After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

After deciding to go out for a walk, and considering the large number of soldiers in the barracks, Song Yaoxu didn't wrap Qi Zizhen too thickly this time, but asked him to add a fox fur to ensure it was warm enough before going out together.

The desolate border area where they are located has just finished a snowfall, the tent is plain and white, and a few snowflakes are falling, intermittently connecting with the snow on the ground.

A few soldiers were busy clearing the snow, when they saw two plain white figures approaching, they immediately stopped their movements, and said politely: "I have seen His Royal Highness, Mr. Military Adviser."

Most of the soldiers near their camp were soldiers trained by Song Yaoxu since he set off in the capital. They lived close to each other and often came on duty on weekdays, so they were relatively familiar with them.

Seeing that Qi Zizhen had also come out, one of the soldiers asked with concern, "Is your health better, Master Military Advisor?"

Qi Zizhen nodded and said, "It's much better, thank you for your concern."

In front of outsiders, his voice was as cold as ever, and he seemed to have no desires or desires, standing on top of the white snow like an immortal.

The soldier hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I can't thank you, my lord military adviser."

After speaking, he touched the back of his head again, grinned and said: "I heard that the military adviser in the border battle finally turned the tide and revived morale. The military adviser is so powerful, and he will definitely recover soon!"

Qi Zizhen noticed the middle part of his words, and his eyes were a little more confused: "Where did you hear that I tried to turn the tide?"

This time it was another soldier who answered: "It has spread throughout the barracks, and everyone is saying that thanks to the kagura played by the military adviser, they mustered up their momentum and broke through the encirclement in one fell swoop."

After the soldier finished speaking, there were soldiers beside him who added their support. In short, what he said was miraculous, obviously not in line with the actual situation.

Qi Zizhen listened to them boasting himself to the sky without changing his face, and after a few casual words, he dragged Song Yaoxu away, and stopped when he reached a small empty space, staring straight at Song Yaoxu: "Your Highness, don't you?" Feel the need to explain something?"

Song Yaoxu smiled: "It's just the soldiers' admiration and admiration for you."

Qi Zizhen looked at him without speaking.

According to the trend of what the soldiers said just now, it is estimated that if his so-called "deeds" are passed on this time, it will inevitably become more and more outrageous.In his impression, whether it was Song Yaoxu or Tang Leyuan, they were not the kind of people who would let such seriously inaccurate content continue to spread.

But this time they took a laissez-faire attitude towards the behavior of the soldiers, and there must be other reasons for it.

Qi Zizhen's eyes became more serious: "Is there something else you guys are hiding from me?"

Song Yaoxu looked at him, sighed helplessly after a while, and said with a smile: "Well, I still can't hide it from you. It's related to a letter sent by the national teacher two days ago."

As he spoke, he took out the letter that happened to be on his body and showed it to Qi Zizhen.

Qi Zizhen took the letter and browsed through it. The general content in it was that they were surrounded by the Wuhetu tribe and suffered heavy losses. The battle report was passed to the court, and then it was spread among the people in the capital, and the people were almost all on one side. Discussing Qi Zizhen's "fate in his life" has even turned into a discussion about whether he is qualified to be the master of the young pagoda.

Therefore, the national teacher specially made a note at the end of the letter, asking them to try their best to create a positive image for Qi Zizhen in the barracks.

Only then did Qi Zizhen know that such a thing had happened.

Song Yaoxu smiled apologetically: "You were not in good health before, so I discussed with Le Yuan and let you know when you are more stable."

Knowing that they were doing it for his own benefit, Qi Zizhen didn't mean to blame him after learning the real situation, he relaxed his expression, shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm just worried that you may encounter difficulties."

After finishing speaking, he turned the topic back to the letter from Ning Qingwei, frowned and said, "Your Highness, do you feel that this incident seems to have something to do with the strange behavior between Qi Yuan and Guan Wang before?" connection?"

Song Yaoxu listened to his words, and nodded: "I discussed it with Le Yuan before, and we all think that Guan Wang probably wants you to lose your identity as the young pagoda master."

If he loses his status as the young pagoda master, then once something happens to the Qi family, he, as the eldest son of the Qi family on the face of it, will definitely be jointly and severally responsible.

During this period of time, Qi Yuan became active in the hall, but Song Ping didn't move at all, probably because he wanted to set up a fire pit and wait for Qi Yuan to jump into it.Then when he can't rely on his identity as the master of the young tower to avoid joint and several liability, Song Ping can get rid of him in one fell swoop.

Then what exactly is the fire pit he set for Qi Yuan?

Qi Zizhen frowned and thought for a while, then asked Song Yaoxu: "Have you replied to the teacher?"

Song Yaoxu knew what he wanted to ask, nodded and said: "I wrote back the same day to ask the national teacher to pay more attention to the situation at the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Qi Zizhen didn't say anything more about this, but inadvertently recalled the previous conversation with Wuhetu, and suddenly said: "By the way, Your Highness, when you came to save me earlier, Wuhetu told me that General Southwest wanted him to I captured him alive and told me that General Southwest has been researching some crooked techniques in recent years."

After finishing speaking, he became a little depressed again: "Why do I feel that they are targeting me."

Song Yaoxu rubbed him with a smile, but there was more worry in his eyes: "General Southwest is still powerful now, if what Wuhetu told you is true, then your situation is still very dangerous. But why is General Southwest Did you choose to capture you alive?"

Qi Zizhen had thought about this question before, but he still didn't have a reliable answer for a while.

Before this mysterious rumor this time, he actually didn't have a very prominent performance in the military camp. Most of his early strategies were more opportunistic and did not contain too much level.

However, General Southwest chose to capture him alive, and it was very likely that he was going to engage in some crooked ways.

You can't just pick him as a soft persimmon because he is the thinnest, right?

Song Yaoxu beside him pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Zizhen, do you still remember the Wumeng Kingdom's forbidden technique that you saw before, if it was a crooked technique... could it be that forbidden technique? "

Qi Zizhen froze for a moment.

Speaking of which, according to his previous reading of the historical records of Wumeng Kingdom in recent years, their current king suddenly fell ill a few years ago, and then his health deteriorated day by day, and he has to rely on medicine to hang his life. ①

After the current king fell ill, the best-developed of the five generals under him was General Southwest!

From this point of view, it is very likely that the Southwest General has already used a forbidden technique, but he did not succeed in one fell swoop like the first king.

But what does this have to do with his attempt to capture Qi Zizhen alive?

Is it...

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu looked at each other, both of them had no intention of wandering outside, and immediately went back to the tent to dig out the ancient book that was hidden deeply.

They re-summarized the content of the forbidden technique. According to the content of the forbidden technique, if the forbidden technique is to be successful, the person whose life is stolen must be starved to death②, and the current king of Wumeng Kingdom Still lingering on the bed.

They reasonably speculated that it was very likely that something went wrong when General Southwest used the forbidden technique, which caused the forbidden technique to not be completely successful in the end.

Then the Southwest General has only two possibilities if he wants to capture Qi Zizhen alive, either he wants to steal his life, or let him become that "heinous" person.

As a native of the Ling Dynasty, Qi Zizhen had also participated in the battle of the Wumeng Kingdom before, and naturally had the blood of many soldiers of the Wumeng Kingdom on his hands.

Then for Wumeng Kingdom, he can become the "heinous" person.

But why did General Southwest choose him?

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu were lost in thought again.

At this moment, Qin Gong, who was in charge of delivering the decoction every morning, came in after the announcement. When he saw the dark red blood book on their table, he was startled, and the medicine bowl in his hand almost spilled.

"Be careful." Tang Leyuan, who was following behind him, quickly helped him up, and brought the medicine bowl over.

Qin Gong didn't seem to notice it, and stared at the forbidden technique written in blood with wide eyes, his voice became a little trembling: "You...why, why do you have this?"

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu looked at each other, and there was a parting thought in their eyes.

Qi Zizhen was the first to turn his head to look at Qin Gong again, and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

Qin Gong still stood stiffly on the spot, his hands still maintained the posture of holding the medicine bowl when he came in, and his fingertips began to tremble slightly, but he still tried his best to explain calmly: "This... is the 'cursed' medicine in our tribe. "Forbidden Object" has been kept by the Goddess lineage for generations. However, this object is extremely dangerous. Once the "Goddess" is not pure enough, it is very likely to be backlashed by this object and become a heinous witch. At that time, the power of this forbidden technique will be doubled, and the consequences will be will also be more serious.

"And the last owner of this object...is the daughter of our tribal leader at that time.③"

Qi Zizhen remembered that Qin Gong had told him that at that time, apart from their small village, the only survivors of their tribe were the daughter and grandson of their leader.

And this book with the forbidden technique is a book related to Wumeng Kingdom.

That is to say, the first king of Wumeng Kingdom is very likely to be the "grandson", and the mother of the first king disappeared after the chief disappeared at that time④, maybe she became a witch, and then—sacrificed herself.

Thinking about it, Qi Zizhen felt his hairs stand on end.

Sure enough, what he hates the most is this kind of evil and heretic thing.

Inevitably, the asymmetry of information caused the rest of the people to not understand the connection. After calming down, Qi Zizhen told the whole story from the beginning to the end.

After hearing all that happened, everyone remained silent for a while.

The wind outside the tent rolled up the curtains, and the chill seemed to spread throughout the entire tent in an instant.

Qi Zizhen gathered the fox fur and moved towards Song Yaoxu.

The author has something to say: Qi Zizhen who was targeted: ... a little scared QAQ

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