Born of Worry

Tahan's army was killed and returned to Yanmen Pass.

Li Xian led his army back to Daizhou and stationed in the city.He got off his horse and called Wei Qi: "General Wei, go and arrange the army with General Yang. Those who are injured must be treated in time, and then check whether the towers and gates are damaged, and repair them in time."

"Yes! Don't worry, Your Majesty, these are all left to the last general."

"Well. By the way, most of our infantry are still behind. We still can't relax these few days. We will discuss it after they come."

"clear."

Li Xian entered the camp, almost unable to hold on for a moment, he swayed a few times before falling to his knees.Qin Gong appeared again and supported him, "Your Majesty, are you okay? I'll go to the military doctor!"

"Qin Gong!" Li Xian couldn't call him, and closed his eyes tiredly, the scene of the fighting was all lingering in his mind, and the strong smell of blood lingered in his nose, which made him unable to bear it. There were bouts of nausea.

He... killed someone, and after living for 23 years, he finally... killed someone with his own hands.

Mo asked... Do you still like me like this...

"Xiao Xian? Xiao Xian!"

He vaguely heard the third brother's shout, but his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't lift them up, and he only trembled twice before there was no response.

"Little Xian?!" Li Ye was extremely anxious, and asked the military doctor, "How is he?"

The military doctor took his pulse and said after a long while: "Your Majesty is too tired, he should have fallen asleep, but the pulse is not very stable, he may be injured, look for any wounds."

Li Ye gently supported him, but he didn't know where he felt the damp and hot hands.He looked at the blood on his palm, and frowned, "Where did so much blood come from?!"

Qin Gong was originally standing aside, but at this moment he suddenly said, "Thigh."

"what?"

"The inner thigh, check it out."

Li Ye hurriedly removed his coat, because he was dressed in black, and there was hardly any abnormality on the surface.But when he took off his coat, middle coat and close-fitting soft armor, Li Ye finally understood where the blood he touched came from.

It turned out that the skin on the inside of his thighs had already been worn out, and even the saddle that Li Ling specially customized for him was no match for several days of running around.The obscene trousers were soaked in blood, sticking to the skin and it was impossible to take them off. They were soaked in hot water before peeling off little by little. Li Ye looked at the bloody wound, couldn't bear to look at it, and simply turned around.

Li Xian, who grew up in the emperor's family, had never suffered so much, but he never said a word during this journey.The more Li Ye thought about this, the more pain he felt in his heart, and he even began to regret why he refused to treat this younger brother better before.

The military doctor was treating Li Xian's wound, but Li Ye didn't dare to look at it. Instead, he walked towards Qin Palace, looked him up, and asked, "Who are you?"

"In Xiaqin Palace."

"I haven't seen you."

"Yes." Qin Gong lowered his head slightly, he didn't wear a silver mask, but there was a hideous scar on his face, "Please don't reveal my identity, Your Highness."

This person was not someone to provoke at first sight, Li Ye didn't dare to offend him, he just said: "Got it."

He went to see Li Xian again, and when he turned his head again, he found that Qin Gong had disappeared without a trace.

Li Xian's side...what kind of people are hidden...

"Your Highness, the bandage is finished, and I'll go make medicine for His Majesty first."

"You go." Li Ye knelt down, spread out the quilt, and carefully laid Li Xian on it, only to find that his palms were also wrapped in bandages, feeling even more distressed, and sighed softly at the same time.

Obviously...you have a temperament that even a bug can't bear to kill, who would have thought that one day you would kill someone with a sword...After Mo Wen left, how much have you changed?

He wiped off the blood on his face and body with a wet towel, but the crease between his brows couldn't be flattened, whether it was due to pain or overwork, his breathing was a little heavy, and his complexion was very pale.Li Ye covered him with a quilt, looked at him quietly, and was stunned.

Lover or brother, which one do you choose?

He was stopped by his unreasonable question, shook his head, got up and walked outside the tent.

Probably no one hated the war more than he did, for ruining his lover, and ruining his brother.

Five fingers quietly clenched into a fist.

It was several days later that Li Xian woke up completely.After a while, he slowly tried to sit up.

well...it hurts...

Why didn't he think that riding a horse was such a painful thing before?

If I had known him earlier... just... it seemed that there was nothing I could do.

Ugh……

There was a glass of water on the low table next to him. He touched it and it was still warm. He took it up and drank it all in one gulp. After resting for a while, he felt refreshed to speak, so he called the guards outside the tent and called Wei Qi. .

As soon as Wei Qi entered the account, he handed a piece of paper to Li Xian without further ado, and said, "Your Majesty, what you want to know is all summarized here, you can ask other questions after reading it."

Seeing that the casualties and losses, the current situation of the city, and the emotions of the people are all listed in detail on the paper, Li Xian read it and said with a smile: "Well, you Wei Qi, you are a prophet."

"hey-hey……"

This Wei Qi is a thick-backed Northeast man. He scratched his head, "Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, our infantry has arrived, and the food and grass have been properly replenished. We beat Tahan back twice when he attacked. What's more. ...General Lin has not been found yet, nor has his body or any important items on his body. According to...your Shen Ji from the Xuanyu Intelligence Department, he should not have been captured by Tahan. I don’t know whether it’s dead or alive, and the one who disappeared with him seems to have his war horse.”

"War horse?" Li Xian frowned and thought about it. Could it be that Lin Ruxuan is really not dead?

Wei Qi moved forward again, and said with "sincerity and earnestness": "I said, Your Majesty, don't worry about General Lin, the brothers will definitely try their best to find it. Also, you must not be so desperate in the future Well, even if you personally conquer, you can't be the first one! Your horse runs like crazy, and the brothers can't catch up. If there is something wrong with you, what will we, Dayin, do?"

Li Xian shook his head, "If I don't do this, can you guarantee to repel the Tahan army [-]%?"

"That can't be so risky! I still don't understand why you must go to the conquest yourself. It's not a last resort. Even if something happened to General Lin, wouldn't we still be there? And me, General Yang, and General Ji, who would you send?" Can one go to fight Tahan? Which one can't kill them back to their hometown! Or do you not trust us and don't trust us to lead the army?"

"No." Li Xian lowered his eyes and whispered, "I think I will meet him."

Wei Qi didn't hear clearly, "What?"

"It's nothing, General Wei, can you listen to me?"

"...Of course I listened."

"Then don't ask me why I want to conscript myself. Since I have decided to conscript myself, I must be completely sure. And you have to promise me that you can't act without authorization. You must discuss all battle plans with me. Can you agree? ?”

Wei Qi mouthed an "answer" at first, but changed his words inexplicably, and said: "No, General Wei Heng can say it when he instructs us, the general will not accept the order of the foreign king, you can't agree to anything .”

Li Xian looked at him for two seconds, then burst out laughing, laughing and coughing, "Old Wei...cough... When did Lao Wei give you advice? Did he sneak back to Beijing again?"

The face of the other party was reddish, "No, no, I pointed it out in the letter."

"Don't tell the truth? You are a bully."

Wei Qi quickly changed the subject: "Oh, Your Majesty, whatever you say is fine, we will listen to whatever you say, but...you can't play with your own life? Even if you don't care about yourself, we still care about you. Let me say something It doesn't sound good, your body...isn't made of iron, no, it's made of jade at all, just touch it...so what, how can you stand this military life. "

"Before we left, General Ji asked me to take good care of you, but look at me... I'm a rough person, I can't take good care of you. When the war stabilizes, you should hurry back to the capital. You hurt and coughed in two days..."

Li Xian raised his eyes and looked at him with that look, "Wait, you just said, who told you to take good care of me?"

"General Ji, what's the matter?"

"General Ji? Ji Ying?"

"That's right, otherwise there would be General Ji." Wei Qi, with a rough nerve, naturally didn't understand what he was wondering about, and said again, "She still feels very regretful that you didn't bring the red tassel army."

Li Xian felt that his words were worth pondering, touched his chin, and said, "Go and get me a glass of water."

"Oh." Wei Qi poured him a cup of hot water, "Your Majesty, you said that you are so weak and still want to lead the army to fight. Aren't you asking for trouble? It's fine if you don't want to go back, but You can no longer fight in person, let us do it."

Li Xian was completely confused by what he said. He almost choked his mouthful of water, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, why did you start again, Wei Qi, why didn't I see that you are so poor before?"

Wei Qi lowered his voice: "Aren't I doing this for your own good..."

"You are the emperor and I am the emperor?"

"……you are."

"Then get out of here quickly. If you don't take care of your injured brothers, what are you talking about here? Go, go, I'm going to rest."

"Oh...then I will resign."

Li Xian blasted Wei Qi away, but did not rest, holding the cup of hot water and thinking about what he just said.Ji Ying...Could it be that Ji Ying also...probably not?

"Your Majesty." Shen Ji stood beside him for a long time but didn't see him discovering himself, so he could only say, "This is the latest information, Your Majesty please have a look."

"Oh... Isn't this Qin Yu's job? Why did you come here?"

She answered truthfully: "Qin Yu said that you are not happy to see him, and you don't want to be scolded."

Li Xian smiled: "He finally has some self-knowledge?" After receiving the information, he went through it again, "Xinzhou and Jinyang each sent 12 elite soldiers to garrison? No wonder defending Daizhou is so difficult... Well, you will inform Wei Qi later. , and send another 15 each to go there. Now our force...should be about [-], and there are actually [-] stationed inside and outside Tahan Pass...Are they bound to win? Let's go, how do we fight..."

Shen Ji opened his mouth again: "Your Majesty."

"how?"

"I think General Wei is right. You should take care of your body first, and then think about these things."

Li Xian couldn't laugh or cry: "Why are you doing this? Don't worry, I won't die. By the way, you go and tell your sister to come and see me as soon as possible."

"Yes."

"Xiao Xian?" Li Ye opened the curtain, and saw Shen Ji wearing a mask.He blinked, but the man disappeared again, and suddenly his hairs stood on end again. Li Xian called out to regain his composure, and swallowed, "I just heard from General Wei that you are awake, come and take a look." Sitting next to her, "How is it, your injury...does it still hurt?"

Li Xian curled his lips, "It doesn't hurt if you don't move." After a pause, "Have you gone to find Lin Ruxuan?"

As soon as Li Ye heard the word "Lin Ruxuan", his face collapsed immediately, "I've looked for it, how can I not look for it... But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find anything. We can't go in Yanmen Village, On the periphery... nothing was found." He sighed, "Hey, you said... he wouldn't be torn to pieces... and thrown into the mountains to feed the beasts..."

Li Xian comforted him and said, "Don't think about it, Lin Ruxuan's martial arts are so high, he won't be caught."

"I don't want to think about it, but..."

He frowned, waved his hand suddenly, and stood up, "Forget it, let's not talk about him. Look at me... How do I arrange it for you? The bow, sword, desk, pen and ink... and the paperweight , I put it all for you, are you satisfied?"

"When did the third brother learn to take care of others?" Li Xian smiled, and glanced at the black dragon paperweight, "I remember I didn't take it, why..."

"I brought it to you. This thing is practical and good for your health. Why don't you take it? Or... are you afraid of seeing things and thinking about others?"

Li Xian was startled, then shook his head and smiled helplessly.

Li Ye looked at the dragon, thought of something again, and sighed: "There is one more thing, I'm sorry on behalf of the second brother. The second brother... didn't intend to force Mo Wen away, he... "

Li Xian lowered his gaze, "I didn't blame him, nor anyone else, on the contrary... I should be happy." He raised his face and closed his eyes, "I should be happy for Dayin. My subjects are all of one mind. For the sake of Dayin, for the sake of Dayin's people, I did not hesitate to disobey the emperor, I... have any reason to blame them?"

Li Ye panicked, knowing that he had said something wrong, "Xiao Xian, I, I shouldn't mention this..."

"It's nothing." Li Xian smiled sadly, "Mo Wen, he was never stupid, he just stayed out of the matter. He didn't want to embarrass me... Whether it is for me or for him, this ending...is already the best It's gone, isn't it?"

His eyes were dim, and he paused for a while, but then restrained all his emotions, "Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."

Li Ye was taken aback by his question. He didn't expect his topic to jump so fast, so he pursed his lips, "It's not time to eat now, I'll let them make it for you."

"it is good."

Mo Wen... You asked me to wait for you, but how could I afford to wait?

My life, but only a few dozen years, to you dragons, it is just a flash in the pan...

Li Xian was stunned for a while, tried to stand up but failed, and broke out in a cold sweat from the pain.

The second brother gave this saddle...it still doesn't work.

Not long after, Li Ye came in with a bowl of noodles, moved a small table and placed it in front of him, "Eat."

"Yangchun noodles?"

"Ah? You... just treat it as it is. Eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold."

There are only a few green vegetables and an egg in the noodles, and the rest is white noodle soup.Li Xian picked up the chopsticks, but he didn't feel disgusted at all, he ate deliciously with every bite.

"You said you didn't wake up at the right time, and the Lantern Festival is over, and the people in the city gave us Lantern Festival, but you didn't eat it."

Li Xian chewed his noodles, and said vaguely: "If you don't eat it, you don't eat it. If you miss that meal, you can't lose two catties..." He raised his head, "Oh, by the way, when you mentioned the common people, I suddenly remembered something. What happened. How did you save those children last time?"

As soon as Li Ye heard that he started to ask these things again, he immediately lost his temper, shrugged his shoulders and said: "What, what can I do, those who have parents will be taken back, and those who have no parents... how many orphans are there now? Helping at the hospital."

"Are there any casualties?"

"There must be. It's a good thing that they were locked up with those soldiers from Yanmen, otherwise they would have died more. In the end, it seems that there are about 280 people who came back safely, right?"

Li Xian shook his head lightly, "It's really hard for them."

"Who says it's not? There are wars and fights, and in the end, not all innocent people are killed."