Chapter 113 The Crown of Thorns (2)

Why... Jiang Jianming smiled bitterly and lay on his back on the bed, pillowing his black hair.

There were no active kisses and shows of love, and if Garcia hadn't said it, he wouldn't even have realized it.

But when Garcia brought it up, he immediately understood why.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Jianming said softly with his eyes closed, "It's my problem, and it has nothing to do with His Highness. Even if His Royal Highness Le'an stood in front of me back then, I might be..."

"It's because," Garcia stretched out his hand, he rubbed Jiang Jianming's light-colored lips with his thumb, and looked very serious, "You also think you're dying?"

Jiang Jianming: "...you really don't shy away."

He once said to Audrey that he couldn't bear to let His Highness watch him go.

Even though this has become a foregone conclusion for the two of them now, Jiang Jianming's subconscious still resists instinctively.

It seems that as long as you say less confession and do less things that only a lover can do, his little highness will love him a little less, and the pain of life and death will be less in the future.

"Actually... It really shouldn't be." Jiang Jianming paused and said guiltily, "It's not fair, I only accept the love of the other party, but I don't dare to give it myself. It's too selfish."

Garcia didn't continue to ask questions, he fixedly looked at Jiang Jianming. Perhaps because the questioning just now was too direct, this person who had always looked calm and greedy actually blushed.

The peach color added to the snow-white sick face made him feel... beautiful.

It was as if everything was no longer important, and love and kisses became as tiny as dust. As long as this person is still alive, everything else is fine.

Garcia pulled over the freshly peeled apple with a plate, pinched a small piece and fed it to the person on the bed.

"One more day off," he said. "I'll let you go out tomorrow."

Jiang Jianming's expression was soft, he bit the apple, trying to get close to Garcia's mouth. However, His Royal Highness did not appreciate it, and pressed him on the shoulder to let him lie back.

"You don't have to." Garcia said solemnly with an oath, "You don't have to say that you love me, it's enough that I love you. Just keep your strength and stay with me for a few more years."

... This sentence made Jiang Jianming collapse. He obediently got down and lay quietly in the hospital for another day.

However, Garcia was not able to accompany him all the time. The crown prince had a busy schedule, and the events at the meeting also gave His Highness a lot of excitement. He quickly switched to "Ryan Mode" and returned to the White Jade Palace.

The next morning, Jiang Jianming walked out of the ward alone and proposed to be discharged from the hospital. Unsurprisingly, the old doctors who had just completed a round of expert consultation were scared off their glasses.

"Your Excellency Jiang..."

The director, who even had gray hair and eyebrows, also came to persuade himself: "Our current medical technology has not yet come up with a practical and effective treatment plan for chronic crystal disorder. All we can do is to delay the disease as much as possible and reduce pain. Among them, rest in bed and rest in bed. is essential..."

Jiang Jianming smiled gently: "Thank you, I know. But I am a soldier, and I prefer to die on the battlefield instead of the hospital bed. Please go through the discharge procedures for me."

This patient was brought in by the crown prince and the commander-in-chief. How dare the old dean make the call, and immediately sent a communication to the White Jade Palace and the military headquarters to explain the situation.

Then got the same answer: "Listen to him."

After the formalities were completed, Jiang Jianming left the hospital. He rented a flying machine on the side of the road and drove to the Aslan library for his next appointment.

After returning to the library, Jiang Jianming spent most of the day collecting materials. At the beginning, because he speculated that the words left in Jin Xiaozhi's crown were related to the founding emperor, he had made a special trip to consult a lot of various books in this area. Important information and impressions were not difficult to find.

During this period, Jiang Jianming could vaguely feel that the people around him were looking at him, and there were whispering voices coming from everywhere.

He ignored it, he knew that his identity was no longer the same in the eyes of ordinary people.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, he left the library with a sorted list of materials. But these are not enough.

Jiang Jianming's eyes were deep, and there was no conclusive evidence based on the information he had collected temporarily, even if the rumored unofficial history was counted.

For this, he thought for a long time when he was paralyzed in the hospital yesterday, and finally thought of a suitable person to visit.

Jingle... The wind chimes rang, Jiang Jianming pushed open the door of the small cafe next to the library, and nodded to the fat boss.

The owner of this cafe is Audrey's. Before he went to the distant interstellar, he also received Audrey's gift here.

"Oh, Your Excellency Jiang, this way.

The fat boss rubbed his hands in surprise and led the guest inside: "I was rude and neglected last time. You and your guest must let me invite you for today's order!"

Jiang Jianming shook his head: "Where, thanks to Lord Lance and the boss for helping me."

Going around the corner, what appeared in front of him was a small cubicle woven by wooden rattan.

The fat boss gave him a "please come in" gesture: "Your guest is already waiting."

Jiang Jianming politely thanked the boss and walked in sideways. saw a squatted old man sitting at the table, dressed in very plain clothes, drinking the cheapest coffee slowly.

"Teacher." The black-haired young man stepped forward and stood still, bowing his head slightly, "I'm late."

The old man raised his head, showing a kindly face, and said with a smile: "Little Jiang, sit down quickly, but don't dare to ask the rookie colonel of our empire to stand."

——Jun Song, Teacher Du, is a retired old teacher of Kaios Military Academy, and he is also the leading scholar of war history in the Empire.

As the undisputed highest institution of the empire, the faculty of Kaios Military Academy brings together giants in various fields. In the past, Jiang Jianming took most of the main courses of the six faculties and departments. The smart and bold but frail and lonely boy was of course lovable, and I don't know how many teachers took him seriously.

This is where the relationship comes in handy.

As soon as Jiang Jianming sat down, Old Instructor Du pushed over a chip box: "Come and see, what you want to know... The historical materials about the sacred battle are mostly here."

Jiang Jianming didn't rush to open the chip box, but bowed his head in awe: "Please advise."

"There is a tendency in the empire now," Old Instructor Du cleared his throat and assumed the posture of lecturing, "I like to separate the five sacred battles."

"Of course, we have to understand, because there are winners and losers in sacred battles. Winning is too brilliant, and losing is too embarrassing, hehe..."

Jiang Jianming: "But from a split perspective, it is inevitable that many internal connections will be missed, right?"

Juniper glanced at the former students with admiration: "Let's talk about it slowly from the very beginning."

In the first year of the new emperor calendar, Emperor Kaios overthrew the tyranny of the old empire, was crowned emperor in the capital of the old empire, Yongyuan Star City, and made his wife Sylph the queen, and the poor female general Lin Ge was canonized as the heir.

In the same year, the new empire moved its capital. Perhaps the emperor himself thought that his name was unlucky. As the new capital, the star city was not named after the emperor himself, but used the name of the founding commander, His Excellency Aslan.

However, things are fickle, and it has not been a year since the founding of the country, there was a rift between the emperors and the commanders. Aslan was disarmed and left the Aslan star city named after himself.

The following year, the emperor marched to the far interstellar space, and the expedition fleet of Yin Beidou pointed the silver spear at the alien creatures wandering in the universe, and the first sacred battle started.

"There is a saying," Old Instructor Du said, "The contradiction that broke the emperor's commander back then was this sacred battle. The emperor wanted to enter the Far Star, but the commander thought that he should first let the devastated empire recuperate, and at the same time solve the problem of thieves. "

"During that time, the two were arguing every day. From the palace to the military, the outside world was divided into two factions and quarreled with each other... Later, the emperor was furious and sent the commander directly to the rear."

Jiang Jianming frowned: "The emperor will be so eager to march towards Yuanxing, mainly because of resources."

He turned on his wrist phone, called up the projection, and put the information he had consulted on the virtual screen: "In wartime, too much real crystal ore was consumed as the energy source of the mecha starship. After the founding of the country, the real crystal mine was seriously insufficient. Even the manufacture of tranquilizers is difficult."

"Yes," Old Instructor Du nodded and touched his white eyebrows, "Xiao Jiang, don't you see it very clearly? Few people can pay attention to this."

"But unfortunately, the first sacred battle ended at a tragic price."

The old man's voice became heavy, "The expedition fleet fought hard, and was attacked by the lava thieves halfway, and was trapped in the asteroid belt... Oh, it is now commonly known as the Devil's Tongue, and the entire army was almost wiped out there."

"In the end, Commander Aslan regained his military power and led the army to rescue. But this battle was still considered a fiasco. Tens of thousands of soldiers could not even bring their bodies back, and the people were angry."

Jiang Jianming raised his head suddenly, his eyes were clear, Zhanzhan said, "Is it this time?

Even if it is difficult to bury the bones in the homeland, the heaven and the universe can be buried.

I saw the heroic soul fly to the sea of ​​​​stars, and it should be like a white bird returning to its nest.

It was the underground snow of the Yin Beidou, the white stele with names written on it like a jungle, and the black bricks where the ashes were placed.

Old teacher Du nodded deeply, took a sip of coffee, and remained silent for a long time.

"...After the army was withdrawn, Aslan took the initiative to hand over the military power and returned to Vasun. But not long after the new emperor was three years old, the commander died of illness in Vassen, and the legend of a generation came to an end."

I don't know if it was the blow of the defeat or the shock of the death of the commander, but the emperor stopped for three years.

In the sixth year of the new emperor's calendar, the emperor, regardless of domestic opposition, launched the second sacred battle forcefully and won a great victory.

Starship artillery swept the sky, swept the sky, opened up the territory, and a large number of alien creatures were expelled and smashed. The fleet put the imperial golden flag on the first conquered planet suitable for human survival, and brought back countless real crystal mines.

The emperor kept his footsteps, and then launched the third sacred battle, which was still a complete victory.

The distant alien stars suitable for human survival changed from one to three, and later built the permanent fortress of the Yin Bei Diu Army; there were no alien creatures running rampant in the empire’s territory, so the concentration of crystal particles decreased; the stable supply of real crystal ore made Tranquilizers became popular, and crystal disorder gradually disappeared.

Extreme circumstances breed extreme ideas. And when the war is gone and peace comes, the disabled people who have been regarded as "inferior goods", "vassals" and even "slaves" before, also begin to stumble and walk with their chests erect.

Infinite light, infinite honor, and infinite hope shine on the new empire at this moment.

"It's a pity, it's a pity that the commander-in-chief left too early."

Talking about this, the old teacher couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "I couldn't see with my own eyes what this empire looks like now."

Ding ding... The little wind chimes in the cafe whirled sadly.

A hero's life is a page in the history book, whether it is success or failure, whether it rises or falls, it just goes by.

At the beginning of the eighth year of the new emperor's calendar, the fourth sacred battle started.

This time, the expedition fleet went a long way.

Like the previous three times, it was still the Great Emperor's personal expedition, but this time the fleet no longer fought with alien creatures, nor was it obsessed with finding new habitable planets.

They're just sailing away, struggling to go a little further, a little further. Moving forward, exploring, and pursuing the unknown seems to symbolize the endless will of human beings.

"You suspect that the Fourth Holy War has reached Crystal Nest."

Old Instructor Du said slowly, "Yes, there are some signs of this, but there is no concrete evidence. Because the soldiers of the fourth sacred battle almost participated in the fifth battle, and all died there, of course. It also took away the truth."

Jiang Jianming's color changed suddenly, and he couldn't help standing up: "Didn't you say that the soldiers in the last sacred battle were all Jin Ilun?"

Old teacher Du waved his hand: "Hey, that's what he said. He wears the military uniform of Jin Rilun, and the military registration under the skin is everywhere."

Jiang Jianming stopped talking, and sat down on his temples in distress.

Too much fragmented information made his mind a little confused. At this time, it was suitable to talk about some light topics to relax. Jiang Jianming said casually: "What do you think about the emperor and the commander?"

"Oh," Old Instructor Du's eyes lit up in the depths of his sunken eye sockets, with a gesture of "I won't be sleepy when I talk about this", smilingly said: "Xiao Jiang wants to listen to books, or does he want to Do you listen to gossip?"

"..."

Jiang Jianming frowned: "Teacher, please be serious."

"Hey!" Old teacher Du patted his thigh, deepening his strange and disrespectful smile, "Isn't that the evaluation in the history book, Xiao Jiang, who hasn't read it yet, does he still need to find a teacher to teach you?"

"If you want to talk about the stories of those who founded the country, it's still much more fun for Unofficial History, hahaha..."

Jiang Jianming was about to break out in a cold sweat. He said in his heart that it has not been a hundred years, and His Majesty and the Empress Dowager are still in the White Jade Palace. Can you stop doing this?

That said, but he actually knew that the appeal of the founding gossip story to the people of the empire... was unparalleled.

Especially between the four emperors Kaios, commander Aslan, queen Sylph, and prince Lin Ge—

The unexplainable, unreasonable, chaotic, confused, love-hate entanglement, had a stomachache in the past.

On the top, you can talk about merits and faults, on right and wrong, and you can quarrel on the Internet of Things.

For example, who is superior in military and political ability between the emperor and the commander-in-chief, and who is the first to be sorry to whom?

For another example, is the emperor's true love in his heart, his queen Sylph, or Lin Ge, who has been with him day and night under his command for many years? At the coronation ceremony, is there any personal relationship factor in the canonization of the crown prince who defied public opinion?

Or, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the emperor and the commander disagreed, and how did His Majesty Lin Ge, who was raised by the commander in his youth, feel caught between the broken emperor and the commander?

Even, what kind of mood did the empress of the year and now the empress dowager Sylph, alone guarding the White Emerald Palace during the sacred battle?

It is said that the queen often goes to Vasen Star City. Could it be that there is something unclear between the queen and the commander...

"If you want me to tell you, Daen is actually self-inflicted," Old Instructor Du shook his head and said, "Because he is a few years older than the emperor, he considers himself an elder, has no consciousness of his servants, and even got angry and beat and scolded on the spot, the emperor did not dare to fight back. talk back."

"In this way, the emperor can still keep people in the star city of Wassen, and he has done his best. The mansion that is backed by the mountain and the lake is as good as the White Jade Palace. There are servants, chefs, medical care and robots in it. He also asked the commander-in-chief to keep dogs and birds. Later, the commander-in-chief was banned after he passed away, and now no one can get in. I see..."

Jiang Jianming was looking around to see if any outsiders had heard this dangerous conversation. At this moment, listening to old teacher Du say this, he was calm.

It seems that the teacher is from the Great Emperor Party, so at least he won't be caught by the patrol police... He took a sip of coffee, trying to suppress his shock.

"I see!" The old teacher Du slapped his thigh again and said excitedly, "This is simply because the emperor has a deep love for the commander-in-chief, and he can't get it!"

Jiang Jianming choked out the coffee and coughed while leaning on the table.

The author has something to say: Jiang: thought the teacher was the great emperor Du Wei, but it turned out to be a cp party.