There was a circle of people in front of the Yuntai. Except for the eldest prince Li Yuanqian who was recuperating in Ronghua Palace due to the wind and cold, the rest of the princes were there. There was a curtain seat on the right side of the Yuntai. On the seat was Empress Sima's only daughter Fengming Princess Li Si, hiding in the arms of the accompanying mother, looked at the iron cage on the platform with fear and curiosity.
Kneeling in the cage was a bloody young man, opposite a tall and strong mastiff with black fur and howled up to the sky, startling the birds on the top of the tree, and fled in all directions.
Although he knew what he was about to see, Li Yuanmin's face was still as pale as in his previous life.
He certainly recognized the young man, and also recognized the ferocious beast in the cage—"Xiao Tian" in the fourth prince Li Yuanxu's palace. Xiaotian is vicious and ferocious by nature, and he feeds his ferociousness with living animals on weekdays. There are even rumors that if the palace people in Zhongcui Palace offend Wang Guifei's Ni Lin, they will be thrown into the cage to feed them.
Such a bloodthirsty beast placed here is not just for people to watch.
But seeing that the cage was full of blood, the boy grabbed the pole of the iron cage with his backhand and stared at the front vigilantly. He was splashed with cow blood, and several deep cuts had been torn on his shoulders and thighs. Flesh is rolling horribly, all this bloody thing stimulates Xiaotian's killing nerves, it grins its mouth, mucus drips from the corner of its mouth, and there is a dangerous gurgling sound from its throat, for a moment, it pounces forward up.
Li Yuan shuddered, don't start, can't bear to look any further.
Seeing that Xiaotian was about to tear the slave into pieces, everyone's eyes became more and more excited, but unexpectedly, the slave rolled on the spot, trampled on his body, and sat straight on Xiaotian's back, Xiaotian ran up and down , and the cheap slave grasped tightly with ten fingers, almost pinching it into the neck of the mastiff, Xiaotian moved like crazy.
Li Yuanxu looked red-eyed: "Non animal! Kill him!"
He hit the iron frame with a whip, and there was a huge roar. Xiaotian's eyes turned red, and he slammed into the wall of the cage heavily. It was a pain and fell down.
Everyone held their breath, excitedly waiting for Xiaotian to give the final fatal blow.
Unexpectedly, the lowly slave was extremely fast. Using the power of the ground to flick, he hugged Xiaotian's neck, wrapped his feet around his belly, and bit the mastiff tightly. canine neck.
Blood spurted out instantly.
The mastiff jumped crazily, roaring and trying to throw the person off, the veins of the slavish swelled violently, and suddenly the color flashed, and the teeth developed force, which actually tore off the blood in Xiaotian's neck, and the bright red blood seemed to surge Springs sprayed out from the wound, the mastiff trembled, the violent beating slowed down, and finally fell heavily on the ground, its limbs twitching.
In the silence, the cheap slave stood up slowly, covered in blood.
In the corner, Li Yuanmin's back was soaked in sweat.
Everyone could hardly believe that a ten-year-old lowly slave actually killed Li Yuanxu's bloodthirsty beast with his bare hands.
However, instead of being angry, Li Yuanxu's eyes were a little more excited,
"It really is a monster that was born out of human and animal traits, hehe, it really made me find a treasure!"
A delicate voice confused: "Brother Huang, what is human and animal traitorous?"
The one who spoke was Li Si, Princess Fengming. She was more than ten years old, and she had a fair face like Empress Sima. She was already bright and beautiful at such a young age. Even though she is a princess, she can still study at the Tai Academy.
Li Yuanxu was about to explain, but when he heard Li Yuanlang cough, he realized that something was wrong, so he smiled,
"Sixth sister is too young to listen to these dirty things, so she was shocked just now?"
Li Si knew that Li Yuanxu didn't want to talk, so she frowned, "Don't interrupt, fourth brother, I won't listen to you. If fourth brother refuses to speak, I'll go to my father to sue, saying that you bullied me. "
Li Yuanxu laughed, calling him wronged,
"Good imperial sister, how could fourth brother bully you."
He hooked Li Si's beautiful nose, but also picked up some words to say to her,
"The father of this lowly slave is Ni Yan, a parachutist who lost the sixteen states in Nantai back then. I heard that when he was young, Ni Yan strayed into the mountains and was rescued by a tigress. After giving birth to a son, he would be this little slave, tsk tsk, this Ni Yan came from a humble background, if he hadn't been capable of leading troops and fighting, how could his father hand over the Jiangbei camp to him? It's a pity, he is as wise as his father Sometimes, a pariah is a pariah, no one can compare to nobles, but the little bastard he bred with a bastard is much more ferocious than Xiaotian."
"Man and beast..."
Li Si's eyes widened in disbelief, and then she couldn't help frowning, and saw the lowly slave staggering on Xiaotian's twitching body, trying to suck the blood bubbling from its neck. Originally she was sympathetic, but now that she heard about his life experience and saw him sucking the blood of livestock like a beast, she couldn't help feeling disgusted.
"Ah, fourth brother, quickly send someone to send this blood-eating slave away. It's so annoying."
Li Yuanxu stood up, looked at the blood stains in the cage with great interest, and patted Princess Fengming's head,
"Fifth Sister doesn't know, this lowly slave has been out of rice water for two days, even if you give him a bucket full of irritating arrows at this moment, he will still eat with relish."
He took some cakes and threw them into the cage.
"What's the name of this lowly slave?"
The attendant of Yeyouting said with a smile on his face: "Master, his name is Ni Lie. According to the practice of Yeyouting, he changed his surname. Ni is the fierce beast, and Lie is the fierce fire."
"Okay, Yan Lie."
Li Yuanxu squatted down and looked at the boy in the cage.
"My mastiff died, and now you will replace it."
"This..." the attendant laughed, "Your Highness, the people of Yeyou Court have been ordered not to stay in the inner court, and besides, this lowly slave born to a mother beast is so vicious that I'm afraid it will offend the nobleman."
Li Yuanxu couldn't hear his evasion, but before he got angry, Li Yuanlang, who was waiting obediently, had already opened his mouth and said:
"The Fourth Highness said that he wanted it. You killed our mastiff. Why, you can't pay him one? Besides, our Fourth Highness's uncle is the captain of the patrol battalion who is in charge of the imperial confinement. If it is found, how can it be blamed on you?"
The waiter was waiting to speak again, when Li Yuen Long came over with a stern look in his eyes, the waiter could only swallow the words in his throat.
"Since the Fourth Highness has taken a fancy to it... it can be regarded as the blessing of this lowly slave."
Li Yuanxu smiled in satisfaction, and touched the finger on his hand with great interest, while Li Yuanlang behind him also showed an imperceptible sneer.
***
That night, Li Yuanmin started having nightmares again.
dream is that rainy day.
A child clutching his skirt tightly,
"Sister of the court lady... don't forget Ariel..."
Li Yuanmin's maid's clothes to conceal his identity were already soaked, he only touched his wet face, and comforted him softly:
"Okay, Ariel, I will never forget you. After you take this medicine, you will be free after three days. From now on... sister can no longer protect you, you are out alone... take good care of yourself."
The rain in the dream was still falling heavily, and the thunder roared, shocking the world.
Li Yuanmin sat up abruptly, panting.
The night wind broke through the window, and the moonlight poured in from the outside, covering the ground with silver light.
Li Yuanmin stared blankly at the ground, slowly curled up his feet, hugged his knees, and buried his face deeply in them.
The cold wind blew the back and neck cold.
In the next few days, Li Yuanmin went to the Taiyuan Academy as usual, and everything seemed to have returned to its original appearance. He was still a humble existence in the Taiyuan Academy. The only difference from his previous life was that he did not try to save the child, nor did he Then disguise himself at night and give him food, medicine for wounds, and stories in the storybook. There is no longer fear and self-injury in his heart, only a desert is left, but he can't help but think about the past.
That kid is really up-to-date.
Thinking that the two have never seen each other until now, he was trapped in the palace as a puppet. He struggled through the ups and downs of the world, but he didn't want to have the chance to meet again.
It will be a great victory in Yinzhou to meet him again. As the chief general, he will go to Beijing and receive the title of saint.
Li Yuanmin was wearing the emperor's heavy crown, looking at the child he had saved in the hall through the heavy bead curtain.
He has grown up, grown strong, even taller and more handsome than any general in the hall. Li Yuanmin was extremely pleased. He wanted to keep him and talk to him. Maybe he remembered his appearance, or maybe he remembered his appearance. I couldn't help but thought about asking him if he would remember his "sister"? Maybe when he asked, his face would still be hot, or maybe he smiled heartily at each other, and the past and the past are all gone.
But he has nothing to do, he doesn't even have the right to call him in for an audience - everything he owns has been controlled by the Sima family.
However, it was not the commander-in-chief Yan Lie who had made great military achievements and fought bloody battles for several years, but Sima Yu's confidant, the military governor Lu Su, who was awarded the title of victory.
"A lowly servant in Youting Court, why should he be honored? Your Majesty should not care about these military affairs."
Although one of them is the emperor and the other is the general of a party, they will always be the last tiny existence in the center of power.
Li Yuanmin looked at the tall and lonely figure standing at the end of the line in the palace. He had carefully guarded him for so many years. He understood the loneliness so well, and his heart began to ache. He thought to himself, he went to court Be sure to ask Zhenbei Hou to give the child a reward, even a title in name only.
But ah, later, he knew him, but he did not know him.
"Fourth brother, has that little slave in your palace been tamed?"
The words of the eldest prince woke up Li Yuanmin, and Li Yuanxu laughed lightly and said,
"That's natural. If you say that this lowly slave has a tough bone, all the eunuchs in our palace can't do anything about him. It's only the second brother who has more ideas, so he took it down."
"Fourth brother entrusted me with it, so there is no reason for me not to do my best."
Li Yuanlang, who was waiting respectfully behind him, smiled, and said again: "However, this lowly slave is much harder to tame than Xiaotian back then. It took me more than half a month and he is still fierce and unruly. Fortunately, we went to Taichang Temple for a while." Check, it turns out that this fellow has a younger sister who is in the Jiaofang Division, and she broke off one of her little fingers and threw it in front of him that day.
After speaking, I seem to be quite interested.
"The doctor of the Five Classics is not here at the moment, why don't the fourth brother bring that lowly slave here to show the eldest brother? The last time the eldest brother has never seen the appearance of this lowly slave tearing Xiaotian apart."
"Oh?" Li Yuanqian had already heard about this strange event, so he was a little curious, "I want to see how brave this lowly slave can be."
When Li Yuanxu seldom gained power in front of Li Yuanqian, he couldn't help secretly happy, and his tone was a bit complacent,
"This time it's not a lie, the ferocious nature of this lowly slave, Rao is well-informed, and may not have seen it."
After speaking, he winked at his side, "Go, bring the man up!"
Li Yuanxu's accompanying eunuch was ordered to go.
Li Yuanlang has sharp eyes, and Li Yuanmin, who is about to leave his seat as soon as he grabs him,
"What are you trying to do? What's the matter, don't you look at the ferocious beast of our Fourth Highness?"
Li Yuanmin lowered his eyes, "...I feel a little unwell, so I can't stay longer."
Li Yuanxu was a little worried. He managed to tame this lowly slave with great difficulty. He wanted to show off in front of everyone. It's a good fit, I just looked up at him, sneered and said:
"You don't know what's good and what's wrong, back away quickly, lest my Highness be upset by seeing it."
Li Yuanmin was silent, as if he was used to these insults, he just bowed his hands and retreated calmly.