Liu Xian’an finally took back his snack, and of course there was also an element of Liang Shu letting him win.
He gently supported the other person’s waist and helped him stand up, then coldly looked over to the other side.


Liu Hengcheng was taking a peek at the moment, and having a good time.
When he came here, the psychological shadow caused by the rumors of him “killing people like flies” dissipated a little and he thought, is he not very kind? As a result, he immediately learned through experience what it meant to be “terrified at first sight.” His whole body was given a shock by Liang Shu’s gaze, and his hair stood on end.
Dumbstruck, he bowed his head again and was deeply upset with his own boldness and recklessness.

Perhaps because Liu Hengchang’s voice trembled as he saluted, Liu Xian’an glanced over curiously.
He had heard his mother mention A-Chang many times during dinner, and this time he met the actual person.
Fair-skinned and wearing a bunt, he looked like a gentle scholar.

Liang Shu was displeased: “Where are you going again?”

Liu Xian’an stood still with the plate of snacks and explained that he was not interested in what the prince was going to say next.
It was too hot here, he would go back to his room to lie down after eating.

Liang Shu said: “Don’t go, sit down and listen.”

Logically speaking, one look from His Royal Highness Xiao Wang could make anyone shudder, and this spoken prohibition should take effect immediately, but Liu Hengcheng, who was even anxious himself, couldn’t hear a trace of frightful moodiness in it.
Liu Xian’an was even more deaf to his words, and if he hadn’t been forcibly grabbed by the hair tie, he might have already slipped into the bedroom.

“Ah?”

“Sit down.”

Liu Xian’an had no choice but to give in, mainly because he didn’t want his hair to become disheveled.
He had to have dinner with his parents tonight, and it would take a long time to comb it again after it was scattered.
It was very troublesome, so he would just sit for a while.

Liu Hengchang kept his head down at all times, and only caught a glimpse of the Second Young Master’s clothing as he seemed to sit on a stone bench.
The prince also smiled silently.
It was a very comfortable kind of smile.

He gave it careful thought.
His Royal Highness Xiao Wang seemed to treat the Second Young Master very differently.

Liang Shu continued to watch Liu Xian’an eat half of the snacks, and then shifted his gaze to Liu Hengchang.

Liu Xian’an saw him as a scholar, but Liang Shu felt that from the moment he entered the door, there was a spirit in his bones that could have only been tempered in a military camp.
Sure enough, Liu Hengchang said: “Addressing the prince, my father and mother used to be doctors in the Northeast Military Camp in the early years.”

The northeast border was bitterly cold, and the living environment was more windy and snowy than the northwest.
Liu Hengcheng had grown up carefree in the military camp until he was nine years old, when in the deep winter of that year, the Liu father and mother encountered an unprecedentedly large avalanche while patrolling with the army.


“General Zou took pity on me when I was young, and worried that nobody would take care of me in the barracks, so he sent his people to bring me to Baihe Mountain Village.
After hearing about my parents, Master Liu also treated me very well and often taught me medical skills in person.”

“So that’s how it is.” Liang Shu nodded.
“This lord has something to do, and is in need of someone to do it.
However, it is quite dangerous.
You will be condemned by relatives and friends, and gossiped about by the common people.
Your days will be long and dark and you can only fight alone, wearing a mask at all times and making false claims everywhere.
You might even die if you are not careful.
Are you willing?”

Liu Hengchang said: “This humble one is willing.”

He answered so quickly and thoughtlessly that even Liu Xian’an was slightly taken aback.
Liu Hengchang was incredibly excited, clenching both fists tightly as tears welled up in his eyes.
He was born and raised in a military camp.
Although he had never been on the battlefield, he had long-regarded himself as half a soldier, and had quite a bit of ambition to protect the common people.
And Liang Shu had an extraordinary appeal to Dayan’s thousands of young people who were eager to protect family and country, like a lone star hanging high in the cold night.
Liu Hengchang didn’t know what his mission was, but he wanted to seize this opportunity to pour his blood into the unstoppable torrent of time.

“Once you step onto this road, there is no turning back,” Liang Shu said.
“It could be as short as a few months or as long as a few years.
You had best think about it carefully.”

“As long as it is beneficial to Dayan and to the common people,” Liu Hengchang said, “this humble one will die without hesitation!”

Liang Shu looked at him and nodded slightly after a moment: “All right.
Many thanks, Doctor Liu.”

Gao Lin took Liu Hengchang and instructed him on some things to pay attention to.
And Liu Xian’an was still sitting at the stone table.
His waterside pavilion had always been lethargic and lazy, idling time away and watching the years go by.
Apart from his father scolding him angrily with a stick, there was not even the slightest loud noise.
But now it was suddenly filled with the bold, sonorous words, “I will die for the country,” which were simply tossed out with adamance, making his brain buzz.

Liang Shu asked: “Are you in a daze again?”

Liu Xian’an came back to his senses: “No.”

As if he didn’t quite believe it, Liang Shu poked his temple.
In the end, one by one, those white-bearded old men ran as if flying, faster than thieves.

Liu Xian’an turned his head to hide: “What is Your Highness’s next plan, to watch A-Chang from the shadows and arrest Feng Xiaojin as soon as he shows up?”

“Perhaps there is a better plan,” Liang Shu said.
“Let him follow all the way to the Baifu sect’s lair.
The cult will have to be eradicated sooner or later.
The dense miasma in the southwestern woodlands is not easy to breach, so if someone could work from the inside, it would be much easier to get through.”

Liu Xian’an asked again: “So the prince doesn’t intend to send someone to protect A-Chang?”


“Feng Xiaojin’s martial arts are extremely strong.
At most I could send A-Yue to follow and observe from a distance, but she couldn’t get close, much less protect him.” Liang Shu said, “Everything depends on himself.”

“If Feng Xiaojin’s martial arts are extremely strong, how does he compare with the prince?”

“We’re equally matched.”

Equally matched? Liu Xian’an determined: “The prince should still be stronger.” After all, there was a difference in age between the two, and the other was clearly using dishonest practices.
It was not really a skill to be half human and half ghost, neither dead nor alive. 

Liang Shu smiled: “There is one more thing.
You are the only person who has felt Feng Xiaojin’s pulse, so you must tell A-Chang how to continue to preserve his life.”

“For the old Tan Manor case?”

“Yes,” Liang Shu said.
“That day in the mountains, he said that the destruction of the Tan family was not done by him.
I will discover the truth of the matter as soon as possible, but on the premise that he is the person closest to the truth, his life must be preserved.”

“I can try my best,” Liu Xian’an said, “but Feng Xiaojin’s injury is indeed very strange.
There is no guarantee he will survive, and with A-Chang in the middle……why doesn’t the prince discuss it with my dad.
It will be safer to drive me and A-Chang out of the village together.”

Liang Shu frowned: “Didn’t you just say that if it were you, you would definitely not agree?”

“Just now, didn’t I say that I wouldn’t risk my life for Feng Xiaojin? Then of course I wouldn’t have to go with him, and A-Chang could lay the bait himself,” Liu Xian’an said.
“But now that the prince has spoken, I am not sure whether A-Chang can do it, so I have to go myself.” Wasn’t this a very simple truth?

Liang Shu laughed angrily: “Those two people want to kill you, and the mountain roads in the southwest are as winding and steep as a nest of devils.
It is hard to work undercover, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you would die ten thousand deaths.
You have to hug a tree after taking two steps, and don’t have the strength to truss a chicken.
Maybe you won’t even make it to the southwest alive.”

Liu Xian’an thought, ah, it sounds so hard, but there seems to be no other way.
He said: “Understood, that’s also fine, ba.”

“……..”

Liang Shu felt that it had been a long time since someone had jabbed him in the lungs[1] so indifferently, and the person who jabbed him didn’t even know he was jabbing.
He also had a genuine frown on his face, like he was a cat who had scratched him and wanted to meow and beg for food – in other words, not as good as a cat.
At least a cat knew to run when it encountered danger and would not sleep on the edge of a sword with a ghostly attitude as if life and death were the same.
He even suspected that if he left him alone, he might actually become an immortal when he next returned.


Liu Xian’an yawned.
He was sleepy.

Liang Shu said: “You don’t need to go to the southwest.
Just come back to Wangcheng with me.”

Liu Xian’an asked: “Why?”

“To cure your headaches completely.”

This excuse sounded very reasonable.
The reason why Second Young Master Liu didn’t have any headaches these past few days was entirely because His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was showing him new things all the time and keeping him busy.
There was no need to think, and no need to open the sealed world in his mind, but what about when the waterside pavilion calmed down again?

Of course, if Liu Xian’an wanted to be busy, he could keep busy, such as copying books according to his father’s idea, making diagnoses, or collecting medical materials.
If he wanted to be so busy that his feet didn’t touch the ground, it was actually very simple.
But in that case, he probably wouldn’t be able to see His Royal Highness Xiao Wang in the short term.
After all, apart from being his friend, he was also a commander and a prince, and had many things to do.

Liang Shu asked: “You don’t want to go?”

Liu Xian’an: “I’ll think about it for a while.”

Liang Shu said: “Everyone is scrambling to court death.”

Liu Xian’an muttered, this is different, but I am too lazy to explain it to you.

Liang Shu continued: “I’ll find you a big carriage.
You can lie down however you want, and eat after lying down or lie down after eating.”

Liu Xian’an nodded: “Okay.”

In the face of this unhesitating “okay,” His Royal Highness Xiao Wang’s chest felt tight, but he didn’t consider whether his invitation or sleeping in the carriage held more importance in the Sleeping Immortal’s heart.
He didn’t want to invite humiliation, so he would throw caution into the wind and take him out of the city first.
It wouldn’t be too late to slowly settle the score along the way.

In the afternoon, Liu Hengchang was brought to the waterside pavilion again.
Liu Xian’an had just finished writing a thick stack of papers, and said while moving his sore wrist: “That day I checked Feng Xiaojin’s pulse, although I didn’t diagnose the cause of his illness, I also analyzed some reasons and prescriptions for his symptoms.
It is too cumbersome to say, so I wrote it all down.
You can read them first.
If there are things you don’t understand, I will explain them.”


Listening to these words, Liu Hengchang felt as if he was listening to a strange tale from a heavenly book, and for a moment, he wondered if the Second Young Master had been possessed by the First Young Master.
He reached out to take the medical forms from the table and read them page by page, and the more he read, the more apprehensive he became.
There were many complex medical theories that he had never seen before.
This……

Liang Shu asked beside him: “Is there a problem?”

Liu Hengchang stuttered: “There…..there are many.”

Liu Xian’an motioned for him to move over a chair to sit on.

At this time, Liu Hengchang still felt that he was in a dream, and his steps were imaginary.
It wasn’t until Liu Xian’an explained to him three or four uncertainties that he gradually came back to his senses, or rather, his soul gradually returned.
He took another peek at Liang Shu and was not surprised to see the other party’s calm expression.
He thought belatedly, it turns out that the Second Young Master is so capable.
Sure enough, was this like a sage presenting as an ordinary person?

But he soon felt ashamed again, not because of anything else, but because after leaving the waterside pavilion in the morning, he also briefly thought about why the relationship between the Second Young Master and His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was so close.
Thinking and thinking, it was inevitable that some romantic affairs would be mixed in.
After all, who in the world didn’t know that Second Young Master Liu was born with a peerless appearance? Although he was a man, weren’t there a few such official or unofficial records about this type in history? It wasn’t unusual.

But at this time, he witnessed the true abilities of his family’s Second Young Master.
His medical prowess was equally matched with that of the First Young Master, and perhaps not even inferior to the Master of the Village.
He possessed world-shattering skills but never rushed to show them off, and didn’t care about the false reputation he was given in the outside world.
He was not stupid or insane, but was clearly a worldwide expert.

It was no wonder His Royal Highness Xiao Wang could appreciate and make friends with him, but he himself was so shallow that he only looked at people’s appearances.
Liu Hengchang was extremely ashamed, and raised a hand to wipe his sweat.

Liu Xian’an picked up a pen and wrote slowly on the paper, his wide sleeve folded back to reveal a patch of forearm. 

Liang Shu frowned slightly.

That white wrist was slender, like snow and frost.

 

[1] To poke/jab someone in the lungs (戳肺管子) is to offend or enrage someone. ⮐

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