His Royal Highness the First Prince of Daliang

The Grand Princess Mansion is located one street away from Miyagi.This area can be regarded as the inner city within the inner city. Apart from a few important government offices along the way, it is the mansion of important ministers and honorable officials. Not to mention vendors and shops, even ordinary people would not come here in their leisure time.

Qi Changfeng's General's Mansion is not far from here.The last time Kang Ning and Qi Changfeng went to the downtown area of ​​Cuiyingji in Dongcheng, Qi Changfeng’s soldiers got an urgent letter from the Meng’s mansion in the west. They first went back to the general’s mansion but found no one, and they searched and asked all the way, and finally found it in Cuiyingji. They can be said to have spent a lot of effort.

This time, the people who came to deliver the urgent letter easily intercepted them.

The fact that the subordinates can be so anxious that they can't delay even reporting the news when Qi Changfeng and the little prince go out can only be related to one thing - the ghost magpie.

In fact, Qi Changfeng has been waiting for good news from the people below for the past two days.

But Geng Fei's anxious expression made him realize that the news he sent was probably not what he wanted to hear.

"Is there something wrong with the bandit rebellion in Lingnan?" Qi Changfeng restrained his urgency and frowned to hint at his soldiers, "I already know about this. You wait a moment, I will send your highness back to the palace first. "

Today's trip is only for the two of them, and Qi Changfeng must personally send his sweetheart back to Wangshu Palace in order to feel at ease.Besides, Geng Fei didn't even know about the relationship between the medicinal materials and the little prince, and Qi Changfeng was also afraid that his own soldiers would show their clues. just work.

"It's not banditry! General, it's..." Geng Fei knew that Qi Changfeng had an almost morbid inexplicable emphasis on the search for medicine.These confidants are naturally anxious about the general's concerns, and they have devoted themselves to this matter in the past few months.At this moment, he is eager to inform Qi Changfeng of the urgent report sent from Wushan, so that the general can make a plan as soon as possible, and he doesn't even care to look at Qi Changfeng.

"Geng Fei! Shut up!" Qi Changfeng was startled and terrified, and he conjectured many bad conjectures as his confidant got anxious, but he tried his best to endure it, for fear that the little prince who had been happy today would be disturbed, "I Immediately send the little highness back, wait for me to come out and listen to you in detail!"

Qi Changfeng was actually out of order at that moment, he didn't notice anything wrong at all - the always understanding little prince just looked at them silently like this, neither turning around aloud nor curiously asking about the secrets.

Qi Changfeng told Geng Fei to go back to the mansion to wait, and then he took the little prince's shoulders and continued to walk towards the palace gate. Kang Ning also smiled and obeyed, as if he didn't smell any signs that Qi Changfeng was deliberately concealing anything.

"I..." Seeing Kang Ning being taken over by the welcoming maid, taking off his cloak, and holding a fluffy stove in his arms, Qi Changfeng said with a stiff expression.

"I see," Kang Ning interrupted him loudly, "I know you have something urgent to do, so go ahead and do it first."

Qi Changfeng didn't know how he walked all the way from Wangshu Palace to the General's Mansion.He almost resisted seeing Geng Fei, resisted hearing the news that probably didn't go well, and resisted completing this short journey by himself.

But in fact, his speed is very fast, and he will turn into an afterimage in the end.

——And the urgent news that Geng Fei wanted to report was almost worse than the worst extreme that Qi Changfeng could imagine.

"General, our people entered the Wushan Mountains and found the place where the Chi people lived together. Because of the language barrier and the Chi people's arrogance and fighting skills, we had a stalemate with them for a long time-but when we really subdued those people, we forced them to ask The whereabouts of the ghost magpie, only, only know..."

"Know what?" Qi Changfeng's voice was low and very soft.

"In the village of the Chi people, there is not even a ghost magpie plant. According to them, a group of Nanyi people came over a few months ago, shouted at them, and stared at them. Gui Quezi’s family was completely burned down. The reason why they started to loot down the mountain and held so much hostility towards our army was because Gui Quezi was burned. They couldn’t survive the heat in the mountains this year. Weak people are sick a lot... They are not telling lies, our people have seen the old and weak with malignant sores, almost every household has them. They also used words about the Nanyi people from the mouths of Chi children— — all true."

Qi Changfeng felt cold all over at that moment.

He even suspected that this moment was a nightmare that he was having.

Where is there such a thing--where can a man in his happiest moment, when he has just received hopeful good news not so long ago, when he believes with all his heart that the future is bright and bright, and then suddenly comes the unforgiving darkness with despair.

An unprecedented boredom and hatred began to grow boundlessly in Qi Changfeng's flesh and blood.

Qi Changfeng's life was not without ups and downs, but he hated King Xi Nan, the Nanyi people, Yang Han, and even his powerless self, but he never loathed his own fate and the injustice of heaven.

He has always believed that questioning the sky is the most weak and incompetent way to vent.He believes in people, in behavior and results, in compassion, protection, discipline and kindness, and in the power of love and hate in this world.

And until now.

Seven years of killing is not as good as the hopelessness of losing a lover at this moment.A kind of true cruelty and coldness gradually emerged from his heart.

He searched for Geng Fei's words word by word.

It's strange, as if for a moment, except for one person's life, everything else in this world is dead—one will immediately find a new, bloody and shrewd direction.

"No. I don't believe that the people of the Chi people really lost their hands." Qi Changfeng gently pressed the blood-red scar between his brows, his dark eyes seemed to have sucked away all the light in the dusk house: "Xu Jia searched No? There must be secret treasures in the Chi clan! There will never be even a single plant lost—"

"Tell them to hand it over—tell them to hand it over to me," Qi Changfeng said with a cold smile, "How can I not know about such a village in the mountains? The old and the weak can die, but the rich cannot. Households, witch doctors, youths, and even patriarchs. They have lived on such things for generations, and they will never let outsiders take away those private treasures at the bottom of the box just because of a little sacrifice and bloodshed."

"Geng Fei, tell me to go down. Get your men and horses ready. I'm going to kiss Lingnan tomorrow—they want to have this ghost magpie, and they want to have it if they don't. They'd better be more sensible and obediently hand over what I want. Ghost Magpies can be planted again, but the lives of hundreds of people can be killed in one stubble. Otherwise, these people will be strung together, hung on the mountain, and the blood will be drained slowly one by one."

Geng Fei was so shocked that he couldn't even speak for a while, but looked up at Qi Changfeng who was not far away from him in disbelief, as if he no longer knew the general he had followed for seven years.

"Why on earth does the general want to find these medicinal materials?!" The soldier finally couldn't help asking, "What is the purpose of this medicine!"

"...It's to save my life." Qi Changfeng didn't look at his subordinates again, and only said softly as he passed Geng Fei.

But Qi Changfeng failed to make it on the second day.

The excuse of going south to suppress bandits is no longer useful to the little prince.

He grabbed Qi Changfeng who came to bid farewell, showing an unprecedented willfulness:

"I don't allow you to go. There are so many generals who are good at fighting in the majestic beam. Even your subordinates are not unavailable. Why do you need to go to such a small matter as suppressing a wild bandit that is not good enough! I won't let it go. you go!"

This is actually a long-standing irrationality.It's just that Kang Ning didn't care about it at all last time, Qi Changfeng thought he didn't understand.

"Because of the complex terrain in Lingnan, the local Yi people take advantage of the favorable location to guard the mountains, and it will be difficult for a large army to conquer for a long time-we can't just add troops and kill them regardless of the cost. It's better for me to go in person." Qi Changfeng tried his best to explain.

"Oh! What kind of reason is this? Could it be that General Wen and your left general Geng Fei won't fight anymore?" The little prince was relentless.

"Geng Fei was born in the north and is not familiar with the landforms of Lingnan; General Wen and the others are getting older..." Qi Changfeng felt more and more speechless as he talked.After all, Geng Fei from Nanyi had fought before, and Wen Dan was in his prime.

"Qi Changfeng, could it be that there was no one in Daliang who could fight before you?" Kang Ning almost laughed angrily at him, "No wonder people in the court say that General Qi wants to keep the military power in his hands at all times, and he really didn't wrong you. !"

Qi Changfeng had never heard Kang Ning say such a thing.

The little prince of Daliang, the little highness of the capital—Kang Ning himself is the romance of Daliang, he is almost a living ideal in the world.

What about military power, public opinion, struggles, government affairs - not to mention that he knows it well, Qi Changfeng even thinks that he has grown up without knowing anything about these things.

Surprised?have no choice?Hidden anger?Pain?At that moment, Qi Changfeng couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was.

"...Little Highness, this is His Majesty's imperial order." It took Qi Changfeng a while to hear his powerless defense, and he could feel that his voice was so dry, hoarse, bitter and unpleasant.

"If the emperor's order is difficult to violate, then I will go and ask my father to take back the emperor's order. General Qi, will this work?" The little prince still refused to let go, but just looked at the other party stubbornly.

Seeing him like this, Qi Changfeng felt that his heart was tightly grasped, but he still could only shake his head with difficulty.

"This is my duty, Your Highness, please don't be willful..." He paused every word.

"What if I want to be willful?" The little prince's face was pale, but his expression was very calm:

"Qi Changfeng, when you went back to 'suppress the bandits', you got wounded all over, here..." He raised his hand and slowly landed on the general's left shoulder, "Here, and here—there are still scabs that haven't fallen off yet. You still have to go to 'suppress the bandits' now, I'm really afraid that you will die this time."

Qi Changfeng was not prepared for him to know this at all.

To be honest, from the day he came back, Kang Ning had always been happy, and he hardly paid any attention to the whole story of his "suppression of bandits".Qi Changfeng was both a little disappointed and relieved - even though he had healed most of his injuries before returning to Beijing.

He deliberately waited until the skin of the wound began to heal before returning to Beijing, then—"How could Your Highness know?"

"The smell of medicine, subconscious movements, and—" the little prince laughed at himself, "Does it itch when you get a wound? You fool, do you think everyone is like you? How could I not know?"

"Qi Changfeng, I'm not telling you to never go out to fight. I just want you not to go anywhere during this time, just stay in Beijing to accompany me, okay?"

He looked at him almost pleadingly at that time, with dry moonlight flowing in his eyes.

Why doesn't Qi Changfeng want to be by his side all the time?

But Qi Changfeng turned his head away, "Please forgive me, Your Highness, I have accepted the military order this time, and I have to go there in person no matter what. After returning this time, I will stay by His Highness's side wholeheartedly and for a long time, I'm not going anywhere anymore. Your Highness wants me to resign immediately and take off my armor. I swear——I can swear, okay?"

"Why, Qi Changfeng?" The little prince's voice was so soft, "Why do you have to leave? It's because I'm about to die, isn't it?"