Chapter 4 Bestowing Names and Righteousness
Because of the protection of the blood of the flames, the big iron needle with barbs only left a small white spot on Zhao Hongxing's chest. But Erqi, who protected Zhao Hongxing in his arms, was pierced by this iron needle in his chest, and he saw that this was going to fail.
The news of his son's assassination immediately reached the ears of Emperor Zhao Zongyang of Yanfeng, and the emperor got up after hearing about it and rushed to the place of the incident.
It's not that this emperor can't hold his breath, but under the same condition of not using light exercises, no one on this continent can win the Yanfeng royal family with the blood of Yan in the competition of speed.
When Zhao Zongyang arrived at the scene, he happened to see the scene of Erqi falling.
"Send the wounded to the Tai Hospital, inform the Criminal Department to organize people to chase down the assassins, General Geng is responsible for the progress of this matter, tomorrow morning, I want to know the details of this matter." Zhao Zongyang commanded.
"Yes. General Geng clenched his fists and took the order, and with a wave of his hand, the guards in this circle raised Erqi and quickly left.
"Xing'er?" Zhao Zongyang looked at Zhao Hongxing, who was still stunned, and was a little worried.
"Yes, Father. Zhao Hongxing replied, but his eyes were still fixed on the blood stains left by Erqi on the ground.
It's good that there can be a response, Zhao Zongyang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. When he came to Zhao Hongxing's side, he first took off the iron needle that was still hanging on his chest, and then put his hand on the top of his son's head and slowly mobilized the power of his blood.
Under the guidance of Zhao Zongyang, the flame blood in Zhao Hongxing's body will also run slowly, to calm the frightened mind, but he is afraid that his son will be scared silly.
"Father," the power of the bloodline is indeed effective, Zhao Zongyang's hand was placed on the top of Zhao Hongxing's head for a moment, and Zhao Hongxing took the initiative to talk, "Father, why, Erqi has to protect me desperately?"
Zhao Zongyang thought that Zhao Hongxing should have howled and cried after relieving himself, but unexpectedly, the child asked a question.
If this was on the battlefield, Zhao Zongyang might answer something like "Be loyal to the Lord, and die is not a pity", but the current occasion does not seem to be suitable for this, and for an eight-year-old child, it is likely that he will not understand the tragedy implied in this.
"Yes, why?" Zhao Zongyang patted Zhao Hongxing's head, "It's a pity, I don't know, I may have to ask Erqi myself about this question." ”
"I'll ask ...... myself" Zhao Hongxing raised his head to look at Zhao Zongyang, Zhao Zongyang found that his son had a circle of tears in his eyes, "Does Erqi still have a chance to answer my question?"
"Don't worry, I will order the Imperial Doctors to do their best to save Erqi. In order not to make his son sad, Zhao Zongyang nodded and promised.
But it cannot be ruled out that this person named Erqi will be seriously injured and die...... But after all, this attendant's life was hanging by a thread to save his son, so no matter whether Erqi survived in the end or not, Zhao Zongyang had to personally give a reward. But this one person can't give him an official and a half-job, and I don't know if he will have a chance to spend some gold and silver treasures.
"In this way, I will personally give Erqi a name, right?" Zhao Zongyang asked Zhao Hongxing.
"Give a name?" Zhao Hongxing didn't seem to understand what Zhao Zongyang meant.
"This is the hope that I, the name given by the Son of Heaven, can bless him to survive strongly. Zhao Zongyang replied.
Hearing Zhao Zongyang say this, Zhao Hongxing nodded, "Then, what is the name of Erqi that my father plans to make." ”
"Just ......," Zhao Zongyang said, "It's called Hongzhong." ”
Maybe it was because he saw that he had really given Erqi a name, and Zhao Zongyang felt that the sad look in his son Zhao Hongxing's eyes had eased a lot.
"Father, can you change your name to Hongyi?" But after a while, Zhao Hongxing asked Zhao Zongyang to change his name.
Zhao Zongyang said in his heart that his son's mentality was still okay, and he heard that when he got his name, it meant "loyalty", but he didn't quite understand why Zhao Hongxing didn't like to be called "Hongzhong" and wanted to be called "Hongyi".
"Okay, then Hongyi is good. In order to make his son happy, Zhao Zongyang also nodded and agreed.
"Thank you, King Xie. Zhao Zongyang received a satisfactory reply from his son.
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Maybe it was the name of the emperor's old shop that had an effect, but Zhao Hongxing, who was not feudal and superstitious, felt that the main credit should be due to the doctors of the hospital. Twenty-seven - now given the name Hongyi, really survived. However, for Hongyi, he only survived, and the iron needle that ran through Hongyi's chest was quenched with poison.
The imperial physicians stabilized the wound on Hongyi's chest, but they couldn't do anything about the poison in his body because they couldn't find out what the poison on the iron needle was. The emperor also made a decree, requiring that Hongyi must be saved, and the imperial doctors with superb medical skills finally really researched a decoction, which was specially used to suppress the spread of toxicity, which was to hang this life for Hongyi.
Death is temporarily undead, but Hongyi has been in a coma and has not been able to wake up.
Looking at the sallow and unconscious young man lying on his bed, Zhao Hongxing felt very uncomfortable. In order to protect himself, a teenage child was seriously injured and poisoned and stayed in bed, and the guilt that filled his chest made Zhao Hongxing breathless.
After the assassination, Zhao Hongxing could still live his leisurely life. Except for the five more guards around Zhao Hongxing who followed him wherever he went, the entire Yanfeng Palace didn't seem to have any turmoil because of this incident.
Zhao Hongxing really wants to continue his leisurely daily routine as before, but the lack of Hongyi around him makes him very unaccustomed to the fact that there are five more big men around him. When Hongyi was there, Zhao Hongxing could read, eat and play backgammon with him (taught by Zhao Hongxing), but these five big men were like five wooden stakes, no matter what Zhao Hongxing did, they all looked at him directly. This made Zhao Hongxing very uncomfortable, and in the gaze of the five big men, Zhao Hongxing couldn't even read the novel.
After he couldn't stand it anymore, Zhao Hongxing began to try to communicate with these five guards. Zhao Hongxing tried to talk to these five people about topics that they might be interested in, but he didn't expect these five guys to quickly put aside each other's identities and get together to chat.
Five people to chat with him were found at once, and Zhao Hongxing was also very satisfied with this result. After these five guards got acquainted with Zhao Hongxing, they were very enthusiastic about his six princes of Yanfeng as their "little brothers" in private.
Where did the emperor's father find these five heartless things who were "brothers" with the prince? Zhao Hongxing also muttered in his heart once at first. But after listening to them, Zhao Hongxing learned that these five people were all acquainted with his emperor's father when he was young and practiced abroad, and they had done a lot of great things together. After Zhao Zongyang became the emperor, he recruited five of them into the palace, and these five guys knew that they were not official materials, so they kept the palace as a royal guard.
For these five people, they prefer to treat Zhao Hongxing as a nephew rather than a prince.
It's very fun to chat with these five guard "uncles", Zhao Hongxing, who hasn't been out of Miyagi (and never wants to go out) all these years, learned a lot of details related to this world that are not in the book through the five people. Sometimes they will tell Zhao Hongxing some stories about how he and Zhao Zongyang went on together, but most of them sound very suspicious of bragging for his emperor's father.
Zhao Hongxing wanted to hear the black history of his emperor's father, but although these five people were very able to speak, none of them lacked a door, and they didn't reveal anything that should not be told to Zhao Hongxing.
Six or seven days before meeting with Le Aya's little girl, after Zhao Hongxing finished his morning class, he found a quiet place with the five guards as usual to chat. This time, the guard surnamed Lang, who was the leader of the five guards, told Zhao Hongxing about the experience of Zhao Zongyang in distress and then being desperately saved by a warrior.
"You can know that there were more than 30 bandits who came to arrest your father at that time, and the second master and master who led the team over there were all masters at the same level as your father. If they really let them rob your father and enter the mountain, I really don't know what the consequences will be in the future. The brother pushed the official who was stunned at that time into the cave, and one person with a knife blocked more than 30 people at the entrance of the cave for half an hour. When we arrived and killed all the bandits, we saw that this brother was just standing at the entrance of the cave, standing and closing his eyes in peace. ”
Speaking of this, the guard surnamed Lang sighed, "Actually, my brother is not a good hand at fists and feet, and he can block so many people and two masters, so he really worked hard to do it." There were many wounds on his body, large and small, but none of them were fatal, and the brother died because the blood was all gone. I don't even know what this brother's name is, but I absolutely admire him from the bottom of my heart. ”
This guard surnamed Lang has a beard and a sturdy appearance that looks like "Wolverine", so Zhao Hongxing privately calls him "Uncle Wolf".
Uncle Wolf's story sounds very like "Crazy Boy", and there is the feeling that the younger brother blocks the knife for the eldest brother. This "brother" in the story reminded Zhao Hongxing of Hongyi who sacrificed his life to block the hidden weapon for him, although Hongyi's actions were not as tragic as this "brother", but he was also using his own life to protect the lives of others.
"Uncle Wolf, does anyone really think that other people's lives are more important than their own?" Zhao Hongxing really couldn't figure out this question, so he simply said it and asked.
"Everyone is human, how can this thing still be expensive and cheap. Uncle Wolf replied without hesitation as if he knew why he asked, "Only when a person wants another to live, will he regard this life as more important than his own." ”
"Then why does this person value my father's life more than his own?" Zhao Hongxing asked.
"I'm not him, I don't know. Uncle Wolf raised his eyebrows, "If this brother is still alive, I want to ask him how he blocked so many people by himself, do you understand?"
Uncle Wolf's answer is actually similar to Zhao Zongyang's answer that day, the meaning is the same - if you want to know the answer, go and ask the person concerned.
Seeing Zhao Hongxing's frowning appearance, Uncle Wolf laughed, and patted Zhao Hongxing's back twice while laughing.
"You are really the son of an official family, your father woke up and knew that this brother died fighting for him, and it is also your current virtue, and you have locked yourself in the house for several days, and I have not been so ashamed of your father when I fell in love. Uncle Wolf smiled and continued, "But do you know what your father did later? Your father spent half a year raising a team of bandits in the local area, and then killed the bandits in the mountains overnight before winter, and even put those leaders and masters to death and hung them on the main road into the mountains for a whole winter. ”
I can't imagine that this emperor's father is a ruthless man who will take revenge......
Uncle Wolf's meaning Zhao Hongxing understands that instead of blaming himself for someone who sacrificed his life for himself, it is better to do something for this lost life. I don't know how long Hongyi can hold on, if I want him not to die, the top priority is to find the antidote to the poison for Hongyi.
The imperial doctors can't find an antidote, who will have it? Zhao Hongxing pondered for a while, and the most reliable option was only one option - in the hands of that assassin.
It seems that if you want to learn the reason why you want to sacrifice your life to save yourself from Hongyi, the only way to find the antidote is to catch the assassin.
"Uncle Wolf, I also want to try 'suppressing a bandit'. Zhao Hongxing said.
"Okay, no problem. Hearing Zhao Hongxing say this, not only Uncle Wolf, but the other four people all laughed, as if they had been waiting for Zhao Hongxing's words.
"However, if you want to 'suppress bandits', you can't do it at the same time. Enough laughter, Uncle Wolf pouted, "I heard that you don't like martial arts classes?"
"Ah......" Zhao Hongxing nodded silently.
"Hey, hey, hey. Uncle Wolf smiled angrily at Zhao Hongxing.
"You have to like it now. ”