We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves.

Everyone:? ? ?

Chang Ningxue: ???

The prince...is actually gay?

The others were fine, just a little surprised.

In ancient times, homosexuality was not a serious crime, and many royal aristocrats had this habit.

But for Chang Ningxue, it was like the sky was falling.

She is the prince's fiancée, and although they have not been officially engaged, the two parties have already agreed on this matter privately.

And now, you tell me that the prince likes men? ! !

Li Che showed a look of disgust.

It's not that he discriminates against homosexuals, but looking at Fan Chong's big and rough and vulgar appearance, it is really difficult to judge the prince's taste.

"So, the prince has been supporting the bandits in Mangdang Mountain?" Li Che changed the subject.

Fan Chong nodded and said, "The prince gave me some manpower, and every year he secretly sent me food, money, weapons, armor..."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Che's eyes became clear, "Where is it?"

"They are all hidden in the dark cave beneath Hutou Mountain Stronghold. I am willing to lead you there, Your Highness. I only ask that you spare my life."

"Humph." Li Che sneered, "Those things belong to me, and your life also belongs to me. Do you want to use my things to buy my life?"

"Yes, yes...ah! No, no..." Fan Chong broke out in a cold sweat.

Li Che's face grew colder as he pointed at the corpses scattered around him and said sternly, "Open your eyes and see how many of my people have died because of you."

"I promised to take them to the Northeast to live a peaceful life, but now they have died here. How can I forgive you?"

Fan Chong's face changed drastically. "But... Your Majesty just said that those who surrender will not be killed. Is Your Majesty going to break his promise and enrich himself?"

Hearing this, Li Che looked around in confusion and asked, "Did I say that?"

Wang Sanchun behind him grinned and took a step forward: "Your Highness, I said that. I lied. Please punish me."

Li Che nodded gently: "Lying is not good, so I'll punish you by making you eat half a bowl less of rice tonight."

Hu Qiang behind him trembled all over.

What a severe punishment!

"Okay." Wang Sanchun smiled and stepped back.

Seeing the two of them singing the same tune, Fan Chong's eyes suddenly widened: "You! You guys..."

"Don't worry, you are still useful. I am too lazy to kill you." Li Che smiled slightly, "The prince sent you to kill me. Although he is unkind, I cannot be unjust."

Fan Chong just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Li Che say:

"Since you are the prince's male favorite, I will send you back to continue serving him. But the prince harmed me, so I cannot let him get too comfortable."

"Aqiang, go get some Kunlun slaves over here, chop that thing off and send it to the Crown Prince!"

When everyone heard this, they felt a chill in their crotch.

Fan Chong was trembling all over and almost fainted: "Your Highness, please spare my life, spare my life!"

Li Che waved his hand impatiently, and three dark-skinned Kunlun slaves walked out from behind him and dragged Fan Chong away.

Soon, a scream echoed throughout the mountain road.

Li Che listened to Fan Chong's wailing and said silently:

"I don't know if this prince is a top or a bottom. Maybe if I cut off his root, it can still be used? Or should I seal his anus as well?"

Qiu Bai, who was standing beside him, felt a chill all over his body when he heard Li Che's words.

No wonder His Highness was able to subdue this group of criminals. Compared to His Highness, the worst criminals are considered good people...

Everyone listened attentively, except Chang Ningxue who just stood there in a daze.

Li Che only then noticed this woman and said in surprise: "It turned out to be you."

He had met her once before in Yecheng, and at that time Li Che felt that this woman had an extraordinary temperament and was definitely not an ordinary person.

I didn't expect to meet you here.

Chang Ningxue's eyes were dazed. What she had just heard was such a huge blow to her that she was still unable to get over it.

Seeing that her young lady was silent, the woman in black behind her hurried forward to apologize: "Your Highness, my young lady was just frightened, please forgive me."

Li Che asked again: "Why are you here?"

The woman in black quickly explained, "We were heading to Shanhaiguan, but unexpectedly we ran into bandits there. Fortunately, the prince came to our aid."

Li Che nodded slightly.

It turned out that she was the family of the commander of Shanhaiguan. No wonder the woman had such a heroic spirit.

"In that case, you can follow my convoy." Li Che said gently, "The road ahead is steep and dangerous, and we can still look after each other."

The woman in black quickly glanced at Chang Ningxue, but seeing that she was still distracted, she could only agree reluctantly.

Li Che didn't care about it and just thought of it as a good deed.

At this time, the cleaning of the battlefield was coming to an end.

The official sent by Li Che to count the losses came back with a solemn look on his face, holding a long list in his hand, which densely recorded the losses of the battle.

"What are the casualties?" Li Che asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, our soldiers have suffered one hundred minor injuries, eighty serious injuries, and fifty-three deaths."

"Three hundred civilians were slightly injured, one hundred and twenty were seriously injured, and eighty-one died."

Li Che frowned slightly. Every report was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart.

The casualty situation is already ideal, after all, they are facing a fierce attack from nearly ten thousand bandits.

Li Che sighed and said seriously:

"Carefully record all those who died in battle and find a good feng shui location to bury them. If they have family members, be sure to provide ample compensation."

"Send a message to Hua Chang'an. He can command everyone in the team and do his best to save the seriously injured."

"Those with minor injuries must also be bandaged and taken care of. We will set up camp here later and prepare more meat for them as snacks."

"Yes."

The people around looked at Li Che with more respect.

I really didn't follow the wrong person. His Highness is not a mean and ungrateful person.

If this is how we treat the dead, what about the living?

"How are the prisoners?" Li Che asked again.

The official's expression eased slightly. "According to preliminary statistics, there are over 4,000 of them, all young and strong. There should also be some of the bandits' families in the mountains."

There were more than 10,000 bandits, some died, some fled, and some should still be on the mountain.

It’s already pretty good to be able to capture more than 4,000 people.

"Your Highness, with so many captives, what should we do with them?"

Li Che thought for a moment and looked at Qiu Bai: "I'll leave the matter of the prisoners to you. Select reliable ones to form a team. You are familiar with my standards, right?"

Qiu Bai replied, "We don't accept human traffickers or flower thieves."

"Good." Li Che nodded with satisfaction, "Let them report on each other and make sure to ensure these two points."

Qiu Bai hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Your Highness, how should we deal with these two types of people who have been screened out?"

Li Che's eyes flashed coldly: "Scum should be punished as scum. Chop them all up and bury them in Mangdang Mountain. This can be considered as a reward to the mountain god."

A kind person cannot command an army. The composition of the army under his command is already chaotic enough, and he cannot accept scum even if he is short of people.

If we let them go free, they might harm other people. It would be better to kill them all and put an end to it once and for all.

Qiu Bai quickly bowed: "Yes."

"Okay, now that we've dealt with things here, it's time to go see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's great gift."