I picked up a ghost and took it home

Hearing Ye Fan's voice, the horse fell silent.

Xiao Shitou stood in front of the horse in embarrassment, "Your Highness, you and the general are riding together, what should Xiao Shito do?"

"You wait in the barracks." Li Xuan cheered up.

"At least bring a guard—" Xiao Shitou was still worried.

"There's a great general here." Li Xuan happily patted the horse's back, the steed snorted, and moved two steps uneasily, causing Xiao Shitou to immediately slump down on the ground.

Ye Fan sighed softly, "Your Highness, this is not a trip to the mountains."

Li Xuan choked, dissatisfied and said: "I know, I have seen the topography map of the Tang Dynasty in the emperor's brother's palace! The painting art of this hall was taught by Han Xiang, he is the number one painter in this dynasty, don't you feel relieved?"

Ye Fan took a cloth bag full of painting utensils from Xiao Shishi's hand, hung it on his body, and said with frowned eyes: "I dare not." He looked at Zhang Xiaozhong and the sergeant who were also on horseback beside him, and ordered: "Let's go. "

Before leaving the barracks, Ye Fan deliberately slowed down the speed of the horse, looking at the wayward young man carved with gold and jade in his arms, he didn't know what to say.However, Li Xuan swept away the haze of last night, and leaned on Ye Fan's arms very reassuringly, looking at the sky, the ground and the scenery, extremely excited.

"Your Highness, you may not be able to arrive at noon if you take such a slow pace. I have to speed up the horse." Ye Fan reminded.

Li Xuan nodded readily.

Ye Fan clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and swung the whip down!

The horse gallops.

Originally thinking that Li Xuan would be afraid, Ye Fan's arms around Li Xuan's waist tightened a bit, but unexpectedly Li Xuan laughed happily against the gust of wind.This was the first time Ye Fan heard His Royal Highness Lu's laughter, and he couldn't help but look down at the person in his arms—ah, the smile is bright and dazzling.

The green hills and clear waters beside the road, and the blooming flowers and plants, flashed quickly from the corner of my eye.

In Ye Fan's heart, there was a trance of going out to visit the mountains and rivers.

Linyou Town is located in the hilly area of ​​Weibei. Although the surrounding mountains are not high, they are winding and the terrain is very complicated.At noon, the group of people had only walked half of the hill, even Ye Fan was a little tired, so they ordered people to drink horses and rest near the water.Li Xuan naturally lost the high spirits he had when he left the house in the morning. With Ye Fan's cloak on his back, he sat alone on a big rock outside the crowd, holding a charcoal pencil, and buried himself in arranging the morning canvas.

Ye Fan came over with water, and was surprised to see that Li Xuan was still arranging the canvases in the morning even though he was a bit languid, and couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, let's rest for a while."

"I'm afraid I'll forget it later." Li Xuan said without raising his head.

Ye Fan sat on the side with a water bag and looked at the canvas—although Li Xuan was at a loss at first and didn't know how to write, but Ye Fan taught him a few words, and he quickly got started. Ye Fan occasionally overlooked big rocks and trees, and Li Xuan could point them out.

Looking at the meticulous canvas at this moment, even though it was only a rough first draft, Ye Fan still felt a sense of...ashamed to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer.

"Does Your Highness understand the art of war?" Ye Fan asked.

"When I was young, I read a few military books with the emperor's brother, but I didn't understand it."

Ye Fan smiled and praised: "Your Majesty once praised you as 'intelligent', but I really understand today that Your Highness is indeed intelligent."

Li Xuan paused for a brush, and asked softly: "General, is your highness useful?"

Ye Fan was taken aback, remembering Li Xuan's lonely expression last night, and hurriedly said, "Of course."

"Then can your highness continue to come tomorrow?"

"If His Highness is not afraid of being tired, of course."

Only then did Li Xuan raise his head, look at Ye Fan, his brows stretched, and he smiled happily.

In summer, the breeze in the forest blows coolly through my heart.

Ye Fan's tightly closed heart seemed to be blown out of a crack by the wind without warning.He was taken aback, lowered his head and clenched the water bag in his hand, subconsciously wanting to stay away from Li Xuan.Li Xuan grabbed Ye Fan's sleeve, and smiled with some complaints, "Water, I'm thirsty."

When he returned to the barracks when it was getting dark, Xiao Shitou was already looking forward to seeing Li Xuan come back intact on his horseback, so he was relieved and ran forward, wiping away his tears.Ye Fan jumped off the horse first, and when he was about to hug Li Xuan off the horse, he hesitated, his hands froze in the air.

Li Xuan was surprised, "General, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Shitou hurriedly urged, "Hold Your Highness down quickly, and let the servant see if he is injured."

Li Xuan smiled and glared at Xiao Shitou, "This hall is not that weak, and I will be as strong as a general in the future."

"Yes, yes, strong and strong, come down quickly and let the slaves see." Little Shitou said.

Ye Fan held Li Xuan's slender waist, put his arm firmly, carefully placed Li Xuan on the ground, and said: "Your Highness, go back and rest early. I will hand over today's canvas to Master Feng for finishing." After he finished speaking, he walked quickly Into the main account.

After Li Xuan landed, his legs were a little weak, but his expression was cheerful.Little Shitou hurriedly supported him, while checking whether Li Xuan's arms and legs were injured, he asked in a low voice, "Did Your Highness quarrel with the General?"

"Arguing?" Li Xuan was surprised.

"Oh, I think the servant is wrong, and I always feel that the general is a little absent-minded." Xiao Shitou said.

"Is there? We are doing very well." Li Xuan said with a smile.

For ten days in a row, Li Xuan followed Ye Fan to check the terrain. Although he needed Ye Fan's help from time to time after such a trek down the mountain, gradually walking on the mountain road was no longer strenuous, and his energy and spirit became more and more lively. The sick boy who can fly away is completely different.

Ye Fan was a little restless, no matter when he was holding Li Xuan in his arms and galloping against the wind, or when he was holding Li Xuan and jumping over the mountain stream; Do it, just stay quietly while tidying up the canvas - he seems to be scratching something in his heart, all the time, he can't relax.He knew that this would not work, so he wanted to avoid Li Xuan and stay away from Li Xuan, but he couldn't help but stare at Li Xuan all the time.

Li Xuan became familiar in the mountains, and was not as timid as before. Seeing everyone sitting and resting, she carried the water bag and walked into the depths of the woods alone while watching.Ye Fan was about to follow, but stopped again, hesitating for a while.Zhang Xiaozhong smiled at the side, "General, you are looking at His Royal Highness Lu Wang non-stop like you are looking at a child."

Ye Fan said awkwardly, "Your Highness's golden body, if you get hurt, I can't bear it."

"Don't worry, the general. The surrounding mountains are low and shallow, and there are no wolves, insects, tigers or leopards. Besides, His Highness is used to walking in the mountains these days, so it should be fine."

Ye Fan could only sit down again.

After all, he was still restless, and after waiting for a while, seeing that Li Xuan hadn't come back, Ye Fan couldn't help standing up, and was about to follow when he heard a scream from the direction where Li Xuan had disappeared.Ye Fan panicked, quickly pushed aside the grass, jumped over the mountain stream, and ran towards the direction of the sound.

After walking straight for more than 100 steps, I heard the voice of "Muuuu" in a hidden mountain depression.Someone panted and scolded in a suppressed voice: "Little goblin, I really want to die, ah, tell me why you came to the barracks, isn't it good to stay in the palace... I really can't help it, Don't do it|You really can't live..."

Ye Fan was covered in cold sweat, flew up and pushed aside the grass in two steps, and then saw——

Li Xuan was pressed into the mud, and a man in the military uniform of Shence Battalion was biting Li Xuan's neck viciously——

Ye Fan's eyes turned red instantly, kicked the man away, and picked Li Xuan up from the mud.With a military sweat towel stuffed into his mouth, Li Xuan couldn't make a sound, but his eyes were startled and angry, staring at the man who was kicked in the corner by Ye Fan.

Ye Fan hastily removed the rag from Li Xuan's mouth. Seeing that Li Xuan's coat was torn and his exposed shoulders were covered with shocking scars, he hurriedly took off his cloak to wrap Li Xuan around him. There was still blood on the stone, and he hurriedly checked Li Xuan's hands and arms, and saw that although there was mud on his hands, there was no wound, so he looked coldly at the man beside him.

The man jumped up and ran without paying any attention to his bleeding head, but it was Zhang Xiaozhong who rushed over with his people, seeing the scene in front of him, he was also stunned.Zhang Xiaozhong shouted angrily: "Chen Buwei, you are so brave!" He kicked the man back to the ground.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Chen Buwei sneered tremblingly, and stared at Li Xuan greedily: "What about the nobles of Tianhuang, you haven't been slept by someone, little goblin, dare you say that you have never been slept by a general? Look at the way you cling to the great general, I'm pissed! Grandpa—"

Ye Fan's face was cold, he turned his wrist, drew out his sword, and was about to stab backhand, when Li Xuan pushed Ye Fan away, stood up staggeringly, he threw away the stone in his hand, and grabbed the long spear from Ye Fan's hand. The sword, walking up to Chen Buwei step by step, holding the hilt with both hands, pierced Chen Buwei's heart forcefully without hesitation.

Blood spurted out with a "puchi".

Li Xuan's eyes were cold, he drew out his sword, and with both hands, stabbed fiercely at Chen Buwei's heart again.

Chen Buwei's eyes were wide open, his body convulsed, and he died instantly.

Li Xuan's pale cheeks were sprayed with Chen Buwei's blood, and he raised his sleeve to wipe it off in disgust, then drew out his long sword and threw it aside.He turned around slowly, looked coldly at the stunned people, and said expressionlessly: "No one is allowed to say what happened today, if His Highness hears a word, kill."

Zhang Xiaozhong took a deep breath, and led all the soldiers to kneel down, "I obey my orders."

Li Xuan looked at Ye Fan coldly, Ye Fan knelt down restlessly, "I obey."

Li Xuan took off Ye Fan's cloak, threw it on the ground, and slowly closed the torn skirt, stepped on Ye Fan's cloak and walked out, "Back to the camp."

On the way back, Ye Fan carried Li Xuan onto the horse, only to realize that Li Xuan was still shivering with cold all over.

Everything in the Shence camp was as usual, Chen Buwei's death was temporarily overshadowed by "falling from a horse", and his body was burned to ashes that night. Although there were some voices of regret in the camp, neither Ye Fan nor Zhang Xiaozhong said much, so No one dared to ask more.

Li Xuan was bored in the hall for two days in a row, closing the door behind closed doors.

Ye Fan came to the outside of the hall many times, wanting to see him, but didn't know what to say, he always stood there and went back to his own courtyard.Whether in public or private, he felt that he had made an unforgivable mistake, but without seeing Li Xuan's face, without personally confirming that Li Xuan was safe and sound, he could not let go of his heart and return to Beijing to plead guilty.

Zhang Xiaozhong's heart was also tense, so he couldn't help coming to Ye Fan's room to discuss with him.

Ye Fan asked in a deep voice, "Who else is in Chen Buwei's family?"

"60-year-old mother, wife, and three children." Zhang Xiaozhong said, realizing something, "General, this is—"

"For His Highness to be hurt like this, although it will hinder the face of the royal family and cannot be publicized, I will definitely return to Beijing to plead guilty and ask His Majesty to punish. If Chen is not a family member, he will probably not escape the punishment of the nine clans."

Zhang Xiaozhong was silent for a moment, "If the general hadn't been blocked by a lowly position at that time, perhaps this kind of thing would not have happened. Moreover, the purpose of His Majesty's ordering the general to sit in the Shence Army is to deter the Tubo barbarians. The general must be well aware. If the general returns Beijing pleads guilty, should His Majesty punish the General or not? For Your Majesty, this is a very difficult question."

"Your Highness has suffered such a great grievance. If I am not punished, I will feel uneasy." Ye Fan frowned.

Zhang Xiaozhong said: "Let the humble official take care of this matter. This Chen Buwei was brought out by the humble official. Although he is usually a bit glib and likes men, it is really my negligence to do such a thing. "

Hearing that Zhang Xiaozhong would take the initiative to take responsibility, Ye Fan was taken aback, "General Zhang, this matter—"

Before Ye Fan finished speaking, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open with a "clang" from the outside. The two turned their heads together and saw Li Xuan standing at the door coldly against the light.

"Your Highness!" Ye Fan and Zhang Xiaozhong stood up and saluted at the same time.

Li Xuan walked in step by step, his eyes swept across Zhang Xiaozhong, and fell on Ye Fan, he said firmly: "This hall said, I don't want anyone to know about this, right?"

Ye Fan's back was covered in cold sweat by Li Xuan's gaze, "But Your Majesty—"

"Brother Huang, there is no need to know."