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Chapter 41: Chronicle of the Cuckoo

The moss beside the medicinal spring is a bit slippery, so Jingyan leans against the edge of the spring and slowly cleans Changsu's body.He looked at Chang Su's chest, looked at his arms, but still didn't realize that there should be marks on Lin Shu in the past, whether Chang Su was Lin Shu or not.

At this time, Changsu woke up confusedly, opened his eyes, looked at Jingyan and asked, "Your Highness, where is this?"

"You wake up, here is a medicine spring, which was discovered by Xiaoshu before. Look, there is a stone tablet, and there are a few words carved by him on the tablet." Jingyan pointed to a standing stone on the opposite side.

Chang Su looked over with his eyes, and there were indeed some mottled handwriting on the stone Yushan Spring. Chang Su lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, I'm fine, let's go."

Jingyan puts Changsu's clothes on for him, even though it's already afternoon, it's still chilly under the shade of the trees.The two walked side by side, and came to the open land on the mountainside. In the distance, a large area of ​​rhododendrons was flourishing. Although the flowers had not yet been seen, some unnamed wild flowers around them were already in full bloom.

Jingyan pointed in the direction of the azalea and said, "Xiaoshu and I were running around in Jiu'an Mountain and came to this place by accident. That year happened to be the Ching Ming season, and the azaleas had already bloomed all over the mountains and fields, pink, white and bright red, and there were large swaths of flowers. It’s so beautiful. Xiaoshu was very naughty back then. He climbed a big tree and stabbed a hornet’s nest, and later caused the two of us to be chased all over the mountain by a group of hornets. Xiaoshu has always been so lively He is active and fearless. He is very smart and feels that there is nothing he cannot do. It is a pity that after Meiling passed...he never came back. If he came back, what would he be? Will he still like to tease me as before, will he still dislike me as before, I have changed, I don’t know how he will feel if he knows that I have become like this.”

Jingyan has been looking at Changsu's expression, and finds that his eyes are only slightly red occasionally, and the rest of the time he is smiling calmly.Jingyan still doesn’t dare to confirm whether Mei Changsu is Lin Shu, and if so, why is he still indifferent when he talks about what happened in Jiu’an Mountain that year.He looked like he was really an outsider, not wavering or caring at all.

Changsu looked at the mountains in the distance and said, "Your Highness, what is lost is lost. No matter how much you miss him, he will never come back to you again. Lin Shu is dead, and the world is his tomb, and he will remain forever. The place in Meiling. The person His Highness misses so much, I'm afraid we will never see him again."

Jingyan smiled and said, "Let me tell Changsu a story! About me and Lin Shu."

During the Ching Ming Festival that year, the mischievous Lin Shu and Jingyan went on an expedition to Mount Jiu’an.The playful and active Lin Shu stabbed a hornet's nest, which caused the two of them to be chased by the hornets and lost their way. After wandering around Jiu'an Mountain for a long time, they couldn't find the way down the mountain.However, it was raining heavily at that time, and the two hid in a cave. The rain became heavier and heavier, and it felt like there were only the two of them in the world.It was cold and rainy, and there was no fire, so they could only cuddle up to each other.

The two looked at the rain and Lin Shu said, "Jingyan, do you think that piece of rhododendron looks like the other shore flower? Where do you think we will go after we die? If one day I really die in battle, don't you cry?" , You have to live strong. I like plum blossoms. When the time comes, you will plant plum blossoms around my cemetery, so that when the plum blossoms bloom, I will come back to you. If you die in battle, I will... I will also I will live well, I will plant bellflowers around your grave, I will make it invincible in all seasons, it will always bloom around you, I will tell you that spring is always by your side, and I will always be by your side."

At that time, Jingyan never thought that he would part with Xiaoshu. Xiaoshu is such a powerful person, so how could there be any accidents, he said with a smile, "Okay, but Xiaoshu and we are all going out together, I won't If you have something to do, I am here, and I promise not to hurt you."

"Jingyan, I'm so cold, the azaleas won't look good when it rains, I want to see the azaleas all over the mountains..." Lin Shu leaned on Jingyan's shoulder as he spoke, as if he had fallen asleep.

Jingyan touched his forehead nervously, and found that it was slightly hot, and there was a small bump on his wrist, which should have been stung by a wasp just now.Jingyan looks at Xiaoshu's appearance, he is afraid.Seeing that the rain was getting less and less, he carried Xiaoshu on his back and ran down the mountain. He didn't know how many times he walked and stumbled. Jingyan tirelessly carried Xiaoshu on his back and walked up the mountain, It bears the weight of his life.As Jingyan walked, he didn't feel hope until he heard soldiers calling in the distance.

When the emperor's eldest son Qi Wang Jingyu looked at the two embarrassed younger brothers, he wanted to be angry but he could only bear it, because Jingyan was already very fragile at this moment, he could no longer be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and in the end he just smiled and patted Patting them on the shoulder brought people back to the barracks, boys are always naughty.

Back at the barracks, Jingyan stayed by Lin Shu's side, watching the military doctor busy Jingyan couldn't help asking, "Doctor, is Xiaoshu alright?"

The doctor cleaned Lin Shu's wound and said, "It's okay, just drink a few doses of medicine and you'll be fine. Your Highness, your leg is also injured, go outside and bandage it."

As soon as Jingyan heard that Xiaoshu was fine, he also came and went out to bandage the wound with peace of mind.

At night, Jingyan lays on Lin Shu's bed and guards him, just like Fei Liu guarded Chang Su later.Jingyan looked at Lin Shu's sleeping face, counted Lin Shu's eyelashes and said, "Xiao Shu, you must look like Aunt Jinyang, you are pretty."

At this moment, Lin Shu was raving in his dream, "Azalea...Jingyan azalea."

Jingyan hears his ravings, and silently thinks in his heart that tomorrow he must let Xiaoshu see the azaleas.Jingyan was tired after thinking about it, so he lay down beside the bed and fell asleep.When King Qi came in, he saw Jingyan lying on Xiaoshu's bed, drooling in sleep, he smiled and picked up his younger brother and put him on the mat in the outer room. These two children were the ones who made trouble.

Lin Shu likes to make trouble out loud, he is confused in small things, but shrewd in big things, he is a clever child.Jingyan, on the other hand, likes to be bored and make trouble, and he is also stubborn and often goes to the end. He is a child who likes to hide his thoughts.

The next morning the sky was still drizzling, so Lin Shu got up and stretched his waist. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find Jingyan, so he asked the guards beside him, "Did you see His Highness Prince Jing?"

"Young Marshal didn't, Prince Jing left the camp very early." Xiao Bing replied.

"Going out, it's raining today, where can he go?" Lin Shu murmured.

It wasn't until noon that Lin Shu saw Jingyan come back in a hurry. Jingyan came to Lin Shu's big tent all drenched and said, "Xiao Shu, I'll show you something, come with me."

"What is it?" Lin Shu asked curiously.

"Follow me and you'll know." Jingyan beckoned Lin Shu to follow his footsteps.

Coming to his big tent, Jingyan said mysteriously, "Xiaoshu, you will definitely like it."

"What the hell is it?" Lin Shu opened the curtain and entered, and saw clusters of rhododendrons blooming brilliantly. The rhododendrons were dug up one by one and placed in special flower pots. There are pink ones, white ones, red ones, and even a lavender one.

Seeing this, Lin Shu asked, "How did you manage to become Jingyan?"

Jingyan said proudly, "There is nothing I can't do. Look, I brought you azaleas. When I return to Jinling, after my Prince Jing's Mansion is completed, you want to plant them in my yard. Those full of plum trees are not allowed to break their promises, and by the way, there are bellflowers, I want a large area of ​​plum trees and bellflower flowers."

Lin Shu looked at Jingyan's scarred hands, patted his chest and said, "Of course, when I, Lin Shu, ever broke my promise, I will plant it when I go back. If I can't finish planting in a year, I will plant it for two years, three years... ten years." Years, a lifetime is so long, I will always finish planting."

The two continued to laugh and chat, playing back and forth with the rhododendrons brought back by Jingyan.Since then, azaleas have become the exclusive flowers between King Jing and Lin Shu. No matter where they go, as long as they see azaleas, they can think of everything at that time.

After Chang Su listened to Jingyan's narration, he smiled slightly and said, "It turns out that Young Marshal Lin planted the plum trees in Prince Jing's mansion. No wonder His Highness cherishes them so much."

Jingyan looks at him with reddish eyes, biting his lip from time to time, rubbing his sleeves with both hands meaninglessly, he is already sure that the person in front of him is Lin Shu.He refused to admit that he was Lin Shu, and he understood the reason why he refused to recognize him. If Chi Yan's stigma was not removed, Xiao Shu would not confess to him for a day.Even if Lin Shu wanted to come back, he would come back aboveboard and proudly, not with another identity.

Jingyan said: "Actually, there were still a lot of bellflowers before, but later on I often went out to fight and often didn't return for a year, and the mansion died without anyone taking care of it. Changsu, let's take some rhododendrons back, and when we return to Jinling , can you plant a garden full of bellflowers for me?"

Changsu looks at Jingyan, tears still streaming down his face, he says, "Okay, but Your Highness, I am Mei Changsu, I am not Lin..." Before Changsu could finish speaking, Jingyan covered him.

"I know, let's go, it's getting late, let's go home." After Jingyan finished speaking, he squatted down in front of Changsu. It was obvious that he wanted to carry Changsu home.

Changsu finally smiles and lays on Jingyan's body, I understand Jingyan's meaning, and you also understand my thoughts, this is very good.

Jingyan walks down the mountain step by step, just like many years ago.Both of them tacitly did not pierce that layer of window paper, because they both knew that they still had a very important thing to accomplish, which was to cleanse the stigma of King Qi and the Chiyan Army.

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