Half blood

The jailers in the dungeon treated Li Xuan pretty well, seeing that he was a relative of the royal family and brought him meals on time and on time.

"Come, eat." The sound of bowls being knocked on the tray came from outside the door.

Li Xuan thanked him, took the bowl and chopsticks, and put the rice in his mouth.The rice has a rotten smell, I don't know how long it has been left out, or it is the taste of common people's food, like a handful of white soil, choked in his throat.

The last time he was in such a bad mood, he had just arrived in the south. Brother Wei was afraid that he would be hungry, so he brought him a rabbit leg. Now that Brother Wei is dead, everything is different.

Seeing him eating voraciously, the jailer handed him a bowl of water through the crack of the door and said, "I heard that you will be able to go out soon."

Li Xuan swallowed his rice with water, and said, "Who did you listen to? I committed the capital crime of losing my head."

The jailer said, "Lord Li, he said it when he came today."

"Him?" Li Xuan was taken aback, "He came today?"

The jailer nodded and said: "Yes, you will go out when the time comes, but you must remember our friendship..."

Li Xuan could no longer hear the words behind the jailer. It turned out that Li Xiuqi had been here before, but everyone else came, but he refused to come in and take a look at him. Was he too disappointed in him?He felt that this guy was hopeless, so he didn't even bother to look at him.

"When did he come?" Li Xuan asked:

"Who? Master Li?"

"Yes, Master Li, when did he come?"

The jailer thought for a while and said, "Is it today? Today should be Chenshi."

"Today?" Li Xuan was taken aback, "Did he come here before?"

The jailer nodded and said, "Master Li comes here every day, but he was very busy a few days ago, and he came here with a light in the middle of the night. By then, you had already fallen asleep, so he asked us and then went back."

"Daily?" Li Xuan murmured.

"Well... it should be, I don't seem to remember a day when he didn't come."

"Then why didn't he come in to see me?" Li Xuan said to himself.

The jailer said: "What did you just say? I also find it very strange. He comes every day, just to have a look, and he didn't ask us to leave you any words. Later we guessed that Mr. Li has a good relationship with you and wanted to visit You, you fell asleep again, so I can't bear to disturb you."

Li Xuan nodded and asked, "Then... what about tonight? Will he come again tonight?"

The jailer scratched his head and said, "Well, we can guess exactly what Mr. Li is thinking... You don't know, we open every day to bet on when Mr. Li will come tonight. I lose every time, and I never bet right Yes. In just a few days, I lost several taels of silver."

Li Xuan didn't make a sound, and the jailer continued, "But I guess he won't come again tonight. After all, he already came here this morning. You think so."

How much luck can a person carry?It is estimated that there is no one in this world worse than that jailer. He made a wrong bet again tonight, and Li Xiuqi came.

There was another layer of moonlight in front of the haystack in the dungeon. Li Xuan lay on the haystack, quietly staring at the moonlight moving from his palm to his fingertips bit by bit, until a burst of light came from outside the prison gate. footsteps.

"Master Li... why are you here so late?" the jailer asked.

"Well, His Highness will be released from prison tomorrow, so I'll take a look tonight."

The jailer sighed, feeling sorry for the money he had lost in the bet, and said dejectedly: "Master Li, what are you worried about, I have arranged everything according to your orders."

"What did he eat today?" Li Xiuqi asked.

"Um, rice and vegetables."

"Have you finished eating?"

The jailer stammered, and said, "It's almost finished. Today's rice is steamed a bit hard..."

Li Xiuqi said: "I see, no matter what, it's only tonight." After speaking, he walked into Li Xuan's dungeon.

The sound of footsteps stopped outside the dungeon, and then there was no more movement. Li Xuan could only hear his thin breathing due to nervousness.With his back facing the cell door, he stared, waiting for Li Xiuqi to come in.

Then there was a rustle of clothes rubbing against each other, and Li Xiuqi's voice sounded outside the dungeon, "Okay, get ready tomorrow."

The person was about to leave, Li Xuan reached into the quilt unwillingly, took out the porcelain bowl for drinking water in the morning, pushed his hand, and the porcelain bowl rolled out from the haystack and landed on the cold stone surface of the dungeon up, with a crisp sound.

Hearing the sound, Li Xiuqi turned his head, asked the jailer to open the door, walked in quietly, and picked up the cup that was rolled aside.

Li Xuan, who was lying on the haystack, suddenly said: "You have come here, why don't you come in and see me?"

Li Xiuqi stood the cup by Li Xuan's side, and gestured to the jailer, telling him to step back first.

"Are you angry with me?" Li Xuan asked without hearing a response.

Li Xiuqi sat down beside Li Xuan, and replied softly: "I'm not angry, but I'm a little busy these days, it's already too late to see you. I'm afraid I'll disturb your sleep."

Li Xuan laughed at himself, and said: "I'm not afraid of you disturbing my sleep, I can't do anything in this dungeon every day, I can only sleep."

Li Xiuqi said: "You can go out tomorrow, you just have to endure another night."

Li Xuan raised his eyes, and by the shining moonlight, he saw faint black marks under Li Xiuqi's bright black eyes. Li Xuan raised his hand and tapped the shadows under the eyes with his fingertips, and asked, "Did I break into it?" How serious is the disaster? It makes you so tired..."

Li Xiuqi let the fingertips land on his eyes, without moving his body, he said: "It's not a big deal, you will understand when you come out."

Li Xuan withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes, and said, "Don't lie, do you think I don't know anything when I stay in the dungeon? The jailer will tell me. I know I've caused a catastrophe." .”

Li Xuan paused, and then said: "Actually, I regret it now. I was too reckless at the beginning, but what can I do now? The deal is done, and the matter has come to this point. I can only lie in the dungeon and sleep."

Li Xiuqi sighed softly, and said, "Your Highness, don't blame yourself too much..."

"Do you know how to make me feel better?"

Li Xiuqi didn't make a sound, quietly waiting for Li Xuan's answer.

"I want you to scold me, or say a few words about me, but don't, don't treat me like this, it will only make me feel very sad."

Li Xiuqi said: "Then if I teach you a few words, will the matter be resolved? No, then what's the use of training you?"

Li Xuan said quietly: "At least, at least let me feel that you don't think I'm hopeless."

"Your Highness," Li Xiuqi said, "I have never felt that Your Highness is hopeless, and I have never felt that there is anything wrong with Your Highness's choice." Li Xiuqi's words were a little excited, and he looked at Li Xuan enthusiastically, "So Your Highness, Please don't think so, I have never lost faith in you, no one has ever lost faith in you, only you, only you think so."

Li Xuan listened, feeling a little excited in his heart, he wiped his face, changed the topic, and said: "I heard from Li Fei that my father really wants to accept He Xiang as his concubine."

Li Xiuqi nodded, and said: "That's the case, the palace has already opened up..."

Li Xuan laughed lightly, and said: "Actually, this is not bad, even if I don't marry a wife and have children, no one will say anything about me."

Li Xiuqi looked up at Li Xuan, and said, "Your Highness, that's just a joke, please don't take it seriously."

Li Xuan was slightly stunned, and put away the smile on the corner of his mouth, "Really? Don't you take me seriously?"

"Don't His Highness want the throne at all?"

Li Xuan looked at the layer of hoarfrost on the ground, and replied: "Actually, if you say you don't think about it at all, you must be lying. Saying it will definitely make you laugh. I want the people to live and work in peace and contentment. The people of Qingzhou are still the people of Qingzhou, and all life in the world can live well. There is no oppression by corrupt officials, and there are no natural disasters and famines. Do you think I am stupid?"

Li Xiuqi asked back: "Why does Your Highness think this wish is stupid?"

"Maybe it's because I was used to it by my father... My father thinks that the biggest failure in his life is that he gave birth to me as a fool. But now he has made up for it... This wish sounds silly to me. How is this possible? How can I have such a great ability? It’s just a few hundred refugees, but I have turned the world upside down, and they still live and work in peace and contentment. It’s hard for the people of Yujin Kingdom to barely survive. You If you want to laugh at my stupidity, just laugh, don't hold yourself back."

Li Xiuqi smiled lightly and said: "Your Highness, your wish is not stupid at all. You still remember that I told you in the south that my wish was to help you become a great emperor. At that time you said that you had no qualifications, no, you This pure heart of a child is better than any qualifications. I can help His Highness realize your wish, but the first step of this wish is to successfully become the crown prince. Only when you have power can you display your ambition."

Li Xuan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I can't do it... You can see that I acted recklessly... I let the refugees in, did I cause a lot of trouble?"

Li Xiuqi said softly: "The trouble is indeed not small..." Then he smiled at Li Xuan, and said: "Your Highness always wants to be a good person and wants to be good at both ends, but there is no one in this world who can take care of this end. You can’t represent the interests of everyone, you can only represent some people. Even sugar cane is not sweet at both ends.” After speaking, he stroked Li Xuan’s long eyebrows with his fingers, and slightly The protruding mole stopped, "The photo books say that the mole between the eyebrows is a pearl hidden in the grass. It is a person with great wisdom who thinks farther than ordinary people. Your Highness, don't belittle yourself because of this..."

Li Xuan listened quietly, looking up at Li Xiuqi against the backdrop of the moonlight, Li Xuan suddenly thought that a big rock had fallen, he nodded, and said: "When I go out, let's figure out a solution together."

Li Xuan was released from prison the next day. When he came out of the dungeon, his eyes turned red from the fresh air outside.Standing outside the dungeon was Li Xiuqi, who was wearing a black official uniform to pick him up.

Li Xiuqi said to him: "Your Highness, please come back to the residence with me." Li Xuan nodded, looked around but did not see the carriage.Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness has no carriage today, and wants to take you to the street to have a look."

Li Xuan nodded, thinking that Li Xiuqi was thoughtful and knew how to take him around to get some air. Li Xuan raised his eyes and peeked at Li Xiuqi's side face, but saw him with a cold face, slowly following him .

There is a sweet smell of glutinous rice cakes on this street, and it is late autumn. Jiajiaxing makes osmanthus cakes, and puts a few osmanthus flowers on the sweet glutinous rice to make the sweetness a bit cloying.The streets and alleys were filled with people, as usual.

Li Xuan was walking along the street when he suddenly saw a piece of posters stuck on the wall in the alley. I saw an untorn pictorial, and on the pictorial was written a few large characters in black ink: "If you are not of my race, you will be punished."

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Li Xiuqi, Li Xiuqi said, "Your Highness, do you understand?"

Li Xuan raised his eyes to look at the streets and alleys, but saw beggars in ragged clothes mixed with people coming and going. They were kneeling on the side of the road begging. Step up.

"Your Highness, the people are now furious and want to drive away all those who have the blood of Qingzhou, including those who were born and raised here. They feel that these refugees have ruined their peaceful life. Li Xuelin made good use of this." Li Xiuqi He tapped the writing on the wall with his fingertips.

The hook is pointed, and the characters are through the back of the paper.Li Xuan couldn't help smiling wryly, and said: "Why didn't I even see this?" After speaking, he waved his hand, tore off the drawing paper, crumpled the paper into a ball in his hand, and threw it viciously on the side of the road.

An egg fell from the sky and hit Li Xuan's forehead.The egg yolk and protein flowed out from the broken eggshell, and flowed down the hair on Li Xuan's forehead to the tip of Li Xuan's nose.

"You savages," a shrill voice sounded from the top of the building, "go back to where you came from, or I'll pour the old lady's footwashing water down!" window.

Li Xuan stayed where he was, and let the egg yolk and egg white drip down from the tip of his nose in a mess. The raw egg had a fishy smell, and this smell filled his nasal cavity, making his chest feel nauseated.

Li Xiuqi at the side hurriedly took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Xuan.Li Xuan didn't take it, but looked up at Li Xiuqi, and asked in a low voice: "Do you think I was really wrong?"