The Favored Medical Princess

Xie Yifeng's expression froze, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, his mouth moved, but he didn't dare to speak any more.

Candle shadow and ax sound? !Could it be that Guan Yubai was afraid that the reputation of "yellow robe added to the body" would not be right at this time, and his reputation would be questioned by the world and debated by future generations? !

It's not impossible...

Hey, if Guan Yubai is as arrogant and unruly as the Prince Xiao, and doesn't care about people's opinions, then things will be much easier!

It's a pity that both Guan Ruyan and Guan Yubai are gentlemen, but they don't understand that a gentleman is not good...

Xie Yifeng frowned slightly, and heard Guan Yubai say again in a lukewarm manner: "Xie Yifeng, I still have important matters to do. If you have nothing to do, you can step back."

How could Xie Yifeng be willing to return without success? He wanted to persuade him again, but in the end he kept silent.

No more quick success!

He said to himself in his heart that he was eager for quick success and quick profit when it came to Prince Xiye. Not only did he not gain Guan Yubai's trust as expected, but he also alienated him from Guan Yubai.

Now that Guan Yubai has a lot of talents under his command, he can't make the same mistakes again and again!

Xie Yifeng finally retreated respectfully.

When he came out of the imperial study room, he walked forward with some dismay, carefully reviewing what he said just now, and thought that he had said it very well. Now that the time and place are favorable, why is Guan Yubai looking forward and backward, What is the excuse of "the shadow of the candle and the sound of the axe"? Just because you don't want to be king? !

and many more!

Xie Yifeng stopped suddenly, raised his eyes with a flash of inspiration, suddenly realized.

What a fool he is!

According to the allusion of "The Shadow of the Candle and the Sound of the Axe", since Guan Yubai said these four words, it means that he has a heart for the throne of Xiye, but he still has some concerns...or he doesn't trust himself!

That's right, after all, it's been nine years since I left the official army!

Nine years are enough to make a person undergo earth-shaking changes. Nine years are enough to make a once powerful country fall under the iron hooves of Guan Yubai and the Southern Border Army. There are too many variables in nine years...

If he wanted to win Guan Yubai's trust again and build momentum for Guan Yubai, he had to make a contribution first, and he had to do a convincing errand.

But now that Xiye's overall situation is almost settled, how can he make a contribution? !

Xie Yifeng walked forward in a daze, and at some point he came to a big tree again, and punched the tree trunk hard.

The thick and thin trunk of the bowl trembled violently, the crown of the tree swayed endlessly, and the leaves fell like rain...

At this moment, I heard a somewhat familiar male voice from above: "Old Xie, why are you so angry?! Don't shout at the tree if you are angry!"

Xie Yifeng froze all over, looked up, and saw a gray-clothed young man in his twenties lazily lying on a branch one foot above the ground, looking down at Xie Yifeng with a smile.

"Fengxing, so it's you." Xie Yifeng apologized with a dry smile.

Feng Xing jumped down from the tree lightly, and landed quietly.He pushed Xie Yifeng with his shoulder, and said with a playful smile: "Old Xie, I see you just came out of the imperial study, did you get angry with the young master?!"

Hearing this sentence, Xie Yifeng was terrified, and hastily denied it: "Feng Xing, don't talk nonsense!"

Feng Xing shrugged indifferently, showing a smile of "you and I know it well", he touched his chin and said: "Old Xie, we have been in love for many years, let me tell you the truth, it must be you wrong."

A cluster of flames ignited in Xie Yifeng's heart, how could he not know that Xiao Si and Feng Xing all seemed to be under the Gu's Gu, no matter what Guan Yubai said, they probably thought that the young master was right .

But Xie Yifeng didn't dare to show the slightest bit on his face, he was about to respond, but Feng Xing said again: "I said Lao Xie, don't feel unconvinced."

Feng Xing casually picked off a leaf while talking, put it in his mouth and blew a tune, seemed dissatisfied, threw it away, picked another leaf, and continued: "You don't even think about what a few days are like. ?...Young master has been in a bad mood recently! Did you hide as far as I did without seeing me?!"

Xie Yifeng was stunned, staring at the thought carefully, soon, he thought of something, and frowned.Could it be...

Seeing that he understood, Feng Xing patted the leaves on his body, and said: "Since you understand, go back where you came from, and don't delay my afternoon nap here."

Before he finished speaking, Feng Xing had nimbly climbed up the tree again, holding a leaf and playing his ditty, leaving only Xie Yifeng standing there in a daze with half-closed eyes.

The bright spring sun shines on Xie Yifeng's bearded face through the gaps in the branches and leaves, forming a strange light and shadow, making his expression dark and unclear.

Maybe, he can make meritorious deeds with this!

Xie Yifeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

The spring breeze is gentle, even in spring, there is still yellow sand flying in the west night, unlike the spring rain in the capital and southern Xinjiang.

Guan Yubai is still the busiest person in Xiye, and the lights in the imperial study room often don't go out until midnight...

On March 29th, Guan Yubai rarely stayed in the imperial study.

In a courtyard at the southeast corner of the West Night Palace, a large mahogany carved table has already been set up.On the big case, there is a memorial tablet and sacrifices such as melon and fruit snacks.

All of this was arranged by Guan Yubai himself.

Since the Xiye Palace was captured, most of the palace has been abandoned, and this courtyard is no exception.

The surrounding flowers, branches and leaves were not pruned, and the fallen leaves and dust were not swept away. At a glance, it was barren.

After Guan Yubai lit the candles and burned the incense again, he lifted his robe and knelt down on the ground.

Xiao Si stood not far away, watching him quietly, with a blank expression on his face, and a touch of sadness in his eyes.

In the courtyard, it was quiet, there was no sound, only the sound of candle flames dancing in the wind, and the smell of incense candles drifting around with the wind...

I don't know how long it took, the sound of fallen leaves being trampled suddenly came from behind, although it was extremely subtle, it couldn't be hidden from Xiaosi's ears, Xie Yifeng in a green robe was striding towards here, he obviously didn't intend to hide his whereabouts.

Xie Yifeng stopped less than ten steps away from Xiao Si, and said in a deep voice: "I remember today is Madam's taboo?! I want to go and kowtow to Madam."

Xiao Si didn't say anything, just turned to one side of his body to get out of the way.

Xie Yifeng walked slowly behind Guan Yubai, looking at Guan Yubai's thin and thin back, from the back, he could hardly recognize that this was the blood-stained general in Xijiang back then .

Guan Yubai remained motionless, and Xie Yifeng didn't know if he had noticed his arrival. After hesitating for a moment, he knelt directly behind Guan Yubai's right, and respectfully kowtowed three times in the direction of the tablet .

Xie Yifeng looked at the tablet placed on the desk, his eyes were dark and deep.

March 29th, everyone in the official family and army knows this day. This is the wife's birthday. In the past, on this day every year in Xijiang, Guan Ruyan would accompany his wife in the general's mansion. On this day, unless there is something urgent No one will go to the general's mansion because of the military situation...

The scenes in Xijiang that year quickly flashed through his mind. Sometimes, Xie Yifeng couldn't help thinking, if the emperor was as powerful and powerful as the first emperor, whether the official army would not have reached that step, and he himself You won't be forced to choose another master!

Xie Yifeng knelt for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "Young General, it's cold on the ground, you must pay attention to your body, otherwise Madam will not be able to rest in peace even in the spirit of heaven!"

Guan Yubai still knelt there motionless, silent.

Xie Yifeng took a deep breath, finally made up his mind, and said slowly: "Major General, maybe the general can try to find Madam's bones in the end."

This time, Guan Yubai finally had a slight reaction, his thin back trembled slightly, and he looked up at the tablet on the desk.

Xie Yifeng's heart beat faster, and he could only hear Guan Yubai's voice that seemed to be muttering to himself broken in the wind: "Back then, I knew I couldn't persuade my father, so I had to settle down with my mother first, and followed my father to the capital. ...But after that, my father and uncle died, and my mother committed suicide. At that time, I was still a prisoner, trapped in the prison, and when I escaped, my mother's bones had long disappeared..."

Xie Yifeng in the back secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Young general, if we can let my wife and the general be buried together..."

Before he finished speaking, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the two clusters of candles on the confession case frantically jumped up and then went out, leaving only two wisps of thin blue smoke floating...

Xie Yifeng felt a chill in his heart, and the hairs on his back began to count down.He took a deep breath and immediately collected himself.People in the world believe in ghosts and gods, in reincarnation, but they, who are used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, don't believe in it. If there is a God, why are the officials like this!

Guan Yubai's gaze stayed on the extinguished candle wick for a moment, and then he finally stood up slowly.

He turned around and looked at Xie Yifeng, those warm eyes looked calm at first, but they seemed to have the power to see through people's hearts.

Xie Yifeng hurriedly said: "Major general, the general has been thinking about the general and his wife these years, and he is very anxious to learn that the bones of his wife have not been found, so the general has been trying to find out... Until not long ago, there was no After receiving some news, I originally wanted to wait for confirmation before telling the major general, lest the major general be happy in vain..."

Saying that, Xie Yifeng's eyes were already red with tears glistening.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then continued: "Today is Madam's taboo, and the general can't suppress the grief in his heart, so he speaks rashly..."

Guan Yu pursed his thin lips lightly, staring at Xie Yifeng blankly, seemed to be in a trance for a moment, and after a while, his eyes became focused again, and he said slowly and almost with difficulty: "Where are the mother's remains? "

Xie Yifeng clasped his fists and replied: "Young General, it's in the suburbs of Emerald City in the Eastern Realm of Xiye..."

Hearing this, Guan Yubai's fists were tightly clenched into fists, the veins on the back of his white hands were bulging, and his pupils were even more uncontrollable.

After a while, he said decisively: "We will set off early tomorrow morning!"

"Yes, Major General." Xie Yifeng hastily clasped his fists to accept the order, secretly happy in his heart: he finally got it right this time.Guan Yubai is a dutiful son, and has always been rewarded and punished clearly. This time, as long as his wife's remains can be found, Guan Yubai will definitely record his contribution.

In the future, I will definitely become his confidant!

"Major General, then the general will go back and prepare first." Xie Yifeng suppressed the joy in his heart, turned around and left.

Guan Yubai still stood where he was, and Xiao Si was quietly by his side the whole time, silent.

Another gust of wind blew, blowing the fallen leaves all over the ground, flying wantonly around the corners of the robes of the master and servant...

The barren courtyard seems to be getting more and more desolate...

The next morning, at dawn, Guan Yubai, Xie Yifeng, Si Lin, Xiao Si and Feng Xing rode their horses out of the east gate of Xiye Capital City and headed east.

The horseshoes were flying, and they galloped all the way. After two days of driving, they came to the vicinity of Emerald City.

Led by Xie Yifeng, the group headed all the way to the eastern suburbs of Emerald City.

After the defeat of Tahai's army, the Xiye East Territory was quickly captured by Yao Lianghang and Han Huaijun. Today, the East Territory is full of depression, and there are hardly any people from Xiye walking on the road... The farther you are from the Emerald City, the closer you will be. The more desolate, I don't know how long it took, and I vaguely saw a mass grave. Even if it was a few hundred feet away, I could vaguely see the tombstones on the hill...

They gradually approached the mass grave, and it seemed that even the air nearby had become a lot colder, and the sky above had been cloudy for some time, making the surrounding atmosphere even more eerie and gloomy.

Everyone abandoned their horses and walked at the foot of the mountain.

The mass burial mound was originally the tomb of lonely ghosts, so naturally there was no road construction, and there were only a few muddy paths walked by the people who came here to throw their corpses year after year.

At dusk, misty mist permeates the surroundings like a veil, and everywhere you look are tombstones that are scattered and uneven. From time to time, you can see sections of white bones scattered randomly in the mud.

On the hill, the cold wind blows on the overgrown old pine trees, making a "rustling" sound, as if something is hiding in a dark corner and whispering, and there are thick corpses all around. The stench and rotten smell make people want to vomit.

However, Guan Yubai and the others were not affected at all. They had seen more cruel corpses on the battlefield, with blood flowing for thousands of miles.They have personally collected the corpses and dug the graves for their comrades in arms... For them, this mass grave is just a place to rest after death!

The surrounding area was strangely quiet, only the sound of their shoes stepping on the gravel and residual leaves, it seemed that even the sound of their breathing was amplified...

When they reached halfway up the mountain, Xie Yifeng stopped suddenly, looked around for half a circle, and said in a deep voice:

"Back then, the young general arranged for his wife to escort them to Fengji City, but later, his wife disappeared more than a dozen miles away from Fengji City... So, it took a lot of effort for the general to find out all the way. Madam was captured there by a group of Xiye Army. At that time, General Xiye wanted to arrest Madam and ask for credit to King Xiye in order to humiliate the General and Junior General, but Madam was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, so she swung a knife and committed suicide Yes! The corpse was thrown on the side of the road at that time, or the people of Xiye nearby picked up the corpse by accident and buried it on this mass grave..."

At this moment, even Feng Xing, who was always laughing and cursing at ordinary times, had no smile on his face, his eyes were red, and righteous indignation appeared between his descriptions.

Xie Yifeng pointed to the front right, and said: "Young general, the last general has already inquired, and some of the corpses thrown into mass graves nine years ago should be near that area..."

Following the direction he pointed, one can see an old pine with beard and beard on the top of the mountain, which is lush and lush, winding upwards, and its branches look hideous in the faint mist.

Against the backdrop of the gloomy surroundings, Guan Yubai's eyes deepened, and there was nothing unusual on his face.

The calmer Guan Yubai was, the more worried Si Lin and Xiaosi were.

After Si Lin gave an order, the group of people took out the shovels and picks they had prepared in advance, and started to act separately around the old pine tree.

There are not many tombstones around, but there are quite a few raised grave mounds, most of which are unidentified corpses.Avoid those with tombstones, and avoid those new graves with especially wet soil. After digging for a while, several people dug up several bones one after another, men's, children's, old people's, and those whose body shape obviously did not match... most of them All the bones were removed immediately.

Unknowingly, the surroundings gradually darkened, and the temperature dropped accordingly, as if returning to severe winter.

Xiao Si hastily put on a cloak for Guan Yubai. At the same time, several oil lamps were lit one after another, and the orange flames danced like clusters of will-o'-the-wisps in this gloomy mass grave...

Guan Yubai never left, and other people continued to dig together with aspirations, digging out one hole after another... As the night deepened, there were more and more holes around, and the stars in the night sky were covered by dark clouds. A faint silver moon looks down below...

It's been a long night, every time hope is ignited, and every time disappointment is ushered in...

The moon is gradually fading, and there are bursts of cock crowing in the distance, which symbolizes the beginning of a new day.

The sky was pale again, and suddenly Xie Yifeng cried out excitedly: "Jade bracelet, this jade bracelet..."

This messy sentence made Si Lin, Xiao Si and Feng Xing quickly throw away the utensils in their hands, and surrounded them with Guan Yubai.

After a busy night, Xie Yifeng was already sweating profusely, his black face was stained with a lot of mud, and he looked in a panic.A three-foot-sized pit was dug in front of him, and at the bottom of the pit, a bone-like wrist was visible, on which was a jade bracelet...

Guan Yubai stood in front of the pothole, staring blankly at the hand bone that had long lost flesh and blood. Even though it had been buried under the soil for many years, the green jade bracelet on it was so green that it was deeply reflected in the official's eyes. In Yubai's pupils.

This emerald green is so familiar to him...

This was a birthday gift he gave to his mother when he was ten years old, and she always wore it on her hand.

Even if it was nine years apart, he would never forget it!

Guan Yubai suddenly knelt down on the ground, carefully turning the emerald green bracelet, his slender fingers trembling slightly.

little by little...

Soon, a thin crack on the jade bracelet came into his vision.

That's right, this is the bracelet he gave to his mother!

The day after he gave the jade bracelet to his mother, a stray arrow shot at his mother, and he threw his mother away immediately, but the stray arrow still brushed past her wrist. Fortunately, she didn't hurt her. A crack was left on the bracelet...

At that time, he was annoyed and wanted to give his mother a jade bracelet again, but his mother showed him a gentle smile and said that the jade bracelet he gave her blessed her!She will have it on her finger forever!

The mother's gentle and loving smile seemed to be still fresh in your memory, but now only her pale bones and this emerald jade bracelet remained.

Guan Yubai's eyes widened slightly, as deep as the bottomless abyss, staring at the crack on the jade bracelet that was less than an inch long.

Time seemed to stop at this moment, the air stagnated, and the surrounding temperature suddenly became cold, cold to the bone...

The next moment, Guan Yubai suddenly moved again, and he directly dug down with his hands, again and again... His face was expressionless, but the movement of his ten fingers quickly pawing the soil revealed the waves of his heart Ups and downs, crazy but cautious, as if afraid of hurting the white bones...

No one persuaded him, and no one stopped him, this matter must be done by himself!

Si Lin, Xiao Si, and Feng Xing all looked at Guan Yubai silently, at his back as firm as a pine and cypress, at his nails accidentally split, at his fingertips oozing blood...

For a moment, Si Lin almost thought that Guan Yubai was crying, but when he took a closer look, he was still the same Guan Yubai who would persevere even if the official family was destroyed, even if the official family was wronged!

Probably, Yubai's tears had dried up long ago when all the officials passed away.

The dead bones buried under the soil were exposed little by little, from the wrist to the upper arm to the body to the head...

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint!