Chapter 113: The Human Heart Is Unfathomable
"Your Highness, you haven't eaten for a long time, this is freshly baked, eat some. ”
Ling Yi'an sat on the top of the mountain, not knowing how long he had been sitting, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting here. In short, although the snow and cold were melted away by Qingwan, he still felt a piercing cold.
"If you don't eat, where do you still have the heart to eat now, and I don't know when their wooden bridge will be built, I'm afraid Qingwan's body won't last long...... That's the real sin......"
"But you are now a stable figure in the army, if you start not eating, then how dare the brothers eat...... Isn't it a vicious circle if this continues? Your Highness, you are the only person who can speak in front of the emperor and your brothers, but you must hold on...... Otherwise, the morale of the army will be weakened, not to mention the fact that we will arrive safely and complete the task assigned to us by the emperor......"
When Ling Yi'an heard him say this, he felt that it was not unreasonable, but he really couldn't eat it now. This is no better than in the palace, saying that there is a pheasant and hare roasted to eat, it is already considered a mountain and sea delicacy, but isn't he worried about it a lot. Even if it's roast sheep and cow, he doesn't have much appetite.
"You, you go and tell the brothers that I have eaten it," Ling Yi'an said, stretched out his hand and pulled out a rabbit leg, put it in his sleeve, and then raised his head, looking at Fang Shen's helpless and somewhat fierce eyes, and finally had to open his mouth and take a bite gently, "It's delicious......
With the first bite, there was a second bite, and before he knew it, he ate it all like this.
"Lord, you see that it is getting late, or let the brothers rest first, they are all very tired after working for most of the day. ”
Ling Yi'an nodded, the plan now, not to mention when he will be able to embark on the road to departure, is this day of sitting on the ground, day and night, he doesn't know how long he can last.
Not to mention the weak Qingwan and Yunyou, the brothers who have worked hard.
"Actually, lord, I have a way, I don't know if you want to listen to it. ”
Fang Shen said, with a hesitant look on his face, as if he was thinking about some bad plan.
"What's it, you just say it, if you don't say it, I can't guess what you're thinking, right?"
He didn't have much energy, he could play any word games with Fang Shen anymore, if he had this spare time, he might as well think about whether there was any better countermeasure.
"Actually, there is a road down the mountain, but it is more dangerous than here, and there is a dense forest that is more abundant than here, called the Dead Forest. ”
Dead Forest?
What do you mean?
Ling Yi'an's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart.
"When I went down to hunt, I met a few farmers who went up to the mountain to collect medicine, and they said that the forest down there was very strange. The reason why it is called the Dead Forest is not because of how dangerous it is, but according to a Taoist priest with a very good heart, it is simply a fairyland on earth, and those who enter it, but those who have some greedy thoughts, will not want to come out again. ”
And this kind of thing?
Ling Yi'an smiled lightly, and listened to it as if it was a joke, and didn't take it to heart.
Even if it's a forest with immortals living in it, it has nothing to do with him, does it? Now, there is no time to delay anymore. If Qingwan and his party are not properly settled, even if he returns to Tianlang intact, he will not have a chance to live.
How much does the emperor care about Qingwan in his heart...... It's not that he doesn't know.
It's also strange to say, as if he didn't notice it before, and he didn't know what the emperor still had in mind about Qingwan...... Now that I think about it, I feel terrible. Why did the emperor heal Chu Ning's face no matter how big the circle was, and no matter how much effort he spent, he still had to marry Chu Ning to his own mansion...... Definitely, he had the intention of including Qingwan in the harem from the beginning. When he saw that she was a fox, he didn't care, but sent an elite and told him to bring her back to Tianlang safely no matter what.
"Lord, lord?"
Fang Shen shouted, as if he didn't say a word again, and Ling Yi'an kept sleeping like this in his own head. Knowing that in the past few days, everyone is tired, not to mention the consumption of physical strength, the days are restless, and no one dares to sleep. The brothers also had to build bridges, and the soldiers who had fought on the battlefield in the past went to such a place where birds did not...... Who could have imagined that.
As the saying goes, the world is impermanent. It's just that no one thought that the so-called impermanence is full of dangers and dangers.
"I'm tired, so you divide the soldiers into three groups and take turns to work. The soldiers who were replaced seized the time to rest. Got it?"
He has the posture of an orderer, and the decisions he makes cannot be questioned.
But......
Fang Shen didn't seem to care.
As soon as his eyes rolled, his eyebrows furrowed, "Lord Wang, this is a life-threatening matter. If you take a wrong step, then it is so-called, a wrong step, a wrong step......"
"So what do you want to say to this king? ”
Ling Yi'an was a little impatient, and began to hold up the prince's shelf. He even had some headaches, and he hadn't been in the army since he was young. The high-load exercise made him a little unable to cope with it, and he just wanted to leave everything behind, and quickly finish the trivial matters around him, so that he could go to Chu Ning for reunion as soon as possible.
I really miss her. Ling Yi'an probably never thought that this woman was so much missed by her, not only because of her extraordinary beauty, but also because of her conversation, knowledge, and upbringing...... After all, she is the princess of a country, and if you think about it over and over again, she still has no ability.
In fact, the position of emperor may be more suitable for Chu Ning to marry.
The old man in Northern Xinjiang is also an understanding person, and he doesn't ask his daughter to marry well, just ask her to find a wishful husband. I heard that Chu Ning was only married to an ordinary prince, and he didn't say anything, let alone put pressure on Tianlang Shiwei.
"Lord Wang, the road below is even more difficult. And always with these oil bottles, when and what month can we go to the fairyland of Roses and Jade!"
"I didn't mean to, I just wanted to complete the task given by the emperor as soon as possible...... As you know, Jiang Ji is still stationed on the frontier, and he pins all his hopes on me...... If I don't think about it, I'm afraid that if his deadline expires, we won't be able to go back......"
Speaking of which, this is not unreasonable, if it weren't for the emperor's order, who would want to stay in such a place...... I don't know if this is what the brothers mean, or if Fang Shen is alone.
"Lord Wang, as long as you give an order, we can set off immediately, that dense forest is not a dangerous place, as long as you can hold on to your original intention, you will definitely be able to pass smoothly. That's how much time we've shaved in that!"
Roughly speaking, Ling Yi'an also understood that he didn't want his brothers to leave, he just didn't want to put so many people in danger because he made a wrong decision. It's bad after all.
"You haven't told me until now how you discovered that legendary forest. ”
He opened his mouth leisurely, as if he already had some calculations in his heart.
How did you find out......
Fang Shen gasped, then looked at Ling Yi'an seriously, and said, "Back to the prince's words, I overheard it when I went down the mountain to chop wood, and I didn't deceive the prince." If the prince doesn't believe it, he can go to the villagers or two under the mountain to interrogate. If you don't believe it, let's go to the dense forest, won't we find out at a glance?"
Still talking nonsense......
He patted the dust on his body, looked at the golden light that kept flashing in Fang Shen's eyes, and couldn't help but smile, "You, you come and have a look," he said as he pulled Fang Shen's whole body to the edge of the cliff, that resolute look startled the brothers who were still building the bridge at night.
"Wang ...... Lord, what are you doing here......"
Fang Shen was extremely frightened in his heart, although he was also a skilled player who had been in a hundred battles, he had never been forced to the cliff. This cliff is so high, once you fall down, it will be crushed!
"Lord Wang, if you are dissatisfied, you just tell me, the villain has no complaints, but you want me to ...... You want me to die too......"
The words are willing, the feelings are sincere, if you can't understand it, I'm afraid you really think that he is making Yi'an do something......
"Lord Wang, what do you have to say, you are a big man from the palace, and a big man who has stayed in the barracks and fought for Tianlang's life and death...... If you don't do well, our army will lose a backbone in the future!"
Backbone?
Ling Yi'an chuckled, and glanced at the soldier leader who was talking to Fang Shen in the pile of soldiers, and could only close his eyes in desperation, "You guys, don't say anything to deceive me anymore, really because I'm blind and can't see anything!"
With an angry roar, he pressed Fang Shen's head to the edge of the cliff, "You should show me, where is there any forest down here? If you want to deceive the king, you can also make up some beautiful reasons! If you are so blindly deceived, if you are a stunned prince, wouldn't you have been cheated by you a long time ago!"
Fang Shen's head was pressed painfully, there was indeed no place for woods right now, it was all waterways, in all directions, and it seemed that there was no place to put his feet at all.
It seems that this King Heng is not a person to deal with, thinking that he has been by his side for so long, it should make him less guarded, but now in this situation, he is also very sober.
Since that's the case, he can't pretend anymore, not to mention, he can't wait any longer.
"What do you mean?"
Ling Yi'an was very puzzled, and he didn't understand why Fang Shen wanted to do everything possible to come up with a ridiculous reason, and he wanted to persuade himself to go down the mountain if he wanted to die or live.
He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and he no longer had the strength in his hands, so he fell straight down......