They all say I'm a puppet

Yingdu City has a long history. After several dynasties, it was once the capital of several generations. Therefore, it has always been the largest city in the Jiangnan area, with dense population and criss-cross streets.Although the store where Fu Yu and the others went was not big, it was extremely lively. As soon as they entered, the store waiter greeted them and led them upstairs to take their seats.

Fuyu hadn't left Shizhang Village for more than half a year, and everything he saw felt fresh, so he couldn't help standing at the window and looking outside.

The location of the shop is very good. It is located on the main street of Yingdu City. Looking out from the window on the second floor, you can have a panoramic view of the prosperity of the city. There are various shops on the whole street, as well as various Stalls, people come and go, shoulder to shoulder.Fu Yu looked at it for a while, then pointed to a tall building not far away, and turned around to ask, "Brother Shi, what is that place?"

Shi Zhang had already ordered the dishes, looked out of the window, and replied: "Oh, there is Chunfeng Restaurant, the largest restaurant in the city. I heard that there are delicacies from mountains and seas, delicacies." Shi Zhang said Scratching his hair, he continued with some embarrassment, "But the price is also very expensive, so I haven't actually eaten it."

Fu Yu bent his lips, and closed the window with his hand back: "A meal in that kind of place is probably worth the expenses of us ordinary people for a year." He picked up the water bottle and poured water for several people, and drank slowly. Get up the water, "I think this small shop is pretty good."

Shi Zhang also laughed, and raised the tea bowl in front of him: "That's right, brother Cheng is a sensible person."

Several people chatted and laughed, but no one noticed that a figure flashed by outside the window, followed by that figure and appeared in the Chunfeng Building a few hundred steps away.

Cang Lin was standing at the window, with his hands behind his back, wearing only a quilted robe, the cold wind was blowing in through the window, but he remained motionless as if he didn't notice it.Behind him, stood a man in black, staring at his back and couldn't help but speak dissuadingly: "Your Highness, you are not in good health for a long time, you should take a rest, the people we sent to Shijia Village should be back soon .”

Cang Lin lowered his eyes, suddenly raised his hand to press the window lattice, took a step back, and closed the window with his hand back: "He's back."

The next moment, there was a knock on the door of the private room. The man in black glanced at Cang Lin, saw him nodding, and opened the door. A man in a white robe walked in and nodded at the man in black. Nodding, he looked at Cang Lin, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness."

Cang Lin had already sat back at the table. He poured out a cup of tea and raised his chin: "Jingfeng, drink the water first, and then speak slowly."

Jingfeng was not too polite, he picked up the tea bowl and took a big sip before he said, "Your Majesty went to Shijia Village this morning to inquire about the news according to His Highness's instructions, who would have thought that Shizhang brought his family of three to come here today?" Capital City, accompanied by the young man who lived next door to them, and the subordinates followed their carriage all the way back to Ying Capital City. They are now having lunch at the small shop at the corner of the street."

Cang Lin clenched his fingers: "Is that young man there?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Jing Feng replied, "When I was in Shijia Village, I saw the young man's face. I can draw it for you to see."

"No need." Cang Lin replied flatly, "I want to confirm it myself."

Half a month ago, he received news from Jiangnan, confirming that Shijiacun had indeed moved in half a year ago, an old man and a young man, and they lived next door to Shizhang's house. , with very little contact with the outside world.

Cang Lin recalled the letter, the familiar handwriting on it, and the news from the imperial mausoleum, he could almost immediately confirm that the two people in Shijia Village were Fu Yu and Cheng Zhong.

But he still set off for Jiangnan overnight, he wanted to see that person standing in front of him with his own eyes, and wanted to confirm for himself that he was still alive.

Everyone in the capital thought that His Royal Highness Prince Jin was still recuperating in the mansion, but no one knew that he had already traveled thousands of miles away to Jiangnan.

Cang Lin arrived in Yingdu City the night before, although he wished he could rush to Shijiacun immediately, but in the end he stayed in Yingducheng and sent Jingfeng to Shijiacun to check for news.

And now, that person actually came to Yingdu City, on the same street as him.

Cang Lin took a deep breath: "Since they are eating, let's eat some first." After speaking, he looked at the man in black who had been standing quietly behind him, "Jing Yi, let Xiao Er serve the food."

"Your Highness," Jing Yi hesitated, "Aren't you afraid that he will leave soon?"

"It took me half a year to find him thousands of miles away, and I won't let him go away again." After speaking, he nodded towards Jing Yi, "I've been tossing all morning, and I'm hungry too."

Cang Lin said so, but when Xiao Er really brought the food, he didn't have any appetite at all. He held up the chopsticks for a while, and finally only picked up the soup bowl, and took a sip of the soup slowly .

Jing Yi and Jing Feng looked at each other, neither of them dared to say anything.The two of them followed Cang Lin all the way here, eating and sleeping, and naturally noticed the change in Cang Lin's mood. He was looking forward to seeing that person, but it seemed that he was afraid of seeing that person.

After a meal, Cang Lin only drank half a bowl of soup, he got up and walked to the window, opened the window again, the cold wind blew in, the two people who were still eating at the side finally couldn't hold back, Jing Yi glanced at Jing Feng, Jing Feng scratched his hair, and had no choice but to get up and pick up Cang Lin's cloak: "Your Highness, although Ying is a bit warmer than the capital city, it's only three or nine days now, so you still have to be careful."

Cang Lin glanced back at him, took the cloak from his hand and put it on his shoulders, flipped up the hood to cover most of his face, and asked, "Where is that small shop?"

Jing Feng stepped forward and pointed in the direction of the intersection: "Your Highness, that's the one."

"understood."

Jing Feng hesitated for a moment, then continued: "Then shall we go there now?"

"No, don't go, just wait here, they're coming out soon." Cang Lin's tone was flat, and after noticing Jing Feng's worried gaze, he even curled his lips, "You two continue to eat."

Although Cang Lin had already let go, the remaining two people couldn't eat any more, so they had to stand beside him and look towards the small shop with him.

I don't know how long it took before several people came out of the shop. A couple walked in front, followed by a young man in furs, leading an eight or nine-year-old boy as they walked forward. While talking to the little boy with his head turned sideways, his brows and eyes were curved, and there was a smile on his face.

Jing Feng only glanced at it before subconsciously saying, "Your Highness, just..."

He was pushed by Jing Yi only halfway through his words, and when he raised his eyes, he found that Cang Lin's eyes had locked on the young man, and there was still no expression on his face, but his eyes were black and bright, as if they were glowing with water.

Jing Feng was a little dazed, turned around and saw Jing Yi winking at him, then shook his head vigorously, then stopped, took a step back, and stood beside Jing Yi.

Cang Lin seemed to be unaware of the movements of the two people around him. His eyes kept falling on the young man, watching him stop and go all the way, passing by one booth after another, and the things in his hands were getting bigger and bigger. The more, chatting and laughing with the little boy beside him while walking, sharing various things bought from the stall.He even raised his head and looked up when he passed by Chunfeng Building, but he would never have thought that in this restaurant, the person who appeared again and again in his midnight dreams was standing, walking along the open door. window, staring at him intently.

Cang Lin stared greedily at every gesture of Fu Yu, as if he wanted to engrave him in his heart.He couldn't describe his mood at the moment, and he couldn't describe the feeling that the person he thought was dead was now standing in front of him.

It wasn't until the man wandered the entire street and disappeared from his sight that Cang Lin came to his senses. Although he was wearing a cloak, his blood was completely cold, which actually calmed him down.He turned his head and glanced at the two people behind him who had been silently lowering his presence, "Okay, let's go."

Jing Yi was the first to react. He carefully looked at Cang Lin's face: "Where are you going? Shijia Village?"

"Go back to the capital." Cang Lin lowered his head and tied the tie of his cloak, and replied casually.

"Back to the capital?" Jing Feng was surprised, "Your Highness, that person just now, wasn't he? Did the subordinates recognize the wrong person, or I will go to Shijia Village again?"

"No need." Cang Lin raised his hand to straighten his clothes, without any emotion in his eyes, "It's him, you didn't admit your mistake, and I won't admit it either."

"Your Highness, don't you want to see him?" Jing Yi still didn't say a word. Did you come here all the way, just to stand here and take a look at him?

Cang Lin paused for a moment, then shook his head: "As the year is approaching, the emperor may look for me at any time, I can't delay any longer." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and took another look downstairs, "What's more No matter what the reason, he left me that day. I want him to come back by himself. Just send someone here to watch him and keep me updated with the latest news.”

After that, he flicked his clothes and said, "Let's go."

Jing Yi and Jing Feng looked at each other, and didn't say much anymore, took their own things and followed Cang Lin to leave the Chunfeng Tower. The horses of the three were all good horses that could travel thousands of miles a day, and they galloped through the street. He quickly left the city of Ying, and ran towards the capital thousands of miles away. No one in the city was disturbed, and no one would know that someone came from a thousand miles away, watched him for a long time in the cold wind, and finally returned silently leave.

Fuyu hasn't gone out for a long time. Ever since he moved to Shijia Village, his range of activities has been around the village. In addition, he is afraid of the heat in summer and the cold in winter, so he hides at home most of the time. It is a rare experience for him to walk around in the street, and everything on the street is very new to him.

Together with Shizhang and his wife, he bought a lot of things, including chicken, duck, vegetables, various pastries, even red lanterns, red paper for writing Spring Festival couplets, and bright red firecrackers. He brought these things with him excitedly. Back to Shijia Village.

Because they had been shopping for a long time, there were a lot of things on the return car, and the speed of the journey was a little slower, so it was already dark when they arrived in the village. Shi Zhang helped Fu Yu move the things into the house, and Cheng Zhong heard the voice and hurried out, only to see Fuyu spread all kinds of things all over the Eight Immortals table, he was a little bit dumbfounded: "Why did you buy so many things and came back?"

Fuyu's eyes were bent, his face was a little tired, but he looked in a good mood: "It's the Chinese New Year, we also buy some new year's goods, even though there are only two people in our family, we still want to make this New Year's Eve lively." Be happy."

Ever since he moved to Shijia Village, although Fu Yu still smiles every day, Cheng Zhong rarely sees such a happy face on his face, and he is also happy when he looks at him: "Well, tomorrow I will Then go to the village to see who still catches fish, and buy the biggest one, so that we, old and young, can have a good New Year."

Fu Yu bent his lips, lowered his head and began to pack the things on the table. When he heard Cheng Zhong sighing suddenly behind him, he couldn't help but look back. Cheng Zhong met his gaze and said, "Today, Brother Shi and you Let’s just say, we don’t know each other well, so I asked him to help me find out who has a suitable daughter, and we don’t have any conditions, as long as you like it. This house, it’s just the two of us who are deserted Some, and there should always be someone by your side."

Fu Yu knew that this had always been a knot in Cheng Zhong's heart. When he was in the palace, Cheng Zhong had been thinking about this matter all the time, and wanted to find someone for Fu Yu.So although he was later arranged by Chen Yuan to marry him, Cheng Zhong was actually very happy. After learning that he and Empress Su were just acting, he was very disappointed. Now he finally left that cage and lived the life they had been looking forward to for many years. In the life of an ordinary person, Cheng Zhong hopes that he will be like most people in the world, marry a wife and have children, and enjoy his family in peace.

But Fu Yu himself never thought about this problem.At that time, he always wanted to take Cheng Zhong out of the palace, but he never thought about what kind of girl he would marry and what kind of child he would have.Because he has never worried that he will be lonely, anyway, Cang Lin will be there.

But Cang Lin is not here now, nor will he be in the future.

Ordinarily he should agree to Cheng Zhong, anyway, Cheng Zhong is for his own good, but there seems to be a thought in his heart that makes him unable to accept it.If he doesn't agree, he won't give Cheng Zhong hope, and he won't let him down.

In the end, Fu Yu just turned his head and smiled at Cheng Zhong, he raised his hand and patted Cheng Zhong's hand: "Uncle Zhong, I really like that kid Shitou, and I also hit it off with that kid, so I plan to spend a few days with him." Tian discusses with Brother Shi and Sister Shi, and recognizes that child as a godson. In the future, Brother Shi and the others will go fishing and this child will come to me again. It will be more legitimate, and our family will be more lively."

Cheng Zhong was stunned, he didn't want to understand that what he mentioned was obviously about marrying a wife, why Fu Yu would say this suddenly, before he could think clearly, he heard Fu Yu continue: "Wait for the stone to grow up, If I feel bored, then I will see who in Shangxia Village has a child who can't afford to raise it, and you don't have to worry about me being alone in the future."

Cheng Zhong's eyes widened, he finally understood Fu Yu's words, and asked in a shy voice, "You are, aren't you planning to marry a wife?"

Fu Yu smiled and nodded: "Yes, Uncle Zhong." He saw that Cheng Zhong's eyes were obviously dim, and comforted him, "I have been a prince and an emperor in my life, and I am content. Although Empress Su is not married, she is also married to me by Mingmei. She is born as a lady, and has a very pleasant temper. We look down and see each other in the palace all day long. I have no way to regard her as mine. Wife, I don't think I can fall in love with anyone else."

Speaking of this, he paused and slowed down his voice: "What's more, Uncle Zhong, although we have settled down now, who knows what will be like in the future, maybe one day we will leave this Shijia Village , I want to be displaced, and even try to escape for my life, I don't want to hurt other girls."

Cheng Zhong was dumb, looked at Fu Yu for a while, and confirmed that the expression on his face was very firm, he really didn't want to marry a wife, either because of the reason he just said, or because of other reasons.Fu Yu was brought up by him alone, and he had a very strong mind since he was a child. Although Fu Yu treats him as filial as his father now, in Cheng Zhong's heart, he still has no right to interfere with Fu Yu's thoughts.

In the end, he just sighed: "I'm just afraid that if I leave in the future, no one will accompany you."

Fu Yu smiled: "I know you are doing it for my own good, Uncle Zhong, everyone has their own destiny, maybe when that time comes, someone will appear by my side to keep me company."