The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

After giving instructions to the military doctor, Yan Mingde turned around angrily and walked into Yan Yu's tent.

He looked at his son lying on the bed, and immediately jumped up angrily, pointing at Yan Yu and yelling: "Little bastard, I'm telling you, if you dare to disobey me and run around again, and do such dangerous things, I will be your son, and you are my father!"

When Yan Yu saw that his father could even say such harsh words, he knew that his father was really furious this time. Realizing that something was wrong, Yan Yu immediately became obedient.

"Father, please don't be angry. Anger is harmful to your health. I know I was wrong. I will never do anything so reckless and worry you again."

Seeing Yan Yu admit his mistake with a good attitude and promise that he would never do it again, Yan Mingde's anger subsided a little.

However, he still didn't look kind to Yan Yu. He looked at Yan Yu and said word by word, "You said those words just now. You'd better remember them. If you dare to do it again, I will break your legs. I would rather you never go to the battlefield again, and I would rather you become a cripple and support you for the rest of your life. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand. I will never dare to do it again next time. Making my father angry and worrying is an unfilial act." Yan Yu looked at Yan Mingde, whose hair was already half white, and suddenly his nose felt sore and his eyes turned red.

To be fair, Yan Mingde still cares about the original body very much, and is very good to him, even better than he is to his legitimate son Yan Jun'an.

If it weren't for Yan Mingde's covert protection over the years, given the viciousness of Yan Yu's stepmother, the original body would definitely not have lived to see Yan Yu travel through time.

At that time, everyone laughed at Yan Yu for coming from a family of generals, but instead of focusing on learning martial arts, he pretended to be a scholar and studied. It was Yan Mingde who stood up to the public opinion that the Yan family would have no successors and personally found a teacher to teach Yan Yu.

Seeing Yan Yu's red eyes, Yan Mingde's momentum softened instantly. He felt guilty towards his son. As a father, he failed to educate and take good care of his child.

In the past, he was unable to take care of her because he was away fighting for many years. Later, when he returned to Beijing, he had a tigress at home, and it was not convenient for him to interfere too much in the affairs of the harem, so Yan Yu suffered a lot.

Now Yan Yu has finally grown up and is by my side again, but I still can't protect him, causing him to get hurt one after another.

Yan Mingde walked over to the bed and sat down. He reached out and touched Yan Yu's head. "Son, your brother is gone. You are the only son I have. Please don't let me go through the pain of seeing someone die young again. I really can't bear it."

"Well, Father, I understand. From now on, I won't be reckless or put myself in danger and make you worry." Yan Yu felt very uncomfortable with what Yan Mingde said just now. The most important thing was to comfort his father and not let him worry.

Yan Mingde looked at Yan Yu with mixed feelings at the moment. After winning the battle, he would have to return to the capital to report. Yan Yu was in such a state that he was afraid he could not go back with him.

"Son, Dad will be returning to the capital in two days to report. I'm afraid you won't be able to go back with him this time. You should stay here and recuperate for the time being."

"Dad will take care of family matters while he's back this time. In the past, Dad was always hesitant and hesitant. Now that your eldest brother is gone, Dad has fewer worries. This time when he goes back, Dad will raise your deceased mother as his concubine and move her grave to the ancestral tomb of our Yan family."

Thinking of Yan Yu's biological mother, Yan Mingde felt a pang of bitterness and guilt in his heart. That gentle and quiet woman had wasted her life for him after all. Now it was time to give her a name so that she could rest in peace in the afterlife.

"Making my mother a concubine?" Yan Yu couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Mother won't agree."

Yan Yu had a deep understanding of the cruelty of his stepmother. That woman was not only jealous, but also vicious. His original mother, Zhao, was killed by her.

Yan Mingde sighed. He had endured it for so many years, and he was done with it. He looked up at the distance and said, "Your mother is old, and she has suffered the sudden loss of her son. She is so devastated that she is no longer able to manage the household affairs. She needs to recuperate in her own courtyard. All matters in the mansion are under the final decision of your father."

As soon as Yan Yu heard what Yan Mingde said, he knew that things were really going to change for their Yan family this time. This should have been something to be happy about, but Yan Yu had mixed feelings and couldn't be happy at all.

He missed his mother, but not his original mother, but his mother in his previous life. She was also a miserable woman who was tortured to death at a young age, leaving him a little orphan, without a mother to love him and a father to care for him.

If he hadn't met his little girl, he wouldn't have known what happiness and feeling it was to be loved and cared for.

Yan Mingde looked up at Yan Yu, and seeing that he was silent and in a bad mood, he thought that Yan Yu had suffered so many years of injustice and was remembering sad things.

Yan Mingde raised his hand and patted Yan Yu's shoulder. What happened in the past was over. It was useless to be sad about it. What happened in the past was not important. What was important was the present and the future.

"Son, I'm old and can't stand any more blows. I don't ask for anything else for the rest of my life, I just want you to be safe and sound. Is that okay?"

Compared with the so-called family inheritance and glory, Yan Mingde cares more about whether his children are safe and well.

"Father, I promise you, I will think twice before doing anything in the future. I won't be as impulsive as I was this time. Father, you are old and have suffered serious injuries before. You should stay in the capital to recuperate from now on."

"Your son will complete your unfulfilled wish for you. I will destroy the Western Rong and intimidate the six kingdoms, making them unable to pose a threat to me, Yun Li, in the future."

A general dies in a hundred battles and returns home wrapped in his horse's hide. This is the greatest ambition of every brave and passionate man of Yunli Kingdom. They fight and sacrifice their lives on the battlefield, not only for their own glory, but also for all the people of Yunli.

"Okay, my son has grown up and knows how to share his father's worries." Yan Mingde patted Yan Yu's head with satisfaction, and his heart was filled with emotion. In his memory, Yan Yu was still a baby who had just been born not long ago, so how could he grow up so quickly?

Although Ainuerxiong'an's men risked their lives to rescue Ainuerxiong'an, Ainuerxiong'an's condition was very bad. Due to excessive blood loss and wound infection, he had a high fever, which was a very dangerous signal.

At this time, all the people who were guarding Ainuerxiong'an were looking at Shaktunan, waiting for his decision. After all, apart from the unconscious Ainuerxiong'an, he was the one with the highest official rank and was the most trusted by Ainuerxiong'an.

Shaktunan thought for a long time before giving the order: "Go to the town ahead and find a private clinic to control it. Have the doctors there amputate the prince's limb."

"Lord Shaktunan, do you really want to do this?" The attendants beside Ainuer Xiong'an couldn't bear to see his prince become one-armed. If the proud prince lost an arm, how could he be so vigorous on the battlefield and how could he expand the territory?

"The prince's arm is broken. It will be useless even if it can be reconnected now." Shaktunan felt more sorry for Ainuerxiong'an than anyone else. Without an arm, he could not go to the battlefield. Ainuerxiong'an would be a disabled person in the future.

"Nothing else matters now. The most important thing is to save the prince's life. As long as the prince is alive, we will always come back to take revenge."

"Don't worry, everyone. If the prince wakes up and blames me, I, Shaktunan, will bear all the blame."

Shaktunan knew very well that if he delayed any further, Ainuer Xiong'an's condition would only get worse. By then, even if his left arm was removed, he would not be able to survive.

"We are not afraid of punishment from the prince when he wakes up, we just feel sorry for him. We will go now."

The subordinates left quickly, leaving only Shaktunan and the unconscious Ainuerxiong'an in the room.

Shaktunan has complicated feelings towards Ainuerxiong'an. On the one hand, he is grateful for Ainuerxiong'an's kindness, but on the other hand, he is dissatisfied with Ainuerxiong'an's cruelty and cold-bloodedness.

Now looking at Ainuerxiong'an who is on the verge of life and death, Shaktunan understands that even if Ainuerxiong'an is lucky this time and escapes this disaster, he will probably have to rewrite the trajectory of his life.

Soon the people sent by Shaktunan came back. In such a remote town, it was easy for them to control a clinic. After all, such a place was sparsely populated and far away from the administrative center. There were only two or three officials in the entire town.

The doctor at the clinic was forced to amputate Ainuerxiong'an with a knife at his neck. For a long time after the amputation, Ainuerxiong'an's vital signs were very weak.

This forced Shaktunan to give up the idea of ​​taking Ainuer away immediately. There were several times when Ainuer Xiong'an couldn't even detect his breathing. When others wanted to give up, Shaktunan was the one who persisted.

It was not until two days later that Ainuer Xiong'an was saved from the brink of death thanks to the efforts of everyone.

After a few days of rest, Yan Mingde was finally ready to return to Beijing to report.

Before leaving, Yan Mingde was worried about Yan Yu, so he asked a military doctor to check Yan Yu's body again. He also invited a famous local doctor from Suzhou to check him again.

Yan Mingde was relieved only after he confirmed that Yan Yu would be fine as long as he took medicine and rested properly.

Seeing that Yan Mingde was about to leave, Yan Yu expressed the thoughts that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"Father, if you ask General Bai to leave his personal guards behind, will he agree?"

Although Yan Yu, Qin Gang and others have not been together for a long time, they have already established a deep comradeship.

Yan Yu was convinced that they were people who could share joys and sorrows and support each other.

But Qin Gang and his men were only sent by Bai Qishan to protect Yan Yu. Their mission had been completed long ago, and they should have returned to Bai Qishan by now. However, because of the war and Yan Yu's selfish desire not to let them leave, they have stayed until now.

Now that the war is over, Yan Yu can no longer find any reason to keep them with him and not return them to Bai Qishan.

How could Yan Mingde not understand Yan Yu's thoughts? He had also realized during this period that Qin Gang and the others were all very capable, talented and loyal people.

Even if Yan Yu didn't speak up this time, Yan Mingde planned to go back to Beijing, sacrifice his old face, and ask Bai Qishan for their money.

With Qin Gang and others by Yan Yu's side, he felt more at ease.

"Why, do you want to keep them by your side?" Yan Mingde asked knowingly.

"Well, I want to keep them by my side. Dad has also seen that they are both very capable and loyal people. With them by my side, I can have people I can confide in and trust."

"But after all, they were all carefully trained by General Bai. I'm afraid General Bai will be angry if my son kidnaps them halfway."

Yan Yu also knew that what he did was not very decent, but he was in urgent need of people. If he relied on himself to train them, it would obviously not work. It would take more than one or two years to train outstanding people like Qin Gang.

Many times it would take ten years, or even longer, and Yan Yu couldn't wait.

Yan Mingde patted Yan Yu's shoulder with a smile and said, "It's okay. Your father will take care of this matter. Although I don't have much friendship with Bai Qishan, we are both direct descendants of the Shen family army. If your father asks him for a few people, he should still give it to you."

"You don't have to feel guilty about this. The old man has a ton of personal guards around him, so losing a few of them won't matter."

"But, Yu'er, shouldn't you also ask them if they're willing? If the two of us are just trying to get them to do it, and they don't agree in the end, then it would all be in vain, wouldn't it?"

"Replying to the general, we all want to stay with the young general." Before Yan Yu could say anything, Qin Gang, who was hiding nearby and eavesdropping, interrupted him.

It’s not that Qin Gang and the others are fickle, nor is it that they are disloyal to Bai Qishan, but they feel it is more appropriate to stay with Yan Yu and that they can better play their respective roles.

Yan Mingde looked at Qin Gang with his eyes almost grinning. He had made a fortune this time. He knew that although Bai Qishan had many personal guards, Qin Gang was the captain of the personal guards trained by Bai Qishan himself, and his abilities were far superior to those of Bai Qishan's personal guards.

"Well, since you all stay with Yu'er, I, Yan Mingde, thank you. I will speak to General Bai myself."

"But I have one request. You can only stay if you do it."

Yan Mingde now put on airs, acted pretentiously, and made demands.

"If you have any instructions, General, please tell me."