Your Majesty Cheng Huan

After the scuffle in the Wuba Mountain Village, Li Chenghuan and Hongye's whereabouts were unknown, and Wang Gongqian disappeared. Xiao Qian, Zhang Hu and his party returned to Qinghe City and stayed in the City Lord's Mansion.

Emperor Jingdi of Great Xia visited Qinghe City in Western Shu. The city lord Guo Jian ordered [-] officers and soldiers from Qinghe to block Wuba Mountain. From now on, he began to search the mountain to hunt down the prince of the Shu royal family who was trying to rebel.The Shu Palace in Jincheng was turned upside down, the fake prince was hanged on the gallows, and his head was hung on the city wall of Jincheng where hibiscus flowers bloomed in the past.Daxia's [-] troops stationed in Jincheng went to Qinghe overnight, and the chiefs of various tribes in various parts of Western Shu were controlled.

The news spread to the capital of Daxia, and the government and the public were shaken. Hundreds of officials recommended the prime minister, Zhou Yuanjin, as the leader, and asked to see the Queen Mother.

It was widely rumored in the Great Xia Dynasty that Emperor Jing really wanted to attack Xishu this time, and completely eradicate the remnants of the witch religion and the restless Shu royal family.

Thirty thousand people searched for two days and two nights on Mount Uba in the rain, but found almost nothing.At the same time, water conservancy in various parts of Xishu began to run out, and huge floods were breeding.Hong Yanyu, the magistrate of the Xishu government, sent someone to send a letter to Qinghe City, asking Emperor Jingdi Zhu for approval, and the Ministry of Households allocated funds to control floods and build water conservancy projects.

In Qinghe City Lord's Mansion, Emperor Jing brushed off the piles of official documents in front of the case. Outside the door, Xiao He, who was holding a bowl of ginseng soup, trembled and was burned.When Zhang Hu saw it, he quickly took the bowl from the little prince, and beckoned for his servants to come over and serve it.But Xiao He waved his hand and said: "Guard Zhang, the prince wants to send it in personally."

Zhang Hu was stunned for a moment, but the order cannot be disobeyed, so without saying anything, he brought the soup back from the servant.He knelt down in front of Xiao He, raised his bowl over his head, and answered, "No——"

Xiao Qian was the only one on the high seat, Xiao He went up with the soup, held it in front of his father, and said: "Father, drink some ginseng soup to warm up."

Hearing this soft and waxy voice, Xiao Qian's heart softened all of a sudden.He put Tang on the table, hugged Xiao He, held him in his arms, and sniffed his hair vigorously.

Xiao He is almost three years old, and the slightly smoky milky fragrance on the child has almost disappeared, replaced by a very refreshing smell.

"Father..."

Xiao Qian rubbed his head, and asked him: "Has He'er been having fun in the City Lord's Mansion these few days?" After saying this, he realized in a daze that it was the first time in a few days that he cared about He'er. life here.

Xiao He nodded and said, "Happy."

"Nonsense!" Xiao Qian pinched his little nose and said distressedly, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've lost weight—Teacher managed to fatten you up, why did you lose weight again?"

Xiao He blinked, he wasn't actually thin, he had always listened to his husband's advice, he had to eat well when he was not around.Maybe I've gained weight these days.

"He'er, you like Tai Tuo very much, don't you?"

Xiao He nodded vigorously.Xiao Qian smiled, and said softly: "Father also likes Taifu very much, but this time, Father lost Taifu again. After we find Taifu, let him stay by our side forever, one step at a time. You are not allowed to leave, okay?"

Xiao He felt that his father was a little sad, so he raised his hand to stroke his shaved eyebrows, then took the ginseng soup that was put aside, and said: "Father, if you don't drink it, the soup will be cold."

Qingyan was locked in the prison in Qinghe City and was not given food or drink for three days.On the third night, Zhang Hu personally interrogated one of the prince's confidantes.

The jailer stuffed a steamed stuffed bun into the cell, and the prisoner who had been hungry for a long time crawled over immediately, picked up the steamed stuffed bun and ate it wildly.Zhang Huju looked at him condescendingly, and said, "Sorry, I have neglected Master Qingyan for so long, is it delicious?"

Qingyan bit the stuffing in the steamed stuffed bun, stunned for a moment, then wailed as if the sky had collapsed, the steamed stuffed bun slipped out of his mouth and fell to the ground, still steaming slightly.

"We searched for a long time before we found its body." Emperor Jing walked over slowly and said expressionlessly, "If you ate it, this boa constrictor deservedly died."

Seeing him, Qingyan crazily crawled over and shook the prison railing, howled, but couldn't say a word.

Emperor Jing squatted down and asked him: "Where is the holy witch? Where is the prince? We have searched the entire Wuba Mountain but have not found any trace of him. With his cunning, there must be more than one cottage on the mountain. I ask you, you Do you know where his other hiding place is?"

Qingyan stretched out his hand from between the railings, touched Emperor Jing's face suddenly, and then fell to the ground, laughing like crazy.

Emperor Jing squeezed his hands until his veins bulged, and finally got up and left with a flick of his sleeves.As the footsteps drifted away, a cold voice came in weakly: "Put all these buns into his stomach!"

On the night of the third day, Liuyan was found by officers and soldiers in a ravine in Wuba Mountain. He was almost dead with multiple stab wounds and wild animal bites on his body.The officers and soldiers took her back to Qinghe City, and asked the doctor to use strong medicine to almost snatch her life back from the hands of King Yan.The first thing she said after waking up was——

"I want to see Qin Xiao."

"You said you want to see Gu, what do you want to say?" Emperor Jing summoned her in the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion.

Liu Yan shook off the hand of the person next to him, looked at Emperor Jing who was seated with a sneer, and said, "You are the emperor of Daxia."

Emperor Jing didn't answer her.Liu Yan didn't wait for him to admit it, and said, "It turns out that the so-called benevolence and love for the people is nothing more than that. A piece of San Juan will expose all your ugly faces!"

Emperor Jing frowned: "What Saint Huangjue?"

"Hahahahaha——couldn't it be that you deliberately approached the witch, led troops to attack Wuba Mountain, and wanted to snatch San Juanjue? But even you didn't think of it... You are not the only ones who covet San Juanjue, but everyone All staring at it!"

"Not just us, who else?"

"Emperor Daxia, only I know their whereabouts. I want you to keep me, the Green River Witch, safe. As long as you agree, I will tell you whatever you want to know."

The heavy rain continued for three days and three nights, and finally stopped at noon on the fourth day. Seeing the heavy rain gradually stopped, the people in Qinghe City couldn't help but walked out of their homes and went to the street to cheer.However, when he saw the heavy soldiers patrolling on the street, he shrank back tremblingly.

On Mount Uba, in a hidden underground cave, a group of people lit a fire and began to roast the game caught from the mountain.Tuo Erba grabbed Li Chenghuan and sat down beside him, and untied the rope from his hand.

Li Chenghuan was still wearing the holy witch's robe that he wore at the Witch God's sacrifice that day, his makeup was already worn out, his hair was messed up, and he looked in a mess.Yezhen and Li Dexian were tied aside, and it didn't look much better.

Sirius trotted over and lay beside Li Chenghuan, Tuoerba roasted the hares on the rack without saying a word, seeing that the roasting was almost done, he handed one to Li Chenghuan.

Li Chenghuan didn't pick it up, so he took it back and handed it to Doro: "Feed him."

Doro took it and lowered his eyes.Li Dexian and Ye Zhen looked angrily at all the incomprehensible things that happened here, while Tuoerba's subordinates stood aside without saying a word. In the entire cave, there were only the crackling of burning sticks and the underground river rushing deep in the cave. roaring sound.

Doro drew out the knife at his waist, twisted a piece of meat off, and handed it to Li Chenghuan's mouth.Li Chenghuan felt that this person looked at him as if he was going to eat him. He took off the meat with his hands, but threw it into Sirius' mouth.Sirius ate very happily, Tuoerba glanced here, but didn't say anything.

Doro spun another piece of meat and handed it to Li Chenghuan.As soon as Li Chenghuan took the meat off, he heard Tuo Erba next to him say, "Eat."

This sentence only made him feel that Tuo Erba became more and more gloomy and elusive after not seeing him for a few years.

Sirius snorted twice, stood up, turned around, walked to the other side and lay down next to Tuoerba.Tuo Erba casually threw him a large piece of meat, and he happily ran away with it in his mouth.

"That one over there is my sister, right?" Tuo Erba said calmly, "Sister, do you want to come over and eat a little too?"

Li Chenghuan threw the meat into his mouth as if venting his anger, it had no taste at all, it was extremely unpalatable, he didn't even feel the taste of any food, so he swallowed it.

Tuoerba looked at him and nodded in satisfaction, then hugged him naturally, and kissed him on the lips that had just eaten.

The eyes of Li Dexian and Yezhen over there almost popped out, and Li Chenghuan's whole body was stiff - he knew that Tuoerba was punishing him, punishing his betrayal, punishing his infidelity, and he wanted to embarrass him , He wants to tear off the mask he has worn for so long in front of his closest relatives!

"Well—why is it so bitter?" Tuoerba pulled him into his arms, forcing him to raise his head, and carefully looked at his face that was originally painted with the benevolent face of a witch god.

Li Chenghuan closed his eyes as if in despair, but Tuo Erba just took off the crooked hairpin on his head, let down his hair, touched his face almost gently, and said: It's so embarrassing... Since you don't want to eat, let's go and wash it, and after it's clean, you're willing to eat."

Li Chenghuan grabbed his arm in horror, looked at him almost begging, and said, "No, Tuoerba, I will listen to you, don't..."

"Okay, then eat it."

Tuoerba finally let go of him, and brought a roasted mountain rat to him.Li Chenghuan closed his eyes and bit down, and heard Tuo Erba say: "Let's untie my sister and the green river maiden, too. It's really not the way to treat guests just to see them but not to eat them."

Doro waved his hands twice, and the people next to him immediately untied Li Dexian and Ye Zhen.The two were pushed over and sat down by the fire.Tuo Erba added to the fire slowly, and said: "I once promised Cheng Huan that I would help him find his father and sister, and now this promise is half fulfilled."

It's just talking nonsense.

"The conditions here are poor, so I have no choice but to neglect my sister. When I get back to sweat, this king—— together with Cheng Huan, I will toast my father and sister to you—"

Li Chenghuan's hands trembled, and the things in his hands fell to the ground, rolling a layer of dust.Tuo Erba glanced at this side, and then continued: "In this way, you have agreed to the matter between me and Cheng Huan, and he will be my sweater from now on."

Li Dexian stood up all of a sudden, looked at Li Chenghuan, his voice trembling violently: "Chenghuan...you tell my sister, why, how could you—"

"Sister, don't be too surprised," Tuo Erba said, "Cheng Huan and I met three years ago. We fell in love at first sight, and we have already made a private decision for life—"

"Tuoerba!" Li Chenghuan growled these words.At this time, Ye Zhen looked at him almost with sympathy.

He calmed down and said meekly, "I don't want to stay here anymore, when are we leaving?"

Tuo Erba clapped his hands and stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Li Chenghuan up, and said, "Let's be wronged here tonight, I have found the hiding place of Wang Gongji, and your father and brother-in-law are also there. Tomorrow, Let's go save them."