"This is also an imperial decree, General Gu, let's take a look."
Yin Wenzheng handed over the imperial decree with the jade seal on it.
Gu Heng paused first, then put away his sword and knelt down to receive the imperial decree, read it through, and said "how is it possible" in a daze.
Immediately after he hesitated for a moment, he accepted the imperial decree, stood up and said, "Let's go back!"
"But boss, this scoundrel..."
"You don't understand human words, do you?" Gu Heng gave him a vicious look, and said, "Get out!"
The crowd receded like a tide, and the outside of the prince's mansion, which was still bustling just now, instantly returned to its usual desertedness.
"Are you okay?" Yin Wenzheng turned around and asked, "Did they hurt you?"
"I'm fine." Jiang Tangzhou rubbed his wrist.
It was only then that Yin Wenzheng noticed that there were many red marks on the other party's wrists from being strangled by the rope, which were particularly obvious on the fair skin. He frowned immediately, and said coldly, "Go back and apply the medicine."
Jiang Tangzhou was dragged by him into the Prince's Mansion, halfway there he seemed to have regained his soul, and asked, "What's going on?"
"Qinguo enters the country, and there is no one at the border," Yin Wenzheng patiently explained, "Firstly, Ling Yingchong's leg is still injured, even if he is not injured, the old man will not let him control the military power again, secondly, The old man was assassinated, and now he urgently needs a trustworthy person to accompany him, and Lu Yanfeng happens to be that trustworthy person, so the border gate cannot find anyone to fight this battle."
Yin Wenzheng paused for a moment, rubbing his fingers lightly at the red mark on the opponent's wrist, and said, "So I asked for my life to go to the border."
Jiang Tangzhou knew about Yin Wenzheng going to the border, and he was not surprised: "But how did you persuade Emperor Ling Yu to let me go? After all, I am from Qin Kingdom. Now that the two countries are at war, I will naturally become the target of public criticism."
"The old men in the court naturally quarreled in order to bring you to justice," Yin Wenzheng sneered, "But when I first planned to go to the border, I had already thought about it. The old man and I Having said that, you are still King Zhen of Qin Kingdom anyway, and they are the face of Qin Kingdom. If you keep you, you can even threaten Qin Kingdom, so I plan to take you to Qin Kingdom and let them fight. Be scruples, be afraid of your hands and feet."
Jiang Tangzhou couldn't help smiling: "They know I'm here, maybe they won't be timid, but they will be more ruthless."
"But those people don't know," Yin Wenzheng raised his eyebrows, "so after my persuasive and eloquent persuasion, they were persuaded by me. The old man issued a decree, I will come back to be a hero and save the beauty."
Jiang Tangzhou smiled at first, then reacted, gave him a light look, and said, "Who is the most beautiful?"
"Could it be that you're not beautiful?" Yin Wenzheng first asked teasingly, then smeared a handful of jade muscle ointment on his thumb, and spread it on Jiang Tangzhou's wrist coldly, before continuing, "Are you In my heart is the most beautiful."
After speaking, I felt ashamed first, and two blushes floated on my cheeks. Although Jiang Tangzhou couldn't see it, he withdrew his hand in embarrassment and said, "The prince is joking again."
"I'm not… "
"Grandfather!"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Jiang Tangzhou subconsciously withdrew his hand, turning his head uncomfortably.
Yin Wenzheng glared at Tingyu bitterly.
Ting Yu didn't care about him, but just cried: "Master, fortunately you are fine, I just heard sister Yanqing say that you want to dismiss me! How could you do this, it was agreed that Ting Yu would stay with you for the rest of my life!"
"You are going to get married sooner or later. How can you stay with me forever? Come on, sit down and stop crying," Jiang Tangzhou raised his hand to wipe Ting Yu's tears, then looked at Yin Wenzheng and said, "You Who do you plan to take to the border with you?"
"Bigen and Ruojian should both be with me," Yin Wenzheng said, "Bigen is the man in red you saw in Pingfengyuan. He has followed me for many years, and he has always been in charge of Wenjian Pavilion. "
Jiang Tangzhou said "Oh", turned to Ting Yu, and said, "You should stay here. Someday, I will take care of things for you, and you will be considered as a member of Xie's family."
"No!" Ting Yu stood up abruptly and said excitedly, "Ting Yu wants to go with you."
"What about Xie Yi?"
"Of course he went together."
"Are you sure?" Jiang Tangzhou frowned, "Tingyu, now we are standing on Hengguo's side. But Xie Yi is from Qinguo."
"We are also from Qinguo!" Ting Yu snorted softly, "You don't need to worry about it, don't worry, I will go to persuade him on Xie Yi's side, anyway, I must be with you, if you don't take me, I will Run by yourself, and run too!"
Jiang Tangzhou was silent for a moment, knowing that Tingyu was a stubborn girl, and no matter how stubborn he was, he couldn't hold her back, so he had to give in.
Yin Wenzheng stood up and said, "You plan on your own, we will leave in three days."
"Okay." Jiang Tangzhou sent Yin Wenzheng out.
After Yin Wenzheng's figure disappeared, Ting Yu said: "Master, just now the crown prince said that he wanted to take Na Ruojian and the man in red with him, they are really two coquettish girls..."
It's hard for Jiang Tangzhou to say that the man in red is not Yin Wenzheng's harem beauty at all, and no matter what, Ruojian has indeed followed Yin Wenzheng for a long time, and she has a crush on—no, it should be said that she is clearly in love with Yin Wenzheng .
Ting Yu curled her lips and said: "Then Ruojian has been with the crown prince since she was a child. The two are childhood sweethearts. The crown prince is worried that she will take her with him even when he goes to the border."
Yan Qing also said a few more words: "My servant heard that if you have more than three moles on your body, you are the most infatuated. Then Miss Ruojian has one on the earlobe, one on the forehead, one on the back of the neck, and one on the palm. Very infatuated with the prince."
Ting Yu fought with her: "I usually see you silent, but I didn't expect you to know how many moles she has?! I think you are still on our master's side!"
"Your servant is your master's man, and your death is your master's ghost. Naturally, you are on your side." Yan Qing pursed her lips and smiled.
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble." Jiang Tangzhou said with some headaches, "You two girls are arguing in my ears all day long, what's the point of taking them to the border? Do you still want to go with me? "
"Go, go!" Ting Yu hurriedly went to work, "I'm going to pack things for Grandpa!"
Jiang Tangzhou sat there in a daze for a while, still thinking about the scene of Yin Wenzheng standing in front of him just now.
After a while, I heard Ting Yu's exclamation: "Master, this...the amount is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"It seems that one of the pills is missing." Ting Yu said, "I only read it when you were sick last time, and there were seven pills left, but now there are only six pills? When did you get sick, slave girl?" Don't you know?"
Jiang Tangzhou's eyes gradually deepened, he lowered his eyes, and only said "hmm" after a while.
Ting Yu patted his chest: "Master, you have to tell me next time, you scared me to death."
"Understood." Jiang Tangzhou nodded.
...
On the second day, people from the Fourth Prince's Mansion came to the Prince's Mansion, saying that the Fourth Prince's Mansion wanted to meet Jiang Tangzhou.
The two made an appointment at Tianxialou.
Before going out, Yin Wenzheng stood in front of the porch, staring at him: "Are you really going?"
Jiang Tangzhou paused and said, "I have to say goodbye."
Yin Wenzheng said, "It's up to you!" Then he turned around and walked into the house a little annoyed.
Jiang Tangzhou smiled and left the Prince's Mansion.
There were no guests in Tianxialou today, probably because the news of the border war had reached the capital, and the group of pleasure-loving people began to worry about the country.
Jiang Tangzhou entered the box, and vaguely saw a figure sitting in a wheelchair.
Ling Yingchong's voice sounded: "You are here."
"Brother Ying Chong," Jiang Tangzhou rarely called his name like this, "Long time no see."
"The third child has entered the clan's mansion." Ling Yingchong said, "It is estimated that he will never come out again. If he can save his life, it is considered good."
"I know." Jiang Tangzhou said, "You asked me out just to tell me this?"
"No, I want to ask you," Ling Yingchong said with a faint sigh, "Have you really made up your mind?"
Jiang Tangzhou said "Huh?"
Ling Yingchong paused, and then said: "The moment you leave the capital, we are no longer friends and confidants." Ling Yingchong closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and said, "If you want to Whatever you want, I can actually help you get it. Ling Tinglan is a heartless person, he doesn't even have family affection in his heart, let alone anything else."
Jiang Tangzhou frowned, and really wanted to defend Yin Wenzheng—after all, he knew what kind of person Yin Wenzheng was.
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back, saying that Yin Wenzheng would rather plan more twists and turns for him, would rather take risks and take him to the border, and would rather put all his eggs in one basket than lie to him and hurt him? Having said that, what's the point? In Ling Yingchong's heart, Yin Wenzheng was already that kind of person, and he couldn't listen to it at all.
"Fifth brother and I had a good relationship with him when we were young, but so what? The fifth brother is still in confinement. What happened in Mingfeng Tower last time, I think it was his hands and feet. He didn't care about the younger brother at all. As for the youngest love, as for the third child, he even entered the clan mansion, and will spend the rest of his life in it," Ling Yingchong said, "Tangzhou, he is not like me, he will not like you, he will not Give you any emotional response."
Jiang Tangzhou couldn't listen more and more.
Although at the beginning, he and Ling Yingchong often talked about wine for other purposes, but at that time he didn't think that Ling Yingchong was such a... self-centered and selfish person.
Jiang Tangzhou's last trace of softness was gone, he stood up and said, "The time I spent with you was quite pleasant."
Then turned around and left without looking back.
When returning to the Prince's Mansion, Jiang Tangzhou turned to Chaoxi Shop to buy some plum candy, thinking that if he went to the border, he might not be able to eat such a delicious little thing.
It was already very late when he entered the prince's mansion. Jiang Tangzhou thought Yin Wenzheng had already fallen asleep, but when he arrived at his small courtyard, he vaguely saw a person standing on the porch, waiting for him. The warm yellow light shone on the shadow, and the surrounding area was pitch black, except for him, which was bright.
Jiang Tangzhou stopped walking, Yin Wenzheng folded his arms around his chest, looked at him, and asked, "How was the chat?" He seemed still depressed.
Jiang Tangzhou smiled and said, "The chat is broken, I guess we won't see each other again in the future."
Yin Wenzheng was startled, then laughed out loud, and didn't want Jiang Tangzhou to hear the joy in his voice, so he coughed twice in a hurry to cover it up: "Oh, it's nothing, he just collapsed, he wasn't a good person in the first place .”
Jiang Tangzhou stared helplessly at the shadow, thought it was funny, and called him, "Yin Wenzheng, listening to what you say makes people think you are very naive."
Yin Wenzheng smiled and waved to him: "Come here."
Jiang Tangzhou half-closed his eyes, looking at the shadowy light.
Seeing that he was not moving, Yin Wenzheng repeated: "Come here, Ah Tang."
The sticky and greasy two words neutralized the sour taste of plum candy in his mouth and became sweet. Jiang Tangzhou finally bent his eyebrows and eyes, and the struggle in his eyes instantly disappeared.
Jiang Tangzhou took a step forward and rushed towards him without looking back.
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The end of the first volume——
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There are still a few saved manuscripts for the second volume, and I plan to rest for a few days to see if the saved manuscripts can be seamlessly connected. If the connection is not connected, please bear with me! Thank you for your support!
The second volume of the desert of the dead