【Chapter 1 – Murder in King City】The guest room in the Southwest Palace looks like this
There is a mountain in the southwest called Luoxian.
Luoxian Mountain has a nice name and beautiful scenery. In March and April, the mountains and plains are full of green buds. As soon as the rain falls, wild flowers will bloom overnight. The swaying wind makes people feel relaxed and happy.
It’s a pity that when the people in the town at the foot of the mountain mentioned this place, nine out of ten shook their heads, and would advise foreigners not to go there. Only when encountering a stupefied young man who insists on rushing in, will he reveal one or two. It turns out that Luoxian Mountain was snatched away a few years ago to occupy the land and claim to be the king. This savage and unreasonable man shouts and kills at every turn. He has a knife in his hand. The big guy has been bullied a few times, so he doesn’t dare to go into the mountains to make a theory. Far away, I just want to have a happy birthday.
Thanks to the many mountains and forests in the southwest, there is no shortage of this one.
It’s just that the people want to live in peace, but Wang Dabao doesn’t.
He was originally a bully in the state of Chu. His family had land, a room, and a martial arts hall, and his life was good. Usually used to showing off his power, he accidentally made a murder case in the street, and also alerted the emperor who was on a tour. It’s just that he’s used to the days of big fish and meat, and he suddenly came to this remote rural area.
At this moment, he was sitting in a sedan chair and was being carried all the way to the Southwest Mansion—everyone knew that Duan Baiyue, the king of the Southwest, was a delicate and delicate existence to the state of Chu.
When Zi Chu Yuan was enthroned today, he was only eighteen years old. At that time, a cadre of senior officials in the court formed gangs, and bandits in the northwest were all over the place. Only the southwest was barely able to stop, and it could even help to calm the chaos. In the past few years, most of those troubled vassal kings have been cut clean. Only Duan Baiyue, the king of the southwest, not only did not suffer any damage, but he was also sealed by the sixteen border states, extending his jurisdiction all the way to the territory of the state of Chu.
The ministers in the DPRK and China were quite critical of this, and always felt that Duan Baiyue was a little too aggressive, and he had a heavy army in his hand, so he had to be guarded. The common people are also secretly passing on the ambitions of the Southwest King Langzi, and it is not certain that one day he will send his troops to the north. At that time, the one in the court will probably have a headache.
And Wang Dabao also listened to this rumor.
Since we are in the southwest, the biggest backer is naturally the king of the southwest. If you want to cling to him, the first thing you have to do is to do what you like. Just in time for the completion of the new residence of the Southwest Palace, Wang Dabao spent half a month to prepare the same gift, and buried it in the mountains for another month.
After getting off the sedan chair, Wang Dabao followed the housekeeper inside. The architectural style of the Southwest Wangfu is different from the ordinary Dali White Building, but more like the Golden Palace in the Wangcheng. If it is said that the King of Southwest has no dissent, I am afraid that the fool will not believe it.
In the front garden, a girl in a pink and white dress was sitting at the stone table in a trance. The housekeeper reminded in a low voice: “It’s the master, don’t look around.”
Wang Dabao lowered his head when he heard the words, but the girl had already seen the two of them, so she stood up and asked crisply: “Is it a guest?”
“Yes.” The butler replied, “I’m here to meet the prince.”
The girl looked up and down, Wang Dabao saw that she didn’t speak for a long time, so he took the initiative to praise: “Miss is really like a flower like jade, and her appearance is like a fairy.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the butler’s face turned pale, and the girl said angrily, “Try it again!”
Wang Dabao was taken aback and wondered if he thought these eight characters were too vulgar, and he wanted to praise them with more elegant verses? God is pitiful, he is just a bandit leader, not very literate.
“Excuse me, little prince, this guest is from the mountains and has never seen the world.” The housekeeper hurriedly settled the situation.
“…” Little Prince? Wang Dabao was shocked.
“Humph!” The girl, or the teenager stomped her feet and turned back to the house angrily.
“Nonsense!” The housekeeper also glared at him, “It’s too bad the little prince doesn’t want to care about you, and when you meet the prince, if you don’t know the importance of it like this again, beware of losing your head!”
Wang Dabao felt the pain in his heart and couldn’t tell. Folk rumors say that there is a young prince in the Southwest Prince’s Mansion, with the same temperament and temperament as the Southwest Prince. Who would have known that he would appear in such a pose. Don’t say that the Southwest Prince is also so elegant and likes to wear skirts and sway around the courtyard.
With a hint of apprehension in his arms, Wang Dabao was led all the way to the front hall and temporarily sat down to drink tea.
After a stick of incense, the sound of footsteps finally came from outside.
“Your Highness!” The guards in the courtyard saluted in unison.
Wang Dabao also hurriedly stood up and bowed: “The villain sees Wang Ye.”
“You are the one who found the treasure?” Duan Baiyue sat in the first place and asked casually.
“It’s down, it’s down.” Wang Dabao couldn’t help himself, he presented the gift box with both hands, and sneaked a glance at the legendary King of Southwest China. The facial features are handsome and tall, and the purple clothes are naturally luxurious.
Duan Baiyue opened the box and frowned: “Stone?”
“It’s a stone, but it’s not an ordinary stone.” Wang Dabao pretended to be mysterious and stepped forward to show him.
The lines are vague, it is a southwestern tiger with a golden dragon under its claws, and the meaning is self-evident.
The King of Southwest raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
Wang Dabao is full of expectations.
“Very good.” After a long time, Duan Baiyue finally said a word.
Wang Dabao’s heart in his throat finally fell back, and he seemed to have foreseen a splendid future of prosperity and wealth.
“What are your thoughts next?” Duan Baiyue asked again.
“This is in line with the destiny.” Wang Dabao leaned closer again, “If the people can see this stone, it will be of great benefit to the prince.”
Duan Baiyue listened calmly and let his head get closer and closer to him, and finally almost stuck together.
“I don’t know what the lord wants?” Fortunately, Wang Dabao finished in time to avoid the bad luck of being slapped by the palm of his hand.
“Yes, as expected of a guest from Da Chu.” Duan Baiyue nodded, “Let’s live in this southwest palace in the future.”
“Really?” Never thought that it would be so easy to become an aide, Wang Dabao could hardly withstand such ecstasy, and nearly fainted.
“Naturally it’s true.” Duan Baiyue nodded and said to the outside, “Yao’er!”
“What’s the matter?” The boy from the garden walked in.
“Take the guests to the guest room to rest.” Duan Baiyue said, “Without this king’s permission, you don’t have to go out.”
“Let’s go.” The boy didn’t even look at him, “Hurry up, I’ll have other things later.”
“Yes yes yes, thank you King Southwest, thank you little prince.” Wang Dabao didn’t care about what it means to “don’t go out without permission”, and quickly followed.
The young man looked thin, but he walked very fast. At first, Wang Dabao trotted all the way, and then he almost turned into a gallop, dizzy, panting, and almost fell.
“It’s here.” The boy stopped and said impatiently, “Go in.”
Wang Dabao was stunned when he looked at the gloomy prison in front of him.
If he remembered correctly, what the Southwest King just said was… a guest room?
“Is there any misunderstanding in this?” Wang Fabao asked with a smirk.
“No misunderstanding, the guest room in the Southwest Palace looks like this, believe it or not.” The boy clapped his hands, turned around and walked out, “Stay in peace, you won’t starve to death.”
“Little Prince—” Wang Dabao wanted to hold him to explain a few more words, but several guards rushed forward, dragged him up and locked him in the prison.
“Your Highness.” In the front hall, the butler came in and reported, “There is another letter from the royal city.”
“Oh?” The Southwest King seemed very interested, he threw the broken stone aside, got up and went to the study.
At the same time, thousands of miles away, the emperor Chu Yuan was in a bad mood.
“Your Majesty.” Father-in-law Sixi whispered, “It’s time to eat.”
“I don’t have any appetite, please call the imperial kitchen to withdraw.” Chu Yuan was a little annoyed, and put the tea cup in his hand aside.
Father Si Xi sighed in his heart, bowed and stepped back, gently closing the door for him.
Over the past two years, the emperor’s life has not been easy…
After a stick of incense, Chu Yuan dropped the memorial, and angrily summoned several guards and asked them to dig a plum tree in the courtyard of the palace, as far as they could throw it.
After everyone responds, they will work together in an orderly manner. You take a shovel and I will dig a hole. Not only must you move quickly, you must also take care to bring the soil well, and you must not hurt the roots of the plum tree. After all, within three days, the emperor will There must be an order, and then pick it up and plant it back in its original place – it will bloom in winter. In the past seven or eight years, I have planted, dug and dug, and tossed it back and forth endlessly. I am afraid that it would have withered and dried up if I changed it to an ordinary tree. It is a rare event that this plum blossom can bloom more and more prosperously year by year.
Although the season is no longer cold, the night in the royal city is still cold. Every family has their doors closed, and they go to bed early in the morning to warm their blankets. It was a good time to sleep this night, but suddenly there was a howl from the city, and the watchman was pissing, his voice was almost torn: “It’s amazing, you killed someone!”
A moment later, the patrolling guards arrived at the scene. Seeing the bloodstains all over the alley, the person was in a panic. A man in a brocade robe was lying on the ground with a sharp knife stuck in his back. It seemed that he had been out of breath for a long time.
The guard stepped forward and turned him over. After seeing it clearly, he was stunned for a moment. After confirming it again, he came back and said, “Report to the commander, the deceased seems to be the little prince of Anu Kingdom.”