Xiao Yunfan took out a small bamboo cage from his waist and poured out a gray-haired mouse. He squeaked at the mouse, and the mouse jumped from the table to the ground, and then climbed up the pillars of the wall and onto the beams. Luo Jiutian couldn't help but marveled at how the mouse seemed to understand human language, and said, "Brother Xian, you can actually speak the language of mice."
Xiao Yunfan whispered: "Whether we are safe or not depends entirely on this mouse." Luo Jiutian smiled and said: "A mouse can have such great abilities." Xiao Yunfan said: "Don't underestimate this mouse. He is very capable." As he said this, he walked to the door and said to the other side of the house, "Your Majesty, if you don't catch Ji Qianyun, why do you insist on seeking a benefactor?"
Prince Duan said: "Ji Qianyun, I will cut him into pieces sooner or later, and my top priority is to deal with you first." Xiao Yunfan said: "My lord, you have surrounded this house with water. Although we can't fly with our wings, we can't fly." Does the prince really want to offend me regardless of the consequences?"
Prince Duan sneered and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If I don't burn you to ashes today, it will be hard to dispel the hatred in my heart." Xiao Yunfan said, "My lord, I have a secret for you. If I die, this secret will be very important." The news will soon reach Jin Yiwei. If Jin Yiwei reports this matter to the emperor, I am afraid that the prince will suffer the disaster of annihilation."
Duan Wang said: "Even if you have a lotus tongue, you will never leave this house today. Are you ready? When you are ready, let's set the fire." Xiao Yunfan sighed and said: "Then the prince should know that July 6th of the Year of Xinhai is July 6th. What do you mean?" When King Duan heard him say this year, he was shocked: "How could he know?" He hesitated.
It turns out that Xiao Yunfan got the secret translated from the "Tao Te Ching" from Hao Siming that day: On July 6, 1911 (i.e.: 1551, the 30th year of Jiajing), the King of Shu had a son. In other words, King Duan was not Zhu Chengyao's biological flesh and blood, but was bought from the beggar gang.
At that time, King Zhu Chengyao of Shu Kang had no children. After his death, his title would be taken back by the court. His concubine used a trick to hide the truth and obtained a baby boy from the beggar gang, thereby inheriting King Kang's rule. Once this secret is exposed, it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. Not only will the throne be deprived of it, but the nine clans may also be implicated.
King Duan's vest was dripping with cold sweat. He looked at the door and said, "Humph, you can't even try to deceive me. As long as you die, no one will know this secret forever." Xiao Yunfan laughed and said, "Since the prince is determined, then we will Let’s take a bet and see which one is more important, the prince’s wealth and life, or my Xiao Yunfan’s life.”
When King Duan heard what he said so firmly, he began to hesitate again. The guard beside him said: "Your Majesty, we are ready." King Duan raised his head and said: "Please withdraw, I want to have a good talk with Mr. Xiao."
A group of guards did not believe their ears. Seeing that no one moved, King Duan said angrily: "Are they all deaf? I want you to remove all the firewood here." When the guards saw King Duan being angry, they immediately leaned down. Remove the firewood.
Not long after, a guard hurried over and said: "Prince Qi, something is wrong, there is a fire in Cheng'en Palace." The prince was shocked and said: "All of you go to put out the fire, leaving ten people to guard outside the door. "The leader of the soldiers said: "Yes." After saying that, he turned around and led other soldiers to leave Huayue Tower.
Prince Duan said respectfully: "Mr. Xiao, I am confused. Please open the door and explain." Xiao Yunfan smiled at Luo Jiutian, and then opened the door. Prince Duan walked into the room with a gloomy face and lowered his head. He said to the soldiers behind him: "You all retreat outside the building. I want to discuss important matters with Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Yunfan looked at the arrogant King Duan and said calmly: "It seems that the prince is still afraid of death." King Duan said: "Mr. Xiao should never be wrong. This is my fault. Please calm down." Xiao Yunfan said: "Okay. "Well, how about I ask the prince to pour a glass of wine for each of my brothers?" Prince Duan respectfully picked up the jug and poured a glass for each of them.
Xiao Yunfan took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Brother, it's rare for the prince to give you wine, so my brother is disrespectful." King Duan apologized and said with a smile: "Yes, Xiao Wang should apologize to you two."
King Duan saw Xiao Yunfan finish the drink in one gulp and refilled it for him. Xiao Yunfan said: "Your Majesty, standing and talking makes my brother very constrained." Prince Duan said: "Xiao Wang has an unkind request, please agree to it." Xiao Yunfan said: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if you say it."
Duan Wang raised his wine glass and said, "Xiao Wang wants to marry you two, what do you think?" Xiao Yunfan thought to himself, "You are very smart. You didn't mention it earlier and later, but you just mentioned it now. It's clear that we need to dig in." He then looked at Luo Jiutian.
Luo Jiutian thought in his heart: "That prince was so arrogant back then, he wanted to trample me to the ground. Now he is betraying me to Yun Fan. It seems that Yun Fan must have grasped this prince's weakness." He coughed dryly. He said twice: "Common people are just reckless people, how can they be sworn in with the prince?"
Duan Wang said: "Both of you are outstanding men. It is a great honor for me to be able to sworn sworn vows with you. I hope you can agree." Luo Jiutian said: "Yunfan, what do you think?" Xiao Yunfan said: "That's a very good thing. The prince can deign to condescend to become sworn sworn friends with you and me. It shows that he is also a sweetheart. We don't know each other at all."
Seeing Xiao Yunfan's loose tone, King Duan immediately stood up and said, "Xiao Wang is twenty-eight years old. I wonder if you two are noble men?" Luo Jiutian said, "Luo is fifty years old this year, and Yunfan is twenty years younger than me." King Duan said with a smile. : "The two elders are the sworn brothers of Xiao Wang. The two elder brothers above, please accept the bow of my younger brother Zhu Xuanqi."
Luo Jiutian immediately supported Prince Duan and said with a smile: "Okay, we will be good brothers from now on." The three of them looked at each other and smiled. Duan Wang said: "What the second brother said scared the younger brother." Xiao Yunfan said: "Third brother. Since we are sworn brothers now, I will not mention this matter again. If you are malicious again, then don't do it Brother is merciless."
King Duan quickly raised three fingers and swore: "Two elder brothers, if the younger brother shows any evil intention again, he will be struck by five thunders." Luo Jiutian said: "My dear brother, this oath is too much." King Duan said: " Out of sincerity, I ask my two brothers to believe me." Xiao Yunfan said to himself: "I can't see what you are doing." He didn't point it out at the moment.
When King Duan saw that the two of them looked a little happy, he punched the table, then frowned and said, "Brothers, I have suffered a lot for this trick. Qianyun has suffered a lot. Please ask your two brothers to avenge the blood of my little brother." Luo Jiutian said: " How did Qianyun get to the palace for this plan? You and I should tell him his details clearly, so that we can investigate more easily."
King Duan will now tell you how Ji Qianyun sneaked into the palace, how he made suggestions for himself, and how he planned today's events. Suddenly he stood up, clenched a fist with one hand and punched his palm and said: "Oops." Xiao Yunfan said: "What's wrong with third brother?" King Duan said: "Second brother doesn't know something. This is a plan. Qian Yun once told me that a Bo tribe The leader will come to the palace in the near future to collect Chi You’s blood.”
Luo Jiutian asked: "What is Chi You's blood?" King Duan explained the origin of Chi You's blood to the two of them one by one. Xiao Yunfan lowered his head and muttered: "So, he set up this trap tonight with the intention of taking Chi You's blood." King Duan said: "Exactly, this thing is a treasure given by the emperor. Now that I have lost this thing, I will definitely be punished. Not small. I also ask the two brothers to save the younger brother."
Xiao Yunfan touched his nose and said calmly: "Third brother, this matter is not difficult to handle. Whether you want Chi You's blood or plot against Qian Yun, I can make it happen. However, we have a difficult problem right now. , I still need your help." King Duan's eyes flashed and he said slowly: "Second brother, come and listen."
Xiao Yunfan said: "General Soldier Li asked you to find a way to raise the army rations that I have urged from my eldest brother." King Duan pondered for a moment and responded: "This is easy to handle. Now that all the clansmen in Sichuan are here, it shouldn't be a problem for them to distribute the points. It's difficult." Xiao Yunfan nodded and said: "Okay, you can't prove it with your words, you have to establish a written evidence for your brother."
Duan Wang smiled bitterly and said, "Second brother, you still can't trust me?" Xiao Yunfan said, "You and I can trust you, but brothers have settled the accounts. You have to write me a good note, otherwise eldest brother and I can't help you." King Duan said: "Okay, I will tell them this tonight. As for the written evidence, the second brother and the eldest brother will wait here again. Let me take the royal seal, write down the document and give it to you."
Xiao Yunfan said: "Well, the sooner the better." King Duan said and walked out of the door. His face suddenly darkened and he thought to himself: "This Xiao Yunfan is really hateful. When I get Chi You's blood back, I will make you disappear."
Only Xiao Luo and Xiao Luo were left in the room. Luo Jiutian smiled and said: "I was worried about how to deal with Xu Yuantai and the others tomorrow. You have thought of a good way for me. But if we treat the King of Shu like this, you are not afraid of him settling the score later." Xiao Yunfan drank another glass of wine and said: "Brother, this Prince Duan is full of evil, how can I not see through it, little brother? As long as we don't give him Chi You's blood for one day, he will naturally not dare to touch us."
Luo Jiutian said: "You kid can run away, but brother, I still have to stay on the ground in Chengdu. This prince will not look up when he looks down. If you make him anxious, he will trouble me later." Xiao Yunfan said: "Brother, have you forgotten? Now that we have two pairs of supreme treasures in our hands, are we still afraid that the prince will betray him?"
Luo Jiutian said: "By the way, how sure are you of finding Chi You's blood?" Xiao Yunfan raised a finger. Luo Jiutian said: "Thanks for what you said, you are only 10% sure, and you still want to trick this prince?" Xiao Yunfan waved his hand and said: "You are wrong, I said that I am not even 10% sure."
Luo Jiutian almost spit out his drink. He looked at Xiao Yunfan and said, "Are you playing with fire again?" Xiao Yunfan spread his hands and said, "Brother, if I didn't play with fire, where would you get the military rations that Li Yingxiang asked you to ask for? You didn't do well in the Sichuan errand this time. Even if Gang Leader Yan doesn't pursue it, why won't other people in the gang talk about it?
My dear brother, I sincerely think about you. This unlucky prince must bleed as much as he deserves. Although you and I are not brothers, I cannot let anyone else feel sorry for you. "
Luo Jiutian's heart felt hot and he said with tears in his eyes: "Okay, Yunfan, I accept your love. Big brother, I'd like to give you a drink." Xiao Yunfan said: "If you don't want to drink, you have to treat me to a better drink later." After saying this, People laughed.
