Half-dead paulownia

(The capital of Anling, the secret room of the ghost gate)

After confronting each other for a long time, the dark tide surged, and the four looked at each other without any retreat. The cold air became heavier and heavier, as if everything was frozen and everything was rigid.

"Brother Han'er, how are you?" Seeing this scene, Xiao Jinmo became extremely anxious, and hurried forward to help him.

Meng'er was also alert and stood in front of Xiao Jinmo with Han Sha.

"Do you want to continue to resist?" The ghost king said without warmth, not paying attention to them at all, as if he was giving an ultimatum.

"Please... Please take back your father's orders and let them go." Han Sha was obviously injured just now, and it was a bit difficult to speak.

"What on earth made you swear to protect them so much?" The Ghost King's sharp eyes pierced Han Sha fiercely through the mask, but sorrow and puzzlement flashed in his eyes, which turned into more anger in a blink of an eye.

"Please calm down the righteous father." The voice came from nowhere, and a man and a woman appeared in the hall.

The man's neat short hair and blue shirt make him look like an ordinary man, and the woman beside him also has an alluring appearance.

"Why, are you all going to turn against each other?" Ghost King glared.

"Father, we don't dare to borrow our courage. Besides, the father is kind to us. How can we be so ungrateful? It's just that Meier wants to take a step to talk. I don't know the father?" Said softly.

"You guys can't do any tricks!" The ghost king withdrew his inner strength and signaled Mei'er to continue talking.

"Father, it's still too early to solve Xiao Jinmo today. The matter of the blood spirit is the core of all our affairs. Although we don't know exactly what effect this parasite attached to the blood has exerted. , but we still understand the meaning of Ziye, which means that now is not the time, if you use it by force, not only will it not exert its due effect, but it will be eaten back by it." Mei'er whispered in the ghost king's ear .

"What do you mean?" Ghost King continued to ask.

"As far as I am concerned, this blood spirit will be used by us sooner or later, but it must rely on blood and life to maintain and nourish it. Why should we be in a hurry? As long as this attachment exists for a day, the blood spirit can continue to absorb power. Why don't you act when the time is right?" Meier calmly analyzed, with a strange look in her eyes.

"Haha... It's better for Meier to understand as a father, good!" The ghost king suddenly changed his anger and laughed.

Such an uncertain ghost king made people feel even more worried. It was impossible to guess what kind of mood he would be in the next moment, but what was certain was that he let Xiao Jinmo and Meng'er go at this moment.

"Bring Liu Meng out." The ghost king shouted majestically.

Two guards escorted Liu Meng out from the door on the other side, but they hadn't seen each other for a few days, it seemed like a long time had passed, these days seemed to have caused him a lot of suffering, his slightly thin body was exhausted, Especially those eyes that used to be cool are a little dim now.

"Liu Meng!" Xiao Jinmo shouted happily.

Meng'er also looked at this man who made her worry with great excitement, why did she care so much about everything about him, and what was the reason for the longing in her heart?Meng'er didn't understand herself a little bit.

"Young Master Xiao! Meng'er!" Although Liu Meng looked haggard, but the moment he saw the two of them, his spirit also improved, just like in the cloudy weather, suddenly the sky was clear and the sun was shining.

"Let him go." The ghost king spoke again.

Almost running over, the three hugged each other tightly, the warmth that had not been seen for a long time.

"This play is really good. If you three still don't leave, don't you want to stay in the ghost gate?" Ghost King said intentionally or unintentionally.For such a scene, the ghost king was extremely bored, and there was something in his heart that was aching, so uncomfortable.

Not paying much attention to the ghost king, Xiao Jinmo said a few words to Liu Meng, Liu Meng nodded, and walked straight to Han Sha's side, holding his arm to leave.

"Let's go, three of you!" Han Sha resolutely rejected Xiao Jinmo's offer.

"You're injured." Xiao Jinmo looked at Han Sha sadly.

"It doesn't matter, before the adoptive father doesn't change his mind, hurry up and leave." Han Sha pushed Xiao Jinmo almost with all his strength.

Han Sha is well aware of today's mistakes, and he absolutely cannot leave. No matter how the ghost king angered him today, it is his due result. He knows the result of such resistance to the ghost king. He has never done this since he was a child. , but now he is so hindered from acting, he is willing to bear all the results, because today is for Xiao Jinmo, he is willing to bear all of them.

"Why, aren't you satisfied with taking away one person? Do you still want to take away my beloved son? Your appetite is too big." The ghost king really doesn't understand why Xiao Jinmo cares about others now that he can't protect himself. life or death?

"Since the person I love, why let him get hurt? Seeing the person I love hurt, in fact, I will suffer twice as much. Why bother?" Xiao Jinmo has long hated this kind of false kindness. .

Asked by Xiao Jinmo, the ghost king was stunned suddenly. He was shocked by the frail man in front of him. Sure enough, he was the Xiao Jinmo that so many people couldn't resist.

"Get out all of them, I don't want to see anyone right now." The ghost king roared sharply, turned around and disappeared like a whirlwind.

"Thank you!" Han Sha looked at Lie Sha and Mei Sha, usually taciturn and proud, he thanked Lie Sha and Mei Sha.

"Oh, it's the first time I've heard such a warm word, it's not like our cold spirit!" Mei'er joked, fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

"Too serious. In fact, we didn't do this for you." Lie Sha said quietly.

"I know." Han Sha was always as cold as ice.

(barracks station)

Gunpowder smoke fills the air, corpses are everywhere, the yellowish mustard has been washed into blood red, and the rotting corpses attract birds that come to look for food from time to time, they are so happy.Broken masts, shattered flags, looking around, the sight is desolate.

"Little prince, the ministers have been waiting for you for a long time." After entering the tent, there were already ministers waiting in line.

Seeing such a young prince taking on such a heavy responsibility, everyone couldn't help but feel a little worried. Fortunately, his status has indeed increased the soldiers' fighting spirit and boosted their morale.

"What's the situation now, report it one by one." Anling Yuhao got busy without stopping for a moment. If he was still a young man who had not experienced much in the world when he came, he would only talk about protecting the people. Witnessing all this cruelty, he finally realized what it means to be truly compassionate to the people, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

It turned out that Xiao Jinmo knew it a long time ago, but he was still so proud and self-righteous. Now that he saw it, he truly understood the responsibility of the king.

"Prince, in recent months of war, our army has suffered more than half of the casualties, food and grass have also been blocked, the situation is critical!"

"Food is the most important thing for the people. Without food, no matter how many elite soldiers we have, it is useless. Where are the food and grass blocked?" Anling Yuhao analyzed.

"There is a mountain on the border of Beichen Kingdom, which separates us from Beichen Kingdom. We can only transport food and grass through the gap between Beichen Kingdom and the mountain. However, due to the perennial wars in the border area, some people are dissatisfied. The warriors of the regime and the displaced people gathered together and gradually became bandits, deducting military pay and robbing food, and became a big force in that area, and they even named it the Qingping Gang."

"Didn't troops be sent to eradicate it?" Anling Yuhao was puzzled.

"Why not, but the terrain of that place is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. We suffered a lot and tried our best, but in the end we were defeated and defeated. Now, with the addition of our war with Beichen Kingdom, while facing this Helping the bandits, on the other side there is a surprise attack from the Beichen Kingdom, how can we transport it in!" The minister looked distressed.

"That's right, Beichen Kingdom is a difficult character, and we don't have enough strength to deal with it, but the top priority now is these bandits." An Ling Yuhao muttered.

"Yes, as long as there is a way to solve them, we have a chance of winning."

"Sometimes we can't fight recklessly, we can only outsmart them. What information do we have about the Qingping Gang? Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles. I want you to go quickly and collect all kinds of information about the Qingping Gang, and then we can discuss it in the long term." An Lingyu Hao rested his chin on one hand, and smiled slightly with deep meaning.

"Prince, the morale of the army has been slackened recently, and everyone is tired of fighting. If this continues..." the minister hesitated to speak worriedly.

"I see. Gather all the soldiers in a while." Anling Yuhao said after a moment of thought.

"Yes!" After agreeing, he hurriedly withdrew.

(Anling Capital)

"Xiao Jinmo, the three of you go back first." Several people walked out of the ghost gate, and the somewhat weak Han Sha still insisted.

"Brother Han'er, you have suffered such a serious injury, how can I rest assured that you are alone?" Xiao Jinmo said nervously.

"Silly boy, I'm going to heal my injuries now. With your abilities, do you think you can help me?" Han Sha only spoke with warmth when he was in front of Xiao Jinmo.

"I..." Xiao Jinmo looked at everyone, Liu Meng and Meng'er also looked helpless.

"So I can do it alone, I need to go back to me now, you can go at ease." Han Sha continued to explain.

"Then...then will we meet again?" Xiao Jinmo's affection for Li Han cannot be explained in a sentence, and he was the only friend he had ever had.

"Yes, no matter where you are, I will definitely find you." Han Sha promised like coaxing a child.

"Well, take care." Xiao Jinmo said still reluctantly.

"I'll leave Xiao Jinmo to you guys." Han Sha looked at Liu Meng and Meng'er, his attitude was definitely not that of the legendary Han Sha.

After saying that, he also disappeared at the door.

"Young Master Xiao, where are we...our little prince?" Liu Meng actually wanted to ask them as soon as he saw them, and he had long missed the prince he had followed since he was a child for a long time.