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Xiao Qiyu never thought that he would have such an aggressive moment.

He has no training, and his impression of war is still from the perspective of a bystander. He thinks it is not difficult to kill all directions in the enemy's line.He also couldn't understand the meaning of Su Yan's eyes, thinking that the other party was contemptuous of him.

It wasn't until he was surrounded and his mount was shot to death by random arrows that he thought, "Could it be possible that I really want to break here?"

"I can't hide." Xiao Qiyu's death was imminent, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and he felt more and more fascinated, "Xiao Qichen... Could Xiao Qichen be plotting against me from the beginning?!"

An elite Turkic soldier arrived, grinning grinningly and raised his knife at him.Seeing those riches and honors, fame and fortune, which seemed to disappear with the big knife that was chopped off, Xiao Qiyu didn't care about being embarrassed, and rolled away on the spot, his mind went blank, and he almost couldn't remember the last scene he saw——

"Bam—!"

He closed his eyes tightly, but what followed was not the pain of being stabbed, but the muffled sound of falling to his side.Xiao Qiyu hurriedly climbed a few steps, and looked back, the Turkic chasing him had fallen down, and a feathered arrow stuck in his back, piercing through his heart, nailing him to death in the yellow sand.

Xiao Qiyu struggled to spit out a mouthful of blood, raised his head, but saw a black horse running against the light.His throat moved slightly, and a trace of life came again, Xiao Qiyu sat up halfway, and was about to get up.

Su Yan rode past, bent down and stretched out his hand towards Xiao Qiyu.He didn't know where he got so much strength, he almost threw himself off the horse's back, but he still insisted on pulling Xiao Qiyu up, let him lie down behind him, and slapped Jingfan's horse's ass hard Whip: "Quick, go!"

He turned his head slightly, and was about to see if Xiao Qiyu was safe, but he was completely stunned: "My lord...how about your legs...?"

Xiao Qiyu hesitated, his left leg was ripped open from the knee down, it was so bloody that no one dared to look directly at it - it was cut off by someone in the rebellious army, and it was bleeding.

And Su Yan didn't care about the yin and yang aura of eternal good and evil reincarnation in heaven, he only wanted to save people to the end.Su Yan untied a rubber band from the wristband, stuffed it into Xiao Qiyu's hand, and seriously told him, "Tie up the broken leg quickly to stop the bleeding, or you won't be able to go back to camp."

Xiao Qiyu suddenly slapped his hand away: "You! And Xiao Qichen! Don't you just want me to die?!"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of people behind them, horseshoes clattering, and feathered arrows came towards them accompanied by the sound of the wind.Su Yan rolled his eyes, he was really annoyed by this man, but he couldn't throw him down, so he could only say "Please go ahead", pulled the rein, almost drew blood marks on Jing Fan, and galloped away.

It was impossible for the Turkic army, who had come to their senses, to fight back from the jedi. Fangzhi led the last main force of Nanliang to kill the Yellow River together.

The pontoon bridge has been dismantled, and if they don't want to die, they can only fight hard.The so-called breaking the boat was all arranged by Su Yan. Only in this way can the fighting spirit of this group of old, weak, sick and disabled be aroused.

In April, when the setting sun is like blood, the water of the Yellow River is almost dyed red.

Three days later, Zhuojun was victorious.

On a piece of scorched earth, Su Yan stepped over the corpse of a Turk with a different head, and squeezed his nose into a tent.

Shen Chengjun was biting his pen and writing the battle report. Their battle was indeed a great victory, but they still had to think carefully about how to word it.This time they are clearly resisting the order, but it is a bargaining chip to negotiate with the emperor. Xiao Yan has to decide everything if they want to return to military power or take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Because of this, Shen Chengjun felt that he was going to be so worried that his hair would turn gray all night, and when he looked up and saw Su Yan standing in front of him heartlessly eating half a hard-as-hard sesame seed cake, he was suddenly out of breath.

"I'm still hungry!" He fought hard, accusing the coach of unfair treatment.

Su Yan said "Oh", took out another cake from his arms, and threw it directly.Shen Chengjun didn't catch it, and the sesame seed cake hit the table with a "bang". He looked at it twice, and suddenly lost his appetite.

Shen Chengjun cleared his throat like a gentleman, changed the subject and asked, "Would you like to see how this good news can be changed?"

Su Yan was also polite, took it over and found the section about Xiao Qiyu, hesitated for a moment, and said with embarrassment: "...'King Zhao fell into a heavy siege by mistake, and died heroically after fighting bravely'? That's not a good way to write it, isn't he? Are you still breathing?"

Shen Chengjun is as good as he is: "Then how do you write it, I will change it."

The dignified Zhao Wang Xiao Qiyu recklessly broke into the encirclement of the Turkic elite because he was too eager to make military exploits. The soldiers died protecting him, and he also broke his left leg because he couldn't dodge in time.If Su Yan hadn't arrived in time, Xiao Qiyu would have gone to see Hades on the spot, but after being rescued, he is still unconscious, and he doesn't know what he will do when he wakes up.

If it is clearly written that Xiao Qiyu is not dead, how will he deal with the many messes that will follow, and if Xiao Yan is furious and wants to punish Su Yan for his lack of protection, then there will be another bloodbath.

What would Xiao Qichen think of him?

Su Yan almost logically remembered Xiao Qichen's expression when he forced Qiuxi to report on Xiao Qiyu. At that time, the cold blood and desire for power in his eyes were obvious enough.

Now that he is so close to his goal at that time, Su Yan really wants to step in?

Will Xiao Qichen hold grudges against him because of this?

What's more, he risked his life to bring this person out, but the other party didn't appreciate it.Looking at the current situation, Xiao Qiyu's leg can't be saved anyway. This disability is different for the adults in the Jinling court.

According to the ancestral system of Nanliang, people with physical disabilities cannot be crown princes, let alone be emperors.Wasn't Xiao Qiping blind because of Xiao Qiyu's dripping Guanyin back then, and then he was deposed as a prince? ... In this way, whether Xiao Qiyu is alive or dead in battle, it seems that the ending is not much different?

After thinking about it, Su Yan felt that it would be a headache to say anything, so it would be better not to take the risk to save him.So he gave up on himself and said: "Let's do this, you just... just say, after King Zhao bravely killed several enemies, he was exhausted..."

He whispered behind him, he couldn't say um, huh, huh, huh for a long time.

On the battlefield, Su Yan was decisive in killing and attacking, but he was a little clueless when encountering these court affairs.To put it nicely, he has a specialization in art, but in fact, he doesn't know much about the world. If it weren't for the fact that Shen Chengjun and Zhang Li had been helping him write for many years, the battle report written by Su Yan was straightforward enough to make Xiao Yan feel angry. die.

Over the years, Shen Chengjun has fought side by side with him more than a few times, and he has turned into a roundworm in Su Yan's stomach. He immediately said with a tacit understanding: "—he was seriously injured, and he died for the country before returning to the camp. I failed to save the prince. He deserves death." .”

Su Yan: "Well, just write it like this."

Shen Chengjun put on a smile but didn't smile: "You are deceiving the emperor. Later, if His Majesty really pursued it, I will say that you forced me."

Su Yan stood on the spot without saying a word, and said after a while, "I'll take care of the big things."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the biscuits that Shen Chengjun ignored on the table, and regrettably wiped off a little dust on them, and put them back in his arms, and wiped away the guilt with a changed face like a book: "I Go take a look at Yannan—what's wrong with you, do you know how much food is expensive in the army? Why don't I give it to you, and don't look for me when you're hungry later!"

Shen Chengjun took a few deep breaths, clenched his fingers, and almost broke the bald brush, finally calmed down his emotions, and didn't do anything like hit the head of the general with the inkstone on the back of the head.

He silently put Su Yan up and down the mountain of swords and oil pans several times in his mind, and then he restrainedly spread out a piece of paper and wrote the victory report again.

When the lamp oil burned to the third watch, Shen Chengjun put down his pen and felt his wrists go numb.A tinge of fear welled up in his heart belatedly. Among the knight guards, there was no one as courageous as Su Yan.

Su Yan spoke calmly, and the gamble with his words was more than his wealth and life.

The first heavy rain fell in Jinling at the beginning of April. It was clear that summer had not yet entered, but it was already a bit hot.This rain extinguished the dissonant sounds floating in the sky of Taicheng, and the court meeting broke up again. Since the Turkic invasion in the first month, this has almost become the norm. Xiao Yan's temper became more and more irritable, and no one knew what he cared about.

A king who is nearly sixty years old, even if he has experienced the glory of martial arts and martial arts, he will inevitably fall into the rut.

Xiao Qichen bid farewell to Xie Hui, and walked through the wet palace alley alone holding an umbrella.He listened to the continuous sound of rain, the sky was gray, and the cumulonimbus clouds were so thick that they seemed to linger all year round.

"Your Highness Six." A very abrupt voice came from the right.

Xiao Qichen didn't seem to be surprised at all, he stopped and turned slightly to look at the person coming. The coir raincoat was not very decent, which seemed particularly incompatible with the solemnity of Taicheng.He looked the visitor up and down, and said softly: "Master Liu came here in person, why?"

Liu Wenyuan kept a polite distance from him, and her words were almost drowned out by the sound of the rain: "There is a letter from the north, please take a step to speak, Your Highness."

Xiao Qichen frowned, he quickly exchanged obscure glances with Liu Wenyuan, turned his head and left.The accumulated water soaked the uppers of the shoes, and Xiao Qichen was relieved until he walked to the Chenglan Palace and stepped in to enter.And Liu Wenyuan was already one step ahead, standing in the corridor with Tianyou waiting for him, as if the two unclear conversations in the palace alley just now were an illusion.

"Let's talk." Xiao Qichen took off his outer shirt, and the green clothes immediately stepped forward to wipe off the rain on his neck, "Did something happen on the front line?"

Taking out a secret letter from his bosom, Tianyou's expression was as calm as ever: "The battle report of the great victory on the front line will be transmitted to the Golden Luan Hall tomorrow, this is written by Su Yan privately to you, Your Highness...let's take a look first. "

Xiao Qichen stepped back from the crowd, muttering "what's the point of saying it's a good news" while taking out the letter paper.The letter paper was also soaked in the rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was a little soft in the hand, and the handwriting was blurred, but Xiao Qichen's strokes were very familiar.

After he finished reading the letter, his expression of bewilderment at first turned into astonishment, and he read the few short sentences over and over again in disbelief, then raised his head again, and when he handed the letter paper to Liu Wenyuan, his hands were shaking.

"...Xiao Qiyu is not dead. The battle report is another statement. It was not intended to disrupt the political situation. It just happened suddenly. He was seriously injured and lost his left leg. He ended up dying in battle. Don't worry, I will take care of everything myself."

Liu Wenyuan murmured, then frowned, and looked at Xiao Qichen: "Should I congratulate you for your long-cherished wish to be fulfilled?"

"It's too early." After Xiao Qichen took back the letter paper, he thought it over carefully, knowing that this thing would only end up being burned, he looked at it with nostalgia, and stretched it to the side candlestick.

The secret letter written by Su Yan was licked by the tongue of fire, and it turned into ashes within a short while.

He rubbed his forehead irritably, sat down on the couch, and said to Liu Wenyuan, "Why does he want to deceive the emperor?"

The corners of Liu Wenyuan's eyes rolled, and she gave a rather gentle smile: "If your Majesty read the battle report saying that His Royal Highness Zhao died for the country, he might be completely hit. But it is still early for the army to triumph. It is enough for His Royal Highness to come down and turn the clouds and rains. The general should be thinking about you."

It was rare for Xiao Qichen not to answer, his impatience was written all over his face, and there was even a trace of confusion.His thoughts have not been revealed for a long time, and Liu Wenyuan secretly sighed that the relationship is really unusual.

The thought of spying on other people's privacy only surfaced for a moment, and then was suppressed by Liu Wenyuan.He stood up straight, and said to Xiao Qichen: "Your Highness, what are you going to do now?"

Xiao Qichen was stunned for a moment, then said blankly, "I don't know."

It seems that he and Su Yan have never been equal. He took out a hot heart and asked for whatever he wanted. He didn't care what Su Yan could do for himself. Being by Yan's side and exchanging hearts with him is enough to support this unethical relationship.

Unexpectedly, Su Yan had been a mouthless gourd for so long without saying a word, but in the end he held back a big move!

Going against the holy name and insisting on fighting is to resist the edict; to conceal the injury of King Zhao and lie about his death is to deceive the king.Either one is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans, how dare Su Yan...

"Is it for... me?"

He was in a state of confusion, repeatedly tugging on his sleeve.On the one hand, his heart fluttered because of this dull attachment, and on the other hand he was worried in horror. For a long time, Xiao Qichen was speechless, for fear that he would reveal all his thoughts when he opened his mouth.

In the end, he squeezed his palms to force himself to calm down, and when he looked at Liu Wenyuan again, he was dazzled by the skylight leaking through the window.

The year he met Su Yan again, Xiao Qichen was less than fifteen years old, a sensitive age.He suffered all kinds of grievances in the deep palace, complained everywhere, and the emperor's eyes never fell on him.He thought that Su Yan was the same as before, just a quiet but down-to-earth person who always smiled gently.

But Su Yan clearly dared to talk about his ambition at that time, why did he always think that he was a safe person?Xiao Qichen clasped the desk case, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Master Liu, tell me," Xiao Qichen said softly, "What should I use to repay this kindness?"

The next day, the battle report sent back from the front shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

First, the great victory in Zhuojun made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty elated for a while, and then the soldiers were ordered to lower their heads and read solemnly: "His Royal Highness Zhao killed the enemy bravely, fell into an ambush by mistake, and was seriously injured after annihilating a dozen of the enemy troops. , for the general to rescue... and..."

In an instant, the smiles froze on the corners of the mouths of the fifth-rank officials from up to Xiao Yan down to the door.There was silence inside and outside the Taiji Hall. The orderly soldier swallowed his saliva, and finished reading the rest tremblingly: "...then he was martyred before he could return to the camp... he failed to protect His Highness well, and his death is not enough to excuse his guilt. Minister Su Yan kowtows."

There were gasps all around, and in the silence, Shi Yu was the first to kneel down in front of the line, kowtowed repeatedly and tremblingly said: "My condolences, Your Majesty."

Xiao Qichen, who was standing in the corner, also stepped forward, followed Shi Yu and knelt beside him, his forehead was almost pressed to the ground, his voice was small, but it was enough for the surrounding officials to hear: "Brother Zhao died for the country, in exchange for Zhuo The great victory in the county, the Turks retreated five hundred miles, and the merits will last for thousands of years. Please mourn the father and emperor."

At the end of his speech, his voice was crying, as if he was trying to hold himself together so that he would not fall down.

Immediately, those civil servants who were shocked by the sad news also came to their senses one after another, "Your Majesty's condolences" sounded one after another, singing and sighing three times echoed in the empty Tai Chi Hall.

All the ministers knelt on the ground, but none of them looked up at Long Yan.

Xiao Qichen felt that this moment was extremely long, as if it had gone through the cycle of the seasons, the sun and the moon, but it was also extremely short, so short that before he had time to recognize the reason for his sadness at that moment, he heard the eunuch Xu Zhengde cry: "His Majesty--!"

In an instant, Xiao Yan seemed unable to accept what the messenger said, and suddenly stood up from the dragon chair.Then, before he could take a few steps, his eyes suddenly went dark, and the emperor fell to the ground in a state of embarrassment.

He was so excited by the news that he fainted on the spot!

"Take care of the dragon's body" rang out one after another all around. This group of capable ministers who used to quarrel up to Jiuchongxiao is now as dumb as they are, and can only repeat these nonsense embarrassingly.Xiao Qichen calmed down, stood up quickly, and said in an unquestionable voice:

"Eunuch Xu, send someone to ask the imperial doctor to help the father back to the Nuan Pavilion in the West Palace--the court meeting will be over today. If you have no other important matters to report, you will go back to your respective mansions. If there are any reports that have not been submitted, Send it to the West Palace for the time being, and when the emperor wakes up later, Lord Liu Wenyuan will convey it to everyone... The incident happened suddenly, Qi Chen overstepped, forgive me."

His calm calmed the impatient officials in the chaos. They seemed to have found their backbone suddenly, and hurriedly dispersed. After playing, he handed the written scriptures to Xu Zhengde - the Taiji Hall, which was in a mess, became orderly. No one thought it was wrong for Xiao Qichen to speak out at this moment, and obviously regarded his words as the golden rule.

Xiao Qichen walked over and pulled up the hem of his clothes slightly, leaning over to support Xiao Yan.He checked his pulse, handed Xiao Yan to Liu Wenyuan, and exchanged a look with him.

Liu Wenyuan nodded slightly, helped the emperor onto the chariot, and left from the corridor connecting the Tai Chi Hall in a flash.

The courtiers then also resigned, Xiao Qichen turned to a person who was about to leave under the steps: "Chen Xiang, can you please stop for a while?"

He looked upright and dignified, but also vaguely aggrieved and helpless, like a child who had no choice but to ask others for help.But because of these words, Chen Youyou suddenly trembled all over. He looked at Xiao Qichen, speechless for a long time, his pupils were bloodshot, as if he was not looking at the current sixth prince, but Shura of the underworld, which made him feel deeply from the bottom of his heart. Fear.

There was no one else around, the bustling voices came from outside the hall, Xiao Qichen sat casually on the dragon chair, his posture was very natural, there was no worry about helping Xiao Yan up just now.

He was playing with a pen, and carefully brushed off a hair that grew out of it: "Why, are you afraid of me?"

"Your Highness Six," Chen Youyou said tremblingly, gnashing his teeth, "I will do what you told me, and I will not have any more contact with the Turkic people... Now that the matter is over, what else do you want?"

Xiao Qichen was expressionless, and said coldly: "Can't you tell? I want to sit here, it's justified."

Chen Youyou took a breath and raised his voice suddenly: "You murdered King Zhao?!"

Xiao Qichen laughed suddenly, and his slightly round eyes turned into crescent moons, as if he thought Chen Youyou's words were very interesting: "Chen Xiang, you can't wait to bite me back, and you don't need to think about it. The county is thousands of miles away, how can I break ground at the age of Tai Sui—you have a handle in my hands, and you will be obedient in the future, and I will spare the lives of your whole family, okay? It must be so ugly. "

When mentioning his family, Chen Youyou's shoulders flinched, he was still unsure, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.After being calm for a while, Chen Youyou said: "...what else do you want?"

Xiao Qichen rested his chin on the imperial case with one hand, and raised his eyes slightly: "After the father wakes up, I trouble you to take the lead in writing a memorial, and tell the father to 'recover his illness with peace of mind', and ask someone else to supervise the country."

"you--"

"Anyway, there is only this way." Xiao Qichen quickly cut off his words, and even raised his eyebrows happily at him, "Didn't you want to know my style of doing things at first? That's it, since it was never the first choice, Then you can only remove all obstacles and make yourself the only choice."