The prince's division drove his horse out of the city, but was blocked by the soldiers guarding the city. He stopped his horse and showed the Prime Minister's token. The city gate opened and his horse galloped out, like the wind and lightning.
At dawn, the ground here is covered with yellow sand, covered with white bones, and the cold wind blows wildly. Later, there were chasing troops. Seeing that the situation was not good, the prince's division looked at the dead soldiers.
The dead man stood at the back of the carriage, and the carriage ran wildly, with dust filling the sky and blocking the sun. As the pursuers came forward, the dead man stood at the back of the car and fought with them. He raised his long sword and cut off his head with his long sword. The sword pierced the armor and blood spurted out. He flew down and was crushed by the wheels, cutting him into two pieces. Segments, the upper body is rolled into the wheel and minced into gravy.
The two cars collided, causing sparks to fly. The soldiers got on the carriage, and as soon as Chang Ge came out, he passed by the prince's division.
The prince's division was shocked, and his horse turned sharply, throwing out the soldiers who were advancing, knocking another chariot away and rolling out. Dozens of tanks were in hot pursuit, trying to catch up.
The dead man jumped off the carriage and rolled for several miles to stand. The prince's master turned around and said:
"Red head." The dead man shouted:
"Sir, let's go quickly." He stood in front to block the pursuit of dozens of chariots. The war horse got closer and closer, and when he raised his hoof and stepped down, the dead man rolled and dodged to the side at this moment of life-threatening, and the long sword was swung out, cutting off the horse's hoof, and the horse flipped over.
The dead man climbed onto the chariot with his vigorous skills. The soldier threw away his long arm and quickly drew his sword. The dead man killed him under the chariot at an extremely fast speed. He seized the horse and galloped away, and collided with several chariots behind him. , the chariot suddenly flew down and rolled over.
The dead man picked up the Changge and thrust it into the wheels. The wheels flew out. Several chariots were overturned. The dead man fell to the ground exhausted.
There is a carriage coming from ahead. The prince's master stepped down from the carriage and called:
"Red head, red head." The dead man opened his eyes slightly and said:
"Go and report to the Prime Minister. My mission has been completed."
"You'll be fine." He helped the dead man get on the carriage and rushed to the seaside city, under the city gate. The prince's master stood up and said:
"Open the city gate." The guard stood on the city gate and looked over and said:
"This is the foreign envoy, open the city gate." The city gate opened and the prince's division drove in. King Ruluo of the West, eight ministers stood outside the palace gate to greet him, followed by hundreds of civil and military officials.
The prince's master helped the envoy out, got out of the car and handed over, knelt down and said:
"The foreign minister pays homage to the king." King Ruluo Xi stepped down from the high platform and said:
"Sir, please get up." The Prince's Master stood up, and the Prime Minister came forward to greet him and said:
"Sir, thank you for your hard work on your mission to the Cockroach Kingdom." The prince's master turned around, caring about the dead soldier Red Head, and said:
"The red head is injured." Xiangguo looked at each other in shock and said:
"What happened to you, sir, on your way back home?" The prince's master faced the prime minister and said:
"We were chased by cockroach soldiers on the way back. Xin had a red head to protect us, and there was no danger." The Prime Minister ordered his entourage to carry the red head out, and then the Prime Minister said:
"Bring the red head down to the imperial doctor for treatment." King Ruluo Xi came forward and was very moved and said:
"Sir, you were frightened. You followed me into the palace. Let's drink wine to celebrate your success." The prince's master stopped and King Ruluo turned around and asked:
"Is there something else on your mind?" The prince's master looked up at each other and said:
"The foreign minister will go to see His Highness the Crown Prince first." King Ruluo Xi said with great appreciation:
"Sir is a loyal and righteous man. If the prince has such loyal ministers, it is a great blessing to the prince. You go, don't forget, this celebration banquet is prepared for you. You must come." The prince's master nodded and said :
"Okay!" Then he ran towards the post house. Looking up at the sky, migratory birds migrate south, forming a herringbone across the sea.
The cool breeze is blowing everywhere, lifting the fallen leaves like dancing. The withered and yellow weeds on the roadside are so desolate.
The prince's master walked into the post house, looked back, entered to meet the prince, knelt down and said:
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." The Crown Prince showed disdain for the Crown Prince's teacher in front of him, and said arrogantly:
"Sir, you are now so powerful that you don't need to take me, the prince of a foreign country, seriously." The prince's master knelt down and buried his head, saying:
"I don't dare." The prince's words contained a hidden needle, which penetrated deeply into the prince's master's heart and said:
"You went to the Cockroach Kingdom to relieve the siege of Ruluo Xizhou. You are a great hero! Did King Ruluo Xi give you a big reward?" These words hurt its heart and said:
"What I have done is all for the sake of the termites, and for you, Your Highness! I am a minister of the termites in life, and a ghost of the termites in death. There is no second intention. Your highness should know what I am doing." The prince sneered. ,road:
"As long as you know your sincerity, please step back." The prince's master stood up and said:
"Old minister, please retire." The prince's master watched the prince exit the post house, walked down the wooden stairs and looked back. It knows that the prince is suspicious of it. At present, it can only use actions to prove that it is loyal to the termites, so as to eliminate its suspicion and return to the original prince. At that time, the prince understood its intentions. Good and hard.
Since the prince lost his husband and child, he has been depressed and drunk. When the prince's master walked out, officials sent beautiful women to accompany him to drink and chat.
The prince's master Yangzhi fluttered his sleeves and left the post house, then shook his head and sighed, saying:
"Is it really hopeless to restore the country? The prince is addicted to wine and sex, and is alienated from his ministers. Where has the ambitious prince gone?" He buried his head and sighed, hoping that the prince would wake up soon, so that there would be hope for the restoration of the country.
The prince's master walked slowly towards the Ruluo West Palace, climbed up the steps, knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, the foreign ministers are late." Today's solution to the siege of the capital relies entirely on the efforts of foreign envoys to the Cockroach Kingdom. It was very happy and said:
"Sir, there is no need to be polite. Please sit down next to me." The prince's master stood up and said:
"Foreign ministers don't dare. I'm just an envoy of a foreign tribe. I don't dare to be treated so favorably by the king. I ask the king to take back my order." King Ruluo Xi faced the prince's teacher and then all the ministers and said:
"Loyal minister! I will not forget my old master at this time. Unfortunately, if I have such a loyal minister, why worry about my Ruluo Xizhou not flourishing?" The eight ministers all laughed and said:
"Your Majesty, when you say this, you are comparing yourself to the ministers. I am so jealous! I am ashamed of myself, I am ashamed of myself!" The prince's master looked at the faces of these ministers and said:
"You are the pillars of Ruluo Xizhou and the ministers of Zhongxing. I am only doing my duty as a minister. I hope you will be considerate of me." Xiangguo said:
"Sir, there is no need to be humble, but don't let down the king's hospitality." King Ruluo Xi said with a smile:
"The Prime Minister is right, sir, there is no need to postpone it." Faced with the repeated invitations from King Ruluo and the ministers, the prince's master could not put off any longer. He stepped forward and bowed to King Ruluo, and then saluted to all the ministers. Then sit down.
King Ruluo Xi raised his wine, faced the prince's master and the ministers beside him, and said:
"The Hornet Army besieged our capital. Sir, you gave me some advice for the ants. You risked your life to go to the Cockroach Kingdom. You used the soldiers of the Cockroach Kingdom to defeat the powerful enemy and relieve the siege of the capital. I and all the ministers respect me." The Prince's Master raised his head in thought. He put it down again and said:
"Bumblebee is a powerful country in the north, and the six countries are afraid of it. This time they were defeated and retreated in order to wait for reinforcements. Once the reinforcements arrive, there will be a large-scale counterattack. The king must not take it lightly." After saying this, he raised a toast to the king and all the ministers. , drank it in one gulp, and put the wine in the bottle.
King Luo Xi asked again:
"Based on Sir's plan, what should I do?" the prince's master asked:
"Training sergeants, collecting grain and fodder, and building deep cities are needed for the war." King Ruluo Xi agreed. The recruited soldiers will be drilled strictly, and the grain and grass officials will supervise and build the city in order to provide for Ruluo Xi. The king inspected.
At the palace banquet, the prince's master was still worried about the injury of the dead soldier Red-headed Ant, and asked:
"Xiang Guo, I wonder how the red head's injury is?" Xiang Guo replied:
"The prime minister invited the best doctor in the house to treat Hongtou, and he will recover soon. This time he went to the Cockroach Kingdom and Hongtou made a great contribution. He was promoted from a scholar to a minister, and he has already recorded his merits." At this time, the prince's teacher also I was relieved. Speaking of red heads, Xiangguo told everyone some past events about how red heads entered the prime minister's house?
Red Head, a dead man, was originally a butcher in the market. He made a living by killing insects and lived a very simple life with his wife and children.
This ant is good at charity and distributes the money he earns to the poor people, thus earning a good reputation. When it was young, it practiced swordsmanship with a swordsman. After mastering it, it hid in the market.
This ant is very good at fighting injustices. Many wealthy nobles dare not bully the common people because they are afraid of the sword in its hand.
The cockroach army invaded and killed the people in Changti. The red head defected to the prime minister's government. When he came to seek refuge for the first time, the disciples gathered together and ridiculed him for being a reckless man, and he had no intention of making any suggestions for the prime minister.
But it dismissed it, walked up to Xiangguo, and said:
"Xiang Guo, I am willing to join your sect and kill thieves for the country." Xiang Guo asked with a smile:
"What kind of birth are you? What do you do for a living?" It glanced at these diners, held its head high and said:
"The Butcher of the Market." These diners laughed loudly and said:
"Butcher, haha..., the butcher has made money and made it into the prime minister's house," there was another burst of laughter. Xiangguo also suppressed his laughter, called the housekeeper, and said:
"Is this money enough? Go back and do business. Fighting for the country is the business of the scholar-bureaucrats and generals." He threw the silver coins on the desk and left angrily.
Let the strong wind and heavy rain wash away, lightning pierced the thick clouds, thunder exploded, and his eyes showed murderous intent. The insect was frightened when he saw it. He stretched out the hand holding the sword, but his hand was still trembling.
The long sword was unsheathed, and the cold light forced the insect to walk slowly into the house. Looking at the infant baby, he burst into tears.
Lightning continued outside the house, illuminating its dark face, and thunder resounded across the sky. The long sword in his hand stabbed down, and blood seeped out and flowed down.
At this time, his wife walked in. When she saw this scene, she screamed repeatedly with a horrified expression. She covered her hands with her hands and kept crying.
The red-headed ant dragged the bloody sword and said:
"You and I have not enjoyed a day's blessing for most of our lives. We have to wait and pay it back in the next life." After saying that, the sword was thrust out, and the wife reached out to grab its sleeve, slid down, and fell into a pool of blood.
The red-headed ant dropped the long sword in his hand, looked at his wife and children, his eyes were filled with tears, and he looked up to the sky and roared. The pain in his heart at this time was immeasurable.
