Surrounded by strong ministers

Xiao Zong was silently stunned beside the couch.

Qin Wang held his hand, stared at him with long and narrow eyes, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "I don't want anyone to see me like this, especially you, Fourteen." With a light smile, he pulled Xiao Zong's hand to his lips, "It's just..."

The soft and hot touch made Xiao Zong's hands tremble unconsciously.

"It's just that I miss you so much." He murmured in a low voice.

Xiao Zong's heart suddenly seemed to be pinched by something.

Han Su stood with his back a few feet outside the big tent, looking at somewhere in the night in front of him, his face was calm and expressionless.He had personally witnessed King Qin's injury, so he didn't know exactly how it was. It seemed that it was not serious. Whether it was serious enough to block the news like this is open to discussion, but it won't be healed in half a month. The emperor is in the tent. There shouldn't be... too much of a problem.

Frowning and silent for a moment, Han Su turned his head and glanced at the handsome tent behind him, Xiao Zong was just pulling up the felt curtain and coming out from inside.

After Xiao Zong left the tent, he ordered Cheng Shan, who was waiting by the door, to summon the imperial doctors he had brought over immediately.

Cheng Shan took the order to leave, Han Su stepped forward and asked, "How is King Qin's injury?"

Xiao Zong frowned, remained silent for a while, and then sighed softly: "After the imperial doctor has made a diagnosis and treatment first, let's listen to what they say." He didn't say anything more, walked forward a few steps with his hands behind his back, and looked into the distance In the pitch-black wilderness, he unconsciously sighed again.What kind of expression he has at this moment, he may not be aware of it or not, but Han Su who is on the side can see clearly, the emperor's expression in the light of the torch cannot be concealed.

Han Su looked at it and said nothing.

Several imperial doctors were quickly brought to Sheng Jia with their belongings for dinner, and after kowtowing, they were ordered to enter the big tent to treat the wounded King Qin.Xiao Zong didn't go into the tent again, he waited outside the tent for the results of the consultation, until the imperial physicians came out, and finally turned his eyes back from the unknown empty place in the wilderness in front of him in the night.

"Doctor, how is King Qin's injury?" Xiao Zong asked the three old men who were bowing in front of him.These three people are the pillars of the Tai Hospital, with superb medical skills, and they were brought south just in case, but they were really needed.

When the Son of Heaven asked such a question, the three old imperial doctors glanced at each other, and the head of the hospital standing in the middle replied respectfully, King Qin was injured in some places, but fortunately it was not fatal, and King Qin's body is... I lost a lot of blood in half a month, and the prescription needs to add a few more herbs that produce blood and strengthen the root, which can help the wound to absorb pus and scab.Fortunately, this time I brought out many treasures from the palace.

Xiao Zong listened, nodded, and said, so the King Qin's injury is not serious?

The three imperial physicians looked at each other again, and it was still the head of the hospital who replied, this time the head of the hospital was not as concise as before, but said for a long time, why the location of King Qin's injury is not important, but how can we not take it lightly? Care should be taken in diagnosis and treatment.The same is true for injuries and illnesses, which vary from person to person. The same kind of ailment is not a serious problem to one person, but it may kill another person.The general idea is that King Qin's injury still needs a few more days of diagnosis and treatment from them before he can get a hold of it.

Xiao Zong was already relieved after hearing the first few words from the head of the Tai Hospital, but he couldn't help frowning again after being nagged so repeatedly.

With these repetitions in mind, he went to sleep in the imperial tent set up by the imperial guards not far from the main tent of the Chinese army.The next day, I got up just before dawn, changed clothes and washed, and went to Qin Wang’s tent again in the misty morning. The curtain invites him in.

In the tent, the king of Qin was not awake yet, he was falling asleep on the couch, the arrow seemed to have consumed a lot of his energy, Xiao Zong approached the couch and stood there for a long time, the king of Qin didn't feel anything at all, he was still in a deep sleep.

King Qin, who was sleeping, frowned slightly, his breathing was not steady, and he was a little short. Apart from the dark color seen by the candlelight last night on his profound and exquisite face, there was still some bloodless paleness at this moment, but he did not Half weak state.Xiao Zong lowered his gaze slightly by the side of the couch. The person on the couch had his eyes closed, wide forehead and high nose, facial features carved like a knife, with sharp lines, outlining the outline of a stern and tough face. The whole face was like a rock covered with frost, hard Indifferent yet showing a stern look.

It's not the first time he saw the king of Qin sleeping on the bed. He was hurt by the soul-sealing back then. He also stood in the bedroom of Xinyang Palace several times to visit the man in front of him. At that time, he had already secretly sprouted. A lot of sighs, such a sad and sick face, how long and cruel tempering and fighting can make a person still have a cold face when he is unconscious.

Xiao Zong's gaze was fixed on King Qin's face, and he did not move for a long time.

He went into battle at the age of 13, and he was still a child at the age of 13. There would be no miracles blessed by God on the battlefield. He didn't know why the pre-Qin king was so cruel, and he repeatedly gave up his parents and children, letting a child fight for his life among swords and horses. .

And this man, if he can survive and become a king, he will have to fight and fight desperately in order to survive.

His 14 years should have been more difficult than his own.

Xiao Zong was silent for a long time, and sat down on the side of the couch.

King Qin was lying flat, the injury didn't seem to have had much external impact on his body, and his body was still burly.He only wore a silver-gray inner shirt, and a blanket only covered his waist. The strong lines of his body were exposed from under the thin robe, undulating, and his full muscles seemed to still have the power to touch him. The inner shirt His front placket was unfastened, exposing a patch of copper-colored skin.

Xiao Zong looked at the open part of his clothes, which was wrapped with a white bandage, tied with an arrow that was yet to be examined by the imperial doctor, and the part that was not bound by the bandage, was intertwined with old scars that had already turned white.He knew it would be more conspicuous if the inner shirt was pulled open.

He didn't know about the hardships and dangers of fighting for survival when he was young, and he couldn't imagine it.

No one is born strong, born to be able to fight fiercely on the battlefield undefeated.

And no matter how strong a person is, they are still flesh and blood.

"You shouldn't be able to withstand a mere arrow." Looking at the tense and stern face in the deep sleep, Xiao Zong murmured unconsciously.

The person on the couch kept his eyes closed and fell into a deep sleep.

He stretched out his hand and pulled the blanket that had fallen to his waist over King Qin's shoulders, and gently tucked it away. King Qin frowned slightly and moved his head, but he still didn't wake up.Xiao Zong sat for a while before getting up to leave the tent.

When some things don't happen, you don't know what kind of mood or thought you will have when you really face them.

Some things were sealed for him, even though they were always in his heart, he didn't allow himself to study them deeply and refused to believe them deeply.

There are also some things that may have been really less complicated, but he did not dare to choose simplicity.

He always thought that if the day came that he had to do something, he would not be soft on King Qin.It's just that when things come to an end, he realizes that his heart will soften.There will be no day when you have to do it, at least in his opinion, if there is, he will try his best to avoid it.

He never imagined what would happen if he was not the emperor or the king of Qin was not the king of Qin. This assumption is meaningless to deceive himself and others.

Therefore, it seems that he has never abandoned the emperor's standpoint to face the man who has reappeared in front of him under the crown of King Qin 14 years later and has been reborn and arrogant.

He didn't know if it was only at this time that he would allow himself to let go of his family, the country, and the world to examine his heart, to see if the past of the young man was really no longer the same in front of Wang Tubaye.

Prince Rui said that he was merciful and sentimental.He thought he was past the age where he would use this reason to defend his willfulness, and he no longer had a position of compassion, but he was still the same as before.

When he was young, he could not bear it, and buried a fate. After many years, after many twists and turns, it seemed that he was destined to be unable to be different from the same person, and his heart softened.

Coming out of King Qin's tent, Xiao Zong went back to the imperial tent. When he left the tent, he saw the head of the Imperial Hospital waiting by the door with a medicine box. He must have come to treat King Qin's arrow wounds. He probably knew that he was inside, so he didn't dare to go in rashly. .Xiao Zonglue pondered, told the old imperial doctor that he planned to send King Qin to the capital for recuperation as soon as possible, and asked whether the long journey would be inappropriate for King Qin.The first road in the old hospital, the exhaustion of the boat and the car is not a small burden for the weak, and King Qin's injury still needs to be consulted again, observe it for a while, if it does not change to a bad place, then set off again, they will take care of them carefully on the way, it is safer .

Xiao Zong listened, his brows subconsciously frowned, and he ordered a few more words to the old imperial doctor, before returning to the imperial tent with a stern face.

The big tent of the Chinese army and the imperial tent of Xiao Zong were set up on the high slope, and the surrounding tents were guarded. The flat ground below the high slope was the army camp. The soldiers in the clothes were hot and noisy.Xiao Zong thought about it, and prepared to inspect the camp after a while.

Fenglingpo's current garrison is only more than 30 troops, not all the soldiers and horses of the King's Division of Pingchao. The 5 troops directly under his command lost more than 3 in this expedition. Ren Buhui attacked Yunyang and took away [-] horses. About [-] soldiers were stationed scattered in the recovered cities in southern Xinjiang.Of the [-] cavalry dispatched by the King of Qin from the northwest, only the [-] guards of the Suanteng Camp are stationed at Fenglingpo, and another group of about [-] horses is camped on a small hill ten miles away. Half of them are wounded. soldier.The rest of the soldiers and horses took office as reported in the Bugui Military News, because King Qin was injured when he attacked Yecheng. Although Yecheng was broken, Sima Yong, the leader of the bandit, fled. The Northwest Army was very angry at the injury of King Qin, and threatened revenge , the remaining about [-] cavalry were divided into more than a dozen after King Qin closed the tent, and they are now hunting Sima Yong everywhere.

Xiao Zong entered the imperial tent, and then called Cheng Shan to order him to prepare for the camp tour.Not long after Cheng Shan took the order to leave, Xiao Zong went to King Qin's tent because he got up early in the morning, and before he had breakfast, he absentmindedly drank a few mouthfuls of porridge with the light side dishes brought in by the guards, when Han Su came.

"The Grand Tutor came to see me, but there is something important?" Xiao Zong gathered his energy and motioned the Grand Tutor to sit down and talk.

Han Su approached the table, sat opposite to Xiao Zong, and said: "The generals and soldiers in the army were very excited when they heard about the emperor's arrival, and the morale of the army was agitated. I came here to inquire about the holy will. When does the emperor plan to comfort the army? Just now I met Cheng Shan outside the camp and learned that the emperor will be patrolling the camp later."

Xiao Zong put down his chopsticks and sighed softly: "That's all I can do. All the soldiers are working hard for me, how can I neglect loyalty. Later, Taifu will go with me."

Han Su replied hello, and didn't say anything else, Xiao Zong continued to eat the breakfast that he had just had a few mouthfuls of. He originally invited Han Su to eat with him, but the Taifu said that he had already eaten.

Xiao Zong drank the porridge unhurriedly, while Han Su watched, the big tent was quiet for a while.

After a moment of silence, Han Su said casually, "The emperor went to visit King Qin again this morning." It was not a questioning tone, but an affirmation.

Xiao Zong was just about to pick up a spoonful of porridge and was about to put it in his mouth. Hearing this, his hands stopped unconsciously, he swallowed the spoonful of porridge slowly, and then slowly put the spoon into the porridge bowl. With a sound, very calm, it was an admission, and then he calmly picked up the chopsticks and picked up the side dishes on the plate in front of him with his eyes down.

Han Su looked at the seemingly calm emperor who was busy eating breakfast, and continued, "The emperor seems to be out of spirits, with tired eyes, and he didn't sleep well last night." There was still no calm affirmation tone.

Xiao Zong calmly pawed at the crispy and tender shredded cabbage on the plate, and groaned again.

Han Su was silent for a moment, and then said, "Is it for King Qin? Is the emperor so worried about him?"

Xiao Zong couldn't distinguish the tone of this sentence. He silently looked at the few side dishes that had been picked up and rubbed together on the plate in front of him. At this moment, it is so similar to the dish under the chopsticks.

Yesterday, after seeing Han Su, he rushed to Fenglingpo again because of the battle in Yunyang. He could still be distracted by some things, but now...

Now that he thought about it, he closed his eyes on the night of New Year's Eve, and he was really drunk.

Xiao Zong's expression was silent and his heart was entangled. After a while, he raised his head and pretended to be a little calmer.He met the Taifu and looked directly at him. When he was cooking vegetables just now, he managed to hold back a sentence that he hadn't had time to think about before, and said, "The Taifu came to the southern border battlefield alone that day, and I was also very worried."

He had hoped to change the subject in a subtle and unobtrusive way so that he would not have to be like that dish, but after speaking, he regretted it belatedly.

In the past, Xiao Zong didn't care too much when talking to the Grand Tutor, but now, he couldn't help but pick up words, the more picky, the more Xiao Zong felt that his words just now seemed to have many layers of meaning.

Did he admit that he was worried about King Qin?Or... are you hinting at Han Su?

Seeing that one dish might turn into more dishes, Xiao Zong said to himself silently, he still, just keep pretending that he doesn't know anything.

Han Su sat across from Xiao Zong at a small table.He looked deeply at the seemingly composed face of the emperor, and there was no change in his expression. His expression was always calm and unpredictable. After a moment of silence, Han Su said, "It's my fault that the emperor is worried." After a pause , suddenly changed the subject, "This time... is a good opportunity for the emperor to bring King Qin to Beijing."

Xiao Zong was slightly taken aback, he was relieved, he changed the subject, it seemed that he didn't have to cook that dish anymore, he nodded, and said: "Yes..."

Han Su went on to say: "King Qin was injured at a very good time this time, and unfortunately it was just at the end of a decisive battle. It didn't damage the emperor's plan to suppress the rebellion, and the emperor didn't bother to capture him. The Northwest Army pointed at Sima Yong angrily, even if... the King of Qin is in danger, the Northwest is not difficult to control..." Halfway through the conversation, Dingding looked at Xiao Zong and said, "It's such a coincidence, does the Emperor think it's strange?"

Xiao Zong frowned slightly, no matter how strange it was, King Qin was in his hands, so why should he care about coincidences, besides, the battlefield is dangerous and accidents are unpredictable, otherwise there would be so many famous generals shrouded in horse leather throughout the ages.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zong felt a little stuffy in his heart, but Han Su's voice was neither high nor low, "Your Majesty, you should still remember what was written in the letter I left you from the capital. Your Majesty has never doubted that King Qin's arrow was shot by a minister?"

Xiao Zong didn't understand why the Taifu asked him like this, he raised his eyes in surprise, and saw Han Su's face was slightly stern, and subconsciously turned serious, "The King of Qin received an arrow in Ye City, Taifu, you don't regret marching to Zhao He shot and killed Wang Qi in Gulin, and Wang Qi’s death was only one day later than King Qin’s injury, so it’s more than one day to go back and forth from Yecheng Gulin. Grand Tutor, why do you ask such a question?”

Han Su remained silent for a while, Xiao Zong was still astonished.

"Indeed, what the emperor said is reasonable, and it is indeed not what I did." After a long time, Han Su looked at Xiao Zong, and said calmly, "If the arrow was shot by the minister, the minister will make up the second arrow."

After such a circle, is Han Su going to tell him this?

Looking at Taifu's always calm eyes, Xiao Zong felt that the stool under his seat was a bit like a brazier, so he could only pretend to be stupid and said: "The arrow was not shot by Taifu."

Just at this time, Cheng Shan reported that the camp tour was ready, so Xiao Zong got up from the table, "Then let's go to the barracks to see."

Han Su looked at the running figure of the emperor, sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "Who is so drunk that his whole body is stiff and his tongue is almost straight."