CHAPTER XXVII
I don't know if it's about to be over, or because of my father's words last night, Ling Yueyan began to sigh after waking up, Ling Xian brought back two good horses from the Dongshan military camp and wanted to take her out for a walk.
When she walked to the door, she was called to the palace by the emperor, as if they always had a lot of things to do, and her father was busy preparing for the frontier, and the day of departure was set, just the day before her birthday, and she took her mother with her.
Mother used to follow her father to the battlefield, but this time it was a bit deliberate, the elders in the family were gone, Jun Ce couldn't let Ling Xian take her to the church to get married.
"Brother Yuan Zhong, on this trip to the frontier, you have to take care of your leg disease, don't get worse again." Ling Yueyan sat on a horse and was led by the people in front of him to walk in the forest.
I don't know what kind of distraction this is, a group of soldiers are guarded around, and there are more than a dozen secret guards in the dark.
The man leading the horse in front turned around, with a refreshing face under the tall and burly figure, he waved his hand and said chicly: "Miss, don't worry, when you come back, I will bring you good wine and cloth from the frontier." ”
Ling Yueyan rarely showed a little smile, this person was another deputy general of his father, his father had two lieutenants, one was the one who wrote a secret letter to his father, he grew up with his father, and the one in front of him was his son.
Brother Yuan Zhong grew up in the barracks, his mother was a medical officer in the barracks, he died of illness in the early years, one year he followed his father to suppress bandits and was injured in the leg by the bandit leader, and a few big nails were pierced in the leg, and the medical officer said that it would leave sequelae, and it would hurt in the wind and rain in the future.
Originally, there was no him in the frontier this time, but when I heard Ling Xian say that he had to go, he said that men should live in the wind and sand, but Ling Yueyan felt that he was a fool, wouldn't it be nice to stay in Youjing City with good wine and meat?
"Brother Yuan Zhong, if you continue to wind and sand like this, you won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law." Ling Yueyan couldn't help but say.
Yuan Zhong howled a few times in a loud voice, and the soldiers around him laughed, Ling Yueyan asked suspiciously, "Is what I said so funny?" ”
A soldier behind him said loudly: "Miss doesn't know, for people like us, the daughter-in-law is the armor, and the child is the sword!" ”
The surrounding soldiers followed and laughed, and escorted her to a pavilion, where there were people fishing in front of her, Ling Yueyan felt the novelty and dismounted.
There were no fish in this river, in the early years there were many hunters living in the upper reaches of the river, and after the prey was killed, the internal organs were thrown into the river, and over time the people downstream could not stand it, so they went to sue the government, and the government drove away the hunters and drained the water in the river, and when there was any more river water, there were no fish in it.
Originally, there were many people fishing here, and a fishing pavilion was specially built, but gradually everyone couldn't catch fish, so they stopped coming.
"Brother Yuan Zhong, you are waiting for me here." Ling Yueyan said.
Seeing that the neighborhood was quite safe, Yuan Zhong glanced at the fisherman with the hat from a distance, nodded to Ling Yueyan, and led the horse to stand not far from the pavilion.
Ling Yueyan walked towards the pavilion step by step, the man was sitting on the edge of the pavilion fishing, the hook did not move at all in the water, he was wearing a gray coat and a hat on his head, even so, Ling Yueyan recognized it.
"Third Senior Brother." She shouted, and then changed her title: "Third Prince." ”
Jun Yezheng put the fishing rod on the ground, didn't turn around, but laughed softly, and said in his mouth: "I don't like these two titles, it's better to call Ye Zhengge." ”
Ling Yueyan stood there and pretended to be calm, but in fact, her left hand pinched the newly grown flesh next to the wound on her right hand red, she was so stupid, isn't she, she is obviously such a person who can be recognized by her back, why was she personally fed medicine by Brother Ye Zheng when she was in Linya Villa but did not recognize it.
"Is it because of Qian Mo that he began to doubt my identity?" Jun Yezheng asked, his eyes kept looking at the fishing rod that didn't react at all.
The end of the money? It should be the name of the secret guard, Ling Yueyan shook his head: "It's because of Alain." ”
There don't seem to be many people in the villa who know the identity of the third senior brother, and even if the senior brother and Master Ji knew, they wouldn't tell her, and the divine doctor seemed to know, but every time she checked her pulse, she ran faster than a rabbit, except for these people, there was only Alain.
She had seen Alan and the third senior brother standing together, and when she left, she deliberately used Senior Sister Yuwei to ask Alan the name of the third senior brother, Alan was still a child after all, even if he had the intention to hide it, his expression betrayed her.
She didn't even dare to say her name, obviously she just had to make up a name casually, only it was possible that the third senior brother didn't discuss it with her in advance, if she said one casually and then Ling Yueyan asked the third senior brother again, the difference between the two would be exposed.
But why didn't Alan dare to say the real name of the third senior brother, there was only one possibility, it was someone Ling Yueyan knew, so he guessed until that day when he saw Brother Ye Zheng's hand, the third senior brother had fed her medicine for more than half a month, and she knew who those hands were at a glance.
Jun Yezheng didn't expect her to suspect it so early, he always thought it was Qian Mo's guard uniform, he was wearing his own clothes when he was in Guling Peak that day, and when he saw her trying to cross the bridge, he would change clothes with Qian Mo to save her in order to prevent accidents.
"Leaf... Ahem, Brother Ye Zheng. This was the first time Ling Yueyan had called him this in front of Jun Yezheng.
Jun Yezheng's body moved, he got up and looked at the opposite side, Wei Yu was ambushing with a secret guard, and there was news that the group of assassins last night would escape from the city from this road today.
It's getting late, and it's time for the fish to come out.
Jun Yezheng turned his head, stared at the injury on Ling Yueyan's right hand, and said softly: "If you repeat it like this, it will leave a scar in the future." ”
Listening carefully, there was regret in the voice, although he intended to embarrass her to resolve the girl's disrespectful words that day, but he didn't expect to hurt his hand, and he didn't see anyone who practiced martial arts stupid enough to block the sword with his hand, she was the first.
Jun Yezheng got closer, Ling Yueyan was a little uncomfortable, the kind of hero he had liked since he was a child suddenly stood in front of him, this feeling was really amazing.
"Does your face still hurt?" Jun Yezheng asked.
Ling Yueyan took two steps back, shook his head, and his face turned red again.
Yuan Zhong seemed to recognize Jun Yezheng in the distance, his brows furrowed, and he ordered the soldiers around him to stay away, if the matter of the private meeting between the prince and the young lady spread, I am afraid that something will happen.
Ling Yueyan kept telling herself in her heart, don't be so uncompetitive, since she can't marry Brother Ye Zheng, she won't be happy no matter who she marries in the future, so she should be brave enough to express her heart now.
She raised her head and was about to say, but was preempted by Jun Yezheng: "I know the inside story of my father's death for no reason." ”
"What?" Ling Yueyan asked, why did Brother Ye Zheng suddenly say this, he heard what he said in his father's study last night.
Speaking of which, Spruce is still his junior sister, and he knows what this thing means, is it literal?
Jun Yezheng sighed softly, turned to look at the river, and said: "The tyranny of the eldest brother is exactly the same as that of the old father, the day before the death of the father, he summoned our four brothers into the palace to discuss important matters. ”
"Is there a war with Yiguo?" She had heard a little about it, and at that time, her father had summoned many military ministers to come to the house for discussion.
Jun Yezheng nodded: "Yiguo's little prince Feng Lan was arrested by the secret agents planted there by our country, and the eldest brother and the second brother suggested that they secretly send people back to Youjing City as hostages for war, but the father was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he ordered someone to kill him directly." ”
Killed?
"Really killed?" That's a human life, if Ling Yueyan is not mistaken, the little prince of Yiguo was the same age as the sixth princess of Minghua back then, and he could only babble.
"Not only killed, but also hung people on the gate of Yiguo, the emperor of Yiguo was furious, threatening to attack the gate of my country in the future."
Ling Yueyan was puzzled, she really didn't know anything about these things, but at this time, she guessed a little, why Yiguo had not yet attacked, it must be related to the death of the first emperor.
Jun Yezheng said: "Our country's military strength is not enough to fight with Yiguo, and Yiguo has long had an alliance with Wuai State, and it has a weak connection with Yuansai State. ”
"So you decided to give one life for another?" Ling Yueyan asked, looking at Jun Ye Zheng's back and feeling a little incredulous, the Brother Ye Zheng she knew was not a person who killed his father.
Jun Yezheng turned his head and looked at Ling Yueyan, there was helplessness in his eyes, what did this mean, Ling Yueyan couldn't guess.
"You just need to know that those people's lives are Cao Guifei's conspiracy, and the second brother is not involved, and neither am I."
Jun Yezheng didn't continue, but Ling Yueyan wanted to know, she desperately wanted to know, was the death of the former emperor really planned by them? All of them are biological sons, plotting how to kill their father?
"Yan'er, what I want to tell you is that there is a group of assassins targeting you now because of me, so don't run around during this time until I catch them." Jun Yezheng said.
All the doubts and troubles in Ling Yueyan's heart were washed away by this sound of Yan'er, Brother Ye Zheng called her Yan'er, and even Ling Xian never called her that.
Suddenly, there were two imitation bird calls from the forest opposite, and Ling Yueyan could hear that it was the voice of the stinky guard, and glanced at the opposite side.
"You was..."
Jun Yezheng suddenly stepped forward to cover Ling Yueyan's mouth, flew in front of Yuan Zhong with her, and said to Yuan Zhong: "Protect her thoroughly." ”
Wait, Ling Yueyan wanted to turn around and say something, but was helped to the horse by Jun Yezheng, and Yuan Zhong jumped and escorted her away.
Ling Yueyan also heard that there was a group of people riding horses in the direction of Ye Zhengge from the other side, there were many people, twice as many as the one who assassinated her last night, she was a little worried about Ye Zhengge, but Yuan Zhong was so straight that he didn't listen to her at all, and rushed all the way back to the house.
Ling Yueyan stood outside the mansion and wanted to go out, but was watched by Yuan Zhong.
The little box came out of the mansion happily, and saw Ling Yueyan hurriedly running up and said, "Miss, Aunt Mo is here, waiting for you in the room." ”
Ling Yueyan glared at Yuan Zhong angrily, it was impossible for her to escape under Brother Yuan Zhong's eyes, after all, Brother Yuan Zhong alone could fight a hundred armies.