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Xiao Beiheng stood in front of a carriage, which was specially used to transport his birds. It was noon, and when the weather got hot, the birds stopped chirping.

He put the silk handkerchief held in his right hand to his mouth, coughed violently several times, and threw the silk handkerchief to the ground.

The maid standing next to her quickly picked up the blood-stained silk handkerchief, took out a new white silk handkerchief from her bag and handed it to Xiao Beiheng.

Xiao Beiheng did not answer.

"Take out the brocade and snowflakes." He ordered calmly.

Jinxiu is his favorite budgie, which is worth hundreds of gold and has a loud and beautiful voice. She especially likes to play on his shoulder. Snowflake is the most disobedient canary and wants to escape all day long.

Jinxiu was very well-behaved and stood on his shoulder as soon as she came out.

The maid pulled off the cloth covering the cage. Canary Snowflake grabbed the cage door with her claws and twisted the railing with her mouth, as if she would not give up until she could escape.

It does look a bit like that Shen Yuexi.

"Your Highness, Commander Wu has arrived." A guard reported from behind.

Xiao Beiheng held the birdcage, turned around and looked at the visitor, with a smile on his lips. This kind of smile was specially used to show to the poor guy who was favored by his master but also violated his taboo.

So there should be a certain amount of pity in the smile, plus a bit of compassion.

"Commander Wu, it's been a long time."

Wu Mingzi also saluted Xiao Beiheng and replied with a smile: "Your Highness, I have admired you for a long time."

He had heard of the Prince of Qi in the court, but had never paid much attention to him. After all, he was a close official of the emperor, and Xiao Beiheng had little relationship with him. If it were not for his father's relationship, he would not have wanted to come. of.

In this wilderness, I didn't expect that His Royal Highness would be in the mood to play with birds. He had a bird on his shoulders and a cage in his hand.

He totally looks like a decadent playboy.

What was even more unpleasant was that this dude actually looked at him with a sympathetic expression.

With King Qi's ears and eyes, the prince in front of him should obviously know what he came to Liangzhou for. Was he specially asked to laugh at him?

Then he made the wrong calculation. Wu Mingzi is not someone who can be manipulated by others.

"Commander Wu, you are a popular person around His Majesty. There is no need to be polite between us. Please come this way."

After Xiao Beiheng finished speaking, he carried the birdcage and walked towards a high slope.

Wu Mingzi followed soon after.

Having been an official in the court for many years, he knew exactly what the other party's actions meant. Xiao Beiheng obviously wanted to communicate some private matters with him.

Could it be related to Xiao Zhuo?

"Commander Wu, you failed in Liangzhou," Xiao Beiheng stood on the top of the slope, raising his hand to tease the budgerigar on his shoulder, "It's not okay to search around like this. I'm afraid it will be dangerous if it goes on like this. "

Wu Mingzi showed a hint of displeasure: "His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is worrying too much. I have my own ideas."

How dare you say that I have no brains.

He couldn't let the other party feel that he was an unwelcome ordinary minister. He was a close minister of His Majesty. Although his rank was not high, even if a high official spoke to him, he had to be polite. It was not Xiao Beiheng's turn to teach him a lesson.

"Oh?" Xiao Beiheng turned around and gently scratched the budgerigar's back feathers with his fingers, "In the past few days, Commander Wu has been searching aggressively at the junction of Liangzhou and Shengzhou. It's not that he is brainless. What."

This Xiao Beiheng not only harmed him, but also provided evidence to prove that he was indeed mindless.

Wu Mingzi felt angry, and did not consider Xiao Beiheng's implication. He snorted loudly: "I have been ordered to search for imperial prisoners, so I won't bother you."

Although his mouth was stiff, there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

Prefect Liu Yi said that Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi flew away on a strange thing, but he couldn't understand it. But based on common sense, he felt that the two of them were at the border of Shengzhou at most.

However, after searching for several days, nothing was found, and the half-month limit set by Emperor Yongde was getting closer and closer. Now he was the only one who was like an ant on the hot pot.

Xiao Beiheng didn't seem to care about the tone of his words at all, and still kept smiling:

"Then I don't understand, why Commander Wu is still standing here calmly when such an important matter has been failed?"

It can be heard that Xiao Beiheng did not know about Emperor Yongde's fifteenth day deadline.

Wu Mingzi retorted: "We are still searching... Even if we really can't find it, Your Majesty will forgive me. I have served Your Majesty for many years..."

His hope now comes from two sources. One is to find the two people before the fifteen-day deadline. The other is that Emperor Yongde pardons his death penalty in memory of his many years of service. The former seems hopeless.

Xiao Beiheng nodded, held the budgerigar on his shoulder with his hand, and stretched it out in front of Wu Mingzi's eyes.

"My lord, please take a look."

He opened his palm, and the budgerigar immediately moved its paws, stood obediently on his index finger, and combed its feathers with its beak.

Wu Mingzi wondered why Xiao Beiheng suddenly showed him this parrot?

Xiao Beiheng looked at the budgerigar with a doting expression: "It's called Jinxiu, and it is my son's favorite bird. It is very well-behaved. Even if it is released from the cage, it will not fly away. It has been with me for several years."

Wu Mingzi didn't know why, so he raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Beiheng.

Xiao Beiheng was silent, and suddenly he bent his fingers and held the parrot.

The feathers on the petite parrot's neck suddenly exploded. But Xiao Beiheng's hand continued to tighten.

Wu Mingzi was shocked, Xiao Beiheng actually wanted to crush the bird alive.

What was just a colorful and cute parrot was instantly transformed into a ball of flesh and blood covered with feathers in Xiao Beiheng's hands.

"Although this bird is loved in every way," Xiao Beiheng said as if nothing was wrong, he stretched out his palm in front of Wu Mingzi again and slowly spread it out, "Once it dies, his master doesn't care."

Wu Mingzi looked at the horrific flesh and blood in front of him and couldn't help but take a step back.

He was not afraid of a dead bird, he saw himself in the dead bird.

This parrot thought that it was favored by its owner. Even if it was given complete freedom, it would not fly away. But suddenly it died unexpectedly, and its owner would not even shed a tear.

He was the same, thinking he had the emperor's favor, but Emperor Yongde probably treated him just like Xiao Beiheng treated his birds.

"Commander Wu is indeed very enlightened and has already understood." Xiao Beiheng smiled and threw the dead bird aside, blew the feathers on his palms, lifted the cage, and opened the door.

As soon as the cage door opened, Canary Snowflake rushed out, spread its wings and flew into the air.

"This is another ending," Xiao Beiheng looked at the canary flying in the sky, "Commander Wu, you should already know whether he will be the one on the ground or the one in the sky."

Wu Mingzi looked at the dead bird on the ground. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. His legs trembled involuntarily until he knelt on the ground.

"Please... please give me some advice, Your Majesty."

When the only thing he relies on is destroyed in an instant, a person can no longer stand.

Xiao Beiheng chuckled and lifted Wu Mingzi up with one hand: "Commander Wu, there is no need to do this, sit in the car. I am not talented, and I have a plan to save the commander, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Mingzi was so surprised that he almost knelt down again: "If I can save my life, I am willing to serve the prince."

Xiao Beiheng endured the pain in his chest and made a gesture of invitation to Wu Mingzi: "Let's talk in detail in the car."

Wu Mingzi lowered his defenses. The next step was to let him get on his own ship.

King Qi has been unable to place an informant around Emperor Yongde for many years. Now, as his son, he is close to doing so.

It's not without cost, but since ancient times, if you want to achieve great things, how can you not pay the price?

It just depends on which bird a person wants to be.
Chapter completed!