Volume 2 Chapter 2 Intrigue(1/2)
The two of them were held hostage by Du Fuwei and ran for hundreds of miles, arriving at Xin'an County at dawn.
This county is a prosperous city with two sides of the Yangtze River. Since it has not been affected by the war, and a large number of refugees have fled here to seek refuge, it is even more lively.
Du Fuwei clasped his hands behind his back and walked ahead with an expressionless face. It was unclear whether he was embarrassed because he had become the god of plague that everyone avoided, or whether he was proud of it.
Kou Zhong gave Xu Ziling a patient look, stepped forward and said to Du Fuwei: "Dad! Don't you need to return to Liyang to be the king?"
Maybe someone will take advantage of your absence to plot rebellion!"
Du Fuwei said calmly: "My dear son, you'd better say less than a few words. Otherwise, if people hear you, I will kill you and silence you."
Kou Zhong stuck out his tongue, pretended to be frightened and retreated to Xu Ziling, shrugged and whispered: "Brother Li is right, dad is not the type to win the world. He kills people easily and doesn't know how to win people's hearts."
Du Fuwei turned around and glared at him, his sharp eyes projecting a murderous intent that scared Kou Zhong so much that he didn't dare to speak any more.
Du Fuwei was about two inches taller than the two of them, and with the high crown on his head, he stood out even more among the crowd, making him very eye-catching.
The three of them boarded one of the largest restaurants in the city and saw that it was packed with people. It was really difficult to find a table.
Du Fuwei took one of the waiters and stuffed two strings of baht into his hand. The waiter immediately got a table out of nowhere and set it up at the window sill, and respectfully invited the "three father and son" to sit down.
After ordering tea, Du Fuwei only took a sip of tea, then stopped to watch the two of them devouring it, and said calmly: "Who said I don't know how to win people's hearts?"
Kou Zhong whispered: "If dad knew how to win people's hearts, he shouldn't go around hunting people down, arresting people to join the army, and making everyone afraid."
Du Fuwei didn't think he was dissatisfied and said: "Boy, what do you know? As the saying goes, you can only stand up if you get rich. Now my father is just like a pauper who can only make ends meet. If he is not careful, he will lose even his belongings. How can he buy people's hearts with capital?"
Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "If dad knew how to buy people's hearts, he should pretend to be a great hero to the children and say some boastful words about saving the world and benefiting the people, so that my two brothers would be willing to follow dad and help you conquer the world.
It's better than trying to scare us now and seriously hurt the relationship between our father and son."
Xu Ziling couldn't hold it back and almost spit out the delicious cakes in his mouth. When he saw Du Fuwei's unkind expression, he quickly covered his mouth and lowered his head.
Kou Zhong ignored the fierce gleam in Du Fuwei's eyes and said with a smile: "Dad, please don't get angry, for good advice is always offensive to the ears. The reason why the Hunjun is called Hunjun is because he refuses to listen to the unfaithful advice.
Dad, if you just want to be a thief, of course there is no problem, but if you want to take the leadership of the world as your own responsibility, no matter how unwilling you are to listen to criticism, you must still act like a courteous, virtuous and open-minded person, so that others will not criticize you.
He's another fool."
Du Fuwei was stunned when he heard this.
Since the time when he met Qi Jing, his assistant Gong Ku gathered the crowd into Cao Mang and became the overlord of the underworld. Later, he led his crowd to defect to Wang Bo in Changbai Mountain, and later separated from Wang Bo and became a general on his own, traveling across the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers without a single defeat. Now Li Yang
They all fell into his hands, and he was very powerful. But no one had ever dared to reprimand him face to face. Moreover, the writing was coming from such a young boy. But it was very refreshing to hear it.
, especially when he calls himself daddy, it would be really disrespectful for him to lose his temper because of this, and he can't say anything to refute him for a while.
Kou Zhong was still unfinished, and said while eating: "Dad, your martial arts are so powerful, it seems that even the bones of Yuwen Man are no match for you.
You should be ranked higher than the "Martial Master" Bixuan and the "Sanren" Ning Daoqi in the world. Even the nuns at Cihang Jingzhai are afraid of you."
After looking at his face, he said "Huh" and continued: "Did the child flatter the wrong father? Why did his face become so ugly? Alas! After all, you will kill the children after you get the "Secret of Immortality"
You have reduced our speech, so why don’t you bear with us for a while! Or maybe you tap our mute points so that we can’t make a sound. Hee! Is there really such a thing as a mute point?"
Du Fuwei glanced sharply and saw that Kou Zhong kept raising his voice. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you want to attract people to save you, you will be wasting your efforts. You will only have to pay for a few more lives."
Suddenly, he stretched out his hand from the audience and pinched Xu Ziling's thigh. With a little force of his fingers, the latter was immediately so painful that he even vomited out the food in his mouth.
Kou Zhong raised his hands in surrender and said, "Father is still more ruthless than a boy. This move is to surround Wei and save Zhao. I can't resist him if he attacks the east and the west."
Dad, please show your respect! My child understands that there is only power and no justice. Dad taught me a good lesson."
Du Fuwei was really helpless against him. The biggest problem was that it was not the time to kill and silence him. He took back his big hand and said calmly: "From now on, you are not allowed to speak."
Kou Zhong chuckled, then threw his head back and laughed loudly, then buried his head in chewing.
Du Fuwei almost burst out of anger, but since he was not allowed to laugh, he was embarrassed to punish them.
The two brats looked at each other and smiled knowingly in victory.
After leaving the restaurant, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling followed Du Fuwei leisurely and leisurely, holding small bamboo sticks in their mouths, bumping shoulders from time to time, as if they did not care about the predicament at hand.
Without saying a word, Du Fuwei went to the market and traded two horses, and he rode them together. He warned: "If you try to escape with the horse's legs, I will dig out one of your eyes each. Is this clear?"
The two of them nodded respectfully, looking ridiculous.
Du Fuwei was not angry with them and ordered them to ride in front to lead the way while he followed behind.
In an instant, he left the city and galloped to Shangguan Road. Xu Ziling let his horse gallop, and within a moment he was able to control it freely.
When Kou Zhong saw that Du Fuwei was at least five feet behind, he leaned into Xu Ziling's ear and said, "This is a terrible blow. If this evil man is allowed to take the treasure house under the Guandi Temple in Yangzhou City, my mother will definitely blame us."
On the other hand, he wrote on Xu Ziling's vest: "I have attracted the attention of others in the restaurant just now. If someone comes to block the way, we can take the opportunity to escape."
Xu Ziling sighed knowingly: "He is so powerful, so we have to be obedient. According to me, although he is fierce and domineering, he is actually a good person. At least he has not really beaten us up until now. Why don't we hand over the "Secret of Immortality" first?
Let's see if he is willing to accept us as his sons. If he becomes the emperor in the future, we will be the prince. Shouldn't the adopted father kill the adopted son?"
The two of them had the experience of following Fu Junma, and they knew that even if they were separated by several feet, they would not be able to hide it from Du Fuwei's clever ears.
Kou Zhong turned his brows and said: "Alas! Before she died that day, my mother told me how to open the treasure house. Three on the left and six on the right, seven in the front and eight in the back, three turns and two returns. Did you listen? It seems that there are still more
Just a few words. My mother died so miserably at that time. I cried so much that I was deafened. How could I hear clearly? Didn’t my mother say that if I don’t know the secret of opening the treasure house, I won’t be able to find the entrance to the treasure house even in the temple?
?"
Xu Ziling exclaimed in his heart and said: "Of course I remember, but unless he is willing to accept us as his adopted sons, he will be silenced anyway, so he simply won't tell us. Fortunately, my mother taught us the method of severing one's own heart. At most, we can be killed immediately."
It's better to commit suicide and end this remaining life."
Kou Zhong pretended to be horrified and said: "Don't do this. I think Du Gui is a talented person. As long as he doesn't have a son yet, he needs to find two talented people like us as his successors. At least they can give advice."
Sir, he would be a real fool if he let us go for free."
After a pause, he sighed and said, "Oh! But you are right. If he treats us cruelly, even if he gives us half a slap in the face, we will kill ourselves immediately, so that this bully father will not only lose the treasure house, but also
The entire Guandi Temple collapsed and crushed him to death."
Xu Ziling listened to his boasts and went further and further off the track. He was afraid that he would be exposed, so he hurriedly said: "Stop talking, in case he catches up!"
Kou Zhong pretended to look back and saw Du Fuwei lowering his head. Knowing that the clever plan was successful, he quickly shut up. The feeling of pride in his heart was really indescribable.
At dusk, the three of them came to a large town called Nanzhi. Du Fuwei found a small inn and only wanted a room. He took the two of them to a nearby small restaurant for dinner, and his demeanor was much "kinder".
Only half of the dozen or so tables were occupied, and it seemed that they were all local "rich people".
The three of them found a quieter corner and sat down. After ordering food and drinks, Du Fuwei said slowly and casually: "Seeing that you are all obedient, you are allowed to speak."
Kou Zhong lightly kicked Xu Ziling at the bottom of the stage and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If there is something you don't want to hear, dad, you might as well say it first, so that the children will not violate the taboo and have to keep silent again."
Although Du Fuwei was a gangster who killed without batting an eyelid, he had nothing to do with Kou Zhong, so he could only show his generosity and said with a dumb smile:
"As long as you don't deliberately cause trouble, am I still afraid of what you say? I eat more salt than you two eat rice, and I walk on more bridges than you walk."
Kou Zhong showed a smile that disagreed, but did not refute.
Xu Ziling whispered: "We two brothers have accepted our fate. Mr. Du, after you get the secret of immortality, can you give us a happy life and don't make us suffer so many punishments. Alas! Since my mother died, we have always wanted to follow her to hell.
I just don’t have the courage to commit suicide!"
Kou Zhong interrupted and said: "Father, you'd better ask your generals to burn some gold and silver clothes and paper for us after we die, so that we can live a glorious life with our mother under the spring."
Du Fuwei made them laugh and cry, and said distressedly: "Who said they wanted to kill you?"
Kou Zhong said sternly: "You have no joke, then you can't even hurt me."
Du Fuchen was a cunning man, and he smiled and said: "If you have nothing to hide from me, I, Du Fuwei, will keep my word and I will not treat you poorly in the future."
The two of them knew that he had fallen into the trap, and after exchanging glances, Kou Zhong sighed: "You have a father. That's it. Xiaoling, please say it!"
Xu Ziling said: "The entrance to the treasure house must be opened with a unique method. If dad is willing to swear a poisonous oath, guaranteeing that you will not harm even a hair on our hair in any way, and really recognize us as your sons, the kid will tell you the secret."
Come out now."
Du Fuwei saw a group of men and women just walking into the restaurant. One of them, an old man with extraordinary bearing and a master, nodded and said, "We'll talk about this later, let's eat!"
Xu Kou and Xu Kou followed his gaze, and their four pairs of eyes lit up at the same time.
There were a total of five people, old, four and young, who came in. They all had knives or swords on their bodies. The one who made their eyes shine was a young girl in her sixteenth or seventeenth year who looked like she was about to bloom. She was extremely beautiful.
The old man was short and fat, with a formidable demeanor. As soon as he entered the door, his eyes fell on Du Fuwei.
The other three were all in their late twenties, with strong and strong physiques. One of them was very handsome, taller than the other two. They stood side by side with the beautiful girl and had an intimate attitude.
The girl saw that Kou and Xu were looking at her with the eyes of market scoundrels. A scowl flashed across her pretty face, she turned her head away with disdain, got close to the tall and handsome young man, and went to the table.
Seeing that they had attracted the girl's attention, the two of them were very excited and smiled at each other.
Du Fuwei saw it, but felt familiar and friendly in his heart.
He came from a poor family, and had been stealing and robbing people in the market since he was a child. He didn't remember how many times he was beaten for teasing beautiful women.
Later, after practicing martial arts, it was his turn to bully others. In the past twenty years, in order to practice superior martial arts, he restrained his lust and stopped raping women. Seeing the two of them now brought back memories, and he whispered
: "Would you like me to take her to be your wife for a few nights?"
The two of them were startled and waved their hands in rejection.
Xu Ziling said solemnly: "It's interesting to get it through force, but we can't do anything until we see it."
Du Fuwei suddenly realized that he was starting to feel a little happy about the two of them. He gave a thumbs up and said, "Good boy!"
The two secretly thought that you were trying to please us just because you wanted to get the secret method of opening the treasure house that didn't exist! Of course they wouldn't appreciate it, and they pretended to be happy and intoxicated on the surface.
To be continued...