Lang Yi

At that time, Tian Zong was thirteen years old, and he was a half-grown boy who didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. On a whim, he felt that the coach who taught him martial arts treated him like a child, and he didn't bother to compete with a group of aristocratic children who carefully accompanied him to practice. He wanted to teach the head to take himself to the training ground of the Reserve Army of the Guards, and compete with his peers, and no one could stop him.Naturally, the instructor didn't have the guts to take the prince to the practice field for a martial arts competition. In the end, Xiao Tongxuan, who was a few years older than him, took the initiative and took him there.

The training ground gathered teenagers selected from all over the world since childhood. Only noble children with clean family background, high qualifications, and flawless conduct could be selected. After hard training and strict screening, these teenagers had the opportunity to wear the uniform of the imperial guards.Although the gentry have a large number of people, they generally advocate studying and developing official careers. Unless they are so poor that they can't even pay for the education, not many people will let their children go this way; therefore, most of the people who come here are declining. The children of the lower gentry family, they have nothing but the title of gentry, so they can only work hard to make a future here.

Although Tian Zong deliberately changed into an ordinary coarse cotton shirt, but the clothes were brand new and clean, with fine stitching, and it was still incompatible with the boys in the training ground wearing coarse patched clothes. With a dignified temperament, no one can see that he cannot be offended, so naturally no one is willing to come forward to compete with him.

Tian Zong was very discouraged, he originally planned to knock down a few people, and go back to show off in front of his brother, since no one wanted to pay attention to him, he had no choice but to watch their fights on the sidelines of the school field.After watching it for a while, he felt a drum in his heart, fortunately no one really competed with him - although these youngsters were about the same age as him, they were all above him in terms of physical strength.

However, Xiao Tongxuan was also narrow-minded when he was young, and he saw that he had the intention of retreating, so he teased: "Why, we finally came here, just to see and leave?"

Tian Zong couldn't help but bite the bullet and said: "Of course not, it's just that they don't want to compete with me, and it's not that I can't beat them."

Xiao Tongxuan laughed and said, "Going home empty-handed is always unpleasant to say. How about this, I'll pick one for you, and he has to compare if he doesn't." As he spoke, he swept the audience, and deliberately picked the slenderest boy, With a quick finger: "Just him."

The young man was practicing plum blossom piles alone in the corner of the field, and he was not eye-catching, but he had no choice but to come over when he heard the coach's call.Tian Zong saw that the young man in front of him looked a little smaller than himself, although his face was a bit dirty, but his face was gentle, and he looked not difficult to defeat, so he encouraged himself, threw off his outer robe, and jumped onto the ring.

After all, Tian Zong is the prince, Xiao Tongxuan didn't dare to be careless, and brought two instructors to watch him closely.Tian Zong was guilty at first, and when they saw him, he couldn't help but become more nervous; in fact, his skills are not bad, but it's a pity that no one dares to be strict with the prince during daily training. juvenile.

Later, Xiao Tongxuan told Tian Zong that he took him to the training ground at that time to let him learn more; It is possible to go to the battlefield.And the cruelty of fighting on the battlefield is a hundred times and a thousand times better than that in a small practice field. If Tian Zong really wants to go to the battlefield in the future, no matter how well protected others are, he must have the ability to protect himself. He doesn't want this little cousin The younger brother is ignorant and just makes a display.

But seeing that the sky was going downhill, his face gradually became unresponsive, he gritted his teeth, and was so embarrassed that he was about to store up tears, Xiao Tongxuan regretted it: he didn't expect that he would deliberately pick an opponent who seemed easy to deal with. Bad thing; after all, he is a noble prince, this kid has always valued his face the most, and he came here excitedly today, if he is knocked down by a burly opponent, it will be fine, but if he is defeated by such a thin boy, this kid will I'm afraid it will be difficult to muster up the courage to compete with others.

But after fighting and fighting, the skinny boy gradually lost his strength, and in the end Tian Zong actually defeated him.Xiao Tongxuan heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward and patted Tian Zong on the shoulder in praise: "Okay, you are a good person, today is like this, let's come again next time."

Tian Zong wiped off his sweat, watched the young man who had been knocked down by him slowly sit up, and then jumped off the ring without saying a word.Xiao Tongxuan picked up the robe for him, he blushed and said in a low voice: "Cousin Xiao, just now, he let me go, he can beat me..."

Obviously he could defeat him, but when his eyes met, the young man saw the mist of frustration in his eyes, as if he was worried that he would really cry, so he procrastinated and didn't use his ruthless hand, and finally he was knocked down to the ground out of strength.

Xiao Tongxuan put his arms around Tian Zong's shoulders in relief, and said in a low voice: "If Your Highness didn't tell me, I really didn't see it. Your Highness is willing to tell me the truth. It can be seen that our hearts are open and magnanimous, which is a blessing for us. This is better than being strong How about it, I will practice with His Highness when I have free time, and then we will compete again..."

Before he had gone far, he heard someone shouting the number in the arena: "Ning Xinghe, the [-]th match, lose!"

Tian Zong couldn't help but stop. Seeing that the youngsters around him were all sympathetically watching the thin youngster walking down the ring silently with his head down, and someone secretly cast a condemning look on him, he asked, "Why, there are still some people in the training ground?" Do you want to remember the number of wins and losses?"

The coach who followed aside said: "Naturally, we have to count. These teenagers have started to compete with each other since they turned 12 years old. If they lose more than half of the total number of games, they can no longer stay here. This Ning Xinghe lost in the past There are already a lot of games, but just now, the loss to His Highness happened to be half of the number."

Tian Zong was in a hurry, he didn't expect that his self-willedness would cause others to lose their future, and he argued: "But I'm not a student here, the comparison between him and me doesn't count."

The coach hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Since your Highness defeated him, how can it not be counted?"

——The prince specially came here to compete. Who dares to say that his winning record is not counted?

Originally, Tian Zong guessed that this young man gave in to him because he saw that he was new and didn't want to offend him, but he already knew that if he lost to him, he would be kicked out of the practice field, and it would be too late for him to go to school at this age, so this is equivalent to That is to say, the way out was cut off; thinking about it this way, he was still willing to lose to himself, probably because he really saw his panicked and embarrassed appearance just now, so he couldn't hold back his momentary soft-heartedness, which shows that his nature is indeed kind.

Tian Zong stamped his feet, and suddenly broke free from Xiao Tongxuan's hand, turned around and walked in front of the boy to stop him.The boy was already biting his lip and weeping silently, but when he raised his eyes, two tears fell out.Tian Zong knew that he was strong-hearted during the sparring just now, but seeing him crying now, he couldn't help being startled, afraid that others would see him laughing, so he hurriedly wiped him off with his sleeve, and asked: "Your name is Ning Xinghe? "

The boy nodded blankly and looked at him puzzled.

Tian Zong patted him on the shoulder and said loudly: "Okay, Ning Xinghe, you are good at martial arts. I, Ji Tianzong, think you are very good, so you will come and serve as my bodyguard in the future! You should practice your skills here, and I will build you up in the future." You can find me." After finishing speaking, Tian Zong looked around and was satisfied to see the coaches around him surrendering their orders, knowing that no one would drive Ning Xinghe out of the school ground now.

Xiao Tongxuan crossed his arms and looked at him with a half-smile, but he no longer looked at a child, and was a little more solemn.

Tian Zong felt relieved and was about to leave when he remembered that he hadn't asked for his own opinion, so he turned around and asked, "Ning Xinghe, are you willing to follow me from now on?"

Ning Xinghe just heard him report his name, only knew that Ji's surname belonged to the royal family, but didn't know that Tian Zong was the prince; he was still looking at him in a daze, but now he didn't even think about it, he quickly nodded and replied loudly: "Yes!"

Tian Zong thought about it again, now he is still too early to leave the palace and build a mansion, so he must leave a certificate at this time.He touched his body, because he had changed into a full set of clothes when he came out, and he didn't wear any of the usual gold, jade, and luxurious accessories, so he simply took off his outer robe and handed it to Ning Xinghe: "Put away my clothes." , count it as a token, and then you can take it to find me."

Ning Xinghe wiped his hands vigorously on the hem of his clothes, and then took the outer robe with both hands, still staring at him blankly, but his eyes gradually brightened.

Xiao Tongxuan urged behind him, Tian Zong smiled at Ning Xinghe hastily: "You still have to practice hard, and then we will fight again." After speaking, he left with Xiao Tongxuan.

After all, Tian Zong is a prince, surrounded by too many new things at his fingertips, he quickly lost his interest in finding people to fight, he was fascinated by horse racing and hunting, and at other times he was greedy for painting and calligraphy. Although he still practiced martial arts non-stop, But he had already forgotten the little things in the training ground that day.

At the age of 16, the emperor gave him a mansion and named him Linwang.Tian Zong suddenly went out of the palace, free and easy, and the excitement lasted for several days. He hung out with the children of the aristocratic families in Qingdu City all day long. He didn't even return to the mansion for several days.

On this day, he was brought by several friends of similar age to drink in a flower house in the city.When the wine was full, he put his hand on a girl's slender waist, and the chief inspector sent by the palace suddenly led someone in disguise, and drove everyone away. On the spot, he passed on the oral order of his father to reprimand him for his absurd behavior and make him think about it behind closed doors. , he had no choice but to return to Linwang's mansion in despair.

Wearing a sable fur collar, getting out of the carriage in a daze, he seemed to see a young man standing far away by the gate running towards him from the corner of his eye.The guards were vigilant and stood in front of him. They drew their swords out of their sheaths long ago, and asked, "Who?! How dare you disturb His Royal Highness Lin Wang! Don't come any closer!"

Tian Zong didn't care much, and continued to walk in.Seeing that he was about to enter the gate, the young man became anxious, and quickly shouted: "Your Highness! I am Ning Xinghe, and you asked me to come to you!"

Tian Zong was in a daze of alcohol, he stopped when he heard the sound, and turned his head in confusion: "...Who?"