The carriage arrived at the river bank, and the surrounding area was already cleared of people. Xiang Yu got off the car first, and led Jiang Heng and Prince An behind him to the waterside. Prince An intentionally fell behind a little, and whispered a few words in Xiang Yu's ear, Xiang Yu bowed slightly to listen, nodded immediately, and went to give instructions.
"General Xiang has to take care of everything," Jiang Heng said with a smile, "and he is very busy."
Prince An said: "He has been serving in the court since seventeen years ago, and there are four families in Yingdi: Qu, Xiang, Mi, and Xiong. My father likes Xiang Yu the most. Just like my elder brother, my father personally watches over him. grown up."
Jiang Heng nodded. He saw that the relationship between Prince An and King Ying was not too close, perhaps because Prince An's mother came from the Qu family, and Xiong Lei's mother, that is, the Queen Mother, came from the Mi family. , There is also the competition for the interests of the public officials and officials, which influence each other.
Xiong Lei still established Xiong An as the crown prince and gave him considerable power. After all, he is now the core figure of the four families in the united Yingdi, not to mention that Xiong Lei is so lavish and extravagant that the other three families have to provide him. A considerable amount of gold and silver was used to support the royal family, and then they looted wildly in their respective fiefs, and the benefits were exchanged.
"This is General Qu, Qu . And Princess Miqing's clan brother, Mi Luo."
There was another person waiting in the riverside waterside. The person who came was tall and majestic. Compared with Lu Ji, the strongest right minister in Yong Ting, he was even fatter. He leaned against the couch like a mountain. Jiang Taishi came from afar, but never went to greet him..."
"Please take a seat, please take a seat." Jiang Heng knew from the sea pavilion earlier that the former general of the Ying country was called Mi Xia. After attacking Xun Dong and being stabbed to death by his mother, the Qu family and Xiang Jiagua The military power. It's just that he was very curious, this guy looks at least three hundred pounds, plus a pair of armor, approaching the four hundred mark, can he mount a horse to fight, and whether there are any horses in the world that can carry him.
Jiang Heng was afraid that he would move too much and crush the couch, so everyone didn't need to be more polite. The other named Mi Luo, a scholar, smiled at Jiang Heng.
Geng Shu walked to the bar and looked out. Prince An said: "Jiang Taishi, drink our tea."
The maid served tea and served snacks, and there was a violinist playing the violin. It was almost spring, and the curtain of the water pavilion was blown in by the river wind, the distant water birds chirped, and peach blossoms were on both sides, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
The white sails on the river are like a painting.
Jiang Heng had already discovered that although Ying people were luxurious, they were not as good at appreciation as the imperial court of Luoyang. Ji Xun was a declining royal family, and he still kept his insistence on food and utensils. You don’t have to, just like the dim sum in Luoyang, although simple, it is very delicately made.
Ying Palace's food and snacks are complicated and complicated. No matter what you should eat in the morning, noon or evening, they are all served in one go.
Jiang Heng didn't want to eat dim sum anymore. After coming to Jiangzhou, he learned to not touch what he eats, and abandoned the rule of eating more as a courtesy when entertaining guests in Yong State.
Geng Shu sat cross-legged in front of the riverside bar in the tea room, took off his saber, and laid it on his lap, indifferent to their conversation. In fact, the whole day he had planned has been ruined by Xiang Yu. Not being able to talk to Jiang Heng in the two-person world, he was very dissatisfied with the presence of such an inexplicable group of people.
"I see you," said the counselor named Miluo.
"I saw you too!" Jiang Heng remembered and smiled, "Seven years ago."
When the four-nation coalition forces rushed into Luoyang to snatch the emperor, they sent envoys one after another. Mi Luo was the one who sent the envoy for Ying. Jiang Heng scolded the envoy Zheng, which left a deep impression on the envoys of various countries.
Prince An smiled and said, "Mi Luo knows that he is an old friend, so he must come."
"It's been a long time." Mi Luo sighed a little and said, "If General Zhao was willing to let the Son of Heaven take refuge in Jiangzhou, it wouldn't be what it is now."
Jiang Heng recalled the past and said with a smile, "The Son of Heaven has the obsession of the Son of Heaven. In this matter, it would be the same if it was who was sitting in that position."
Geng Shu looked at the river and remained silent. After a while, Xiang Yu finished his work and came back to join them. Jiang Heng chatted a few things about Luoyang back then, and suddenly there was nothing to say between the host and the guest, and the scene became a bit awkward.
Then, Xiang Yu opened his mouth, and Yu people began to flatter Prince An extremely, praising his political achievements for a while, and saying that he was caring for the people, which made Jiang Heng a little nauseous, but Prince An was happy to accept it.
Prince An was obviously not interested in Jiang Heng, let alone looked down on him. It was not polite to ask him out today. There was silence between the host and the guest for a moment, Jiang Hengzheng thought it would be better to leave, and went back to hang out with Geng Shu happily.
However, Prince An suddenly said, "I think this little brother Nie is very talented. Why don't we make friends and talk about it?"
Jiang Heng: "?"
Jiang Heng immediately noticed something was wrong. Could it be that they saw Geng Shu's identity? Perhaps, since Mi Luo went to Luoyang, he might have an impression of Geng Shu back then.
Geng Shu turned his head, glanced at everyone, and said indifferently, "You guys stop talking, I won't be here. It's okay for me to go first with Mr. Jiang if I have nothing to say."
Xiang Yu immediately said, "Lord Jiang, shall I take you to see the peach blossoms by the river?"
Jiang Heng understands that although Prince An is conceited, he is not stupid. Most of them have guessed Geng Shu's identity.
"Okay," Jiang Heng got up wisely and said, "I was thinking about going to the event, but I've eaten too much in the past few days."
Xiang Yu smiled, put his hand on Jiang Heng's shoulder, and went down the side of the water pavilion.
Geng Shu watched the two go away vigilantly, but Prince An suddenly changed his face and said kindly, "His Royal Highness Zimiao."
Geng Shu didn't answer.
"His Royal Highness Zimiao, please come here," said Prince An. "Although I don't recognize you, the Lieguang Sword always recognizes you."
Geng Shu also knew that there was no need to hide any more, so he got up, sat on his knees in front of Prince An, and said lightly: "After all, I'm not going out with my brother to relax, it doesn't mean Yong Guo, if there are diplomatic matters , you must communicate with the prince of our country in detail by means of a letter."
Prince An smiled and said, "That's natural."
At this time, Jiang Heng walked slowly along the road by the river. The peach blossoms at this season are not very good, but they are full of opportunities.
Xiang Yu followed behind him as if following the prince.
Jiang Heng looked at Jiang Mian and said, "I heard the laughter of the children in General Xiang's mansion today, it's like returning to their childhood home."
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Xiang Yu said: "Lord Jiang looks like eighteen|nine at most. I am very impressed by the fact that you are a young man. Your apprenticeship must be very good."
Jiang Heng replied: "I'm ashamed to say that, I really didn't learn much. I went down the mountain at the age of seventeen."
Jiang Heng watched the boatman rowing in front of the river and said, "I don't know why today, but I suddenly remembered a boatman I saw when I arrived at Zhaoshui City after leaving the mountain gate."
Xiang Yu said, "Boatman?"
Jiang Heng said: "Yes, when the rivers in Zhaoshui flooded and encountered a flood that was rarely seen in ten years, the people found a boatman and took me to Jeju. The boatman made me close to my heart, and it was because of him. It seems that there are many avenues hidden in the words. To be honest, today I came to the house and saw many suffering people along the way, as if vaguely returning to Zhaoshui, crossing a river full of corpses... "
Xiang Yu said, "Don't think about it, Mr. Jiang, you won't see that scene again."
Jiang Heng laughed, guessing that Prince An's private order just now was to let Xiang Yu do this. After all, he lost face in front of foreigners, but he didn't expect Xiang Yu to act so fast.
"It seems that His Royal Highness is someone who can listen to his opinions." Jiang Heng said.
"He is usually too busy," Xiang Yu said. "Some things can't be noticed. You can remind him that he is very grateful to you."
At this time, Jiang Heng saw a woman kneeling by the river, washing clothes, beating with wooden sticks, and starching her robes.
Jiang Heng walked to the pebble road beside the river, Xiang Yu followed, and said, "Why are there still people by the river at this time? Didn't you tell them to let them all leave?"
Jiang Heng smiled back and waved his hand: "What does it matter?"
Xiang Yu looked slightly startled when he saw Jiang Heng standing in the peach blossom, turning his head and laughing.
Jiang Heng signaled him to stop following him, and said, "I'll go down and stand for a while. You're wearing a military general's uniform. People must be afraid when they see you."
So Xiang Yu was ten paces away from Jiang Heng and watched Jiang Heng walk five paces away from the woman.
Suddenly, Xiang Yu realized something was wrong, he pressed his right hand on the left glove, hooked the edge of the glove with his index finger, made a movement, and slowly pulled off the glove.
The washing woman turned her head and grinned at Jiang Heng.
Jiang Heng said: "The weather is fine."
"Very good." The woman kept rubbing her clothes and said, "It's almost the Chinese New Year, where is my brother from?"
Jiang Heng said, "I'm from the Yong Kingdom."
Xiang Yu heard the two answering each other, so he released his hand and put on his gloves.
The woman said, "People from Yong Country, are you the new proton?"
Jiang Heng was surprised, even the people knew about it? Then the woman said again, "I was ordered to kill you, Proton."
Jiang Heng's face changed, but the woman packed up her clothes and said, "I'll keep you alive for another twelve hours. At this time tomorrow, you'll be dead. Take a good look at the world and eat whatever you want to eat. You can do it, or you can run away if you want. No one in the world can save the person I am targeting, even your brother, who is known as the number one prince in the world. stop."
Jiang Heng: "…"
Jiang Heng looked at her with a shocked expression, but she took it lightly and picked up the tub.
Jiang Heng subconsciously took a half step back and shouted, "Brother! Brother!"
Xiang Yu rushed up in an instant, only to hear a "thump", the woman jumped into the river and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Heng almost couldn't believe what he heard, but Xiang Yu grabbed his wrist and asked, "What's wrong? What did she say?"
"She said... She..." Jiang Heng was a little overwhelmed. It was the first time in his life that he encountered this, and he was killed with advance notice.
Jiang Heng and Xiang Yu looked at each other and settled down.
Xiang Yu said: "Tell me, don't be afraid, you can trust me, Mr. Jiang. His Majesty ordered that no matter what happens, you must protect your safety."
Jiang Heng said: "That woman... said, she came to kill me, I can only live for twelve hours! Brother! Brother!"
When Jiang Heng shared this matter, his first thought was to ask Geng Shu to discuss it. He immediately left Xiang Yu behind and hurried up. However, Xiang Yu strode up to catch up and said, "Slow down! Be careful of slipping!"
The waterside pavilion was built on the edge of the river, and it was halfway up the mountain. It was easy to get down, but it was exhausting to climb up. Jiang Heng was out of breath.
Xiang Yu said, "Don't be afraid, Lord Jiang."
"Well," Jiang Heng said, "maybe it's just the harsh words."
In just a short while, Jiang Heng had recovered his senses, realizing that it would be more appropriate not to say more about this matter.
In the waterside, the conversation was almost over, Geng Shu sat sideways in front of the table, tapped his fingers on the tea table impatiently and rhythmically, glanced at Jiang Heng, who had climbed up, and said, "Why is his face so white? sharp?"
Jiang Heng had completely calmed down, as if nothing had happened, and smiled: "It's nothing, I'm a little out of breath on the mountain climb."
Geng Shu waved to him and motioned him to come, Jiang Heng knelt down and sat beside Geng Shu, Geng Shu took the tea bowl and fed it to him, obviously not planning to hide the relationship between the two.
"Your proposal," Geng Shu said, "I will seriously consider it."
Prince An said: "In addition to the country of Ying, I think there is no more suitable place in the world than here."
With just one sentence, Jiang Heng heard that Prince An wanted to make a deal with Geng Shu, but he didn't know what tempting conditions he gave.
However, Geng Shu had no intention of listening to Prince An Duo again. He stroked Jiang Heng's forehead with his fingers and watched his expression. He frowned slightly, and raised his eyebrows in an inquiring way.
Jiang Heng also answered with his eyes, and he will talk about it later.
"Then we'll say goodbye," Geng Shu said again, "What other arrangements does General Xiang have later?"
Jiang Heng went out for a trip and came back. In a short period of time, the situation has changed dramatically. Geng Shu has restored his unequivocal and defiant identity. Treat each other with courtesy.
"We're going back too," Prince An said, becoming more polite, "Everyone, let's go together. Xiang Yu, what other arrangements do you have? I want to ask you."
Xiang Yu was also thinking about it, but he didn't tell the prince about the Anjiang River. He said, "I originally planned to invite the two of you to the theater at night."
"Then treat them well for me." Prince An got up and left first.
Geng Shu held Jiang Heng's hand and intertwined his fingers, and at the end, Jiang Heng couldn't help but look back.
"What's wrong?" Geng Shu whispered as he leaned into Jiang Heng's ear.
"Let's talk after getting in the car." Jiang Heng replied.
The two got in the car. This time, Geng Shu and Jiang Heng were in the same car. Jiang Heng said, "Someone by the river said that if he wanted to kill me, most of them were with that assassin."
Geng Shu: "Oh, I knew they would come again."
Jiang Heng repeated what the washerwoman said once, but Geng Shu just listened silently, and finally nodded.
Jiang Heng: "What should I do?"
"Not much," Geng Shu said, "I am here."
At this moment, the carriage stopped, but Geng Shu did not draw his sword, he heard footsteps, and sure enough, Xiang Yu got on the carriage. The car suddenly became crowded, and Xiang Yu found a place in the corner to bend slightly.
"Go back to the palace later?" Xiang Yu saw at a glance that the two had talked, and said, "In the palace, I guarantee that there will never be any danger. I wonder if the other party will be real after twelve hours. come to…”
"It's not necessary," Geng Shu said coldly, "what should I do? Just go to the play if you want to. Does Henger want to go?"
After Jiang Heng got Geng Shu's response, he was even more at a loss, so he could only follow his words and say, "Go... go."
Xiang Yu thought for a while and said, "Then it's business as usual? No, tonight, I suggest that I must go back to the palace to spend the night."
Geng Shu was noncommittal, Jiang Heng said, "Who are those people? Why did you come to kill me?"
"I don't know where you got it." Geng Shu made a rare joke to Jiang Heng, "Did you go outside behind your brother's back and do what?"
Jiang Heng suddenly couldn't help laughing and crying: "Where is it?"
Geng Shu said, "Then I'll trust you for now. I was recited by Prince An for almost half an hour. I had a headache and fell asleep."
So Geng Shu turned across, lying on Jiang Heng's lap, holding the Lieguang Sword, and closed his eyes.