Half blood

Although Li Xiuqi didn't know why Li Xuan asked such a question, he nodded slightly, and replied: "I believe that there are all kinds of wonders in this world, and there are countless strange people and strange things. The witchcraft is prevalent in the south, and it must be groundless."

"I think so too, Miss Rong, she..." Li Xuan paused, wondering if he should tell Li Xiuqi her prophecy, because he always felt that if he didn't say it, he would rot in his stomach and become a success. It's not true, "She once said that there might be a disaster in the south."

Li Xiuqi slowly replied: "Ms. Rong is a strange person. She can predict the future and save danger. You can't disbelieve what she said. But the future has not yet arrived, so let's put this prophecy behind us for the time being. Just like Miss Rong said, then admit it frankly, if you win a chance, then continue to do your best, and let the destiny be assured."

After hearing this, Li Xuan smiled slightly in his heart, only feeling that he had sympathy for me.The fear and bewilderment in his heart vanished, and he only thought about guarding the southern land with Li Xiuqi, doing his best and keeping the destiny.

At this time, Li Xiuqi suddenly said: "Your Highness, I wrote a letter to the emperor, you can go back to the capital with the motorcade tomorrow."

"What do you mean?" Li Xuan looked up at Li Xiuqi in disbelief, but seeing Li Xiuqi looking at him indifferently, he asked in a low voice, "What did you say in the letter to my father?"

Li Xiuqi slowly replied: "Your Highness, you have other responsibilities, you cannot stay here..."

Li Xuan angrily interrupted Li Xiuqi's words, and said, "Are you trying to say that you can't stay here and wait to die?" He laughed at himself, and said, "So what do you mean by what you just said? What you said just now should do your best. What do you mean by "an destiny? Are you trying to say that you want to stay here alone and do your best to fulfill your destiny, and then I will flee back in fear of death?"

Li Xiuqi rolled his eyes and said, "Your Highness, you have other responsibilities..."

"Responsibility, responsibility, responsibility, don't mention any bullshit responsibility to me, I know what you mean, don't you just want to say that I am the only prince of Yujin Kingdom, if I die, no one in this royal family will inherit the throne, Really? What about you? Then why don't you leave, don't you have any shit responsibility on your body? The Ninth Prince also only has you as an only son, why don't you think about what they will do if you die? "

When Li Xiuqi heard the words Nine Princes, a fleeting look of loneliness flashed across his face, "Your Highness, we are different..."

"It's different, it's different, fuck you, it's different, what's different, what's the shit different, you just talk about it."

Li Xiuqi took a deep breath and was about to say something when Li Xuan interrupted angrily: "I'm telling you, I won't go back, I won't go back, even if we all die here in the end, I won't go back. Don't think you're so Is it noble? Let me tell you, the dead die, and the living suffer.” After speaking, Li Xuan turned back angrily.

Li Xuan returned to his room along the corridor. He felt that he was going crazy with anger. He thought to himself: "What is the meaning of this guy Li Xiuqi? He asked me to go back again and again. He didn't think about how I could leave. Still here!"

So full of sulking, Li Xuan went back to the room, sat up for a while, then got up again, walked to the window, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and sneaked a look at Li Xiuqi's room, only to see someone in his room The candle was blown out, and the room was pitch black. You couldn't see anything. You must have fallen asleep. Li Xuan cursed in his heart: "This guy, this guy can still sleep?!"

Li Xuan was so angry that he couldn't sleep well, so he simply unfolded the book he had put down, and started to read. At first, his heart was still in a mess, but after reading a few pages, he finally calmed down.At this time, Li Xuan suddenly discovered that the river drawn in this book was very similar to the river drawn in the scroll of drawings he had seen from Wei Yuan and Li Xiuqi.Li Xuan couldn't help but had an idea, thinking that the ancient methods recorded in this book might be applicable today, so he researched the ink, took a white paper, and copied the picture.

On the second day, Li Xuan took the blueprint he had copied, and walked along the river along the route drawn on the blueprint, but the one foot on the picture was not the actual one, let him go by the method of foot measurement. That's half a day.

Just when I was exhausted, I saw a flag floating at the intersection ahead, with the word "tea" embroidered on it.Li Xuan was overjoyed, thinking that he could finally rest his feet, he put away the drawings and went into the tea shop.The tea shop was empty, and there was no one behind the counter, only an elderly man was sitting by the door, eating fennel beans.

Li Xuan walked over and asked: "Old man, can you see the shopkeeper in this shop?"

The old man's parents must have kind eyebrows and kind eyes, with two white eyebrows hanging down to his eyes. Seeing Li Xuan's politeness, he smiled slightly, showing his toothless mouth, and said, "Xiao Wu went to fetch water in the back, you follow me and sit here." , wait for him to come."

Li Xuan felt that the old man was kind and amiable, so he sat down and said casually: "These days have been cloudy and rainy, and it's rare to have a good day when the sun shines."

Seeing that someone finally paid attention to him, the old man immediately opened up his chatter box, and with his toothless mouth, he mumbled to Li Xuan, "Young man, I don't think your accent sounds like a local. ah."

Li Xuan replied: "Yes, I only came here last month."

The old man nodded tremblingly, and said again: "It sounds like you are from the capital, but from your appearance, you should be from Qingzhou."

Li Xuan smiled and replied: "My aunt is from Qingzhou."

The old man stroked his beard, and said: "So that's the case, but you've had a good time in the capital, why did you come to this poor country?"

Li Xuan felt that he and the old man met by chance, and they might not have anything to do with each other in the future, so he didn't have to worry about it, and said everything he thought in his mind: "It's a long story, at first I was just trying to escape my own feelings, but How can I escape here? Now I really like this place, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, it is different from the hustle and bustle of the capital."

The old man smiled and said, "This is a good place, it's a good place, it's just that there are too many disasters and disasters..."

As soon as Li Xuan heard that Rong Nuo told him that there was a catastrophe in the south, he asked: "What does the old man say? I am a newcomer, and I don't know anything yet."

The old man said: "It is said that the southern part depends on the sky, but in fact it depends on the river water. If the rain is good, then the weather will be good. If the rain is tempered, the Anqu River will not be easy to deal with." Yes. But on a day in June, the child's face is uncertain, who can tell?"

The old man said again: "General Wei is a talented person with the demeanor of a general, but as a military officer, he took over the work of water control. In the past few years, he has devoted himself to building dams. Of course it is a good thing to build dams, but this is not a temporary solution." To get rid of the root cause, if the water is really going to come, if it is small water, it can resist it, if it is big water, the dam is not like a block of tofu, it will fall apart as soon as it is flushed, how can this thing made of mud compare to the divine power of heaven?"

Li Xuan felt that what the old man said made sense, so he wanted to take out the blueprint in his arms and discuss it with the old man.At this time, I saw the shopkeeper Xiao Wu Wu mentioned by the old man coming over carrying water.

He put down the bucket first, touched his sweat, and said: "Little brother is here to drink tea, you wait, I will bring this bucket of water to you after I pour it out." Then the topic changed, He yelled angrily at the old man beside Li Xuan: "You old man, come to steal beans again!"

The old man denied it, saying: "Look, I don't even have a tooth in my mouth, how can I eat your beans?"

Shopkeeper Wu gave him a blank look and ignored him. He uncovered a large tank, picked up a bucket of water, and poured it into it. There happened to be a round wooden stick in the tank, and a piece of wood was sandwiched between the stick. The water tank was divided into two, and the water poured down from the wooden board following the movement of the shopkeeper, and divided into two streams, one flowed into the left side and the other flowed into the right side.

Seeing the splitting of the water waves, Li Xuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a clever plan. He got up from the ground without drinking tea, left a few copper coins and walked outside. The shopkeeper was busy. Called from behind: "Hey, little brother, you haven't had your tea yet!"

Li Xuan ran straight forward, turned around and shouted at the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper, keep that tea, I'll come back to drink it later." Thinking how can not receive this money in vain.

Li Xuan walked along the river, and when he reached the middle section, he saw that there was also a highland in the middle of the Anqu River, which was just suitable for dividing the river into two parts. Yes, half of it can be vented to preserve the ten thousand hectares of fertile land by the Anqu River.

Li Xuan didn't realize that the sun had set on the river, he just unfolded the blueprint and sat by the river to deduce it.At this moment, he heard the sound of small footsteps coming from behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Li Xiuqi walking over.Li Xiuqi was wearing a black official uniform today, with a jade crown on his head and a jade belt around his waist. He stood in front of him, saluted, and said, "Your Highness."

Li Xuan turned his head, and said in a muffled voice, "Why, are you still here to be a lobbyist?" His anger was still there, and he wanted to show off to Li Xiuqi.

Li Xiuqi sighed lightly and said, "Your Highness, why are you bothering?"

"Why am I, why am I? What about you? What are you staying here for? You always persuade me to go, but I never persuade you. Do you know why? Because no matter what you decide, I Will support you, because, because I believe in you, I believe that no matter what decision you make, you have your deliberation and your consideration of the overall situation. But what about you? Have you thought about me, you haven’t, you just repaired A letter wants to send me away..." Li Xuan couldn't help being angry, he paused slightly, and said in a low voice: "You stay here for the people of Liming in the south. No...then why can't I stay here like you...to help?"

"I'm not as great as you said," Li Xiuqi lowered his eyes, and said lightly, "I came here for selfish reasons." He raised his eyes that were as clear as autumn pools, and looked at Li Xuan quietly, Said: "I know Your Highness, you have a kind heart. If you can become the emperor of Yujin Kingdom in the future, it will be a blessing for the people of Yujin Kingdom. We are different, my life is worthless..."