Tang Dynasty

Wei Zheng was carefully wrapping the porcelain vase in front of him, intending to entrust someone to send it to the Turkic camp.In the past half a year, it has been like this month by month, and it has never stopped.

Even though Li Jiancheng never mentioned the efficacy of this medicine to him, when Wei Zheng saw the innumerable porcelain vases in his room, it was self-evident how important this medicine was to Li Jiancheng.

So he didn't dare to neglect even more, every time he wrapped up the package himself and sent someone to send it.

At this moment, a commotion was heard outside the door.Wei Zheng stopped what he was doing and followed the prestige, but saw a schoolboy rushed in hastily and knelt down.

Wei Zheng turned around, looked at him and said, "What happened?"

"Return to your lord, King Qin is here!" the little school gasped, "He insisted on coming in without waiting for an announcement! Even the little ones can't stop him!"

Wei Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "What is the status of the King of Qin, how can you stop him, please invite him in!"

As soon as the voice fell, one person said: "Your Majesty Wei, don't be too polite!"

Wei Zheng raised his eyes, but saw Li Shimin's foot had stepped into the door.He was dressed in a blue and strong outfit, and he described it as being busy in the world, so he should have come here just now.

Wei Zheng immediately shunned the idlers and others, closed the door, walked up to him and bowed respectfully, "My subject, Wei Zheng, has met the King of Qin."

Li Shimin raised his eyes and scanned the hall for a week, still understanding seven or eight points in his heart.He withdrew his gaze and looked at Wei Zheng again, with an extremely solemn expression, "Isn't Master Wei not aware of the purpose of this king's visit?"

"If King Qin came here for the crown prince," Wei Zheng said with a wry smile, "at this moment, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do."

"What does Master Wei mean by this?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and a gleam of coldness flashed in his eyes, "Prince...is it true that he is not in the army?"

"If you are in the army, how can you resist the order and not return," Wei Zheng said calmly, "His Royal Highness has his own difficulties, and I hope the King of Qin will forgive him."

"Where is he?" Li Shimin stared at him as if he had never heard of it, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness has ordered that you must not tell others to know, and please don't make things difficult for me, Your Highness." Wei Zheng lowered his eyes and did not meet his gaze.

"Where is he?" Li Shimin asked again, his voice was a little higher than before.

Wei Zheng stood up straight and remained silent, but he could already feel the oppressive aura like thick clouds coming from above his head.Carrying extreme paranoia and possession, it seems to be irresistible and irresistible.

The two faced each other like this, the air around them seemed to freeze into ice.However, after being silent for a long time, Wei Zheng finally raised his eyes to look at Li Shimin, and said, "To tell you the truth, the crown prince is in danger, and the minister is also in the sun, the moon and the moon, and it is difficult to sleep or eat."

"Where is he...?" Li Shimin asked again, this time, the ending seemed to tremble a little.

"Turkic camp." Wei Zheng said slowly, as if sighing.

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he didn't seem surprised. He just shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Is it really...in the Turkic camp?"

Wei Zhengdao: "The crown prince is all about protecting His Highness from the enemy, but he doesn't want to start a war with the Turks early, and the wounded soldiers will lead to death. Therefore, he reached a peace negotiation with the Turks with food and grass, and... is willing to use his body as a pawn to stay there for half a year."

"Half a year?" Li Shimin narrowed his eyes suddenly, "This half a year...he has been in the Turkic camp?"

"Exactly." Wei Zheng nodded and said, "It's just that Jieli Khan did not cut off the prince's correspondence with the outside world, so the prince can still make decisions on important matters."

"Jieli Khan..." Li Shimin snorted, but seemed to think of something, and said, "Then, it is also the prince's decision to invite King Qi to join my army?"

Even though Wei Zheng himself didn't understand whether Li Jiancheng's move was to help Li Shimin or let Li Yuanji restrain him, but he could clearly hear the suspicion in the other party's words at this time.

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about it, if King Qi didn't lead the troops to besiege Luoyang, how could His Highness split up the troops at Hulao Pass to meet Dou Jiande without distraction?" Wei Zheng cupped his hands, but his face remained calm, and said, "The prince is in the tiger's lair, But still thinking about His Highness, His Highness doesn't understand such good intentions?"

Li Shimin was slightly startled when he heard the words, but did not speak.

Wei Zheng continued: "I shouldn't have said so much to Your Highness today, but His Highness, even Kedou Jiande Wang Shichong, has returned triumphantly. The prince stayed in Turkic for a day, and I felt uneasy for a day. Today, I violated the prince's order and told His Highness the truth. I only hope that His Highness can bring the crown prince back as soon as possible!"

He didn't know Jieli Khan, and he didn't know how much friendship Li Jiancheng had with him. He only knew that even if there was only one month left, he could no longer bear the feeling of powerlessness and emptiness in his heart.

Even though he doesn't want to admit it, he knows that if anyone can bring Li Jiancheng back at this time, it can only be Li Shimin.

But at this time Li Shimin heard the words and looked down at him without any expression on his face.

"Your Excellency doesn't need to say much, I came here for this reason." He said each word very slowly, "This trip... will definitely not return empty-handed."

----

Ever since he got a little sick that day, Li Jiancheng didn't go out much, and often read books and played with chess pieces in the tent.Even though his gestures have returned to normal, he just feels uneasy when he looks at him. As for the reason, he can't say a thing or two, he just feels very contradictory.

One day, when the weather was sunny and sunny, he took Li Jiancheng to a place a little far away to relax.Li Jiancheng readily agreed, and together with him and a tall horse, they strolled on the shallow grass, and before they knew it, it took half a day.

The topics between the two are all-encompassing, but they only bypass the war.Mostly both sides are unwilling to destroy the rare peace in this last time.

When we returned to the camp, it was already dusk.Li Jianjian said goodbye to Duobi in a few words outside his account.The lights in the camp were flickering, vaguely showing that his figure was extraordinarily thin in the wind.Thinking that the other party's illness was not recovered, Duo Bi felt a little distressed, so he took off his outer robe and wrapped him up.Leaning forward, taking advantage of the situation is a hug.

Li Jiancheng didn't dodge or dodge, let him hug him for a while, and then turned around to enter the account.

However, before he sat down, he heard a commotion outside the tent. Li Jiancheng hurried out of the tent, and saw the guards outside the tent heading north one after another. Judging from the situation, it seemed that someone was attacking at night.

Li Jiancheng hesitated at the same place, and when he was about to go back to the tent to take the sword, a hand stretched out in the darkness and grabbed his wrist.

Before he could see the opponent's face clearly, there was a burst of force on his wrist, and the historical data did not match it, and he was dragged into a low place behind the tent by the opponent.The two rolled down the low ground for a while, and when they stopped, Li Jiancheng was leaning on the slope with his back.

Struggling to sit up, he realized that his wrist was still in the opponent's hand.At this moment, another brute force came from his shoulder, forcing him to lean back.Immediately afterwards, the lips and teeth were suddenly blocked.

In fact, from the very beginning, Li Jiancheng understood who was coming.He instinctively wanted to break free, but his shoulders were buckled, his wrists were in the opponent's palm, and his legs were forced to separate under the intrusion of the opponent's knee. He was already in a posture that was coerced and unable to move.

"Shimin..." Hearing a group of people running past not far away, Li Jiancheng tried his best to separate the two of them a little, but before the two words could be completely uttered, the opponent's breath oppressed him again.

Li Shimin held the opponent's face, the entanglement between his lips and teeth was almost biting.At this moment, he only felt that he had turned into a beast, completely irrational, and was only driven by instinct to crazily tear this person to pieces.

After a kiss, almost exhausted.There was a moment of silence between the two, only staggered gasps remained.

Li Jiancheng's symptoms did not subside, and he coughed a few times while panting.He tried his best to calm down, and finally raised his head to look at the humanity in front of him and said, "Shimin, this is not the place you should come to."

"Brother, let's go." Li Shimin looked at him fixedly, the light and shadow in the lowland were dim, and his eyebrows could not be discerned, but his eyes were exceptionally bright in the night, "Henan is flat, you don't need to stay here any longer." .”

"Shimin, you should be the one to leave." Li Jiancheng said calmly, "There is still one month before half a year, and I will not break my promise. With time, I will return."

As soon as the words were spoken, he felt the force on his wrist suddenly increased, as if he wanted to break himself.

The image of the two embracing each other just now appeared in Li Shimin's mind, thinking that he actually endured it instead of rushing forward to end the aggressiveness with a knife, he couldn't help but smile coldly, probably after being extremely angry, he became calmer instead.

Thinking of this, he let go of the hand holding the opponent's wrist, but suddenly leaned forward, and his lips and teeth approached again.

Li Jianben could turn his face to avoid it, but the other party didn't seem to intend to kiss, but just buried his lips very close to his ear, seemingly nostalgic.

"Is it because you don't want to break your promise?" He whispered, his breath warming against his ear, "or...he just doesn't want to part with that aggressiveness, and doesn't want to leave?"

Li Jiancheng pushed the person away a little, and said coldly: "Whether to go or stay, I have my own decision. It's just that you came here today, once you are exposed, I'm afraid I can't keep you .”

Li Shimin looked at him fixedly, and after a long time slowly said: "Brother, after Shimin heard that you came here as a hostage, he couldn't sleep for a few days, fearing that he would treat you badly, so he came here in such a hurry." After a pause, he gently brushed Li Jiancheng's aggressive cloak, and smiled softly, "I don't want my elder brother to live here without worrying about food and clothing. If I think about it... the people of the world are too worried."

Li Jiancheng lowered his eyes and wanted to say something, but he only said: "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. The guard you distracted just now will return here to investigate soon."

Hearing this, Li Shimin stood up and said, "Brother, are you really not leaving?"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "On the first day of next month, I will return from Danggui."

Even though this place is really a paradise, I will leave eventually.There are too many things waiting to be resolved by myself.

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Brother, I know that I will forcefully take you back this time, I'm afraid you still have to come back and fulfill... the remaining month's agreement, right?"

Li Jiancheng didn't repeat his words anymore, but just looked at him with determination in his eyes.

"Forget it... on the first day of next month, Shimin will come out of the city to meet you in person, but..." Li Shimin sighed, paused, and suddenly turned sharply, "If it's a day late, Shimin will pour out all the horses in the mansion, and it will be too late." This Turkic tooth tent is bound to be razed to the ground!"

After saying that, he leapt forward, his body was already lost in the night.

Li Jiancheng sighed in a low voice, only then did he feel the fishy smell on the corners of his lips.Reluctantly wiping it off with the back of his finger, he stood up, patted the dust off his body, climbed up to the high ground as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the tent.

When Fang returned to the tent, Duo Bi hurried in with a lamp, looked at him and said, "Someone attacked the camp, is there anyone injured?"

"No," Li Jiancheng said with a smile, "but I don't know who is the attacker?"

"I don't know yet. It's just that I have withdrawn now, but I don't know why." Duo Bi shook his head, looked at him again and said, "It's getting late, Jian Jian is just recovering from a serious illness, so let's take a rest earlier. I will be late at night Arrange some manpower to make sure it's safe."

Li Jiancheng looked at his leaving back, licked the corners of his lips that were oozing red again, blew out the candle and went to bed, as if nothing had happened.

----

On the first day of the next month, Duo Biguo lived up to his words, took Li Jiancheng with his entourage, and sent Li Jiancheng to the suburbs of Puzhou.

Seeing not far away, Li Shimin and Wei Zheng, one in front of one and one behind, his robes fluttering, and there are many people behind him, as if he has been waiting for a long time.Li Jiancheng withdrew his gaze, lifted the reins of the horse and stopped, turned around and said to Tu Bi: "Brother, you can just send it here, then... let's just say goodbye."

Duobi raised his eyes to look at Li Shimin who was not far away, and said, "Jianjian, are you worried that Li Shimin will harm me?"

After all, I have learned from the past.

Li Jiancheng smiled, noncommittal, and said: "As the elder brother said, the people of the world are no longer what they used to be, and the elder brother has fulfilled his promise, and the rest...be careful."

Doubi looked at him and nodded, and said: "It's best if you understand, and when you return to Chang'an...be sure to take care."

I don't know why, but I only feel that he is going this time, it is the dragon's pond and tiger's lair.

"Thank you, big brother," Li Jiancheng clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for taking care of big brother for half a year. It's just a farewell today. If we meet each other on the battlefield in the future... Jiancheng will not be merciful, and please don't worry about it."

Even after saying such decisive words, the smile on his face is still as gentle as jade.Sighing secretly, he said, "Jianjian, you haven't told me why you stayed with me for half a year?"

Li Jiancheng looked up at him, paused for a long time, but smiled and said, "Brother, if you weren't Turkic Khan, everything might be different."

After finishing speaking, he said "Take care", and then he rode away without any trace of nostalgia.

Duo Bi was stunned at the same place, but when he saw the man in white clothes had gone away, he slowly came back to his senses.He suddenly laughed a few times, lifted the reins of the horse, and said, "Let's go! After resting for so long, it's time... to prepare the army for war!"

At the same time, Wei Zheng saw that Li Jiancheng was approaching and was about to ride his horse to greet him, but Li Shimin in front of him had already rushed out with his horse and men.He could only stop abruptly on the spot and sigh.

"Brother." Li Shimin stopped in front of Li Jiancheng, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was in hysterical suffering at a glance.

Before Li Jiancheng could open his mouth, he had already leaned forward and embraced him forcefully.

This hug is crisp and neat, without any stagnation, without any lingering, in the eyes of others, it may be just a kind of greeting between brothers.However, when Li Shimin was almost crushing himself, Li Jiancheng could clearly hear the other party sticking to his ear, saying: "Brother, you can only be mine. In the future, Shimin will never allow you to leave like this again." ..."

It seems to be confessing, but every word is said with gritted teeth; it seems to be a threat, but the breath lingers in the ear but does not go away for a long time.

As if something happened, the prelude had already begun, like a river flowing eastward, irreversible.

Li Jiancheng sat quietly on the horse, let the other party hold him, and remained motionless.It wasn't until Li Shimin let go of his embrace that he raised his eyes and looked at him.After a while, he still didn't say a word, just lowered his eyes and smiled, lifted the rein lightly, brushed past Li Shimin, and walked towards the city.

"Let's go, let's... go back to Chang'an."

The voice was as gentle as a sigh, as if it would be blown away in the wind the next moment.