Born of Worry

51

"You really want him to go to Xuan Yu?"

"Yes," Shen Xin sat cross-legged, picked up a piece of preserved fruit and put it in his mouth, "He is not suitable for anything else, only Xuan Yu."

Li Xian was not at ease, and said: "But...he is a young master from a rich family after all, how could he suffer so much?"

"So what about the young master of the rich family? You are still the emperor, so you can't suffer from the hardships of this military camp? And you think, he must have been hunted down by his enemies in the past few years, but he can escape all the way here, which shows that he Still have some thoughts."

Li Xian nodded, "That makes sense. But you still have to make a decision. If he can't stand it, don't force him, let him come back."

"That's natural." She handed a piece of preserved fruit to his mouth, but he pushed it away and said, "I won't eat it, you can eat it yourself."

"...Oh, no good luck." She ate the last piece and wiped her hands, "Have you read the information?"

"finish watching."

"How do you feel?"

Li Xian raised his eyebrows, "I don't think so."

Shen Xin pursed her lips and said angrily, "Hmm...that's too uncooperative." She grabbed his neck again, "You don't want to call him over to ask?"

Li Xian quickly tore her away from him, "Of course I have to ask. Tahan set up a trap for us, which must be tricky, but now that Lin Ruxuan is not dead... probably beyond their expectations, Maybe...it could be an opportunity to defeat the enemy."

She snorted lightly: "Hm? Hmph, so what if he's not dead, he looks like he's dead. It's still unknown whether he can recover, and you still expect him to continue to lead the army?"

"Naturally, you have to count on it. You won't let him become a useless person, do you think so?"

Shen Xin turned her face away, "Don't try to cheat me of any good things, except for your own accident, I won't give this thing to others."

"Really? Oh, by the way, you said hello to Qin Zheng, saying that you will not go back for the time being? There are so many things over there, and you have the heart to let him come alone?"

"Of course. Why can't you bear it? He is the iron-faced Hades, who dares to provoke him? I am with him every day, and I am almost suffocated to death!"

Li Xian smiled and shook his head.

"Okay." Shen Xin stood up, "I'll go and see that little general Lin, you are busy with your work."

The war stalemate.

Dayin and Tahan tested each other many times, and no one dared to send troops rashly. The distance between Yanmenguan and Daizhou was only forty miles, but it became an insurmountable gap.

But this created an excellent opportunity for Lin Ruxuan to recover from his injuries.

As for the information that Shen Xin named, Li Xian read it carefully, and secretly ordered people to monitor the people mentioned in it.

He blocked the news that Lin Ruxuan was not dead, but he didn't know how long he could block it. After all, they had an eyeliner planted on the enemy's side, which meant that the enemy might not have no one.Both sides have their own means, it depends on who can have the last laugh.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the eighth day of February.

Li Xian rode his horse and stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the natural barrier of Yanmen in the distance.

In the early spring, the tender grass spit out buds, the dead branches are reborn, and they are green and yellow, but they still can't cover the chill brought by the Great Wall pass made of flesh and blood.

"What a Yanmen Pass."

He squinted his eyes, jumped off the horse, patted Feichen's neck, Feichen rubbed his head against his hand, shook his mane, and went to the side to graze.

Li Ye sat not far behind him, "I said Xiao Xian, why did you come here to see if you have nothing to do? After watching for a long time, did you see something?"

Li Xian ignored him, sat down and said to himself: "If I were them, I would definitely choose to attack Daizhou and go south directly. Even if I don't have enough troops to capture Xinjin and hold it, I will definitely attack. Even if it is just looting property and killing the people in the city, it is enough to cause Dayin to suffer heavy losses."

"But they didn't do it. What does this mean? It means that the person who advised them was either a fool, or he must still have a conscience and couldn't bear to do such a thing, and the Tahan Hu people just didn't like it." We hate it to the bone, so who do you think is the one who can't bear to slaughter the people of Dayin, third brother?"

"Eh?" Li Ye was inexplicably named, and blinked, "Could it be...the person who advises them is a Han?"

Li Xian smiled, "What else?"

"Also, what else?"

"Think about it carefully, who is this Han?"

Li Ye wondered: "Hey, what you said, how do I know who this person is? If I knew, I would have been...no," something flashed into his mind, and he opened his eyes wide, stood up, "Could it be that you want to say that this Han man is Xie Yan?!"

"Fleeing for several years, no one was alive, no dead body was seen; I couldn't bear my people in Dayin; the scheme was enough to help the most dull and weakest fifth prince, Hu Lugu, to ascend to the throne in the fierce battle for the throne. Throne. You said this person, who else could there be besides his words of thanks?"

Xie Yan, since you hate me so much, then I want to meet you for a while.

Whoever loses and who wins will be decided one day.

The two came back from outside just in time for lunch.

"Come, come! Dinner is ready! We have good wine and meat today! Come out!"

Li Xian led the horse to others and called out, "Wei Qi."

"Yo, Your Majesty, you are back." Wei Qi put down the bowl and wiped his hands, "What's wrong?"

"Where does the good wine and meat come from?"

"Hey, the people in the city gave it to us. Well, look," he pointed in the direction of the inner city, "the car hasn't left yet."

Li Xian looked back at the horse... no, donkey cart, and said, "Does this cart often come to deliver things to us?"

"That's right," Wei Qi sighed, "Your Majesty, you don't know that the old couple driving the car were from the city of Daizhou, and their only son was killed by Tahan. The old couple wanted to die, but they were arrested by us. Help, the brothers saw them as pitiful, so they wanted to recognize them as godfathers and mothers. The two of them were moved, and they didn't want to die. Instead, they offered to give us some wine and meat every now and then. The brothers wanted to give them money, and they returned It's life or death."

"It turned out to be like this..."

This Wei Qi is also a chatterbox, and he can't stop the car as soon as he speaks, "Isn't it. Hey, Your Majesty, don't tell me, the wine these old couple brought us is good wine, this meat, It is also a freshly killed pig, and my brothers love to eat it. You know, when the war broke out, the people in the city would flee whenever they could, especially those traders, who were usually shrewd. Now, I don’t know where to seek refuge. Many shops in the city were closed, so the old couple went to nearby towns to buy goods. They often went out of the city at dusk and traveled overnight, just in time for the morning market the next day, and bought some of the freshest vegetables, meat and eggs. , and go to the wine shop to bring some good wine." He scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Hey, but we have a lot of people, this wine probably got into the stomachs of our generals."

"Rushing at night is very dangerous."

"That's right, we persuaded them, but they didn't listen...Hey, look at what I said is useless, Your Majesty, your food has already been sent to your tent, but I cooked it for you alone, You, hurry up and go back to eat, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

Li Xian smiled, "Wei Qi, you are a dignified general, why did you become a cook?"

"Hey, don't tell me, I don't have any hobbies other than martial arts. I just like to cook and show off my skills."

"Okay, then I'll go back and try our General Wei's craftsmanship."

Wei Qi cupped his fists at him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love!"

Li Xian entered the tent, but found that Li Ye was sitting in his place and eating, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Third Brother, why did you eat the meal that General Wei made for me first?"

"What's yours and mine? This is obviously for two people, and you can't eat it, so I'll eat some for you." He moved his butt to the side to make room, "Come on, come on, let's eat together, The food is ready for you."

Li Xian took his seat and picked up his chopsticks, "Third brother, why are you so happy when you come back? Have you visited Lin Ruxuan? He is in good condition?"

"Hey, how do you know I'm happy?"

"It's all written on your face, can't I see it?"

Li Ye touched his face, "Is it that obvious... Yes, he is much better than a few days ago, and he talked to me for a long time."

"It's rare that you care so much about someone." Li Xian laughed at him, "He's only been back for a few days, so I think you're in a hurry, wishing I could give him my life."

"Wh, it's not as exaggerated as you said..." Li Ye's face was a little red, and he quickly changed the subject, "Eat quickly, eat quickly, I will send him medicine after eating. Hey, you eat meat, what's the matter with these radishes and cabbage It's delicious, come here, eat meat." He even picked up several pieces of meat and put them into Li Xian's bowl, "I eat so little every day, how can my body handle it. Come on, eat all of these for me, no left!"

Li Xian had no choice but to hold down the meat dishes that were about to emerge with his chopsticks, and responded with a light smile: "Okay, okay, I'll eat, I'll just eat."

at the same time.

"Lin Ruxuan."

Lin Ruxuan looked at Jinshang in surprise, it seemed that this was the first time he took the initiative to talk to others in so many days, "What's the matter?"

"Do you... want to get better?"

"how you said that?"

Jin Shang insisted on asking him, "Do you want to?"

"I think, of course I want to." Lin Ruxuan smiled wryly, "But you have seen me like this, even if you think... what's the use of it."

"I can help you."

"Oh?" His eyes flickered, "How can you help me?"

Jin Shang walked up to him and handed him a vial, "The pills here can help you recover."

Lin Ruxuan answered, "Really? Then why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"I didn't want to give it to you, but... in your current situation, it is basically impossible to recover without the help of external objects."

"What's so special about your medicine?"

"It's medicine, it's poison." Jin Shang turned his back and paused for a while. He probably would never forget what happened after Luo Chen swallowed it by mistake. He clenched his fingers, "This medicine is for me. Made from the lotus seeds of the fire lotus."

"Fire... lotus?"

Fire lotus, when the snow lotus is about to bloom, if there is a very special change in the external conditions, the snow lotus will transform into a fire lotus, but once transformed, it only takes a moment for the fire lotus to ignite and turn into ashes.Only before it spontaneously ignites, the lotus seeds are removed, and these lotus seeds are called fire lotus seeds.It is also because of the harsh conditions for its appearance and the extremely short existence time that few people in the world know the existence of the fire lotus.

After listening to what he said, Lin Ruxuan shook his head and sighed, "I've never heard of it. Then... what is the use of this medicine?"

"It cures all diseases, but it is also a poison."

He looked at the bottle, because his left arm was broken and he couldn't move, so he had to bite open the stopper with his teeth, only to see a few crimson translucent pills inside, with a faint red light.

"There are nine pills in it. Take one every nine days. After 81 days, you will be back to normal. But..." He changed the tone, "It is said that if you gain something, you will lose it. It dissolves, but cannot eradicate. Snow lotus is cold in nature, but fire lotus is extremely hot. Taking fire lotus seeds is equivalent to being poisoned by fire. Every time you take one, the toxicity will deepen by one level, although this toxicity will not affect you for the time being. , but as your cultivation level increases, this toxicity will also grow, and one day, you will die due to the backlash of the toxicity, and your blood boils and vomits blood."

Lin Ruxuan spun the bottle, "How long will this process take?"

"It's hard to say. It may be a few years, or it may be decades. You can take some cold medicine to relieve the fire poison. Whether you take this medicine or not is up to you."

"You... why did you help me?"

"Why do you think I'm helping you?"

Lin Ruxuan smiled, "As you said, it is very difficult for me to recover from my injury. Even if I recover, it may take a few years. But if I recover, I will have a greater chance of defeating Tahan and protecting Dayin well. If you You're not helping me, you're helping Dayin, so why give me this medicine?"

"..."

"You are a phoenix, you have nothing to do with the world, why bother to get involved in the affairs of the world?"

Jin Shang was silent for a while, and said: "I'm not helping you, I'm just helping myself, or... I'm helping Luo Chen."

Lin Ruxuan seemed a little interested, "Oh? I would like to hear more about it."

"As long as he doesn't kill his father and enemy with his hands, he won't go with me for a day, but his father and enemy..." He suddenly turned around, "Now, he is your enemy. So I helped you, just Helped myself."

"Okay, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. I, Lin Ruxuan, accept your help. But even though you did it for yourself, you still helped me. I owe you a favor. If you need me in the future, please feel free to ask... ...before I died, of course."

After he finished speaking, he poured out a pill from the bottle and put it in his mouth.

"Good courage."

After taking the pill, he felt like a raging fire burning in his stomach, his internal organs began to burn, his blood surged, and he began to vomit blood after a while.

Jin Shang paced aside, and said: "These nine pills, the first one will help you eliminate blood congestion in your body, the second one will help you regenerate your broken bones, the third one will help you unblock your meridians... the ninth one will help you recover your energy. Every time you take a pill, you have to use your internal force to dissolve the medicine's power, so that the properties of the medicine can fully exert their effects, so as to achieve the best curative effect."

At this time, Li Ye suddenly came in with a medicine bowl: "Hey, Lin Ruxuan, drink... What's wrong with you? Why are you vomiting blood?!"

Lin Ruxuan covered his mouth and breathed a sigh of relief. There was blood between his fingers, and there was a large area on the ground, "I'm fine...it's a bruise, it heals quickly when it comes out."

"Really?" He looked at him suspiciously, then at Jin Shang, put down the medicine bowl, "No, I'll go find Shen Xin, just stay here and don't move!"

Jin Shang circled behind Lin Ruxuan, "You can't use your internal strength yet, I'll help you."

As he said, he pressed his hands into palms behind his back, and the palms glowed with a faint red light.