Cypress Boat Floating

It was not known whether the emperor wanted to control the King of Qin deliberately or he really thought the prince's proposal was good, but in the end, he agreed with the prince's suggestion. After all, Lu Zhixing still failed to obtain the power to prevent Ye Honghai from leaving the border for investigation.

The incident involving Ye Honghai was too big and too sudden. Lu Ci Qiu was not prepared at all. The sudden news hit him hard. Even though he was not very good at observing the situation, he could see that this incident had a great impact on his second brother. Not only because Ye Honghai was half of his master, but also because Ye Honghai was connected to the millions of people behind him.

After leaving Chengming Palace, Lu Ciqiu sat in the carriage and thought carefully about who had proposed this matter in the first place and what that person wanted to do.

Originally thought to be just an ordinary morning court like any other, Lu Ci Qiu even decided to ask for leave after the morning court and go out with Ye Jianqing tomorrow.

He had originally agreed to go out today, but unexpectedly, after Ye Jianqing came back yesterday, he postponed the time a little, so he could only come to court today.

The boring morning court was interrupted by a memorial requesting a favor. Some people seemed to be well prepared and had even thought about how to deal with General Ye.

Lu Ci Qiu could clearly see that Lu Zhixing was also stunned by this sudden news and hadn't even reacted yet.

As I was thinking about it, I soon arrived at the palace.

"Your Highness, what's wrong? Why do you look so unhappy?" Huai Xi had been waiting at the door early, and when he saw Lu Ci Qiu get off the carriage, he hurried to greet him.

"It's okay. Where's Qing'er?" At this moment, Lu Ci Qiu only wanted to see Ye Jianqing and tell her about this matter.

"In the yard, I have been practicing with the sword today. I have hardly stopped since this morning."

Lu Ci Qiu frowned slightly. He was more worried about Ye Jianqing's health. In the past, Ye Jianqing's practice was regular and on time. Why was it like this today?

Because he was worried, he walked much faster and quickly reached Ye Jianqing's yard in two steps.

At this time, Ye Jianqing was still practicing sword in the yard, but what he was practicing today was not her Skylark, but a military sword in his yard.

The horizontal sword is mostly used by military soldiers. It is up to 2.4 feet (about 80CM) in length. It is an inner-curved sword suitable for shaving, cutting and chopping. Every blow is fatal. Although the horizontal sword will not lengthen the wound, it will deepen it, and a deepening wound is more likely to be fatal.

Ye Jianqing held the handle of the sword in one hand and practiced the most basic movements such as cutting, chopping and so on. According to Huai Xi, she had been practicing here for the whole morning, and except for eating, she spent the rest of the time practicing.

"Qing'er." Lu Ci Qiu called out.

Hearing his voice, Ye Jianqing stopped what she was doing. At that time, a thin layer of sweat had appeared on her forehead and her body was steaming hot. No one would feel cool practicing sword skills under the sun in this hot summer.

Lu Ci Qiu couldn't understand why Ye Jianqing suddenly wanted to practice horizontal sword, so he asked.

"I always feel that I need to practice more. Skylark is a short sword. If I don't need it in some occasions in the future, I can have other weapons to use." Ye Jianqing wiped the sweat off his face while explaining: "I saw this horizontal sword in your yard today and it felt good, so I took it to practice."

"The horizontal sword is used by soldiers and is more commonly used on the battlefield." Lu Ci Qiu picked up the horizontal sword that Ye Jianqing had placed aside and stroked it with pity: "This sword was given to me by my second brother. He had just returned from Beiguan that year. Although he was not very old, he always felt that he had to protect me as a brother. But I know that it was actually difficult for him. Perhaps the life on the battlefield stimulated him. He would always be awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night, and his vigilance was very strong. He had a hard time at that time."

Ye Jianqing certainly knew what Lu Ci Qiu was talking about, the aftermath of war.

Although Lu Zhixing was called the new generation of war god back then, he was just a child. War is never a good thing. It is horrible for a child to see the people he was chatting, drinking and having fun with on the battlefield one second, and the people he was chatting with and having fun with the previous second, are missing arms and legs, or even half of their heads in front of him the next second.

And under the pressure of war, he had to keep his mind tense at all times, not only to find ways to deal with the enemy, but also to protect his own people.

The pressure can be imagined. Under such pressure, it is good enough that Lu Zhixing can come back safely.

At this time, Ye Jianqing missed their psychological team especially. Every time they came back from a mission, the organization would always arrange for the psychological team to provide them with psychological counseling to help them avoid post-traumatic stress disorder.

"At that time, this sword came back with my second brother. For my second brother, this sword was a symbol of his battles. My second brother gave it to me. He gave me his glory." Lu Ci Qiu cherishes this saber very much and takes good care of it.

After hearing this story, Ye Jianqing felt a little embarrassed. She didn't know the origin of the knife, nor did she know that the knife meant so much to Lu Ci Qiu. She just thought that the knife was convenient and wanted to practice with it. "I'm sorry, I didn't know that this knife was so important to you, and I just took it casually."

"It doesn't matter." Lu Ci Qiu shook his head: "The most important thing is that it can continue."

These words comforted her and made her smile involuntarily.

"By the way, there is something I need to tell you." After carefully putting the knife back into the sheath, Lu Ci Qiu remembered what he originally wanted to tell Ye Jianqing.

"Something big happened today. Some people said that General Ye Honghai was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason. But the strange thing is that even though there is no evidence, Father actually believed it. I suspect there is something wrong here."

"General Ye Honghai? Isn't he the general stationed at the border?" Ye Jianqing had heard of this Ye Honghai. After all, they both had the surname Ye. Moreover, she had also heard of Lu Zhixing's past with this general and knew a little about this general's past battle achievements.

"Yes."

"Why did he commit treason?"

"This is also what I'm confused about. My second brother and I believe that General Ye would not do such a thing, but it's hard to say for others. Father agreed with the prince's suggestion and ordered General Ye to be detained in Beijing on the pretext of returning to the capital to report until the matter is clarified." As Lu Ci Qiu spoke, his brows furrowed into a "川" shape.

"If the general stationed at the border leaves, won't the people in the desert take the opportunity to cause trouble?" Ye Jianqing didn't know much about the ancient military background. She always felt that she would be trapped in the capital city all her life and would not be exposed to these things, so she didn't take it seriously.

Ever since Lu Zhixing told her yesterday that he would send Lu Ci Qiu to Beiguan, she emptied Lu Ci Qiu's study room overnight in order to get to know him better.

Obviously, we haven't understood this deeply yet.

"Damo fought with General Ye for several years and was beaten badly. A few years ago, he asked for peace with Da'an. We are currently in a stage of peaceful coexistence, but I can't guarantee that Damo will not take advantage of General Ye's absence to cause trouble."

"You want to help General Ye, right?" Ye Jianqing looked into his eyes. From the moment Lu Ci Qiu opened his mouth, she roughly knew what Lu Ci Qiu was thinking.

"My second brother asked me not to get involved in this matter. He said he couldn't avoid it. The crime of treason can result in the extermination of the entire clan, and at the very least, the entire family will be confiscated. General Ye is half of my second brother's master, so my second brother will help him no matter what. He won't just stand by and watch General Ye get framed."

Ye Jianqing took over his words: "But you are different. You have no direct relationship with General Ye, and you don't know anything. You just need to hide yourself and do your duty."

"Yes, but I can't bear to watch my second brother suffer." Lu Ci Qiu was in pain. He was already in great pain when he didn't say a word for Lu Zhixing in Chengming Palace in the morning. He hated his current weakness and his powerlessness.

Second brother was right, he couldn't hide, the only one he could rely on, who could turn the tables for him and General Ye, was himself, so he had to hide well and not offend his father at this time, but he really hated himself for being like this, he could do nothing but hide behind second brother.