I picked up a ghost and took it home

For two days in a row, in the morning, Li Xuan, Yang and Feng, two directors, confirmed the new terrain map together, and in the afternoon they came to the training ground to practice riding and shooting.If Ye Fan was free, he would accompany him.

In summer, the clothes were thin, and when Li Xuan pulled up the bowstring hard, the sleeves slipped down, and Ye Fan saw the dense red rash on his arm——

Ye Fan was taken aback, and quickly stepped forward to hold down the bow and arrow in Li Xuan's hand, and asked anxiously, "Is Your Highness sick?"

"It's okay." Li Xuan waved away Ye Fan's arm and continued to practice with a blank expression.

Ye Fan hesitated to speak, turned around and walked outside the playground, looked at the little stone who had been driven outside and asked, "Eunuch Shi, is Your Highness sick? Have you asked the military doctor to see it?"

Xiao Shitou looked embarrassed, and after a long time, he said with distress and sadness: "Your Highness came back from the mountain that day, and he had many injuries on his body. The servant asked him, but he didn't say anything. The rash, the slave thought, maybe he was frightened on the mountain—His Highness has been like this since he was a child, and when he was frightened, he would develop rashes. But no matter how the slave asks, His Highness never speaks."

"Ask the military doctor to take a look." Ye Fan frowned and said, "If it doesn't work, I'll send someone to Chang'an to invite the imperial doctor."

"That's not necessary. The servant carries the prescription with him, so he just needs to grab a few medicines and fry it."

"Why didn't you grab the medicine earlier!" Ye Fan said angrily.

It was the first time for Xiao Shitou to see Ye Fan angry, and he couldn't help lowering his head timidly: "Your Highness, I don't want to disturb the generals."

Ye Fan asked his personal guards to take a small stone to grab the medicine, and then stood silently aside, watching Li Xuan who was stubbornly standing in the middle of the field practicing archery.Until dark, when all the sergeants on the side were dismissed, Li Xuan still refused to rest.Ye Fan stepped forward and held down the bowstring, frowned and said: "Your Highness, haste makes waste."

Li Xuan's tense expression relaxed slightly, he put down his weak arm, and dropped the bow casually.Ye Fan sent him back to the hall, and stood still for a while, not leaving like before.Impatient, Li Xuan raised her eyebrows and turned around. Just as she was about to make Ye Fan retreat, Ye Fan suddenly lifted the corner of her robe and knelt down solemnly: "Your Majesty, please punish me for my lack of protection."

Li Xuan's eyes jumped, and he stared blankly at the figure kneeling in front of him.

Ye Fan said again: "Your Highness, please punish me."

Li Xuan sneered slightly: "Punishment? What mistake did the general make that needs to be punished by the hall?"

Ye Fan was about to speak, when Li Xuan said coldly: "Don't say that Chen Buwei didn't do anything to my highness, even if he did something, my highness, as a man, would not take it to heart. But the general is so stubborn Huai, could it be that he really 'broken his sleeve'?!"

Ye Fan froze, unable to speak, and silently lowered his head.

Li Xuan was taken aback for a moment, and then sneered, "Could it be that the general wants to do those things to His Highness?!"

Ye Fan was shocked, and hurriedly put his head on the ground, sweating profusely and said, "I dare not."

Li Xuan exhaled lightly, "Back off."

Ye Fan said in a deep voice: "I send Your Highness back to Chang'an."

"Back to Chang'an?"

Ye Fan said: "This barracks is too dangerous for His Highness—"

"I won't go back." Li Xuan said firmly, "I won't go back to Chang'an."

Ye Fan was surprised: "Your Highness...why don't you go back to Chang'an?"

"Don't go back to Chang'an. This hall should not be a bird in a cage anymore. Since I left Daming Palace and Chang'an, I have gradually realized that no matter how gorgeous the interior is, it is still a bird cage. The emperor's brother and I are just trapped. It's just the golden bird in it... I can hardly leave there, so I don't want to go back."

Ye Fan was stunned by Li Xuan's words. Chang'an City and Daming Palace were places where many people crowded their heads to get in. His Highness in front of him actually thought he was a "caged bird".

"General, don't you also like Chang'an City?" Li Xuan stared at Ye Fan and asked.

Ye Fan was slightly startled, but he didn't deny it. He was silent for a moment, and then said: "Leaving Chang'an City, leaving the protection of His Majesty the Emperor, isn't Your Highness afraid?"

Li Xuan's face turned pale, and he laughed softly: "Leaving the emperor's brother and the identity of the royal family, my highness is nothing, and I can be bullied at will - is that what the general wants to say?"

Ye Fan clenched his hand hanging by his side, frowning silently.

"Aren't you afraid?" Li Xuan looked down at his trembling hands and said with a smile, "Why not? This is the first time I killed someone with my own hands, the first time I stabbed a sword into a person's mouth, and the first time I was spattered with blood To the face... Don't be afraid, every day when I close my eyes, it is the face of Chen Buwei, horrible and disgusting... But I don't want to go back to Chang'an, I want to become stronger like a general, at least myself able to protect themselves."

Li Xuan looked at Ye Fan who was kneeling upright in front of him, "General, you don't have to say anything about punishing yourself. If you really want to help Your Highness, why don't you teach me how to ride a horse and archery."

Ye Fan said seriously: "I understand."

"Back off." Li Xuan exhaled, as if he was extremely tired, and walked towards the inner hall.Ye Fan stood up, but didn't leave immediately. He hesitated for a moment, then strode forward suddenly, and hugged the swaying Li Xuan tightly in his arms from behind.Li Xuan was startled, and hurriedly pushed Ye Fan away: "Bold!"

"I have overstepped." Ye Fan tightened his arms in a panic, and said distressedly: "From now on, I will protect Your Highness. I swear that as long as I am alive, I will never let anyone bully Your Highness again."

Li Xuan paused for a moment of refusal, and murmured, "Why...why do you want to protect me?"

"I...don't know."

"Really?" Li Xuan didn't ask anymore, he turned around slowly and buried his face on Ye Fan's shoulder.

After a while, he choked up and said, "General, I'm very scared."

Ye Fan hugged the trembling man tightly in his arms, and said softly: "Your Highness is here, don't be afraid."

Xiao Shitou waited outside the hall with the medicine in his hand, and sighed silently.

In the early morning of the second day, Xiao Shitou checked the rash on Li Xuan's body, and said with a smile: "This medicine is really amazing, but after taking it twice, the rash on His Highness's body has not only faded away, but also his mood has improved. Quite a few."

Li Xuan pulled up the pajamas casually, and said "oh" with a smile.

But Xiaoshi grabbed Li Xuan's hand and said distressedly: "Is Your Highness going to draw the bow today? The palms of your hands are blistered."

Li Xuan disapproved: "The general said, first it blisters and then turns into a callus, so it won't hurt anymore. Have you seen the general's hands? There is a thick layer of calluses."

Xiao Shitou was stunned: "What's so good about thick cocoons? Your Highness is different. Your Highness is a nobleman."

Li Xuan's smile eased: "What kind of nobleman, he is just a person who can live and die."

Little Shitou was silent, and suddenly asked, "Your Highness...isn't it Duanxiu?"

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst out laughing "hehehehe". He waved away the small stone, sat back on the bed, and said, "Bring this picture of your highness's beauties."

Xiao Shitou was surprised: "In broad daylight, in the military camp, looking at pictures of beauties?"

Your Highness, you, you, you are too... promiscuous|chaotic!

Although Xiao Shitou thought so, he trotted and found Li Xuan's favorite book "Red Apricot Branches in Spring" from the bottom of the box.

After discussing with everyone, Ye Fan came to the playground and found that Li Xuan hadn't come. He couldn't help worrying for a while, and trotted back.Xiao Shitou was drying herbs at the entrance of the hall. When he saw Ye Fan who was sweating profusely, he was not too surprised and did not stop him. He let Ye Fan directly enter Li Xuan's bedroom.

When Ye Fan came in, he saw that Li Xuan was sleeping peacefully on the pillow, so he was relieved; seeing that Li Xuan was still pressing the book under his face, he couldn't help but quietly stepped forward and took the book away.But he accidentally caught a glimpse of the picture on the book, his hands trembled, and he almost threw the book out, his face turned red immediately!

He hastily closed the book, put it aside, laid Li Xuan down with shaking hands, wiped the drool from the corners of Li Xuan's mouth, and almost ran away from Li Xuan's bedroom with his tail between his legs.

Ye Fan stood at the entrance of the hall, blushing. He paused for a long time, then turned to look at the little stone beside him drying the medicine, and asked in a low voice, "Eunuch Shi, His Highness...is he really broken sleeve?"

Little Shitou chuckled: "Of course not."

"Yes, yes, His Highness personally said that day—" Ye Fan asked in shock.

"That, Your Highness lied to you."

"Cheat...?!" Ye Fan suppressed everything to keep him from screaming.

"Your Highness, I hate the teachers that His Majesty helped him find the most. The other day I saw that the General was in a hurry to get married, so I said that I was a broken sleeve, and wanted to scare the General away—although I didn't scare him away."

"...!" Ye Fan was miserable, he actually believed it, and actually went to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

Xiao Shitou looked at Ye Fan's expression and asked tentatively, "General, are you Duanxiu?"

"...No, no, I'm leaving!" Ye Fan shook his body and trotted back to his own yard.

Standing in the narrow courtyard, General Ye Fan looked up at the endless clear sky, suddenly unable to describe his own mood.

... His Highness is not a broken sleeve, he should be relieved, right?However, he couldn't help sighing.

With Ye Fan's guidance and Li Xuan's intelligence and eagerness to learn, in just a few days, Li Xuan's skills in horseback riding and archery have improved by leaps and bounds-although the strength is not strong enough, it needs to be gradually improved.

On this day, Li Xuan rode alone around the playground for a week, and when he came back to Ye Fan and Xiao Shitou, Ye Fan praised, "You've mastered it well. Let's run a couple of times while it's hot, so we can speed up."

Li Xuan continued to ride the horse around the playground.Xiao Shitou sighed from the side: "When His Highness was in the palace before, he was ill for nine out of ten days. Unexpectedly, when he came to this barracks, he became stronger instead."

Ye Fan smiled and looked at Li Xuan on the horseback, but said nothing.

At this time, the personal guard came to report: "General, an imperial edict has arrived."

Ye Fan didn't dare to hesitate, and told Xiao Shitou: "Eunuch Shi, you accompany His Highness, come to take charge of the tent if you have something to do." Then he hurriedly left with the guards.

Li Xuan saw Ye Fan leave from his horseback, trotted the horse over, and asked, "Where's the general?"

"There is an imperial decree, and the general has gone to accept the decree." Seeing that Li Xuan was about to dismount, Xiao Shitou hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and joked, "Is your highness not practicing anymore? The general asked you to run two more times before you ran away." for a trip."

Li Xuan glared at Xiao Shitou, "I'll go see what the emperor's brother has ordered."

When Li Xuan entered the main tent, Ye Fan had already received the edict to thank Enbi. When he saw the servant who came to deliver the edict, he walked over with a smile, "Duke Yuan, you are here."

Seeing Li Xuan, Yuan Nei waiter rushed over to greet him, and bowed to salute: "This old servant has seen His Highness."

Li Xuan helped him up, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, my elder brother ordered you to come, what's the matter?"

Yuan Nei smiled and said: "Tomorrow is a holiday. Your Majesty asked the general to send His Highness back to the palace to talk. Your Majesty misses His Highness very much."

Li Xuan coaxed: "Emperor Brother doesn't miss me, he personally ordered me to be kicked out of the palace, hum!"

Yuan Nei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty and His Highness are brothers. They always quarreled and said that they would be kicked out of the palace, but how could they take it seriously? It's just a short-tempered joke. It's not afraid that His Highness won't go back, and personally ordered the general to send it to you." go back."

Only then did Li Xuan smile.Yuan Nei waiter said: "The servant will stay here soon, hurry back and return."

Ye Fan sent it out.Yuan Nei saw that Li Xuan was not in front of him, so he restrained his smile, and said softly: "General, although His Majesty did not punish this kind of thing, you must remember your own fault - this is Your Majesty, let the old man The slave's words."

"Your Majesty, keep this in mind."

Early the next morning, Ye Fan came to pick up Li Xuan and was about to send him back to Daming Palace. Seeing that Li Xuan didn't bring anything, he asked in surprise, "Don't you take your luggage?"

"If you don't take it or not, I will go back to the palace to see the emperor's brother, and I will come back with the general at night." Li Xuan said refreshingly.

Ye Fan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly, without saying anything.

Daming Palace, Shicui Palace.

As the sun sets, red light fills the Taiye Pond outside the hall.

With a crisp "snap", Li Xuan dropped the sunspot absently, and glanced outside the hall.Xiao Shitou understood, hurried out to ask a question, ran in again, and shook his head at Li Xuan.Li Xuan snorted angrily.

The young emperor sitting opposite him didn't seem to notice it, and said with a light smile, "I haven't seen you in a month, my brother got tanned a lot, but he also grew a lot taller, is it fun in the barracks?"

"It's very fun, the emperor's brother will go to play for two days if he has free time." Li Xuan replied with a smile.

The emperor stared at the chess board, clinging to the white pieces, and asked calmly, "Are you injured?"

Li Xuan's smile eased, turned his face away, and said softly: "I'm not injured, everyone is protecting me, who dares to hurt me."

The emperor settled down crisply.

Li Xuan seemed to realize something, he looked at the emperor in front of him, and asked in a shy voice, "Brother Emperor, what do you know?"

The emperor raised his eyes and said, "What do you say?"

Li Xuan's face turned pale.

The emperor continued: "You don't have to wait any longer, Ye Fan won't come to fetch you back to Shence Camp, he sent you back to the palace, and he has already gone back by himself. I won't let you go to that kind of place again. "

"That kind of place...what kind of place?" Li Xuan murmured.

"That kind of inferior person dares to covet me, the prince of the Tang Dynasty. I didn't punish me out of face, but I will not forgive this matter." The emperor's eyes, which were always calm, were filled with a touch of anger.

"...So, the emperor's brother has planted eyeliner in the Shence Army?" Li Xuan looked surprised, but when he came back to his senses, he felt that it was expected, "So it is."

The emperor said: "How can I really feel at ease when I put you alone among those tigers and wolves?"

"A man of tiger and wolf?" Li Xuan asked in disbelief.

"Then Ye Fan went to the battlefield at the age of 16. In the past eight years, since he has become famous all over the world, it means that he has killed countless people. Can I feel at ease if I hand you over to him?"

Li Xuan stood up abruptly, staring blankly at the emperor, "Emperor brother, you are the one who sent Ye Fan to the Shence Army to take charge of Tubo because of fear; you were the one who suspected that he was disobedient and sent me to test him." ; Now that he is loyal, charge him with any crime, and let him be at your service—"

He finished speaking in one breath, seemed to be a little out of breath, and said with a strained heart: "Brother Emperor, sometimes I even suspect that Chen Buwei dared to do such a thing to my younger brother, is it because of your instruction?"

The emperor slapped the chessboard with his palm, and the chess pieces scattered, and the chess game was thrown into chaos in an instant.He glared at Li Xuan angrily, "What nonsense! You are my own younger brother, how could I do such a thing?!"

"If not, it would be great." Li Xuan smiled, turned and walked out.

The emperor frowned: "This game is not over yet, where are you going?"

"Chendi won't play chess anymore." Li Xuan stopped in his tracks and said softly, "Even if he wins the game, my brother is still just a pawn in the hands of the emperor."

He turned around again, faced the emperor, bowed solemnly on the ground, and made a respectful salute, "My brother is not feeling well, so I will take my leave first."

Without waiting for the emperor to answer, he got up and took two steps back before turning around and strode out of Shicui Palace.

The light of the setting sun entered the hall, and it was a dead red.

The young emperor lowered his eyes to pick up the pieces, and calmly reorganized the chess game.

Zhang Xiaozhong, who was dressed in plain clothes, turned out from behind the gold and stone screen, knelt down at the emperor's feet in fear, and said in cold sweat, "Your Excellency, leave."

"Go." The emperor ordered lightly without raising his head.