Half blood

Chapter 58

The wall has stood here for nearly a hundred years.Li Xuan's grandfather led a group of troops to break through the city gate several feet thick. The fire behind the city gate burned for three days and three nights, and everything was burnt down, leaving only the charred black soil.On this land abandoned by the war, Li Xuan's grandfather rebuilt the city.No one ever imagined that the land watered by human blood and flames could grow the most luxuriant crops.

But these layers of leaves attached to the wall cover the traces of war and annual rings on the wall. This is a life that can only grow in peaceful times. It blooms on the beacon tower and grows on the mouth of the artillery. Grass.

The hardened candlestick was wiped with one hand, and a cloud of fine ash was thrown up.Li Xuan patted his sleeves, coughed from the dust, and said, "It's been so many years since no one came here."

"It's been at least 20 years." Li Xiuqi stood beside Li Xuan, looking at Xiao Se who was bald by the cold wind outside the city, and replied lightly.

"Really?" Li Xuandao, "It's about the same age as me."

Li Xiuqi smiled slightly, and said: "It's a bit older than Your Highness, Your Highness only came after the Emperor entered the city."

"Oh?" Li Xuan asked, "How do you know? You are only two years older than me, and you were just a baby back then."

Li Xiuqi said: "I also heard from the Ninth Princess. She once told me some anecdotes."

"Is there any legend about my birth?"

Li Xiuqi frowned and said with a smile: "Of course, there are legends about the birth of all emperors."

Li Xuandao: "Then what legend do I have? Does it mean that my mother dreamed of a snake on the day I was born? Or was it when my mother gave birth to me that the house was full of purple air?"

Li Xiuqi said quickly, "Your Highness doesn't seem to believe in these legends."

"Of course," Li Xuandao said, "The reason why legends are legends is because they are all made up. She became emperor not because her mother dreamed about something, but because his father is the emperor!"

Li Xiuqi laughed when he heard this, and said: "Your Highness's statement is quite interesting. But Your Highness really doesn't want to hear the legend about your birth?"

Li Xuandao: "Isn't it that Li Fei and I are twins of a dragon and a phoenix? If a dragon and a phoenix are auspicious, I am a dragon and she is a phoenix."

Li Xiuqi shook his head and said: "No, nothing happened that day, no wind, no rain, no sun, just a normal day."

Li Xuan asked: "Then what legend do I have?"

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness is right in saying that legends are legends because they are all made up, so the emperor also made one up for you."

"Really? Made up something?" Li Xuan asked.

Li Xiuqi said: "It is said that the queen dreamed of a half-human, half-snake mythical beast on the day you were born."

Li Xuan frowned slightly, as if thinking in his mind, what does this half-human, half-snake beast look like?

Li Xiuqi went on to say: "Then I invited a Taoist priest to interpret the Queen's dream. He said that this divine beast symbolizes Your Highness, half human, half snake, representing half of Yujin and half Qingzhou blood in you. You are the auspiciousness of Yujin Kingdom."

Li Xuan laughed after hearing this, and said, "Does everyone believe this?"

Li Xiuqi said: "I believe it, I have believed it for many years..."

until now.Li Xiuqi didn't speak anymore, what he didn't finish, Li Xuan knew clearly in his heart.Now no one would think that he was the auspiciousness of Yujin Kingdom any more, they would only think of him as a scourge, a scourge with elbows turned outward.

Li Xuan looked up at the gloomy winter skyline, and asked, "Has my father ever regretted it?"

"What regrets?" Li Xiuqi asked.

"I regret that after marrying my mother, I caused so much trouble for my wife, I regret giving birth to a son like me and I caused him so much trouble, I regret, I regret that day I led troops into the city and extinguished the beacon fire on the wall? "

Li Xiuqi said: "It's hard to say whether you regret it or not, because no matter what you do, no matter what you do, you will feel regret afterwards."

Li Xuan looked up at Li Xiuqi, and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Li Xiuqi didn't answer, but asked instead: "What's the use of regretting? The matter has come to this point, there is no need to regret."

Li Xuan turned around and asked, "What about you? Why do you regret it?"

Li Xiuqi smiled lightly at Li Xuan, and said: "There is really nothing to regret, I can only be fortunate, fortunate to be able to stand by His Highness's side."

Li Xuan was stunned by Li Xiuqi's unexpected love words, he stared blankly at Li Xiuqi, and asked, "You really think so?"

Li Xiuqi nodded, then stretched out his hand to rub his red cheeks, and asked, "Do you feel cold, Your Highness?"

Li Xuan came back to his senses, and said: "Go down quickly, there is a fire burning underneath, and there is still wine. But you can't drink." Li Xuan frowned, and said: "The last time you were drunk, you don't remember anything."

Li Xiuqi said: "What happened that time? Why did His Highness refuse to tell me?"

Li Xuan will probably never forget what happened that day. The two bodies intertwined, the warm breath in their ears, and the soft touch like silk, the scene was so beautiful that it was not real, but it was real. It's not like a dream.He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "I didn't tell you because I didn't want to embarrass you. You, when you're drunk, you don't know, I don't know how many jokes you make." After finishing speaking, he got up and went down from the city wall.

The victims lit a fire outside the city wall and sat around the fire together.This scene was exactly the same as when Li Xuan went to the south, even the vague words in their mouths had a southern accent, Li Xuan walked down beside a person, in a trance, as if being asked if he eats spicy food.Big Brother Wei also asked the same question at that time, and handed him a small red chili pepper.

Li Xuan took the pepper handed by the man, and carefully bit off the sharp point of the pepper. The sharp stimulation on the tip of his tongue caused tears to well up in his eyes.The man went on to say, "Is it going to snow in a few days?"

Li Xuan raised his eyes to look at the sky, there was a full moon hanging in the sky, and half of a month had passed, the cold winter was really not far away. "It shouldn't snow yet, and it will be warmer for a few more days."

The man nodded and said to himself: "That's good, that's good." Then he raised his eyes and asked Li Xuan: "My lord, I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?"

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Will we be paid for repairing the city wall here? I know that it would be a great reward to give me a place to live and food to eat. But winter is coming, and my daughter is young. I am afraid that my body will not be able to bear it, so I want to save some money to buy her a jacket to wear."

Li Xuan looked up and saw a little girl sitting in the corner, staring at him with big brown eyes.The girl's face was as small as his fist, but there was no flesh on the round cheeks.Li Xuan said: "There will be. When the weather turns cold, I will arrange for everyone to receive winter clothes. You don't have to worry."

The man grinned when he heard this, pulled his carrot-sized daughter over, and said, "Come on, thank the lord quickly! You have clothes for winter!"

The little girl said childishly, "Thank you, big brother."

The man hurriedly patted the girl's forehead, and said, "What big brother, you have to call me lord!"

Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Hey, there's no need, just call me brother, I love to hear it."

This girl made Li Xuan suddenly think of Rong Nuo, that little girl with a weird temper, who was always talking when we first met, and now I don't know if she is doing well.

Li Xuan lowered his head, picked up the firewood lightly with a tree branch, and the fire suddenly rushed up, shining on his face.

Li Xiuqi on the side asked softly: "What is your Highness thinking?"

"It's nothing. I suddenly thought of Rong Nuo and the others. I don't know how they are doing now. When Rong Da died, Brother Wei said that he would recognize Rong Nuo as his god-sister, and Rong Nuo's marriage was entrusted to him. Later, I also told her Said, said to recognize her as a godsister, and take care of her with Big Brother Wei. But Big Brother Wei died, and I came back. No one took care of her, and no one cared about her marriage. "

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness really don't need to worry, fate is determined, what should come will always come, even if His Highness wants to help, he can't help."

Li Xuan smiled and said: "She is not young anymore, the girl's family, how many years can she go on like this?"

Li Xiuqi took out a letter from his lapel, handed it to Li Xuan, and said, "This letter arrived this morning. I originally wanted to wait for His Highness to return to the mansion before giving it to His Highness, but now that we are talking about it, His Highness Just take a look, this letter was written by Tiandong."

Li Xuan opened the letter, saying that everything in the south is fine, General Wei is no doubt as usual, he has not been depressed by Wei Yuan's death, and lives like an ascetic every day, their master has been found and is hiding in Anqu Wuwa should have forgotten about Li Xuan, squatting in front of the camp and playing in the mud every day. Other than that, there is nothing new about it. Brother Qi, don’t worry about it. You have to take good care of yourself. By the way, take care of brother Xiaoxuan, he is more stubborn.Also, Gastrodia seems to have proposed marriage to Rong Nuo.

"What?!" Li Xuan shouted, "Why didn't Tiandong focus on the main points when writing the letter? I just wrote a whole page long, and Tianma proposing marriage was only five words."

Li Xiuqi smiled and said: "Didn't he tell us that? Although the child Tianma doesn't talk much, he can be seen as a good person who is cold on the outside and warm on the inside. It is also a good marriage for Rong Nuo to marry him. Your Highness is not worried now?"

Li Xuan shouted: "Oh, I don't have to worry about worrying, but what about the specific process? How did Gastrodia Ma who can't say a few words a day propose marriage? How did Rong Nuo agree? Did you bully Gastrodia Ma first? When is their wedding scheduled, I have to give gifts!"

Li Xiuqi hurriedly raised his hands, and said: "Stop, stop, Your Highness is starting to wonder what their child's name is?"

"I'm thinking of a girl named Su Ye, and a boy named Chuanwu. Both are names of traditional Chinese medicine, just like Tiandong Ma."

Li Xiuqi smiled and said: "Your Highness, I really thought about it, but the name is also chosen in this way. You can't just find a good-sounding Chinese medicine and use it as the name. The medicine Su Ye is used for anti-abortion, it is not very good, and Chuanwu has a big Poison is not very good either."

Li Xuan said quickly: "Then think about it quickly."

Li Xiuqi replied: "This is the time to propose marriage, Your Highness is thinking too far!"

Li Xuan sighed softly, and said: "Yes, I thought too far. But thinking that Rong Nuo and Tianma will have their own children in the future, I am happy. After all, we will never have children in the future. gone."

Li Xiuqi didn't speak after hearing this, the two sat quietly beside the fire, the firewood was crackling, sparks flew up from time to time, and floated into the dark night.

At this time, a disaster victim came over and said to Li Xiuqi: "Master Governor, can you help me see what is written on this piece of paper? I don't know how to read."

After finishing speaking, he opened his palm, revealing a crumpled piece of paper.Li Xiuqi took it, and it read: "The national line is about to end, abandon the dark and turn to the bright; recruit heroes, and welcome the heroes." At the end, it is written in small characters: Those who are interested should write the word "Li" on the door at Yinshi.

Li Xuan could not have written more clearly on this paper. He took out a small walnut from his pocket, compared the words on it with the pattern, and said, "It's him again."

Li Xiuqi put the piece of paper away, turned to the victim and asked, "How did you get this?"

The person who asked the question seemed to be aware of the bad things written on the piece of paper, so he hurriedly replied: "I told you, sir, don't be angry. Today is the day when the skinny monkey who came to make trouble that day was released. Last time he went to King An There was such a commotion in front of the porridge shop, smashing things, and beating people, but after a few days, I was released like this. I felt uncomfortable, so I wanted to teach him a lesson, so I waited at the door of his house and prepared him to be alone. As soon as I came back, I beat him to the ground by surprise. Unexpectedly, while I was waiting there, an arrow shot from nowhere, passed through the thin paper on the window, and landed on a pillar in his house. I thought this was a bit strange, so I wanted to go in to have a look, but he didn't even lock the door, so I went straight in. There was such a note tied to the arrow. I couldn't read, so as soon as I got the note, I hurried I'm busy looking for adults."

Li Xiuqi nodded and said: "Okay, you did a good job, don't tell others about this, it's written about treason."

When the man heard that it was a matter of treason, his face turned pale immediately, and he hurriedly said: "I, I won't say it, I'm a poor brain, no matter what it is, I forget it as soon as I turn around."

Li Xiuqi didn't say anything, he raised his hand and threw the piece of paper into the burning fire, and the flames engulfed the piece in an instant.He said softly, "He's going to do it."