My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Although Pei Yunfeng knew that the sixth prince was not favored, he was still a prince after all, he curled his lips a little annoyed, touched the pinch marks on his neck, and didn't want to just let Shen Ci go.

Before he could figure out why, a gloomy voice came from far to near: "Pei Yunfeng! What are you doing!"

Pei Yunfeng was startled, and immediately jumped behind the blue-clothed boy, his voice was as soft as a gnat: "Fifth brother, I, I didn't do anything..."

The person who came had not reached the weak crown, his complexion was sickly pale, and he scolded: "Father is looking for you, get the hell out of here!"

"Yes, I'll go right away." Pei Yunfeng winked at his companions, and the group of people disappeared in a flash.

Xie Ruzhuo knew that this person must be the fifth young master of the Pei family, and thought that he would also embarrass Shen Ci, but he gave Shen Ci a cold look and left.

The group of people left just like that, and no one untied the hemp rope on Shen Ci's wrist, so Xie Ruzhuo knelt down and untied it by himself.

Shen Ci sat on the ground and waited for a while, looked down, not only did this person not untie the rope, but also made a dead knot in the rope, he frowned a little disgustedly: "Can you do it?"

Xie Ruzhuo's fingers were rubbed red by the rough hemp rope, and he looked at Shen Ci aggrievedly: "No..."

Shen Ci: "..."

Speechless, Shen Ci looked around to see if there were any tools that could be used, but suddenly a person came to cut the hemp rope for him with a knife, and gave him a bank note: "The fifth young master gave it to you, you Don't wander around for two days."

Xie Ruzhuo squatted on the ground and looked at the bank note seriously with his face on his face. He had no idea about the amount of money, but he felt that 50 taels was quite a lot, so he sighed for Shen Ci: "Wow, you are rich. "

The man left after sending the money, Shen Ci looked at Xie Ruzhuo with eyes that doubted whether this person was sick, and really felt that the prince didn't look very smart.

"Are you in pain? You're vomiting blood." Xie Ruzhuo came closer to look at Shen Ci's expression, "Do you want to see a doctor?"

The skin on Xie Ruzhuo's face was as white and tender as soft tofu, this face suddenly enlarged in front of Shen Ci's eyes, he subconsciously stepped back, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said indifferently: "It doesn't hurt, don't look at it."

"Well, brother, you are really amazing." Xie Ruzhuo seemed to love to laugh, and he smiled when he said anything, "It hurts so much when my concubine beats me."

At the age of 11, Shen Ci was very impatient and didn't like to have much contact with strangers, but facing Xie Ruzhuo who was smiling silly, he couldn't bear to leave like this. Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo was thin and small, but look He seemed to be over ten years old, and said indifferently: "How old are you? Don't call me brother."

Xie Ruzhuo said, "I'm 11 years old."

Shen Ci said in his heart that you are really short, and then asked: "What month is your birthday?"

"July."

Shen Ci's birthday is in January, his eyes drifted and he said: "Oh."

Xie Ruzhuo giggled and said, "So you are still an older brother, right?"

Shen Ci said indifferently: "Your Highness the Sixth Highness just casually recognize a son of a prostitute as your elder brother?"

"Brother, don't be sad." Xie Ruzhuo was not angry, and shook Shen Ci's dirty sleeves, "My fifth brother and two younger brothers often say that I am the son of a whore, but I never pay attention to it." They. Wouldn’t it be an admission because I ignored them? Let them talk nonsense, and they will feel bored when they say they are tired.”

Shen Ci no longer felt that Xie Ruzhuo was stupid.

In fact, everyone understands these words, but the only person in the world who can really do it is Xie Ruzhuo, who is so clean and pure. What others do to him and what they say to him will not affect him in any way. He only relies on his own simplicity mind alive.

This is the real wanton living, a kind of innocent wantonness.

"Well, you're right." For the first time, Shen Ci responded to him without looking cold.

Xie Ruzhuo continued: "I usually don't have any friends, and they don't play with me, but I am very happy to play alone. So my brother can also play by himself in the future, don't play with them anymore." He bent again while talking Crooked eyes, "But these two days I can come out to play with my brother, I will definitely not bully my brother."

Shen Ci glanced at Xie Ruzhuo's slender wrist, thinking that he didn't know who was bullying anyone, and he was about to refuse, but under the gaze of Xie Ruzhuo's bright eyes, he finally swallowed his words and remained silent.

"I only have this time to come out to play." Xie Ruzhuo smiled even more happily, "Brother, can you wait for me here tomorrow?"

Shen Ci still didn't respond, Xie Ruzhuo said to himself: "Then it's a deal."

"Your Highness, who are you talking to, go back soon."

Shen Ci stood up and saw a girl with a double-snail bun coming, probably a maid in the palace, and behind her stood a woman in a purple horse-face skirt, with a vague glance, she could tell that she had a beautiful face, Xie Ruzhuo looked back Seeing that the two of them froze obviously, they immediately trotted over to salute the beautiful woman.

In Shen Ci's position, he couldn't quite hear what the woman said to Xie Ruzhuo, but he could see that the woman was smiling softly, reaching out to caress Xie Ruzhuo's head lovingly.

However, the more Shen Ci looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. Xie Ruzhuo's posture was stiff, and his hands seemed to be still shaking. He squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and suddenly his brain was shocked like a thunder, and he looked at the woman in disbelief—he didn't guess If it is wrong, it should be Xie Ruzhuo's biological mother Concubine Ning.

Concubine Ning looked at Shen Ci with a shocked expression from a distance, Shen Ci hurriedly turned her gaze away, Concubine Ning took Xie Ruzhuo's hand and walked away to a secluded path, a drop of bright red blood dripped from her onion-like nails.

On the second day, Xie Ruzhuo still came to the racetrack at this hour, Shen Ci hesitated to speak several times, but finally remained silent.

He had no experience in playing with his peers, so he ignored Xie Ruzhuo, ran three laps on the racecourse, and practiced chopping on wooden posts with a knife.

But Xie Ruzhuo squatted obediently to the side and watched him, his eyes following him all the time, talking to him in a rambling manner when he couldn't be idle, who he saw on the road and what he had for lunch, saying everything, without any response. care.

After three days like this, when Xie Ruzhuo came back, he was in a sluggish state and stopped nagging, squatting on the ground and looking at him pitifully: "Brother, do you have anything to eat? I didn't eat at noon."

Shen Ci asked, "Why don't you eat?"

"In the morning, Concubine Liang brought Brother Wuhuang to look for Concubine Mother. I saw the jade lion on Brother Wuhuang's waist was very beautiful, so I couldn't help but touch it. Brother Wuhuang said that Father Emperor rewarded him yesterday, and I was a little envious. I just took a second look." Xie Ruzhuo lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Mother Concubine is angry..."

Shen Ci's sentence "Is your mother and concubine sick?" was stuck in his throat and he forcibly swallowed it back. He threw his knife to Xie Ruzhuo and said, "Hold it for me, wait for me."

Xie Ruzhuo squatted on the spot holding the knife and watched Shen Ci run away. Not long after, he ran back with a small paper bag, took the knife back, and the small paper bag was stuffed into his hand: "Eat it."

The wheat-yellow peach cakes in the paper bag were naturally rough compared to the desserts in the palace, but it could be seen that they were made with great care. Xie Ruzhuo felt that he was very hungry, so he cleaned them up after three times, and said with a smile: "It's delicious, where did you buy it?"

Shen Ci said: "My wife made it herself, let me take it with me to eat, that's all I have left."

"Your mistress is really nice."

Shen Ci nodded: "Yes."

Xie Ruzhuo asked again: "What about your mother?"

"It's been a long time since I was a child, I followed Master and Madam."

Xie Ruzhuo pinched his sleeve: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Shen Ci couldn't count the number of times he looked up at Xie Ruzhuo's head and grabbed Xie Ruzhuo's shoulder, "Don't move."

Shen Ci parted his hair on the right side to reveal the scalp inside, and sure enough, he saw a shocking blood scab on it, which looked like a nail prick.

"Is Concubine Ning your biological mother?" Shen Ci was very angry for some reason, "Why did she treat you like this?"

Xie Ruzhuo still had a smile in his eyes: "Brother, did you see that day? Of course my concubine is my biological mother. It doesn't matter, she is still very good to me most of the time."

"What a fart." Shen Ci rolled his eyes and ignored him again.

He just couldn't figure it out, his teacher's wife could treat him so well even if he wasn't his own mother, how could a biological mother treat her child like this, after being angry for a while, he asked, "Why is your concubine mother so angry in the morning?"

"Because Concubine Liang Gui and Brother Wuhuang treated us badly, I shouldn't envy his things. And that thing was given by my father, so I, I shouldn't be envious..." Xie Ruzhuo finally felt a little lonely while talking. "My concubine actually doesn't like my father."

Shen Ci couldn't understand what he was talking about at all, it was a mess, anyway, the woman was still mentally ill.

"Brother, tomorrow father and elder brother will take all the royal descendants to hunt together." Xie Ruzhuo was lonely for a while and then forgot, "I can't come, don't wait for me."

"I want to go with Fifth Young Master too." Shen Ci squinted at him, "Can you ride a horse? Why are you going?"

Xie Ruzhuo said with a heartless smile: "Go and watch the excitement, if you are lucky, you might see brother. Brother, please help me shoot a little rabbit."

Shen Ci: "...Let's talk about it later."

The autumn hunting was coming to an end, so Xie Tang agreed to take all the children of the royal family into the forest to hunt together. The three battalions, the Guards Army, and the Northern Border Army who had taken turns to enter the forest a few days ago were dispatched to accompany the emperor through this cutscene.

The Prince's guards were at the forefront, while Xietang was surrounded by Jin Yiwei and the three major battalions. Several princes accompanied him, and the Northern Army was behind.

Xie Tang Youzai rode on the horse, beside him was his favorite fifth prince, the father and son chatted and laughed happily, occasionally they saw the prey they wanted, and they asked the generals of the three camps to shoot it down, and Xie Tang would shoot once or twice when he was in the mood An arrow, it doesn't matter if it misses, someone will make another arrow immediately behind him, and he will never let his prey escape.

Walking and stopping like this, the speed of the group is comparable to that of a turtle crawling, but it is just right for Xie Ruzhuo who can't ride a horse.

He was the farthest away from Xietang, and he didn't want to join in the fun by his father's side. He rode on the horse and looked at the scenery in the forest at will. protect his safety.He was also not interested in hunting. The eunuch asked him several times if he had any favorite prey that the soldiers could shoot for him, but he shook his head and said no.

In order to give princes and relatives a little bit of pleasure in hunting, the prey in the hunting grounds are all selected in advance, there are no overly dangerous beasts, but there are very few uninteresting small prey such as rabbits and squirrels, mostly elk, foxes, goats and such.

But Xie Ruzhuo is not interested in these, he just likes little rabbits.

I don't know if Shen Ci shot him one.

The Northern Army that had finally entered the forest had already dispersed. He turned his head several times, but he couldn't find Shen Ci until his eyes were sore. In addition, the dozen or so of them were moving slower than Xie Tang, so they were gradually left behind.

There are many tall evergreen trees in the forest, and they are still green and shaded in autumn, blocking the light in the cloudy sky, making the vision dim, and the rustling sound of the prey running in the bushes is also a bit scary, Xie Ruzhuo I shivered, feeling that wandering aimlessly here was really boring.

He was about to ask a soldier to go to the front to find Xie Tang to let him go back on the pretext of being unwell, but the horse he was riding on suddenly stopped moving. The inner eunuch wondered: "This horse is usually very docile, what's wrong?"

In the darker mountain forest, there was a sharp scream of an unknown prey when it was about to die. Disorderly horseshoes trampled back and forth in the grass, and the shout was still deafening from a distance: "Guard! Guarantee!"