When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

After the matter came to a temporary end, Cheng Su went back to the tent to change clothes and called Hong Mingxu in.

He took off his wet, bloody clothes and saw old wounds all over his body, all from swords and knives.

There is a round hole-shaped scar near the heart. Compared with the old scars, the skin around this scar is very new. It can be seen that it has just recovered and the scab has faded.

Soon the scars on his body were covered by clean underwear, but they could not hide the self-blame in Hong Mingxu's eyes.

Cheng Su turned around and found Hong Mingxu in a daze, so he called out softly, "Mingxu."

Seeing that Hong Mingxu didn't respond, Cheng Su shouted again. Hong Mingxu came back to his senses and clasped his fists, saying, "General, what do you want?"

Cheng Su ordered: "Gather the soldiers and civilians again, and prepare to go to the island in an hour."

"Yes!"

Hong Mingxu took the order and prepared to do what Cheng Su had instructed.

"Wait a minute." Cheng Su stopped Hong Mingxu, looking a little thoughtful, and whispered, "This sudden disaster is also due to my lack of consideration, which has caused great harm to the people. If there are people who are unwilling to go to the island among the people recruited before, remember not to force them."

Hong Mingxu clasped his fists and responded with admiration: "I understand, General. I will definitely see to it."

When Hong Mingxu was about to hit the tent, Cheng Su took a deep breath and said, "More than ten years ago, you also saved my life. This matter has passed. There is no need to keep worrying about it. If the court gives you another chance for promotion, don't refuse it."

"...General, I only want to be your subordinate in this life."

Hong Mingxu's body was stiff. After saying just this one sentence, he opened the door curtain and walked out. The sorrow in his eyes not only did not get relieved, but became even deeper.

Hong Mingxu remembered this scar very clearly. It was the injury he suffered when he led troops to suppress the Yunqiang Kingdom.

It almost cost Cheng Su his life.

When the two armies were fighting, the soldiers of Yunqiang were defeated step by step, even though Cheng Su said that as long as they were willing to lay down their weapons and surrender, Northern Qi could spare their lives.

However, the remaining soldiers of the Yunqiang Kingdom refused to surrender even though they were seriously injured.

Surrender is disloyal and unrighteous to the country.

If you refuse to surrender, you will die.

Between the two countries, peace can only be achieved by fighting to the last moment, until no one on one side stands up to fight.

Soldiers are not divided into strong and weak, they just have different countries, different positions, and different things they want to protect.

Among the many differences, there is one thing that is the same.

We are all soldiers.

For every soldier, dying on the battlefield is the highest honor and faith.

The death of every soldier is respectable. In the face of this respect, the blades in our hands must kill them cleanly and neatly, so that the enemy will not be tortured and can die in battle with dignity.

The general has been stationed at the border since he was young. He has participated in wars both large and small and has witnessed the suffering and life and death of countless people. Even in the smallest war, he would personally lead his troops to boost morale.

Before new recruits entered the camp, the general would often give a speech in front of the soldiers.

More than ten years ago, in the ninth year of Chengjing, I was also a new soldier, and the general gave him a speech like this on the general's platform.

Even though he has martial arts skills, he can only start as a soldier because he has no achievements.

Soon more than ten years passed...

Twenty years of Chengjing, the New Year.

At that time, the two countries were at war, and the war had lasted for more than a year. During this year, crises were everywhere and any carelessness could be fatal.

Hong Mingxu will always remember that day.

When the war was about to end, Cheng Su was shot in the chest by an arrow shot from the chaos while trying to save him, and his life was hanging by a thread.

The general refused to receive medical treatment or return to the camp until he saw that Northern Qi had won a great victory and none of the Yunqiang soldiers survived. Only then did his tense face relax and he ordered his men to return to the camp.

On the way back to the camp, the general fainted due to excessive bleeding.

The doctor in the military camp treated the general for a long time before he was finally brought back from the hands of the King of Hell.

During this period, he remained without food or drink and stayed in front of the general.

I thought the general would scold me, but when the general woke up, he was concerned about the safety of his soldiers first, and told me to go and rest and not to stay with him.

The general said that he had saved his life more than ten years ago.

He remembers.

When he first entered the camp that year, because it was just a disturbance in the surrounding area, the general only brought a small force to quell it, but unfortunately they were ambushed by the enemy, and the formation he led happened to be patrolling not far away.

When he heard the sound of swords and knives, he took the soldiers with him to investigate.

After discovering that it was the general, he used his martial arts to save the general, but he only saved the general.

In this way, he gradually rose to the position of captain and came to the side of the general.

I should have sworn to defend the general to the death, but because of myself, I almost caused the general to lose his life. It was also because of this that I repeatedly refused promotion from the court.

Hong Mingxu looked up at the gradually brightening sky, a bitter smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

not to mention……

How could I be worthy enough to be a general who rules a region on my own?

Things had to make progress, and the injured people on the lakeshore had been resettled. There was nothing else to do at the moment, so Xiao Yihuo and Qingchuan looked at each other and prepared to go back to the inn first.

When he entered the military tent, Cheng Su happened to come out of the tent after changing his clothes and ran into him.

After greeting Xiao Yihuo and Qingchuan, he prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute." Cheng Su called out to the two of them.

Qingchuan bowed and asked, "General Cheng, what do you want me to do?"

"Nothing to tell you." Then he smiled and said, "You two don't have to be too nervous. I saw that you two are good at martial arts and medicine just now, so I wanted to ask your names."

Qingchuan nodded slightly and replied calmly: "I am Qingchuan."

"What about you?" Cheng Su looked at Xiao Yihuo and asked with interest.

Xiao Yihuo bowed and lowered his eyes and said, "I am Xiao Xu."

"What a good name." Cheng Su looked at the two of them and invited them, "You two are both capable people. Would you like to accompany me to the lake island?"

"This..." Qingchuan and Xiao Yihuo looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Xiao Yihuo clasped his fists and said, "We have always intended to go to the lake island to find out what is going on. It would be an honor for the two of us to be able to lend a hand to the general."

Hearing this, Cheng Su smiled happily, "Okay! Then you all gather here in an hour."

Liu Yunhe, who had been asking questions in his ear, suddenly became quiet. Lin Lezhi felt strange and looked in Liu Yunhe's direction, and noticed Liu Yunhe's worried look.

Lin Lezhi looked in the direction of Liu Yunhe and saw Xiao Yihuo and the other man being stopped by Cheng Su not far away.

Could it be that Prince Xiao Yihuo’s identity has been discovered?

Lin Lezhi thought secretly.

Then, Lin Lezhi felt that it was none of his business, so he shrugged indifferently and looked towards the lake island.

After staring for a while, his eyes darkened.

Waiting for the gathering time, Guo Yong and his companions squatted on the shore bored, also looking in the direction of the lake island, wondering how long it would take for the mist to completely dissipate.

"That is..." Guo Yong noticed the green smoke rising from one side of the lake island. He narrowed his eyes slightly and rubbed his eyes to make sure if he was dazzled.

Cheng Su looked at Xiao Yihuo with admiration in his eyes and asked: "I see that you have good Qinggong skills, may I know... "

"It's cooking smoke—!"

Guo Yong's shout interrupted Cheng Su's questioning.

Everyone present looked in the direction of Guo Yong.

After confirming that he was not mistaken, he immediately stood up, pointed in the direction of the green smoke from the lake island, and shouted excitedly: "Look, someone is making a fire to cook, there are indeed people on the lake island!"