Thinking

Looking in the direction of the subtle voice, there is a person leaning on the corner of the eaves on the right, with a clear and clear figure under the moonlight, slender and neat.

Qi Si saw at a glance that it was indeed Xiao Zhi, and was relieved, but felt a little nervous for a while.

"Where are you going?" Qi Si saw that his attire did not seem to be the military robe of the past, looked up at him and asked, his fair and handsome face was full of doubts and worries under the moonlight.

Xiao Zhi seemed to think about it for a while, and finally turned over and slid down the wall, like a bird, lightly stepped on the jade frost on the ground, and arrived in front of him in an instant.

Under the moonlight, he was wearing a strong black robe with a fox fur at the neckline and a sheath sinking in the waist.

Xiao Zhi is tall and light, with jet black long hair shawl, a simple bun on the top of his head, a dark iron crown fixed, black cloth mask, clear eyebrows, only revealing a straight nose and jaw curve.

This is the strong attire of Shenyingwei, which complements Xiao Zhi's fierce aura.

He stopped in front of Qi Si, but with a smile in his eyes, he dissipated his sharp breath away.

Qi Si wrapped up the unlined clothes on her body, looked up at Xiao Zhi, and asked calmly, "Where are you going?"

He picked up the plum branch in his hand again, the plum blossoms were crimson red, the branches were strong, with a few drops of crystal clear from frost and snow.

——This is not the plum tree from Jiangfu, but the one from another courtyard.

There was still a smile in Xiao Zhi's clear eyes, and he could imagine his face behind the veil.

"Going to do something, I will be away from Yan Country for a long time, so I will come to see you." Xiao Zhi said calmly.

"Is it dangerous?" Qi Si hesitated for a moment before asking.

Xiao Zhi didn't answer, but said: "Duji Hubu has left Changyu, you don't have to worry."

When Qisi heard him talk about Duji Hubu, his heart sank again, he looked into Xiao Zhi's eyes and asked him, "Aren't you going to explain to me?"

Xiao Zhi shook his head, looked at Qi Si with clear eyes, but couldn't see his expression behind the veil: "You will understand later."

Then he turned around, jumped onto the eaves like a night owl, and left Xiangfu silently.

Qi Si opened his mouth to call him, but he just opened his mouth and didn't make a sound. He stood there and heard the sound of horseshoes going away outside the courtyard wall. Feeling the night wind in the courtyard was very cold, he turned and entered the room.

He looked at the plum branch in his hand, put it on the table casually, and fell asleep on the couch exhausted.

Waking up the next day, Qi Si felt a little heavy on his body, sat up from the bed, his body was covered with tides of sweat, and he felt a little weak.

"Sick again?" Qi Si felt that he had been in Yan Country for less than a year, and there were many catastrophes and minor illnesses, so maybe he really should go to the temple to live for a while.

The servants in the mansion waited for him to wash up, and saw that Qi Si's complexion was not quite right, his pale face had some abnormal blush.

"I came back late yesterday and didn't come to see you." Jiang Xunyan came in from outside the house, still feeling a little cold.

After packing up, Qi Si stood up from the chair, walked towards Jiang Xunyan, and greeted him, "Sir..."

Before he took two steps, he felt weak, the scene in front of him suddenly turned, and he fell unsteadily.

"Your Highness!"

Jiang Xunyan took a step forward to support Qi Si, who was still wearing single clothes, Jiang Xunyan moved quickly, supported his back, and helped him sit back on the couch.

Qi Si probably didn't eat anything last night, was restless, and unknowingly had a fever all night, and felt dizzy for a while, and felt better sitting there.

He looked at Jiang Xunyan apologetically: "The wind was blowing cold in the yard yesterday, sir, don't get too close, you're sick."

"It's okay, take a break these few days, and the academy will greet you."

Seeing his sudden illness, Jiang Xunyan was a little confused. What kind of cold wind blows in winter, this child is also a little strange.

I also saw the thing hanging from the red rope around Qisi's neck exposed. Below the red rope is a thin black gold chain, which is black in texture and faintly reflects golden veins. The buckles are tightly attached to the unevenness of the skin and bones. , like a very thin snake, but also very delicate, cold and delicate.

He said: "This is His Highness's pendant? It's very special."

Qi Si looked down, he didn't like the pendant, so he put the chain back on his clothes, and said casually: "Lu Yingqiu brought it to me, probably father... father asked him to bring it."

Jiang Xunyan didn't say anything, and the invited doctor came, and Jiang Xunyan watched the doctor treat Qi Si from the sidelines.

Qisi has fair skin, bright eyes, and a stubborn expression even when he is sick. He is lying on the bed with his sleeves pulled up for the doctor to feel his pulse.

He has always been a little thin, but due to practicing swords and martial arts, his body is actually full of tight and slender muscles. His wrists are very thin, and his white forearm is exposed, which is also slender but has strong bones. There is a dark brown mole in the middle of his arm.

Jiang Xunyan glanced at it and saw Qisi's mole with a thoughtful expression.

The doctor quickly determined that Qi Si had caught a cold and had a fever, and he would recover soon. Qi Si breathed a sigh of relief, but luckily it had nothing to do with Zhu Yanshou.

"If Your Majesty knew that you would fall ill within a day after arriving, maybe he would order me to marry a wife to take care of the family."

Qi Si smiled and said: "Sir also persuaded His Majesty to accept the concubine as soon as possible, and His Majesty will not pursue it."

Jiang Xunyan smiled: "You know him well. Your Majesty bothers others to meddle in his family affairs. The last time the people at Yushitai mentioned this, Your Majesty just stared at him without saying a word. The man stood first and then knelt down again. In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore and got out by myself."

Thinking about it, he thought it was funny, it was indeed like what Emperor Su did.

Jiang Xunyan saw that he was fine, so he said, "Heal your illness first. You have learned too much poetry and classics from the master, so it's not interesting. You can read the history of military art and warfare. It's interesting to talk to you when you have time."

In the morning, Qisi asked the people in the mansion to find a book of war for him in the bookstore. He didn't read these books very much before. When Jiang Xunyan said it, he skipped through a few articles, which were indeed worth pondering.

With just a few strokes, life and death on the battlefield are vividly written on the paper, and I think of my father who died in the battle at Duanyan Pass, thousands of troops, and a personal life, in the end it is just a few numbers and a few words.

At noon, he drank a bowl of thick bitter medicine, the medicine was a bit strong, and Qi Si fell into a deep sleep. Maybe it was because the imagination brought by the book was too vivid. In his dream, he had never seen bloody gold and iron horses. On the battlefield, the two armies fought with swords on the endless bloody battlefield. A man in battle armor charged with a long sword in his hand, and his face could not be seen clearly in the chaos.

The man took the lead, leading thousands of soldiers into the battle, one man and one rider, without fear, and no one could beat him wherever he went.

In the dream, the screams and the clanging of swords were all over the battlefield. The man was surrounded by a tide of enemy troops. From a distance, the enemies gradually climbed up to the corpses piled up around him like a swarm of ants.

In the end, the man was gradually lost, and was pierced by an arrow in the shoulder, followed by more sharp knives. He fell in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and he never gave in...

"father……"

"Broken Goose..."

Qisi was raving in his dream, he felt that it was his father he had never met, and he still couldn't see his face in the battlefield of Duanyan Pass in the dream.

Jiang Xunyan, who was about to leave, turned around, looked at Qi Si in his sleep, and frowned slightly.

"My lord, His Highness drank the medicine and fell into a deep sleep, but he struggled and talked in his sleep from time to time, it must have been a nightmare," said the servant next to him.

When Jiang Xunyan returned to the mansion, he planned to visit Qi Si, but when he saw that he had taken medicine and fell asleep, he planned to leave, but when he saw this scene, he was thoughtful.

"Take good care of him. I'll come and see him when I'm free."

"Yes."

Jiang Xunyan then left the mansion in a hurry.

In the evening, Qi Si woke up and ate a simple dinner, thinking of the father and Duanyan Pass battlefield that he had conceived in his complicated dreams in the afternoon, he felt a little emotional.

He didn't know anything about his father in the past, and he didn't want to know about it, but his father died in the battle, after all, he sacrificed for the country, and he can no longer know what he thinks in his heart.

In the evening, he drank the medicine again, and Qi Si suspected that the medicine prescribed by the doctor was purely for sleep aid, and the effect was so good that he fell asleep again soon after drinking it.

When he woke up again, it was the next day, and Qi Si felt that he was already well, but he didn't know whether it was the medicine or his health.

He has practiced martial arts for many years, originally he is very strong, he is not used to recuperate in bed, but after coming to Yan country, he experienced the lingering sick bed several times, and he was helpless.

Jiang Xunyan asked the people in the house early in the morning, and knowing that Qi Si had already woken up, he went to have breakfast with him in Qi Si's yard.

Qi Si got up to practice martial arts in the morning as usual. At this time, he was wearing a neat white military uniform, his forehead was slightly sweaty, and he was holding a sword in his hand that the boy had found for him at random. With a bright smile on his face, he greeted Jiang Xunyan when he saw him.

"Mister is here so early."

"You recover quickly. Go into the house and sweat all over. Don't blow the cold wind." Jiang Xunyan was a little relieved.

"I'm fully healed. I'm not used to being lazy. I can go to the academy tomorrow."

Seeing that he was indeed alive and well, Jiang Xunyan nodded, "Miss your partner from the academy?"

Qi Si smiled, eyes bright: "I really want to."

Jiang Xunyan reached out for the towel handed by the servant, and wiped the sweat off Qisi's forehead: "Then I'll go tomorrow, and let the mansion prepare some things for you and send them to your friends."

Jiang Xunyan went out to attend the court meeting, and Jisi went to the bookstore to find some books, which seemed to be Jiang Xunyan's frequent reading, and they were marked from time to time.

Qisi discovered that Jiang Xunyan had a lot of research on the generals of the Rui family.

The Rui family has been the number one general in the world since the former dynasty of Dongzhou Kingdom. Unfortunately, Rui Chu, the great general of the Jin Kingdom, has passed away and was charged with a whole body of crimes.

While sighing, he flipped through these books, and found that it was reasonable for Jiang Xunyan to pay attention to the Rui family. For several generations, the Rui family had illustrious records and excellent military skills. The generals of the past were extremely brave. .

And Jiang Xunyan's annotations on the side are also very exciting. The key points are revealed in a few words, and they hit the nail on the head. Also passed.

"Which one read so engrossed?"

Jiang Xunyan entered the Book Pavilion, bringing with it a swirling cold wind. The servant took his cloak, and he took a few steps to sit beside Qi Si, holding a cup of hot tea.

Qisi looked up at Jiang Xunyan: "Mr. came back early today."