The Regent is not dead yet

A hazy white mist appeared in the sky, and the thin morning light slowly spread from the end of the vast and boundless Gobi.

The blood-stained water was brought out from the pots in the tent, and the atmosphere was dignified.

Zhu He yawned exaggeratedly, stretched out his paw and poked Lou Cang beside him: "Okay, don't be so bitter, since you lost an arm, you're not dead."

It was the baby-faced lieutenant.

Lou Cang looked into the tent and said in a deep voice, "It's my responsibility."

"It is."

Zhuhe said sincerely, "If you weren't an idiot, I wouldn't have lost so many soldiers."

Lou Cang: "..."

Zhuhe didn't feel that he was making things worse at all, and he considered himself kind and gentle, and continued: "I made a mistake, and I don't want to accept the consequences. How can there be such a good thing in the world? A big man can afford it and let it go. Don't let it happen a second time." gone."

Lou Cang: "..."

Before Lou Cang could speak, a soldier hurried over.

He first saluted to Lou Cang, and after a pause, he also made a standard military salute to Zhuhe: "General, the eldest prince Yuenu has been imprisoned, what should we do next, should he be sent back to Yandu and imprisoned?"

"Back to Yandu?"

Zhuhe said: "It's been a lot of hard work for me to get him back from Yue Slave all the way. Wouldn't it be necessary to eat my rice all the way back to Yandu? No, definitely not."

Soldier:"……"

Lou Cang seemed to have gradually gotten used to Zhu He's brain circuits, and instead of getting angry, he asked, "What does the regent think?"

Zhu He said: "Do you still need to ask? Killed."

The soldier sneaked a look at the general's expression, and asked uncertainly, "Prince Regent, is this...not very good?"

Zhu He was puzzled: "His father died at my hands. If you don't cut the weeds and roots, do you expect him to repay the grievances with virtue? He was brought here, and this king happened to give Vice General Wen a bad luck."

Soldier:"……"

Lou Cang signaled the soldiers not to say any more: "The king regent is right, Yue Nu is leaderless at the time, so there are a lot of troubles left behind."

He paused for a moment, then turned to Zhuhe and said, "This time, the regent will not bother to do anything, and he will solve it himself in the end."

When Lou Cang walked into his former chief general's tent, Zhu He was having dinner.

Beside him is Dezhuang holding milk tea. The barbecue on the charcoal is sizzling with oil. A mouthful of milk tea is paired with a piece of spicy roasted pork belly. He can't stop eating.

The whole tent is filled with the fragrance of food.

Milk tea is a specialty of southern Xinjiang, and the local people will send some over from time to time, but the soldiers in the army don't like this kind of sweet and greasy drink, and they often can't finish it even if it goes bad.

Zhuhe liked it very much, and he could drink two or three cups every day, which greatly increased the consumption of milk tea in the camp by himself.

Lou Cang had already taken off his silver armor, walked to the table in black clothes, and said, "Prince Regent, Wen Congming is awake, but he can't get out of bed for the time being. Tuo Mo will come to express his thanks to you."

The name of the baby-faced lieutenant general is quite serious.

Zhu He stopped dipping the bowl: "Oh... Didn't General Lou refuse to make a promise to me last night, so how do you want to thank me?"

Lou Cang frowned, and said coldly: "Please don't make jokes, my lord."

Zhuhe sighed faintly: "This king is very loyal to the general, but the general is so perfunctory to me. All right, this king has received your thanks, you can go out."

Lou Cang didn't leave, and looked at Zhuhe for a long time with deep eyes: "I have finished counting the casualties last night, and the soldiers have been reorganized. Does the regent want to go to the camp with the last general?"

Zhu He: "..."

Zhuhe took a deep breath: "No."

Lou Cang: "Why?"

Zhuhe put down the chopsticks in his hand: "Listen, are you speaking human words? This king is rich in gold and flesh, so he risked his life to save you from fire and water. It was extremely hard work. Today you are going to drag me to do that kind of food and sleep in the open." The drudgery! I don’t have the slightest conscience just looking at you, I won’t go!”

Lou Cang: "..."

Lou Cang was silent for a while: "I was the one who was abrupt."

Oh man.

Zhuhe felt that most of his good appetite had been spoiled, so he sipped half a cup of milk tea in one gulp: "It's boring to stay in southern Xinjiang, my king is going back to Yandu tomorrow."

Lou Cang was stunned for a moment: "The regent thinks it's boring?"

Zhuhe raised his eyes lazily: "Everything is full of elders, eating and drinking is nothing but milk tea, and General Lou won't let me go out to play with the common people. Why, I said that I will leave tomorrow, and General Lou still wants to Stop it?"

Lou Cang looked cold and didn't speak.

Zhu He reckoned that he was probably worried that he would go back and harass the little prince again.

Of course, that's what I planned too.

Zhuhe, who has never been guilty of guilt, made a confident voice: "This king has been in southern Xinjiang for nearly three months, and it is interesting enough. Returning to Yandu tomorrow is an announcement, not a discussion."

There was a long silence in the tent.

In the end Lou Cang turned around with a cold face and left.

Seeing people get out of the big tent, Zhu He happily ate a few slices of barbecue, and then said to De Zhuang: "Wait until you go and inform Kayan Er, this king is going to take her back to Yandu together."

The faint smell of blood can still be smelled vaguely.

Lou Cang took the hot towel from the soldier, and wanted to wipe the sweat from the forehead of the person on the bed, but was taken halfway.

Wen Congming's whole body smelled like he had narrowly escaped death, and the pain from the broken arm gradually came up in the dead of night.

He shivered twice, wiped his face with his intact right hand, and forced a smile on his baby face: "General, it's okay. Don't you still have an arm, and you will go to battle to kill the enemy in the future."

Lou Cang's eyebrows were tightly locked: "Is it my fault?"

Wen Congming said: "If you want to blame it, you have to blame Yue Nu, the yin and yang double-faced man... Huh, it hurts. Speaking of which, this time, this subordinate saved his life thanks to King Li. I don't know how he sees through the moon." Slavery trick."

Li Wang was the taboo title of Zhu He before he took office.

Most of the soldiers in the army were dissatisfied with Zhuhe's tyrannical regime, and they did not respect him privately.

Lou Cang changed into a sweat towel and said, "He saw that Kayan'er often pays attention to Muzheng's expression, the relationship between the two of them is not like that of a master and servant, so he tested it and found out the truth."

Wen Congming was thoughtful: "We are always stationed in the frontier and rarely communicate with Yandu. Although the regent acted sloppily, it seems that he is not as rumored..."

He paused, "Speaking of which, the last time I saw him was more than five years ago, and the late emperor was still here."

Lou Cang didn't know what he was thinking, and he seemed to come to his senses when he heard the words: "Huh?"

Now that nothing happened, Wen Congming said casually: "At that time, I was not recruited into the army by the general, and I spent all day messing around in Huajie Lane... I had heard some rumors about King Li."

Lou Cang: "Rumor?"

"Yes."

Wen Congming said, "The first emperor had three sons and two daughters. Unfortunately, the heirs were not blessed. In the end, only the prince was left. It should be like a jewel, but compared to the prince, it is clear that King Li is more favored by the late emperor."

Lou Cang had never been interested in the secrets of the palace boudoir, but now he asked one more question: "What do you mean?"

Wen Congming smiled: "It's also a folk rumor. I once heard the chatting of the young man in Goulanyuan...the reason why Zhu He was able to become the only king with a different surname in Dali, and he was so favored by the late emperor. It was because he was with the late emperor. between……"

Lou Cang's pupils suddenly shrank: "Don't mention this again!"

It is a serious crime to punish the nine clans to speak falsely about the first emperor, no matter which dynasty or generation.

Wen Congming just mentioned it casually to Lou Cang, seeing how angry he was, he thought that the general would not listen to such foul language, so he said clearly: "General, don't be angry."

Lou Cang didn't recover quickly, he froze for a long while before he stood up: "How can you take the empty words of the Fireworks Land seriously? Don't tarnish others' innocence."

Wen Congming always felt that the tone was a bit strange, so he didn't think much about it: "This subordinate understands."

The luggage is neatly packed, and we will leave early the next morning.

The prosperity and wealth and many beauties seemed to be right in front of him, Zhuhe was in such a good mood, he even ate an extra bowl for supper, and lay on the bed tossing and turning unable to sleep.

He turned over and got out of bed without waking up De Zhuang who was sleeping outside. The dog came out of the tent.

According to the shape of the army and the terrain, Dali camped on the side of the mountain.

It was still early spring when I came here, and now it has already entered the severe summer.

Zhuhe didn't go into battle shirtless like the soldiers in the camp, but changed the fox fur into a coat, and occasionally the brazier was still burning at night.

Night breeze.

He was still afraid of the cold, so he tightened his clothes, rubbed his belly, and walked slowly up the mountain.

From the top of the mountain, you can see a complete moon in southern Xinjiang, growing lonely in the endless night sky.

It was no different from what he had seen for thousands of years.

Zhu He narrowed his eyes, looked at it for a long time, and then took a nap.

A footstep that was stepping on dead leaves seemed to be slightly frozen because of this burp.

Zhuhe turned his head and saw Lou Cang walking out from the woods he had just walked behind behind him covered in moonlight.

The night is dark.

The wind is high.

Killing night.

Zhuhe immediately became alert: "General Lou is in such a good mood, he won't go back to rest after patrolling the camp, what are you doing here?"

Lou Cang showed no expression, and walked to Zhuhe's side: "The night guard said you are here."

Zhu He: "..."

Hey, who is the villain who betrayed Hehe and pecked at his sons and grandchildren!

Seeing that Zhu He didn't answer, Lou Cang said flatly: "I didn't expect that the regent also has the pleasure of admiring the moon."

Zhuhe moved a little further away from the building: "It's good to exercise after meals, and climbing mountains is good."

Lou Cang seemed a little speechless, paused for a while, and then said: "Tomorrow the army will increase the training time, and when the regent leaves, maybe..."

"No need to send."

Zhu He breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to say a few polite words, but when he saw Lou Cang stretching his hand into his sleeve, his nerves tensed up.

Want to touch the knife?

You won't draw your sword to face each other, will you?

He He is so shameless towards his ungrateful big-tailed wolf——

Then Lou Cang took out a suet jade tablet from his sleeve.

At first glance, it is a high-quality jade, warm and soft white, with a few hints of sugar color.

A pair of big ducks playing in the water are engraved on the jade plate...it should be ducks.

Zhu He: "..."

It should be quite valuable.

Lou Cang handed the jade tablet to Zhuhe: "This seed tablet was given by my parents when I got the crown, and I will always wear it on my body. I hope the regent will not dislike it."

Since coming to this world, Zhuhe has never received a gift: "For me?"

Lou Cang shifted his gaze: "The regent is a great favor, and there is no way to repay it."

Zhuhe: "!"

Yes, for the sake of repaying your kindness, Hehe forgives you for messing with me to death for the little prince.

Zhu He brazenly took the jade tablet over.

Start with a warm feeling.

Zhuhe weighed the weight and felt very satisfied, so he put the jade tablet in his pocket: "Then the king will not be polite to the general."

Lou Cang: "..."

Lou Cang looked at Zhu He seriously, seemed to want to say something more, but endured it again, and finally said: "In the coming year, on the first day of the new calendar, the general will lead his troops to triumphantly, and celebrate the new year with the regent."

Zhu He was at a loss for a moment: "Oh, that's fine."

Although it took nearly three months to travel from Yandu to southern Xinjiang, because the cranes changed their procrastination and traveled quickly, when the regent's car was resting in the suburbs, Yandu had just entered autumn.

The regent is away, and the crown prince is in charge of the ruling and opposition parties.

The complaints of the officials in the DPRK and China have decreased, and the common people have become richer. Even the air in Yandu seems to be filled with joy.

Zhuhe drew a successful conclusion to all this.

The regent's return to the mansion is a major event, and the news has already spread to the palace early.

At the inn where Zhuhe was resting, he changed into robes sewn with gold thread, pulled up his black ink-like hair, looked at the bronze mirror again and again, and said, "Kayaner, do you think this king is heavenly?" The prettiest man out there?"

Kayan: "..."

Kayan Er put the crown on the cranes: "It's a long road, why does the regent insist on taking the slave's family back to Yandu?"

"Of course I'm afraid that Princess Yuenu will hold a grudge and wait for an opportunity to retaliate, so don't worry."

Zhu He shook his head: "The main reason is that De Zhuang's hands are too heavy. Every time he crowns his hair, he has to pull a few strands of my hair. I am afraid of going bald. Girls have lighter hands."

Kayan: "..."

Although it is outside the city, it is also included in the scope of Yandu.

After Zhuhe changed his clothes, he went downstairs, and saw the inn decorated with lights and festoons, and two festive red lanterns were hung at the door, as if celebrating a festival.

De Zhuang followed, and when he saw this, he went up and asked, "Shopkeeper, what is this happy event?"

The owner of the store was busy making arrangements, but did not recognize Zhu He: "Great joy! Today is the 16th birthday of His Royal Highness the crown prince."

The little second next to him was wiping the table: "That's right! His Royal Highness is kind and gentle, and cares about the common people. We all discussed to pray for His Highness together. I wish His Highness all the best, and get on the throne early!"

De Zhuang's expression changed immediately, he turned to look at Zhu He, and heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the inn.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes fell.

A thin voice came: "His Royal Highness came to welcome the Regent back to the mansion—"

The cranes followed the sound and looked out.

A handsome young man in white clothes rolled over from his horse, his clothes embroidered with flying dragons fluttered, bringing youthful arrogance.

Behind him were several young men in official uniforms, who were equally high-spirited.

In half a year, Yan Rong grew taller and her phoenix eyes became deeper.

He walked up to Zhu He and made a big salute: "Uncle Huang worked hard all the way, Ziyang was very worried, but fortunately Uncle Huang returned safely."

Zhuhe clicked his tongue in his heart, stretched out his hand to help the young man up, and said, "Why are you being polite to the emperor. I have been away for a few months, but I haven't received a single letter from the prince, which makes me worry about it."

The shopkeeper and the Xiao Er who had just spoken were all frozen in place.

A man behind Yan Rong smiled and said, "It's the crown prince's birthday today, so the regent must have rushed back here on purpose. I wonder what gifts the regent has prepared for His Royal Highness, including a crown. Can I let the ministers take a look?"

Zhu He: "..."

Yan Rong seemed to have some anticipation on his face, and looked at Zhu He: "Uncle Huang really prepared a gift for Ziyang?"

Zhu He: "..."

Okay, dare to wait here.

He couldn't remember the date of the little prince's birthday at all, not to mention rushing all the way, there was indeed nothing he could take out.

Zhuhe pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he said in a warm voice: "Naturally. This prince is crazy about Ziyang. How can the uncle forget the prince's birthday now?"

He stretched out his hand and took out a suet jade tablet from his sleeve.

The jade color is warm and white, and the bright red pendant hangs down gracefully.

Zhuhe handed the jade token to Yan Rong, copied his homework and said, "This seed token was given by my parents when I got the crown, and I have always worn it on my body, so let me give it to His Royal Highness as a gift."