"Ssstttt....!!" The Golden Flute moved its pursed lips as it cradled the child who started crying again. "Ah, you rude human! Look, you guys made her cry again! Don't you know that she doesn't like loud noises? Be calm so you don't scare her!!"
Immediately the attitude of the small troop commander changedThat. He gestured with his hand to his men not to make noise and he himself carried out the order in a whisper! This happened because they remembered that the child in the youth's arms was a prince, His Majesty's own son! If the child cried because of them and His Majesty heard that, of course they would be doomed! Their movements are so funny. Moreover, when they saw the child continue to cry loudly, they became confused.
The Gold Flute itself was rockingand entertained, until his face was full of sweat. Confused he faced this fussy little child. Finally, so confused, he took his flute and blew on it with his right hand. Instantly the child stopped crying. With clear eyes and tear-stained cheeks, the boy looked at the Golden Flute. When the Golden Flute blew its flute up and down, the boy laughed! The excited Gold Flute and the seven bodyguards laughed too!
"Don't make a lot of fuss. I'm actually going to take this child back to the king's city. I'm not the kidnapper, but three bad people. I managed to snatch this child from their hands. Watch out, don't make a lot of fuss, if you make a fuss again and this child cry, don't ask about sin anymore!"
The Golden Flute with random motions hit a tree the size of a man's thigh and... the tree fell! The faces of the seven people turned pale. They nodded their heads and as the Gold Flute continued its way towards the king's city, the seven people followed behind leading ithorse. Seeing how the young man brought the Prince really to the king's city, their hearts felt relieved.
The golden flute had to walk while blowing the flute because the child just cried when he didn't blow itflute. Indeed, the Golden Flute is very good at flute, so the sound of the flute is melodious and pleasing to the ear. When the second bodyguard, which consisted of dozens of people, passed by, they were amazed and got off their horses. The first troop commander immediately whispered to the second group
immediately followed from behind while guiding their respective horses. Increasingly, there were more and more troops on horseback and on foot following this procession, even after entering the gate of the king's city, large and small residents also followed the procession to the palace! The Golden Flute that walked in front, comfortably and calmly cradling the Prince while playing the flute.
Of course he was received by the Emperor himself under heavy guard. People still don't know what kind of young man brought the missing Prince home, so the guard was strengthened and the Emperor's safety was protected by commanders-in-chief. But the Gold Flute was not a person to arouse suspicion or worry. He was only a young man in his twenties, with a handsome face and a calm demeanor with glazed eyes and a somber face.
As a scholar, the Gold Flute knew decency. In front of the Emperor he knelt down, then without looking up he told his meeting with the three parents who brought the Prince, then he told how he managed to snatch back the Prince and bring him straight to the palace. After saying that, he stretched out both hands that were holding the little boy. The Emperor beckoned a lady-in-waiting who immediately received the child from the Gold Flute's hands.
But the little boy screamed and cried, not letting go of the Gold Flute's hands! There was a bit of commotion and the Emperor himself laughed so happily to see his son come home safely.In the end, the empress herself, the child's mother, was also present to pick up her son, who came forward and only then did the child want to be held by his mother. However, his mouth was still wagging and his index finger was still pointing at the Golden Flute.
"Ha ha ha!" Sri Majesty laughed heartily after the empress brought her son in,followed by beautiful ladies in waiting who threw leers and smiled sweetly at the handsome Golden Flute and who was considered a man of great merit.
"You are an extraordinary young man! We have heard how you brought our son back while playing the flute, followed by hundreds of bodyguards and residents. Then our son also found it hard to let you go. It was very encouraging. Eh, brave young man, who are you?" ?"
The Gold Flute knelt down in salute then replied, “Beg a thousand pardons, Milord Emperor. Servant myselfI have forgotten my name, but because I have this thing and like to blow it very much, I am called a person called the Golden Flute. Servant does not use another name."
There was silence as all the commanders and chiefs along with the Emperor listened to the young man's answer. The place immediately filled with whispering voices as everyone was astonished to hear such an answer. However, the first Emperor of the Sung Kingdom was a former commander-in-chief, one who had met many adventurers and travelers in the strange world of kang-ouw. The Emperor was not surprised, then said with dignity, "Golden Flute, raise your face and let us see your face!"
Gold Flute did not dare to argue. Kneeling down, he looked up. The Emperor stared at that handsome face for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "Young people have experienced things to hate past memories and give up names. Enough, Golden Flute, now stand up so we can talk."
With a very respectful gesture the Golden Flute rose to its feet.
Again the Emperor looked sharply and admired the tall, well-built body. This young man took a liking to him and he said, "Golden Flute, we are indebted to you. After you succeededsave our son, your service is great and what gift can we give you?"
"Excuse me, my lord. Servant is only doing what everyone should do. Servant does not expect any reward."
The more the Emperor's heart listened to this answer. He laughed, "You are a young man who is valiant and pure-hearted. We believe that you do not expect gifts, Flute Gold. However, our hearts are so happy and grateful that we want to give you a proper gift. What if we make you head?" guard in the palace? We and our family will feel safe and secure if you become the head of the bodyguard here."
"I beg Your Majesty to forgive me. I am an immigrant who prefers to live freely in the open, I do not dare to accept this enormous gift."
The Emperor was silent for a moment, thinking. Then he said again, "Indeed, humans from your group are very strange. Once we met Kim-mo Taisu who was also very strange in character." The Emperor did not know how deep inside his heart, the Gold Flute pounded at the mention of his late master's name. "So weleave it to you yourself Flute Gold, don't disappoint us. Choose what we can do for you just to prove how grateful we are to you. If you always refuse, our hearts will feel bad and unhappy."
Suling Emas has studied philosophy a lot, and already knows about human nature. Even an Emperor is just an ordinary human, not much different from ordinary humans. Of course he wants to repay his gratitude and debt of gratitude, then his heart is relieved.
"All right, My Lord Emperor. I will be grateful and very happy if Your Majesty will allow me to be able to go in and out freely, especially in the palace library. Servant... is a bookworm, and... I heard how the palace library is very complete. Servant wants to read as many books as possible."
"Ha ha ha!" The emperor laughed heartily, and all the dignitaries who were present laughed too. Not only because he was talkative, but also because it was amused to hear that the young man chose such a gift. "Yes! Yes! Hey, bodyguard, tell all the officers in the palace and to the librarian, from now on Gold Flute can go in and out and read whichever book he likes. Ha-ha-ha! Apart from that, Gold Flute. What else? ? We're giving you one more chance. Take your pick!"
Gold Flute is feeling confused. At first he was forced to ask permission because he did not want to disappoint the Emperor and indeed he liked reading books the most. But now have to choose one more! What attracts him and wants him to get from inside this palace? He wanted nothing. Suddenly he thought of Suma Ceng! Suma Ceng has become the wife of a prince and lives in the palace too! If only Suma Ceng was still a girl, and had not yet become someone else's wife, she could be sure that she would be 'courageous'dead' asked to be arranged with Suma Ceng! However, how could he think like that?
Seeing that the young man's face was pensive and slightly pale, the Emperor asked again, "Don't hesitate and be timid,Gold Flute. Say what you want, what you choose. We will grant it!"
In his nervousness and anger at himself for thinking nonsensically about Suma Ceng, Suling Emas answered as best she could, "Servant... I beg you to be given the freedom to go to... the palace kitchen and ask for any food from the kitchen staff!"
Now the laughing audience is not talkative, even ahead of the Emperor. Fill the room. The laughter only stopped when the Emperor raised his arms up.
"Ha-ha-ha, don't be discouraged, Golden Flute. We and all present laughed because it was funny and we were moved by the simplicity of your heart. All right, you may enter the kitchen any time and eat to your heart's content. Also if you need clothes or anything, no. don't hesitate, tell the head guard, we will definitely give it to you. Apart from these two gifts, we also want to give several pairs of clothes that are appropriate and suitable for the Gold Flute, the mighty warrior who became a friend to the entire court of the glorious Sung Kingdom!"
Gold Flute did not dare to refuse, nor did he accept the Emperor's invitation to stay in the palace as long as he liked, enjoying the contents of the extraordinarily complete library. A few days later she received five pairs of clothes of very fine and beautiful black silk. His clothes were of black silk, his trousers were either white or yellow and on each shirt, on the chest, was embroidered with gold thread in the shape of the moon with a crossed flute.
The emperor kept his promise. The Gold Flute could move freely within the palace, and at any moment, so be itEven at night, he dared to enter the palace library. When the door was closed tightly at night and the guard sat sleepily at the door, the Golden Flute entered the library building from above the roof tiles. All the palace officials never bothered him, and since then the name of the Golden Flute was very well known. Especially after he put on the Emperor's bestowal clothes. No one knows that this great warrior only a few years ago was a clerk for Prince Suma Kong and suffered torture by Suma-kongcu because he dared to make love to the daughter of Prince Suma Kong who is now the wife of Prince Kiang.
For only a few weeks, Suling Emas enjoyed the luxury of the palace. One day, people don'tsaw his reflection again because the Gold Flute had left the palace without saying goodbye. The room is empty and there are only beautiful letters written on the wall of the room:
Under the guidance of the wise Emperor, the prosperous people of the country are safe and sound.
The Emperor who was given the report of the Gold Flute's departure only nodded and then gave orders that the room should always be prepared for the Gold Flute. The inscriptions in the chamber greatly pleased the Emperor who was secretly disappointed that the Gold Flute did not want to be his personal bodyguard.
In fact, it was not only the failure to kidnap the Emperor's son that forced A-liong, A-kwi and Sam Hwa to rush back to Pek-coa-to, not wanting to try again to kidnap the little prince as they had hoped.
assigned to them by Kong Lo Sengjin. Especially since the sight of the Golden Flute in the young man's hand made them so worried about their master.
They knew very well that the sacred heirloom golden flute was in the hands of the poet Ciu Bun Yanglocated on Pek-coa-to Island. An island that is difficult for people to come to. Apart from Kong Lo Sengjin himself who is often on the island, there are also two students of their employer who have extraordinary intelligence, namely Bhe Ciu and Bhe Kiu. How did the golden flute suddenly fall into the hands of student Kimmo Taisu?
When these three old people landed on Pek-coa-to Island, they were very surprised. Their master, Kong Lo Sengjin or Sin-jiu Cow Pa Ong, a former Tang prince who fought tenaciously throughout his life to revive the fallen empire, has become a corpse! The paralyzed grandfather had died sitting cross-legged against a tree and a small book in his hands. Face to face with Kong Lo Sengjin, also sitting cross-legged against a large rock and already a corpse, is the poet Ciu Bun! Sam Hwa, A-liong and A-kwi quickly checked. It turned out that the two people were completely unharmed. It seemed that they died a natural death, and before they died it seemed that they were conversing about the small book that was in Kong Lo Sengjin's hands.
They carefully took the small book from Kong Lo Sengjin's hands, then arranged for the burial of the two people. A simple and quiet burial without any ceremony because there really isn't anything on that empty island. The three of them wondered why they didn't see Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu's shadows. they searched the island and called, but heard no answer.
When they arrived at the seashore, on the south coast of Pek-coa-to Island, they were shocked to see corpses lying across the beach and they all died injured by the powerful blows. Kong Lo Sengjin's Liong-ma horse, the horse the Prince used to ride, an expensive horse, has also become a carcass, its body full of stab wounds from sharp weapons.
The three old men looked at each other, dumbfounded at the terrible state of affairs. In the end, they could do nothing but bury all the bodies that were almost decomposed. What really happened and where did Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu, two strange human beings, students and servants of Kong Lo Sengjin?
A few days ago, Kong Lo Sengjin landed on Pek-coa-to island in a state of serious injury. He was injured on the inside of his body due to a power struggle with Kim-mo Taisu. As a powerful high martial arts expert, this old man understands that his wound is very serious, it is impossible to heal it again. But he didn't care. He is too old, besides he always fails in his struggles. He even wanted to quickly meet death.
As soon as he entered the island, he immediately looked for Ciu Bun, his former friend whom he made prisoner on the island. He wanted to know what had happened so that the golden flute could be in the hands of disciple Kim-mo Taisu. When he met Ciu Bun, it turned out that the literary grandfather was sitting cross-legged leaning against a rock and reading ancient books engrossed.
Seeing the book Kong Lo Sengjin shouted with joy. "Ah, you've got the book?" He immediately sat also in front of Ciu Bun.
Ciu Bun moved weakly and his face was pale like a corpse, but imagined satisfaction and happiness. "Yes, I exchanged it with the flute. You are tired of the sound of the flute, now listen to the verses in this book, Sengjin."
"Read it."
Ci Bun then began to read a poem. His voice was still loud and amidst the wind that blew from the sweeping seaon the surface of the island, a strange and heart-shaking rhyme is heard. Kong Lo Sengjin sat cross-legged, not moving. When the sun leaned to the west, Ciu Bun's voice could still be heard reciting the last poem. As soon as he finished singing the last verse, Kong Lo's body and length groaned
Sengjin goes limp, leans against a tree trunk and his life flies amidst the echoes of the singing of the last verse.
...in the end it was all empty void, actually nothing!
The next day, there was a commotion in that place. Presumablytwo grandfathers who were like children, also like devils, Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu, were already there. Seeing how their master and teacher had no longer breathed, also the old flute master, as they called Ciu Bun, was dead, they screamed and challenged an invisible person whom they thought had killed Kong Lo Sengjin, then cried and rolled on the ground , knocked down trees and boulders,cursing and then laughing out of amusement at each other's behavior.
Indeed, Ciu Bun also breathed his last after he approached and discovered the fact that his best friend had died. Taking a deep breath, Ciu Bun mustered all his strength to crawl and put the small book in the hands of his best friend's corpse, then he sat back downstone leaning. He had been sitting there for days, without eating or drinking, waiting for death to come because he felt that his body was no longer strong. Finally he breathed his last after midnight.
Crazy grandfathers Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu then fled in terror from that place when they remembered that dead people can become demons. They ran scared looking for Kong Lo Sengjin's horse to ride. As always, themscramble on horseback and race the horse around the island with the intention of keeping away from the two human corpses. However, because the island was not that big and the horse could run very fast, after running around again they saw two corpses sitting against a tree and a rock. They were increasingly frightened and returned to racing horses.
At that time, by chance a trading boat sailing from the south washed up on the coast of Pek-coa-to Island after a day and a night that the boat was playing with storms and waves. Thirty-two passengers then jumped down and landed to look for food and drink because all the rations had been washed away by the sea water.
Suddenly they heard the sound of hooves and... you can imagine how shocked and amazed they werethey saw two half-naked grandfathers riding the horse in an extraordinary way. The Humpbacked Fat Grandpa sat on the horse's neck while holding the horse's ears, while the Skinny Grandpa hung on the horse's tail on the back! However, this feeling of shock and astonishment soon turned into chaos when the horse lunged at them and the two grandfathers screamed horribly.
They quickly drew their weapons, some drew swords, some drew machetes, but it was no use because Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu were already furious. From the horse these two devil humans threw punches, kicks, and every time their legs or arms moved, of course someone was kicked, punched or thrown up like a person throwing rats! Amazingly, those who get kicked or punched, collapse for good because their breath stops instantly!
The two devil humans were indeed strange and abnormal in nature. Once when they recovered from the bite of a venomous centipede, they went berserk and killed all the centipedes on the island, both small and large centipedes, or even crawling creatures that looked like centipedes! one kill,they are like drunk and will not stop until they are all killed. At that time they were like drunk. While shouting, laughing and sometimes clapping their hands, Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu charged, sometimes from the horse, sometimes dismounted and left the horse. They punched, kicked, slammed, strangled. Not even half an hour later, the thirty-two people were already lying across and in a lifeless state!
Bhe Kiu, the old man with the fat hump, is already tearing himself apartthigh of an opponent and licking his blood, want to eat the meat of the thigh. Presumably for these abnormal humans, human thigh meat is no different fromthe thigh meat of a deer or a rabbit! However, he released his victim when he heard Bhe Ciu screaming
shout. He jumped and ran to the beach where Bhe Ciu was pushing the victim's large boat. The two of them became excited, like two little children they pushed the big boat into the middle, then they danced on the boat as the wind blew the sails and made the boat go towards the middle.
But their joy was short-lived. Because they were not steered, the boat went into circles and in a short time the two strange men became seasick. They vomited, staggered and destroyed everything on board. They even tore down the mast, tore the sails and in the end both of them were so drunk that they fell on their backs on the boat deck in a daze!
But it seems that the devil wants to use these two beasts to mess up the world. Two daysthen their boat washed ashore. Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu have recovered from their drunken state. they jumped ashore and ran into a small village. There was a commotion in the village and dozens of people again became victims of Bhe Kiu and Bhe Ciu's ferocity. Thus, from that moment on, two strange human beings appeared in Kang-ow's world who were very powerful, savage and scary.
Gradually they were able to adjust to life in the busy world, but their wild nature still stuck so that they later became famous as two of the Six Evils in the world of kang-ouw. Bhe Kiu, who was chubby with a short hump, earned him the nickname Toat-beng Koai-jin (The Strange Man of Death). As for Bhe Ciu, who is tall, thin and like a child, the people call him Tok-sim Lo-tong (Old Boy with a Poison Heart)!
It seems that the experience of tasting human flesh and blood before leaving Pek-coa-to Island made Toat-beng Koai-jin Bhe Kiu like human flesh. Sometimes he catches children who are fat and clean-skinned to eat their flesh and drink their blood. This habit made his body emit a toxic air, adding to the poison he had when he fell victim to the bites of venomous insects and snakes. He became more ferocious and more cunning. As for Tok-sim Lo-tong Bhe Ciu, after being famous as a devil man in the world of kang-ouw, it seems that he did not forget his habit of playing with all kinds of venomous snakes when he was in Pek-coa-to so he used venomous snakes as weapons as well. .
If only Kong Lo Sengjin or Sin-jiu Couw Pa Ong knew how much he had educated two students who turned into terrible demons, he would feel ashamed and very disappointed. Even though Kong Lo Sengjin himself during his lifetime did not hesitate to be vicious and cunning, he did all of this with carea goal he considered good and pure, namely to rebuild the fallen Tang Empire.
Such was the situation on Pek-coa-to Island which was found in a terrible state by three former peopleKong Lo Sengjin's maid. Sam Hwa, A-liong and A-kwi are not ordinary people, but former great people in Kong Lo Sengjin's heyday. They are not bad people. Seeing the situation on the island, they became regretful and all their passion and aspirations died along with the death of their employer. They believe that for decades they have been manipulated by Kong Lo Sengjin and they begin to regret it. They were very old and the three of them decided to stay on Pek-coa-to Island until they died, meditating and hiding themselves, counting penance.
The Gold Flute left the palace of the Sung Kingdom and began to wander alone. With the Emperor's clothes that are painted with a flute, plus his brave deeds, always reaching out to help those who deserve to be helped, eradicating the actions of evil people, upholding truth and justice, in a moment the name of the Golden Flute is known and the world is in an uproar when a warrior appears. this young saint. But because the Golden Flute was self-limited, only appearing to prevent oppression and evil, it didn't bother the people of kang-ouw and liok-lim at all,is not hostile to the black world, so he is not directly hostile to the criminal world.
For years he traveled alone, visiting historical places, with the intention of forgetting all the bitterness of life he had experienced. But he never succeeded. His heart remains empty and sore, his face remains gloomy and his eyes glaze over. He always feels lonely and when it's lonely
uncontrollable anymore, he just entertained himself with his flute.Only when he played the flute and sang the rhymes of the small book he had memorized, would his aching heart be somewhat comforted.
Five years passed very quickly. The Gold Flute was twenty eight years old. He has enough experience. I don't know how many hundreds of bad people he knocked down and realized. The Golden Flute did not like to kill people, always trying to convict the criminals he had defeated. There were also many people he had helped out of distress, wanting to take him in as in-laws. There are also many beautiful girls who have helped, want to return the favor by giving their body and soul. But all of that was rejected by Flute Emas in a gentle and painless manner. The Golden Flute, whose heart had been broken twice by love failures, promised in his heart that he would never play love again. He has become cowardly, as if repenting to involve himself in romance,
His trip to Nan-cao to meet his grandfather, Pat-jiu Sin-ong Liu Gan, chairman of Beng-kauw, was made in a detour because he really wanted to explore the whole province. Sometimes he stays in beautiful places, such as lakes, or mountain tops for up to a month or two. It was because of this that, for five years, he had only stepped on the border of Nan-cao Country.
The kingdom of Nan-cao was a small kingdom in the south. But seeing the state of the hamlet and the bustling city, the people who live in prosperity, it doesn't look like people in rags and beggars,shows that the rulers of Nan-cao were intelligent people. What's more, after Flute Gold spent the night in a hamlet, he found out that the houses all over Nan-cao at night or when the occupants were leaving, had never locked the doors and windows. This only proves that the residents live in a safe and secure atmosphere, not afraid of their belongings being stolen because there have never been any thieves!
Full of admiration, Suling Emas watched all of this. The people lived not lavishly but adequately, and satisfaction was visible on their faces. He was amazed and also excited because wasn't his grandfather the nation's teacher and the most important person there? Absolutely the Gold Flute doesn't know that other than it isa prosperous small country, also Nan-cao full of loyal, diligent and clever officers.
As soon as he set foot on the border of Nan-cao, he was always being targeted and secretly made moves.his movements are always watching! Even the arrival of Flute Gold in Nan-cao was noticed by the Beng-kauw center in the king's city because the spies guarding the border had already given the report in advance. The name Golden Flute had been heard throughout this small country, and once seeing the cloth embroidered with the flute, officials immediately recognized it.
That morning FluteGold entered the city gate of king Nan-cao whose doors were red. He walked slowly, glancing at the guards standing tall on either side of the door! But the guards paid him no heed. From the looks of these guards alone the Gold Flute could already see the difference. In other kingdoms in the north and center, the gate guards of the king's city always pass the time by playing cards, playing chess, joking or teasing the women who pass by. However the guards here stood straight, eyes sweeping across everyone who passed. In short, his attitude is disciplined.
In the middle of the gate there is a sign hanging, reading: No carryingsharp weapons into the city of the king.
Golden Flute is feeling satisfied. It seemed that Nan-cao's government had almost succeeded in eliminating evil in the country. However, he had not gone far into the city of the king, from the front came a troop consisting of twelve uniformed men, led by a very beautiful young girl! A girl who besides being beautiful, also dressed strangely.
The dress was of beautiful silk, almost completely black except for the right arm and left leg! The sleeves and legs of these trousers are white. Really cute. The left arm is black, the right arm is white, and vice versa, the left leg is white, the right leg is black. He had never seen clothes so strange in his life before, so helooked wide-eyed.