Prince Wanted

After autumn, winter came very early this year.

On the street, the little dolls of the noble families wore padded jackets, carved with powder and carved with jade, and they followed the adults around in a pretty way.

Li Qin and Ah Fu took to the streets, and found that even wealthy businessmen had to bargain with peddlers.

"You used to have three bundles of copper shells for this dish, why do you have one bundle of copper shells now? What a profiteer!" The fat man with a pockmarked face pointed at the honest vendor and cursed.

The peddler looked distressed. He picked up the cabbage on the ground and tidied up the leaves on it, wondering: "My lord, if you don't want it, return it to me. Why do you throw it on the ground? Now there is drought in summer, snowstorm in winter, and the epidemic in the south is rampant." I can’t grow it, and my vegetables are just a few plants grown at home, and they will be gone when I sell them, how can I store them richly like I did three or four years ago?”

"Hey, you profiteers are like this. You lie to us common people who lack one thing and another, cry for poverty every day, and sell bundles after bundles. I can't be fooled by you!"

Ah Fu said sadly: "Well, not only the price of vegetables, but also the price of meat has risen very quickly. The rich and the rich are fine, but the poor can only eat porridge."

Li Qin shook his head, thinking, prices are skyrocketing, corrupt officials are in power, and the country is subjugated.

When they were about to return home, a fast horse rushed into the street, the horse neighed, and passers-by hurriedly dodged.

"My food, my food—"

"Go away, I sent a letter to Master Ling Yin, I will pay for your life if I delay the business!"

The fierce horse crushed the bamboo basket with one hoof, and the snow-white and fresh cabbage was trampled to pieces on the spot, and the leaves were scattered all over the ground.

"My whole family is counting on these vegetables to sell some money, woo woo woo, how are you going to live this winter." The peddler stared at the cabbage under the horse's hooves, and rushed to pick it up, regardless of safety.

Li Qin hurried forward and pressed his shoulder, "Old man, those are horseshoes, be careful."

The vegetable vendor burst into tears, Hun'er seemed to have left his body, staring blankly at the rotten leaves.

Li Qin's dark eyes looked at the spy. The spy was holding a horsewhip. He looked fierce and was full of hostility. He shouted: "What are you looking at? Everyone is so unlucky that they will be discouraged when they see it. Get out of here!" "

"A little non-commissioned officer, his tone is so arrogant, I don't know, I thought it was the young master of some family showing his power here." Li Qin smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes at all.

The spies looked at Li Qin, and saw that this man was wearing a white fox shirt, his hair was tied up high, and his face was as white and tender as jade. His demeanor was not like that of an ordinary son, and he must be backed by a big man.Especially the pair of long and sharp phoenix eyes, with a smile that is not a smile, always carrying an evil spirit with malicious intentions.

"Hmph, that old man blocked the way. I have a secret letter that needs to be reported immediately. Can you afford to delay the business?!" The spy immediately took out Ling Yin to suppress him.

"What's the business?" Li Qin hid his hand in the stove, and he said, "The Qin army is suppressing the border, and they will reach Yingdu in a few days."

The spies were shocked. This was a secret report that was only intercepted yesterday. The Qin army was marching in secret this time, with the purpose of killing the Chu army by surprise.In order to get this news, they paid an internal response, a small team of people.The price is terrible!

"You!" The spy covered his chest, he gritted his teeth bitterly, the secret letter behind his back instantly lost its value!

The corner of Li Qin's mouth curled up, as if mocking, "The Qin army is about to arrive in Yingdu, and we didn't know the news about their future, so we lost the initiative." His voice sank, with an air of calm and prestige, "Hurry up and report it. , to discuss coping strategies.”

The spy also knew that he had been delayed here for too long, he wanted to give Li Qin a warning, but even if he was sitting on a horse, he couldn't help being weak, so he quickly turned his horse's head and went straight to Lingyin's mansion.

Li Qin asked Ah Fu to give a piece of silver to the vegetable vendor, and walked forward slowly.

Unexpectedly, the vegetable vendor wanted to repay his kindness, so he followed them all the way. When they arrived at the gate of Gu's mansion, the vegetable vendor hurriedly and carefully held some clean cabbages, "My lord, you can take these. As far as I know, even if you have money, you can buy them in a few days." There is no more food to eat, and most of the farmland has no crops, so you should hurry up and gather some food at home."

"Thank you old man." Li Qinke thanked politely.

Five days later, the city gates of Yingdu suddenly opened wide, and the refugees who had been outside the city swarmed in, occupying the streets and alleys of Yingdu City.

Li Qin asked: "What decision did the King of Chu make?" His words were full of banter.

In winter, even though there is a charcoal basin, the weather is still surprisingly cold. Gu Xiangyan doesn't seem to be affected by the temperature at all, his back is straight, and his face is handsome, as if cast by snow.

"The Qin army is about to arrive in Yingdu. Most of the husbands and sons of these people are soldiers of the Chu army. In order to appease the soldiers, the king ordered the gates of the city to be opened wide and let them in." Gu Xiangyan poured a cup of hot wine for Li Qin , and said: "Drink this to warm up."

Li Qin licked the wall of the cup, the strong wine touched his tongue, and the strength of the wine immediately surged up. His body warmed up a lot. He smiled and said, "It's only when the disaster is approaching that I think of winning people's hearts, this King of Chu. Do you think Chu Jun and Qin Jun are the same? What are the odds of winning a battle?"

Gu Xiangyan took a sip of the hot wine, then said slowly, "There is no chance of winning."

Li Qin opened his mouth, Gu Xiangyan didn't wait for him to say, and said in a deep voice: "What happened last time will never happen again."

Gu Xiangyan was telling him in advance that he would never let Li Qin do anything against the destiny.

Li Qin smiled. He got up from the chair and moved to Gu Xiangyan's side. He suddenly found that Gu Xiangyan's body was extremely warm, more comfortable than a hot charcoal basin. He hugged Gu Xiangyan tightly and gently rubbed against Gu Xiangyan. Yan's neck, "This time I'm resigned to fate."

Gu Xiangyan hugged his body tightly, and said: "Chu State, how can it be one ten-thousandth of yours."

In the next few days, Li Qin discovered that Gu Xiangyan didn't go to court during the day, and the number of people who would visit the mansion in the past was less, and gradually disappeared.

Gu Xiangyan works and rests as usual, starts when the rooster crows, and rests before the hour of Hai, living a meticulous life, as if nothing happened.

They sometimes practice swords in the yard. Gu Xiangyan looks like a scribe, but once he takes off the thick hood, he is very tall, and his strong muscles can fully support the thin white shirt, especially When sweating profusely, the white shirt stuck to his chest, back and abdomen, just like a general who has been fighting in the battlefield all year round.

"Where's your priestly uniform?" Li Qin asked.

Gu Xiangyan glanced at him.

"That bridal gown, you're very sexy in it!" Li Qin chuckled, looking at Gu Xiangyan's tall and straight body.

The side of Gu Xiang's cigarette holder suddenly bent, and he said, "Yes, especially when you are wearing a bridal gown."

Li Qinjun blushed and coughed.He thought to himself, Gu Xiangyan has failed in his studies, where did his abstinence and self-restraint look go?

So that night, Li Qin was caught by Gu Xiangyan and played a big hooligan, his voice was hoarse and pitiful, "Gu Xiangyan, I was wrong, please let me go—"

Gu Xiangyan lay on Li Qin's body, Yin Hongxi's clothes reached the ground, and the only feminine hairpin on her body slipped off due to excessive movements. Gu Xiangyan smiled and said: "Official, I want more, hurry up."

Li Qin wanted to cry but had no tears, "Gu Xiangyan, do you dare to be more shameless?"

"Officer, can't they satisfy you?" Gu Xiangyan held Li Qin tightly, "You are so good, better than other men."

Li Qin bit Gu Xiangyan's shoulder, and he shyly said, "Stop talking!"

The first heavy snow in winter finally stopped, and the recuperating Qin army launched an attack on the Chu army. During this period, Gu Xiangyan was neglected by the court and stayed at home all the time.

From time to time, the Qin army shouted from outside the city, and the people who had gone to the city to seek refuge because they did not have enough food, some sneaked around all day long, and some simply robbed their homes in groups.

"Report—the generals of the Qin Army are calling outside."

"Report—General Qin's words are not condescending, and he threatened to attack the city in three days."

Military reports are becoming more and more frequent, and Chu State is like a battle between trapped beasts, internal and external troubles erupt at the same time.

Gu Xiangyan, however, is an old god, writing and practicing swords all day long.

Finally, after the first round of attack by the Qin army's siege engines, someone knocked on the gate of Gu's mansion.

It was the king of Chu who came.

"Aiqing, Qin Jun can't wait any longer, please pray to heaven to bless our Chu country through this catastrophe!" The king of Chu burst into tears, he didn't even enter the main hall, and started crying while standing at the door.

Gu Xiangyan said: "Your Majesty, I still say the same thing, abolish Ling Yin."

The king of Chu cried without grace, like a cowardly old man, "You and Ling Yin are both my right-hand men, and I can't do without anyone. Can't we turn hostility into friendship?"

Gu Xiangyan stood with his hands behind his back without saying a word.

"Then I abolish Ling Yin, will you pray to heaven and bless our country of Chu?" The king of Chu asked again.

Gu Xiangyan said: "My lord, the heavens cannot save us, if we want to keep Yingdu, we can only rely on ourselves."

As soon as the King of Chu heard that there was nothing to do, his previous weak appearance disappeared, and he showed a hideous expression, "Okay, Gu Xiangyan, I have come to beg in person, and you still dare to play tricks on me. No, once this battle is over, you will be the first one I will deal with!"

The King of Chu left in a huff. Before getting into the carriage, he did not forget to tell the accompanying officials, "Write me in the daily notes: Priest Gu Xiangyan, when the country was facing a crisis, spoke rudely, and even more arrogantly, he took the opportunity to threaten the monarch!"

Li Qin didn't show up from the beginning to the end, but he saw everything in his eyes. After King Chu left, he thought that Gu Xiangyan's cold expression would be a little moved, but he found that Gu Xiangyan's cold expression It seems that he has melted into his bones, and he has been completely disappointed with the King of Chu.

That night, Li Qin was woken up by the noise of the crowd.

The boy who went to inquire reported that it was the Qin army who attacked the city overnight. The Chu army was trapped in the city and the soldiers could not eat enough. In addition to guarding the city, they also had to suppress the robbers who turned from hungry people in the city. Exhausted, he will soon be unable to stop the Qin army's offensive!

When they came out of Gu's mansion, the road was full of wives and daughters, and bandits ran rampant.

"Give me back the money, please—"

"Stop, my daughter, give me back my daughter..."

"Murderer! Come on, someone, who will save Daddy, woo woo woo!"

The two split up, Li Qin rescued the first person, and then more and more took advantage of the distraction of the Chu army to resist the robbers of the Qin army. The city of Yingdu was full of bandits, and Li Qin could not save the whole city by himself. .

"Let's go find Gu Xiangyan first, I don't know what's going on with him."

When they came out, Li Qin went to rescue them, while Gu Xiangyan rushed to the tower first.

Li Qin felt a little uneasy, worried that there would be some danger on Gu Xiangyan's side, so he put aside Chu Min, who could not be rescued at all, and ran towards the city gate.

He had just walked a few steps when suddenly a puff of green smoke billowed around his feet, and Yingdu, where the noise was almost the same as hell, suddenly changed its appearance, like a fairyland.

"Who?" Li Qin was thinking about Gu Xiangyan in his heart. When someone blocked the way, he narrowed his phoenix eyes, and his mana was concentrated in the palm of his hand.

"His Royal Highness, as a master, it seems that I have to go down to the world to invite you back."

Amidst the green smoke, a figure suddenly appeared, with white hair and white clothes, holding a snow whisk, Yun Zhongjun's face was indifferent, and there was a hint of anger between his brows.

Li Qin was startled, and hastily withdrew the mana in his hand. The corners of his eyes were slightly bent, seemingly gentle and polite, but he was still worried about Gu Xiangyan in his heart. He said, "I have seen Master."

Yun Zhongjun said: "Do you know what you did?"

Of course Li Qin knew that he had changed Chu Min's fate, and a group of people would have died in the city before. He pursed his thin lips, and his eyes, as quiet as a pool of cold pools, showed unrepentant persistence.

Yun Zhongjun said: "Bandits are everywhere in Yingdu City, all of them are refugees. You saved them, but they harmed others."

Li Qin was taken aback, his eyes flickered slightly.

"Your Highness, you are exchanging other people's lives for theirs." Yun Zhongjun couldn't hide his harsh words, "I said that your kindness will not save anyone in the end."

Li Qin's five fingers tightened slightly, he clenched his fist, and slowly forced himself to loosen it, he still maintained respect for Yun Zhongjun, "Master, but is it because they may hurt other people's lives in the future, before that Don’t you save them? The mobs in Yingdu City are all because of the fatuous Chu king who misused his treacherous ministers. If it was Gu Xiangyan, he would definitely not let Yingdu City become what it is now.”

Yun Zhongjun raised his head all the time, he flicked his fly whisk, and said coldly: "Gu Xiangyan may not be able to protect himself now."

As soon as these words came out, Li Qin's hand was clenched tightly, a cold light flashed in his phoenix eyes, he threw down Yun Zhongjun, turned around and flew towards the city gate.

Standing on the cloud, he can see everything in his eyes.

There was a circle of Chu soldiers standing beside Gu Xiangyan, and the King of Chu pointed at him, his voice was full of malice and joy, "Tie him up for me, and tell Zhang Yi of Qin State that I will execute Gu Xiangyan tomorrow, and then the Qin army will kill him." According to the agreement, we must immediately withdraw our troops from Yingdu."

Ling Yin had two goatees, he smiled sinisterly, and asked two Kong Wu's powerful soldiers to tie up Gu Xiangyan, not knowing what he was planning, he suddenly stopped.

"Master Gu, everyone in the state of Chu knows that you are very powerful. What's the use of this thin iron chain? You can break free with a little effort." Ling Yin said lightly.

The King of Chu said: "Gu Xiangyan, you are voluntarily arrested, don't run away halfway."

Gu Xiangyan's demeanor was still the same, he stood with his hands behind his back, and the soldiers who wanted to tie him didn't dare to approach him.He said, "What are you going to do?"

The King of Chu and Ling Yin looked at each other, and then said: "You take this pill, I swear in the name of the monarch, it will only make you weak, and will not harm your body. You must guarantee that when you are in prison won't run away."

Gu Xiangyan stared at the pill with his snow-soaked eyes.

"I assure you again, I will never humiliate you and touch you. If you violate this oath, you will be punished by heaven!" The king of Chu swore heavily.

Even Li Qin was stunned, he didn't expect the king of Chu to swear his own life.

And Chu Min, who was watching from the sidelines, scolded: "My lord, you traitor, why don't you eat fast, and forget about praying to the gods to bless us. You still want to take the opportunity to escape and kill us!"

"Eat it, eat it—"

"If we execute him tomorrow, Qin Jun will let us go, and arrest him quickly!"

"The king is wise, the king is wise!"

Gu Xiangyan was like an exiled immortal, calm and calm, he picked up the elixir and swallowed it with his head raised.

Yun Zhongjun, who was standing on the cloud with Li Qin, snorted, and Li Qin paused in his heart.

Gu Xiangyan's hands were tied tightly, Ling Yin suddenly pulled out the long sword, and stabbed him fiercely into the shoulder blade!

"You—!" Gu Xiangyan's body didn't move a bit, but the white clothes were already stained with blood, and he didn't change his face after being stabbed.

Ling Yin dug Gu Xiangyan's flesh with the tip of his sword, "The king said that he would not touch you, but he never said that he would not let his subordinates touch you."

Chu Wang's fat face was full of treacherous calculations, "I didn't do anything, and the one who hurt you was someone else, so these retributions have nothing to do with me at all. Someone, take Gu Xiangyan to the vegetable market, hang him in the middle, and let everyone see." Look, what happens to those who don't do their best for the state of Chu!"

Chu Min suddenly cheered, "As long as he dies tomorrow, we will be free, and Qin Jun will let us go!"

"Hey, it's this bastard who embezzled our hard-earned money and made the Qin army rise up with a name. As long as he dies, the Qin army will withdraw—"

Gu Xiangyan was speechless all the way, his neat appearance was still the same, which seemed to make many people watching the theater upset, someone threw a shoe at him.

"Dog thief—"

"Why don't you let the gods bless us? The gods don't bless our Chu country just because you are a bastard whose conscience has been eaten by dogs."

"Give me back my son's life, this man started the war!"

"It's a pity that I trust you so much, I am a priest in vain!"

Gu Xiangyan sat quietly in the prison car, and he looked around indifferently, as if looking for someone.

Li Qin could hardly suppress his anger, he clenched the Qiankun sword tightly, he thought to himself, he doesn't care what he does for the country and the people, he doesn't care what he saves the common people, does he not hesitate to be bombarded by the sky, and the ones who are rescued are such a group of people who don't distinguish between right and wrong , Chu Min who is easily incited? !

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Yun Zhongjun flicked his fur and stood in front of Li Qin. He said in a deep voice, "Don't you think that you have not caused enough troubles? Right now, Lord Donghuang is about to ask you crime, you will be punished!"

Li Qin stared at Gu Xiangyan, the other party was always calm and calm, even if he was imprisoned and his life was in danger, he never panicked at all.But he kept chasing his own eyes, which made Li Qin's heart ache.