Those years when I was a tool person

Rong Ying went to the palace early the next morning to meet the Empress Dowager.

In front of him, this old man who held a high position and lived in the shadow of swords and swords for half his life was a lot haggard. Perhaps he was dragged down by the two younger brothers of his mother's family. There is no gray and white variegation in a silver thread.

On one side is the beloved son, on the other side is the real brother, she is the most difficult person caught in the middle.

Rongying's arrival made her very happy. She took her little grandson's hand and asked him about his life and experiences outside, and Rongying told them all.

After having a meal with the old man in the palace, Rong Ying went to the General's Mansion, he had not met Yun Wan when he returned to the capital, so he could also go to see how Cui Qiao was getting used to living there.

The concierge was very enthusiastic when he saw Rong Ying, obviously he was entrusted by the master's family, and he hurried in to report as soon as he appeared.

Yun Wan came out to meet him, and Cui Qiao followed behind, walking slowly but steadily.

Rong Ying greeted Yun Wan, and turned her head to see the wound on Cui Qiao's face.

"Are you, were you beaten?"

Seeing that Cui Qiao's right eye was swollen like a risen dough, the corner of his mouth was torn, and the blood was not wiped clean, he nodded calmly, "Yeah."

"Who hit it?" This strike was a bit ruthless.

Yun Wan replied calmly, "I did."

"Why?" Rong Ying felt that the atmosphere between the two was weird, how could they fight for no reason?

Yun Wan and Cui Qiao looked at each other, turned their heads at the same time, and snorted coldly, "I don't like him/her."

It was only then that Rong Ying saw that Yun Wan also had injuries on her face, but most of them were not obvious and were covered by makeup.

Hitting people doesn't slap people in the face, so these two people just greeted their faces when they moved their hands, right?

Rong Ying rolled her eyes at Cui Qiao, as if she disapproved of his behavior of attacking the girl's face.

Cui Qiao understood Rong Ying's eyes, and the smile froze on his face. At first, he thought that he was seriously injured and could sell himself in front of this person, but who would have thought that Rong Ying would only care about pity and pity.

He put on an aggrieved expression, "My left leg is broken."

Rong Ying glanced at his leg upon hearing this, he remembered that he was fine when he just left the house.

Cui Qiao staged a scene of a cripple walking on the spot.

Rong Ying asked Yun Wan for confirmation, and Yun Wan, who was stared at by the two, looked away guiltily.

Although no swords or weapons were actually used in the fight last night, it was easier to get angry with bare hands. At that time, she lost her temper and kicked Cui Qiao's knee.

Rong Ying: "..."

It seems that what Cui Qiao said is true.

According to the two fighters who were fighting each other to see a doctor, take medicine, and ordered the kitchen in the general's mansion to cook lightly recently, so as not to leave scars on their faces in the future, Rong Ying felt that he really couldn't stop worrying.

Fortunately, the martial arts test was approaching, and Cui Qiao soon devoted herself to the test, and Yun Wan thoughtfully did not bother him again.

Seeing that the relationship between the two had returned to normal, Rong Ying was relieved.

Getting used to their way of getting along, Rong Ying almost forgot what kind of relationship should be between the hero and heroine in a normal plot.The only requirement he has for these two people is that the bottom line is so low as long as they don't fight.

The day before the martial arts test, Rong Ying took someone to deliver something to Cui Qiao, a pot of bone soup filled with various supplements, which he cooked while watching the kitchen himself.

In the backyard of the General's Mansion, Cui Qiao, who was originally capable of dancing with a spear, suddenly tilted her body, and sat on the ground as if her muscles were weak.

Yun Wan, who is supervising at the side: "..."

It was only when she saw Rong Ying, who appeared at an unknown time, anxiously climbing up the martial arts platform, that she understood what was happening, and when she looked at Cui Qiao again, she had a look of disdain.

Count your best outfits!

Rong Ying ran to Cui Qiao and quickly helped him up: "It's okay, is it hurt somewhere?"

Cui Qiao was lying in Rong Ying's arms, with a weak face: "It may be that the root of the disease was left in the previous fracture, and it hurts a little, but it's okay, just let me take it easy."

Yunwan: "..."

Also the root cause?Why don't you just say that your life is in pain? !

Completely ignoring Yun Wan's angry gaze, Cui Qiao stood up with Rong Ying's support, and looked at the bone soup, "What soup is it today?"

Rong Ying replied: "Beef bone soup."

The corners of Cui Qiao's mouth raised slightly, and Rong Ying smiled gently at him: "It's a coincidence, you can make up for what is lacking, and you just need to drink more bone soup."

Just as Cui Qiao wanted to speak, Yun Wan couldn't bear it any longer, "Little Hou Ye, if you say that, you should ask the kitchen to cook more pig brains for him."

"..."

When Rong Ying was about to leave in the evening, Cui Qiao repeated the old trick and complained about her leg pain, "I'm not used to having people waiting in the room, but for me, if something happens at night, it will be inconvenient to move around."

Yun Wan gave him a white look: "You say everything, and there are so many demands."

Cui Qiao didn't answer her words, but just looked at Rong Ying.

"..." Rongying still didn't understand, "Then, shall I stay that night?"

Yunwan: "..."

She didn't want to say anything anymore.

These two people are completely willing to fight and suffer!

Fortunately, at the beginning, she believed that the young master had no other thoughts about Cui Qiao, but now it seems that she is still too naive.

No idea?Don't think too much!

The girl's mind was broken all over the ground, Yun Wan swore in her heart that she would never care about this couple again.

At night, in Cui Qiao's room in the General's Mansion.

Lying on the bed, it was the second time that the two of them shared the same bed, and they were still as nervous as the first time.

Rong Ying was lying on his side, with his back to Cui Qiao, his arms were numb. He wanted to lie on another side, but he didn't dare to move.

Cui Qiao's laughter suddenly came from behind, and Rong Ying froze.

"Young Lord." He heard Cui Qiao call him that.

After staying in the capital for a few days, Cui Qiao no longer called Rong Ying "Boss Jiang". He felt that the address of the young master was more affectionate, and there was a kind of pampering in calling him like this.

Rong Ying's body was turned around, facing Cui Qiao.

A hand touched his eyes, Rong Ying closed them subconsciously, feeling Cui Qiao's breath getting closer to him, her eyelashes fluttered nervously.

There was a touch of warmth on his eyelids, and Rong Ying heard a low laugh coming from his ear.

He opened his eyes, Cui Qiao smiled, looking at him tenderly.

"you······"

What Rong Ying wanted to say was interrupted by Cui Qiao. He rubbed Rong Ying's hair and said softly, "Sleep, I have something to tell you when I become the champion of martial arts."

Rong Ying felt as if he saw a very large flag waving in the wind.

He quickly grabbed Cui Qiao's hand, "I..."

"shush"

Cui Qiaoyu smiled and coaxed him: "Don't talk yet, I know you understand what I'm going to say, but don't expose me now, I have to keep it, and wait until I'm about the same height as you, in front of me Speaking to everyone's face."

His status was too poor, and every time he called out to him, it was his urging to himself: Look, if you don't work hard, you will never be able to stand with him in an open and aboveboard manner.

Cui Qiao is not a person who feels inferior, from the day he was sure of his will, he has been waiting, waiting for himself to be famous in the world, waiting for himself to be worthy of the person around him.

Rong Ying looked at Cui Qiao's serious expression, blinked, and stopped talking.

He only has one thought now, and that is, he hopes that the flag of "wait for me...just..." will not be so accurate.

He couldn't help but admit that he was tempted by Cui Qiao.

In an unknown world, he fell in love with someone for the first time, and had the urge to be with him.

The next day was sunny.

Rong Ying sent Cui Qiao into the examination room, and the two looked at each other, the connotation of which can only be understood by the parties involved, not by others.

For example, Yun Wan, she only felt an aura in the air that made her want to poke her eyes.

When Rong Ying was considering whether to give Cui Qiao an encouraging hug, Cui Qiao had already waved to him, and followed the crowd into the assessment venue.

Seeing Rong Ying's nervous look, Yun Wan couldn't help comforting her: "Don't worry, generals are scarce now, and it's time for the court to employ people. Although Cui Qiao's strength is not top-notch, it is still very easy to pass the military test."

Rong Ying watched Cui Qiao's figure disappear in the crowd, and automatically ignored the words "not top": "I hope so."

He naturally knew that Cui Qiao would definitely go to high school, but he just couldn't control his nervousness.

It's like a parent sending their child to the college entrance examination room. On the one hand, they are full of confidence in their son who is a top student, and on the other hand, they think about whether there will be any problems with the morning meal. What if food poisoning delays normal performance... ··

However, Cui Qiao obviously didn't have such a problem. When he came out, he looked confident, he had exhausted his personnel, and the rest was just waiting for the result to come out.

After the martial arts test, Cui Qiao sent a letter to his family, telling Cui's father and Cui's mother that he would not be able to go home until the list of the list was announced, and that he would return to his hometown in good clothes and take them to the capital to live together.

Cui's father, who received his son's letter, turned over the thin piece of letter paper and read it many times. Finally, with tears in his eyes, he folded the letter neatly and put it under the pillow.

Can the Cui family finally regain their former glory?

It's a pity that Cui's father didn't see that day coming.

A few days before the release of the list, Cui Qiao met Cui's mother who came to look for him outside the general's mansion.

Mother Cui was holding a clay jar, and the soles of her cloth shoes were worn out. A woman who had never traveled far traveled thousands of miles to find her son. When they met her, two lines of hot tears flowed down her weather-beaten face.

"Mu Yuan, your father has gone."

Cui's father has tuberculosis, the kind that coughs up to death.

In the past, in order to support Cui Qiao's education, he was reluctant to waste money on buying medicine and treating illnesses. After so many years, he died in the first few days when his son was about to take him to enjoy the blessings.

Rong Ying offered to help with Cui's father's funeral, but Cui Qiao refused.

This is the only place where he can be filial.

Cui's father was not buried for the time being, and Cui Qiao put his ashes in his room. On the day when the ranking was announced, he copied a copy of the top scorer's list with his own hands, with a bright red background, and covered it on top of the clay jar.

The emperor personally received several young talents who had been admitted to the imperial examination, and among the group of people, he took a fancy to Cui Qiao at first sight.

In front of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, he praised him as a general.

Is always shining gold.Cui Qiao, who was praised by the emperor, suddenly became the darling of the rich and powerful in the capital.

Perhaps knowing something, in addition to the due rewards, the emperor rewarded Cui Qiao with a house.

The location is very close to the government office.

Cui Qiao hung up the plaque brought by Cui's mother that day.

"Father, the champion of martial arts is also the champion, don't blame me for keeping it from you all the time."

Cui Qiao knelt in front of Cui's father's grave, raised her hand and sprinkled a handful of paper money, put her head on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Cui's family has taken root in Shangjing. Your old man knows you well, so you can go to meet your ancestors with a smile. Now, don't worry about literary and martial arts, it's boring."

Rongying was waiting on the side, Cui Qiao glanced at him secretly, and added: "Don't worry about me finding a male wife, don't scare him in the middle of the night just because the Cui family is going to die, she is a young master, her status is Jingui, it's your son who has climbed up."

Kowtowing again, Cui Qiao stood up and walked towards Rong Ying.

A guard from the palace suddenly appeared and stopped between the two of them, "Zhuangyuan Lang, Your Majesty invites you."

Rong Ying said he wanted to go with him, but was dissuaded by the kind words of the guards, "Young Lord, Your Majesty only summoned Zhuangyuanlang alone, please don't make things difficult for your subordinates."

Rong Ying wanted to say something more, but Cui Qiao patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, don't worry, maybe just ask me to go and arrange something to do."

As he spoke, he nodded to the guard: "Please lead the way."

The guard responded and took Cui Qiao to the palace.

Rong Ying watched his leaving back, feeling faintly uneasy.

After Cui Qiao came back, he didn't tell Rong Ying what he had talked with the emperor, but only mentioned that there was a small problem in the frontier, and His Majesty intended to train him, so when he sent Yun Wan to support him, he was also asked to join the army.

Rong Ying didn't quite believe it, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he could only repeatedly emphasize to Cui Qiao not to hide anything from him.

Cui Qiao raised her hand and swore: "I, Cui Muyuan, hereby swear to the sky that I will never hide anything from Jiang Wangqiu in this life. If there is any violation, the sky will be struck by lightning, and I will die!"

Putting down his hands, he smiled and said to Rong Ying, "I thought you would come over and cover my mouth, preventing me from saying unlucky words later."

Rong Ying's eyes were a little red, he turned his head to one side, and said in a muffled voice, "I won't stop you, if you want to swear, you swear, you have so much thought! Anyway, when you said those words, I secretly changed the content in my heart. gone."

Cui Qiao laughed dumbfounded when she heard this, and didn't take Rong Ying's words seriously.

On the day when the army set off, all the officials saw him off.

The emperor took an old eunuch to the highest attic in the palace, and raised his eyes to see the army winding like a long dragon outside the city.

Cui Qiao, who was in the team, seemed to be aware of it. He glanced in the direction of the palace, and only the brick-red buildings lined up in orderly heights were in sight.

He remembered what the emperor said to him that day: The royal family will never allow such a stain on you, unless you prove with your strength that the value of your existence can make us easily abandon a prince who has royal blood.

What proof does he rely on?To join the battlefield and gain military merits, all he has is his blood.

The drums sounded, and the army set out.Cui Qiao waved at Rongying, turned around on his horse, and joined the torrent of expeditioners.

Just two steps away, Rongying's voice suddenly came from behind: "Don't forget, you still have something to say to me!"

Previously, Cui Qiao had agreed to express his feelings to him after the ranking was released, but at that time, Cui's father happened to be in mourning, so neither of them mentioned it again, thinking that they could talk about it later.

The result has been delayed until now.

Hearing Rong Ying's voice, Cui Qiao's heart skipped a beat, he turned around and said it clearly right now, the words swirled around in his mouth twice, and he swallowed them back down again.

Life and death are uncertain after this trip, he shouldn't put shackles on others in the name of love.