Cub Nursery

Just after dawn, Guard City came to the Conservation Hall to build a concrete building.

Hearing the movement, the Shaking Mountain cub opened the curtains, leaned on the window and looked out, saw that it was guarding the city, quickly put on his clothes, put his little nest in the cabinet, got off the kang, da da da run out.

"Father." Shaking Mountain's cub shouted cheerfully, "It's cold outside, come in quickly."

"En." Wei Shoucheng followed the cub into the house, and handed over the bag he was carrying.

The ground dragon was burning in the room, warm as spring, the dark face of the Shaking Mountain cub looked very good, and it grew a little taller, looking like a shadow of an older child, and the guard city was relieved.

"It's oysters." Shaking Mountain's cub's eyes lit up, "I'll send it to the kitchen to cook and eat, and Dad will stay and eat together."

The guard city hummed.

The Shanshan cub immediately smiled, and ran out happily carrying the oysters.

The other cubs are still living in Beiqi's house, only the Shanshan cub came to the river side, just to meet Wei Shoucheng and have a meal together by the way.

At the dinner table, Yan Xun asked, "Has the emperor made a decision?"

"His Royal Highness is in charge of the country, His Second Highness has a leg problem, and His Fourth Highness was called into the palace by the imperial concubine and has not come out." The tone of Wei Shoucheng was not very good, "The Seventh Highness has not shown up. The emperor wants Brother Huan to come forward... "

"No." Yan Xun shook his head, "Brother Huan is not strong enough to hold back those Taoist soldiers. If Brother Huan shows up and the common people see him, they will think he is the royal family..."

Yan Xun didn't say the latter, fearing that the common people would think Brother Huan was equivalent to a 'Prince'.This is not good for the common people to the royal family or brother Huan, especially to brother Huan. If the common people think so, the emperor is afraid that he will attack brother Huan.

It's just that Qin Yi, Qin Er and others are deeply favored, and the emperor doesn't want them to face the monsters. The princes who are not favored, such as Qin San, Qin Liu, Qin Shisan, Qin Shishi, etc., have important errands on them. Apart from absolutely nothing, the emperor did not want them to take risks.

After thinking about it, I am afraid that the emperor asked Brother Huan to come forward, and he had already thought of the consequences, but the solution is also simple, just solve Brother Huan afterwards.

Such sinister words are so high-sounding, as a courtier, he can't refute it, so it's no wonder that the guard city is unhappy.

"Is there any unfavored prince in the palace?" Yan Xun showed some disgust, he was not afraid to say such rebellious words in front of the city guards, "Ask around, if there is any way to get him to come out superior."

The guard city was silent.

This time, in order to demonstrate national strength, the Taoist soldiers under him have been training, and they are now in good shape; and Yan Xun even took out guns and cannons, and also moved out boxes of bullets, just to let the Taoist soldiers train to be accurate. Those training methods were also suggested by Yan Xun.

Those Taoist soldiers who have grown rapidly, especially those who have touched guns or even umbrellas, while their strength has grown wildly, their ambitions and insights have also swelled wildly.

Strength brings ambition and foresight, as well as the rebellion that one must suppress with difficulty.

These Taoist soldiers are no longer poor worms slaughtered by monsters to send ghosts to death. The knives in their hands have become stronger, able to kill monsters back, and can also be condensed into a sharp blade.

As a general guarding the city, he has such a sharp blade and the power to defy the imperial power.If during the exercise, the emperor doesn't show up, the prince doesn't show up, and only Brother Huan shows up, he can't suppress these crazy Dao soldiers at all, and will be exploited by those who are interested.

The emperor may not be unaware of these hidden hidden dangers, but he also knows that the guards are loyal to the city, and Yan Xun is also loyal to Daqin.

The aloof emperor threw these things down lightly, if something happened in the future, Yan Xun and Wei Shoucheng would be the first to bear the brunt.

"There is one." After eating, seeing the cubs shaking the mountain busy clearing the dishes, the guard city rushed to help, but he smashed a plate, so he didn't dare to reach out.

"En?" Yan Xun was taken aback, "There really are? You can't be too young, it's better to be a little older."

"Your Highness Fifth." The guard city whispered.

Yan Xun was taken aback again, "It's not a rumor..."

According to rumors, the Fifth Prince had died young.

"It's a secret, and outsiders naturally don't know the truth. If I hadn't participated in it back then, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had the chance to know about it." Wei Shoucheng sighed and said eloquently.

Back then, the emperor was young and energetic, and he left the palace in micro-clothes. He happened to meet a beautiful girl at a tea stand, and took her back to the palace to be a concubine.

At that time, Daqin had just been defeated, and the border towns suffered heavy losses, and several generals were lost.

The important ministers in the court proposed to bring back the corpse of a big monster from the border town to boost morale, and the emperor agreed deeply.

Originally, the body of the great demon was transported to the capital and had nothing to do with Concubine De in the harem, but suddenly there were rumors that Concubine De was transformed by a demon and entered the palace specially for the purpose of destroying Daqin.

The emperor's heart was uncertain, and it happened that Concubine De was pregnant at this time, the emperor was overjoyed, and his doubts disappeared.

It was just that the minister quickly took the iron chain, and when he was whipping the corpse of the big monster, the stomach of the big monster suddenly split open, and a meat ball fell out from inside. Gululu rolled faster than a horse, and went straight into the up the palace.

There was a lot of searching in the palace, and some people said that they saw the meat ball entered the palace of Concubine De, so the emperor led people to look for Concubine De, but saw Concubine De's complexion was rosy and intact, but the emperor was still suspicious, so he Concubine De was left out in the cold.

Later, Concubine De gave birth, and the fetus in her womb did not come out for a long time. Concubine De fell out of favor, and there were no maids, imperial physicians, etc. to serve her, so she opened her stomach by herself, wrote a blood book, and used her own death to prove herself and the child. innocence.

After all, the emperor was still thinking about Concubine De's well-being, and wanted to know what the child was, so he met the child.

"It was the child I went to hold in the cold palace at that time." Wei Shoucheng whispered, "The child kept crying, but when he was in the emperor's arms, he stopped crying and grinned. The emperor was overjoyed, thinking that it was a son from heaven, So he took the child with him and took care of him personally. The child could speak at ten months, recite poems at one year old, start reading at three years old, and at the age of five, he had caught up with His Royal Highness in knowledge at the time. The emperor finally felt relieved Doubts, make His Highness the fifth prince."

"It's just that in the sixth year, His Highness the Fifth Highness suddenly became stupid. His sanity is not as good as that of a child. He has to be served by others for eating and drinking. It is useless to see a miracle doctor, so he can only announce the death of His Highness Fifth Highness." Wei Shoucheng glanced at Yan Xun and lowered his eyes. Said, "His Highness Fifth is still alive."

Yan Xun was silent for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's a human or a ghost, since it's still alive, I'll find a way to get it out."

"Woooooooo..."

The Shanshan cub lay on the table, wiping away his tears, but the crying became more and more sad, and finally he couldn't hold it back, and cried aloud.

"What's wrong?" Wei Shoucheng was taken aback, not understanding why the little cub was crying.

Yan Xun understood a little bit, and pushed the Shanshan cub into the arms of the guard city, "I think the fifth prince is pitiful."

"Yeah." Shaking Mountain Cub responded with a sob.

The little cub feels the same way. His birth brought his daddy's death. He is still full of illnesses. He is not even a human being. He is a tattered monster. He can only hide and hide. dare not show up.

He could imagine the pampering the fifth prince received when he was born, and the desperation in announcing his death later, which made him unable to see any light from then on.

That feeling is too uncomfortable, no longer needed by the world, and no longer needed by the closest people, I am alone, I don't know how to live.

"It's okay, you have so many brothers now, and Dad is here." Wei Shoucheng patted Shaking Mountain's cub on the shoulder, and whispered, "You are a little man that Dad gave birth to desperately, how can you be with that child?" the same?"

"Yeah." Shaking Mountain cub wiped away his tears, sobbing, "Yes."

He is no longer alone, he has a father, there are so many cub brothers, there are two younger brothers who need to be loved by him, and Master Yan who he likes so much, so he also needs to be strong, just like the cubs help him To help others.

Yan Xun enters the palace and returns the Tiger Talisman.

This Tiger Talisman, which is in charge of the Taoist soldiers in the world, is not too big, it is heavy. He has used it many times since Yan Xun got it and returned it. From the border town to the capital, from the local garrison to the local government office, They were almost completely dismantled by him, and people were taken away directly and unreasonably.

The tiger amulet was returned, and a smile appeared on the emperor's face, "Are you ready for the exercise? When will it start?"

"Your Majesty, Brother Huan has developed many rashes on his face these days, which can be contagious. I'm afraid he can't easily see people." Yan Xun didn't talk about the drill, but talked about Brother Huan.

The emperor's expression changed, he lowered his head and stared at Yan Xun.

After a long time, the emperor finally said: "I intended to belong to the sixth son, but the sixth son was in a border town and couldn't come back, so he wanted Brother Huan to go. How did he happen to be so ill? Could you ask the imperial doctor to see him?"

"I've seen it, the imperial physician also has a rash all over his face." Yan Xun said hastily.

"Then according to what Aiqing said, which prince is suitable now?" The emperor's tone was rather displeased, because he had a very good plan at first.Brother Huan used to be a slave in the palace, but he just looked a little better. Now that he is in charge of the train, his status has risen, and he still occupies the best position. It's time to give way to the real prince. It happened that I was sick at this time.

The wishful thinking failed, and the emperor was somewhat angry with Yan Xun.

Yan Xun calmly said: "When I entered the palace, I once saw a man running out crazily, dragging my minister and insisting on letting him kneel and kowtow, and calling for His Highness the fifth prince to let me go. Your Majesty, I wonder if this is His Highness the Fifth Highness?"

"This..." The emperor's face suddenly became extremely ugly, he stared at Yan Xun carefully, trying to see something from his face.

Yan Xun said frankly, "It's better to let His Highness Fifth come forward."

"No!" The emperor blurted out.

Yan Xun stopped talking.

The right and wrong of this has been for so many years, the harem has grown and I don’t know how many beauties, and the princes are born one after another. The palace where the concubine De lived has long since been demolished, and another palace has been built. The cold palace where he lived has long been turned into dust, leaving no trace of it.

Qin Wu, who was still alive at this time, was already as indifferent as a shadow of smoke, and the emperor didn't even remember Qin Wu's appearance.

It’s just that Yan Xun proposed this without any euphemism. He said it so directly and boldly, which made the emperor feel a little nervous, because even if Yan Xun was so courageous at this time, he could not take the opportunity to punish Yan Xun, because there are still many things to do. Rely on Yan Xun.

This imperial envoy whom he personally appointed, the imperial envoy marshal who has been favored all the way has become a behemoth who ignores the emperor's face.

Even when Yan Xun returned the Tiger Talisman at this time, the emperor still felt uneasy.He was not worried about Yan Xun's infidelity, but the uneasiness that he felt a little weak.

"Go." The emperor waved his hand.

"Wei Chen resigns." Yan Xun bowed his back and walked out.

Arriving outside the imperial study room, Yan Xun coughed while covering his chest, and sighed heavily, he didn't really want to fight against the emperor, it would be easier for him to do things because he was favored, but he had to do it again, relying on the emperor's favor , will never be as powerful as yourself.

After waiting outside for a while, Yan Xun turned his head and saw Zhang Rui coming out.

"Lord Yan, this way." Zhang Rui led Yan Xun until he reached a place where no one was around, "The emperor wants to ask Lord Yan to be more careful."

"Forget it." Yan Xun said in a low voice, "Since His Highness the Fifth Prince has died, I will let Brother Huan show up with the Fifth Prince, so that those who should know will naturally know, and those who don't will naturally not know."

"This way..." Zhang Rui nodded slightly, he would naturally tell the emperor.After walking around again, Zhang Rui pointed to the small weedy yard in front of him, lowered his voice, and said almost breathlessly, "This place is the farthest from the main hall, and there are formations underground, surrounded by Taoist guards. The emperor has never forgotten His Highness the Fifth Highness, the black jade paperweight on the desk in the imperial study was used by His Highness Fifth Highness when he was a child, and the Emperor has not changed it for so many years."

"Excuse me, please wait here, I'll go in and have a look." Yan Xun said, walking inside.

What he said about meeting the fifth prince on the road was of course nonsense, how could a fool run around in a place like the imperial palace.

Guarding the city rode a war horse, wrapped Shashan's cub in his cloak, and sent it to Bei Qi's home.

Shaking Mountain's cub ran in, and saw that the cubs were all there, so he said something blah, blah, blah. He rubbed his eyes and said in embarrassment, "I cried the first time I heard it."

"It's so miserable." The snake-bodied cub wiped his eyes with a veil wrapped around the tip of its tail.

Brother Dan also rubbed his eyes, stepped forward and patted the Shaking Mountain cub on the shoulder, and comforted him, "You still have us."

"En." The Shaking Cub nodded vigorously.

Not long after Yan Xun came back, he brought back another person.

Hearing that it was the mysterious Fifth Prince, the cubs all ran out to look around.

"Father, is he the fifth prince?" Brother Dan ran around, looking left and right, but didn't see anything, with a curious expression on his face.

"I'm still not sure if it's right now, let's wash him up first." Yan Xun said, "Call Brother Huan to come over, we only have a day or two to prepare, we can't delay for a quarter of an hour."

The people brought back by Yan Xun are foolish and foolish, but they don’t make any fuss, they just do what they want, but their faces are so dark that they can’t see clearly, their bodies are wrapped in tattered cloth strips, and the dirt can almost be exposed. The next layer of soil.

After the cubs came to Beiqi's mansion, they built a warm bathhouse.

Now buckets of hot water are brought in, and the cubs put on thin clothes and go in, rubbing around the person, using several pieces of soap and many buckets of hot water, to wash the person clean .

Yan Xun also went in to take a look, "It looks very similar to the emperor."

"My lord, he is very weak." The War Rabbit Cub touched his chin with a hint of doubt, "He seems to have a very faint evil spirit."

"A monster?" Yan Xun was a little puzzled.

After all, what Wei Shoucheng said was many years ago, and it was rumored that Concubine De was a demon. Demons and demons are two completely different kinds of people and cannot be confused with each other. Besides, the meat ball in the monster's stomach, could it be a little monster?Ordinary monsters do not have the ability to enter the palace. Even now, except for Jing Fengye, Dan Baobao, and Dan Brother, even the most powerful war rabbit cubs are not allowed to enter the palace, and they will feel uncomfortable even when they are close to the palace.

Therefore, Yan Xun didn't quite believe the rumors about Wei Shoucheng.

"It's not a monster." The war rabbit cub was also a little puzzled, "It's just a bit of a monster, and it doesn't feel like a monster. It's weird."

"Draw some blood." The flower tree cub said decisively.

Cleaned up and put on clean clothes, the fifth prince looks almost exactly the same as the young emperor except for his dull eyes. If Zhantu Cub didn't say that, Yan Xun would have almost forgotten the rumors about Wei Shoucheng.

The flower tree cub took out the small medicine box and prepared quickly.

"I have a demonic aura, will I be the same as me?" Shaking the mountain cub rubbed his chin and turned around, "I also have a demonic aura. Although I am a monster, Dad and Dad are both human."

"Look at the blood first." Yan Xun said.

"My father is also a human being." Brother Dan puffed out his small chest with a proud face, "Father is a monster."

"What a coincidence, my father is also a human being, so my father must be to blame." The baby ran out of the room, pretending to be surprised.

"It's such a coincidence." Brother Dan became even more proud.

After a while, the flower tree cub came back with a small medicine box, with a dignified expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Yan Xun hurriedly asked.

"His blood is very strange. It's not pure monster's blood, nor pure human blood. There are two kinds of blood, half of which swallow each other, and half of which fuse with each other. This is why he is very weak now." Huashu Cub He explained, "At present, he is neither a monster nor a human...According to my speculation, he is very likely to be a fusion parasite."

"So that's how it is." Yan Xun hurriedly asked, "Currently, which aspect of his body is on the higher side?"

"Human," Huashu Cub said affirmatively, "But it's in the palace after all, and you won't know about it outside, so you have to continue to observe."

"It doesn't affect the drill." Yan Xun pondered for a moment and said, "It's a good time to take advantage of these few days to observe."

The flower tree cub nodded seriously.

The day has finally come.

Before that, there were at least four big demons in the capital, two envoys from the demon country, and the common people were still immersed in the shock of seeing Du Meiqi's huge body, while the rich and powerful families were busy sending their children into the palace. The official was worried, looking forward to thinking of ways to send away the envoy of the demon country.

The surface is calm, but the undercurrent is raging.

The Taoist soldiers outside Honglu Temple added wave after wave, but they still had great magical powers to reach in.

"There is a Zhuangzi outside the city that has gathered dozens of beggars, all of whom are local beggars in the capital who have been secretly caught in the past few days." Jing Fengye whispered, "They have already contacted Qi Daxi and promised to give twenty beggars, Qi Da Xi promised to take away twenty beggars and left the capital."

"Well, let them do whatever they want." Yan Xun sneered, "If that's the case, why would Qi Daxi bring the three big monsters here? He only needs to join forces with the three big monsters to attack the city. Can the four big monsters take away a few people?"

Even Yan Xun dare not underestimate the ability of the big monster.

It's just that there are always people who turn state affairs into a trifling matter, thinking that they can send the envoys of the demon kingdom away by satisfying their appetites, but they don't know that they are raising tigers with their own hands.

"The exercise will start as usual." Yan Xun didn't forget the business, seeing Jing Fengye hesitant to speak, he said, "Don't worry, I'm very careful this time, not only will you be inseparable, but also Tie Niu, Shen Shulang and Da Shan , and there are 250 men, their cultivation bases are not low."

"I know." Jing Fengye lowered his eyelids, watching Yan Xun's hard work for days, the flesh on his cheeks swelled up and quickly faded away, his chin was sharp, and he looked terribly thin.

He didn't want Yan Xun to be like this, he wanted Yan Xun to be carefree, eat, drink, sleep and sleep every day, just live a small life.But that kind of Yan Xun will definitely not be comfortable and happy, and it is he who sent Yan Xun to his current position little by little, so that he has no choice but to step forward and go to a higher position.

Countless times, Jing Fengye hated his identity as a monster. If he was not a monster, he would not have to hide behind Yan Xun because of the restriction of his identity; Blood, Yan Xun is afraid that he will not be able to survive.

He really wanted to do something big to help Yan Xun, so that he would not have to work so hard.

"According to Qi Daxi's personality, he will definitely test the strength of the Taoist soldiers, and you will be needed at that time." Yan Xun glanced at Feng Ye in his glasses, "I have prepared three battle umbrellas for you, and you will take them all when the time comes. Also put on..."

"What if Qi Daxi let the adults take action?" Jing Fengye asked.

Yan Xun also prepared three battle umbrellas for himself, and also wore a battle robe.

"Of course I won't refuse." Yan Xun said as a matter of course, "Since Qi Daxi wants to test his strength, we naturally have to make him unclear about his strength. This requires falsehood, and I am not subtle, and I am not as good as ordinary men Strong, just enough to make Chidasi puzzled."

"Be careful." Jing Fengye opened his mouth, he didn't want Yan Xun to make a move, he was a monster after all, but he wanted Yan Xun to feel at ease, so he could only tell him so.

The demons that emanate from selfishness will always be disintegrated by reason. Jing Fengye knows that Yan Xun likes this kind of himself, and he will always be like this.

On the huge open space in the outskirts of Beijing, phalanxes were divided, and the farther places were full of common people and dignitaries.

This time the quota is even more rare, because not only can you see the envoys of the demon kingdom, but you can also see completely different Taoist soldiers.And for this day, Yan Xun had already asked the guard city to arrange the Taoist soldiers under his hands, and some news came out one after another.

"I've heard that whether it's an acting or a military parade today, all the Taoist soldiers selected are one in a thousand, and they are all first-class in stature and appearance."

"The cultivation level is higher. Those Taoist soldiers are trained very strictly on weekdays, and they are not physically exhausted."

"I heard that today there are some people who brought their brothers and sisters specially to choose a rich husband. I don't know if it's true or not."

"Can this be false? Of course it is true."