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stagnation, turned around "...yes."

"Nie Duo has already been escorted back by the people sent by the emperor, it will be useless for you to look for it."

"Prince Jing, forgive me. The Young Marshal didn't know about what happened tonight."

Prince Jing nodded, glanced at Lin Shu, and said calmly, "I know."

Lin Shu saw that the people downstairs were indeed Prince Jing's cronies, and understood that this time, it was Jingyan who deliberately dismissed the other people sent by Emperor Liang on purpose.

But thinking that this time, Jingyan will turn his back on an army, he feels a little annoyed, and hands the sword back with a sullen head.

"Did you already guess that I would come?"

"Just in case." Jingyan said, "I hope you don't come."

"Why? Do you think I, Lin Shujie, won't leave a Nie Duo?"

If Lin Shu wanted it, Jinling would be moved by it, not to mention a mere Nie Duo.

"You can't escape." Jingyan took a step forward and raised his head, "Otherwise, why do you think Father sent me here?"

"You...!" Lin Shu was irritated by his provocation, but he heard Jingyan say again, "As long as you don't still think about me, there will be constraints."

"..."

"That's why I insisted on coming." Jingyan said, "If someone else came, you wouldn't be able to do nothing and just watch Nie Duo being brought back to Jinling."

"I also know that you must have a way to make the emperor find no evidence that you kidnapped Nie Duo." Jingyan paused, then said seriously, "But you can't make him not suspect you."

"For the current Lin family, even a little bit of fire could harm them. Think about Lin Shuai who guards the west and his relatives who stay in Jinling..."

"……I understand."

"Remember, if there is no clear order to let you go back to Jinling, don't ask yourself to say it back. There is... Brother Qi in Beijing to take care of you, everything is fine."

As far as you can go from here.

Jingyan sighed.

"Don't come back."

Lin Shu turns around, seeing Jingyan during the day makes him feel terrified, his heart feels like falling into ice.In Jinling City, the Xiao Jingyan who grew up with him seemed to have melted into the memories of the past, and the person standing in front of him was as strange as a world away...

But just now, when Jingyan uttered those four words, Lin Shu, for some reason, felt a dull pain in his heart.

"Jingyan." Lin Shu stopped him.

"Please ask the emperor to come here, or to a farther and more difficult place, and I will accompany you." Under the night, the young man's gaze was firm, "The battlefield and the mountains and rivers are the places you should be... as long as you are willing to go back In the army, I will be your deputy general, just like when we were young, we can still be together every day..."

"..."

"Stop it. Don't you know the reason why Aunt Jing left? If your opponent is someone else, with her wisdom, she can stay in the palace and be your help, but she chose to leave because she wanted to keep Aunt Le Yao and Aunt Le Yao safe." Your sisterhood is protecting your last escape route!"

"You are not suitable for the throne. By the time you understand this, it may be too late. At that time, the gap between you and the people around Brother Qi can no longer be filled. When he ascends the throne in the future, even if he is willing to ignore the past Use you, but no matter if it's the court battlefield, you don't even have a place to stay!"

Jingyan didn't seem to have heard Lin Shu's last words, so he just raised his head and asked, "I'm not suitable for the throne?"

"Are you really interested in seizing the heir?" Although he had guessed it a long time ago, it was another matter when he heard Jingyan admit it himself, and Lin Shu's voice became serious, "Your character is not suitable for the throne at all, regardless of you. Can you do better than Brother Qi...that seat has too many burdens, you..."

"Lin Shu."

These two characters are his own name, but the voice that reads him is as cold as the water in autumn night.

It was calm, but it sounded like it was about to cry.

Hearing these two words, Lin Shu was seized by indescribable emotions, and stared blankly at the person in front of him.

Jingyan, who is dressed in black, stands a short distance away, but is as lonely as if he is standing alone in the world.

He looked at Lin Shu.

The moment they looked at each other, Lin Shu saw that there were too many emotions in those black eyes that he didn't understand. It was only for a moment, and then those eyes dimmed.

"Lin Shu." Jingyan said in a hoarse voice, "You are the only one in this world, so you have no right to say that to me."

[Langya Bang] The First True [Eleventh] (Shu Yan)

Nie Duo was escorted back to Beijing ten days later—the Jiang Zuo Jiang Pirates did not save him. It is said that the Jiang Zuo had already gathered by the river, but was stopped by another gangster who did not know where.

Emperor Liang dismissed Nie Duo on the grounds of leaving his post without authorization and delaying the military plane, but he appeased Lin Shu, not only compensating for the lost horses of the Bianzhou Army, but also giving a lot of money and goods.

Three months later, with the help of a Jianghu man surnamed Yun, the southern border army broke through the Southern Chu iron chain boat formation, and the border crisis in Daliang was resolved.

The news of the success reached Prince Jing's mansion, and Lie Zhanying watched the prince's frown that had been frowned for three months finally eased a little, and then he was relieved and then reported, "The place where Nie Duo was supposed to take office has been replaced by someone else. In the past, the gangsters who just stopped those gangsters haven't found out which gang they are."

"...That's all, it's not an important matter, maybe it's just a grievance between Jianghu and Jianghu."

"The subordinates sent people to inquire about Jiang Zuo, and there are no powerful sects in the rivers and lakes. These days, the prince has been busy with the deployment of military supplies in Southern Chu, and it is time to take a good rest." Zhanying took a step forward and persuaded, " At the end of the new year, Concubine Jing will also return to the palace to celebrate the new year, and seeing His Highness so thin at that time, she must feel distressed."

Jingyan raised the hand holding the pen and looked at it, "I haven't fought with a sword in the past few years, and my muscles and bones are not as strong as before. Forget it, I'm going to ride a horse today."

----

The victory report sent to Lin Shu was written by Nihuang himself. Besides the battle report, it also told about the current situation and everything is fine.

Along with Nihuang's letter, there was also a Scarlet Flame Army bracelet with the word Nie Duo written on it, and a secret letter, which said that the bracelet should be kept by the young marshal, and it will be retrieved one day.

Attached is a piece of paper, on which I wrote down all my experience in water warfare in the past few months, including the details of how to break through the strategy of connecting boats with iron chains in Southern Chu. In order to defeat the enemy for more than a month'.

Although Xiao Jingyan was not mentioned at all, when he saw the word "Mei Changsu", Lin Shu immediately understood the reason.

Wei Zheng also knew about Mei Changsu, and after reading the letter, he hesitated for a while, "It seems... His Highness Prince Jing was wrongly blamed."

Lin Shu clutched the letter tightly and did not speak for a long time.

----

When night fell, Zhen Ping entered the handsome tent that smelled of alcohol.

Lin Shu never got drunk when he was in the military, but today he got very drunk.

Everyone couldn't persuade them, they just watched the bright and smiling young marshal pour down bowl after bowl of spirits, his eyes were red from drinking.

"Zhen Ping." Lin Shu's voice was muffled, "Am I wrong?"

"..."

Lin Shu knew that Zhen Ping would not easily open his mouth to comment on Jingyan, so he changed the question, "That day you came back from the post station as if you were thinking, but what did you notice?"

Zhen Ping didn't expect that Lin Shu's strange behavior would fall into Lin Shu's eyes.

Both he and Lin Shu covered their faces that night, and Lin Shu didn't address his subordinates at that time, but His Highness Prince Jing called him by his name without taking off his mask.

Although he has been in the Chiyan Army and has never met and spoken directly with King Jing, how could he recognize him from his back and not Wei Zheng who usually follows the young commander?

Although Zhen Ping had doubts in his heart, he never told Lin Shu about this matter because it had no solid basis and it would be of no benefit to tell it.

When asked at this time, Zhen Ping pondered for a moment and then reported another matter, "That day, my subordinates just felt that Prince Jing was at ease letting the emperor's people take Nie Duo to the waterway first, and he was not afraid to fight with Nie Duo. There are Jiang Pirates who have friendship, and then there are people from the Jiang Hu who really stopped the Jiang Hu from robbing people... His Royal Highness Prince Jing may have Jiang Hu forces who secretly support him."

Lin Shu looked at Nie Duo's letter on the table, with a worried look on his face, "...it must be him."

"Who is the young commander talking about?"

"Zhen Ping, I want to find that Mei Changsu."

"Young commander..."

"He's hurting Jingyan." Lin Shu's voice was full of anger, "I don't know how that Mei Changsu persuaded Jingyan... Since he has the talent to manage the world, he should be able to see that Jingyan is no better than Brother Qi. Open-minded, he is not suitable for the throne."

"Not to mention whether he can win the throne, even if he succeeds, some people will be happy and satisfied for the power to rule the world, while some people will only feel that the responsibility is heavy. Such a person will definitely be a good emperor when he becomes an emperor, but he will not be happy .”

Lin Shu gritted his teeth, "I can't bear to see Jingyan sad."

----

Since Prince Jing rode a horse in the suburbs, he had contracted a cold and had been bedridden for three days.

All the prefectures sent medicines and supplements, and Prince Qi's mansion also sent antler and ginseng, but King Qi didn't come because he was busy checking taxes.

Having a rare leisure time, Jingyan, reclining on the bed to recuperate, sipped hot tea and picked up Xiangdiji beside him.

I remember three years ago when I was recuperating from my injuries, I was bored, so I sent someone to find some books, and this book was among them.

At that time, Lin Shu, who was by his side every day, would sometimes come over to read with him when he was tired of reading the books on sword practice and his mechanics. Write those notes for him.

He said again, why didn't I know that you had been to these places, didn't you just talk nonsense?At that time, whoever asks about the mistakes in the annotations of this book, you will have to laugh at me generously, and then don't get me involved.

Jingyan understates