Born short-lived

The marshal ordered the helmsman to return to the voyage as quickly as possible, and he entered the port in a short while.

Zhou Zirong carried him to the commander's mansion, not letting anyone touch him along the way.

That little non-commissioned officer was named Luo Chi, and he was the younger brother of Luo Geng, a famous general under Zeng Shuai's command.A few days ago, Luo Geng rushed to Minzhou in the South China Sea with his elite troops due to a confidential mission sent by the old marshal Zeng.Now I heard that the prince was seriously injured because he saved his younger brother. He was so frightened that he ran away and killed two black-maned spirit horses.

Prince Dongsheng was almost fatally injured, Zhou Zirong ordered people to find the best herbal medicine to suffer, and rescued him day and night, but he still only held such a half-dead breath, and almost kicked his legs several times to die.

This time Zhou Zirong didn't do anything, he stayed by the couch day and night, but the person on the bed didn't get better for a long time.

Luo Chi knelt at the gate of Marshal Zeng's mansion and kowtowed all night, crying while kowtowing, feeling that the prince was burdened by himself and would not listen to anyone who tried to persuade him.It wasn't until Luo Geng, who was full of gloom, rushed to Zeng's mansion with his horsewhip in his hand, that he was stunned as if he had collapsed.

I saw this kid was unkempt, bloodless, with sunken eye sockets, and there were two deep shadows under his eye sockets.Seeing his elder brother coming, he was still kneeling, his expression was in a daze for a while, and then he opened his mouth in a daze, "Brother..."

Luo Geng was exhausted after driving all day, his face was full of dishevelment, and when he saw this incompetent younger brother, he was a head and two big, and he didn't even get angry.With a gloomy face, he clenched his whip tightly as if forbearance.

Luo Geng stood in front of Luo Chi for a long while, the knuckles of his fingers turned white from his pinching, Luo Chi who was kneeling on the ground could hear his joints crackling.

"Brother..." Luo Chi looked up in a daze, his eyes were empty.

When Luo Geng saw it, he became even more furious, and couldn't bear it anymore, he raised the whip, and lashed the ground in front of Luo Chi heavily, leaving a deep whip mark on the ground, and the dust flew up.

"Get out of here!" Luo Geng roared hoarsely.

The doorman is also a person with good eyesight, seeing this posture, he naturally didn't dare to talk too much nonsense to stop him, and without Luo Geng opening his mouth, he consciously went back to report to Zeng Fenglei.

Soon the door boy hurried back and opened the door to Luo Geng: "General Luo, please, the Marshal is waiting at Qiming Residence."

Qimingju is the prince's dormitory.

After hearing this, Luo Geng's throat tightened, and he opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he kept silent, and walked quickly towards Qimingju in the backyard.

The door of Qiming Residence was ajar, and there was a faint fragrance of medicine wafting out from inside, as well as a trace of bloody smell.The doorman knocked on the door and said softly, "Commander, General Luo is here."

"Come in." A familiar but hoarse voice came from the room.

The door was slowly opened with a small gap that allowed people to pass through, so as not to bring in the cool breeze.Luo Geng turned his body sideways, and entered the house lightly.The room was dimly lit and filled with the smell of medicine. There was a basin on the table, which was full of blood and blood-stained gauze.

Old Marshal Zeng rested his head with one hand on his forehead and closed his eyes. When he heard that Luo Geng was coming, he opened his eyes slightly and straightened his head.I saw bloodshot eyes in his pair of copper bells, and his expression was gloomy. The originally tall and thick man showed a bit haggard.

Zeng Fenglei raised his chin slightly towards the bed, and Luo Geng looked over, and saw Zhou Zirong sitting on the side of the bed and the dying prince on the bed.

Zhou Zirong's armor hadn't been completely taken off, and his clothes were covered with black, dry and hard blood clots.The Broken Flame Spirit Knife, which was stained with dried blood, was also slanted at the end of the bed.

Luo Geng was startled, and knelt down on the ground with a plop: "General Zeng... Your Highness..."

"Kun Zhi, what are you doing?" Zhou Zirong frowned, and pinched his brows as if he was weak, feeling that his brain was in severe pain.

His face was full of tiredness, and there was a faint bruise under the red eye sockets, one could tell at a glance that his eyes hadn't been closed very much, and he didn't have the strength to scold him.

"The last general, Luo Geng, has no way to educate his younger brother. He dragged the prince down and hurt my Huaxu's dragon veins. He deserves death."

The marshal was silent for a while, then sighed almost inaudibly, and said in a deep voice, "Achi can't be blamed for this, and you can't be blamed either, even if the emperor really wants to punish you, it's useless for you to tell us. "

And this is what Luo Geng is afraid of.

Although Luo Chi should not take this responsibility because of emotion or reason, if something happened to Dong Sheng this time and Long Yan became furious, it was hard to guarantee that he would not blame Luo Chi.

They also knew that Luo Geng was afraid that the emperor would take the blame and punish his younger brother, so he rushed to take the blame on himself.

——But if this matter really only needs one or two people to take the blame, it would be easy.

"If you want to blame, you can only blame me. I shouldn't have brought him there." The old marshal sighed again, and gave him a reassurance, which meant that if things really took a turn for the worse, he Zeng Fenglei would take the blame on himself.

But Zhou Zirong could understand it from the side. He knew that although the old Marshal Zeng said so, he knew very well in his heart that this was not something that could be solved by sticking his head over and letting the emperor slash and chop.

I said this just to let the two brothers who lacked strings not make any more trouble.

After all, Panyang naturally cannot declare war easily, and it is necessary to deal with those people with ulterior motives who are coveting Hua Xu.If the situation is brought to the level of Pan Yang hurting Prince Hua Xu, coupled with the grievances of so many generations and the fueling of people with ulterior motives, a big war will be inevitable, and it will be another bloody storm. The living beings are in charcoal.

"Marshal..." Luo Geng was startled after hearing this, and wanted to say something more but was stopped by the old marshal raising his hand.

"Tell me about Minzhou." Zhou Zirong said.

Luo Geng hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your previous guess is indeed true, there are people in Minzhou who are secretly colluding with foreign enemies and delving into evil ways."

"evil ways?"

"Yes," Luo Geng continued, "There are unscrupulous people in Minzhou Customs who smuggle spirit ghosts."

"sure?"

"Absolutely true, my subordinates have seen it with their own eyes."

Zhou Zirong; "Be more careful."

Then, Luo Geng explained the cause and effect in detail. It turned out that there was an organization called "Chaotianhui" in Minzhou at some time. Buy evil things in private to strengthen his strength and convince his disciples.But Nanyang King, who guarded Minzhou, turned a blind eye to this.

"Didn't you startle the snake?" Zhou Zirong was suddenly a little worried. It would be embarrassing for this stunned young man to bring someone to Nanyang Palace if he got excited.

"Of course I don't dare to rush forward," Luo Geng said solemnly, "The subordinates have already sent people to lurk for a long time, waiting for an opportunity."

Anyway, it's a smart one.

"You've worked hard for so long, go back and rest," Zhou Zirong said, and then added in a vague way: "Take Ah Chi back, and educate him, the Marshal still has a lot of things to deal with here. "

The implication is self-evident, the meaning is very simple, but there is no malice - take care of your brother, and don't cause trouble for the marshal.

This kid cried all day long, as if he was afraid that others would not bother him.

"Yes." Luo Geng nodded emphatically, got up and bowed, and walked out silently.

"When will the emperor arrive?" Zhou Zirong, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally spoke out, but the voice was unexpectedly hoarse and deep, not at all warm and tender in the usual way.

Of course, if it were anyone else who stayed up for two days and two nights without sleep and guarded in fear, with barely a drop of water or rice in it, it would not be much better than this state.

They dared not hide the fact that the prince was injured, and sent the news back to Huajing City in a hurry.

"It's a straight road, about ten days later," the old marshal said, and then suddenly changed the subject, "What do you think about this time?"

Zhou Zirong lost a lot of energy, and his speech was inevitably a little weak. He seemed to be deliberating for a while before he said in a hoarse voice: "Of course the person who came was not kind."

This sounds like nonsense, but with Zeng Fenglei's understanding of him, it is definitely not just a shallow view.

Sure enough, I heard him say slowly: "But I'm afraid that this unkind person borrowed someone else's skin."

Zhou Zirong continued; "Who are the people in the dynasty of the Panyang Kingdom? They have been stable for nearly a hundred years, so how could they suddenly attack."

Those old things in Panyang Changsheng Hall who are about to become mature look arrogant and domineering, like mad dogs who bite when they catch anyone, they will poke you a few times to see if you will really get angry.But who doesn't want to live a few more years and have a more peaceful life?Then you have to eat and hold on to touch Huaxu's reverse scales.

"Besides, if it is an attack, the strength of just one ship is too shabby. Even if our reinforcements arrive, they will remain indifferent. If it is a provocation, I have not seen their movements afterwards. If it is aimed at the prince, Then after such a missed move, no one came to make up the knife, and the assassination was so blatant, it is really unbelievable..." The next words are self-evident, no matter who this group of people are, their purpose is already obvious .

"Sowing dissension?" Zeng Fenglei asked knowingly.

Zhou Zirong was noncommittal.

"In any case, this matter is definitely not isolated, and it is probably inseparable from the matter in Minzhou. The other party must not be happy to see us safe and sound. This time he hurt the prince, and there must be turmoil in the court. Then someone is fueling the flames, so there must be someone I want to propose to attack Panyang. However, although Panyang is small and powerful, the situation in the world is delicate. If Huaxu and Panyang are hurt by this, they will let others reap the benefits. But as long as the prince is fine, this Dongfeng It can’t be blown up. Naturally, there are people in the court who have eyes, and they can find something strange if they have a little calculation with the Panyang people. Not only can this matter be ignored, but they probably won’t dare to repeat the same trick in a few years.”

Zeng Fenglei nodded, feeling a strange feeling in his heart, he suddenly felt that if the crown prince survived this catastrophe, he would be relieved to have Zhou Zirong by his side.

——However, the premise of all this is that Dong Sheng is not dead.

"What you said is true," Zeng Fenglei said with emotion, "I haven't seen you talk like this before, why are you so talkative today?"

Zhou Zirong has always been gentle and reticent, he rarely shows off in front of his elders, and he is used to keeping a low profile.In the past, every time the elders asked him this way, he would just say a few words to the end, never stealing the limelight from these elders.Now they all look half-dead, but suddenly they talk more.

I saw Zhou Zirong was silent for a moment, lowered his eyes slightly, and cast a dark shadow on his cheek: "... also to reassure the commander in chief."

Zeng Fenglei was stunned, and what was originally tacitly reminded was suddenly implicitly reminded that this incident will definitely not make everyone beheaded, and someone will definitely take responsibility.However, Dong Sheng was brought out by Zeng Fenglei. If you want to take the blame, who else?

What Zhou Zirong meant was that if the prince is fine, he will take care of the prince Zhouquan by himself in the future.

Thinking of this, Zeng Fenglei suddenly laughed--the matter has come to this point, and there is a sigh of carelessness.

Zhou Zirong remained silent, still clutching Dong Sheng's cold hand and rubbing it carefully, as if this could warm up the half-dead person—Zhou Zirong didn't say anything, between the world, for him, There is only this request in front of me.