The evil smile on Tang Xiaohao's face made Wu Tianlu frightened. After all, this boy could say anything. Not to mention asking Wu Tianlu to be his apprentice, he might even ask for Wu Tianlu to marry him, and he also felt that
Reasonable.
However, Tang Xiaohao put away his smile and asked: "Master Wu, are you noble this year?"
Wu Tianlu replied: "Two out of thirty."
Tang Xiaohao said: "I am eighteen this year and you are thirty-two. So if you think about it, should I call you dad?"
Wu Tianlu was confused. He didn't know what this kid was going to do. It must be nothing good.
Tang Xiaohao suddenly said seriously: "How about we become sworn sworn brothers?"
Wu Tianlu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's exactly what I meant."
Tang Xiaohao slapped the table and stood up: "Then let's sworn sworn father and son!"
Wu Tianlu almost fell down when he heard this. How could anyone be sworn as father and son!? This kid really doesn't have a serious time!
Wu Tianlu coughed and said, "Let's sworn brothers. We don't want to be born in the same year and on the same day. We just want to be born on the same year and on the same day..."
"Stop! Don't say that word! It's too unlucky." Tang Xiaohao immediately interrupted Wu Tianlu, "The day of sworn vows is so unlucky, so you have to make an oath to make it auspicious. Also, um, you need to kneel down to make sworn vows, right?
?”
As soon as Wu Tianlu nodded, Tang Xiaohao knelt down directly, then looked up at Wu Tianlu and said, "Why are you standing? Kneel down."
Wu Tianlu helplessly looked at Tang Xiaohao who was kneeling in front of him and said: "We are sworn brothers. There is no need to kneel to each other. What we kneel to is heaven and earth, not each other."
Tang Xiaohao suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, sworn friendship is different from worshiping a brother. There is no need for brotherly worship, right?"
Is this kid a genius or an idiot? How did he learn the world's martial arts? Wu Tianlu knelt next to Tang Xiaohao, clasping his hands in his fists: "I, Wu Tianlu, the leader of the Tianying Hall of the Beggar Clan!"
After saying that, Wu Tianlu looked at Tang Xiaohao: "It's your turn."
Tang Xiaohao also clasped his fists: "I, the dream of a hundred thousand girls in Jiuyuan, the old enemy of men in the world, the owner of the jelly beans, the son of the commander of the Royal Armored Guard, Tang Xiaohao, a good man who is upright and upright!"
After Tang Xiaohao finished speaking, he looked at Wu Tianlu who looked hopeless: "What then?"
Wu Tianlu composed himself and said: "Although we have different surnames, we are willing to become brothers. From today on, we will work together to hoe the strong and help the weak. For nine days, the sun and the moon will show this heart. If you are unjust and ungrateful, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"
After Wu Tianlu finished speaking, he looked at Tang Xiaohao.
Tang Xiaohao was a little confused and seemed to be thinking about something.
Wu Tianlu said: "It's your turn, tell me."
Tang Xiaohao looked embarrassed: "I thought that the idioms starting with the word "annihilate" are not very auspicious. You see, disaster and dehumanization are not good."
Wu Tianlu was helpless: "Brother, this is not playing idiom solitaire. If you really can't speak, just say a good word."
Tang Xiaohao nodded quickly: "Oh, that's it, okay...Jiutian, this is my first sworn sworn relationship. I don't know the rules. Please don't take offense."
God is used to it, okay! Wu Tianlu couldn’t laugh or cry.
Tang Xiaohao looked serious and continued: "I actually don't know what loyalty is, but my father once said that soldiers will not abandon their comrades on the battlefield, that is loyalty. They do not bully others on weekdays and know how to protect them.
Weakness is also loyalty. Therefore, I, Tang Xiaohao, swear to Jiutian that I will never abandon my eldest brother in the future, let alone do things that bully the weak and are inferior to pigs and dogs."
After saying that, Tang Xiaohao looked at Wu Tianlu: "Is it okay if I say this?"
Wu Tianlu nodded. Although Tang Xiaohao seemed not to be a serious person and did not understand the rules of the world, let alone the chivalry of those who traveled in the world, the truth of the boy's words was clear, his words were sincere, and they did come from the heart.
Tang Chen, you have taught a good son.
Wu Tianlu stood up and helped Tang Xiaohao up: "Xiaohao, from now on, I am your eldest brother and you are my younger brother."
Tang Xiaohao smiled and said: "I finally have a big brother."
After saying that, Tang Xiaohao immediately got down to business: "Brother, there is really nothing we can do about Xiao Xuan's matter."
Wu Tianlu did not expect that Tang Xiaohao would say this: "Even if there is no other way, I have to go."
Tang Xiaohao analyzed it for Wu Tianlu: "Brother, to be honest, when I met you for the first time yesterday, I knew that the five of you were either following the two people who broke the Golden Gate, or you were following the young man with the white horse at the front.
You don’t know something. When the young man on the white horse entered the city, he was holding the armored guard’s waistband, and he looked familiar. I suspected that he was my father’s son, but I didn’t know what the connection was. I just intuitively thought that he was my father’s son.
, you are a good person, so I decided to help you enter the city."
Wu Tianlu didn't say anything, but was thinking about whether to tell Tang Xiaohao something. If he told Tang Xiaohao, this sworn brother would be involved.
Tang Xiaohao continued: "Brother, the situation in my family is a bit complicated. It is different from what you outsiders see. Nanrong Wenjun is not my biological mother."
Wu Tianlu was surprised: "What do you mean?"
Tang Xiaohao smiled bitterly and said: "My mother is the woman my father found outside, and I am an illegitimate child. But after I was born, my father had the courage to take me back because he had no children. My stepmother is Nan Rong.
Wenjun couldn't say anything on the face of it, because they only have two daughters and no sons. Therefore, my stepmother has always disliked me. You know, my father's current status is all thanks to my stepmother.
My natal family is the Nanrong family, but I am not their child, so what I inherit in the future will also belong to the Nanrong family, and the Nanrong family will definitely not be willing to accept it."
Wu Tianlu was confused: "But your stepmother is not the only descendant of the Nanrong family. Nanrong Qufeng also has two sons. No matter what, it's not your turn to inherit, right?"
Tang Xiaohao added: "Brother, it is indeed not my turn to inherit the Nanrong family, but someone is also needed to inherit everything from my father. Although the Nanrong family is powerful, they also know that a big tree attracts wind. The Nanrong family is now
The person in charge, my nominal grandfather Nanrong Qufeng, although he is the minister of the Ministry of War, he is only a second-rank official, and his rank is not as good as that of my father. However, even the prime minister of the current dynasty has to bow his head when he sees him."
Wu Tianlu said: "I heard that even Nanrong Qufeng's two sons are only from the fifth and fourth grades."
"The power of the Nanrong family is one of the best in the entire Jiuyuan. If the power in the court is the same, then it is obvious that the power is overwhelming. Will the Ji family of the royal family let it go? Of course not." Tang Xiaohao detailed.
Analysis, "It is precisely because my grandfather knew this very well that he refused to become one person inferior to ten thousand people for decades during his reign. At the same time, except for the Shendu Army and the Tiger Riders of the Nanrong family,
Do not interfere with other military powers, let alone interfere with the armored guards belonging to the Royal Forbidden Army."
Wu Tianlu said: "This is why Nanrong Qufeng wanted to support your father in the first place."
Tang Xiaohao continued: "Although everyone in Jiuyuan knows that my father is the son-in-law of the Nanrong family, everyone in the court also knows that my father used to be the old emperor's loyal personal bodyguard. Even later
Marrying Nan Rong Wenjun and being sent to the Iron Guards also achieved great military exploits. A man who was loyal to the royal family married a daughter of the Nan Rong family, which meant that he became a close friend of the Nan Rong family.
The bridge between the imperial family and Ji family."
Tang Chen is the buffer zone between the emperor and the Nanrong family. Just imagine, if the Iron Guards and the Royal Capital Army are controlled by the Nanrong family on the surface, it will be like the generals on the chessboard being surrounded. Really
If this were the case, the Nanrong family would have just printed the words "conspiracy to rebel at any time" on the family flag.
Of course, this does not mean that the Nanrong family has given up on the armored guards. If Tang Chen's heirs do not have the blood of the Nanrong family, it is very likely that they will completely fall to the royal family in the future, and then this bridge will lose its balance.
This is what the Nanrong family doesn't want to see.
When Wu Tianlu heard this, he finally understood: "Is this why you dress up as a playboy, a prodigal, and a playboy?"
Tang Xiaohao sighed: "Otherwise? However, I have been pretending to be crazy and stupid all day long, and I am not trying to be brave and ready to go. I just want to live. If I hadn't been like this, my stepmother would have killed me long ago." After that, Tang Xiaohao said again.
He said, "Brother, I would rather be born in an ordinary family."
Wu Tianlu shook his head and said: "Xiaohao, you don't know the sufferings of ordinary people. If you really knew and experienced it personally, you wouldn't say such things. Do you know that you spend money like water?
With one day's expenditure, ordinary people can live for a year."
Tang Xiaohao nodded: "I also know, and I can't help it. If I don't spend so much, my stepmother will think something is wrong with me... Talking about Xiaoxuan, you also know that the Shendu Army is the private soldier of the Nanrong family.
The commander-in-chief Mu Yinghao and the deputy general Liao Yanqi are all retainers of the Nanrong family, and their loyalty is not to the current imperial court. Moreover, even if my father didn't tell me, I know that the Shendu Army has always been watching my father."
Wu Tianlu asked: "You mean, your grandfather Nanrong Qufeng is worried about your father?"
Tang Xiaohao said: "My grandfather is different on the outside. He looks very kind, but every time I look into his eyes, I feel scared. My father is the bridge between him and the current emperor. As long as he does not lose his balance, he will not
Don’t worry, but his retainers, those beasts from the Shendu Army, don’t have such good minds.”
Wu Tianlu asked: "How to say?"
Tang Xiaohao said: "Although Mu Yinghao is cunning, in the final analysis he is just a warrior. This type of warrior has a relatively simple mind. He only thinks about conquering the world for the Nanrong family, and thinks that the world should belong to the Nanrong family. The most important thing is that the world belongs to the Nanrong family.
Yes, Mu Yinghao is also a famous general, and his military exploits back then were no less than those of my father, but his current rank and grade are lower than my father's, so he is naturally dissatisfied, which is human nature."
Wu Tianlu completely understood: "Mu Yinghao is now keeping an eye on us, his ultimate goal is to deal with your father?"
Tang Xiaohao nodded and said: "Yes, Mu Yinghao just wants to find a reason to tie you and my father together, and then put the shit basin on top."
Wu Tianlu, who was originally eager to save Xiao Xuan, calmed down: "If I impulsively save Xiao Xuan, it will be a small matter for us to die, but it will be a big deal for your father to be implicated."
Tang Xiaohao immediately said: "Brother, I'm not just thinking about my father. The world is not stable yet, there are wars everywhere, and even the people of Shendu have not lived a stable life for a few years. If something happens again,
How do people live in this world?"
Tang Xiaohao's words made Wu Tianlu admire him. This boy was not very young, but he had a very thorough understanding of the affairs of the government and the public. The most important thing was that he still pretended to have a bright future in his heart, which was really not simple.
Wu Tianlu subconsciously looked at the other wall. There were books on political commentary, strategy and history on that wall. As a heretic, he naturally didn't understand those things. Although he just flipped through them, he found those books.
Among them, especially chronological history books such as "Jiuyuan Tongjian", all have been marked and annotated.
Therefore, Tang Xiaohao could see clearly not only because he grew up in this environment, but also because he read poetry and books. As for why Tang Xiaohao and Wu Tianlu became brothers, Wu Tianlu did not think about it in detail.
Tang Xiaohao walked up to Wu Tianlu and said: "Brother, although I have a way, I can't guarantee that I can save Xiao Xuan. The main reason is that Xiao Xuan has been poisoned and has already been poisoned. I can only go and investigate the situation first.
"
Wu Tianlu also didn't want Tang Xiaohao to take risks: "Are you going to investigate?"
Tang Xiaohao said: "I can only go, and I didn't let Xiao Lingdang arrange Xiao Xuan at Sihai Inn for no reason."
Tang Xiaohao asked Wu Tianlu to wait peacefully in the basement and rest and heal his injuries. He then returned to his room on the ground and called his personal servant Tang Dun.
This kid Tang Dun usually eats whenever he has nothing to do. As long as he can eat, he will accept anyone who comes. No, when Tang Dun entered the room, he was holding a radish in his hand and gnawing on it.
Tang Xiaohao looked at Tang Dun with bulging cheeks and said, "Where did you get the carrots?"
Tang Dun pointed outside and said, "I planted it myself in the yard."
Tang Xiaohao almost kicked Tang Dun in the face: "You are planting radishes in my garden? Only delicate flowers are allowed in my garden. Do you believe I planted you in the soil?"
Tang Dun quickly explained: "Master, it was you who told me to grow some fruits and vegetables in the side yard. If I were trapped here one day, I wouldn't starve to death."
Tang Xiaohao signaled Tang Dun to come forward and handed him a golden dragon: "Go and book the Sihai Inn for me."
Tang Dun was confused: "Why?"
Tang Xiaohao said: "Tell Boss Huang that I will provide you with one night and one night stay. The condition is that no guests are allowed in the inn. Guests staying here must find a way to evict them. I can compensate the guests for their food and accommodation expenses."
Tang Dun still didn't understand: "Master, but I don't allow you to go out."
"I know, I have only one way," Tang Xiaohao said impatiently, "Although my father won't let me go out, in the house, who has the final say on weekdays?"
Tang Dun said without hesitation: "Madam."
Tang Xiaohao said: "That's right. After you leave the house, first find your eldest brother Lian Lian and ask him to go to the Red Brand Twelve Square and spend a lot of money to buy two courtesans, Han Shuang and Yue Yan, and take them to the Sihai Inn to wait for me.
"
Tang Dun was even more puzzled: "Master, have you figured it out? Finally, you plan to do something a man should do and stop acting in the future?"
Tang Xiaohao kicked Tang Dun: "Get out! Do as I say."
After Tang Xiaohao finished speaking, he went straight out of the house, walked out of the side courtyard, walked through the eaves and came to the back garden, watched his two sisters playing the piano and drinking tea in the pavilion from a distance, and then pretended to be in a trance and walked to the lotus pond.
He deliberately stood where the two of them could see him and stared at the pool in a daze.
In the pavilion, the eldest sister Tang Weige was teaching don Wangshu to play the song "Stars and Moon Accompanying", because the emperor's favorite song is "Stars and Moon Accompanying", so Tang Wangshu also wanted to learn it as soon as possible so that he could please the emperor after entering the palace in the future.
Happy.
After talking about the song, Tang Weige just stood up to let Tang Wangshu try it. Tang Wangshu saw Tang Xiaohao standing by the lotus pond not far away: "Huh? Why are you here, little brother?"
Tang Weige raised his eyes and said: "My father didn't let him leave the house, so he was naturally bored. He has been keeping an eye on all the maids in the house for the past two days. Look at his eyes glowing green."
As soon as they finished speaking, they saw Tang Xiaohao jump directly into the lotus pond. Tang Weige was stunned. Tang Wangshu didn't care about etiquette and rushed over with his clothes in hand. Tang Weige quickly asked the maid to stop Tang Wangshu, and at the same time quickly asked the servants to send the servants.
Come to the rescue.
The nursing staff in the hospital heard the two ladies calling for help and hurried over.
Tang Wangshu, who was grabbed by the maid, pointed to the lotus pond and shouted: "Go down and save the young master! Hurry up!"
Four nursing staff jumped directly into the lotus pond and fished Tang Xiaohao out. Tang Xiaohao was still holding a lotus in his hand, his eyes were blurred, and he looked like he was hopeless.
Tang Wangshu quickly said to the maid: "What are you doing standing still? Go quickly and get clothes for the young master."
Then, Tang Wangshu knelt down and asked, "Little brother, what's wrong with you?"
Tang Xiaohao didn't answer, but struggled to jump into the lotus pond again. Several servants quickly held him down.
Tang Weige then slowly walked over from the pavilion: "Looking at the way he is looking for life and death, you can tell that he must be thinking about collecting honey again."
Collecting honey is a more elegant way of saying it. To put it more bluntly, it means looking for women.
When Tang Xiaohao heard this, he knew it was almost done, and his tears rolled down his face. He leaned half of his body on the rockery next to him, put the lotus flower against his cheek, and began to hum the tune of "Stars and Moon Accompanying".
"Stars and Moon" was originally a song to express longing. The composer implicitly used starlight to represent the person he missed in his heart. This song was originally only circulated among the people, but later it was accidentally heard by the emperor. The emperor liked it so much that he let the palace
The musicians also went to learn this piece of music.
However, how can the emperor agree with this kind of music that ordinary people listen to?
Unfortunately, the young emperor has fallen in love with this piece of music. He has to listen to it whether he is alive or dead. If he does not listen to it for a day, he will feel uncomfortable. The emperor's mother, the queen mother, feels sorry for her son, but the rules are there, so she must summon those advisers who can
The empress came up with a perfect yet outrageous method that was despised by the people all over the world - not allowing the common people to play the song "Stars and Moon Accompanying" anymore.
In this way, this music is exclusive to the emperor, so there is no problem.
In order to prevent the blind man who composed the music from composing music that would haunt the emperor in the future, the Queen Mother directly gave the blind man the title of Da Si Yue. This title is extraordinary. Starting from the ancient Kunlun Dynasty, Da Si Yue was the king of the palace.
In charge of music administration, music production, and various ceremonial music.
It is enough to show how much the Queen Mother dotes on the Emperor's son.
Tang Xiaohao also had an idea because he heard his two sisters playing the song there, and started humming after being rescued. He knew very well that even if the second sister Tang Wangshu couldn't understand it, the eldest sister Tang Weige would definitely understand.
The commotion in the back garden directly attracted Nan Rong Wenjun's attention, so a moment later, Nan Rong Wenjun also appeared in the back garden.
Although Nan Rong Wenjun was forty-three years old, she had reached the age of forty, but this age allowed her to fully display her mature feminine charm. Her exquisite facial features seemed to have been carefully carved by God, dignified, generous, but
She is mature and charming, but the cold temperament exuding from her whole body makes people around her afraid to approach her easily.
Nanrong Wenjun never liked Tang Xiaohao very much, so he just watched from afar. This chapter has been completed!