Born short-lived

When Aldan saw them off at the port, he specially held a banquet, which was very lively.Now that the national treasury is short of money after the war, they are subsidizing reconstruction everywhere, and they have to negotiate with the Huaxu court to open the road. Aldan gets angry every day because of worrying about money, and his mouth is full of big bubbles, but he heard that Dongsheng is leaving , or bloodletting and cutting flesh.

Dong Sheng thought for a moment, is this reluctant to let him go, or is he celebrating that he has finally left?

Even though the prosperity of Hong Kong seems awkward, but Aldan's heart is still taken by Dong Sheng.

Anyway, he didn't find it strange once or twice when he saw the customs of Sri Lanka.

Aldan's body is almost neat, and he only wears a big cloak to protect him from the wind... In fact, this thing may not be called a cloak in Sri Lanka, but the functions are similar, and the styles are different. Dong Sheng doesn't understand Sri Lanka, so he just Called so silently.

The Aldan people were all haggard, and they were not so jeweled anymore. Wrapped in a gold silk cloak, they stood facing the wind and stood by the seaside. Their words were blocked in their throats. After thousands of words, they finally said only one sentence: "Thank you."

Although Dong Sheng didn't know his true nature in the past few months, he still knew his urine nature. You can tell how much a "thank you" can be.Aldan is not a person who can speak well, but his heart is there.

Dong Sheng replied with a smile: "Come to Huajing someday?"

Aldan knew that the words of "come to my place some other day" and "I'll treat you next time" in Huaxu's mouth were just for fun, not counting.But I don't know why, when Dong Sheng uttered this sentence, he really had the impulse for a moment, wanting to visit this suzerain country that saved their country's life.

Aldan stared at the black jade bead that flowed darkly between Dong Sheng's eyebrows, and almost wanted to reach out to touch it, but fortunately he held back.

"Then I'll go to His Highness's place to ask for a glass of wine."

The seaside has shown signs of warming up, and the warm and humid sea breeze makes people sticky, but fortunately, it is no longer biting cold.Aldan asked someone to warm the wine, ignored the doctor's orders, and insisted on holding Dong Sheng to drink three glasses of Jianxing wine.

Before he left, Aldan never mentioned Ajiaxi's matter with him, and Dong Sheng didn't ask about it either.Agassiz was a traitor to Slan, but he was Aldan's younger brother after all.Now that the crisis of Silan has been resolved, and Aldan is both king and elder brother, Dong Sheng is unwilling to ask how to deal with the prince.

It was originally arranged to travel by land, but the situation in southern Xinjiang is still complicated. They escorted the war criminal Yang Gui, fearing that there would be troubles when passing through southern Xinjiang, so they asked them to take the East China Sea route to detour.

There are not a few people with ulterior motives in southern Xinjiang, and there are still some who are unwilling to give up. Chaotianhui is as slippery as a loach.The imperial court felt that the far water could not quench the near thirst, so Zhou Zirong was asked to find someone to suppress it.

When Zhou Zirong first received the decree, he didn't understand what the ignorant female emperor was thinking, but the words did not seem to be tempting. Slashed his posture with a knife.

Zhou Zirong didn't even have the chance to say "I'm afraid".

Is this to praise him to the sky or to play him to death?

Or do you want to lift him up to the sky and play him to death?

Zhou Zirong has a big head.

But after all, the emperor's order came down, and the time was limited, obviously he didn't want him to have time to reply and refuse.Zhou Zirong thought about it again and again, thinking that the entire East China Sea is his people, and it is impossible to completely pick himself out.

Then settle for the next best thing.

——The last one to go was Logan.

Luo Geng was one of the most important lieutenants of Marshal Zeng during his lifetime. At first, everyone thought that after Zeng Fenglei's death, he was the head coach of the East China Sea. Afterwards, he wanted to avoid suspicion, and also thought that he could give himself some room for turning around, so he didn't move Luo Geng in the slightest, neither rising nor falling, exactly the same as Zeng Fenglei before his death.

Moreover, Luo Geng was famous for his straight brows and stupefied eyes, he was the most solid eye in the East China Sea, and the Luo family was loyal and good for generations, and the fifth general was quite convincing.

The most important thing is that at the beginning Zhou Zirong was afraid that Luo Geng would lose the rein in his hands one day, so he buried his hands against his conscience.

——That's why he wants to keep Luo Chi by his side.

When Dong Sheng met Zhou Zirong for the first time in Silan, he wanted to ask him why he thought of promoting Luo Chi, but when he saw Zhou Zirong sent Luo Geng to southern Xinjiang to clean up the situation, he understood.

But don't tell if you see through.

Some methods may be insidious and detrimental to morality, but some are indeed a last resort, and there is nothing to say.

Perhaps it was extremely peaceful, even the way back was smooth and smooth, and within a few days I arrived at Yanhaiguan.

The moment the huge tower came into view, Dong Sheng came back to his senses, and felt so clearly for the first time: I am home.

The psychic halo at the tail of the ship gradually faded, and the speed of the ship slowed down, ready to enter the port.

Dong Sheng almost felt a little sore in his nasal cavity, and his eye sockets became hot, but fortunately he didn't cry.

"Your Highness," Luo Chi ordered the people below to send an order, requesting to enter the customs, and ran over to find Dong Sheng by himself, "General Zhou asked if you want to go back and have a look."

At the beginning Dong Sheng saved his life, this kid has always remembered and dare not forget, when he saw Dong Sheng, he was so happy that the corners of his mouth could not help but rise, Dong Sheng saw him and felt that it was really appropriate and festive.

Dong Sheng knew where Zhou Zirong was talking about going back. Since he arrived in Donghai earlier than expected, although he was in a hurry, he could still squeeze in time to go back and have a look.

Go and see Zeng Mansion, go and see Zeng Fenglei.

Zeng Fenglei didn't know what kind of mentality it was, he planted a snow-white plum blossom forest in front of the house of Dong Sheng, a three-foot-tall devil king, and he didn't know whether he wanted to encourage him or satirize him.

In any case, Dong Sheng liked this plum blossom forest that was incompatible with himself back then.

Zhou Zirong went back to the palace to see his mother, and at night he unexpectedly received a letter from the spirit bird, on which was written "See you in the old place" in ugly and distinctive characters.

So when he sneaked into Zeng Shuai's mansion, which had been sealed for half a year, in the middle of the night, he saw Dong Sheng in the plum blossom forest without any surprise.

In a few days, the plum blossoms will fail to bloom, but now, as if they are about to use up their last strength, they are full of flowers and trees, and the garden is full of white plums and snow for a while.

The weeds on the ground were about to grow up to the calves. Dong Sheng was wearing a black brocade robe, and was standing tall and tall among the weeds with his back on his back. When the evening wind blew, the white plums would flutter down and fall onto his shoulders. Frost and snow.

It just so happens that the moon is bright and the stars are rare, and the moon is shining like practice.

Zhou Zirong looked at the young man who was already Zhilan Yushu, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Dong Sheng heard the movement behind him, turned his head to take a look, and said with a smile, "You're moving so fast?"

The moonlight lightly outlined the outline of the man's face, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque.

Dong Sheng's shadow seemed to overlap with the person in Zhou Zirong's memory slowly, and in the dreamland full of flames, there seemed to be such a person, vaguely, handsome and flawless.

Zhou Zirong opened his mouth in a daze, but suddenly missed the sound, and faltered in response: "... um... um."

Zhou Zirong calmed down, walked towards him, and then gently placed the white crystal spirit lamp with a carved glass cover in his hand on the ground beside the stone table. On the stone table were a silver jug ​​and three wine glasses. It's already full of wine.

It is self-evident who the third cup is for.

Zeng Fenglei was bestowed and buried in the imperial mausoleum, and his body had already been transported to Huajing. The only thing left in Donghai, except for the Haiding Temple whose threshold was trampled down by mourners, was only a memorial tablet in Zeng's mansion.

Zhou Zirong subconsciously looked at the Zeng's ancestral hall beside him, and saw that the inside had been cleaned up, the incense had been lit, and new offerings had been exchanged.

Dong Sheng led him into the ancestral hall, kowtowed three more times in front of Zeng Fenglei's tablet, and then poured the glass of wine on the ground in front of the tablet.

Dong Sheng thought, this is your favorite Donghai pear flower brew, try it again.

Zhou Zirong also closed his eyes and kowtowed to Zeng Fenglei a few times. He didn't know what was going on in his mind, and his first reaction after opening his eyes was to glance at Dong Sheng beside him.

Originally, this restlessness has been suppressed for a long time, it's not that he doesn't care anymore, but from the bottom of his heart, he wants to live a peaceful life without any worries. Zhou Zirong thought of it over and over again.

After tossing and turning for so long, I was still stuck in the mud.

Zhou Zirong laughed at himself. Wasn't he the one who told him not to forget about the past?

Are you really willing to give up?

Zhou Zirong looked at Dong Sheng, who was beside him silently in front of the coffin of Marshal Zeng, and asked himself.

"Zi Rong?" Dong Sheng seemed to sense someone staring at him from behind, turned around and asked tentatively, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Zirong smiled and said, "No problem."

If you really want to give up, why wait until now?

The two looked at each other, thinking about completely different things in their hearts.

Zhou Zirong opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but he didn't know if the sliver of rationality that was still lingering in his heart was pulled back, or the impulse was smoothed by the years, Zhou Zirong opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he still couldn't say anything. Did not say.

He originally wanted to say, promise me in this life, don't risk your life for anything again.

But he has no such position.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Dong Sheng didn't care much, and continued to stay in Zeng's ancestral hall for a while, and finally dragged Zhou Zirong away at dawn, and it was almost time to leave.

Zhou Zirong handed over Donghai to a few of his confidants, and only brought a few guards.

The draft of the naval vessel was too deep to sail against the current into the Wuyou River, so all those who returned to Beijing used black-maned spirit horses, and hurried back from the straight road.

No matter how much disturbance there is outside, the city of Huajing is still prosperous and peaceful.

It is very rare for a prince to enter the imperial city in such a serious manner. All the good and bad people gathered in the capital for a while, and even those idle royals who were idle and idle entered the palace gate rarely.

Among a group of royal relatives who were so unfamiliar, Dong Sheng noticed the princess of Hua Xu—this was the only sister he had met several times in childhood.

The little girl, who was just eleven years old, was dressed very grandly, the headdress all over her head weighed heavily on her immature and thin neck, she held her princess airs tightly, and saluted Dong Sheng in a dignified way: "Ah Li met the emperor."