Immediately after the death of the master

I gave them both a... parting gift.

I calmly blocked their escape route and shook the horse's reins lightly.

"It's okay, it will be soon."

I lowered my eyes and looked at the long sword in my hand. The silver-white sword body reflected my ruthless eyes. The moment the sky broke through the clouds, I reined in the reins, the horse stopped, and blood dripped from the sword tip.

Behind them, two people, their heads fell to the ground.

84,

Our army has won a complete victory.

After this battle, it was only a matter of time before Yizhou was included.

I can enjoy half of this credit, and this achievement can bring me monstrous wealth... But I am not happy.

I am not happy.

Before the celebration banquet started, as the chief general, I brought a jug of spirits and left without permission.

85,

Just as I can always find him, he can always find me.

When I was drinking alone, the Ninth Prince sat beside me silently.He didn't stop me from drinking desperately, but just sat beside me in silence, looked in the direction I was looking, and drank with me.

The strong wine enters the throat, from the throat all the way down to the lower abdomen, the wine is connected in a line, burning every inch of the internal organs that pass through, this temperature spreads from the chest and abdomen, until my limbs, every inch of my skin is ignited.

It's warm, really warm.

But this is a false warmth, the wine is cold, what it brings to me is just an illusion of warmth, the warmth does not come from others, but the burning of my own body temperature.

I know it's fake, it's all fake, but I'm still addicted to it.One mouthful, two mouthfuls... In the false temperature, I paralyze myself——

My blood is not cold.

Ji Sanqing, Lao Tzu's blood...it's not cold...

Thinking of the eldest son of the Ji family who seems to be kind and gentle, but actually sees through me completely, thinking of the sad look he gave me before leaving, the anger spread with the spirits in his body, under the rage, I will The flagon in his hand was thrown out.

Covering my eyes with my palms, I cursed silently in my heart.

Ge Laozi, you big shots... know what a fart...

The Ninth Prince patted me on the shoulder at this moment. I didn't want to compete with him or his crybaby who could cry better, so when I took away the palm that covered my eyes and looked at him, my His expression has become extremely calm.

Ninth Prince, with his normal expression, handed me the flagon he was half-drunk.

As soon as I snatched it, I raised the jug and was about to drink it. When the first sip of wine entered my throat, the Ninth Prince finally spoke.

"What's the matter, Xun Kuang led his troops away long ago, worried that something might happen to them?"

"No."

When I was in a bad mood, I didn't have a good temper with the Ninth Prince, even though I knew it had nothing to do with him.

The Ninth Prince stopped talking, just watched me drink quietly.

I'm still drinking myself.Not far away, the lights of the barracks were extremely bright. In the light within reach, our soldiers sang and danced, and the whole barracks was shrouded in a joyous atmosphere.

The Ninth Prince should have been there, he should have celebrated with our soldiers, he should have been smiling, he should have been happy.

Instead of drinking in here with the jerk like me.

While drinking, I looked at Ninth Prince.He still looked at me, without complaint or sympathy in his eyes, he always looked at me like this, endured all my bad temper, but always followed me without complaint or regret.

Inexplicably, my heart softened.I slowed down my tone, restrained my spikes, and told him the truth:

"I regret."

Ninth Prince blinked his eyes, and after a while, he came over and pressed me into his arms.

His embrace is very warm, as warm as ever, this warmth is not an illusion brought by spirits, but the real temperature.When I buried my face in his chest, when I felt his heat, when I heard his heartbeat.

I finally have control over my feelings.

The jug in my hand fell to the ground, the liquor splashed and wet the corners of our robes, I hugged him back, like a drowning person, grabbed the only driftwood, and couldn't let go.

Huge grief and self-blame poured out of my heart, tears welled up, and I cried in his arms.

"I regret--"

The Ninth Prince gently patted my back, his voice was low and low, like the ringing of a bell.

"If you regret it, then go and pay it back."

I cried more wantonly, sobbing.

"The repayment is not clean."

Ninth Prince pressed my shoulders with both hands, and pulled me away from his embrace. He bent down and looked at me who was crying so hard that I couldn't help myself.

"It's okay, I'll pay it back with you."

The distant campfire danced in his eyes, and he opened and closed his lips, asking me to make a promise with him.

"We use ten years, 20 years, and a lifetime to pay back."

86,

Crying in front of people is not always a good memory, especially in front of people you know.

When I woke up the next day, thinking of what happened last night, I wished I could dig a hole and bury myself in it.I rubbed my head, which was suffering from hangover, and before I had time to be ashamed and angry, the voice next to my ear woke me up completely.

"woke up?"

I turned my head stiffly, and sure enough, the Ninth Prince was lying beside me in his underwear.

"Why are you in my room?"

Although it is a sense of good friendship for men to sleep together, I have always been a little sensitive about it, and I am a little concerned about it.

Jiu Wang didn't take it seriously, he yawned, with his messy hair on his head, he got up to put on his shoes and said to me:

"It's not that you hugged me to death last night and never let go."

Hearing the words of the Ninth Prince, I have a vague memory in my mind. What he said is good. After he helped me wash up, I wanted to leave, but I hugged his waist tightly and did not let go...

Damn, I'm ashamed to throw it at my grandma's house.

I buried my face in the quilt, and felt that I had lost all the face I had left...

As if sensing my embarrassment, the Ninth Prince turned around and joked:

"Well, Mr. Li is... shy?"

"Not at all!" I threw the quilt away, and jumped up to fight this bad friend who made fun of me.

The Ninth Prince understands my virtues, and really wants to tease me, so he made a fuss with me while laughing on the bed.

When we were having a good time, Wei Kexin also followed Ji Qingshuang's example and broke into my tent without my permission.

"Boss, something serious happened—"

Halfway through Wei Kexin's words, he let out a strange quack like a duck.

It was only then that I noticed how inappropriate the actions of the Ninth Prince and I were, both of us were wearing underwear, and one was still pressing on the other...

The Ninth Prince must have realized this, quietly got up from me, blushed and went to the side to change clothes.I didn't care about that, and sat on the bed with a big thorn, and asked Wei Kexin, who had seen something that he didn't dare to look at, gloomyly:

"My sweet little Kexin, what's the big deal that requires you to rush to my tent early in the morning?"

My performance is already obvious. If his answer does not satisfy me, I will seriously consider whether to silence him.

Wei Kexin trembled, no longer making a thoughtful look, and solemnly reported to me:

"My lord, just yesterday, the chaos in the capital ended. Zhang and Xiao's families were bloodbathed, the fourth prince died, and the crown prince ascended the throne. The first thing the new emperor did when he took office was to demote the eighth prince as a traitor. Master and master duel."

This kind of thing is bound to happen. The fourth prince is a puppet supported by the emperor and the master to check and balance the princelings. It is a miracle that he can still struggle for so long when the old emperor died suddenly and the master rebelled.However, this news caught my attention because of the time issue. It stands to reason that the normal speed of sending letters from Yizhou to Kyoto is four days, and the line built by Xu Yuque's coins also takes two days. What happened in Kyoto, how did it spread to Yizhou within a day?

"Where did this news come from?" I didn't want to doubt Wei Kexin, because this matter was really unreasonable.

Wei Kexin's expression was stiff for a moment, and there was a little fear in his eyes when he looked up at me.

"It's... the news from the fourth son of the Ji family..."

"Ji Qinghe?" I couldn't help frowning.

Hearing this name, Wei Kexin's body trembled slightly, but he suppressed it.

"Exactly," Wei Kexin nodded, "The Fourth Young Master asked that person to deliver a message to you."

"What?"

Wei Kexin lowered his head and said in a muffled voice:

"Li Sanpang, 'I' look forward to...'our' reunion in a month's time."

My hands tightened.

The Ninth Prince didn't know when he stopped, turned his head to look at me, his eyes flashed with thought.

87,

Now that the prince is about to launch a general attack, according to the plan, we should also meet up with the master, so as not to be defeated one by one.

After giving up strangling the remnant soldiers in Yizhou, there was unexpectedly traces of Xun Kuang. Between continuing to Yuzhou and going back to hunt down Xun Kuang, the Ninth Prince and I decided to turn back without hesitation.

Because we robbed Xun Kuang's memorial to the new emperor.

At that time, the Ninth Prince and I looked at each other with the same thought in our hearts——

This person must not stay.

We chased and killed Xun Kuang for two days and two nights. Now Xun Kuang is surrounded by only five thousand private troops loyal to him. In the Kingdom of Dayu, a governor who dared to support such a large number of private troops would be a sin of death, but this is wartime Well, not only will the new emperor not touch him for the time being, but he will even reuse him——

This is absolutely not acceptable.

Xun Kuang, he must die without a place to bury him before the real decisive battle broke out.

In Banmapo, our army of more than [-] people surrounded the