Reborn as King again

Xiao Ba, the Eighth Prince always asked me to call him that. He said that people close to him would call him Xiao Ba.

The first time I met the Eighth Prince was at the Emperor's Hall of Changhuan, where we, the heroes who won the battle, were invited to drink and have fun.At that time, the emperor ordered me to send my third younger brother Wen Liu back to his bedroom, which was to give us brothers some time to spend together.

On the way back to the Changhuan Hall, I occasionally saw a little eunuch sneaking towards the Changhuan Hall. I thought he was an assassin, so I took him down. Unexpectedly, he didn’t know any martial arts at all, and he was in pain. The screams of lee-wa-la attracted a group of inner eunuchs after a while.

I threw the little inner eunuch in my hand to them, and said: "This guy's whereabouts are strange, let's check his details."

"Your bottom is the only problem!" The little eunuch's voice was quite loud, and he yelled at me with his hips crossed: "Be careful, I will let the emperor cut off your head!"

I froze for a moment, dare I say this is still a fool?

"Hey, my Eighth Prince, why are you still wandering around here so late? Don't worry about the empress dowager being anxious." The old eunuch is an old fritter, and hurriedly flattered him to appease him.

The little eunuch muttered and said: "Brother Huang is holding a banquet in the Changhuan Hall today, and I'm not allowed to go, don't I want to sneak a look?"

It turns out that the person in front of me is a prince, it seems that I was indeed rude just now, I cupped my hands and apologized and said: "It was a humble minister who overstepped, please forgive me, the Eighth Prince."

I have been stationed at the border all the year round, and my eldest brother is in charge of the affairs of the court. There are many dignitaries, royal princes, I can't tell who they are. Most of them are masculine and mighty people, the Eighth Prince is an exception.

The Eighth Prince looked me up and down, and his tone was not friendly, "Who are you?"

"He Wenwu, my subordinate." I bowed to him and said.

"Oh... so you are the General Yuan Ma who conquered Chen Guo." The Eighth Prince seemed suddenly enlightened, but his tone was full of sarcasm.

I later found out that the eighth prince is the emperor's half brother, Li Mubing, who still lives in the palace because he is not yet sixteen years old.

Even if I exposed this matter, I didn't take it to heart, but I didn't expect that the Eighth Prince would really get involved.

The Eighth Prince is very annoying, always chattering around me, likes to play some pranks, and always pretends to be innocent in front of outsiders.He did not miss me a lot. Sometimes he put scorpions on my bed, and sometimes he bribed a few hooligans to play highway robbery. The most boring time was that he asked someone to steal an old woman’s purse and put it quietly in the On me, and then shouted to catch a thief.

He is a prince and a child, and I don't bother to argue with him, anyway, this is something new, and Li Mubing won't be bothered after a while.

Once, when I was walking in the suburbs, there were a few hooligans pretending to be robbed. I knew at a glance that the Eighth Prince had someone pretending to be him. Pulled out.

The Eighth Prince was panicked, but he did not forget to put on the posture of his prince, "What are you doing? I am the Eighth Prince! If you dare to hit me, I will let the emperor cut off your head!"

I didn't have time to argue with him. When I was dealing with those hooligans just now, I vaguely felt that there were other people ambushing nearby.I have been fighting in the army for so many years, and I have made countless enemies abroad. I am afraid that the group of ambushing people is coming for me. The Eighth Prince is the royal family. If I leave him alone, if something happens to him later, the emperor will definitely investigate. It's on my head, so I can only run away with this oil bottle.

Maybe those people who were in ambush discovered my plan, they showed up one after another and launched an attack. There were more than a dozen men in black. I had to deal with them and protect the Eighth Prince, which was really difficult.

But the Eighth Prince was already dumbfounded. I dragged him to run, but his legs were so soft that he couldn’t move. Seeing a man in black was about to slash at him, I tried my best to protect him and blocked him. With such a small gap, another man in black with a sword stabbed directly at the Eighth Prince's chest, and I had no extra weapons to stop him, so I had to pull the Eighth Prince back. Although the sword missed, it was still there. The Eighth Prince scratched his shoulder, and then he fell over and passed out.

That's good, so as not to hold me back, I picked up the Eighth Prince, blocked the first attack of the assassins, and left first.

After I got rid of the assassin for a while, the sky had already darkened, and the gates of the capital had been closed at this moment, so I couldn't act rashly, the other party must be in ambush on the way back to the capital.So I went in the opposite direction, walked more than ten miles to expand the search area of ​​the place, and then found a cave, where I will spend the night first.

The Eighth Prince didn't wake up until late at night. His face was pale, his lips were purple, he was still running a low-grade fever, he was in a trance, and he kept crying out for pain. I remember that the sword was only scratched lightly, and it was not considered a serious injury.

I quickly tore off the Eighth Prince's collar to see that there was a not-so-deep wound on his white shoulder, but the wound was still bleeding, the blood was black, and there was poison on the sword!

"Am I going to die?" The Eighth Prince said in a crying voice, he lowered his head and saw his own injuries.

"No, it's a good thing I discovered it early." The poison is not deep, as long as the poison is sucked out in time, then I lowered my head.

"You... what are you doing!" The Eighth Prince was shocked, and put his slender arms on my chest, trying to push me out.

"Save you, you are poisoned." I patiently explained to him.

"But...but..."

But what?Not being a woman, I ignored the Eighth Prince's struggle, pressed down his restless hands, lowered my head to help him suck out the poisonous blood from the wound, and spat it aside.

I repeated this about three or four times, until the color of the blood turned bright red, and I tore off a piece of cloth from my clothes and bandaged him up.

"It's nothing serious right now," I set up a fire in the cave, and then took off my coat and put it on for the Eighth Prince. He is a prince, and he will be fine if he gets sick.

The Eighth Prince ignored me, tilted his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

The next day, I went out and found a few wild fruits nearby, brought them back and handed them to the Eighth Prince, telling him to eat something so as not to be hungry.This time Li Mubing was quite obedient, took the fruit, wiped it with his cuff, took a bite, and threw it away again when he thought it was not tasty.

The Eighth Prince's eyes are beautiful, big and piercing, with long eyelashes like fans.He didn't eat, just looked at me eagerly, and then suddenly said, "General He, you will be responsible for me, right?"

"Uh..." I couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind at all. Is this a new prank game? "The Eighth Prince was joking."

"But you've already kissed me and touched me."

"The subordinate is helping the Eighth Prince to smoke. Drugs, physical contact is inevitable, please don't care about the Eighth Prince."

"No, I have to worry about it to the end," the Eighth Prince smiled brightly, "I like you very much, General He."

I don't need you to like me, I just hope you can stop pestering me.

Later, when the rescue arrived, the Eighth Prince was taken back to the palace, and the matter came to an end. Within a few days, the emperor rewarded me with many things, and even released some of the military power that had just been taken back, saying that he thanked me for saving the Eighth Prince.

In fact, I was the one who got him involved. I told the emperor the truth, but the emperor said that he only believed in the Eighth Prince, and he had to accept what was rewarded to me.

From then on, the Eighth Prince became even more pestering. Every morning after the court, he stood guard at the gate of the Golden Luan Hall, circling around me, saying something and wanting to ask me to play around with him. Seeing the Eighth Prince was like seeing a ghost, and they all ran away.

After a while, I was sued by an imperial court, saying that I killed a tea shop owner, Mrs. Wang, and that I would be detained in Dali Temple because the officials would punish me.

Dali Temple's methods of interrogating people are extremely ruthless, so I suffered a lot.On the third day of being imprisoned in Dali Temple, when I was being interrogated with a leather whip in the prison, a familiar and piercing voice came out, "Stop! If you beat him again, I will have Brother Huang cut off your head !"

When I looked up, I saw the Eighth Prince walked into the prison accompanied by Dali Siqing.

As soon as the Eighth Prince saw me, he immediately ran to me, worried, "General He, are you okay, does it hurt?"

"What are you doing here?" Dali Temple should not be the place where the prince should appear.

The Eighth Prince didn't hear the unkindness in my tone. Seeing his sad face, I couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you worried about me?"

"Of course I'm worried about you." The Eighth Prince nodded and said seriously, "If you are dead, who will take responsibility for me?"

"Uh..." The Eighth Prince seems to be still struggling with the matter of the cave back then. I have explained it many times, and I just help him suck it.Poison, I didn't do anything unruly.

"Don't worry, Brother Huang loves me very much, I will definitely let him release you." The Eighth Prince said with a guarantee.

Since I have been haunted by the Eighth Prince for a long time, I have also heard rumors about him. He has caused a lot of troubles, and he is a bit domineering. Because of him, the bitter fruit can only be swallowed in the stomach.

I don't know what happened to the Eighth Prince, but later, when the minister of Dali Temple tried the case, even the emperor came and brought my third brother Wenliu with him.The Eighth Prince also took the queen mother's order and said that he would jointly try the case with the minister of Dali Temple.

Later, I was acquitted, and the case also involved spies, involving Zheng Guo. According to the Eighth Prince, it was Zheng Guo who sent spies to frame me and put me in prison.

I was released on the spot, but the Eighth Prince entangled me again, and asked me with a smile: "General He, I saved you, how will you repay me?" The next sentence only heard him say: "For the grace of saving life, why don't you give me your life?" Maybe."

I was terrified immediately, and the tone of the Eighth Prince's words did not seem to be joking, I suspected that he was serious.

So when the emperor was planning to raise troops to attack Zheng, I immediately stood up, recommended myself, and strongly demanded to lead the troops personally. The emperor seemed to have seen how enthusiastic the Eighth Prince was to me, so he immediately agreed, wishing that I would leave sooner. It broke the Eighth Prince's mind.

Leaving the capital city and coming to the border, my ears were much clearer, and I was really not used to it. Without the Eighth Prince wandering around, my life was a bit boring.

I was first stationed at the border between Datong and Ran State. To attack Zheng State, I had to go through the two small states of Ran State and Dashang. Datong's iron hooves pass by, and I will definitely not bother too much. Sure enough, after a while, Ran Guo opened the city gate and is willing to cooperate with Datong.

During the march, I would occasionally write letters to my elder brother, asking about the family situation and about the third brother. The elder brother told me that the third brother's daughter died, but luckily the emperor treated him well, and the third brother was pregnant again. Pregnant, the elder brother hopes that the third younger brother can give birth to a prince, so that our He clan can gain a firm foothold.

Once by chance, I mentioned the Eighth Prince in a letter to my elder brother. Unexpectedly, a month later, I actually received a letter from the Eighth Prince. My brother was doing well too. He asked me what the weather was like, if I wanted a quilt, and if there was anything I really wanted to eat. Later, he told me not to force the war, and run away if he couldn’t fight. He said the emperor wanted to investigate, He is carrying it, so let me not worry, run as long as I can, life-saving is the most important thing.

This letter is full of concern from the Eighth Prince. I pondered for a few days whether I should reply to the Eighth Prince. The officials came to report that a person who claimed to be the Eighth Prince had come and asked me to go out to meet him.

When I got out of the tent, I really saw the figure of the Eighth Prince not far away, he looked like a traveler.The Eighth Prince also saw me, smiled and waved to me, and said loudly: "General He! The queen mother is married to me, I escaped, you have to take me in!"

The voice of the Eighth Prince was so loud that the soldiers stationed there smiled and looked at us. I was really afraid of being misunderstood, so I hurriedly dragged the Eighth Prince into the tent and poured him a glass of water to let him catch his breath.

"You ran away?" I asked speechlessly.

"Yes." The Eighth Prince nodded.

"Why did you do this?" I really couldn't understand why he kept pestering me, "The Empress Dowager loves you so much, and she chooses a princess from thousands of miles, why are you running away? .”

"Of course it's because of you." The Eighth Prince blurted out.

"Eighth Prince, stop joking, okay?" I was depressed for a while, this is not the capital city, I don't have time to play with him, "The environment on the front line is harsh, it's not suitable for you to stay."

"It doesn't matter, with you, it doesn't matter what hardships you suffer." The Eighth Prince stood up, walked around my tent, and smiled back: "I have planned everything, let's cook rice , it is best to have a child, so that the emperor and the queen will have nothing to do with us."

"Eighth Prince..." I didn't know what to say, or I just tied him up and sent a special car back to the capital.

"Why don't you call me Xiao Ba, Brother Huang and others call me that, it seems close, so I can call you that too, Xiao Wu?"

"..."

I told Xiaoba that we are not worthy, I am just a warrior and a widower, and he is the prince of the stars, everyone protects me, I am much older than him, in my eyes, he is just a man who likes to play. Mischievous child.

But the Eighth Prince couldn't listen to these words at all, he thought for a moment, and only asked me, "Then you don't like me?"

"..." I can't answer this kind of question. I admit that I have a good impression of him, but in the family and in front of the royal family, this kind of good impression is not allowed.

"If you don't speak, it means you like it." The Eighth Prince came up and kissed me on the face when I was unprepared. "I like you too, so just accept me."

In the end, the Eighth Prince stayed. I watched this boy mature and grow up a little bit. He has been with me in the barracks, advising me and paving the way for me.Later, as the Eighth Prince planned, I cooked raw rice with him and gave birth to a lovely child, Li Yao.

After a few years, the Kingdom of Ran fell, and I think it had something to do with the Eighth Prince, because for a while he was very close to Emperor Duanmufeng of the Kingdom of Ran.Later, he divided up the big business with Zheng Guo. On behalf of the emperor, the Eighth Prince started a series of negotiations with Zheng Guo's envoys, but he refused to take any losses.

After the battle, the emperor did not call me back to the capital, but let me continue to garrison the border. Several years passed like this, until one day, the Eighth Prince told me that the emperor was in trouble and asked me to lead troops back with him to defend the new border. The emperor ascended the throne.

Without further ado, I set off overnight and returned to the capital to station outside the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, the Xia clan failed to force the palace, and was punished by ten clans, implicating nearly ten thousand people, but this has nothing to do with me, as long as the Eighth Prince is safe.

After the Xia clan perished, I found that the Eighth Prince's mood was a little off. Although he hid it well in front of me, after all we have been together for so long, I can see every slight change in him. Often after two or three days, The Eighth Prince would disappear for half a day, and no one knew where he went. When I asked him, he just said he was wandering around the market. I was worried, so I followed him quietly. Finally, I found him. In a remote house, through the window, I saw the Eighth Prince torturing a person. That person was miserable, with his hair pulled out and his body naked.His bare legs and feet were cut off, his eyes were gouged out, his nose was cut off, and half of his ear was cut off. The man was also stripped of a few pieces of flesh. It stands to reason that he must have died long ago after suffering such torture. Obviously, this person's life was hanged deliberately.

I took a closer look, the man's face looked familiar, it was Grand Master Xia!

At this moment, the Eighth Prince seemed to have noticed something, he suddenly turned his head and saw me, his face was pale, and the leather whip in his hand fell off.

I wanted to ask the Eighth Prince to explain clearly, but the Eighth Prince chose to escape, and he ran back to the palace. I am a foreign minister and cannot enter and leave the palace casually, so I handed a sign to Wen Liu, asking to enter the palace on the grounds of visiting him.

After a few days, the sign came down, I hurried into the palace, first went to the Qingluan Hall to say hello to Wen Liu, the maid of the Qingluan Hall said, somehow, the Eighth Prince has made the emperor angry, and he is training in the imperial garden. people.

Wen Liu saw my worry, smiled and told me to go to the Eighth Prince quickly.When I came to the imperial garden, I saw the figure of the Eighth Prince. The emperor reprimanded him for a long time, but I didn't hear much about the reason for the reprimand. My mind was full of thoughts about when the emperor would release him.

Finally, the emperor finished training, and I took the Eighth Prince to leave the palace together. In the carriage, the Eighth Prince looked like a child who had done something wrong, with his head down, not daring to look at me, "Xiao Wu..."

I smiled and held the Eighth Prince's hand, "What's wrong?"

"Xiao Wu...don't hate me...I don't have...that Grand Master Xia..." The Eighth Prince's eyes were red, and tears were streaming down his face.

"How old are you, and you still cry?" If others saw it, they would think I was bullying others, "When Yao'er sees you, I will definitely laugh at you."

"Then...then you don't hate me, do you?" The Eighth Prince asked.

"I don't hate you, Xiao Ba," I shook my head, hugged him in my arms, and patted him on the shoulder to reassure him, "On the contrary, I like you very much, let's go to the border together, after a while I will ask the emperor to resign at the right time, and the three of us will..."

While I was planning our future, Xiao Ba suddenly raised his head, left my embrace, looked at me with straight eyes, blinked, and sniffed his nose again, his face full of tears but full of smiles, "Xiao Wu, Can you say it again?"

"……say what?"

"It's you who like me, like me very much, tell me more..."

"..."

Extra episode

[Volume Seven: Return of the Murderer]