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Over time, I searched every rock in Meiling.

The entire Meiling was eerily silent.

Zhen Ping followed Lin Shu.

He thought Lin Shu was going crazy.

Search, every forest, every snow hill.

No matter in the rivers and lakes or on the battlefield, he has never been afraid of corpses, but now every time he sees a corpse that died in battle, he feels extra terrified.

Lin Shu didn't let anyone get close, and just walked over to check step by step.

Zhen Ping hoped that it wasn't Prince Jing, but deep down he hoped that this torture would end soon.

After rummaging through Meiling, Lin Shu took the 5000 men all the way north, and like a lone wolf who went mad, he unexpectedly attacked a military camp on the border of the Dayu Army at night, and cut off the food transport troops to the north. They wiped out more than 100 soldiers who transported grain to supply soldiers, and then searched northward for more than [-] miles along their grain transport route, and burned the granary hidden in the valley.

So far, the supplies of the Great Yudong Army have been completely cut off.

The corpses of thousands of people dyed the ice and snow that remained there all year round.

That day, Lin Shu's horse and his silver armor were dyed crimson.

After the battle, the Chi Yan soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield heard their commander screaming.

The hoarse voice seemed to be venting the grievances of many years, and it seemed to be calling a person's name.

The sound echoed in the valley over and over again, stepping on the cold bones all over the mountain, walking farther and farther.

Apart from the endless snow and the soul-hunting left here, who can hear this thousand miles of frozen barren mountains?

Finally, the Red Flame Army moved all the cleaned up corpses to one place and burned them clean.

Lin Shu looked at the sky reddened by fire, and suddenly turned his head to ask Zhen Ping, his voice was bewildered and confused, "Tell me, where did Jingyan go?"

Zhen Ping moved his throat a few times, and said with difficulty, "Young commander... let's go back."

He waited for a long time in the firelight before he heard Lin Shu's reply.

"Okay, I'll come by myself later."

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Ever since the news of the crown prince's death came, Emperor Liang had almost fallen asleep. Amidst the more serious expressions of the imperial doctors, the palace became more and more silent.

After Emperor Liang woke up that day, he summoned his important ministers in front of the bed, and with the support of Yan Que and King Ji, he personally announced the call, and passed it on to the eldest son of the emperor, Xiao Jingyu.

After passing the throne, Emperor Liang only gave Gao Zhan an order to wake me up when Jing Yu came back, and then fell into a deep sleep.

At dusk, when the jackdaws in the courtyard sat on the dead branches and croaked, the person he was waiting for finally arrived.

"Your Majesty." Gao Zhan whispered in Emperor Liang's ear, "Your Highness has arrived."

Emperor Liang slightly opened his eyes.

He looked at his child, the future owner of Daliang.

We haven't seen each other for several years, and when we meet again, it's time to say goodbye.

He had a lot to say.

He hates.

How clean... Xiao Jingyu's throne.

There are so many people fighting, one died and one wasted, how many counselors' thoughts were wasted, so many people's blood was shed in vain, and the person who finally ascended to the throne was so clean that he didn't even have a stain on his body.

In the past, Xiao Xuan was covered in blood and stigmatized for the throne.

But he has Xiao Jingyan, this younger brother helped his elder brother to block all the unbearable filth, including his own blood in the end, which flowed on Dayu, and did not splash on the new king's dragon robe at all.

Both Yan Que and Lin Xie will be happy.

He is worthy of the name of a virtuous king, his own heart, and the people.

As for Jingyan.

As long as Xiao Xuan doesn't tell, Xiao Jingyu will never know for the rest of his life.

Before King Qi came, Xiao Xuan had been thinking about telling Jing Yu the secret himself.

Then he smiled and said to him, put away your kindness and think about Jingyan.Even if you haven't left your brother a way out, what qualifications do you have to forgive others?

But seeing him kneeling in front of his bed now, with those red eyes, described as haggard that he had never seen before, Xiao Xuan's heart softened.

After a few years of separation, and being a father for two generations, how can he not know what kind of person his son is.

Just can't believe it.

He stretched out his hand tremblingly, and stroked the slightly messy hair on the sideburns of his eldest son behind his ears.

——You know how much I envy you.

You have the kindness of a king and the measure of a king.

You have the love of the people, the support of your courtiers, and the help of your brothers regardless of life and death.

There is also the trust and expectation of Brother Lin Xie and Yan Que.

Some of these Xiao Xuan never got, some he once had but lost.

Xiao Xuan didn't say anything more, but moved his head hard and leaned into Jing Yu's arms.

In the arms of his once favorite son, he slowly closed his eyes.

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When the national funeral bell rang, Lin Xie's carriage happened to pass by the gate of Jinling.

Lin Xie slowly lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the setting sun in the distance.

Many years ago, he also rode out of this city with Xiao Xuan.

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When Lin Shu returned to court, Daliang had already changed kings.

After the funeral, Xiao Tingsheng heard that Lin Shu was still facing, dropped the pen in his hand and ran out to meet him.

The moment he saw Lin Shu, he understood everything.

—his father never came back.

Gao Zhan has been pardoned by Concubine Jing to live in the palace for the elderly. When he heard that Lin Shu had returned, he submitted the long letter to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the late Emperor has a long letter written by himself, instructing the old slave to forward it to His Majesty and Deputy Commander Lin."

"Father...for me and Xiaoshu?"

"It's...about His Highness Prince Jing." Gao Zhan replied, "The late emperor ordered that only His Majesty and Vice Commander Lin can read this letter, and it must not be read by anyone else."

After saying that, he led a group of palace people out of the hall, before leaving, he glanced at the eldest son of the emperor who was still standing in the hall.

The 11-year-old boy did not move.

After Lin Shu came in, he never moved again.

After hesitating for a moment, Gao Zhan closed the door of the Hall of Martial Arts with his own hands, and retreated far away with his servants.

A moment later, the sound of wailing came from the hall.

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The eldest son of the emperor quickly withdrew from the palace.

He already knew the truth, his pain didn't start from this moment, so naturally he didn't have to wait until now to cry.

Over the years, he almost watched his father complete this road step by step.

He knew that it was a dead end with only Xiao Suo at the end, but he couldn't stop him.

Because he was the one who accompanied Xiao Jingyan to the end in the last life.

Xiao Jingyan is almost a person who wants nothing. The more he is like this, the more he wants is an undying obsession.

Xiao Tingsheng couldn't bear to stop him.

But before Lin Shu came back, Tingsheng always had a glimmer of hope.

But he was disappointed after all.

He knew that Jingyan definitely didn't want to die.

As gentle as he is, he will not be willing to let his loved ones cry and be sad.

That's why Ting Sheng hated him even more.

Thinking of my father who fought hard to survive on the battlefield, but I couldn't be by his side, and still let him bury his bones in the wilderness...

Just now he read the letter with his father's trembling hands.

Xiao Xuan's letter explained everything clearly.

However, two points were not mentioned, one was Mei Changsu's identity, and the other was Ting Sheng's identity.

The former was probably because he thought about the wish of the Seventh Son, so he didn't mention it, and the latter was probably something that Emperor Liang himself didn't know about.

As Tingsheng walked in the palace, everyone who saw his cold expression respectfully bowed and retreated to the sides carefully.

Although they all knew the news of Prince Jing's death, they were even more delighted with the military exploits made by the Chiyan Army in the first battle. Dayu's letter of surrender represented peace for the next ten years.

They don't understand the sorrow of the emperor, and they can't see the eldest son of the emperor even more.

Xiao Chengting would feel sad because of the death of his beloved late emperor, but there was no reason to shed tears over the death of the emperor's uncle.

In this life, his father gave him everything he didn't have in the previous life, but Xiao Tingsheng couldn't find a place where he could cry aloud.

He walked step by step in a trance.

He even came to the house of the commander of the imperial army.

Meng Zhi, who had been back from the western region for half a month, was re-arranging the patrol time after the funeral with others in the house. When they saw Ting Sheng, everyone was surprised and knelt down to salute.

"Go down and leave the yard... I have something to say to Commander Meng."

The eldest son of the emperor gritted his teeth, and after confirming that everyone except Meng Zhi had left far away, he closed the door without saying a word.

"Your Highness...how do you..." Meng Zhi hadn't finished speaking when he saw the child throw himself into his arms, crying hissingly.

"Father, I will never come back again..."

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Lin Shu stayed in the palace for half a day, and then went to see Concubine Jing and returned to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Xie and Princess Jinyang are already waiting for him at home.

"Father, mother, there is one thing I hope you will agree to." Lin Shu said in a quiet voice, but firmly said, "My son intends to ask himself to guard the northern border and never return to Beijing."

"Xiaoshu...!" Princess Jinyang didn't know what happened, but she was instinctively frightened by the determination in her son's eyes, "What are you going to do? What are you going to the north for?"

"I'm... looking for Jingyan."

"You looked for it! You came back because you couldn't find it!" Jin Yang held his son in his arms, but found that Lin Shu's whole body was terribly cold. As a mother, her intuition allowed her to clearly feel the pain of her son at this moment. I couldn't help but shed tears, "There are still remnants of soldiers in the northern border, if you go now, half a year has passed since you came back and forth, where are you going to find him!"

"I can't find it, I have to guard him."

"What about the emperor! You forgot, the person you want to assist has just ascended the throne."

"I promised Jingyan that I would guard Daliang...and guard him."

"Xiao Shu...!!" "Xiao Shu."

Lin Xie, who hadn't spoken all the time, asked seriously, "The Northern Territory is initially determined, and you may bear the heavy responsibility of guarding the border and keeping the people safe?"

"can."

"As a minister, you must know that your talents can also make a difference in the court, and the generals on the frontier do not have to be you, you still want to go?"

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