After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

It takes a day's journey from Kyoto to Qizhou.

Chu Shao set off from the imperial palace in the early morning, and only saw the landmarks on the Qizhou city tower at dusk.

"Young Master!" Song He, the steward of the Hou Mansion, stood beside Chu Yun, pointing to the approaching carriage and said, "Look, is that the carriage from the palace?"

Chu Yun looked towards the exit of the official road. Seeing the majestic posture, the grade of the guards on both sides, and the specification of the six-horse carriage, it could only be the dignitaries from Kyoto.

He couldn't be sure for a while, after all, his younger brother had made a fuss in the imperial city and left the palace as a resigned empress. No matter how partial Huai Zhen was, he wouldn't be good to a rebellious minister who almost kicked him off the throne.

However, the moment the carriage stopped beside the dismounting stone, and the curtain was lifted, Chu Yun knew that the monarch of Zhongqin was really controlled by Chu Shao.

"elder brother!!!"

Chu Qingxu skipped the dismounting stone, and jumped off the carriage directly. The white fox fur on his body danced against the wind, and he rushed towards Chu Yun.

"Shao'er!"

Chu Yun ran forward with a smile, and as soon as he opened his arms, Xiao Shao threw himself into his arms.

Xiangxiu and Siyun stood beside the dismounting stone, Xiangxiu only knew that His Majesty's move really made Mr. Chu happy, while Siyun, like the old housekeeper of the Hou's mansion, burst into tears.

Chu Shao hugged her brother tightly, "I thought my brother was traveling north."

"Zhongqin almost changed hands, how can I stay in Jiangbei with peace of mind?" Chu Yun patted Chu Shao's back through the fox fur, "You are really good at stabbing Zhongqin's sky with your own power. Broken. Now it’s all right, I can only take refuge in my brother’s arms.”

Chu Shao climbed up the pole: "Then I will trouble my brother to protect my younger brother."

"I just wish I couldn't protect you all the time." Chu Yun hugged Chu Shao, glanced at the mighty carriage queue, and joked with a smile, "Did Huaizhen move the entire palace here for you? The battle is not so much exile after the abolition, as it is the queen visiting relatives."

"Brother!! You make fun of me too!"

Chu Yun chuckled twice, raised his hand and rubbed Chu Shao's cheeks, knowing that Huai Zhen raised Shao'er carefully with gold and silver mountains, but for some reason he looked haggard, thinking it was because of the exhaustion of the horses and horses.

"Don't stand in the wind, go home first and then talk."

Chu Shao nodded, and glanced at Song He at the side, "Uncle Song, how have you been all these years?"

Song He only felt that the second young master was very different from a year ago, not only his eyes were clear and clear, but he also recognized himself, and hurriedly replied: "Thank you for your concern, young master, there is nothing wrong with the old slave, and everything is fine in the Hou's mansion." .”

"Thank you, Uncle Song."

Chu Qingxu remembered how stupid she was when she returned home a year ago without knowing it, and she also knew how sad this old servant must have been at that time.

Chu Yun led Chu Shao into the city of Qizhou. As soon as he entered the city, he heard the sound of drums and firecrackers. The people of Qizhou, or the people of Nanqi, spontaneously separated into two groups, all with tears in their eyes. mouth full of smiles.

"Master Hou is back..." A woman was holding a handkerchief, crying and laughing, and someone corrected him, "Now that the dynasty has changed, you should call him Your Highness the Queen."

"The emperor of Zhongqin issued an imperial decree to abolish the queen again."

"According to me, no one is worthy of Chu Qingxu!"

"Now that the eldest son is back, why not call him the second son!"

"Old Hou Ye has a soul in the sky, and he will be happy."

"Second son!!"

"Welcome the second son home!"

The enthusiasm of the people in Qizhou is unstoppable, Chu Shao has only walked a short distance, and I don’t know how many flowers have been thrown in his arms. It is the custom of Qizhou that if you really admire someone, you throw flowers in his arms. Now it is winter. , Chu Shao received a large handful of red plums.

The current Zhizhou of Qizhou is surnamed Qin, and Qin Zhizhou came to meet Chu Shao in person wearing a formal official uniform, "Young Master Chu, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Chu Shao said, "You don't need to salute, I'm just a commoner now."

Qin Zhizhou hurriedly said: "My lord, you are joking, you are the person on the cusp of His Majesty's heart, and you can fully stand this humble minister's worship."

There was not even a single bad word about Chu Shao in the decree after the abolition, so Qin Zhizhou understood the key to it—what was written in the imperial decree is not the most important thing, what matters is that the emperor still attaches great importance to Chu Shao in his heart, otherwise he would not personally Wrote a sealed letter to beat Qin Zhizhou.

Chu Shao also guessed that it was Huaizhen who secretly issued the imperial edict, and he didn't make it difficult for Zhizhou who obeyed the emperor's order.

He walked to the Hou's Mansion with his elder brother amidst laughter and laughter. The people's livelihood that he saw on the road was exactly as Wen Yan said, full of vitality everywhere, and everyone was rich and stable.

Chu Shao remembered that when he left Qizhou that day, the common people wore coarse clothes, but now they can see a dazzling array of silks and satins at a glance.

Qizhou lost 20 young children in previous battles, so there are few people in the city.In order to please Chu Shao, Huaizhen specially treated Qizhou preferentially after the big wedding, so that most of the people in Qizhou are rich and self-sufficient, and there is not even a beggar on the street.

The lifeless Nanqi has changed from a dead city with rotten roots to Qizhou, a paradise in Zhongqin. Chu Shao knows that it is Huaizhen who is fulfilling his promise.

On the day of the wedding, he quietly fulfilled many things he promised to Chu Shao.

Even though Qizhou has been turned upside down from the inside out, the Anninghou Mansion remains unchanged.

As soon as Chu Qingxu stepped into the gate of the Hou's Mansion, all the memories about home came flooding back. A year ago, he didn't even know where this strong sense of belonging came from. Today, all the blood in his body seems to be dedicated to this Hou's Mansion. boil up.

He was a little timid because of his closeness to his hometown, so he stopped at the entrance of the ancestral hall and dared not go in.

He remembered that when Huaizhen brought him to the Hou's mansion that day, he passed by the ancestral hall. At that time, he always felt that someone was calling him in the dark, but Huaizhen pulled him away without looking back, so that Chu Shao failed to offer incense sticks to his parents.

Today he was standing at the entrance of the ancestral hall, looking at the memorial tablet of Fang's ancestors, he was so guilty that he couldn't lift his head.

"Shao'er." Chu Yun took his younger brother's hand and led him into the ancestral hall, where the incense sticks were fragrant.

"Brother..." Chu Shao knew that he would have to face it after all, "I want to talk to my parents alone, is that okay?"

"Okay, brother is waiting for you outside." Knowing that he was thinking, Chu Yun explained, "Father and mother are happy to see you."

Chu Shao raised his eyes, and a teardrop had already rolled down.

When Chu Yun left, he straightened his back and knelt in front of the spirit tablets of the loyal ancestors of the Chu family.

It has been four years and five months since Wei Yong forced him to enter the palace to the fall of the Chu family and the fall of Nanqi.

Parents died with hatred, Chu Qingxu didn't see each other for the last time, and later when Qin's army entered the city, Chu Shao passed by the ancestral hall and refused to enter, and violated the way of loyalty that the old Hou Ye taught him since he was a child, and became the wife of the enemy who destroyed the country .

Chu Shao was willing to let go of these old grudges a long time ago, but now facing the tablets of his parents, he is still ashamed to the point of embarrassment.

He bent down, kowtowed three times to his parents, to the ancestors of the Chu family, and said with a sob: "The child is not filial... He failed to protect the Chu family, and he also failed to protect Nanqi..."

The ancestral hall in winter is not cold.

When Chu Shao knelt down to repent and blame himself, the last ray of sunshine before sunset gently caressed him.

When Chu Qingxu raised her head, she saw that the family's loyal tablets were shining brightly in the sunlight, and the afterglow of the setting sun was like an elder's hand lovingly stroking the top of Chu Shao's head.

In the dark, Chu Shaofu felt his heart, and immediately burst into tears, a stone that had been pressed on his heart for a long time was suddenly dispelled in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The time for a cup of tea passed, and there was no movement in the ancestral hall.

Thinking of his younger brother's haggard face, Chu Yun was always uneasy, so he went back to the ancestral hall. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he saw Chu Shao standing at the door holding on to the door frame, as if he was on the verge of falling. his arm.

With tears in his eyes, Chu Shao turned his head to look at his brother, choked up and said, "Father and mother... forgave me."

Chu Yun felt a pain in his heart, "Shao'er, parents will never blame you."

"Yes... Father and mother, they have never been willing to criticize me." Chu Qingxu looked at the hazy blue sky, smiled in relief, and then, like a kite with a broken string, it suddenly lost all its strength and fell down.

"Xiao Shao!?"

Chu Yun took advantage of the situation to hug Chu Shao who suddenly fainted, and saw that his face was pale, and his whole body quickly withered like a dead tree. The vague feeling of ominousness when they met, came true at this moment.

Before the hustle and bustle on the street dissipated, the best doctor in Qizhou City was carried by Si Yunlian and flew into the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion.

"How!?" Chu Yun asked anxiously, staring at the doctor who was taking the pulse.

"..." Dr. Lin took his pulse back and forth three times, frowned, raised his eyes to confirm that the unconscious person on the bed was the Second Young Master, he was heartbroken, shook his head and said, "This pulse is not very good, No matter how you look at it, it's a sign of exhaustion, a sign that... it won't last long."

"What nonsense are you talking about!!" Si Yun was the first to jump, "Impossible! Doctors who are better than you have never made such a conclusion!"

Murong never told Si Yun the real situation of Chu Shao, Si Yun was also kept in the dark, and now he suddenly heard another doctor say that Chu Shao's life is not long, it's hard for him not to get angry.

Doctor Lin said helplessly: "I also hope that the pulse is wrongly diagnosed, but my son's pulse is vain and weak, and it hurts the bottom. It must have been exhausting a while ago, so the pulse is like a rotten tree! "

Si Yun glanced at the doctor in panic, he was almost right.

He had already sensed that something was wrong, during the most chaotic days in the palace, the young master seemed to be holding on to a tight string, and the soup and medicine would not leave his mouth to persevere, but now that the string is broken, the young master's body also collapsed.

Chu Yun still didn't know much about love Gu, but Si Yun saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he told him the details.

After hearing this, Chu Yun's face was full of anger, and he almost laughed angrily: "No wonder... no wonder the dog emperor surnamed Huai returned Shao'er so easily. , so show kindness and let him go home and die?!"

He rolled up his sleeves and looked around for the sword: "Emperor Dog, I will go to Beijing to assassinate him now!! Let him pay for Shaoer's life!"

Dr. Lin was in a cold sweat when he heard this—why do the two brothers of the Chu family have a penchant for regicide!

"Young Master, calm down!" Si Yun stopped Chu Yun, who gave him a glaring look, "Why, you still want to favor the Emperor Dog, don't forget that you were raised by the Marquis Mansion!"

"What I mean is, it's better to leave it to me to assassinate the dog emperor!" Si Yun was filled with indignation, "I am very familiar with the imperial palace, so I will kill some quack doctor by the way!"

"Cough-cough-!"

Suddenly there were two coughs on the bed, Dr. Lin said happily, "Second Young Master, are you awake?"

Chu Qingxu was half asleep and half awake, and when he heard his brother and Si Yun yelling to fight and kill, he woke up in fright. He weakly raised his left hand, and Chu Yun immediately grasped it with a tacit understanding.

"Xiao Shao, brother already knows, brother will definitely not let you suffer this kind of grievance in vain!"

"Brother..." Chu Shao's voice was weak, and he tried his best to persuade, "I guessed that I didn't have much time... In fact, I can't blame Huaizhen for this matter, what he owes me... I have already paid almost gone."

Chu Yun said angrily: "If something really happens to you, Huai Zhen will have to pay with his life!"

"He can't die. If he dies, not only Qizhou, but the whole of Zhongqin, including Beiyou, will be in chaos. At that time, it will repeat the mistakes of Nanqi...The pain of subjugation, you and I have experienced it personally, It shouldn't be imposed on other people." Even though Chu Shao was seriously ill, he was still sober in major matters, "Brother, don't be impulsive for me, please..."

Chu Yun saw that he was struggling to speak, but he still did not forget to excuse Huai Jiugu. For a moment, he hated that iron could not be made into steel, and felt angry and helpless.

"Brother...promise me!" Chu Shao couldn't hold back his drowsiness, and weakly grabbed Chu Yun's hand, begging him for a promise.

Chu Yun really couldn't bear it, so he agreed: "Okay, brother promises you, I won't be impulsive." He touched Chu Shao's hot forehead, and comforted the pain: "Shao'er, you sleep for a while, when you wake up , everything will be fine, dear."

The coaxing words before going to bed can't be taken seriously, Chu Shao didn't get better, and fell into a coma for more than a month, and Qizhou was in a state of anxiety.

The people in the imperial city followed suit.

The small tree that lives in Wu Palace has grown to Huaizhen's waist.

On the lush branches and leaves, there are several more flower buds.

The time has come.

Murong picked up a long and slender silver needle, this needle is as long as half an arm, straight from the center to the outside, it needs to be heated on the fire to take blood.

Huaizhen had already retreated to the left and right, and took off the left half of his sleeve in the dormitory, revealing the position of his heart.

The so-called blood of the heart is the blood of the essence of a person's heart. It was recorded in a miscellaneous book in the past that "one drop of heart blood will shorten ten years of life".

This is naturally an exaggeration, but it is enough to show the preciousness and rarity of painstaking efforts.

"Your Majesty, are you ready?" Murong asked while holding the specially made silver needle for taking blood.

Huai Zhen closed his eyes and nodded.

Next to his heart was a scar from being stabbed by Chu Shao on the edge of the cliff that day. The existence of this scar made Huai Jiugu's actions today seem somewhat ironic.

"It might hurt a little."

Murong followed Huaizhen on the battlefield and worked as a military doctor. Huaizhen suffered a lot of injuries, and there were not a few who pierced his bones. He can be said to be really "rough-skinned and thick-skinned", and Murong rarely needs to remind him when treating injuries. "It hurts a bit."

Today, Murong Lian said twice, "Your Majesty must bear with it, I will end it as soon as possible."

Huaizhen said impatiently: "You just take blood, Qizhou is still waiting for help."

"Yes, yes." Murong replied, while holding the silver needle over the fire twice, until the sharp end was burning a little red, he pressed Huai Zhen's slightly biased heart, and put it on The high temperature and hard needle pierced inch by inch into the softest piece of flesh at the tip of the heart.

Huai Zhen bit his lower lip, his mouth full of rust.

"Be patient, Your Majesty!" Murong smoothly inserted the thin needle for blood collection, and then took a crystal clear jade bottle and put it on the end of the needle. After touching the silver needle, Huaizhen's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Murong has been practicing medicine for many years, and for the first time, he felt soft and a little bit reluctant.

"...Hurry up." Huai Zhen urged him, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it for long.

Only when Murong dared to touch it, he shook the silver needle slightly, immediately a few drops of fresh heart blood dripped from the end of the silver needle, he hurriedly caught it with the jade bottle.

After taking three drops, the needle was retracted in time, when the needle was pulled out, there was a blood spot like a cinnabar mole on the heart, Murong hurriedly pressed the wound with a fine cloth covered with medicine.

The moment the blood was taken, if Huaizhen hadn't held on with faith, he might have passed out on the spot.

He was thinking about feeding the blood of his heart to the Phoenix tree while it was hot, so he pulled up his sleeves, took the jade bottle containing the blood, stood beside the small tree in the cold winter wind, and picked the largest bud at the top, I poured three drops of heart blood down.

The moment the blood in my heart touched the petals, the buds opened in the cold, and the pink and white petals were as bright as blood, and the strange fragrance permeated the entire Qiwu Palace. Spirituality generally falls into the hands of those who feed it.

Murong, who witnessed this scene, marveled at the wonders of the creatures in the world.

Huaizhen held the flower in his palm, his pale face was filled with joy, "Shao'er is saved."

On the day when the Phoenix tree bloomed, the flower was sent to Qizhou by Murong Kuaima, and Huaizhen sent a hundred secret guards to escort it secretly to ensure that everything was safe.

When the flowers were sent to Anninghou's Mansion in Qizhou, they were not welcomed, and Si Yun was even more annoyed by Murong's deceit and did not give him a good face.

Murong only knew that saving people was the most important thing, so he asked the hidden guards to help, forced his way into the kitchen of the Hou's mansion, and boiled the flowers into a bowl of thick flower juice.

When the flower juice was poured into the bowl, the strange fragrance filled the entire Anninghou Mansion. This fragrance was reassuring, and Chu Yun was willing to believe that perhaps this was really a magic medicine.

He personally helped up the sleeping Chu Shao, and assisted Murong to feed the bowl of blood-red flower juice into Chu Shao's mouth.

Chu Shao was in a coma, and he didn't cooperate very well. When he swallowed, he couldn't hold back and spit out a few mouthfuls. Every drop of flower juice condensed Huaizhen's heart and soul, and Murong was really heartbroken for the king.

Fortunately, most of the whole bowl of medicine was fed in smoothly.

Murong saw a few drops of flower juice remaining at the bottom of the bowl, so he asked Si Yun to mix some white water, and let him drink it when Chu Shao woke up—in short, not a single drop was wasted.

In the past few days, Si Yun had already called Murong a quack doctor, but Chu Yun looked at Murong dubiously, not believing that he was a so-called genius doctor.

It wasn't until the time when he saw the medicine in his mouth that it was less than half a cup of tea, Chu Shao's pale and haggard cheeks showed obvious blood, and after hearing Doctor Lin's pulse, he exclaimed:

"Young master's pulse seems to be injected with a pool of living water suddenly! The pulse is like a bead, strong and powerful, what kind of magic medicine is this!?"

What kind of magic medicine Murong naturally can't say!

He stayed in the Hou's residence for one night, and Si Yun saw that although the young master was not awake, he was improving visibly with the naked eye, and finally admitted that Murong was a genius doctor and not a quack doctor.

In the early morning of the second day, the rooster had only crowed a few times, and the maid who got up early to work heard the sound of sharp swords breaking through the wind in the yard.

They followed the prestige and saw a figure as pine as bamboo dancing a long sword in the snow among the red snow and red plums.

Just a back view has already made the little maid in the Hou Mansion look mesmerized. When the sword practicer picks up a handful of snow from the red plums and turns around, the little maid almost throws away the new vase in her hand: "Second Young Master!?"

Seeing that they were surprised, Chu Shao didn't know why, so she withdrew her sword, caught a piece of red plum that fell from the tree, and put the red plum into the vase in the hand of the little maid, "It's me, what's the matter?"

Little maid: "..."

The second son, who had been seriously ill for more than a month, suddenly came back to life with full blood, which surprised and delighted the whole Qizhou.

Chu Yun was very grateful to Murong, but Murong didn't dare to stay longer, and only revealed a few words before leaving, "This medicine is a rare treasure in the palace. It takes three years of continuous use before it can be broken. I will send it every month in the future. Please rest assured." , Young Master, he will definitely save the day and live a long life."

Since it is a rare treasure in the palace, it is naturally the emperor's wish, and Chu Yun's thoughts of killing the king faded away, "Your emperor still has some conscience."

Murong sighed: "Chu Shao is His Majesty's order, His Majesty loves him far more than himself. It's just that the palace sent medicine to the Marquis's mansion, and I ask Eldest Young Master to help keep it a secret, otherwise I'm afraid it will be criticized by others. "

Chu Yun only thought that the emperor wanted to avoid suspicion with the abolished empress, and didn't bother to let Huaizhen and Chu Shao continue to quarrel, so he agreed:

"I won't let Xiao Shao know that you have been to Qizhou, let alone tell him that the palace comes to deliver medicine every month. Since that one has been abolished, it's up to each other to be safe."

The author says:

Shao'er's hand will also be healed by the Phoenix wood.

Jiu Gu: Do not disturb while planting trees (except Chu Shao

Sapling development progress: 50%

The day Xiaoshu grows up, the two will meet again.

There are about three chapters in three years.