Half blood

Li Xuan squeezed out a smile, and said: "I just came here, thinking about where you went."

Li Xiuqi smiled slightly, and said: "Your Highness, the deceased is gone, and my condolences will change." After speaking, he walked to Li Xuan's side, gently stroked Li Xuan's eye sockets with his hand, and said softly in a heartbreaking voice: "I cried again. ? I know that His Highness and General Wei have always had a good relationship, but you can't cry like this, for fear that your eyes will be ruined by crying."

Li Xuan didn't speak, he looked straight at Li Xiuqi's cool black eyes, and grabbed Li Xiuqi's hand that touched his eyes.

Li Xiuqi said: "What's the matter? Has something happened?"

Li Xuan shook his head, pulled Li Xiuqi into his arms with his hands, his chin rested on Li Xiuqi's forehead, his arms tightly wrapped around Li Xiuqi's shoulders, and he hugged Li Xiuqi tightly in his arms. The chest rose and fell violently, and Li Xiuqi seemed to be able to hear the chaotic heartbeat with his ear pressed against his chest.

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness..."

Li Xuandao: "I know everything, I know everything..."

"What do you know, Your Highness? Did you find Li Xuelin? If Your Highness feels that you can't do it, then let me do it."

"No," Li Xuan interrupted Li Xiuqi's words, "No, I know, I know everything. Wei Zhong drank too much today and told me everything...I know everything."

Li Xiuqi asked in a low voice: "Your Highness knows my background..."

"Yes, I should have known earlier, but I'm stupid. All the evidence is in front of me, but I just can't understand it."

Li Xiuqi said: "Actually, Your Highness, you don't need to be too sad for me. In fact, I already knew it in my heart before I came to the south. Although the Ninth Prince and the Ninth Concubine have never revealed anything to me, I have read from medical books. This disease is hereditary, but neither the Ninth Prince nor the Ninth Concubine, so I knew I wasn’t theirs. In addition, the Emperor appointed me to go to the south, and the Ninth Prince kept blocking me, and found all excuses not to do so. Let me go, I guessed that my biological parents might be in the south, and there was some origin in them, so the Ninth Prince didn't want me to recognize them. Now that everything has come to light, I don't feel too disappointed, after all, this Everything was within my expectations, but it was settled.”

"Now that we understand the matter, let's go back...to the capital."

Li Xiuqi nodded, and the two walked slowly along the path to the camp, "The last time we walked like this, I just came to the south." Li Xiuqi said.

Li Xuandao: "Yeah, when you just came here, so many things haven't happened yet..."

Li Xiuqi said: "At that time, I was very scared."

"why?"

Li Xiuqi smiled lightly and said: "At that time I thought you came to the south for General Wei. I saw you write his name over and over again in the book. General Wei is capable and likable. No matter who Any parent would want a child like General Wei."

Li Xuandao: "I regard Big Brother Wei as my own brother. You know, I have a sister like that, and I want a brother to protect me even in my dreams... However, Li Fei really likes Big Brother Wei, but now..."

Li Xiuqi said lightly: "To be a husband and wife requires the fate of seven lives and seven lives. Maybe the fate has not arrived in this life..."

"Then what about us?" Li Xuan asked softly, "What do you think we are?"

Li Xiuqi smiled lightly, and said: "It's a heresy, no one can control our marriage, it's up to us." Li Xuan laughed when he heard this, then thought of Brother Wei again, and stopped laughing.The two walked back slowly along the path like this, covered in moonlight.

Knowing the news that Li Xuan was going back to the capital, the one who cried the most was the fifth baby of the Sun family. He hugged Li Xuan's thigh, with two clear snots hanging from his nose, and a pair of tear-filled round eyes, crying: "Is brother Xuan really going to leave? Will you never come back to see Wuwa again? Don't leave..."

Li Xuan hurriedly squatted down, pulled Wuwa, who was crying into tears, from the ground, pinched the protruding nose tip of his face with his hands, and said with a light smile: "I'm still crying at this age, shame on my face. You see Your sister Xiaodie is still on the side, aren't you afraid that she will laugh at you too?"

Wu Wa looked at Hu Die standing on the side, stopped crying, sobbed a few times, and said, "Brother Xuan, will you come back to see me?"

Li Xuan said seriously: "Wu, I know you are a smart kid, so I don't want to lie to you. I will have a lot of things to deal with when I return to the capital. I can't give you such an empty guarantee. You have to know that people and People depend on fate, when the fate comes, we will meet, and when the fate is over, we will separate."

Wuwa burst into tears when he heard a wow, and he choked up and said, "I understand, you just want to say that you are not going to come back... What is the difference between this and my dad, but one went to the sky and the other went to the sky. Far, far away, I can't see it, I can't see it..."

Li Xuan wiped the teardrops from Wuwa's face with his hands, and said: "I can't come back, but you can go to the capital to find me. The capital is much more prosperous than the south, and when you grow up, you want to make a career out of it." Now, we must go to the capital. I'll give you something," Li Xuan took out the dagger from his sleeve and put it in Wuwa's chubby hand. "Put this dagger away. The bat-topaz on it is the totem of the royal family of Qingzhou, which is my mother's natal family. Then I will write a letter to you. When the time comes, you will bring these two things to the capital to find me." That's it."

Wu Wa took the things in a ignorant manner, and asked, "Then where is your home in the capital? The capital is so big, where can I find you?"

Li Xuan smiled slightly, and said, "Go find me in the biggest house in the capital."

Wuwa held the dagger, looked up at Li Xuan who stood up, and said, "I'll go back and look for you, you must remember me."

Li Xuan smiled and said: "Of course I will remember, it's just you, you little boy, will you forget everything after sleeping at night." Wu Wa shook her head, then nodded calmly.

"You have a good relationship with the child." A person said behind Li Xuan.

As soon as Li Xuan turned around, he saw Rong Nuo standing behind him in a long emerald green dress, it seemed that he had stood there for quite a while.

Li Xuan grinned, and said: "Xiao Nuo is really getting more and more beautiful, have you taken a fancy to any young man, as long as you like it, I will fight for you..." Li Xuan suddenly couldn't Talk no more.Before his death, Wei Yuan had promised Rong Nuo that he would recognize her as his younger sister and betroth her to a good family.

Rong Nuo smiled slightly, she knew why Li Xuan's face changed suddenly, and she said, "You don't need to worry about my marriage with Big Brother Wei. But you are getting old, it's time to think about your own affairs."

Li Xuandao: "I'm in the prime of my life, and I still want to make a big career!"

Rong Nuo smiled at Li Xuan, this smile seemed to be a winter plum blossom, announcing the end of all the cold and pain before.

"You, can you still see the future?" Li Xuan asked in a low voice.

Rong Nuo shook his head and said: "I haven't seen you for a long time. Since Jiji, I have seen less and less things, and now I can't see anything. But I saw you at that time, so I have been seeing you all the time. Believe in you, now that you are going back to the capital, no matter what decision you make, you must stick to it." Rong Nuo smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I believe in you, Brother Wei also believes in you, and Governor Li believes in you even more, but you I don’t believe in myself. You always avoid and refuse to look directly at the answer in your heart. This is cowardly, and you can’t do this.”

Li Xuan laughed, ruffled Rong Nuo's hair with his hands, and said, "You little girl is as eloquent as ever." Li Xuan's eyes darkened, a smile rose from the corner of his mouth, and he said, "I promise you, after returning to the capital , I will definitely stick to my choice.”

The horses were ready, and the wagon contained a small part of Bai Yuan's embezzled goods and the salute of the two.Li Xuan got on his horse, smiled slightly at Li Xiuqi who was riding a black horse beside him, clamped his legs, and the horse rattled up. The horse's hooves kicked up a thin layer of dust on the southern path, and walked towards the capital with a burst of neighing.

Riding on the horse, Li Xuan said to Li Xiuqi beside him: "The internal detective gave me information that day, saying that someone once saw the second girl of the Bai family in the capital."

Li Xiuqi said: "It seems that Li Xuelin and the others have already entered the capital."

Li Xuan then asked: "Why do you say they are going to the capital? Could it be that they want to take revenge by assassination?"

Li Xiuqi shook his head and said: "I think Li Xuelin will not use this method again this time. Because it only takes one assassination, and if they fail, they will expose their details. This time, Bai Yuan's reckless attack did not hurt you but exposed them." This time, Li Xuelin should be smarter."

Li Xuandao: "Then why did they go to the capital?"

"Probably to inquire about the news. The Ninth Prince is going to hold a full-moon banquet for the son soon. At that time, all the dignitaries will be present. Li Xuelin doesn't need to be in the middle of it. He just asks around and he can know the important matters in the palace."

When Li Xuan heard the prince's full moon banquet, he raised his eyes to look at Li Xiuqi, but saw Li Xiuqi's face was peaceful, and he was dressed in a moon-white robe, making him look as gentle as jade, without any self-pity or sadness. "You, will you attend this banquet?"

"Of course," Li Xiuqi replied, "The Ninth Prince finally got his own blood. This is a great joy, and we should celebrate it. They have raised me for so many years and are my benefactors. I should be even more happy."

Li Xuan smiled and felt relieved.At this time, a group of ragged people surrounded the gate of the capital, Li Xuan quickly got off his horse and walked over.

A boy turned around and bumped into Li Xuan.The boy's cheeks were thin, and his bony arms touched Li Xuan's shoulders.The boy had brown eyes filled with helplessness and fear, staring straight at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan's heart suddenly sank for some reason, he was very familiar with these eyes, because his own eyes were like this, light brown, like amber lit up at night.

Li Xuan grabbed the frightened boy and asked, "What's wrong?"

The boy stammered and said: "My lord, why don't you give me something to enjoy, I haven't eaten for several days."

Li Xuan gave the boy all the sweet cakes that Li Xiuqi had prepared for him, and the boy devoured a large piece of cake.Maybe it was because he hadn't eaten for too long, and the cake was too sweet and greasy, the boy just swallowed it, then vomited all the food out again with a whining sound.

Li Xuan hurriedly fetched the water bottle, patted the boy on the back, and let him drink.When the boy recovered, Li Xuan asked, "Where did you come from?"

Holding the unfinished pastries, the boy stared in horror, and said, "We came here as refugees. A few days ago, a flood flooded our fields, and we have nothing to eat..." The boy raised his hand. Picking up those pastries, he said, "My lord, can I give the rest to my mother?"

Li Xuanyun, the boy held the pastries and fed them bit by bit to his angry mother.Li Xuan looked around and saw such pitiful people outside the capital. They squatted at the gate of the city one by one, while the city guards stood dumbly at the top of the city, looking coldly at the refugees who fell to the ground and died of hunger. them.

"Your Highness, they are from Qingzhou." Li Xiuqi came from behind Li Xuan and said in a low voice.

It turned out that the diversion embankment built by Li Xuan saved the people in the south, but this crazy flood beast swept half of the territory of Qingzhou Kingdom.This river will never pass through Qingzhou Kingdom, so Qingzhou Kingdom didn’t even have time to build a dam. Now the Qingzhou people who have nothing to eat all want to escape to Yujin Kingdom. In order to avoid General Wei who guards the frontier, they choose another route. , bypassing the south, and entering the capital from the west.

Li Xuandao: "So I harmed them?"

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness, you can't think like this. You didn't expect such a consequence at that time. And if the dike was not built at that time, then the victims of the disaster would be the subjects of Yujin Kingdom."

Li Xuandao: "Qingzhou country, Yujin country, the citizens of that country are not human?" Li Xuan looked at this ragged man with eyes full of guilt.

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness, you can't represent the interests of all people, you can only represent some people. You are the prince of Yujin Kingdom, and you should put the subjects of Yujin Kingdom first."

Li Xuan didn't answer, he got on his horse, strode to the bottom of the city, and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate."