Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Since the prince fell into a coma, they did not dare to move easily, but a heavy rain suddenly fell, and the Black Scale Guards had to find a nearby cave to place the prince to heal his wounds. After the prince woke up, they would take him down the mountain for better treatment.

Of course, the Third Prince and his followers were not treated so well. They were escorted back in the cold wind and rain to bear the emperor's wrath.

As for the guards who have been protecting the prince all the way, they should be punished for their mistakes and rewarded for their merits. As long as they don't lose any limbs, they will be promoted to the prince's close guards, and from then on they will rise to high positions and enjoy generous salaries. It can be said that good times come after bad times.

After the wounded soldiers who were unable to perform their guard duties retreated, in addition to the gold, silver and jewelry awarded by the emperor and the prince, there were also various job positions set up for the wounded and retired soldiers that year, and naturally they were the first to choose.

Such clear rewards and punishments naturally won the support of the troops for the emperor and the prince.

After all, what is the point for ordinary people to join the army?

You can't just send your lives thousands of miles away just to participate in a large-scale war, right?

How many people in the world are not afraid of death?

Who wouldn't want to gain land and property through military merit? Or even be promoted to an official position, have a title, and have his wife and children blessed, and bring blessings to future generations?

Of course, some are happy while others are sad. Those who survived have a good future, but those who died, apart from the pension, will be lost in this vast world from now on.

Lin Xiaoyue had no idea how many strangers had died, but when she saw Sun Wanjin crying and sobbing, she asked him and found out that only three of the Seven Wolves were left in the battle.

Except for one person who blocked the explosives for the Crown Prince and jumped forward, and was blown to pieces, the rest were killed in the hail of swords and knives by the soldiers under the command of the Third Prince.

Yes, this is war. Success or failure will inevitably involve bloodshed and sacrifice.

Fighting to the death, the sound of killing shook the sky, one general's success was built on the bones of thousands of people, blood flowed like rivers, and corpses piled up like mountains, none of these are enough to describe the cruelty of war.

However, the internal strife initiated by the third prince for the struggle for power and profit should have been an unnecessary war.

Seeing the three people crying miserably, Lin Xiaoyue felt sad and didn't know how to comfort them. She just patted them on the shoulders and asked them to send their dead companions off to the last journey and avoid their bodies being exposed in the wilderness.

When she turned around and looked among the Black Scale Guards, Lin Xiaoyue seemed to see a familiar figure.

That was the boy she met in a bandit's lair while fleeing famine. Most of his face was covered with old burn scars.

She still remembered that the boy seemed to be less than ten years old. If it weren't for the boy's stature and the scars on his face left by the large area of ​​burns, Lin Xiaoyue would have found it difficult to recognize him among the group of Black Scale Guards with cold expressions.

When their eyes met, Lin Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, but then the other person lowered his eyebrows and his expression was calm, like an emotionless robot.

Seeing the other party turn his head away, Lin Xiaoyue also realized that the other party had no intention of chatting, so she turned her eyes away.

Everyone knows how the other party made his way from a bandit's den to become a Black Scale Guard standing before the emperor, and how many twists and turns and hardships he experienced.

However, this person has a very high level of intelligence and is definitely not someone who is easy to get along with.

At the beginning, she spared his life and let him go, so both sides were even, and Lin Xiaoyue didn't want to have any other relationship with this person. Now that the other party didn't want to recognize her and make friends, Lin Xiaoyue naturally wouldn't rush to get close to her and start a big fight.

After all, he and the other party are just acquaintances, and with his current identity, he is too high-profile, which is definitely not a good thing for both others and himself.

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By the time the prince came down the mountain, the rain had stopped for five days.

seventh day of the lunar month

The emperor personally accompanied the eunuchs, the imperial guards and a group of soldiers to wait outside Heguan City.

When the prince appeared in his sight, the emperor's eyes lit up instantly, and his majestic face was full of anxiety and concern. At that moment, he was not only a king on the throne, but also a father who was eagerly looking forward to the return of his wandering son.

The prince pushed away the guards who were supporting him and ran quickly towards the emperor, his steps staggering but firm.

The emperor also opened his arms and strode forward. The father and son walked closer and closer, their eyes intertwined. The emperor's usually cold eyes were now filled with tears, and the prince's eyes were already red.

Finally, the father and son embraced each other. The emperor hugged the prince tightly, as if the prince would disappear again if he let go. "My son, you have suffered." The emperor's voice trembled slightly, and his words were full of heartache.

The prince leaned on the emperor's shoulder, tears bursting out, "Father, I thought I would never see you again."

At this moment, the emotions between father and son surged out like a flood. The emperor's tears slid down his cheeks and dripped onto the prince's shoulders. They forgot the war and noise around them, and only had each other in their hearts.

In this cruel war, the joy of father and son reuniting is particularly precious and touching.

The reunion of father and son was filled with mixed emotions. The scene of crying with joy seemed to make time stand still, and became an eternal picture imprinted in the hearts of every witness around them.

"Come on, let's go back to the city. Have a good rest, and then tell your father in detail about your experience."

The emperor placed his trembling hands on the prince's shoulders, carefully examining him from head to toe, front to back, left to right. He held the prince tightly with both hands and led him into the city. His voice was still trembling as he couldn't help but chatter with concern. It was as if they were just an ordinary father and son in the vast sea of ​​people in this world.

The surrounding eunuchs and generals surrounded these two men who stood at the pinnacle of power and rushed into the city.

It must be said that most people were happy to see the prince return. This was seen in the fact that the people in Heguan City lined the streets to welcome him, with cheers rising one after another, silk handkerchiefs flying in the air, and people's faces full of cheers for the prince's safe return.

Yes, after all, the prince rescued them from the heavy pressure of heavy taxes, military service, various slavery, hunger and cold, and the near death.

The common people only knew that they were now under the jurisdiction of Dayuan. Although a son of a rich family should not sit in the hall, the king of a country personally led the army, fearless of danger, and fought together with the soldiers, which also demonstrated the king's fearless courage and responsibility.

As the future crown prince, the prince had done all kinds of good things for the people of Heguan City when the cold snap hit. How could the people not support a crown prince who cared so much about the people?

It can be said that the return of the prince not only comforted the emperor's old father's heart, but also touched the hearts of every citizen in Heguan City. The whole city was celebrating the return of the prince and immersed in a warm atmosphere.

Only in a dark corner, a pair of sinister eyes were staring at the father and son.