Brother, did you confess today?

The dungeon was gloomy and gloomy, but it was built under the bright and spacious main courtyard of the Seventh Prince. One light and one dark, the luxury and abjection fully showed the temperament.

Although the Seventh Prince was half-drunk, he didn't really get drunk, he knew he was sober, he went down the dungeon with Mr. Xu, saw the young men guarding the gate, and nodded to them.

A few young people stayed here often without seeing the sun, and found that the master suddenly came down and treated them with a kind face. They were very happy for a while, and there was a bit of excitement in their eyes, but they still stuck to their posts.

The Seventh Prince had a strict set of management for the dungeon, and several people acted in accordance with the regulations, and the young man did not release people on his own just because the master came down in person, and only opened the dungeon after confirming that it was correct.

"Master, please."

The Seventh Prince nodded, and stepped into the dark dungeon. The further they went in, the less effective the lamp was. They could only hold another lamp in their hands, and walked in slowly according to the few steps ahead.

"Uncle Xu, I imprisoned these people here, do you think I'm too ruthless?"

Elder Xu thought: "His Highness does things for His own reasons."

The Seventh Prince affirmed: "Then you think so."

He said slowly with the strength of alcohol: "I know you think I should subdue these people, just like I used to you. Buying people's hearts and making them work for me...is a good idea."

Old Xu's face was a little embarrassed. He really thought so in the past. Since these people can have such a brilliant idea, why not directly recruit them under his command to lure them?

"To tell you the truth, I thought about it too... But, these people are different from you and me." The Seventh Prince sneered a few times, "It's fine if they're just visitors from outside the sky, and I can also treat them as if they came from afar. Maybe you can still treat them as immortals."

"But..." After saying this, the Seventh Prince hid more meaning in his throat. He stopped talking, but continued to walk to the bottom of the dungeon.

There are many places in the dungeon, and the prisoners are all serious criminals, so they will never see the light of day again in this life, and when they meet again, it will be the day of execution.Therefore, the environment is definitely not good, but the deepest part is a strange small single room, which has all tables, chairs, beds, and even paper, ink, pens and inkstones. The detainees in it do not have heavy shackles, but lock their feet on their feet. chain.

He was pitifully thin, his eyes were only staring at one corner, he muttered something in a low voice, when he heard the movement and looked back, he saw the flickering face of the Seventh Prince reflected by the candlelight, he was so frightened that he lost his soul Poo, first hit the head of the bed with a bang, then rolled to the ground and prostrated himself on the ground, resting his head on his palm-shaped hands.

His pitiful appearance made the Seventh Prince sober up most of the time, and he felt uncomfortable for a while.

This man... the man in front of me...

He used to be his best friend back then.

The Seventh Prince knew that he was ruthless, but he never thought that he was so ruthless, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly laughed again, which was still obvious in the dungeon, which made the man tremble with fright, and he dared not even look at him come over.

"...That's all." The Seventh Prince pinched his eyebrows, not knowing whether to ask himself or others, "He is worthless, why should I come?"

Since this man entered the dungeon, it was the first time for Mr. Xu to see him. When he found that this man was tortured like this, he was terrified for a moment. The other hand that was not supporting the Seventh Prince was already shaking. I really realized that the people around me were not only the little masters I saw growing up since I was a child, but also the future emperors.

"...Let's go."

The Seventh Prince withdrew his hand on Old Xu's arm, with a cold expression, "I don't want to come to this place again."

"……Yes."

The sun rose in the east, and when the seventh prince woke up, Xu Xiangfei had already gone out with a group of young people who were going out of the city gate for training. Hearing the news, the seventh prince fell silent.

"Didn't I say that people in the city should not be fooled by him?"

Elder Xu rubbed his nose: "Your Highness, he followed him by himself."

The Seventh Prince was silent again, wondering what he thought, and he didn't know that Xu Xiangfei was so thick-skinned.

He intentionally created a scene to isolate Xu Xiangfei, and specially ordered everyone to treat him coldly, but Xu Xiangfei was not afraid of this, after asking a few words and found that no one paid attention to him, he simply followed him out.

The guards knew that Xu Xiangfei was a guest, so they didn't dare to stop him. They could only watch him say a few words to this one and then to that one. Few people paid attention to him, but Xu Xiangfei still looked innocent, walking around and around. .

When he was hungry at noon, Xu Xiangfei returned to the city slowly, and greeted the guards: "What a coincidence, don't you guys change shifts?"

Guard: "... just changed."

"Oh." Xu Xiangfei nodded, "It really is fate."

The guard had nothing to say.

This place is so big, is it strange to meet him? !

It rained early in the morning and it became cooler. Xu Xiangfei felt much happier after walking there, and he had the energy to deal with the seventh prince.Dealing with the Seventh Prince is really tiring, but now he has no excuse to leave, maybe he has to travel with the Seventh Prince.

Sure enough, when the news came that Zhu Xuguang and his party arrived in Chenzhou and took down a stronghold, the Seventh Prince asked Xu Xiangfei to accompany him.

Xu Xiangfei knew it in his heart, but on the surface he still had to put it on: "Your Highness, I don't know how to march and fight, nor do I know the Four Books and Five Classics, so it's hard for Your Highness to worry about me when I go."

"Brother Xu and I hit it off right away, why are you so polite?" The Seventh Prince snorted, and reached out to pat the back of his hand, "Besides, Brother Xu still has something to promise me, how about writing a letter when we get there?"

Xu Xiangfei also had no choice but to nod: "In this case, I can only follow you."

The Seventh Prince smiled: "Naturally, I really hope that after this trip, brother Xu can confide in me, and you and I can become best friends."

Best friends.

He said these four words slowly, and his eyes were still fixed on Xu Xiangfei, as if he seemed to see something, but Xu Xiangfei kept his eyes down and suppressed all expressions.

But he didn't know that Xu Xiangfei felt chills when he heard these four words, he was really afraid of "best friends", the last person who said that was Zhou Ji.

Elder Xu was also in a complicated mood, because he knew that before the Seventh Prince decided to leave, he had already dealt with the people in the dungeon.

There were originally five people imprisoned in the deepest part of the dungeon, some of whom had never met the Seventh Prince, and some were friends who accompanied the Seventh Prince when they were young, but in the end all of them were squeezed out of value by the Seventh Prince, and then "disposed of" like throwing away useless things.

Although he knew that His Highness had a reason for doing this, Boss Xu was unavoidably a little frightened. He stared at Xu Xiangfei, and he saw that this person was different from those five people. Why does His Highness need to make another "confidant friend?" "Woolen cloth?

"Xu is just a common man, how dare he be your Highness's friend?" Xu Xiangfei changed the topic, "But if I write a letter when I get there, will I be in a hurry? Why don't I write a letter before I leave and ask His Highness to send it to Liuzhou? So that others can prepare early."

Xu Xiangfei didn't take this issue, and the Seventh Prince wouldn't be in a hurry, so he nodded after hearing the words: "Alright, it's better to hit the sun than to choose the day, so Yan Wei will write here."

The Seventh Prince didn't move when he finished speaking, Mr. Xu immediately called someone to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, leaving only the two of them sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, the atmosphere froze for a while.

After a while, the pen and ink were exhausted, Mr. Xu polished the ink himself, but stood a little far away from Xu Xiangfei to ensure that he could not understand what was written in the letter, but the Seventh Prince still sat opposite Xu Xiangfei, drinking tea by himself.

Xu Xiangfei secretly slandered him, thinking that the little prince had a lot of eyes, and he had to guard against him when writing a letter, but right now was not the time to worry about it, he picked up the pen, dripped ink on the paper, and with a flick of his wrist, he wrote a letter home .

What the Seventh Prince asked him to do at the beginning was to ask Xu Xiangfei to write a letter to the Yue family, hoping that Ye Qi could seek help from his own family, occupy the sea trade routes, and transport food and grass to Chenzhou and the north to ensure that the army of the Seventh Prince would not have food. Let the kings with different surnames have no waterways to transport grain.

Xu Xiangfei only said that he is willing to persuade Ye Qi to help, but if Ye Qi helps, it means that he also has the heart of being effective to the Seventh Prince, and is willing to see the king of Ming Dynasty.

He can't take the credit for himself, he is begging for protection for Ye Qi's family inside and out, the seventh prince will naturally promise, if Ye Qi agrees to help, from now on the overseas business route will pass through the imperial court, and there will be a gift from the emperor name.

There are still three fires for a new official to take office. The seventh prince's successful enthronement will definitely clear the court. I don't know how big the storm will be. Naturally, Xu Xiangfei wants to make some profits for his family, but when he writes a letter to his family, he also exhausts the danger. Anyway, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so Ye Qi could have a way out if he didn't want to.

After he finished writing frankly, the Seventh Prince knew what he was planning and did not stop him.

The Seventh Prince took the sealed letter and handed it to Elder Xu: "Arrange people to send it to Liuzhou as soon as possible, but be careful not to disturb others."

"Yes." Elder Xu took the order and left.

After the rain, birds chirped, crisp and melodious, one higher than the other, as if arguing for the top of a song and singing in agreement. When the tea was exhausted, the Seventh Prince only held an empty cup and clinked glasses in the air.

"I think it's about time."

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