This surprised Jiang Yun.
Although Tonghe is precious and difficult to find, but Sui Heng, the Crown Prince of a country, personally led people to escort it. It’s a bit too much hustle and bustle.
The weather was hot, and the bedchamber has been replaced with cold blue-screen windows. The little boy had read all morning, after he had lunch, he just laid on the small bed, soundly asleep.
Jiang Yun and Sui Heng are talking outside.
Sui Heng said, “The Tonghe found this time may not be the common Tonghe.”
“What does it mean?”
Sui Heng raised his eyebrows in triumph after he beat around the bush. “It is highly likely to be one female and one male.”
Jiang Yun paled.
Tonghe has a special physique. Although it can lay eggs without fertilization, the eggs produced can only be consumed and cannot hatch into young cranes. If there is a female and a male Tonghe, the female can lay eggs, and the eggs will be able to hatch into baby Tonghe.
Jiang Yun quickly discovered new problems.
“Since there is one female and one male, how can the Hu people be willing to sell it?”
“Cough.”
Sui Heng cleared his throat with a slight embarrassment and said, “Because those two cranes, one more temperamental than the other, often fought and tore and refused to mate.”
“Those Hu people have been waiting for three years, but they haven’t been able to wait for those two cranes to reconcile. They can’t wait any longer and have been short of money recently, so they have offered a sky high price and plan to sell them.”
Jiang Yun asked how much.
Sui Heng extended five fingers.
Jiang Yun guessed high. “Five hundred gold?”
“Five thousand gold.”
Jiang Yun frowned.
“This is too expensive.”
Five thousand gold, no matter Jiangnan or Jiangbei, is considered expensive.
No wonder it wasn’t sold, and it was Sui Heng’s turn to buy.
“This kind of divine bird is hard to find for dry gold. We can buy two for five thousand gold, and also one male and one female too, we are not at a disadvantage either. Who knows that they can hatch a few small Tonghe cranes in the future?”
“Didn’t you say that those two cranes have a bad relationship and refuse to mate?”
“That’s in Shahu. Who knows that when they move to the Sui capital and change the scenery, they will be able to be pleased with each other again?”
Jiang Yun did not value his crooked reasoning, but finding Tonghe was difficult. With Sui Heng’s persistence, since he found two, no matter how much it cost, he would get them in his hands.
Jiang Yun said, “Then I wish Your Highness a smooth journey.”
Jiang Yun usually likes to wear green, but today he is wearing an ivory white summer shirt. His eyes are curved, and his black eyes are smiling. It really captivates people’s souls.
Sui Heng couldn’t help but grab the person into his arms and hold him.
He thinks, The heavenly banishment, he’s afraid, is just that, he can really be the happiest Crown Prince in the whole world.
Jiang Yun took the opportunity to wrap his arms around his neck, gave him a kiss, and said, “Master Fan will arrive soon. I need to go and listen to his report on the situation in Jiangnan. Would you like to go and listen together?”
Sui Heng lowered his eyes and was about to return the kiss. Upon hearing these three words, he suddenly frozen and felt a slight headache.
“Cough, let’s forget it. When that Master Fan of yours saw Gu, those eyes of his could cut Gu alive. Gu would better avoid him for now.”
Jiang Yun couldn’t help but laugh.
“Unexpectedly, the invincible Commander of the Qinglang Battalion also had moments of fear.”
Sui Heng remained calm. “This is not called fear, it’s called being able to bend and stretch.”
“When Gu brings back Tonghe and cures your stomach disease, let’s see what else he has to say.”
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Sui, had no other advantage but strong mobility. The next morning, he set off with Fan Qi, Yang Shuo, and three hundred elite members of the Qinglang Battalion.
Not long after, the news that His Highness the Crown Prince was about to transport the divine creatures back to the capital spread in the Sui capital. Half a month later, Sui Heng returned as scheduled, and the streets were already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.
Sui Heng clearly didn’t expect this scene and asked Shi Fang with a darkened face, “Where are so many people coming from?”
Before Shi Fang could answer, Immortal Yu Heng, who was riding a horse and following him, said happily, “It is thanks to Your Highness’s divine courage to surrender the holy creatures and successfully transport them back. Such a joyful event naturally requires all the people to celebrate together.”
After Immortal Yu Heng finished speaking, he noticed that two knife-like eyes were falling on him, and he immediately shrank his neck in fear and closed his mouth.
It’s no wonder he exclaimed so.
He only learned from the Hu people that the two red cranes had a bad temper, but he never expected that their temper would be so bad. The dozens of Qinglang Battalion’s elite soldiers in this line were all pecked and injured to varying degrees, and some were even closer to having their hands gripped. In the end, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself who went into battle, burrowed into the crane circle, and fought with those two cranes for a day and a night before they were surrendered.
No one knows what happened on that one day and one night, they only know that when the Crown Prince came out, his face was very dark and unsightly, his shoulder armors and wristbands were all damaged to varying degrees, and half of his robe was pecked off. This was something that had almost never happened to the Commander of the Qinglang Battalion, who had been so brave and unrivaled in battle.
Sacred creatures are truly sacred, not only fighting people but also fighting each other.
In order to facilitate transportation and prevent the two holy creatures from killing each other on the way, Sui Heng had to make two cages to accommodate these two ancestors.
The people did not pay attention to the Crown Prince’s darkened face. They were more concerned about the two tall and thin divine creatures standing proudly in a specially made golden cage. They felt that the appearance of the divine creatures was somewhat different from what they had imagined.
“Aren’t it said that the Tonghe’s wings are like fire, and they are descendants of the Phoenix? How come these two divine cranes grew up like this?”
“Well, maybe like an ordinary bird, there’s also a molting period?”
Sui Heng directly transported the two ancestors into the Crown Prince’s mansion.
Although the Rare Birds Garden in the palace has better conditions, with not only a nest specially built for the Tonghe, but also a recipe and feed specifically for feeding the Tonghe, but there is also Lan Guifei, who was watching closely. Sui Heng wasn’t quite comfortable sending them over and decided to raise them himself. The Crown Prince’s mansion is very large, and it is more than enough to keep two cranes.
“This… is really Tonghe?”
Jiang Yun and Xiao Jiang Nuo, one big and one small, squatted by the cages, curiously staring at the “crane” inside—to be precise, they were gray and shiny, more like tall bald chicken.
At this moment, although the tall birds’ appearance was somewhat frosty, but their posture was very proud, with wings folded and standing in the cage elegantly, glaring at everyone.
“Father, where is the crane’s fur?”
The little troublemaker blinked and asked in confusion.
Jiang Yun was also very confused and said, “Gu afraid you’ll have to ask your other father about this.”
The two of them turned their heads together and looked at Sui Heng, who was standing behind them with his arms folded.
Surrounded by a large circle of palace attendants from the Crown Prince’s mansion, Ji An and Gao Gong also stretched their necks and stared curiously at the “sacred creatures” in the cages.
Sui Heng calmly cleared his throat.
“It was because the mountain crane is in the process of changing its fur.”
This obviously cannot convince the little troublemaker.
The little troublemaker stood up and walked around the cage, looking like a little adult. He pointed inside the cage and said, “This crane has fur, and that crane has no fur.”
The little boy can’t say too many words and is accustomed to using reduplicated words. But everyone can understand what the little boy means: two red cranes, one bald with half a head and one wing, and the other bald with the entire head and two wings.
How could they get a different look during the fur-changing season?
Jiang Yun looked at Sui Heng with a smile. “Yes, Gu also finds it strange. Why is the place where the crane changes its fur different? It shouldn’t be a fake crane, right?”
“Ah ya.”
The little trouble let out a surprised exclamation.
“Fake cranes!”
“Stupid Father caught fake cranes!”
Sui Heng: “……”
In order to verify that what he had bought with a lot of gold was indeed genuine, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately instructed the palace attendants to prepare a large bathtub for the two ancestors to bathe in.
After washing three buckets of muddy water, the original grayish cranes managed to turn into two colorful cranes. The two chances were still agitated to see Sui Heng approaching and mercilessly fling water all over Sui Heng.
Jiang Yun called Shi Fang aside and asked about the situation. Shi Fang recounted the heroic deeds of his Highness’s one-day and one-night battle with the cranes. Jiang Yun didn’t expect these two Tonghe to have such fierce combat power. He asked, “Has Your Highness been injured?”
Shi Fang cautiously answers, “His Highness said no.”
In the afternoon, Empress Yan and Emperor Sui also brought Xiao Junwang, Sui Zhang to the Crown Prince’s mansion to see the rarity. Emperor Sui also brought the chief manager of the Rare Birds Garden in the palace, asking him to teach the attendants of the Crown Prince’s mansion how to feed the divine cranes.
After watching the cranes, Empress Yan led Xiao Jiang Nuo directly to the palace for a meal. Jiang Yun finally had time to ask Sui Heng, “Are you hurt or not?”
Sui Heng immediately shook his head. “Of course not. Look at what you’re saying. Who is Gu? How could Gu have been injured by these two bald birds?”
“Really?”
“Of course.”
Jiang Yun is half believing and half doubting.
According to Shi Fang’s description, the two red cranes were so fierce, and the elite members of the Qinglang Battalion who were accompanying them were all pecked and injured. This guy fought fiercely with the two red cranes for so long, how could he not have been injured at all?
“Of course, there are some minor injuries, but none of them matter.”
Under Jiang Yun’s probing gaze, Sui Heng rolled up his sleeves and revealed a little blue and purple that had been pecked out by a sharp crane beak. He said casually, “It’s just a minor injury to the skin and flesh, there’s no need for any ointment, they will heal by themselves after two days.”
But Jiang Yun still feels distressed.
When they returned to the room, he asked Sui Heng to sit down honestly and went to retrieve the golden wound ointment, helping him apply the ointment carefully to several areas on his arms that had been pecked.
His dark eyes drooped low, his headband naturally hanging on the side of his neck, his expression was extremely serious, and his movements were extremely gentle. Sui Heng admired this view and suddenly laughed out of nowhere.
Jiang Yun looked at him strangely, “What are you laughing at?”
“Won’t tell you.”
Sui Heng took the opportunity to grab the person onto his leg and kiss Jiang Yun’s cheek.
Jiang Yun said, “I’m doing proper business.”
“Gu is also doing proper business.”
After making a fuss for a while, Jiang Yun went to collect the ointment and turned around to see Sui Heng standing behind, his eyes drifting towards the cabinet. Jiang Yun exclaimed once again, “What are you looking at? Are there any other injuries?”
