Sakura in the garden

Before Chen Min got up, Zhuang Gu had already gone to the barracks, repeating the training as usual.

When Zhuang Gu's arrow hit the bull's-eye for the ninth time, he finally noticed Vice General Liu who was standing behind him at some point. Zhuang Gu turned around and saluted, "Brother Liu."

"How many arrows is this today?" Liu Zhan put his hands behind his back, as steady as an elder brother.

"No.11 arrow." Zhuang Gu replied.

Liu Zhan looked at the targets filled with arrows and nodded, "Not bad."

There was nothing to say for a while, Zhuang Gu had no leisure today, but Liu Zhan was full of words and couldn't find anything to start with.

"or……"

"Is Xiao Zhuang free today?" Liu Zhan interrupted him, Zhuang Gu was taken aback: "Yes, why?"

Liu Zhan said: "Uh, Wanwan made a new sweet cake this morning, let me tell you to try it."

"...Sister Liu can make sweet cakes?" Zhuang Gu asked in doubt.

"Learn from the girl, let's go back with me." Liu Zhan unloaded his bow and arrow without any explanation, and dragged him to his house.

When they arrived at the other courtyard of the Liu Mansion, when they saw Liu Wanwan, she actually had a plate of sweet cakes in her hand, and when she saw Zhuang Gu, she greeted her happily: "Why is Xiao Zhuang so free to come to the Liu Mansion today?"

"..."

"Hey sister, I have something to talk to Xiao Zhuang, you go to the back kitchen and order some side dishes." Liu Zhan quickly stopped Liu Wanwan and dragged Zhuang Gu to her room. After asking more questions, I obediently went to the back kitchen with my pursed mouth.

"Brother Liu." Zhuang Gu followed behind Liu Zhan, walking back and forth. As soon as he reached the door, Zhuang Gu couldn't help asking: "Did I do something wrong?"

Liu Zhan stopped, looked back at him, hesitated to speak: "Hey... Come and sit first, let me think about it..."

"Brother Liu, you never said anything before, why is it so strange today?" Zhuang Gu stood at the door and did not follow into the room, "Speak up if you have something to say."

Liu Zhan paused, then came back to pull him back: "Don't think too much, I just have a few words to tell you."

"Is there anything you can't say in the military camp, but you have to come home?"

"Military camp... Hey, it's inconvenient." After finally forcing him to sit down, Liu Zhan let out a sigh of relief, and said tentatively, "I heard last night that you went to the brothel...to arrest the second young master Chen?" Liu Zhan used the word 'catch', which made Zhuang Gu's heart skip a beat.

"I……"

"Hey, I'm not saying you've done anything wrong, but such an action can't be considered right, can it?" Liu Zhan is a rough man, and he rarely enlightens others with such sincerity, let alone taking into account the location and timing. When he wanted to say this, it must be the result of a long time of deliberation, "When you were young, it was okay for you two to fight like this, but now the second son Chen has been crowned for more than three years, and you will be crowned in half a year." I have given the word, how can I be so nonsense, and go outside the house."

Zhuang Gu lowered his head, bit his lips and said nothing, Liu Zhan looked at him, and continued: "The Chen family took you in, although they treat you very close, but you still have to know how to measure it? You don't want to save face for the second son, the old general knows , I'm afraid I won't be happy."

"I know..." For a long time, Zhuang Gu only squeezed out these three words, but still did not look at Liu Zhan, as if taking a gamble.

Liu Zhan sighed, and wanted to say something, but when it came to his mouth, there was only one sentence left: "I also watched you grow up, and I said these things for your own good..."

Zhuang Gu didn't know that he was lucky to have his elder brother Ru Liuzhan, who was so earnest.

"I see." Zhuang Gu finally looked up at him with complicated eyes: "Thank you Brother Liu."

The young man stood up, bowed his hands, turned around and left.

When passing through the corridor, I met Liu Wanwan, she was still holding the plate of sweet cakes, she looked weak and innocent: "Why did you just come and leave?"

"I still have something to do, so I won't sit down any longer." Zhuang Gu was about to leave, but was stopped by Liu Wanwan: "Brother, did he talk about you?"

"No, just chatting casually." Zhuang Gu was in a mess, and just wanted to find a place to be alone, but Liu Wanwan couldn't tell.

"My brother told me what happened last night." Liu Wanwan held the sweet cake in front of Zhuang Gu, smiled and said: "I know your feelings for the second son. When my husband was still there, he I was also angry when I secretly went drinking to provoke a girl, once a person is angry, he naturally doesn't care about other things, don't you think so?"

"...Sister Liu?!" Zhuang Gu felt a suffocation hit his chest, and was blocked by her determined eyes, unable to speak, his eyes widened and his mouth opened, like a stranded fish.

"Don't panic, eat a piece of sweet cake?"

Coming out of Liu's mansion, Zhuang Gu seemed to have lost his soul, Liu Wanwan's words were still dangling in his mind, dangling back and forth, which disturbed his heart, but one thing was not over, and another disturbance arose.

Zhuang Gu was wandering on the street and bumped into someone head-on. He walked around without looking back.

"stop!"

Zhuang Gu was taken aback for a moment, then turned around: "...Young Master Yang?"

"Hey, Master Zhuang still recognizes me?" Yang Huan shook his fan, raised his head slightly, and wrote disdainfully all over his face, "Master Zhuang is as defiant as ever? He broke into my Accord last night, and bumped into me again today, apologizing repeatedly nor?"

"Sorry." Zhuang Gu didn't want to say a word, and turned to leave, but was stopped by Yang Huan's servant. "Young Master Yang? What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? I want to ask Mr. Zhuang, what do you mean by your attitude?" Yang Huanmeng closed his fans and glared at Zhuang Gu.

Zhuang Gu looked back, his momentum was not weak at all, he was too lazy to argue, but he was also unwilling to give in.Speaking of, the two were classmates since childhood, they had recited books and practiced martial arts together, but they were always incompatible like this.

Yang Huan is the only son of Mrs. Yang. He was spoiled to no end since he was a child, but he suffered a lot from Zhuang Gu alone: ​​when he was young, he practiced martial arts. Just listening in, beating him ruthlessly every time, making him extremely embarrassed and can only swallow his stomach; he likes Liu Wanwan, but Liu Wanwan treats him lightly, but is very close to Zhuang Gu, and finally married Mr. Zhuang Gu Brother; yesterday he secretly went to Liuyanlou to drink, and he suddenly broke into the door and ruined his interest. The next morning, he sent the general's housekeeper to the door, saying it was an apology, but he was found out by his father and scolded him a lot. Everything made him want to crush Zhuang Gu.

But in Zhuang Gu's eyes, Yang Huan is just an ignorant dude who is domineering because of his family background.

The two confronted each other like this, looking like they were about to fight but neither of them wanted to strike first, the evil spirit forced the passers-by and the common people to take a detour, just happened to be bumped into by Chen Min who was going to Liu's mansion with a drink, no need to think about it Then I knew that I was afraid that new and old grievances would come to my door.

Chen Min approached through the crowd, and greeted Yang Huan heartily: "Master Huaishan? Long time no see!"

When Yang Huan heard it, his face twitched slightly, and he almost forced out an answer: "Second Master Chen."

He hated others calling him Huaishan, Huaishan, like a daughter's family. When he said it, he blamed his father for believing in some kind of fortune-telling magic stick.

"Yo, what's the matter? Did my little Gu make you angry?" Seeing his reaction, Chen Min couldn't help laughing, "Oh, it disturbed you last night, didn't it spoil your fun? For this reason, I specially called Butler Zhou this morning. I went to the door to apologize, why, Mr. Huaishan thought I was dishonest, so he couldn't go in person?"

"How dare you bother Mr. Chen? It's none of your business. If you want to go, you, a good lieutenant, should go by yourself." Yang Huan's face became more and more ugly, and Zhuang Gu, it was head-to-head, really moved The hands are also relieved; but with Chen Min, it is difficult to deal with, he is like a lump of cotton, soft and hard.

Chen Min took Zhuang Gu's shoulders, smiled and said: "Mr. Huaishan's words are wrong, Zhuang Gu is mine, so naturally it's none of my business, or I will go with him some other day, no matter how sincere I am." I will compensate you, won't I?"

"No, Yang can't bear it!" Yang Huan thought he was unlucky, and glared at Zhuang Gu bitterly, but was ignored by the latter. He was so angry that he recruited a servant and left. Turning around, he cursed unwillingly: " Hmph! It's just Chen Yunzhi a dog, what are you crazy about!"

He didn't keep his voice down, and he was naturally heard by the two Chen and Zhuang behind him. Zhuang Gu was ignited by these words, and raised his hand to punch him, but he was yanked by Chen Min, and he staggered back two steps. As soon as his shirt fluttered, Chen Min stepped over and kicked Yang Huan on the waist.

Yang Huan's eyes flickered, before he could react, he fell to the ground in embarrassment, his forehead was smashed, and blood oozes out, and the two servants hurried over to help him.

"You!" He turned around in a hurry, unexpectedly it was Chen Yunzhi who moved his feet, and he was momentarily stunned.

"Young Master Yang, keep your words of virtue." Chen Min swept away his previous smile, and looked down at Yang Huan who was already half a head shorter than him, "It's too late today, so I won't accompany you." After finishing, Then they turned and left together with Zhuang Gu.

Yang Huan, who had lost all face, was thrown on the street like this. He was extremely embarrassed, but he couldn't understand it for a while.

Chen Min shook the two small altars of wine in his hand, and before he had gone far, he changed into that foolish expression again, and he turned his head and said, "Let's go and drink with Brother Liu together? Wrong, isn't Liu's mansion In this direction..."

"...No, I'm going back to the barracks." Zhuang Gu didn't turn around with him, his face still tense.

Chen Min looked at him and thought for a while, and quickly agreed: "Okay, then I will go by myself."

"En." Zhuang Gu replied, and walked away.

He said he was going back to the military camp, but it was just a pretense to prevaricate Chen Min. Zhuang Gu's heart was in a mess, and he couldn't find his head. It hurt his ear.

He wanted to find a clean place, so he went out of the city to Xishan Temple without thinking about anything.