In the backyard of Zhennan Wangfu, Lin Xiuyuan removed all the subordinates who wanted to salute him, and directly took Jin'er and the old housekeeper to the side hall, closed the door, and went straight to the road:

"Grandpa Liu, what happened? Why are my parents not in the palace, and where have they gone? ”

When the old housekeeper heard this, his face flashed a trace of gloom, and after a slight hesitation, he still said:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, just three months before His Royal Highness came back, the prince was attacked and injured when he was fighting with the Southern Jin Dynasty at the border, and the princess rushed to the border after hearing about it, so the family will be like this."

Lin Xiuyuan's face changed slightly, and his voice was somewhat hurried:

"Why was it hurt? Can the injury be severe? ”

The old butler hurriedly said:

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry, although the prince is seriously injured, but there is no worry about his life, and the princess also arrived with the divine doctor in the house, and there is a letter back, so there is no big problem, as for the reason, it is because the Southern Jin Kingdom is too shameless, this border battle is the first time in ten years that the two countries have clashed with all their strength, and the Southern Jin Dynasty guards can't beat the thorny army of the prince, so they pretend to negotiate, but during the negotiation, they hired the Demon Sect monks to sneak attack, fortunately, there are Confucian sages in the army, plus the guards around the prince to protect each other, this can escape."

Lin Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said softly:

"Demon Sect?"

The old butler thought that Han Fei didn't know what the Demon Sect was, so he explained:

"The Demon Sect is a sect composed of the so-called mountain immortal cultivators on the side of the Southern Jin Kingdom, and on weekdays, because of some secret rules of the two countries, they have never participated in the clash between the two countries' military formations, this time for some reason, the prince did not notice for a while, and it was only because of this that the princess hurried to the border."

Lin Xiuyuan never expected that he would hear such a very bad news as soon as he went home, especially the appearance of the word Demon Sect, which made him immediately think of the scene of escorting Princess Changyang before, first the princess, and now his father was also plotted by them, although he was only in contact with the Demon Sect for the first time, but one after another, he had a very bad impression of this chaotic vein. He even suddenly regretted whether he had been too merciful to their Demon Sect disciples before.

The old housekeeper saw that Lin Xiuyuan's face was cloudy, and thought that he was worried about the prince, so he said:

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry about the prince and princess, the Holy Lord has asked the sages of the academy to go to the border to sit down, and the prince and they should be safe and sound."

When Lin Xiuyuan heard this, he didn't think deeply, and he was relieved in his heart, since Confucianism came forward, he naturally didn't have to worry about the safety of his parents, but he had witnessed with his own eyes how powerful the Confucian sages were, and then remembered the previous incident at the door, and asked:

"What about the previous events? Why did the arrogant Prince Gong come to the gate of the palace and not be afraid of being questioned? ”

The old butler's face also became a little gloomy, and he snorted coldly:

"Of course he is not afraid, because he did it on purpose, and this is what his Lao Tzu, Prince Gong, secretly instigated."

Lin Xiuyuan frowned, and said a little puzzled:

"Prince Gong, my father's second brother?"

The old butler sighed and said:

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World doesn't know, Prince Gong and our prince have always been incompatible, from young to now has been a mortal enemy, because the prince has 200,000 thorns in his hands, he has always been suppressed by the prince, this time I learned that the prince was injured, I dared to show my head, and wanted to take the opportunity to take away the prince's military power, the previous three months, has been in contact with the court to the very important ministers of the court, many times to the saint to remove the prince's military power, and even listed a lot of culpability, and now it is deliberately making trouble in front of the Zhennan Wangfu, just to force the prince to return to the house, Take advantage of the opportunity to seize control of the border. ”

Lin Xiuyuan frowned and said:

"My emperor's cousin just watched him mess around, didn't he care?"

When the old housekeeper heard this, there was not only a trace of bitterness at the corner of his mouth, but he sighed lightly and said:

"I shouldn't have speculated wantonly, but the old man has followed the prince for many years, and he knows a little about the things above this temple, and with the old man's guess, our young emperor His Majesty will only be happy to see this matter, not only will he not obstruct it, but even I suspect that this is what he secretly promised."

Although Lin Xiuyuan has practiced with his master since he was a child, he doesn't know much about the affairs of the temple, but after all, he is the son of the king of Zhennan, and his mind is far more intelligent than ordinary people, the old man's words suddenly woke him up, the emperor's cousin, I am afraid that he is also not happy about his father being in charge of the 200,000 thorn army, but he is afraid of his father's prestige in the army, and he does not dare to do it easily, and deliberately borrows the hand of Prince Gong to provoke turmoil.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, although he had not returned from home for ten years, he could also remember the care and love of his parents when he was young, and now as soon as he came back, he encountered such a thing, as a son of man, how could he just swallow his anger, although he had no intention of mixing with mundane things, he would not allow anyone to do anything to his family, and he could not tolerate the person who did it was his so-called 'relatives'.

Now he has beaten the prince back of the prince, and next, he wants to see how the other party will react, and has even made up his mind, if someone really wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, although Lin Xiuyuan is unwilling, he doesn't mind revealing his identity as a martial artist, and he will talk to those people about the 'truth' on the mountain.

At this moment, the old butler seemed to suddenly remember something, patted his head and said:

"I almost forgot something big."

Lin Xiuyuan glanced at him suspiciously, but the old housekeeper walked quickly to the door, and said as he walked:

"Please wait a while, the old slave will go and get something, and he will be back soon."

After saying that, he left in a hurry, leaving Lin Xiuyuan and Jin'er with puzzled eyes.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the old butler to turn around and return again, and at the same time holding an envelope in his hand, and hurriedly said:

"The old slave almost forgot that before the princess left, he had delivered a letter to me, because she had to rush to the border, and I don't know how long it would take to return, and the princess was worried that if His Royal Highness returned to the palace during this period, he would not be able to see this letter at the first time, so she delivered it to me, and asked me to deliver it to you as soon as I saw you return."

Lin Xiuyuan frowned slightly, a little puzzled, because there was a ten-year appointment with the master, it was not strange that his mother could think that he would come back, but why was there a letter left, listening to the meaning of the old housekeeper, this letter seems to have been placed with his mother for a long time, and it was not written before leaving, which is strange, what can not be said in a meeting, and it must be written in the letter.

Reaching out to take the envelope handed over by the housekeeper, Lin Xiuyuan just glanced at the name on the envelope, but his face changed slightly, he tried his best to hide the emotional changes in his heart, and said to the old housekeeper and Jin'er beside him:

"I know everything, I will stay in the house during this time, if there is anything in the house, you can tell me at any time, now I'm a little tired, go and rest first, if there is anything, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

After saying this, Lin Xiuyuan turned around and walked outside the side hall, Jin'er hurriedly followed, and said:

"Your Highness, then I will arrange for someone to wait for you to change your clothes and freshen up."

Lin Xiuyuan stood still, turned his head and reluctantly showed a smile and said:

"No need, I'm used to resting alone."

Then he said no more and walked away quickly...

Jin'er opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't make a sound, just sighed slightly, I haven't seen her for ten years, and Your Highness is no longer the sticky little prince of the year after all.

Lin Xiuyuan did not go back to his bedroom, but came directly to the back mountain of the palace, this is the forbidden place of the palace, except for the prince and the princess on weekdays, no one will come here, he walked quickly all the way, although he did not use the cultivation of the forging realm, it was as fast as the wind, and in less than a moment, he walked to the top of the back mountain.

And after arriving here, he stopped suddenly, and finally couldn't control it anymore, and picked up the envelope in his hand tremblingly, but his eyes were instantly a little red.

Just because there are four words written on it

"Cultivating Relationships"

Although there are only four words, Lin Xiuyuan recognized it at a glance, this is not written to him by his mother, but the master who has taken him all over the country and practiced all the way to this day, Xie Xinghe wrote a letter to him, Lin Xiuyuan has been practicing with his master for ten years, and he is too familiar with his handwriting.

It's just that he doesn't understand why the letter that the master gave himself appears at home, and it seems to have appeared for a long time, he and the master have been separated for less than three months, and his mother rushed to the border three months ago, that is to say, the time when the letter arrived in his mother's hands will be earlier, but then, Lin Xiuyuan is still with the master, in this case, why does the master still write a letter to himself, and what can't he tell himself directly in person?

Lin Xiuyuan stood alone on the top of the mountain with the envelope, the breeze blowing in the mountains, messing up his long hair, and at the same time messing up his heart, under the calm appearance, his heart was complex and messy, there were doubts, excitement, and hesitation, for some reason, he suddenly didn't dare to open this letter.

Why don't you dare to open it?

Lin Xiuyuan interrogated himself in his heart, but he didn't find the answer, maybe he knew the answer, but he didn't dare to think about it.

Because the master is gone, as for where he went, Lin Xiuyuan didn't know that the place called 'barren', Lin Xiuyuan had never heard the master mention it, and even followed the master all over the Kyushu continent, he had never seen or heard it.

So, maybe it's not in Kyushu at all!

The master already knew that he was leaving, was this letter about the 'desolation', and what worried him even more was whether he would be able to go to the so-called desolation?

As a martial artist, Lin Xiuyuan felt that he could not be afraid of anything, and he could move forward in the face of any danger, but he was really afraid that he would never see his master again.

With apprehension, Lin Xiuyuan finally slowly opened the envelope and took out the not-so-long letter inside.

The first time I saw the content of the letter, I was slightly relieved at first, but as I read it, my heart gradually became heavy, and the world in front of me instantly became blurred.