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"Those who have survived the salt punishment are good men." Ying Wu restrained his heartless smile, and leaned closer to Ying Qi, "It's just sneaked out once, and came back, it's an unforgivable crime Wrong? The Shadow Palace is indeed too strict with wide entry and strict exit. Speaking of which, what are you doing sneaking out..."

Mentioning the Shadow Palace and the salt punishment, Ying Qi felt a dull pain all over his body, and a strong nausea surged out of his chest uncontrollably, pushed Ying Wu away and walked out of the room, lying on the doorpost and retching, vomited cleanly , just rinsed his mouth and came back as if nothing had happened.

Ying Wu was a little guilty, he knew that anyone who suffered the salt punishment would cast a terrible shadow on Ying Gong, and Ying Qi was no exception.

So pretending that he didn't see his gaffe, he changed the subject sensibly, rolled up his sleeves, wiped the wound on Ying Qi's back with a medicinal cloth, and taught him earnestly: "How many times have I said, don't take your own life to protect the master. Also hide. There are still two iron pieces inserted here, you wait, I will squeeze it out. Hey, hey, this is inserted so deep, the barb is stuck in the flesh, please bear with it."

"Yes." Ying Qi agreed lightly.

Ying Wu supported Ying Qi's back with one hand, the blood maple hook in his right hand dug deeply into the wound, pried out two bloody hidden arrows, and threw them on the ground casually.

"Does it hurt?"

"It's okay." Ying Qi replied indifferently, as if the pain didn't belong to him at all.

"It's really bearable." Ying Wu wiped his hands, and suddenly opened his eyes wide, "What is under the brand of your shadow guard?"

He raised his hand to touch it, and there was a raised pattern under the shadow brand on Ying Qi's right shoulder blade, and he couldn't see what it was under the shadow brand, so Ying Wu murmured softly: "What is this, a flower?" ? What flower?"

Ying Qi trembled, frowned, took off his clothes and put them on, and said seriously: "It's just a random tattoo."

"Arbitrarily... just stabbed a flower? Why? The pattern is on the shoulder blade, you can't reach it by yourself, who stabbed it for you?" Ying Wu rubbed his chin and laughed dryly, "Oh... I'm just asking, don't be so serious .”

"It's a gift from a benefactor." Ying Qi said perfunctorily.

"The benefactor stabbed it? Okay, okay, I won't ask." Ying Wu touched Ying Qi's shoulder, "You are getting colder and colder, don't you know, don't let my brother lead you into trouble, really."

Yingwu is easy to get along with, even in a high position, he still looks like a half-grown child.Ying Qi's serious and indifferent expression did not loosen.

"Leave me alone." Ying Qi handed him a roll of medicinal cloth, "Wrap it up."

Ying Wu rolled up his sleeves, his left arm was burned by those grandchildren's firearms, festering.

"Oh, my left hand is as beautiful as a flower." Ying Wu sniffed, took the medicine cloth that Ying Qi handed over, and wrapped it up with ghosts crying and howling in pain. In a blink of an eye, he caught a glimpse of Ying Qi throwing a The bodyguard uniform, Ying Wu grabbed the bodyguard uniform and looked at it twice, and suddenly froze for a moment, "How can you wear this?"

"It's just a piece of clothing." Ying Qi concentrated on bandaging herself, and answered absent-mindedly.Xiao Fuzi kindly took it for Ying Qi to cover his body, and he has to return it to others tomorrow

"Hey hey hey, don't be too busy, listen to me." Ying Wu shook Ying Qi, shaking the clothes in front of his eyes, and said earnestly, "You can't wear clothes casually, you are a ghost guard, you can wear shadow guards. uniforms, but you must not wear bodyguard uniforms, this is the rule in our business."

"Okay." Ying Qi agreed casually.

"What's the matter, you have to remember, don't worry about it." Ying Wu repeatedly asked.

"Ah."

The bright moon hangs high outside the window, and the shadow of a person is reflected on the window sill——Ying Si just finished discussing with Shi Zi about Bi Xiao's assassin, and passed by Ying Qi's residence, and said coldly outside: "Ying Wu, get out."

Ying Wu heard the voice of the visitor clearly, scratched his head, threw Ying Qi down and jumped out happily: "Here we come, come out, brother!"

Yingqi let out a helpless sigh of relief, and continued to apply medicine to herself.

There were many sword wounds on his body, but fortunately he didn't hurt his muscles and bones. The doctor in the medical hall didn't have to work, but he bled too much and was exhausted. He had to lean on the bedside and close his eyes to rest.

In a daze, I heard Ying Si ordering coldly outside: "Ying Qi, Your Highness ordered to meet him in the study tomorrow."

Ying Qi suddenly opened his eyes, struggled to get up with his arms, and stared blankly at the window lattice where no one was seen.

Your Highness wants to...see him.

His Highness still gave him dignity, and he didn't want to be so shaky and vulnerable in front of His Highness.

He wanted to ask again, but Ying Si had already left.

In the early morning of the second day, Shadow Five and Seven Shadow had already knelt on one knee outside the study, waiting for orders.

Ying Wu was listless, poked Ying Qi, who was kneeling seriously beside him, and yawned several times: "Last night, I caught several insiders, and I was called up for interrogation just after a short sleep... I'm so tired. I shouldn't be on duty, but I have to get up early to obey orders, what's the matter, mother."

Yingqi was expressionless and did not speak.

"Small steamed buns in Beixiang, will you eat them later?" Ying Wu happily poked Gu Ying Qi, "The meat stuffing made by the master chef is quite enough, and the soup and meat smells all over the house after one bite, and I will have dinner with me later Go, ah, are you afraid of Yingsi, let's not take him if it's okay."

"I'm on duty." Ying Qi said.

"I invite you, oh please, go, go, my brother is still interrogating spies, don't go with me..." Ying Wu calculated with his slender fingers, "I can still invite you now, and then In two days, I will have to rely on my brother to support me."

"Although the family's monthly bills are quite generous, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend all the money. I have to eat, drink, and gamble. The main thing is to gamble. All my money is spent in that family-filled gambling house. Hey, I don't really want to spend it all." I often lose, but I can never win Miss Yin, right, hehe."

"Well, I can't win her, but I always want to win her, so when I grow old, my brother always goes inside to catch me and bring me back. It's embarrassing!"

Pushing open the wooden door of the lobby, Liuyu greeted softly: "My lords, Your Highness is waiting in the study."

The two stepped into the study room and bowed their heads in salute. Li Yuan was writing a letter at his desk, and occasionally raised his pen to dip in ink, revealing a section of his wrist that was as white as Bai Yu's pen holder.

Ying Wu stretched Ying Qi's sleeve, and reminded in a low voice: "Xiao Qi, don't keep staring at His Highness."

Ying Qi just came back to his senses, lowering his eyelids slightly.

The two of them lowered their heads slightly and knelt on one knee quietly waiting for orders. They heard His Royal Highness put down the pen, folded the handwriting in two and put it aside.

"It's no big deal to call you here, the two of you have meritorious service in protecting your father and me last night." Li Yuan leaned on the recliner and said slowly, "But your status is beyond promotion, so I'll reward you with some vulgar things. "

Li Yuan admired the mutton jade pendant placed on Ying Wuyi's desk, and Ying Qiyi's brocade bag of golden melon seeds.

Ying Wu laughed: "Thank you, Your Highness, my subordinates like vulgar things."

Li Yuan snorted softly: "What are you laughing at, you are the most skinny in the house, jumping up and down all day long, this time I think you have meritorious service, if you miss the important thing in the future..."

"Don't dare." Ying Wu knelt and rubbed forward, wagging his tail flatteringly, "It would be better if His Highness could give me a little vacation."

"The house is short of people, so don't allow it." Li Yuan waved his hand, "You have nothing to do here, don't hang out in front of my eyes."

Ying Wu wilted, and withdrew his ears to leave.

The study room is quite clean.

Ying Qi bowed her head silently and knelt at Li Yuan's feet, trying to lower her breathing.

A slender and shiny hand was held in front of Ying Qi.

His fingers were slender and clean, without the slightest scar. Ying Qi stared blankly at Li Yuan's hand, at a loss for a moment, holding the small brocade bag of golden melon seeds that the prince had just rewarded, hesitated for a while, and put the small bag of golden melon seeds back. In Li Yuan's palm.

Li Yuan was also taken aback, and the two faced each other blankly.

"...I asked you to help me up."

Ying Qi's body trembled suddenly, and he stretched out his hand like lightning to help Li Yuan up. Li Yuan supported Ying Qi with one hand and the wall with the other, and it was the first time he watched someone help him out of phantom.

He supported Ying Qi's wrist, slowly slid it up, and lightly shook Ying Qi's stiff and cold hand, "Is the injury serious? Have you gone to the medical hall to see it?"

Ying Qi replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Li Yuan sighed: "Go and take the letter on the table away, and send it to Linzhou Xingtang in three days."

The medical skills and medicinal materials at Xingtang are better than those of Wangfu, just enough to heal Xiao Qi.

"Yes." Ying Qi didn't dare to linger any longer under the warm palm of Shi Zi, and got up to collect the simple half-fold letter on the table.

Li Yuan put his hand on Ying Qi's hand holding the letter, warmed his cold hand with his palm, and gently instructed: "Don't read it. This is a secret of the palace, a matter of life and death."

Ying Qi held the letter in a daze, as if holding a heavy burden, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Gently held by that hand as gentle as jade, his own hand full of old scars looked so embarrassed, the warm touch penetrated into Ying Qi's flesh along Li Yuan's palm, and he could not refuse.

Ying Qi has no expression, and his eyes are no longer clear and pure, but deep and dark.

But in fact, there was a slight touch in his heart that had been silent for a long time.It's been a long, long time, His Highness, and he hasn't held his hand.

It was as if the previous scene reappeared.

Before His Highness held his hand, he mistakenly thought that he was favored by His Highness, so he fell into it step by step.

Don't get stuck this time.

"Go." Li Yuan gently shook his hand again, "Be careful on the road."

He has neglected Ying Qi for so long, probably no one will stare at him anymore.

After Ying Qi left, Li Yuan looked up at the sealed roof tiles, and was stunned for a while.

Thinking of Yingqi's humble obedience in front of me, especially the innocent and happy eyes he once held in his arms, like a small animal finally being touched by its master, it is extremely innocent.

Li Yuan thought about it silently, bored in the study, took out a pen and paper, and traced the profile of the little shadow guard.Dozens of sheets have been saved under the desk, all of which are Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi seemed to be really disappointed in herself, sad, her eyes were not bright at all, and her words were just a faint "um".

I can't explain anything myself.

In fact, Li Yuan really wanted to talk to someone. His father was already seriously ill, and he was afraid that he would get even worse after the chat; Liang Xiao, that philandering carrot, probably couldn't feel the dull pain of unrequited love, so it would be useless to talk about it; I went to the ancestral hall to talk to my mother and concubine. As soon as I opened my mouth, three candle lamps under the spirit card went out.

Ying Si, the only one who can hear himself, went to interrogate the prisoner.

Li Yuan thought for a while, and silently wrote a love letter on the paper.

"It was a sunny night. The first time I saw a boy in the mangrove forest, I fell in love with him... I don't know how to tell him a lot of things. Maybe many years later, he won't know that I like him."

After thinking about the signature for a long time, "Li Yuan" and "Yuan" were too serious, so they changed it and changed it to "Yixian".

I wrote more than a dozen pages in an eloquent manner, and after finishing writing, I gathered them together and stamped them on the table, and put them together with the small portraits I drew before.