Forgotten by Death

Chapter 21 The Slave of the Subjugated Country 21

Luo Yi sat on the carriage, looking at Yun Xi, who was sinking like water, beside her. One morning passed, and they had already left the main city, on the official road to the border.

He knew that Yun Xi didn't want to take him to Shen Ji's place, but An had already gone, how could he let them out of his sight.

Several letters from the prince have already been sent to Luo Yi, and every letter is urging him to act quickly.

If there was no An, perhaps he would not be so contradictory and hesitant now.

Luo Yi moved forward a little, leaned over into Yun Xi's arms, and gave the eldest prince one last chance, if he could give up An, he would definitely be devoted to him for the rest of his life!

The hot summer was coming to an end, and there was a hint of coolness in the air. The carriage had not stopped all the way, and the trees became rarer as it got closer to the border, slowly showing yellow sand and gray soil, gravel rocks, and the tall ancient city wall at the end of the road.After the city gate was opened, the convoy drove in. Yun Xi opened the car window to look out, and found that there were far fewer people on the bustling and bustling streets in the past. Groups of refugees from the South were lying under the trees at many street intersections, and people in the city were in a hurry. Passing by and dodging, there are many more defenders on patrol.

As soon as the steamed stuffed buns came out of the bun shop next door, they were snatched by a few refugee children. The shopkeeper took out a few and threw them over: "If you want to eat it, don't grab it for me!"

When more refugees heard the words, they stood up and wanted to surround them. The boss immediately took out a long knife for self-defense and waved it: "Go away! It's not enough to pity a few little bastards, and you want me to raise you all? Go and go!" go!"

The refugee looked at the cold eyes of the surrounding guards and retreated, shrank his body and sat down again.

Yun Xi had a panoramic view of the situation outside and lowered the window.

The number of refugees was more than I imagined, but it was not that scary. Most of them did not dare to make too much noise. After all, within the sphere of influence of General Shen, they did not dare to offend easily.

Yun Xi was welcomed into the military tent by Shen Ji, and the two of them didn't have so much courtesy. Shen Ji explained the situation of each city in a concise and concise manner. looting food.

The two discussed together until very late, and when it was time to go to bed late at night, Shen Ji gave Yun Xi the best military tent, and Yun Xi remembered that he hadn't greeted him yet.

"Ann? He should live with my elder brother."

"Where is your elder brother?"

"Does the First Prince want to see him? I'll have my servants call him."

"No, I'll go, I just want to look around."

"Okay, I will accompany the First Prince, please!"

On the grass not far from the barracks, An Mo and Shen Qing rode horses and strolled along the border.

The grass on the vast wilderness swayed gently with the wind, and the moon fell on the border mountain, illuminating the night at the border.

It's not very interesting here where the wild grass is overgrown and the lights are blind, but with the clear and hearty laughter and the cool night wind blowing, the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere is worth a visit.

Shen Qing was still talking about his younger brother Shen Ji, An Mo was already attracted by the movement in another place, he squinted his eyes, looked at the two people who suddenly fell in the night sky, his heart stopped, he pulled the rein and stopped the horse .

After the two shadows landed, they walked straight towards the barracks, completely ignoring the surrounding humans.When passing by An Mo's side, the two of them froze, and looked back at An Mo in astonishment.

An Mo saw that they did not speak. Shen Qing beside him talked for a while and saw that An did not respond. When he turned around, he was staring at a certain place in a daze. He wondered, "An, what's wrong with you? What are you looking at?"

Shen Qing looked at the empty surroundings, and then probed to look at An Mo's side. There was nothing, why did he stop suddenly.

An Mo came back to her senses: "It's nothing, I'm a little tired, I want to go back and rest."

"Oh, look at me, I was so focused on talking to you that I forgot that you must be tired after walking such a long distance! Let's go back right away!" Shen Qing and An Mo went back to the tent together, and the two figures followed silently behind them until An Mo At the end, he found another excuse to come out, and followed them to a remote place.

Seeing that no one was there, the god of death Bo Fang hurriedly asked: "An Mo, why are you here? Didn't you retreat in the underworld to recuperate after losing your god bone?"

On the other side, the god of death, Zhang Hai, also expressed doubts. An Mo explained casually: "I'm here to deal with some private matters, why are you two here?"

Bo Fang: "Oh, let's work overtime."

work overtime?

The so-called overtime here in the Death God Temple usually refers to a large area of ​​death incidents in a region, otherwise there is no need for multiple Death Gods to perform death tasks at the same time.

An Mo frowned: "Here?"

"Yes, many people will die here in a few days, let's count the number of people to be harvested first."

An Mo looked back at the city behind him, his face became serious: "What's going to happen here?"

Bo Fang took out the task list and glanced at it briefly: "It's like a plague. If the infection spreads over a large area, more than half of the people in the entire border city will die."

An Mo's heart sank: "Can you show me the list?"

"of course."

Bo Fang handed over the list in his hand, and said, "Leave as soon as you're done with the matter. After all, you're a mortal body now, and it will be troublesome if you get infected."

An Mo took the list and looked it over carefully, there was no cloud, the original fate of the eldest prince should have been sick in the palace all his life, and he would not have died in advance because of Xie Zexi's intervention.

As soon as he relaxed in his heart, he glanced at the next name from the corner of his eye, An Mo frowned deeply. There were two black and clear characters on the death register - Shen Qing.

Bo Fang saw that his expression was wrong: "What? Is there someone you know?"

"Ah."

"An Mo, you know, we are gods of death, and we are most taboo to have emotional entanglements with the mortal world, which will affect work and decision-making."

After a long time, An Mo hummed in a low voice: "I know."

Chang Hai asked: "When are you going to leave?"

"I can't leave for a short time."

Bo Fang thought for a while, then took out a diamond-shaped crystal from his bosom and hid it in An Mo's body: "Take this, that source of infection is terrible, and carrying this can protect your body from being harmed."

An Mo glanced at the mark that disappeared on his arm: "Thank you."

"It's all thanks to colleagues, but listen to my advice, it's best to leave here as soon as possible."

"it is good."

An Mo walked back with a worried face, and accidentally ran into Yun Xi, Luo Yi and Shen Ji in front of the tent.

Shen Qing was talking to them, and when he saw An Mo came back, he hurriedly waved to him: "An, the First Prince is here too, and was just asking you." Yun Xi looked away uncomfortably, and An Mo stepped forward to salute slightly.

Yun Xi said: "Since An is there, let him guard outside Luo Yi's tent at night. Luo Yi can only rest assured that he is with me, and he lives in the same tent with General Shen, which is against the rules."

When Yun Xi came out on business, it was not easy to take her pet with her, so she arranged Luo Yi elsewhere. At this time, she happened to have multiple excuses to ask for someone.

Shen Qing waved his hand: "It's okay, I don't mind."

Yun Xi's face turned cold: "I don't mind."

Luo Yi looked at Yun Xi, and Yun Xi insisted in a stiff tone: "General Shen is a corporal who is courteous and virtuous, and his bearing is extraordinary, but the servants of my palace must not disobey the rules, please forgive me, General Shen."

"This..." Shen Qing couldn't stop laughing, and was thinking of having a night of chatting with Bingzhu. His bed was already made, but he didn't expect to kill an eldest prince.

An Mo: "I'm going to pack up my things and I'll be there later."

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Yun Xi and Luo Yi went back satisfied.

Shen Qing followed An Mo into the camp, watched An Mo pack the package and said sullenly: "This eldest prince, I agreed to lend you to me for two days, and this is only one day, and I will take you back."

An Mo folded his clothes without raising his head: "You can come here during the day, but you only need to go there at night to be on duty."

Shen Qing was not happy, and leaned over to touch his shoulder: "Hey, that... Is the eldest prince still letting you sleep?"

An Mo stopped his hands, stood still for a few seconds, tied the package and picked it up: "I'm leaving."

"An..." Shen Qing knew that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, and now he didn't know how to go further.

An Mo walked out with her things, and after a few steps, Shen Qing chased after her again.

"An, you should think about returning to the Shen Mansion with me again. I really hope I can help you, as long as you nod your head!"

Shen Qing looked at him expectantly, but An failed to give the reaction he wanted, just bowed his head and left without saying a word.

Shen Qing didn't understand why he would rather suffer such grievances and stay in the First Prince's Mansion, even if that person treats him with no respect, could it be...

Shen Qing didn't want to believe it, he would rather that An was forced to have difficulties, and he didn't want such a clean and dusty person to be involved in the deep struggles of the Imperial Palace.

The wind in the wilderness was howling, and it was extremely cold in the second half of the night.

An Mo stood outside Luo Yi's tent, like the other guards, watching the sky gradually turn white to reveal the thin sun, and then dragged his exhausted body from freezing all night back to Shen Qing's place.

Shen Qing got up early and ran around with the soldiers, when he saw An Mo came back, he hurriedly pulled him into the tent and handed him hot water.

"Why are your hands so cold! Drink some hot water to warm up first, and sit down!"

Shen Qing took out a thin blanket to wrap him up, and called the servants to bring in hot porridge and hot dishes.

"Eat something first, and then have a good sleep. In the afternoon, I will take you to the best restaurant in the city to have a good meal."

Shen Qing watched him drink porridge and finish his meal, lie on the bed and close his eyes before going out, and told everyone not to disturb him, and let An take a good rest.Yun Xi went to the city with Shen Ji early in the morning to check the refugee settlement Shen Ji was looking for.

Luo Yi wanted to follow, but Yun Xi refused because she was afraid that she would be too busy to take care of him.

"You take a good rest in the barracks and wait for me. We have to go back and forth to many places. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

Luo Yi had no choice but to stay. He walked around and looked around and found it boring, so he went back to the tent to rest.After a while, a person suddenly came in from outside.

Looking at his clothes, he should be a lieutenant general in the battalion, and that person has dismissed everyone at some point.

"Master Luo?"

"you are?"

The man handed a porcelain bottle to Luo Yi: "This is a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness said that there is no need to release the medicine. The Crown Prince has other arrangements."

Luo Yi was startled: "You belong to the prince? You... what did the prince say?"

The deputy general said softly: "The prince wants you to accompany the eldest prince to inspect the refugees in the city every day from today, for three consecutive days."

Luo Yi was suspicious: "Why? What is the prince going to do?"

"You don't have to worry about it, you take this pill first, it's a gift from the crown prince."

The deputy general stared at Luo Yi and took the medicine: "The prince has ordered you not to disobey this time, and finish it well. I will watch from the sidelines. I hope you will take care of yourself and don't disappoint the prince's trust in you!"

After some intimidation and coercion, seeing Luo Yi nodding his head in agreement, the lieutenant left in peace.

Luo Yi's heart was agitated, and accompanying Yun Xi to visit the refugees would cancel out the previous mission?

It's definitely not that simple!

Is the prince planning to arrange for an assassin to hide among the refugees to assassinate Yun Xi?

But with General Shen by his side, the eldest prince should be fine!

This matter is not difficult, and the danger is unpredictable. With the deputy general watching from the side, what should he do?

Luo Yi was lying on the bed in distress, Yun Xi didn't know about his affair with the prince, if he found out, he would definitely kill him, will the prince tell Yun Xi about it?

One wrong step, one wrong step, he seemed to be stuck in a swamp, he wanted to climb out but couldn't find the hands that could hold him, he could only sink deeper and deeper, being led by the nose tightly...