The man on horseback called himself Ma San, the instructor of the "patrol battalion". He explained to Du Ci that the "patrol battalion" was actually a non-governmental organization that guarded Zhangshan Mountain. So it makes sense that they would take turns to come here to guard against natural disasters such as wildfires.
Du Ci said: "Then why do you recognize this king?"
Ma Sandao: "The villain has seen the heroic appearance of the young prince in the city, so he naturally recognizes it."
"Have you seen this king? But this king has never been out of the king's city?"
"Everyone knows that the little prince is favored by His Majesty, so a painter painted the heroic figure of the little prince. The villain is lucky enough to see him, and he will never forget it at the first sight."
Du Ci nodded, feeling complacent: "Your eyes are not bad."
Ma San immediately knelt down to salute, and invited Du Ci into the patrol camp for a cup of tea, and told them to do anything.
Du Ci entered the mountain gate generously, and was surrounded by people into the main hall—the bandit den was divided into four halls, front, back, left, and right. You know the price is expensive.
This scene will not be seen in ordinary cottages.
Du Ci observed secretly, still smiling, looking very cute and innocent.
Ma San went to invite the first master and the second master. When they saw Du Ci, they knelt down and saluted, and then asked to see Du Ci's piccolo. Du Ci showed them the piccolo without asking any further questions.
The head of the family claimed to be surnamed Yang, and the second head of the family was his cousin, also surnamed Yang, so they could be called Yang Da and Yang Er.
Yang Da has thick muscles and a hulking waist. He is stronger and stronger than Qi Nanke's subordinates Xu and Zhou Zhou.
Du Ci was allowed to sit on the main seat, with a warm tiger skin under his buttocks, and tiger skin and fox mink on his back. This seat was very spacious, and it was more than enough for three Du Ci to lie on it.
Du Ci stepped on his pedals, looked around, and heard Yang Dao: "Did the little prince bring this piccolo from Shu Shiguo?"
Du Ci said: "Naturally."
Yang Dao: "I heard that this piccolo is made of the same kind of stone jade, there are only three in the world with the same texture, and the sound is long and melodious when played, like the song of a phoenix. Is it true?"
Du Ci smiled and said, "I don't know how to blow."
Yang Da: "..."
Yang Er coughed and said, "Young Lord, have you seen the other two?"
Du Ci said: "Of course I have seen it."
Yang Er immediately sat up straight, and heard the little prince say slowly: "One is at my elder brother's place, and the other is at my third brother's. These three piccolos were all given by my father, and they were given to his three favorite flutes. Son, this angered many brothers back then."
The little prince sighed and touched the piccolo: "This is really a disaster for a beauty."
Bandits: "????"
Then Yang Dayang and Yang Er came and went with clichés, but nothing came out, and finally had to invite the little prince into the inner room for a talk.
The little prince immediately said: "What kind of inner room do you want to enter? That's not allowed. I'm a married person, so I have to clean myself!"
Bandits: "..."
Yang Da embarrassedly said: "The little prince already has a marriage contract?"
Yang Er remembered and slapped his head: "Yes, Ma San said just now that the young prince is looking for a husband. Please tell me about the appearance and characteristics of the other party, and the villain will send someone to look for him."
Du Ci smiled: "Emperor Dasheng has ordered Qi Nanke and General Zhengyuan to marry me."
This news is still a secret, Yang Da and the others naturally don't know, they were stunned when they heard this, and then heard the young prince say: "My man is on his way back, I just couldn't wait to see him, so I lost my way. "
Yang Da and Yang Er glanced at each other, and Yang Er looked like a thief, he leaned closer and said: "My lord, I want to discuss something with my lord, maybe it's a good thing for my lord."
Du Ci raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Yang Erdao: "Please go into the inner room and tell me!"
Qi Nanke quickly inspected the entire cottage and found many suspicious clues and traces. He was going to go down the mountain to revise a letter and send it to the king's city. This cottage is over.
He quickly left the cottage, but he couldn't find the little prince at the same place. He suspected that the little prince had walked down the mountain by himself, and searched back and forth along the mountain road, and finally had to turn his eyes to the cottage—although It's unbelievable, but it's the only possibility.
He didn't hear any noise in the cottage, so naturally it couldn't be that Du Ci was arrested, then he could only go in by himself. How did you do it? It's like he still couldn't figure it out, how did the other party come out of Wangcheng
He had no choice but to sneak into the cottage again, and this time, some bandits gathered together and said that the little prince was so good-looking, like a girl, even more beautiful than a girl!
Qi Nanke was murderous when he heard it, and wanted to finish off those dirty-mouthed guys with one hand, but he had to find someone first.
After finally reaching the inner hall, and hearing Du Ci's voice, Qi Nanke lay down on the roof as silently as a cat, lifted a few bricks and looked inside.
Just then one of them said: "In this way, sooner or later, Qi Nanke will be your little prince!"
Qi Nanke frowned—what's going on
In the room, the little prince who didn't know that he was overheard was sitting in the grand master's chair, crossed his legs, and said in awkward Dasheng official words: "You mean that you recommend the crown prince to the position, and then sign a new agreement with Shu Shiguo. Allocate all the land in the southwest to the Kingdom of Shu, and then help my third brother succeed to the throne, then the two countries will mutually benefit and help each other, so that Qi Nanke can marry me into the Kingdom of Shu, and he will naturally be with me?"
Yang Erdao: "Exactly! My lord, think about it, Qi Nanke is the most stubborn donkey, how could he be willing to marry a man as the main wife?"
Yang Dao: "To be honest, the third prince has long wanted to contact you in the royal city. It's just that you are surrounded by eyeliners, so it's really hard to send a message. Little prince, when it comes to feelings, naturally the third prince loves you more Yes. Nowadays, there are civil strife in the Shu Dynasty, the old emperor is fatuous, and he persecutes the prince and his family members. Everyone’s life is hard. Little prince, don’t you worry about your brothers, sisters, and your mother?”
Qi Nanke shrank his pupils and stared at Du Ci closely.
Du Ci leaned back in the teacher's chair, rubbed his fingers on the piccolo lightly, and said after a while: "Of course I miss my mother, and my brothers, my father has already abandoned me, otherwise I wouldn't have been together for so many years. This king has nothing to do with it. He is getting old and it is time to establish a successor, but he seems to have forgotten that this king is still in Dasheng as a hostage, so why not chill this king."
Du Ci lifted up the piccolo: "The three princes he loved most once were rewarded with rare piccolos in the world, which made other princes envious and jealous. Now..."
Du Ci shook his head: "Where is my eldest brother?"
"The eldest prince has been imprisoned." Yang Dao said.
Du Ci propped his chin and looked at the two of them: "You are from Dasheng, why are you helping my third brother?"
Yang Dayang and Yang Er looked at each other and laughed: "Where is helping the third prince? We are helping His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dasheng. But helping His Royal Highness is naturally helping the Third Prince of your country."
Du Ci understood: it seems that the prince has long been dissatisfied with the uncle Guo's domination of the court, and the nephew of the uncle Guo is the fifth prince of Dasheng. Emperor Dasheng favors the Ming family now, the prince is in a hurry.
Du Ci touched the piccolo, with a smile on his face: "I'm tired of staying in Dasheng, as long as the third brother can let me go back. Of course, I have to bring my man."
Yang Da immediately said: "That's natural!"
Yang Er also said: "My lord is wise, my crown prince and third prince are willing to cooperate with you now, and your benefits will naturally be indispensable in the future. You think, if someone else succeeds, your status in Dasheng will be useless. You will not be able to return to Shu Shiguo in the future."
Du Ci nodded, as if he felt that what the other party said was very reasonable: "But empty words have no proof, you have to give me some evidence."
Yang Da hesitated, while Yang Er took the case and said: "My lord is a straightforward person, we have nothing to hide, since we have talked about it, it is meaningless if we can't trust each other."
Yang Er took out a wooden box that he carried with him, and the box was locked.
"Here is the prince's handbook, and the prince's unicorn talisman."
Du Ci raised his eyebrows, and before he said anything, there was movement on the roof, and a black shadow suddenly fell down.
Yang Dayang Er was about to shout for someone, but the black shadow was extremely fast, and he tapped the acupuncture points of the two of them, and the two of them suddenly fell silent.
Du Ci was also taken aback, and jumped up all over, and he was relieved after seeing who it was.
"You're hooking up with them and wanting to plot against me!" Qi Nanke had an angry expression on his face, and under the lights, he looked as scary as an Asura.
Du Ci was stunned for a moment, then said: "No, I..."
Qi Nanke took the wooden box with one hand, pulled out the dagger from Yang Er's back waist and pressed it against Yang Er's neck, saying, "If you dare to scream, I will tell you to separate your body!"
Yang Er's face turned green with fright.
Qi Nanke relieved Yang Er's dumb acupoint, and before he could ask any questions, Yang Er looked at Du Ci with a cheated expression on his face and said, "Ninth Prince, you! You actually teamed up with Qi Nanke!"
Du Ci: "???"
Yang Erdao: "General Qi! You'd better think about it clearly, we are the prince's people! If the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, if he knows what you have done, so what if your Qi family is the Duke's mansion? Will it have a good end? !"
Du Ci's eyes slowly widened, he opened his mouth slightly, looked at Yang Er, then at the big black-faced man, then at Yang Er, then at the big black-faced man, after a while he found his voice: "Qi Nanke? who?"
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