On Beimang Mountain, inside the Gourd Temple.
Hu Long was sitting opposite another person, each holding a black and white chess piece.
The man was an old man in his fifties. He was tall, but his face looked like he had experienced the vicissitudes of life. He was also wearing a simple and extremely simple linen shirt. At first glance, he looked like an old farmer who could be seen everywhere.
He held a cup of tea soup in his rough big hands, and in between moves, he would bring it to his mouth to take a sip from time to time, looking quite leisurely. A pair of eyes were as bright as morning stars, and their eyes flashed with wisdom and agility that was incompatible with their appearance.
Sitting on the couch next to the window next to the two of them, there was another burly man in his forties.
He was wearing a light blue war robe, with a majestic physique, a broad mouth, thick eyebrows and bright eyes, and a resolute and fierce attitude. He was picking up four-foot-long arrows with black stems and white feathers in his hands, and carefully wiped them with the length of his fingers. After combing out each cluster of sharp arrows and combing each white tail feather, he put them into the quiver on the small table beside him.
At this moment, Hu Long's situation on the chessboard was obviously not good. He was thinking undecidedly with a chess piece in his hand, with a look of distress on his face.
"Father!"
Following the sound of hurried footsteps and a call, three people burst in from the door.
The leader was a little Taoist boy who was no more than twelve or thirteen years old. His hair was in a double bun with the sun and moon in his hair. The front hair reached the eyebrows and the back hair covered the neck. He was very handsome with clear features and beautiful eyes.
The boy who followed was about the same age, with a sickly complexion and a slightly thin body.
The last boy is three or four years older. Although his handsome face is still a little childish, he is already quite tall and has a calm demeanor. He looks like a jade tree in the wind or a mountain of snow and silver.
"You monkey, if you don't practice martial arts with your two friends, how can you make trouble in front of your father?"
Hu Long laughed, and while speaking, he seemingly inadvertently put down the chess piece in his hand and flicked it, messing up the chess game that was already in defeat.
The old man opposite seemed to have been familiar with this man's lazy temperament for a long time. He dropped the chess piece without any surprise and shook his head and laughed.
The leading Taoist boy was naturally the prince Liu Bian, who had been raised by Hu Yuan for more than ten years and treated each other as father and son.
With Hu Long's knowledge and skills, it took more than ten years to turn even stubborn rocks into gold. What's more, Liu Bian's talent is not bad at all, so even though he is still young, he has a lot of civil and military skills. It's quite extraordinary.
And because of the so-called "those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black", his temperament is also deeply influenced by Hu Long, and he is very cheerful and optimistic.
Seeing his adoptive father's little trick of cheating, he first snickered, then straightened his expression, saluted Hu Yuan and the other old man and the big man, and said: "Thank you to the adoptive father and the two teachers, Brother Yun and I just now , Asu was practicing martial arts in the back garden, and happened to see the peach tree in bloom. He thought that although the three of us had different surnames, we were taught by three teachers. We have officially formed an alliance of brothers, and I would like to invite three division commanders to witness this."
"Are you planning to... form a sworn brotherhood in Taoyuan?" Hu Yuan was a little dumbfounded at the time.
When he was playing chess just now, he secretly used the magical power of "Heaven Sees and Earth Hears" to understand the movements in Luoyang, but he did not pay attention to the movements around him, so he didn't know what these three boys had done in the future. Liu Guan and Zhang met, but it’s hard to say who owns the copyright of this allusion.
The old man who had played chess with him before was the "Gun God" Tong Yuan, the world's best spearman, as famous as the "Sword Master" Wang Yue.
The young man behind Liu Bian was none other than Tong Yuan's close disciple, Changshan Zhao Zilong, who would be known as the "Victorious General" in the future.
That big man was Huang Zhong, who would be known as the Five Tiger Generals of Shu Han together with Zhao Yun and others due to his old age.
The other young man behind Liu Bian was Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu.
He originally wanted to make plans for Liu Bian, and he has certainly not been idle in recent years. He has made many arrangements overtly and covertly. He invited Tong Yuan and Huang Zhong to be Liu Bian's spear and archery teachers, and they offered buy one and get one free. I found two playmates for Liu Bian, but he was just one of them.
As for the price of hiring someone, Tong Yuan promised to repay the favor by teaching Zhao Yun swordsmanship, while Huang Zhong, with his medical skills only slightly weaker than his wife's, cured Huang Xu's congenital illness.
Surprised, Hu Yuan was happy to see the outcome of this matter, as were Tong Yuan and Huang Zhong.
At that time, a group of people came to the back garden.
When Hu Long was in the previous world, he had already stepped into the threshold of the realm of the soul. After coming to this higher-level world, it was a matter of course that he concluded the world of soul evolution and the cave world. He had eaten many leftover flat peaches in his early years. The fruit core was germinated by a ray of divine inspiration at the beginning of the world, and grew into a flat peach fruit tree.
Later, when he settled here, he took out the spiritual root and used its spiritual energy to turn the Taoist temple into a blessed place.
Because the peach tree absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth all the time, people who are close to it will benefit a lot invisibly, so the three boys often practice martial arts under this tree.
At this moment, everyone was standing under this peach tree, with a trunk as thick as three people could hug each other, a canopy that was more than ten feet wide, and pavilions like a canopy.
Hu Long used the method of "five ghosts to carry" and photographed an incense table and three animal offerings out of thin air. Liu Bian, Zhao Yun, and Huang Xu each held a stick of incense between their fingers and stood side by side. They looked into the sky and recited an oath in unison: " Now there are Liu Bian, Zhao Yun, and Huang Xu, who wish to become brothers with different surnames. From now on, we should be of the same mind and share weal and woe. We will enjoy the same happiness and the same sorrow. Although we are not born in the same way, we only wish to die together. We will be emperors, emperors, and empresses. Take a look!"
The oath of alliance has been completed, and the three of them have drank blood wine, and the three of them see each other as brothers.
They had been together for several years and got to know each other very well. There was no need to talk about their years, so they naturally ranked Zhao Yun as the eldest at sixteen, Liu Bian as the second, and Huang Xu as twelve but three months younger.
The three children came to see Hu Yuan, Tong Yuan and Huang Zhong again, and all three of them smiled and accepted it calmly.
After Tong Yuan and Huang Zhongxian each said a few words of encouragement, Hu Long put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "Since you three boys have become brothers, it just happens that you work together to face the big event in front of you... …My son, come forward.”
Liu Bian didn't know why and took a few steps forward with doubts on his face.
Hu Yuan sighed: "Back then, the emperor and Queen He put your child under the care of a poor man in order to eliminate the misfortune of their heir's death. Now it's time for you to recognize your ancestors and return to the clan..."
When Liu Bian heard this, he burst into tears and grabbed Hu Yuan's sleeve: "My child only wants to be a little Taoist boy next to his adoptive father, but he doesn't want to be a prince!"
Over the years, Queen He, on the one hand, wanted to keep it secret, and on the other hand, she was busy clinging to her favor and fighting for power, so the number of times she came here to visit her son was really limited.
As for Liu Hong, who is my father, he has never shown his face even once.
Therefore, although Liu Bian knew his life experience early, he really did not have much admiration for his biological parents. Instead, he was closest to Hu Huan, who raised him.
Hu Long reached out and stroked the top of his head and said with a smile: "Idiot, I guess there are villains causing trouble, and there are people coming to kill you right now. This place is no longer a pure place, and I also happen to have something about to happen. Traveling far away, we have to leave for a while."
Liu Bian knew that his adoptive father was always free to talk and laugh, and once he made a decision, he could not change it, so he had to let go of Hu Huan with sobs.
Hu Long said again: "The invading enemy will be here soon. My son and your two brothers will go pack up their weapons and mounts. You three will deal with these people. This will be a test of your strength when I say goodbye."
Liu Bian wiped away his tears and said bitterly: "Don't worry, foster father, I will teach these thieves never to come or go!"
After saying that, he called Zhao Yun and Huang Xu and turned around to leave. Judging from his angry look, he obviously blamed the separation from his adoptive father on the upcoming enemies, and his full grievances must be spread on these people.
After the three boys left, Hu Long smiled at Huang Zhong and said, "Three young boys are facing the enemy for the first time, so we asked Han Sheng to hold down the enemy in secret."
Huang Zhong smiled and said: "Taoist priest, don't worry, with a certain bow, these three boys will not make any mistakes."
