General, there is a demon [Rebirth]

The soldiers in the city, including the officials who temporarily took over the affairs after the death of the prefect of Baicheng, also came out to greet them, knelt down on the ground, and shouted: "His Royal Highness, the prince is a thousand years old."

But at this moment, Huo Changying's throat was tight and his palms were cold. He opened his mouth and called Xiao Duo again. When the words came out, he realized that his voice was trembling slightly.

Just now, he seems to have seen Xiao Duo block a sneak attack for him while he was concentrating on chanting the incantation.

Hearing Changying's voice, Xiao Duo seemed to have come to his senses. There were more and more people around him. In order not to let others see the strangeness, Xiao Duo turned around and knelt down on one knee towards Huo Changying, folded his hands, and saluted respectfully: "The last general Xiao Duo, I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Huo Changying hurriedly looked Xiao Duo up and down, and found that he moved freely, and he didn't seem to have any obvious injuries, so he could put back his raised heart.

But during this period, Xiao Duo kept his head down, refusing to even look at him, which made Huo Changying feel vaguely uneasy from the beginning, but because he was hindered by others, he had to press down temporarily.

The officials who are temporarily in charge of Baicheng affairs stepped forward to greet them respectfully. Huo Changying greeted the officials with the dignity that a prince should have on his face, while raising his hand to touch his own face. His family, A Duo, didn't recognize him?

But he clearly explained the whole story through paper cranes?

Baicheng is an important commercial city in the frontier of the Western Regions. It used to be as prosperous as the imperial capital Yong'an, but now the long streets are desolate, the merchants are closed, and the city made of loess reveals a lifeless decadence in the dark night.

The official who greeted Huo Changying was a thin, middle-aged man with a sallow complexion and black eyes. Obviously, he had been suffering during this period of time. Seeing Huo Changying's expression, he explained with a wry smile: "Forgive me, Your Highness, the original Baicheng was also one of the largest cities in the world. However, in recent years, the Turkic intrusions have been frequent, and the rich and noble families with a little connection in the city have all moved away, and even the caravans have almost ceased."

"Baicheng was originally prosperous because of the caravans. When it was bustling, exotic goods from all over the world could be traded here." He looked at the waves of yellow sand rolled up in the night, and sighed, "It's a pity that there is still an empty shelf now. .”

Huo Changying felt regretful when he heard this, but he knew that Turkic forces now spread across the entire northwest border, and if the hostile relationship between the two parties was not understood, the business route would not be smooth for a day.

Baicheng could no longer be prosperous.

Usually, when the prince came, the local officials had to treat him carefully, but now, not to mention the time of war, even Baicheng was almost short of food, and there was no fine grain to comfort the prince's reinforcements.

The officials were cautiously trying to make up for their smiles, but Huo Changying only said "March out, keep everything simple" which made the officials feel relieved and had a better impression of the prince.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and there is silence all around.

Arranging for the Prince's reinforcements to be stationed to prevent the Turks from counterattacking again at night, the distribution of supplies, food and grass, etc., all matters need to be arranged in three minutes at once.

The soldiers on guard at night saw him enter the courtyard where he lived temporarily, and hurried forward and said: "General, His Royal Highness said that he has something important to discuss, and he has been waiting for a long time."

Xiao Duo pinched the hand between his eyebrows and asked: "When did the prince come and where is he now?" Before he finished speaking, he walked quickly towards the study room where the matter was discussed.

He was just about to ask Changying pretending to be the prince and dispatching troops to support him, how dare he do such a thing of exterminating the nine clans, does he know how dangerous his current situation is?

"About half an hour ago, His Highness came over after discussing matters with all the adults." The soldier dutifully followed up two steps and said, "He is waiting in the general's bedroom."

General Xiao, who was rushing to the study, staggered. He clenched his fists and coughed dryly. He nodded with a sullen face, and turned around towards the bedroom in the inner courtyard.

The night guard soldiers looked at the slightly stiff back of their own general Wei An, and felt that the general was really loyal and courageous for the sake of Yin, and he was going all out to talk about state affairs with His Highness the Crown Prince all night long.

The young soldier, full of reverence in his heart, clenched the gun in his hand and stood up straight.

Sure enough, a small lamp was burning in the bedroom, reflecting the man's silhouette on the thin window paper.

Xiao Duo's hand on the door stopped, he finally understood why people said that he was timid because of the closeness to his hometown, and he was inexplicably timid when the person he thought about day and night was right in front of him.

Bowing his head and rubbing the red line on his wrist, Xiao Duo took a deep breath, as if mustering up his courage, he raised his hand and was about to push the door.

With a light touch, the door opened from the inside.

Before Xiao Duo could react, Huo Changying stretched out his body and pulled the person in, quickly closed the door and latch with his backhand, flipped his wrist and quickly pulled up the barrier to block the sound in the room.

After finishing all this, Huo Changying turned around and leaned against the door, looked at his family A Duo with a half-smile, raised his lips slightly and said, "General, don't come here without any problems."

The Changying in front of him took off his disguise and looked like a young man, with the corners of his eyes fluttering and his lips slightly parted. His brows and eyes were full of friendship and longing, but his face wanted to look calm and breezy, but the blue and black under his eyes , the wind and dust around him revealed how anxious he was these days.

Xiao Duo only felt a buzzing sound in his mind, thoughts, joy, heartache and even guilt instantly overwhelmed his rationality, he couldn't care less about anything else, strode forward, hugged that person tightly, lowered his head and kissed him in an almost random manner go up.

Different from the lingering or tenderness of the past, this time this kiss is almost insanely confused.

The rejoicing of the rest of the life after the catastrophe, the longing of not seeing each other for many days, and the strong and passionate feelings burned the reason of the two of them in an instant.

Huo Changying slightly raised his head to meet the man, his arms were still tightly around the man's waist, fearing that if he hugged him looser, he would disappear from his eyes immediately, he wished he could rub him into his bones before giving up.

I don't know how long it took, the kiss gradually became lingering, and Xiao Duo tasted a salty taste, warm and hot.

He stopped and looked into Huo Changying's eyes: "Are you crying?"

Huo Changying blinked, sniffled his nose and turned his eyes away: "Who is crying? Could it be that the general was blinded by the wind and sand in the northwest."

Xiao Duo just stared at him and said nothing, sighed softly for a while, pulled him into his arms, lowered his head and buried Chang Ying's neck, and said in a muffled voice: "...I'm sorry."

The man's voice was hoarse, and Huo Changying's heart softened immediately due to his complicated emotions, and he tilted his head and kissed him softly.

The two entangled all the way to the bed, and after a while they left panting, explaining their respective situations clearly.

"I don't know how the Queen can persuade Your Majesty to let the 'Prince who just recovered' lead the army to issue a certificate." After Xiao Duo heard this, worries welled up in his heart, "But according to the character of the Queen, it is impossible for her to treat you badly. Be on guard."

Huo Changying nodded, he propped himself up and said, "According to my observation, there is indeed someone from Queen Wang on this trip, she is justified to be wary of me," he said, raising his hand to push away the man's frowning brows, and said : "Don't wrinkle, look old."

Xiao Duo pulled Changying's dishonest hand and held it, "Changying, this is not a trivial matter."

Huo Changying felt guilty for a while when he saw him. Of course he knew that this was not a child's play. Although as he said, he won military achievements and fame for the prince, but the fake ones are fake. Uneasy, he may die at any time.

But if it weren't for this, his A Duo would never be found again.

Not wanting to make Xiao Duo worry, Huo Changying patted his hand, raised his eyebrows and said: "If that day really comes, I can make a decision and let them forget about this matter, can't it be enough? Besides, the prince's life is still at stake. In my hands."

Speaking of this, Xiao Duo remembered what happened on the battlefield today, and asked Changying what happened.

Huo Changying looked at his frown again and sighed in his heart, but he also became serious: "I have also read a sentence or two in the book about the forbidden spell of the ancient great witch, because this spell disturbs yin and yang, so even among the great witches Forbidden curse."

"Besides, with the demise of the great witch, it has also been lost." He recalled the scene on the battlefield, and his spine shivered. "I don't know how some Turkic people know..."

He muttered, but his thoughts drifted to the beginning of the monster in the prince, to the Gu worms on the attackers of Qifeng Mountain, and even Lu Tingyan who appeared in the army inexplicably... There must be some kind of connection.

But what is it?

"Don't wrinkle, look old."

The man's smiling voice sounded from beside his ears, and when Huo Changying came back to his senses, he felt rough fingers rubbing his forehead. The two looked at each other for a moment and smiled.

Only then did Huo Changying remember that he was outside the city gate tonight. He refused to look up at his business. He pulled the thread on Xiao Duo's lapel with his fingers, curled his lips and said with a smile: "The general dislikes me for being too old. You don’t even want to look at me, do you?”

Xiao Duo was taken aback for a moment, remembering that outside the city gate, he had been avoiding his eyes because he was covered in blood and stubble, and he didn't want Changying to look at him at that time.

Therefore, General Xiao, who hadn't blushed for a long time, turned red and his eyes fluttered.

Huo Changying squinted his eyes, staring at the man's familiar ear tips, his gaze swept over his obviously washed face, and suddenly he felt blessed and understood.

His family, A Duo, was afraid that he would despise him and look ugly.

The corners of Huo Changying's mouth raised slowly, and the happiness in his heart was almost overflowing. He leaned over and stared at Xiao Duo who was uncomfortably tilting his head, and said softly, "A Duo is the most beautiful person I have ever seen."

Unsurprisingly, the man's ears turned even redder. Huo Changying pursed his lips, lowered his head and kissed them lightly.

Xiao Duo only felt the numbness spread from the earlobe all the way to the bottom of his heart, sparking a spark, he suddenly turned over and pressed her under him, and kissed him generously.

The two beating hearts leaned against each other, warmed by the candlelight. Huo Changying was raising his neck and closing his eyes, humming softly. While enjoying the man's gentle kiss, he wanted to touch the grease that had been placed on the bed beforehand, and felt his body sink.

He was startled at first, and hurriedly felt for Xiao Duo's pulse, and after concentrating on it, he found that there was nothing unusual, so he heaved a sigh of relief.

Looking sideways at the man who was lying on his body in a deep sleep, his fingers brushed his brows and eyes that were thinking day and night, thinking that he hadn't closed his eyes for the past few days, Huo Changying's heart was full of distress.

When it was getting dark, someone suddenly knocked on the door of Xiao Duo's temporary room.

"Bang bang bang-"

There was a hasty knock on the door from outside.

On the outside of the bed, Xiao Duo, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, woke up suddenly, turned over suddenly, reached out to touch the go-getter beside him, and vigilantly held the hilt of his sword.

"General, a woman who claims to be Princess Yuancheng wants to see the general outside the city gate."

Xiao Duo temporarily lowered his vigilance when he heard the familiar guard's voice, before he could speak, he heard a sleepy voice behind him muttering: "Who is Princess Yuancheng..."

Before he finished speaking, Huo Changying suddenly cleared his mind, "Master Jiayan County!" Princess Yuancheng was the title bestowed by the emperor when she was married, and she never remembered it for a while.

Xiao Duo frowned and nodded, and said to the guard outside the door: "Bring people into the city first."

The guard left in response.

"Is it really the Lord of Jiayan County?" Huo Changying asked while handing the clothes to Xiao Duo: "Didn't she disappear during the wedding? How could she appear here alone?"

Xiao Duo tidied it up properly, shook his head and said: "When I came here, I searched many ways on the way and found no trace, let's go and have a look."

They didn't know until they arrived at the temporary caretaker's place that the person who claimed to be Princess Yuancheng was really not alone, but alone and...a little red fox in her arms.

"Baby!"

The familiar girl's voice pierced into his ears through the secret technique. Huo Changying hugged Huanhuan flying up in surprise, raised his hand to stop the guards who drew their swords out of their sheaths, and ordered them to retreat. Only a few of them were left in the room, and... a fox.

"Tell me," Huo Changying rubbed Huan Huan's hairy head, "Why are you together?" He and Xiao Duo looked at each other, both seeing doubts in each other's eyes.

The county magistrate of Jiayan in front of me is wearing a barbarian's clothes, her hair is not in a bun, but is braided into two braids behind her head, her skin is not as fair as when she was in Yong'an, but it is indeed not pretended by others.

Huanhuan cheerfully rubbed her head in Huo Changying's arms, and sniffed at his chest with her small nose. Although Yingying changed her appearance again, she smelled a familiar smell immediately!

Jiayan looked at Xiao Duo, then at His Highness the Crown Prince, a little surprised, and even more puzzled why Huan Huan was so familiar with the Crown Prince, she was a little hesitant: "...Brother Prince, have you recovered from your illness?"

The less people know about pretending to be the prince, the better, so Huo Changying imitated the prince's usual gentle appearance, and said with a smile: "After the beginning of spring, I will be well. Father ordered me to come to Baicheng to support General Xiao, and to look for you along the way."

"Uncle Fu Wang is very worried, Jiayan, what happened when he disappeared?"

Jiayan lowered her eyes and her expression darkened when she heard him mention Fu Wang.

Huo Changying and Xiao Duo looked at each other, and tacitly agreed not to disturb this girl with a rough fate. They could see that the girl in front of her had changed a lot, and she no longer had the proud look she had when she was in Yong'an City.

After a long while, Jiayan finally mustered up the courage to speak, but what she said shocked the two of them.

She said, "Please, save my husband!"