Chapter 46: Past and Present (3)

...he's being spoiled by Garcia.

The next day, Jiang Jianming was trapped in a soft quilt and opened his eyes, and saw that the time displayed on the inside of the treatment cabin had reached noon.

So he thought so from the bottom of his heart.

"There is no fever this time," Garcia opened the lid of the cockpit and pointed to Jiang Jianming's forehead with the back of his finger, "I have made progress."

Saying that, His Highness's arm crossed the back of Jiang Jianming's neck, wrapped his shoulders and slowly lifted his upper body, lowered his voice and said, "Get up and eat something before going to sleep."

Jiang Jianming lay lazily on the prince's shoulder: "I wouldn't have been disturbed by the fatigue of the day before."

He lowered his eyelashes and his voice was a little hoarse. "Fever will not affect my training, I will be tired but not easily sleepy, and I won't be too lazy to lift my hands like now."

Garcia stopped: "You mean, want me to feed you?"

Jiang Jianming: "...Did you only hear the last sentence?"

Of course, a joke is a joke.

If you want to stay in the distant interstellar space, it is absolutely impossible to be "spoiled" to the point where you can't carry it on your shoulders.

Jiang Jianming knew it in his heart, and after a little sober he got up to wash and dine.

Since he and Garcia, the two have become "wild" together, and there is no daily training that must be attended.

He sent the clothes he wore for a change, ignoring the officers and soldiers who were talking about him along the way, and sent the mecha for routine maintenance.

Turn in the collected real crystal ore, record the merits, and replenish the new crystal bullets and crystal particle tranquilizers of Venus Wings.

After Jiang Jianming finished this, the afternoon was very leisurely.

He sat at the desk and sent Xie Yuduo a message.

Jiang Jianming held his forehead with a smile: "Major General, are you free? I want to talk about the message left by Jin Xiaozhi Mian."

On the other side of the projection is Xie Yuduo's office.

The major general who was paralyzed on the table immediately sat up, refreshed: "What did you think of?"

"No, it's just that I tried to reason about the meaning of several images during this time. It may take up a little of your time. You can see when you are free..."

Xie Yuduo said quickly: "Now, just now."

"That's good." Jiang Jianming nodded, he opened the notebook at hand, and picked up another pen.

——There are very few people who like to write on paper in this era, and he is one of them.

There are still those four lines on the book: "Please ignite the withered years, pass through the remnants of the old civilization and the cold stars, and wake up in my arms before the dawn of mankind."

It's just that there are many more sketches and annotations by the author.

"Yes, there is something strange about these words."

Jiang Jianming poked his handwriting twice with the tip of the pen, and pursed his lips and considered the words: "It's been read for a long time, and it will make me feel a sense of time and space."

"First, the word old civilization."

"If it is based on the time we are now, it can have two directions. One is the human civilization in the old blue mother star era before the black wave radiation erupted."

"Furthermore, it is the period from the outbreak of the black wave radiation until the collapse of the old empire."

"I personally prefer the latter. At the end of the Blue Mother Star era, the old humans lived a prosperous and peaceful life, pursuing civilization and progress. The impression is a bit different from the 'withering years' in the previous sentence."

Xie Yuduo frowned and said, "Young Master, do you think that 'withering years' and 'old civilization' refer to the crazy and chaotic era before the establishment of the new empire?"

"It's just a guess."

Jiang Jianming looked at these words and pondered for a moment, then said again: "Because the sentence 'ignite the withered years', from my intuitive impression, it seems to refer to the founding war."

"I remember reading this sentence when I was a student in the military academy: 'The Great Emperor's starship iron cavalry started at the very end, quickly burned through the three galaxies like a fire, and burned the chaotic era to the ground'... The use of the intention to light a fire to refer to the founding war is really common."

"Continue to look, Wanli Hanxing should refer to the universe. The word human is very big. Before dawn, it can be said to be the darkest and most painful time of the night, but it can also be said to be the most hopeful time."

"Speaking of this, don't you find it strange?"

Suddenly, Jiang Jianming raised his head, and there seemed to be some sharp light in his clear eyes, "Looking at the first three sentences, Major General, did you think of anyone?"

Xie Yuduo didn't think about it for a while.

Jiang Jianming said lightly: "Born in the dark and withered years, since the blue mother star ignited fire, ended the old civilization with the founding war, launched a sacred campaign to expedition to the cold star, and brought a dawn to mankind."

Xie Yuduo's face changed suddenly.

He was stunned for four or five seconds, hesitated several times, and finally slipped out a title: "...Great Emperor?"

Great Emperor.

For the people of the Empire, this title has a special orientation.

Emperors can be replaced from generation to generation, but there is only one great emperor, and that is the founding king of the new human interstellar empire.

Jiang Jianming was silent for a moment, "Major General, how much do you know about... Her Majesty the Empress Dowager Sylph?"

Assuming that the answer is really related to history and the founding king, who can say the words "my love" to the emperor...

Naturally, it should be the beloved wife of the great emperor. Since the emperor's sacrifice, she has lived in the White Emerald Palace for decades without seeing outsiders.

"Wait, wait first."

Xie Yuduo finally recovered from the inference of the "Great Emperor", and quickly took a sip of tea to suppress his shock, "Little Your Excellency, but these words, aren't these words left to you by His Highness Laian—"

"No, Major General, I doubt that."

Jiang Jianming shook his head, and his brows were calm: "Is this letter really written by 'Ryan' to 'Me'? ... Objectively, there should be no other possibilities, but ..."

But emotionally, he subconsciously felt that something was not right.

The message was left in the cockpit of the Crown of Jin Xiao, and only Jiang Jianming with Seth Henry could open the cockpit.

This also means that the person who left this message firmly believes that he will come to the far interstellar space, and that he will work hard in Yin Beidou, and finally successfully contact this unusual mecha.

I am even more convinced that he will open the mecha, crack the code, read such a message with unknown but heavy enough meaning, and try to find its meaning.

There is a doubt here.

Just like Garcia now, Ryan has always been a little overprotective of him in the past, Jiang Jianming knew it.

The crown prince three years ago would rather be "severed" than reveal the truth to his lover.

Can Ryan really imagine that Jiang Jianming would not give up to such an extent, and would personally go to the distant stars to collect his corpse?

"……Do not."

Jiang Jianming shook his head, he expressed his opinion to Xie Yuduo, and then whispered: "Little Highness, he is reluctant."

"Little Highness was only seventeen years old at the time, too young."

"If you want to say that he has endured the humiliation and bear the burden, I believe it; but to say that he has the consciousness, he can push me into danger for the camp step by step, and guide me to find out the truth with his last words - at least, as I know, His Royal Highness Ryan, he still does Do not……"

Before he finished saying "I can't do it", there was a sudden creaking sound behind Jiang Jianming.

Xie Yuduo was listening intently in the stormy waves in his heart, and was almost not startled by the sound.

Taking a closer look, the side door of the bedroom was opened by Garcia on the other side.

Jiang Jianming turned his head, frowned and lowered his voice: "His Royal Highness, rules."

So Garcia, who just stuck his head out, tightened his lips and closed the door sullenly.

"Knock knock."

There was a knock on the door.

Jiang Jianming: "Please come in."

Garcia opened the door and walked in.

This series of movements was so smooth that Xie Yudiao was stunned, and almost knocked over the teacup beside his hand.

——This is to learn to knock on the door before entering, is it tamed so fast? ?

Back then, Jiang Jianming and Prince Le'an's identities were as different as clouds and mud.

However, it only took more than a year for them to get married when they first met.

At that time, Xie Yuduo didn't know the details, he just thought it was absurd and child's play.

But now, after witnessing the way these two get along, Major General Xie is deeply confused:

They had been together for a year and a half, why haven't they had children yet?

Oh, not yet the legal reproductive age for the Empire.

That's fine.

Garcia walked behind Jiang Jianming and glanced at Xie Yuduo coldly: "You two, have so much to say every day?" He reached out and took the notebook from the table, "What is this."

Jiang Jianming didn't mind being looked at by him, so he stood up and faced him: "A cipher text that I need to decipher. What do you think these words mean?"

Xie Yuduo became nervous, how could he have thought that your little lord would be so daring to go up and ask him directly!

Jiang Jianming: "Don't think about it, just tell me your first impression, Your Highness."

Garcia watched for a few seconds, then raised his head in confusion.

"Isn't this a love letter?"

Jiang Jianming: "..."

Xie Yuduo: "..."

Jiang Jianming rested his forehead and smiled hard: "...Yes, you say yes."

"Then what do you think the person who wrote this love letter would have felt at the time?"

Garcia: "Since it's a love letter, isn't it a lover?"

"..."

The suffocating silence permeated again.

Jiang Jianming: "You are awesome, give it back to me."

Garcia remained silent, holding the notebook in his hand. He looked at these four lines carefully, and suddenly there was a strange feeling of soreness in his heart.

Is it emptiness? Or is it sad?

He didn't know what to say.

It was as if he was watching his lover, walking towards him from far, far away.

It would be a very small, small and cruel figure, walking in the gap between the sky and the earth.

He will trek across the mountains, over the dark sea, against the torrent of time and space. As he stood alone on the wreckage of blood and fire, the wind would pass through his ribs like a dagger.

There seemed to be a voice in my heart crying.

- Don't go down, don't come here.

It was as if a hole had been opened in my heart. It was painful and thirsty, making people desperate for something to fill this vacancy.

So there was a second cry from the bottom of my heart.

- No, you want to come, you will come.

You will come to my side, come to my arms, let me hug your scarred body.

Fear not, my love. At the end of all the war and dust, when the night and dawn are intertwined, I will hold you and sleep together...

"...Your Highness...Your Highness!"

Garcia suddenly woke up.

He slowly lowered his gaze and saw a piece of white and tender skin on the back of his neck.

The prince froze for a moment, as if he didn't know what was going on.

He didn't know when his arm was wrapped around Jiang Jianming's waist, and with a slight movement of his fingertips, he touched the lower abdomen of the disabled person through the cloth.

Jiang Jianming looked at him with a look of helplessness mixed with pity, pity mixed with tolerance: "His Royal Highness, I did not ask you to give me a practical demonstration."

Garcia was a little stiff.

Because he was absent-minded and took Jiang Jianming into his arms.

The distance is close at hand, and the void is filled. The disabled human is even thinner than he imagined, but it is not as delicate as he imagined.

Not fragrant flowers.

It was a stern, cold and fragile ice blade.

Jiang Jianming said meaningfully: "His Royal Highness, is it so comfortable for me to hold it? How long do you want to hold it?"

"..."

The prince silently put aside those beautiful emerald eyes, and his eyelashes swept to one side like a dagger.

After two or three seconds, he released Jiang Jianming very slowly, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

For a moment, he was reluctant to let go.

...

At the other end, Xie Yuduo sat on his chair, staring blankly at the projection in front of him.

In all fairness, His Royal Highness and Lieutenant Jiang are far more incomparable in appearance and temperament.

The scene of the beautiful woman holding the beautiful woman is lingering and very suitable.

The major general said in a dark and authentic tone: "...You two, can the communication be cut off? The dog's eyes flashed a little bit fiercely."

It was at this moment that there was a rush of footsteps outside the office!

The automatic door opened from the outside, and Rita hurried in.

The female adjutant turned pale: "

Report to Major General! "

"The latest...new frontline news."

"The expedition team investigating the emergence of subspecies and high-level alien creatures is in distress. Judging from the last message from the captain, it is likely that the entire team has been destroyed."

Rita took a deep breath and said with difficulty: "We... we are sending drones to confirm."

Clap!

Xie Yuduo's pupils tightened suddenly, the porcelain embryo teacup he loved to hold all the year round was shattered by the crystal bones that suddenly appeared between the Major General's fingers, and the unfinished tea flowed down from his fingers.

The air instantly became as heavy as lead. On the other side of the projection, Jiang Jianming and Garcia looked at each other quickly, and their expressions suddenly changed.

First, several high-level alien creatures suddenly appeared in the low-risk area, causing heavy casualties among officers during the adaptation period.

Subsequently, the elite team that Yin Beidou sent out to investigate was tragically wiped out.

No matter how unpredictable the life and death of the distant interstellar, it is absolutely impossible to be the result of ordinary events.

Xie Yuduo's face was ashen, he almost bit his silver teeth, his handsome face was shrouded in evil in the blink of an eye: "Damn..."

The muscles at the corners of the major's mouth twitched, and his teeth creaked and trembled. Because the people of the expedition team were sent out by him.

To be dead now is to send those brothers to death by his orders.

Xie Yuduo's eyes were cloudy. He turned to Rita and said, "Tell Lieutenant Colonel Huo Lin to come over."

But no matter how heartbroken he was, he still had to issue a new order as quickly and calmly as possible, even if it meant another death.

Because he is the supreme commander of the fortress and the general of Yin Beidou.

It has been so for many years.

"Major General!"

Rita was taken aback and said in a low voice, "Lieutenant Colonel Huo Lin has not been out of the low-risk area for many years since he was in charge of training officers in the adaptation period."

Xie Yuduo's voice turned sharply: "Tell Huo Lin to come here!"

His voice echoed in the office, like the roar of a tiger.

Rita's face changed slightly, and she said, "Yes!"

She immediately turned and walked out.

"stop."

A cold voice suddenly came from behind.

It came from the liaison device.

In the projection screen in front of the major general, Garcia rested on Jiang Jianming's desk with one hand and leaned closer to Xie Yuduo.

The blond hair was falling, and the pressing sense of oppression on the prince's body was recklessly revealed at this time.

Garcia raised his eyelids indifferently and spit out two words: "Coordinates."

Rita turned around in surprise.

Xie Yuduo was even more stunned: "Your Highness, you?"

Garcia ignored Xie Yuduo, but turned his head. He looked at Jiang Jianming seriously, and asked word by word, "Do you want to follow me, or stay?"

Jiang Jianming raised his dark eyes calmly, and did not seem to be surprised by Garcia's question.

Unknown danger lay ahead, and Garcia was ready to go.

Did he stay in the fortress, or follow?

The answer is obvious.

"Little Your Excellency."

Xie Yuduo suddenly said, "This mission is unusual, with great unknowns and dangers. You just returned from the mission, and if you run outside again, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive, or else..."

Jiang Jianming lowered his eyebrows and smiled silently.

Yes, he is a disabled human after all.

"You don't have to take care of my mood by deliberately euphemistically speaking, Major General."

Jiang Jianming raised his face and looked fixedly at Xie Yuduo, "Before the situation, I still understand some things."

The problem isn't just an inherent frailty, and low tolerance to the crystallite environment.

Without crystal bones, the disabled human beings can't manipulate real crystals. Once they lose new crystal weapons or weapons fail, they have almost no self-protection ability.

In the event of unexpected danger, he is by Garcia's side, and the possibility of dragging his legs is far more likely than gaining.

After all, His Royal Highness is so powerful, and he...

Garcia said coldly: "Since it's decided, don't talk nonsense. Xie Yuduo, information."

The prince seemed to be emotional, Xie Yuduo did not dare to provoke him, and said quickly: "Please come over, Your Highness, and I will let Rita copy the details and coordinates to you."

Garcia reached out and hung up the communication directly.

The room was quiet for a while.

Jiang Jianming had no expression on his face, he opened the drawer and took out a box of tranquilizers.

Take one of the stitches and roll up your sleeves.

During this time, he has not injected injections. Because Garcia would put him in the treatment cabin, let him inhale a mist of crystal particle tranquilizers, and order him to drink oral medicines with added tranquilizers.

But this time, His Highness did not stop him, but watched Jiang Jianming give himself a needle.

"You are lying." The prince said with certainty.

"I don't, Your Highness." Jiang Jianming lightly pushed the medicine into his body, "Major General Xie and I said 'I understand'."

"I do understand that this state of affairs is tricky and that my presence is tricky, but I'm not saying no."

Garcia narrowed his eyes sarcastically: "I thought you and Xie Yuduo had a closer relationship, so you even lied to him."

Jiang Jianming lowered his head and checked the bullets of the Venus Wings, without raising his eyelids, he said with a smile, "You seem very happy?"

Garcia: "You should thank me for covering for you."

Jiang Jianming: "How are you?"

With a light sound, the magazine was installed back into the new crystal pistol.

"Please let me go with you, Your Highness."

Jiang Jianming let the pistol turn around in the palm of his hand.

With clear eyes and a clear tone, he said, "I will be more useful than some people think."

As if seeing the scene that he finally wanted to see, Garcia smiled contentedly.

He raised his hands, held the cheek of the residual crystal human leisurely, squinted his eyes aggressively and leaned forward, and said in a low voice, "Yes, but you have to be obedient."

"No matter what happens... stay by my side and listen to me, you will be fine."

Jiang Jianming also smiled, and he also raised his hand.

The young lieutenant held a beautiful silver-grey pistol in his hand.

The muzzle of Venus Wing lifted and fell, and tapped the prince's eyebrows stubbornly.

"Return the original words, and you too. Just listen to me."