screaming and crying in the hall stopped, and everyone still shrank in place and did not dare to move, as if they were afraid that the giant bear would stand up again.

Taking advantage of the current silence, Han Mochu had a panoramic view of the expressions of all the people involved.

Regardless of the cause and result of what happened tonight, in the eyes of everyone, Gu Xiu will no longer be the young and lonely little prince in the palace.

With a breath of relief at his dantian, Han Mochu suddenly realized that his two arms were in pain.Just now, in desperation, he only cared about confronting the giant bear, but he didn't know that the iron chain had pressed two extremely deep bruises on both hands.

The two Rakshasa envoys rushed to the giant bear, babbling in Raksha language.

Han Mochu stood up and yelled in the same fluent Raksha language: "If you don't want to die, get out."

The two Rakshasa envoys were stunned for a moment, as if they had never thought that there would be someone in the Central Plains and in the imperial city who could speak such fluent Rakshasa language.

He could only dodge resentfully from the giant bear.

After the two escaped, several iron-clad guards came down from the high platform, and repaired dozens of swords on the bear corpse. After confirming that it was completely safe, they ordered the iron-clad guards on the high platform to make way for King Gu Hong. .

King Gu Hong pulled his favored minister Nan Xi, accompanied by Han Ming and Ding Yu, the four walked down the high platform step by step, walked up to the bear corpse and took a look.

Gu Hong then turned his gaze to Gu Xiu who was sitting there: "My lord, are you injured?"

Only then did Gu Xiu come back to his senses, and saluted Gu Hong who had walked up to him: "Go back to father, my son is not injured."

"Get up and answer." Gu Hongwen said.

"Go back to father, my son can't stand up." Gu Xiu panted and replied.

"Father, the seventh brother must have been frightened." Gu Jin supported his younger brother's arm and kept stroking Gu Xiu's back.

"Why were you not afraid when you killed the bear just now?" Gu Hong narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man on the ground. Gu Xiu's courage was somewhat similar to his youth.

As for the child Gu Xiu, he has always been jealous of him because of his birth mother Yunyao.These days, no one came to complain to him about what trouble the child had caused.Occasionally put on airs in front of outsiders, ask about homework, and be a father who clearly rewards and punishes.In fact, he didn't really care what the child did or learned.

Under today's turmoil, as a prince, Gu Xiu's courage and skill beyond his years surprised him, and at the same time made him afraid.

With Gu Jin's support, Gu Xiu barely stood up, his face was extremely pale, and his lips trembled in a daze: "Father and Emperor are in trouble, so my son should not be afraid."

"Really?" Gu Hong's tone didn't sound like he could hear much praise or doubt, but it could be heard that Gu Hong didn't seem to want the credit for saving him to fall on Gu Xiu.

Gu Hong's eyes went wrong, and he noticed Han Mochu who was kneeling upright beside him.

Han Mochu's excellent skill today can be regarded as saving Da Zhou's face among the envoys of other countries in this chaos.It seems that this young man with a weak crown is indeed not in vain, he is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs who has inherited the true biography of Mr. Yi Ji, and may be useful in the future.

"Master Han has worked hard today, let's get down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Mochu got up as he said, and the moment he raised his head, King Gu Hong's eyes focused on him.

Speaking of which, this was the first time he met Han Mochu.

Although after the battle just now, Han Mochu's clothes were a little disheveled, and his bun was a little loose, but his incomparably handsome face and his magnificent demeanor remained the same.

In comparison, Nan Xi in her arms was a bit inferior.

"You taught my son very well." Gu Hong retracted his eyes and said, "As expected of Mr. Yi Ji."

"Your Majesty, I'm just doing my duty." Han Mochu replied politely.

"Just now, what did you talk to those two Rakshasa people?" King Gu Hong asked with narrowed eyes.

"Return to Your Majesty, the two envoys were crying for their national treasure just now. The minister told them that if they don't want to die, they should run away."

"Master Han is right." King Gu Honglang laughed loudly, raised his hand and patted Han Mochu's shoulder: "Aiqing, please tell them one more thing, no matter how good a national treasure is, it can only be treated as an animal if it hurts people. The rules of the Great Zhou."

The wound on Han Mochu's shoulder was painful, and he said to the two Rakshasa people without changing his face: "If what happened today was not done by you, then think about how to explain to your king when you go back."

Vasi and Modu both knew each other, and hurriedly stood up and bowed to Gu Hong, and said in a few Dazhou language that they only knew: "Please God! Please forgive me, His Majesty the Emperor!"

King Gu Hong glanced at the two of them, then turned to Han Mochu and said, "Today something happened suddenly, Young Master Han should take the Seventh Prince back to rest first."

"The minister obeys the order."

Han Mochu supported Gu Xiu whose legs were so weak that he could hardly stand up, and walked out of the messy Hanyuan Hall with difficulty. Princess Qingzhao Gu Jin followed closely, and called the palace servants to send the two of them back home in a sedan chair. Inside the cloud palace.

As soon as the gate of Guiyun Palace was closed, Gu Xiu's vain footsteps instantly returned to normal, the speed was so fast that even Han Mochu was a little caught off guard.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

Gu Xiu turned two somersaults with one hand in front of Han Mochu, then stood firmly in front of Han Mochu, and threw him two irrelevant words: "I'm hungry."

Gu Xiu turned and walked ahead, Han Mochu shook his head and followed, and smiled as he walked, "Who did you learn to pretend to be, this kid?"

Gu Xiu standing in front of him suddenly stopped when he heard the words, and turned to look at Han Mochu.

That glance was very meaningful.