Chapter Twenty-Four: The Iron Horse

In the study room of the East Palace, the smoke of fine agarwood smoke is mixed with the newly researched ink fragrance in the air.

It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was teaching Bai Zhi to write, she was a modern person, and suddenly became interested in traditional Chinese characters with profound meanings.

In front of the case was Bai Zhi, and in front of Bai Zhi was a piece of snow-white rice paper, and when she lifted the pen soaked in ink, she was about to put off the paper.

A pair of slender hands with ten fingers and distinct bones stretched out from behind her, holding her hand and correcting her posture of holding the pen, followed by the warm body temperature pasted up, and the deep voice with a slight itch in the ear, "Teach you to write your name today, five words for me and you." ”

"No," Bai Zhi corrected him, "It's four words." As she spoke, she wrote down the word "Angelica Angelica" one by one.

Xuan Se was stunned, and suddenly turned his head to look at her deeply, that glance seemed to penetrate everything in an instant, but he held Bai Zhi's manual pen in the next second, and next to the word "Bai Zhi", the pen was strong and lingered with the word "Lingering".

But the rice paper seems to be stained with water in this place, almost the moment the word "Yu Nian" has just taken shape, it is blurred into a mess of ink.

"Oops!" Bai Zhi picked up the rice paper, and sure enough, she saw a small puddle of water stains under the paper, which may have been unwiped by the careless palace maid, "Is it a remaining word?" She was a little sorry to blow the blurry handwriting, and she needed a transition to recognize the traditional characters, and only saw the rest of the characters clearly.

Xuan Se's eyes sank with darkness, and he changed the topic, "Your name is very good, only two words, and your writing is also very standard and beautiful." ”

Bai Zhixin said nonsense, she signed the word "Bai Zhi" hundreds of millions of times, besides, these two words are also written in traditional Chinese "Bai Zhi", can she write ugly?

I don't know why he suddenly changed the subject, but she thoughtfully didn't ask, "How did you write the word Xuanse, you haven't written it to me yet?" ”

He smiled and nodded the tip of her nose, "I can't even write the name of my future husband, it's really ......"

"Your Highness, something is wrong!" The eunuch who suddenly rushed into the study broke the warm atmosphere between the two, "Liguo suddenly invaded in a big way, just one night to break through three cities in a row, and the next day the excerpt was sent to the capital quickly, and during the period when it was completely handed over to the Shengshang, Long Jingzhan, the emperor of Liguo, even captured the border fortress and besieged the city, and none of the generals were his opponents. ”

So the minister proposed that the Holy Emperor drive the expedition in person, but the Holy Lord did not agree, so Lord Shangshu proposed and proposed......" He was cowardly, but he did not dare to continue, but raised his head to look at Xuan Se's expression.

"Hehe," Xuan Se smiled coldly, as if he had already guessed it, "let the prince go out on his behalf, right?" ”

"How so?" Bai Zhi couldn't believe it, since Xuan Se opposed the abolition of the prime minister in the early dynasty that day, he was found by the saint to find an excuse, confined in the East Palace, and was not allowed to participate in the early dynasty.

"How not?" Xuan Se, who had long been accustomed to this kind of crisis and was pushed out, could almost think of the scene at that time in the early dynasty, and the ministers spoke fiercely one by one, and finally came to the conclusion:

Anyway, the royal expedition is to encourage the momentum of the defeated soldiers, and he, the future prince, can also achieve this effect, and the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, the country is mainly a mistake, the Great Xuan Kingdom does not need Long Jingzhan to capture, it will be over, and he, the prince, can stand again after he dies, after all, there are still many princes.

Moreover, if the prince is lucky enough to be captured alive, the Great Xuanguo will really not be able to leave the country, so it is just right to use the prince as a proton to negotiate a truce.

It's a fool's errand!

This great Xuan Kingdom has long been prosperous and declining, the country that has been peaceful for a long time, the armament is lax, the generals are tired and rest, and the royal family under the command is majestic and noble on the surface, but it is actually full of holes on the inside, up and down, and it is not at all comparable to the brave and good war of the country on horseback.

As the three kingdoms of the mainland today, Long Jingzhan, the most powerful emperor of China, is a rare Ming monarch in a thousand years, young and ambitious, and it is inevitable to unify the world.

It was only a matter of time before the country was destroyed, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, and it was even up to him to delay time.

Thinking like this, he couldn't help laughing, and he really laughed out loud, "It's just a pity that the queen has done everything for a lifetime, but her son has never had a chance to squeeze me, the substitute fake prince, down and become the prince in his life." ”

Bai Zhi felt sorry for him, but she didn't know how to comfort him, so she walked to him silently, held his hand, and trembled.

Xuan Se motioned for the eunuch who reported the news to retreat, then turned around and hugged her tightly, "I'm going to die, are you willing to continue to stay by my side?" ”

She buried it in his neck socket and rubbed it gently, "I said that I would always be by your side until you die." ”

She was answered by His Highness's silent and mournful weeping, which was heartbreaking.

The sky was faint, the entire market was empty, and all the people in the capital were waiting at the gate of the city gate to send their beloved and distressed Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the expedition.

With a column of guards covered in iron clothes, slowly appeared from the sight, it was the sound of Jin Ge with armor colliding together, and the sound of cavalry hooves rushing like thunder, knocking on the tip of everyone's hearts.

Dressed in Xuanyi, it seemed to bring together all the glory of the whole world, restrained on the prince, he dismounted, and bowed slightly to the Great Xuan Emperor on the dragon chariot.

The dragon chariot is extremely luxurious, driven by six horses, and the body is inlaid with gold, silver and jade, precious stones and pearls, and is also carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, showing the royal dignity and luxury.

His Royal Highness the Prince, who leaned down, coldly hooked the corners of his mouth, the capital country was broken, and the emperor still didn't know how to restrain himself.

The emperor sat next to the empress, he bowed slightly at this son who was about to go on the expedition, even if he personally pushed him to block the arrow for him and give him his life, he still never cared about him once, "Remember that you are the prince of the Great Xuan Kingdom, don't do the ugly thing of escaping from the battle, even if you die on the battlefield, don't embarrass the royal family." ”

"The sons and daughters will die on the battlefield, and they will not return if they leave the country if they are not broken."

He raised his head, flicked the dust that did not exist on the robe, the curvature of his mouth was full of mockery, and without looking at the embarrassed emperor and queen again, he turned around and saluted all the people who came to see him off, and the salute was extremely heavy and serious, "Unless Xuan Se dies under the enemy's sword, he will never let them enter the city gate!" ”

The voice was sonorous and powerful, and the people wept in an instant, they had a good prince, but the prince was too young, and his wings were broken before he was full!

Even a moment before he set out on the expedition, he didn't know that the person who really prompted him to go on the expedition on his behalf was Song Zhiqing, who was kind enough to leave an umbrella.

Bai Zhi had been following behind him, watching him silently, she knew that as long as she was still by His Highness's side, no matter how bruised her body was, His Highness would have a place to stay.

Suddenly, someone rudely tugged at the hem of her clothes, and she turned back to the still arrogant and arrogant Ninth Highness Xuan Shu, "You still have a chance now, don't send you to death, be your Highness's person." ”

Bai Zhi slowly pulled out the hem of his clothes from his hand, and the moment he met his eyes, he found that there were tears in his eyes, but he stubbornly refused to fall, was stunned, and suddenly chuckled, "You are actually not that bad, as long as you lose weight, you will definitely look good." ”

Her smile came from the bottom of her heart, without half teasing and mocking, like the first palace maid Xuan Shu liked when he was a child, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she never thought he was fat, but she just thought about him and worried about him, "Your Highness is obviously very good-looking, why can't they see Your Highness's goodness." ”

Later, they mounted their horses and left the city gate without looking back, and the emperor and queen had already returned to the palace with a group of princes and nobles, but the people stood there until they disappeared from sight.

"Your Highness, it's time for us to go back." Looking at Xuan Shu, who had been standing in place since he said a few words to Bai Zhi, Xiao Shunzi persuaded him with some worry.

Xuan Shu nodded, but before leaving, he spread out the palm of the small flat and asked him to wait for him to leave, which was a thin line hanging, a very small green particle.

"I've seen this, it's rare to have it, Xiaopingzi has planted, aloe vera seeds." He heard Xiao Shunzi coming over and whispered.

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In front of a city gate in the territory of the Great Xuan Dynasty, the ground was full of corpses, the broken flags were waving in the wind, and in the dust in the sky, there was a bloody war.

The sound of killing in the Jin Ge iron horse shook the sky, but the sound of horses' hooves ran like tears, the soldiers were red-eyed, and the blood covered the bottom of their eyes, and they couldn't see who the other party was, but as long as there was someone in front of them, the only thing they could do was to stretch out their weapons and kill each other, otherwise they would fall into the battlefield and be the one who couldn't wake up.

Xuan Se rushed to the front, killing the enemy like hemp, and the tiger's mouth was full of blood, there was his own, and more was someone else's.

But the enemy was like an endless straw, stubble after stubble, blocking his way back.

This is already the sixth month that he has defended the city, this city is the last fortress of the Great Xuan Kingdom, if it falls into the hands of the country, the consequences will be unimaginable.

And the supplies of the entire city have almost been emptied, but it is January, the air is full of cold winds, and the winter clothing supplies of the Great Xuan Dynasty have not yet been delivered.

The only reason for the soldiers to hold on was that he, the crown prince of the dynasty, was still at the forefront of killing the enemy.

And the only thing he is glad about now is that he didn't promise to let Bai Zhi follow him to the battlefield, otherwise he wouldn't be able to protect her and would definitely go crazy.

A knife stabbed his cheek, leaving a bloody streak that interrupted his thoughts, and before he could react, the sword in his hand had already stabbed it automatically, killing him with one blow.

What sustained him in the fight was his already proficient instinct. Stabbing, chopping, chopping, and even chopping, he has stabbed out countless times, but he can't stop, his Xiao Zhi is still waiting for him in the city.

It wasn't until a rapid sound of breaking the air rushed into his ears, and his left shoulder hurt, and it was only in an instant that blood flowed like a river, that he reacted, and he was shot by an arrow.

The enemy soldiers surrounding him gradually enlarged the encirclement, and there was an iron-blooded general with steep armor, riding a war horse covered with battle armor, slowly pacing to him, and asked him condescendingly, "Yu Nian, are you dead?" ”

Hearing the word "Yu Nian", he instantly raised his head, and sure enough, it was the same face as him, but there was an extra tear mole in the corner of his eye, and his arrogance was cold and cold, as if he was wrapped in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

The memories that were sealed by him were all revived, "You turned out to be Long Jingzhan, hehe," he seemed to be enlightened, "No wonder you didn't make a move against the Yefeng Kingdom, which is only across the river, but first attacked the Great Xuan Kingdom across the long front." ”

"I told you that kindness and tenderness are useless, that you are a mistake in yourself," the man on the horse looked at everything, both disdain and pity for him, "and you should return to my body." ”

"It's your mistake," the prince covered his bleeding shoulders, obviously embarrassed, but there was love and joy in his eyes that a man had never had, "I met someone who was willing to spend the rest of my life with me, she didn't care who I was, she just liked me as an existence." ”

"She doesn't care if you're a prince or a commoner," the man coldly debunked him, "but she cares if you're half of the Lord God's personality or a program of the system." ”

"She loves people, not you, an existence that is neither god nor demon."

Xuan Se's face turned pale in an instant, everything on the battlefield, everything in the Great Xuan Kingdom was not important, "Let me take one last look at her, after I die, I will return to my original position." ”

The man looked at him, noncommittal, and then he drove his horse around, and all the still soldiers seemed to react from the solidification, only to see the departing generals follow the man with terrifying coercion, and retreat like a tide.

The soldiers of the Great Xuan Kingdom were stunned, and then a tidal wave of cheers rang out, and they excitedly lifted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince up, and if he hadn't been seriously injured, they might have excitedly lifted him high.

They thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had led them to repel the almost invincible army of the country.

Back in the city, it was Bai Zhi who rushed to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, and although His Royal Highness's armor covered the arrow wound hastily bandaged on his shoulder, she still noticed the stiffness of his left arm.

She didn't care that the soldiers admired the bravery of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and led them to win the miracle of winning more and less, and the enemy was still the army led by the mythical Long Jingzhan.

She was just distressed, her Royal Highness, who was originally clothed and well-fed, was injured again and again, and fought day after day, but the courtiers and royals he defended were drunk and dreamed of death in the rear, turning a blind eye to their desperate situation over and over again.

"Don't cry, Xiao Zhi," he called her real name, wiping her tears little by little, his voice full of pampering and connivance, "as long as you don't cry, I will promise you anything." ”

"Then next time, I'm going to go to battle with you," she clenched his hand with a cry, "I don't want to be alone in the city and be afraid, I'm going to die and we'll die together." ”

Fuck the mission, fuck the fast wear, fuck the system, she just wants her highness, the last world has already missed once, this time, she doesn't want to miss it again.

"Okay, I promise you." Xuan Se reached out and touched her head, a woman who no longer dressed as a eunuch always tied up the three thousand green silk at that end with a hairband at will, and it felt very good to the touch.

In the end, he simply took her into his arms and decided to confess everything, "Actually, I am the supreme one of the ...... fast through the system, half of the personality split from the main god......

When he opened his mouth, he found that as long as he mentioned words related to the system, he couldn't say anything, he understood that this was the rules of the system, obviously the last time he told her real name, it had already happened once, but he was still unwilling.

The person he loves the most, he doesn't even know what he is.