Brooke was a very enthusiastic young man. He even briefly introduced the contents of the book during the day, which made Yinzhen think of himself at that time. After all, they were also drifting in the West and didn't know when they could go back.
Seeing that the little guy was interested, Yinzhen asked him to sit next to him, then opened the book and began to read to him.
It is unlikely to expect Yinzhen to be able to fully understand the contents of the book. The most he can do is to give a general idea based on the plot introduced by Brooke during the day and by deciphering the words in the book.
The little guy leaned in his arms and listened quietly for a while, then looked up and asked in a baby voice: "Why does he want to go sailing?"
"How can he write this book if he doesn't go sailing?" Yin'e answered for Yin'er and urged, "Ninth brother, please continue."
Obviously, Yin'e listened to the story more enthusiastically than the little guy.
Yinzhen saw that the little fellow nodded as if he understood Yin'e's confusing answer, and continued speaking.
This story was certainly interesting, but it contained too much content for a three-year-old kid. He started playing with his hands while listening, and soon he leaned against Yinzhen and closed his eyes.
After Yinzhen noticed this, his voice unconsciously became softer, and he didn't stop until he was sure that he was asleep.
"Why don't you tell the story anymore?" Yin'e asked, who was already immersed in the story.
Yinzhen glanced at him, put the book aside, and carefully let the little guy lie down flat.
After he settled the little guy down, Yin'e whispered, "Brother Jiu, tell me more."
Seeing that he was such a grown man and still had the nerve to let himself read to him, Yinzhen gently threw the book beside him to him and said, "Read it yourself."
After saying that, he hugged the little guy who smelled like milk and lay down.
Yin'e wanted to read it himself, but he had to understand it. He opened the book and glanced at it before saying again: "Ninth Brother~"
Seeing that he actually imitated the little guy's tone to call him, Yinzhen almost got goosebumps. He raised his eyes and glanced at him, lowering his voice and said, "If you don't want to sleep, get out!"
"I am also your brother, why do you treat me differently..." Seeing that he was mean to him, Yin'e put down the book in his hand and stood up to blow out the candles.
After the room became dark, Yin'e also lay down, but he was still thinking about the story he hadn't finished hearing, and tried to find Yin'er to chat.
Yinzhen didn't want to pay attention to him. He was already feeling a little sleepy while hugging the little guy who smelled of milk.
Not to mention, among the previous princes, only Yinreng had the experience of putting the little one to sleep. Yinzhen only had this opportunity after going to the West this time, and it felt pretty good.
Yin'e muttered a few words in a low voice, but seeing that he completely ignored him, he slowly closed his eyes and went to sleep without any interest.
In the middle of the night, the little guy woke up again. Although he didn't cry, he kept humming and calling "Ama".
Yinzhen heard this while half asleep and half awake, and subconsciously reached out and patted his shoulder to coax him: "Be good, Cheng'an, Ninth Brother is here..."
When the little guy heard the familiar voice, he buried his little head in his arms and made some small sounds from his mouth.
"What happened to Cheng An?"
It was a rare occasion that Yin'e didn't fall asleep tonight. He asked in a daze when he heard the noise. When he opened his eyes and found that the little guy was quiet again, he immediately went back to sleep.
Being in a foreign country, even a man as open-minded as Yin'e could not sleep in. At daybreak the next day, he woke up when Yin'e woke up.
The two brothers had planned to let the little guy sleep a little longer, but as soon as they got up quietly, the little guy sat up in bed, rubbing his eyes.
"Brother, hug~"
Maybe because he doesn’t feel safe in this strange place, the little one who just woke up is a little clingy.
Seeing him sitting on the bed with his little arms open to him, Yinzhen quickly sat back on the edge of the bed and held him in his arms.
"It's still early, do you want to sleep a little longer?" Yinzhen looked at the little guy rubbing against his arms, raised his hand and gently stroked his back.
The little guy buried his face in his shoulder for a while before raising his head and said in a baby voice something that surprised Yinzhen and the others: "An An seems to be able to turn into a dragon~"
"Really?" Yin'e was a little excited when he heard this.
"Um."
The little guy nodded seriously, and then showed a soft smile: "I can go back to find my father~"
Yinzhen asked carefully and found that the little guy couldn't explain the reason clearly. He just felt that he could change when he woke up. He reached out and touched his head without asking any more questions.
Obviously, the little guy is still young and is feeling everything based on instinct.
When Yinzhen thought about this, he suddenly felt that their luck was actually quite good. At least they were not drifted to a desert island like Robinson Crusoe in the book.
No matter what, the three brothers were very happy to be able to leave here.
They disappeared so suddenly that it was obvious how much trouble the Qing Dynasty would cause, so they had to leave as soon as possible if they could.
Of course, just in case, you still have to fill your stomach before leaving.
While having breakfast, Yinzhen carefully instructed the little guy not to fly too fast when walking and to try to listen to his instructions.
After the experience of almost getting lost because of not finding his brother, the little guy didn’t dare to fly around anymore and nodded obediently.
When they finished their meal, it was just dawn outside.
After the brothers changed back into their original clothes, they put the books piled on the table back into the box they had brought back yesterday.
Seeing that the box was not full, Yinzhen thought that he could buy some more books before leaving, and also prepare some dry food in it just in case.
Yin'e had no objection to this, whatever he said was what it was.
This time, the money was the gold in the little guy's pocket. When he came out of the bookstore, Yinzhen said that he would return him double the amount when he returned.
"No need, Brother Jiu, to return it~" The little guy immediately hugged his neck and shook his head.
Yin'e followed behind with a heavy box in his arms. Hearing this, he couldn't help but tease, "You love gold the most, so why are you so generous?"
"An An loves his brother the most!"
Yinzhen was already in a good mood just to be able to go back, and when he saw his sweet words, the corners of his lips immediately raised.
After buying all the dry food and books, they were just about to find a remote and deserted place to turn the little guy into a dragon when suddenly a group of people appeared in front of them and blocked their way.
At first, Yinzhen didn't realize that they did it on purpose, but when he saw that they were always blocking the way, his expression turned cold.
Don’t think that Yin’e has a good temper just because he laughs and jokes all day long, and can even play with the little ones. You have to know that he and Yin’e were bullies in the palace when they were young, and they caused a lot of trouble.
"A good dog doesn't block the road!" Yin'e cursed directly after he found out that these people did it on purpose.
After he finished cursing, perhaps thinking that this group of people might not understand him, he changed to a foreign word.
Yinzhen was originally quite unhappy, and when he heard him suddenly speak in a foreign language, he couldn't help but look sideways: "Don't you know foreign languages?"
"I learned that from Brooke yesterday."
Yinzhen curled the corner of his mouth slightly, thinking that he was really amazing. He didn't learn good things, but he learned how to curse people very quickly.
Yin'e was originally quite proud of himself, thinking that his preparations for a rainy day were worth it. He was afraid that he would encounter someone so blind that he wouldn't even understand what he was saying, so he specially learned a sentence. Now it came in handy.
However, when the little fellow followed suit in a baby voice and asked what it meant, Yin'e suddenly lost his composure and begged, "Little ancestor, please don't learn this. Forget this sentence!"
Seeing him anxious, the little fellow, who had not learned it very well to begin with, immediately said, "An An has forgotten it."
"So good." Yin'e rubbed his head and let out a sigh, reminding himself to be more careful next time.
The group of people blocking the road were not too many, but not too few either, about seven or eight. They were all very angry when they saw that the three people they surrounded were so bold and not only scolded them but also started chatting with them as if nothing had happened.
The middle-aged man standing in the middle took a step forward, pointed at Yinzhen and said, "Kneel down quickly and beg for my forgiveness, or don't blame me for beating your son too!"
This person was none other than the drunkard who had bumped into Yinzhen and was taught a lesson before. Perhaps he was holding a grudge, so he brought people here to block him.
When Yinzhen heard the arrogant tone, he remembered who he was.
The middle-aged man probably relied on his numbers and Yinzhen was holding a child in his arms. Seeing that Yinzhen did not respond after he finished speaking, he immediately stepped forward and prepared to teach him a lesson himself.
"What do you want to do?" Seeing him approaching with ill intentions, Yin'e used the box in his hand as a weapon and smashed it at the middle-aged man.
Being hit by a box full of books was not a pleasant feeling. The middle-aged man squatted on the ground, holding the part that was hit and screaming.
"Brother, beat the bad guys!" The little guy probably felt that these people had bad intentions, and said with his little fists clenched.
Seeing that they dared to take action first, the middle-aged man's accomplices immediately surrounded them with their hands rubbed.
As princes, even if Yin'er and Yin'e were not as good as Yinzhi, they had also learned martial arts. If it were just the two of them, it wouldn't be a big problem for them to deal with these people. At most they would suffer minor injuries. But with the little guy with them, they felt a little restrained.
But even so, they were not afraid when the fight really started, especially Yin'e, who waved the box with both hands and directly blocked Yin'er, who was holding the little guy, behind him.
The people who gathered around didn't want to be hit by the box, so they dodged and tried to find an angle to attack Yin'e with their feet.
"Bad guy!"
Cheng'an was so angry when he saw so many of them bullying his brother that he didn't care about what Yin'er had said before about finding a remote place to turn into a dragon.
With a flash of golden light, the little guy turned into a dragon again, and his first reaction was to grab his two brothers with his claws.
"Oh my God! What happened?"
Perhaps people from ancient times to the present, both in China and abroad, have a nature of loving to watch excitement. As early as when the two sides were confronting each other, many passers-by on the street had stopped to watch. When they saw the little golden dragon, they were all shocked on the spot.
The passers-by were just shocked, but the few people who had fought with Yin'e before were scared, because the vengeful little guy turned into a dragon and directly attacked them by swinging its tail.
"Oh my God! Am I dazzled? It's that child. What has he become?"
"Oh my God! I've seen them before. They bought things in my store. They are said to be from a man called the Qing Dynasty..."
"What on earth is this?"
When those men were thrown out by the dragon's tail, the people on the street who witnessed it all couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Chengan, it's time for us to go!"
The kid was still young, and Yinzhen didn't want him to get involved in any deaths, so he raised his voice when he saw those men had fallen to the ground and couldn't get up.
When Cheng'an heard his words, he raised his head and flew into the sky.
In the early morning sun, the little golden dragon was shining with golden light and looked so dazzling.
When people on the street saw this scene, some even couldn't help but bow down in worship.
When Yin'e saw the group of foreigners making a fuss below, a proud smile appeared on his face.
However, as he flew higher and higher, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. He couldn't help but hug the box tightly in his arms and shouted again: "Ahhhh..."
There was no way. Even if the little guy held him tightly with his dragon claws, the feeling of being suspended in the air and at a height where he could be seen by just lowering his head was really scary.
"Shut up."
Yinzhen's ears hurt from his noise, and he turned his face away from the wind and scolded him.
After Yin'e closed his mouth and eyes, Yin'er began to command the direction and height.
The little guy wanted to go back quickly, not only because he missed his father and other brothers, but also because the food here was too bad. So he was very well-behaved. Unlike when he came here, he did not fly at full speed in a certain direction. Instead, he listened carefully to Yinzhen's words.
Yin'e could still close his eyes, but Yin'er had a serious expression as he identified the direction.
Because he told the little guy not to fly too high or too fast, when they flew out of Great Britain, not only the street just now, but also people in London and even some other areas accidentally saw the golden behemoth in the sky. It is easy to imagine how shocked they were.
"Just keep flying forward in this direction."
In the past two days, Yinzhen not only inquired about the news, but also bought a local atlas to study. After identifying it, he pointed out a direction and felt that as long as the deviation was not too big, he would definitely be able to return to the Qing Dynasty.
As for where exactly in the Qing Dynasty they were going, Yinzhen insisted. After all, everything would be easy as long as they set foot in the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
"It's a rare experience like this, so you're going to keep your eyes closed like this?" After Yin'er determined the direction, he noticed Yin'e's eyes were closed out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but say.
In comparison, the little guy's speed is also fast, but not so fast that he can't see clearly what's below.
Looking down from the sky, everything on the ground seems to become insignificant, and the endless ocean is so blue that it is breathtaking.
When Yin'e heard his words, he couldn't help but open his left eye a little.
The wind was a bit strong, making his forehead feel cold, but as long as he didn't look down, it didn't seem so scary.
Listening to the sound of wind whistling in his ears, Yin'e finally opened his eyes.
"You know what, when I get back I can tell everyone that I have been to heaven!" Yin'e thought it was quite beautiful.
Yinzhen was too lazy to remind him that it would be better for him to think about how to face the Emperor when he returned. After all, he didn't have much time left to be happy.
The little guy was probably a little bored of flying, and when he heard his brothers talking, he couldn't help but lower his head to look at them.
"Cheng'an, look ahead and don't be distracted."
To be honest, if I didn't know that this was a little guy, it would be a bit scary to suddenly face a dragon head. Yinzhen looked into the clear dragon eyes and then reminded.
The little golden dragon let out a coquettish dragon roar and its claws moved twice unconsciously.
"Cheng'an, don't scare Brother Ten!" Yin'e felt the shaking and almost screamed again.
Yinzhen was not as scared as he was. After all, although the little ones were young, Yinzhen could still feel his efforts to protect them before they fell into Great Britain.
"Be good, Cheng'an. Ninth brother will play with you again when we get back." Yinzhen coaxed.
Seeing that Brother Ten was scared, the little guy didn’t dare to move anymore. He raised his head and responded, then continued to fly obediently.
I don’t know how long I flew. Just when Yin’e was feeling very tired, a large area of green suddenly appeared on the ground in front of the left.
The human eye cannot see clearly at this distance, at least Yinzhen cannot see it. He is still trying to identify the terrain below and decide whether to go down.
However, the little guy who turned into a dragon had better eyesight than a human and noticed the green at the first moment.
The little guy couldn't tell the difference between one grassland and another. When he saw this large expanse of green, he subconsciously thought that this was the grassland that Kangxi had taken him to before. So he immediately changed direction slightly and accelerated towards that direction.
"Cheng'an!" Yin'er was shocked because he didn't understand why he suddenly changed direction and accelerated.
When the little guy heard his brother calling him, he let out a happy dragon roar in response and flew even faster.
On the ground.
"Things here are almost done. Should we go back to the barracks next?"
Having just finished watching the enthronement ceremony of the new Dalai Lama of Tibet, Yinzhi and Yinzhen had a rare couple of days of free time, so they planned to go horseback riding together before the sun went down. As soon as they came out of the tent, Yinzhi said casually.
Yinzhen nodded and said, "It's about time..."
The two chatted for a while and when they came to their respective horses and were about to mount, Yinzhen's eyes suddenly swept up to the sky.
"Brother, look! There's a dragon in the sky. Could it be Cheng'an?"
Yinzhi couldn't help but laugh when he heard his words: "I think you miss Cheng'an so much that you are dazzled..."
He originally thought that Yinzhen had seen it wrong, but when he looked up subconsciously, he also saw the golden dragon in the sky, and he was suddenly unable to say anything.
The two looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't care about why Cheng An appeared here, but raised their heads and shouted at the same time: "Cheng An——"
The little golden dragon was very sensitive to his own name and the voices of his brothers. Even in the sky he could still hear their shouts and immediately responded with a dragon roar.
He didn't expect that when he gave up looking for his brother and was about to go back to find Ama, he would actually meet Da Ge and the others. He was so surprised that he immediately dived down.
At this altitude, Yinzhen and the others couldn't see the people on the ground clearly. Seeing that the little guy had just changed direction and accelerated, and now he was flying down again, they all felt a headache.
It was not until they landed safely that Yin'er, Yin'e and the others realized belatedly why the little guy was suddenly so excited.
As a dragon cub, it was great that he could fly back successfully without the guidance of the big dragon, and he couldn't expect to be very successful in landing.
Fortunately, the landing distance was not high, and Yinzhen was quick to catch the falling little guy in his arms before Yinzhi.
As for Yinzhen and the other two, they were not so lucky. They fell directly on the grass. Fortunately, the distance was not high and it did not hurt.
Of course, the only one who didn't feel any pain was Yin'e. Because Yin'e had a box in his arms, even though he was careful when he fell, his chest was still hurt a little. He rubbed it himself twice before it felt better.
After spending a few days in a foreign country without his father, other brothers, and even without good food, the little guy saw his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He called out "Fourteenth Brother" and then burst into tears.
Yinzhen wanted to ask what was going on, how could the little guy turn into a dragon and fly over with Yinzhen and the others, but when he heard him crying, he immediately panicked: "What's wrong? Is someone bullying you when Fourteenth Brother is not around? Cheng'an, don't cry, tell Fourteenth Brother, Fourteenth Brother will help you deal with him!"
"Fourteenth brother, wuwu..." Cheng An leaned in his arms, feeling more and more aggrieved as he cried.
Yinzhen had never frowned when he went to the battlefield, but now his whole face was wrinkled because he felt sorry for him. He wiped his tears and coaxed him, "Cheng'an, be good, don't cry, tell your fourteenth brother if you have anything..."
It would have been fine if he didn't coax her, but once he did, the little guy started crying even louder.
Yinzhi also came over and started to coax him. He didn't think anyone would dare to bully the little guy. After all, everyone could see how much the emperor loved him. But when he saw the little guy's face clearly, his voice suddenly got louder: "Cheng'an, why have you lost so much weight?"
It wasn't as exaggerated as he said. The little guy still had some fat on his face, but he was indeed thinner than when he was in the capital.
This is normal. After all, the imperial cuisine in the capital is delicious and there are many varieties. The little guy eats well every day, and Kangxi often has to stare at him and touch his belly to prevent him from bloating.
Apart from the normal three meals, the little guy never stops eating at other times, either eating cakes, dried meat, or small snacks such as candied fruits.
Especially now that he was a little older, Kangxi was not so strict with him, and he could occasionally eat the food brought to him by his brothers.
In contrast, when he was in Great Britain, he had to rely on Yinzhen to coax him even for meals, and he often refused to eat after he had almost finished. Add to that the exhaustion from the two flights, and he must have lost weight.
Seeing that the little girl's crying became quieter after being coaxed by Yinzhen, but she was still sobbing in his arms, Yinzhi could not help but turn around and glare at Yin'e and the others: "Tell me, what's going on?"
"It's a long story..." Yin'e showed an expression that was difficult to describe.
Yinzhi was about to tell him to cut to the chase when he heard the little guy crying "hungry" in a baby voice. He quickly turned his head and coaxed him, "Okay, okay, big brother will have someone prepare food for you right away."
After saying this, he and Yinzhen, who was holding the little guy, hurried towards the tent. As for horse racing, neither of them had the mood to do so at the moment.
After walking a few steps, Yinzhi couldn't help but turn around and glare at Yinlu and the others who followed him: "If you can't even take care of a child, what's the point of having you two?"
Although he didn't know the whole story, Yin'er and Yin'e came with the little guy, and Yinzhi felt that it was their problem.
Yin'er felt distressed when he saw the little guy's appearance. After hearing Yin'zhi's words, he smiled bitterly, then turned around and glared at Yin'e.
What could Yin'e do? He could only hold the box tightly in his arms and let them stare at him.
When they entered the tent, the servants who had returned early had prepared cakes and placed them on the table.
"Cheng'an, eat some cakes to fill your stomach first, you'll be ready for dinner soon." Yinzhen said as he picked up the cakes and fed him.
The little guy has stopped crying, but his eye circles and nose are red, and tears are hanging on his long black eyelashes. He looks very pitiful.
Smelling the fragrance of the pastries, he burped, stretched out his little hand, held Yinzhen's big hand, and lowered his head to eat.
Seeing that he was eating in a hurry, Yinzhi glared at Yinlu and the others, then took the milk on the table and fed it to him.
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