Xiao Tingyun has been busy these two days. In addition to the matters concerning the Xingce Army that require his full authority, there is also the matter of the attack on Tianshuang Star that requires his personal intervention. Adding these things together, the documents are piling up quickly. One person is taller.
He couldn't sleep for two days in a row. He didn't know why he fell asleep leaning on the back of the chair, but he didn't sleep for long. When the personal terminal beeped, Xiao Tingyun woke up immediately.
Looking at Long Jiu on the virtual screen, Xiao Tingyun would say no even if he was really disturbed.
Sure enough, Xiao Tingyun smiled, shook his head at Long Jiu and said, "No, I have to thank you for waking me up, otherwise things would have been delayed."
Long Jiu stared at him for a few seconds, not sure whether he believed what he said. After looking at him for several times, he frowned slightly and asked, "You look like you haven't taken good care of yourself for a long time." You've rested, didn't you say you were just escorting passengers? Why are you so tired?"
Xiao Tingyun: "......"
Ah, that’s it… I don’t know how to answer.
You must know that after you tell a lie, you will have to use countless lies to cover it up later. Long Jiu asked suddenly, and Xiao Tingyun was actually stuck by the question for a while.
Facing Long Jiu's increasingly suspicious eyes, Xiao Tingyun could only find a reason, and then quietly skipped this dangerous topic.
"Because I am the main person in charge of escorting the passengers this time, I have to keep an eye on the whole process. Others can rest, but I can't." Xiao Tingyun smiled, but his heart felt tight. He stared at Long. Jiu, as if he had just discovered something, suddenly let out a sigh, smiled at her and said in surprise: "Zai Zai, has the Xuefuan Planet entered winter?"
Long Jiu was instantly distracted by his words. She reservedly showed her fluffy cloak to Xiao Tingyun, and then asked: "Yeah, so does my cloak look good? I just woke up. Then I realized that the outside had changed and there was snow everywhere.”
"It looks good, but my kids are even better looking." Xiao Tingyun praised obediently: "So is this beautiful kid dressed like this preparing to go out to watch the snow later?"
"Yes." Long Jiu smiled and rolled his eyes, "Not only will I go out to see the snow later, I will also go out to eat hot pot. This kind of snowy day is suitable for eating hot food."
Listening to Long Jiu's joyful tone, Xiao Tingyun's eyes were also filled with smiles, as if all the previous fatigue had been swept away. He looked at her tenderly and asked, "Is it with your friends?"
"No." Long Jiu shook his head, "They all have their own things to do on the weekend, so I can only go out and play by myself." After saying that, she took the initiative and said without waiting for Xiao Tingyun to remind her: "I will take the old man with me. The two guards assigned to me."
Xiao Tingyun snorted softly, but reminded him uneasily: "Don't go too far, just play near the college."
Even if she knew about Long Jiu's ability, ordinary people would not pose any threat to her, but Xiao Tingyun was still worried.
Long Jiu was very obedient this time and nodded obediently and agreed, but she hesitated again and suddenly said: "Speaking of that old man, I haven't been able to contact him in the past two days. I couldn't contact him before, but That time he was deliberately avoiding me, so he couldn't be contacted, but this time he didn't offend me, so he shouldn't avoid me anymore. Could something have happened to the old man?"
When Xiao Tingyun heard this, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did you contact the commander-in-chief?"
"It's nothing." Long Jiu said truthfully: "I'm already taking the second elective course. The old man said before that he was looking for someone to customize a special mecha for me. I just wanted to ask him about the manufacturing process of the mecha. But I couldn't contact him in the past two days. I also asked Uncle Chen, but Uncle Chen didn't know the reason, so I was a little worried. If the old man had an accident, wouldn't I be right? Did Longjiujiu break his promise?"
It's okay to break her promise to Longjiujiu. The key point is that Longjiu is afraid that she will be counterattacked. After all, she accepted Longjiujiu's sacrifice. This is considered a contract. Once she fails to complete the contract, the contract will backfire. she.
If Long Jiu had suffered backlash in the past, she would have been fine if she lay half-dead for a few months at most. But it is different now. She first lost the dragon ball and then pulled out the reverse scale. Once old man Long appeared, If things go wrong, she will definitely be miserable when she suffers backlash again.
No dragon was killed by lightning from the sky. Long Jiu didn't want to set this precedent. She couldn't afford to lose this dragon.
"What will happen to you if you break your promise?" Xiao Tingyun asked as if joking.
Long Jiu's eyes widened when she heard this. She felt that the whole dragon was about to get bad. She said angrily: "Longjiujiu sacrificed her blood and soul in exchange. If I accepted her sacrifice, it would be the same." I signed a contract with her, and if I fail to fulfill her wish, I will be punished."
She glared at Xiao Tingyun and continued angrily: "What else? Once something happens to the old man from the Long family, I won't be able to run away. It's a small matter if he is struck by lightning. What if I fail to carry it over and am struck to death by lightning? , I am the first real dragon to be struck to death by lightning, I don’t want to lose face? Even if I die, I feel like I have lost my dragon.”
Xiao Tingyun's expression suddenly changed, as if he didn't expect such serious consequences.
Long Jiu looked at his face and asked in surprise: "Is something really wrong with the old man?"
Xiao Tingyun didn't dare to hide anything from her now, and said in a deep voice: "It's not clear yet, but I have received news before that Hongyan Star does not seem to be in peace."
"What's going on?" Long Jiu also became serious.
Xiao Tingyun frowned slightly and said truthfully: "Not long ago, the Tianshuang Star in the sixth galaxy was attacked by the anti-imperial alliance and a group of star thieves. Logically speaking, once a war broke out on the Tianshuang Star, it would be the first to react and provide support. It should be the Long Family Army on Hongyan Star, which is also in the sixth galaxy, but after the incident on Tianshuang Star, the Long Family Army has been silent. In the end, it was the Imperial Capital Star that sent troops to Tianshuang Star for support."
"The news on Hongyan Star is blocked, and my people can't find any news." Xiao Tingyun pinched his eyebrows and said solemnly: "But I guess there should be something wrong with the space wormhole over there."
"Space wormhole?" Long Jiu looked confused when he heard this word for the first time.
Xiao Tingyun explained: "A wormhole is a tunnel that links two different times and spaces, while a space wormhole links two different galaxies. We humans now have six galaxies under our control, and outside these six galaxies there are There are countless unknown galaxies, and those unknown galaxies are now star fields that we have not yet explored, and they are also where many alien races live."
"The space wormhole in the sixth galaxy is close to the Hongyan Star. The reason why the Long Family Army has been stationed on the Hongyan Star is to guard this space wormhole and to prevent other unknown races from the outer galaxy from entering through this space wormhole. To our human star domain.”
"When the Abyssal Clan attacked, they used this space wormhole in the sixth galaxy to come in. Although we drove them out back then, there is no guarantee that the Abyssal Clan will not come back, not to mention that there is not only one Abyssal Clan in the vast universe. , there are many alien races unknown to us in the endless sea of stars, some of them are peace-loving, but some are secretly spying on us."
"Human beings left their home planet and took root in the interstellar world. They spent countless blood and lives in exchange for today's prosperity. However, the universe is too big, and human beings are only a drop in the ocean. After entering the interstellar world for thousands of years, we have only seen the vast universe. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.”
In Xiao Tingyun's explanation, Long Jiu also felt the difficulty of humans like them, but she was even more curious about the space wormhole.
"You mean that I haven't been able to contact the old man because someone on the other side of that space wormhole wants to come in?"
Xiao Tingyun nodded, "I guess it's because of the fact that the Long Family Army has been silent and has not even been able to spare its hands to support Tianshuangxing."
But after he finished speaking, he smiled at Long Jiu and said comfortingly: "Actually, this kind of thing often happens when stationed in space wormholes. After all, space wormholes are not completely closed, and some alien races that have signed peace treaties with us humans are also They often come through this wormhole, but they have a pass. Some alien races that have not signed a peace treaty with us are naturally not allowed to come over, but those alien races have always been bad-tempered and cannot come through. They will force their way in, so there will always be trouble, but as long as the Abyssal Clan doesn't attack, it won't be a big problem."
Long Jiu was not at ease, "What if the Abyssal Clan attacks?"
"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Tingyun glanced at her funny and said: "The biggest enemy of us humans now is the Abyssal Clan, so we have always been vigilant against them at the highest level. If the Abyssal Clan really attacks, Hong Kong The Rock Star will not be so quiet. The moment they attack, the Long Family Army will issue a warning to all the inhabited planets in the six major galaxies."
Long Jiu blinked, but he didn't expect that they would be so vigilant against the Abyssal Tribe.
Xiao Tingyun continued unhurriedly: "As long as it is not the Abyssal Clan, the Long Family Army has nothing to fear. Even if the Abyssal Clan really attacks, the Long Family Army cannot be so silent with the strength of the Abyssal Clan. interest."
Long Jiu nodded, half relieved.
Seeing that she had not completely let go, Xiao Tingyun added, "If you are really worried, then after I finish the task, will I go to the Red Rock Star for you?"
Long Jiu was stunned, looked at Xiao Tingyun and asked, "Would it be too much trouble?"
"No." Xiao Tingyun said with a smile: "The last batch of passengers who need to be escorted are going to the sixth galaxy. I can escort them there and then change their route to Hongyan Star."
"Then when will you finish the task?" Long Jiu asked.
Xiao Tingyun thought for a while and said: "It's almost there, just ten days or so."
Although the Xingce Army is now his, they still have to guard Tianshuang Star, and it is impossible for him to really take away all the 60,000 Xingce Army, otherwise Tianshuang Star will lack the greatest protection.
But now that Xingce Army is his, it is naturally impossible for him to let Xingce Army remain as poor as before.
Today's Xingce Army is really poor. They are so poor that even their weapons are outdated antiques. Ever since Wei Chuyang led the Xingce Army into the prince's camp, Wei Chuyang, the commander, has been crying in front of Xiao Tingyun. .
If he wanted money, food, weapons and equipment, Wei Chuyang wanted it all.
In order to rebuild this 60,000-strong army, Xiao Tingyun had already spent all the cash he could get out of his asset card, and almost even took out his wife's book.
Xiao Tingyun couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth when he thought of the money he spent on Xingcejun. Fortunately, he had a lot of real estate and could continue to make money. Otherwise, Wei Chuyang would have laughed, and he would have cried.
Now that Wei Chuyang has money in hand, all that's left is to buy equipment. Xiao Tingyun can't do this. After all, he is the prince, and there are definitely a lot of people watching him. If he makes too big a move, it will inevitably It will attract the attention of some people on the Imperial Capital Planet.
At this time, Xiao Tingyun was very happy that Xingce Army was driven to Tianshuangxing. Several galaxies away, Wei Chuyang bought weapons and equipment for Xingce Army without fear of being discovered, and Wei Chuyang had been with some interstellar gangsters in recent years. The arms dealers have connections. As long as he has money, there is no weaponry that the black arms dealers can't get. Even if they want to buy the latest starship, those arms dealers can get it.
Ten days were enough for Xiao Tingyun to handle the affairs of the Xingce Army. As for the battle report on the Tianshuang Star, he handed it over to Gu Huaijing and the others and asked them to return to the Imperial Capital Star with the battle report and the captured star thieves. go.
And he himself can take a group of star strategy troops to go to Hongyan Star quietly to have a look, and by the way, he can also familiarize himself with his newly acquired 'this knife'.
Xiao Tingyun silently made the arrangements, and after thinking about it for a while, Long Jiu actually did not object to his proposal to go to the Red Rock Star to see it. He just asked: "Then wear the dragon scales I gave you. Do not take it off at any time."
After hearing her mention the dragon scale, Xiao Tingyun looked at her with a softer look. He lowered his head and pulled out a piece of red rope from his collar, with the shining silver dragon scale hanging on it.
"I've been wearing it all the time." Xiao Tingyun waved the red string to Long Jiu and said with a smile, "I wear it when I take a shower and sleep."
Long Jiu expressed satisfaction with the fact that he was wearing his own dragon scales. Just then, 707 came out of the kitchen with breakfast. She glanced at 707 and said to Xiao Tingyun: "Then let's do this for now. , I’m going to have breakfast.”
"Okay." Xiao Tingyun nodded, and suddenly reached out and gently tapped the tip of Long Jiu's nose through the virtual screen, "Be good and wait for me to come back."
Obviously Xiao Tingyun couldn't touch her at all, but Long Jiu still felt strangely that the tip of her nose seemed to be itchy. She resisted the hand that wanted to rub the tip of her nose and hummed softly: "I am always very good, but you are ......."
"What's wrong with me?" Xiao Tingyun raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
Long Jiu glanced at him up and down, and continued to hum softly: "Where is the health regimen you promised? You really thought you could deceive me before. You said it's been how long since you had a good rest? Your eyes are dark, I didn’t say it before, just to give you face.”
Xiao Tingyun laughed softly, nodded and said: "Okay, then I would also like to thank our Zaizai for giving me face and not exposing my lies."
"It's good to know." Long Jiu raised his chin arrogantly, "You should go to rest now, immediately."
"Okay." Xiao Tingyun smiled and nodded good-naturedly. Not only did he not care about Long Jiu's arrogant commanding tone, but he said dotingly: "Eat well and wear more clothes when you go out later. Son."
The two lingered for a few more words before reluctantly disconnecting the video call.
Xiao Tingyun looked at the disappearing virtual screen. He originally wanted to take the files on the table and continue reading, but as soon as his hand touched the files, he suddenly remembered what Long Jiu had just said.
Xiao Tingyun paused, then shook his head and smiled, gave up his intention to continue reading the documents, got up and walked towards the rest cabin.
He has been living on the starship these days. Even if Wei Chuyang prepared a room for him in the headquarters building, Xiao Tingyun was too lazy to change it.
He left the office cabin and met Gu Huaijing in the corridor who had come back from outside. Even without asking, Xiao Tingyun knew that he must have been fooling around with Wei Chuyang, so he came back in the middle of the night.
Gu Huaijing, who had just come back from fooling around, looked at him in surprise, then smiled and said: "Your Highness, are you finally willing to leave your desk?"
Xiao Tingyun glanced at him sideways, walked to the rest cabin at the back, and said calmly: "I didn't want to leave at first."
Gu Huaijing followed and asked curiously: "Then why did you come out again?"
Xiao Tingyun stood outside the rest hatch. After unlocking the hatch, he turned back to Gu Huaijing and said, "I was inspected, so I had to obey and come back to rest."
Gu Huaijing: "????"
WTF?
But Xiao Tingyun glanced at him and didn't explain anything. He went directly into his rest cabin and closed the door with two beeps.
Gu Huaijing, who was left in the corridor outside, was stunned for a long time before finally coming back to his senses. Then he looked at the cabin door that had been closed long ago, dumbfounded, and muttered: "What! This force-feeding of dog food is not bad." ?!”
Why was he being inspected, so I had to take a rest.
Do you think this is human speech?
Don't you just want to show off that your future princess cares about you? What's there to show off? Having a fiancée is great, right?
But Gu Huaijing thought about it carefully. As a single man, he thought that people who have fiancées are really great.
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