Your Majesty, You Can't

Sitting in the huge tub, He Lanzhi rubbed the shredded hibiscus leaves wrapped in gauze on his black hair. After making enough fine and rich foam, he scooped up hot water from a wooden ladle and poured it over his head.Feeling the warm water flowing slowly from the top of his head through his face and neck, He Lanzhi couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.

"Azhi..." Zhao Yin leaned his back against the window lattice and muttered in a low voice, "It's great that you're still alive."

He Lanzhi vaguely heard Zhao Yin's low moans coming from through the wooden door, and asked in great puzzlement, "Why did the emperor say that? When did my minister be considered dead by everyone? This is Weichen today. This is the third time I have heard such words, can the emperor tell me where this matter came from?"

"Everyone told me that Prime Minister He Lanzhi was attacked by the enemy and died in the previous war." Zhao Yin closed his eyes in pain, and told the scenes in his memory about He Lanzhi's body Then came out, "The scouting soldier who came back first gave me the box that was blown to bits, and inside was the protective painting I gave you. When the guard Su came back, he also said that he went to your camp many times. But only those pieces of fried meat and dried blood...

"I don't want to believe it, but I have to believe it. My prime minister died outside the border..."

"But Your Majesty, excuse me." He Lanzhi said weakly from inside, "I didn't encounter the so-called sneak attack at all... That corpse didn't belong to me. If it was a piece of fried meat, In fact, it is very likely that it belonged to the sneak attacker."

"No matter who it is, as long as you are fine." Zhao Yin outside the door said with relief, "As long as you are fine, nothing else matters."

He Lanzhi sorted out the information given by Zhao Yin in his mind for a while, and while washing away the dirty marks on his body with acacia, he opened his mouth to analyze: "The enemy's gunpowder technology is actually immature, and many of them are even used on the battlefield. They risked their lives to learn the technology of our army, and applied it now. In order to ensure that the gunpowder can be completely detonated, they should be sent by the dead, so there will be incomplete corpses.

"Based on the timing, we guessed that we should have missed the sneak attack that day by coincidence.

"Weichen had some worries that night, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night, so he went out of the tent to take a walk. He happened to hear a bombing, and thought it was the sound of the enemy's camp, so he walked in the opposite direction of the explosion. Unexpectedly, he went to the enemy's camp."

He Lanzhi patted his chest with his wet hands when he recalled the scene of walking in the opposite direction that night and being chased down by the enemy with a machete.

"After discovering that something was wrong, I ran away...Although I am a bit spineless, I really can't fight against those big men with weapons." He Lanzhi covered his face embarrassedly and said, "I am in a hurry. After escaping into the woods, I wanted to run back to our army's barracks... but I got lost accidentally... After staying in the woods for three days, I accidentally fell into the abandoned well, and I was not caught until a whole day later. The villagers who cut firewood in the woods picked it up from the well.

"I went back to the barracks after having a full meal at the villagers' house. As a result, the soldiers didn't even notice that I was lost! Everyone left! Everything was cleaned up! I was really pissed off at the time."

It was originally a somewhat heavy escape atmosphere, but when he thought of He Lanzhi's cute appearance of jumping his feet in anger after committing a crime, Zhao Yin inexplicably felt a little joyful.

"Pfft-"

He Lanzhi heard a chuckle outside the door, couldn't help standing up and roaring at the young emperor outside: "Don't laugh!"

"Well, I don't laugh." Zhao Yin put his back on the window lattice, held back a smile and raised his hands in surrender, "Ah Zhi, you continue to talk."