C369 Last chance

On the battlefield, no one understood more than he did the value of life.

Sabers and swords had no eyes. If one was not careful, one's life would be like a withered flower that had withered.

"How was the war?" Xie Qingrong continued to ask.

Shen Haoxuan's face showed some hesitation, and said: "Back then, when Your Highness went to the battlefield, it was actually just a few small fights. Only when His Highness turned twelve and fought with Wu Huan could it be considered a true battlefield. Because of that war, His Highness suffered serious injuries on his back, leaving behind a long scar. "

A scar?

Xie Qingrong thought back to the night when she was at the hot spring with Xuanyuan Chen. Her slender fingers had once stroked Xuanyuan Chen's back.

As if he understood Xie Qingrong's thoughts, he faintly sighed and said, "When Your Highness fell in love with the Crown Princess, you spent a huge amount of money to buy the Life Muscle Ointment before finally removing the deep scar on your back. "The princess' consort is very intelligent, so she must know more about the prince's feelings for her than anyone else."

When he thought of the twelve-year-old Xuanyuan Chen, whose eyebrows still carried the cold arrogance and nobility of the Imperial Family, the old army doctor who treated his injuries told him that the scar on his back might not be able to be removed for the rest of his life.

Xuanyuan Chen also said that this scar was his pride as a man.

However, he never thought that he would actually be able to do this for Xie Qingrong. He was only worried that the scars on his back would affect his body's beauty.

After listening to Shen Haoxuan's words, Xie Qingrong nodded heavily. After a long period of silence, she said, "I never thought that war would be so cruel."

The battle described in the book was very general, and even the number of deaths of soldiers carried a cold flavor. It was far less exciting and more bloody than directly facing the battlefield.

Shen Haoxuan chuckled. It was unknown if it was because he was laughing at Xie Qingrong's childish attitude or because of something else.

"War is always cruel. Since ancient times, the victors had been the kings. Before all the kings ascended to the throne, they had to step on countless corpses and bones, filling the air with countless amounts of blood. Without exception. " Shen Haoxuan maintained the smile on his face, and said solemnly.

"Yes." Xie Qingrong responded indifferently, but another idea had already sprouted in her mind.

Compared to the lively barbecue scene in Jiang Prefecture, there was not a single trace of joy or excitement in Army of Chu's camp.

They had lost close to twenty thousand troops and horses, but the Jiang Zhou City was not damaged in the slightest.

Inside the tent Ye Jiaze was in, Ye Jiaze rubbed his forehead with both hands, as if he was trying to suppress his rage.

He did not expect that Yan Yi had actually already died. Although there were countless changes in the atmosphere on the battlefield, Yan Yi was still Gongsun Heng's trusted aide after all, so how should he explain this to Gongsun Heng.

He rubbed his head, but the pain in his head didn't seem to have improved at all.

With an angry wave of his hand, he swept all the documents on the desk to the ground. Including the hot tea that had just been brewed, the white porcelain teapot and cup were both thrown onto the ground with a crisp sound.

Ye Jiaze bit his lips as he kept thinking about the next plan to attack, but his mind was still blank.

Gongsun Heng opened the curtain and slowly walked over. His ice-cold eyes did not have a single trace of warmth, but on the contrary, one could see a strange blue color in the depths of his eyes.

"Lord Ye, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation about Yan Yi." Gongsun Heng sat on a chair at the side and said indifferently. However, her voice was ice-cold, like the sound of a cold spring water.

Ye Jiaze saw that Gongsun Heng was walking towards him, and that his cold gaze was sweeping across his face, causing his face to immediately turn pale white. He opened his mouth, as though he did not want to explain himself.

However, his throat seemed to be blocked by something. He could not utter a single word. Even a single pronunciation had been uttered.

He lowered his head in annoyance.

Gongsun Heng looked at the silent Ye Jiaze, and the ice-cold expression in his eyes did not change in the slightest.

"That day, Lord Ye boasted to me. Within five days, I will definitely bring the Jiang Prefecture under the Chu Country. Ten days had passed, and the Army of Chu had lost twenty thousand, yet the Jiang Zhou City still stayed within the borders of the Heavenly Sage. Gu Jinlong thought that it was difficult for Lord Ye to take on this important task.

Ye Jiaze looked at Gongsun Heng with a panicked expression, as if he was trying to determine whether his last sentence was real or fake. However, he could only see Gongsun Heng's cold and indifferent face, and not the slightest change in expression.

He slumped back in his chair.

"However, I can give Lord Ye another chance, but …" Gongsun Heng seemed to be in a dilemma.

"But what?" Ye Jiaze immediately asked, as long as he had the chance to attack the Jiang Zhou City, eradicate Xie Qingrong, and let Xuanyuan Chen experience the pain of losing his true love, he would be willing to do anything.

Gongsun Heng calmly lifted the tea's lid and took a sip, then said indifferently: "I heard that the Ye Family has been protecting a treasure map for generations, I wonder if I would be fortunate enough to meet it."

Hearing this, Ye Jiaze was slightly taken aback. The Ye Family indeed had a treasure map, and other than his father Ye Wenfu, only he knew of this.

The treasure map that the Ye Family had protected for generations could only be inherited by the eldest son of the Ye Family. This was something his father had told him before sending him away.

Furthermore, he told him where the treasure map was hidden.

He thought about what Ye Wenfu had told him before. However, when he thought about how the Ye Family had already been annihilated by the Heavenly Sage's Manchu Clan, even if he had the treasure map, it didn't matter.

Thinking about that, Ye Jiaze immediately understood the underlying meaning of Gongsun Heng's words, and solemnly promised: "Your Highness, I am willing to offer the treasure map that I protected during the Ye Family's era to Your Highness, and hope that Your Highness can make me take revenge!"

Seeing that he had already achieved his goal, Gongsun Heng nodded his head slightly. Although Ye Jiaze had never explained Yan Yi's death, he had guessed long ago that besides Xie Qingrong, there was no other candidate that would be able to kill Yan Yi without batting an eyelid.

Therefore, he did not come here for Yan Yi at all. It was just that one of his trusted aides had died, so he did not pay too much attention to him.

"Father and I are deeply saddened by the Ye Family's matter. Lord Ye is the direct descendant of the Ye family. He must take the responsibility of restoring the Ye family. [Since Lord Ye is willing to give up the army, I will send another twenty thousand soldiers to help you take down the Jiang Prefecture.]

Ye Jiaze cupped his fists, and said with solemn gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace, I am unable to repay you!"

After he finished speaking, he told Gongsun Heng the location of the treasure map that Ye Wenfu had told him about before, and also took Gongsun Heng's written orders.

Now that he had another fifty thousand Army of Chu s, the Jiang Zhou City s didn't even have ten thousand, he wanted to see how Xie Qingrong would guard the Jiang Zhou City this time!

Before Gongsun Heng left, he pulled open the curtain and said lightly: "Although Jiang Zhou City is easy to defend and hard to attack, fifty thousand Army of Chu s against ten thousand garrison soldier s is more than enough."