The white sunlight shines through the tissue paper between the window lattice and shines on the face of the black-eyed boy. After sleeping for a long time, he suddenly wakes up and feels that all his limbs have been broken and then reconnected, with severe pain. Hard to handle.
This is not the room where the young man usually lives in Jia Yunzhai. From time to time, there are several thrush calls outside the window, and you can vaguely smell the faint fragrance of willow leaves. At the moment, the young man's clothes, shoes and socks are all covered. In addition to the people who came down, they were piled on the ground together with Xiao Tianmo. The wounds on his body, large and small, were carefully wrapped with several layers of gauze.
The wound between the ribs was no longer bleeding, and only a wisp of dark red could be seen faintly under the cotton gauze. A man who looked like a doctor from a medical center was dozing off against the corner of the bed. Inside the room, a few steps away from the young man On another bed not too far away, the long red hair was curled and draped over the shoulders of the girl who had her back to him. The girl was sleeping deeply, and she didn't know how injured she was.
"You little brat, are you finally alive? If you continue to be unable to sleep like this, that girl Ning Yue will definitely overthrow my Zhe Liuxuan when she wakes up."
Suddenly a familiar voice sounded at the door. Jiang Yan turned his head to look, only to see Xiang Baili pushing the door open and entering the house.
Seeing that the child finally woke up, the green-robed general's solemn expression relaxed visibly, with an imperceptible smile on his lips: "If you don't want to open the wound anymore, just lie down and stop running around. .”
"Why am I in Zheliuxuan in the same month? How is Ziyin doing?"
"It was the young master's personal bodyguard Wan Shi who led the Mo Ling Guards who discovered you in the woods to the east of the city. He first sent you and Ning Yue to me, and then escorted the young master back to the palace. The three of them Among them, only you, the brat, is the most seriously injured. The other two are not seriously injured, so you can rest assured. You are so injured that you cannot move at all, so I did not send you back to Jiayunzhai. I just arranged for you to stay with that girl first. I’m staying here.”
After learning that his companions were safe and sound, Jiang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the pain in his body seemed to be relieved a lot. He then asked: "That - the other person in the underground palace -"
"When Mo Lingwei arrived, the man had already given up his life. Now I have found out his identity. He is the captain of the Xiaoqi named Luo Jianli in the boat commander's Weiyu camp, right?"
"Yes!" Jiang Yan suddenly remembered what Luo Jianli had asked him to do before he died. He sat up nervously on the bed and grinned despite the severe pain in his body and said loudly, "I almost forgot, Jieshen Lane In Shigufang, there is a girl named Xiao Zhi——"
"Don't worry, don't worry." Xiang Baili quickly stretched out his hand to support him, "That girl Ning Yue told me when she woke up early in the morning, and I immediately sent two teams of Qing Ling Guards to guard the east of the city. It’s over.”
"Has anyone been found?"
"I found it after looking for it, but - he died miserably." Xiang Baili paused slightly, as if he couldn't bear to tell the young man the truth.
"Xiao Zhi——dead?!"
Xiang Baili's eyes suddenly dimmed when he looked at the child, and he sighed and continued: "It's a pity that when the Qingling Guards arrived at Shigufang, Xiao Zhi had already died. But even if they got the news overnight, they rushed to rescue her. , and couldn't make it in time. It seems that the mysterious man who instigated Luo Jianli behind the scenes asked him out this time, and had no intention of leaving him alive."
"Who is this girl? Why does Luo Jianli care about her so much?" After pondering for a while, the black-eyed boy continued to ask.
"Xiao Zhi is actually Luo Jianli's daughter. Neighbors said that she was born with a rare disease. Once the body bleeds, it cannot heal itself, and even a small injury may be fatal. Therefore, Luo Jianli has been using a large amount of expensive
The medicinal herbs kept him alive, and he even mortgaged and sold off all the properties and mansions in the city."
"So, Luo Jianli robbed countless merchant ships for the mysterious man and was willing to kill people for him, just to exchange for some money to save his daughter - he is no different from most people in the world, he is just trying to survive...
…”
The black-eyed boy suddenly understood why the man with the beard said that he had no way out, "Sometimes, death is also a kind of relief... For that mysterious man, now that he has the map, there is no need to stay.
With this useless wild dog... Luo Jianli knew from the beginning what outcome was waiting for him, but he had no choice at all..."
The young man suddenly recalled the words that Captain Xiaoqi said before he died, and he couldn't help but sympathize with this man who had been playing the villain all along, but at the last moment risked his life to save himself and his companions, and he muttered in a low voice.
"It's a pity that he was desperate and just wanted to help the tiger. But he never thought that he was just a pawn of others from beginning to end, and he killed his daughter as a result. According to the post-mortem report of the military widower, Xiao Zhi seemed to have been insulted.
After being tortured for a whole night, he was locked in the workshop, and then he died of uncontrollable bleeding..."
When Xiang Baili said this, he couldn't help but feel a trace of pity in his eyebrows, "But even a murderer like him, who regards human life as nothing, still has people he cares about, and he also has weaknesses that no one knows about-"
As he spoke, he cast his eyes out from the crack of the half-closed window, as if he suddenly remembered something, and there was a hint of tenderness and fear in his eyes.
Jiang Yan was suddenly curious as to what the weakness of the general in front of him who commanded thousands of troops was, but he was unable to ask.
"However, having said that, the Yu Ling Army failed to find out the identity of the mysterious man. The other party's plan was very thorough. Except for the underground palace of human bones and the corpses of four galloping wolves, no unnecessary clues were left.
Next. But one thing is for sure——"
Xiang Baili's face suddenly darkened, "This person must be proficient in the spells and witchcraft that have been banned for a long time. Whether it is building the underground palace of human bones, taming the galloping wolf, or hanging his life for Xiao Zhi, any of the three
Even if an ordinary person exhausts all his efforts in his life, it would be difficult to achieve any one of them, let alone the three galloping wolves that were burnt to coke in the forest for no reason..."
General Tsing Yi seemed to have many doubts and worries in his heart that even he himself could not figure out. He paused for a moment, then suddenly reached into his arms and took out a slender object wrapped in a brocade handkerchief.
Passed it to the young man.
Jiang Yan glanced at the other party in confusion, stretched out his hand to lift a corner of the brocade handkerchief, and saw that the thing inside was actually a dark blue short blade, but it was not his Baipi. He couldn't help but raise his eyes and looked at the other party in confusion:
"General Baili, what do you mean?"
"Young Master Ziyin asked me to hand over this knife to you. He heard that little girl Ning Yue say that the short knife left in the underground palace is very important to you, but now no one can take it away from him.
The sword came out from the rock wall, so I thought of giving you my own knife as compensation. The name of this knife is Yueyan, please accept it and don't throw it away easily."
Hearing this, the black-eyed young man felt suddenly moved. Just when he was about to refuse, the other party had already stuffed the knife into his arms, and then changed the topic: "But girl Ning Yue, I heard that you and the young master Man, we made an appointment to go to Jia Yunzhai to celebrate her birthday last night? And the gift the young master gave me was severely disliked by the little girl?"
Jiang Yan didn't know why the other party suddenly asked about this. He hesitantly took Yue Yan over, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer: "Why is General Baili suddenly concerned about Yue'er?"
"Oh, I just overheard the young master saying that the thing he gave me was lost in the underground palace last night, and I wanted to ask if you had picked it up?"
The black-eyed boy stared at the general in front of him inexplicably for a long time, finally nodded, pointed to the messy pile of military uniforms under the bed and said, "The Siren's Tear should be in the middle of my inner layer."
Xiang Baili immediately bent down and rummaged through the small plum-red box. After just one glance at the pendant in the box, his expression changed. He just silently held the small box in his palm and rubbed it repeatedly. He looked thoughtful, it was obviously not the first time he had seen him.
"Does the general know the origin of this thing?" Jiang Yan couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Xiang Baili neither admitted nor denied: "I just think that this thing may not have appeared in Mulu City by chance-" He paused for a moment, seeming to have reservations about the young man, and then continued He changed the topic, "But the most important thing now is that all three of you are fine, so I'm relieved. You're here to recuperate. If you have anything to say, it won't be too late to tell you after your injuries are almost healed. But this Kraken's Tears, Can you let me keep it for a while so that I can do some research?"
The injuries on his body made the black-eyed boy exhausted. But when he lowered his head and saw Yue Yan in his hand, he shook his head firmly without thinking: "I can't agree to this general. The one in that box is Zi Yin." The gift I bought for Ning Yue is now found by me, so naturally I have to take it and return it to him, I can't just hand it over to others casually!"
Xiang Baili didn't expect that the other party would refuse. He was stunned for a moment, then laughed and put the small box back on the child's pillow: "Yes, yes. It is up to you to return this thing to the child with your own hands." Lord, let me borrow it from him again."
Amid laughter, Jiang Yan followed the green-robed general and stood up to go out. He lowered his head and looked at the small plum-red box beside his pillow, and then at the girl who was still sleeping beside him. For some reason, he felt a little uneasy.
In fact, he didn't know where his uneasiness came from, but when the other party mentioned the fireball that burned three wolves to death in an instant, the young man suddenly had a vague premonition in his heart - it seemed that it was... Because of this Kraken Tear, he and his three companions were able to escape with their lives. At this moment, he did not want to speculate, and he did not dare to mention the fireball to Baili. Maybe it was the same as the girl's body. It has something to do with a mysterious force.
In addition, there is another thing that makes Jiang Yan feel a little incredible - just now, when he saw the pendant lying quietly in the small box again, he felt a strange feeling in his heart ——He vaguely remembered that he had seen something exactly the same a long time ago. And deep in his consciousness, there seemed to be a voice whispering imperceptibly, reminding him that this thing was related to his forgotten past. Maybe there are inextricably linked...
It was almost noon, and a man dressed in white stood outside the side door behind the Wende Hall, asking to see his father. The morning court in the hall had not dispersed, but the young master had been waiting here for more than half an hour.
Qi Ziyin's forehead was still covered with a thick layer of gauze, but a strand of messy hair came out from the gap and stood stubbornly on top of his head. His face and hands still had the dark blue color left from the fight. The bruises caused the passing palace people to look sideways and look at the young master strangely, who had just escaped death last night but refused to stay in bed.
Wan Shi had already tried to persuade him countless times, but as soon as the stubborn child woke up, he insisted on leaving Guihongyuan and came here. Because even in his sleep, there was always a strong thought lingering in the young man's mind, which made him unable to get rid of it. He desperately wanted to meet his father.
After about another stick of incense, the door of the palace in front of Qi Ziyin finally opened, and Duke Qi and Yin of Ye Kingdom walked out of the door with the support of their attendants. As soon as Fang saw the young son standing at the door, the majesty of the king's body was revealed. His anger immediately subsided, and he rushed over to hold his thin shoulders:
"Yin'er, what are you doing here alone? Has Wan Shi deserted again?"
"Father, it's none of Brother Shitou's business. I sneaked out while he wasn't paying attention." Qi Ziyin couldn't help but feel a little dizzy after standing for a long time, but he kept waving his hands, "He stayed up all night looking for me last night. I also want him to have a good rest."
"You - well, why do you always speak for others like this?" Ye Guogong looked at the child in front of him and shook his head helplessly.
"Father, why did the court meeting end so late today?"
"It's because of what happened last night. I used spells without permission, secretly raised Chilang, and also planned to harm the clan bloodline. Such disobedient things must be ordered to the Tingwei Division as soon as possible to investigate thoroughly! For this reason, I also specially ordered my son. Xiu Cong Xiuyin came back at full speed."
"Brother Zixiu is here too?"
The young man in white's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he noticed that there was another person standing inside the door. Seeing this, the other person finally stepped out. He looked to be in his early twenties, with a dignified appearance and extraordinary bearing. It was Qi Zixiu, the prince of Ye Kingdom. .
The prince raised his hand and gently pushed his younger brother's shoulder: "Brother Wang, you are fine. You have grown a lot taller, but you are still so thin!"
"Brother Wang, please worry, if I eat more in the future, maybe I can gain some weight!" Qi Ziyin grinned.
"If you two brothers have anything to say, let's talk about it later. Yin'er has been injured and waiting outside the palace for so long. You think you have something important to talk to your father?"
The king touched the top of his young son's head, his eyes full of love. The young man in white immediately nodded and said, "My son and I have something to ask for, and I hope my father will grant me your permission."
"What is it? As long as my father can do it, I will definitely get what you want!"
"Well - I think, I want my father to issue an edict and appoint General Baili to be my teacher."
"Teacher? Aren't you being taught by Grand Tutor Qinghong now? Although Baili Aiqing can be regarded as a scholar, Taoist and martial artist, he is still far behind Taifu in terms of teaching and educating people!"
The king was unable to react for a moment and looked at the child in front of him strangely.
"Father, I actually want to ask General Baili to teach me some boxing and kicking skills..." Qi Ziyin blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Oh? Haven't you always been unwilling to wield swords? How could you change your mind and want to practice martial arts?"
"Er Chen... I just feel that I am too useless and have no power to tie the chicken, and I always have to be taken care of. From now on, I want to protect myself with my own strength and no longer be a useless burden. I also
I want to be able to protect the people I care about!”
Qi Ziyin's voice was still very soft, but he spoke each word clearly.
Hearing the youngest son solemnly express his wish, the king suddenly clapped his hands and burst into laughter. He did not show any confusion about his son's request, but praised him very much:
"Okay, okay! Both civil and military, this is what our descendants of the Qi family should be like! Since you are determined to learn, it is just a matter of an edict, so I will order someone to draw it up!"
"That's it - I would like to thank my father first." The young man immediately bowed and saluted, but never dared to look at his eldest brother standing behind his father. Qi Zixiu's face also became obviously more gloomy, and even
The look in the young man's eyes in white was no longer as enthusiastic as before. It seemed that in his eyes, his brother's request was quite excessive.
"Okay, go back and recuperate quickly. When the injury is better, I will ask Baili Aiqing to teach you in Guihongyuan!"
With a smile on his face, the king watched his youngest son leave in a hurry, then turned to Qi Zi cultivating behind him:
"What? Brother Wang is interested in learning. Could it be that he has made you unhappy?" Qi and Yin turned around, but they had already put away the smiles on their faces, "I ordered you to serve as the city guard in Xiyin because I wanted to give you something.
This is a rare opportunity for you to gain experience. But what about you? Xi Yin has been short of money and food in recent months, and the Du Branch will distribute it as soon as possible. You have always been smarter than Yin'er, and if he was so attentive, I wouldn't have to worry so much.
!”
"What my father taught me is that I realized that I was wrong. If I return to Xiyin this time, I will definitely live up to my mission."
Qi Zixiu raised his hands and bowed deeply.
"Okay, okay. You, on the contrary, look a lot like the elder brother of the widow. Even his suspicious temper has not disappeared at all. Stop thinking about it all day long. In my father's mind, you are always the only candidate for the heir apparent! The widow is getting better and better day by day.
Aging, I hope you can share my worries for me and the country as soon as possible!"
"My son—thank you, father!"
Qi Zixiu did not stand up, but knelt down in fear and fear. The king ignored him, just shook his head slightly, and walked further along the corridor in front of the palace.