Immediately after the death of the master

Lord and grandfather, loyalty and filial piety.

The best friends who depend on each other and the ideals that cannot be given up.

Come on, Ji Sanqing, make a choice.

If you make the wrong choice again, if you choose to escape again, I don't know what I will do.

The bamboo shadows are faint, the autumn wind is rustling, and the birds are chirping in the early morning, making a lot of noise.

The peerless and independent Mr. Pian Pianjia stood in the house, bamboo leaves floated in through the open window, and fell to the ground flickeringly.

"I surrender."

Ji Sanqing pushed Xiao Zhu away, and after making a real choice, he could stand upright by himself.

"I, Ji Sanqing, surrender to the Eighth Prince."

Ji Sanqing closed his eyes, took out the written surrender letter from his bosom, and handed it to me.

I bent down and took it with both hands, but Ji Sanqing didn't let go immediately, he held the letter of surrender, and his voice was like a bell, asking me to make a promise with him.

"Li Nian'en, the [-] people of Wancheng must not be harmed in any way."

Ji Sanqing's expression was extremely serious, his brows were deeply frowned, and his eyes were piercing, like the majestic old patriarch of a big family.

The eyes of the old patriarch reflected the figures of other clansmen.

He finally saw me.

I have always hated powerful people, but I like Ji Sanqing who is so powerful.

He should be like this, he doesn't need to struggle on the edge of the two forces, he doesn't need to make compromises because of other people's mistakes, he just needs to be himself.

My eldest son, just like this, live for yourself.

"Yes."

The quiet bamboo house has become a majestic ancestral hall. Under the watchful eyes of the deceased ancestors, the young clansmen accept the tasks of the old patriarch.

In front of Ji Sanqing, Li Sanpang was willing to lower his head.

101,

Before leaving, I reminded Xiao Zhu not to let anyone in, neither Xiao Shizi nor the prefect.

Xiaozhu agreed.

I carefully hid Ji Sanqing's letter of surrender in my arms, and when I passed by the gate of the prefect's mansion, Shen Hong stood there with his sword in his arms, seeing that I was about to leave, he smiled flatteringly at me.During the few days I lived in the prefect's mansion, although Shen Hong's character was remarkable, he did not cause me trouble. Now that my task is completed, he treats me with a smile, and I naturally return him with a smile.

The two of us, a traitorous bastard, and an elbowed bastard, bastard to bastard, happy and harmonious, like a family.

The prefect had entrusted his subordinates long ago, and no one dared to stop me. I went all the way back to the barracks unscathed and unscathed.The atmosphere in the barracks has changed a lot compared to when I left, and it is closer to the state of battle. The soldiers' nerves are tense, and they are ready to draw their weapons at their waists at any time.

Ji Qingshuang is just a dog nose, and she was the first to know about my return to the camp, so she came over immediately.I haven't seen her for three days, and she is visibly haggard, her eyes are blue and purple, her hair is messy, and she looks a little nervous.During Ji's residence, Ji Qingshuang was a relative of the emperor, her father couldn't take care of her, and Prime Minister Ji didn't bother to take care of her.Only Ji Sanqing, only this half-brother, stared at her all day long, disciplined her, and protected her all the time in the name of worrying about her harming others.

Like me, Ji Qingshuang also cares about Ji Sanqing very much.

Obviously, she is a girl and I am a servant.

But they all want to protect that naive young man.

Now - we did it!

I took out the surrender book in my arms and waved it at her from a distance.She covered her mouth and collapsed on the ground. The soldiers around were terrified and wanted to help her up, but she refused.

Distantly, she clasped her fist at me.

I clasped my fists back.

I rushed to the tent where the master was, and the master was wrapped in thick clothes, curled up in a chair and drinking Chinese medicine.The master was raised in a sugar bowl since he was a child. Before the age of 12, no one dared to make this master suffer.After so many years of turmoil, the master is used to the pain of being injured, but still not used to the bitter medicine.

I happily waved the surrender letter in my hand to my master.

"Master, the little one went out and completed the task in less than three days. How about it, handsome."

The master who twisted his nose and swallowed the medicine was infected by my joy, and his frown relaxed a little. He blamed me half-jokingly: "You only completed the task on the last day, aren't you proud?"

"Hey, I'm just—"

I made a funny face at my master, which made him laugh out loud.This kind of joyful atmosphere without any grievances made me go back to seven years ago, when we were still young.

The master didn't feel too bitter anymore, he finished the medicine with a smile, read the surrender book at a glance, and praised me while reading.

"It's a good job, I'll give you a credit, and later you will take my personal guards to pick up Xiao Shizi."

"Okay~"

"It's such a big official, I don't have a proper job all day long."

Faced with my sensational performance, the master smiled and knocked on my head, and I took the opportunity to retreat.

The master's personal guards are not many in number, but all of them are good players.The pro-team is directly under the master, and his status is as noble as the Ninth Prince's, and he can't command it.Now, the master has let me command without hesitation. From this point of view, I can still jump up and down a few more times in the future.

It's really not a dream to be an extremely human minister.

There were only more than fifty guards, standing solemnly in two rows.Uniformly wears a specially made waist knife, black thin scale armor, and the top of the iron helmet is decorated with kingfisher feathers.This group of black-armored soldiers only consisted of a dozen or so soldiers, but their momentum was like a battle-hardened army, which was daunting.

It's really majestic, I thought to myself, when I have my own mansion in the future, I will also get a few guards like this to guard my home.

With the help of the guards carefully built by the master, and the golden order bestowed by the master in my hand, I returned to Wancheng with my head held high and my chest held high.The prefect of Wancheng went out of the city to greet him in person, and all the officials knelt down to meet him.

Once again, I feel the power of the imperial power, but a small piece of token makes these officials so terrified.

The gate of the prefect was open, and Xiao Zhu stood at the gate looking around. I was a little surprised why he was standing here.

"Didn't you promise me to guard Ji Sanqing? Why did you come here?"

There is no tone of blame, just pure curiosity, after all, I have never seen him take the initiative to move more than ten feet away from Ji Sanqing.

"It's not that bastard Shen Hong. After he left the capital, no one took care of him. He showed his prototype. Since he came to Wancheng, he ran out every day, either a brothel or a casino. Now it's all right, the prefect took the people in the mansion with him. I went to meet the Eighth Prince, and the door of the mansion was wide open. He panicked, worried that the creditor would take the opportunity to trouble him. That guy is not popular, and he offended many people by molesting the maids in the mansion all day long. He can only find me Come help him watch the wind."

Looking at Xiaozhu's angry bun face, I burst out laughing.

"Who dares to pursue his debts? He just sees you as a bully and teases you. Well, stop standing here and take my group of military masters to find Xiao Shizi. Let's get things done sooner." Done."

"Ke Shenhong?" Xiao Zhu was still a little worried.

"Don't bother with him, finish this matter, and I'll beat him up for you!"

"Then you..." Xiaozhu looked hesitant, but finally said through clenched teeth, "Then if you want to beat him up, beat him harder, and make sure he promises not to bully girls again!"

Xiaozhu has always sneered at violence and barbaric things, but Shen Hong was able to make him say such a thing out of the ordinary. It seems that Shen Hong should be really a jerk.

I might be able to chat with this guy, but unlike Xiaozhu's righteous indignation, I have always looked at bastards and perverts differently.

In this way, after Xiao Zhu was fooled by Shen Hong to guard the gate, he was fooled by me to look for Xiaoshizi instead of me.I didn't feel any guilt for pushing the task to someone else, humming a song, and happily went to play with Ji Sanqing.

Without the chattering little bamboos, the empty bamboo forest looked very deserted. The wind passed through the bamboos, making screams like female ghosts, and the whole atmosphere was indescribably gloomy.I wrapped up my clothes and wanted to hurry to the bamboo house and ask Ji Sanqing for a cup of hot tea.

Maybe I can play a game of chess with Ji San to kill time, I am quite happy to plan, so that I don't have to look at Xiao Shizi's arrogant face anymore.

The master made such a big battle to ask me to save Xiao Shizi, on the one hand, he cared about Xiao Shizi, and on the other hand, he hoped that Xiao Shizi would have a better impression of me.I understand the master's good intentions, but I don't intend to act on the master's hint.

Even if I don't have a chance to kill a guy like Xiao Shizi who snatches things from our little boy now, I will definitely kill him in the future.

Let me lick my face to save him, in my next life!

The bamboo house had already appeared in sight, and the door creaked non-stop in the wind. I quickened my pace, and I couldn't wait to see Ji Sanqing.

"Master Ji, I'm back!"

I jumped into the room with a grin, and after stepping into the room——

At the first moment, I heard the sound of water on the soles of my shoes.

At the second moment, he smelled a tangy smell of blood.

At the third moment, the eyes were covered with blood red.

This scene irritated my eyes, and my brain couldn't function and my body couldn't control under the intense emotional washout.The strength was pulled out of my body, my brain went blank, I swayed, and fell to my knees in a pool of blood, on——

In front of Ji Sanqing's corpse.

"I can't stand Master Li's worship."

My eyes were wide open, and salty liquid gushed out from the tear glands that had dried up for a long time. In the dim vision, I raised my head in a daze, and looked at Shen Hong who was sitting aside and was wiping his long sword with his clothes.

"why?"

My question is pointless.

"He betrayed my emperor."

Lost greed and fear