She no longer doubted him as she did before, but she would never allow anyone to have the idea of cheating, especially Ye Shihan.
But she didn't get bored or doubt him, which made him feel very happy.
The bandits on the mountain didn't look at him as aggressively as they did when he first arrived. Naturally, no one could stop him when he went down the mountain, so he chose to go down the mountain to investigate the matter.
Liu Jin and Xiaoqian stayed in the mountains for two days before leaving.
In Qing'er's room, she pursed her lips and looked aggrieved.
"Liu Jin, will you come back?"
Liu Jin took her hand and nodded heavily, "Yes, I will tell my father and mother when I get back that I want to marry you."
Listening to Liu Jin's direct words, Qing'er blushed and said angrily:
"I didn't say I wanted to marry you."
"No? Didn't you say you like me? Then if you don't want to marry me, I won't come back."
When Qing'er heard this, she panicked instantly, "No, I was joking."
Liu Jin raised his hand and pinched her nose, grinning, "I know you are joking, I am also trying to scare you."
Qing'er angrily raised her hand and beat him on the chest, and Liu Jin took advantage of the situation and took her into his arms.
"wait for me."
"Well, I will always be waiting for you."
The two people hugged each other inseparably.
On the other side, Doudou and Xiaoqian were also a little reluctant to leave.
Doudou muttered and stood in front of Xiaoqian, squeezing his hands and muttering,
"You've only been here two days and you're leaving? When can I see you again?"
Xiaoqian pursed her lips helplessly,
"It won't be long. I'll come see you as soon as I'm free."
"Okay, then don't forget me."
"No." Xiaoqian grinned, "You must notify me when grandpa comes back. He has been gone for so long and he still hasn't come back?"
Doudou suddenly remembered something, "Grandpa actually came back once before, but when he heard that you had returned to Guning Country, he left. He said that he didn't have to worry about you when he went out again, so he wanted to go around to find some rare medicinal materials, and
Ask me to bring you a message to ask you to take care of yourself, and he will visit you when he has time."
Hearing this, Xiaoqian lowered her head in disappointment, "Why didn't grandpa wait for me to come back? Or why didn't he go find me?"
"He has been living with you at the foot of the mountain for so many years. Now you don't need him to take care of you. Maybe he wants to travel. That weird old man, I can't even keep him."
Xiaoqian still knows about Doudou, and she understands her grandfather's weird temper better than anyone else.
At this time, Su Muer knocked on the door.
"Xiaoqian, Doudou, Liu Jin is waiting for you."
Hearing this, Doudou pouted and looked at her pitifully,
"Xiaoqian, you must not forget me."
Xiaoqian shook her head hastily, "How could it be? You said you wanted to marry me when you grow up, don't forget it."
"Don't forget, you have to wait for me, and you are not allowed to marry until I grow up."
Xiaoqian burst into laughter, took Doudou's hand and walked out the door.
Liu Jin and Xiaoqian reluctantly went down the mountain again. Looking at their backs, Qing'er's eyes were full of tears, and Doudou's eyes were full of reluctance.
"Mom, will they come back?"
Su Mu'er smiled and shook her head, "Mom, I don't know, but if they want to come back, if they can't help it, we have to understand. After all, they have different identities and different responsibilities. We can't force them."
Her words undoubtedly told Qing'er and Doudou that it would be difficult for them to come back here.
Doudou stared at her with a pair of big dark eyes, looking up at her with mist in his eyes.
"What about dad? Will he come back?"
Su Mu'er shook her head again, "I don't know, mother, let's go, the crops in the back mountain are about to mature, I will take you around."
After saying that, she held Qing'er with one hand and Doudou with the other, and walked towards the back mountain.
Ye Shihan was walking on the official road to the capital. He was riding a horse alone, with anxiety and urgency in his eyes.
In the inns along the way, what he heard most was that the Keerqin people in northern Xinjiang were preparing to enter the pass to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which made him feel faintly worried.
While he was concentrating on his way, several people suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way.
He shook off the baggage on his body and looked at these people with squinted eyes.
When the other party saw that he was alone, he spoke angrily,
"I drove this road. If you want to pass on from now on, leave money to buy the road."
Ye Shihan raised his eyebrows and looked at them disdainfully,
"Did you open this road? As far as I know, this is an official road opened by the imperial court. Could it be that you are members of the imperial court?"
Seeing his arrogant look, the leader waved the sword in his hand and roared at him with bared teeth,
"I am not a member of the imperial court, but I am familiar with people in the imperial court. Let me tell you that I have obtained the permission of the imperial court to charge tolls. You must hand over the money quickly, otherwise, don't even think about passing by."
Hearing this, Ye Shihan suddenly became interested. He really didn't believe that anyone in the court would allow such an act of robbing families and homes?
A contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth,
"Okay, who do you know well in the court? If you can explain clearly, I will pay for the way."
The man rolled his eyes, waved the large knife in his hand and raised his eyebrows:
"The current biological mother of His Majesty Seventh Prince Ye Shihan, the Crown Princess."
Hearing this, Ye Shihan's brows instantly frowned. These bandits were so desperate for their lives that they dared to frame his mother and concubine?
He stared at the bandits, suddenly took out the sword in his hand, and shouted sternly at the bandits:
"The bold thief who dares to frame the concubine is really looking for death."
After saying that, he quickly flew up, and after a while, he knocked those people to the ground.
The man who was arrogant just now was trampled under his feet. The long sword in his hand pointed directly at his throat and shouted at him,
"Tell me, who asked you to frame the concubine?"
"It's not a false accusation. I really know the concubine. She also gave me a lot of money. If you don't believe it, look at it."
After saying this, he took out a silver ingot engraved with the words "royal" from his pocket and held it in front of him.
"I'm just afraid that others won't believe me, so I don't even dare to spend this money."
Ye Shihan took the silver in his hand and looked through it carefully. It was really a royal silver ingot.
He was furious again and stepped on his head with his foot.
"Tell me quickly, where did you steal this money?"
"It wasn't stolen, it was really given to me by the concubine."
Seeing the little thief's firm tone, he raised his feet and said coldly to him:
"Why did the concubine give you money?"
Just as the man was about to get up from the ground, seeing his sharp and scary eyes, he climbed down again.
"I...I tipped off the concubine, and she gave me a silver reward."
Spread the word?
Ye Shihan frowned, with a puzzled look deep in his eyes.
"What letter did you report? How much reward did she give you?"
Hearing him ask this, the man got up from the ground, but he did not dare to stand up, but fell to his knees directly.
"I knew the person she was looking for, so I went to report it, and she gave me money."
Ye Shihan suddenly realized something. He raised the long arrow in his hand and pointed it straight at his chin.
"The report you are talking about is the boss of Jitoushan?"
It turned out that the robber along the road was none other than Nie Shuang, who had gone to report the news to the concubine. After he received the silver reward, he spent all his time living and drinking, and soon he had spent all the money. In desperation, he gathered a few more gangsters.
The gangster started a business of robbing homes and houses beside this official road.
Nie Shuang nodded solemnly, "Yes, yes, you also know about this? When the concubine spent ten thousand taels of silver as a reward for finding that woman, I went to report the news. Unexpectedly, the concubine was still very trustworthy, and the reward was a lot.
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Looking at the wretched face in front of him, Ye Shihan suddenly turned the long sword in his hand and stabbed him hard in the chest. In an instant, Nie Shuang's eyes widened and he fell to the ground, dying.
When the other gangsters saw this, they were so frightened that they peeed and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"My hero, please spare us. We were wrong. Please spare our lives, my hero."
Ye Shihan took back the long sword, took out the handkerchief from his waist, wiped off the blood stains on the sword, and then moved step by step to those people, looking at them with cold eyes,
"If you dare to do these things of robbing families and homes again, you will end up like him, get out!"
Hearing this, those people ran away crawling as if they were being amnesty.
Ye Shihan was suddenly a little angry. It turned out that Xiao Mo's coming to suppress the bandits was planned by his mother and concubine. No wonder Su Muer and the brothers on Jitou Mountain hated him so much. Although this matter had nothing to do with him, it was also caused by him.
Thinking of this, he stepped on the horse again, quickly tightened the horse's reins, and galloped away.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the capital, he was summoned by the emperor before he saw his mother and concubine to question the matter.
The emperor looked at him solemnly,
"You still know how to come back? It's been a year since I left. Do you still have me in your eyes? Do you still have this country?"
Ye Shihan hurriedly bowed and cupped his fists:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I have already left a letter of resignation to my mother and concubine. I don't want to be the prince anymore."
"Presumptuous." The emperor suddenly became furious, "The blood of the royal family is flowing on your body, so you don't have to do it if you don't want to do it? This is really unreasonable."
Seeing the emperor's angry look, Ye Shihan frowned. Just when he was thinking about how to explain to the emperor, the emperor spoke again,
"Currently, Keerqin's men have begun to attack the border city of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There are only a handful of generals in the city who can go to the battlefield. This time I will exempt you from punishment. You can take command and fight."
"Your Majesty, I still have things to do, so I can't go out."
"Is there anything more important than the safety of our family, country, and the world? If the country cannot be protected, does your matter still matter? This time Keerqin's people came with ferocious force and vowed to take over the Eastern Jin Dynasty. You
Do you want to ignore the people of this country?"
The emperor's words were like needles, piercing his heart.
Yes, he does not have to be a prince, but it is his duty as a general to wear armor and go into battle, and it is also his duty to protect the health of the people.
Unfortunately, under the emperor's order, he was not allowed to disobey, and in order to protect the people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty from the war, he had to accept the matter.