Born of Worry

On March [-]th, Dayin Emperor Li Xian took a group of civil and military officials and set off for the spring hunting in the Lishan Palace.

The Lishan Palace is really not too far from Weiyang, and it takes only two hours to ride a horse at a normal speed.In spring, everything recovers, the grass grows and warblers fly, and the scenery along the way is really good.

It's just that I don't know why, but it always gives people the feeling that...the mountain and the rain are about to come and the wind is full of the building.

After marching for about half an hour, Li Xian suddenly asked Mo Wen to teleport himself quietly from the dragon chariot into King Yu's car.

Li Ye saw two big living people in the car inexplicably, almost jumped up in fright, and said angrily, "You fucking want to..."

"Shh! Be quiet!"

Li Ye lowered his voice: "Are you fucking trying to scare me to death!"

"Does this scare you to death?"

"Let me tell you, you don't take the right path, but you choose to come here in this way. Fortunately, I have a strong psychological ability to bear it."

Li Xian casually grabbed a few dried fruits from the fruit plate, and said, "Your car is really small..."

"Go, go," Li Ye snatched the fruit plate, "Don't eat my food. You have a big car, but if you insist on crowding with me, you still think my car is small."

Li Xian curled his lips, and nudged Mo Wen with his elbow: "Mo Wen, you're going to get smaller soon."

"..."

"Hurry up and change."

Mo Wen was very speechless, and he didn't know what he was going to do. He had no choice but to return to his original shape and shrunk down to the length of his palm. Li Xian immediately grabbed him and put him aside, and then occupied his seat.

Li Xian was robbed of a plate of dried fruits, so he picked up a plate of loquats, looked at them and said, "Mo Wen, the loquats here aren't so ripe yet, are they? These...could you have brought them here again?"

Mo Wen flicked his tail, but didn't answer.

"Just eat what you have, why bother so much?"

The carriage was moving slowly, and Li Ye opened the curtain to look outside, and said, "I said, Xiao Xian, can you let them hurry up, they can get there in half a day, but at your speed, it will take a day."

"What are you in a hurry for?" Li Xian stuffed a loquat into his mouth, and said vaguely, "I have some to eat, some to drink, and someone to talk with you. Isn't that enough for you to pass the time?"

"No... we can obviously hurry up, why waste time on the road, get there quickly, I still want to soak in the hot spring."

Li Xian ignored him, and after a while, he raised his head as if suddenly remembering something, and said solemnly: "By the way, for a while...no matter what happens, you must not be surprised."

"……what?"

Mo Wen wanted to ask something, but he stuffed a loquat fruit first and blocked the dragon's mouth.

Lin Ruxuan rode beside King Yu's chariot, feeling very puzzled.

As the chief guard of Lishan Spring Hunting this time, he was assigned to Yu Wang's side instead of the emperor's side, isn't it a little too much?

Fifteen days ago, Li Xian secretly gave him a list, asking him to include the people on the list in the guards for this spring hunt.He looked at the list, and suddenly his heart beat wildly, because these people were all from the Lin family army, and... most of them were people who didn't deal with him on weekdays.

So he objected on the spot, saying: "What is your majesty's intention? Your majesty knows that these people are dissatisfied with the minister, and you let them join the guard, so you are not afraid of accidents?"

Li Xian was very calm, resting his chin in one hand and rubbing a walnut in the other, he said, "Are you afraid? I'm not afraid yet, what are you afraid of?"

"It's not a question of whether you are afraid or not. You are the emperor, how can you take your own life as a joke?"

"What's wrong with the emperor? You say that, but I want to ask you, what do you think is the difference between the emperor and ordinary people?"

"..."

"Can't you answer? Then I'll tell you, there is actually no difference between the emperor and ordinary people. The emperor may not be able to sit well on the throne, and ordinary people may not be able to sit well. You say yes ?"

"I still feel..."

"If it's you, if you come to sit on this dragon chair, do you think you can sit well?"

Lin Ruxuan thought he had heard it wrong, "Your Majesty! How can you say such a thing? A king is a king and a minister is a minister. Even if you let me, I will not accept it!"

"I'll give it to you, will you really not accept it?"

"I……"

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with it. King Jian, King Jing, King Yu...anyone who comes to me and asks for the throne, I can give it up, it's just whether it's suitable or not, wise king or foolish king."

"..."

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Li Xian suddenly threw the walnut in his hand to Lin Ruxuan, "Open this walnut for me."

"……Yes."

Lin Ruxuan pushed open the walnut, opened a whole peach kernel and handed it back to Li Xian. Li Xian broke the peach kernel into two halves, stuffed half of it into his mouth, and said, "Sometimes, the emperor may not necessarily be better than you. Say... this is a walnut."

"..."

"That's why I need you all the more. For example, this spring hunt, I have to work hard on you, General Lin. No, maybe... I have to wrong you."

Thinking of the conversation with Li Xian that day, Lin Ruxuan suddenly felt that he had been put on the same page.

The question he wanted to ask that day was completely interrupted by Li Xian. You must know that not only Lin Jiajun was on the list, but even... a fourth-rank general.He wanted to ask Li Xian what he wanted to do, but he couldn't ask in the end.

He had a premonition that today's journey would never be peaceful.

It was only half a day's journey, but he was dawdling, and he didn't know what he was waiting for.

... What are you waiting for?Strange, why did he feel that Li Xian was waiting for something? It was really inexplicable.

Lin Ruxuan shook his head mockingly.

The convoy finally entered the territory of Chang'an. Li Xian was slowly eating loquats in King Yu's car, as if he didn't feel that this place was simpler than his own dragon chariot at all.Mo Wen climbed onto his shoulders, and then climbed on top of his head. Seeing that he was still indifferent, he had no choice but to swim down by himself, crawled along his arm to the edge of the fruit plate, grabbed a loquat, and then used two Only the front paws hugged and gnawed.

Li Ye looked at him, feeling very funny, and couldn't help saying: "Mo Wen, I think you are much cuter now than when you were in human form."

"..."

Seeing that he was ignoring him, Li Ye went ahead and picked up a loquat and stuck it on the horns of his two dragons, causing the black dragon to roar angrily.

King Yu was happily playing with Xiaolong here, completely unaware that his younger brother's expression was getting more and more uncomfortable, there were slight wrinkles between his brows, his eyes didn't know where to fall, and he was rubbing a loquat in his hand but he hadn't seen it for a long time. mouth to eat,

He didn't notice, and Mo Wen couldn't pay attention even after being tossed by him, until there was a sudden commotion outside, followed by several screams and shouts:

"Escort! Escort! Protect Your Majesty!"

The convoy had already stopped, Li Ye was in a daze and didn't know what happened, subconsciously wanted to get out of the car to check, but was stopped by Li Xian: "Don't go."

"what happened?"

Li Xian refused to answer, but there was already chaos outside. Li Ye heard the sound of arrows piercing through the air, so he knew that someone must be assassinating him, but... there seemed to be something wrong...

Of course Lin Ruxuan was more nervous than Li Ye, because Mo Wen cast a spell, he didn't even know that Li Xian was in Li Ye's car, and when he rushed over, the dragon chariot had already been shot into a sieve.His heart suddenly became cold, and he lifted the curtain of the car with a glimmer of hope, only to find that there was no one inside, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after a moment of hesitation.

At this time, King Jian and King Jing had already rushed over, and when they learned that Li Xian was not in the dragon chariot, they slowly backed away with a look of shock on their faces.

There were already people killed or injured in the guards. Lin Ruxuan looked at them, as if he suddenly understood something, and frowned. At this time, Li Xian and Li Ye also got out of the car one after the other. Li Xian walked over and said, "What happened?" gone?"

"Little Xian!" Li Ling grabbed his shoulder and said, "You scared me to death!"

Li Xian felt guilty, the two of them ran over and called "Little Xian" just now, it was heartbreaking, especially Li Ling, he heard it clearly in the car, and he didn't even have the courage to look up at him at this moment.

Li Kuang opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and said, "It's good that you're fine."

The guards were still on high alert, and the assassin did not show any traces. It was a mess just now, and it was unknown where the arrow came from, let alone whether there was any further action.

Suddenly, Lin Ruxuan yelled: "Everyone, be careful!" He drew his sword out of its sheath, "Dangdang" chopped off several arrows, Li Kuang also yelled angrily: "Don't leave, thief!" and ran after him.

Li Xian looked at the dead and wounded guards with a solemn expression, and said, "Hurry up and take them down for treatment."

Several accompanying imperial physicians had also arrived and carried them to the shade of a tree to examine the wounds, and the other guards had also dispersed to track down the assassin.Li Xian looked at Lin Ruxuan, Lin Ruxuan's heart sank, and he knelt down hastily.

No one spoke for a while, Li Xian looked at him for a while, his expression became more and more gloomy, and suddenly he raised his hand and slapped him.

Lin Ruxuan was not fooled, no matter how stupid he was, he already knew what His Majesty wanted to do, cooperated with him to continue acting, lowered his head even more, almost lying on the ground, and said angrily, "Your Majesty!"

"I promote you for the sake of Old General Lin," Li Xian said with uncontrollable anger, "but you, what are you doing? What did I arrange for you!"

"Protect His Majesty's chariot..."

"And what are you doing? Where are you?!"

"minister……"

"If I hadn't happened to be at King Yu's place, my life...would I have to explain it here today?!"

Lin Ruxuan knocked his head on the ground: "I deserve death for my crimes!"

"You really deserve to die!" Li Xian pointed at the wounded soldiers and shouted angrily, "They were all handpicked by you. How can you explain to them now that you have suffered such an innocent disaster?!"

At this time, a wounded soldier ran over staggeringly, and knelt down beside Lin Ruxuan: "Your Majesty! General Lin cannot be blamed! It is our duty to protect His Majesty, brothers are honored even if they die!"

This person... Lin Ruxuan secretly turned his head to take a look, and felt that this person was very unfamiliar, as if he was not a member of his Lin family's army.

The other soldiers also suddenly came to their senses, and said together: "It is an honor to die! There is no regret in dying!"

"……absurd!"

Li Ye was stupefied at the side, and when he saw them begging Lin Ruxuan, he finally came back to his senses and grabbed Li Xian's arm: "Xiao Xian, Ruxuan didn't do it on purpose..."

"To shut up!"

"Little Xian..."

Li Xian waved him away, and said to Lin Ruxuan: "Take care of this matter first, I will deal with you when I go back!"

"……Yes."

Seeing that he didn't listen to him at all, Li Ye was so anxious that he ran around like a headless chicken. He suddenly remembered something, and hurried back to his car. Seeing that Mo Wen was still eating loquats, he was so angry that he pinched his dragon's back Picking him up: "Eat, eat, eat! You still eat at any time! Why haven't you been exhausted!"

"..."

Mo Wen broke away from his hand, fell back to the original place, and said, "What are you in a hurry for? Your Majesty is not in a hurry for eunuchs."

"Who do you think is the eunuch?! No, don't interrupt me, go and persuade Xiao Xian, don't let him punish Lin Ruxuan!"

Mo Wen glanced at him, "Aren't you worried about whether someone will assassinate your brother, instead you are worried about Lin Ruxuan?"

"I……"

Li Ye was left speechless by his question, suddenly came to his senses, calmed down for a moment, frowned and said, "No, something happened to Xiao Xian, why are you not in a hurry?"

Mo asked without answering, thinking that I was not in a hurry, it was obvious that someone threatened him not to show up and not to make a move before getting out of the car, otherwise how could those guards die?

Li Ye remembered what Li Xian had said to him before, "Don't be surprised no matter what happens", and immediately recalled it, "Oh", "So it was all planned by you?"

"Don't wrong people... the dragon can't do it either, I don't know what he is going to do."

"This damn little Xian..." Li Ye gritted his teeth, not worried about Lin Ruxuan anymore, "See how I deal with him when he comes back."

As he was talking, he saw the car curtain being pulled open. As soon as Li Xian came in and saw his expression, he lost all confidence and wanted to run away. He said with a dry smile, "Third brother, that... I'll go and relieve my hand first, and then I'll come back later." come over……"

"Come on, you!" Li Ye grabbed him by the back of the collar and lifted him up, pressed him on the seat and beat his buttocks, saying, "You damn little Xian! You stinky little Xian! You The wings are hard, don’t you dare to lie to your third brother! I’ll beat you! I’ll kill you, you white-eyed wolf!”

"Oh! Don't! Don't hit! Third Brother! Don't hit! I was wrong! I... Mo Wen! Help! Mo Wen!"

Mo Wen grabbed a loquat and stuffed his mouth, and said to Li Ye, "Don't worry, I've installed sound insulation, they won't be able to hear you."

"No! No no no!"

King Jian and a group of guards went to track down the assassin but failed, so they had to go back the same way. Mo Wenxin said that it would be strange if you could catch up. It must be the Xuanjia Army who did it again. If you can really catch up with the emperor, you will lose face. The place is laid out.

King Jing was worried about Li Xian, so he came to visit again. He thought the matter was very strange, and wanted to ask Li Xian, but he came at a bad time. He was so wronged that his eyes were red, and when he saw Li Ling approaching, he hurriedly restrained his emotions, but he gave him the illusion of "I'm scared but pretended to be calm", which directly softened Li Ling's heart, and he couldn't ask any questions. Asked the exit, comforted him a few words and left.

As soon as he left, Li Ye snorted coldly and said, "Continue to act."

"..."

"I said you can do it, kid." Li Ye grabbed his ear, "Why didn't I see it before, you are still so good at acting?"

"Don't, don't, don't... Third brother, it hurts! Let go!"

"You still think of me as your third brother?"

"Oh, you let go!"

Li Xian patted his hand away, covered his ears, and said dissatisfiedly: "I am the emperor anyway! You bully me like this, if you were someone else, you would have died long ago!"

"You still dare to threaten me?!"

"No, it's not a threat... I'll just say that..."

Mo Wen looked at the two people very speechlessly. If he hadn't cast the soundproof spell in time, everyone would have known that the emperor had just returned home after being awe-inspiring, and he was immediately cowarded. He was even spanked. If it spread... ... tsk tsk.

After such an "assassination" incident, all the accompanying ministers were panic-stricken, the military commander was fine, but the civil servants were drenched in cold sweat, and the emperor "risked his life" to come out to comfort them, and their emotions eased.

The convoy stayed here for about half an hour, and Lin Ruxuan took care of the funeral: those who could go continued to go, and those who couldn't go scattered into nearby towns to recuperate, and picked them up when they returned from the spring hunting. , had to find a place to bury nearby.After some discussions, the fourth-rank military officer was willing to stay and bury the corpses and take care of the wounded soldiers before recuperating.

Li Xian finally made the motorcade speed up, and went all the way to the Lishan Palace.