A Guide to Keeping a Domestic Unicorn

Qingyan hurriedly knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "To be loyal and filial is my duty as a son, younger brother and courtier. I will definitely follow the emperor to the death and do my best!"

The prince pulled him up and said, "I will ride out of the city with you!"

So he called his subordinates to bring another horse, but the thirteenth prince was left alone, his face turned blue and white, which was really ugly.

The army marched out of the city mighty and mightily, heading southwest, Qi Jia also followed the army at the end.

He is also an officer now, he has a carriage to pull supplies, and he is quite leisurely.

After leaving the capital city, Qi Jia passed by like this for a day without knowing it. Qi Jia looked at the scenery on both sides of the road, and found everything new, and before he knew it, it was already dark.

The food in the army was mediocre, and with the lack of manpower for the firefighters, dinner was just two bowls of porridge.That Zhang Chu kept looking for topics to chat with Qi Jia during the day, but at night, his superiors urged Zhang Chu to quickly solve the manpower issue of Huotoubing. Run, Qi Jia is still quiet.

After the logistics soldiers pitched up the tents, the army set up camp on the marching road, with Qi Jia and Zhang Chu in the same tent.The army had just set off, and the logistics were complicated. Zhang Chu didn't come back all night, and when he marched the next day, he lay in the carriage to catch up on sleep, so Qi Jia had another day of peace.

At this time, Qi Jia heard some legends in the army, saying that before the army set off, the prince was wise and martial, and beheaded the magic horse, which was a good omen; others said that when the army opened the way, there would be a magic horse blocking the way, which was an ominous omen. .

What is a magic horse?Qi Jia doesn't believe that there are any gods and demons in this world, he just hopes to have the opportunity to meet Qing Yan and see if he is really going out with the army.Why do you care more about Qingyan?After much deliberation, Qi Jia finally gave an answer to this question, that is, Qingyan is the only person in this ancient world who knows the secret of his warehouse.

However, on the third day, the army suddenly stopped during the rapid march, because it was snowing every day, so they had to camp on the spot.The temperature plummeted, and everyone was still shivering with the cold, even though they had issued cotton coats to keep out the cold.Qi Jia thought to herself that it was lucky that she was wearing warm clothes.It’s just that when he was sleeping, his thermal clothes still surprised Zhang Chu, who was in the same room, so Qi Jia had to make up an excuse that it was the special style of his hometown.

Strange to say, the next day the heavy snow stopped and the army still did not set off. There was an order from the crown prince, saying that the crown prince felt that the mountain road was blocked by heavy snow and that the march was too painful for everyone, so he asked everyone to stay for three days.

Speed ​​is the key to the art of war, and it seems that even if this small mountain is covered by heavy snow, it can't be called snow-covered mountain, right?All the soldiers talked about it for a while, but this was the decision of the superior after all, and the soldiers could only obey.

It was probably to reward the sergeants, and the higher-ups sent people to distribute wine to keep out the cold. For a while, Qi Jia’s unit was as if it was Chinese New Year, and they were not marching anyway, and many people began to drink and gamble in private, even those who got drunk number.

In fact, the reason why the army stopped suddenly was not because of the heavy snow, but because the prince suddenly fell into a coma with a mysterious sudden illness and high fever, so he stopped marching.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, only a few high-ranking officers knew about the prince's illness, and everyone was helpless. Many people said that they would report to the emperor, but the thirteenth prince suddenly stepped forward and said: "I am the deputy marshal who was appointed by the emperor, Now that the Marshal Prince is ill, I should be the one to decide on major matters. In my opinion, the Holy Majesty is busy with government affairs now, so there is no need to interfere with his old man; the Southern Expedition is imminent, and there is no longer any delay. Healing the prince. Therefore, I will temporarily keep the commander-in-chief seal, and the affairs in the army should also be handled by me! When the prince's condition improves, the army will set off immediately, and as the prince's younger brother, I will also serve in front of the bed at any time, Take good care of him and convey the meaning of the prince to you."

All the generals looked at each other, no one knew what the Thirteenth Prince was up to, but the Thirteenth Prince was backed by Shan Yu, His Majesty couldn't do anything to get him, they were just ordinary generals, so what could they do?

Among the several generals, there were two more who followed the wind and turned to the thirteenth prince's side. They immediately agreed with the thirteenth prince's proposal, and the others had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

The thirteenth prince could not help being secretly proud when he saw that the power was in his hands so easily.

Qingyan stood aside and listened to these people, and finally said: "Thirteenth brother, I think it's better to report the situation to the crown prince. Isn't your way of taking power?"

When the thirteenth prince heard him speak, he immediately became angry: "Shut up! Fourth child! What are you! If the prince hadn't supported you, you would be worse than the eunuchs in the palace! How dare you teach me a lesson? I haven't cured you yet!" You are guilty of disrespect! The crown prince's favorite horse suddenly went crazy, and you cut it off. It is obvious that you poisoned the horse for the sake of publicity! You have ulterior motives, and you should have asked to beheaded!"

"There are a lot of trumped-up charges." Qing Yan said lightly.

"Then I will make these charges necessary!" The thirteenth prince smiled viciously, "The fourth prince Qingyan attempted to murder the prince, so he should have been executed, but because you are a relative of the emperor, I will spare your life for the time being. You will be demoted to the rank of general, assigned to the army, and become the lowest coolie! Don’t you accept it? If you don’t accept it, I will be punished for the crime of treason!”

After hearing this, Qingyan smiled slightly, noncommittal.However, he put the sword and helmet representing his identity on the table, and walked out of the camp directly.

The thirteenth prince saw that he was still being dragged like this, and cursed: "You bitch! Where are you going?! Come on! Send him to the miscellaneous office to wait for distribution!"

Seeing this, all the generals shook their heads and sighed secretly. The Fourth Prince, who is so powerful, actually said that he would be dismissed if he was dismissed.

Five or six guards immediately grabbed Qing Yan, stripped him of his battle robe, and escorted him to the rear of the army.But at this moment, the prince was lying on the bed in the tent, wandering between life and death—it turned out that when the army set off, he already felt a little uncomfortable in his body, and he didn't want to worry his father and his officials, so he kept silent After thinking about going to war, his health deteriorated day by day, and he finally passed out with a high fever, and even the imperial physician couldn't figure out what was going on.

Now there is more air out and less air in!

When several imperial physicians were overwhelmed, a scent of mist was accidentally blown into the prince's tent. In a short while, all the attendant imperial physicians fell to the ground, and a masked man in black sneaked into the tent quietly. Quietly, like a ghost - this person is the mysterious guard who stopped the prince a few days ago, and also Emperor Taiyuan's most trusted shadow guard - Jue Ying!

Jueying has been lurking in the army. After learning that the prince fell ill, he was full of doubts—the prince was always healthy, how could he suddenly fall ill like a mountain? !

When he sneaked into the prince's bed, felt his pulse, and found that it was exactly as he expected—the prince had been poisoned by a mysterious poison!Even Jueying, who is familiar with the poisons of the world, could not detect what kind of poison it was. It can be seen that the poisoner was by no means ordinary, and could even be said to be extremely vicious. This kind of poison could kill the prince in a short time, and it was colorless and odorless It makes the poisoned person seem to be sick and die.

Now there are many people who want the prince's life, and it's hard to say who poisoned him, it may be the thirteenth prince, or anyone!

Fortunately, before the trip, His Majesty predicted that this situation might happen, so he gave him a life-saving elixir. This elixir was made from the only Qiongyun Ganoderma lucidum in the world that day from the Medicine King. The elixir can temporarily prolong the life of the prince, but it cannot eradicate the poison. We must find the murderer and the real antidote within a limited time!

Jueying took out the Qiongyun pill and put it into the prince's mouth, sure enough, after a while, most of the prince's fever subsided, and he gradually woke up.

"It's you again... I recognize you..." The prince opened his eyes to meet Jueying's eyes, and then weakly identified him.

"The villain is Your Majesty's shadow guard Jueying. He was ordered to protect the prince secretly. Now that the prince is poisoned, the villain's medicine can only temporarily suppress the poison. Prince, the villain hopes that the prince will cooperate with the villain and set up a scheme to find the murderer !"

The prince nodded and said: "Your eyes are not evil, your eyes are very loyal, I believe in you. I will cooperate with you. The thirteenth prince must seize power, right? What happened to the fourth prince?"

Although he is still weak, he has foreseen things like a god, knowing that the Thirteenth Prince will not let Qingyan go.

"Well, the fourth prince was demoted to military service, but his life is not in danger yet. I think it would be safer for the fourth prince to stay there temporarily, away from the eyes and ears of the thirteenth prince." Jue Ying said.

"I think so too, my current situation... I can't protect him, this is the best way... You don't have to worry about me, I know how to pretend, you have to protect the fourth prince... Don't let Thirteen secretly harm him... ...remind him about poison and medicine..." the prince continued intermittently.

"The Fourth Prince's skill is very good, he should be able to protect himself." Jue Ying said.

"This doesn't mean that he can deal with all kinds of slander from the dark! Even if I was recruited, let alone him... you have to protect him, understand? This is my order! I can't let my brother and The soldiers have been harmed by the conspiracy!" the prince resolutely said.

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Jue Ying said.In fact, the fourth prince, Qingyan, was also the object of his suspicion. He had always suspected, how did Qingyan acquire that peerless martial arts while living in the palace?

As for the source of his own martial arts, even if facing the prince, the fourth prince would only say that he had acquired the ancient martial arts books in Zangshu Pavilion, without any special explanation, which seemed extremely mysterious.